The National Register.
London, England, 1814-04-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

APRIL 17.

At Chalons the people spontaneously illuminated ; in the whole
journey the peasants, the Mayors, crowded round his Royal High-
ness. At • Liori a great many national guards who came from the
neighbourhood of Paris assembled on the esplanade of the Chateau
s% here His Lloyd Highness alighted to receive them. and spoke to
them %lilt the deepest emotion. They quitted their ranks, pressed
romut him, giving him the most lively testimony of veneration
and hove.

The. E'ectoral College of the Department of the Seine has unaui-
tnon,ly declared it adhelion to the act, declariog the dethronement
of I:nanaparte and his-family, and the restoration of the Bourbons.
To-ddy some grenadiers of the guard of his Ttleic•ay r.mpetor of
A•tstri3 hrrived I;ere at the hotel %%Ilia his ISlajesty will t. ccopy in the
F'ruthout.c.• St. I fotture. _ _

Goneral ('zerhichelf and Enron Mein arc arrived F.ere. The Empe-
ror Alexander Las given t`e wand Cordon df the Order of St. Andrew
to I.is preceptor. )Ir. La Harp-.
Thf.! Provisional Gov.:nowt-It has ordered ail public rinctionaries,
h',lh civil and toli!tire, to !et pass v. i!hont hindrance :tit couriers he•
t' theprflu expresse%,. and ex!rlorditnt:y couriers. who
have Itettl.tr p tisports.

The novi,i.w ;;i C.,vernment has revived the adheren;:e of a great
mantis ra.a-t individuals :ald b •
th-m nre nrch.ehlncrilor ; It. Camba-
CArdiall Arch!a-hop flte I)tti%e of the I)nke 411
I:.'i3CVIICW, Gener:A Coma Lwow. I%lanb-wry, General
Paha, Al:write ...%Lathieu, Moreau, &c. Cowl' ilter! n (~-4-1 'aktivilfe)
7ittme, the town of AtaienF, the Consistory of the Ite-
f-,rined Church. &c. 4cc.

'1.11:: follow i 4 tti adhesion of C.)ur.t Segnr : " I offer myself to-
day (Ise s:IN *4) Ir()0 !:11 .rds, to the cicseundaws of-the Ring of
is bat I.:Weirs. I sss •,fr fideli•y to him in the nawe of mv oeicers—
of It in my opt n name, it filch answers for -iv (whs."
A de!a.hmet.t of cavalry, which his firsaken the standards of Buo-
ii;,n near (;hateats-Thierry, arrived t esterday °ails.
:,,rdina! Maori. was preparing to officiate in pontiliva;ibus last t•ini,
day (E..s:tr). The pulpit was already prepared, and the cpkeopt.l
clrolic 'lre 'Tract). Bin the Chapter haring taken horn his Emni,,( lice
-the adaiir.istrittion of the cliurch, lie was deceived in his
and the preuv:itiolis that had been mi.de served for M. La Roue, the
arch priest, wlio perto, toed mass. Not only his Eminence did not
I,tliciaie) but he was alsu t‘bliged to remove from the arehbiskop's pa-
lace.

Paris, April 12.

217

The following is nearly the answer returned by his Royal Higlit
nets :

" GENTLEMEN, Members of the provisional Government,—l
thank you for all that you have done for our country. I experience
a degree of emotion which incapacitates me from expressiog what I
feel.—No more divisions—Peace and France—A•t last see it again
—nothing is changed, except that there is now in it one nonelunar)
more"

The cries of" Vive lc Roi Vive Monsieur! Vive lea Bourbons !'
were he aril on every side.
His Royal Higlinetis then entered the Barrier, and deivel tv
request silence, and to interrupt the acclamations of which be was
the object. M. Le R.iron de Ch3brol, Prefect of the Department
of the Seim., then preiented to his Royal Higimess the Municipal
Body of P:11 is, and pronounced the following-Speech :--

" Monseigneur,—After twenty years of misfortunes, France sees
again, with transport, the Atiffitit Family which, during eight cen-
turies. secured its glory end its happiness.
" The City of Paris, the constant °hive( of the attainment of
its Kings, considers the present as one of the most brilliant it hes
experienced since the co•meeneement of the Monarchy.
" MI France shells for the return of her King, and .sloe looks for
peace under the paternal authority of the descendants of St Louie
Ind Henry IV She 'expects from them the sante love.
" A period of disasters (-which was not unproductive of giant
and bonnie. to France) has not :iltered the ancient eenerons cha•
ratter of this eenerotts natioe. A tutelary Power will reunite all
our e idles. Wart iers, Magistrates, Citizens, in a word. all
Frenchmen, feel in their hearts energy of love which attaches theta
to the noble blood le the Bourbons. Animated by this spirit they
will form lett one family.
"Your Royal %ill accept the vows of a whole nation. lie
will everywhere hear acclamations. He *ill see hope revive ins f• cry
heart ; and the happiness of his country will console him far his lotig
Monsieur heard this speech with that goodness which Helmeted:el
de-meta:a of the Great Henry. The procession then proceeded alone
the street of St. Deonis, by which i; !massed to the metr pelican clarer).
It was Lear three o'clock alien it arrived at Notre Dame. The cherub,
which could not in v 4 hours be adorned wills sufficient splendour, pre-
vetted n spectacle far beyond ell decorations. In the sanctuary were
usswiibled !I:t! Cardinals, Archbishops, and Bishops, in Paris, and the
ar.tronolirmii Clerev in the choieeind upper pact of the nave--several
of the Officers of State, and a great number et Gencrele both
French and Foreign: The nave and the cross aides were Cited with art
enormous crowd of spectators awaitieg the Prince. At length hie
Boyd Highness arrived.
The eneens, in Chapter, attended his Rosal Highness at the great
ante. He was there received under a tapestry, and his first motion,
after brine so placed, was to throw himself upon his knees to retttot
iii inks to God. • The awl- lie expression whirl' was painted at this mo-
ment on the aueu-t features of tire Prince, evinced that his vreat noel
only conceived ideas of love and generosity e it was easy to see that
Monsieur prayed to God for the happiness of the French
The Abbe Lemire, in the name of the Chapter of the Cathedral,
pronounced a discourse, to which the Prince returned an answer re
ple'e ssith erace and goodness. On the pas'age of his Royer Highness
into the nave and choir, the cries of rive le Roi ! Ewe Monsieur! ‘4,,, cs
reiterated with an ardour which the saucily of the pf.ece could not me.
derate,
Monsieur was then conducted by the Baron de Braymeyel, t a
sofa in the middle of the choir, where he waz setroemied by his offie
cers, &c. Before the sophist were the Members of the Porvisioted Gee
vernatent. Oa his right and !eft wire Geese-ail Dessoles. folomainder of
the National yliord, the Marshals of Flakier, and the Nlipi•ters.
The cntlimi.n,in with which the French were animated w s rrvNi2lv.
contumely .ied to the Russbin, forussinn, English, SLIM Ch, a'd
tuguese Officers, placed in the choir of the Cathedral. ' Many of t th•mt
shed tens of jury. It seemed the, all Europe represened by the elite:
of French and foreimeoldieee swore at the moment, Orit peace, this
bm-tits of which are to heal the profoend wound:: of France. Ona
Allied Cietterals expressed, by the most lively
t•caneetrazi,?ns,
E urone will heocelortir-form only one fami„ly. The cLI servints. of
the Prince appioached him, shedding tears and lissieg his hands, and
one look front Monsieur repaid them all theeviis which they had set.-
fereti.
-nit Canons had placed themselves in the sanctuary. "Te Down"
was execute lin the grand orchestra. It was followed by " Domitie
sal vum fac reveal," to which every heart teat in unison.
The ceremony being tieished, his Royal Highness was re-conducled
ureter the canopy, with more lively acelamatams, if possible, than.
those which took place on his arrival. He mounted his horse, met
the escort Which conducted him to the pla::e cd the nuilletics, amid,.