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THE SOULS OF THE CHILDREN.

( From the Illustrated London News.)
" Who bids for the little children—
Body and soul and brain ?
Who bids for the little children—
Young and without a stain?
Will no one bid," said England,

" For their souls so pure and white,
And fit for all good or evil,

The world on their page may write?"
" We bid," said Pest and Famine,
" We bid for lice and limb ;
Fever and pain and squalor

When the c7.(l7_;'en"';;W"io7;'nMiff...'a'u,

_
We'll nurse them as our own,
And hido them in secret places
Where none may hoar their moan."
" I bid," said Beggary, howling,
" I'll buy thorn, one and all,
I'll teach them a thousand lessons—
To lie, to skulk, to crawl

They shall sleep in my lair, like maggots,
They shall rot in the fair sunshine ;
And if they serve my purpose,
I hope they'll answer thine."
" And I'll bid higher and higher,"
Said Crime with wolfish grin,
" For I love to lead the children

Through the pleasant paths of sin.
They shall swarm in the streets to pilfer.
They shall plague the broad highway,
Till they grow too old for pity,
And ripo for the law to slay.
" Prison and hulk and gallows
Aro many in the land,
'Twere folly not to use them,
So proudly as they stand.
Give me the little children,

I'll take them as they're born :
And I'll feed their evil passions
With misery and scorn.
" Give me the little children,
Ye good, ye rich, ye wise,
And let the busy world spin round
While ye shut your idle eyes ;
And your judges shall have work,
And your lawyers wag the tongue ;
And the gaolers and policemen
Shall be fathers to the young.
"...I and the Law, for pastime,
Shall struggle day and night ;
And the Law shall gain, but I shall win,
And we'll still renew the filth;
And ever and aye we'll wrestle,
Till Law grows sick and sad,.
And kill, in its desperation,
The incorrigible bad.
" I, and the Law, and Justice,
Shall thwart each other still • •
And hearts shall break to see it,

And innocent blood shall spill :
So leave—oh, leave the children
To Ignorance and Woe—
And I'll come in and teach them

The way that they should go ! "
" Oh, shame !" said true Religion,
" Oh, shame, that this should bo !
I'll take little children,
I'll tako them all to mo.
I'll raise them up with kindness
From the mire in which they're trod ;
I'll teach them words of blessing,
I'll lead them up to God."
" You're not the true religion,"

Said a Sect with flashing eyes ;
" Nor thou," said another scowling—
" Thou'rt heresy and lies."
" You shall not have the children,"
Said a third, with shout and yell ;
" You're Antichrist and bigot—
You'd train them up for Hell."
And England, sorely puzzled
To see such battle strong,
Exclaimed with voice of pity—
" Oh, friends ! you do me wrong !
Oh, cease your bitter wrangling,
For till you all agree,
I fear the little chidren
Will plague both you and me."
But all refused to listen ;
Quoth they—" We bide our time ;"
And the bidders seized the children—
Beggary, Filth, and Crime :
And the prisons teemed with victims,
And the gallows rocked on high ;
And the thick abomination
Spread reeking to the sky.

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in the Rue Popincourt, which
an old woman, named Henriette, from an apartment on
she pertinaciously refused to quit, though she was unable
to pay any rent, and had no furniture of sufficient value
to guarantee it. The tribunal granted the demand.
About thirty years ago this woman, it was stated, was
one of the most dashing courtezans of Paris. She had
a fine house, kept carriages and horses, lived in splendid
style, and spent enormous sums over her toilette. She
was then known as the "Belle Henriette," and never
drove out without seeing a number of the most fashion-
able dandies of Paris gallopping by her carriage side.
For some years gold literally poured in upon her, but
her extravagance was so fearful that she spent every
farthing. It is related of her that she one day gave a
grand dinner to a large party, and caused bonbons
wrapped in bank-notes to be presented to each guest ;
and as the guests refused to take the notes, she collected
themf and threw them into the fire. In time her beauty
oaded, and the consequence was that her admirers fell
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THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

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THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S MARRIAG-E,

CIVIL CEREMONY.
The last preparations for. the „crwat ceremonies
were -proceeding with great rapidity on Saturday,
but on Friday night the men den-landed an . in-
crease of wages,- and on its being refused, they
struck Work, as was clone some mouths ago with
respect to the hall for the ball for the Dames.de la
Halle,. The works at Notre Dame were continued
by the soldiers of the Engineers. • The severest
orders were given not to admit any person into the
cathedral. not connected with the works. Great
excitement prevailed in the streets. Men went
about' crying out and Offering for sale the refusal
of Mille. de Montijo to accept the diamond neck-
lace offered her by the city of Paris, others were'
selling a print of the future Empress. In the
somewhat theatrical piece of ornamentation erected
in front of the granti portal of Notre Dame, the
initials of the Emperor and the Empress, N. and
E., were to be seen multiplied in great profusion.
The fall at the Bourse on Saturday was variously
attributed to the news of loans by Russia, Prussia,
and Austria : to the intelligence that an amnesty
was to be * recorded ; and to the fear of same un-
toward incident yesterday.
The Imperial bride has inaugurated her greatness
with an act which is likely to tell well for her
popularity. The municipality of the city of Paris
had voted. the future Empress a diamond necklace
of the value
,of 600,000 f. as a marriages present. On
Friday a deputation from the muncipal-body waited
upon Mdlle. Montijo, at the_ to announce
* In- sho-giiid''.,-ifat'she felt
greatly gratified by this mark of favour, coming
from the city of Paris, but that the jewels provided
for her by the Crown were more than sufficient for

all that she could possibly require for her personal
use. She then said that she would be glad if the
money could be put to some better use, and she
would; therefore, with the consent of the Emperor,
suggest that the municipal authorities should dedi-
cate the whole amount proposed to be invested
in the diamond necklace to the relief of the
distressed poor of the city of Paris. She added
that she hoped that the municipal council
would not object to this, as it would give her de-
light to have the opportunity of inaugurating her
elevation to the distinguished rank to which she
was called, by an act of charity. No doubt this
graceful act will be accomplished. _

_
The refusal was conveyed in the following elegant
letter, addressed to M. Berger, the Prefect of the
Seine :

Monsieur le Prefect,—l feel deeply the generous deci-
sion come to by the municipal council of Paris, which
thus manifests its sympathetic adhesion to the union
which the Emperor contracts. I nevertheless experience
a painful feeling at thinking that 'the first public act
attached to my name, at the moment of my marriage,
should be a considerable expense for the city of Paris.
Permit me therefore, not to accept your gift, however
flattering it may be for me ; you will give me greater
happiness by employing in charities the sum you had
fixed on for the purchase of the ornaments which the
municipal council wished to present to me. My desire
is that my marriage shall not be the occasion of any
fresh charge for the country to which I henceforth be-
tong ; and the only thing of which I am ambitious, is to
share with the Emperor the love and esteem of the
French people. I beg you, Monsieur le Prefect, to ex-
press my gratitude to your council, and to receive your-
self the assurance of my distinguished sentiments.
(Signed) EUGENIE, COUNTESS DS TEBA.
The municipal council, on this letter being read
to them, thought it respectful to the Countess de
Teba not to press their offering upon her accep-
tance. They unanimously voted that the 600,000 f.
should be employed in founding a hospital in which
poor girls may receive a useful education, and be
maintained till they can be placed out in life. This
establishment will bear the name and be under the
patronage of the Empress.
The Countess do Teba's letter in the Moniteur
was a complete surprise to the public. There was
every reason to suppose that the diamonds would
be accepted Wa matter of course. There was a
precedent for the gift in the 500,000 f. voted by the
city of Paris for the wedding toilet of Mario Louise ;
a present which the Austrian Archduchess made
no scruple in accepting. The contrast is most
striking, and will powerfully aid the .argument in
the Emperor's speech against alliances with prin-
cesses of reig,fning'fftmi/ies. - The afiiiffereited step
taken by Mdlle. de Montijo will also silence many
rising murmurs. Peoplo had already observed that
600,000 f. was a largo sum to be paid for a necklace
for a lady who, although of good family, was only
a few clays ago moving in ordinary fashionable so-
ciety, without any pretensions to peculiar distinc-
tion.

To prove the illustrious descent of the Empress,
the following extracts are made by the Constitu-
tionnel from the 19th volume of the " Mdmoires du
Due do Saint Simon."

Peter d'Acuna, second son of the first Duke d'Esca-
lona, Marquis de Villena, and of Mary, heiress of Porto
Carrero, added the latter name to his own, and estab-
lished the branch which often bears the sole name of
Porto Carrero. His son was the Lord of Montijo, and
the son of the latter was created count by Charles 11.
in 1697. He is the fifth Count de Montijo, whom I
have seen in Spain. When very young, he was created
a Knight of the Golden Fleece. * * * * The house
of Acune, which has numerous branches, both Spanish
and Portuguese, and the house of Silva, pretend that
they have the same illustrious and ancient origin, and
are authorised so to do by the best authors, who make
them descend in the male line from Fruelo, King of
Leon, the Asturias, and Galicia.
The Journal de l'Empire has the following article
upon the toilette of the Empress. The article is
signed "Madame de Beauvoir, nee Doze.'
The jewellery and toilettes of the Empress will be
very magnificent. M. Lemonnier, the jeweller, is pre-
paring a parure of white pearls and rubies of a beautiful
design, consisting of a small closed crown to be placed
on the back of the head, of bracelets, and of a necklace
a plaques; and another parure, in very rare black pearls,
consisting of a bracelet ornamented with three large
pearls, a necklace sitting close to the neck in the Louis
XV. style, with, in the centre, an enormons pearl pen-
dant, and a brooch with four black pearls pendant. He
is also preparing a bracelet, consisting of precious stones
of all colours, and a brooch in diamonds of oval form,
the centre of which is formed of a very thin large
diamond, which is destined to cover the portrait of the
Emperor, and a pure diamond is to be pendant from it.
This brooch will be of exquisite beauty. The marriage
coin is to be of massive gold, with the rim in diamonds.
On one side are to be the initials of Napoleon 111. and
Marie Eugenie de Guzman ; on the other is inscribed in
diamonds the date of the marriage of their Majesties.
The wedding rings are to be of thick solid gold.
thejwsiemdielilaalrenionds of the crown, and he
jeweller, has been entrusted with
to that of Charlemagne of
,
ti‘gishireetaoEtarrangbeauty.ement
toHh\o'refe lr
is also to supply some very fine
bracelets and brooches. It is he who has prepared the
ornaments of the prayer-book of the Empress ; the book
is bound in white velvet with silver onaments ; and on
one side is an eagle surmounted with the imperial crown
in diamonds, on the other the initials of her Majesty
foornurinof irs, richly em-
lace, Valenciennes surmounted with an imperial crown also in diamonds.
Two dress-makers have been charged with the dresses—
Madame Vig,non, with those for the morning, and
Mademoiselle Palmyre with those of the evening. The
An odnegr e
exquisite beauty.
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kaorianrge threat ym-
to
drwith
lace, and lined with silk, of a rose and Mechlin
, blue
f(
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decorated
, and white
colour ; two robes-de-chamber—. one in black velvet with
facings of watered silk, of a sky-blue colour, the other
in gros de Navarre, lined with white silk ; a full dress of
'rose-coloured watered silk, with very long basques,
ornamented with fringe and lace ; and one of green
taffetas, with flowers, ornamented with plumes frisees. ,
Mdlle. Palmyre is making twenty full dresses, one is in white brocade, with flowers of silk and gold, orna-
mented down the front with flowers of different colours ,•
another has three flounces embroidered with silk and
silver ; another, of velvet, is ornamented with flounces
of blond lace, decked with bees, and crowned eagles in
gold ; one of blue velvet, ornamented with Alencon
lace ; one of black velvet, with flounces of gold guipure;
one of pearl-grey satin, with nine flounces of Brussels
lace ; three court mantles of silk, watered with gold and
silver—rose, blue, and white in colour-one ornamented
with gold blond, the second with silver blond, the third
of white blond, and all three decorated with tufts of
flowers and feathers ; another dress, in tulle and satin,
blue in colour, with feathers and roses ; another, white,
with tufts of violets and ribbon, ornamented with roses.
The day 'dresses are to be a basques a tall/es, very
long, and a demi queue arrondie ; and those of the even-
ing a queue entiere, and the greater part a corsages
drapes. For the civil marriage, Mdlle. Palmyre has
made two dresses ; one in rose-coloured satin, covered
with point d'Angleterre, ornamented ab the bottom with
agrafes of white lilace, with a corsage drape, ornamented
in the same way ; the other in white satin, covered with
point d'Alencon, and ornamented with diamonds. The
Empress has not yet decided which she will wear. The
dress for the religious marriage has been made by Mme.
Vignon ; it is in velvet epingle, with a train, and is
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covered with point d Angt
. e .e/Te ; the corsage is a
basques, decked with diamonds. Point d'Angleterre has
been
chosen for this dress on account of the.-veil which
could not be obtained in point d'Alencon. The head
dress has been confided to Felix—it will consist of a
diadem, and of a crown of diamonds and sapphires,
mixed with orange flowers. At the dinner the Empress
will wear a p mitre of diamonds and rubies.
Although the religous and public ceremony o

the Emperor's marriage with Mademoiselle de
Montijo did not take place till yesterday, the real
and legal civil marriage was celebrated on Saturday.
night.
At eight o'clock p.m. the Duke de Combaceres,
grand master of the ceremonies to the Emperor,
accomlcanied by Count 13acchiochi, the master of
the ceremonies, started from the Palace of the
Tuileries, :with two of the Court carriages' and pair,
and went to the Palace of theEly&,‘e to seek the
imperial. bride: • The carriages were escorted by a
strong, detachment of cavalry. The front carriage
was- occupied by the grand mistress of the house-
hold of the future Empress (the Princess of Ess-
Eng), by the Duchess of Bassano, lady of honour
to the Empress, and by the master of the cere-
monies. The second carriage, which was preceded
by a piper, and followed by two grooms on horse-
back besides having two footmen behind, was
occupied in-ging to the Elysee by the Duke de
Camba,cores alone. _

At the Elysee a battalion of cuirassiers was
drawn up in the court of the palace, and, not-
' withstanding the inconvenient hour, a considerable
crowd assembled to see the cortege.
The grand master of the ceremonies and his party
remained but a few minutes in the palace. At
half-past eight the beating of the drums au champ,
and the salute of the troops, announced the arrival
of the bridal party, and in a few minutes the
Duke de Cambaceres issued from the principal en-
trance with • the imperial bride- on his arm, the
Marquis de Valdegamas, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the Queen of Spain,
following, with the .Countess -de Montijo, Duchess
de Penaranda, the bride's mother. The ladies
having taken their seats in the principal carriage,
with the Duko de CambaceOs and the Marquis de
Valdegamas on the front seat, the procession then
started for the Tuiliories, guarded as before by
cavalry. It passed along the Rue du Fauburg St.
Honore, the Place de la Concorde, the Quay of the
Tuileries, and entered the palace by the Place du
Carrousel and the gate of the Pavillion de Flore.
At the foot of the gTand staircase of thePavillon

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de Flore the imperial bride was received by the
Grand Chamberlain (the Duke de Bassano), and
the. Grand Equerry, the two chamberlains on duty,
and the Emperor's orderly officers, who conducted
her to the Salon de Famille, where the Emperor
was waiting for her.
At the entry to the first saloon, the imperial
bride was received by their Imperial Highnesses
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde, when
the party formed a procession and proceeded to the
Emperor's saloon in the following order
The Orderly Officers.
A Chamberlain.
The Master of the Ceremonies (Count Bac-
chiochi).
The First Equerry.
The Grand Equerry.
Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Napoleon and
the Princess Mathilde. _ _ _

The Imperial Bride and her Excellency the
Countess de Montijo, taking the right and walking
abreast. _ _ _ _

On their right, and a little in advance, the Grand
Chamberlain; on their left, and also in advance,
the Grand Master of the Ceremonies.
Then followed the Grand Mistress of the House-

hold of the future Empress, and her Lady of
Honour ; and the procession was closed by a Cham-
berlain.

On arriving near tho saloon in which the Em-

peror had talien up his position, the Chamberlain
at the head of the procession announced to the
First Chamberlain the approach of the future
Empress.

The First Chamberlain then advanced, and an-
nounced to the Emperor the arrival of his bride.
The Emperor, who was waiting for tho bride, had
the ex-King Jerome on his right hand, Prince
Napoleon on his left, and several members of the
Imperial family around him, including the Prince
and Princess Lucien Murat, the' Count and Countess
Camerata Bacciochi, the Dulcel: and Duchess of
Hamilton, &C. Standing round his Majesty were
the Cardinals, Marshals, and Admirals of France,
the Ministers, the grand officers, and officers of the

Imperial household, and the Ambassadors and
Ministers Plenipotentiary of France at foreign
Courts at present in Paris. Among the latter
were the Count and Countess de Walewski.

. .
The Emperor then advanced to the door of the
salon •to bride ; and, after cordially
shaking both her and the Countess de Montijo, her
mother, by the hand, the whole party advanced
into the room, and the bride took a seat of honour
which had been previously prepared for her.
Several of the principal persons present, and,
among others, two of the cardinals and several
general officers, were then presented to the im-
perial bride—a ceremony which occupied about
half an hour. At length half-past nine having
arrived, which was the hour previously fixed for
the civil marriage, the grand master of the cere-
monies, the Duke de CambacGres, advanced to give
notice to the Emperor, and a procession was imme-
diately formed for the purpose of proceeding to the
Salle des Mareschaux, in which the general com-
pany, to the number of 800, had in the meantime
assembled. Nothing can exceed the splendour of
this magnificent half, blazing as it was with paint-
ing and gilding, reflected by ten thousand lights,
and filled with ladies, all in fulfdress, and most of
them displaying a profusion of diamonds, and gen-
tlemen in all the variety of costume from the habit
brode of the senator to the habit habille of the
simple rentier, and the magnificent uniform of the
marshals of France to that of the colonel of in-
fantry.

The guests were composed principally of the
members of the Senate, the vice-presidents and
qucesters of the Legislative Corps, the members of
the Council of State, the presidents of the courts of
justice, the Prefect of the Seine, Prefect of Police,
and some others of the highest magistracy, and a
great number of general officers. A considerable
number of the members of the Legislative Corps
were also present, having been specially invited.
Places had been set aside for the corps diplomatique
to the right of the throne, that distinguished body
having, after considerable hesitation, resolved to
accept the invitation sent to them. They all came
in state, and were dressed in full diplomatic cos-
tume. At the further end of the salle, in front of
the window looking towards the garden, two mag-
nificent thrones of green velvet and richly gilt, had
been placed upon an estrade. The one on the right
was for the Emperor, the one on the left for the
future Empress. At the foot of the throne, and on
the left side, was placed a table, on which a great
book was placed, in which is to be recorded the
births, marriages, and deaths of the imperial family.
The guests were drawn up on benches placed at
each side, both in the Salon Blanc and the Salle
des Mareschaux, and a considerable space was left
vacant in the centre for the passage of the cortege.
On the doors from the Salle de rEmpereur, lead-
' ing into the Salon Blanc, being thrown open, the
procession entered in the following order :
The Huissiers.
The Assistants of the Master of the Ceremonies.
The Orderly Officers of the Emperor not on ser-
vice.

The Equerries of the Emperor not on service.
The Orderly Officers on service.
The Chamberlains not on service.
The Masters of the Ceremonies.
The Emperor's Aides-de-camp not on service.
The Equerry of the Empress.
The Equerries on service.
The Chamberlains on service.
The Aides-de-camp on service.
The Emperor's Grand Chamberlain.
The' Grand Huntsman.
The Grand Equerry.
The Grand Chamberlain.
The Marshals and Admirals.
The Ministers, Secretaries of State.
The Cardinals.
Their Imperial Hignesses the Imperial Princes.
The Emperor and Empress, walking side by side,
and followed by
The Grand Marshal of the Palace.
The Grand Master of the Empress's Household.
The First Almoner of the Emperor.
The First Prefect of the Palace.
The First Huntsman.
The Grand Mistress of the future Empress.
The Lady of Honour.
The First Chamberlain of the future Empress.
Her Imperial Highness the Princess Mathilde.
Her Excellency the Countess de Montijo.
The members of the Imperial Family.
The ladies of the Princesses.
An officer on service for each of the households
of the members of the Imperial family.
The moment the doors of the Salle de l'Empe-
reur were thrown open, the master of the ceremo-
nies called out in a loud voice, " L'Empereur !"
and the procession immediately moved on, proceed-
ing
slowly to the Salle des Mareschaux, where the
persons forming it took up the places allotted to
them. The officers, grand officers, and ladies of the
household of the future Empress, took up their
places behind the thrones of the Emperor and the
bride, according to their rank. The Ministers