The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-09 00:00:00

tssernb!:ed a select band of piling ladies dr:essed in
white, •with white -scarfs across -their shoulders,
and" cr:lwnerl with chaplets of white lilies. They
bod a charming appearance, and
,returned the
salutes' of .the various parts of the Cortege 'as I
passed, with cries of " Vice le lini, vices-les Bour-
bons." A good band of Music also took their sta-
tion here;,and continued to play the principal Na-
tional Airs of-France, which excited the highest
enthusiasm. - •

" About a quarter past two", the hem] of the.
Procession, consisting of about 1500 of the Sth
Legion of the National Guards, reached this
plate, and were received with . vivid acclama-
tions, which they .returiled with waving their
hats, and shouting " Vine le Roi !" Vine Henri
Quatre !" which latter cry, by the bye, though a
very general is not a very natural 'national shout,
though I suppose it must be taken metaphorically
for " Vinel'esprit de Henri Quatre."-1 ought to
have noticed, that, on the pedestal.of the statue of
this hero, they had inscribed, since I last saw it,
the words,

" LUDOVICO REDUCE,
HENRICCS REDEVIVUS."
The words on 'the pavilions were, on one side,
" A la Concorde Francois," and on the other, "A
la Paix des Nations" \

" As the Procession advanced, the caup eceil
became inexpressibly fine. The long Q 0.4.; des Or-
fevres, up which it moved, along the banks of the
Seine, to this central point (Pout Neuf), was.
Crowded to excess. ' Every -window and balcony
was adorned with tapestries, colours, flowers; &c.
whence multitudes of the finest women in Paris,
witnessing the ceremony, were incessantly occu--
pied in gratulating the:paSsing cavalcade, by ges-
ticulations
.and cries of joy. The beatify of the
day, not a.• cloud obscuring the azure vault of
heaven, the grandeur of the buildings in this
part, and the-vicinity of the river, rendered the
spectacle altogether,' even abstracted froM moral
and, political considerations', one of the most, im-
posing and noble that was ever represented to the
eyes of mankind.

It was a scene of wonder and delight. The
Streets lined with the National Guards Of Paris,
between whose lines rode the Russian General;
with his attendant Cossacks, theAustrianCuirasSier,
the Prussian Landwehr, the Lancer of Germany,
the wild Croat from the South, and the Swede
from.the North of Europe ! The guards of Bun-
naparte, and the old troops. of the French line,
preceded the triumphal car of a Bovesort Prince !
The Tartar of the Don -and the soldier of the Seine
rode in peace side by side ; and as it was. in the
procession, so it was in the multitude of specta-
tors. I stood between a Spaniard and a German,
and leaned upon a French guard in front, who lent
me his musitet io rest upon, and laughed heartily
when I proclaimed myself thc first British Volun-
teer in his corps. The rich variety of military
uniforms imparted a singular aspect of gaiety to
the crowd : the white of Austria, the blue of
Prussia, the green of Russia,. and here .and tlrere-
-1 a red jacket ; the peaked bonoet of one, the ea-.
potte of a second, the cocked hat of a third, the
hussar cup of -a fourth; theheltnet of the dragoon;
with the ponderous plumes of the grenadier, alt
added in an extraordinary manner to the magic
of the Shew;---a sheet which certainly consisted
of the most wooderful assemblage of nations that
bas been seen in the world for a thousand years.
" And then the occasion of all this, and the
prospect of the golden days which it opens to
mankind ; the sublime idea that misery and deso-
lation have ceased, that the career of guilt and blood
is at an end, that this day forms that point of time,
that gtorious epoch in hiStory, at which is drawn
the fine line'of separation between almost univer-
sal wretchedness •and almost universal happiness ;
the mind dwells upon the era with emotions too
deep for the pen—too vivid for the-tongue. When
the lapse of years shall have sobered the passions
into reason, some sublime genius may eternalize
his name by drawing a portrait of this hour—a
faint portrait; but no living man, whe has seen
• and felt, nun participated in the agitations of these
1. times, and who has
.Witnessed. that which marks
the close of these convulsions, can.in any 'Way do
justice to the mighty theme.
" To return to the prosession—After the National
Guards, came: the Imperial (now the Royal)
Guards, An
.loot, to the number of about 100, and
an equal number of the Horse'Guard... They were
greeted with cries of " Lice le Guard !"—" Fives
la Guards_ Imperia,le !"----T4y are fine, veteran
looking fellows, and inarched on iu a steady, sol-
dierly manner. Whether it was owing to disci-
pline, or to any other cause,. I do- not know, bui
none of the old French troopi appeared to return
the gratulations of the crowd, to shout, or to pay
any regard to the arches of triumph, statues, &c.
which they passed in their way. Another consi-
derable body of the Paris NationalGhards follOnted;
they, on the contrary, were all enthusiasm. About
this part of the Procession thete were the greatest
number together of the Allied Troops (spectators),
who had fallen into the Cortege, and mixed with
the .French soldiery. Most of-them were covered.
with crosses, medals, stars, decorations, and bo-
nours bestowed on them by their Soiersigns for
leaving beaten the French ! the midst of whom,
and in the centre of whose capital, they now rode
in peace—Another curious source, for Tellection•
ou the mutability of human affairs. "About 100
-of the Guard d'Hwineur and French Lancers came

next—a superb body of men: They were fol-
lowed by a Regiment of hardy, sun-burnt Troops
of the Line, And these, in turn, by regular ca-
valry. Next, a party of the Empress's Guard
d'Elite, like our Oxford glues, and remarkably
powerful .men.--Thtse were' succeeded, and the
contrast was very grand, by about fifty Damsels
in wt►ite, strewing flowers, and bearing ' amc.ng
them two Standards, (one White and the other
Blue) inscribed, " Dieu ?too •rend.les Bourbons :
Yivele Rbi 1" This party was warmly greeted.—
They wepe followed by Chasseurs of the Life
Guard, and this party closed the Military Advance
of the Proetssion.

"'Tie harriers of our iron railing were now thrown
open; and our fair,florists marched forward to the
side of the road—the Band struck up Henry
Quutre; and the Balloon, which was prepared im-
mediarely.behind his statue, was loosened so as to
float iii air us high as the parapet 'of the Bridge.
Every thing- announced the approach of THE
KING, auttall along the Quai there appeared nv-