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*PARIS, JAN. 21.--,,ANSIIVIMSARY Of THE 21sT
jANUARY.7-Parisi: where so many extraordinary
4...verits have succeeded euch 2ther during the last
•" ~-,)....rt•tr. • ,
25 years, presented yesteaßMA pictnre which will
never be effaced. On INErprodetlitig evening the
Lolls announced, by theirigaiii•ialii.ound, the day
'consecrated 'to 'Otpiatory Ceremonies., end in the
morning the shops were shut. ,The quarter's in-
.,
hahited by the indigent elasses,' were 'those In
which this religithis duty Ojos Observed with not
the feast exactness. , Altogether the intierning-
dress, the staid and silent gait.of people of every
age, sex, and profession; who, front a thousand
d Wei eta quarters, repaired to their respective
• churches, gave to this melancholy day a charae.
ter of solemn sadness, whicliqirepareil every hart
651
for the deeper emolians't rellgion. Such was
the spectacle, acctirdingt.ri,i4eTebrated historian,
which Rome' presented, when the widow of a
young Prince, the hope of the Empire:, brought
into the city his adored ashes. The expression of
Tacitus, with its energetic precision, can alone
do justiee to what we -yesterday experienced at
Voris : Dios per sileniium vostas. It was a day of
solitude it ?It! dembeeness : universal silence seemed;
to announce the absence Of the inhabitants their
3.eturit was marked only by their Sighs and prayers,
'nixed with the bytnns'aml vows of the church.
About eleven o'clock the Ilitieral solemnities
CMllMeticed in nil ;he churches of the cointai. The
stogie difference consisted in the more or lent
pomp they could distil ty ; but every vltere reigned
the tpOist Lunch ung conformity, that of sentitnent
Mut 'pions anxiety. he farjahs of the churches
'stung with bleep, were ornamented with esietit-
elteons of Prance, and in the choir; the cenotaph
mho; every it hoe surmounted with the'cro.wn, the
is6eptre, and the hand of Justice; every where
also Ilea national "guards, in full ueitorin, Were
plared to the nave and around tilieCatalolrs. It
Ntiould be impossible to say hr; of hat part of this
n itioense city zeal and grief wireitUnst affectingly
depicted ;—W 'tether at the chtrthei' iit the opir-
le;it and :commercial quarters, such as St. Hoch,
St. Edstache, &c. or at St. Margaret, in the fan-
binire St. Antoine!
:The truly unblinte idea of causing, instead of
cveiv whet eulogy Cased what other could etinal
it c.j the iinmortal icstainent of the Martyr.K.lng
to remi, iirothired all the dreet that eoOhl have
been expvi:tail. Every where it was read from
the p,,tpit'hy some ecclesiastic of advanced age,
onti a in, doubtless, like AO many .ot Itt;01 •of
the inhabitants of Paris', Lad sheen. the silent
and alliietcd witness
,of the' Vrtriltic _of that
oufOrtanace day." Every' wherestittut inimitable
• inontimutt Of ineffable good:test,- of heroism
to carthly was listened to with profound
silt reel eft,. t. How many tears of grief and fol-
loiration downd during the mottrintil cetemony !
I.4ct lit lint seek to know' whether remorse for
Last i.tug I rihitted in tiny way to the most Odious
oV may tot have caused some of them to
After the great act of national justice
which has Jost neva passed upon the regicides,
whom the course of time and their own hit ions
rii.stoos have stilt spitted, there ought no longer
,exist itt Fiance bin a nation of brothers.—
Lows XVI. when about to useend to the_ abodes
of, bliss, desired it and Louis XVIII. is his tes-
t aforOtary executor:
'lite grand vicars had caused the testament to be
join,:d To their pastoral letter posted up in all the
Many good Freuchmen, after the cc.
remony, stopped to read it, in ortlei.more tho.
tong to impress on their minde'LlOse celestial
words which they had just heard. iffqii-bers point-
ed it out to their children : happy:veneration !
which, though it has knowu our law disasters,
was not born or had just Seen the light in .those
dayS of inexpressible reptoach and grief. It took
part in the expiation with all the candour of its
Aunneent age, though it had not known the great
sit roCit yto winch so many others sitcceedeil. It find
lint heard, 23 years ago, the dreadful, caninne-
sou:ol whieb, at the moment when the knell lite
of the just was accomplished, shattered till hearts,
and, announced the ineffaceable crime to the lulus-
hitunis of Paris, and to the captives in the Tem.
lc ! -frightful signal of ail the calamities that
have «11 omitted France, Europe, the wnrhl, sig-
sod, of innumerable battles, and of' the war of
extermination which Hell itself had 'let loose
against virtue.

'llere let us not forget a remarkable circum-
stance. AlMost all females, not only those of the
opuient classes, but those also in moOerate
cumatances, were in black. Their grief hail no
fatal recollections to ,poiscr its purity. to the
course of our dreadful errors, the women sheaved
themselves exempt from the epidemic delirium. A
multitude of traits of courage Anti devotedness jot-
- ruortaliseti them, anti their invariable attachment
to, the sacred cause of legitimacy constituted their
honour fn tliose,cfays of shame and grief.
• The Pepartmehtal Authorities, the Duke of
Reggio, the Prefect of the Department, the Pre.
Jeet of the Police, the Staff Officers Of different
carps of troops-, some Members of the twit; Chum.'
berg, HMI of the Courts of Justice, proceeded at
eleven o'clock to the Metropolitan Church. r The
Ira rages of -Louis the Sixteenth, who arrived at
the Lime time,
,took their places around the cc-.
sioppb, winch was covered with censers, whence
issuedinnereal,fires. &Mud the altitC wa4.a blaz-
lug Lchepel of admirable effect. The acquits Of
Louis Xi ii. and Louis XIV. illtindnatid?from the
. -
chapci„eappeared,„like august shades MiXiiig tlstir
prayers in the expiation of France. The .1114143,
host4igcs of,Loms XVI., occupied couspicuotis
plac,ea mu the nave: gibe pupils orthe,senooLof
Jaw, deputed to be present at the,service, were
pllced at the entrance of the choir," and after
amass; led out the.; ladies hostages. The appear;.
ante '}.ind Meditative air of these young titan gave
ilartiealar satigaction. -
Atter the Gospel, the Abbe de la Myre, Vicar.
General, read the 1 estatuent o 1 Louis XVI. and

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was distinctly licaril throngh all parts of that im-
mense cathedral ;---the reading made a profound
impression. The Mass, preceded by the, expiatory
ceremony, was perturmed by the Abh4 de
Several Preletei were in the sanctuary;
From nine o'clock in the morniog, the road
from Paris to St. Denis teas covered', with au itii-
titenssrerow4l..
At eleven o'clock, a numerous cavalcade set
out from the liaeriert It was cOnlpoSedof coin-
pities 4'14 King's hottseloild troops, amt. of se-
veral regiments of the Royal Guard, itilantry and
cavalry. These troops marched to tie sound of
mournful music : they accompanied the caniage
of the Court and the deputations of the Great
13odies of the State, , Nemernits do/min:news of
the national guard of Paris; and of cisapelte, end
St.. Deals, were stationed on :the road, less for
the purpose of inaintnitriug -order than to add to
the imposing aspect of the solemuity.
The cavalcade having arrived beforet he Church,
the troupe took their stations in the great. square.
The Deputations ut' flue Chamber of Peers of De-
poties, of the Court of Cessation, of the Court of
Our Acetionts, of the Royal Court, of the Muni-
cipal Court of Paris. of the Tribunal of First Re-
sort; and of Commerce, took their seats in the
choir of the Church, in the middle of which was
elevated the bier.
A 'great number or persons, of the highest. dis-
tinction, were equally. anxious to occupy the tri-
bunes reserved For them
The august daughter of Louis XiVl, was in a
tribune above the seats where: were placed
Sicily, the Duke of Angotileme, the Duke tie Berry,
slid the Prince of Coni;e. The tribune of Ma-
dame was eviiiely veiled
'The Bishop of Chalons-sue-Saeine, formerly
Almoner of the Queen of France, assisted by a
nteueromi •Clergy, officiated, After the gospel,
M. de Caux, Bishop of Aire, read jo v-ice
charged by profound emotion, Alm will r Louis
XVI, It was read from a manuscript It Was
prestimed to be the original, written ti ito the
band of the holy Mona-rein himself.
During the sacred office, a kotery of onnon,
served by the artillery of the Royal Guard, and
placed outside St. Denis, tired every quarter of an
hour. -
At half-past one o'clock this huposing erreinony
was finished. At their departure Irons the C;itach,
the Nieces were received with universal et:ciente-
tions Of " Viva le Rol."
Madame, alto went iecognito to St. Denis, re-
named in the Sallie
'The following is the Asidros of the 'Chamber
Of Deputies to the.Kieg on the commemoration
of the 2lst of Januaryl--. •
" Sin I.:,*•Your, fait 14 to! subjects 'of the Chamber
of Deeeties present to your Majesty a very pain-
ful tonnage: •
In order, to spare France the crime of which
this day renews the memory, Louis XVI. your
august brother, wonld have appealed tO his people.
After 23 years of servitude amid of calamities, the
French people, restored to liberty and to itself,
can at lest reply to the appeal of its King.
Vs a come in its nanie, ia the face of Europe,
in pteseuce of the revered throne of Ilenry IV.
and tit St. Louis, to disavow that atrocity. No,
Sire, it was not, the crime of France. We wrest,
in support ot-this, the coefitienee.of the Martyr
King, the innumerable victims whose sacrifice
followed his, the transports which yOur returiE
excited;" we call to witness the loo.ror which the
authors of that crime inspire its the nation.
" They thooght to annietlate the ancient compact
which unites oor destinies to.youe august fatuity
they have rendered it snore saered. May we be
permitted,. Sire, now to renew the inviiblable en-
gagentent, in order to console us fur site ul-
lect lout which that horrittle day recall ; permit
us, the organs of Mance, in mouredug, to say to
you, Sne, we have not degenerated trusts the
loyalty of our ancestors,
" As long as your illustrious race shall exist,
we will be faithful to it : never will we recogniza,
for our legiatate Kings any Princes except those
of your house, and on whom the .order of pri-
mogeniture shall linpress that character. We
swear it before God and before usrtt, Let the
French n:smt be lost in oblivion rather than we
should betray this oath of honour.
• " We lay is, Sire, at yuur feet, and supplicate
your Majesty to ordain that, engraved (Hi brass,
sobseribed by all the Members of the Chamber
of Deputies, it may be attached to that expiatory
monument which the national grief is preparing,
in order to trensmit to posterity the, most oistaor,
itt °lice, the protest of the French people against,
the 'minter of 21st 1101181 y, alit, die soletim to ti.
mony of the sentiments which animate its."
JAN, 22.—Madame, the Duchess of Att.,.
gohiesne, out her retool' from the funeral ceremony
at St. Denis, received no company* She retired
to her apartinents, and did sot attend the diluter
of the King.
The Keeper 'Of the Seals bad no audience of his
Majesty before mass, tied the Duke of Richelieu
after moss.

General Colbert, who was arrested and after-
wards set at liberty by order of tiovernment, has
just ohthined pimuission to go abroad he has
quitted the capital'. .
All the theatres were :Ant yesterday without
any order having been issued on the subject.
An august Princess has just released trim prLoo
40 persons, confined for debts below 20,000 francs.:
It is only by the fortunate indiscretion of a person
charged to keep the secret, that'vre have been tibia
to, divulge the name of her who has performed en
act so worthy of the daughter of Louis XVI.
The Prussian troops have evacuated Maubtirge;
they were succeeded by 1500 Russians, with t3OO
cavalry : cieneral Woroutow entered, the town
vu the 3d.

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Letters from Calais, of the 18th„ inform us,
that several transports having English troops ou
board were forced to put hack, owing to the tem-
pestuous weatitvr. Some horses perished,. and se.
veva! into were washed tnerhoard,
Several Germin Jottruals state, that the Xing,
of Bavaria anti Wurteroherg, cue (hand Puke
of Baden, have concluded en alliance for the par«
ow of holeitinly guaranteeing the States whieb'
they et present possess.
The Norms (le Mellicis has made its swieton
entry into Florence, it arrived on the 3‘l, preeed.
ed by a brilliant suite, tie lirincip4l pictures of

the Italian School, the Chefs d'ceutire of Raphael,
Michael Angelo, Guido, Salvator Rossa, Andre
del Sara:Grind Itoinano, served fQr the escort.
The whole population went out to meet them. It
atirthing.can console us for our losses in the arts,
it would be to see; these monuments pass into the
builds of an 'idolatrous people, whose enlightened
oentliusiasw promises a tis care for their pre-
servation.

There was an Assembly and Concert yesterday
at the Duke of Wellington. The company was
ver).l:!:aterona and brilliant.
'flare is still a rack of artillery established at
the end of La Chapelle, on the road to St. Denis.
The English soldiers who have the guard of theie
places are lodged in the villages. The inhabitanty.
are not o•!iiged to find them provisions.
Since the return Of the Emperor Alexander into
his capital he has made many alterations in the
etiquette of his Court. The Imperial table IT
served at two o'clOck, instead Of four. The Em-
peror generally rises at five o'clock, and is OCreit."'"
pied all day.