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and a chair covered with rich drapery, and a
fleur-de-lis carpet was extended under the feet
of his Majesty anti the Princes. Another carpet
was spread in the choir anti along the nave to the

portal.
The procession advanced in the following

Order :---,

The Duke of. Berry, preceded •by his Staff.
The Duke of., Angouleme, preceded by the
-Officers cif his Household.
Monsieur, the King's.brother, and the Officers
attached to his person.

The Cdnons and Ecclesiastics Of the Ca►hedral,
preceded by the Cross and the Royal Heralds at

Arms .

Ilis Majesty, under a canopy borne by six
,Cationi, preceded by two Pages in the most bra-
-Ilant costume, by a detachment of the Gnarcies de
-Corps nn ditty, and the Gent Suits, and surround-
ed by several General ()Meets.

The Duchess of Augonleme, surrounded by the
Officers and Ladies of her abusehold, immedime-
ly followed his 11ajesty.

• Next came the Oncheetes of Berri and Orleans
and Bourbon, followed •by the retinue which bad
accompanied them to the church.
A great number of Officers of State closed the
procession.

Ilis Slajesty placed himself under the canopy,
suipewleil ht the middle of the choir, surrounded
by the Princes of his family..
Itumediately after the Veni Creator, the. Mass in
Music commenced. The execution was brilliant.
The composition was worthy of the composer,
AI. Lesueor, to whom we are already indebted for
many valuable productions .in every• department
of his art.

The Loraine sah2u►a fac, which was sung by the
whole Church, produced no less effcck than the
brilliant pieces which had preceded it I for the
voices of all present scented united to exi►rrss the
wishes of the faithinl subjects of an adored Mo-
narch.

. After the celebration of Divine Service termi-
nated by the. Benediction, the procession com-
menced in the some order ,as On the entrance, to
re-comduct his Majesty, except that the Duchess
of Angottleme was not followed by the other
Ptinces4es who went out by the lateral gate on
Vie Bishops' side.
Jt was remarked the Duke of Berri, after b
ing accompanied his Majesty, crossed the church
to the choir, to rejoin his august consort.

The troops which formed the donhle lines, join-
ed in the procession, were r,mnrked for that re-
ligions devotion which formerly. did honour to the
courage of the Bayards :tnd the Doptesclins.
At two• o'clock precisely the procession lett
Notre Dame. Several of the court cirringes, with
eight horses, preceded that which the King occu-
pied, and in which were also Madame, Monsieur,
and the Duke of Angonleme.

The same cd,finations accompanied the King
to the Tuileries, and this august ceremony will
doubtless leave vrofound recollections %yid) all ti,le
friends of the King and Religion.
The Doke of Cambridge and Mr. Canning were

present (hiring the ceremony.
The Bishop of St. Maloes,, formerly Ambassa-
ilor to Rome, officiated at.the celehratiow of. the
Mass of the iloly Ghost. The Deacons were,
the Abh6 Roman, Canon and Arch Priest of St.
Genevieve, and the Curate of Notre Dame.

OPENLY!? OF TILE SESSION.

KING'S SPF.ECEI.

At 002 o'clock this day, the King proceeded in
tate to the Chamber of Deputies, and the Peers
and Deputies being present in the costume of their
fespeetive ilonses, his Majesty delivered from the
Throne the following Speech
" GENTLEDIEN,—In opening this new Session,
It is extremely agreeable to me to have to rejoice
with you on the benefits which Divine Provi-
dtmee has deigned to bestow upon My people slid
upon roe. ' ;

" Tranquillity reigns throughout the kingdom ;
the amicable dispositions of ,the Foreign Sove-
reigns, and the exact observance of treaties, god-
ranter to us peace without ; and if a senseless
.ntetprile has for an instant caused alarm relative
to our interior tranquillity, it has only served to
elicit a forther poor of the attachment of the
Nation, and of the fidelity of my Army.
" My personal happiness has been increased by
the union of one, of my children (for, you know,
my brother's are mine) with a young Princess,
*hose amiable (politica, seeonding the at:0.16011i
cat the rest of my family, promise me a happy old
age, and will give, I Ernst, to France, new pledges
of prosperity, by confirming the orderofiucession,
the first basis of this Monarchy, and without which
to State can be in safety.
• •
" To 'these blessings, it is true, there are an-
,
new! real pains: The intemperanceof the seasons
has delayed,the harvest ; my people wirer, and