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acterises the national establishment

on tho publish

s an intolerable bore

en the publishing trade was bettf
ear of grace '53

o than in the present y

luen I have known a publisher, with tears in his eyes, see
£6O worth of books carted away, in a single day, to the
British Museum, Z.. 311 College, Oxford, Cambridge, &c.
As we are beginning to look after the proper administra-
tion of the Fine Arts—though the skinning of the old
masters in the National Nuisance—I beg pardon, Gallery,
bas not yet been given over—let us hope that a commis-

sion of real pract
I: would nearly o,

k

'+r the Museu

al me,n will 10,,_
12y the space of a Vandard to touch

upon all the monstrosities of art during the last twenty-
five years which we have had to pay for ; monstrosities
called into being by a committee of taste,
mostly all the
members of which effected to love and to know Art. NYw
we have scholars and fine art men, with Prince ALBERT
at their head, looking after these things. The trustees of
the British Museum are too few, and too exalted in posi-
tion—Lord Chancellors, Archbishops, Chancellors of the
Exchequer, and so forth—to give more than formal
attendance. Put in two or three working men, and there
will be no occasion for troubling Mr. BORN, or the Bow.
street magistrate.

THOMAS HARPER, the world's greatest trumpeter, is
dead. " I knew him well, Horatio ! HARPER was mag-
nificent, whether at coronation or civic feast. I remem-
ber being in Westminster Abbey at the rehearsal, the day
previous to the crowning of WILLIAM and ADELAIDE,
when the Bisnop of LONDON'S nose was put out of joint,
judging by its unnatural elevation, as Sir GEORGE SMART
called upon TuomAs HARPER, with good lung and elo-
quent lip, from the floor of the abbey, up to far beyond
the organ's highest pipe, to gin two 9r tlirce 9f 1-1.4. N.

DEL'S divine notes, just to try the effect. They were notes
worthy of being repeated the next day before the pride
and pomp of the civilized world, when tl

ey touched eve:

1, was anxious

ear and heart. The Bishop, at the rehears
to ascertain the acoustic qualities of a little golden pulpit
he got erected in a corner of the nave. HaarEn. blew
like an artist. Sir GEORGE SMART applauded like mad,
as I really thought the Bishop would hare gone. Mr.
HARPER'S trumpet—mantle, if you wish—is well disposed
on his son. Apparently well and hearty, at Exeter-hall, at
the commencement of a rehearsal the other day, the
father complained to one or two of his confreres of being
chilly. He was carried home, and died before the per-
formances next day !
In the literary world books enow have made their ap-
pearance since my last communication, many of them
bearing the bloom of the " Minerva press," soon to be
brushed away. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S new book has
been postponed for a time by that prince of publishers,
RICHARD BENTLEY ; and I really don't know of anything
deserving of " our special wonder," if, perhaps, I except
SorEß's Modern Housewife. Most of us dine once a
day ; in the good oil Conservative times, one might have
diced twice a day ; however, dining once a day is good,
and I have endeavoured to eat two or three of SOYER'S
recipes before the important meal. Talk of oysters, as a
whet ; a page or two of SUPER touching his stock for all
kinds of soup, his stewed eels, sauce matelofe, fowl
pillau, qc., every day before dinner, will get the veriest
valetudinarian such an appetite, that he or she, as the
gender may be, will abandon roasted butterflies for
dinner, and take to tigers, even stuffed with tenpenny

Another, though a tlifferent book. I have long much
more admired the " unadorned eloquence" of RICHARD
COBDEN than the soundness of his arguments and cor-
rectness of his views. Argue he cannot, and his mental
vision—save on one, but important, subject—is oblique.
Nor is he very careful to enquire anent the character of the
" facts" he sometimes brings forth, provided the state-
ment of them answers his purpose. I need but refer to
his statistics enunciated on the stage of Covent Garden
.i.nearre, or more recently to OIS snipping tams utterea on
the floor of another house, which were easily ar

speedily

demolished there. Yet RICHARD COBDENi3 passing honest

probably because he firmly believes that he is so. He
makes, however, a sad mess of it when he trave

—as he

has a desperate desire to travel—out of his own particular
sphere. I have been incontinently led into these appa-
rently harsh remarks, from a perusal of the Hon. Gentle-
man's Three Letters 1793 and 1353, just out, as the phrase
is. The most superficial thinker,—yea, SHALLOW, must
pronounce this work to be almost entirely beside the

question,—not to the purpose. RICITARD COBDEN is a
man of peace, granted ; let us not however call out iR

sacred accents " Peace ! peace ! while there is no peace."
Why expend the capital of the country ? Why tax her

so inordinately to support a standin.

army of such di-

mensions ? A navy useless,—rotting, indeed, in every sea?
There is to be no war, quoth RICHARD, therefore, down
with the army—down with the navy—to the lowest possi-
ble point. Turn the left-off ships to the purposes of mer-
chandise. LOUIS NAPOLEON invade us ? Pooh ! Non-
sense ! This is the bulk of the THREE LETTERS. There

are other persons who have (happily) more authority
than respected RICHARD COBDEN, who think otherwise.
I do not mean to say—and I know their sentiments—
that they fancy Loris NAPOLEON, as the next exploit
after his marriage, will try an invasion of Perfide Albion;
not a bit of it ; but they do think, somehow or other, that
both army and navy would be no worse of a "leetle"
touching up, a " leetle" strengthening. To which con-

summation, from twelve to fifteen thousand men are to be
added to our land forces; and Jack need not be long
ashore for the other. Sergeant Kite may be seen at the
corners of our streets, and his young blades, with
streamers of many-coloured ribbons flaunting from their
hats and caps ; and ffnalgr6, we see a deserter " shaking
hands with himself" now and then, walked to quarters
you can ten, from the uniform of his attendants, that he

is only a " fraudulent militiaman," w•ho has taken the ten
bobs, boozed them likely, and run away for no other pur.

pose than that of rnaki.

g himself one of the tsT
fifteen thousand aforesaid,—"food for powder," as

CHARLEY MATHEWS says.
Of books to come we are promised a few. " What's
in a name ?" is a query put by the gentle JULLIET,
" sweet William's" love-child. I answer, all and every-
thing. The DUKE of BUCKINGHAM and CFIANDOS—
poor man—is about making an honest penny by the Me-
moirs of the Court and Cabinet of my old friend GEORGE
IV. The present Duke is unquestionably the finest
man in England, six feet in his stockings, as BEN CAUNT
says—dark in aspect almost to ferocity ; he carries you
back at once to the bang-up feudal times. His father's
personnel was quite different ; immensely obese, yet re-
plete with vitality—a twenty stone man he was, if an
ounce—as nimble as a bee. In the House of Peers, the
old Duke " pitched" right and left into the scaley Whigs.
He was a noble SHAKSPERIAN scholar ; and, when the
Great Seal was in commission under the Whig dynasty
some years since, he smartly twitted the Government,
concluding his biting remirks by quoting the " immortal
WILLIAM," in reference to the pie-bald commission. It

was formed of

"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
"Wool of bat, and tongue of dog."

What a pity he was so extravagant. His money-agent
aped to run down to Stowe, and stay two or three days,
with his parchment all ready in his pocket, before the
burly DUKE could muster courage to affix his name.
After a fine day's hunting, his retainers welcomed his
return with a hurrah ! having formed themselves into a
lane, as it were, in front of the mansion. When his
grace got near the end of the avenue of dependents,
he threw into the air his buntin7-whip ; happy the man,
girl, or boy who caught it ! The parchment was then
signed, and—all the world knows the rest. The
present Plantagenet was lately living in furnished lod-
gings—his old valet's—at a few shillings a week. Another
book is " Three Years of the Private Life of the Duke."
Private life!! Greater than WELLINGTON'S public life ;
and surely that is saying much. WELLINGTON, in private,
followed the amenities—not the ascerbities—of life. Soft
almost to silliness in this regard—and I speak with bound-
less respect for the great man's memory—l have
known him times innumerable take his seat in
the House of Lords at ten minutes to five
o'clock in the afternoon, and remain there till two
o'clock the following morning. Nine mortal hours,
during which time he had four relays of horses in Palace-
yard ; he never allowed his horses to remain more than
two hours out of doors at a time. The old saying,
" Jack's as good as his master," was followed up by the
Duke ; though he sheaved kindness and consideration for
his beasts, he made his man,—the trusty iron-favoured
groom who led the horse caparisoned with the empty
boots to St. Paul's—remain all the time without flinching.
I remember one raw and gusty morning, about the hour
I have mentioned, a lot of us, peers, commoners, &c.,
were making our way through the carpetted passages of
the House of Lords, giving, of course, THE DUKE prece-
dence ; arrived at the then little shabby Norman gateway,
the Duke was heard to exclaim, " What have you done
with that coat I gave you ?" The honest groom touched
his hat, bundled the Duke into his cab, and was dumb.
The Duke at the beginning of that boisterous season,—
boisterous in and out of doors—had ordered his man an
over-coat with a score of tippets to keep him warm. The
servant forgot to put it on.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.
IT is now pretty generally acknowledged that the
advance in the rate of discount by the directors of
the Bank of England was simply a measure of
precaution, and this view is further confirmed by
the continued steadiness of the public funds, and
the absence of all alarm as to commercial security.
Indeed, the general state of trade may be considered
more than ordinarily satisfactory, especially in our
staple article Cotton, the market for which has
maintained its firmness without showing any undue
tendency to extravagant speculation. With refe-
ference to monetary affairs, our attention has been
drawn to an article in the Manchester Guardian of
Wednesday last, which displays the utter incompe-
tency of our contemporary to treat upon a subject
upon which he assumes to be an authority. A
short time since we exposed the folly of his con-
clusions on the extraordinary speculations in the
Corn trade, and we have now a further proof of his
verdant ideas. He commences with a wholesale
accusation against the Protectionists of having pre-
dicted a reduction of the rate of interest as a ne-
cessary consequence of the increasing supplies of
gold,—a belief which he admits was largely shared
in by many others, and then exultingly refers to the
late advances in the rate of interest as a complete
falsification of the hope. There is an old proverb,
" Do not halloo until you are out of the wood ;"
and our contemporary would have done well if he
had followed the advice. The rise in interest was a
precautionary measure especially directed against
the gambling in the funds in Paris, and in Iron in
England; it has proved no check to legitimate com-
merce, and the increased supply of gold will yet
have the effect anticipated when it comes to be ac-
which has not yet been the case.
proceedstiuhaltlyhenrealised,
to argue, with an increased degree
o
only import gold
rgoldlikeany
other
manufactures
absurditycommodity
r int
exchangeexported ; and says, if we receive more in gold we
receive less in Sugar, Cotton, Wool,
and other
we
commodities. Such an assertion is almost too pre-
posterous for serious refutation. Has Australia, in
doubt of the credit o f England, withheld any of
her supplies of Wool for which there is here such
a ready market, from f r that in sending gold also
the balance of trade ewould be too much in her
favour ? She has been anxious to send all she can
reali4e, and many 4 C9n§ignmcnt of gold will be

Public deposits ..
Other deposits ..
Rest .. .. ..

ISSUE DEP.
otes issued ...L32,918,040 j

£32,918,040 I

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Demerara,&C
Egyptian....
Barbadoes ..
Peruvian....
Laguayra....
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Smyrna ....

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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAV, FEBRUARY

sent for investment here without any regard to the
theory of our Manchester contemporary. Apply
the case to America, and it will not be much al-
tered ; for the United States is only tco glad of a
market for her Cotton, as the Manchester men are
desirous of a market for their produce. Our con-
temporary cuts down his own argument by refer-
ring to the payment required for the large impor-
tations of foreign corn ; so that, according to his
own showing, had it not been for the gold supplies
from Australia, the rate of interest would have been
much higher than it is, and, therefore, they have
had the effect predicted. His concluding remark
about gold being only capital in the same sense as
Cotton, or Wool, or Sugar, is much of the same
character as the foregoing, leaving us little surprise
at the mental calibre of Manchester men when re-
presented by such an organ. The latter articles
constitute the materials for actual consumption, and
vary in market value according to the comparative
supply and demand ; whereas gold, as the standard
of value and medium of exchange, circulates from
hand to hand, being in a very slight degree actually
consumed, serving over and over again, and finding
a market everywhere for any article that may be
required. Our contemporary has much to learn
before his value as a commercial oracle will be com-
mensurate with his pretensions, and he should con-
tent himself with inflated laudations of the theories
of the Manchester School.
The Return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 22d January gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :

.. £4,998,754; Increase £58.876
.. 13,727,637; Increase 443,479
.. 3,214,206; Increase 5,328

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,830,407 ; Decrease 40,389
Other securities 14,170,745 ; Increase 13,197
Notes unemployed .. 9,444,265 ; Increase 440,080

The amount of notes in circulation is £23,473,775,
being a decrease of £187,595 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,404,919, show-
ing an increase of £256,412 when compared with
the nreceding reLui

,iRTMENT

Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100
Other securities 2,954,900
Gold coin & bu1n.18,598,886
Silver bullion .. 19,154

£32,918,040

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SALES. I IMPORTS. ‘
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This I STOCK.
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d. d.
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Boweds 4/ 61 11690, 308301 346300
Mobile 4/ 6 4490, 10410. -
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New Orleans. 41 81 26590 63460. 110',2. 81552,
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the average of other descriptions of wood ; this is owing
to various causes, but principally to the fact that logs,
out of which they are manufactured, are easily procurable
by all classes in the colonies, and preferred as cargo by
American ships to square timber. In fact, Liverpool
being the principal loadin; port outwards for ships from
the United States, they will submit to a reduction in
freight, in consequence of which deals are carried by them
in such quantities, and so cheaply, as to force the Baltic
shippers to resort to the Hull and London markets; This
will account for the great deficiency in the imports of all
kinds of wood from the north of Europe this year. Not-
withstanding the enormous quantity of deals brought
hither, the consumption has fully kept pace with the sup-
ply, and the stocks at present on hand, though larger than
usual, will barely meet the extended demand until the
import season recommences. St. John pine has this year
been imported sparingly, its cost at the port of shipment
being unusually high, and the stock at present, on both
sides of the Atlantic, is but limited. The rates now paid
for this article exceed all previous quotations, i❑ which
Canadian timber, to a certain extent, participates."
Messrs. CHALoNER and FLEMING allude to the
difficulties sustained by the trade of this port, owing
to the excessive rate for inland carriage, amounting
to 7s. 6d. per ton for 33 miles, whereas on other
railways timber is carried at 10s. per ton for 100
miles. They, however, add—

"This year we have had relief from pressure, in some
degree, through the facilities afforded by the new Hus-
kisson Timber Dock, which has yielded partial accommo-
dation, although not of that extensive character that had
been expected."

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With reference to the state of trade, they give the
following report :

"The timber trade of this port in the past year is the
largest on record, employing a larger tonnage than on any
previous occasion, the tonnage of colonial and foreign
timber loaded vessels amounting to 272,771 tons against
263,960 tons in the preceding year, and exhibiting an in-
crease of 30,067 tons. as compared with the average of the
last seven years. The year under review also exhibits
some distinctive features, as compared with the previous
year; for while the import of fir timber, in the log, has
fallen cff to the extent of about 320.000 feet, the import
of planks shows an excess of 1,216,000 cubic feet; and
yet a higher range of prices has been maintained on all
articles than bas been known for many years."

Messrs. DUNCAN and EWING hold out a prospect
of greatly increased supplies from North Ame r ca
t).1",„, #ho rivianfitv of nine timber remaining
over at Quebec, and recent rates at J onn- s oeing
likely to stimulate a large yield in that quarter.
They, however, do not anticipate that freights
will rule lower than at the close of last year.
Messrs. FARNWORTH MICIJARDINE publish some
elaborate and interesting tables, containing some
valuable information as to the state of the trade for
the past year.
Mr. JAMES HOUGHTON gives equally favourable
accounts of the Timber trade. He says :

With higher prices in the shipping ports in our North
American colonies, higher freights anal correspondingly
higher prices here, the consumption of wood goods gene-
rally has greatly exceeded that of former years, and the
operations of both importers and shipowners have, in most
cases, been attended with favourable results. As regards
stocks they are much higher than for many years past. In
the Baltic trade the early imports of Fir timber were on
the usual scale, but not proving remunerative, shipments
were suspended, and the ships obtained other employ-
ment. Afterwards, when a better prospect presented,
the scarcity of tonnage interposed, and thus the importa-
tion has been curtailed. The, consumption has been
larger, and the stocks, on the whole, are remarkably light.
In woods from the West Indies, and other places, a larger
amount of business has been done in mahogany, pitch
pine, teak, and greenheart, though the consumption for
shipbuilding has been extremely limited, partly owing to
the extended use of iron for that purpose. Shipbuilding
woods, however, are likely to improve, and there is room
for considerable supplies, as the stocks are, in many
cases, nearly exhausted.

Messrs. HOLATE, SLATER and CROOK, of Bir-
kenhead, concur in these favourable reports, and
publish some interesting statistics of last year's
transactions.

FRANCE

MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR
LOUIS NAPOLEON.

THE CIVIL CONTRACT AT THE TUILERIES.
The civil or state ceremonial of the marriage of the

eror of France took place on Saturday, at the Palace

of the Tuilleries

A few minutes before eight o'clock the grand master
of ceremonies, accompanied by a master of ceremonies,
left the Tuileries with two carriages, and proceeded to the
Elysee, in order to conduct the affianced bride of the
Emperor to the former palace. At a quarter-past eight,
two ladies of honour and the master of ceremonies entered
the first carriage, and the future Empress, accompanied
by her mother (the Duchess of Penaranda), the Marquis
of Valdegamas (Spanish minister), and the grand master
of ceremonies. occupied the second carriage. The cortege
having arrived at the gate of the Pavilion of Flora, the
Imperial bride was received there by the grand chamber-
lain, the first Icuyer, and the other chief officers of the
household.

At the entrance of the first saloon Prince Napoleon
and the Princess Mathilde received Aidlle. Montijo, and
conducted her to the Emperor, in the salon tie famille.
Here there were in attendance upon the Emperor Prince
Jerome, and several other members of the Imperial fa-
mily ; the cardinals, marshals, and members of the ca-
binet ; the officers and grand officers of the household ;
and the foreign ambassadors and ministers at present in
Paris.

The ceremony was performed in the Saloon of the
Marshals, where a platform had been erected, upon which
were placed two fauteuils, both alike ; the one at the right
for the Emperor, and that at the left for the Empress. At
the foot of the platform, and a little to the left, an elegant
table was placed, on which was deposited the civil register
of the Imperial family.
Upon the entrance of the Emperor and his bride into
this saloon all the ladies and gentlemen present arose,
and remained standing until the ceremony was concluded.
The Emperor having taken his seat, the Grand Mpster
of the Ceremonies invited the Minister of State, in the
exercise of his functions as officer of l'Etat Civil, and
assisted by the President of the Council of State, to pro-
ceed to the fauteuil of the Emperor. The Minister of
State then received the declaration of his Imperial Ma-
jesty Napoleon 111., by the grace of God and the will of
the nation, Emperor of the French, and also that of
Madlle. Eugenie de Montijo, Countess of Theba, and
formally declared them to be united in marriage. The
President of the Council of State then presented the pen
to the Emperor, and afterwards to the Empress, whose
signatures were followed by those of the Countess de
Montijo (mother of the Empress), the Spanish Ambassa-
dor, the Imperial Princes and Princesses, and other wit-
nesses appointed by his Majesty.
The conclusion of the ceremony was notified to the
Parisians by a Royal salute from artillery placed in the
Champs Elys6es, a rocket signal having been given from
the Court of the Tuileries. The Empress was shortly
afterwards recondncted to her residence with the same
formalities that had been observed on her arrival.

THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AT NOTRE DAME.

WooL.—There still continues to be a very active
demand for all descriptions of wool, but the small-
ness of the stock has precluded anything like large
operations during the past week, the imports from
all quarters have been very limited, and are taken
off on arrival at very satisfactory prices. For Eng-
lish and Irish fleece Wool the demand continues
brisk, and as the quantities offering are small hold-
ers are asking more money. The following are the
late rate :—Down Tegs, 18Ad. ; Ditto Ewes and
Wethesr, 16.}d. to 161 d ; Irish Hogs, 15 to 151-d.;
Ditto Wethers, 141 d. to 14-1-d. per lb.
IRoN.—In the value of Scotch pigs there is little
change to notice, the price being nominally 60s. per
ton. We have little to say on this subject this
week, further than the outsiders seem to have come
to a correct notion as to the folly and dangerous
position of the late speculation in this article; and
we shall now most probably see the market settle
gradually down, under 50s. per ton.
TIMBER.—The annual circulars of the Liverpool
timber brokers have just been published, and they
bear testimony, generally, to the prosperity of this
branch of trade during the past year. We have
barely space to quote from each of them to the ex-
tent which they deserve, but the following extracts
will show the opinions of those most competent to
judge of this important article of commerce.
Messrs. A. F. and D. MACKAY state that—

As early as nine o'clock on Sunday morning crowds,
consisting mostly of workmen and women, began to
collect about the Tuileries, the Elysee, and the Place de
Carrousel, and as the hour approached for the Empress
and her suite to leave the Elysee, throngs of people were
seen streaming down the Boulevards, the Rue Rivoli, and
all the other principal thoroughfares, until the whole
neighbourhood of the palace, and the various streets
through which the Imperial procession was to pass, from
the Tuileries to the Cathedral, presented one dense mass
of human life, the only vscancy being the middle of the
streets, reserved for the procession, on each side of which
was a double line of troops of the army and the National
Guard, extending throughout the entire distance.
_ _

The.two state-carriaies which had been despatched to
the Elysee for the Empress arrived about half-past eleven ;
and after a very brief delay were on their return to the

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" The business done in sawn wood exceeds all previous
years on record, and profitable alike to the importer and
dealer. At the commencement of the import season stocks
were extremely light and prices moderate ; but later on,
and as freights advanced from 30 per cent. to 40 per cent.
in consequence of the increased tonnage required for the
Australian trade, prices rose, and have still continued to
do so. The import of deals has very much increased on

Tuileries, with their Imperial charge, in nearly the same
order of attendance as was observed on the occasion of the
civil ceremony. Now, however, Senator the Count de la
Pagerie, Grand Master of the Emperor's Household, ac-
companied her Majesty in the same carriage, and the
escort duty was performed by heavy cavalry.
The weather was exceedingly favourable. On the first
appearance of the Empress the liveliest curiosity was exhi-
bited by the crowds, who pressed forward as far as the
vigilant guard would allow them, to obtain a sight of their
Emperor's choice, respecting whose beauty the whole
thousand tongues of Rumour had of late been incessantly
occupied. Cries of " Viva l'lmperatrice" were vocife-
rated, to which the Empress, apparently somewhat agi-
tated, replied by two or three very graceful bows, as the
Imperial carriages moved onward.
The procession passed at a moderate pace directly to
the Tuileseies, entering as before by the gate of Flora's
Pavilion, and proceeding to the Pavilion d'Horloge, which
was splendidly decorated for the occasion.
The reception of the Empress was conducted precisely
in accordance with the previous official programme ; and
a few minutes afterwards the Emperor appeared, leading
her Majesty by the hand. Attended as before by the
great officers of state, their Majesties entered their car-
riage ; a signal was given from the flag-staff on the palace
to the park of artillery, and the imperial procession started
for Notre Dame amid the thunders of the cannon and the
cheers of the people.
Although the entire line of route from the palace to the
cathedral was so strongly guarded, the double line of mili-
tary had hard service in keeping the eager crowd within
their prescribed limits. Every window, nook, and corner
commanding any kind of view, was crammed with specta-
tors, who greeted the Imperial bride and bridegroom with
repeated " Vivas" and waving of handkerchiefs, which
were acknowledged by her Majesty and the Emperor.
From the Place du Carrousel the cortege moved forward
through the court of the Louvre, the Fosses St. Germain,
Rue de Rivoli, Place de l'Hotel deVille, the Quay Pellcher,
over the Bridge of Notre Dame, to the Quay Napo-
leon, and thence to the great door of the cathedral, in the
following order :
Band of the 7th Lancers.
Squadron of the National Guard (mounted).
The State Major General of the National Guard.
Other Squadrons of the National Guard (mounted).
Squadron of the 7th Lancers.
General Korte, in place of Marshal Magnan, Commander
in Chief, whose post was appointed for the left
of the Imperial carriage.
Major General of the Army of Paris, with the First

1, 1853.

General Partonneaux, commanding the F

Carriage

;ade of

Three Squadron

Dragoo

of the 12
s, containing the Civil and Military Officers of
the Imperial Establishment.
squadron of the 12th Dragoons.
Carriages of the. Imperial Ministry.
Other Carriages, containing respectively—
Ladies of the Princesses and Officers of the Princes.
Chief Personages in the Household of the Princess
Mathilde.
Ladies of the Empress's Palace.

The Grand Master and First Chamberlain of the Empress
Squadronof the New Company of Guides.
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Carriage' and Six occupied by the. Chief Officers of the

, . .
Emperor's Household.
The Princess Mathilde, in a Carriage and Six

Prince Jerome and Prince Napoleon, in a Carriage and Six
General Offi.:;ers, not in command of the day.
The Grand State Carriage,

Drawn by eight beautifully-caparisonedliOrses, and con-

taining
The EMPEROR and EMPRESS,

Surrounded by the Imperial Aides-de-Camp and Chief

_
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Ordnance Officers.
A Squadron of the New Company of Guides

Band and Squadron of the 6thhßegimejnt of Cuirassiers.
The Ist and 2nd Regiments of Carabiniers, commanded

by Brigadier General Foray.
The Procession was closed by the Gendarmerie of the Seine
and a Squadron of the Mounted Horse Guards of Paris.
The distinguished guests who had been invited entered
the cathedral at the side doors ; the grand central entrance
was reserved exclusively for their Majesties and the corps
diplomatique, the latter of whom arrived in a body, and
with a grand military escort.

The tout ensemble now became strikingly gorgeous.
The splendour of the attire of the ladies, and the rich
uniforms of all services, together with a brilliant array of
foreign civilians of note, and many officers of the English
army. _

On the announcement of the Emperor's approach, the
Archbishop of Paris, attended by his clergy, 'proceeded to
the grand entrance of the cathedral to receive their Ma-
jesties. The great doors suddenly opened, and the Em-
peror, apparently in the best health and spirits, conducted
her Majesty to her seat on the throne, near the altar;
and it was remarked, that the Empress looked indeed
very beautiful as she took her seat by the side of her
imperial husband.

The Archbishop, having saluted their Majesties, pro-
ceeded at once to the ceremony of the marriage, which
was conducted according to the solemnities of the Romish
Church, and accompanied by all the pomp of Imperial
smd Royal tradition. A canopy of silver bro-
cade was held over their Majesties' iieatis by two bishops,
the choir repeated several times the " Domine Salvurn ; "
the Archbishop presented holy water, and chanted the
Te Deem, which was repeated by the orchestra and
choir.

At the conclusion of the Te Deurn, the Emperor and
Empress descended from the throne, and the Imperial
cortege having formed as in the order of arrival, their
Majesties returned to the Tuileries by the Rue d'Arcole
and Quai Napoleon, to the Place de la Concorde, passing
to the palace by the garden entrance. The Archbishop
of Paris also accompanied their Majesties, and conducted
them to the door of the Tuileries ; the return, as had
been the departure, being celebrated by the roll of drums,
the flourish of trumpets, the roar of the artillery, the
shouts of the people, and, heard above all, the deep boom
of the Bourdon, or great bell of Notre Dame.
Telegraphic despatches were immediately forwarded to
all the chief towns of France, instructing the prefects and
mayors to make known to the inhabitants the completion
of the religious ceremonies of their Majesties the Emperor
and Empress, and their safe return to the Tuileries,
amidst the enthusiastic greetings of the people.
The Empress wore a white dress, with coronet and
diamonds.

On their arrival at the palace, the Emperor and Em-
press appeared on the balcony, whereupon the air was rent
with the cheering of the multitude which filled the gar-
dens of the palace.
His Majesty wore the uniform of a lieutenant-general,
decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
of Napoleon.
The Hotel de Ville was elegantly pavilioned, and exten-
sive platforms were erected, both there and at the Hotel
Dieu, for the benefit of distinguished people not invited
to the Cathedral.

Prince Jerome and Prince Napoleon were placed near
the throne on the right of the Emperor, in the Cathedral,
and the other Princes and Princesses present were sta-
tioned on the left of the Empress.

THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME

The exterior appearance of Notre Dame was magnifi-
cent. The splendid pavilion, which had been erected at
such immense cost, occupied the whole facade of the
noble structure, and was emblazoned with the armo-
rial bearings of the Emperor. The material of which it
was constructed was ancient tapestry, representing the
most illustrious men of the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries, enriched by gorgeous hangings, embroidered in
gold. Above the grand portico were two gigantic paint-
ings in relief, representing equestrian statues—one of
Charlemagne, the other of Nspoleon I. Between the
two towers which enclose the famous Bourdon was a co-
lossal statue of our Saviour. Oriflammes floated from all
the towers, and at their four angles were colossal eagles
with outstretched wings.
The interior, magnificently decorated, and resplendent
with the light of a myriad candles, presented an aspect of
splendour surpassing description.
The high altar, which had been removed to the front of
the choir, was covered by a gorgeous canopy, united to
the lateral columns bran elegant Gothic gallery. A plat-
form, overhung by a canopy decorated with eagles, and
surmounted by an Imperial crown, stood before the altar,
and was occupied by the throne and the two Prie
The seat of the Archbishop of Paris, also splendidly
canopied, was at the right of the altar.
The choir was illuminated by about 15,000 candles,
shedding a whole flood of light over the building and
heightening the effect of the scene beyond description.
The orchestra consisted of 500 musicians, under the
direction of M. Auber, the grand organist to the Em-
peror, and the following pieces were played during the
ceremony :

I—Hymn to St. Genevieve, patron saint of Paris—(the
Urbs Beata of Lesueur.)
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2—The Consecration'Credo of Cherubini.
3—The Sanctus for Mass of St. Cecilia, by Adolpe
Adam.

4—An 0 Salutaris, I?y_Chc.rubini,

s—D.omine Salvun; (after benediction)

6—The Te Deum of'Lesueur,

The latter composition has now in turn been chanted at
Notre Dame, to celebrate the battle of Austerlitz, the
Consecration of Napoleon T., the Vote of Dec. 20, 1851,
and the Marriage of Napoleon 111.

THE TROUSSEAU OF TIIE EMPRESS.—The jewellery
and toilettes of the Empress are very magnificent. M.
Lemonnier, the jeweller, has prepared 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 XVth style, with, in the
centre, an enormous pearl pendant, and a brooch with
four black pearls pendant; also a bracelet, consisting of
precious stones of all colours, and a brooch in diamonds
of oval form, the centre of which, 'formed of a very thin
large diamond, covers the portrait of the Emperor, and a
pure diamond is pendant from it. The marriage coin is
of massive gold, with the rim in diamonds. On one side
are the initials of Napoleon 111. and Marie Eugenie de
Guzman ; on the other is inscribed in diamonds the date
of the marriage. The wedding rings are of thick solid
gold. M. Fossin, another jeweller, has been intrusted
with the arrangements of the diamonds of the crown,
and he is to make a crown similar to that of Charlemagne,
of great beauty. He is also to supply some very fine
bracelets and brooches. It is be who prepared the
ornaments of the prayer-book of the Empress; the book
is bound in white velvet with silver ornaments : and on
one side is an eagle surmounted with the imperial crown
in diamonds, on the other the initials of her Majesty
surmounted with an imperial crown also in diamonds.
Two dress-makers were charged with the dresses—Madame
Vignon, with those of the morning, and Madlle. Palmyra,
with those of the evening. The former is making 34 of
exquisite beauty. Among them are three morning
peignoirs, richly embroidered, decorated with Valenciennes
and Mechlin lace, and lined with silk, of a rose, blue,
and white colour ; two robesdeschainbres—one in black
velvet, with facings of watered silk, of a sky blue
colour—the other in gross 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
frisies. Mademoiselle Palmyre made 20 full dresses ; one
is in wide brocade, with flowers of silk and gold, orna-
mented down the front with flowers of different colours ;
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 of gold blond,
the second with silver blond, the third with white blond,
and all three decorated with tufts of flowers and feathers ;
another dress, in tulle and satin, blue in colour, with fea-
thers and roses; another, white, with tufts of violets and
riband, ornamented with roses. The day dresses are a
basques a tailes very long, and a demi-queue arrondie ;
and those of the evening a queue ezztiere, and the greater
part a corsage drape's. For the civil marriage, Mdlle.
Palmyre made two dresses, one in rose-coloured satin,
covered with point d'Angleterre, ornamented at the bot-
tom with agrafes of white lilac, with a corsage drape,
ornamented in the same way ; the other, in white satin,
covered with point d'Alencon, and ornamented with
diamonds. The dress for the religious marriaee was made
by Mdme. Vignon ; it is in velvet e'pingle, with a train,
and is covered with point d'Angleterre; the cortege is a
basques, decked with diamonds. Paint d'Angleterre has
been chosen for this dress, on account of the veil, which
could not be obtained in point d'Aleneon. The head-
dress was confided to Felix. It consisted of a diadem,
and a crown of diamonds and sapphires, mixed with orange
flowers. At the dinner the Empress wore a parure of
diamonds and rubies.

Some little inquietude is at present manifested In Paris
on account of several cases of decidedly Asiatic cholera
having occurred in various parts of the city.
The Empress has written a letter of thanks to the Mu-
nicipal Council of Paris, for the kind offer they made of a
rich diamond necklace and other costly presents (parure),
intended for her Majesty. The Empress, at the same
time, preferred that the sum should be applied to some
charitable purpose. The Municipal Council have accord-
ingly decided upon the founding of a house of education
for poor young girls.
The marriage between the daughter of the Prince. of
Wagram and Prince Napoleon (Jerome) is definitively
broken off. Had the Emperor made a proposal for the
hand of the lady, it is more than probable that there
would have been no objection ; but in the case. of his
cousin, after some time vainly spent in overcoming the
objections of the lady's mother, a final refusal was given.

THE HOPE, new African mail iron screw steam-ship,
was launched from the building-Yard of Mr. John Laird:
Birkenhead, on Saturday.