New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-22
Louis Napoleon at Notre Dame
Correspondent OF tie London Times.
PARIS Thursday, Jan. l. lSj


Correspondent OF TIE London Times.
PARIS, Thursday, Jan. !, 1852.
The ceremony has taken place. Thanks
givings have been offered up to Heaven for the
COUP fefdf OF the = OF December, which, acc rd-
Ing to It's admirers, has saved great country from
the horrors OF anarchy and Socialism" Por pop
ih Des The voices OF 100000 Ffenchmen
have chosen Louis Napoleon as the hea1 OF the hA-
ilen the aTbler OF lis CeSilnies the steward o. lis
wealth and industry. He who bat month since
Chas,lSed the people With fire ana sword imprisoned
generals statesmen, and deputies, dehed The law,
tIamped the constitution under foot and scorned the
oath which he had taken To defend IT, SAL TINS morn
lug IN the cathedral surrounded by the dlgntarles
Of his own creatlOn-ine church, the army, the
law, the bench, all bat the tribune which he
has an ihated-undCr Il gorgeous canopy, when
touched the roof OF the sacred edihce, aud
want ed but the effgy OF diadem TO De Imperial.
The honOrs paid TO "a King aunOinted on the day Of
coronation are scarcely greater than those which
attended Louis Napoleon this morning IN the vene'
rable church of N0lTe Dame. solemn - Is dsHn
d'actIORS de grace" was performed al the same h)ur
IN every cathedral church of France the blessing
Of Heaven was invoked upon the country, and uoDn
the gre al mission which the people have conferred
upon the man who has been appointed 10 sway the
Eestlnles fer the term OF ten years. The service
concluded with the Domino Salyam," thus worried
-" Domino saUGTa fac publicdm--Sdiuoa fac Ma
policemen. et eraUdi nos N de ava tnv0cauer'mus"
No one that witnessed the scene of this day can
ever forget IT. From the firing of the cannon at the
ILyaldes-70 signals, ten for each miliion-at 10 IN
she morning, to the triumphant passage OF the Presl-
of the Tuieres, hemmed In the whole way between
Two forests of military, the multitude outside cheer
ing ard shouting " Vire Napoleon :" the spectacle
was vast, imposing and magnificent To many,
however who could for a moment dIvest themselves
Of the absorbing Influence o, the pageant, 1t pre-
seIteo theme Tor grave and melancholy rehecton
alton born TO be great ana free and happy, re-
duced by the bold and desperate act OF one to whom
bad entrusted lis Institutions and It's liberties, 10
the condition of something 50 servlle that no name
can be suggested between 1t aud slayerS
10 a Yr.a <srsfai IN H.
Cral OF Notre Dame was some what deteflordtsd Dy
tue effect OF dense fog, which, throwing veil OF
mist over all that passed outside penetrated to the
lnLeImOst IecesseS OF the building ana nocsed the
Ca1zhns bIiliancy OF nearly thousand waxllghis,
suspended III clusters from the roof lntne course OF
q snort time however when the chant daDpeL OF the
tanb0,aS, accompanied by the cries CT ',ps va,
poie0n," which feyeroeraed from without, ana
were TeeChosd through the lofty nave and alsies,
~ nouIced the ARRIVAL OF the President, This
tad partially oled away, and better oppor-
tuLlty Was afforded OF approaching tue splen
dor OF the sceue which stretches IN gor-
eCous hues and g'itterlng dsaIray before the
sstOHiShe1 sight The pillars OF the great nave,
adorned With purple colored banners, spanked WITH
s:aIs OF gold-the velvet draperies and enormous
gaIancs of foliage and 10~ers, which covered and
tell from the eaeres-ihe richly decorated higs,
caIynG the arms a00 names oil me chieI cl.lcs Oh
q empllethe co umns of The sanctuary, covered
flona bass 10 capital With 81 K brocAde Of Crimson
AID golC--the altar IN iho choir, VIA us ricn
snc gaudy oTnamenLS-.he benches or tlc auh0ri-
res on either Sice@l crowded with persons es
sranGs fenus-the orchestra OF 500 execuiants,
vocal anc instrumental disposed IN the galleries az
tire extremity o. the cholrand, the principal fea-
tuie OF all the lott, das, with haneings OF crimson
and gold doubled With hte surrounding The eSIfade,
Wlca faced the altar a. Il supported the Sege dAS1-
rsur, wherein sat Louis Napoleon with his " pis
Deu" the Archbishop of Paris (whO ohclsIec IN the
SsfNICc) 10 his Iglt, add the attendant o.SaOpS 70
iis len-thoSe, AID Other OBJECTS too numerous 10
spt city all slitferng II The gni OF the countless
sd1 CsLdles, " arch PANIED Tie eye 10 look uPon,
we To the ancient Cathedral, one Of the srchiecsn-
ral glOres Of Pans and the world strange AMI fan
iaSic aspect, which made II difficult 10 believe one
seli In a place Of wor,hlp Tneigenera efect,In-
deed, was quite As theatrical as II was brilliant IL
vas, nevertheless, surprising aud iAtoKicAhng
spectacle.
The President arrived icty at Iooa, AIS ne or,
chesua performed, ~hAo he entered tae cIAe1fsl
and took his place, She march and " Y'gst "a 9ier-
,.Lts," by Lesueur quaint and ponpouS ST an Inc
orchestra, erected D, NJ Gnaid. of the Gram Opera
.elect.d from the vocal and Instrumental cHts oil
thar establishment iaO CoASerya,ofe S9cIee ecs con-
ctrtS the Opera Comique tue Opera I,a.ieH and the
Opera National, Was magnificent The D ind was
NE enc instrument, SO perfect its pre- son. 40
so marked aud decided It's acsent. The Re Dsuv1,"
which Lesueur (who was the Emperor Nspoleoa's
Ulys Dc Chapsie) compcsei for tho battle - Austcr
utz ana which MAS aiyer~ard performed IA c>iebra-
ZION OF The taking oiAleiersi was 'he eaPs;I r9rcss"