New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-07
FRANCE.
From Our Own Correspondent
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From Our Own Correspondent
PARIS, Wednesday, June 10, 1856.
That BABY" was baptized over again last Sat-
urday with mos. complex soleDDity at Notre Dame
The costege that accompanied him thther, the din.
u. ,ha. followed this grace at the Hotel dc Vile,
tee Examinations that frightened the streets that
evening. the fetes on Sunday and the renewed llu'
Mutations and fireworks on Sunday night-these are
the things talked of since my last. shall not de-
scribe them.
II hope know my SELF" and know my duties
ss reporter for The TRIBUNE of the weekly sur
face movements Of Paris and hope that within
the reasonable limits Of cOnvenie ace, profit and six
pages Of ote paper; perform those duties inder.
emily well. But .hall not describe this baptismal
ceremony with all its sntecedent and consequent
shows and psrades. Not because did not see it
and them-eye. witnessing in such cases need have
no connection with handwriting. In fact, no eye
witness could by any possibility see more than a
small part no one pair Of human legs could carry
and support any one human presence to all parts Of
the extended scene Of the various exhibitions on
the occasion. 1t would require let er great deal
longer and some deal duller, even, than this prom
ises to be- TO contain the strctest driest catalogue
of the circumstances of these fetes. Why, in the
FIRST place. there were whole columns In the official
journal giving only the programme, and ever since
We have had other daily columns filed with the
epigram of them. Not epiyrammatic, generally
dry enough, but occasionally in what G. calls the
highest style of falutin." Thus one writer, after
using up all the long adjectives in description of
the brilliancy Of the Examinations land remarkably
pretty their effect really was), declares that it was
timetable which being the case, "enough
said !" the pen that writes further on the matter
curyets very unseasonably." To treat the whole
affair syDoptically, here 10 pat enough phrase
from Shakespeare again. it was "mOst wonderful
" wonderful, and yet again wonderful, and after
:" that out of oil whoOping."
Still, particular or two cribbed here and there
from the official columns above mentioned may
help active imse nations TO form some idea of the
whole. The procession from the Tuileries to the
Cathedral was magnificent and gorgeous to an
unlimited degree. 1t began with lesser dignitaries
in carriages drawn by two horses and four horses,
and went on till it reached the imperial vehicle
itsef 10 great toy Of mere gold and plate glass,
sptayxdid past description, though for mere pur-
poses OF common lOcOmotOn and freight not 60
good as one horse box wagon drawn by eight
AoItSsi each one vi WHOM was LED Dy highly dec
Grated horse.boy beside having jockeys on their
backs and a driver on the coach-bOx TO boot, As
for this cOachman and the footnen behind, why,
they were as much gsudier than the American Min.
itter in full diplomatic costume, as the American
Minister in full costume 10 gauder than the linsey-
woOlseyest Of democrats. l should say there was
more gold lace on that footboard than our whole
foreign diplomatic corps could make show of.
In another coach was the Napkin. with nurse
and goverresses, now dandled up to this
window, Cow handled up to that, to
the ebtlusisstie delight Of the on.lookiDg crowd,
Who lille d the sidewsibs in solid mass, and ex.
tended from windows and stretched forward from
balconies oil along the route All this, except
those footmen and horse.boys on the late return,
II was lot given NE TO see. Still less, If that be
possible, did SEQ the ceremony Of baptism. In.
deed, . large rat Of the so-csiled spectators ad.
pltted to the seats in NOtre Dame were 90 placed
behind columns and under galleries as to have
td|y imperfect views Of how little princes are
baptized. For particulars d that performance. 1
refer you TO tie large bulls published in the NOM.
tes'. In the course of it the Emperor held up his
boy to the syn pathiziDg public, as his uncle held
up BIS boy before hin. BY the way. the most
stirling and by far the moet beautiful Of tina
church decorations on that occasion, namely. the
psiDtipg Of ito celsnss, walls and ceiling In sc.
eo,dsDee with tie nidlle-sge style Of church dee.
orst0p in thai respect wiD permanently remain,