New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-16

ar d other disnitares, 10 present tnemseiVcs ~
Notre Dame on Saturday, June IA. AZ il is prob
able that the performances will follow, in the main,
the programme Of 1911 an abridged extract here
from the last published volume Of THERE'S History
of the Consulate and Empire, may be welcome so p
to stay the appetite freaders curious such thr s
1.-THE 9th of June was chosen for the solemn cere-
msny Of the baptism Of the King of Rome. Every
means had been applied to render this cereuo ny wo'
thy Of the grandeur Of the Empire and Of ha vast de
tiny promised TO the youcg king. On the evening Of
the sth Napoleon repaired from st. Cloud TO Paris,
surrounded by magnificent cortege, similar 10 that
with which be had grsticd the eyes of the Pasians
WHEEL lie to celebrate his marriage at the Louvre
Hardy year bad passcd and already he hsd heir
He might proaoly say that Providence granted every
thing that he asked with the prompude of subject
power. How soon was he to have proof that il was
not subject But It seemed to bestow favors upon
him with lavish prodigaity il to render the fault Of
abusing them the giester and the chastsement incur
red by that faux the more terrible.
Ali the population Of Pans came out to meet the
splendid cOrtege.
Z" They were pleased with this new pledge of dura.
ton accorded by Heaven to an uneIsmpled grandeur,
which not simply the greatness Of msn but the
greatness of France, and if they sometimes had their
periods of discomfort with Napoleon, it just those
periods when he seemed to expose this greatness to
peril. They applauded him afresh, although the en-
tbusiasm was no larger than Of former days. Paris
sbone with Nominations. All the theaters were open
gratis to the eager crowd. The public squares were
covered with gs offered to the people of Paris BY the
happy father Of the King of Rome.
"On the morrow, Sunday, Napoleon, accompanied by
his wife and the members of his family conducted his
son TO NOre Dame, the church of conservation, and
presented him TO the ministers of religion. A hun
dred bishops end twenty cardinals, the Senate, the
Legislative BODY, the Mayors of the good towns
the representatives OF European nations filed the
cred edifce where the Imperial child to receive the
waters Of baptism. When the Pontiff had finished the
ceremony ION the ecclesiastical side, aud indeed gen.
ILL, o1Tt
proportions than that Of lsll and restored the King OF
Rome to the goveness Of the children of France, Mad
anne de Montesquieu, Sic handed him to Napoleon,
who taxing him in his and no ding him above his
head, thus presented him to the splendid assembly,
with visible emotion that soon became general This
scene moved the hearts of all present What depth in
the mystery that ensh1ouds human life What pain.
full surprise, if behind that spectacle of grandeur and
prosperity, it bad been given suddenly to zee the many
ruins the blood and confagrations the flames of Mos
cow tie ice of the Bererina, Leipsic, Fonainebeau,
Eliza, st. Helena and finally the death of that august
infant at the age Of eighteen, in exile without one OF
the crowns low accumulated on his head and still
other revolutions which TO raise bis family up
again after having cast it down
"On leaving the Cathedral, Napoleon repaired,
through an immense throns of the people, to the Ho
pared The inhabitants Of Paris admitted to the feast
could him seated at table, the crown on his head
surrounded by the kings of his family and by crowd
of foreign princes taking his repas in Pu3Ic lke the
the West Dazzled by this brilliant spectacle, the
Parsians applauded, It'll faterng themselves that
stability would couple itself with grandeur and wisdom
with glory! They did well to rejoice, for these re-
joicings were the last Of the reign! The following
days fetes of all kinds followed that Of the first day;
for Oh this occasion Napoleon desired to prolong as
much poesible the manifestations of the public
gladDess.'
If we were not assured that this thirteenth vol.
ume Of Theirs History had been completed in Ms.
10 hat. bal irfh nffh a IN
perial Prince, we might suppose that little
spirit of mischief not to say malice, had mingled
with the philosophical spirit of the great historian
to inspire these fine pages.
The more or less voluntary and popular penny
subscription in homage Of the Empress and
Napkin, has been closed. The pecuniary results
were $4,000 francs, ($l6,000) contributed by
6O0,C00 donors. This sum was sent to the impe-
rial beneiciaries " through the Minister of the
Interior. The remittance was accompanied by a
letter from the heads of the collecting committees,
considerably more loyal than veraciOus. For ex-
ample, the authors Of this letter wrote that they
would doubtless have had a Tuch larger list of
subscribers, " but that many OF the Inhabitants OF
II arts were ignorant Of the existence OF the sub
" scriptiOn"-a statement which is fatty contra
dicted BY themselves in another paragraph, when
they speak of the universal, spontaneous, popular
nature Of the manifestation; as it is furthermore
contradicted by the advertisements of the " mani
festatioD," posted patiently on all the dead walls
and in numberless shop windows, inserted in the
newspapers of the city, and brought by the word
of mouth of superserviceable solicitors to the no.
tce of such as could not read.
The Empress very prettily and politely accepts
the volumes containing the 6OO, OOO names OF sub
tcribers, but apprOpriates the $4,000 francs, to
which the Emperor adds an annual 80, 600 francs
until his boy comes of age, to the foundation aud
maintenance Of a house of refuge and education
for one hundred destitute orphans Of Paris. This
appropriation of the money is polite gracious.
1t will 70 far to still the almost universal mOckery
and expression of contempt which the Fictitious,
tribute and the manner Of its collection had Justly
excited Leaving to it all the quality it deserves as
proof of the womany kindheartednesr OfEugene II
cannot 20 to the extent of admiring it. as some do,
as new proof Of Imperial generosity, find 10 it
another token Of the charitable nature of the
French character. Without diminishing anything
Of the praise due to the Emperor aud Empress on
this OCCASION cannot but think, in credit to their
shrew dness that their appreciation of this quality
of French character went hand in hand with their
regard for poor Orphans, motives for so good an
action. Napkin, poor child, may at some future
day regret such disposition OF bis share Of the
money. At present, lolling in the most sumptuous
of cradles, with abundance Of good milk and
choicest spoon victuals, and knighty orders for
play things, the little fellow doubtless would give
kick for so small a sum. But if in after
time such lawsuits befall him as the Count de
ChambOId has been lately exposed to and defeated
in while vsinly attempting to defend property given
TO him by Charles ", the $4,000 with accumu.
lated interest, would be pretty sum in cash 10
have invt sted outside of the French frontier
They say if the recent decision of the Tribunal
of Vassy against the right of the Count of Cham
bord, the title to wsich has passed Tor perfectly
good, and unquestioned under the last half dozen
French Gov. rpments be maintained that the poor
man will be reduced to all income of little more
than 1900 francs per annum. As it is hardly