22] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



military appurtenances ; the entire 

 separation of the national guard, 

 and municipal gendarmerie, from 

 the troops of the line, leaving their 

 future condition to the determina- 

 tion of the allied powers ; and the 

 relinquishment of the arsenals, 

 magazines, &c. iu the same state 

 as when the capitulation was pro- 

 posed. On the same day, the en- 

 trance of the sovereigns into Paris 

 took place, the ceremonial of 

 which is thus described by sir C. 

 Stewart. " The cavalry, under 

 the grand arch-duke Constantine, 

 and the guards of all the different 

 allied forces, were formed in 

 columns early in the morning on 

 the road from Bondi to Paris. The 

 emperor of Russia with all his 

 staff, his generals, and their suites 

 present, proceeded to Panlin, 

 where the king of Prussia joined 

 him with a similar cortege. These 

 sovereigns, surrounded by all the 

 princes in the army, together with 

 the prince field-marshal, and the 

 A ustrian etat-major, passed throu gh 

 the fauxbourg St. Martin, and 

 entered the barrier of Paris about 

 eleven o'clock, the Cossacks of the 

 guard forming the advance of the 

 march. Already was the crowd 

 so enormous, as well as the ac- 

 clamations so great, that it was 

 difficult to move forward; but 

 before the monarchs reached the 

 Porte de St. Martin to turn on the 

 boulevards, there was a moral 

 impossibility of proceeding. All 

 Paris seemed to be assembled and 

 concentrated in one spot : one 

 spring evidently directed all their 

 movements: they thronged in 

 tiuch masses round the emperor 

 and king, that, with all their con- 

 descending and gracious familia- 

 rity, e.\tending their hands on all 



sides, it was in vain to attempt to 

 satisfy the populace." In the 

 French account it is added, that 

 before the chiefs of the three 

 armies entered any house, they 

 made their troops file off before 

 them, to preserve discipline, and 

 prevent disorders. They then 

 alighted at the house of the prince 

 of Benevento (Talleyrand) and 

 the emperor of Russia issued a 

 declaration expressing the inten- 

 tions of himself and his colleagues. 

 It affirmed, that the allied sove- 

 reigns would no more treat with 

 Napoleon Buonaparte, nor with 

 any of his family ; that they re- 

 spected the integrity of ancient 

 France, as it existed under its le- 

 gitimate kings, and would per- 

 haps do more for it ; and that 

 they would recognize and gua- 

 rantee the constitution which 

 France should adopt, [See State 

 Papers.] 



On April 1 the members of 

 the senate assembled in conse- 

 quence of an extraordinary convo- 

 cation, the prince of Benevento 

 being president. They passed a 

 decree, " that there shall be esta- 

 blished a provisional government, 

 charged to provide for the wants 

 of the administration, and to pre- 

 sent to the senate the plan of a 

 constitution which may suit the 

 French people." This government 

 was to consist of five members, 

 who were then nominated, Tal- 

 leyrand's name standing first. On 

 the proposal of a senator, the fol- 

 lowing articles were voted : That 

 the senate and the legislative body 

 are integral parts of the intended 

 constitution : that the army, as 

 well as the retired officers and sol- 

 diers, shall retain the ranks, ho- 

 nours, and pensions they at present 



