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The marffials of France entered the chateau de Com- 
piegne in the fuite of the king, to prefent the homage of 
their moft profound refpeft to his majefty. The king 
having been pleafed to receive them, they were introduced. 
Berthier prince of Neufchatel faid to his majefty '“ Sire, 
After twenty-five years of uncertainty nnd tumult, the 
French people have again entrufted the care of their hap- 
pinefs to that dynafty which eight ages of glory have con- 
iecrated in the hiftory of the world, as the moft ancient that 
ever exifted. As warriors and citizens, the marlhals of 
France have been led by all the impulfes of their foul to 
fecond this movement of the national wifh. Abfolute 
confidence in the future, admiration for greatnefs under 
misfortune, all, even to former recoiled ions, concur to 
excite in our warriors, always the fupport of the fplen- 
dours of the French armies, thofe tranfports which your 
majefty has obferved on your pafiage. Already, fire, the 
accounts of their gratitude have preceded you. How is 
it poffible to paint the emotion with which they were pe¬ 
netrated on hearing with what touching intereft your ma¬ 
jefty, forgetting your own misfortunes, leemed only to be 
occupied with thofe of the French prifoners ? £ It is of 
little importance,’ you faid to the magnanimous Alexan¬ 
der, * under what banners thefe 150,000 prifoners have 
ferved ; they are unfortunate; I fee amongft them only 
my children.’ At thefe memorable words, which each 
loldier repeated to his comrade, what Frenchman could 
fail to perceive the blood of the great Henry, who nourifhed 
Paris whilft he befieged it ? Like him his illuftrious de- 
icendant comes to unite all Frenchmen in one family. 
Your armies, lire, of which the marlhals are to-day the 
organ, confider themfelves happy in being called by their 
devotion and fidelity to fecond fuch generous efforts.” 
The king replied with a moft affefting kindnefs, that 
he faw with pleal'ure the marlhals of France, and that he 
relied on the fentiments of fidelity and attachment which 
they exprefted in the name of the French armies. His 
majefty then rofe from his feat, though fuffering under 
the gout; and, at the moment when his grand officers 
were approaching to a (ft ft him, his majefty, feizing the 
arms of the two marlhals, who were the neareft him, faid 
with an overflowing heart; “ It is on you, marlhals, I 
ivifli always to fupport myfelf; approach and furround 
me. You have always been good Frenchmen. I hope 
France will no longer have need of your fwords. If ever, 
which God forbid, we are forced to draw them, afflifted 
as I am with the gout, I will march with you.”—The 
marlhals replied ; “ Sire, Be pleafed to confider us as the 
pillars of your majefty’s throne. It is our wifh to be its 
firmed fupport.” 
The king withdrew. The marlhals were afterwards 
prefented to the duchefs d’Angouleme, and to the prince 
of Conde and the duke of Bourbon. The king moreover 
honoured the marlhals with an invitation to dinner; and 
at the commencement of the repaft his majefty faid, “ Mef- 
fieurs les Marechaux, I fend you fome wine; I wifh to 
drink with you to the French armies.” A fentiment of 
refpeft reftrained the marlhals, who, in their enthuliafm, 
v,'ilhed to reply by drinking the health of the king; but, 
by a lpontaneous feeling, their hearts made them filent. 
Monfieur and the duke de Beni arrived from Paris early 
in the morning of the 30th, to pay their refpefts to the 
king. They returned in the evening to prepare for his 
majefty’s reception. 
As the king’s grand entry into Paris was fixed for Tues¬ 
day the 3d of May, it was thought fit that his majefty 
ihould remove, on the preceding day, to St. Ouen, which 
is only four miles north of that gay metropolis. And 
now, having heard fo much of the army, and fo little of the 
constitution, we lhall take the opportunity of recording 
Louis’s Declaration upon the latter fubject.—“Louis, by 
the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to all to 
whom thefe prefents lhali come, greeting. Recalled by the 
love of our people to the throne of our fathers, enlightened 
by the misfortunes of the nation which we are deftined to 
govern, our firft thought is to invoke that mutual confix 
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dence fo neceffary to our repofe and their happiuefs. After 
having read with attention the plan of the Conftitution 
proposed by the fenate, in the fitting of the 10th of April 
laft, we have recognized that the bafes were good, but 
that a great number of articles, bearing the marks of the 
precipitation with which they have been drawn up, can¬ 
not, in their prefent form, become fundamental laws of 
the ftate. Refolved to adopt a liberal conftitution, we 
with that it lliould be wifely combined ; an A, not bang able 
to accept one which it is indijpenfably neceffary to correEt, we 
convoke for the 31ft of May of the prefent year the fe¬ 
nate and legiftative body, engaging to lay before them 
the refult of our labours with a commilfion chol’en from 
thofe two bodies, and to give that conftitution the follow¬ 
ing guarantees :—The reprefentative government lhall be 
maintained fuch as it exifts at prefent, divided into two 
bodies; viz. the fenate, and a houfe compofed of depu¬ 
ties of departments.—The taxes fhail be freely impofed.— 
Public ar.d private liberty infured.—The liberty of the 
prefs refpefted, with the precautions neceffary to the pub¬ 
lic tranquillity.—The freedom of worffiip guaranteed.__ 
Property lhall be facred and inviolable. The fale of na¬ 
tional domains (hall remain irrevocable.—The minifters, 
refponfible, may be profecuted by one of the legiflative 
houl'es, and tried by the other.—The judges are irremov¬ 
able, and the judicial power independent.—The public 
debt lhall be guaranteed.—Penfions, ranks, military ho¬ 
nours, preferved, as well as the ancient and new nobility. 
The legion of honour, the decoration of which we will 
determine, fhail be maintained.—Every Frenchman fhail 
be admitted to civil and military employments.—Laltly, 
no individual fhail be difturbed for his opinions and votes. 
Done at St. Ouen, May 2, 1814. Louis.” 
Thus we fee the trial by jury is not to form any part of 
the enfuing French law; and, if other parts of that ex¬ 
cellent and found Conftitution of the 6th of April lliould 
be abrogated by the forthcoming one of the 31 It of May, 
the reader will perhaps have a melancholy recollection of 
the words of Reyna in the Cortes, p. 377. as applying to 
all European governments but our own. 
At length the grand day arrived. On Tuefday the 3d 
of May, LouisXVIII. made his entry into Paris, attended 
by the members of the houfehold and of government, the 
marlhals of France, the court-attendants, by Monfieur on 
liorfeback, and by a long file of carriages. In the carriage 
with the king was the duchefs of Angouleme, the prince 
of Conde, and the duke of Bourbon. This grand procef- 
fion was preceded by cavalry of the national guards and 
of the line, and doled with detachments of the national 
guards and gendarmerie. The p ref efts of the Seine and 
of the police were ftationed at the barrier. The prefect 
of the Seine addreffed his majefty, and prefented to him 
the keys of the city. His majefty replied, “ I am at laft in 
my good city of Paris: I experience a lively emotion from 
the proofs of affection which are at this moment given 
me. Nothing could be more agreeable to my heart than 
to fee erefted the ftatue of him, the recolleftion of whom, 
among all my noble anceftors, is the molt dear to me. I 
touch the keys, and reltore them to you ; they could not 
be in better hands, nor entrufted to magiftrates more wor¬ 
thy of guarding them.” 
The proceifion proceeded to the cathedral. The Domine 
falvum jac Regent and Te Deum were performed. The pro- 
ceffion then continued to the palace of the Thuiileries. 
Acclamations ot Vive le Roil Vivent les Bourbons! were un- 
ceaiingly heard from an immenfe concourfe of fpeftators, 
who preceded, attended, and followed, the proceffion. The 
enthufiafm was wrought up to an intenfe pitch when it 
reached tire fpot on which is railed the ftatue of Henry 
IV. The conferyatory affembled around it, played the air 
facred to the memory of that monarch, the people and the 
foldiers repeating it in chorus. The weather was delight¬ 
ful, and the Iky unclouded during the whole day. In 
the vaft interior ot Paris, and adjacent towns, all bufinel's 
was fufpended. From the dawn of day, garlands of lilies, 
tapeftry with ingenious inferiptions, floated from the win¬ 
dows. 
