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dows. The cannon fired, and the bells rung. The tri¬ 
umphal arch of the Porte St. Denis was ornamented with 
the arms of France, and a crown of flowers furmounted by 
the fpotlefs ftandard decked with lilies. In palling under 
the arch, the king feemed agitated, while the countenance 
of the daughter of Louis XVI. wore an expreflion of foft 
melancholy. In the cathedral, the fenate, legiflative body, 
univerfity, and judicial courts, mixed with-the military 
and clergy. When the king reached the Pont Neuf, Mad. 
Blanchard afcended in a balloon to the found of cannon : 
feveral white pigeons were let fly from, it, and, like the 
dove from the ark, feemed to take their flight to the pro¬ 
vinces, to announce that the Itorms of France were over. 
—The duchefs of Angouleme w'as received by 144 ladies, 
twelve from each department. The king and royal family 
appeared at the windows, and embraced Monflear amidlt 
the acclamations of the people. At night there was a ge¬ 
neral illumination. Fire-works were let off on Port Louis 
XVI. The muficians of the confervatory played feveral 
airs under the windows of the Thuilleries. At half-pad 
ten, the king appeared again at the windows, placed his 
hand upon his heart, and faluted the aflembled thoufands 
with affection. Swifs guards mounted guard at the Thuil¬ 
leries, as in old times. 
The allied fovereigns, with a mod noble delicacy, were 
defirous of enjoying the beauty of the fpeflacle, without 
taking from Louis XVIII. a particle of the homage which 
on that day fo wholly related to the king of France and 
the houfe of Bourbon. The emperors of Auftria and 
Ruflia placed themfelves at windows to fee the proceflion 
pafs. They had carefully concealed every decoration that 
might be the means of their being recognized ; but they 
could not efcape the regards of a grateful people. They 
were obferved to applaud the public felicity, and their 
voices mingled with the acclamations of the Parifians. 
During this memorable day the mod perfect order pre¬ 
vailed in Paris, and no accident diflurbed the public tran¬ 
quillity. 
On the day following, there was a grand review of the 
Ruffian and Prullian guard, and of all the allied troops at 
Paris. At four in the afternoon, the emperors of Ruflia 
and Aultria and the king of Prufiia arrived, attended by 
a numerous and brilliant flaff, by the Quay of the Thuil¬ 
leries, and entered the court of the chateau by the fird 
wicket of the Louvre. The fovereigns proceeded to the 
palace of his majefly Louis XVIII. At half-pad four, a 
carpet of red velvet was placed on the balcony at one of the 
windows of the Pavilion of Flora, amidd fiiouts of “Vive 
le Roi!” Louis appeared in the uniform of a marfhal of 
France, in the midlt of the allied fovereigns. Near his ma- 
jefly were the duchefs d’Angouleme, Monfleur, and the 
due de Berri. Immediately afterwards, the troops defiled 
under the windows of the Pavilion of Flora ; they were 
commanded by his imperial highnefs the grand dukeCon- 
fiantine. The infantry marched in echelon three deep, 
twenty-five men in front. Their march laded about three 
hours; they proceeded towards the Place Louis Quinze, 
in order to return to their refpeflive cantonments. They 
made a very fine appearance. 
The duke of Wellington was alfo at Paris. He attended 
publicly at the review, where he was placed between lord 
Caftlereagh and the hon. Wellefley Pole; and in the 
evening was prefent at a grand ball given by fir Charles 
Stewart. Nothing could exceed the enthufiafin with which 
his grace was received. The emperors of Ruflia and Au- 
flria, the kings of Pruflia and France, were prefent, and 
about feven hundred perfons of the fir ft diftindtion. Mar- 
fhals Biucher and Platoff laid hold of his arms, and walked 
with him for fome time. They and every other general 
beiides exclaimed, “Here is the firft captain of the age; 
here is the man that fet the whole machine in motion."' 
All the French mar dials prefled about him with marks of 
the highelt admiration and refpefl. What a triumph for 
the duke !—What a tribute to Great Britain ! 
On the day that Louis emerged from iiis retreat, and 
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entered London on his way to France, namely, on the me¬ 
morable 20th of April, did Napoleon, the late emperor of 
France, let out from Fontainebleau on his journey to the 
ifland of Elba. 
What a contrail ftrikes one in looking at the fate of 
thefe two perl'onages. The one, after an exile of twenty 
years, ifl'uing from abfolute oblcurity to the polfeflion of a 
throne—the other, after a career of conquelt for nearly the 
fame fpace of time, dropping from the loftieft throne in 
the world to exile and oblcurity in his turn ! If Louis 
be the man he is deferibed, here is patience rewarded and 
impatience punilhed in as finilhed a manner as the lovers 
of Itory-conclufions can defire. And the reader may car¬ 
ry the contrail farther, if he pleafes, efpecially if his plii- 
lofophy Hands in need of a little prefent example. Louis’s 
exile appeared at one time to be quite hopelefs of change; 
yet here we fee, that, after a lapfe of many years, the 
change has come about. Napoleon’s dynally, on the other 
hand, feemed at one time—at the period of his Auftrian 
marriage for inltance, or the birth of his fon and heir—to 
be quite fecure from change—himfelf, at the very leaft, to 
be fecure from it;—yet here his dynally is overthrown, 
and himfelf with it. Again, if Louis has had more than 
ordinary adverfity, it has clearly given him a-greater relifli 
for the enjoyment of profperity; nay, perhaps it has even 
helped him to regain his profperity ; for, had he previoufly 
acquired the turbulent reputation of his predecelfor, the 
French would molt likely have had nothing farther to do 
with him. On the other hand, Napoleon’s lingular prof¬ 
perity mull as clearly have given him a double dillalte for 
adverfity ; and not only fo, but it has helped to bring him 
into adverfity by inciting him to pulh his fortunes too far. 
In (hort, Louis comes from his books out into the world, 
and may there praclife to advantage the leflons they have 
taught him ;—Napoleon goes from the world to his books, 
and will there have to unlearn every thing in which thp 
world has milled him. 
The following are the circumllances, if at this critical 
moment we may trult the Paris papers on fuch a fubjefl, 
which attended his departure. He 1 'poke thus to the offi¬ 
cers and foldiers: “ I bid you farewell. For thefe twenty 
years that we have been together, I have been fatisfied 
with you. I have always found you on the road to glory. 
All the powers of Europe have taken up arms again It me': 
part of my generals have betrayed their duty, and France 
lieiTelf has betrayed her’s. With you and the brave men 
who remained faithful to me, I have preferved France 
from civil war. Be faithful to the new king whom France 
has chofen, and forlake not your dear country, which has 
been too long unfortunate. Lament not my fate: I lhall 
be happy when 1 know you are fo. I could have been 
fatisfied to die : nothing would have been more eafy for 
me; but I wilh Hill to purfue the road to glory. I will 
write the hiltory of our achievements. I cannot embrace 
you all : but I will embrace your general. Come, gene¬ 
ral.” (He embraces him.) —“ Bring me the eagle ; let me em¬ 
brace that too. Ah ! dear eagle, may the kiifes which I 
give thee refound in the ears of poiterity.—Farewell, my 
lads! Farewell, my heroes ! Come around me once more !” 
The flaff then formed a circle round him.—Bonaparte af¬ 
terwards got into his carriage; and at this moment, un¬ 
able to reprefs his emotion, he (lied fome tears. 
Bonaparte quitted Fontainebleau in a carriage and fix, 
with about twenty-five horfemen behind him. The Ruf¬ 
fian, Auffrian, French, Englifli,and Prullian, officers, were 
in fix chariots; and were followed by about twenty car¬ 
riages, with the baggage and domeffics of Bonaparte. He 
palled through Montargis on the 2.3d : baggage and led 
horfes, with piquets of cavalry, had palled through in the 
morning. The foot-guards in the barracks were un¬ 
der arms : they refpetted the fall of Bonaparte by keep¬ 
ing filence, and giving no fign either of approbation or 
dilapprobation. Bonaparte palled through the ranks of 
thefe brave troops, and entered the town, affefling a calm 
air, and fainting to the right and lett the perions who 
were. 
