completed a spectacle of majestic brilliancy.

pieces of fine flowered silk, an amulet of a brittle metallic substance of the colour of silver, and some manuscripts in magic Amid the thunder of artillery, and the Arabic, and Persian characters; the pur- acclamations of thousand of the citizens port of which, had there been any doubt, who occupied the exterior of the splendid would have sufficiently ascertained the amphitheatre, surrounded by the marshals identity of the Sultan's body. It was and nobles of the empire, Napoleon preplaced on his own palankeen, and, by sented himself upon the throne. His General Baird's orders, conveyed to the dress was sumptuous; he wore a mantle court of the palace, where it remained of purple velvet, ornamented with ermine during the night, furnishing a remarkable and embroidery, with a black Spanish instance, to those who are given to re-hat, richly plumed, and looped in front flection, of the uncertainty of human with a diamond of transcendant beauty. affairs. He who had left his palace in For a time, the roar of cannon, and the the morning, a powerful imperious Sul-acclamation of the populace that hailed tan, full of vast ambitious projects, was his entrée were deafening. Bowing rebrought back a lump of clay; his king-peatedly to the assembly, while all bedom overthrown, his capital taken, and his palace occupied by the very man (Major-General Baird) who, about fifteen years before, had been, with other victims of his cruelty and tyranny, released from near four years of rigid confinement in irons, scarce three hundred yards from the spot where the corpse of the Sultan now lay.- -Thus ended the life and power of Tippoo Sultan.

THE CHAMP DE MAI. A HUNDRED Cannons discharged from the bridge of Jena ushered in the Champ de Mai. In front of the military school a mighty amphitheatre was formed for the accommodation of the spectators, as well as of those who were to assist in the ceremony. An altar, surmounted with a canopy, and surrounded by seats for priests and choristers, occupied the centre of the immense temporary building, which was supposed to be capable of containing twenty thousand persons. A throne, destined for Napoleon, stood before an extensive pyramidical platform: and benches, ornamented with eagles, were divided into several tiers, and each inscribed with the name of the respective department, and filled with the deputies who represented them.

The intervening spaces of this mighty area were crowded by the grand officers of the court, and the members of the public bodies, arrayed in dresses of unequalled splendour, the appearance of the assembled dignitaries was strikingly grand; and the élite of the French army, comprising Buonaparte's own guards, and the finest regiments in the line, with their glittering ms and appointments,

side remained uncovered, he seated himself on the throne, with his brothers Joseph, Jerome, and Lucien, on either side; and the artillery being silenced, the ceremony opened by the celebration of mass by the Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal de Bayann.

The religious portion of the pageant appeared to excite little interest in Napoleon's mind. His opera-glass wandered over the countless multitude who composed the spectacle; and his attention was not recalled until the mass was concluded, and the central deputations from the electors of the empire, comprising five members of each electoral college, marshalled by the conductor of the ceremonies, ascended the platform, and stood before the throne. Dubois, deputy of Marne and Loire, in a loud aud commanding voice, then proceeded with his address. The harrangue teemed with sentiments of patriotic attachment, and breathed towards the person of the emperor expressions of inviolable fidelity.

As the orator proceeded, Napoleon marked his approbation with nods and encouraging smiles, till Dubois, after alluding to the pacific overtures which had been just submitted to the Allies, concluded with these bold and ominous words:-" If they leave us only the choice between war and infamy, the entire nation will rise to war. It absolves you from the too moderate offers which you have made to save Europe from fresh convulsions. All Frenchmen are soldiers. Victory will attend our eagles, and our enemies, who calculate upon our discord, will bitterly repent that they have incensed us."

Amidst thunders of applause, the deputy ceased speaking, when the ArchChancellor arose, and advancing to Napoleon, notified the acceptacce of the constitution. It was ratified by a million and a half of affirmative suffrages; and with a flourish of trumpets, a herald proclaimed, in the name of the Emperor, that the additional acts to the constitution of the empire were accepted by the French people.

performed, the steps of the throne were cleared, and the central deputation was withdrawn, displaying a long line of dazzling splendor from the throne to the altar. Carnot, in a white Spanish dress of great magnificence, carried the eagle of the National Guard. Davoust bore that of the first regiment of the line, and that of the marine corps was supported by Decres. A scene unequalled in effect followed.

Again the batteries saluted, and a sus- Buonaparte sprang from the throne, tained cheer resounded from the assembly. and casting aside his purple mantle, A golden table and standish were placed rushed on to meet his eagles; the mobefore the Emperor and while the Arch-mentary silence was instantly changed Chancellor unfolded the parchment, and Joseph Buonaparte presented the pen, Napoleon ratified the deed by placing his signature to the constitution.

When the popular approbation, which this part of the ceremony occasioned, had subsided, the Emperor prepared to address the assembly:

"Emperor-consul-soldier-I hold every thing from the people. In prosperity, in adversity, in exile, France has been the sole and constant object of my thoughts and actions." A tissue of invective against the monarchs, "violators of all principles," mingled with allusions to the national attachment towards himself, succeeded, until he thus wound up his harrangue :-" Were it not my country alone which the enemies of France aim at, I would surrender to their mercy the life which they so inveterately pursue. But say to the citizeus, that so long as they preserve for me those sentiments of affection which they have so frequently manifested, the rage of our enemies shall be impotent. Frenchmen! my will is that of the people—my rights are theirs -my honour, my glory, my happiness, can never be separated from the honor, glory and happiness of France."

He ceased amid rapturous applause. When the tumult excited by his address had subsided, the Archbishop of Bouges, Grand Almoner of the empire, presented the Evangelists on his knees to Napoleon, who swore to observe, and cause the constitution to be observed. The Arch-Chancellor then tendered his obedience to the constitution and the Emperor-and, animated with one feeling, the whole assembly swore submission to the laws, and fidelity to Napoleon.

When this act of allegience had been

into an enthusiastic shout; which seemed to thrill through the hearts of all. Taking the eagles respectfully from the bearers, he returned them to each, with a spirited exhortation to follow them to glory, and perish in their defence; while at the close of each address the oaths of the excited soldiery responded to the adjurations of their emperor.

Buonaparte, habited in a crimson tunic, and surrounded by marshals, nobles, and dignitaries, from the platform in the open area, distributed the eagles to the different regiments, and viewed the troops attentively as they filed off in slow time before him. Nothing could be more imposing than this part of the splendid pageant. Amid the crash of military music, the blaze of martial decoration, and the glitter of innumerable arms, fifty thousand men passed by. The countless concourse of spectators, their prolonged vociferation, the occasion, the man, the mighty events which hung in suspense, all concurred to excite feelings and reflections which only such a scene could have produced.

Thus ended the Champ de Mai, a spectacle of unrivalled grandeur, a ceremony which seemed to mark the dynasty of France as settled for ever, and the diadem placed upon Napoleon's brow beyond the possibility of being removed. But, in one short month, the red field of Waterloo too fatally demonstrated the fallacy of human calculations.-Stories of Waterloo.

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as possible to assume a regular order of various ships' companies to take refreshbattle upon the starboard tack, a circum-ment, made a signal for breakfast, stance which greatly facilitated the ap- which, by procrastinating the action, inproach of the English. As the conduct duced the enemy to believe that their of the enemy, who had now hauled their antagonists wished to decline the enwind, indicated an intention to avoid a gagement, but they were greatly disapclose fight, the British commander dis- pointed, for in about half an hour, Lord played the signal for a general chase; Howe gave orders for steering the Royal and, to prevent their escape, he soon after Charlotte alongside the French admiral, detached Rear-Admiral Pasley, with a which was effected at nine o'clock in the flying squadron, to make an impression morning; and while some of the English on their rear. That officer, accordingly, commanders penetrated the line of battle near the close of the day attacked the and engaged to leeward, others occupied Révolutionnaire, a three-decker of 110 such stations as allowed them to combat guns, which happened to be the stern- with their antagonists to windward. So most in the line, but without any de- close and severe was the contest, that cisive success on either side. The the fate of the day depended but little rival fleets, consisting of twenty-six sail either on the exertion of nautical knowof the line on the part of the French, ledge, or the exhibition of that scientific and twenty-five on that of the British, skill which subjects the management of remained within sight of each other, artillery to the rules of tactics: all was during the whole of the night, on the hard fighting. Such was the tremendous starboard tack, and in a parallel direc- fire, and so decisive the advantage, ont tion, with the French still to windward; the part of the British, that in abou but, next morning, the 29th, Admiral | fifty minutes after the action had comVillaret-Joyeuse, flushed with the hopes menced in the centre, Admiral Villaretof a victory, wore from van to rear, and Joyeuse determined to relinquish the instead of flinching from the action, contest; for he now perceived several edged down in a line ahead, to engage of his ships dismasted, and one of the van of the British fleet. seventy-four guns about to sink. He at the same time discovered that six were captured. Great slaughter had also taken place on board his own ship. His captain and a large portion of his crew had been killed; while the national commissioner, with most of his officers, was wounded. He accordingly crowded all the canvas he could set, and was immediately followed by most of the ships in the van that were not completely crippled: two or three of these, although dismantled, managed to get away soon after, under temporary sail, for the enemy had, as usual, chiefly aimed at the rigging, and the victors were by this time disabled from pursuing the vanquished: the Queen Charlotte, in particular, was nearly unmanageable, having lost her fore-topmast in action; this was soon after followed by the main-topmast, which fell over the side: while the Brunswick, with the loss of her mizenmast, and the Queen, also disabled, drifted lo leeward, and were exposed to considerable danger from the retreating fleet. Two eighty, and five seventy-four gun ships, however, still remained in possession of the British; but one of

Taking advantage of so favourable an opportunity, Lord Howe renewed the signal for passing the enemy's line, and succeeded with some difficulty in obtaining the weather-gage, while the enemy were repulsed by the Barfleur, and two other three-deckers, in an attempt to cut off the Queen and Royal George. At length Villaret tacked again by signal, and after a distant cannonade, stood away in order of battle on the larboard tack, followed by the whole of the British fleet. The second day's action proved equally indecisive as the former, and a thick fog that intervened during the night and the greater part of the succeeding day, prevented a renewal of the engagement. In the mean time Rear Admiral Neilly joined the French commander-in-chief with a reinforcement of three sail of the line and two frigates; this accession of strength enabled him to detach his crippled ships; and the dawn of the succeeding day exhibited the two fleets drawn up in the order of battle, and prepared to renew the conThe British admiral perceiving that there was time sufficient for the

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