. The journal of a British chaplain in Paris during the peace negotiations of 1801-2 from the unpublished ms. of the Revd. Dawson Warren, M. A., unofficially attached to the diplomatic mission of Mr. Francis James Jackson. use wasexceedingly elegant. Several rooms were open,the principal of which was a large circular apart-ment, lighted by a superb chandelier. This wasreflected by twelve most magnificent Montesson is the widow of the Duke ofOrleans who was Father to Egalite, though hermarriage was never publicly acknowledged onaccount of the laws which restricted the alliancesof
. The journal of a British chaplain in Paris during the peace negotiations of 1801-2 from the unpublished ms. of the Revd. Dawson Warren, M. A., unofficially attached to the diplomatic mission of Mr. Francis James Jackson. use wasexceedingly elegant. Several rooms were open,the principal of which was a large circular apart-ment, lighted by a superb chandelier. This wasreflected by twelve most magnificent Montesson is the widow of the Duke ofOrleans who was Father to Egalite, though hermarriage was never publicly acknowledged onaccount of the laws which restricted the alliancesof the Royal Family. This house and two orthree more are all that remain of the old societyof Paris, once the most elegant in Europe. Wedid not stay to supper. I believe Francis camehome earlier from compassion for me. I wastortured by a violent toothache. A Visit to Cambaceres Jan. 7. The time for our visiting the 2nd and 3rd Consuls was fixed at 12 oclock to-day. We accordingly went but not in full dress. Francis wore a sword and lace ruffles, Hill, regimentals, 1 The secret marriage between Madame Montesson and theDue dOrleans took place in 1773. See Memoirs of the Comtessede Boigne, 1781-1814, pp. 8, 11, 12, MY PARIS JOURNAL 171 and myself plain black. At the door of Cam- baceres stood a sentinel and another at the top of the stairs. He is a rough-looking unpleasant man, but he received Francis very politely, and they stood and conversed together for some minutes. A secretary and two officers stood behind him. A Visit to Le Brun We found Le Brun,^ the third Consul a mostpleasant and gentlemanlike man. He was alone,and the audience with him differed from a commonvisit only that he did not ask us to sit consuls were not in full dress which is redembroidered with gold, but in half-dress whichis blue. They wore embroidered boots and panta-loons. The titles of Citoyen and Citoyenne aregetting quite vulgar and they will soon be outof fashion with the lowest. They say
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