. The journal of a British chaplain in Paris during the peace negotiations of 1801-2 from the unpublished ms.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. the pomp of the Romish ritual,used by stealth through the connivance of thosein power, for the Government has not yet recog-nized any religion ; yet it is sufficient to fill aProtestant with disgust at its idolatry andabsurdity, and to make him very grateful for hisdeliverance from it. To see grave old men makingbows to crucifixes, walking about with candles intheir hands, c
. The journal of a British chaplain in Paris during the peace negotiations of 1801-2 from the unpublished ms.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. the pomp of the Romish ritual,used by stealth through the connivance of thosein power, for the Government has not yet recog-nized any religion ; yet it is sufficient to fill aProtestant with disgust at its idolatry andabsurdity, and to make him very grateful for hisdeliverance from it. To see grave old men makingbows to crucifixes, walking about with candles intheir hands, crossing. themselves, forming littleprocessions from one side of the altar to the other,muttering prayers in an unknown tongue me as dreadful mockery of that God whorequired to be worshipped in spirit and in truth. Francis dined with Lord Cornwallis. Bonaparte at the Tuileries Nov. , Mr. Webb and myself took a long walkin the gardens of the Tuileries. One side shelteredfrom the wind and opposed to the sun containedmore of the beau monde of Paris than we had yetseen. But there was hardly a being among themwho bore the appearance of a gentleman. Manywear beards, or immense whiskers or THE FIRST CONSUL, 1801-2. FROM AN ENGRAVING PURCHASED IN PARIS BYREV. DAWSON WARREN MY PARIS JOURNAL 65 The military especially seem to consider these as in-dispensable appendages. I should think that nearlya third of the persons we met were military, but agreat majority of them were very dirty and untidy. Bonaparte occupies one part of the Palace, LeBrun the Third Consul the other. Sentinels areposted in great numbers round the building. Itis said that Bonaparte passes fourteen hours ofevery day in business, that his activity is astonish-ing, and that his eye seems to pervade all thedepartments of the State. He can therefore sparevery little time for amusement or society, butambition and happiness never went together. I was told this morning that the First Consulkee
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