le, Grand Admiral, &c., were revived
and bestowed on his brothers, and others of his immediate connections.
Seventeen generals (viz. Berthier, Murat, Moncey, Jourdan, Massena,
Augereau, Bernadotte, Soult, Brune, Lannes, Mortier, Ney, Davoust,
Bessieres, Kellerman, Lefebre, Perignon, Serrurier) were named Marshals
of the Empire; Duroc, Grand Marshal of the Palace; Caulaincourt, Master
of the Horse; Berthier, Grand Huntsman; and Count Segur, a nobleman of
the ancient regime, Master of the Ceremonies. It was in vain attempted
to excite popular enthusiasm. "It appeared," says an eye-witness, "as if
the shades of D'Enghien and Pichegru had hovered over the scene, and
spread coldness on all that was meant for the manifestation of joy."

It was not so with the soldiery. Napoleon, with his empress, visited the
camps at Boulogne, and was received with the excess of military applause
and devotion. He made a progress to Aix-la-Chapelle, and along the
Rhenish frontier, flattered and extolled at every station. Except
Russia, Sweden, and England, every crown in Europe sent to congratulate
him on his enrolment in the body of hereditary monarchs. Nay, not a few
of the smaller German potentates came in person, to swell, on this great
occasion, the state and magnificence of the new imperial court.

In assuming the title of Emperor, not of King, it escaped not
observation, that Napoleon's object was to carry back the minds of the
French to a period antecedent to the rule of the recently dethroned
dynasty--to the days of Charlemagne, who, with the monarchy of France,
combined both a wider dominion and a loftier style. As that great
conqueror had caused himself to be crowned by Pope Leo, so Napoleon now
determined that his own inauguration should take place under the
auspices of Pius VII.; nay, that the more to illustrate his power, the
head of the Catholic church should repair to Paris for this purpose. It
may be doubted whether, in this measure, he regarded more the mere
gratification of his pride or the chance of conferring a character of
greater solemnity on the installation of the new dynasty, in the eyes of
the Catholic population of France. On the 5th of November, however, the
unresisting Pope left Rome, and, having been received throughout his
progress with every mark of respect and veneration, arrived in Paris to
bear his part in the great pageant. On the 2nd of December Buonaparte
and Josephine appeared, amidst all that was splend