Our countrymen, in general, were received in Paris with extraordinary attentions and civilities; and for a brief space, the establishment of friendly feelings between the two nations was confidently expected.
The English were agreeably disappointed with the condition of Paris.

To their great surprise they found the consular court already arranged, in many particulars, upon the old model of the monarchy, and daily approximating to that example, step by step.

Josephine had restored, titles alone excepted, the old language of polite intercourse: _Citoyenne_ had been replaced by _Madame_; and _Citoyen_ was preparing to make way for _Monsieur_.

The emigrant nobility had flocked back in great numbers; and Buonaparte, dispensing with the awkward services of his aides-de-camp in the interior of the palace, was now attended by chamberlains and other officers of state--chosen for the most part, from the highest families of the monarchy; and who studiously conducted themselves towards the Chief Consul exactly as if the crown of Louis XVI.

had descended to him by the ordinary laws of inheritance.