ThefactthatCardinalFeschmaintainedthatthereligiousritehadbeendulyperformed，thirteenoftheCardinals（not，howeverincludingFesch）weresoconvincedofthelegalityofthemarriagethattheyrefusedtoappearattheceremonyofmarriagewithMarieLouise，thusdrawingdownthewrathoftheEmperor，andbecomingthe\"CardinalsNoirs，\"frombeingforbidden;toweartheirownrobes，seemstoleavenodoubtthatthereligiousritehadbeenperformed.
Themarriagewasonlypronouncedtobeinvalidin1809bythelocalcanonicalbodies，notbytheauthorityofthepope.]——
ItcannotbeexpectedthatIshouldenterintoadetailoftheceremonywhichtookplaceonthe2dofDecember.Theglitterofgold，thewavingplumes，andrichly—caparisonedhorsesoftheImperialprocession;themulewhichprecededthePope’scortege，andoccasionedsomuchmerriment.
totheParisians，havealreadybeendescribedoverandoveragain.
Imay，however，relateananecdoteconnectedwiththeCoronation，toldmebyJosephine，andwhichisexceedinglycharacteristicofNapoleon.