Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

PRINCE NAPOLEON AND HIS BRIDE

By what I hear from various persons who were at the
Louvre, and in the line of the Prince's cortege from the
Railway Terminus to the Palace of the Tuileries, nothing
could be more indifferent, or even colder, than the
demeanour of the crowd. What surprised most people,
no cries were heard, and hardly even the silent courtesy
of taking. off the hat accorded. None of the official
shouters in the service of the police appeared to be
present ; and, if there were any, they certainly did
not perform their peculiar duty—they were mute
and motionless. These persons are on such occasions
sent in small bands to shout, and it is easy to dis-
tinguish their fabricated enthusiasm from the spon-
taneous signs of contentment or approval. But
they were either absent or silent. Some
imagined that the orders were that the claque should not
be employed, that no cries should be uttered, lest they
should give rise to counter cries of "Vice la Paix."
I repeat merely the remarks of several persons who
were present, and one person was heard to reply to
a sergens de ville, who expressed his surprise at the
silence that prevailed, "I/ n'y a pas d'ordre." In
fact, from all one hears, it would seem that the recep-
tion was icy. Independently of any feeling towards
the Prince himself it may be wondered at that in
an assemblage of Frenchmen of every class the pre-
sence of a young and attractive lady did not pro-
duce some external mark of. respect. Tier tender
years, her countenance, serious if not sad, the
fatigue depicted on her features, hurried by sea and
land from Turin to Paris, her strange position—all
might well give her a claim to more than sympathy.
The truth is, it is not from anything like dislike to the
Princess Clotilda that she and her husband were received
so coldly, but from the feeling that this alliance is merely
tue equivalent paid by Victor Emmanuel for French aid
in the pursuit of his schemes, and the hatred to the war
Out theseschnle4 is reflected
which is inYoliod to carry

on the innocent Princess whose hand is regarded by,thou
as the guarantee for them. Otherwise, the daughter of
Victor Etnmanuel was spoken of with a sort of sympathy,
and, though no cries were uttered, the disapproving silence
meant no disrespect for her.—Letter from Paris.

PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM
AND HIS SON. •

The reply given by Prince Frederick William
to the congratulations of the Prussian House of
Lords, on the occasion of the late birth, is worthy
of being recorded. It was nearly in the following
terms : • _ _ _ _

I thank you most heartily, my Lords, for the interest
which you take in an event which is so important and so
fortunate for my family and for the country, and I pray you
to express, in my name, to every member of the House of
Lords the gratitude which I feel for their good wishes.
If God shall spare the life of my son, my great object will
be to instil into his mind those sentiments which attach
me' to my country. It is nearly:a year, my Lords, since
1 had an opportunity of evincing how deeply I was
touched with the gratifying reception which, at the time
of my marriage, I met with in all parts of the country.
It was that reception which has'in so short a time inspired
the Princess, my consort, who had just left her own land,
with love and attachment to her new country, sentiments
which the birth of a son now renders such as can never
be changed. May God bless our efforts to make our son
worthy of the affectionate interest' with which he has so
soon been greeted ! The Princess, to whom I have been
enabled to make known your congratulations, desires me,
my Lords, to offer to you her. most affectionate acknow-
ledgments.

THE YOUNG PRUSSIAN PRINCE.
BERLIN, Feb. 5.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
The Princess Frederick William and the infant Prince
being well no more bulletins will be issued.
(Signed) Dr. SCHOENELIN.
Dr. WEGN ER. '
Dr. MARTIN,

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPLITIES.
BUCHAREST, Feb. 5

The National Assembly, in a sitting composed
of sixty-four deputies, unanimously elected Alex.
Conza, Hospodar of Moldavia, also as Prince of
Wallachia.

THE. NORTHERN TIMEg, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1859