The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-16 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

The Dutch Ambassador, General Farrel has been
presented to his Majesty the Emperor with his cre-
dentials. The Minister of the Grand Duchy of
Hesse has signified to the French representative
the satisfaction of the Grand Duke at the advent of
Louis Napoleon to the throne, adding that the le-
gation for some time suppressed, would be re-
established at Paris.
The decree appears by which the Republican
Guard is to be called the Garde de Paris. The two
battalions of Gendarmerie Mobile are to be called
Gendarmerie d'Elite.
;By decrees the Bishop of Grenoble is nominated
a canon of the highest order in the Imperial Chapter
of St. Denis, and the Abbe Grinoulhiac, Vicar
General of the Archbishopric of Aix, raised to the
see of Grenoble. The Bishop of Coutance having
been equally created canon of the highest order in
the Imperial Chapter, the Abbe Daniel is raised to
his see. •
The dotation of the Emperor comprises, accord-
ing to the Debuts, the palaces of the Tuileries, the
Elysee, the Palais Royal, Versailles, Marly, St.
Germain, St. Cloud, Meudon, Fontainebleau, Com-
piegne, Rambouillet, Pau, and Strasbourg, with
their farms, lands, parks, and woods ; the manufac-
tories of Sevres, the Gobelins, and Beauvais ; and
the wood of Vincennes, the forest of Dourlan, the
forest of Senart, and the forest of Laigne, with the
museums, libraries, Crown diamonds, &c.
The Emperor went on Monday evening to the
Theatre Francais. Ho was received both inside
and out with acclamations. On Tuesday he visited
the Hotel de Ville. His Majesty was in an open
carriage, escorted by a detachment of Carabineers.
An immense crowd had assembled on the Place,
by whom he was received with loud cries of " Vive
l'Empereur !" which were also raised throughout
the streets .as he passed, both in going and return-
ing. After his return to the palace, the Emperor,
accompanied by two aides-de-camp,
.walked in the
garden of the Tuileries.
The following is the letter by which M. Drouy
de L'Huys, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, notified
to the representatives of France at foreign courts
the change of the form of Government in France :
"Monsieur,—l have the honour to send you annexed,
with the text of the senatus consulturn which fixes the
conditions under which the Sovereign power is to be
henceforth exercised in France, an official copy of the
plebiscite which confirms these important commnnica-
tions, and makes a state law of it. In consequence, the
new Emperor of the French ascends, by the grace of
Divine Providence, on the throne to which the almost
unanimous vote of the nation calls him, and I hapten to
execute the orders of the Chief of the State in notifying
through you his accession to the Government of
This change in the political constitution of France re-
quires according to custom, that the political agents
accredited at Paris, as well as those of his Ma-

jesty the Emperor accredited to foreign Courts,
should receive new letters of credence. I shall,
however, consider it a pleasure until this double
formality shall have been fulfilled, to keep up non.offi-
cially with them relations, in conformity with the good
understanding which exists, and will not cease to exist,
between our two Governments. In fact, if France has
chosen a form of Government more in harmony with her
habits, her traditions, and the place she holds in the
world, if her interests find in a return to monarchy that
guarantee which is wanting to them, there is nothing
which can change her position abroad. The Emperor
recognises and approves all that was recognised and ap-
proved by the President of the Republic during the last
few years. The same hand and the same ideas will con-
tinue to direct the destinies of France, and the experi-
ence acquired under the most difficult circumstances suf-
ficiently proves that the French Government, jealous of
its own rights, has admitted in the same manner the
rights of others, and that it has attached the greatest
value to contributing to the maintenance of general
peace. It is towards this object that the ef-
forts of the Government of the Emperor of the
French will constantly tend ; his Majesty has the
firmest confidence that if his intentions are com-
pletely in accord with those of the other Sovereigns the
pew of the world will be secured. I have no doubt
Monsieur , that the re-establishment of the Im-
perial power in France will be everywhere regarded as a
happy event, because it is a pledge of stability and dura-
tion given to a policy which is quite in harmony with the
interests and the wants of all the powers, and to a policy
which the Emperor proposes particularly to follow in his
relations with the Government of --,
"Accept, &c."
Abd-el-Kader arrived in Lyons on Sundaynight,
by steamer from Chalons. He was about to proceed
without stopping to Marseilles, but the Salut Public
says, that, at the pressing instances of Marshal
Castellane, he consented to pass Monday in Lyons.
It was expected that he would witness a sham fight
on the plain•of Grand Camp, and attend a perform-
ance at the theatre.

All the Government journals publish the following
anecdote:

Some persons lately spoke in presence of the
Emperor of an article published in an Austrian
journal, and couched in terms not very favourable
to the regime established in France. This article
gave a very incorrect interpretation of the message
addressed to the Senate by his Majesty. " With
the Prince de Schwartzenburg," said the Emperor,
" such misrepresentations were not to be appre-
hended. He and I spoke the same language, and
assuredly he would have better translated the his-
tory of the new empire."
The Bourse was firmer. The Four-and-a-Half

per Cents. closed at 106 f. for the end of the month ;
and the Three per Cents. at 82f. 45c. ; Orleans
Railway Shares, 1,026 f. ; Rouen, 9601..; Havre,
530 f. ; Great Northern, 882 f. 50c. ; Basle, 362 f.
50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 802 f. 50c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 890 f. ; Great Western, 765 f. ; Lyons and
Avignon, 702 f. 50c.: St Dizier and Gray, 5451. ;
Caen and Cherbourg, 630 f. ; Dijon and Besangon,
580 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 6101. ; Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 1,965 f.