The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-03 00:00:00

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PROCLAMATION

THE FREN6H EMPIRE.

On Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock, the
legislative Body met, for the important purpose
of making its official declaration of the number of
votes given on the plebiscite for re-establishing the
Empire in France. The tribunes were crowded,
T41(1 all the persons occupying them apparently be-
Ned to the higher classes of society. The num-
ber of deputies present was 240, and all wore their
bard official costume. A solemn silence took
Place when M. Billault, the President, preceded
by the messengers of state and the ushers, and ac.,-
"mPanied by the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries,
*iltered - the house. The President, after having
"Ikell his seat, proceeded to read the official de-
,e,laration of the Legislative Body, to the effect that
the
French people had, by an immense majority,
called Louis Napoleon to be Emperor of the
French. Scarcely had M. Billault terminated
'eauing the declaration of the Legislative Body,
When cries of " Vive l'Empereur" burst out from
evierY part of the Chamber, tribunes and all. The
lil°le assembly then rose, and again shouted " Vive
n pereur !" The following is the official docu-
Ment read by M. Billault

"DECLARATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODT.
c‘ The Legislative Body,—
"Raving taken into consideration the Senatus-Con-
aultum of Nov. 7, 1852 •
"Raving considered' the decree of the same day,
calling on the French people to vote on the acceptance
or rejection of the plebiscite proposed by the Senate ;
"Looking at the decree of Nov. 7, 1852, convoking
the
Legislative Body for the purpose of verifying the
Al'egolarity of the votes, of summing them up, and of
‘ieclaring the result ;
‘,"After having examined and verified in the sittings
.After
bureaux of Nov. 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, and of
1, the proces-verbaux of the votes given in the
eighty-six departments and Algeria, and by the land and
sea forces •
-I-, After having heard, in its sittings of Nov. 30 and
1, the reports made to it in the name of its bureaux,
rod. having confirmed by a vote after each of these re-
ports the regularity and exactitude of the figures ex-
iced, such as they are set down in the table annexed
to thespresent delaration ;
" Considering that, in the presence of the immense
majority
of votes already ascertained to be given in
for of the plebiscite, there is no necessity for waiting
lor the few proces-verbaux drawn up in distant localities,
talnd of which the verification will be made hereafter, and
oat it is fitting, in order to comply with the national
rill, to proclaim without delay the great event which
uxes the destinies of France ;
" Declares :
lst. That the operations of the vote have been every-
freely and regularly accomplished ;
," 2d. That the general summing-up of votes given on
plaiscite has given :
Seven millions eight hundred and twenty-four thou-
b~4 one hundred and eighty-nine (7,824,189) bulletins
!'itig the word ;'
1-I‘'
Two hundred and fifty-three thousand one hundred
forty-five (253,145) bulletins bearing the word
a • And sixty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-
bulletins null ;
lo consequence the Legislative Body declares :
" That the French people, convoked to vote in its
Ccoaitia, on the 21st and 22d of Nov., 1852, has accepted
e following plebiscite
" 'The French people wills the re-establishment of the
1;e or Imperial dignity in the person of Louis Napoleon Bona-
parte, with succession to his direct descendants, legiti-
adopted, and gives him the right to regulate
!he order of succession to the throne in the Bonaparte
:41 18Y52 lil, as is set forth in the Senatus-Consultum of Nov.
this A unanimous cry of Vive l'Empereur,' greeted
,b declaration, and the Legislative Body decided
Y acclamation that it would proceed the same
+evening, at eight o'clock, to the Palace of St. Cloud
present to his Majesty the Emperor the result of the
votessof the French people.
"Given at the Palace of the Legislative Body, in
Public sitting, this Ist day of December, 1852.
BILLAULT,
" President of the Legislative Body,
" DALLOZ, the DUKE DE TARENTE, BARON
ESCHASSERIEUX, DIMAS, Secretaries."
The President left the Chamber with the same
the beputies, who proceeded to take their places
'll carriages ready in the Court of Honour, to take
them to St. Cloud.
TThe cortege advanced in the following order.
Ushers, the Messengers of State, the carriage
the President, then those containing the seven
1-Crofters of
the bureaux, namely, MM. Bavoux,
Behn , and FoLeroux'l)elaraarre (Creuse), Reveil, Lemercier,
ontet
auguer , - • the V. e Presidents ;
Dthe Secretaries ; the Questors ;
and lastly, the
eputies. The whole number of carriages was
Ywards of 100, and a long line of torch-bearers
accompanied them on both sides. The regiment
the 7th Lancers served as escort to the Deputies.
thThe cortege passed along the rue de l'Universite,
T
Esplanade des Invalides, the Quai d'Orsay,
-2"ss3r, Auteuil, Boulogne, and St. Cloud. A con-
Zerable crowd was collected along the line of pro-
ii;,s,El3i°ll. At Auteuil, the Maine was illuminated,
four eagles of fire, with the words " Vive Na-
eon 111 r above, decorated the front. At Bou-
Ze many of the houses were illuminated, as was
irg avenue from Auteuil to Boulogne: St.
of tr was even more brilliant than the other parts
11( e route, and a vast crowd was collected in the
Ihbourhood of the palace.
14-1•11 e deputies arrived at St. Cloud at eight o'clock,
Iteving been preceded only a few minutes by the
Thtabers of the Senate, and of the Council of State.
e. Legislative Body was shown into the Salon de
Co,—, the Senate into the Salon de Venus, and the
IciaZeil of State into that of Diana. After a short
' Count Bacciocchi, Grand Master of the
• the eTonies, assisted by M. Feuillet de Corches,
the pity'-master, introduced the senators into
",allerY of Apollo, one of the finest in Europe,
114e-1-resident Mesnard, Troplong, General Count
Ue,,a,,gll_4Y-d'Hilliers, the Grand Referendary,
tro;"41 Count d'Hautpoul, and Baron de La-
Th,,se3 the Secretary, marched at its head.
Cardinals, Marshals, Admirals, and the
rlaechhishop of Paris were with the Senate, the
on inhere of which immediately took their places
at ti,-(e right of the throne erected for the solemnity
too,;`e,end of the gallery. The Legislative Body
op tneir places on the left, the two bodies sitting
c,ll3°site each other. The Council of State next
kkered, conducted by, the Presidents of section,
4.11: Reuher, de Parieu, Bonjean, General
Th-u'ru., Vice-Admiral Leblanc, and M. Boudet.
kideY were seated _opposite each other along the
on es.; Baroche, being a member of the Coun-
t:, °„1 misters, sat immediately behind them, close
11 the throne. The Procureur-General Delangle,'
• de
Iv to Royer, Baron Brenier, M. Heurtier, Gene-
and ~.allraas, M. Greterin, M. de Sibert Cornillon,
M. Darricau, were seated amongst the Conn-
P Tef State.
he master of the ceremonies having informed
14.i;tee Louis Napoleon, who was at the time in his
Stat.ate, apartment, that the great bodies of the
with' au his
arrived, entered the gallery of Apollo,
Baec his household, military and civil. Count
and +chi and M. Feuillet de Conches led the way;
hen followed the orderly officers, Captain Ex-
Tolda4B, Commandant Lepic, Commandant de
teva:slgeon, Commandant Fave, Captain de Men-
ton,. Captain de Berkeim, Captain Petit, Cap-
e,,Zanibriels, Captain Tascher de la Pagerie, and
,111 ant de La Tour d'Auvergne ; M. Mocquart,
of lia'°llll., eau, and M. C. Bure, intendant-general
eolo: , household ; then came the aides-de-camp,
aene-,„eis Fleury, Edgar Ney, de Beville • and
,tebep7„, Vaudrey, Espinasse, de Lourmel, de'Mon-
•tto et. de Goyon, de Cotte, Canrobert, and
~vislo
rome
--e°3:l 111, in the uniform of a general of
•kin next entered, having on his right the ex-
Napoleon Bonaparte, in the uniform
toll:1'841 of France ; on his left Prince Jerome
the Attrte, in coloured clothes ; and behind him
tires—Law ister of State, Ministers, M. Baroche, Vice-
pr..° ent of the Council of State, and M. Berger,
p 7,1, et of the Seine.
W°ent Louis Napoleon appeared he was
ten,. with. loud acclamations of " Vive l'Empe-
tie every
saluted person. present rising at his entrance.
Proceedthe various bodies of the State, and then
ham). ed. on to the throne, which he ascended,
41.04 the exKing Jerome on his right, and Prince
atabdis en his left. Louis Napoleon remained
The
Aline e$ placed themselves behind the three
nistthe ces, a!icl. the aidesde-camp, orderly officers and
nousehold at the bottom after the rai-
,
adva President of the Legislative Body,
the fall _,wand, in a firm and emphatic voice, read
s.re wing speech
Ivaaatifffuerelfl
Presuii_:--.4lre bring to your Majesty the solemn ex-
the national will. In the midst of the
!iastall;ol7Bhhich were decreed to you by popular enthu-
owed no anxiety to assume a crown, which
9?n on all sides, but wished that France
'`,l3preme tune for reflexion ; you wished that that
sei lsion by which a people, master of itself,
ereignt of its destiny, should only be :taken
°o,lly, andv.ou n.entire liberty
tl3heere et' anta wciPsehn' toSire' is accomplished accomplished ; a ballot free,
!c.(74teshtaasbilsisciie all, has been loyally e.xaminF.d. under
voteeY;e+a o,f an •
\via
gives
to,thsumi summing up in one, eight millions of
ss collected for ceia.eagintimacy of your government the
y government in the world was
From the day when six millions of
Y called you by the government itself which
,41-t of the
e,rlollt to replace, depositd in your hands the
4dditiontilZ France, new balht, mark.c;,l
„t!,conftde„__ ons of voted the continued increase of
ir:`" in you. Without as within her com-
lier fe'ts rats in her votes, everywhere her