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

PROCLAMATION

OF
Tlj E FRENCH EMPIRE.

o°4 Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock, the
tsla, tive
.Body met, for the important purpose
making its official declaration of the number of
Vote.. given on the plebiscite for re-establishing the
'Plre in France. The tribunes were crowded,
a4(l all 104 the persons occupying them apparently be-
L._ged to the higher classes of society. The num-
-0;01 deputies present was 240, and all wore their
elficial costume. A solemn silence took
t 7 when M. Billault, the President, preceded
messengers of state and the ushers, and ac-
elite• Pan: dby • •
the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries,
takred the house. The President, after having
el, his seat, proceeded to read the official do-
„ ration.
of the Legislative Body, to the effect that
treneh
people had, by an immense majority,
d Louis Napoleon to be Emperor of the
rend,.
read. Scarcely had M. Billault terminated
mg the declaration of the Legislative Body,
.
eve cries of " Vive l'Empereur" burst out from
hgt,T part of the Chamber, tribunes and all. Tne
re° assembly then rose, and again shouted " Vivo
rapereur !" The following is the official dom-
"L'ent read by M. Billault
" DECLARATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.
Legislative Body,—
toltimaylng taken into consideration the Senatus-Con-
/il °1 Nor. 7, 1852 •
•avulg considered' the decree of the same day,
or,-.g. en the French people to vote on the acceptance
~eiection of the plebiscite proposed by the Senate ;
the ir°l4ng at the decree of Nov. 7, 1852, convoking
regn:gistative Body for the purpose of verifying the
decta ritY of the votes, of summing them up, and of
the result ;
of it ger having examined and verified in the sittings
bees bureaux of Nov. 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, and of
eight 1, the proces-verbaux of the votes given in the
Bea f 34 departments and Algeria, and by the land and
°roes •
Dee After having heard, in its sittings of Nov. 30 and
sad 3al, the reports made to it in the name of its bureaux,
ports ivilug confirmed by a vote after each of these re-
ed regularity and exactitude of the figures ex-
tc th ' such as they are set down in the table annexed
„ e present delaration •
toaConsidering that, in' the presence of the immense
fjo
al,o:l,tY of votes already ascertained to be given in
for ti; e°l' the plebiscite, there is no necessity for waiting
andP-ew proces-verbaux drawn up in distant localities,
thate;l Which the verification will be made hereafter, and
14t. is fitting, in order to comply with the national
ftzetio.',° proclaim without delay the great event which
destinies of France ;
iueclares :
Ivber",.t. That the operations of the vote have been every-
, Ltreely and regularly accomplished ;
the • That the general summing-up of votes given on
~Psl4l3iscite has given :
sam even millions eight hundred and twenty-four th?u-
-beari°lle hundred and eighty-nine (7,824,189) bulletins
qg the word ;'
Nod fwc) hundred and fifty-three thousand one hundred
011Q11Y-five (253,145) bulletins bearing the word
Ii:b411(1812dY-three thousand three hundred and twenty-
, alletins null
eotalconsequence the Legislative Body declares :
hat the French people, convoked to vote in its
the foliai, cin the 21st and 22d of Nov., 1852, has accepted
Wing pldbiscite :-
-trsperiLatielren.ch.people wills the re-establishment of the
Parte, .'-ugnity in the person of Louis Napoleon 80i?a..-
41%te with succession to his direct descendants, legit-
the °l' adopted, and gives him the right to regulate
fargiiVer of succession to the throne in the Bonaparte
7, 18'5'2'8, is set forth in the Senatus-Consultum of Nov.
byrunanimous cry of Vive l'Empereur,' greeted
declaration, and the Legislative Body decided
evell!'eclaination that it would proceed the same
to u'g, at eight o'clock, to the Palace of St. Cloud
voter sent to his Majesty the Emperor the result of the
~c4(.4 the French people.
1)414i 'veil at the Palace of the Legislative Body, in
e sitting, this Ist day of December, 1852.
‘`BILLAULT,
"President of the Legislative Body,
"DALLOZ, the DUKE DE TARENTE, BAR01:1,
ESCHASSERIEUX, DUGAs, Secretaries.
The President left the Chamber with the same
the as he had entered, and was followed by
e,--ePuties, who proceeded to take their places
th ages ready in the Court of Honour, to take
St. Cloud.
Th e Corte e advanced in the following.r order.
of etc gthe Messengers of State, the. carriage
~e "e President, then those containing the sever,
Letters of the bureaux, namely, MM. Bavoux,
Delamarre (Creuse), Reveil, Lemercier,
the latet, and Fauguer ; the Vice-Presidents ;
'l3e Secretaries ; the Questors ; and lastly, the
,yePtrties.
._u wards
of
iT_Ol-1 whole number of carriages was
, and a long line of torch-bearers
‘4e,nmpanied them on both sides. The regiment
The
7th Lancers served as escort to the Deputies.
Pecortege passed along the rue de l'Universite,
aid Esplanade des Invalides, the Quai d'Orsay,
e 31., Auteuil, Boulogne, and St. Cloud. A con-
-4e crowd was collected along the line of pro-
att,V.4.ll. At Auteuil, the Maine was illuminated,
1444°11r eagles of fire, with the words " Vive Na-
-6'4311 111 !" above, decorated the front. At Bou-
-0 Many of the houses were illuminated, as was
Cll-,i°,°g avenue from Auteuil to Boulogne. St.
()I°t}7. was even more brilliant than the other parts
/ler° route and a vast crowd was collected in the
hl) '
ourhood of the palace.
lla e deputies arrived at St. Cloud at eight o'clock,
menb
en 1e
only a few minutes by the
rrs of the Senate, and of the Council of State.
4141:4,gis lative Body was shown into the Salon de
QOC, he Senate into the Salon de Venus, and the
pans_ it of State into that of Diana. After a short
eer7, Count Bacciocchi, Grand Master of the
tiae kenies, assisted by M. Feuillet de Corches,
61eRlity-master, introduced the senators into
Viee_bauerY of Apollo, one of the finest in Europe,
)4,1„ 4- resident Mesnard, Troplong, General Count
qet:taY-d'llilliers, the Grand Referendary,
eroa,-`4l Count d'Hautpoul, and Baron de La-
The e, the Secretary, marched at its head.
Arehardinals, Marshals, Admirals, and the
me hop of Paris were with the Senate, the
'34 Cheers of which immediately took their places
at tit e right of the throne erected for the solemnity
took esiend of the gallery. The Legislative Body
°Pp° "Zeir places on the left, the two bodies sitting
elite 84be each other. The Council of State next
kkred, conducted by the Presidents of section,'
llouher, de Parieu, Bonjean, General
The„:", Vice-Admiral Leblanc, and M. Boudet.
shig were seated opposite each other along the
ail of M. Baroche, being a member of the Coun-
t° t
. -14inisters, sat immediately behind them, close
• I(Ile throne. The Procureur-General Delangle,
ItoYer, Baron Brenier, M. Heurtier, Gene-
vrallinas, M. Greterin, M. de Sibert Cornillon,
tills ' uarricau, were seated amongst the Coun-
Tirls of State.
pr n e Master of the ceremonies having informed
Driv e Louis Napoleon, who was at the time in his
Ntat4„te, apartment, that the great bodies of the
With Ilhaci arrived, entered the gallery of Apollo,
his Sac. household, military and civil. Count
alleth'peal and.. M. Feuillet de Conches led the way;
eelta 'en followed the orderly officers, Captain Ex-
Toi4llB, Commandant Lepic, Commandant de
4 evailleelk Commandant Fave, Captain de Men-
taain aPt'ain de Berkeim, Captain Petit,
.Cap-
141e-aMbriels, Captain Tascher de la Pagerie, and
•Or -p'ellant de La Tour d'Auvergne ; M. Mocquart,
of 1011neau, and M. C. Bure, intendant-general
No: household ; then came the aides-de-camp,
get.,Zsenils Fleury, Edgar Ney, de Beville ; and
Vaudrey, Espinasse, de Lourmel, de M0n-
(14,44.1)01e0n
de Goyon, de Cotte, Canrobert, and
I‘l.a
111, in the uniform of a general of
ki I'3'; next entered, having on his right the ex-
°f Au _some Napoleon Bonaparte, in the uniform
Bona nal of France ;on his left Prince Jerome
the Arte, in coloured clothes ; and behind him
resi,lllllster of State, Ministers, M. Baroche, Vice-
vrei'elat of the Council of State, and M. Berger,
Ptiet of the Seine.
sa e racraent Louis Napoleon appeared he was
t,_enr !,'• With loud acclamations of " Vive
every
e person present rising at his entrance.
predated the various bodies of the State, and then
. e
dad on to th throne which he ascended,
villg the •
eroke exFung Jerome on his right, and Prince
qami, °II his left. Louis Napoleon remained
pthriiie
The g•
placed themselves behind the three
s' and the des-de-camp, orderly officers and
nißters'" household, at the bottom after the .
VI. 13.
aavall illault, President of the Legislative Body,
the ced, and in a firm and emphatic voice, read
ng speech :
Dreseilre---We bring to your Majesty the solemn ex-
°vati:ll of the national will. In the midst of the
ia,Briius which were decreed to you by popular enthu-
Wa,B
„i„,YeRt showed no anxiety to assume a crown, which
ered
'Lould IT, you on all sides, but wished that France
sup,e_ 4ve time for reflexion ; you wished that that
dispoTe decision by which a people, master of itself,
eact oynereig.nty of its destiny, should' only be taken,
y.ounrci entire liberty.
F3ecret, wish, Sire, is accomplished ; a ballot free,
tvhoeteseyiepuupfopaelnl
;tosuamll,mhinags been loyally examined under
up in one, eight millions of
,W:utedes'teollgeicyteesdto the legitimacy of your government the
ever basis on which any government in the world was
egtablished. From the day when six millions of
they
called for you by the government itself which
'ate °f th you to replace, deposited in your hands the
3,, 0 country
• addit- , ranee, at each new ballot, marked
its iclual millions of votes the continued increase of
n1440131:61'11°0 in you. Without as within her com-
-111 her fetes as in her TORO: everywhere her