The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The preparations for the fête of the 15th are ac-
tively progressing in Paris. The spiral has nearly
wound its whole length round the column of the
Place Vendome, from the base to the summit, and the
skeleton fabric which is to figure forth the great St.
Bernard already rises over the Pont de la Concorde.
The pedestal, with eagles and statues, and its bas-
relief, already covers the rond-point midway from the
Champs Elysas to the triumphal arch. The character
of these ornaments, even in their present incomplete
form, is eminently Imperial. The tradesmen of the
Presidential household are not backward in im-
parting the same tone to the decorations they affix
over their doors and shop windows. One in parti-
cular is evidently anxious for the time when the
needle shall be plied for an Imperial cus-
tomer. At the great tailoring establish-
ment on the Italian Boulevards, at the
corner of the rue Lepelletier, may even now be
seen the Imperial arms in plaster of Paris ; the eagle
issuing from the centre, and grasping in his claw the
star of the Legion of Honour ; and the shield, en-
circled by the collar of the Order, reposes on the Im-
perial mantle, thickly studded with bees ; the whole
surmounded by an Imperial crown.
Some time ago, Colonel Guimard, condemned by
the High Court fur the part he took in the plot of
June 13, 1849, avas pardoned and liberated from
prison. Some..
singular consequences have resulted
from the civil in. capacities incurred by M. Guimard;
in fact this reprieved rebel is regarded by the state as
civilly defunct. The papers with which he provided his
son for admi▪
ssion to the naval school have been rejected,
as he can be 110 longer accounted a living legal father.
The registration dues for the transmission of bis inheri-
tance have been demanded from his children. A fellow-
prisoner of M. Guimard, released at the same time,
found that hi▪ s wi▪ fe had taken advantage of his civil death
to contract a second marriage, which is sanctioned by
1 the law. In the reign of Louis Philippe a similar case
occurred. General Clouet, sentenced by default to
a punishment i▪
nvolving civil death for having taken
Part in the insurrection of La Vend6e, took refuge in
Portugal. On his return to France, after the fall of
Don Miguel, We h
ose troops he had commanded, he
found that his
.lady had consoled herself for his ab-
sence by marrying another. The General brought
an action against her for bigamy, which he lost.
Michel Ney, the grandson of Marshal Ney, and
son of General the Duke of Elchingen, has entered
the 7th Dragoons as a volunteer. The young Dra-
groon is only in his eighteenth year.
The accounts from the department du Nord speak
of the harvest as unusually fine. The wheat and oats
are
spoken of a s being magnificent.
The following advertisement appears in Galig-
nani :
~ The Orleans family, compelled by the decrees of
the 22nd of January, 1852, to sell all. the property
which it possesses. in France, is at this moment en-
acaged in disposing of this property, which consists of
hateaux, farms,
. parks, forests. and woods, arable lands,
meadows, vineyards, mills, brick and tile kilns, and
forest-houses, comprising several large domains, situated
in the departments of the '9,3We-et-Marne, Haute.
Marne, Allier,
,or.l Puy;de-Dome, Crease, Loire Inferieure,
and the Cote-
d
The .Emancipation of Brussels states that General
de Lamorieiere, having been forced to quit Prussia,
will fix his residence at Hamburgh.