The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-10 00:00:00

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NE FRENCH EMPIRE.

the
tiTh Moniteur contains the following article :
*ee Emperor has wished to inaugurate his reign
klicts and acts of clemency. The suffering
Gpt
„„.s,h..,ave been the first object of his solicitude ;
lick "lie occupying himself with the poor, the
;gfi't slid the foundlings, his Majesty exercised his
off pardon in as large proportions as the autho-
lkak f the laws and public security permits. Re-
lerliehnrella Prison and from fines was accorded to all
condemned for simple offences ; soldiers
ktr;i'll.ers were forgiven the punishments in-
lor breach of discipline, and deserters from
11 for
and navy the punishments which awaited
kloof,-rolitical prisoners and exiles couM not remain
no from the benevolent dispositions of his Majesty;
inserted in the Moniteur of the 2d left no
14eti 1,11 this point. With the exception of such
feeliti- 'Lave been guilty of crimes which every moral
reproves, all those who suffer from the con-
kred Les of our unhappy civil discords will be re-
tfit4.4.b.`" liberty, to their families, and to their
kihtilLwithout any other condition than that of
111414:41g, themselves to the national will, so clearly,
hgebi'eu at the late ballot, and to give an en-
the ellt henceforth not to do anything against
Se(,),vernment of the elect of the country. The
locier will not require more, and good sense and
lcessities say that it is impossible to demand
The dearest wish of his Majesty is to see
:raee of our former divisions removed ; he
jes 'etaios of the past the remembrance of ser-
ri4 reudered. It will not be the fault of the
kliotacece 'whom the country has just crowned, if it
lindre be any longer separated from any of its
h 4*"
`ka h--(4r lies with the Changarniers, Bedeaus,
leres, Victor Hugos, and, indeed, all exiles
kse`ged by actual crimes, to return when they
' the condition of acknowledging the
IPheror.
kve afcniteur contains a decree of the Emperor,
kttrn'ed on a report from the Minister of Public
411ht74,ILicn, substituting a Chair of Institutes of
Co '6ll, in the Faculty of Law of Paris for that
rtstitutional Law, which is now vacant, and is
ham suppressed. This decree is followed by
ho appointing M. Charles Giraud, Member of
Fnstitute Professor of Roman Law at the
htYef Law of Paris.
kih also announces that no more concessions of
It,,Ys are to be made for the present.
lathelieved that M. de Germiny is appointed
koo,, r of Finance, in place of M. Bineau, who
(1)4;' es Governor f the Bank of France. Count
oiput retires.
toilfLenel Barman, Charge d'Affaires of the Swiss
golf ration' has presented his new credentials.
tent and and Piedmont have announced their in-
k °4 to acknowledge the Emperor of the French.
'liatch from Madrid announces that the Queen
Theeegnised the Emperor of the French.
fork e deputies in the Legislative Body were in-
teiveede before their departure that they are to re-
ter the future an indemnity of six thousand
11041-is a-year. The Union says :—" We have an-
-41)01:ed that the Staff of the National Guard is
4,eFif," t°, quit the Palais Royal. This Palace is
u„tro-,„eu to become the residence of the Prince
'rri, -6 and his son, who now bear the title of
ices Francais."
kkiee •Patrie states that the departure of Abd-el-
the is postponed for some days. We read in
-ratrte•
incorrect account has been published of the
Zr gip! °I the Journey
ce Murat. of M. Lebellt the authorised agent
%,, is known that the
,lifiCl'4famil y Napoleon left by his will to Queen Caroline
C,41; !nt objects which had belonged to him. Queen
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by her will bequeathed to the Prince Joachim
do tli,:',lter g randson, these objects, which have remained
'1411(18 of her executors in Italy, who have offered
ttlek.e them up. M. Lebel goes to Florence to bring
to Prince Joachim Murat, who intends to make a
1111,,- 'aim to the Imperial Museum of the Louvre.
eon them is the bed on which the Emperor Napo-
(lied at St. Helena."
conferences of the postal congress of Paris
says the Patrie, " far from being terminated.
Sietitugsburg Gazette, in announcing the day on
Mthe treaty was to be signed between France
eths Austro-German postal union was prema-
the its information. The sudden departure of
bite 74 en Commissioner, Baron de Reitzenstein,
tolei::r-General of the Post-office, was occasioned
by the urgency of business in his depart-
eht
444: is prompt return will, we are convinced,
the the solution of a question which interests
Correspondence."
6 highest degree the development of our means
To °ItY-four soldiers undergoing imprisonment at
tent to
~,1411on for different offences have been pardoned,
regiments in Africa to continue their
doCthe Pays, apparently by authority, defends, on
klimentary evidence, the propriety of the title
toitP?lcoil 111. Argiling .that Napoleon's powers
ki..llllled after Waterloo, de facto, and that his
were recognised by the nation as of full force
111 fauthority, it first gives the act of abdication
of the
of his son, and then the acts of adhesion
tle Senate and Representatives.T" following is the declaration of abdication :

" MONITELIR DIT IER JIIILET.
" ADRESSE AU PIMPLE FRANCAIS.
'l4 face-439ais,—Les puissances etrangeres ont proclame
ft
l'Europe, ne s'etaient armees que contre
‘'t T°37 41
,37; qu'elles voulment respecter notre independance
eqs'troit, qu'a toute nation de se ohoisir un gonvernement
Zine 6, sea interets.
n'est plus le chef de l'etat ; lui-memo a re-
N,ee trone ; son abdication a ete acceptee par vos r-
rttall,TAnts. 11 est eloigne de nous : son fits est appelle
ft
toalil3!re par les constitutions de l'etat. Les sonverains
ir,),,,°es le savent. La nerre doit done etre finis, si lea
4,huesses des rois ne sont pas vaines."
not 4.! resolution of the Chamber of Deputies need
the r given, as it is referred to and confirmed in
°II-Owing vote of the Chamber of Peers.
" MoNrrzua DU 24 Juni', 1815.

4,13 " CHAMBERS DRS PAHL&
sa seance du 23 au soir, la Chambre de Pairs a
dutte la deliberation de la Chambre des Representants et
Ilerttrda,, ee jour, portaut que Napoleon 11. eat devenue Em-
, des
Prangais par le fait de I'abdication de Napoleon
q,,".6 constitutions de ?Empire.°
titVre empire was proclaimed with all due pomp
piZarseilles, on the sth.
in a shouts of the populace, who were assembled
tr erase numbers, were most deafening, and the
jar "as rent for several minutes with " Vive rEm-
Ilk:1r, " Vive Napoleon 111. I" The troops then
eho in review, and as they approached the stand,
lied out with strong and hearty lungs, " Vive
-''Pereur !"
Afte
r the proclamation, the Prefect, accompanied
toll,'„i_e cure and military authorities, the foreign
Pro,-,1; and most of the respectable inhabitants,
Itilr,eQed to the cathedral, where the bishop and a
Plbetlapter chaunted a Veni Oreator.
the evening there was a general illumination.
MtIS BOURSE, DEC. 9.—Closing prices : Rentes,
.a'ntl-a-Half per Cents., 105 f. 30c. ; ditto,
ee
2,900 f per Cents., 81f. 45c. ; Bank of France,