The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-19 00:00:00

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PARIS, WEDNESDAY.—TIIO Prince President, who
returned yesterday from Fontainebleau, attended
the Opera Comique last night in state, where he
was received with great warmth. The exterior of
the Theatre was illuminated and ornamented with
eagles and crowns in gas, and the interior gor-
geously arranged. In the complimentary verses
sung by actresses representing the Fine Arts, the
Prince was addressed as " Sire," and treated with
the deference due to Imperial Majesty. After the
performance of the Domino Noir, the Prince left
amidst renewed marks of respect.
There is an article in the Moniteur which would
seem to have for its object to remove the pain pro-
duced on the minds of Legitimists by the publica-
tion in the Moniteur of the manifesto of the Count
de Chambord, side by side with the atrocious de-
nunciations of the refugee Socialists. While there
is a disclaimer of intention to put on the same line
a party respecting the principles of order with
savage committees preaching up assassination,
it is, nevertheless, insinuated that the quasi
Royal manifesto is calculated to lead to the same
result. Both alike, it is argued, resist the paternal
sovereignty ; the demagogues, by seeking to substi-
tute their own personal will ; and the Count de
Chambord, by placing his personal rights above
those of the country. The paper then proceeds to
point out the inconsistencies of the demagogues,
who, so long as it served their purpose, proclaim d
the sovereignty of the people, and as soon as the
people abanoned them deny the right of the nation
itself to change what they call the Republic. No
less inconsistent is the Count de Chambord declared
to be in setting up any other claim than that
founded on the declared will of the people in face
of history, appealing to the origin of the Pepins and
Capets, who supprseded the natural heirs brand
with popular consent. " The national will is,
then," says the writer in the Moniteur, " the
principle and right of every dynasty."
The Pays, writing to the same effect, goes, how-
ever, more at large into the subject of the late
manifestos, administering a severe castigation to
the Socialist refugees.
Galignani gives the following account of the visit
of the Prince President to the Opera Comique
" The Prince President went last evening in state to
the Opera Comique. He arrived about -half-past seven,
and was received with loud cries of ' Vive l'Empereur
The front of the theatre, in the Rue Marivaux, was lit
up with gas, representing the cipher of the Prince, and
eagles with outspread wings. The entrance of the theatre
was ornamented with flowers, and hung with crimson
velvet. In the saloon the bust of the Emperor Napoleon
was placed at one end, and that of the Prince his nephew
on the other. When the Prince entered the box reserved
for him, the whole audience rose and received him with
acclamations, even the ladies joining in the cry of
' Vive l'Empereur !' In the Prince's box were the ex-
King Jerome, Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, his son,
and Generals de Lourmel and Roguet. In the adjoining
boxes were the Ministers, General Magnan, General
d'Hautpoul, Prince Murat, M. de Morney, M. Mocquart,
and other persons of note. The performance consisted
of the Domino Noir, with Madame Ugalde and Couderc,
in their original parts, and a cantata, called the Fetes
des Arts, Chant de l'Avenir, the words by M. Mery, and
the music by M. A. Adam. The usual curtain was re-
placed by a new one prepared for the occasion represent-
ing the palace of Fontainebleau. When this curtain
rose, another was seen behind it, representing velvet
sprinkled with bees, and bearing a colonade, on which
were inscribed the names of the towns which the Prince
visited during his tour. Towards the end of the cantata
the scene changed, and discovered a view of the Louvre
as it will appear when terminated. This view called
forth loud applause. At the end of the cantata, two
figures of Fame descended from the clouds bearing an
imperial crown. The whole performance •passed over
with great eclat, and the Prince left the theatre at half-
past eleven amidst renewed acclamations."