The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-27 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

The Moniteur publishes the following decree :
"Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national
will, Emperor of the French, to all present and to come,
greeting :
" Looking to Art. 4 of the Senatus Consultunt of
November 7, ratified by the plebiscite of the 21st and
22d of the same month, according to which it ap-
pertains to us to regulate, by an organic decree addressed
to the Senate, the order of succession to the throne in the
Bonaparte family, in case we should not leave any direct
heir, legitimate or adopted :
" Whilst hoping that we shall be permitted to realise
the wishes of the country, and to contract, under
Divine protection, an alliance which will allow us to

ave direct heirs :
" Being, however, unwilling that the throne, erected
by the grace of God and the national will, should be left
vacant through default of a successor designated by us :
"Decree as follows :
" Art. 1. In case of our leaving no direct heir, legi-

timate or adopted,
" Our well-beloved uncle Jerome Napoleon Bona-
parte, and his descendants, direct and legitimate, the
issue of his marriage with the Princess Catherine of Wur-
temberg, from male to male, by order of primogeniture,
to the perpetual exclusion of the females, are appointed
to succeed us.
" Art. 2. The present decree, invested with the seal
of the State, shall be carried to the Senate by our Minis-
ter of State, to be deposited in its archives.
" Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, this 18th day
of December, 1852.
"NAPOLEO
(Signed) N.
(Countersigned) "ACHILLE FOULD, Minister of State."
A letter from Paris, in the Augsburg Gazette,
states that the French Government has received
from Cadiz long details of an outrage on the French
Consul at Rabat, in Morocco. He had arrived at
Cadiz, says the correspondent, after striking the
consular flag at Rabat, where his life had been for
several days in danger from a turbulent mob, and the
absence of any protection on the part of the authori-
ties. The captain of a French ship of war had come to
his aid with an armed force, but the turbulence of
the mob increased, and he felt it prudent to fly.
M. Lamieussens, French consul at Santo-Do-
mingo, fell a victim on Nov. 9 to an attack of yel-
low fever. M. Baez, the President of the Domini-
can Republic, scarcely quitted his bed-side during
his illness, and afterwards acted as chief mourner
at the funeral, which was conducted with great
pomp, the troops, clergy, and principal functionaries
being present. The funeral service was performed
in the cathedral, and during its continuance dis-
charges of musketry and a salute of nine cannon-
shots were heard. Finally, a decree of the Presi-
dent ordered that masses for the repose of the soul
of the deceased should be said in all the churches
throughout the Republic.

THE CONTINENT.

SPAIN.
Accounts have arrived from Madrid, dated the
19th instant. Clamor Publico comments upon the
circular of the Minister of the Interior to the
tNEw
_ll THEATRE AT NOTTINGHAM.—A scheme has governors of the provinces. It expresses its con-
h:_ , set on foot in Nottingham for the erection of a new viction that the course pursued by the new minis-
copp• The estimated "cost is between 5,0001. and try is not of a nature to restore calm to the public
701. 01.' which sum it is proposed to raise in shares of
Aire_.e.,ach. A considerable number of the shares have 'rid. The only effectual mode of doing this says
the Clamor Publico, would be to announce that the
,4'lY been subscribed for.
beTR. RID DEATH.—An Irish lad of the name of Samuel I Government had abandoned all the projects for
't "Ills, aged 10 years, went with his parents last week, I changes in the Constitution. M. Bravo Murillo
tw°gat.her coal on the cinder tip at Cyfarthfa, near Nanty- and M. Bordiu, the ex-Minister of thelnterior,
burrlll.2M, when, shocking to relate, he sunk into the left Madrid on the 18th for France.
fro_ing cinders, and his flesh was absolutely dropping Madrid 'Bourse.--Three per Cents., 44i ; De-
ja,r;u his bones ! It is not long since a female was birai- ferred, 24 7-16 ; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 101.
'Y burnt to death. Exchange upon London, 50 80 ; upon Paris, sth,