The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-31 00:00:00

'RE FRENCH EMPIRE.

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41Patrie says :—" The return of- the Emperor
..13 was retarded by indisposition ; but it had
'nous result, as he was able to return without
'7enience yesterday, and this morning tran-
k business with his Ministers."
'4e jEmperor was 'present on Wednesday even-
at the representation of the new ballet at the
.11". Opera.* His Majesty entered the theatre at
t half-past eight, and was hailed with warm
i
1:4111-atiens. On the previous evening he visited
blraudeville.
„our, g
the stay of the Emperor at Compiegne, a
which found its way to some of the foreign
'Pals, "was spread that an attempt had been
2 upon the life of his Majesty. To prevent
di a. the departments from this unfounded
c,',Ll3llr, the Minister of the Interior transmitted
following telegraphic dispatch, which appears
k'''
aeveral of the provincial journals :---
Paris, 27th December.—A report has been spread
Paris and in some of the departments, that in a hunt
It qapiegne the Emperor had been wounded in an at-
Ipt upon his life, and. that several persons of his suite
been killed or wounded. This rumour is ntterly
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It is announced that Prince Jerome Bonaparte
l
st,„'34 final to his bed with influenza.
rs Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian
siier to the Court of St. James, has arrived in
a
from London.
Lae Moniteur will, it is said, make known in a
days the composition of the new Imperial
s
eliold,. ' The following list of that of the
peror in 1812 may not be without interest by
Y of comparison. • The - chaplaincy, which was
tier the orders of Cardinal Fesch, was corn-
, besides him, of six chaplains ; the grand
I'B4l of the palace had under him three
~,jects of the palace .and two marechaux des
p; the grand chamberlain, and the first
kZMberlain, and the superintendent of specta-
, had a numerous personnel of chamber-
amounting -in number to 89 ; :there
e
t, re also a grand equerry, a first equerry, an
Pltilerry commandant, and a governor of the pages.
e pages were 43 in number. There was also a
ig
ter of the hounds ; a grand master of cere-
hllies . an intendant-general of the Imperial
o
,tasehchd ; Th
an intendant of the buildings of 4he
'''l)-; an administrator of the forests of -e
°lsql ; a treasurer-general of the crown and of the
!'aordinary demesne ; an intendant-general of
bPrivate demesne ; an intendant-general of the
'raordinary demesne ; and a secretary of state
the Imperial family. The
.Cabinet of the Empe-
r
, Was composed of a seeretaire du portefeuille, a
"etary of the Archives, a -director of the . typo-
Thic cabinet, and two secretaries of the cabinet.
e medical men attached. to _ the household were
ktlll number. There was also a directoi of music,
director and composer 'of -music for the private
ilci, and a director of the theatres of the court.
Alere were. also a number` of 'other officers, such
equerries, introducers of ambassadors, governors,
a coMmandants of the palace, &c., &c.
Nearly ten columns of the Moniteur ai.e, filled
01 a list of promotions and appointments in the
en of Honour, in favour of officers, sub-officers,

‘l,,,(lPritrates`of the army.
The statue of Napoleon by Bartolini, which is to
erected at Bastia, reached that port on board
"raieru-Jean, in the evening of the 23d. , The
:fival of the vessel was hailed with loud acclama-
trieAs, and by the discharge of ' fireworks. During
following day the vessels in the port were
Messed' out with flags, and preparations for the
%Ming and erection of the statue was immediately
131,1tenced. •
4,`" journal of the west of France relates the man-
-12:,1in which the name of La :Feriae was given to a
i" of Brittany. It states that when the Consti-
Ollt Assembly was occupied with the task of
ii)liding France into departments, it was proposed
eall the circumscription, of which Fontenay-le-
-oeei.nte was the chief town,- the department of the
hl4c Lays, which are the chief streams of the dis-
thet. It so happened- that the two members for
e said circumscription, MM. Bouron and Mercier,
el'e not the handsomest men in the Assembly, and
Dille wag rose and said that if the appellation of
t:Luz Lays was given to the district, it would be
for Deux Laids, and referred to the two mem-
tll.B,.. This pun was much laughed at, and the name
-'„,/;,,ct• Vendee was given instead of that proposed.
Moniteut announces that the Swedish
;nister, Baron de Lowenhelm, has received his
L.edentials as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Em-
''x'or.
The session of the Senate was formally closed on
Tuesday. •