The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-31 00:00:00

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placed themselves to the right of the Emperor's
throne. His Majesty, having advanced and taken
his seat on the throne, invited the future Empress
to, take her seat on the throne allotted to her. The
ImperW princes placed themselves to the right of
the estrade, and the Princess Mathilde placed her-
self on the left, near the future Empress. Behind
the thrones were placed her Excellency the Coun-
tess de Montijo on the right, the Minister of Spain
and the members of the Emperor's family specially
invited to be present. The Minister of State and
the President of the Council of State remained
standing near the table. The master of the cere-
monies, with his assistants, were ranged to the
right and the left, in front of the throne. At the
moment of the entrance of the Emperor and the
future Empress, the whole company rose, and re-
mained standing till the end of the ceremony.
The Emperor and the bride having taken their
seats, the master of the ceremonies advanced to M.
Fould, the Minister of State, who, on this occasion,
exercised the functions of " officier de l'etat civil"
of the Imperial family, in virtue of the senatus con-
sultum of the 25th of December last, and to M. Ba-
roche, the President of the Council of State, who
was specially designated by the Emperor to assist
the Minister of State during the ceremony, and in-
vited them to approach the throne of the Emperor.
The Minister of State and of the Emperor's house-
hold then advanced, and said in a loud tone—
" In the name of the Emperor."
At these words the Emperor and the future Em-
press both rose.
M. Fould then continued—

" Sire—Does your Majesty declare that you take
in marriage her Excellency MademoiselleEug6nie
de Montijo, Counted de i TOba, here
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" I &Clare that I take in marriage her Excellency
Mademoiselle Eugenie de Montijo, Countess de Teba,
here Present."

Th; Minister of State then, turning to the bride,
paid—

"Mademoiselle Eugenie de Montijo, Countess de
Teba—Does your Excellency declare that you take
in marriage his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111.,
her present ?"
Her Excellency replied—
" I declare that I take in marriage his Majesty
the Emperor Napoleon 111., here present."
The Minister of State then pronounced the fol-
lowing words :

" In the name of the Emperor, of the constitu-
tion, and of the law, I declare that his Majesty Na-
poleon 111., Emperor of the French, by the grace
of God and the national will, and her Excellency
Mademoiselle Eugenie de Montijo, Countess do
Teba, are united in marriage."
After these words the masters of the ceremonies
and their assistants placed the table on which the
registry of the marriage was laid in front of the
thrones of the Emperor and Empress.
The President of the Council of State having, on
the invitation of the grand master of the ceremonies,
handed a pen to the Emperor, his Majesty, without
rising from his seat, signed the book. The Presi-
dent of the Council of State then handed the pen
to the Empress, who also signed.
The President of the Council of State then called
on the Countess of Montijo, and the princes and
princesses of the Imperial family nominated by his
Majesty, to sign the book, according to their re-
spective rank. Among those who signed were the
Countess de Montijo, Prince Jerome, Prince Napo-
leon, the Princess Mathilde, Prince Lucien Murat,
the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, &c. • The
Spanish Minister also signed.
The witnesses appointed by her Majesty the
Empress, namely, the Duke d'Osuna and the Mar-
quis de Bedmar, grandees of Spain, were then
called upon, and they came forward and signed the
book.

The act of marriage being terminated by the sig-
nature of the registry, the table was taken away,
and the princes of the Imperial family, the Ambas-
sadors, and Ministers, and several other function-
aries, went forward to congratulate their Majesties
on the happy event which had just been accom-
plished.
After the ceremony refreshments were handed
round. The whole of the company then adjourned
to the theatre, where a cantata was performed in
honour of the occasion, the poetry of which is from
the pen of the Court poet, M. Mery, and the music
the composition of M. Robert.
Shortly before twelve o'clock the young Empress
was conducted by the grand master of 1 house-
hold, aud—in -the Omni—carriages; to the &lace of
the Elysee, the carriages being escorted oy a de-
tachment of cavalry, as at the arrival of the cor-
tege. The company then dispersed, and by one
o'clock the last of the guests had taken their de-
parture.