The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-28 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

The Moniteur contains the following programme
of the marriage ceremony of the Emperor and Em-
press on Sunday :—" On Sunday, 30th January,
1853, at 11 o'clock in the morning, two of the court
carriages will go for the Empress to the palace of
the Elysee. In the first carriage will be the Grand
Mistress of the Household, the Lady of Honour,
and the First Chamberlain of her Majesty. The
second carriage will receive -the Empress, her Ex-
cellency the Countess de Montijo, the Grand Mas-
ter of the Household of the Empress, and the
equerry of her Majesty will be at the door. The
carriages, which will be escorted by a picket of
. cavalry, will enter by the gate of the Pavillon de
Fiore. The Grand Chamberlain and the Grand
Equerry, the First Equerry, four Chamberlains,
and the orderly officers on duty, will receive the
Empress at the door of the Pavilion de l'Horloge.
Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince Napoleon and
the Princess Mathilde will receive her Majesty at
the bottom of the grand staircase. The cortege will
ascend the grand staircase, and will proceed to the
Salon de l'Emperor. The Emperor, accompanied
by his Imperial Highness the Prince Jerome, the
Ministers, the Marshals anclA rals, the Grand Mar-
shal of the Palace, and the Grand Huntsman, will
advance towards the Empress from the Salon de
l'Empereur, and will conduct her into that salon.
At nine o'clock in the morning, a Master of the
Ceremonies and assistants will go to the cathedral,
to superintend the placing of the persons invited to
the ceremony. The members of the constituted
bodies and the functionaries will be in uniform, the
ladies in high dresses (robes montantes) and bon-
net, the gentlemen invited in dress coats. The
doors on the side of the grand entrance, and the
southern and northern doors of the church, will
alone be opened to the persons invited. The central
door will be exclusively reserved to their Majesties,
and to the Ambassadors and foreign Ministers going
in a body and with an escort. An orchestra will
Play sacred music until the arrival of their Majes-
ties. On an estrade erected in the midst of the
transept in face of the altar will be placed, under a
canopy, two chairs of honour and two prie-Dieu for
their Majesties. Vast estrades, in the form of an
amphitheatre, filling each of the branches of the
Latin cross, will be set apart for the French and
loreign diplomatic bodies, the Senate, the Legisla-
tive Body, and the Council of State. Tribunes,
opening on to the Latin cross, will beset apart forthe
ladies of the diplomatic body, the members of the fa-
lailY of the Emperor who may not be in the cortege of
Their Majesties, the ladies of the presidents of the
great bodies of the State, the ladies of the Ministers,
Marshals, aid Admirals; the widows of the great dig-
nitaries of the Empire, Marshals, and Admirals ;
the ladies of the grand officers ; the ladies of the
household of the Empress ; and the ladies of officers
Of the household of the Emperor. Other tribunes
and galleries will be reserved for the ladies and
gentlemen not functionaries invited. The first
"• of chairs in the nave will be reserved to
the Marshals, the Admirals, the Grand Chan-
and the Grand Crosses of the Legion
of Ronour. The rest of the nave will be
i3)cenpied by the deputation of the constituted
.2dies, by the high functionaries of the public ad-
V-nistrations, and by the other persons invited. At
~.i
o'clock their Majesties will leave the Palace of
,`ao Tuileries ; the firing of artillery will announce
their departure. A double line of the National
Guard and the army will be placed on all the route
tot be taken by the cortege from the Tuileries up to
Parvis Notre-Dame. At the head of the cor-
tege will be carriages occupied by the civil and mili-
tarY, officers of the Emperor, and they will be pre-
ceded and followed. by a squadron of cavalry.
Then will cone the carriages of the Ministers,
those of the officers and ladies, of the Princes
tailld Princesses ; a carriage containing the per-
Ps attached to the household of her Imperial
i
iiiaghness the Princess Mathilde ; a squadron of
1,,e Guides • a carriage in which will be the
~,'dies of the Palace of the Empress ; a carriage
copied by the Grand Master and First Chamber-
in of the Empress ; a carriage drawn by six
o,ll,ses,_ occupied by the grand officers of the house-
-I,Ao'Llt of the Emperor • a carriage drawn by six
in which will be her Imperial Highness
Princess Mathilde, her Excellency the Countess de
'7,ontijo, the Grand Mistress of the Household of
IA-_,'" Empress, and the lady of honour of her
--""iesty ; a carriage drawn by six horses, in which
be their Imperial Highnesses the Prince
Jerome Napoleon and the Prince Napoleon. In a
"triage drawn by eight horses will be the Emperor
and the Empress. The carriage of their Majesties
will be followed by a squadron of Guides and a
regiment of cavalry. Informed of the approach of
the cortege, the Archbishop of Paris, preceded by
his clergy, will go in procession towards the great
door to receive their Majesties. The great doors will
be thrown open ' - the Emperor leading the Empress
by the hand willenter the ba,silick ; their Majesties
will place themselves on the throne. The Archbishop
officiating will salute their Majesties, .and will com-
mence the ceremony of the marriage. After the bles-
sing of the pieces of gold and the nuptial ring, their
Majesties will go to the foot of the altar, will re-
Plain standing, and will give each other the right
hand. The Archbishop addressing himself first to
the Emperor, and then to the Empress, will re-
ceive their declaration to take each other for hus-
band and wife, and will successively present to the
Emperor the pieces of gold and the ring. The
Emperor will present the pieces of gold to the
Empress, and will place the ring- on her finger.
After the prayers, their Majesties will return to
their throne. Their Majesties will successively
present themselves at the offering. After the
-Pater, their Majesties will go to the foot of the
altar, and will kneel ; the first chaplain of the
Emperor, and another bishop will extend above
the heads of their Majesties a canopy of silver bro-
cade, and will keep it so extended during the oral-
son. During the episcopal benediction and the
reading of the Gospel, the choir will chant several
times the Domino salvum. The Archbishop will
then present holy water to their Majesties, and will
commence the Te Deuni, which will be taken
1,,,p by the orchestra and the singers. After the
Deum, the great officers of the Crown, the
Princes, the Ministers, and other persons who
arrived in the cortege will resume their places.
Their Majesties will descend from the throne, and
;Fill return, followed as they were on their arrival.
be Archbishop will immediately precede them to
Conduct, them in procession up to the great door."
The Moniteur also gives the following as the line
„.4-n
o be taken by the cortege :—" The cortege of their
Ilajesties will leave the Palace of the Tuileries by
the Principal gate, will cross the Carrousel and the
'?urt of the Louvre, and will follow the Rue des
c.ssee Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, the Rue de
voli, the Place de Motel de Ville, the Quai de
Ifevres, the Pont Notre-dame, the Quai Napoleon,
"9 Rue d'Arcole, and the Parvis Notre-Dame.
After the ceremony, the cortege will return to the
luiliileries by the Rue d'Arcole, the Quai Napoleon,
(Te Quai aux Flours, the Pont au Change, the
!llais up to the Place de la Concorde, and it will
sreach the palace by the grand avenue in the
garden."
Workmen have commenced erecting barriers in
the streets contiguous to Notre Dame to prevent
the crowd. from pressing on the procession, and
Inwise from thronging round the cathedral. On
Piece of ground behind the archbishop's garden
Space has been railed in to receive the pieces of
Cannon
nort which are to fire during the whole time that
',marriage is being celebrated in the church.
Ili Saturday, after the ceremony of the civil
a").
rtiage at the Tuileries, there will be a concert in
the theatre of the Palaee, and a cantata will be
sung, the words of which are by M. MerY, and
t
music by M. Auber. The music of the mass
y be performed at Notre Dame on Sunday is also
by M. Auber.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Rheims has arrived
rn
the,
to be present at the religious ceremony of
"c, imperial marriage.
We are informed," says the Patrie, " that the
National Guard will be called out on Sunday, and
143'4 it will, conjointly with the
of army, form the lino
the processio of the
Emperor."
It is announced that a
Mgrand ball will be offered
onciae Eympress by the Legislative Body on Easter
The public edifices will be illuminated on Sun evemng in honour of the marriage of the Era-
The Municipal Commission had held an extra-
ordinary sitting, in order to deliberate on the
Propositions which the. Prefect of the Seine had sub-
Mated. to it on thea occasion. of the marriage of the
Emperor. Fully admit
t'
the
Co.ng the suitableness of these
ission decided that a sum
of 000,000 fr should') be placed at the disposal of the
Prefect, to be empl as the purchase of a oyedfollows : 600,000 fr. for
necklace to be offered to
the future Empressin the
diamond
name of the City of "Paris;
and 300,000 fr. in different
...a_icts of charity. This
latter sum will be devoted
portions
mg io vneg
portions to 28 couples chosen ferto' haerri poor
e
inhabitants of the twelve
arrondissements of Paris
and of the two rural arrondissements of the depart-
ments of the Seine ;
ria. the tools of
workmen pledged at 4thaleYll'itoonrtel:
Piete ; 3dl
complete the
work previously umy, to
Municipal Commission on the oc ertaken by the
fit,
casion of
ion of the Empire the ro-
-last, of remittingon the 2d of DecemberP
the to poor women the
Administration des 'Ms they owe
el'ildren ; and 4thl Nourrices for their
the necessitous f% miY? • in distributing assistance to
wmide Bienfaisance es inscribed at the Bureaux
de
Empress In 1804 the toilette offeredaux
tc, cost 500,000 f. and the sums to
wigs of charit devoted
y was 144000 f 0
• Tuesday the

members of the Municipal Commission waited on
the Emperor, and had the honour of being pre-
sented to the future Empress, by whom they were
most graciously received.
The opinion in favour of CG the marriage" ap-
pears to gain ground, and a reaction setting in of
a friendly kind. The news from the departments
is encouraging. It is an indispensable condition in
the Roman Catholic Church that the reception of
the other sacraments shall be preceded by that of
penance. Marriage is a sacrament in that Church,
and the Emperor and Empress are not exempted
from the rule. The Emperor made his confes-
sion, as also did the future Empress, at twelve
o'clock on Wednesday, and they both received
the Communion at ten o'clock yesterday morning in
the Chapel of the Tuileries. A " low mass," of
course without music or singing, was celebrated, at
which they both communicated. There was no offi-
cial announcement, nor was there any but the
most restricted attendance, and everything was
done as quietly as possible.
Thousands of medals are, for the last few days,
cried out in the streets, and may be had for two
sous each. On one side is the effigy of the Emperor
with the inscription, " Heureux mariage du S. M.
Napoleon 111., Empereur ;" on the other that of
the Countess of Teba, with the words, " Impera-
trice des Fran9aise, 30 Janvier, 1853." Biogra-
phical sketches of various kinds, one or two made up
from the correspondence in the papers, are also for
sale. The marriage has proved a regular harvest
for the hawkers.

The Debats says :—" At the opening of the ap-
proaching session, the Senate will occupy itself in
fixing by a Senatus Consultum the dowry of tho
Empress, as it results from the following passage
of the report made by the Count de Casabianca, in
the name of the Commission charged to examine
the project of the Senatus Consultum on the civil
list and the dotation of the Crown :—" As soon as
the Emperor, yielding to the ardent supplications
of France, shall fix on a spouse to sit with him on
the throne, the dowry shall be determined by a
Senatus Consultum, without that happy event giv-
ing rise to any increase whatever in the civil list. ,

The Progras du l'Gs de Calais has the follow-
ing :

‘ Three persons are now in a particular manner called
into familiar intercourse with Napoleon lll.—namely,
M. Conneau, his first physician ; M. Acar, of Ham, his
first pharmacian ; and C. Thelin, who is charged with
the distribution of assistance to the numerous applicants
to the Emperor. MM. Conneau and Thelin are well
known ; both of them shared in the captivity of Prince
Louis Napoleon at Ham, and it was to their zeal and de-
votedness that he owed his escape. M. Acar, of Ham,
is less known to the public, and his unexpected appoint-
ment may naturally have excited some astonishment.
M. Acar was, during the captivity of the Prince, united
with MM. Conneau and Thelin in their devotedness to
the captive, and it was through his agency that the pri-
soner of Ham was able to safely correspond with his
friends. M. Acar is a man of high scientific acquire-
ments. In our number of the Ist of April, 1844, we
published an important discovery made by him in the re-
fining of sugar. The article we allude to concluded as
follows We, who have long known M. Acar as a man
full of patriotism, and whose intelligence and education
place him far above the Career he has entered on, are
happy to meet with this opportunity of acquainting the
public with our sentiments, and making it share in •
our sympathy to wards those who love us. XX.' This
signature was that of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. The
future Emperor, in writing those lines, signed the brevet
of the fortune which M. Acar now enjoys."
The Emperor by a decree orders Generals of
Division Bessieres ; Count Clement de la Ronciere ;
Lebrun, Duke de Plaisance ; Pelletier de Pernety ;
Rohault de Fleury ; H. Rottembourg ; Subervie,
and Baron Woirol, and Generals of Brigade Audoy ;
Auvray ; Avisard ; Bailod ; Budan do Russe ; De
Chabannes-la-Palice ; Chadeysson ; De Courbon-
Blenac ; Delamalle ; Delcambre ; Destabenra,th ;1
Count du Moncel ; Gellibert des Seguins ; Guille-
min ; Koch • De Laloyere ; Leboul ; De Marion
de Gaja ; l‘uduit ; Perquit ; Baron Reynaud ;
Gaultier, Viscount de Rigny ; Thiebault ; Trappier
de Malcolm ; De Kerden, Baron de Trobriand ;
Ricci ; Urvoy de Closmadeuc ; Count de Venevelles,
and Baron Villatte, to be at their own request re-
moved from the retired list and admitted to the
second section (reserve) of the General Staff of the
Arm
We.
y read in the Moniteur :—" In the night of
the 22d, on the breaking up of the ball of the
Tuileries, and at a moment at which the carriages
were leaving, a conflict arose between some of the
domestics and the chasseurs of his Excellency Veli
Pacha. As soon as his Majesty was informed of
this, he sent one of his aides-de-camp to the am-
bassador of the Sublime Porte to express to him
regret at what had taken place. The persons who,
on this occasion failed in the respect due to a re-
presentative of a Sovereign, friendly to France,
have been punished. His Excellency Veli Pacha
has shown himself fully sensible of this friendly
proceeding."
The experimental squadron, under the command
of Admiral de la Susse, returned to Toulon, on the
24th, after a week's cruise, during which it had
experienced some heavy gales from N.W., but
without receiving any damage.
The Minister of the Marine has just received
dispatches from the Ile de la Reunion, dated the
27th November. The accounts contained in them
are most satisfactory. The decrees which have
been published during the last year in favour of
the colonies had produced the most favourable
effect. The livrets were distributed with facility,
and the best results were anticipated from the
measure. The cultivation of vanilla had acquired
considerable development ; it was expected that
the crop of this year would produce from 400 to
500 kilogrammes, and there is every reason to hope
that in a few years the island would be able to
supply the whole consumption of France, which
has hitherto been dependent on Mexico for the
article.
Under the head of " Les Principes de 89" there
is an article of nearly six columns, from the pen
of M. Granier de Cassagnac, in the Constitutionnel.
The article is too consecutive for us to detach pas-
sages with a view of showing the argument of the
writer, and even an analysis would fill a greater
space in our journal than the subject appears us to
warrant. The object of M. Gamier de Cassagnac
is to disprove the statements in the works on the
French Revolution of M. Thiers, M. Mignet, M.
Louis Blanc, M. Michelet, and M. de Lamartine.
These authors have all more or less ascribed the
principles of the revolution to the influence of the
doctrines of Voltaire and the other philosophers of
the last century. M. Granier de Cassagnac con-
tends that they proceeded from the initiative of
Louis the Sixteenth, who, he says, attempted to
establish them in spite of all the obstaoles that he
had to contend with.
The Pays has a long article on the subject of the
expected amnesty, in which, without committing
the Government to any precise promise, it under-
takes to say, that "as the day comes when the
country may without fear take back to its bosom
her exiled sons, it is not the Chief of the State who
will retard by a single minute the hour of clemency;
and it adds, " may this hour come without delay
that the Emperor may follow the magnanimity of
his heart without compromising the sacred interests
of society."
It is said that a decree of amnesty will appear on
Sunday.
The health of the Countess of Chambord is in an
alarming state, and the physicians have expressed
but little hope of her recovery.
The Bourse was more than usually animated
yesterday, and, as the settling-day is approaching,
a warm contest was engaged in between the
speculators for a rise, and those for a fall, which
after many variations, ended to the advantage
of the speculators for a rise. The Three
per Cents. opened at 80f. 30c., rose to 80f.
60c., fell again to 80f. 40c., and finally closed
at 80f. 70c. for the end of the month, being the
highest price of the day, and a rise of 50c as
There
earweads
nwiotlpiolitthecalclnoesiwnsgaiiporiacte. oTfh\eVFednouer-s.acianyd:
a-Half per Cents. closed at 1051. 30c. Railway
sharesimproved slightly ; Orleans closed at 997 f.
50c. z• Rouen, 988 f. 75c. ; Havre, 490 f. • Great
Northern, 837 f. 50c. ; Bale, 347 f. 50 6P7af'.ris' 5 and
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 728 f. 75
Strasburg, 765 f. ; Paris and Lyons,c.
6;o sWesternoc.;
of France, 675 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 607 f, Oc. ;
Bordeaux and Cette, 562 f.
Besan-
con, 520 f. ; Shares of the Bank 1. Creditjon to
..o Mobiher
(issued at 500 f.), 735 f.