The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EVIME,;

We ha®e received fae Paris journals of yesterday
in due course.

The civil marriage of the Emperor will be cele-
brated on the 29th instant, at the Tuileries. At
eight o'clock in the evening the Grand Master of
the Ceremonies, assisted by a master, will proceed
with two carriages to the residence of the Imperial
bride. The first carriage will be occupied by two
ladies of honour and by the Master of the Cere-
monies, and the second will receive the Imperial
bride, her Excellency the Countess de Montijo,
Duchess de Penaranda ; the Marquis de Valde-
gamas, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy-Extra-
ordinary of the Queen of Spain ; and the Grand
Master of the Ceremonies. The cortege will enter
by the gate of the pavilion of Flora. The Imperial
bride will be received at the foot of the staircase of
the pavilion by the grand chamberlain, the grand
equerry, two chamberlains, and the orderly officers
on duty, and conducted to the family salon, where
the Emperor will await her coming. At the en-
trance of the first salon, their Imperial Highnesses
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde will
receive the Imperial bride, and the party will pro-
ceed towards the family salon. The Emperor will
have near him his Imperial Highness Prince Je-
rome Napoleon, and such others of his family as
his Majesty shall have appointed. Around the
Emperor will stand the cardinals, the marshals and
admirals, themiaisters, the grand-officers and officers
of his household, and the ambassadors and ministers
plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty now in Paris.
The grand master will receive the orders of the Em-
peror, and the cortege will proceed to the Salle des
Marechaux, where the ceremony of the civil mar-
riage will be accomplished. The persons invited
by his Majesty will have been placed by a master
of the ceremonies aided by two assistants. At the
end of the sane, next the garden, two similar chairs
of state will have been placed on an estrade, one on
the right for the Emperor, and the other on the
left for the future Empress. At the foot of the
estrade, on the left, will be placed a table, on which
will lie the civil register of the family of the Em-
peror. On the entrance of his Majesty and of the
future Empress, the ladies will rise and remain
standing as well as the persons present, to the end
of the ceremony. The Emperor being seated, the
Grand Master of the Ceremonies will call on the
Minister of State, exercising the functions of officer
of the civil state, attributed to him by Art. 8 of
the Senatus-Consultum of the 25th of December
last, and assisted by the President of the Council
of State, appointed to that effect by his Majesty,
to proceed before the chair of the Emperor. The
Minister of State will receive the declarations of the
Emperor and of her Excellency Mlle. Eugenie de
Montijo, Countesi de Teba, and will declare them
united in marriage. The President of the Council of
State will present a pen to the Emperor, and next to
the Empress. The act will be signed by their Majesties,
by her Excellency the Countess de Montijo, by the
Minister of Spain, the princes and princesses accord-
ing to their rank, and by the witnesses appointed
by his Majesty. After the ceremony the Empress
will be conducted back to the Elysee with the cere-
monial observed for her coming.
The Imperial cortege of the marriage will, on
quitting the Tull( ries, pass through the Triumphal
Arch to the Place du Carrousel, and will afterwards
proceed along the Quays du Louvre, de l'Ecole, de
la Megisserie, and de Gevre • it will then cross the
Pont Notre Dame, and will, reach the Cathedral
by the Quai Napoleon, the Rue d'Arcole, and the
Place du Parvis Notre Dame.
The decorations of the cathedral of Notre Dame
for the marriage of the Emperor and Mlle. de Mon-
tijo are proceeding rapidly under the direction of
MM. Viollet-Leduc and Lassus, the architects
charged with the repairs of the church. The high
altar, as already stated, is to be removed to the
entrance of the choir, and behind it will be a gallery
with ogives. A vast canopy in crimson velvet,
surmounted by a gigantic eagle bearing an imperial
crown will be placed above it, and will be made to ex-
tend over the places to be occupied by their Maj esties.
From the crown velvet draperies will extend to the
pillars of the choir. The choir will not be occu-
pied, it having been determined to place the or-
chestra, which will be 500 strong, near the organ.
In the branches of the Latin cross will be wood-
work similar to that of the gallery at the entrance
of the choir, and there will also be recesses, painted
skyblue, in which will be placed on one side statues
of the kings of France, qn the other the Arch-
bishops of the diocese of Paris. The pillars of the
choir and the nave will be decorated with green
velvet ornamented with golden bees, and with the
initials and arms of their Majesties. The coat-of-
arms of the house of Montijo has twenty-five guar-
terings, and is ornamented with a cross with Con-
stantine's motto, In hoe sign() winces. nags bear-
ing the arms and colours of the departments of
France will be suspended in the choir, and the
roofs, both of the choir and the nave, will be decked
with banners and streamers of all colours, so as to
bide the nudity of the stone. Estrades_ will be
erected in the cross to the right of the altar of the
Senate and Diplomatic Body, to the left for the
Legislative Body and the Council of State.
Estrades will also be placed on each side of the nave
for the judges, the staffs of the army, and the prin-
cipal public functionaries. The middle of the nave
will be left free for the passage of their Majesties
and their households ; and they alone will
enter by the great door. Th a galleries looking on
the nave and choir will be occupied, and a portion
of them will he spacially set apart for the ladies of
the court. The façade of the cathedral will be
decorated with banners and escutcheons bearing
the arms of the towns of France, with flags of all
colours, with green draperies strewed with golden
bees, and with wreaths of flowers. In front of the
great door will be a vast portico in which the car-
riage of the Emperor can enter. This portico will
be in the Gothic style, and will be elegantly decked
with draperies ; and similar porticos will be placed
in front of the other doors. From the arcades of
the porticos will be. suspended escutcheons bearing
the initials L. (Louis) and E. (Eugenie). Above
the porticos will be equestrian statues of the Em-
peror Charlemagne and the Emperor Napoleon I.
In what is called the " Galerie des Rois," statues,
similar to those destroyed sixty years ago, will be
placed in the niches. The balustrade of the " Ga-
lerie de la Vierge " will be decorated with gilt
eagles, escutcheons, and crowns, united by wreaths
of flowers. In fronirof the great window will be a
group representing the Virgin and two angels
offering incense. The upper gallery will be deco-
rated with draperies of green and gold, and the ar-
cades in it with escutcheons, eagles, and flowers.
The towers will be ornamented in the same way,
and will be surmounted by sixteen gigantic eagles.
Since the Duchess of Teba has resided at the
Elysee there is a military post there, as during the
residence of the Emperor.

The imperial household, has at length been formed,
but with great difficultY. The office of grande
maitresse was proposed to several ladies of high
rank, but all of them found some excuse for de-
clining the proffered honour ; and the Emperor has
at length been obliged to make choice of a lady
who could not well refuse, as her husband already
occupies a place at court. The Duchess of Bassano
is appointed grande maitresse of the household of
the Empress. She is the wife of the Grand Master
of the Ceremonies, who in that capacity has apart-
ments allotted. to him in the palace. The Duchess
of. Bassano is to have e. salary of 40,000 f. Four
ladies of honour are appointed, with salaries of
12,000 f. each, namely, Madame de Pierre, Madame
d'Essling,• Madame Gustave de Montebello, and
Madame de Serrey. General Tascher de la Page-
rie has been appointed grand maitre of the court.
The witnesses who are to appear at the marriage
on the part of the future Empress are the Duke
d'Osuna and the Marquis de Bedmar, who are both
grandees 'of Spain.
The Archbishop of Paris will be assisted in the
service at Notre Dame on Sunday next by two suf-
fragan prelates. The metropolitan chapter, the
chapter of St. Danis, and deputations from the
clergy of Paris will also be present at the ceremony
of the marriage. The Bishop of Nancy, first chap-
lain to the Emperor, attended by his chaplains in
ordinary, will take lls place among the imperial
household. The doors of the church of Notre
Dame will be closed at noon. The Emperor will
leave the Tuileries at half-past 12,
the grand door, opened at
the
and will enter
moment of his Majesty's arrival. The mass
wilithl
o ~„.n?nee at one o'clock.
municautio_toli has an article on the 'Emperor's com-
from the most his marriage, which, coming
mists, ought authoritatiVe organ of the Logiti-
sake of See to command attention, if only for
necessarily_gboardefar as may be discovered through
and feelings of thil language, what are the opinions
" The high gviti,part! :
day, at the Tuilera i. 4 °L, the Speech delivered on Satur-
and the constituted' biztoreesence of the great dignitaries
no one's notice. under
ths; will certainly have escaped
with the immense attrib t! actual form of government,
the State is invested, eachll with which the chief of
powerful mouth, is d .wc'rd which falls from that all-
estmed •to have incalculable effects In
France and in Europe
the destinies of the count —in fact, it may contain
world. The Erd'peror kno: 74 the peace of the
the ; and it is only neces-
sary to throw a glance over
_in career which he has
already run, to see what
ui dvortance he has justly
attached to his speeches.
differentbeen for him acts
of eclat ; all have marked the steps by which
he has ascended to the highest
on the eve of encircling his head z.kva'itkh: the And
Imperialw hen
bandeau, he wished to give pledges of
fhis policy both at
home and abroad, he delivered the
more
the. ch cn.m-
Bordeaux L'Empire, c'est la paix.' ailsTnous speech at
stance is, if we may 1180 the remark, imposing still.