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FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 18.
The Emperor received this day, at the Tuileries,
the felicitationsof the Senate, the Legislative Corps,
the Council of State, the magistracy, the Institute,
the clergy of every denomination in France, the
Municipal Corps, and the Deputations of the Na. ional
Guard and of the Army and Navy. The reception
took place in the Throne-room, when the high func-
tionaries of the Crown and the deputations just
mentioned were successively admitted. The Sena-
tors, Deputies, Councillors of States, magistrates,
and General Officers were all in full costume. The
Emperor, who, as usual on such occasions, wore the
uniform of General of Division, with the grand
cordon of the Legion of Honour, remained during
the ceremony standing in front of the Throne. At
his right stood Prince Napoleon. The next place
of honour belonged to Prince Louis Lucien, but
his Highness is still confined to his apartment, and
was unable to be present at the ceremony. The
Emperor replied to the addresses of the presidents
of the various corps in a few words, which were to
the purpose, and were, of course, loudly applauded.
Count de Morny, President of the Legislative
Corps, addressed his Majesty in the following
words :
" Sire,—Heaves has blessed your union. At the
dawn of a holy anniversary the Empress has given a
son to your affection, and to France a future Easperor.
This event has caused universal joy. It is not only be-
cause the country in its gratitude and attachment to you
shares in your happiness, but also because it hails that
child as a pledge of future security.
" On former occasions sipnilar hopes were entertained,
and not realised. Why should the hopes we now indulge
in with so much effusion inspire us with such confidence?
It is because the two dangers which overturned thrones
—revolution at home and coalition abroad—have been
conjured by your Majesty. You have conquered revo-
lution by force, diverted it 'by labour, and soothed it by
clemency. You have reconciled foreigners with France,
because, if your armies covered themselves with glory, it
was for the maintenance of justice and right, and that you
have exalted France without humbling Europe. Therefore,
when every Frenchman is indebted to you for the secu-
rity of his family, the futurity of his children, and, above
all, for the right of being proud of his nationality, you
will conceive, Sire, his anxiety to give a hearty welcome
to that young Prince, and that he should rest such san-
guine hopes on the life of a child.
" I come then, Sire, in the name of the Legislative
Body, to congratulate your Majesty, and to pray you to
lay at the feet of the Empress our congratulations, our
wishes for her speedy recovery, and, finally, to renew
over that cradle the oath of allegiance and devotedness
we have already taken, and which we will keep for
ever."

The Emperor replied with emotion to that
speech, reminding the Deputies that the Napo-
leoniaa dynasty had sprung from the people, that
it had been tried by 40 years' adversity, and that
the Imperial Prince was born amid the hopes of
peace.

The various bodies were then successively intro-
duced into the apartments of the Pavillon Fiore,
when they returned to those occupied on the
ground floor by the Prince. The Imperial infant
was sleeping in its cradle, and by it stood the
Princess d'Essling, with the governesses and sub-
governesses. The child is, to all appearance, in a
robust state of health. The cortege soon after
retired.
The Emperor presided at a council of ministers
held yesterday at the Tuileries.
The following bulletin was issued to-day at the
Tuileries :

" 18th, half-past eleven a.m.—The health of the Em-
press continues to be exceedingly favourable.
" The state of the Prince Imperial remains excellent."
(Signed as usual.)
The following bulletin of the health of Prince
Jerome was issued this morning :
" 9 o'clock a.m.--The Prince has had but little sleep,
but the respiratory organs continue to improve."
Addresses of congratulation to the Emperor on
the birth of the Prince Imperial are being pre-
pared in all the principal towns in France. The
following is from the Imperial Court of Rouen :
"Sire,—Direct order in the [mperial dynasty is now
secured. At the first news of the happy event which
gives to the present a guarantee for the future, all French
hearts thrilled with joy. Your Imperial Court of
Ronan, after having offered up to God a cry of gratitude
and joy, hastens to lay at the foot of the throne its re-
spectful gratulations. We are with respect, Sire, &c."
(Signatures follow.)

The Imperial Court of Orleans has sent the fol-
!owing :

"Sire,—Your Imperial Court of Orleans learns with
happiness of the birth of the Prince Imperial, destined
to continue your glorious dynasty. It appears that
Providence wished that this happy event should precede
the signature of peace, in order to teach attentive Europe
that the best guarantee of that peace is the consolidation
on the throne of the family of him whom France has
placed on it. May the august mother of the Prince
Imperial and your Majesty see in the expression of our
joy a fresh pledge of our love."
The Imperial Court of Amiens has thus expressed
itself

" Sire—The Imperial Court of Amiens hastens ft°
offer you its congratulations on the happy event which
fills with joy the heart of your Majesty. The prosperity
of your faintly is that of France ; united in your hopes,
ehe takes part in your happiness. She, moreover, sees in
the birth of your son the consolidation of the institutions
which have guaranteed the repose and the grandeur of
the country, raised its glory to so high a degree, and
secured to her influence a just preponderance in the
councils of Europe. Before proceeding to the sanctuary
to thank Divine Providence ter this fresh blessing, we
beg your Majesty to lay at the feet of the Empress the
homage of our wishes and of our respectful sentiments."
Similar addresses have been already received from
a number of towns in the neighbourhood of Paris.
On the occasion of the happy delivery of the Em-
press, the Emperor has granted numerous pardons
to military prisoners. In the establishments where
the punishment of hard labour and the boulet are
inflicted, 609 soldiers have received total remission
of the punishment, and 86 have had partial remis-
sion. Pardons have also been granted to 20 con-
demned by court-martials for breaches of discipline.
In addition the Emperor, on the recommendation
of the Minister of Marine, has granted a full or par-
tial remission to 50 sailors for different offences. Full
and entire remission is likewise granted for all con-
demnations for infractions in the service of the Na-
tional
Guard throughout the whole of the Empire
which have been already put into execution, and
also for all those infractions which have not yet been
decided Q. Lill pecuniary AIM And ilaprif4o/21110Iltli

incurred for offences against the customs re-
gulations, indirect taxes, or the forest, fishery, and
sporting laws are remitted. Likewise, 803 pardons
granted to persons confined at the Bagnes, and in
the prisons of the Empire, condemned for crimes
or common misdemeanours, and who have made
themselves remarked by their repentance and good
conduct. Numerous fines have also been remitted.
to necessitous delinquents. And, lastly, full re-
mission has been accorded for all offences against
the police regulations connected with public
roads.

On the occasion of the birth of the Prince Im-
pekial, the Emperor, on the proposition of the
Minister of the Interior and the recommendation
of the Superior Commission of the Mutual Benefit
Societies, has decided that a sum of 500,000 f. shall
be taken from the revenue of the dotation of those
societies to constitute pensions in favour of their
oldest members. The Minister of the Interior
has charged the commission to make the division
of this sum among the societies approved of, accord-
ing to the decree of the 26th March, 1852.
The women of the markets, or, as they are called,
Les Dames de la Halle, went .yesterday to the
Tuileries to congratulate the Emperor on the birth
of the Prince-Imperial. A deputation of them,
carrying magnificent bouquets, were admitted to
the Emperor, and his Majesty received them with
marked kindness. After conv9rs;ng a few minutes
with them, the Emperor led them himself to the
apartments of the Prince, and presented the in-
fant to them. All the corporations of workmen of
the capital also manifested a desire to be allowed to
present their congratulations to his Majesty, but
the Emperor, from regard fur the health of the
Empress, and also on account of the bad weather,
charged the Prefect of Police to tell them that he
regretted not being able to receive them, but that
he would accept their visit at the moment of bap-
tism.

The Minister has granted three additional holi-
days at Easter to the pupils of the various colleges
and schools on the occasion of the birth of the
Prince Imperial.

"Immediately after the happy delivery of the
Empress," says the Constitutionnel, " the Empe-
ror despatched the intelligence by telegraph to the
Queen of England, the King of Sardinia, the Queen
of Sweden, and to the Pope. By eight the same
morning his Majesty had received the congratula-
tions of these august personages."
Count Orloff was one of the first to congratulate
the Emperor on the birth of the Prince Imperial.
The Minister of the Interior has addressed the
following circular, dated the lith, to the Pre-
fects

" Monsieur le Prcifet—Previdence gives to our coun-
try a fresh pledge for the future of security and gran-
deur ; it hai just granted to the glorious and popuiar
dynasty of Napoleon that scion which France bas called
for in her prayers, and for which eight millions of votes
have re-established in advance the Imperial inheritance.
On Sunday next in all our churche3 we will offer up a
solemn thanksgiving to God, who holds in his hands the
destinies of empires. You will arrange with the reli-
gious, civil, and. military authorities for this pious mani-
festation of joy and national gratitude.—Accept, &c.,
BILLAIMT."
The Minister of Public Instruction has addressed
the following circular, dated 16th, to the Bishops
of France :

"Monseigneur—God has granted the prayers of
France by giving a son to the Emperor. The Empress,
whose greatest happiness was in alleviating the suffer-
ings of all who were mothers, will henceforward share
in their joys. The nation hails with its acclamations a
fresh pledge of its future security and of the destinies of
that dynasty to which it owes its grandeur, and, at the
same time, its repose. The Emperor harges me to
announce to you the birth of the Prince-Imperial,
whom your prayers have called fur. I only respond
to the feelings of gratitude with which you are in-
spired, 'by requesting you to a-sembla the people at
the foot of the altars, and to have celebrated on Sun-
day next in all the churches of your diocese a so-
lemn Te Deurn, and thanksgiving to Providence for
the blessings which it is pleased to shower down on their
Imperial Majesties and on the country.—Accept,
" H. FORTOUL."
The Minister of Public Instruction has also re-
quested the presidents of the consistories of the
recognised non• Catholic sects to offer up prayers
and thanksgivings in their different churches, on
the occasion of the birth of the Prince Imperial.
By an imperial decree, dated the 16th, Dr.
Cowman, first physician to the Emperor, has been
promoted to the rank of Commander in the order
of the Legion of Honour.
The Toulonnais of the 14th contains the fol•
lowing :—" We are assured 'that all the vessels of
the State, now in this port, have received orders to
be ready for sea. The Mediterranean squadron,
under Vice-Admiral Trehouart, is immediately to
quit our port."

BOURSE, March 18.—The following were the last
,quotations

Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
li per Cents. 9l —f. —e.
3 per Cents 72 5) 72 85
New Loan 73
Bank Shares 3,150 Roman
Credit Mobili9r 1,570 Austrian
Belgian Fives ~ Spanish Threes......
Piedmontese(s) 93 25 Rome Debt

RAILWA Y 8 -ZOE CASH.

fr. c. fr. c.
Or!cans 1,300 Western. B9O
Northern
Lyons ... 1,247 50 New Ditto B2O
Nlediterranean 1,580 Grand Central 655
Lyons Geneva 792 50 'Pest°
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