The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

(From' the Pattie.)

At 1 o'clock on Saturday morning the Empress
felt the first pains, and from that moment until
the hour of her delivery, on Sunday, at a quarter
past 3, her Majesty experienced at intervals acute
sufferings, interrupted by momentary relief.
During the whole of Saturday and the following
night the physicians in attendance, seeing her
Majesty a prey to such sufferings, believed that
her delivery was at hand, when a mitigation of
her pains intervened and retarded the event so
impatiently desired. The Empress then either
enjoyed a little repose or walked in her room,
looking with delight at the multitude assembled
in the garden in front of her windows. The Em-
peror encouraged and consolaed her by the most
tender and affectionate expressions. He told her
that all the churches were crowded with the
faithful praying the Almighty for her delivery,
and that all Paris was offering to Heaven the most
ardent wishes in her behalf. The Empress then
felt her courage redouble at the idea that
she was the object of such universal sym-
pathy. Finally, this morning, a few minutes be-
fore 3 o'clock, the sufferings of her Majesty as-
sumed so decided a character that it was deemed
advisable to call in the princes and grand digni-
taries of the empire to witness the birth of the
Imperial infant. It appears that the sight of so
many persons producel an effect upon the Empress,
which suspended for a moment the operations of
nature. Her Majesty then experienced the most
excruciating agony, which the skill of the physi-
cians succeeded at last in allaying ; and at a
quarter past 3 o'clock the Imperial infant came
into the world. The young Prince is of so ro-
bust a constitution that he is nearly as big as the
child of his nurse, who is two months old. The
infant remained in the apartment of his mother
until the hour of ma-ls, and after being baptised
(ondoye) was removed to his own apartment.
Palms were distributed to all the persons present
at the Tuileries.

(Prom the Constitutionnel.)

God has listened to the wishes of France and
to the prayers of the church ; this morning the
Empress gave birth to a Prince, whose advent at,
this period entitles the august infant on whom re-
pos:s th 9 destiniesof France to be duly considered
the child of Providence. The joy of the Emperor
must be immense and pro Found ; for iu this joy
there is comprised the happiness of the parent and
the satisfaction of the Sovereign, so much so that
in rejoicing for himself he also rejoices for France.
This joy we comprehend and share, and this feel-
ing is partaken of by the entire nation, which will
understand and experience the grave, serious, and
solemn thoughts, hopes, and elevated interests that
are attached to the auspicious birth of the Prince-
Imperial. As a private event, this birth is a bene-
diction of Heaven which must fill with joy the
heart of the man ; as a public event, it is a gua-
rantee of security which must inspire the soul of
the Emperor. The entire nation will share this
' confidence of the Emperor, this joy of the man,
and will thank God for the happiness which has
beenbestowed on a Sovereign to whom it is indebted
for so much order, glory, and prosperity ; and it
will celebrate by its prayers and rejoicings, in
one cry and one thought, the glorious name of
Napoleon and the respected name of Eugenie.
This sentiment will be unanimous as well as
spontaneous, for in this noble France, which
too many revolutions have disturbed, too many
storms have injured, there is now room only
for one sentiment, that of justice ; for one de-
sire, that of repose. Moreover, when we see asso-
ciated on the Imperial throne so much patriotism
with so much virtue, so much genius with so
much beauty ; when so much wisdom shines in
the sovereign and so much charity in his consort,
we must pity those misled hearts which keep
aloof from the public joy and the universal sym-
pathy. But France, which is about to be en-
dowed with the blessings of peace, after having
been raised by the triumphs of war, will have
but one voice and one soul to acclaim with
transports the august infant who is born, to
salute its cradle with its most ardent wishes and
its most enthusiastic manifestations. Yes, France
will have but one voice and'one soul to express a
cry of love and joy, which will be audible in the
Tuileries, and which will be in all hearts as on
all lips ; this cry has has been pronounced by the
Legislative Corps this morning in the Palais Bour-
bon, and has shone this evening ou all the monu-
ments and houses of the capital, and is to this
effect : Long live the Emperor ! Long live the
Empress ! Long live the Prince-Imperial !"

THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE SENATE.

The Senate and the Legislative body met on
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, and received a rues-
sage from the Minister of State announcing to
i them the birth of the limpedAl Prince.
M. -de Moray communicated the event is the

following terms to the Legislative body :—" Gen-
tlemen,--This morning, at 4 o'clock, the Emperor
sent one of his aides-de-camp to apprise the Legis-
lative body of the safe delivery of the Empress.
Her Majesty gave birth at a quarter past 3 o'clock
this morning to an Imperial Prince." (M. de
Morny was here interrupted by cries of " Vive
l'Empercur I") "I perceive, gentlemen," con-
tinned the President, " that you share the joy of
all Frame." (Unanimous acclamations.) "Five
l'Emperettr Vive l'lmperatrice Vice le Prince
Imperial !"

These cries were enthusiastically repeated by
the Assembly, and when silence was rettored the
President informed the deputies that they would
be received on Monday, at the Tuileries, by the
%perm..
The Chamber then adjourned.

The birth of a son—the heir to his name, and
the inheritor of his crown—seems to complete the
measure of the marvellous prosperity which has
lately marked the eventful life of the Emperor.
It wants but four days to the anniversary of an-
other birth that was encircled with a yet more
brilliant halo of glory. On the 20th of March,
1811, 45 years ago, the guns of the, Invalides
proclaimed to this same city of Paris that the first
Imperial Throne had an heir. We are told by eye-
witnesses not much advanced in years of the joy
displayed on that occasion ; how the first discharge
on the morning of the 20th roused, as if with
an electric shock, the population of the capital ;
how each sounding report was counted with breath-
less anxiety till the twenty-first peal was heard ;
how, when 21 guns had been fired, which were to
indicate the birth of a Princess, the anxiety of all
grew to an intolerable pitch; how, when the gunners
paused some minutes before the next piece was
fired, hundreds of thousands held their breath ;
and how, whoa the 22d, 23d, and 24th—for then
there could be no misreckoning—pealed, double
charged, the people sprang up and gave rent to
their joy in shouts of enthusiasm ! It would,
perhaps, be too much to report such an outburst
of exultation now. People have become so blase
in revolution, so accustomed to overthrows of
dynasties and to changes of government, that
whatever fund of enthusiasm they might have once
possessed has been pretty well exhausted. They
feel, it is true, they are governed by a firm Laid,
and -that, so long as life and energy are spared to
the present occupant of the throne, if there is not
much hope of the liberty which has been so much
and so often misused, there is still less chance of
anarchy. The birth of the heir to the second
empire, it will be admitted, occurs under circum-
stances not less favourable than the first. It is
true that the first Napoleon was then in the zenith
of his power—from the 20th of March, 1811, to
the first disasters which awaited him beyond the
Niemen. The empire, with the States pos-
'Bossed by the Imperial family, then counted not
less than 57,000,000 souls. But it is no less
true that the moment was fast approaching when
his power, unexampled in modern times, began to
decline, until it fell to ruin. The clouds were
already beginning to darken the horizon. The
seedS of the conflict with Russia, which was to
end in the stupendous catastrophe of Moscow,
had already been sown. The father of the pre-
sent ruler of France, wearied with the exigencies
of his imperious brother, had abdicated in despair
the throne of Holland, which he could no longer
hope to fill as an independent Sovereign. The in-
corporation with the French empire of the Valois,
the annexation of the Hanse Towns and the Grand
Duchy of Oldenburg, the ruler of which was the
brother-in-law of Alexander, and which brought
the French empire to Lubeck, within sight of the
IRussian frontier, awakened the jealousy of Russia,
and justified the suspicion that the restoration of
Poland was at hand. The refusal of Napoleon to
ratify the Convention of Champagny, the ukase
of the ens- relaxing his decrees against English
commerce, the resumption of the kingdom of
Hanover from Jerome, were among the precursors
of the storm that was to follow. Yet all these
symptoms of approaching decline were, in the
mind of Napoleon, more than compensated by the
birth of the King of Rome on the 20th of March,
1811.

The state of Europe at this moment is so familiar
to all that it is hardly necessary to allude to the
difference of circumstances under which the event
announced this morning takes place. The most
formidable and most consistent enemy the first
Emperor had has become the friend and ally of
the second. Russia, then menacing the Power
against which so many arms were soon to be up-
lifted, now admits her defeat by England and
France united. The second Empeior, who but
three short years back excited mistrust abroad
and at home, has proved himself trustworthy, and
in the terrible contest which France and England
have sustained together in the noblest of causes
no just motive for complaint or suspicion has
arisen. Of the future it is useless to speak. So
many other fair prospects have been blighted that
it would be presumptuous to indulge in anything
like prediction.
The announcement that an honourable poste
is concluded is now only wanting to complete the
general satisfaction. If what is affirmed confi-
dently in respectable quarters can be relied on,
that want will soon be supplied.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

The inquiries at the Tuileries were very nu
merous to-day. The answers were, that the
prince and his imperial mother are doing well.
The Empress had enjoyed some refreshing sleep.
Ou Tuesday at half-past one tha Emperor will
receive the felicitations of the Senate, Legislative
Corp, Council of State, Magistracy, the Insti-
tute, clergy of different persuasions, the Munici-
pal Corps andidepntations from the National Guard
and from the army and navy. The magistrates
will appear in full costume, and the civil and
military functionaries in full uniform.

The following bulletin was issued to-day at
the Tuileries :--

" 17th Noon.—The health of the Empress is
exceedingly satisfactory.
" The state of the Prince-Imperial is excellent.
" DR. H. CO.NNEAU, BARON PAUL
DUBOIS, RAYER, JOBERT DE
LAMBALLE, P. DARRALDE."
The following bulletin concerning Prince Jerome
was published this morning :
"The Prince has had some sleep, and his state
is satisfactory."
One of the chamberlains of the Emperor will
remain every day, from 9 o'clock in the morning
to 6 in the evening, in the apartment on the
ground floor in the Pavillon de Flore, in order to
receive such persons as may present themselves
to have news of the Empress, and to communicate
to them the bulletins which the physicians of the
household of the Emperor will issue twice a day.
Long before the hour appointed for the open-
ing of the theatres for the public gratuitous per-
formances at two o'clock to-day an immense num-
ber of people had assembled outside the different
houses. The cost of these entertainments was at
the expense of the Civil List, and at all the thea-
tres the first artistes performed. The theatres, in
addition to their ordinary performances, gave
something appropriate to the occasion. Every
theatre was crowded, generally with persons in
the lower classes of society, and better conducted
audiences it was impossible to find anywhere.

Oa the occasion of the happy delivery of the
Empress, a To Delon was sung and prayers of
thanksgiving offered up yesterday in all the
churches of the Reformed Church in Paris and
the banlieue. The same will take place ou Sun-
day next in the other parts of the Consistorial
circumscription. _ _ .

The Emperor, on the occasion of the birth of
the Imperial Prince, has deigned to order that a
Slllll. of 100,000 f., taken from the funds of the
Civil List, shall be divided between the Bureaux
Bienfaisance of the principal towns and com-
munes in which are situated the domains of the
Crown. The Emperor has also accorded, ou the
same occasion, from the funds of the Civil List, a
sum of 10,000 f. to the relief fund of the Societe
des Auteurs et Compositeurs Drama,tiques ;
]o,ooof. to the Societe des Gens do Lettres ;
10,000 f. to the Association des Artistes Drama-
tiques; 10,000 f. to the,Societe des Artistes Mu-

siciens ; 10,000 f. to the Societe des Artistes
Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, et Dessinateurs ;
10,000 f. to the Societe des Inventeurs et Artistes
Industriels.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY, AlAnal 17.

Baron de Manteuffel has arrived in Paris, to take
part in the conferences as the plenipotentiary of
Prussia. He is accompanied by t3aron de B,echen-
berg, first secretary of legation, and has alighted
at the Prussian embassy.

Botrass, March 17.—The following were the last
quotations :

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