The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

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who had been so long at war with us, was seen to solicit
the alliance of the elected chief of a new empire. Under
the last reign, on the contrary, the amour propre of the
country had to suffer, when the heir to the Crown
solicited fruitlessly, during several years, a princely alli-
ance, to obtain it only in a secondary rank and in a dif-
ferent religion.
" When, in presence of old Europe, one is borne on
by the force of a new principle to the height of ancient
dynasties, it is not by giving an ancient character to one's
escutcheon, (envieillissant son blason,) and by seeking to
introduce oneself at all costs into a family, that one is
accepted. It is rather by ever remembering one's origin,
by preserving one's own character, and by adopting
frankly in presence of Europe the position of parvenu—a
glorious title when one obtains it by the free suffrages of a
great people. Thus, obliged to depart from precedents
followed to the present day, my marriage became a private
affair, and there remained only the choice of the person.
" She who has been the object of my preference is of
distinguished birth. French in heart, by education, by
the recollection of the blood shed by her father in the
cause of the empire, she has, as a Spaniard, the advantage
of not having in France a family to whom it might be
necessary to give honours and fortune. Endowed with all
the qualities of the mind, she will be the ornament of the
throne ; in the day of danger she would be one of its
courageous supporters. A Catholic, she will address to
heaven the same prayers with me for the happiness of
France. In fine, by her grace and her goodness she will,
I have the firm hope, endeavour to revive in the same
position the virtues of the Empress Josephine.
" I come, then, Messieurs, to announce to France that
I have preferred the woman whom I loge and whom I
respect, to one who is unknown, and whose alliance
would have had advantages mixed with sacrifices.
Without disdaining any one I yet yield to my inclina-
tions, but after having taken counsel from my reason and
my convictions. In fine, by placing the independence,
the qualities of the heart, domestic happiness, above
dynastic prejudices and the calculations of ambition, I
shall not be less strong because I shall be more free.
" Soon proceeding to. Notre Dame I shall present the
Empress to the people and to the army ; the confidence
they have in me assures me of their sympathy, and you,
Messieurs, on learning better to appreciate her whom I
have chosen, you will allow that on tl
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The Emperor then bowed, and proceeded, with the
same ceremonial as on entering, to his private apartments.

The following Hat of the numerous titles of the Coun-
tess of Montijo is given as an heraldic curiosity :—" Dona
Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick de Closburn, Countess Dow-
ager of Montijo, De Miranda, Banns y Mora ; Duchess
de Penaranda ; Mother, Guardian, and Administratrix of
the person and property of my daughter Dona Maria
Frans isca de Sales Portocarrero, Palafax y Kirkpatrick,
Croy de Havre y Lanti, Lopez de Zuniga, Fernandez de
Cordoba, Leiva y la Cerda, Rojas, Guzman, Luna, Enri-

. . . .
quez de Aimanza, Cardenas, Pacheco y Acuna, Avella-
nada, Guzman de Iscar, Rodriguez de Aza, Ochoa, Bazan
Osoria, Enriquez de Valdes y Cardona, Acevedo, Chaves,
Hinojosa, Chacon, Mendoza, Cardenas y Zapata, Vargas,
Luna, Vivero, Cabrera y Bobadilla, Lopez Pacheco,
Funes de Villalpando, Frances de Arino. Albion, Gurrea,
Fernandez de Heredia, Monroy, Aragon, Enriquez de la
Carra, Navarra, Lodena, Bracamonte y Davila ; Countess
of Montijo, De Miranda, De Banos, De Mora, De Fuen-
tiduena, De Albitas, De San Estevan de Gormaz, De Ca-
sarrnbios del Monte y de Santa Cruz de la Sierra ;
Duchess of Penaranda ; Marchioness of Valderrabano,
De Osera, De Barcarrota, De la Algaba, De la Baneza,
De Moya, De Villanueva del Fresno, De Valdunquillo y
de Miran() ; Viscountess of Palacios de la Valduerna y
su Infantazgo, y De la Calzada ; Lady of the Casa Fuerte
de Arteaga, De La Puebla de la Calzada, De Huetor-
Tajar, De Cespedosa, De La Adrada, De. Codesal, De
Vierlas, De Romanillos, De Las Baronias de Quinto,
Figueruelas y Estopinan, De Las Villas y Valles de Aza,
Iscar, Valdeginate, Puebla de Naciados, Palos, Villalba
del Aicor, San Pedro de Latarce, Horcajo de Las Torres,
San Martin de la Fuente, Moguer, Belmonte, Seron y
Layos, de Las Regalias y Preeminencias de Mariscal
Mayor de Castilla, Alcaidia Perpetua de la Alcazaba y
Fortaleza de Guiadix y Capitania Principal de los cien
continuos Hijosdalgo de la casa de Castilla ; Patrona de
Las Insignes Iglesias Collegiales de Penarana de Duero
y de Santa Maria la Mayor de la Villa de Salas, de la
Ilustre Capilla de la Santa Epifania de la Ciudad de
Toledo, del •Colegio de Santa Catalina Martir de los
Verdes de Universidad de Alcala, de la Universidad y
Colegio de San Gregorio de la Ciudad de Oviedo, y del de
San Pelayo de Salamanca, del Convent() de Religiosas de
la Santa, Espina de Gelsa, y del Hospital de San Andres
de la Villa de Belmont ; Grandee of Spain of the first
class, &c."

It is stated that Napoleon Bonaparte (Jerome's son) is
to be married to the young Princess of Wagram, and that
all the preliminaries have been settled. The Princess of
Wagram's grandmother was a Princess of Bavaria, and as
the mother of Napoleon Bonaparte was a Princess of
Wurtemberg, he will find himself connected with most of
the sovereigns of Europe.
Great preparations are making for the ball to be given
to the Emperor by the Senate on the 25th, which is
intended to be the most splendid of the season. A sum
of 80,000 fr., including 25,000 fr. given by Prince Jerome,
is allotted for the expense, and it is expected that a
further amount will be called for. The imperial throne
of 1804, which hss been preserved since that period, has
been restored, and is to occupy a platform in the grand
gallery of the Luxembourg, on the occasion of the ball.
The Paris correspondent of the Augsburg Allgemeine
Zeitung writes :—" During the night, from the 4th to
the sth instant, a cabinet council, at which the Emperor
presided, was held in the Tuileries, when the question
was earnestly discussed, whether the notes of recognition
from the northern powers should not be rejected, and
war immediately declared and commenced with the utmost
energy, and the exertions of all resources. The Emperor,
however, it is positively known, effected the carrying of
a resolution for the maintenance of peace."
During the whole of the week great excitement has
prevailed on the Bourse, and immense losses have been
sustained by various parties in consequence of the great
fall in almost every kind of stock. The excitement has
now partially subsided, the Emperor's settled deter-
mination on the subject of his marriage not having been
followed by the resignation of his ministers. The marriage
is positively fired for the 29th inst.
The Emperor has determined to make St. Germain his
principal hunting station, on account of its proximity to
Paris. Orders have been given to the principal Venear
to hunt a stag in the forest there twice a week regularly
through the season.

Thellloniteur of Sunday week contained an article which
excited great sensation. It was a reply to some remarks
on the Emperor in the Times, the .alorning Chronicle,
and the Morning Advertiser, and passages were quoted
from each to show with what acrimony and violence these
journals speak of the man who has been placed at the
head of affairs by the great majority of the French people.
M. Fould, who complained that he was not so well paid
as some of the other great functionaries, many of whom
have from 200,000 f. to 300,000 f. of annual income, has
had an addition made to his salary of 50,000 f. Shade of
Louis Philippe, what changes !

SWITZERLAND.—The correspondent of the Dads
writes from Berlin :—" Prussia has come to an under-
standing with England respecting the course to be adopted
towards Neufchatel, and is now negociating in order to
bring the French government over to its views. The
king attaches great importance to this affair."

ITALY.—The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states
from Rome that the Pontifical government has sent a list
of names to all the police offices of the state, with orders
to arrest the persons therein mentioned, whenever they
shall set foot on the Pontifical territory.
The Sardinian government has sent Dr. Ghione, a
learned canonist, to assist its ambassador at Rome. It is
inferred from this proceeding, that the courts of Rome
and Turin continue negociations on the ecclesiastical af-
fairs of Piedmont.

SPAlN.—General Narvaez has addressed to Queen
Isabella a spirited remonstrance against the " unconsti-
tutional projects of reform" published by her Govern-
ment, "which sow defiance, alarm interests, arouse po-
litical passions, and appear to drive the Throne towards a
precipice." The reply to this document is an intimation
that " his Excellency has incurred Her Majesty's highest
displeasure," and an order to proceed forthwith on his
mission to Vienna, from which, on, account of its frivolous
character, he had prayed that he might be excused.

GERMANY.—Private letters from Berlin state that
Prussia will support in the Federal Diet the Hanoverian
proposition to erect batteries upon the North Sea and
Baltic coast. Many of the interior, and especially of the
southern States regard this as purely a matter concerning
the maritime States, and will oppose the application of
the Federal revenues to the object. The German States
have formed a convention, whereby each state is bound to
receive back any native subject which will be expelled
from another State.

DENMARK.—The Volksthing has rejected by fifty
votes against forty-five the removal of the Customs
Frontier from the Eider to the Elbe. The vote was in-
tended to be a demonstration of general opinion against
the Ministry, and was accepted as such, as the Chamber
was dissolved..