Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-04-24

Il,
The President, MEsNARp,
g The Senators Secretaries,
= General REGSAup SAINT JEAS-D' ANGELY,
CAMBAcEREs, Baron DE LACROSSE"
BY virtue of this decree the Prince President en-
joys the comfortable sum of $l92, 500 per month,
equal to $3.50 per day 1t is not undressing
mention in this connexon that the civil list of the
ex-King Louis PHILIPPE was also twelve millions
per annum. This civil list of the late King was
charged with the expense of keeping in good order
and repair the royal palaces set apart for his resi-
dence LOUIS NAPOLEON is exempt from this
charge But LOUIS NAPOLEON enjoys only the right Of
hunting in the national forests specified above, while
LOUIS PHILIPPE enjoyed personally the annual large reve
nues from those forests which are now reserved the
State &c. all things considered it may be held that the
sum allowed by the State for the personal expenses of the
President of the Republic is just about equal in amount
to that allowed under the last monarchy to the King,
Louis Philippe. The right of hunting, however, in the
national forests allowed exclusively Louis Napoleon is
far from being barren privilege This right leased by
the State for nine years past NJ BERTRAND son of Ne
poeons lustrous marshal with respect the forest
ST. German alone is known to have become Of
to the lessee the amount of twenty thousand
francs per annum. LOUIS NAPOLEON viii doubtless know
equally how to draw prncely from his hunting
privileges independent of the little stipend provided for
him in the Seaausconsum above mentioned. He is not
personally much addicted to hunting though remarkably
fine rider, and fond Of steeple-chases. The national
forests, however, will be farmed by him, and viii
also sources of amusement to the prncey and
royal friends who may visit him from abroad We have had
numerous limitations of late of his intention to put his
household on footing of imperial splendor BERrHER,
of NAPoLEoNs master Of the hounds is to be LOUIS
NAPoLEoNs.
see that M. PAUL has been nominated French Con-
sui to reside at Richmond Virginia The actual French
Consul at Richmond is provided with comfortable birth
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. 1t turns out
be untrue that PIERRE BoNApARrE cousin of the Pre
dent is going to Charleston reported succeed the
Consul, Count CHoIsEUL at that port The friends of
PIERRE BoNAPARTE assert that he has refused the Office
with the 10000 francs per attached to it for his
special benefit. Dubfto While upon the category of
errata, let say that SvIo PELLIco whose marriage
with noble Italian lady announced weeks ago.
has written the Gazette Of France declaring that the
good fortune attributed him by had really not
! befalen him. Yet other that in my
printed letter of the 18th of February statistics
latve the production of cotton in Transcaucasia
attributed the Ministry of Agriculture ST. Peters
burgh, Russia. This is erroneous. They derived
from the French Ministry of Agriculture, &c., and taken
from the best Russian of information.
Last night at O'clock the most eminent judicial func
tionares of France the number of tytwo repaired
costume the red robe take in the presence of the
Prince President the oath of fidelity to the constitution
and the President The Prince received them in the State
recepton-room surrounded by the great officers of his
household and all his Ministers in full costume The little
speech of the Prince in reply the address of the keeper
of the SEALS Minister OF Justice who spoke in behalf Of
the corps whose head he was find this morning only
in the Moneg 1t is particularly appropriate and skill
full and perhaps other accounts is not unworthy Of
gister in your columns. Here it is:
Gentlemen Magistrates Although receive your oath
with pleasure the obligation to take it, common to all the
constituted bodies appears to less necessary the
part of those whose noble mission it is to right to
be respected and to triumph. The more incontestabe
the basis upon which authority the certain
y you indicated its natural defenders From the
day when the dogma of the sovereignty of the people
substituted in place of the principle of the divine right it
may said with truth that Government has been
legitimate as mine In 1904 four millions of SURFACES,
procamng the transmission Of power by hereditary
cession in my family, designated the heir Of the
Empire In 1S4s nearly six millions called the head
Of the Republic In 1851 nearly eight millions maintain
ed at that post Thus in taking the oath to me- is
merely to that you are going to swear fidelity
but it is to principle to cause to the national will
itself"
NJ ABRArucc the Minister of Justice, then read the
form of the oath, as follows:
81 obedience to the Constitution and fidelity to
the President. also and promise to well and
faithfully perform the duties of my Office, religously
A
respects as n worthy and legal magistrate"
Each functionary then raised his hand and said 81
swear IT,
Since the election Of the Archbishop of BORDEAUX to the
Cardnaate France numbers less than six Cardinals
viz. NJ. DuPoST, Archbishop Of Bourges; M. GIRAUp,
Archbishop of Cambria NJ. GoUssET, Archbishop Of
Rheims NJ. DE BoSALp, Archbishop Of Lyons; NJ. Ma
THIEU, Archbishop Of Besancon and NJ. DossET, the
above-named Archbishop Of Bordeaux The latter snow
in Paris having arrived here days ago, to be pre-
sent in his capacity exofcio member Of the Sc
nate at the Inauguration Of the great bodies of the State
He receive his cardinals cap the hands Of the Pre-
sdent of the Republic to whom it has just been brought
from Rome by the Prince FlvIo CHIGI The hat be
received only at Rome and the hands Of the Pope The
Archbishop Of Besancon, NJ MATHEW has recently been
to Rome to receive his hat
Since writing the above-yesterday, in fact-the
mony Of presenting the Cardinals cap to the Cardinal
Archbishop Of Bordeaux took place at the Chapel Of the
Tueries An elevated prepared in the middle
Of the choir for the President Of the Republic who arrived
at II o'clock, accompanied by his adesdecamp and min
listers. The Council Of State present, and also
large number of Senators and Deputies the Diplomatic
body, and numerous magistrates and other functonares
The Senator's Deputies and most Of the invited guests
we're in costume. The number Of persons present
about four hundred The Archbishop Of Paris being de-
tanned Notre Dame by the duties Of the day Sunday
the Curate Saint German rAuIerros ocated in his