The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-19
MORNING EDTTION-----MONDAY, APRIL 49, 1852.
France.

France.
APPROACH or THE EMPIRE-rHE DOrATION TO THE
PRESIDENT-TRADH IN FRANCE-THE PIvE PER
CENTs--AN AMERICAN GENERAL IN PARIS ETC.
The latest advces from Paris Of Tuesday the 9th
The empire was rapidly approaching.
The Mote~ is filled with accounts Of the presentation
Of the Cardinals hat to tho Archbishop Of Bordeaux
ana OF the taking OF the oath Of allegiance last night at
the Elysee All the judges with the exception Of
three who were absent from lness took the oaths On
Sunday night the members Of the Court Of Cessation and
the Cour de Complies the first President and the Procu
reurs Generaux Of the Court Of Appeal took tho oath
prescribed by the constitution in the presence Of the
President of the republic
The following the remarkable reply of the Prince
President
Messieurs the Observation-Disclosures receive your oath
with pleasure yet the obligation constituted bodies
ss s @ the whose
authority rests inson.stsbs basis tho moro
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that OF right divine may be said that has
ase proeia,ming he hereditary poer Sei in my Jam
called % @ e. q s.S @ S q &. In n.pss ss 'A II M II
nearly eight millions maintained there Thus in taking
but to prin,ips 70 the national win .ssiT
The SSe is evidently OF opinion that the empire Is at
parments give utterancc" it says, ito the cry
sVix rEmrreur'" I" Tho following extract from tho
Bulletin de Paris government paper, rather sustain'
France be once consulted and tho empire will
There is in hiding itths question: however set
ds for ne hours hsnr il % in the IN mind Of France
the present sent and the security Of tho future
The Memorlai d .amiens is still more explicit
An Emperor! Let Ms have Emr eror at That il
70 say lot him deliver us from all dqustude regarding tho
which without insEguss par:
s desnisiyee e'ir years Press
denishp Is only proy,ionni even WIN preserved tran,
ppss How less solid in case Of the Of
The Pays too makes broad illusions to the time when
the President of the republic may change the title he
sumcs for the present
The Paris Steele states that Pierre Bonaparte, the
cousin of Louis Napcon has refused to accept the post
Of Consul at Charleston with 600 francs year, which
had been offered to him Poor Pierre Bonaparte is it
not probable that he would accept mean post.
Prince Pierre expected to be Senator with the 10000
francs year that the President of the republic has the
power of granting, at least Councillor of State with
25,COO francs year and It has excited surprise
that he neither the other for although he
member of tho mountain in the National Assembly he
was never in open hostility to his cousin, the President
We suon the particulars respecting the question Of
the doaton Of the Prince President the occasion of
the Of that question by the Senate in its
sitting on the 1st inst
M. Mesnard presided
The Senate decided the question of the dotation The
following is the proposition made by the Commission
lst.-An annual dotation Of 12.000,0OM 2d.-The use
OF oil the royal palaces the maintenance Of which shall
be at the expense of the State 3dThe President not
to enjoy the Of the forests Of the but to
enjoy exclusively the right of sporting in the forests Of
Marly st. German, Compiegne, Versailles, and Fon-
tainebleau. The above unanimously taken into con-
sderston and the senators retired to The committee
rooms TO appoint commission Of five 20 report tho
recommended the adoption of the bill and project Of
Senatus Conssllum presented, which modified tho
original proposition only far as to specify that the
royal palaces devoted to useful purposes should not be
comprised in the number Of those allotted to the Pres
dent NJ Fould proposed that an inventory should be
made the articles of furniture these palaces do
Iawosten opposed tho proposition of the inventory
the ground Of its having the appearance Of want of
fdenco The question Of the of the jewels formerly
belonging to the is reserved. The Senate will
decide hereafter that question in the event Of the
marriage Of tho President Of the republic or Of change
The palaces which be kept up at the expense OF
the state for the enjoyment Of Louis Napoleon are the
Tuileries tho Louvre Fontainebleau, Compeigne Ver
saillcs Tranon st Cloud Mendon the Elysee, and Pau
by decree in the Monite, the sugar duties thus
modified; native sugar equal to the first type, 45f
foreign 6f the 100 klogrammes superior sugar to pay
81 more colonial sugar to pay during four years II les,
than native refined sugar TO pay 10 per cent more than
ar superior to the frst type foreign refined sugar Is
The son.ie~r decree u doing Ike con
struction cdice the ystem Crystal Palace
in the great pquare of the Champs Eysces destined to
receive the national exhibition and capable of serving for
public ceremonies and civil and military fetes.
The inauguration Of the Jewish Synagogue took
place Thursday the first inst with the greatest solem
nifty. The Synagogue was brilliantly illuminated, and
decorated with the greatest elegance.
The american General. Peyster Watt has arrived
in Paris on mission from the government of the United
peciay the rifles of the chasseurs Of vinccnnes 1t is
said that corps of remen upon the principle Is
about to he established in the United States.
The spirit Of speculation appears to have been
carried to greater Mt the Boure of Paris than in
the week ending the 9th inst 1t crowded to
cess and the stockholders could with difficulty execute
the orders of their clients.
The slight improvement in the of Paris
toned last week had not made much progress since then
1t is true that the manufacturers and shopkcepers of Pa
rs experienced similar disappointment at the
ponding period Of last year but it then thought that
the commission agents had suspended their purchases
til after the opening of the Crystal Palace in London As
no such exists Mt present the manufacturers
a mails from and south Amerea 1 baYs brourh
but few orders to the small disappointment of those
who had manufactured largely in anticipation Of brisk
demand for expectation. The accounts from Lyons and
Saint Etienne equally unfavorable Tho slight i'm
Provement which observable in the silk trade has
completely subsidized and all objects of luxury quite
neglected 1t IL still hoped, however, that portion at
least of the 200 COO 00 about to be expended public
works will find it's way general circulation and give
new impetus to trade Commercial letters received from
Roucn, Roubaix, and Mulhouse more satisfactory.
They state that wooen stus and cotton cloths in
good demand at remunerating price, and that the
consequently fully employed The
heavy rain which fell here on Monday and Tuesday
sideraby improved the appearance of the young
wheat, and removed all immediate apprehensons of
. failure of the crop. This fact, coupled with the
absence Of all demand from abroad has
siderable decline in the price Of wheat and flour in Paris
and the country markets The choicest samples Of flour
to be had mt from 5 to 53f the Of 57 kogram-
inferior quality from 49f 52 with very little de-
mand Wheat has fallen full franc the hectotre.
cattle fairs still deficient in buyers and the quo
tations OF beef and mutton lower The demand for
raw silk continues to be dull in the southern provnces
quality however is and the last quotations
are hntaihcu anouBn large conslgnments Cf winc ar
rive at Bercy there not much doing In the markets pur
chasers prefrrng to hold back until the 1s of May
when the decree Of Louis Napoleon modifying the ocro
duties will come into operation The reduction under
the new system will amount to francs 45 centimes the
hccolitre or about halpenny the bottle being much
less than was expected.
That important financial operation the reduction ofn
terest on the French Five per Cents which
ed by the decree Of the h Of March to take place with
In 20 days may be considered TO have succeeded for
the demands Of reimbursement at par understood to
have been comparatively small in amount and the period
of notice allowed to fundhoder in the French territories
has expired
1t announced by decrecs jsst published that 80 mil
lions worth oftmber Of tho late Orleans property annexed
to the State s to be sod and Of the proceeds 100000
renes four and half per cent to be attached to the
Legion Of Honor The Chateau Rambouet is to be ap-