Litchfield enquirer., 1853-02-10
FRANCE.
MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR!

To the exclusion Uf all else, the news OF
the EmperOrS marriage to MademoiseIie
Monteeo. has taken Paris by surprise, and
is unfavorably received by tile Bonap"r-
lists. Mademoselle is Spaniard. % years
old, blonde, and grand daughter OF lns
British Consul at Malaga. Her mother IS
an Irish woman named Fitzpatrick. Her
father Is the younger son OF Spanish fam
jly. who fortunately, by the death of his
eldest brother, succeeded to- the titles OF
Count Moutego, Duke Of Tiba end Psna-
mando Her sister is Duchess OF Abba,
and Mademoiselle is herself Countess OF
Tiba. A proposal for her hand was tor-
mally made by tho Emperor on Sunday
last, aud Of course accepted.
Mex, day the happy bridegroom COM
municated to his minister that hls oetef"
mination was taken. and that it was
marriage Of affection. One report says
all the minister's, except one, resigned, but
the Emperor refused to accept their resig-
na,ien. The Government statement is, that
they assented, as did also the diplomatic
body. .s, -,
Il is said the civil marriage has already
taken place, and religious cerenfonlals Will
be held on the goth inst, ON which occa-
sion Prince Napoleon Jerome will espopse
the daughter Of Prince of Wagram, grand.
daughter Of Marshal Ber.hier.
Paris, Friday Evening.
A dowry of FIVE millions Of francs will
| be ask ed for the new Empress. The mar
riage will take place to- morrOw week. Ut
tho Cathedral of Notre Dame. A rumor
has been 10 circulation that Bavarian
| Princess has siuce been found willing to
accept the honors Of Empress, but the Mons
| tego is to.bo the lady. =.
III. Dronyn de Lhuys persists in his re~
signation. which, however, the Emperor
has refused to accept ut least, tor some
DAYS. to allow the Min lister time for recon~
sideration
The Senate, Legislative body, and Coun>
Gil of State are summoned to>day, %3d, at
noon; to receive a communication from the
Emperor, relative to the marriage.
simultaneously with these matrimonial
schemes has taken place disastrous tall
on the Rourse, but Government organs ass
aert there 10 nothing in the state OF the
| country, either financially, commercially
or. politically, 10 cause disaFass- They a,~
tribute the fall solely. and, probably truly
10 the check put to wild speculatiOns, and
say that when the reaction thus caused
! shah have restored things to aproper level,
funds will be in harmony with whatthe
Pays calls the general prosperity. New
crtheless, the Bourse on Wednesday, 18th
was more depressed than since the De-
cember Coup d'etat.
Twenty line IF battle ships. with screw
propellers. eighteen frigatss. and hfteer
smaller ships Of war are building IN the
French Navy Yards.
An article. believed to have been writ
ten BY the Emperor himself, 10 tho Moni
tour complains bitterly Of the Paris CORES
pondents Of tho London Times. Morning
Chronicle, and Advertiser.
Government has before it proposals to
three lines of trans>atlantic steamers-on'
to Brazil. another 10 the Gulf Of Mexico
and the third to New York.
The accounts of the foods in the depart
ments are depIorable. The Loire. Seine
Moselle, Aisle, Viaine. Saone. and Sarthe
had overAown, doing great injury to tn
owns and farms along their banks.