Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-01-01


ed with crimson velvet edged with gold At the moment
the signal given fire the savo Of one hundred and
guns announcing the entry of his Majesty into Paris
tr-e9ored flag displayed from the Tuileres,. and
the Imperial family took their places the windows Of
the palace tie Indies at the centre window with Prince
Napoleon and Prince Murat, and the ex-kng Jerome in
of the windows the left The Emr Add Kader
was also at Of the windows As the escort
which accompanied the Emperor began to appear enthu
sastic cries Of "Vve pEmpereurl" were raised When
his Majesty passed the great BASIN the members Of the
Imperial family took off their hats and the ladies waved
their handkerchiefs Abdel Kader also testified by his
gestures how pleased he witness the triumphant
arrival Of the Emperor His Majesty passed under the
yaulted passage Of the palace at quarter past His
arrival the Place du Carrousel was sauted with loud
cries of s'Vye pEmpereur Similar cries uttered
during the whole time that the Emperor passing the
troops stationed there in review After the review his
Majesty assembled to the State apartments and appeared
at the balcony surrounded by the Imperial Fresh
cries Of "Vive rEmpereur!" "vive la Famile Impe
rale r! were then heard After his Majesty had with
drawn the crowd began to dispense
All the corporations Of workmen Of Paris, with ban
displayed, assembled in the Tuieries gardens
and had taken up their station at the grand entrance
They moved from their places when the cortege had
ed and afterwards fled off before his Majesty passing
under the arched way Of the Pavilion de pHorloge The
banners which they bore were handsomely ornamened
and added to the variety Of the scene
AT quarter after two o'clock M de Persigny, the
Minister Of the Interior in the grand costume Of hs
oce vent on horseback to the Place de la Concords
drawn up there read the p6bscite which had been sub
mitted to the nson, and then formally prneiaimed me
Empire. Loud cries Of aVivs vEmpereur I" from the
National Guard followed the proclamation.
AS the day closed Examinations commenced in
nearly all the principal quarters of Paris Starting from
the Rue Vvienne found in that street great number
of private houses and shops displaying different sorts Of
Nominations chiefly in tri-colored lamps On the
boulevards in the vicinity the Jockey and other Clubs
decked with of lights and the entrance Of the
Rue Drouot lighted up Ascending the boaeyards,
the Theatre des Varieties first attracted attention; its
facade was ornamented with flags, with Of lights,
with imperial crown and with the letter NJ all in
gas The house to it, No. s. displayed festoons and
of yaregated lamps and elegantly decorated
with flags From this place up to the Theatre Gymnase
all the houses both sides less decorated
with Chinese lanterns and other Nominations. The
facade Of that theatre ornamented with Hags and
displayed in gas a crown with the letter N" The Ba
zaar de Bonnie Nouele and the Cafe de France were
gorgeously Illuminated From thence up to the Theatre
de la Porte ST. Martin, many private houses displayed
Nominations On the facade of the theatre was in add
ton to of lights transparency representing the
Emperor raising up France, with the inscription Leve
tot ct marche" The theatres dc PAmbgu, of the Opera
Rationale the Cirque, the Gae and Others all
less illuminated, also the houses on both sides
of the boulevards to the Place de la Baste The gas
lamps around the column in that place removed,
and elegant wreahs Of light substituted The facade
of the Hotel dc Vile was splenddy decorated and ilu
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the building and the turret there were numerous
escutcheons of red velvet bearing the letter M in gold
together with cumps of tri-colored Tags whilst in the
centre was transparency representing the Imperial
arms. In different parts of the Place huge poles
bearing flags and other decorations During the whole
of the evening bands Of music played and large crowds
Of spectators and listeners assembled On the quays
the Hotel de Vile nearly all the houses ium
nated Of them very brilliantly The Mint displayed
of gas lights, and the Pont Neuf eagles in
gas In front of the Institute several stands Of U.s.
The Palace Of the Legislative body was brilliantly umi
nated the cornce Of the facade towards the Place de la
Concorde was with lines of gas whilst at the
back in the Place Bourbon there eagles in gas.
Entering the Champs Eysees, the Nominations Of the
Arc de Tromphs de rEtoile attracted attention. The
garden of the Palace Of the Eysees surrounded with
elegant estoons of varegtcd lamps and the front of the
Palace was also elegantly lighted up The Ministries of
Foreign Affairs Justice, Interior Public Instruction, &C.
were splendidy illuminated The English Russian Aus
tran Prussian and most Of the other foreign embassies
were likewise illuminated But what perhaps chiefly
remarkable the vast number of private houses and
shops which lighted up the Boulevards, in the
Rue and Faubourg Monmartre, the Rue and Faubourg-
Saint Denis the Rue and Faubourg the Rue
Saint-Antoine, &c. The ilumnations we're much more
general the whole than we remember to have
previous occasions.
After the Legislative Corps had gotten through with
its business of counting out and declaring the popular
vote the pebscitum it adjourned till the 14th of
February, 1853, by imperial decree At the opening
Of the sitting the Sd instant the President M. BIZ
LAuT read the decree which had been transmitted to him
by the Minister of State Having concluded the read
ing Of the Decree the President reminded members that
by article 59h of the organic decree of the 22d March,
1862, the Corps Legislatf bound instantly to
disperse" and the Deputies withdrew say the minutes
shouting repeatedly Vive PEmprer"
The Senate remains in session. 1t is engaged in the
duty Of investing with all legal form the several very
important notifications of the Constitution Of January,
clamation of the Empire
Immediately upon the proclamation of the Empire it
was intmated oil foreign Ministers resident in Paris
that all official intercourse with them the part of this
Government would cease until they should present the
Emperor letters from their respective Governments
y accrcditing them near his Majesty, NAPoLnos III.
This rule has been rigidy enforced. The "Moniteur"
of this morning informs us that the birth Of prince in
the family of the Grand Duke Of Tuscany had been mott
fed TO the Emperor through the Minister Of Foreign At