The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-05
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Saturday nIernins, April s, 1855.
TIE MAILS BY THE ATLANTIC.
Rejoicing at the Birth of the French Prince.
PEACE VIRTUALLY CONCLUDED.

Rejoicing at the Birth of the French Prince
PEACE VIRTUALLY CONCLUDED.
Nothing Of the Pacific.
The mails by the Atlantic are at hand, contain
Ing European news to the 10th. We make the fol
lowing summary Of the interesting news by this
arrival:
The Conferences.
Awaiting the arrival of Baron Manteuffel fwho
has now arrived In Paris) the plenipotentiaries
have held no meeting since last advices, and mat
ters remain precisely as they were Peace Is now
considered certainty, and 1t is expected that the
protocol will be signed in few days. Secresy AZ
to the proceedings is still observed.
France. *.
A letter from Paris, dated on Sunday night sava.
AT six o'clock the cannon of the Invalides an.
nounced to the city, which was but half awakened
the tidings that the imperial throne had an heir
but the fact was not generally known till about
o'clock. In an hour or two after the birth tele.
graphic dispatches were sent from the Foreign
office to the various diplomatic agents of France
the continent; the one transmitted to Dresden
was received, and an answer returned with the
usual congratulations, in about an hour and half
Notice was of course at once sent to the represent
atves of foreign Powers in Paris who in the
course of the morning, proceeded to the Tuileries
and left their names
Preparations were already made at all the pub
lie establishments, for illumnatons and the dis
play of drapery. Many of the houses on the Boule-
wards are decorated with streamers. The theatres
are profusely hung with them, and the flags of
England France, Turkey, and Sardinia float uni.
ted at this moment ofrejoicing, they did in the
long dreary hours of suffering and danger.
The young Prince is said to be of SO robust q
constitution that he is nearly as big the child of
his nurse who Is two months old.
According TO official announcement the EN-
press was taken i'll at 5 o'clock on Saturday
morning, the 18th, and notice of the fact was i'm
mediately sent, by orders of the Princess of
Essling, Grand Mistress of the Empress House.
hold, to all the members of the Bonaparte fam.
lily, the Ministers, Senate, Deputies, Council
of State, and high functionaries of the Govern.
ment
The Senate soon afterward assembled at Lux.
embourg and the Deputies in their Chamber,
where they remained en- pcrmansnce. The Officers
of State assembled and remained all day and night
of Saturday in chamber close to that of the EN-.
peror The Emperor, the Princess of Essling and
Madame Montijo, the Empress mother, remained
in Eugenie's apartment. The Municipal Council
of Paris assembled pe'-aanence at th6 Hotel de
Vile, and considerable crowds of citizens around
the Tuileries.
Alta quarter to 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, the
10th, the child made its appearance in this sinful
world, and the Paris papers inform us that 'the
that he is nearly big as the child of his nurse
who is two months old" All the officers of State
above referred to were present at his birth.
The ceremony OF onotement, or preliminary bap-
tism, was performed with much pomp in the chapel
of the Tuileries. Cardinals Dupont Goussett
Doanet and Marriott the Bishop of Nancy and infe-
rior clergy assisted and all the dgntaries of the
Empire were present Mass was celebrated by
the Bishop of Arras, after which the Able Laplace
preached a sermon from the text BLESSED is he
that cometh in the name of the Lord - and wound
up with an invocation on the child in these words
'Bestow on him the genius and magnanimity of
his father, the kindness and inexhaustible charity
of his mother, the sincere faith and devotion of
both; and, to sum up in one wish, bestow on him
a heart worthy of his destiny and his name"
name was then bestowed on the infant:
Napoleon Louis jean Joseph, fls de France
This appellation was entered in the Parish regis
ters and signed by the Emperor and witne ssed by
Prince Murat, the Duke of Alba Marshal Valiant
Minister of War; N. Troplong, President Of the
Senate ; and the Count de Morney, President of
the Legislature.
PARIS, Monday Evening, March I7-AIt is GER,
tain that for many years past nothing like the illu
mlnations OF last night, in honor of the infant
Prince, has been witnessed in Paris not merely in
the magnifcence of the decorations, or to the art
with which the brilliant display was arranged, but
in the universally of the manifestation. Not only
were the iuminations in the great thoroughfares,
such as the Champs Elysees, the Bouevards, the
rue Royae, rue de la Paix, &c, but the less fire..
quented streets, the byways, as it were, which
stand apart, if not remote, from the great centre
of movement. In the back streets and lanes in
more than one quarter of the capital, where no
lights were ever hung ont before, there were few
indeed without their illumination-some of the
most modest kind, it is true but all evincing good
will on the part Of the occupants
In some streets of the Boulevards ordinarily
not much frequented, several houses were lighted
up in all their stories. The blaze of gas from tn
Ministry of Marine and the Garde Meuble lighted
up the whole of the Place de la Concorde and the
Legislative Chamber was beautifully designed in
flame. Colored lamps were suspended along the
ratings OF the garden of the Tuileries, and the
Rue de Rivoli looked an endless avenue of light
The Hotel de Vile was magnifcently decorated;
Its facade, covered with flags and escutcheons dis.
playing the imperial arms. The orifammes that
hoated in the wind were marked with the date
10th March, 1885," Perhaps the most taseful as
well as most brilliant decoration was the tri-
umphal arch erected in front of the Bourse At
the top in colOred lamps were the words "Au
Prince Imperiall" and at either side "Vive Empe.
reurl" and "Vive FImperatricep AT the opening
of the arch were suspended colsred lamps; at the
sides were Venetian masts with strt amers, on
which were inscribed the words "Vive PEmpe-
reur, Vive lImpratrice. Confance, Securite Gre
dit Prosperite!" in gold letters. The effect was
so admirable that during the whole of the even
ing crowds of persons thronged the place to gaze
upon it,
The Boulevards was one line of light from the
Madeleine to near the Bastile. Crowds of foot
passengers were constantly on the move, notwith-
standing the rain, which, though not very violent
fell necessarily from an early hour in the evening
The domes of the Pantheon, Val de Grace the In.
valides,, and the ancient towers of Notre Dame,
and the spires of ST. Jacques, stood out in bright
relief from the sombre sky; and wherever the eye
could reach, colored lights disposed 10 capricious
forms and of varied tnts presented an ensemble the
most picturesque. From the Fauberg St. Honore the
illumination extended a lo-S way beyond the Bar.
riere de Roule to the villages of the Thermes and
Champeny, Neuilly, Courbevoie, Asniers, Surenes,
as the eye could penetrate.
Among the public edifces, the Paais Royal, the
residence of the Princes Jerome and Napoleon,
was not the least remarkable for the richness and
taste of the decorations A Gordon Of light marked
the architectural proportions of the facade and inn
mediately over the entrance the imperial escncheon
was displayed, the minutest lines and details of
which were accurately designated in fame. To
the right and left two eagles with wings out
stretched, were encircled by flags and shields .
The buildings Of the New Louvre were lighted up
with gas and the effect produced by the reflection
of the white stone of which they are composed was