The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-10

and proclaimed himself dictator. A NUMBER Oh
picked regiments were marched into the streets ID
prevent opposition, and having subdued the capp
tai and possessed himself OF every element Of
power he offered himself to the French people foi
ten years. election to the ONCE OF President. AZ
no other candidate was tolerated lie was, OF course
and afterwards
PROCLAIMED A CONSTITUTION
which gave him absolute power. This state o.
things, which was but prelude to the full accom-,
plishment Of his great aim-imperial sway In mama
as well as in fact-lasted but year. In the ran
of 1852 he made tours through several OF Inc oer
partments of France, and on his return his moss
devoted adherents in the Senate represented thai
the cries Of ''Vive pEmpercurp' with which tho
President had been greeted during his progress
Enthusiastically indicated the Will OF France, ana
proposed that the question OF restoring the En-
pire should be formally submitted to the
nation The proposal was accepted. The French
nation by majority Of Ave or six millions voted
the restoration Of the Empire which was accord
ingy proclaimed, December 2, 1852. The Prince
assumed the style and title OF "Napoleon Ill.,
Emperor OF the French, by the grace OF God and
the Will of the people," He was recognised by the
English government, afterwards by other Powers,
and eventually by the Emperor of Russia and the
German sovereigns. The new Emperor showed
disposition to make light Of the recognition
which he desired SO ardently but ne
was at the same time preparing TO compel
the acknowledgment Of his power in o more
eTectual and less formal manner. Already his
ambassador was asserting at Constantinople those
claims which brought him into direct collision
with the Gar then the virtual ruler OF Eastern ana
Central Europe. In 1858, when the quarrel seemed
imminent, Napoleon abandoned so much OF his
claims as might fairly give cause OF complaint to
Nicholas as protector Of the Greek Church, and
thus prepared the way for an alliance Of the two
Western Powers, which the Gear could never be-
ueve possible. This
UNION WITH ENGLAND
at once raised the position Of the French Emperor
among the sovereigns OF the Continent. In 1854
war broke out between Russia, France and Eng
land and was brought to q close In 1856. Shortly
after the capture OF Sebastopel the Emperor OF the
French induced the English government to listen
to his view OF pacific solution OF the dispute inc
Emperor married Eugene Marie de Guzman,
Countess dc Teha, January 20, 1858. and the only
issue OF the marriage is the Prince Imperial Napo-
leon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, born March o,
1855. On the 10th OF April 1885, the Emperor, ac-
companied by the Empress, landed in England on
q visit to the British Court. The Queen
invested His Imperial Majesty with the insignia
OF Knight OF the Garter. Early in 1858 an unsuc-
cessful attempt was made on his life by Orstni,
who had concocted his plans in England, aided by
q DR.. Bernard, residing In London. In order to
conciliate the Emperor Lord Palmcrston intro
duced In the House Of Commons the Conspiracy 10
Murder bill, proposing alterations In the English
law Of conspiracy, and the rejection OF this meas
ure led to temporary suspension OF cordial rela-
lions between the French and English govern
ments. In l859-60 tho Emperor went to Italy at tho
head OF his army to aid Victor Emmanuel against
the Austrians, whom he defeated at Magenta and
IN ~ ntnIth In nNn nj
villafranca, by which Lombardy and the Duchies
were ceded to Sardinia In return Savoy and some
neutral Swiss territory were ceded to France. In
1851 he organized his
EXPEDITION TO MEXICO
for the Interior purpose he afterwards disclosed,
OF getting a secure foothod in the Western hem
isphere for the Latin races. This was the turn
ing point Of his destiny. His Mexican undertake
ing was gross failure ending in the sacrifice Of .
noble prince, for whom the whole civilized world
mourned In the early part OF 1863 he dallied with
Jen Davis and held out to England the offer Of an
alliance for the purpose orinterfering In AFFAIRS
In November, 1868, he sent out an invitation to
the rulers OF Europe to Congress for settling all
| international difficulties, but the thing fell nat
He asserted non-intervention in the Schleswig-
Holstein war in 1864 In March OF that year On
Italian conspiracy against his life was discovered
and the conspirators tried and punished.
| WITHDRAWING FROM ROME.
The Emperor concluded September Is. 1864, with
the Cabinet of Turin Franco-Italian treaty, hav
ing for its object the withdrawal from Rome of the
French troops within two years at the latest, OF
sooner If the Papal government should be enabled
to organize an army sufficiently strong to defend
| the territory actually in its occupation, and ON
guarantee OF the Italian government that such ter
| ritOry should not be attacked from without. In
accordance with this agreement preparations were
made Tor the withdrawal OF the French troops, and
the last detachment retired December IL, 1885, In
May. 1865, he made trip to Algeria and issued q
proclamation to the Arabs, which was
supposed at the time to have Q sootll-
ing erect upon the children OF the desert.
In June, 1856, his second volume OF the life OF
Caesar" appeared and was extensively reviewed by
the press. In July, 1865, he made his nrst demand
Prussia for rcctifcatien OF the Rhine frontier,
which Prussia rejected. At this time the famous
secret treaty with Bismarck occurred, and the
question Of the Luxembourg fortresses was on the
tdpts. Napoleon sent assurance to England that
France did not demand any Belgian fortresses.
In September, 1885, his health became q source Of
much anxiety in Paris. He made
A JOURNEY TO BIARRTTZ,
and was the object of much devoted loyalty OF ex.
preston from the towns through which he passed.
In January, 1867, he astonished France and the
world by proposing measures Of reform in his sys-
ten Of absolutism.
he ordered that the address from the Chambers
in reply to the speech from the throne be discon-
tinued granted to the legislative body the right Of
questioning the government, proposed the offences
OF the press be tried in the correctional courts,
that the stamp duties be reduced. and that tho
right OF the people to meet In public be limited
only by those regulations necessary Tor the public
safety. The members Of the Cabinet rendered
their designations on the PRONUNCIATION Of this
decree.
In this year the Universal Exposition was opened
| and drew all the world and his wife to Paris. A
number Of the reigning sovereigns accepted the