The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-26 00:00:00

•mCUT SOCISTIES IN

[The following communication, proceeding fres a
thoroughly well informed loam, 'fiords additional parti
sulses respecting the formidable society of " Ins Marianne.")
to ISIS the parts of the Mountain, which bad sot
Ohm adopted the views of the Socialists, feeling itself
powerless against Carsicasa, es the one side, and firmitaliew
• the other, endeavoured to lamest itself with tense'
rainbow of the S xiali.t perry, melt as Lordro Rills and
Others, who were at that time isbatatlal, sad ptopesed ec
them the establishmeat of a political meaty which,
mesordiag to the views of some of their tutor,
was to play the same p trt an the old Jacobin
Cub. It was the least estravegeat mann of the
Socialist party which that desired tc ermine itself
late a 'militant aad propagandist socisty The ex•ety
Sham projected was ecenellegly formed. It was styled,
" La Salidsriti." Its c nstitstioa is sa± :Wady well knowa•
Lads% and his followers of the Noontide together
with mane Socaloin, became numbers of the Council
General wh:cs mat ID Paris. Maths's moieties were
formed I. shish. departments, arrondissements, and c►ntons.
The Conseil 0 I '.shed of 40 members. Amongst

Wm them was a aim rity, by so mesas •emerose, hit
esseadiagly energetic, width had only consented to
Own put of the enured with the view of pri pagatiog
Ms slue ft:tacit:4es among the 111111110.10111 branches of
"Le ffolidariti." This minority held the opinion' of Blaequi,
Maimitil, &a ; It was commnsiat and revolatiosary, sod
vadat the app. ata,ed of mile( in %nil= with "La SA/.
darite" hid, as early as 1849, begin to isfleence iii
friends sad sabord.nate "guts in the memo,. to
'mete • craved of sestet societies whom members
were r raw" from tte most ardest leaders of all shad.' of
entrants Socialat op aloe. Tboogh the eonstitotions of ell
Mem societies were almost identical, their names varied with
the different !militia is which they were established. Bet
the souse and the enisties themselves by degrees &sap.
peered, to make way for one same and one soclety—that
whisk is sew so will known as La Marlazaa."

OrMessily, Le Mariana." was itself 'willies but one o
Sees bramb societies, sad ocadined exclusively to the South
of Francs. In those impamioned and imaginative regime,
Ilte mate of " La Marianae"—or, is the southern dialect,
La Marisaao"—ltss served to designate in taro, and eves
oss and the same time, the revolution, the republie, the
strife of the parties, and the giallo:lee. Whoa the'
1110liatioasty stymie of parties terminated In the
Tenor (1790, and the guillotine became the order of
tM day, the peosants of the South invariably spoke
alt as "La Merianno." The origin of tM term
Is *la. When the worship of the Catholic Church
wee samesded la Frame by the worship of Reason, then
used to appear, is the public festivals of the Decade, at the
bead of the allegaicel procesaions which were then in
mine, two of the handsomest girls of the province, "ar-
rayed, or rather dintrayed," a l'antlgve, wit% MU the
bosom exposed. One of three yoaog ladies used to repre-
sent Reason, the other Liberty. Then were meant to par
wady the republic, bat the people, always faithful to old tra-
dition., persisted in calling then by the name of the
two most popular Catholic diviaities—Mary sad Anna—the
mother sad grindmother of Christ, who lad previously
lamp led the van of all the Catholic precession., repro
mated sometimes by Magee of wood or was, sometimes by
real women. When Mary sad item were rep'ared by
Liberty and Remo., tits peasants el the South used to
*Mat a rhyme beglanieg thus:
_ _ _

" la Umlaute"—
At length we bays the true Mary sad Mas—
k other words, Ream sad Liberty united. When the
wseship of Reason was abolished by the Thornsiderisas, the
lOW winds thus united had ems to reptant a symbol, and
they allinstrly breams the nick-name of the gailiqtiae. It
tee is ordt r flatter thr traditions of this southern per
jolt the founders of the secret societies of 1848 49,
especially in the rural dlitticitt, gave them the same of
"Marianne "

The pablic w.ll Tic Alto the active and erangetic meat
sacs which the cup err of Loais Napoloos esperieneud
la the provircss, and especially Ia the 830th. This
resistance arose from the p3wsrfal organisation of
"La Marian..." It is didlcult to realise the num-
ber of Hipp:ran secured by the founder of "La
lliariarme," especially is the departments when Pro-
testament aril Porgy both oar, as in the aparmunits of
the Gard, the Rend; tic. It may be sired, without r-
ammer, that at the sport of the mop Wert, the
sae sties sall.wed to ..le Mariaame" numbered NM upon a
million members. But those who had directed the mommest
vilest Nape le m were titter shot or harried to Cayenne
is Lumbers. Only a few were formats rough to rape.
• mere ham:fell runtime Is Fruits, sad they were to be
taunt is Paris; for, scants of ~puns ion having bee'
token la Ott c ipital ayes Infers the secret sodotirs were
!mend sad organised Is the mortar" the iambus of the
metropolitan clubs were ran on their guard, sad
moved the vigilame of Leeds Nepoless'e 'gems. It
was fans this nietropolitaa auclous that the sew
pospegesda prerded which was subrequat to the
map teem. In the prorates, the leaden bed hies
almost all eaterreimted, bet the members retained. No
semen bad Era recovered from the tiniest blood-letting of
Deurber, 1861, than the insurrectionary movement began
snow. emrting Inn the sarratare of the South; sad
ben the smeary of the Rims*, the propagsadist meanest
Messed op the Ilse of the great it,.,, sad oilfired itself
ever thewlete of Press& At the peessat memeut, " La Mr
Meow " spreads aver Westin madam arrant* asetwark
tsvkihe to the eyes of the polies. It is stated that 40 or 10
departments a•. infected by it, and that its member
number at lent 60,000. The truth * that there Is so
departmett of lessee whore "La Marianne" has
set summit randlaatioes, theta nailer Alarm
•amen. Pore is the centre of the whole segaidestiss, ►at
es strength of the stray is la the patrolmen. The animas,
esgssieliy those employed in the momentum of ire'', to
peados, end Is the large fgralabig establishments, ere se
prepegiadist.; they meanly andeeslasd on swan ;
Nat they west is the sestet repshile; tad they enly wait
the Mgaal foe kern. Ores'osally, the Nam impatient
betray themeless; as, kr Inetare, last year, whoa the
now 'pried of as stteept try ou of the Gat Garr cm
Gmbh of Louis Napoleon. Thera woe at that ceases a
emararemeat of homicides ia the streets of the Paabostg
it. Deer. Bur, ram' Ip sperlag, the future insist of
the moieties in oa their feud, sad their warren an
rudest aid dimmer. The Misses of the eristies beg
sham the order of the committee ; and at this inmost the
itermitter, Mord of Arty, sought' of *sly three perms.
la Ur report of the remit trials many armee of rest ro-
sier' bar trantpired—for instaus, "La 11Litente,..
"Lee E. face de la Libuti," Le.; this proves that the old
system t. mil adhered to, and that each offehoot has its sr-
pro:grist. rat. Bet all these defrost branches are eon-
netted with oat parent rnak—" Le Narlease." Although
I hats toonedered it a port of eneeionete to statics no
earee, I ceight to otverre that Ledro astir is no. longer
des ot the Ir.dolaUsi leaden of "La Marianne." The
'Mired socieliii as Lager swear by sash cr such a chief of
the demo:racy; they no longer reamsne a leader ; they
desire, wl'h one heart, the &deities end costlier sup -
protsioa of ell list is sonairted is Frause with the ides of
geernmeseel, tams as far r regards adoemistretrs, that is
te say, they are ready enough to preserve the one, bat
determined to abolish ths other, Ia name, if nit in feet.
The Nadirs principle of "La Marianne" is, that there
ought to he co more eension,bat chrhs of the gallon every.
B. M.

M. BAlthE3.—A ming the passengers by the Tagus,
Thigh strived at Southampton on Tiredly night 'Kb the
Pes'asilat mail, was the notorieue French red republican,
Ir. Dvlls. More than half the life of this man has bees
wet in pros a or is sails for political offenees. He wet
lestesead to death in Loire Paihrepe's time, and his Ifs Will
seared at the iuttrreteles of the daughter of that mosarsh.
This fast became knows when dm private letters of Loire
Philippi eat bits Noll were pabliaied by the Provisiesal
Goveramett. Barbie was again is Priloll of er
Louis
Pallit abd.ta lot, sad the present Emperor of France,
!atlas 1 surd of 113220 sentiment relative to the Preach
tansy In the Crimea wbieti M. Butes bad espresso&
OM plies tams were tr rasa ooes. and tie was eillewad t. it at large. Bet the eery red repabliaan
at Se* wham to move, sad ultimately west to Paris to
perish' repoblieas stead, sad to give the "Immor as
y of re"scarestaUeg him. Very reesst'y =mill bees drives oat of Spaie,
hi has easeed
sameiseemestest by wisely dietaries hie regard lee
gis Oposib people sad his elateeept for the Spanish go - esemese. At one elms V. Bartel was roseidseed the
ms IsSiissest nis
haysi lae
Paw. het the satirises el lupins
st sed esi sesesbt greed abases' as hiss.
a 011.1111 s. seetteeseasy mate, shoat yenned see. wilt slop minibabe sad imperial yeesiely Ifie these of
Prisposst of ins«. V. Bums generbNl es bard
Or Tim he his patimmly depormisse sal Os slim
.1 Ms sisresw. me aeversed oe polities" Me= lbselL
sad wen vedlliftles Ws, trim his eemeeeelles.te
avisiest pellisiss. hie deemed memoir es lie elks list
se e ..dire of LW tw, bees which plies be embarked es
bowl as Tam Ho wrens going to Clessi.