The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-06 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

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We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
On Monday there was a grand dinner given by
the Prefect of the Seine at the Hotel de Ville to the
Ministers, the Marshals, and Generals of France, and
judges of the courts of law, and the mayors of the
departments. The PRESIDENT of the Republic had
been invited, but was prevented from attending by
indisposition.
At one extremity of the dining-hall, above the
seats of honour, was
placed the bust of Louis NA-
POLEON, surrounded with flags ornamented with the
imperial eagles. Among the company present were
the Ministers_, Marshal Excelmans, Generals Magnan,
Lawceitine, Lavasseur, Carrelet, Caurobert, Roguet,
Cornemuse, and Courand ; Colonel Fleury, the Pre-
sident's aide-de-camp ; Colonel Vieyra, the principal
staff officer of the National Guard of Paris, and a
number of naval, municipal, and other officials.
The Prefect of the Seine, in proposing the health of
the PRESIDENT of the Republic, said—
"To the health of the President of the Republic. To
the consolidation of this new power, which seven millions
of suffrages have, for the second time, rendered the ar-
biter of our destinies. To the accomplishment of the
most ardent wishes of Louis Napoleon, the glory and
prosperity of France.—(APPlause.) ady.), God grant
this noble prize to his courageous and patriotic devoted-
ness—' Viva Napoleon.'—(Cries of ' Bravo,' and 4 Vire
Napoleon.')"
M. DE DIORNY, the Minister of the Interior, replied
cannot listen to these enthusiastic ac-
clamations addressed
to the toast as follows
" Gentlemen,--I :
i:uoseL.)ouNisoNonaepohlaesonbewenitihnoautdeep
emotion,better
pnows better than I do how much he
deserve f
s them.—(Applause.) n
er
En.o_o(ne
position than myself to appreciate his long patience, his
self-denial, and, finally, his courage and devotion to the
salvation of the country. (Loud and long-continued
applause, and cries of 4 Vire Napoleon.' A voice—' He
yourestablishment
wishes
is the saviour of France.') Yes, Monsieur le Prefet,
finger of Providence is evident in all the events that
you desire, will consolidate itself, for the
have been accomplished—(Yes! yes!)—and Providence
dues not do things by halves.—(Sensation ; great ap-
plause) Now, gentlemen, I think I speak the senti-
mentswill be granted ! This power, whose firm
of the Prince in thanking you for the zeal with
which you have come to Paris to bring him the testi-
mony of your sympathies, and of the gratitude of the
people, and in his ame I drink to the delegates fro all
the
.departments onf
France.—(Applause, and cries of
' Vive Napoleon.')"
The statement which appeared in the Constitution-
riel that the Emperor of RUSSIA had addressed an au-
tograph letter of congratulation to Louis NAPOLEON,
on the accomplishment of the coup d'etat of the 2d
December, has received an official contradiction.
Neither note nor autograph letter has been received
from the EMPEROR.
General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS is about to proceed
on a special mission to St. Petersburgh, and General
D'HAUTPOUL to Madrid and Lisbon.
The office of President of the Senate has been offered
to M. TROPLONG and refused; ;
it 43 supposed that M.
Benocna will be appointed.
The following communicated note appears in the
Patric:—
" One of the journals has stated that the recent im-
port of gold into France has led to corresponding ex-
ports in silver. To show that this statement is errone-
ous, it is only necessary to give from the Customs' re-
turns the amount of imports and exports of gold and
silver from Ist January, 1851, to the 20th December
of the same year. The imports of gold amounted to
118,130,400 f., and the exports to 16,530,900 f.; the im-
ports -of silver were 171,711,900 f., and the exports
87,768,700 f. This shows that instead of diminishing,
the silver curreney has increased 83,943,200 f."
It would appear from the following passages from
a leading article in the Patrie, that the duties of the
Senate and the Legislative Assembly will be little
more than to act as courts of registration for the de-
crees of the Ministry. In speaking
of the Charter
of 1814, the Patrie says—
" The doctrine of examination
was incarnate in that
Constitution in the face of the principle of authority,
like the gnawing worm, which sooner or later could not
but sap its strength. The Tribune and the Presse which
Louis XVIII. placed in it, and to which he gal) con-
siderable rights and extensive liberties, were nothing
less than two formidable citidals fortified against loyalty.
The charter of 1830 vices of
was an exaggeration of the
that of 1814."
In another place it says—
" The disease being known the remedy is easy, it is to
root out the principle of examination and replace it by
the principle of authority."
The Pays, i
-11 Commenting on the effect likely:to be
produced in foreign Governments by the recent
events in France, sap_
"In all this there is nothing menacing for foreign
Governments. ve
e feel convinced that,so far from feel-
ing alarmed at this reconstitution of authority upon a
soil shaken by so many revolutions within the last sixty
years, they will be rather re-assured. Bat it is well to
show to Europe, that if the new power reckons upon
the friendehip and loyalty of European Cabinets, it
relies above all upon itself, while its confidence in
treaties being respected, and in the sincerity of new and
old alliances, is only the confidence derived from a sense
of strength."
The Court-martial at Lyons condemned, on :the
30th ult., several civilians to death for political
offences.
An order of the day of Gen. LE PAYS DE BOUR-
SOLLY, commanding the state of Beige in the depart-
ments of the Gers, Lot, and Lot-et-Garonne, states
that several insurgents still show themselves in many
places, particularly in the forests and landes of the
Lot-et-Garonne. He reminds all commanding officers
throughout those departments of the order already
given, that every individual taken with arms in his
hands 13 to be shot.
In reply to the representations of M. DE PERSIGNY,
the KING of the BELGIANS has expressed his willing-
ness to expel from Belgium such of the French re-
fugees as have been condemned by a legal tribunal,
but none ethers.
The prisoners of Ham have been offered their
liberty, on condition that they shall exile themselves
from France for one year, and shall not reside during
that period in Belgium.
The following announcement appears in all the
papers :
" To-day, at two o'clock, M. Dupin was received at
the Palace of the E1y:.63, in a private audience, by the
President of the Bepublior mid et the am° time the