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

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

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 Exeelmans, Generals blagnan,
Laweitine, 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.) May God grant
this noble prize to his courageous and patriotic devoted-
ness—' Vivo Napoleon.'—(Cries of ' Bravo,' and Vire
Napoleon.')"
M. DE MORNY, the Minister of the Interior, replied
to the toast as follows :
e Gentlemen,--I cannot listen to these enthusiastic ac-
clamations addressed to Louis Napoleon without deep
emotion, for no one knows better than I do how much ho
deserves them.—(Applause.) No one has been in a better
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 Vive Napoleon.' A voice—' He
is the saviour of France.')
ininPglaishh;d(Yel halves.—(Sensation ; great ap-
plause.)Yes, Monsieur le Prefet,
your wishes will be granted I This power, whose firm
establishment you desire, will consolidate itself, for the
yes!)—and Providence
finger of Providence is evident in all the events that
Now, gentlemen, I. think I speak the havesenti-
ments ' s beenno
t 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 name I drink to the delegates from all
daocctoh
the departments of France.—(Applause, and cries of
Vive Napoleon.')"
The statement which appeared in the Cltustitutiees-
ael 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 ESIPEROE.
General BauaeluaY D'HILLIERS is about to proceed
on a special mission to St. Petersburgh, and General
D'Hairreoteb to Madrid and Lisbon.
The office of President of the Senate has been offered
to M. TuoPLONG and refused ; it is supposed that M.
BARocUE will be appointed.
The following communicated note appears in the
Patrie:—
" One of the journals has stated that the recent im-
port of gold into France has led to corresponding ex-
orts 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 E, and the exports
87,768,700 f. This shows that instead of diminishing,
the silver currency has increased 83,943,200 E"
It would appear from the following passages from
a leading article in the Pattie, 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 IEI4, 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 gave con-
siderable rights and extensive liberties, were nothing
less than two formidable citidals fortified against loyalty.
The charter of 1830 was an exaggeration of the vices of
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, in commenting on the effect likely;to be
produced in foreign Governments by the recent
events in France, says_
In all this there is nothing menacing for foreign
Governments.
W. 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. But it is well to
show to Europe, that if the new power reckons upon
the friendship an doyalty 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 °al_
y 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 PATS DE Bouu-
JOLLY, 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 lwides 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 it 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, Dupin was received at
the Palace of the Elys6a, in a private audience, by the
President of the lieplabuor and ei the same time the