The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-14 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.

We understand HER MAJESTY the QUEEN is going
this evening to the Lyceum Theatre, to witness the
King of the PEACOCKS—a compliment which his
Majesty has never yet been honoured with.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
At the sitting of the Assembly on Monday certain
interpeliations were addressed to M. ODILON BARROT,
on the subject of the speeches of Marshal BUGEAUD
at Bourges and at Lyons. M. ODILON BARROT did
what M. GuizoT had so often been formerly forced to
de, when suddenly called upon to justify the escapades
of the useful but obstinate goaler of Blaye—he
shuffled. He doubted whether the words of Marshal
BUGEAUD had been accurately reported ; if they had
been, the Marshal talked nonsense, and M. BARROT
immediately sought to drown, as Count MOLE would
phrase it, the unhappy admission in an ocean of
twaddle about faction, anarchy, &c., for specimens of
which see the reports of the speeches of M. Guam'
in answer to M. ODILON BARROT from 1840 to 1848
passim. He concluded by saying that the meaning
of Marshal BUGEAUD could only be, that the in-
fluence of France in Europe would be weakened by
the occurrence of civil disorders ; this, it must be ad-
mitted, is a somewhat forced construction to place on
such phrases as the following, with which Marshal
BUGEAUD'S orations are replete :
" We must not disguise from ourselves, gentlemen,
that the situation is serious, that it requires all our
fforts, and that we should ad unite to oppose perturba-
tors. France has a magnificent army, and yet she can•
not send it abroad. It is impossible for the Government
to think of passing the Alps, when the army would
leave behind it a serious civil war."
M. CORALIE, consequently, presented the following
order of the day native:—
" The National Assembly, considering the explana-
tions of the President of the Council as a disavowal of
the language attributed to Marshal Bugeaud, passes to
the order of the day."
But the order of the day, pure and simple, having
been also loudly called for, the Assembly adopted this
latter by a majority of 102, the numbers being 397
to 285.

M. 0. BARROT, President of the Council, has
addressed the following letter to the Assemblee
Nationale ;
" You hare said in one of your articles that' it was
I who, on Feb. 24, 1848, gave orders to Marshal Bu-
geaud to withdraw his troops, and renounce the em-
ployment of force. You have been ill informed, as
the statement so made is completely inexact. You
would not have fallen into that error, had you been
acquainted with the details of my participation in the
events of that day."
A proposition of M. PORTAL'S has been distributed
in the Assembly, to the following effect :
" The National Assembly, desirous of preserving the
memory of the founders of the French Republic, and of
the generous citisens who in February, 1848, aided in
its definitive and solemn establi,hment, and also de-
sirous of honouring those Frenchmen who fought for
liberty and honour in the Republic, decrees that the 24th
and 25th February in each year shall be observed and con-
sidered as national fetes—that a credit of 500,000 francs
to the Minister of the Interior shall be opened for the
celebration of such fetes in Paris and the departments.
That a Committee of 15, from the Assembly, shall con •
fer with the President of the Republic and the Minister
of the Interior, to give to this solemnity in the capital
all fitting splendour."
This proposition was referred to the Committee of the
Interior.
The moderate Republicans have nominated General
CAVAIGNAC President and M. BUCHEZ Vice-Presi
dent of the Republican Committee for managing the
approaching elections. M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
has placed himself at the head of the Bonapartist
Election Committee : he is a candidate for Bordeaux.
This party will receive the support of MM. GAR-
NIER PAGES, BARTHELEMY, ST. HILAIRR, and
PAGNERRE.
The following is the list of the diplomatists who
claim to take part in the conferences at Brussels, on
the Italian question :
Great Britain... Z Mediating
iSir Henry Ellis.
France........... Powers. M. de Lagremie.
Austria ........................... The Count de Colloredo.
Sardinia ........................ S The Marquis Ricci and
Count Tofetti.
Tuscany ..................... . IlCommandatoreMartini.
The claims of the above to assist at the confer-
ences are maiversally admitted.
The following is a list of those diplomatists who
claim a right to be present, but whose right is dis-
puted :
Venice has nominated
The Consulto-Lombardo
Venetian Provinces
Modena ..• •••
Parma ... ••• •••
Lombard emigrants
epublicans • • •
alodere tes ... •• •
The Roman Government •-•
Sicily

•• • ••• M. Pasini.
•• • ... M. Durini.
• • M. Salvi.
•• • „. M. Paltrineri.
•• • •• • M. Meistri.

M. Frapolli.
..• •.. V. Visconti.
... M. Canuti.
M. -.
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