The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-28 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Ministerial programme is in general favourably
received, but the explanations of M. ODILOA BARRIO;
in answer to the interpellations of M. LEDRU RoLLIN,
on the subject of the appointment of General CHAN-
GARNIBR, are not considered as altogether satisfactory.
The Reforme, the organ of M. LEDRU Rommr,-de-
flounces the appointment of Marshal BUGEAUD and of
General CIIANGARNIER as full of peril for the Assembly
and the Republic. After expressing its alarm at the
appointments, it says—
" Of such persons as should dencunce our alarms as
foolish aad premature, we wish to ask if they compre-
hend the veritable object of sendiag Marshal Bugeaud
to the army of the Alps? Can they believe, for instance,
that the intention is to give this conqueror an oppor-
tunity of gathering laurels in a foreign country? Can
they imagine that there is any idea of throwing our
regiments into the plains of Lombardy, and of re-open-
ing the great page of our Italian campaigns? That
wuuld certainly be a ridiculous ncavele, and one contra-
dicted by all the acts as well as by all the words of the
Government. Marshal Bugeaud has been sent to the
army of the Alps' because it was remembered, that
in the late struggle General Cavaignac had put his
divisions in movement, not in order to cross Mount
St. Bernard, but to march on Paris. But, by having
Marshal Bugeaud at the head of the army of
the east, and General Changarnier holding Paris at
his mercy, the Republic, the Assembly, the Constitution,
and the people are placed between two camps of bayo-
nets ! Matters being so disposed, it will be sufficient on
any pretence for certain ambitions to crush down all re-
sistance and ascend to the head of all. This plan, it is
said, will not be carried out, for the President is well
disposed towards his dear Republic. We hope it may
be so, for wo do not like civil war; but we have no con-
fidence in the men, and we recommend the National As-
sembly to break a little, by the division of the command,
that circle of bayonets which presses too closely our
youthful institutions."

- The following order of the day has been publishes
It is dated the 2.sth:

" The President of the Republic has charged the
General-in-Chief to express to the National Guards of
the Seine, the Garde Mobile, and all the troops of the
line, whom he passed in review yesterday, the great
satisfaction that he has felt at their readiness in assem-
bling round him, at their fine appearance, and at the
order which presided over all their movements. The
General-in-Chief is happy to hare to transmit to them
this testimonial.

(Signed)
The Patrie has the following :
" A report was current this afternoon that a difference
existed between the President of the Republic and the
Cabinet on the subject of the amnesty. We have reason
to believe that the report is destitute of foundation. The
amnesty may have been proposed to the Council of
Ministers, but it will be maturely studied before being
resolved in any sense."
It is said that the amnesty will be only applicable
to the prisoners who have been sentenced to trans-
portation, and that the prisoners of Vincennes and the
murderers of General BREA. will be expressly excluded
from its benefits.
The Journal des Debate gives the following report
of the proceedings of the Socialist banquet held at the
Salle Valentino :
"A second banquet, entitled' a banquet of Democratic
Socialist women,' was held yesterday at the Salle Valen-
tino. The total number of guests was 800, including
men and children, and, indeed, the great majority was
composed of men. It was announced that the Represen-
tatives of the party of the Montagne would be present,
but we believe only M. Pierre Leroux and M. Felix
Pyat attended. The tickets of admission for grown
persons were lf. 50c. each, those for children 50c.
only, and after dinner the public were admitted
into the galleries at 25c. each. The first speech
delivered vv as by a woman, and was, we understand,
called the 'Sermon on the Mount,' in which
socialism was enjoined in the name of Christ. This
was followed by toasts of A la fraterniti universelle,'
by Mine. Simon; A l'Aaiinement du Ragne de Dieu sur
la Terre,' by Mine. Desroches ; and Ala Liberte,'
by Muse. Candelot. M. Pierre Leroux addressed the
company in a short speech, which he concluded with
saying—' Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, has not created
castes. We Socialists, therefore, take off the veil in
which the priests have wished to envelop for over the
altars of truth.' Mme. Granet delivered a rhapsody on
the subject of Christmas, into which she contrived to in-
troduce the names of Saint Simon and Fourier. M.
He: ve delivered an apology for Saint Just, and finished
with proposing his name as a toast in conjunction with
those of Couthon and Robespierre. This was followed
by others of Aux Femmes !' by Mine. Moneot; 'A nos
Mires et a nos Eiafans !' by Mme. 'aerie; Au Christ
vivant a la France !' by M. Bernard, who attempted to
establish an assimilation between Jesus Christ and the
people of France. This was succeeded by a toast,
A Marie, premiere propagatrice du Socie.lisme !'
by a lady; and several others of the same character,
among which were 'A la Religion by M. Constant;
A 21. Fourier! by a lady. Fables and other pieces of
poetry were recited, and patriotic songs were sung. At
an interval, in the evening, M. Bernard announced that
M. Lagrange had sent to the committee the speech he
was to have spoken in the National Assembly, in favour
of the amnesty, which the committee had caused to be
printed, and was to be sold in the room. He earnestly
desired all the guests to buy a copy, even those who had
already- read it, because it could cot be too much read.
But his rt commendaticm was nut very extensively fol-
lowed. Another banquet. called religious and social,
at which the Able Chil:el presided, was held at the
Barriere de Sevres, the tickets being lf. 25c. each.
It was announced that all the disciples and adepts
of the Eglise Freccaise would attend ; but whether
this were so we cannot tell, for we learn that the
number of the guests, male and female, did nut
amount to more than one hundred. Mme. Durand gave
as the first toast—' A l'Amnistie sans exception, c'est
dire absolue I' and ' A la Religion naturelle
du Christ !' which, she added, had been se many years
preached by the respectable President. Mute. Constant
proposed a toast—' To the amnesty of our poor prisoners
at Vincennes ! of our sisters who ought to be here, but
who arc incarcerated in the prison of Saint Lazare I To
our brothers and sisters of Nantes, who would be happy
to be seated here !' I hope, she added, that we shall
soon have temples for our religion; if we have them not
already, it is because the Roman religion prevents
it; but the day is not far off when all these men
in black will be trampled under foot. She con-
cluded with exclaiming, Viva la Republique a-
mocratique et sociale ! viva Rasped I viva Barbis I
viva l'Abbe Chatel l'—cries which were repeated by
all the guests. After some minutes of silence Mine.
Come, the wife of a journeyman baker, a young woman
little more than twenty years of age, ascended the tri-
bune and proposed a toast:—' Au brave, i !Incorrup-
tible Lagrange! To him, whom we ought all to love!
To the amnesty he has so generously demanded, and
which he will continue to demand with resolute perse-
verance! Be assured that he will obtain it! It shall be
granted to him—it must! If it be refused to his devoted
perseverance, ho will demand it with his musket!'—
(Loud plaudits.) The Abbe Chitel upon this rose, and
observed that in the warmth of an unprepared speech
something may cecasionally escape from the mouth,
which the heart upon reflection afterwards repudiates,
and 'that it was well understood that no one then
present wished to have recourse to any but
legal means to obtain their desires. M. Picauret
recommended the guests to preserve union and
fraternity, and forget the evil that may have been
done to them. M. 1 )uret gave a toast—' A la Repub-
lique ci(enocratique et sociate!' A German Democrat

" CIIANGARNIEB.I

in proposing a tout to Robert Blum, observed that
Alme. Come, in speaking of the musket of Lagrange,
must have been mistaken. Mme. Come explained, say-
ing that she had been misunderstood—that she did not
mean to say that Lagrange would take up his musket,
but they, it their prayers for the release of their bro-
thers were not listened to, would act. She was not a
man, but that did not make any difference, and she pro-
mised that she would not be the last. M. Hiboulot,
a minister of the Eglise Francaise, then proposed as a
toast, 'A la Fraternite universelle! c'est-a dire 3 la
realization prochaine de la pens& qui y preside!' and
the Abbe Chatel gave the following as the concluding
toast—' A J 6 us Christ, le grand apotre du Socialisme!'
The banquet concluded with the singing of some canti-
cles used in the Eglise Franaise, and several patriotic

The Patrie publishes a "communication," stating
that the Ministers have not yet pronounced any
name as that of the future Vice-President, and that
they intend to take advantage of the full delay
granted by the Constitution in sending in a list.
This delay is, to say the least, very suspicious.
The Maniteur remarks as follows on the review of
Sunday : _

" This remarkable review inaugurated with grandeur
the Government of the elect of the nation. The nephew
of the Emperor, in presenting himself for the first time
to the regards of the capital, could not have asked from
Heaven a finer day, or from his fellow•citizens a more
sincere enthusiasm. Every one saw in it the presage of
that order and security which France wishes for."
The Monileur also publishes a decree, signed by the
President of the Republic, re-establishing the five
professorships of the College of France, suppressed on
the 7th of April by the Provisional Government, and
appointing the following professors :
Political Economy—M. MICHEL CHEVALIER.
Law of Nature and Nations—M. DE PORTETS.
Comparative Legislation—Dl. LarturraEn.
Turkish Language—M. A. DESGRAZIOBE.
Latin Poetry—M. 'firm.
Another degree appoints M. EUGENE BARNOUE,
Member of the Institute, as Administrator of the
College of France, in place of the late M. LETRONNR.
A commission has veen appointed by the Govern-
ment to examine the accounts of the different Minis-
ters for the year 1848. The following are the
members : -- MM. JULES DE LASTETRIE, LOUYET,
and LECHER, Representatiles ; M. BOULATIGNIER,
Councillor of State; MM. Mess Ari DE GOMBERT,
MARTIN THOMAS, and ESQ,UIROL.
M. CHAERIER, late Inspector of the University, is
appointed Keeper of the National Archives, in place
of M. LETRONNE.
CHASSERIEN is appointed Chef du Cabinet of
the Minister of Marine.-
The Commissary-General of the Papal army,
CARET', has arrived in Paris. He is charged with a
mission to the French and English Governments.
The Council-General of the Bank of France has
announced a dividend of 4.5 f. per share for the second
half of the year 1848.