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

E FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Ministerial programme is in general favourably
received, but the explanations of M. ODILOV BARROT,
in answer to the interpellations of M. Lmnun RoLux,
on the subject of the appointment of General CHAN-
GARNIER, are not considered as altogether satisfactory.
The Reforms, the organ of M. LRDRU ROLLIN, de-
uotin.ce,s the appointment. of Marshal BUGRAUD and of
General CHAINGARNIER as full of peril for the Assembly
and the Republic. After expressing its alarm at the
appointments, it says—.
" Of such persons as should denounce our alarms as
foolish aad premature, we wish to ask if they compre-
hend the veritable object of sencliAg Marshal Bugeaud
to the army of the Alps? Can they believe, for instance,
that the intention is to give this conqueror an epper-
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
would certainly be a ridiculous naivete, 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 Gavaignac had put his
divisions in movement, not in order to crosss 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 At.sembly, the Constitution,
and the people are placed between two camps of bayo-
nets 1 Matters being so disposed, it will be sufficient on
any pretence for certain tatbitions 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 1,011
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 Av-
.sembly to break a little, by the division of the command,
that circle of bayonets which presses too closely our
youthful institutions." _

The folbwing order of the day has been publishe,
It is dated the 25th :

" The President of the Republic has charged the
General-in-Chiet 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
unit r which presided over all their movements. The
General-in-Chief is happy to have to transmit to:them
this testimonial.

" CHANGARNIIp2."

(Signed)
The Pattie 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
=tasty 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 Valn•
duo.— The total number of guests was 800, including
men and children, and, indeed, the great majority v.:as
composed of men. It was announced that the Represtn,
tatives of •the party of the Montagne would be prespee
but we -believe only M. Pierre Leroux and M. 'Felix
P) at •attended.- The tickets of admission - for' kroWn
person , were If. 50c. each, those for children 50c.
only, and after dinner • the
,public were adthitted
into the- galleries at 25c. each: The first 'spe eh
delivered, was by a woman, and was, we understard,
called the. ;`.Sermon on the Mount,' in Which
socialism' was enjoined in the name of Christ. 'I his
was followed by toasts of 'A la fraternity universille;
by Mme. Simen;'A l'Aviiiement du Riga° do Dieu- sur
la. Terre,' by Mme. Desroches.; and 'A la Liberte,'
by Mine. Candelot. M. Pierre Leroux addressed the
company in a, short speech, which he concluded with
saying—' Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, •has not creatc d
castes. We Socialists, therefore, take off the veil in'
which the priests have wished to envelop for ever the
altars of truth.; Granet delivered a rhapsody' on
the subject of Christmas, into which she contrived to in-
trcduce the names of Saint Simon and Fourier.! 11.•
,hot re delivered an apology for Saint Just, and finished
with proposing his name as a toast in conjnnction With
those of Coutbon and Robespierre. This was followed
by others of, Aux Femmes !' by Mine. Moneot;
Mst:es et a nos Enfans !' by Mine. karie; 'Au Christ
vivant d la France !' by M. Bernard, who attempted te,
establish an assimilation between Jesus Christ and the
people of France. This was succeeded. by a toa-t,
'A Marie, premiere propagatrice du Socialisme !'
by a lady; and several others of the same character,
among which were Ala Religion 1' by M. Constant;
AM. Fourier:', by a lady. Fables and other piebeS
puetily- were recited, and patriotic songs were sung. • At
an interval, in the evening, M. Bernard announced that
11. Lagrange had:sent to the committee the speech ho
was to have spoken in the National Assembly, in favour
of the amnesty, :which the committee had caused to, be
printed, and wax to be sold in the room. He earnestly
_desired alith.e.gugs to buy a copy, even those who had
already read it, because it could not be too much read.
But his recommendation was not very extensively f,JI-
- Another banquet. called religious and social,
at whiCh the Abbe Chita presided, Was held at the
Barrier° de Sevres, the tickets being If. 25c. 'each.
It .was announced that all the disciples and adepts
of the Eglise -Frail-Oise would.: attend ' • but whether
this were SO we cannot tell, for, we learn that the
nUmber of.' the guests, male and . female, did not
amonnt to ore than cue hundred. Mme. Durand gate,'
as the ftrat oast—' A l'Amnisthesans exception, c'est4-
direl'A.mnistie absbliie I' aid A* la Religion miturehe
du Christ which, she added, had been se many years
Preached by the respectable President. Mme. Constant
proposeoi toast—"lo the amnesty of '4.ur poor prisoners
at Vincennes_!, of our sisters who ought to be here, but
who are incarcerated in the prison of Saint Lazare 'To
Otii. brothers and sisters of Nantes, who would be happy
to, be Seated here I' I. hope,' she added, that we shall
soon hive temples for our religion; if we have them not
already, it is because the Ronson religion prevents
it; but the', day is MA far off when all these men,
in black Will be trampled under foot. She con-
eluded' with exclaiming, Vivo la Ripublique
moCratileue et, sociale ! vive Raspail I viva Bartels !-
viva Chattel , which
,weri repeated by
'elf the' guests. After. some minutes of silence Mme.
Come, the wife of a jOurneyman baker, a young woman
little more than twenty years of age, ascended the trite
bane and proposed.a;t.oast:—' Au braver-4 lincorrup-
tibleLagraegel To hunt wbom we ()tight all to love!
014(11 thonainesty he Ilia, generously! demanded; end.
Which tie will centinud-to demand with resolute per'se-
. verancel • Ile assured.lthat he will obtain it! It shall he
granted td must! If it be refused to his devoted
-perseverance, he, will .demand at with his musket!'---
(Loud plaudits.) The Abbss Chatel upon this rose, and
observed that in the warmth of an - unprepared speptir
something rosy occasionally 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: buret gave a toast—' A la Repub-
lique ditnecratique et sociale A German Democrat,
in proposing ;a- toast to Robert Blum, observed that
Mme. 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, if their prayers for tho 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. Riboulot,
a minister of the Eglise Frane'aise then proposed as a
toast;'' A la Fraternit4 universellel c'est-I dire et la'
realization prochaine dela pens& qui y preside!' and
the Abbe Chatel gave the following as the concluding
toast--'_A Jesus Christ,: le grand apotre du Socialisme!'
The banquet concluded with the singing of some canti-
cles used in the Eglise Fraagaise, and several patriotic
airs." .

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 Affnitetar 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 Mendez.- 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' Ec,Oiforny—M: MICITEL CHEVALIER.
-La* of Nature and Nations—M. DE PORTETS.
Comparative Legislation—Al. LzmuntizE.
Turkish Language—M. A. DESGRANGES.
Latin Poetry—M, TIPOT.
Another degree appoints M. EUGENB BARBOUF
Member of the Institute, as Administrator of the'
College of France, in place of the late M. LETRONNE.
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. 'Thins DE I.4STRYRIE, LOUVET,
and LECHER, Representatives ; M. BouLaTiontEn,
Councillor of State; MM. MASSAN DE GONIERRT,
MARTIN Tnostas, and ESQUI&OL.
M. CHARMER, late Inspector of the University, is
appointed Keeper of the National Archives, in place
of M. LETRONNE.
M. CIIASSERIEN is appointed Chef du Cabinet ( f
the Minister of Marine.• • •
The Commissary,Geteral of the- Papal artily,
Carroll, has arrived in Paris.
He is charged with a
mission to the French and English GOvernninti.! '
The
,PoUncil=General
of the sink of Frwie has
announced a.dividend'of 45f. per share. for:tl4
e ;econd
half of the year 1848.
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