The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

Males
Females

... ... 1,166
• There etre 45 cases of death by Cholera included in
ibis number.

Total

FRAN CE.

The Democratic:and Socialist Banquet, called the
Banquet of Passy,"at 2f. a head, was held on Sunday,
in the ball-room of M. Dourlans, the, restaurateur,
between the Barrieres de l'Etoile and du Route ; M.
d'Alton Shee took the chair. As it was reported
that more than six thousand guests would as-
semble, some fears were entertained that it might
produce some disorders. Those fears, however, were
dissipated, when it was found that not more than
12,000 attended. Each guest on entering was pre-
sented with a lithographed paper to the following
effect :—" In all numerous assemblages there are to
be found men interested in promoting disorder. Let
the patriots be upon their guard, and let such dis-
turbers as may be found to have got in amongst us be
expelled. Citizens, be calm and united ; union
is our strength. Truth is on our side, and
the future is our own." Invitations were
sent to all the representatives of the party
of the Montagne, but eight only came—viz.,
MM. T. Bac, Buvignier, Greppo, Martin Bernard,
Laurent (de l'Ardeche), Proudhon, Pierre Leroux,
and Fargin-Fayolle. M. James de Montry wrote
that he was ill, but that his heart would be with the
banquet. The chair and desk of the President
and the tribune for the speakers were between
four columns, on which were inscribed the names
of Barges, Respell, Louis Blanc, Courtais, Caussidiere,
and Albert. At eleven o'clock the party sat down,
and at a little before twelve M. d'Alton Shee in-
troduced the toasts with a speech, in which he made an
allusion to the letter of M. Corbon, in which he
rectiti.s the toast given by him at the banquet of
the printers. The first toast was "A l'union
democratique et sociale." This was followed by
"Au retour des exiles," "A la fusion des
nocratcs," "Aux doloccrates etrangers," "A nos
freres des campsgnes,' "Aux ouvriers de Lyon et a
leurs Representans," " A la Republique difinocra-
tique et sociale," " A l'ernancipation du peuple par
l'instruction," "A raven, ment prochain du Social-
isme," by M. Proudhon, "A l'organisation," by
MM. Cabet and Pierre Leroux. M. T. Bac was
urged to make a speech by several of his fellow guests,
but declined. Thereupon there was a conference in
the garden between M. Bac and his colleagues, in
which it was represented that their silence would
only confirm the reports which had gone abroad,
that there was a schism between the Mon-
tagne and the, Socialists. The answer to this was,
that it could not be supposed that those who were
Socialists before February 24 were no longer so after
that day, alsti that, if they now abstained, it was
because they could not consult their absent col-
leagues ; but that they would seize the first
opportunity of avowing their accordance with
the Socialists. In the meantime some one un-
authorisedly put down M. liac's name on the presi-
dent's list. Being consequently called upon, M.
_Bac resolved to speak. He declared that he had
wished to come forward in the name of the repre-
sentatives of the Montagne, and express their full
sympathy with the democratic and social Re-
public ; but that circumstances had prevented
his coming to an understanding with them, and he
therefore confined himself to propose the following
toast :—" To our brothers, the workmen of Rouen,
Elbeuf, and Limoges; particularly to those who,
from the depths of their prisons, are united with us
in heart." This toast was received with loud cheers
and repeated cries of "Vive la Montagne." At four
o'clock the banquet broke up, the guests departed,
and the crowd assembled round the door dispersed.
Not the slightest symptoms of disorder were ap-
parent, either inside or outside the house.
A Al Aeon journal gives the following account of the
arrival there of M. de Lamartine :—M. de Lamar-
tine was not expected to reach !icon until Wednes-
day ; but the illustrious orator being informed that
an ovation was prepared for him, hastened his arrival
by twenty•four hours, and then only passed through
the town to his seat at Montceau. As soon
as the news was known, the rappel was
beaten in all the streets, and, by three o'clock,
the National Guard in uniform, headed by their
colonel and lieutenant-colonel, went to Montceau,
which is about two leagues from Micon. On their
arrival they were joined by great numbers of the
citizens and persons of the neighbourhood that drew
up in order in front of the house. M. de Lamartine
came out to receive them, and M. Charteron, the
Mayor of Macon, delivered an address express-
ing the admiration and gratitude of his fellow-coan-
trymen. M. de Lamartine, placing himself at the
top of the steps leading up to the door, delivered one
of those eloquent speeches which are always dictated
by his heart when warmly excited. Cries of " Vive
Lamartine I Vive la Republique 1" followed this ad-
dress, showing the participation of all present in the
sentiments of the statesman, and an equal devoted-
ness to democracy. In the course of his
speech M. de Lamartine, alluding to the approaching
election of the President of the Republic, said—" The
election of a President by the people is necessary in
order that everything may be strong, popular, and
true in government, and that the Executive Power,
to be the better obeyed by you, should be yourselves
represented in your supreme magistrate. Tour fate
is henceforward in your own hands. It. will
endure, it will become regular, it will consolidate itself,
if you constantly mantain the generous ideas which led
you to proclaim the Republic. There are without doubt
painful difficulties to overcome. Such tempests as revo-
lutions are not to be calmed down completely in a few
days. There are waves to lash the banks after the
storm has ceased to blow. Above all, there is the evil
of anxiety which can only be removed by time. This
anxiety, this absence of confidence, bear hard upon
labour, upon wages, upon preperty, and upon all the
transactions of trade and commerce, and cause suffer-
ing to all by creating alarm to property. It is for
you to restore confidence by your calm, by reason, by
the suppression of all dangerous agitation in affairs,
by the security which you will inspire in all parties,
all opinions, all classes of the citizens of the Republic.
If the Republic be not unanimous, it will even have
to incur danger, for it will always have enemies.
You can only render it unanimous by rendering it
acceptable, honourable, and safe to all opinions, all
national parties, all classes of citizens. Such is the
true republic of the people. Those who divide the
Republic ruin it by desiring the monopoly for one
party. Our Republic is France in a state of freedom.
It must not be for office and power for ourselves and
our friends." On his way through Micon to bis
country seat, M. de Lama shine gave 3,000 f. to the
Mayor for the use of the pot.