The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-30 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and yesterday.
The Mohiteur publishes the following official an-
nouncement :

" M. DE PERSIGNY, who recently left for London,
is not charged with any mission from the Government.
M. DE PERSIGNY has repaired to London on his own
private business."
Communicated by the Minister for
Foreign Affairs.
The Procureur-General of the Republic has in-
stituted proceedings against M. COURTOIS, the writer
of an article in the ,Corsaire, and against M. LAU-
RENT, the gran of that journal, for the publication
of an article, entitled " L'Ere des Cesars," which is
alleged to contain a libel against the person of the
PRESIDENT of the Republic. The Corsaire is a Le-
gitimatitl journal, and the incriminated article
bears the same title as the recently published work
of M. RoisitEu, in which the ex-editor of the defunct
Napoleon represents the rule of a Dictator elected by
I'retorian guards as the best of all possible govern-
ments.

M. FRANCOIS NETTEMENT publishes an article in
the Opinion Publique, the organ of Legitimacy, de-
tailing the circumstences of the agreement entered
into between LOUIS NAPOLEON and the Legitimatist
leaders, in 1848, to secure first his election to the
Presidency, and secondly the support of the Legitima-
tist party for his government. The writer tells the
public that the first Ministry of Lours NAPOLEON re-
sulted from negocietiuns with the Legitimatist party,
and he calls to mind a meeting which was held
of the leaders of the Legitimatist party,
where the Duc Da NOAILLES addressed the President
by his title of Prince, while the latter never failed
to say Monsieur le Due. At this meeting it was
settled that M. DE FALLoux should take office, sup-
ported by the Right, to whom were ceded the Pub-
lic Instruction Bill and the expedition to Rome.
It will be remembered that in December, 1848, the
Roman Republic had not been proclaimed, conse•
quently either M. NETTEMENT'S account is an impu-
dent fabrication, or the assertion of M. Da FALLOLIX,
in the tribune, as to the object of the expedition, the
reasons for ;undertaking it, and the time at which
they had become convinced of its necessity, were
utterly untrue. We leave these " honest and moderate"
gentlemen of the party of "religion and order" to
determine among themselves where the falsehood
rests, but that falsehood there is somewhere is abun •
dantly evident, the statement of M. DE NETT EMENT,
who has hitherto borne a high character, being in di-
rect contradiction with those of M. DE Fau.oux, the
head of the parti-pretre, the apologist of the massacre
of St. BARTHOLOMEW, and the panygerist of the
Holy
The review on Thursday at Versailles went off
without any disturbance. The PRESIDENT has an-
nounced his intention of reviewing, on the 2d of Oc-
tober, all the infantry of the garrison of Paris, and
on the 10th all the cavalry.
The National gives the following piquant account
of the provision made by the PRESIDENT for the
refreshment of the troops after the review of
Thursday :
" Between the acts we had precisely the same inter-
lude as on Sun:Jay. Twelve loaves, tweive sausages,
, twelve bottles of ehampegue, and a large bundle of
cigars were distributed among every twenty-five men ;
and at the risk of b ing accused of giving a puff, we will
iof,rm our readers that the corks of the champaigno had
the seal of the house of Augusto Bontiril. Are the
houses of Moet and Jacquesson in disgrace ? In after-
wards filing past the President, the ardour of the
troops was very great, and on their return to Versailles
the observers •had an opportunity of settling the ques-
tion whether the authorities wen) not wrong in forget-
ing, when organizng the regimeatal schools, to conse-
crate a chatter to the influence of sausages, of cigars,
and of champagne on the appearance of troops, w hen on
their march. 13 sides this, we may state that this sort
of exercise is not altogether displeasing to the troops.
The only ono that has to complain is the cashier at the
Elyies; bat M. Fould is so complaisant, that he will find
the means of slipping this little supplementary demand
among the expenses of the campaign. And why should
the Assembly refuge it ? Does it not fall within the sys-
tem of the Presidential policy that Louis Napoleon
should be less a warrior than—a restaurateur

The Legitimatists are evidently more alarmed at
thew proceedings than they choose to confess. The
Union, like a schoolboy, who whistles in the dark to
show he is not afraid, betrays its misgivings by its
affectation of courage. It thus terminates a long
article on the reviwa,

‘• Some regiavnts, at the termination of a military
Fite, fill the air with cries which appear to be the nre-
runners of an event lonz since prepred. We believe
hat the p nons who think so d,eeive, themselves, and
ei.lumato the army. We are sulli2ivutiy confident that
such is the case, to venture to foretel that, on the day
,shen the Assembly shall have proofs that a conspiracy
is formed ngainat her, she has only to issue a decree,
and these same soldier:, who filled the air with enthu-
siastic cries, would conduct the conspirators to Val-
:ernes. We are persuaded that people are too coon
alarmed. The President has, to the pr,sent mornout,
contradicted by his conduct the intentions attributed to
him. He has sworn to the Constitution ; he hopes th:,t
it will bo modified; but if it should not be so, we still
eliego that ha would keep his oath. If he were to act
itherwise, he would cause France and himself to incur

the greatest dangers. After having deyotel his namo
(0 the re-establishweat of urd r, and after having pre-
served society by his good conduct, it would be sad were
ite to tarnish his fame by an extravagance."
The Court of Assizes on Friday commenced the

trial of 31 persons on the charge of having formed a
secret association for the destruction of the Republic
and the restoration of the Monarchy of the elder
BOURBONS. The chief of the society was a person
named ADJUTOR DUBISON, who is in flight ; three of
the accused were absent ; and, of the 27 others who
appeared, 18 had been admitted to bail. The indict-
ment stated that the authorities, having obtained in-
formation of the existence of the society, caused
papers to be seized at the residence of persons impli-
cated at Rouen, Amiens, Paris, Havre, and Caen. In
all those places separate societies existed, but it ap-
peared they were all branches of one great association,
under one common direction ; that they communi-
cated with each other by means of letters or travellers,
and corresponded with a chief residing abroad. In
each town in which a society was established there
were chiefs charged to incorporate as many
members as possible, to draw up lists of all
the members, and to send those lists to the
common chief. According to the zeal displayed by
the persons thus enrolling, different grades corre-
spending to those in the army were conferred, on them,
and many of them were paid in proportion. To
secure members money was frequently given. Most
of the members were workmen in need of pecuniary
assistance. The funds for this purpose were sent
front abroad, chiefly from Brussels. In addition to
the money actually paid more was promised
,regu-
larly in case of war • recompenses of money and
places were also offered in the name of the patron
(the Duke DE BORDEAUX) to those who might dis-
tinguish themselves in any demonstration which
might become necessary, and pensions were promised
to the families of those who might fall. Though the
papers seiz?d left no doubt that the design cf the eou•
spirators was the elevation to the throne of the Due
DE BORDEAUX, it did not appear that they bad come
to an agreement as to the period or mode of action;
so that the offence of the accused did not amount to
what the law describes as a plot, but simply to that
of having formed a secret politicA society. Ne eerthe-
less, it appeared that the societies were all constructed
on a military basis, an I all the members were bound to
obey their chiefy, who in the ir turn were under the direct
orders of the supreme chief. Tee list represented the
number of adherents to the societies in the different
'owns to be very considerable, but a great many of
the names were, it appeared, inserted merely to make
a show. Accordingly, only those persons who were
proved by the correspondence to have taken a direct
part in the proceedings were subjected to prosecution.
The indictment afterwards went on to show the part
taken in the societies by the principal accused. Du-
BISSON was proved to he the chief of all ; it was he
who corresponded with the chiefs—at Caen, Rouen,
Amiens, Paris, and Havre—who praised their ac-
tivity, or blamed their supiness, remitted the funds,
and promised the recompenses. The replies of the
accused to the interrogatories threw little light on
the affair; some of them pretended that the society
was merely for the defence of order ; others that they
lid not know what its object was ; others explained
th,2 meaning of the terms used in the correspondence ;
others stated the sums of money they had received or
distributed; and one or two declared that they had
only joined the association because they were paid.
The proceedings terminated on Saturday in the
conviction of MM. JOUBIN and RIVERAIN, without
extenuating circumstances, and of MM. VICTOR
MARIE, PROSPERE DE BREMAND, BERTHOUD, and
faoedf civil rights
with extenuating circumstances.
-they were all condemned to six months' imprison-
ment, and on the two former there was inflicted, in
iaghfltns feoorf francsthloeotermof each,oney
year
a deprivation
The Presse says :
"It may, perhaps, be remembered that cries of Vive
fa Republique r uttered on May 2, at the review in ho-
nour of that anitivi-..rsary, led to the dissolution of the
artillery of the National Guar I of Bayoune, and next
to the rnignation, in consequence. of a certain number
f members of the Municipal Council of the town.
"flelse latter have just been replaced, and a majority of
1 (125 votes to 625 has given the advantage to the whole
denocra..ic list. At the head of it are the captain of the
company the councillors who had resigned,
and the superior officers of the National Guard who had
followed their example."
The Nepaulese Ambassador leaves Paris on Tues-
day for Marseilles where he will embark for
Alexandria.
Letters from Cherbourg state that four of the
line-of-battle ships reviewed at Cherbourg by the
and the Inflexible,
together
IDiE, the
NTo f the
Jemappes,Repblic, namely, the Vainly, the
PlLEreue