The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-17 00:00:00

D'OR TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.

"Chalons-sur-Saone, Aug. 14, Eleven A.M.
"The President proceeded yesterday to Fixin. ,There
was a large assemblage of the population around the
monument of Napoleon, and the most animated accla-
mations arose during his stay in that place, and on his
passage. A toast was proposed by the Mayor of Dijon,
at the banquet offered to the President, the answer to
which was enthusiastically applauded. The ball given
by the torn of Dijon was attended by more than 2,000
persons.
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" The journey from Dijon to Chalons-sur-Saone was

accomplished comfortably. At Nuits, Beaune, and
Chaquy, the National Guards were waiting for the Pre-
sideut, who was very well received.
"He was also perfectly well received at Chalon.:,
where there was a review on the Place d'Armes, and a
reception at the Hotel de Ville.
" The departure for Macon took place at eleven
o'clock, by the steamer Hirondelle."
" Macon, Wednesday evening, Aug. 14.
" The President of the Republic left Chalons at eleven
o'clock. He stopped for some time at Turnus, and ar-
rived at Macoa at half-past three P.M. The whole of the
population had spontaneously met on his passage. with
the municipality and National Guards at their head. The
vessels on the river dressed out with flags, the salvos of
musketry and artillery, the sympathetic acclamations of
the populations, all contributed to giver to the journey
the appearance of a coutinual Jae. The port of Macon
presented an immense concourse of the population.
From the borders of the Saone to the houses the whole
line of the quays was covered with spectators. The review
was magnificent; the receptions which followed it were
very numerously attended. The municipalities came
en masse from the most distant points, some of them
even from the distance of twenty leagues, and without
the absence of a single member."
"Lyons, Aug. 15, half-past Four, P.M.
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" The reception given to the President of the Re-
public at Lyons surpasses all the hopes of the"
[interrupted by the w•eatber.]

It Would appear that, notwithstanding the state
ments in these dispatches, the reception of the
PRINCE has not been so cordial as the favourers of
Imperialism could desire; the re-actionaries are much
disappointed at finding that the great majority of the
inhabitants of the eastern departments are sincerely
attached to the Republic. The re-actionaries had so
frequently repeated that the great majority of the
nat!on were opposed to the Republic, that at length
they actually themselves believed in their own fabri-
cation. The journey of the PRESIDENT has, however,
enlightened them. At Dijon he was greeted with
cries of " \rive! la Republique, et rien que
la Republique !" a significant cry, but one which even
the ingenuity of M. BAROCHE cannot twist into sedi-
tion ; while at Joigny a National Guard, who had
shouted for the "Damocratique et Societe," was ar-
rested, and every man in the regiment immediately
became silent, the clergy who were near raising a
cry of " Vive l'Empereur." Such is the official ac-
count of the affair given in the Illoniteur de Mrinee,
in commenting en which the National shrewdly adie,

" what had this battalion, which on the arrest of
their comrades became immediately silent, been
shouting? Most assuredly it was not Vive
i'Empereur'or even Vive Napoleon:"