New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-03
THINGS IN FRANCE.
Louis Bonaparte-The Ministerial Crisis
Political PIot-itnIy, Germany, &c.

tocrstc,l power Of the Bourbons speaks thus Of the
character Of bis countrymen The EnshshmAn." says
be- "navisstes the Arabian piIlsges the Greek strus
giles for his liberty Qs2l the Frenchmsn alone wishes
serve and rather des than not serve-you are not
the sisrisA but the serrils Of all nations
These words have been recalled 70 my mind by seeing
In our papers every ,fng action Of the President re-
lated Can you imagine anything more stupid than
telling every morning greet nation The President
has taken ride 70 day he honored with hs presence
such and such shop be went 10 pay Wilt to ais old
nurse and kissed her in parting and other stupieiues
Of the kind. For heavens sake. II you French Repuo
cans want 70 initiate the ioes Of monsrchics nsous
choose At east the example of the Germans who allow
their Princes TO walk sleep, and TO drink with
out taking notice Of 10
But since We are on this subject let me also give,
once for Gil particulars Of the style Of living Of
our Republican Moaoroh Louis Bonspsrie rises daily
at trsnsscts business with bis ministers til half past
from 10 10 II ne gives sudience 20 those persons
who ON previous application have obtained permis
sion at be takes bis luncheon. generally In company
with some or 10 intimate guests For the afternoon,
when there .s no council Of ministry where he pre-
sides be takes walk wits the shops Of rchsnts
and even OF artisans, any public establishment
whsreto he IL generally accompanied By one Of he
aid decsmps Al he takes his dinner which IL quite
simple when be entertsins company. The latter
takes place regularly on Tuesdays and Thursday'-
Tuesday being exclusively reserved for the Foreign
Diplomatic Agents who choose TO call well as for the
higher French Officers who have been invited
On other days he visits the hesters Of which he 10
very fond and where he goes generally quite ncognito
20 search as they say q sventures gslsn'es Nay
even there dscusson about this in the council Of
ministers Odon Bsrrot opposing these nocturnal visits
as not becoming the Chief Magistrate
TIL recently lsdy who had formerly st'enaeo
Queen Hortense HE mother IS damt ahoHneT PRESIDED
over these reception, but since yesterday ihis part
dled ~ By his cousin stephsne widow Of the Grand
Duke Of Baden and daughter of Josephine ~ho Is
very accomplished snd smisble old lacy
lie Nsnoe,n his uncle he ha. distributed the work
Of the principal grand branches Of administration
among persoos chosen from bis personal friends thus
NJ. Persgny who shared voluntarily bis captivity at
the Castle Of Ham has the Foreign Afsrs; Laiiy an
engineer officer who had been CONDEMNED by the Court
If Peers in conse insurrecton ststrasourg
suner;n;ends the War Affairs Edgar Ney, youngest
.on Of Eapoleons famous Marshal, has the suPerin'
tendance Of the Palace and presents the visiters-
ADAMS, all these persons there Is Of course moth to
.sv but among them is certain Mr Bonneier, whose
sn,on,-,ent In the household Of the President has pro
duced very bad eject among the public. This man
- a notorious svinder First, adept Of saint simon,
he became sous project in the time OF Louis PmhPpe
,as dismssed for some shabby and turned actor
in different iheaters in Paris and the Provinces After
the Revolution of February he played the part OF an
eccentric democrat In the Clubs Of Paris, and was
susbod at in that famed club OF the ladies' where the
emancipation OF women from masculine tyranny was
discussed at franc apiece At the election OF the
President this man one OF Bonapar.es principal
agents and now has good salary for his activity
But let us pass to more serious matters. The minis
teria crisis produced by Malevilles resignation stu
continues Louis Bonaparte and his friends begin to
understand that relying merely on the Old monarchca
party and repulsng The sincere Republicans who sup
ported Cavagnacs Government s as the proverb says
sitting down between two chairs for the plan OF the re-
ac,ionary party evident the leaders of that party
Mole There and Bugesud keep back, and push forth
secondary men Of the former dynsc opposition thus
they obtsin double advantage; they render Odion
Barro. and bis supporters. who have not yet been able
70 execute important governmental measure. still
more unpopular. let inem night out the battle with
the hostile majority Of the Assembly when then the
new legislative body-which probably will be called IN
by the month Of May and which undoubtedly will give
a gres, resctionsry naj 'rty-assembes, the above
chiefs relying upon that majority will put Themselves
forward take the power in their hands check com
pe,ely the authority of the President and annhilaie
at the first easily provoked opportunity
Loui. Bonsparie began understand this plan ST din
ner which he gave few days ago and where thesbove
three statesmen and General Changsrnier were pres
emit He frankly declared that they would not desire
10 mount the rsmparis now (s vous ne voulez pas
monter sur Ia breche) he would Immediately be obliged
TO take his center Of action In the majority Of the AZ
semhly Indeed the day after he invited the President
Vice President and Secretaries of tho National Assembly
10 grand dinner party, where am informed oy one
of these last gentlemen Msrrast brought out toast u
the mutual good understanding of the President the
National Assembly Undoubtedly tomorrow's session.
concerning the proposition OF certain Mr. Raeau Tor
the dissolution of the National Assembly, will bring
things TO crisis and my next will inform you oil the
solution of this very momentOus question.
In Italy the state of public affairs has not changed
since my last the Popes sti at GAsts, while at Rome
the Democratic party daring openly to declare the
Republic calls together Deputies OF all the states to form
Constituent Assembly for the Confederation Of Italy
The Catholic powers on their aide plot an interven
lion in the Pope. States restore him 70 bis temporal
powers
In Iombardy Rsdetzsky behaves as the Russians did
in Poland the Italian papers make, indeed much noise
about the irritation OF the population but Whist can
| you expect Of population OF whom Msssmo d Azes
10 one Of their bcs, political writers gives the follow
ing description "e9 out Of 100 tslisns very short
time sgo had no other idea sbou, politics than The io
| lowing on one side they place the Csroonsri- who
serve the devi-on the other side the Pope and the
Princes who send the Csrbonad 10 the devils domin-
lone In the midst Of both there is austria which puts
all things right as a sort of Dsus eS mschins Il you
tell peasant that the Austrans are = driven out Of
Italy he will answer you BsEissi9. che H1stsre N
al oro +" (very well but who will you put In their
| place
The Piedmontese are preparing Tor new war where
they will be beaten sgsin In Naples snd Sicily the
mediation Of land snd France hss been failure snc
since Enesnd has received the declaration OF the En-
peror of Russia that re- would consider every impe'
diuent which France and England would put against
| an expedition OF the King OF Naples 10 sicily as q
bsi she prudenty rerrr from that business and
France 3ether wiling able TO act alone, sicily vii
be occupied ~ least for a time by the Nsspolifsn
army. In Spsn and Portugal the Chambers are as
senbled snl stu occupied in discussing the answer %
their eseens speeches Cabrers. the Csrlist Chief
who said to hsve gained notorious victory ram
oes suI shout the mountains with his army Of ban
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