The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-03

face OF such an immense being thrown into
che market The Pahie denied this report up and
down In a communique e,nanating from the Min
aster OF Finance. the Constitutional Of yesterday
In long money article shows what confidence il
to be placed in contradictions by authority, and
proves to a certainty that M. b. neau knowingly
told fasehood. As the Constitutional is govern
inent sheet, it's testimony on such a subject canno,
be questioned. quote passage:
"lf we correctly informed out of the thirty
hive millions which are to be reimbursed in con -e-
quence OF applications to that effect from holders
or per cent. who do not wish to have them con
~erted to a about twenty nine millions belong 10
tue Russian governments; 50 that the applications
sroin all other countries hardly amount to SIX uni
lions, proving the universal confidence OF foreign
ers III the stability OF the present government and
In the progressive developmc Of our pubic credit
''NOw, ought we 10 lie surprised at Ihis -tep OF
the Russian government Would II be Just 10 re-
gard II as an evidence OF hostility towards us! Not
at all. The investment made some years ago by
the Emperor OF Russia in French stocks was only
intended to be temporary. IL took place at mo
mcnt when immense inportations ol breadstufts,
rendered necessary by deficient harvest, had
brought heavily into debt to Russia. The Gar
found it to his advantage, at this epoch to buy into
our funds and the French government had the i'm
prudence. in our opinion, TO encourage the opera
tion, without considering the embarrassment which
the possession oil such mass OF public stock In the
hanus Of foreign potentate might cause under cir
CumetanCes which il was easy to foresee. The EN-
peror Ut Russia seizes to-day The opportunity OF the
offered reimbursement to hquidate dehnitvely this
affair, which, we repeat, was in its nature tempo
rary, and which would have been terminated
sooner had circumstances permitted it."
What will be the value, hereafter, Of official de-
malls in the ministerial columns of the Pafrie?
1t is estimated that at least 800, 900 persons wit
messed the display Of fireworks on Thursday night;
and that fve-sxths Of the whole number viewed
them from the vast enclosure of the Champ de
Mars. This is an open plain, 2,7O0 feet long by
800 wide, and consequently covers eighty two
of ground. 1t is surrounded on all sides by
moats and walls, and ID entered by five gates.
Sioping entertainments extend nearly the whole
length of the sides. These were formed by the
population Of Paris Of both sexes and all ages and
ranks in 1870, for the Fete de la Federation, when
Louis XVI. made oath. in presence of the whole
city, to maintain the constitution. More than
so 600 persons were constantly engaged upon the
embankments till they were completed All sue
ceeding governments and regimes have here cele-
brated their advent. At one end of the plain is
the Ecoe Militsire, and at the other the Seine
and the quays that border it, On the opposite side
of the river the Heights OF Chai!ot, upon which
the display Of fire took place The President and
his retaiuers at the Military School, very
nearly mile from the scene of action
The arrangements Of the police were usua !
excellent, and | believe that not single accident
occurred The plain was cut up into sections by
rows and posts of soldiers; that there waa no
swaying to and fro of the crowd, no running, no
pushing. Spaces kept free also, so that in
of accident there might be room for prompt
action At quarter to nine precisely the President
ordered the signal to be given from the SCHOOL A
Bengal light blazed from the dome, and a heavy
cannonade instantly replied from the hill that all
was ready With the exception of the final ban.
quot, the display decided failure IL was
over in twenty minutes, and the crowd, who could
not believe that that all, waited for nearly an
hour in expec alton of more. Disappointment was
earnestly expressed all hands. The whole of the
Faubourg St. German closed against car
rages and the foot-passengers had all the streets
to themselves. The Presidents equipagc wa, an
exception; and it whirled through the throng with
an escort of twenty lances and a rear guard
fully hundred strong scattering the pedes-
trans most numerically. Not "A shout was ut
tered, not a hand a hat raised; yet the
Pdtyte takes occasion to reteratc its stereo.
typed expression, that "the Prince President"
welcomed, both upon his arrival and his de-
parture, with numerous marks of sympathy, and
eager cries Of "Vire Nopoleon." There were no
cries whatever; and have not yet heard, on any
occasion since the coup detat, single shout
from a civilian, and have had no small opportu.
mites for both seeing and hearing. Through the
fetes the abs,enton Of both people and army from
any show Of enthusiasm wac universally remarked;
and il is nowhere contested, except in the Patre,
that the demons,ra tons of popular satisfaction
have been OF the very coolest character. The
French character seems to be undergoing change;
their proverbial impressbility, their traditional
sensitveness, appear to be giving way to indiiIer-
ence and carelessness. i hardly think that the
Dutch themselves could be more stolid and imper.
turbable during three days festivty than the Pa
rsians hive been from the review to the fireworks.
cannot that the Presidents position is at all
improved by the fetes of May, though Of course it
has not been shaken. Politically, they tave been
of no significance whatever; they have not restored
the empire, nor have they served as pretcst for
an outbreak Of military or popular enthusiasm.
As a spectacle, the review was not the most bril-
liant that the present generation has seen. Eve.
rybody twenty years old remembers to have wit
messed the sssemblage of two hundred thousand
men upon the plain under Louis Philippe; and no
later ago than Thursday night, many more even
than that collected to zee the fireworks This dis
play, so far from pleasing the people, actually in
censed the larger portion, and epgrams and quoli
bets have been unsparngly sbowered upon the
whole affair. When we look b ick upon the pom.
mind for an imperial restoration at the portcntous
travail OF the mountain in labor, the appear
douby ridiculous. The government sheets have
been rather puzzled to render satisfactory
count of the ceremonies, but, by Of skilful
stretching, intermingled with downright ibs, they
make out clear case Of immense success and
highly. wrought excitement. As Mr. Bonoparte
going home, creating little more sensation
than hat usually attending the progress OF pri
vate citizen, NJ de Persigny scnt off the following
telegrapbio despatch to the Prefccts "The Prince
President ia returning 10 the Elysee; the frenzy
(eraitotion) of the people is at its height"
The ball given to the President by the army Of
Psris, together with the fireworks, cost the cnor-
nous sum OF a million and quarter Of francs
S2sO,0JO. The tent, rather temple, in which
the ball took place, cost SliO.O 900, the supper
SIS 900, the music 4 1000, the lights ) 900, and
every thing ese propor,ionote sums. During the
day of the review the CAFE Vochctte, the Iavoritc
resort Of the Americans, took 500 fraucs--thc
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