The President of the French Republic continues his tours in
the Departments, and has this week visited Normandy. He makes everywhere short speeches praising the Army or Navy, inculcating union among Republicans, and promising to put down any who assail or threaten the Republic. He is every- where well received, and appears to acquire some personal popularity; but the coldness of the Reactionaries is noticeable. Even the Members for the Departments refuse invitations to meet him if they belong to other than the dominant party, and sometimes " Vive Boulanger !" is thrown at him as a. verbal bomb. It is something for a President to make no mistakes, and the French are pleased to see the Head of the State in the flesh ; but M. Carnot can- not make, or even animate, a party by his speeches. His most serious rival, General Boulanger, is recruiting health at Christiania in Norway, not without an idea, it is said, that he might from thence reach Russia, where, however, there is no disposition to see him. His presence has been affirmed in many places, other men, it would seem, being taken for him. This, at least, has been the case in Spain, where a M. Benouville, believed to be General Boulanger, has been the surprised recipient of many courtesies.
