The festival at Nancy has been a great success. The
French President has visited the old capital of Lorraine, has received all officials, has reviewed troops, and has been addressed by the clergy, the students, and the Municipality ; yet no indiscreet word has been uttered. His own speech in
the Hotel de Ville was all about the zeal of the Republic for the artisans who "made wealth." The people only showed their feelings by welcoming a deputation from Bohemia which declared all Bohemians to be on the side of France, and by an enthusiastic reception of the Grand Duke Constantine, who happened to be at Contrexesille, and was directed by the Czar to call on M. Carnot at Nancy. His visit is interpreted all over France as an assurance direct from the Czar that the meeting at Kiel means nothing, and has deeply gratified the French amour-propre. The Bishop of Verdun and the Bishop of Nancy took the occasion of the visit to announce that the Roman Catholic Church has accepted the Republic, the latter Bishop speaking like a man under orders, while the former was so "passionately loyal," that French clericals are full of indignation. The Galilean Episcopate is obviously more obedient to the Pope's authority in politics than the Irish one.
