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"been several Cabinet meetings at " Washington on the subject , and Sir Henry Bulwer is said to have warned Mr . Clayton that , by a secret clause in the existing treaty between England and Spain , we are bound to interfere at any time when Cuba is threatened with invasion or in danger . The President has caused explicit instructions to be given to the district attorneys everywhere to commence proceedings against every person who has had anything to do with the expedition , and it is said that three months'imprisonment , and a heavy fine will be the sentence of all who may be convicted . The editor of the Verdad , a Spanish paper published in New-York , has been arrested and held to bail in 5000 dollars , on a charge made against him by the Spanish Consul : and it is believed that arrests will take place in most of the Atlantic cities .
Judge Betts m delivering his charge , in the United States District Court of New York , to the grand jury , on the 27 th ult ., explained the law and the Act of Congress of 1818 , in regard to the fitting out of armed expeditions against the nations with which the United States are at peace , according to which , as indeed according to common sense and common justice , all such expeditions were declared piratical . Nothing has yet been heard of the other divisions
of the invading force , of which so many exaggerated statements were given . It was rumoured that one of them consisting of 1000 men had landed near Cape Antonio , and that a large naval and military force was despatched against them from Havana . If this be the case the whole of them will , no doubt , be taken prisoners , and dealt with as such buccaneers deserve . We are glad to see that the New York papers are all but unanimous in their condemnation of this
outrageous revolution of the law of nations . The Courier and Enquirer calls upon Government to punish all who have been concerned in this violation of American law . The New York Tribune , one of the ablest , most widely circulated , and influential newspapers in America , speaks out boldly on the subject : — " If the expedition intended to revolutionize Cuba has collapsed and run away , a salutary influence on public sentiment will thereby be exerted . The impunity and seeming triumph which attended the robbery of Texas from Mexico has generated a depraved public opinion among our people , which puts conscience entirely aside in matters of national concern . A band of western
adventurers wrested Texas from Mexico . We first recognized them as a nation , then admitted them into our confederacy , then adopted their preposterous claim to be extended to the Iiio Grande , and invaded territory still remaining in the undisputed and peaceable possession of Mexico ; made war on Mexico , beat her badly for resisting this new aggression , and took a large slice more of her territory for the expense of so flogging her , compelling her to cede it , and accept a pecuniary consideration therefor . All this having been done at first with the connivance , and afterwards by the open exertions of our people and Government , who believes that we can stop here ? Though the ' bloody instructions ' should ' return to plague the inventor / they are none the less instruc
tions for that . The tiger has tasted blood , and no longer crouches at the word of his keeper . The ill-employed , precariously-subsisting population of our cities are eager for new annexations and new conquests . Their adventurous spirits revolt at the idea of digging and delving for a few shillings per day , when tropical islands and luxurious provinces are to be had for the winning . They long for plunder and renown , and are particularly prone to embark in the liberation of all ( white ) mankind from every yoke but their own . We trust Cuba may yet be free , internationally as well as externally ; but wp do not hope for , nor desire , her emancipation by marauding expeditions , launched against her from our own shores , while she is tranquil at home and at peace with all the world . "
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CALIFORNIA . The last arrivals from America bring intelligence from San Francisco to the 21 st of April , at which date the prospects of the new colony were highly favourable . The rainy season had terminated , and the movement towards the mines had been general . Increasing experience had rendered the labour less a matter of chance . Quicksilver was getting into common use , and the reports from the various districts were more uniformly encouraging . The daily arrival of immigrants continued large , and the fact that no idea seems ever to be entertained that these arrivals
will interfere with the profits of previous comers , shows the universal conviction of the riches of the country being comparatively inexhaustible . At Sonora and near Stockton immensely rich placers have been discovered , some of the holes yicding ten pounds weight «< f gold dust . At Mormon Gulch , two men , named livers and Brewer , had dug out twenty-eight ox . in a single morning , besides a lump weighing more than a pound of pure gold . The Calit ' ornian journals abound in such accounts , some of which , it is to be feared , are much magnified , if not altogether fabulous .
An exchange and reading-room had been opened at Sun Francisco , and several large failures had occurred ; but for such p vents wo were prepared by the previous news from San Francisco . The import trade on the whole was very satisfactory , but lumber , which was lately so high , had fallen to an almost nominal price , and real estate was not above one-third its recent value , The estimate oi
the State Controller of the expenses of the Government of California for the current year was 483 , 924 dollars . A statement of the number of passengers arrived at San Francisco by sea during the twelve months ending the 15 th of April , had also been prepared , showing a total of 62 , 223 , of whom only 1979 were females . The number of ships that had arrived was 1113 with a tonnage of 361 , 955 , the proportion of American being 695 ships , and 283 , 5 S 9 tonnage . Just before the sailing of the present mail the number of vessels in the port of San Francisco was 360 , and the number employed on the rivers , including steamers , was 57 .
It is remarkable the number of newspapers that have sprung up in California within the last year . Many of them are daily papers—and not a few are edited by Englishmen , and the paper is said to be supplied by a celebrated Edinburgh house .
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GERMANY . From Dresden we learn that , in consequence of the dissolution of the Chambers , the Government , on the 1 st , considered it necessary to redouble the military precautions against any outbreak , although Dresden has been for more than a year in a state of siege . The detachments at all the guardhouses and posts were increased in number , the cannon in the Arsenal were kept ready for service at a moment ' s notice , and the streets were patrolled by strong
parties of cavalry and infantry . There was no visible movement among the people to justify these formidable preparations ; but it appears the determination of all the German Governments not to be again taken by surprise as they were in 1848 and 1849 . In Dresden there is very little danger of any disturbance , for the people have no arms . But in all the capitals of Europe it seems to be the policy of the Government not to conceal the force at their disposal ; they rather parade it , even when no positive peril can be supposed to be impending .
On the afternoon of the 3 rd rumours were generally circulated in the city that the Ministry had determined to publish , as a decree , a law on the press , a law on the right of association , and immediately to summon the Landtag as it existed in 1848 ; that is , the same two Chambers , composed of the identical deputies who then sat , and "were superseded by the Chambers created under the pressure of the revolution , and the election-law that sprang from it . The Government has published a statement of the reasons that have compelled it both to dissolve the late Chambers , to cancel the present election law , and to avoid even a new election under the old one . The Ministerial plea in defence is , that the administration of affairs under all the assemblies chosen
under the new election law has become a total impossibility , and therefore it has advised the King to get rid at once of the Chambers and the election law that created them , and return to that more practicable body of men who represented the nation before the revolution . The document is signed by all the Ministers , and is accompanied by a decree , containing the restrictive regulations with respect to the press and the right of association and public meeting before alluded to . They en net that every meeting must be notified to the authorities twenty-four hours before it is held ; on all occasions police agents are to be present at such meetings , to whom implicit obedience is to be paid .
The chief authority in each district has the power of suspending any journal or periodical that has been twice seized , and after such suspension , the publication of any such journal will incur a fine of 50 to 200 thalers forevery number thatmay appear , or imprisonment from fourteen days to eight woeks . The proprietors of any printing establishment who may violate the above order , may be forbidden by the district authority from carrying on their business for a fixed or unspecified period ; the permission of the police must be obtained for the publication of all placards except those which contain trading announcements , &c . ; the same permission is required to sell or hawk journals ; all these regulations extend to pictures , lithographs , and musical publications .
The law as to the right of association and holding public meetings is the same as that of Prussia ; that on the press is more severe . The old Landtag , as summoned , will meet on the 1 st of July . A proclamation of the 4 th rc-introduces the punishment of rlffith , which was abolished on the 3 rd of January , 1849 . At the meeting of the Deputies of the city of Leipzig on the 6 th instant , M . Henry Urockhause
moved the postponement of all other business in order that the Assembly might consider the position in which the Government hud placed the country . After condemning the objects and proceedings of the Government , he proposed a resolution declaring the abolition of the electoral law of 1848 and the restoration of that of 1831 , as an unconstitutional , oppressive , and dangerous measure , calculated to alarm and corrupt by its open violation of promises and contracts solemnly made . "With the concurrence of the
mover , the proposition was referred to a committee by a great majority . The Staats Anzeiger of the 7 th publishes the new regulations on the press which the Prussian Government has issued on the authority of the 63 d article ol the constitution . They are contained in 14 paragraphs , the substance of which is as follows : the post-office may decline the transmission of particulai journals ; caution money may be demanded for periodicals appearing once a month or oftener , scientific journals excepted ; for journals appearing oftenei
than three times a week the following caution will be required , viz ., in cities and towns of the first class , 5000 thalers , of the second class , 3000 thalers , of the third class , 2000 thalers , and for all others , 1000 thalers . For sheets appearing less frequently the half of the above sums will be demanded . The publishers of existing newspapers are subjected to the new law , which is also applicable to lithographed sheets . The deposited caution will be forfeited on the third condemnation . Journals published out oi Prussia may be prohibited . The determination of the punishment is not to be referred to the jury .
The population of Hesse-Darmstadt are holding meetings in all parts of the principality to protest against the policy of the Government on the German question , and in favour of the Erfurt Union , as a step towards the anxiously desired German unity .
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THE CHURCH MOVEMENT . In the Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday , the Attorney-General moved that a writ be issued to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury , requiring him , to inquire and certify to this court upon the matters whereon the second , third , and fourth issues were joined in a quare impedit against the Bishop of Exeter for refusing to institute the Reverend Mr . Gorham to the living of Brampford Speke , in the county of Devon . His Lordship had pleaded that he had examined Mr . Gorham , and upon such examination the bishop found him to hold unsound doctrines and opinions contrary to the Christian faith , and of the united Church of England and Ireland , as
contained in the Book of Common Prayer and the Thirty-nine Articles , to wit , that spiritual regeneration is not given in and by the sacrament of baptism , and that infants are not thereby regenerated , contrary to the true Christian faith . In reply it had been pleaded that , at the time of the presentation , Mr . Gorham was a fit person to be instituted , unless he held unsound doctrines , as alleged by the bishop , and as to that enquiry was prayed for . The form of the writ now applied for enjoined the archbiship to call before him such persons as he might think proper , and to make known to the justices of this court on a day named , whether he ( Mr . Gorham ) held the doctrines mentioned in the plea .
Mr . Justice Coleridge : Suppose the clerk should make different answers before the archbishop from what he made before the bishop ? The Attorney-General said , lie could not tell how it might be in that case . It might be a question whether the last could be referred back to the first . He then cited several authorities in support of his
. The writ was awarded accordingly . In the Court of Exchequer , on Monday , the Lord Chief Baron said that in the case of Gorham v . the Bishop of Exeter , in which a rule to show cause why a prohibition should not issue had been moved for , the court proposed taking that course which would bring the whole case fully before them , by granting a rule , and hearing the arguments at the sittings after term , and delivering their judgment . From ita great importance the case required consideration ; yet it was also most important that it should be decided with the least possible delay . The Court , therefore , would grant a rule to show cause , returnable next day , cause to ho shown on the 29 th instant , and from day to day , till the case is finally disposed of .
Tiik Gohtiam Cask . —Arrangements have been made for holding a great public meeting of the clergy and luity of the Church of England on the 27 th inst ., for the adoption of certain resolutions with reference to the late decision of the Judicial Committee in the case of " Gorham v . the Bishop of Exeter , " and the consequences arising therefrom . The meeting is looked forward to with much interest by what is generally tcrmod the High Church Party , the principal men connected with which will be present to take part in the proceedings . The promoters are anxious to secure the countenance and support of » ll who feel that a tacit acquiescence by the Church of England in the recent decision of the Privy
Council would be an ' unspeakable" misery . An address to the Throne will be submitted , to the meeting , setting forth the Church ' s rights as to spiritual freedom , reminding her Majesty of the . declaration prefixed to the Articles of lU-ligion , and praying therefore the Royal license that convocation may be summoned for the express purpose of vindicating or authoritatively declaring the doctrine of the Church of England on Holy Baptism . There will also be submitted a memorial to the episcopate of the two provinces , including the colonial bishops , its bcifg technically in the province of Canterbury , and an address to the bishops of Scotland expressive of thankfulness and confidence . The day is to open with the celebration of the most solemn ecclesiastical offices in several London churches , and those who purpose
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June 15 , 1850 . ] ® fc * 3 Lta $ ltt > 269
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Leader (1850-1860), June 15, 1850, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1842/page/5/
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