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      letter in New York , protesting for himself and eightytwo Hungarians against Kossuth making any use of the money he is cbllecting for Hungary , until a council of Hungarian emigrants shall have directed how it is to be disposed of . As the money has been given to Kossuth without any conditions , this protest will amount to nothing . Besides , Szedlaky and his eighty two friends had really nothing whatever to do

      with raising it , neither have they aiiy title to its control . " This is a specimen of the mode of dealing with Kossuth adopted by the anti-Hungarian party in the States and at home . The above extract is quoted from a morning paper . The writer does not specify that several Hungarians whose names were appended to the alleged " protest" had asserted publicly in the New York papers that their names had been obtained under false pretences !

      Mr . O'Connor had been ejected from a store for " chucking a handsome young woman under the chin . ' ' It is said that another marauding expedition against Cuba is projected . The story originated in . the fact that a large and very powerful secret association exists in New Orleans , called the " Order of the Lone Star , " with affiliated societies in other States . The combination already amounts to ten thousand men ; but whether they look towards Cuba > Hayti , or Caravajal and the Rio Grande , is not known .

      THE LABOT 7 B MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES . The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writing on May 11 from Philadelphia , transmits an interesting paragraph about the labour movement : — - " There are symptoms of a movement already developed in the United States , and probably also in England , which promises at no distant period to ripen into a powerful demonstration . I refer to the influence of California gold causing such a change in the currency—at least such is the supposition—that almost all articles of human food , clothing , and habitation ,

      have advanced and are still rapidly advancing in price . In the markets , meat and vegetables , butter , poultry , and fish are from 30 _ to 40 per cent , higher than last year . Even rents are up nearly one-fourth , and real estate has risen greatly in value everywhere . ! Now the movement I refer to is in relation to wages . These have in no one instance advanced at all—much less in proportion to the necessary expenditure of mechanics , labourers , clerks , and their families , except only under the influence of ' strikes / and trade unions in two or

      three of the large cities . It is more than probable that these examples will be followed , ere long , pretty extensively ; and that the question of a general advance of wages will cause much agitation , difficulty , arid embarrassment . Thus a coming plethora of gold will not be without its derangements and inconveniences . In several of the ' strikes this question has been asked , ' Why should we ( mechanics and labourers ) be required to work at the old rates , when provisions , rents , and clothing are all from one-third to one-half higher than they used to be ?'

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      EMPEROR SOULOUQUE CROWNED . Abottt three weeks beforo the Feast of Eagles in the Champ de Mars of Paris by the French , Soulouque , his sable brother of Hayti , held a Bimilar but more successful meeting in the Champ de Mars of Port au Prince , in St . Domingo . We borrow a description of the latter event from the correspondent of a New York paper , who wrote on the 19 th of April : — " For the last six months groat preparations have boon going on horo to crown FauBtin Soulouquo . Aftor sovoral postponements , tho grand event at length took plnco yesterday ( Sunday , tho 18 th ) . For tho last two months the troops wero pouring in from every quarter of tho country . In they came , holtor-skeltor , some with sticks , guns , < i groat numbor of tho latter without locks ; somo with coats , but tho majority without thorn , Tho soldiors that Jiad boon lucky enough to procure shoos wero more fortunate than their officers , but would you beliovo that many of thorn had not thoir lower humanities covered , or , in othor words , wero innocent of breeches ? In fact , no ono but those who roeido here , or have rosided , would bolioyo tho ludicrous iiguro thoy presented as they marched into town ; but certainly it is no fault of tho unfortunate alavos that , thoy oro in such a miaorablo and etarvod condition , as thoir daily pay amounts to about < t Jflaytion dollars , or equivalent to 28 cents . As thcro waH no dwolling here

      Btifliciently largo for tho coronation , there- was a largo tont erected on tho Champ do Mars , capable- ofcontainingfrom 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 poop ] o < At a distance of about 4 ( K > yards there was another oroctcd immediatel y behind tho Govommont Palaco , which served an a robing chamber for tho Imperial family . On tho cast ond ntoad a platform , on which thoro was a . Catholic altar : tho roafc of tho tont wan partitioned off for tho deputies , nobles , ladios of honour ( black ) , consuls , and foroign merchants . As oarly oh two o'clock a . in . tho troona aasomblod and formed into a nquarc , and a double hno was stationed along tho route loading to tho Palaco , tliun protecting thoir o ! , > ony Majesties from violence . Then camo tho Honatorn and doputios , dukos , oarb , and ladios of honour , who woro led to tho placd MBigned for thorn by tho master of tho coromxmioij

      Their Majesties were to make their appearance at six o ' clock a . m ., but , with , true negre punctuality ! they oM not arrive until nine . They were ' announced by the discharge of artillery , music , and loud and long vivasfrom the spectators , and none shouted more lustily than the foreign merchants , while at the same time they inwardly cursed Tiirn and his government for ruining the commerce of the country . Their Majesties were preceded by the "Vicar-General- ( whom the 3 P 6 pe would consecrate -bishop at the request of Soulouque , after all the concessions he promised to make ) and about 20 priests . Her Majesty first made her appearance , attended by her ladies of honour , under a cianopy like that which is seen at Roman Catholic ceremonies on the occasion of the procession of the Holy

      Sacrament . She wore on her head a tiara , and was robed in the most costly apparel . You are aware that previous to her husband being elected President she was a vender of fish , and had the reputation of being a correct woman ( a miracle in this place ) . But Soulouque resolved ( as the Irish express it ) to make her an honest one , by marrying "her on Saturday night last . You could not , in your good city , produce a -woman in any of your markets who could walkwitb , such a stately step , or play the part of Empress better than she did on the occasion . Soulouque then followed , accompanied by all the distinguished nobility , under a similar canopy , wearing a crown that , it is said , cost 30 dollars , having in his hands two sceptres . Their _ Majesties were led to the prie-dieu , -where they first said their prayers , and were then conducted to toe throne . The

      ceremonies then commenced by the vicar pronouncing a solemn benediction on the crown , sword , sword of justice , sceptre , cloak , ring , collar , and imperial cloak of the Emperor , after which were blessed the crown , cloak , and ring of the Empress . Then came the President of the Court of Cassation ( the Supreme Court of Hayti ) , accompanied by the deputies , and presented to Soulouque the constitution of Hayti , demanding of hint to swear not to violate iit ; and he then placed the crown on his head , and placed the Bible on the pages of the constitution , and then said , I swear to abide by the constitution , and to maintain the integrity and independence of the Empire of Hayti . ' Then the master of the ceremonies cried aloud , * Long live the great , glorious , and august Emperor Faiistin the First . ' So ended the pomp and pageant of crowning our nigger Emperor .

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      THE LATE PARLIAMENTARY DUEL . What is called the "late affair of honour , " a transaction between Colonel Romilly and Mr . Smythe , with words first and pistols afterwards , which took place on Friday morning last , and the official account of which we published in our postscript , has occupied the tongues and pens of the Town this week . The case , as between the two principals , stands exactly where it did on Saturday morning , with this exception , that the combatants have respectively published letters on the " difference . " We present our readers with the facts as far as they are revealed to the public

      Monday's Times presented the public with a statement to the following eflect : —Early on Friday morning , Mr . George Sydney Smythe , M . P ., Colonel Romilly , M . P ., the Honourable Captain Vivian , M * P ., and the Horourable John Fortescue , M . P ., left town by the South Western Railway , taking return tickets to the Weybridge station . To prevent suspicion , the pistol coses wero packed up like sketch-books , and the little band attempted to pass for artists . They took a " fly , " the only one to be had , and Mr . Smythe mounted the box , while Colonel Romilly rode with the seconds inside . Arrived at the boundary of Lord Ellesmere ' s Hatchford estate , tho party alighted , and made for a

      wood on the rising ground . - Here , "in a dell , " Captain Vivian measured twolve paces , and the word was about to bo given , when " a cock pheasant , " who had hitherto " assisted" only as spectator , flew up with " loud cry , " which startled tho duellists , who seemed to expect a surprise . " The alarm having subsided , " says tho account , * ' the combatants resumed their places and exchanged shots , as is known , without effect , when Colonel Romilly having expressed himself satisfied , they left the ground . Tho party returned to tho station in tho manner of thoir arrival , and thonco to London by railway , but not a word was oxchanged by tho principals . "

      Tho next day tho Times contained an authoritative denial of this narrative , but on Wednesday , the writer , undor tho signature of " Tho Cock Pheasant , " defonded hhnsolf as follows : — " Srn , —I perceive , with Homo surpriso , that you aro roquefltcd to contradict ' a statomont with reforonco to Mr . Bmytho and Colonel ltomilljll' furniahod to tho Times by myself , and that your roadors aro informed (' aa roquostod , ' I prosumo ) that ' the wholo paragraph , with < mp exception , w inaccurate . ' "So mild a form of contradiction admits of' explanation ;'

      but will tho partios who woro seconds on tho occasion , and who therefore may bo oxpooted to havo boon cool enough to know what took place—will those gontlomun , I aay , dony tho journoy by Mio s « m « train to Woybridgo , tho ono 'fly for tho two duellists , tho seat on tho box for ono of thorn , tho measuring of pacoa by Captain Vivian , tho alarming ' rise of a cock phoasant" at tho critical moment , and tho abaonco of any communication botweon tho prinoipala P Those constitute tho only important facts of my communication ; and those not being ' inaccurate , ' what bocomos of tho ' contradiction I ' " I regret that a eonso of duty compels mo to expose

      myself to the danger , under such fire-eating efrcumstancA of resisting any application of the term contradiction ^ my paragraph ; but I must repeat that the facts reall were sucn as there stated . , "I am , your obedient servant , "The Cock Phjjasaiw Weybridge-covers , May 25 . ( 1 1 ^ OAHT "I inclose you my card , which ,, for obvious reasons . T must request you to reserve until after the 1 st of < v tober . " ' ' ° vc " Following this , another letter headed " Effects of the late 3 > uel , " appeared in the same column . We fear it is too absurd to be true « but here it is : —

      ( To the Editor of theTimes . ) Sib , —I assure you I am neither a colonel , nor a can tain , nor an M . P ., nor have the prefix of Hon . to nvv humble name ; neither do I wear a moustache , but only a very small imperial , which enables me to charge 6 * . extra for my lessons ; but , sir , it is on behalf of my brother sketehers that I now take the liberty to write to you . In company with three or four water-colour artists I am in the habit of going-to Windsor or Richmond at this beau , tiful time of year . Wow , it so happens , that yesterday being our beloved Queen ' s birth-day , -we met at the Waterloo-station and ^ went to Richmond , when we took a

      fly to the park , and wandered about , iooking out for a subject in the deep dell near to Lord John Russell ' s , and were sitting down to sketch , but all this time we observed that -we had been followed irom the railway by a policeman . No sooner had / we settled down about . 12 paces fi-om each other than he cam © up to us , and very authoritatively , but very civilly , said , " Gentlemen , I must take you all into custody with intent to commit a breach of the peace . This is the way with you gents— -you come with your fly and your portfolios , but it won't do ^—settling your affairs of honour here . " In vain we assured him he should be " perfectly satisfied . " He 6 ttid he had orders to look after such as us with warlike weapons . Our camp stools he mistook for pistol cases , our tubes of colours for charges

      of powder , and pur port crayons for ramrods , and when he saw even pur packet of sandwiches he said it was no use our attempting to stuff Kim . We had fired riO pistol , neither had any cock-pheasant been scared from his propriety ; but what I want to know , sir , is how to prevent our being taken into custody . If you would be so kind as politely to request your Weybridge friends not to pretend they are sketchers , nor to take flys , nor to go into deils , nor to fire off harmless pistols , nor do other ridiculous things for ludicrous . nurposies , they may possibly live all four of them to have their benign countenances painted by pre-Raphaelite brethren soaring out of a certain deep dell upon the wings of four cock pheasants ; and be " werry much applauded for wot they had done . " I remain , as ever , your true blue

      Cheistophbe CoBiXT . Indigo-warehouse , Ochre-street , May 25 . One mistake certainly was made by the " Cock Pheasant . " Colonel Romilly did not expresn "himself satisfied . " It was his second , Mr . Fortescue , who was satisfied , refusing to allow the fight to continue . Monday brought a letter from " Frederick Romilly , " intended as a reply to the Canterbury speech , and addressed to the electors of Canterbury . He says : —

      " Previous to my election in 1850 , 1 had no communication with Mr . Smythe on the subject of it , nor do I know or believe that my being then elected without a contest was owing to his support . The fact of that eupport I am ready to admit . " On the subject of the now approaching election , I never had any formal interview with Mr . Smythe . It is true that , having mot me on several occasions , ho has orig inated conversations with me on the subject of it , I should have been perfectly justified in refusing to hold any

      communication with him on the subject , but believing that ho ana I had not the same political objects in view , out of courtesy and fairness to him , I etated to him that I should not form any coalition with him . Ho appeared to bo annoyed , and expressed himself warmly on tho occasion ; but he afterwords distinctly admitted to mo that I had acted towards him frankly and openly in tho matter . This is a short ana correct statement of everything material which occurred botwoen him and mo . "

      And ho adds , that ho nover suggested or recommended Sir William Somerville as a candidate for Canterbury . s " George Sydney Smythe" replied by a counter address on the following day . The preliminary paragraphs contain ono or two points of interest . Mr Sraythe had hoped that the difference , after the proceedings of Friday , waa nt an end once and for ever .

      "I had hoped so tho more , " ho says , " because I been led to tolievq that our dispute terminated in the common formality which Colonel Romilly and « ysolf worn through on Friday last , for which I flincoroly fool »»*¦ " apology ia due to you , Gontlomen , in tho present tempt " of British opinion . But at least It was not my * W M n Br itish ground on that Occasion was profaned , and no hi » b but tho insiiporablo scruples of my gallant colloftguo »« private and family reasons of his own against ft » "" abroad , prevented mo from showing that ( leforonco m *» gonoral modo of thinking in this country which I icoi you havo a right to exact . "

      And after charging Colonel Romilly with " ro-oponing the whole question , " first l > y insisting on the publication of the " Minutes of a Difference , " ff ^" 7 ™ strong wish of Captain Vivian ; next , by tho atiaros wo havo quoted ; ho says : — - " Afc any rate ,. I am confident that you will PP ! , ° 7 ift * tho fooling in whioh Imetmy aAvettaxy ' B «« oo » * f , iZ whon , with honourable promptitude , ho eipre / woa

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1852, page 508, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1937/page/8/