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66 THE STAR OF FREEDOM. September 11 , i...
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FRANCE . ( fkom our own corkespospent . ) Pahis . September 7 . Your contemporary , the Morning Advertiser , has been seized by order of the Government . All ' the English in Paris are indignant regarding the treatment of the correspondent of that journal , not so much in respect to the seizure of the journal itself , as the infamous manner in which the letters of the correspondent , Mr . Bower , have been opened in the Post-office . I understand that that gentleman has been called upon by M . X -1 TV— - ~~ .., l : „ 1 ° l „ . „ , ! ! . { .. _ A „ 1-, m - ^ -., n « -. « ,- ?/ -i-i . i-N + n [ -rt fl » n + Latour Dumoulinwho bagged hitn be moderatethat
„ , , < n more , so he might avoid expulsion . Mr . Bower indignantly showed him a letter he had just received , which had not only been opened , in the Post-office , but impudently reseated with ' the Post-office stamp . Dumoulm insisted that it was the right of every Government" to open letters addressed to foreigners , and that in the present instance the French Government had done no more than Sir James ' Graham , who opened the letters addressed to Mazzini , and openly avowed the act in his place in Parliament . It is no very honourable thing for England that Louis Bonaparte can plead the conduct of one of her ministers , as a precedent for the committal of one of the meanest of his many
mean actions . The Moniteur publishes a report from M . Maupas to the President of the Republic , on the extinction of banditism in Corsica . The Constitutionel also has an article upon it , showing the fearful state of society in Corsica , which is in gyqyj way worthy to have been the birthplace , of not only the elder Bonaparte , but of the still more rascally bandit , this man of December 2 . However , it was not the birthplace of the latter .
and the " Emperor" is so far forgotten that a commission has been appointed for the purpose of putting down the Corsican bandits . Here we have another proof of the utter heartlessness of Louis Bonaparte . Doubtless the gentlemen of Corsica , who have been endeavouring to acquire greatness for themselves by a little murder and robbery , calculated upon the forbearance , if not the support of the occupant of the Elysee . They cannot , it seems to me , be otherwise than thoroughly disgusted by this determination of Bonaparte to put down weaker competitors .
M . de Rayvenei , the newly-accredited ambassador to Rome , has not been able to work in harmony with tiie Commander-in Chief , General Gemeau . I understand that the Pope has been zealously working for the recall of the General , and probably with success , since I learn that Gemeau has just arrived here . The unhappy Pope would be very glad to get quit of the French troops altogether if he could . He has no faith in the stability of the present state of things in France , and fears , with reason , that one of these days , French " protection " may turn out to mean protection to the Roman Republic , and not to the tottering Popedom .
Meantime we hasten towards the empire . A pamphlet , by a certain writer , on its re-establishment is daily expected . Petitions , signed by 10 , 997 persons have been sent to the Senate from one hundred and eighteen villages of the Mouse , praying for it . It is decided , as I mentioned in a previous letter , that the proclamation of the empire will be delayed until after . Bonaparte ' s return from the south . It is stated , positively that the Senate will be extraordinarily convoked towards the end of November , when it will take into consideration the " petitions of the people . " On the 2 nd of December the French people will be called to vote on a new plebicite , re-establishing the hereditary empire in the person of LouisBonaparte . The title he has chosen is ; " Emperor of the French , and King of
Algeria . " So be it ! The following is a resume of the opinions or wishes expressed ' by the Conseils generaux as they have been daily recorded in the Moniteur : For the hereditary empire in the person of Louis Napoleon and in his descendants , direct legitimate , or adopted , 1 . Explicit wishes for the re-establishment of the hereditary empire , 8 . For the perpetuity of power in the hands of Louis ' Bonaparte , 31 . For the stability of the institutions which now govern France , 18 . Who have voted expressions of satisfaction , 5 . Who have voted expressions of satisfaction , and promised their support , 21 . The Chantal has not expressed any opinion , and the Seine is not yet elected . The Rue de Rivoli is to be completed before the return of Bonaparte from the south , as he desires to go that way to the Hotel de Ville and to Notre Dame , on the occasion of his
coronation . At the present moment this journey to the south forms the principal subject of public talk . In certain quarters it is a matter of peculiarly powerful interest . It is said that Jerome Bonaparte ' s son Napoleon has taken every precaution to secure to himself the supreme power in the event of anything happening to his cousin , whom by the way , he does not , in' private , recognize as a relation at all . * Old Jerome is quite as anxious as his son to see the President assassinated .
In consequence of the patronage bestowed upon the priestly party since the Coup d ' etat , religious communities are increasing to an extraordinary degree throughout France . Cardinal Antonelli is said to have addressed a letter to M . Drouin de Lhuys , asking for the re-establishment of the orders of mendicants who existed prior to the Revolution .- On learning this request M . Achilde Fould said to de Lhuys : " Alas , man cher colkgue , we have plenty of beggars already . " Yes , in all truth , there are plenty both of beggars and thieves in the neighbourhood of the Elysee .
La Presse has received a second warning in consequence of M . de Girardin ' s reply to the disgusting writings of that vilescribe of the Elysee , Granier de Cassagnae . It is pretty generally believed that all the journals which have still " left a spark of independant life will be unceremoniously suppressed . The effigy of the Republic , on the postage-stamp is about to share the fate of that upon the coin . It is forthwith to give place to the hang-dog features of the " Prince" President .
^ whatever Bonaparte may do with the postage-stamps , incidents like the following are ' always turning up to show that he cannot efface the feeling of revenge from the minds of the peoole . On Thursday , a hairdresser , named Lanoe , was sentenced toax months imprisonment , and 100 fr . fine for having said : "The President ought to be hanged . With pleasure I would myself attach him to the lamp-post with the aviates of his Clique . " The Moniteur contains a decree making the following alteration in the amount of interest payable on Treasury bonds . Bonds at from four to rive months' date will be at the rate of 1 ^ per cent . ; at from five to eleven months' date , 2 per cent . ; and at one year , 3 per cent .
Eiihu Burritt has arrived here , bringing peace addresses from the inhabitants of London , Dublin , Glasgow , and Edinburgh , to the French people . The Ministerial prints make much of this circumstance , which they put in the light of a begging for peace on the part of the British people . I do not believe the British people have any desire so to bemoan themselves ; that
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whatever foil v may be committed by a few sickly philanthropists among them , " they desire justice , much rather than " peace , " A dreadful railway accident occured in the Larmont tunnel of the Angonleme and Bordeaux railway on the first inst . Two trains rushed against each other in the centre of the tunnel . A number of workmen , who were in one of the trains , leaped from the carriages and escaped unhurt , but Mr . Kenneth Mackenzie , an intelligent young man , son of Mr . Mackenzie the contractor , was killed . The accident was caused bv one of the trains having by some mistake got on the wrong line of rails . f
A funeral service to the memory of that young martyr or Republican freedom , Albert Darasz , was yesterday performed at the Eglise de Notre Dame des Yictoires . A great number of those of his countrymen who are still allowed to remain here were present , and betrayed considerable emotion . Many of our French brothers in Democracy also attended . There is published in iiiQ Moniteur of this morning , aletter f rom M . Prilly , Bishop of Chalons , tp the clergy of his diocese , asking their prayers for the " great man , the man of God , " Louis Bonaparte , during his journey to the south . This disgusting effusion is but another proof of the servility of the higher orders of the priesthood to the existing tyranny . '
M . Proudhon ' s Social Revolution proved by December 2 , has , it seems to be made more than ordinarily useful to Louis Bonaparte . 50 , 000 copies , with all the passages unfavourable to the Coup d'etat expunged have been printed and distributed among tlie workmen of the capital . At the same time the Government is endeavouring by threats and bribes to get possession of every copy of Napoleon le Petit in circulation France .
BELGIUM . The Augsburg Gazette states that the Austrian Envoy at Brussels has remitted to the Belgian , government an energetic note on the indignities offered to Haynau a fortnight ago at Brussels .
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HOLLAND . The French government has recalled its minister at the Hague in consequence of the rejection of the literary convention with France .
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GERMANY . Austria .- —A correspondent , dating Vienna , Sept . 1 , says : " To-day the censorship of books commences de-jure throughout the entire Austrian monarchy , not excepting those provinces exempted from the state of siege . The legal establishment of this supervision can add little to the actual inconvenience suffered by the trade and the public , for de facto the censorship oi books has long been in vigour . ' A Vienna paper states that a court of inquest will shortly eommencee its sittings for the purpose of investigating the political conduct , during the four last years , of persons enjoying the title of privy councillor .
1 he Augsburg Gazette states that the Austrian police and customs officers in Silesia have been ordered to keep a sharp eye on the pocket-handkerchiefs of the people . Handkerchief * in large numbers find their way across the frontier , presenting a very orderly and proper appearance to the eye ; but after a first washing a part of their colour disappears , and revolutionary manifestoes and addresses meet the sight . Prussia . —The Berlin review commenced on the morning of the 4 th instant , on the plain of Tempelhof , ! . in . presence of the King .
The accident that happened to the Prince of Prussia on the 27 th was not the only one he had during the military manoeuvres ; on the 25 th the Prince's horse , in crossing some marshy ground , plunged into a quagmire and sank up to the girths , and it was not without difficulty that the attendants could extricate it . The accounts of the eholerain Dantsic are very unfavourable ; the last reports show 60 cases a-day , of which half are fatal , an excessively high proportion . In Silesia it has diminished . Private accounts from Warsaw describe the visitation as having been much more severe than would be supposed from the official reports .
Bavaria . —The Official Gazette of Munich , of the 2 nd , publishes the text of the treaty of extradition concluded between Bavaria and Switzerland on the 28 th of June last , and now definitely ratified by both powers . It is to be in force for ten years . Its provisions are not applicable to political refugees . Baden . —The Regent of Baden has put an end to the state of siege in his territories . Hamburg . —The Wezer Zeitung says : — We have to
announce in all seriousness that Herr Munchmeyer , consul of Hayti at Hamburg , has determined to protect the august person of his sovereign against the derisive allusions of our press , and against all caricatures , printed or otherwise , made public . For this purpose , Hcrr Munchmeyer has already addressed himself to Dr . H . Merck , Syndicus for Foreign Affairs , representing the injurious consequences which such sarcastic reference may entail on the commerce of Hamburg as well as on the natives of that city resident in the territories of his Imperial Majesty . "
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SWITZERLAND . The King of Sweden has been making a tour in Switzerland , and been a spectator of the manoeuvres of the camp at Thun . On the 27 th ult ., M . A . Mieville , the Nestor of Swiss journalism , was borne to his last resting-place . M . Mieville was founder and editor of the Gazette de Lausanne , and for the last halfcentury has occupied a somewhat prominent place on the political stage . Although blind since 1837 , he occupied himself with public business to the last , and died in his 86 th year .
Italy. Rome.—The Clandestine Press Has L...
ITALY . Rome . —The clandestine press has lately been hard at work here , as we may infer from the fact of a pamphlet of six closely printed pages being now in circulation , entitled "English Dijlomacyand Roman ^ Liberty , " chiefly relating to the imprisonment and trial of Mr . Edward Murray , and the martyrdom of an artillery officer named Giuseppe Viola , who distinguished himself during the defence of Rome by his skilful direction of the large gun called cannone-mostro , or monster cannon , in the battery established at Monte Testaccio . With the exception of this publication we have nothing new in the Murray case , save a report that a communication has been forwarded from this
city to Monsignor Anna , papal delegate in Ancona , informm * him that his holiness is disposed to yield to the demands of the British government , and give up Murray , on condition of his quitting the Roman States at once and for ever . With respect to the fate of Murray ' s fellow prisoners , it is expected that a few will have to suffer the extreme penalty of the law . A very extraordinary but not altogether unfounded suspicion is prevalent , that the priestly party had some of the murderers of Ancona in their pay . A Jesuit , who is ^ Yell known , and a curate m the neighbourhood of that city , are pointed
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out as having been the pay-masters , and five assassin designated as havin g been their creatures . The house in vi ^ the payments were made is specified ,. and other details •« probably transpire , he government does not take stenhush up so scandalous a revelation . ™ The French troops are constantly tormented by the Rati ¦ ' placards of the Republicans . The magic initials " L . K " )! been profanely interpreted intp "Liberia Nordicalj ih Nulla" ( Northern liberty-no liberty ) , and the imperiali ea ? compared , to the one placed as a sign ever a well-kn own ' 1 W eating-house . The spirit-of satire sticks . " to the ftomr throughout their misfortunes . lils The Official Gazette of Savoy states that the object of Cardm l Hohenlohe ' s visit to Vienna was to obtain the Emperor ' s m diation with Louis Napoleon for the removal of General Geinea ^ It was reported at Bologna and Ferrara that military con missions had been appointed to conduct with the " vigour ro ~ uired by circumstances" the proceedings against tlie member " p the club Delta Eedelta-e-Mistero , who attempted to creat ! disturbances in ' those towns oh the 13 th August . " u e
Piedmont . — -M . Alexandre Dumas arrived in Turin on tb 30 th nit . He is said to be engaged in a new novel , the scene of which is laid in Savoy . Tuscany . —The Tuscan state trials are proceeding before the Royal Court . The substance of the indictment against Guer razzi is , that , while a minister and deputy , he played an im . portant part in the meeting of the chiefs of clubs and other which
agitators , was held at the Palazzo Vecchio on the night of the 7 th of February , 1849 ( just preceding the clay on "wlUeli the revolution broke out ) . That his nomination was agreed to there , which he accepted without hesitation or reserve , consenting to form a provisional government with Mazzini and Montanelli , which was to replace the legitimate government - and that at the said meeting the acts of violence were concerted which were executed on the following day . That he ( Gnerrazzi ) made certain declarations in the senate which were openly hostile to the Grand Duke ; ordered armed expeditions to drive
the latter from Tuscany , and commanded one in person to oppose the attempt of General Laugier to restore the legitimate government . That he decreed laws for the same purpose , attempted to oppose the ' restoration of the 12 th of April at Florence abolished the Council-general and Senate , and replaced them bv one single assembly . That he changed the electoral law and fundamental principle of election - ' and attempted as far as possible to destroy the independence of Tuscany . Against Romanelli , the indictment sets forth that he was a minister of the provisional government , and in that capacity aided in
suppressing the name and authority of Leopold II . in all public acts ; and in framing the laws of the 22 nd of February and 23 rd of March , which lie afterwards executed , by going in person to Arezzo at the head of a column of troops to suppress a movement which had broken out there ; that ' on this occasion he neglected no act by which he might show his hostility to monarchy and his enthusiasm for the republic . Joseph Lami , in the same indictment , is described as Secretary of the Popular Club at Florence ,- and accused of having , before and after the 8 th of February , carried on criminal correspondence with
emissaries irom other clubs , in order to excite a republican feeling ; been one of the most violent agitators ; taken a prominent part ill the troubles which broke out at Siena against the Grand iXike , and been a member of the military commission named for the province of Arezzo . Capeahi , late sergeant of grenadiers , is accused of having excited the people to name the provisional governmen t . Pantenell i , aged 2 3 , is accused of having acted as secretary to the Popular Club of Siena , . taken a prominent part in the troubles there , co-operated in the overthrow of the Grand Ducal arms , excited the soldiers to break their
oath , and several times declaimed against the Grand Duke . Valtancolkla Montazio , late director of the paper called the Popolano , is accused of having , by means of the press , provoked rebellion , the overthrow of the constitutional monarchy , recommended the sovereignty of the people , and the establishment of the Republic . Petracchi is accused of having commanded the expedition to Elba , in order to expel the Grand Duke from that island , and of having attempted , at Boscolungo , to oppose the restoration which had already been effected .
A panic took place in the Austrian " garrison stationed in Leghorn , on the morning of the 28 th , which might have been productive of very serious consequences . It appears that there is an old custom , but fallen into disuse of late years , for trading vessels going out of the port of Leghorn to fire a salute in honour of the Madonna of Montenero , a statue of the Virgin iu a shrine on an eminence about three miles from the town . The Madonna is the patron saint of Leghorn , and her protection is considered so efficacious that Tuscan bills of health
commence by the formula , " We , by the grace of God and the Madonna of Montenero / ' & c . A Russian vessel cleared out of the port early on Saturday morning , and her captain resolved to revive the old observance by firing three guns in honour of the Madonna , which he did in quick succession . Now it so happens that the signal of alarm for the Austrian garrison is the firing of three guns from the fortress upon which they are to concentrate in positions of safety . When , therefore , the Russian cannons boomed through the stillness of the morning , the Austrians took it for granted that some mischief was at hand . Guardhouses were tmnultuously abandoned , platoons of soldiers from different quarters met on the Piazza d'Armi
before the governor ' s palace , the battalions in barracks got under arms , those in the fortresses prepared for immediate action , reinforcements were sent to the gates , and messengers were sent to call into the city the artillery stationed without . The peaceable inhabitants when about to open their shops were surprised and alarmed at this military hurry-scurry , and tk panic spread throughout the whole city , nor did it cease if some hours , when the real cause of the cannonade was divulged . The garrison of Leghorn now consists o f abou two thousand men , under Colonel Merten , and their precip itation on this occasion has been rather criticised . Fortunately none o the republicans of Leghorn bethought themselves of m «' matters worse by an untimely demonstration .
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Lombardy . —Vienna letters state that the sentences m the affair of the Socie'e de la M ' ort , at Mantua , have been pronounced and submitted to Radetsky . The leaders of the society arc condemned to death . The Opinione of the 3 rd inst ., q «> Jf the following from Milan : — " We have had at Milan a ^ strange scene . Near the Church of St . Mary , an Eng lish * strange scene . Near the Church of St . Mary , an Engli sh ^"'
speaking broken Italian and holding in his hand the Italia" " coloured flag , cried out from a window that that flag wonW o day be hoisted throughout Italy , and that , in the meantime , would hoist it himself in Lombardv . A crowd soon collects , front of the house . The commissiary of police , Siccardi , va " > entreated the Englishman to be silent , but the latter , as a son of Albion , turned the deaf ear to him . The gend * " finding it impossible to restain the mob , called on the con"
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11091852/page/2/
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