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FRANCE . The elections for tbe sham parliament ate concluded . In nine districts fresh elections will have to take place , in consequence of candidates having been returned opposed to Louis Napoleon , or because tbey bad not tbe requisite number of " votes . These fresh e j ections will take place next Sunday . Five successful opposition candidates have been returned . These are AIM . de Kerdrel , elected for Fougeres ; deCivrac , for Beaupreau ; Boubier de VEcluse , for Sables d'Olonne ; Caraignac , for Paris ; and de Calvieres , in tbe Gard .
The Corps Legislatif is convoked for the 22 th inst ., and Its first session is to terminate on the 20 th June . By a decree in the 'MoRiUur , ' Billaultis appointed President of the Corps Legislative . Refusal by any functionary to take the oath of allegiance without alteration or reserve , is equivalent to resignation . ^ Letters from Paris state that there is the visible prepareiion of the public mind , by semi-official organs lot tbe proclamation of the empire . With this view M . Amedee de has in
^ . e sena penned an article the ' Public / of which he is editor in chief . At tbe end of this ominous composition he informs bis readers that ' the enthusiasm of the people makes it the duty of Louis Napoleon to conquer by the acts -of bis presidency a place between Louis XIV . and the Emperor Napoleon L' The numeric adjunct -to the emperor ' a Same is noticed as tbe more significant , as M . de Cesena ias been , since December 2 , what M . Granier de Cassagnac - was before that epoch , the prophetic herald of the Prince President ' s decrees .
M . Bocher has been tried before the Tribunal of First Instance on the Seine . The result has been a check for the government , since M . Bacber has been condemned only * o a fine oi £ 00 francs , without imprisonment ; and the two employes who were indicted with him on tbe same -charge of distributing publications without the name of the printer being attached , were sentenced to a fine of 150 fr . "This slight punishment is in fact equivalent to an acquittal , and is accepted as a triumph by the Orleanists . M . Bocher was introduced between two gendarmes , and made to sit on tbe same bench which is occupied by common felons . He made aa excellent and moderate speech on his own behalf . But tbe oration of M . Odilion Barrot in his defence has made a prodigious impression . M . Barrot spoke with
. great energy and vigour . He said tbat M . Bocher had performed his duty . He was bound to distribute the publication in question , not only as a defence against a most unjustifiable invasion of the rights of property , but as the protest of filial piety against tbe memory of an outraged . lather . The latter expression alludes to the letter of the princes . Tbe deliberation lasted for two hours and a half . The length of this sitting was attributed to the circumstance that the court sent to the ministry ot police to know U the trial WOUld be allowed to be published in tbe newspapers . Leave was given . The government , however , will not quietly submit to this check , as is shown by the Pro * cureur General having given notice of appeal to a higher court , where be w'dl press for a more severe punishment . Si . Bocher , has not been again taken into custody .
On Monday night at half-past eleven a large body of political prisoners , destined for transportation , were escorted -by detachments of lancers and gendarmerie mobile from tbe Son d'lvry in several vans with their beggage to tbe terminus of tbe Havre Railway . On arriving at Havre these anforlunate victims ofthe coup d ' etat will be embarked for the penal colony of Lambessa , in Algeria . Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour several spectators gathered about the Place du Havre , but , in tbe presence of the strong military force , they abstained from all demonstration . Last Wednesday some serious riots broke out at Douai
among tbe coal miners . Some of the most disorderly having been arrested there was an attempt made to raise tbe colliers of neighbouring pits . A strong body of gendarmes were called In and made some prisoners , "Who were rescued by the mob . A detachment of artillery was tben brought out , -which silenced the rioters by its determined attitude . A circular of tbe minister of justice , addressed to all the procureurs-generaux , recommends them to exercise tbe strictest surveillance over the tales given in the feuilletons of journals and all the other literary works so published . The minister of police will perhaps consider this an interference with his department . The « O pinions' of Turin announces that Marshal Mar . moat , Duke of Ragusa , died at Venice on tbe 2 nd inst . Thus , after an illness of six days , the last marshal of Napoleon has expired in exile , at the age of seventy-eight .
A decree in the ' Moniteur' declares it to be indispensable for every public functionary to take an oatb of allegiance , in accordance with Art . 14 of the constitution ; and orders that in case such oath is refused , or its terms modified in any way , the person so acting shall he considered as having given in his resignation . Special decrees shall determine the mode in which tbe ministers , members of the great bodies of the State , officers in the army and navy , magistrates and functionaries , shall take the oath in question . The following is tbe text of the oath required by Art . 14 : Tswear obedience to the constitution and fidelity to the President . * It is remarkable that the constitution provides no oath to be taken by the President himself . It is fair to suppose tbat bis conscience must have been sorely tormented by tbe oath that he swore to that constitution which he destrayed on December 2 , since he shrinks rom hampering himself in like manner again .
A special train arrived at Havre on Monday , from Paris , with 477 prisoners condemned to transportation . They were escorted by a detachment of sixty of the gendarmerie mobUe , and were immediately taken to tbe Florida basin , and embarked on board the Christophe Colombe which soon afterwards left the dock . Among the number sent on board are M . Salva , ex-chef de bataillon of the National Guard of Sotteville , a painter named Aymard , M . Leballeur-Villierj , of Rouen , and Jl . Pornin , who was the organiser of ihe Montegnard guards .
GERMANY . AUSTRIA . —Lord Darby ' s speech in the House of Lords , upon the refugee question has been received , as it might have been expected , with extraordinary satisfaction in Austria , and tbe Vienna papers are very eloquent upon the subject . The 'Austrian Correspondence , ' tbe mouthpiece of the ministry , complains of the pitiless manner in which Prince Schwarzenberg ' s despatch to Lord Granville has been bandied by the English papers , and congratulates itself on the favourable contrast in th e language held by Lord Derby on the same subject . The rumouis of the possible cbange
* n the corn laws of England have been received with the almost consternation iu such of the corn growing districts as are still in a position to export . Upwards of 300 ships xn the Black Sea , and a still greater number at Constantinople , are lying idle ; and in Constantinople extreme awiety was manifested ( at the last advices ) on all hands for the first whisper of the projected changes in England , no merchant venturing to freight a vessel until something positive was known . This was felt more ( says a letter from Trieste ) on account of the favonrable state of tbe weather , and the probability of quick passages .
PRUSSIA . —The German journals unanimously approve tbe measures by which corn is to be imported free of duty into the states of the Zollverein till next harvest . The * EolnerZiitung" expresses a hope tbat the time is not far distant when the commerce iu tbe necessaries of life will no longer be subject to those perturbations which tbe -aadden changes of the Lig ' s ' atuiesofrrquent ' y occasion in business . Tbe Government of Electoral Hesse still holds back tfn ordinance has just been published by which every baker , who either does not bake tbe dne allowance of bread necessary for tbe day , or who refuses to sell it at tbe given price , is to be subject to a fine , and , in aggravated eases , to the deprivation of bis licence . —Moniteur , 3 * areh 8 .
ITALY . PIEDMONT . —The 'Genoa Gazette , ' ofthe 1 st inst ., has an account ot a serious riot at Sassari . It commenced in a public-bouse , by a brawl between two chasseurs and » me inhabitants , who , probably getting tbe worst of it , attracted more of the people and soldiers to the spot , when the fray began in earnest , and caused a great agitation wroughont tbe town . The National Guard were called oat , and a company being soon formed , commenced its march to the place where the disturbance was at its height ,
when it met a piquet of cavalry which was turning a corner ; this piquet it unaccountably mistook , it would seem , for the mob , and fired upon it , killing tbe commanding officer and one man . This caused a general collision between the National Guard and tbe troops , in which several lives were lost and many men wounded . The Sardinian steamers Tripoli and Authion left Genoa on tbe 29 th ult ., with a reinforcement of 400 infantry and four pieces of artillery for Sassara . Later intelligence announces that perfect tranquillity was restored .
NAPLES . —The treatment which Poerio and his companions received on their journey from Iscbia to Montefosco is worthy of Naples rule and Naples humanity . They were chained together during the " whole of their journey , and » ot allowed to get out of their vehicles even for tbe most "ttgent reasons . On arriving at Avellino , a distance of twenty-seven miles from Naples , they prayed to be allowed «> descend , bnt were told by tbeir guards that they would wi llingly grant such a natural request , bnt their orders were ret positive . On arriving , half dead , at Montefosco , they wond nobeds or any necessary preparations , and were OWi gedtoliedownonthe bare stone floor . This inform ation is derived from a gentleman who had been at the Ptisan of Montefoiw . Poerio is represented as suffering «" J much , and not likely to live Jong . Captain Niseo is jsp'dly sinking , and spits blood . The mother of Poerio is aQ Perfectl y out of her mind , " he Duke d'Aomale , who is now in Naples , is urging the
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Neapolitan government to remonstrate with the Prince President against the confiscation of the Orleans property . The Neapolitan government , however , as well as the court , are perfectly puzzled to know bow far tbey can countenance the champion of ' order' —bo w far they dare remonstrate , or how far it would be prudent to keep silence .
SWITZERL AND . The 'Postampt Gazette * of Frankfor t pnblishes tbe text of the note respecting French refugees presented by the French Ambassador to the Swiss government . The Ambassador says :- « I desire a formal promise tbat every expulsion ot refugees that-I may solicit shall be granted , without inquiring to what category belong the French political refugees affected by thii measure ; and , moreover , tha the orders of tbe central power shall be executed on the terms prescribed beforehand , without mitigation by the authorities of the cantons . The Ambassador of France is alone in a position to know the individuals whose former or present of their resi
relations render impossible the prolongation - dence on tbe territory of the Helvetic confederation , as well as those to whom toleration may be shown , if their conduct should render them worthy of it . The first must leave as soon as they are designated , and the others must be told that they can only be permitted to remain in Swiizerland on condition of their giving no cause for complaint . The President ofthe Republic expects from tbe federal government , in consideration ofthe relations which he wishes to keep up with it , and which a refusal to satisfy would gravely compromise , that it will give him this proof of friendship and good neig hbourhood , which have been so long traditional in Switzerland . A different line of conduct would produce sad
complications , and impose upon the government of the Republic the duty of devising measures , which , it is true , it would apply very unwillingly , but which it would be forced to adopt , if the demand which I have thehononr to address to your Excellency should fail in its object . ' The French ' Assembled Nationale' contains au important article upon the Swiss question . It appears from this , tbat the Cabinet of Vienna distinctly notified to the federal council tbe intention to occupy tbe canton of Ticino with Ans . trian troop ? , unlessthe demands for the expulsion of certain refugees were complied with , and guarantees given for preventing tbeir return , as well as the renewal of conspiracies against tbe peace of Lombardy . Prince Schwarzenberg sent
instructions to M . Hubner , tbe Austrian Ambassador at Paris , to propose to the French government a simultaneous action in the same views , and tbe occupation of Geneva and the canton of Vaud by tbe French troops . Tbe government of Louis Napoleon declined to co-operate with Austria in invading tbe Swiss territory ; and Austria was also persuaded to desist from ibis enterprise . No doubt the firm attitude of tbe cabinets oi London and Berlin , backed perhaps by the counsels of Russia , procured this result . But no sooner was the project of tbe joint violation of the neutral territory brffled than a new scheme was adopted by tbe two conspiring powers . -which threatens to be equally ruinous to Switzerland . The French and Austrian governments
have entered into a convention for tbe commercial blockade of that country . Now in order tbat this iniquitous measure may be effectual it will be necessary to force Piedmont to join the league , and stop her frontier , extending from Geneva to the Lago Maggiore , against Swiss commerce . There are two powerful obstacles in the way of this result , public opinion in Italy , which is represented by tbe Liberal government of Sardinia , and the influence of Great Britain at Turin . Upon these moral and political supports alone rests the Cabinet of MM . d ' Azeglio and Cavour , in
Piedmont , tbe fall of which would be tbe signal for tbe subjugation not only of Switzerland , but of Piedmont and the whole Italian peninsula , to the tyrannous league of France and Austria . Now , therefore , is the hour for the Tory ministers to show themselves genuine Britons , and to protect our commerce abroad as well as at borne . This statement , as far as we can learn , has met with only one contradiction . The « Debats , ' referring to the statement in the 'Assembled Nationale , 'says that it is either 'inexact or premature- ' Our readers can easily form their own conclusion ou this matter , after such a denial as that ' .
Tbe government of America has resolved to accredit , for tbe first time , a permanent cbarge d * Affaires to tbe Swiss confederation . In Switzerland this act of a powerful government of decided non-intervention principles gives the liveliest satisfaction . The federal council has resolved to send to America a piece of granite from the valley of Hablern , near Intetlacken , to form a part of tbe intended monument to Washington . The Independence' of Berne announces that the difficulties between the French government and the Swiss confederation have been arranged' for tbe present . '
HUNGARY . The scanty news we have from Hungary says that the government is making all possible efforts to establish the new organisation ; but the work goes on very slewly , partly from a dogged passive resistance among the people themselves , and partly from quarrels between the men in authority . The ' Nugent' Regiment of Infantry , which has just returned from Holstein , is to be quartered at Presburg . Famine and bad government , poverty and military occupation of the country , are making things in Hungary almost as bad as they can be . It must be remembered tbat an Austrian regiment and au English one are t-wo very different things . An Austrian regiment is a little army of some 4 , 000 men . The natural inference is , tbat tbe state of affairs in Hungary has grown far worse of late as to require a reinforcement of 4 , 000 men to the large army which overspreads tbe land like a plague of locusts .
TURKEY . A telegraphic despatch in the ' Staats Anzeiger , ' dated Agram , March 1 st , states tbat a great conspiracy had been discovered among the Rajahs of Bosnia , in consequence of which a general disarming had been ordered . Strong detachments of troops bad appeared in Bilbacz , Novi , and Czasin , tbe communal authorities bad been summoned to supply the active portion of the army with provisions . The border roads nearest Austria were strongly guarded by Turkish soldiers .
SPAIN . We have received the Madrid journals of the 4 th . The Government continues its system of annoyance towards the journals . On the 3 d no less than six weie seized , namely , the Constitutional , ' ' Clamor Publico , ' ' Novedades , ' ' Observador , ' ' Opinion Publica , ' and « Heraldo . '
UNITED STATES . Our advices from America slate tbat an influential meeting of merchants , judges , & c , had been held to consider tbe subject of the proposed Exhibition of Industry . At this meeting it was definitively determined to ratify all that had been done aa preliminary by Mr . Riddle , the American Commissioner to London , to open subscriptions at once , and proceed to erect a Crystal Palace in Reservoir-square , to invite all nations to participate in tbe exposition , to distribute tbe labouts and responsibilities of the enterprise ( or the more effectual execution of the general plan , & c .
The Nsw York correspondent of the ' Times' says'The Kossuth correspondence between Commodore Morgan , Captain Long ( of the steam-frigate Mississippi ) , Consul Hodges , and Mr . Webster has appeared in all the papers , and forms tbe principal subject of conversation . This correspondence was called for by the Senate , and laid before that body . Poor Kossuth ' s affairs are every day getting worse . His egotism , vanity , and wilfulness have involved him in inextricable difficulties . Day after day new revelations are coming out against bim at home and abroad . His influence in the United States , which two
months ago seemed all but omnipotent , and which , if applied to a good and practical end , might have secured permanent advantage to his own country , has all been frittered away . Men who readily subscribed their money and listened to him with rapture and tears on his arrival at New Yoik , are now heartily ashamed of themselves , and would be glad to withdraw tbeir subscriptions . The loan goes on very slowly , and by-and-by we shall hear no more about it . Tbe doctrine of intervention to put down intervention is laid quietly by for another day ; the Kossuth fever has been followed by a chill in the body politic , and the patient is likely to recover—with a better regulated purse .
' Every true friend of Hungary and of Kossuth deeply regrets that while he held the heart of the American people ia his hand be did not ask some practical aid from Congress tbat would have benefitted his countrymen . If he had ever intimated hisdesire to that effect , Congress—probably without a dissenting vote—would have set apart a territory of fertile soil 100 or 200 miles square to found a Hungarian colony on one of our great western rivers , accessible to navigation . Those hundred penniless exiles who followed Kossuth to tbe United States would have ceased to be beggars and become independen t men . Immense sums of money would have poured in from all quarters to enable the exiles to establish themselves in their colony , and before a twelvemonth had gone by they would have been one of tbe most independent communities on earth . There would have
been no lack of means to bring thousands of their brothers and friends left behind them . Austria could doubtless have been p ersuaded to favour the emigration of all those who were disposed to go , if our government had sent a proper negotiator in a spirit of true respect and conciliation . Ten years would not have gone by before Kossuth would have " been in the Senate at Washington , tbe representative of one of our most flourishing States . Instead of this he has turned ont a mere agitator . He prepared for his arrival in the New World just like Jenny Lind , and Catherine Hayes , and other artistic celebrities , by first making a noise in England . Then he makes his debut in New Yoik . And afterwards beg ins his grand tour through the Union , for all the world like Lola Montes , with this exception , tbat tbe Conntess of Landsfelt has shown far more tact and good sense in the management of her affairs . "
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . THE KAFWIl WAR . Advicss from the Cape state that upwards of 6 000 head of cattle bad been captured by Major-General Somerset up to the 23 rd u t ., and 7 , 000 were hi possession of Colonel Eyre to the 2 h i ult ., exclusive of vast numbers , estimated at seven hundred drowned at the confluence of the Isomo , and Major General Somerset , and Colonel Esre were in direct communication on the 22 nd ult ., and were about to descend the lower Bashee , to which large herds of cattle had been driven , while Jaku , it was expected , would make a forward movement . The Fingoes had rallied round the British troops . The continued rains had been much against the troops , who were , however , in hi gh spirits and health
. Confidence amongst the colonists , the general tone of feeling at Cape Town , and throughout tbe colony bad considerably improved , and the reduction of the rebel forces was confidently ^ spoken of and antici pated . The arrival of the reinforcewent of troops had greatly tended to increase the growing confidence of the colonists in the power of the government , and it was rumoured tbat Sandila , tired of the hostile position he has . hitherto maintained , was about to abandon it .
PERSIA . A letter from Teheran , of Feb . 21 , in the ' National Gazette' of Berlin , states that the cause of the disgrace of MirzaTaghe Khan , tbe late Vizir , was his having ventured to point out to the Shan the profligate conduct of hia Majesty ' s mother . The Shah manifested the greatest indignation at the recital of the Vizir ,, and immediately dismissed him from his high post . The Vizir was afterwards in danger of his life , but his wife , who is the Shah's sister , succeeded in receiving a positive assurance that hislife should be spared . The Russian ambassador also interfered , and received an assurance from the Shah to the same effect . Subsequently , however , tbe Shah , when on a hunting parly , allowed himself to be worked on by his mother , and gave orders forthe Vizir ' s death . The executioners , when they arrived , found'him in a bath , and experienced from him a desperate , but unavailing , resistance .
GREECE . EXPULSION OP POLISH REFUGEES . The ' Courrier d'Athenes' states that on the night of the 12 th or the 13 th of February the gendarmes , assisted by numerous agents of police , surrounded with extraordinary noise and ostentation the house inhabited by the few Polish refugee ? , who still live at Athens , and of Messrs . Negris and Bouyoncli , Greek citizens , who live on terms of friendship with them . At the point of day officers of the ' public ministry , ' accompanied by a great number of gendarmes and police agents burst into the domiciles of those persons , and
having arrested them , proceeded to a minute examination of their papers , all of which were seized . These Poles having established a ridingachool , frequented by ladies of distinction and young men of the first families , this establishment also was not spared , and it was almost destroyed under pretext of searching it for arms . The motive assigned for these severe measures is a plot which the Poles are alleged to have formed against the state . The true motive , in tbe opinion of everybody , is the wish to conciliate in certain quaiters , where it is desired that these unhappy outcasts should wander over the whole earth , without being able to find ah asylum ?
The expulsion of the Polish refugees has led to interpellations in the Chamber of Dftputies at Athens . M . Chrisanthopoulos , the deputy of ^ ^ inum , after calling to mind the general sympathy which tbe cause of Greek liberty had encountered in every part of Europe during the struggle with the Turks , invited the Minister to declare tbe reasons which bad induced tbe government to act so arbitrarily and harshly as to expel the Polish guests of the nation . " M . Paikos , Minister for Foreign Affairs , promised that he would be ready to make a statement on the subject at the next sitting of the chamber , In answer to an observation by M . Tzanos , M . Provelegio . Minister of Justice , declared that the expulsions referred to had not taken place on the demand of any foreign power . The government was bound to remove tbe refugees , because they had abused the hospitality which bad been extended to them , by conspiring for the ruin of the state . When the chamber should have before it the docu .
ments which he had ordered to be translated and laid before it , members would find that the government had acted not only fairly but with indulgence towards the expelled Poles . The ministerial organ stales tbat bis Hellenic Majesty , imitating greater monarchs , has replied to the notification of Louis Napoleon ' s election to the presidency for ten years congratulating the Prince President upon the 'happy result . '
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In constquence of the presenl abundance of money in the Piedmontese markets , the King has , on the proposition of the Minister of Finance , reduced the interests upon exchequer bills to four and a half per cent ., if due nithin six months , and to five and a half per cent , if tho bills are for a longer period . A shock of earthquake was felt at Palermo on tho 10 th ult . The motion was undulatory from north to south , and lasted three seconds . The United States and Austria . —According to a letter from Vienna , in a Berlin journal , the dissension which arose
between Austria and the United States respecting the reception given to Kossuth may be considered to be arranged . The passage of the Vistula , at Marienburg , has been interrupted by the floating ice , and , unless frost sets in may remain impracticable for several days . The water was very high , and still rising at a rate to cause great fears of an inundation , which would be a fearful disaster for a vast extent of adjacent lowland country . Tbe continental papers speak of dearth and consequent distress as prevailing more or less from Holland to Russia .
In the Belgian Chamber on the 5 th , the Deputy Pierre , who btidjast arrived from Luxembourg , stated that pau > perisra and desolation had thero attained to a degreo unknown , even in Flanders at the worst epochs . The total loss of the potato crops , the high price of grain , and want of employment , were concurring to produce this desperate state of things . M . Rogier , tbe Minister of the Interior , said that he bad sent thither a superior employe of the administration to collect facts . Already bo could see that the budget of public works would not suffice to give employment to the working classes . He should probably ask a supplementary credit for this purpose . The Duchess of Nassau has appealed to her countrywomen for subscriptions in relief of the suffering . Kossuth is still in the West , and is said to be in the receipt of at least one thousand dollars daily towards the Hungarian funds . Kinkel is about returning to Europe , withsome thousands of dollars , obtained by subscription . ¦
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THE PURIST OF THE COMMONS . Mr . Roebuck has at last " caught a Tartar . " In the debate on the St . Alban ' s Disfranchisement Bill , Mr . Roebuck , it will be remembered , emphatically disclaimed the Coppock connexion . In defence of himself from an insinuation by Lord Claude Hamilton , he is reported to Imve said , that be had nothing to do with Mr . Coppock in any of his elections ; that Mr . Coppock would not hare dared to come where he was a candidate pretending to be on his side ; that his constituents had always absolved him from his election expenses ; and that he rarely or never goes to the Reform Club . Mr . Coppock has published a letter to prove that each of these assertions is " false . " Mr . Roebuck has been at the Reform Club at least a hundred
times within the last twelve months . In ISil he sought communication with Mr . Coppock to get returned at the then coming election . Ho wrote many letters , some marked " private , " others not so : two of those not marked "private , " but at much length showing Mr . Roebuck ' s position , and tho tactics he had to pursue at Bath to get re-elected , are published by Mr . Coppock . In those letters ha asked for a Government candidate to join him ; and he invited Mr . Coppock to assist iiim personally — " If you could come down yourself ( incog , mind ) much good might be done . " In consequence of those letters , Lord Duncin was sent down to Bath by Mr . Coppock , as a Whig candidate , to secure Mr . Roebuck ' s return by a coalition of the
Radicals and Whigs . Mr . Roebuck continued his visits to Mr . Coppock , at his house in Cleveland-row ; and on the 19 th of June , 1841 , Mr . Coppock " supplied Mr . Roebuck , from a private subscription-fund , with tho means to pay his election expenses , the inability on his part to meet them having been previously stated by him . " On the 29 th of June Mr . Roebuck was returned for Bath in conjunction with Lord Duncan . Mr . Roebuck has , of course , replied to this publication . He says , with amusing naivete , he had really forgotten the transaction ! and the proceeds to defend it . It was with Mr . Coppock only as the agent of the Government (!) that be corresponded ; there was nothing to be ashamed of ; and the money forwarded to Mr . Coppock was subscribed by friends of both candidate * , and for their joint expenses ,
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The Fbench Consulate is Jersey . —M . J Laurent , a principal clerk in the London French Consulate General , has arrived in Jersey , and commenced his official duties as vice-consul for Francein the Channel Islands . Mr , Simon , who has been vice-consul for France in Jersey for twentyfive years , has been superseded . The reason given by the French government for superseding Mr . Simon is as fol-1 tws , viz .: ' « The imperative requirements of the service , and the need which was felt of having in the Norman isles an agent who was a Frenchman , and who as such could
thus perform those civil and notarial acts for his countrymen which they bad for a long time desiderated . " M . Turgot , the French Minister of Foreign Affairs , in dismissing Mr . Simon from bis post , finds no fault with that gentleman ; on the contrary , he praises him highly . The conduct of the French government in this matter has caused the utmost surprise and displeasure in Jersey . A Scottish Mrs . Sloans . —A Mrs . Cunningham , of the Pleasance , Edinburgh , has been convicted , before Sheriff Gordon , of horrible cruelty topauper children , and sentenced to eighteen months ' imprisonment , with hard labour ,
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MILITARY DESPOTISM ON THE CONTKENT . On Monday evening a meeting of the inhabitants of Lambeth , convened by the Society of the " Friends of Italy , " took place at the British School Room , George-street , " To consider the threatening aspect of foreign powers , and the position and duty of England in the present state of the continent . " . ' Mr . F . Doulton was unanimously called on to preside . Mr ! D . Masson moved— " That this meeting views with deepconcern tho triumph of despotic and lawless power abroad as confirmed by the suppression of French liberty by Louis Napoleon , That these advances of despotism abroad are fraught with danger to tbe liberties and the interests of Groat Britain ; that , therefore , on grounds as
well of self-defence , as of just regard for other peoples , it is incumbent on this country to havo and to maintain a decid ed course of foreign policy ; and that no sot of men are fit to conduct the government of this country at the present time who have not , among other things , a bold and liberal apprehension of England ' s place and duty in Europe . " He observed that there prevailed over the continent a system of despotic and even of lawless rule , or misrule . Both wero bad things , and the former generally was converted into the latter . Some thought despotic rule , where it was mild and according to law , better than a wrangling parliament ; both those persons should remenv ber'tliat unless speech and the press were free , thero would be no real national progress in accordance with the ideas of tho people . ( Cheers . ) If a despot , of thebesfc intentions orld
and the largest brain in tho w , arrested free speech , he destroyed tho nation ' s progress . This kind of government now prevailed all over the continent . In Russia , every one knew there was nothing like free speech ; tho people were in that condition from which we escaped centuries ngo ; they had not yet learnt to demand the right of free speech . Still there wore numbers of tho intelligent class who laboured under th e same disability , and held their lives and propertv at tho mercy of the Czar . Going further south , we found that great nation the Germans , who gave us tho printing press —( cheers * —when , if ever , despotic ruleouebt to have been hung up in a museum—we found them too groaning under despotism . In Austria , a mere sprinkling of Germans were spread through a variety of other great nations : and there was , in fact , nothing Austrian but the
Austrian despotism—a mere diplomatic fiction . ( Hear , hear . ) Destrov that government and there would be nothing left of Austria . ( Oieers . ) Recently this despotism bad trampled out tho liberties of a great and free nation , which would havo been a worthy brother to England in tho European family . ( Cheers . ) In Italy , whose people were the mostintcllcctualraceof Em-ope , a body of military , aided by Papal domination , held in thraldom the whole nation . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been said in reference to Italy , that a nation deserved not to be frea unless they desired it . What stronger proof of their desiro for liberty could havo been afforded than was given by the inhabitants of Rome when thoy barricaded their city , and defended it for a month against the treacherous French—the picked soldiers of Europe ? ( Cheers . ) Looking to the present
state of France , and the recent elections , he would ask what was the value . of universal suffrage without free speech ? It was a mere name , and nothing more . ( Cheers . ) Louis Napoleon was a thorough despot ; and what was more , he was not one of tbe clover despots who had gained the applause of soma ; but , judging from Ms writing , he was one of the most stupid men that ever tried to be clever . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Not only had he resorted to despotic rule , but to misrule , imprisoning and banishing thousands of patriots , aud causing his army to sweep away thousands more here . ( Hear , hear . ) In process of timo the despotism of the continent would swallow up those little states where freedom yet existed ; and then England would stand alone . Did any one ask , what had we to do with such a state ot things as that ? Non-interference
was very well as a principle ; but it had its limits . Thero was certain things which ought not to be permitted by other nations to be done in any part of tbe earth . ( Hear , hear . ) Suppose the Turkish government should go about to murder all the Christians in that country ; would any one say that was nota fit subjectfor interference ? ( Cheers . ) He maintained that things had been done in Austria and other countries which equally demanded interference . ( Oh !) Already the despotism of tbe continent hnd como home to this country ; witness theinsolence of diplomatic intercourse on the part of some powers;—an insolence which would never have been stood by Pitt , even ; though he was on the wrong side . ( Hear , hear . ) It was in the nature of things that tbe despotic powers of the continent would not stop till they bad brought us under the same clutches ; above all things they would seek to put down liberty in its home and cradle—free England . Defence of our liberties 5 , —of our commerce , which would be asssiled on . every sea in Europe ,
—of our countrymen travelling abroad—alike demanded that we should do something to meet and check this despotism . But how ? The whig foreign policy had not been such as to give any guarantee of their entering sincerely on such a work . ( Hear , hear . ) , And what would our new ministry do i ( Laughter . ) Lord Derby , in his speech on the 27 th ult ., was evidently truckling to the despotic powers ; he talked of the duty of informing foreign governments of any plots tbat might be discovered against them . ( Hear , hear . ) How were these plots to be discovered ? By letter opening , or by dogging refugees with tho police ? Was that an English proceeding . ( Hear , hear . ) The great means for checking despotism was a largo and liberal measure of parliamentary reform . Whatever government would deal rightly with respect to the continent ought to put this country in a state of self-defence , by the organisation of a citizen-force , independently of the standing army .
Mr . J . Stanfield seconded the resolution , which was put and carried . Mr . Siiaen moved "That tho Society of the'Frionds of Italy , already existing , affords an excellent moans for testifying these sentiments legally and constitutionally , and especially for expressing sympathy with the oppressed people of Italy , and that the present meeting is prepared to support this society in its operations and aims . " He contended that it was the bounden duty of the people of this country to make themselves acquainted with foreign aff'iirs , in order to express such an intelligent opinion as must have weight with the government . By supporting the Society of tbe Friends of Italy they were , in fact , aiding the progress of liberal principles all over tbe continent , for tbe interests of all nations were admittedly bound up to . gather ; and the friends of Italian freedom were , of necessity , as much the friends of Hungarian , German and French freedom . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . T Webber seconded the resolution . A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings .
MARYLEBONE VESTRY . On Saturday , at tho ordinary weekly meeting of the Marylebone Vestry , it was resolved tbat tho ensuing election for guardians be by open voting . After which Mr . M'Evily moved-. " That " a committee be appointed to watch the progress of the Militia Bill , and to adopt , in conjunction with the other metropolitan parishes , such constitutional means to prevent it passing into a law as they may think most St , and report to the vestry . " After much discussion the resolution was adopted by a large majority , A memorial was then read from the Marylebone Ratepayers' Protection Association , calling on the vestry to take some stepsfor the abolition of the coal duties and other imposts charged upon the people of the metropolis by tho corporation of the city of London . It urged the injustice of the privileges
granted to the city of London , which gives them the power of imposing on the inhabitants of the -metropolitan district a duty of Is . Id . per ton in coals , for tho embelishments and widening of the streets of tho city , and also the power of levying a toll of 2 d , on every tradesman ' s cart , eithovon entering or leaving , with a load however small . While the City of London had only a rental of £ 800 , 000 , the parish of Marylebone had a rental of upwards of a million , and contained 17 , 000 houses—more by 1 , 000 th . in tho City of London , and Marylebone had 800 more public lights than the City . Thero are in Marylebone 17 , 000 bouses , reckoning eight rooms to a house , and consuming eight tons each per year , which gives a tax of £ 7 , 306 ; to which add
£ 3 , 000 for gas , will make £ 10 , 366 total tax on this parish , for which the inhabitants receive no benefit . —Mr , Hodges said he had intended to have moved a resolution on this subject , but as Sir Peter Laurie had left the vestry , ho would defer the subject till the next meeting . —Mr . Nieholay gave notice that next Saturday he would move " To take into consideration tbe present position of the government , as regards the welfare of the country , and to protest , petition , or take such other measures as may bo thought necessary in the present crisis , to prevent the possibility of any return to Protection , or the imposition of a tax on the food of the people , fully believing that such attempt would not only prove an utter failure , but bo fraught with danger to the peace , stability , and well-being ot the country . " The vestry then broke up .
NATIONAL EDUCATION—NOTTINGHAM . A public meeting of tho members and friends of the National Public School Association whs held in the Exchange-hall , last week , under the presidency of Mr . Folkin , the Mayor . The Rev . Mr . Stevenson , Baptist minisier of Nottingham , moved , «• That this meeting recognises a great deficiency in the existing supplv of the means of popular instruction , and re cords its conviction that tbat need will be best met by a general system supported by local rates , and under local management , and that shall provide secular instruction only . " Mr . Alderman Heymann seconded , and Dr . Watts supported , tho resolution in a lengthened speech , in which he thoroughly elucidated the schemo of the National Association , as promulgated at Manchester . It was then put and carried nem . con . The Rev . J . A . Baynes moved , and Mr . Councillor Eyre seconded , " . That a petition praying for the adontion of the scheme .
signed by the chairman , on behalf of the meeting , be forwarded to Mr . Walter , M . P ., with a request that he would presents to the House of Commons . "—A working man in the garb of a " navvy , " whose name was given as George Woodward , expressed hia approval of a compulsory educational schemo , hut remarked that something was radically wrong in the present system , or the people would be able to educate tbeir own children . Dr . Watts had described the women in Lancashire as being obliged to leave their children at home to attend to each other , leaving them the day through without either parent or teacher . Lancashire must be in an unsound state ( observed Mr . Woodward , ) or such a state of things could not exist . —A stranger , who gave his name as Pettifore , contended for tho continuance of the toluntary system without either interference or hmdrance . -Dr . Watts replied to the objections raised , and the resolution was carried by a considerable majority . A vote of thanks to tbe chairman terminated the proceedings .
Ten Hours Factory Movement. A Meeting Of...
TEN HOURS FACTORY MOVEMENT . A meeting of delegates'from factory operatives was held at tbe Cotton Tree Inn , Manchester , on Sunday , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning tho legislature to insert the words " no child" ia tho acS of 1 S 50 . Mr . P . Ilargreaves ^ presided , and there wore twenty-six delegates present , including seven from different branches in Manchester . There were a number of letters read from towns in Scotland and England deprecating any further movement , and especially if Lord Shaftesbury was to have any part in it , because to his lordship was attributed tho loss oi" two hours per week in the present act . Mr . Philli p Grant , who was understood to have had a communication from tho Ewl of Shaftesbury , said he would adviao that the operatives should rtfrain from going to parliament in tho present position of parties , or tliey would be more likely to come away with an eleven hours than a more complete Ten Hours BillThe house in a month might no
. longer exist , and in this case thoir time might be thrown away , a Manchester delegate said the committee themselves were of opinion that it would bo unwise to go to parliament now b ut Uwy h [ xd ftbo | U fi jendg jn th ( j presenfc Si ! l ! '" , IIours m > ™ t he thought at al events that they couhi non do better than go to them and ask them to see that the present act was enforced . He moved , That , in consequence of notorious viohtions of the present lactones Act in some of the districts of Lancashire , Derbyshire , and Cheshire , it is the opinion of this meeting that no proper moans shoui . l be ni-Wcoted bv which such nefarious practices can be put an ciid to , bel'ovin ? that if the government wero again appealed to such an alteration would he made as would render breacli « s of the factory law extremely difficult , if not altogether impossible . " The motion was seconded , ami , after a good deal of discussion , was carried .
ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT LIVERPOOL . A meeting was held on Tuesday ast at the Royal Hotel , Liverpool , to oppose the present ministerial policy , in conjunction with tho Manchester Anti-Corn-Law Loaeuo . —Mr . ' A . II . Wylio was voted to the chair , and the follow ^ resolution was moved by Br . Blackburn , seconded by Mr . Jeffrey , linondraper , and unanimously carried- . —'' That believing the present ministry tf > bo pledged to a reactionary policy with regard to Free Trade , not only by their past opposition to every enactment hwing this object , but also by very recent declarations thereupon , we fully coincide in the propriety of that step by which the Anti-Corn-Law League has leen reconstructed . "—Mr . James
Harvey said ho had attended tho niectin <» of the League when Mr . Cobden contended that tho question of Protection should bean isolated one . From thU he dissented : ho considered that the question of Free Trade was bound up with the question of prices , by which that trade was regulated . Mi ' . llarvey was proceeding with his argument , when the Chairman reminded him that tho mooting was one to consider the hest course to bo adopted for preventing a re-imposition ofthe Corn Liws , and tbey could not entertain the topics which Mr . Harvey sought to intrortneo . —Mr . Broadribb said he for one was quite ready to fight for Free Trade in food ; but let them understand what they were
contending for . Let all articles of food be included in it ; it was not corn alone , hut cheese , butter , and hams that were taxed . They had a tax of twenty-s x millions and a half on drink , and twenty-five millions and abalf on tea , and ' tbougb the meeting were not disposed to entertain the question of prices , he would take leave to say —( Tho chairman stopped the speaker on the same ground as he had Mr . Harvey . )—Mr . Thomely , M . P ., and other speakers addressed ' tho meeting , when a petition was adopted , a committee appointed , and , after a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting was adjourned for a week , in order to await the intervening ministerial explanations in parliament as to their intended course of policy .
MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . A special meeting of this association was held on Tuesday in the Manchester Town-hall , to consider tho propriety of petitioning the Legislature in favour ofthe retention of our existing commercial policy . The chair was taken by Thos . Bazley , Esq ., tho president of tho chamber . Mr . " Henry Ashwortb , of Turton , near Bolton , moved the following resolution : — " That , remembering the repeated manifestations of hostility made by the noblemen and gentlemen who nowcomposs the Executive of her Majesty ' s government to tho commercial policy happily adopted by the Legislature of this country , and especially to that most important of all questions—the abolition of duty on the import of corn and food consumed by the mass of our people , this chamber reiterates ifc unbounded confidence in tho true patriotism
and justice of that policy , and resolves that a petition be forthwith transmitted to both Houses of Parliament , praying that each may respectively tako such measures as may remove all uncertainty , and assure the country that the undeniable progress hitherto made under that policy shall not be arrested by any return in any degree to class legislation . "—Mr . Owen seconded the motion , and it was agreed to unanimously . —Mr . W . Romaine Callendor moved the following petition to the Legislature : — " That this chamber has witnessed , under feelings ©" unmixed satisfaction , the speedy and constantly progressive march towards contentment and happiness which the industrial classes of this country have made under that most wise system of free commercial policy which was foreshadowed by Mr . Huskisson in 1824 , and received development under the ministries
of which the Jato Sir Robert Pool and Lord John Rn ?« eU were respectively the chiefs . That , in tho opinion of this chamber , so well are tho benefits which have already accrued to this country understood , and so hopeful the progress which each succeeding year manifests , that any retrocession from that policy , and especially the re-imposition of any duty on corn or other food consumed by the great mass of the people , will evoke consequences that every true patriot would deplore . That not only would the fact of such retrocession be most calamitous , but tho anticipation of such a possibility is in itself , detrimental to every interest in the state . Uncertainty paralyses the operations of commerce and shipping , endangers industry in every branch , and retards the progress of agriculture both at homo and in tbe colonies ; and as , from recent changes in the government of this country , and dreaded uncertainty exists and is increasing , your petitioners , disavowing , as this chamber has always disavowed , all intention of interfering
In party politics humbly , but earnestly , pray that your honourable house may instantly take such measures as may assure the country that no retrocession shall take placo in the commercial policy now existing , which , founded on the immutable principle of justice , is diffusing happiness by spreading employment on every side , and elevating thai moral character of the people by diminishing poverty and ! crime . "—Mr . Penson seconded the resolution , and objected I to so much as a shilling duty on corn , —Mr . W . Evans sup--ported the resolution , and appealed to the decrease of Poor ? Rates in Manchester , as showing the undoubted benefit thei people had derived from cheep food . The rates had gradually increased up to 1 S 47 , when the amount was £ 122 , 000 „ whilst since then it had gradually decreased . In 1848 itt was £ 90 . 000 , in 1849 it was £ 70 , 000 , in 1850 it was £ 65 , 000 ,, and in 1851 it was £ 60 , 000 . ( Applause . ) The motion wass carried unanimously . Mr . Heywood moved a vote of thankss to the chairman , and the proceedings terminated soon afterr four o ' clock .
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT . A public meeting was held at the Eclectic Institute , DeiNb mark-street , Soho , on Monday evening to consider thac course to be adopted in the event of a dissolution of parliaament . —Mr . Leslie occupied the chair , and opened the busi-tiness by commenting upon the past legislation of tho rivals ! factions . —Mr . Rogers moved the followingrcsolution : — " That as neither the Free Traders nor Protectionists arere witling to allow any portion of legislative representation toto the working classes , wc urgently call upon them not to aidid either partv in their struggle for power , but to demandid Manhood Suffrage with nil the necessary adjuncts as lankd down in the J ' coplo ' s Charter . "—Mr . Blair seconded theie resolution , which was ably supported by Mr . B > -zer . —Thaie resolution was unanimously adopfed . —Mr . Wheeler andid others addressed the meeting , which adjourned until thelre following Monday evening .
Political Rumours. Lord John Russell's P...
POLITICAL RUMOURS . Lord John Russell ' s plan is said to be to vote tho sup-pplies for a limited period ( as was done in 1811 ) , and forceue Lord Derby to resign , that , if they beat him again in theie new parliament , they may set the old Ministry once morere on its legs by autumn . Lord John is also said to have madeda an unsuccessful attempt to taUo tho Free Trade motion outut of Mr . Villiers ' s hands . There isa story that tbe Duke oi Wellington , being " win his seat , summoned tho Bishop of Oxford to his side tote repeat the names of the new Ministers . At each name thfthc : Duke made some significant growl or nod , but when thehe ; Colonial Secretary was mentioned , he bawled out , " Whoho , who ? Pakington ?—never heard of tho gentleman . " The men havo already fallen out about tho division o o places . The Marquis of Londonderry is represented a ; an angry tbat the Mastership of the Ordnance is given t ( t < : Lord Hardingo ; and the Marquis ' s son and son in-law havavc resented the offence by refusing posts in tho household . — , —¦ Nonconformist .
The fertile imagination of the new Chancellor of thcthc . Exchequer has , it is rumoured , devised an expedienten i worthy of its Oriental origin . Aladdin , with hismagioaoa lamp , never wrought such a miracle . Tho income andml . malt taxes , it is safd , are to bo repealed , and a duty ¦« onowi shilling per ton on all coal is to bo levied at the pit s mouthitn This is calculated , says the sanguine financier , to raise a «> sum of £ 7 , 000 , 000 .-Gfo & e .
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Wno asms the Kafirs ? -It is an inferior article frorrom Birmingham which has been slaughtering our soldiers ai at the Cape for months past . One wonders whether thether know the fact , and whether it aggravates the pam of theiheit wounds and thoir shame . Traders on the African coast a < fc ass certain the wants of the inhabitants , in regard to firearmirmi among other things : they send their orders to London meniert chants ; London merchants order the article ofthe BiiBin mingham manufacturers , and , after a time , if a Kaffir Sri i disarmed , his piece is found to boar the name or mark of of Birmingham gunmaker . "Wo make firearms for botbott parties , in all wars , " said a manufacturer to us yesterdaydaj ] As such is and must be tbe fact , we like tho plain avowiow ;; of it ; but it is a strange-sounding truth . —Dickens ' s Ilousfous
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13031852/page/7/
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