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      . . mB , he liberty to knv * . to mter , and to ar-e freely accord . ; ,, «• i ; i ««« ^ ce , above all iibertJes .- Mu . T 0 S .. „ ' ¦ ZKl * w-rh over—the roar of battle terminated ' ! W-. aen « wil » atants weltering in theirgore-the " ' « ' „ , TVnr nud the vanquished alike ceasing from the C i f Ik strife-tben comes the Vulture ' s turn . Then d , '« noon the ' field of honour' the obscene bird 1 * 11 ; * - " »* liM * f , _ «« n Tl pi - • Wv to riot on the human spoil of war . iovms , hie tfch , Vt a & "" hoars P reviousl y » embodied physical ix * veer and mental pride , become the passive victims ' fl Inbe wolf and the fox ; but above all , hovers the ult Vultors ; and above all Vultures , the Vultare-lving . flu iV / hen ' his ^ j ^ J ' * satisfied , his carrion-courtiers ike iike their iarn ' un ^ ^ e ^ ween an ^ among them the

      i Li ounce of flesh ia devoured , the last draught of ) 0 Dooi drained . I Thus is it at thia moment wVt \\ LtBEisiY . Vanis Gaished " in no fair fight , but deceived , betrayed , overs' powered , bound , gagged , tortured , done to death by i : ppjson and knife , by blackest treachery and foulest a harder ; her struggles ( for the time being ) ended , she a lies slain , her fair form at the mercy (?) of every a loathsome bloodsucker ! Ah ! how tame were those [< fje creatures when . LIBERTY was yet erect , her hand 3 . tipou her sword—how merciless , remorseless , now t that she is in the dust I Behold them : —from the II doable-headed eagle of Russia to the obscene Vulture

      of France , crowding to the banquet of death , digging ; , aeep their talons into the flesh of the heroic dead , 1 burring their hideous beats in the yet quivering e beart of their victim . But despite their horrid revels , , we mourn murdered LnsEEir have this consolation * . —though she may be slain ten thousand times over , & e descends to the grave 'in the sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection . Though her tomb be sealed ever so surely , and armed assasjins watch ever so unceasingly , yet shall she suddenly , and when least expected , rise to life and glory -rise with more than her ancient power—with the p ower ( let us hope ) to confound her enemies , and ntterlextirpate her foes .

      y , Monday last the 10 th of May , Paris witnessed the Fete of the Eagles-rather , the Feast of the Vultures . They were of all colours , and of all kinds—military , clerical , legal ; soldiers , priests , employes , cut-throats , brioands , impostors—harpies of every description . Moreover , foreign Vultures gathered from afar—Busaan , Austrian , Prussian , Spanish , and British I Yes , a mass of the titled and the wealthy Vultures of fln sland—creatures that prey upon the labour of Britain ' s sons and daughters—that make bare the home and desolate the hearth of the workman—whose

      wealth is the measure of the people ' s poverty—whose arrosanse is the guage of the people ' s debasement , — these flocked to the French Capital , to testify their hatred of Freedom , and their admiration of successful Crim cTheysoswarmediuParisthatthehotelscouldnot bold them . " They were so lavish of their (?) money , ihai they gave , family by family , scores , and even hundreds , of francs for standing roosa to witness the solemn sham and monster mockery . Above all , towered the Chief Vulture , the'Prince President , ' gorged to the full with the flesh and blood of nnhappy

      France . It may be doubted whether the world ' s history records any exhibition of barefaced imposture and Irinniphant crime more offensive , more infamous than thai of which the Champ de Mars was the theatre on Monday last . On that day , on that now desecrated plain , there gathered from sixty to eighty thousand men armed to the teeth and bedizened with all the ' pomp , pride , and circuiustancB' employed to mark the true and hideous character of the

      soldier ' s trade . For what did they assemble ? To minister to the vanity of a perjured and truculent traitor , toMnsulfr j ; neir enslaved and terror-stricken countrymen , amlo Taunt } before-, outraged e »& . and heaven their own shame as panders to a ^ rafXpheir own infiflny as ; assassins of their-country ' s frmdomU Doubtless there were some who unwillingly toof \ arfr * in the pageant of the day . It is reported tnat * amidst the vociferations of the cavalry , and the less ardent cries ; bl the infantry , the- atrtillerymen were

      dumb , and refused to join in the slave-shout of Vive lEvipereur . . All honour to' thura for thehvsilent protest . Ifl the teeth of that inarticulate , but most sguficant demonstration , no wonder the usurper shrank from clutching at the crown . Miserable miscreant , the hour for which he had long panted camethe prize , in pursuit of which he had waded through so much crime and villany was within his grasp , yet he dared not realise his rile ambition . He may jet dare and do ; but if so , the throne tfill be but a stepping stone to the scaffold .

      As usual , Pr iestcraft brought the aid of Fraud and Falsehood to subserve the aims of Force and Brigandage . The Archbishop of Paris , at the head of eight hundred priests , went through the blasphemous mockery of blessing the' eagles , ' and making Heaveat itself a party to the vain-glorious elevation of the blood-dripping tyrant . The worst days of priestly despotism never witnessed a more unblushing avowal of the natural and necessary - alliance of the soldier and the priest—the assassins of body and soul ; and the mutual support given to each other by lay and clerical tyrants .

      Having sprinkled the standards with 'holy "water , ' he announced that they were * sanctified by the blessings of heaven * * The God of peace , of wh om we are the ministers , is also the God of armies . There has always been a religion in combats !* Astonishing circumstsaca ' . the Church which preaches peace to alt ; the Church whose holy army onl y knows how to shed its own blood , and has even a horror of that of the enemy—the Church has always ™ d abundant benedictions for the soldier , for his firms , andfor hissimidards . ' Mt at all astonishing , as tre know that the' peace ' -preaching of the Church « h ypocrisy ; that the mission of the Church * has hs 2 ii not * peace on earth and good will to men' but

      * ar , hatred , and persecution . The soldier and the Priest , as this Archbishop confesses , ' teorfe together though differently , ' and therefore it is not ' astonishing' that ' now , as in the past , ike soldier and the Fiest hold out tMr hands to each other J Beading th ese words , reading this arch-priest ' s laudations of toe glorious service to the cause of public peace rendered by the glorious army '—the perpetrators of joe llecember massacres ; noting his sycophantic haseness in addressing Bonaparte as a « Solosion ' who ' Providence destines for a great and holy work , k is impossible to stifle one ' s disgust and indignation . The Archbishop is well aware that Bonaparte is a liar , a perjurer , a traitor , an assassin , a tyrant , a debauchee , yet he has the audacity to speak of this

      ^ carnation of wickedness as the chosen of Providence , the noblest son of the Church I The most eloquent enemy of' the Church' would fail to rival the Archbishop in proving the inherent , irreclaimable fril of Priestcraft . It is now , as eighteen hundred lears ago : between the Church and the State , the ^ oldicr and the Priest , Humanity is scourged , cruci-! H and condemned to wear the matter ' s crown of th orns . Another sentence from the Archbishop ' s address ^ st be quoted : ' Whence comes it , that those

      mmof I a 1 Jh "! ch were heard in the bowels of France and to k ^' are su ddenly hushed V If really anxious de ~ tT how it has come to pass , that the silence of . * £ has succeeded to the voice of agitation , let him tin »? t ) xe newl y * fil , ed graves , where repose the jf ' ^ 0 f the Deceniber massacres . Let him inquire hvnl 1 d wh ea aEd fataei'tess children , deprived all j : or chains of their natural protectors . But Iter ^ i S 0 peaceM M t * 18 Archbishop imagines . fte sh t , V- ailiDg of women , the cries of children , of w , ° * *' , M ia Repubfyue , pealing over the waste e « en t 4 i tbe lips of UviDg martyrs—bearing *« lY « n 1 Pestiferoas swamps of Cayenne their shout *? 2 devotion l 0 tue Revolutionary Cause . That a * Hicw * fe fettered P atrU , ts » those cries from their tosh & X es ' P roclaim the falsehood of the Arch-? . Jf assertion . fliM * . KnvAi > m-n . < i . n- „; .. „_ ii

      -tpiiip o — ~— . ~ - »» . m « a given [ Jcauo lKt m 11 fer from establisuin g peace , the ^ intml a eTCry act ' assures a future war of reflav t | - vengeance , and that too at no distant *>» - storm ' ™ g the whirlwind ; and he shall reap ^^ h ' r ^ totUc lO & of Mav as the day on ^ caae ^ 'f ^ wa 9 to be proclaimed . Vet , that mi crL 2 r i *^ and at its cloao Bosapamce was v * dcvwK ? : ff acconnt for this ? Tu e army } . . hut tw . peo ? Ie were at least quiescent , ^• eai Sr ^ i ^ attitude that lold of co « tmpt . True , they submitted to the

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      farce , well knowing that a solitary cry of * Vive h llepublique' would have been answered by a volley of musketry or a discharge of grape-shot . They came in their thousands to see the ' Show , ' just as they might have thronged to see the principal actor guillotined . But from their lips came no cry for the Empire . ' The crosses , beyonets , mitres , eagles , and the rest of the ' properties , ' mummeries , and tomfooleries—ecclesiastical and military—failed to evoke even the slightest enthusiasm ; consequentl y , Bo >' A « parte ' s assumption of the purple was postponed sine die .

      Let the reader turn from the revelries of blasphem ing priests and blood-stained brigands , to contemplate the direful picture of hundreds of the' noblest sons of France , torn from their families , and like vilest felons shipped to that mortal hell , denominated ' Cayenne . Of these unfortunate but heroic patriots some sixteen hundred were embarked a few days ago . The condemned originally exceeded that number , but some , influenced by the agony of separation , from country and kindred , consented to buy their pardon by taking the oath of fidelity to the

      usurper . Sixteen hundred refused grace upon such terms , and as the pardoned were separated from the doomed , the latter shouted—again , and yet again—Vive laRepublique ! Consider and admire the dauntless virtue of these noble Frenchmen ! Imagine and pity the despair of their relatives I Alas for France , her glory blighted—her victories reversed—her best and bravest in chains or exile—her children the prey of brutal bandits , and soul-crushing priests ! And all this misery , wrong , and humiliation , the work of a perjured traitor and bastard tyrant I ¦ ¦

      Is there not some chosen corse Some hidden thunder in the f tores of Heaven , Red with uncommon wrath , to blast the man Who owes his greatness to his country ' s ruin ? L'AMI DU PETJPLE

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      FRANCE . DISTRIBUTION OF THE EAGLES-THE MUMMEHIES OP THE CHAMP DE MARS-NOBLE CONDUCT OP ARAGO—THE VICTIMS OF TIBAJfAT —ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OP BARBES . Tub ceremony so long talked of and so eagerly expected of distributing the eagles to the armv , took place on Mondav in the Champ de Mars . Thus , tho ' lOth of May , destined by theframers of the constitution of 1848 to bo the goal of Louis Napoleon's magistracy , has found him lifted to a culmination of power out-topping the sovereignty of the legitimate kings of Franca , and inaugurating anew epoch of ambition with an act which is universally recognised as a prologue to the empire . Avast multitude , more curious to witness the show than attracted by enthusiasm , gatbeved from day-brealc on the grassy ramparts , shaded by elms , which flank the long

      parallelogram on the side of the Invalides , and 0 U the opposite side towards Crenelle . The immense area stretching for two-thirds of a mile from the front of the EcoleMilitaire to the Pont de Jena , held the 60 , 000 military actors in this pageant , and was surrounded by five times that number of spectators . A multitude , outnumberingt-he population of spate , of the largest capitals of Europe , was crammed in the stands of the r amphitheatre erected for the oscasion , or stood densely massed on foot oh the borders of the square unobstructed by ^ thege temporary bupingSi . - All round tuo square : from space to space , were' ' planted masts , from whosetopsstreamed broad tricoloured pennons , while halfmast high they boro a shield rrith the cypher of Louis Napoleon , adorned with a group of flags of the national colours . The stands were similarly ornamented , every column which supported the awnings being surmounted by a group of tricoloured banners . '

      The end of the Champ de Mars furthest from the river , is closed by the Ecole Militaire , a stately pile , " erected in the middle of the last century , and now used as barracks . The whole front of tbis immense building was masked by the light and elegant theatre of structures erected for the " President , his court , and the great bodies of the state and their families . Before thecentre of the facade rose pre-eminent the tribune of the President . This magnificent pavilion , whose floor was on a level with the first story , formed an arcbed portico , fifty feet in height , and the same number of feet wide and deep . It was hung inside with crimson velvet , sprinkled with gold stars , and in front curtains of the same _ rich material were looped back with gold cords . The architectural decorations of this tribune were covered with symbols of the empire . Above , in the centra of the entablature of the arch , shone the grand cross of the Legion

      of Honour , supported on either hand by winged "Victories . Groups of banners spread from the spandrils . The sidepieces were adorned with two stories of Corinthian columns , supporting gilded eagles , with niches between , filled with trophies , and surmounted by the cypher of" L . N . " A broad carpeted staircase , which widened at each of its two landing-places , and was adorned on either hand with three statues , representing Force , Justice , and Victory , descended into the champ . Upon the crimson-velvet curtain were embroidered the President ' s arms . Tho shield bore a spreadeagle npon a field azure . Hound the escutcheon ran a cord of eagles , suspending the grand cross of the Legion of Honour between . two branches of oak and olive , with entwined stems , the whole surmounted by a casque with vizor barred and white plume . The tricoloured flag floated over the tribune , above whose roof towered the dome of the edifice of Louis XV .

      Contiguous to the central tribune reserved for the President and his suit were four others , two of which , on the loft , ware occupied by the family of the President , consisting of the sons of Jerome and Lucien , the Princess Matilde , and others , and by the wives of the ministers , marshals , adm ,, als and other high dignitaries of the state . The two corresponding boxes on tho right contained the diplomatic corps and their ladies . Uext to this central group , on either side , were long galleries , containing the senate , tho Corps Legislatif , and the Council of State , all of whom appeared in full costume . Tho other constituted bodies , which appeared officially by deputations , in their respective uniforms , were ranged in the same portion of the building . There were tho judges of tho various courts in their square caps and robes , the learned bodies , with the Institute at

      their head , the civil engineers , the masters of the Ecole Poly technique and St . Cyr , the consistories of the various religious professions not Catholic , the staff of the National Guard of Paris , and the staff of the army and navy . These long galleries , furnished each with seats for 720 persons , were flanked by spacious pavilions , each with accommodation for more than 400 , which were taken possession of by the families of the great bodies of the state . Two other lateral tribunes , detached from the building and advanced before its wings , contained more than 1 , 200 employes in the different brandies of the administration . Under " the galleries of the Senate ami Corps Legislatif were ranges oi graduated benches descending into the arena , and open to

      the sky , croiraed wit : ; distinguished foreigners , the greater part of whom were foreign military officers . In the Tribunes of Honour were remarked—The Duke of Cleveland , ihs Marquis of Clanricaide , Viscount and Viscountess Sydney , Lord and Lady Alfred Paget , Lord and Lady Grey , the Earl of Sheffield , Viscount and Lady Pollington , Lord Vernon , Lord and Lady Poltimore , Viscount and Lady Uillon , Lord and Lady Lilford . the Countess of Elgin , Lady Burghersh , Sir Frederick Adam , Sir William Fraser , Lord Bury , Lord and Lady Ossulston , Lord Bateman , Colonel Cadogan , Colonel Torreus , Colonel Heyworth , Captain Arthur Hardinge , Colonel Lord George Paget , Colonel Cartwright , Lieut-Colonelltussoll , Captains Baillie , Dudley , de Eos , Streatfielu , ; Williams , & e .

      The English red coats blpzed conspicuous , and contrasted with the green uniforms of Bussia . The simple white bernous of the Arab sheik was set off by the profusion of gold embroidery spent upon the many-coloured dresses of tho north . Among the long lines of tribunes extending on the sides of the vast square , that of the municipality towards the Invalides was the most conspicuous : ilere were collected the prefect of the Seine , the municipal council and the prefect and commissioners of police . Tho troops were drawn up on either side of the square , in two lines , facing each other , the infantry on the right as you entered from the Pout do Jena , and the cavalry on of

      the left . The line infantry was ranged in battalions ; the cavalry by squadrons in close columns . Between these two lines , " and at the distance of one-third of the whole len"tl : of the Champ de Mara from the President ' s tribune stood a vast altar raised on a broad base , and shaded by a lofty canopv , the central object of attention . Tiie fifty siexsofthis structure were crowded with three , hundred priests in their albs , who assisted at the mass . The avtil-} erv clostd the Champ de Mars on the side of the river leavine in the direction of the Pont do Jena an opening for the passage of the Priuce and his suite . Tke deputations of the different corps of tho army and nary were ranged in the void space between the lines and the Ecolo Militaire , under the direction of stuff officers of the 1 st division of the army of Paris . '

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      The President set out from the Tuileries on horseback shortly before noon . He was accompanied b y his undo the Prince Jerome , by General de St . Anaud , Minister of War , General Magnan , Commander-in-chief of the army of Paris , Marshals Reille , Harispe , Excelmans , and Vailiant , with their aides-de-camp . Particular orders had been issued that no officer should be allowed to join the cortege without a special invitation . A strong escort of carabineers hemmed in the calvacade from the crowd who lined the way . About twenty bronze-faced Arab sheiks , wearing scarlet scarfs over their white bernouses , and with long guns slung behind them , caracolling upon fiery steeds oftheElysee , were not the least attractive feature . Louis Napoleon rode a superb black horse , with gold housings . He looked uncommonly well , and managed his steed well , which chafed and pawed admirably .

      Bonaparte reached the Ponfc de Jena punctually at noon . His entrance into the Champ de Mara was announced by a salute of twenty-one guns , and by acclamations which were drowned in the peal of the artillery . First hegallopped down between the lines , acknowledging , by repeatedly taking off bis cocked hat , the chorus of acclamations uttered by the troops . "When he reached tho foot of the staircase leading up to his tribune , he dismounted , and ascending saluted , by taking off his cocked hat , the ministers and high dignitaries , who came forward to meet him down to the first landing-place . Ho then took his seat in the arm-chair set for him . At the back of this platform , % 7 here Louis Kapoleon was seated , were set the stands of colours to bo distributed . The top of each flag-staff is surmounted by a gilt eagle , with wings displayed , about a foot m height . The model is exactly that of the empire . The distribution of the colours then commenced , and was over in about a quarter of an hour . Tho President then took off his hat , and read from a paper the following speech ;—

      Soldiers !—The history of peoples is in great part tbe history of armies . On their successes or on their reverses depends the lot of ciFJIiiatfon and of the country . Conquered , they are followed by mvasion or anarchy ; victorious , by glory and order . For this reason , nations , like armies , bear a religious veneration towards those emblems of military honour , which sum up in them a whole past of struggles and of triumphs . The ltoman eagle , adopted by the Emperor Sapoleon in the beginning of this century , was the most striking signification of the regeneration and grandeur of France . It disappeared in our misfortunes . It was destined to return when France , recovered fiom her defeats , mistress of herself should seem no longer to repudiate her own glory . Soldiers !—Itesume , Hien , these eagles , not as a menace against foreign countries , but as the symbols of our independence , as tie souvenir of an heroic epoch , as the badge of nobility of each regiment . Resume , then , these eagles , which have so often led our sires to victory , and swear to die , if need there be , to defend them .

      This speech was no sooner uttered than all the colonels extended their right arms towards tho Prince , and exclaimed , " Nous lc jurons ! " "We swear it . " The President walked up again to his seat , while the colonels , shouldering the standards , descended the steps together , and walked towards the altar . This structure was about eighty feet high from the top of the ground to the gold cross that surmounted the dome . The high altar was placed upon a raised platform , twenty-five feet high , immediately under the dome . The priests , who wero about 300 in number , had been occupying themselves before the President's arri . val on the ground , iu walking in procession about the alar , upon tho steps of which they presently settled , like a flock of birds . The Archbishop of Paris in bis rich goldembroidered cope and mitre , descended the steps from the high altar , attended by his grand vicar and clergy , to the first landing-place on the staircase , while the colonel . * , with their standards , remained grouped at tho foot of the steps . He then preached a discourse , the length

      and rhcotric of which , accompanied by animated gesticulations , contrasted strongly with the brevity and sedate gravity of the President ' s speech . After the conclusion of tbe archbishop ' s discourse the mass was said , the host was raised , guns fired , drums beat , trumpets sounded , the troops presented arms , and tho officers uncovered . After the mass the benediction was bestowed upon tho colours ; a salvo of 100 guns was fired ; again the drums beat and tho trumpets blew . Then , by all the bands together , forming an orcnestra of 1 , 000 performers , a magnificent piece of sacred music was performed . Tbe standard-bearers advanced separately , knelt on the ground , each with the eagle in his hand , and the archbishop spoko the following prayer : — " Receive these standards sanctified by the blessing of Heaven ; may they bo tho terror of the enemies of tho Christian world , and may God , for the honour of his name and glory , give you grace that securely and unscathed you may pierce the battalions of your enemies . "

      The commander-in-chief then set his troops in order to file off , and the colonels of regiments returned with their colours to the head of tho troops and the deputation . Im mediately after the Prince mounted on horseback , followed by his staff , and the filing off commenced . It was rather more than balf : past one when tho filing off commenced , and before three the whole manoeuvre was finished . Each regiment , as it passed before the Prince , cried " Vive VEmpereur \ " There was only ono exception to this rule , but that was a highly important one . None of tho artillery regiments cried at all . Their silence caused a deep seasation .

      Another eye witness says : —? ' I can vouch for this—that some of the regiments , and I especially noticed some Hussars among the number , were silent . Others shouted but feebly . " Another writer says : — " The President ' s reception by tbe troops was cordial in the extreme—by the people it was frigid , " And another says : — " Ona might have expected that the 400 , 000 persons , witnesses of the scene that had passed in tho Champ de Mars , would have made the city ro-ecbo with their enthusiasm , and that some private individuals would have set the example of an illumination . Xothing of the kind . " On blessing tbe colours , the Archbishop of Paris said :-

      Prince and Soldiers , —The God of peace of whom we arc the ministers , is alco the God of armies . That is why our place , the place of religion , is marked out in this warlike fete . There has always been a religion in combats . With the Jewish people it was Oo 4 who directed battles , who formed the groat captains , and who inspired the prophets with the most warlike accents . The Romans placed their gods by the side of their eagles at the head of their legions . Constantiae achieved his greatest victories under the standard of the Cross . Our most valiant knights , before proceeding to fight against the infidels , had themselves sod their arms blessed by the Church . I do not speak of the flag of the old Monarchy which our kings went to receive from the h » nds of religion at the altar of St . Denis before their warlike expeditions ; the remembrance of that will naturally occur to every mind . Astonishing circumstance 1 The Church , which preaches peace to all ; the Church , v / ho $ e holy army only knows how to shed its own blood , and has even a horror of that of the enemy , —the Church has always had abundant benedictions for the soldier , for his arms , and for his standards . The explanation of this mystery is not difficult , nnd it is the whole meaning of this great solemnity , atones military and

      religious . Peace is the design of God : It is the object towards which human societies proceed when they follow in their regular- course the principles of justice and inspirations from on high . War is only legitimate on condition of its securing peace . Armies are in the hands of God as the powerful instruments of pacification and public order . Right requires force to make itself respected ; but , in its turn , strength required right to remain itself in tho providential order . Peace is therefore always the ohject in view- ; war is sometimes the means ; a terrible , but , alas ! a necessary one ? from the effect of tbe

      tta & sioiis which agitate ttau world . That is why Gud has approved of it—that is wl > y the prophets apply to it the words sanc'ijicatc helium—that is why the Church has for it words of benediction , of encouragement , and almost of loveand why now , as in the past , the soldier and the priest hold out their hands to eacli other . The soldier and tho priest , both placed under the austere laws of discipline , having at heart the same principles Of conduct—a love of duty , above all things , and the spirit of derotedness , even to the sacrifice of his life—work together , though differently , to procure , by calming down the passions , tho triumph of justice in human nature .

      What glorious services to the cause of public peace have been rendered by the glorious army which comes today to bend its head before the . Majesty on high ! Whence comes it that those murmurs which were heard " in the bowels of France and of Europe are suddenly hushed ? Why are the menaces of civil war and of anarchy , which threw society into consternation , disarmed ? Who has arrested this work of dissolution , which was making such rapid progress ? It is a firm and resolute will , supported on one hand by the national voice , which forms his right , and on the other by an invincible army , which forms his strength , And now , hail to you , glorious standards , symbols of so many victories * . Our pontifical heart , which has never ceased to beat with the strongest fee-lings of patriotism , is moved at again seeinjr yen . Their glory effaces from our eyes the former misfortunes of the country . O Prince ! nliom the will of a great people has placed at the head of its destinies , we can understand what these heroic signs must say to your heart .

      rr ' mce , look less at the past than at the iuture . Peace may be spoken of when when possessed of such \ aliant armies . Your eagles will have a vast field of flight from the heights of the Atlas to those of the Alps and the Pyrenees . Providence destines you for a great and holy work . Remember that , in order to build the temple , God preferred Solomon to David . Continue to rebuild in peace that society which has been so deeply shaken , building it up with one hand , while the other holds the glorious sword of France . O God , sovereign master of war and peace , Thou who causest plots to be dissipated , calmest tempests , and brealiest , when Thou wiliest , the sword drawn for the combat— qui ooiitei'is belli—eome and bless these standards ; imprint on them the striking signs of Thy power and holiness . In seeing them let courage be animated and ascend to its celestial principle ; de cailo fortiludo est . Itender them only terrible to the enemies of tbe public peace , and to tho nations , if any there still be , jealous of our glory and prosperity , and who may attempt to disturb them , Let them be for our valiant

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      soldiers a protection and assured pledge of victory ; victoria certa ' fiducia . Let them contain in their glorious folds peace and war , for the security of the good and the terror of the wicked ; and , under their shade , let France respire and be for the happiness of tho world the greatest and happiest of nations . A few accidents occurred , ono of which some may think ratber ominous . A seaman had been charged with putting the new tricolour flag over the entrance of the ElysGe . As he was yesterday in the act of doing so he slipped , and fell to the ground . lie was killed on tho spot . A priest had his skull fractured from tho kick of ahorse . ' It is rumoured that a number of persons were arrested on Sunday . The grand fete given by the army in honour of the President , took place at tho Ecole Militaire on Tuesday night . There were 15 , 000 persons present . Rather than swear fealty to Bonaparte .. Arago , the great astronomer , tendered , in tho following letter , resignation of his post as Director of the Observatory .

      TO THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION . Paris , May 9 th . Monsieur le Ministre , —The government has itself admitted that tbe oath presc-ibed by the Art . 14 . of the Constitution ought not to be required from members of a purely sciemifAe and literary body like the Institute , I cannot say why the Bureau des Longitudes , an astronomical academy , in which , when a vacancy occurs , an election ensues to fill it up , is placed in another category . The simple circumstance would perhaps have sufficed to induce me to refuse the oath : but considerations of another nature , I confess , have exercised a decisive influence on my mind . Circumstances rendered me , inlS 4 S , as member of the Provisional Government , one Of the founders of tho Republic . As such , and I glory in it at present , I contributed to the abolition of sll political oaths . At a later period I was named by the Constituent Assembly president of the Executive Committee ; my acts in this last named-situation

      are too well known to the public for me to have need to mention them here . You can comprehend , Monsieur le Ministre , that in presence of these reminiscences my conscience has imposed on me a resolution which perhaps the director of the Observatory would have hesitated to come to . I had always thought that by the terras of the law an astronomer at the Bureau of Longitude was appointed for life , but your decision has undeceived me , I have , therefore , M . le Ministre , to request you to appoint a day on which I shall have to quit an establishment which I have been inhabiting now for nearly half a century . That establishment—thanks to the protection given to it by the governments which have succeeded each other in France for the lastfortyyears—thanks , above all , may I be allowed to say , to the kindness of the legislative assemblies , in regard to me—has arisen from its ruins and its insignificance , and can now ha offered to strangers as a model . Itis not without a profound sentiment of grief that I shall separate from so many fine

      instruments , to the construction of which I have more or less contributed ; it is not without lively apprehension that 1 shall behold the means of research created by me passing into malevolent or even inimical hands ; but my consciencehasspoken , and lam bound to obey its dictates . I am anxious that in this circumstance everything shall pass in the most open manner ; aha in coiuequence I hasten to inform you , Monsieur le Ministre , that I shall address to alt the great academies of Europe and America—for I have long had tho honour of belonging to them—a circular which will explain my removal from an establishment with which my name had been in some sort identified , and which was for me a second country . I desire it to be known everywhere thatthe motives which have dictated my determination have nothing for which my children can ever blush . I owe these explanations , above all , to the most eminent

      savans who honour me with their friendship , such as Humboldt , Faraday , Brewster , Molloni , ic . I am anxious , also , that these illustrious personages may not be unoasy concerning the grsat change which this determination of mine will produce in my existence . My health has without doubt been much impaired in the service of my country . A man cannot have passed a part of his life going from mountain peak to mountain peak , in the wildest districts of Spain , for the purpose of determining the precise figure of the earth ; in the inhospitable regions of Africa , comprised between Bougia and the capital of the Regency ; in Algerian corsairs ; in the prisons of Majorca , of Rosas , and of Palamos , without profound traces being left behind . But I may remind my friend that a hand without vigour can still hold a pen , and that the half-blind old man will always find near him persons anxious to note down his words . Receive , Monsieur le Ministre , the assurance of my respect ,

      fa , Abaco . In presence of this noble protest Bonaparte quailed , and accordingly has instructed the minister to make a special exception in favour of M . Arago , who will be permitted to retain the direction of the Observatory without taking the oath . .. . *< The oath lias been refused by M . de Laboulie , cs-representative of tho council general of tho Bouches-de'Rhone ; M . Pepin Barbut , of the council general of tho Card ; M . Monet , ex-representative of the council general Of tho Sarthe ; MM . A . Giraud and La Devansaye , of the Maine and Loire ; MM . Peschamps and Voisin , of the Seine Iaferieuro ; MM . Legeudre , Yersau , and Moisan of tho Eure ; and M . de Toqueville of the Manche . The " Assemble Rationale" throws out an intimation that tho remains of Rousseau and Voltaire will ho removed from tho Pantheon . The Pluton steamer , left Toulon on the 4 th wi th 312 political prisoners for Algeria , among whom his if . Miot , ex-representative of the National Assembly ;

      A letter from Lyons of the 7 th insfc . states that tho political prisoners remaining in the iort of La Vitriolerie , in that city , were removed thence during the night of the 4 th , and embarked in a steam-boat on the Rhone , to bo transported to Avignon , and subsequently by railway to Marseilles , where a ship is waiting to convey them to their ultimate destination . Accounts from Beauvais of the Oth inst ., state that sixteen political prisoners sentenced to transportation have been sentenced to the Fort of Bioctre . A mission of Jesuits for Cayenne has been organised by the government ; three bavo accompanied the political convicts to their destination , and three more are about to follow . The government has granted them a bouse and lands in Cayenne .

      An attempt has been made by Barbcs and a fellow prisoner to effect an escape from tho fortress of Bello-lslo . The plan , it seems , was well laid , and a boat was to take them off in tbe middle of the night . Whether discovered by accident or otherwise is not stated , but as soon as informal tion of the fact reached the authorities , the Greenland , government war steamer , proceeded from Lorient to the a pot . The captain had a long interview with the commandment of the fortress , An order was issued that day that no boat or vessel should bo allowed to leave the island by night , and by day should be submitted to the closest scrutiny .

      GERMANY . Bhbus , May 7 . —The Second Chamber to-day discussed the project of law , transmitted to it by a royal message , concerning the future organisation of the First Chamber . The project of the government , the propositions of the committee , and all the amendments were rejected . The Empress of Russia is expected here' daily . She will be accompanied to the frontier by the Emperor , who will then proceed to Vienna , thence to Prague , to visit tho ex-Emperor of Austria , and afterwards come for a few days to Berlin . Extraordinary preparations wero made on the road ftom St . Petersburg !] to "Warsaw , for tho journey of

      the Empress . A gentleman wno came a uttio in advance of tbe Imperial train describes the spectacle along the whole lino as extraordinary . The road , for 400 English miles , was repaired and swept by band , every stone being removed , and at every post station 170 horses wore kept ready harnessed , that not an instant might be lost . In the afternoon of the 3 rd inst , the powder magazine in the fortress ofKonigsberg was blown op with an explosion that shook the houses of the town , broke the glass of the windows , and damaged the roofs of many . The magazine itself was completely levelled with the earth , and most of the buildings of the fortress are move or less injured . Three persons were killed .

      O STALLS . Madrid , May 4 . —The Duke de Vallahermosa , who durit ssveral years was the Spanish ambassador in Paris , has di < almost suddenly . As was anticipated , the greater part of thenewspape have ceased to appear . Of the thirteen journals of Madri ten , "LaEsperanza , " the " Clamor Publico , " tho "N tion , " the " Ile ' raldo , " the "Novedades , " the " Epoca the " Catolico , " the "Ohservador , " the "Opinion , " ai the " Military Gazette , " have suspended their publicatio The . ministerial papers , the " Gazette of Madrid , " t ] " Espana , " and the " Orden" alone continue to appes It is reported the government is resolved to follow up tl persecution of the press , by several measuresofa nature more arbitrary and despotic than anything that has ever y been conceived by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte . H Majesty ' s advisers have recommended her' to make Madr too hot to hold any person but those who will'bow the kn to the Baal of despotism . Lists of those persons who are be proscribed are already handed about Madrid .

      Tho 1-Ti ! n « arian Ahinftain . Qhl < . n ?« . »» .. . l _ -il . r . / . n The Hungarian chieftain , Shlesinger , who , with some other prisoners from Cuba , escaped from Ceutato Gibraltar , sailed for England on the 27 th ult .

      WEST INDIES . ¦ jASfAicA .--Tbe intelligence from this island is to tho 14 th ultimo , and is of a most unsatisfactory character . Trade was extremely dull ,. and the agricultural interests sadly depressed . SANDWICH ISLANDS . According to correspondence from Honolulu , there is a movement on foot to change the government of the Sandwich Islands , and to establish a republic . Private advices ftom California indicate the same purpose , and inform us that arrangements have been for some time in progress to carry the movement to a successful issue .

      BRITISH AMERICA , Late accounts from Newfoundland represent tho gale as having been very disastrous to the fishing vessels . in that vicinity . An immense number of vessels are known ' to have been wrecked , and hundreds of the poor seamen who escaped with their lives are in a very destitute condition .

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      UNITED STATES . OUR AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE-LA . V ? -A COLOURED C 1 TIZEX SUOT-EXTUL'SIASTIC UEOEBTIOX OF KOSSUTH AT BOSTON . ( From our own Correspondent . ) . Yew Fort , M'y - 1 , 18 SS . To-day tho Arctic leaves our shores for Liverpool , and goodl y number of passengers she has engaged already ; peiieve there will be a hundred and fiftv before she sails . f ! ° " r , note or mark departs by Iier ' tf special designation-. « we may except Governor Gregory , of the Bahama Island and lus family , « a » JlL- , ^ 0 ? ic of interest that lias engaged tho atten «

      S . ? L il i n mtm since my last communication , has unon S ? JJ ^ T » of the e » d " ot that atrocious libel P One Sinn f e r tke Pugitive Slave Law . naKhve W Dt ' 8 trikin « > - illustrative of the abomiterdavT cn ! o „ 1 ^ V U 3 fc tra » Wd . Tho day before yes . ham ? Ere « H ° ' '" I of ColuuiM ! l ' IWlvania by J ^^^ &^ s ™ ir ^' h d f named Itidgeley , upon an £ , tZ'SJ A ' ? ™ f unteir slave , and the property of Mr I ^ sriS ^ fH ™ of the Whigs and the infernal compromise . sSth did not Idee being thus hunted like a wilS beast and h ? s Mend , manifested sympathy ; but no actual violence was attempted beyond the efforts on the part of Smith to " mm the fangs of the human hound . At that moment Itideel ' ev the officer , drow a pistol and shot the poor follow through tne

      necK ; he tell a lifeless corpse , and the miscreant escaped the righteous vengeance that assuredly awaited him but for tie protection afforded him by the Unionists of Shrewsbury , by whom ho was hurried into the railway train , and arrived in Baltimore yesterday morning . A . a inquest was held before deputy coroner Fisher , yesterday , when a sort of special verdict was returned . The poor fellow has left a wife and two children , and the Governor of Pennsylvania has already sent a state officer with a formal demand for the surrender of Itidgeley , by the Stateof Maryland , to . take his trial in the former State , for the crime of wilful murder . How long is this Woody traffic to be continued ? The Abolitionists are indeed gaining ground , and a few more of these martyrs will raise tha

      """" d upon which the tree of-true liberty , and no shams , shajl flourish for future ages . No one knows for an hour what brawls the Slavery Question will embroil the union in ; the perpetual conflict ot that institution ia daily receiving fresh illustrations . £ or years it has been the practice to seize any coloured lreenegroes who may enter the ports of South Carolina , and l i ? , - them until t , ie de P ' uro of tne vessel , and fcreat Britain has repeatedly and earnestly remonstrated against theao _ outrages . Under Mr . Adam ' s Administration , the justice of her claims wero acknowledged ; under General Jackson ' s , they were in effect denied . Sinco then tho question has hung by tho eyelids until recently , when Hon . H . B . Mathow . late Governor of

      . Bahamas , was appointed Consul at Charleston , mainly with reference to the settlement of this question . An Lnglish subject has been seized , imprisoned , and tha Consul has remonstrated in vain I South Carolina claims to overrule the treaties of the United States . The Stata of Massachusetts once undertook to vindicate the rights of her coloured citizens to pass unmolested through South Carolina , but was not permitted even to institute an action—her distinguished and venerable Commissioner ( Hon . Samuel Hoar ) having been expelled from the State by intimidation , and even his life endangered in case of his refusal to leave . We shall see whether the British Consul will be treated with similar indignity . Kossuth arrived at Boston on the 29 th ult ., and was received with much enthusiasm .

      Kossuth concluded a more than usually eloauent address by saying that he entrusted the hopes of his country ' s liberty to the people of Massachusetts . His speech was almost every moment interrupted by cheers , and a more enthusiastic assemblage never met in Fancuil Hall . The Legislative banquet to Kossuth took place on the 30 th ult . Tbe procession formed at the State House , at six o ' clock , and proceeded to Faneuil Hall , the galleries of which had been for several hours crowded with ladies . All the highest officers of the state were present , together with a large number of senators and representatives , and other distinguished citizensof this city .. About 900 Sfttj down to the table . The Hon . Henry Wilson presided at tho table , and

      declared the purpose of the banquet to be to pay a tribute of respect and admiration to tho rightful Governor of Hungary . After a number of tracts and speeches , Kossuth was announced , and on rising was received with tremendous plaudits , gentlemen clapping their hands , and by the waving of handkerchiefs by tha ladies in the galleries . He spoko extemporaneously , and with nil bis usual eloquence , for about two hours . He said that Hungary would never mora be ruled by a King . When she became free of Austria sha would be a republic , not only in name , as in France , but a republic in reality . Kossuth has accepted invitations to visit Salem , Lowell , & c , & c .

      Conspiracy To Crush The'star Of Freedom....

      CONSPIRACY TO CRUSH THE ' STAR OF FREEDOM . " During the last fortnight I have received a number of letters , together with inforraatioa ftom various sources , from which I learn that there exists an organised . conspiracy on the part of Mr . Jones and his misled followers ,, to effect ( by any and every means , however . vile , ) the destruction of tbis journal . I should have hesitated to have taken publ notice of this dastardly combination , but . for the receipt of the following communication : — Pit Bank , Oldham , If ay liVfi , 1852 . . Mr Dear Sm , —On Sunday last a meeting of South luncaaUiro delegates assembled in the Go-operative Store , Rojtbn , near Oldhiim , to takeinto consideration the best means of organising the scattered elements of Chartism in this part of the country . After transacting much of the business for which the meeting was called ,

      Mr . Houghton , the delegate from Stockport , said , that ho had a resolution to propose , with which he did not agree , and with which a majority of the Stockport Chartists did not agree , but as the said resolution bad been agreed upon at one of their meetings , he should move : —' Thatthe Chartists should support tbe "Star of Freedom , " and the "People ' s Paper . '" Alter some discussion , It was decided , —that no vote should be taken on the matter then , but that it should ha left for the Manchester Conference to decide whether you and your paper should ha crushed or not . Mr . Grocott , of Manchester , said , he had watched you for many years , and knew you to be an enemy to Chartism ; that long since he had told some of the Manchester Coartists so , hut they would not believe bim then , but now they oould believebim , wnen his ( Mr . Grocott ' s ) opinions had come to pass . Mr . Hill , the delegate for Staljbridge , said , that should tha Manchester Conference turn out a failure , it would just suityou . as

      you would sot he .-itate to strike a dagger anywhere to kill Chartlsin . One of the delegates said Mr . Le Blond had denied having anything to do with tho Star of Freedom . ' Mr . Grocott said , Le Blond would deny or say anything . Something was said of employ , ing a county lecturer ; Mr , Kydd' s name was mentioned as a proper person , but as he is one of your ' staff , ' and having , as some of them said , been a writer in Mr . Oastier ' s 'Home' for Protection , he was prepared to write for any party for money . Now , Bir , as many charges were made against you , in your abseuca , I think it my duty to inform you of what is going on . After the meeting was over , I took occasion to express my disapproval of denouncing a man , who was not present to defend himself ; but all I got for my trouble was being called an enemy to the Charter , & c . I deplore the difference between you and Mr , Jones . I have no desire to see the gap between you made wider , but as a friend to both of you , and as a friend to the Charter and fair play , I neither

      can , nor will , throw the veil of secrccj over such language as I . ' beard on Sunday last . Some may blame me for thia communica- . tion , but it is truth , and who will dare to say taaUrutb . shall not ha > told ? Yours , very truly , To G . J . Harney . Thomas Suah ? e LosasonoH . Having read the above at the request of the writer , I have no a hesitation in declaring my conviction that the statements are true , t , so far as relates to the proceediugsof the delegates . ( Signed ) J . U . Hobsfaf . l , Koyten , May 12 th , 1852 . The above came to band only this morning , Friday , May y 14 th . My comment , therefore , must be comprised in tha a fewest possible words . As regards Mr , Grocott , he is simply y a foul-mouthed calumniator ; fortunately , in his own locality ; y he is too well known to be capable of doing much mischief , f . As regards Mr . Hill , should tho " Manchester Conference" " prove a failure , the fault will rest with that person , whore- a-

      gardlesB of the risk of failure , has urged on the conia- arencc , not for ; the purpose of serving the cause , but for ) r pushing his own private speculation . I beg to apprise Mr . r . Grocott and Co ., that , while I hope , for their own credit , ; t , that tho men who will attend the " Manchester Confe- ' o « rence" will have too much sense to commit themselves to a » a course whioh would be as ridiculous as tyrannical , that never- : rtheiess , should they do so , it will not he in their power to to » crush " the " Star of Freedom ; " nov will any cliqua ua or conspiracy be able to prevent this paper from holding ing its position as the chief organ of Democracy . Messss . iss . Grocott and Co ., may assure themselves that they are moCmoC ! the people—that they are not the Democratic ' party . Fronvomi Grocott and Co ., I shall appeal to tho people , conndentent

      thatthe verdict will bo in support of this journal , andfcxLfcj ) the confusion of its enemies . Such miserable backsiabl / ersbersa have their own way only so long as theyaro notbroughoghtt face to face with those they calumniate . As goon as las 11 can find time , I will visit the localities where these gengeni ' tlemen imagine themselves to bo masters , and give themuemn the opportunity to defend themselves , if thoy dare . b . jj would recommend them , in tho meantime , however , t « , t << have a cars what they say , for I have friends who will no ! noil fail to apprise mo of such dastardly conduct ; and whowho ) disgusted at the conduct of such as Mister Gvooott , ar ( arn taking the matter of the " Star of Freedom " defencfencm into their own hands . May 14 th , 1852 .- G . Julian Harney , ev .

      P . S . —In answer to the friends at Oldham , I beg to sap any that I have not yet issued a renly to tho last" Circular ' ilar " of that pure Democrat who parades under the very De Dee nioeratic style and title of " Ernest Charles Jones , Esq , Esq , [ , of the Middle Temple , Barrister at Law , and of Hardwicllwicl : Lodge , & e ., & c „ & c , & e ., & c . « fcc . " tfofc having a beg begg ging box at my command I really cannot afford to print antt am distribute circulars every week . I havo been waiting for g for : further accumulation of falsehoods to demolish them la n ia lump . I shall now wait another week to take note of thoftht Craihtrs .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15051852/page/1/