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      FRANCE . TEE WAB ASAI » ST THE PSES 3 . tffl . dcfl . dc Calonne , the chief editor , and M . Msgce , ffctofc-ctorofthe Boughs de Feb , a journal whichwas tup tup to replace the Lampios , were tried en Tuesday Hhs'ths tribunal of correctional police , on a charge of wins vins published a journal without mak-ng the dossil o & it of theoautiou-money . They were condemn ^ cchicch io a month ' s imprigcnmfni , and a fine of 200 uincs . incs . EPaeiPaep , Tae ? dsy . —The National Assemblv refused sstereterday , by large majeriiie ? , to take from the h * n s 1 ths iths military dictator the power of suspending such wrnairnals a » he may deem dangerous ta the peace and " I ' istetisteni'e of the commonwealth , and to transfer it to

      te c e c vie law . The subject was brought under dislissiossion in two forms . A proposition previously sub iiiittaitted by M . Crespel de laTourchehas been referred »» tha the c immittee on legislation , woo embodied their iiiewsews in a bill the basis ef which was thst the poser : " bussuspending jnnraals should be -vested in the triaanahna ! upon the requisition of a public officer , and filter Iter condemnation by a jury . The details by which ne ' ne ' aw was proposed to be carried ont were a ' so speifiedfied . The committee ' s proposal waa disposed of in lie fhe fi r » t isstacea . tbe Asssmbly refcsinH to ' discuss ' titie tie details tven , by 565 to 20 S M . Cregpel de la ' ou-- ou--cbeV . original propositioa—waici enunciated fchc the principle that even in the time of siete the tri

      tuniun & lsaone have the right t-- decide matters con « j ententerl w th the nress— was nex - read , but- quickly iisp'ispftSfd of , a majority of 457 to 276 declaring in fa-• ou'ou' - of th ? preT > us question . M M EffiVc de Girardin gives notice in his paper LaLa Prksse ) that until the ordinary laws ef the niouiountry reaunw their sway he will abstain fnrai wrii in § in ? in , or in-erfering in the management of , that ( ourourcsl , which he abandons to his deputies . This "rosroc" dir-g is jm aubly r . ne of the meststriking proofs . hahat oul te adlneed ofthe terror which the dictaitoufiTshp ¦ •< CentralCavaignaoand the state of the iiuakg « 'n ; -ire f and cannot but be regarded as signifi : affiant and ominous .

      CAUSSIDrERK . 1 M . CscHidiere has addressed the fo'lowisg let'e-, ihfhted London , Friday last , to ih editor of La Rsiwhmkm ? : — 1 Mr De ** F « ienp , —Candemned by anticipation , and i » itwithoa : discussion , by a vote ofthe Na ion » l Assembly , ucfcichicih . handtd . me over to prosecution during a state ot isleglege , I was sntborised to withdraw until the law of Ifotforce has given place to the legal jus'ice of the c > nn ry . TH know the slowness of political trials , an 3 22 msnhd ' [ mtmpr sicment befare trial in 1814 has taught me that 1 thfhey are too often znsda subordinate to propiti us evtncs , anend to conclusion ! which it is desirable to draw from ththsai . Easpm » hat may I have too rauch respect for TTiCniversal Scff age not to desire ard .-ntiy to present

      myigekelf at the proper time bsfore a jury , which shall bj ths sssatnral result of suob . suffrage . I will endeavour to prptovato tbem tba \ 165 , O 00 intslli < rer > t citizens are n-i * decscaived In tba doaV . e vote thty gave me ; aad spite of the bit on of OLlnmniES uttered against tha list vote of my fefellow aitizsas i-f all classes , I hope not to lose in their eitsrlmaion thebonourable distinction they have recorded nine in c ^ liin ? mo to tbe National Assembly to legislate o : on th = right * aHi duties of all . A simple and obscure ddtizen , my ambition , If I possessed any . was already tco h highly satisfied by the glorious recompense bestowed o-on my good intentions . I eadewoured to raise myself ? to tbe iere ; of this sacred mission , and with ' that view I eendsweurai to forget every matite of feate , aad occacphdmjs if incets .-n ' . lyto alleviate the miseries that im .

      { perfect civil * *? Isi has for a long period caused to weigh c on oar poor country . Yes , fellow c't tins , snch was my t constant occupation , combined with aa earnest desire to i aesmycolleaguis adopt wisdom and firmaess , those dei tnocratic principles which alone can , I think , bria ; ns to i a social cttsdltjaa seriously aad traly fraternal . Bo ; so * then rilow ysnrtslrea to be sedncf d fcy the ezlrava-; gans FO ^ hisms of egoism , end banish all malevolent asd 1 refraatcry idess . As to myself , d-urtved aa I am ot any concurrence ia this great and sullima work of the conatitntioa , in which should be f . nsd the real precepts of Christianity , I will jain my wishes to those of the people , who regard yon . and who still hope that their cries of distress will en % b ! ea yonr heart with the holy love of humanity . — Caussidiebe .

      ihe itauak qnssnos . Paeis , Friday Evening . —l'his day , immediatey on the chsir having been taken at the National Assembly , the Minister fsr Foreign Affairs ascended the tribune , and announced the official acceptance bj An « ria of the mediation of Fracce aid Eugland in the affairs of I : a y . The Minister added that thia cennwece wou'd have the effect of enabling the government to reduce the military cxpenditore , and under that head relieve the country of expenses . This announcement was received with marked satisfaction by the Assemblyas well as ou ; of doors , having caused ihe funds tt > rise .

      It is said that Austria has prescribed her own conditions . She demands that tbe sovereignty of the Lnmhwdo-Yenetiaa provinces shall bo preserved for her , acd peremptorily declines surrendering an inch of territory to Charles Albert . She cr-nsenta to certain administrative reforms , and also to grant a liberal constitution to Milan and Venice , under an Austrian viceroy , so tbat these states shall stand in ths s »^ e relation to Austria as Hungary end same of the other provinces sf the empire .

      PABIS £ LECH 0 SS . The moderate parly has united with the government ih au effort in the coming election , which ia fi » 3 for ths I 7 * h and 13 : h , to defeat ths communists and the faubourgs . Tha walla iC Patis * e , w plaawled on . Tuesday wth rei bills , containing a recommendation , in violent terms , of M ti . RaspaU , Thcr ? , and Cabet as candidate ? * It commenc s with * Vive la Repuhliqce democratique et ^ ociale !' 1

      PSGGKE-8 i ? IHE CJCHrEE-BEVOlUTIOir , Scsdat Mobsiso- —The bill abr-gating H . Louis Blano's famous decree of the 2 ad of March , by which ths hours of labour in manufactories and public work * were limited to 10 hours a day in Paris , and 11 in the departments , was yesterday passed . By this new law the hours of iafcsur in mauufaclorief , « % s ,. in Ftasoe , are hence orth limited to twelve working hoars , « - oepting incases which , from their nature , require a longer succession of hours , and in favour of which the government is to be allowed to make an exception . The Abbs Sibour proposed an amendment prohibiting the undertaken of public works to keep their workshops open or continuing tbeir works on Sunday ; but although he declared tbat his object . ! fairpn : itfor « a'd was to ameliorate the lot . of the Iab > ur . Lgc ' a s-. f , by giving them one holidays week , theproposition met with no support , acd the amendment wa « withrrawn .

      IHB DDJCTJSaOS OP IHE COSITITDTIOE . On Tauftday tbe discussion of -he preamble of the Constitution was resumed , when after severalameudroents tt the first paragraph had been proposed , M . Devuis a « ended the tribune ta develop the following amendment : — ' In presence of God , under the re- < n of the state cf siege , destruction of all liberty , and m panitu-. ar ofthe- liberty ol the press , which it snppiesses acd ea-penda at will , under tbs resrimen o ! the military authority , which has no

      knowledge of the wants of society , whose very existrace is a check on public opinion , and prevents the DBnifes'a-ion of ail ideas acd all truths , so useful to be circulated at a moment when the bases ofthe constitution are beia < discussed , i nder that ui nteliigent and expeditions reginten , tbe terror of citizens whom it oar arbitrarily arrot , ' -ake from tteir Ordinary jud ei aud deliver it over the councils of war—in the name of the Freuch peop'e , and jie'ding to the constraint which prevails in Paris , the National Asipotbty proclaims end decrees . *

      r Ttafc amend-aent being considered insulting for General Ct ^ aunac , and for the Assembly itself Whf . se decrees itattacked . fiumerous voioes demanded that it should not be discussed . The Phesibest , however , having observed ttatM . Davilie disclaimed suoh an intention , silence wa » restored and M . Dtviiut waa allowed to speak . _ He beitffl , by protesting against the indecorous manner in wekb be bad been received by the Assembly . Ha had , he said , voted against the state of siege because he was aware of its inconveniences . He bad « 6 tvtd in the army from the age of sixeen

      to thiry-iwo . He had fought on every field of battle , from Aasterlifz t-J Waterloo , and had bad opportun ity and leisure to appreciate the amenity of the role of the sward and the intelligence of m « h > ary BUtesmw . Is . w « a because he had had that experience that fee did not . desireto place his feLow citizens at their discretion . His object had not been to insult the majesty of ths Assembly , nor to attack aajot its decisions—be merely wished to unburden hii conscience and disclose eome wholesome truths . M . Devillo then proceeded to justify M . Lwis Blanc , but being repeatedly interrupted by cnes-« the Constitution , ' the Constitution , he took up his Mnera and raa down the steps of the tnbune .

      At therequestotthePreaident , and ot a memoer ef theCdrfutution Committee , he re-ascended the bftme . and continued hi- panegyric of Louis Blanc . Awarding to Wm . LoutsBanc ban bran persecuted for navinifreely expressed hia opinion from the tn-E , and he iufened therefrom that . the , lib-rtj of Seecn was oat entire , ' Read , 'he satd , . 'the bill o indictment , read the report of the Committee ot Inifoiry . who . instead of investigating the geieral araiUof the insutrcctisn tf June , oaly songhtto ooopiomise two of their colleagues , Louis Bian- aid Cauiidiere , becaose they * poke too independtn-Jy . lbs tribane was not cansequentlyfree . (• Oh ! oh !) It is free if voa wi-h , but on one . condition , that is , should ar ' v « f my ex pressiong displrtse the Attorneif the Republic I shall be liable te be handed over ta jVtnil taty tribunal' He then asked if France w »» doomed to return to the sys tem of deception so iJilv nractifed by the ex-sim-n Louis Philippe ? ted tnat

      For his partbe bJievedit , ana repea uncer the state of siege tho Asteobly could not freely vote ^ Mart ? n dtstrmsburg , replied that the amerdsaent o * M D ^ Tille bad been seiwusly examined and discu « tel in the Censtitution Committee . M . Martin proposed the order of the cay , which wsjnnani-BWily voted by theAwohly .

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      The debate had not concluded up to Tuesday . The principal subject of discussion has been the eighth article of the preamble , on whioh M . Mathieu , pro . posed an amendment which went to admit tbe right ofallcUYzeos to instruction labour-, and asssistance . Oa Tuesday . M . Alex , de Tocqueville ascandr-d the tribune , and contend- d ajainst tbe droit du travail . M . Lsdru Rollin contended tiat the droit du travnil was aright conquered by the revolution of February ; thai it was the consequence and result of the great principles declared by the Convention . By refusing to iu'cribe the droit du travail in its constitution , the Assembly ran the risk < be df c'ared ) of compromising the revolution and the republic . M . Duvergier { . d'Hauranne ) then spoke against , aid M . Cremieux in favour of the right . The partisans of the ' rii'ht to labour' are treated with the utmost hostility by the Assembly .

      THE WQBKMBHThe stone-nngtins—a very numerous class—have ' struck' iu opposition to the' twelve hours' labour , required of them by thsir employers . LeuersfromLyonsofthaS h init announce that a club of Moutssnards had beeo established in tbat ciiy , which is regularly attended three times a week b y at least 2 , 000 operatives . At the last meeting an htstsrical essay was rerd in praise of tbe most celeorated Communists who bave appeared sicce the commencement ef the world , comprising Socrates , Piito . Cabot , Considerint , and Proudhon . The reading of the composition was tcminated amidst cr . ej of « Dtathto theati 8 < omt « i !'

      Tlie workmen , says the Tmsa are d-claimini in fh & citbs as violently as ever , and combining to in-Mire tbe auceess of their candidates , M . M . Raspail ^ Cabet , and Thoie—the most ot > j ^ ctionable persoop , in the eyes ofthe Mode-e > , of tbose not yet memb--is ut the Assembly . They are , however , suspected to be engaged in other than ' above-board' proceed ngs , and are said to be . collectively and individually , objects of strict surveillance . The agitation of the question is not . however , confined to the capital . I-i several of the large towns of the provinces the workmen already begin to congregate atd to demand employment . IHE VEKOEASCE OF IHE VICTORIOUS B iDBGHOHIE . Another convoy of insurgents sentenced ta transportation left Paris for Havre on Tuesday evenin ? .

      ITALY . DltTCBBANCES IN GENOA . The Psxsisro Iialiano ot Genoa of ihe 2 nd contains an account of the disturbances that took place thereon tbe morning of tbat day , ineonarqnenceof the arbitrary expulsion nf Fi ! ippo de B » ni . a Rsdi cat writer , in open violation cf the constitution . The people assembled , and a deputation was sent to the governor to demand satisfaction . The latter answered tbat he had received the order from the ministry , who had assumed tbe responsibility of it , and that the National Gtmd had no right to int « i v < sne in the subject . This was not the opinion of the deputation , and accordingly bills were prated inviting the people to assemble about five p . m ., to mike a demonstration to obtain satisfaction , and a protest was signed by the syndics of the Decurional body .

      The people , however , did not wait for the proposed hour , hut moved oawith cries of 'Down with the Pinelli ministry ' . ' invaded the ducal palace , the saloons of the syndic ? , and those of tbe governor , whe-, after vainly tryinz to elude the subject , waa ob-Pged to allow the return of De Boni by a written order . Bat the General of the National Guard , who had refosed to place himself at its head , was deposed on the spot , and Lorerzj Pareto named to the post by tbe people . Meantime tbe police office had been sacked and burned ; among the paper * was found tbe very order , signed by the Minister Pinelli , for the arrest of De Boni . The judicial instruction , concerning the authors of the demolition of the forts of Genoa , was also found , and publicly burned . The Intendant General of Police , Adrooite Casseliini . was wi-h difficulty saved from being thrown out of

      the window . The Cobkiebe Mercantile of Genoa ef ths 5 th , announces the return of Filippo de BoM , wh-so exile was the cause _ of the late disturbances in that c'ty . An ovation is organising in honour of him . SERtOU * IXSURRECriON At LEOH 0 RH . The Piedm'Niese Gazette of the 6 : h states , that Leghorn nan tbesceneof a new insurrection on the S d . The decrees closing tho clubs , and prohibiting tumaltuons crowds , besides the orders for the arrest of several persons , emanating from the extraordinary commissioner Cipriani , were the signal tor it . The

      government bills were torn dswn from the walls ; tbe people rushed info the square , and invaded the governor's pslace . The troop ? appeared , and fired in the air ; the people returned it by ki'h ' ng and wounding several ; artillery was then drawn up asd swept the strada , but was ultimately repulsed by a violent fusilade . The cavalry were also repulsed . The troops retired with the governor to the fortress . The military lost sixty men killed , other accounts say 120 ; and add that a part ofthe military laid down their arms and fraternised with the people , who were preparing to attack the fortress . A provisional governnent was immediately formed . ' -..

      Letters from Naples announce the departure of tha Neapolitan fl et , with 20 , 000 men on board , to ' act agaiaat Sicily . The funds at Naples fell li per cent . j On the 3 rd inst the Sardinian army took the oath of allegiance to the Constitution . The Prince of Cas guano pasted the troops in review , after which hieh mass was performed at the cathedral , i Letters ofthe 6 th inst , from Leghorn , detail the j eventi of the 2 nd and 3 rd . It appears that tbe Commissioner Cipriani ordered out four pieces of artillery , and after repeated discharges of crape the people were overawed and order was restored on Sunday evening . Tbe troops remained out on duty , but so little command did their officers hold over tbem that several of them joined the people , and others

      delivered up their arms . The . xmsequneoe was , that Cipriani ordered thetrcops who remained together into thn citadel on Sunday miming , and the city was in point of fact delivered over to the people . Not a sin ;! e robbsry , however , tosk place , nor had any u-ra > fis . residents or strangers , reason to complain of injury or insult . Oa Sunday several gentlemen , merchants , aud ethers , met together for the porpse of considering what was to be done for the security of life and property . Whilst there were assembled a deputation from the pearle was admitted , and in concert with them it was determined to send delegates to Florence fer the purpose of asking from the Grand Duke the n -tohwtion of Prince Corsini , a pars mage much es teemed at Leghorn . as G iverncr . and the interference

      of the Advocate Guemzzi . a well-known Liberal , « h ~ se infl-ieccB over the people in Tuscany ia eon-• ilerable . In tbo meantime tbe people formed barricade ! , and procured arms ; and the Commissioner Cipriani having abandoned the town , the troops returned to their usual barracks , the citadel being oc oipied by a medley garrison , composed of one-third soldiers of the line , one-third civio guard , and one third armed people . The deputation to Florence was received by the . Minster of tbe Grand Duke in a very ncoaremonious . manner , and it was plainly told them that , as long as tbe people held arms , it was quite impossible to treat with then . Prince C > rsini refused the nomination of Governor , bnt the Advocate Guerrazzi agreed to come to Leghorn , and to use bis influence with the

      peop ' ein fiTjnr of order and cf submission to the laws The delegates , accompanied by this gentleman returned on Monday night , and M . Guerrazzi mads several speeches on Tuesday to the crowd , all of which were much applauded , acd from the re-« ult of which it appeared th » t _ the leaders ofthe movement had nothing else in view than the restoration of order sad the stability of free ioaiitutioss In pursuance of the advice of this gentleman , a se cond delegation was formed , consisting of two members of the Chamber of Commerce , two merchants , two lawyers , two doctors , and four of the people , among whom Guerrazzi classes himself—all of whom proceeded forthwith to the Grand Dake , who is said to be at Pisa—if not there , at Florence—for the purpose of submitting to him the following demands : —

      I . —A reorganisation of the National Guard , and arming the receive ef the same . 2 . —That the fortresses should be garrisoned by twothirds of ihe National Guard and one-third troops ofthe line , S . —The abrogatlenaf the extraordlaarypewert granted by the Chamber to the government . 4 . —A general amnesty , or rather oblivion of the past . Letters from Leghorn of tha fob . inst ., state that the barricades had been then removed , and the city bad returned to its usual industrial occupations . A governing committee had been appointed . MitAir . —According to the letters received from Milan , that capital presents a scene of terrible desolation , cot only the theatres and public promenades and streets , but even the churches are deserted . Tbe palaces of the noblesse are filled with soldiers , a-veral cf them are converted into hospitals for the sick and wounded .

      Letters from Pontremoli state that the fonr small towns—Calice , Palerone , Monti , and Podenzanawhich refused to ba annexed to Tuscany , have constituted themselves into a republic , after the departure of the Piedmontese troops . Vebice . —A letter from Venice , dated ihe 1 st ot September , states—The goTernnientreceked yesterday events ? tke distressing asws tbat the Pontifical soldiers wero to be recancd by order of the Pope . If that should bapp m it will be impossible for na to guard all our sea-toast poshioBS . Happily , tbe Austrian * bave somewhat diminished the number of troops which form tha blockading force of the town . The Sardinian fl .-et ecKi & fns ia port and eo Ijag as aaa communication la allowed , supplies reach us , and sustain onr courage , '

      RENEWAL OF TQE WAR IN SICILY . We bave important advices from Messins to the 2 nd instant . The ' . expedition ftcm Naples by sea and land had arrived on the opposite coast ( Calabria ) and about 2 , 000 , men , including one of tho Swiss re .

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      giments . had aheadv been sent across to reinforce the garrison of the citadel . , m Extractor a letter from Messina , dated the 2 nd instant : — ;" The city of Messina prsents a « ry fbrmidabl-1 aspect in appearance ; tho defence will , douhilcss . bfc very resolute , but the result of the struggle cannot be doubiful . All the houses In the town are completely dismantled , all the furniture having been sent into tha country , and only a few mattresses loft to shelter those vbo fire from the windows . The streets are completely unpaved

      aad cowred with barricades ; men of all classes , priests , monks , and children , work nt them night end day , but they have none to direct them , no profeuors of the cleoce , an * those ill . eonstrnctelramparts . cannot loa * resist an attack of cannon . The combat will be fUrc and sanguinary ; but the Sicilians , although determined to fight to the last gasp , have no chiefs , their arms are bad , end tbeir forts arn ill placed and baoly defended ; thrir only weapons , indeed , are their coursgo and tbeir deadly hatred of tbe Ne * politan « . Reinforcemeots have arrir ^ d from Palermo , but in small numbers . for

      S-pt . 3 , Stiven a m —The firing has been opened the last hour en bith sides , the e ' vtadul bombards the towa , aad the town replies nith energy ; its firing if good bnt almost all the shells burst in the a ' r . Tt >* steamers from Iteggio bringing fresh stores & nd troop ' hive j ist arrivrd . The troops will ba landed at a epo ' about six or seven rnllss distant from the town , while the fotti continue to fire on it . AuoUwr landirg will b » effcted en the eastern side , so the * . M-s » ina will b ? placed between three fi .- r * , and nothing but a tbwt though desperate resistance can be expected , unless the h . « Totan of ths inbt-bhants eff .-ct a mirocle .

      Tbe 'h p ancborei in ihe roadstead have been o'llg "' to haul off a greater di > tance , as tbe shorn were falling i > anrnKBtthem . The French frigate left a ^ out a we A since for the Adriatic , but her pUce has been enpplieri by the P . uninaforihBvtot ' . oHoT ! of French su ' rj o '; s , awl to form au asylum for tha Sicilian women and children who mzj require if . The same hospitality has been offered by the ships of ell nations ia the roadstead . Half . past Seven . —For the last half-hour th , fit leg from the town has somewhat slackened , while tbat of the fort has became brisker . No lnitlllg-ECe has yo *> reached the town of tbe landing of the R-yal troops . The GoxmrvTKXSBii , in a postscript to a private letter , sajs : — At the moment of the departure of the French packer , bout toe combat was very desperate , particularly on the part of tbe Swiss troops , but the Sicilians everywhere had the advantage .

      The people had attack' d tbe citadel , and had d ? strojed aparcoftfO fortrcFs , whioh was protected by forty pieces of cannon . The Sicilians , in order to carry a redoubt , had waded up to their waists in thn water . AI' Sicily was merehing to a man to de ' tnd their national lad . pcnderjca . The people hive everywhere displayed the m ? st extraordinary bravery ; the youngest children bave emulated their elders in the most daring frats of tetoisra . On tho approach of the Neapolitan squadrrn , Rnggiere Settimo published a proclamation to the Sicil'ans , call , in , ? anthem to stand firm in the defence of their liberties , and holding out to them the strongest bopis tbat a few hours would show tbem the futlli'y of every attempt on the part of their tyrants , any losger to enslave them ,

      We read in the Pensiero Italiano of Genoa , of tbe following intelligence : — 'A steamer arrived there from Messina , which it left at two p m . of the 3 rd , announces that the struggle had eommcccad ; at six a it . tbe citadel had ooeied a terrible cannonade , responded to . by the town with equal vigour . A few Swiss landed , and were immediately cut to pieces ; but 2 , 000 men were ^ introduced into the fortress . Enthusiasm is at its height , and the resistance desperate . Men and women are armed , and fight . At the moment of the departure of the steamer the firine continued unabated . '

      The Coubrisr ds Marseilles ofthe 9 „ h contains the following : — ' The fl < et arrived before Messina in the evening of tbe 2 id . The bom ' mrdmeBt of tbe town began at six the following morning by eighteen gun boats and by the citadel . The . batteries of tbe town relumed the fireso sharply that the gun-boats were compelled to retire with much damage and considerable loss They repaired toward * Terra-Nuova ^ whence they discharged a large number of balls , with a view to driving tbe volunteers away from the beach , where they had established a battery . The Sicilians feigred a retreat after havicg » piked their guns ; hy thia ruse about 500 or 600 Swiss , who wire despatched to land almost all fell victims , being either mas-acred or taken prisoners . Some armed men paraded the town with Swiss heads stuck at the pointiof their pikes as trophies . '

      GERMANS . Vienha , Aug . 31 . —Great disquietude and eloom prevail in the capital , by reason of the late collision with the workpeople . During the last few nights several of the National Guards have been attacked and wounded in the streets , it is said , by workmen Report says the latter are seeking to obtain a gooi aupply of tire-arms , especially pistols . Beblin , Sept . 4 h . —A master printer of Liegnitz having been arrested for sedition , a multitude assem bled by the doors » f tbe chief magistrate , demanding

      the pnseaer s liberation . This not being accorded , ' they proceeded to the prison , burst open the doors liberated the prisoner , and carried him off in triumph to his own abode , where they mounted guard , and swore they would not permit' hia re-incarce-ation . In the meantime , not a single Burgher Guard or soldier interfered , or if the former did interfere , it was merely in the shape of the commandant , who addressed a speech to tbe people , earnestly begging them not to proceed to further violence , and as'nring them that he would be responsible for bench ' s not being arrested .

      Biblin Sept . 8—External tranquillity reigns in the oity , but the undercurrent is very agitated . The Burgherwehr are resolved to stand by the people , and sent an address to this effect to the Assembly yesterday . Sevtral battalions of the Burgherwehr are stationed in the neighbourhood of the Singing Academy , and the vicinity is thronged with crowds of people . The committee of the various ctuba have sat throughout the day , and numerous placards and protests against the Ministry are freely circulated . The ministei s have been hung in effigy . Suspense and anxiety is depicted on every Rountenance .

      Letters from Berlin of tbe 6 th and 7 th in tbe Kombb ZnruNo informs us of an imtortant ministerial crisis , cawed by a motion of the Opposition tbat the Constituent Assembly nboald force tbeCab ' nrt to issue a proclamation charging at ] military ano civil officers on their honour to resign , unless they could reconcile themselves to the new state of things . The Cabinet we * e of opinion that such a measure would be inquisitorial and despotic , and have , from the beginning , opposed the progress of this motion through tbe house . The debate came off on the ? th inst ., and the division showed a majority of 65 rotes against the ministers . It appears that the decision of the asserbly was received wiih great joy by the people of Berlin . The members

      were loudly cheered when they left the house . , The Frussiao ministry hss resigned . The Staats Anzeigf . r of the 10 ih saja , under date Berlin , the 9 ih , Yesterday the ministry tendered their resigrjn . . tions to the King . His Majesty baa neither accepted mr rejected it , but in the course of to-day he sent for Grabow , president of the National Assembly , to Sans Souci . ' At C logoe , on the evening of the 8 th , about two thousand persons assembled in tbe hall of the demo cratic union , and repea-ed . line by line , the poem entitled « The Dead to the Living , ' for which the well hnown author Freiligrath ( who in that poem displayed more than his'usual genius ) , ia now imprisoned . Tho < e f ortions which al- ' uded to the

      republic , to the destruction of throies , and to the raising of barricade ? , were greeted wish immense applause- Late in the evening , ene 0 the editors of the Neue Rh « im chb Zsitdnq entered the hall , and announced tbe defeat of ministers . The intelligence was received with deafening cheer ? , which were repeated all along tbe main ttrte ' s after the Assembly had left the hall . The liberals of Cologne have forwarded an address to' the National Assembly in Frankfort against the truce with Denmark , and another to tbe Constituent Assembly io Berlin , denouncing that clause in tbe Burgerwehr Bill which obliges every member of that body to swear allegiance to the King .

      Up to tha evening of the 9 th nothing wis known in ; Frankfort as to the formation ofthe new ministry-The sums may be said of Berlin , hi this latter place the democratjeal society has come out with a waroi address to the Poles in Fosen , io which the fresh division of their territory is condemned , and in which fervent wishes are expressed for the independence ol Poland .

      HUNGARY . The accounts from tte seat ef war are di ? Ktrous . A courier arrived at Pesth on- tbe 1 st instant , with the intelligence that t > . o Hungarians had sustained another defeat at the Roman breastworks between Teraerin and Jarek . The battle commenced on the 28 th August , and was continued on the 2 & h , the Hungarian hf inister of War , Mtssaros , commanding ih person . On the 28 th the Hungarians had tbe advantage , bnt on the 29 & h they wero driven back with great slaughter . Temerin acd Jatek fell into

      tne hands of tbe Insurants through the treachery of Lieutenant Wath y and were gives a prey to the flames ; Tbe Hungarians fled to Alt ker , where tbey were rallied by Lieutenant Field-Marshal Count Bechtbold . The insurgents have qdw taken the oSensive . Messarcs , who left the army on the 23-b for Peterwardein , narrowly escaped falling into the power ofthe insurgents . Kcrouth , who announced the above fact in the Hungarian Caamber , spoke ia bitter terms of the treachery ' ot soae of the Hungarian officer ? .

      A great popular assembly was convoked for the 8 th instant , on the great plain ' RakoV na « r Pesth where from time immemorial it has been the wont uf the Magyars to meet on horseback , to deliberate ok the affairs of the State , According to theBsESUu Gjzmg , two battalions of the Boober Frontier Regiment h » d crossed tbe Danube , without resistance , at Bukowar . The F ;* n In penoa was to take the command of B % 0 ^ jjep ,

      France. Tee Wab Asai»St The Pses3. Tffl....

      i ? f ?« t ? ga , n 9 L e £ un * ar » - He h , m already issued * nntiboation that his operations woulo in no way intertere with the navigation of tbo Danube . ? kP « - - UDgarian P P P nblish » Proclamation of tno Minister of the Interinr . announcing that the iiunganan troaps havo at length succeeded in storm-31 ! rmp of tho 'n ^ gents , at Perils . The hon . mf n ° n the 2 " d kMttat - 8 D ( 1 la 8 ted tW ' nours . the Hungarians took seven pieces of artillery , and a number of prisoners . . Ninety of theinsur ' gonts were frilled . A letter from Tem ? swar in tho Banab , in the Oestbrbsichiscub Zkituog , s ? a es that tbe oity ol Weisskirchen has again been attacked by the Servians , who , on tbe 29 : h ult ., bi . mhirded it tor eith ' hours , but were at length forced to ' retire , leaving two hundred of the ' rdead behind them .

      SWITZERLAND . . Letters from Beroe . in tbe Allgemeint Zeilung , inform us that on the 3 rd instate mo Ukt assembled r ? j i P " P 0 ? 0 of declaring the acceptance of the Uederal Constitution . It a . pears that 15 } caatun * , wuh a lODtilatum of 1 890 , 517 . voted in its favour , against 5 § cantons , with a population of 1770-50 n « nS « 7 t r if ? P 0 ' t 0 k Tl 8 ' W' * i » » population of 113 . 023 souls , has not jet voted on the

      THE SCHLESVVIG IIOLSTEIN QUESTION . There have been stormy scenes in tho German Assembly at Praikfort . On the 5 th h . taut , ( be A- ! t . embly revived , on the question of the Sonleswig II > latein ar m istice :- That tbe National Assembly do command the immediate suspension of all military and other ac ! s abut to be done iu execution of the anmstica . rbo ministers consequently rtsigned , and tho Resent ha /) not yet obtained a " new ministry tfte greatest excitement prevail ? , and a renewal ol the wm is tuliy anticipated .

      The news from Sch ' eawig-IIolsteincont ' npesio bo very exciting ; and ioi pari ial observers are of opinion tbat the inhabitants « f llolsveiu will at least declare the Republic as sion hs iheGrst st ? p is taken to force a new Provisional Government upon them . Count Charles Moitke , with feis suite , has returned to Hamburgh after a hair breadth escape , and immediately despatched a courier to Copenhagen demandinu his dismissal , stating that be never would hava accepted tbe important office if he had been in the slightest decree awire of the embittered feelings which prevailed in the Duchies . Tha performance of the conditions of the treaty has , meanwhile , commenced , and is going oa yery rapidly ; the greater part of the prisoners of war havo already been exchanged at Eokrenfovrda ; several Prussiau regim : uts have recrossed the Elbe .

      STATES OF THE DANUBE . Russian Insolhncb . —L'Indhpbndance , of Brussels , contains a nrivae correspondence lram Bucharest "U i Crcnstadt , from which it appears that a conflict is inevitable between Russia and the Porto , » n tne Wallachian question . Russia will not sanction the recognition of tbe new government by- the Porte , bnt insists oa re establishing the former order of tbiusB in WaUwh ^ -

      SCANDINAVIA . The Norwegian Storthing has closed its session . In the official speech , read on the ocoawon of the prorogation , King Oscar I , declares that he has made unceasing efforts , in conjunction with all bis allien , to maintain the geoer . il peace of Europe , and tbat his Majesty has not shrunk from any sacrifice , how treat soever , that appeared likely in any way to promote the attainment ot so desirable an object .

      The Cholera. Letters From Tbe Frontiers ...

      THE CHOLERA . Letters from tbe frontiers of Galicia state that the chelera has appeared with such violence in the governmpnt of Lublin , in ~ Poland , that in tha small town of Krasnystpw alone more than 400 persons died . The malady declared itself after the arrival of some regiments of C » ssack * , of whom a considerable number were the first victims . It appears from letters received from St Petersburgh to the 3 lst ult . that the ravages of tbe cholera are drawing to a close in ( hat city . On the 27 th of

      August there were thirty-six tew caeea and eighteen deaths , and on tbe 28 h only twenty-two new cases an-1 six deaths . There remained but 370 patients suffering under that dreadful malady . At Mosmw , likewise , the chnler * appear * to be absut to f X { ir . On the 17 ; h and 18 u ult . fifty eight new cases nad appeared , and twenty four deaths , 'i'hare remained 379 under cure . At Riga 220 new cases wero deciared between the 19 ch atd 22 nd ult ., and pixtyeight deaths . At Helinglors , tbe capital of tho Grand Duchy ot Finland , tbe cholera had attacked forty-eight persons , of whom twenty-seven had died .

      Prevention Of Colliery Accidents. An Adj...

      PREVENTION OF COLLIERY ACCIDENTS . An adjourned inquest on the bodies of Thomas Purdy and Thomas Podmore , two men killed at tbe Tinker ' s Cough Colliery , Shelton , by tho breaking of a chain , was resumed on Monday , at Iho Saracen ' s Head Inn , before Mr W . Harding , coroner . Mr Forrester , the mining agent of Lord Granville , at whose colliery tbe accident occurred , and Mr Fourdrinier , the inventor of the safety apparatus for tbo prevention of accidents in mines , from tho breaking of ropes or chains , wore in attendance . The witness Ruead weB recalled , and hisdepositicn was rend over to him ; open whioh Mr Forrester inquired if he had never known men sviing tbenvtelvea fromthe bank intothe pit by catch * ing at the ropes or chain without proceeding tbe usual way ? The witnets replied , that he had known such to be tbe ca ? e , but it was not so on the morning of the accident with the rsen who were killed . ' '

      Mr E . N Fourdrxnikb then produced two beautiful models of his invention , and said , tbat whether from carelessness on the part of the men , or accident , so far as the breaking of a rope or chain was concerned , or tbe drawing over the pulley , his inventien was equally efficacious . [ Mr Fourdri-ier here explained the working of tbe apparatus , which underwent a very critical and minute examination by tbe jury , by whom numerous questions were put to the inventor . ] In reply to a question put by Mr Fobrdrinier to the witness Rhejd , as to whether he had seen the apparatus at work in one of Mr Brindley ' s pits , near Cnbridge , he replied that he had seen it , but not at work . . Tbe following witnesses were then called'by Mr ForjunaitdEB , to speak to the efficiency of the invention :

      Thomas Chorlet , m tbo employ of Mr Brindley , at Sneydgrecn Colliery , said that the apparatus was in use at a pit near Cobridge , Since the invention was put up . he bad gone down repeatedly ; the carle wa < i knocked off , and it did not fall more than an inch and a-balf . The chain had been brsken by way of experiment , and also pulled over the pulley , but the pulley remained perfectly stationary . On one occasion five individuals were in the corfe during the experiments , and it had also been tested with heavy weights , and was quite successful .

      Richard Baddkjlst , a ground bailiff at the Sneydereen Colliery , also bore testimony as to the efficiency ofthe invention . He said , that the pit where the apparatus was put up was worked previously by a chain , which was not considered safe ; but now no apprehrniion was felt . Before the apparatus was sat up , he did not go down with the chain , but now he did , and believed he was quite secure . Bv a Jubymah : Then you would prefer going dewn a pit with tbo apparatus in use ?—Witness : To be sum I wnutd .

      Mr Fobbebtkb observed , tbat no colliery agent was more willing than he was to adopt any expedient he considered calcalated to save the lives of workmen . They were now workinz as dangerous a pit as any in the county , and ia order to render it more safe a considerable sum was being expended to improve the current of air .. With regard to Mr Fourdrinier ' s invention , it bad some good properties about it , but he did not think it quite perfect . He thought there might be a chance of the guides giving away . Mr FouRDBiNraaolHerved , that the particular form of the guides , the materials they were composed ot . whether chain , wood , or iron , or the strength of them , was a mere matter of detail , and might ba varied ' according to the inclitation of parties . He considered there was not the slightest probability of thfch breaking .

      a JuBVMAN to ths witness Baddeley ; : Do you think tho guides aro such a part of the apparatus as are like ' y lobrrak t—MfiTma : I do not The CoaosBB obsmed , that on the Pftbof Aueuet la ^ t year two men , oi the names of Harrison , aid Matthews , were killed at the Bell ' s Mill'Pit of Lord Granville ' s colliery by the slipping- of a chain , and he ir quired from Mr Forrester whether ia his opinion the lives ofthe men would not have beea saved if the invention had bees in use at tha pit % Ms-Fobreskb said , that that accidsot waatnliaely the result of carelessness in the men not having hooked iheniselmproperly oa . Ii the apparati » hau been in use , it was possible , if the rods bad stood , that i hey might not have been kilkd . No other witnesses having bee * called in leferenee to the accident ,

      The Csronir observed to the jnry that their first duty would be to find a verdict ; and if they thought proper to make any representation as to the apparatus , it might be doiifeafterwatds ' A verdict of « Accidental Death . " waa returned ; and the jury , at thei ? own request , were then left a one to consider ^ whether any suggestion should be On our re ^ dmisyon to the room , the foreman ( Mr E . Boston j said , the jury were unanimous in their opinion * 49 to the importance of Mr Fourdrinier ' s in venting , and reonuraended its being put in operation both by Mr Fonejter and the mining agents in the di istiict generally , I The Coronbb observed that , seeing a reporter pre ' sent , he had no dontt the recommendation would £ 0 forth to the public ,

      Even Handed Justice. We Give The Followi...

      EVEN HANDED JUSTICE . We give the following without comment , as illustrative of the mode in which Daniel Whittle Harvey , nf notorious character , who . may he taken as a sample of his order , deals with the liberty of the subject , and we shall only say , from such justices , Good Lord , deliver us . * But who that has heard nf the doings of the late lion , member for Colchester , as the professional adviser of his distressed client , will wonder at the impartiality of the Judge . Reader , peruse the following , and judge for vourself : —

      TO THE EDITOB 0 F-. THK NORTHERN 6 TAB . Albemarls-street , Clerkenwel ! , September . 7 cb , 1818 . DfiAB . Sir , —I take the liberty of addressing you on a Buhji-ct which I deem of some public importvie ? , and if not checked may give the Attorney-General a few more victims . I am not much used to writing but I will put the case before yeu as bikf as I can , su \ d then you will judge what course ought to he pursued with it . About a fortnightsiece , a youn £ man , al-Uevo . iriicr in the pos ' . office , came to my s iop on business at which tiros there was a person conversing with me on politics ; I happened to bs dwe'ling on the abnminablo spy system , and put it to him whether it vrnuld be fair to owvict m- n » n Vhe

      testimony of such a miscre'iat as Powell . ThofOtman i-. fiiri n" doub there were ilmcycf spies in the cimn , for ho kne * a City policeman , ofthe narao ot Wfcbb , who siated in his haaiin ? , that he was an oirolled Cbartkt , and ' often went to the mesiinKB armed with a ( like . I told him i hat I certainly should make a _ complaint against auch a character , and a » ke : i bm if he was prepared to go and rep : at what ho had stated , as , 1 waa afraid he might lose hia place . He said he wou'd . I then v ; ro ! o to D . W . Harvey , Esq ., and he appoinied last Saturday mornins ; to hear tno case . II « heaid what my witness bad to Har , and alth-ush Webb was in the office he waa not called in , the Commissioner hastily winding tbe aff » ir up by saying ha could not interfere . I then

      wtnt home aad wrote a letter to tho Times , a c > py of which is nnchscd I put it in the editor ' s box about three o ' clock . I had a Jotter the tame evening from the Cunnidssiorer , nquesting ay attend , aooe a ^ in on Tuesday . I saw , in the interim , the man to whom the words were said to be addressed by the policeman , and naked him if he recollected the words used . He said Webb was a particular trend of bid , and although he admitted the tru'h of the statement ho did not wish to come forward , and he said he could not como as his master was ill . I went again ou Tuesday . The pitman was there and pers & vcrau in his statement before Webb , who coutradicttd it , but admitted having been in his company ; a letter was produced , purporting to come from the other pirty to whom tho words were addressed , contradicting the statement , but it is a curious fact

      tbat I can prove hs oau neither read nor write . I instantly objected to the letter bein ^ received in evidence , but was told by the worthy Cummis-ioner that if I did not hold my tongue I mu-t go out ofthe room ; he then again clew' d the affair by saying ho disbelieved the witness I produced , and acquitted the policemanofany blame . Suctiare the facts ofihacase . I leave it to you to judge whether it ehonld be pur sued further ; suppose it had been the case that he heard any Chartist assert the same words ; I wonder whether he would not bo dragged from his home and the charge magnified into almost treason . I am , sir , your obedient servant , M . P . Lkb . P . S . —It is my opinion the letter I sent to the Times , instead of finding its way to the press , was sent to the police office .

      TO THE EDITOR OF TUB TIMES . Albemarle-street , Clerkemrell , September 2 nd , 1848 . Sib , —I have just roturned from an investigation before Daniel Whittle Harvey , Esq ., concerning a policeman of the name of Webb , who I proved by a witness had been in the habit of attending Chartist meetings according to his own admission , armed with a weapon which he termed a pike , which was likely to influence the weak-mir . ded to ants of violence . The man Webb was in attendance , but in

      consequence of the evidence 1 produced being too strong , he was not called to give even a contradiction to it . Tho coromissionersays he has no power to interfere in the matter . 1 wish to know , in the face of my sell uettine a week on the silent system for contradicting tha statement of Lord John Russell , that the pcupla did not want reform , and the fact of Slaarp , Vernon , and others heingaeat for two years to prison for attending a Cfearu ' st meeting which was ttfrmed illegal , whether this man is to go sc > t-free because be is a policeman ? Your obedient servant , M P . Lee .

      P . S . —Webb enrolled himself as a Chartist at a meeting in Red cross-street . Chartists , what say you to that ? But next week , mayhap , we . mav give the biography of Mr Commissioner Daniel Whittle Harvey , a most fit and proper "Whig instrument .

      M ' Naughton, The Forger.—F. M-Naughton'...

      M ' Naughton , the Forger . —F . M-Naughton ' the forger of a cheque for . £ 3 , 450 , 17 s ., in the name of Alex . Henry and Co ., ' upon the Manchester branch of the Bank of England , who arrived at Portsmouth in a vessel from St John ' s was taken before the magistrates at Manchester on Saturday last for examination . The court was exceedingly j crowded with commercial people , anxious to hear the proceedings Mr Newman , of the firm of Messrs Freshfield and Co ., solicitors to the Bank , in London , attended to conduct the prosecution . The forged cheque was placed in the hands of Mr Balfour , at that , time a teller in the Manchester Bank , who identified it , and said that he cashed it

      for the prisoner on the 29 th of March last , giving him six Bank of England notes of £ 500 . each , four of £ 100 . each and £ 50 . 17 s . in gold and silver . —Mr Johnson , of the firm of Messrs Alex . Henry and Co ., merchants , Manchester , staed that the prisoner was a clerk in thejr service on the 29 th March , and had been for ttvel . se months previously . The cheque produced wrs a forgery . —Mr Kearsley , manager ofthe bank of Messrs Qunliffs , Brooks , and Co ., Manchester , stated that the prisoner and another young man ( Brady ) called at their establishment on the 29 th March , and presented three £ 500 . noies , requesting au order or ktter of credit upon Liverpool for the amount . In consequence of some suspicion he told

      M'Naughton , who gave his proper name at the time , to go out and bring some person who knew him as a reference . M'Naughton and his companion left the bank , hut never returned , and the three £ 500 . notes were retained , and witness-now produced them . They were identified by Mr Balfour as three of the notes he had previously paid on that day to M'NaUjthton , at the Branch Bank of England . —Mr Newman here stated that be bad several other important witnesses to produce , who were not in Manchester , and he applied for a remand till they could be summoned . The application was acceded

      to . It is statedthat M'Naugbtoh and Brady , when apprehended at St John ' s were placed in a temporary prison , the old one having been burnt down , aud both made their . escape ; M'Naughton , however recollecting that he had left behind him a pair of shoes ,, returned into the gaol for them , and ai he left it . a second time was challenged by a soldier on sentry and secured .. Brady , without waiting for his companion ,. lost '" hp- time in making hia way but of the neighbourhood , and so far has escaped pursuit . Tlie money recovered from themamounts ( exclusive' of the £ 1 , 509 ; detained at Cunliffes , Brooks , and Go . ' s bank > to £ 1 , 620 .

      A Con . » or BACHBioBS . — whyarfeyoungladias of the present day likely to make good wiws * Because they make a great bustle about a little waste ( waist ) . ; Fire , in the GAomEnwaii-noAD . —A > fire unattended with any serious , loss of property , occurred on Sunday forenoon in an oil and colour warehouse belonging to Mr Denton , Bolingbreke-row in the above road . It arose from a quantity of turpentine becoming ignited , and was . shortly extinguished . 'JKhere were 100 lbs . of gunpowder in the hack of the piemleasiand 10 lbs . in , the shop window ; fortunately thaj , flames did , not reach ither .

      TUNBRlDttR , — Mysbbbjous Robbbby OF , A Sash-box . —A cash-box has disappeared from Ihe railway station which baa given rise to a good deal of remark .. It appeas & that the box , which contained papers , and betweea £ 20 and £ 2 f * in cash , was placed as usual ia the safe on Friday night , aad the head clerk took the key . On Saturday he discovered he had lost or misplaced the key , but did not mention it to tbe station-master till Sunday afternoon , when after consultation with the superintendent , tbe safe was opened , and it was founil that the cash-box belonging to the goods clerk bad been stolen . An immediate search was made in every direction for the box , which was found on

      Monday iu the closet belonging to the porters , with a hole broken through tho top with some sharp instrument , the money all gone , hut the papers not touched . There can he no doubt that the party or parties who committed the act were well acquainted with the station , position of the safe , & c , also that the safe was opened with the missing key . Every endeavour has been made since by the superintendent and ttation-mastcr , and , in fact , by every one connected with the station , to discover the guilty parties , ( or each feels , of course , till the guilty are discovered , they are all liable to suspicion , but , we believe , up to the . present time nothing certain b & ataen djswexedi—Mid » fone Jwrml ,

      Arrkst Of Joseph. Burker—Nol''On Electio...

      ARRKST OF JOSEPH . BuRKER—NOL' ' ON ELECTION .-MR J . BARKER , M . P . FOR

      BOLTON . ( Frcm the Times . ) Tuesday having been appointed for the nomination of a r aembf r of parliament for Bolton , to fill up the vacancy occasioned by the death of thn late roomier , the Mayor and a large number of the lnhnbitants assembled for that purpose in fhelaryu new Marketplace . There were sonn after tbo c mmencementot the proceedings at least 6 , 000 perrons pressnt . The friends of Mr Stephen Blair , wh had been announced as the Conservative candidate , hsd fuly expected that gentleman to have returned ; but at ten o ' clock he had not made his appearance . The town was excited somewhat by tbe fact that Mr Joseph Barker , the Chaitiat candidate , h ? d bt-en arrested on tho pretious night , on a charge of sedition . Tbe preliminary arrangements I'eins enne through , and the mayor . Mr T . R , Bitfs'm , having a « ked if any elector had i candidate to pV . -po ^ -e

      Mr P . R . QTHWRLL , iron founder , of Sunny hid , in a brief speech , proposed Mr Stephen Blair , blcmher , of Mi ! l-hll , as a fit and proper person to repn-scnt the borough of Bolton in the Commons Ilcuee of Parliament . Mr W . Grey , cotton spinner , seconded the nomination of Mr Blair . Mr J . FuTCRTr came forward and wi ? , fhat though they had rxoec ^ ed two candidates on < ha Liberal side , he had fo tell them tha * . fchcro waa not one present . Ono of those gentlemen ( Mr Bitker ) ? horn ho intended to propose to thera as n cai ^ idato was in prison ; the other ( Mr Gordpsr ) h « knew cot what hnd b ? enmo of him . But though Whig and Tory bad combined , they were not thus to ride rough , shod over the people . He trusted that the masses before him would convince the pen ; lem ? n present that they were worthy of the franchise , and tbat they wero in earnest to obtain it .

      Mr R . Brock , grocer , briefly secsnded Mr Joseph Barker . Mr J . Parkinson , auctioneer , came forward to speak on behalf of Mr Barker , fie did not intend , he said , to say a single word , but the peculiar circumstances in which the borough waa placed compelled bim todo so . He ha"l n » enmity to Mr B ' air , but knowing that he belonRcl to a political school who ? e only nisi was to rivet the fetters of b ;;? dnge on tho people , who from time immemorial had b en the avowed enemies of all freedom , who tell us tbat the people are only fit to be ruled by an iron rod , he felt it his doty to raise his voice again » t him . Ho was notaorry that the Whisjswcre unab ' eto find a candidate . Whie and Tory , politically considered , were

      both the robbers of tho people ; the only difference bstween thorn beiog that tho Tory would rob the country in open day , while the Whig wou . 'd seek the darkness ( if right for his otj ^ ct . Ihe man who would faithfully represent them was Josoph Barker . He was well known to be a religious man ; had long b ? en an advoca t e for peace ; was opposed to all war and physical force . He would give the people the franchise ; he would not compel thesi to supp » rta Church whose creed they did not believe ; he was bold enough to teach all , even tbe Queen herself , lessons of economy ; he waa bold and full cf energy , never to be intimidated by the threats of the enemies of freedom . This was the man who would bestsetve their interests , and though now arrested , be hoped that before night he would be amongttthem .

      The Maiob then twice took the show of hands , and declared that Mr Joseph Barker bad the majority There were at least two to one in hia favour . A poll was demanded for Mr Blair , when Mr Barker ' s friends stattd , that as Mr Barker was ivhsent they should not contest the election , and the Mayor declared Mr Blair duly elected . Mr H . Blair , the brother of Mr Stephen Blair , briefly thanked the meeting in his brathet ' s behalf and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Major , who responded , tbe meeting separated , ( Fromour own Conespondinl . ) BOLTOH , TUKSDAT .

      A vacancy having occurred in the representation of this borough , in consequence of the death of Mr Boiling , the Chartist body determined to nominate a candidate who would be the advora ' e and representative of Chartist principles . Mr Barker hiving been announced to deliver a courso of lectute ? , the coramittea determined to nominate him ss a candidate . Mr Barker delivered his first lecture en Friday evening to a . numerous audience , asd at its clor-e a resolution pledging this meeting to support him waa unanimously carried . His s ? cond lecture was annsunced for Monday evening . On Saturday a report was widely circulated that Mr Barker wnuld ba arrested en a charge of sedition , if ho ventured to return to tho town . This report was , on Monday ,

      ascertained to be correct ; and a deputation was sent to meet Mr Barker at a railway station at aoma dis ' aoce from the town , to apprise bim of the circumstance . He determined to proceed at once to tho town and contest the election . Great excitement was created by the arrival of Mr Beswick ol Manchester , and a party of about s ' a ' y police . It appeared obvious to the friends of Mr Barker that his arrest had been suggested by his of psneuta in the election , and that it had been pre determined to create a riot in the town , but that gentleman determined to baffle their designs by surrendering before the meeting commenced . Mr Beswick > superintendent of the Manchester , aud Mr Harri * of the Bolton police , were sent for to the office ef Me 11 . M . Richardssn , solicitor , whose exertions to effect the liberation of Mr Ba > ker , and to secure his election , have railed forth the warmest thaoka of the Chartist body . Mt

      Bewick initrmed Mr Richardson that ha had a warrant for Mr Barker's arrest . Tbat gentleman arrived at Mr Richardson ' s efhee immediately after , and was forthwith conveyed te ManobcBter under a strong escort of police . In the meantime the people had assembled iu great numbers at the Town Hall , and were addressed by Messrs Richasd ^ on , Bramwell , Warden , and Fold . At the conclusion of the meeting a subscription was entered into to defray the expenses of the election . Bail was prepared for Mr Barker , and every exertion made to secure his liberation in time to attend the nomination on tho following morning . It is but justice to Mr Harri ? , the superintendent of police , to say that he gave every assistance in hii power to Mr Richardson for attaining that object , by promptly furnishing him with the following letter : — Borough . 3 ? oliof ! . o ( 6 oe , Bolton , September llch , 1648 .

      Silt , —I have inquired Into thecirctimetaeces of Mcssri William Haelam and Joseph Baron , the bearers hereof , who intend to off r themselves a & bail for Mr Joseph Barker , oa a charge of 8 rditloD ( end flud tbey are boib mm of inbstance , and suitable for bail . I am , sir , jour most obedient servant , It . Bestviek , Esq , James ITaibis . Chief Superintendent of Folic * - , Manchester , Mr Buker was brought up at tbe Boroug h Court , Manchester , on Tuesday morning , when Mr Richardson tendered' the above nsmed gentlemea aa bail , with Mr Harcsib ' a letter , certifying theiv States . But an objection waa taken tbat Mr Harris ' s latter did not etate tbe exact bobi tbe ; gentlemen tendered as bail were worth . Mr Richardson then ^ anxious to secure Mr Barker ' s attendance at the hustings , offered todeposit money lor the amount of bail required , This- ah > o was refused , emhMr Richard-on returned to-Boltwrvwith tho following letter from Mr Beswicfc to Mr Harris : —

      3 bab Ste , — The juniors have fli d the bell of Mr Baritw at two sureties in . ^ JOd , and himself ia £ 200 . I shall be glad to have your osrtiBc & te of tlie joodneas of auch bail for this earn .. I « m , dewf sir , yours truly , Mr James Harric ; . ' Ricuasd 3 rswici . Supirlateadmt ol Police , ' St & wn . At the nomination this morning , Mr Stephen Blair v . as norsinated by tbe Conservatives . Mc James Flitcrofr . moved „ and Mr Robert Crook , grocer , sfceuded ; the naaaination of Mr Barker , and were supported by M * Parkinson iu « a powerful speech . On a sbow . ef hands tfeing called for , Mr Barker wa * carried by an overwhelming majority . A poll was demanded by Mr Blair , bat on Mr Flitcroft decliaing to go to the poll , th & aiayor declared Stephen Blair ,. Esqt ,, duly elected .

      Io tha course of ibe afternoon Mr Barker airived in Baltoa , bail basing been accepted as soon as the election bad terna & attd . lie stressed a numerous meeting in the asarket place . Since then a dispute has arisen , aa ta > tho validity el Mr Bl ' au ' d return . It is adoiittoditfeat as Mr Baj & tr was reiurned by a show , of hawk , and as no soil has been tsken , nlthoiigh demanded , themayeahad no ri ^ ht to decide thai Mr Bi »&> was duly elected . Mr Barker declares his intoKtiea of petitioning against his return , and oaall . side & ibe opinion is . ibat be will ba the sitting member .

      Akhonejt Codmsh. — A Tloop, Oelongwg To ...

      AkHonejt Codmsh . — A tloop , oelongwg to Rothesav , was recently lying in Lochbroom , the skipper of which , when fishing over ihe side , lost the kejBofhis lochia ,. < fcc , from his pocket into ten fathutna o ( wa < ter . Attached to the -bunch was a small piece of parchment , on vibich bis natce ana that of the wsael were written * He , of coarse , gave up all hopsis of ever seeing the keys again , and gszed on their rapid descent h to tbe watery depository with deep regret . Six v ; eeks afterwatd » tbo skipper cast author iff the island of Rassay , about 100 miles from Loehbroam , and again returned fcis piscatory employment . Among the results of his labours was

      a largo ccd fish , which was speedily unhooked and thrown upon the deck ; atd , to the utter arotttment of tbe skipper , the poor cod , when in the last agonies of death , vomited up his bunch of kejs . The parchment , being partly preserved , proves his property beyond a doubt . At the same tmc , as if consciencestricken , it disgorged a penknife belonging to a skipper , on which his initials were enjraved . It is a remarkable circumstance that this fish , in ltsmigra . tory course , should arrive at the same spot where the sloop was , sacrificing its life , and with its last breath duaharging an act of honesty that would have honoured a higher grade < tf species cf »»«»« £ !! Qrtemch Advtrfyir ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16091848/page/7/