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: FRANCE . BANISHMENf OF EIGHTY-THREE REPRESENTS TIVES AND DISSOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD THROUGHOUT FRANCE . A 11 ™ On Saturday morning last the following decree appeared in the ' MonUeur ' : — 'In the name of the French people , Louis Napoleon , President of the Republic , decrees : — 'Art . 1 . Are expelled from the French territorv , from that of Algiers and of the colonies , for the sake of general safety , the former representatives of tbe Legislative Assembly whose names follow : —E . Valentin , P . RacouchotAPerdi '
, . guier , E . Cholat , L . Latrade , M . Renaud , J . Benoit ( du RhoneJ . J . Burgard , J . Colfavru . J . Faure ( du Rhone ) P Ch . Gambon , C . Lagrange , M . Nadaud , B . Terrier , V . Huw ' CassaL Signard , Viguier ,. Cbarrassin , Bandsepf , Savove Joly Combier , Boysset , Ducbe , Ennery , Guilgot , Hochstuhl ' , Michot-Boutet , Baune , Bertholon , ScVoelcber , De Flotte Joigneaux , Laboulaye , Bruys , Esquires , Madier-Montjau , N . Pwfait . E Pean , Pellelier , Raspail , T . Bac , Bancel , Beliu ( Drome ) , Besse , Bourzat , Brives , Chavoix , Dulac , Dopont ( de Bussac ) , G . Dussoubs , Goiter , Lafon , Laraarque p . Le . raac , J . Leronx , F . Maigne , Malardier , Matbieu ( Drome ) , Millotte , Boselh-Mollet , Charras , Saint-Ferreol , Sommier Testelm ( Nord ) .
' Art . 2 . In the case in which , contrary to the present decree , one of the individuals designated in the first article should re-enter the territories interdicted to him , he may be transported by measure of public safety [ that is , by decree of the executive power . ]—Done at the Palace of the Toileries , the council of ministers having been heard , Jan . 9 th , 1852 . —Louis Napoleon-. ' It will be observed that the President in tbis decree , one of the first issued from the Tuileries , drops the patronymic designation of his family , and signs himself in sovereign style Louts Napoleon . The decree is countersigned by De Moray , Minister of tbe Interior . The nanus of the proscribed , as will be perceived , belong all to members of tbe Mountain .
Tbe second decree is as follows : — 'Art . 1 . Are from tbe present moment banished from tbe French territory , and that of Algiers , for the sake of general security , the former representatives of tbe Legislative Assembly , whose names follow : — "Duvergier de Hauranne , Creton , General ¦ de Lamoriciere , General Changaruier , Baz % General Le Flo , General Bedeau , Thiers , Chambolle , De Remusat , J . de Lasteyrie , E . de Girardin , General Laidet , P . Duprat , E . -Quinet , A . Thouret . V . Chauffeur , Versigny . " ' ' Ar t . 2 . They cannot enter France or Algeria except by virtue of a special authorisation of the President oi the ¦ Republic ' By another decree it is stated , 'That Marc-Dufraisse , < Jreppo , Miot , Mathe , and Richardet shall be transported 10 French Guiana . '
A correspondent , writing on Saturday , says : —' The * ' Moniteur" of this morning will stand as oneof tbe blackest records of the revolution of the 2 nd of December . It contains three lists of proicription , which may compare in iniquity with the most terrible aud vindictive decrees of any era of political revulsion , ancient or modern . The alternate retaliations of the bloodthirsty parties of Marius and Syila in the dying days of tbe Roman Republic , the rolls of eminent senators marked down for exile and beggary by O'Jiarius Caesar and Mark Anthony in the opening of tbeir ruthless triumvirate ; tbe deeds of the Comitede Salut public in tbe reign of Tenor , alone can challenge competition with the acts which are announced to us by tbe " Moniteur" of
this morning . At one fell swoop , without trial of any sort , by a stroke of tbe pen , sixty-six representatives chosen hy the nation to legislate for their country , men including talents of tbe first order in a variety of departments , by one . scratch of the dictator ' s pen are expatriated from France , and not only this , but are pushed from the frontier with the incredible menace that , if they re-enter their country , they will subject themselves to transportation . A second list of seventeen representatives , including the most illustrious French statesmen and generals of the day , are also banished . The government apparently is not so ready to -make public the penalty with which these also have been
threatened in case of their re-entering the French territory . But the most daring violation of all rights remains to be told . Five representatives are transported to Cavenne . The name which heads this last list is that of Marc * Dufraisse , His crime apparently is a spseeh which he made in the Assembly , justifying tbe decapitation of Louis XVI ., a measure voted by the statesman who had the chief finger in con--coding the constitution proposed by Louis Napoleon to the French people . The condemnation of these five representatives of the Mountain to the fate of felons in a pestilential penal colony is certainly the most atrocious feature in these iniquitous decrees . '
Beside the announcement of tbis iniquitous measure of transporting to a penal colony thousands of French citizens , accused of no crime , without form of law , or trial , is a circular from the Minister of Worship , ordering a general thanksgiving on tbis day throughout France , while the same Minister has addressed a letter to tbe Archbishop of Paris , ordering that a Te Deum should be celebrated in all the churches throughout his dioces ? , in order to thank God , whose protecting hand has been visibly stretched over France . ' The bishops thronghout France have received " , similar orders . The same letter directs tbat ,
according to the intentions of the President of the Republic , and in order to conform as closely as possible with Art 8 of the Concordat of 1801 , after the passage , ' Domine saltan fae Rempub ' lican , ' tbat of 'Domine salmim fac Ludovicum Napoleonem . ' The letter of the Archbishop of Paris to his clergy , transmitting instructions in conformity with these orders , is as dry as possible , and dexterously evades the least flattery to Louis Napoleon . He enjoins the Te Deum to 'render thanks to God , and to draw his ilessings npon France , and upon the chief who'is called to govern her . '
The decree for the transportation , without trial , of the persons described in the first category mentioned in the * Moniteur , ' is already in course of execution . The first convey of these unfortunates left Paris for Brest on tbe 12 th , where the Generenx was waiting to transport them to Cayenne . Fifty-five prisoners have been brought from Orleans to Paris . They were brought out eariv on the same day into the court-yard of the Orleans prison , and placed in the midst of a squara of infantry . Tbe troops loaded their arms in their presence . The prisoners were then marched to the railway , and were brought to Paris by a special train . Ei ghteen of these men are te be
transported , including MM . Martin , Michot , Pereira , Tavernier , Cerottean , Thibaulr , and Edouard . Another set of prisoners , accused of insurrection at Montargis , were removed from Orleans on the 11 th , handcuffed , and taken to the fort of Ivry . Eight more were taken up at Corbeil by the train which conveyed the former , and accompanied them to tbe same place . The latest accounts from the Gers speak of loG prisoners m Auch alone . The numbers of those in the prison of Lecloure , Condom , and Mirande , in tbe same department , are not known , but they are verv large . The number of the proscribed who have taken ' flight is very such larger .
Among the persons in the casemates of the forts of Ivry and Bicetre , destined for transportation , are mentioned MM . Maullane , advocate ; Vasbenter , formerly editor of the 'People ; ' and Benoist , shoemaker . These three formed part of the last socialist electoral committee , which Is said to have been considered by the military commissions as falling under the same category as the secret societies . Besides these , M . Beaumont , formerly commander of the republican guard , and all the editorial steff of the journal * La Revolution , ' are said to be destined to transportation . The military commissioners have drawn up their reports < : biffly from documents of the police , without interrogating she prisoners . Madame Greppo , wife of the representative , lias been arrested , and mue an secret .
The 'Moniteur * contains a decree for the dissolution of ihe National Guard throughout France , and Ibe reorganisation of this institution upon an opposite principle , so as to jaakeit an instrument in the bands of the executive power instead of ihe municipalities . To sum up britfly the changes oiade by this decree , hitherto all Frenchmen , with certain exceptions fixed by the law , were National Guards , chose tbeir own officers , and were at the'disposal of the municipal authorities of the commune . Now the officers will be appointed by the President and the prefects , and none are admitted to serve except those chosen by the central authorities . In the meanwhile this force , which is placed entirely under the control of the executive , lies at the charge of the municipalities .
The swift succession of arbitrary measures during the last few days has produced an effect bigHly unfavourable to the new government . Tbe abolition oi the device of * Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , * and the " cutting down of tbe trees of liberty irritated the population of the faubourgs ; the lists of proscription struck terror and dismay through the upper classes , and excited the deepest indignation in all political circles ; the dissolution of the national guard has offended and humiliated the oourceoisie- Thus the agitation of minds is grown general , and no doubt tbe considerable fall which has taken place at the Bourse is tbe consequence of the sinister depression which prevails throughout society .
The news given by the » Consritntionnel' of a complimeutarv note from the Emperor of Russia , received an oScial contradiction from the * Moniteur . * We are enabled to give an explanation of these conflicting statements . It is true enough that the Czar has written no autograph letter to the President : bnt a note has been addressed by H . de Nesselrode to M . de Kissele / , the Russian charge d ' affaires at Paris , with instructions to read the contents to Count Tnrgot , minister of foreign affairs , but not to deliver any copy . This note congratulated tbs President upon tbe success of the coup d ' etat oi December 2 ; but recom-
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Sf & Si ^^ f ^ - ^ WK- to . berried 2 S n » ta measures , auch as assuming the nlBA £ ? ° The htter advice to'fow « ry ill-renZf ^ ^ £ 0 VemH , fint ;' anait was chiefly on this acw ^ re aSoWed ° ngratDlatl 0 nS ° f thC C 0 Urt ° St ' Petehbur S Th > : ' Opinion Publique' has been suppressed . The immeuiate motives of its suppression was the oppearance of a great deal of the paper yesterday in blank columns , owing to we excisions practised by ihe censorship . A commissary ot police called at the office of the' journal - to demand the reason of this exposure of the deeds of the censorship , the wounds inflicted by which are expected to be marked by the insertion of trivial matter of no political interest . It was signified to the editor that if he wished to avert the
suppression of the paper , he must write a letter to the ministry of the interior , promising to conform with the requisition of the censors . M . Nettement replied with the spirit and dignity which have always characterised his public life , whether as a representative or writer . He said < bat as a staunch soldier of the drapeau blanc he could never submit to so unworthy a capitulation ; and tbat he preferred to break his pen rather than write under such humiliating conditions . In fact , the ' Opinion Publique' desired nothing beUer than an opportunity of dying sword iu band on the field of battle , as it was only kept going since the imposition of the stamp at a loss , and its ruin was evident under the new regime . Thus the fairest , most manly , and talented organ of the legitimists has given up the ghost .
The following story is . related on good authority : —A soldier deserted during the days of December , and pleaded in extenuation of his offence that he had been a sentinel at Ham , and connived at the escape of Louis Napoleon from tbat fortress ; and it is a remarkable fact , that the officer before whom this impudent justification of one breach of military duty by another still graver was pleaded / never dared to rebuke the callous delinquent for his shameless defencs , but silently admitted the perverse palliation . Thus the gr ossest offences which have accidentally served as a stepping stone for the progress of ambition become interpreted
as redeeming merits , aud tbevoiceof authority which ought to challenge and rebuke abuse is choked by dastardly apprehensions of giving umbrage to corrupt power . Four centuries ago the Lord Chief Justice of England condemned tbe heir-apparent of the crown of tbePlantagenets for a misdemeanour ; and his fearless integrity was rewarded afterwards by tbe prince who had been chastised by bis impartial sentence . To-day in France an officer dares not punish a deserter , because that deserter winked at the sscape of the prisoner whom he was set to guard , and whom France has now chosen for ber master *
It seems tbe censors ate so ashamed of tbeir employment tbat when the proofs of journals are presented they are merely passed through a slit , behind which the mysterious castigators of the press cannot be descried . This precaution , worthy of the old Venetian police , has only just beea adopted . The military commissions , at first instituted to prepare the indictments of the prisoners to be tried by court-martial , are disposing summarily of . the accused without trial . It now appears tbat the trials by court-martial will not fake place at all ; and tbat some 2 , 000 ol the citizens arrested for resistance to the coup d ' efotvsiU be transported to Cayenne unjudged . The family Lebon , intimately related to M . de Moray , will , it is said , have 6 , 000 shares in the Paris and Lyons Railwav .
It deserves to be remarked that on Tuesday night , at the Opera , tbe imperial etiquette was punctually followed . One of the most striking features of this ceremonial was that tbe signal for applause was always given by the President , and then became general . In addition to the 658 , 000 francs already granted , a fresh credi t of 3 , 587 , 000 is opened to the Ministry of Marine and of tbe Colonies to provide for the expenses of forming a penal colony in French Guiana . The department of tbe Hautes Alpes is declared in a state of siege .
When M . Duvergier de Hauranne received notice , some days back , tbat he was at liberty , he went to see M . Madaud , une of his fellow-prisoners , and assured him that he would do all he could to procure his liberty . M . Nadaud thanked him , and added that be bad an additional favour to ask of him , namely , to procure him employment when free . « Employment , said M . Duvergier de Hauranne in surprise . ' Yes , employment / said M . Nadaud , 'for I have a wife and family to support , and now not receiving 25 f . a day , I should be glad to earn as formerly my 1 Of . a day as a superintendent of building-works . ' The Salle de Carton , in which ' the Constituent and Legislative Assemblies held their sittings , has completely disappeared . The materials have been sold for £ 1 , 720 . The erection of the building , less than four years ago , cost £ 16 , 000 .
A committee is appointed to examine the propriety of restoring gambling-houses . Twenty thousand new five-franc pieces , bearing the effigy of Louis Napoleon have been issued to the public . A crowd assembled at the doors of the Mint anxious to be early possessors of the new coins . An electric telegraph is to be established between the Palace of the Tuileries and the cabinets of the different ministers , to enable tbe President of the Republic to communicate directly with the ministers . The effigy of Louis Napoleon is to figure on tbe postage stamps instead of the female head of . the Republic .
It appears that the decrees of the ' Moniteur' relative to the proscription of members of the Assembly have produced an impression upon the public so unfavourable to tbe government , that it has been determined to carry through the remaining measures of transportation , banishment , and persecution , without publishing any future notice as to the facts . On Tuesday fresh acts of violence on the part of the government , were committed , which have produced a very
bad effect upon tbe hunt commerce of Paris . Two wealthy merchants , one a Spaniard and the other a German , in the Quartierdu Sen tier , one of the richest districts of the capital , have fallen under tbe displeasure of the authorities , and have received orders to quit Paris within three months . This respite has been accorded to give them time for winding up the affairs of tbeir extensive establishments . Tbe motive alleged by report for their expulsion is the expression in conversation of opinions condemnatory of the policy of Louis Napoleon .
The « Constitutionnel' publishes the following official returns of the election in the department of the Basses-Alpes ;—Yes , 34 , 215 ; No , 614 ; void bulletins , 81 . Tbe prima facie inference from these figures would he that the partisans of Louis Napoleon in this department far exceed the average throughout France . The general returns only require us to believe that about fourteen out of every fifteen men in the country have blindly surrendered tbeir freedom to Louis Napoleon . But ia the Basses-Alpes it would appear that the proportion of Bonapartist enthusiasm is something like 57 to 1 . It might have been thought
that if the maintenance of order could anywhere be safely left to the ordinary civil authorities it would be in a district , the inhabitants of which were so nearly unanimous in support of the government as these votes would seem to indicate . We know , however , tbat tbe Basses-Alpes was long the theatre of obstinate civil war , and that the votes were taken under the terror of the state of siege , and if any proof were wanting of the utter fallaciousness of the vaunted plebiscite vote as a test of public opinion , it may be found in the comparison of the above figures with the actual state of things in tbe Basses-Alpes . The same column in tbe' Constitutionnel' states that the revelations made to
the courts-martial attest tbe frightful state of demoralisation of tbat department , ' demoralisation' of course meaning anti-Bonapartism . It goes on to say that there was perhaps not a single commune without its secret society , and in many communes in the canton of Manosque all the inhabitants , without exception , were affiliated to them . The number of individuals now arrested in the department is 992 . It further appears , by a proclamation of Colonel Fririon , commanding tbe state of siege , dated January 5 th , that most of the leaders of the insurrection are still at large and have taken flight . This proclamation goes on in the approved form to sequestrate the property of all absent persons , against whom warrants of arrest have been issued . Aud , further , it dtclares tbat any person who may be convictedof having given money , focd , clothing , or shelter to any insurgent will fee punished with all the rigour of mar . l / al law as an accomplice of the insurrection .
An abrogation of the decree at present excluding tbe Bourbons from the soil of France has been talked of for some days . It is said tbat a measure is already drawn up , which will compel every member of the House of Bourbon to make his election between immediate return to France and submission to M . Bonaparte on tbe one hand , and the s < questraiion of his possessions on the other . The ' Moniteur' contains decrees appointing to the staff of the Conraander-in-GLhf of the National Guard of tbe Seine five majors , four intendants , twelve surgeons , three colonels , four lieutenant-colonels , twenty chefs d ' escadron , forty captains , and four to form the jury of revision . The three colonels are Persigny , Bacciocchi ( the President ' s Aide-de-Camp ) , and de Nieuwerkerke .
Girardin is suffered to remain at Paris for tbe present unmolested . M . de Remusat , included in tbe same category , has not yet received orders to quit . Certain representatives , included in tbe first list of the Moniteur' of Saturday , have not been able to procure foreign par-sports ; and the Minister of the Inferior and Prefect of Police have declared that they have received no orders to give any . M . Pierre Lefranc has , however ; been taken out of his bed hy agents of police and conducted to the frontier . The * Pays' says lhatM . Mathe . one oi the ex-representalives sentenced to transportation , made his escape as he was beTnir conducted from tbe fort where he was confined tovtarda the Lnsport-ship . M . Martin and M . Nichot have been reprieved .
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. The following , infornlltion has been furnished by a-friend of Colonel' Charras , on whose veracity every reliance can be placed : '— ' - ' ' ' J ; r ¦ l The journals have- . very inaccurately , reported ' , the details of the enlargement of the prisoners from-the fort of Ham , viz ,, Generals Bedeau , Cbargarriier , Lamoriciere , and Leflo , Colonel Charras ,. and M . Raze .- The prisoners were each separately apprised that they . would I'd sent out of France ; they were asked to . which frontier they desired to be conducted , and passports in fictitious names were offered to them . All gave answer that they protested against this expulsion ; they would not quit unless violence were used against them , that consequently it was not for them to indicate tho frontier towards which they were
to be conducted . With regard to their false passports , they rejected them , energetically expressing their opinion of a proceeding so well in accordance with the habits of life , both civil and political , of . the men whofor the moment are governing France . In spite of the protest of the prisoners , their removal was immediately proceeded with . Each of them was placed in a separate carriage and accompanied by police agents . General Changarnier and Colonel Charras were despatched towards Guiedvain M . Baze and General Lamoriciere were despatched one to Cologne and the other to Aix-la-Chapelle , and Generals Bedeau and Leflo started in another direction . At
Valenciennes the carriage which conveyed MM . Changarnier and Charras was stopped by the local police , who imagined the prisoners were making their escape . After a Jong delav the agents caused them to proceed on their journey , and crossed the Belgian frontier with them . The nrisoners having remarked to the agents that they were committing l ^ HZh !? , , f v W "" *« ' « t « 7 . and thaUtthe first summons the authorities of Belgium would lend their assistance to the victims of such an ahuse of power the agents replied that they had orders to conduct M Changarnier to Mons , and AT . Charras to Brussels , and ' to employ violence if those gentlemen should endeavour to withdraw from their surveillance .
The two prisoners for a moment entertained the idea of enforcing respect to tho right of nations thus audaciously violated , but on reflection both agreed as to the propriety of maintaining silence . To claim the support of the Be" - gian authorities would be to raise up a cause of difference between the de facto government of France and the dejure government of Belgium . This event , this pretext for a rupture , for an attack vi et armis , had been foreseen , calculated on perhaps . Austria and Russia had perhaps ineluded this trap in the programme imposed upon M . Bonaparte , ' in order to raise up an occasion for acting against the only ; remaining monarchy on the continent whose subjects enjoyed liberal constitutions ' . MM .
Chanearnier and Ouarras could hot consent to vindicate their rights at"the expense perhaps of'the independence of a free nation . M . Baze , who bad rejoined them , and M . Lamoricere , who . followed tliem at a short distance , yielded to the same sentiments . No official protest was therefore made against the violation of the Belgian territory . But it is nevertheless an established fact that the prisoners of Ham yielded only to violence ; that thoy entered into no compromise with M . Bonaparte } that they asked for nothing and promised nothing . They will one day , perhaps , pardon the indignities to which they have ' been personally subjected , but they will never forgot the shame inflicted ou their country , and on the army of which thoy were the glory .
GERMANY . There is a cordial understanding between the governments upon the measures to be taken for re-establishing , iM the interior of Germahy ,. a state of things which it is fancied will offer pledges for durable tranquillity . It is agreed that the powers of representative chambers must he restricted , the jury abolished in all political trials , and the spheres of the police must he extended . The federal act of 1815 attributes full and entire sovereignty to the chief of the state . Since 1848 , however , a number of parliaments have been called into existence , to avert the substitution of republics lor monarchies . These have now it is hoped , answered the purpose ; and , as gratitude is a luxury in which a German sovereign cannot be expected to indulge , it is generally
proposed to do away with them entirely ; or where that cannot be done so easily , to reduce their attributions to a minimum number and weight . The Elector of Hesse was the first who spoke boldly out his determination not to share his power with any popular assembly . Now , it is the policy of all the governments . Austria . has not only abolished tbe charter , but has cancelled the fundamental rights upon wliich a great number of private rights were founded . Saxony has been the first to restore the whole chambers of estatesfacile insiruments of a patriarchal government . Many Thuringian states have followed more or less closely . The Grand-duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin has done the same ,
and finds to his cost thai the chevaliers whom . he has restored are the greatest obstacles to the ' execution of his plans of government , and the firmest supporters of institutions of the middle ages . In the Duchies of Auhalt , in Wurtemberg , the Grand Duchy of Hesse , the Duchy of Nassau , and some other states , the old system has been reestablished by simple decrees . A few governments have judged it expedient or necessary to recede by a legal path ; Oldenburg and Brunswick are of this number . Prussia as yet remains the sole exception ' ,- there the governnifnt is not so sure of itsground ; it will hardly venture to abolish the chambers and restore the estates , hut the revival of the council of state is daily expected .
PRUSSIA . —The committee of the second chamber , appointed to consider M . ' Claussen ' a motion condemning the government for its arbitrary treatment of the press , has made a report unfavourable to ministers . A royal decree has just appeared , restoring tbe Council of State . The Minister Von Manteuffel is nominated President ad interim . It is stated that in consequence of the accession of Lord Granville to the Foreign-office , and in the hope thai the refugee question will be treated by him with other views than those expressed by his predecessor , the Chevalier Bunsen has been desired to withhold the note drawn up representation on that subject , and which was identical in sense with those of Austria and Russia .
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES .-A letter , dated Hamburg , January 5 th , says : — ' Various letters received this day from Kiel , announce that the Danish government has at length signified its acquiescence in the latest propositions of Austria and Prussia , with regard to the kind of administration to be set up in tbe two duchies . According to this intelligence the differences between . Germany and Denmark are to be considered as settled by tbe diplomatic mission of M . de Bille to Berlin and Vienna . Each of the provinces of Holstein and Schleswij ? will have its provincial deliberating assembly , and a special minister / or the regulation of the
interior concerns , responsible to the King of Denmark only . The vexus socialis of the Schlesnig-llolstein equestrian order , and a variety of other relations between the duchies , are to be upheld , and the future possible incorporation ol Schleswig with Denmark is to be expressly guarded against . In order to arrive at this solution of its differences with Germany , the government of Denmark has had to relinquish , as it will be seen , its favourite idea of consolidating the monarchy ; and as this is also a popular system , much opposition to , if not the rejection of , the convention may be expected in the chambers .
ITALY . ROME . —A letter from Rome contains the following passage : — ' It is said that in his autograph letter io the Holy Father , Prince Louis Napoleon has avowed his sentiments of filial devotedness in the strongest terms , and declares he wili make every effort to put down socialism . It is added tbat an eminent personage having waited upon the Prince , had a long conversation with him , in which the Prince said to him : " Understand me well ; I am of' the religion of the Pope ; I know 1 aro only here provisionally , but I hope I shall remain here lung enough to stifle the two monsters of socialism and of the revolution . " These words have been frequently repeated in well informed circles . '
A letter in the ' Univers , ' from Rome jives lbs speech of General Gemeau to the Pope on the 1 st of January . The general said that whatever might happen it would always be the greatest glory of the French army to have reestablished the Pope in the capital of Christendom . His holiness , in his reply , avoids all compliment to Louis Napoleon , and coldly expresses a hope that the ' events which have just broken out' may be productive of benefit to the Christian world . It is stated that on New Year ' s Day a quantity of red liberty caps cut out in paper were strewed about ( he streets ; many arrests had taken place in consequence .
PIEDMONT . ~ -The Intend ? d-Genera ! of the division of Genoa has closed the Society of Mutual Assistance et Leriei , and baa prohibited any future meetings . It is stated , on the authority of a letter from Genoa , that M . Cassahianca , son of the ex-minister , is to be sent on an extraordinary mission to Piedmont , relative to the political refugees and tbe license of the press ii that country . TUSCANY . —A correspondent says :- 'You will not easily credit the extent to which this unhappy country is delivered up to the combined scourges of military and priestly violence . Judge of it from two facts which have recently occurred . A young man , who had married a milliner of the town , had been to spend the day with his bride in the suburbs . Returning at night , the couple were met and
insulted by three Austrian soldiers , who said that as they ( tho Austrians )> ere' tho masters of tbe country , ' they should do what tbey pleased with the young woman . Accordingly , they fell upon the husband , beat him into a state of insensibility , and carried the young woman into a field , where she was the next morning found dead . The other case is that of a sick man , who was dying , when a priest forced himself into the room , and insisted upon his confessing and receiving absolution . The sick man , having some Protestant scruples , objected , and two friends at his bedside supported his objection ! . The next day ( Saturday ) the two friends were arrested . They are now in a prison in which 800 persons lie confined for liberalism or suspected heresy , '
MEXICO . . , Five British ships of war have abated at Vera Crua to enforce nayaeat of Mexican bonds
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¦——— : — :.: —SPAIN .- . - ¦ ¦¦ . . ¦ ! amRT MUIINT . AKD'lSXECDTIONSOn the . evening of Jth ' eTth . 'Madrid was not a li » tle alarmed at finding the'palace and all'the military posts doubly guarded and the body-of the garrison confinc-i to their barracks , It appears that im > rudent promises of rbyal largesse had been made to -the soldiers ^ lorpisse that on account of the state of the public treasury , cannot for the present be granted . Added to this , it appears that sorao of tho officers of one of the crack regitaents have been punished for having struck several refractorv , or more than usually dull , recruits at exercise . When , on the mornirig of tbe 7 th , the ' Gazette'informed the army that all the senior officers ; from senior lieutenant to senior brigadier , were to be promoted , and the soldiers to have a year's service taken off , their disappointment broke out so
much the more violent , that they had been expecting a dollar a man to indulge themselves with . In every re » iment there was more or less excitement , fanned , it is said , by emissaries . In the San ' Francisco barracks some soldiers seized their arms , and , to the terror of the neighbourhood , some shots were exchanged , and a tremendous uproar took place amongst the military , some of whom shouted Vive la Repeb licat and others broke their arms ; Vigerous measures were taken , the mutineers seized , and on the Sth inst . were tried ; by court-martial . Of the number condemned three were sentenced to lie shot , and the order has been carried . A letter from Catalazud , in Aragon , mentions that there has been a serious riot there , in consequence ol the harsh manner of levying the contribu tion , and that troops were hurrying to the place to restore order .
UNITED STATES . By the Europa , wliich sailed on the 1 st inst ., we have ad vices from America . Public and enthusiastic receptions had been given to Kossuth in Philadelphia and Baltimore Banquets and speeches followed . Kossuth arrived in Washington on tbe 30 th ult . The fire at Washington had burned the Congressional Library and part of tbe Capitol . The loss is estimated at 40 , 000 , 000 dolls . Congress had adjourned for the holidays . Advices had been received from California to the 1 st of December ; by the Nicaragua route 500 , 000 dolls , in gold dust had arrived , and there was more coming by the Isthmus route . The United States revenue cutter Lawrence had been wrecked off San Francisco . Business in California was better . A fire which broke . out in New York destroyed fifteen houses in Division-street .
In the House of Representatives on the 30 th ult . a resolution to authorise the Speaker to wait upon Kossuth and give him a cordial welcome , to introduce him , and to alter the seventh rule so as to admit him to the floor of the house among the privileged , was rejected . Much wrangling occurred throughout the debate , a majority of the members , it is said , expressing their dissent to the principles of Kossuth . A Maltese cross of gold , ' containing a portion of Washington's hair , and his likeness , bad been presented to Kossuth . Kossuth has made known his opinion of tbe coup d ' etat of Louis Napoleon . In his speech at the Philadelphia banquet , he averred that the revolution in France was highly favourable to the cause of freedom ; it was but Ibe precursor of a general outbreak . He declared tbat the sacrilegious movement of Louis was the one thing wantfd to make the down-troiJden masses in the Old World rise in their might and assert their rights .
Kossuth was at Washington . He had visited Philadelphia and Baltimore . The following telegraphic communications from correspondents of the * New York Ilerald' give the particulars of his reception by the President aud Cabinet : — ' Washington , Dec . 31 st , 1 S 5 L—Kossuth , accompanied by bis suite , was presented to the President to day , at noon , at the White-house , by Mr . Webster . The interview was strictly private . General Shields and Mr . Seward tvere present , and Messrs . Hall , Graham , and Conrad , of tho Cabinet . —The interview lasted about twenty minutes . It twk place in the circular room . Kossuth came out first , aud remained alone in the hall for some minutes , lie looked very grave , and , apparently , somewhat disappointed . After ho was seated in his carriage , Mr . Webster joined him , and they drove away together .
' The President will give Kossuth a dinner on Saturday next . Thirty six covers are ordered . The secretaries , with their ladies , in all twelve—three of them belonging to the President's family—the committees of the Senate aud Douse , the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House , together with Kossuth and his suite , Bill make up the number within three or four , and who they are to be has not yet transpired . Personally the President is desirous of showing every attention to Kossuth , but officially , he will be , of course , governed strictly by the proceedings of Congress . ' The reception of the diplomatic corps is to take place an hsur earlier than usual to-morrow . Some assert that tbis arrangement has been made so & s to avoid any unpleasant collision between the despots of the Old World aud the apostle of liberty . Perhaps . '
CHINA . The Canton mandarins are purchasing warlike stores in great quantities . A party who has excellent means of ascertaining the real state of affairs , writes , ' Matters are truly alarming ; I feel certain that Teen-teh , the leader of the rebels , will be in Canton before the Chinese new year . ' Governor Yeh has been more than usually cruel during the last month ; and one unfortunate rebel leader , was , horrible to relate , ft tyed alive , as a warning to others o f what they may expect , should they fall into his hands .
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It is stated that lately numerous conflicts have taken place in the streets of Copenhagen , between the hussars of the Guards , and the troops drawn from the duchy of Scbles . wig , and many have been wounded on both sides . The Constantinople journals state that as a banker of Galata , M . C— , was returning from the ministry of finance with a bag containing bills for 505 , 800 piastres , he was stopped near the Mosque of Yeni Djanii , by a man who threw ' a handful of dust in his eyes , aud then stabbed him near the heart . His pocket-book fortunately lessened the force of the blow , but before he could put himself in a posture of defence he , was knocked down by two other men , and bis bag was taken from him . Accounts from Trebizoud confirm the news from Persia of
tbe disgrace of the minister , Mirzi Tagln Khan , and say tbat it was caused by the discovery of a plot , in which he was engaged , for depriving Persia of the province of Ghilan . The Chamber of Deputies at Athens has adopted a resolution , calling od the ministry to take measures for putting down brigandage . The journals contain some further accounts of excesses committed by the brigands . The town of the Pirajus is being beautified , and measures have been adopted for improving its sanitary condition . i M . dc Quittcnza , an agent of the Sardinian government , was buried , about three weiks ago , at Tripoli in Syria , with all the pomp of the Catholic religion . This was the first time the crucifix and the chanting of priests openly accompanied a Christian funeral in that place .
ItissaidUiatM . de Lamavtine , whose health improves every day , will return to Paris on the 15 th . It is stated that M . Thiers is about to publish a pamphlet , under the title ' Appeal to Europ ? . ' Madame Georges Sand , on her part , is in retirement in the province of Berry , and is at present engaged in preparing ' Memoirs oi her life' for publication . The mother of M . Thiers has just expired at Batignolles , where she has long resided on a pension aTfinved her by her son . M . Thiers was the only child of this lsdy , although his father had other chiklr « n by a former marriage . The number of persons who perished by the recent earthquakes in Albania wa ? , acording to an official return , 975 ; most of the . m women and children .
Tbe 'Official Milan Gazette' or ths S ' . h inst . announces that a physician , Paul Flora , has been condemned to death by court-martia ' , for high treason and revolutionary correapoiidence ; but that Fielfi-Marabal lladetzky has commuted the punishment to eight years' imprisonment in a fortress . The'Gazette' , of Spain contains a royal decree enacting that the harbour , lighthouse , and anchoring duties to be paid by foreign vessels in Spanish porta shall he equal to those paid by Spanish vessels , when the nations to which such vessels belong confer a similar privilege on Spanish vessels .
In consequence of the happy birth of a princess , the Minister of Public Instruction in Spain , has ordered that a degree of bachelor , licentiate , and doctor shall be conferred gratis in every university—a concourse to be opened for that purpose . Aaalagoua concessions are to be made for the diplomas of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses . From Canada advices state tbat the Quebec Artillery Barracks and Ordnance Stores had been destroyed by fiie on the 26 th ult . Loss £ 10 , 000 .
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Foreign Eggs . —An importation has taken place from abroad of some cases of eggs in a broken state , and also a quantity of the yolk of egg lii a liquid state , both the broken eggs and the yo ' . k being stated to bo intended for manufacturing purposes—viz ., in the manufacture of leather for gloves . , Church Bate Defkated in Shokkditch . —On the 9 th inst ., at the close of a poll on tho amount of a poor rate for the parish of St . Leonard's , Shorediteh , a penny rato for the repairs of the parish church was proposed , and seconded .,. The circulation of a few handbills had secured the attendance ' of a number of Dissenters and ltadicals , resolved
to defeat this imposition ; and truly , says a correspondent , " Mother Church had a taste of their quality . " Mr . Bingley proposed an adjournment of the question for six months ; but this was resisted as an evasion ; and another amendment , refusing the rate , moved by ' a young working man named Walker , in an energetic speech , and seconded by Mr . Bngges , was carried triumphantly .- A . penny rate would have yielded nearly £ 1 , 000 per ' quarter ; there are 120 , 000 inhabitants in this immense parish . —Nonconformist ' ; The •' . LailCOt" found the'AW of all the ol-di"Aary dealers unadulterated . The only offenders ^ vere members of a company established "to counteract the frauds of bakers : '
Fusfibal Of The Baron Kemesey. The Funer...
FUSFiBAL OF THE BARON KEMESEY . The funeral of this gallarit soldier , the President of tho Hungarian emigrants in England , whose melancholy death we recorded last week , to tho great sorrow of many friends of Hungary , took place on Sunday afternoon in the Kensalt-green Cemotery . The name of ftiron Kemouey , though little known beyond the circle of friends in this country , is a patriot nao-. o in Hungary , and especially in bis own Transylvania . Ho wag born of a princely race , but had nobler claims to the respect of his conntrvmori for gallant services performed in the late war of liberty . The late Baron was a soldier in early youth , but for many vears had been encased in oivil service , till the . crisis of ISIS once more called him to tho field . Under the great soldier , Bern , he served with much ability , and many pallanc feats will he treasured in tbe memories of his companions in arms and countrymen . Kemonoy ' was a true-hearted patriot , nnd his name will be inpenned in ( hat elovioua list of victims sacrificed to tho insatiate pride of the house of Ilapsburff— " Martyrs in heroic stow . " * °
About one o ' clock ibe emigrants in London , and many English tnends of Huitpavy , assembled at tho residence of the deceased soldier at Foley . vlace , for tho purpose of paying the last tribute of respect . Amongst tho .= o present were Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Count Paul Estorhazv , Count Ladislaus Vay , the ex-Minister Vokevifz , t o Her . Dr . Bttnai—a distinguished ecclesiastic of tho Catholic church in Hungary , exiled for his lovoof fatherland—Col . Kiss , Col . Thaley , Capt . Wekey , late aido-de-camp to the » Governor Kossuth , Professor Newman , Mr . Clias . Gilpin , Mr . Niebolay , & c .
The mournful procession did not arrive at the cemetery until about four o ' clock . Prior to that hour a considerablecrowd assembled in tho burial ground , and remained there in spite of a tempest of hail and rain . All seemed anxious to ray the' la « t mark of respect ; Considerable delay occurred after the arrival of the proceasion before the funeral ceremony could he proceeded with , in consequence of tho number of burial services which tho officiating clergyman had to perform . At length , as tho shades of night wove gathering , the coffin of the gallant soldier , surmounted by his shako , with its white egret ' s plume , and sabre , wast borne into the chappl . The beautiful service of'the church
has seldom been read under circumstances more affecting . Many martini countenances , bronzed in the terrible campaigns of Hungary , r-oro deep traces of sorrow . At the close of the service , the procession re-formed , and proceeded to the grave . Night had now fallen , but tho sky was clear , and tho evening star shone with unusual brilliance , as tbe old soldier was lowered into his narrow resting-place . As tbe earth fell on thn coffin , producing that most mournful of sounds , and the officiating priest repeated tho words of the ritual , " earth to earth , ashes to ashes , dust to dust , " a deep emotion agitated the whole * assembly .
When tho religious ceremony was concluded , Dr . Itonai ascended a tombstone , and pronounced the funeral oration in tbe Hungarian language . It was afterwsrds remarked , as a happy instance of littoral sentiment , that the oration on a Protestant patriot should have been pronounced hy a Catholic ecclesiastic . Tho oration was described by a Hungarian friend as singularly eloqu e nt and touching . It was pronounced in a soft , melodious accent . When the reverend orator had concluded his Hungarian discourse , he addressed a few words to the English audience . In the name of his exiled countrymen , he thanked the generous Englishmen who had como to perform the last mournful office of friendship to the descendant of a race of princes and herons of Transylvania , one who . had dono noble service to his bleeding country . Second only to tho
sorrow wliich they felt for the loss of the good patriot and soldier whom thoy had just placed in his last resting-place on earth was the sad re ' fleetion that bis bones could not . repose with the ashes of his fathers , in the land he loved so well . But , after the beloved fatherland , there was one spot on earth dear to the heart of the Magyar ; it was the ble .-sed soil of England ; for there could man , created in the imago ot God ( he Father , walk erect in the dignity of freedom . "Farewell , " continued tbe reverend orator , "farewell , nnhle soldt ' er-nafrint r . Thou hast fought a good fisht ; thou hast finished thy course ; thou bast kept the faith . Henceforth , there is laid up for thee a crown of righteousness , which the Lord , the Righteous Judge , shall give ab the great day , and not to thee only , but unto all them also that , love his appearing . "
The assembly then broke up , and with sorrowful steps left the g rave of the exile .
The late Colonel Wolfgang Baron Kemeney belonged to the ancient fnmilv of John Kemeney , informer times soveroign of Transylvania , Ho was born in the year 1793 , in Torda ( Transylvania ) , and received his first education at the University of Jfagv-Enyor . At tho ago of seventeen vears , following his impulse , he entered as sub-lieutenant of the Sth Hussars in the Austrian army . He commenced his military career in the warlike times of Napoleon , and took an active part in the French campaign from ISIS to 1 S 15 . After the termination of the war , he still continued ,
during a few years , in the same regiment , when , tired of the idle life in ' garrison , ho left , the army in 1 S 24 as captain . From that moment be retired to estates at Torda , where soon after ho married the daughter of an Austrian general , and led , in this retirement until 1831 , the quiet life of an agriculturist . However , the complexion of tho times did not permit him to spend Ms ^ holc time iu solitude , aud being an ardent patiiot , ho soon entered tho political field On behalf of the oppressed position of his country . He now became a zealous visitor of con « vess nnd the diets , and one of the most decided adversaries i f that enemy to all
liberty—Austria . He next became , representing one of tho congregations , a member of tho Trnnsvlvanian Diet , and through his particinntif n in the parliimenta-y discussions and struggles of that time , the political storms of 181 S did not find him unwoparod to bravo tbem . Ho was one of those who the first declared themselves openly in favour of tbe unions question ; at Tnrda , surrounded hy Wallaehinn fana'ics , he unfolded , manu propria , tho banner of union . When it became Baron Kemeney's conviction that the crisis of bis country could not be removed in a peaceable way . he drew again his sword , and now the peril of his heroic exploits during the memorable winter cnm \> wn . under Bern , in Transylvania , contributed highly to the glory of the Hungarian arms . Having been appointed , by the Aroh-dnke Stephan , of Aiisn-ia , Major of the
Transylvanian National Guard , he distinguished himself mostemnently in the victorious battles at Sziho , Bessfci-ijz , and others ; afterwards nominated Lieutenant-Colonel in thet : Active army , ho was at the same time charged by Bern with tho command of a portion of his army . Baron Kemenev's most glorious and heroic deed was the i battle of Pioki . Bern , at the head of a very small but au- dnc nus hand , arrived victorious before Ilerrmannsladt , capital of the province ; but there , surrounded and pressed i . bv an overpowering number of enemies , ho commissioned ! the daring Kemeney to march to the Hungarian frontier ,, and there " to take up a reinforcement . This brave officer immediately undertook that bold march , pierced boldly tho >
lines of the enemy , drew on the reinforcements , and a fewr d : \ vs after , delivered that memorable battle in which , with i 2 . 000 men and seven guns bo beat the whole Austrian ¦» force , consisting of 15 , 000 men nnd thirty cannons , out off the field . By this victory he not only averted tbe destruc-ition of Transvlvania , which a day before . '• till appeared in-ievitablo , but be also gave to Bom the solo opportunity too establish that grand line of offensive operations which , inn less th ? n a month , swept Transylvania dear of the enemy .,- . For the great valour he displayed in this decisive action , ! , he was mado Colonel , and received the order of valour , 2 ndd class , having been decorated some time . ago with the satneio order of the 3 rd class .
He took also a glorious part in nil the important battles ™ of the summer campaign . In fact , he belonged to the num-ibov of those superior officers of the Traufytvatuan army toto whom Bern was mostly attached , and who , possessing th ; s ; s eminent general ' s entire confidence , were stedfnst , witlitli undaunted courage , till the l : tst moment . . After tho termination of the war ho escaped the luissianm bands , and although proscribed , he lived still for some timmo at his native place , but searched for everywhere , ho at la ; t ; t was obliged to fly to England . , After Kossuth ' s arrival in London he became prcsidciitiit of tho administration of tho Hungarian emigration . « born ho took the management , the emigration vnsulready mm verv rrond circumstances ; but after the departure of Ko ?
-s-suth he had to overcome mu ch greater difficulties , becauf of o bis solicitude extended itself not only to tho emigrants vp-psidiiif in Entfand , but also to those of his exiled count ! y men en who languished In Francoaiid Belgium . The difficulty of hisns ; position can be measured only by those who had the oppor- ) rtunity of knowing under what expectations the ndmir . is-istration was acting , and in bow far these expectations wererc : realised . Baron Kemenev , who , notwithstanding the loss oi oi ! his estates by sequestration , still possessed some pcctHiinrytir means , assisted , in as far as possibly he could , his distrcssetseui countrymen ; and it must be stated that , during the shorter !! timo of his adminisiration , he has been always acting , anrtiifii with paternal care , for the good of his unhappy compapa . nions ; and at the same time occupied with removing thctkci numberless embarrassments which rose from all sides .
Rumoured Objcction To Kossuth's Return T...
Rumoured Objcction to Kossuth ' s Return to Esoiakd . kd ... -A Hamburgh newspaper states'that the Ottoman 1 © norm had addressed a note to the English government in which i h i energetically protests against tbe cn-. temphited return oic . Kossuth to'England , his liberation having taken place , itui « alleged , upon the express condition of hispej manent rcsiHMi .. dento In the United States . We find a parallel rt » tein « . t « . tt intho'Vienna correspondence of the " Cologne Jf" ™' Tub " Brighton Gazette" says t ^ V ^^ S Xn * Protectionist candidates at the next ^^ ^ vi f ^ e naX 7 " namely , Mr . Day , themagistrate , and Mr . Bovill , the bubai .. rf Mp m * ciiom Occurrence on Boaud Snip .-On Saturday mS «^ ° « ™* dressing occurrence was discovered t < d t «
. a light vessel lvin » in the river lyne , at Shields ; Sho hai hai no fire-place in the forecastle , and m consequence of th ; tin inclement weather on Friday he crew forward , two mcmci , and a boy , took a pitch ketthr filled with . five below tsr tt warm them . At night the master ordered the men to pu puu the fire oiit beforo they turned in , and they . promised to ctto dl so but did not . They slept with the hatch closed , and aid ; i ; i seven o clock on Saturday morning , on the mate proceccceccc ing to call them , ho got no answer . He took oft' tho k \ ton \ tcc and proceeded below to ascertain what was the matter , whewhec ho discovered tlio little boy dead and the two men in a stalstatl of stupor . Medical assistance was brought from the shonhorr and some slight hopes were entertained of the : ecovtry try n the two men .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 17, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17011852/page/7/
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