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      ; t £ stRACTATI 0 N ASDBBPEHrANCE FOB HATIHS % & d MUIS-PmUPPB AH HONEST HAS ? rfro » a Nev ZdUhn ofDr Mithxft Poesa ] Yes : I m wto « UT , and very wrong , In the eulogiue of my lay . go I indite another song , To clear my conscience while I may . Jwo years age I thouht him wise—I thought him virtuous of intent : Bnt nae has purified my eyet , And I repeat me—I repent !

      jthought and called him ionest mats . Unswayed bj dirty lore of pelf ; Toe great to crave—too wise to plan A mean advantage fer himself . 1 thought his high sagacious mind , A star to guide the nations Mat ; Bat I w > s hasty—I was blind , And I repent me—I repent ! I thought he loved his native land , And wished its ancient feuds to cease I thought his firm and temperate hand A sacred guarantee of peace ; That he desired all earth to dwell In friendship , freedon and content * Bat I was wrong—I see It weH , And I repeat me—I repent > I knew net that his fingers itehed

      For ducats tempting , but defiled That he could bear to be enriched Upon the rain of a child ; That lust of power had drained his mim Of virtues , once its ornament—Of justice , honour , love of kind ; But I repent me—I repent ! I nevsr thought hira lost to shame Or that , in lewd unmanly plot , ' He could conspire to Mast the fame And life of one that harmed him not ! Thsti to destroy a helpless girl . He'd pander , bully , circumvent ; I could not think Mm such a churl ; But I repent me—I repent ! I did not think that pelf or power Could make him play so foul a part ; That he could barter for a dower

      A nation ' s weal—a sovereign ' s heart . That he could peril Francs and Spain-All Europe—sooner than relent ; But I was biassed , it is plain , And I repent me—I repent ! Nor I alone : —a murmur flies O ' er Europe—and men's bosoms glow Indignant , as before their eyes I « played this mtlodrame of woe . frenchmen that loved him , clench their hands , And wait a time , new imminent , To show to France and all the lands , That they repeat—that they repent !

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      SEVEN LETTERS ON THE RECENT POLITICS OF SWITZERLAND-By George Grote , Ssq .. Author of a' History of Greece ' . London : 1 YC . Eewby , 72 , Mortimer-street , Cavendhhsfuare . whoever would comprehend the events which have reaently convulsed Switserland , and agitated Europe , snst read this book—a valuable contribution to the history of the present times . We shall present our leaders with aa abstract of Mr Grote / s exposition of Sfcriss politics . Switzerland consists of twenty-two cantons , each having one vote in the Diet , though there is the greatest inequality between them in wealth and population ; Beraecontaining about 430 , 000

      inhabitants , and Zurich about 230 , 009 , while Uri comprises only 15 , 000 . Each canton is independent and sovereign , except insofar as it is oomd by the provisions ef the Federal poet , or by reflations of the Diet , ia fulfilment of , and in conformity with , ike pact . Bale , Appease !) , and Unterwalden , are divided each into two half cantons , each half canton sovereign and independent . The two sections of Bale ( town and country } , and of Appensell ( Inner-Rhodenaad Ansser'Rhoden } , are almost always politieally opposed , and being as-, their votes are , of course , neutralised in the Diet . The Swiss people number in all about 2 , 400 , 000 ' inhabitants , of whom shout 900 , 000 are Catholics , the remainder Protestants .

      The Federal pact was framed in 1815 , in place of the constitution called the Act of Mediation , introduced by Napoleon , and which shared his fall . The pact was the product ot a time when the patricianfanilies , in politiesand mtramontaneinflnaiees in reli « gioo . were in a state of triumphant reaction against the restraints imposed npoa them from 1783 downward . Since 1830 almost all the cantonal governments have undergone a radical change , and have become thoroughly popularised ; so that the Federal pact re-BHins as the only unaltered relic of an odious time . In 1832 the majority of the Diet recognised the necessity of modifying it . A committee propounded a scheme of Federal reform , which was signed by the deputies of fourteen cantons ( including Berne , Zurich , and Lucerne ) , and recommended by them to the whole of Switzerland . The suggested reform was , however , rejected .

      The introduction of religion as a weapon of excitement for political purposes has had a baneful efieet upon the peace of Switzerland . It was a Protestant canton which first set this had example . It was at Zurich , ia September , 1639 , that the Radical government of that canton was violently over * thrown , in consequence of their nomination of Dr Straus to a chair of theology . The clergy thundered from the pulpits , until they had so excited public fanaticism that the government was obliged to give way , and cancel the nomination . But the

      elergy did not stop here . They organised Committees of Faith , * composed of clergymen as well as laymen ; preached insurrection throughout the villages ; prevailed upon a large number of the rural population to take up arms under the cryjof * Religion in danger ! ' and marched into the city to put down the government by force . A clergyman named Hits ! was actually at the head of these armed assailants , who drove the executive out of the city The new government styled itself Conservative (!) aud after causing anarchy and bloodshed , proclaimed the reign of * order' and ' religion !' of Zurich

      The example set by the Protestant elergy , was speedily followed by the Catholic priests of lucerne , who . however , regained their ascendancy by peaceable means . In the canton of Zurich , the clerical party which acquired power by the revolution of 1839 , lost it by the quiet change of electoral majority in 1845 . There is now , thanks to the progress of popular enlightenment , not much chance that the Protestant peace-mouthing firebrands will ever again be able to obtain their fatal supremacy . Zurich a now very properly ashamed of its past fanaticism . In the Catholie canton of Sokure , in Argau , where about two-fifths of the inhabitants are Catholics , and in the Catholic portion of Berne , * Catholic Unions ' were formed , intended to play a part similar to that performed by the ' Committees of Faith * in the canton of Zurich . In 18 i 0 there were eight monasteries in the canton of Argau—four of nuns and four ofmnnfec-fcroof the latter , Mun and Wettengen ,

      rich . These convents were throughout 1840 , the great seats ef the pah'tico-religious agitefaoa then going forward . That year the * j **>^ Soktre and Argau had to besubm . tted to . pofflduRevision thefesul tofwhichwasunfavourabletotheviews oftheCatholic agitator * . . ^ ot cb < H > sing to wqnm in the pacific solution which had gone against them , they had recourse to arms ; simultaneous wop ™ place in Sokure aud Argau-this . oaurred in 1841 . IaArjrau the rising took place M the immediate neighbourhood of the convents , whose -juntafomented it in every way ; their buildings having been made places for the concealment of arms and munitions ; their funds employed to distribute wine , brandy , and money , among the insurgents ; and tneir armed servants and dependents in the foremost ranKs of the latter . It happened that the governments ot Soleure and Argau were able to suppress these danpersnni rislnss . The iasurgents were put down

      and disarmed , and the leaders , as weH as the monks bdongin" to the implicated convents , fled to Lucerne . As acousequence of this insurrection , the Argovian Great Council was forthwith assembled , and imme-. diately decreed the suppression of the convents . Provilionforlifewasmadefor the existing inmates ; all the remaining conventual propfcrtieswere consecrated to the religious worship , the instruction , the charitable purposes , aud general welfare , of the Cattohecommunea-those very communes whichJhad just teen engaged in artrialiMnrr & slion . The decree Buppressingthe convents , and applying the property JL ^^ waspropostd ^ Co ^ tly onegtU leading Catholics i » Argau-JLugustinEmtr , Sector of Os Catlidie Seminary , and received the support of L « f Catholic mnnbers . There is , however , in the

      Federal pact an artidejnjst ^ theconvents , asthey werefoumdin 18 Io . When the Diet assembl ed , ihecanton of Lucerne denauncedthe . agression of the Argovian c-w-ftMj ^ J ^ their compulsory and unconditional «*«¦*««• g DenatVof Amu defended the act of his canton , by SS gthtSraat rebellion b | : which the convents had recently been instigators and . accomp hcj £ The majority of the Diet , while refusin gto « ucU ^ demand of Lucerne , parsed a ^ ™\^ ™ i £ . generally of what had been done by Argau , and re quiring that it should be modified , ta » JJjJ « J pressl / prescribiug how . The . q aosboin remaned under Ions andancry debate , during . the sittmgs oi 1811 and 1842-no majority hemg « btamcdfor . any positive conclusion . At length , in * f SM ,,, i'JJS the canton of Argau enlarged an offer of compromise it had previously made , by proposing to restore aii the four suppressed female convents . This offer ? held to be satisfactory by the majority of the Diet , and a vote was passed In the session of 1843 to treat the subject as settled . . ...... ., Let this fact hi noted : Lucerne in instigating the formation oi the Sonderbuud , and inducing the pn-

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      ^ Srls ^^ je ^ * ¦ ¦¦* - * Send « rbia ^ i ^ uj t ! fff 8 tlficatl 0 P . that the ! tonal SiSi ^ iXlP ^^^' S ^ hemSy ^ S £ gl ^^ . ^ Ef tfrS ??^ raws Xffi & jLST of , ^^ . tonalMvereignty ^ to SV ? ^ I ** ' > nrelytheDiet Ksothe wSfcSS ?** ?!^ Mwsr 8 Me y « and Co . wiBhto interpret the pact to suit their own vfews fi ?« 2 ?? 7 V nothe , d b ? «¦• majority thJn tEn „ l h ^ f 6 dwate l ' and ^ with Plunge jgon of mischief A 54 Jfi mifa ' nnnf / Mi . fA ^^ i . it ' r ~~ .

      ifiIS eb i ppe 8 ldlB B canton i n the years g « -44 . and became associated with the Learae of of resisting Radical principles . This leame was the precursor of the Sonderbund . lafli « S 1 * S Sl State Gazette of Catholic SmtzerlaJ ° th * % tf the league ^ openly advocated a dismemberment of Jswitseriaud . It waspretended that this dismembermentiwas necessary for the protection of th * Catholic religion ; but in point ef fact , the Catholic religien has never had any oppression to complain of in Switzerland . The Pratestants have , indeed , some wason to complain , for they are excluded from all political nghtsin Lucerne and its confederate cantons , while there is no analogous exclusion of Catholics m the cantons , mostly Protestant .

      ine canton of VaUw is altogether CathoKe , but the Upper and Lower Vahuiaas are of differeutrace and language . The Lower Talasians had long been subject tothe Upper , until , in 1840 , they obtained a measure of political reform . The priests are allpowerful in the Valais . Still enjoying sU the privileges of the middle ages , their large properties are exempt from taxation , and their persons are subject only tothe jurisdiction of their own order . The Liberal society , calling itself ' YoungSwitzerland , ' wasfiercely denounced troni the pulpits , aid its members excommunicated . The Lower Valais became the scene of continual disorders . At length , in 1844 , a conspiracy , formed iu the Upper Valais aeainst

      theLiberal government ; burst fortb , and theconspirato ' rshecame masters of the government . The Lower Valasians were proclaimed « rebels , ' aud after various encounters , suffered a bloody defeat on the river Tnent There was more bloodshed and more pnelty in this contest than had ever before been seen lathe civil dissensions of SwitEwland . Anitocrown the whole , the BishopofSion issued an order to his « e » Wi forbidding them to administer the sacrament of the Churchto the dyingcombataritsof the Liberal party . It must be remembered , that this monstrous mandate was directed against men whs were , of the same canton and the same religion as were the intolerant priests who thus outraged every sentiment ofhumanity .

      Throughout these distressing scenes in the Valais , the anti-liberal conspirators received the support of the goternmentof Lucerne , at that time , as already stated , the presiding ^ canton of the Confederation . The barbarous cruelties of the victors , and the immense body ef exiles who were compelled to take refuge in the neighbouring cantons of Vand and Geneva , excited vehement indignation and profound sympathy throughout Switzerland . The Jesuits and the canton of Lucerne became objects of hatred throughout the Liberal cantons . The Jesuits had rendered themselves notorious by exciting the civil conflict in the Valais . The agitation produced by that conflict , caused an extensive demand for the

      summoning of an Extraordinary Diet . The Great Council of Argau , having assembled to consider the propriety of demandingan extraordinary convocation ef the Diet , it was then that the name cf the Jesuits was first publicly denounced . Augustus Keller , the Director of the Catholic Seminary in Argau—the same person who , three years before , had proposed the suppressioa of the Argovian Convents—moved that thedeputy of the canton should be instructed to demand from theDiet measures forithe expulsion of the Jesuits from Switzerland ; that order being ( he urged ) the great cause of the deplorable dissensions reigning throughout the country . The motion of M . Keller was carriedinthe Council of Argau by a large majority ; and the Argovian deputy was instructed to make the proposition in the Diet for

      expelling the Jesuits . Here is a fact worth remembering . We are told by certain parties that the cry against the Jesuits is the cry ef merely the Radical-Infidel party ; but the truth is , that the first proposition ever made in Switzerland tor the expulsion of the Jesuits , was made by a celebrated Catholic , * and sanctioned by a large majority in a Grand Council , in which one half of the members are always Catholics . Subsequently , the deputy of the Catholiccantonof Tessino , was the most vehement of all the deputies who demanded the expulsion of the Jesuits . And in the late war the first blood shed was the blood of Catholics on both sides—the men of "Uri Hunting for , and the men of Tessino against the Jesuits . Soleure is a Catholie canton , but as enthusiastically Radical as is Berne , and quite as determinedly opposed to the Jesuits .

      The proposition of the Great Council of Argau did net at first meet with much favour in the Great Councils of other cantons , but annngst the people of the Liberal cantons—Catholic as well asPiote ; tant —it was received with great enthusiasm , and especially at the national meeting of Swiss rifle-shooters from all parts of the Confederation , which took place oh the 30 th of June , 1844 , at Basle . In July the Diet assembled under the presidency of the notorious Bernard Meyer , of Lucerne , who actually had the hardihood to boast , of the share ascribed to him in the counter-revolution of the Valais . ^ This greatly heightened the popular indignation against Lucerne . The Diet , however , rejected the proposition made by

      Argau for the expulsion of the Jesuits . Up to 1844 , the Jesuits were installed only in the cantons ot Sehwyts , Valais , and Fribourg , but in October , 1844 , the _ Great Council of Lucerne passed a proposition inviting the Jesuits to that canton . M . Siegwert Mutter ' s words show the kind of spirit which induced the passing of this proposition ' The Radicals and Protestants , * said he , * have poured out their venom ou the Jesuits everywhere ; so raueh the more necessary , is it for these governments who love order to introduce the Jesuits . ' This declaration was in fact an invitation to disturbance , and an excitement to disorder . To add to the _ mischief , a considerable number of the anti-Jesuit party in

      Lucerne , were arrested and thrown into prison ; The events we have enumerated , now led to the first aggression of the Corps Francs . The first invasion of the Corps Francs was easily repelled , aud the government of Lucerne fallowed np its victory , by arresting and imprisoning a great number of the liberal party in that canton . A still larger number fed to avoid arrest , and during the winter of 1844 45 there were not less than 1 , 100 exiles from Lucerne spread through the neighbouring cantons ; and this _ contributed to aggravate still farther the pre-existing animosity against the government Ot Lucerne . The second invasion of Lucerne by the Corps

      Francs , took place on the 80 th of March , 1845 . These invaders consisted partly of exiles from Lucerne , and partly of volunteers from the four neighbouring cantons of Berne , Soleure , Bale-Campsgne , and Argau . Lucerne was not unprepared for the attack , the arrival of contingents from the allied cantons of Uri , Zug , and Unterwalden , enabled it to defeat and expel the invaders , manjr of whom were slain , and several hundreds taken prisoners . , At the Diet , in July , 1844 , only one canton and one half-canton had voted for the . expulsion of the Jesuits ; in the Diet of 1845 , ten cantons and two half-cantons voted for the same proposition ; so great was the difference made by the fact of Lucerne baring adopted them in tho interval .

      On th 14 th of February , 18 i 5 , occurred the . revolntion in the canton of Vaud . At a meeting of the Grand Council'a . petition had been presented , signed by 32 , 0 00 persons , requesting that the deputy ini'ht be instructed to vote in theDiet for the expulsion of the Jesuits , and for an amnesty for the Lucerne exiles . The prayer of tho petition was rejected both by the Executive and the Legislative CounciL The peoplerose in arms . Large numters of armed citizens from the neighbourhood , marched into Lausanne ; and the government , on calling out the militia , found that this force was disposed to act not againstbut in unison with the insurgents . ^ me councils were forced to abdicate , and a . provisional government was formed , at the head of which was M . Druey , the ' oppoation leader . A new constitution was drawn up and accepted by the people in the ensuing summer . Atid now the vote of Vaud , in the Diet , became thoroughly anti-Jesuit .

      In the elections cf 1845 , in the canton of Zurich , the Conservative party , was defeated and Zurich , became numbered amongst the Radical cantoas . Tothe question ot the Jesuits was added early in 1846 , the formatioa of the armed separate league , called the Sonderbund , between Lucerne , Uri , Schwylz . Unterwalden , Fribour ? , Zng , and Valais . Its members bound themselves to furnish contingents of men and money , and to obey a common military authority . The question was thus raised—' Is a separate league thus armed and organised , contrary to the pact , the sixth article of which says expressly , — 'No alliances shall be formed by the cantons among each other , prejudicial either to the general confederacy or to the rights of other cantons I "

      This question was broncbt before the Diet on the 4 th of September , 1846 , by the proposition of the canton of Thurgau , to declare the Souderbund illegal , but on that occasion the proposition was lost , as the required majority could not be obtained . The ques tion of the Jesuits was again discussed , but with the same result . The revolution of Berne , in 1346 , accomplished hy EOPUiar meetings and demonstrations , without the use of arms , placed Colonel Ochsenbcin , the leader

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      p ftheCorpsFranosin 1845 , at the head of affair * mttateanton . The ^ revolution of Geneva , $$ & Sa ; S- tl L « te ofthat ewton to the Radii SSEaSB * " ^ . w ° l « fonofGeTva ¦ # K ? 5 TJ . $ tea 8 be ™ 8 a triumphant combat by theProIetarfansagainstthe BourgwUie . ' enSffif p ,, Rt < iicj 4 character subsequently oc-SffifeS ? attd ™ pleted « , ?„!? T *? ? ^ follow Mr Grote any farther , the events of the lastfew monthsmust be freshin the rewliectwttvof our readers ; those events may be stated in afew words .

      On the 20 th of July last the Dletpassed a decree assertiDgthat- ' 1 . The separate alliance of the seven states of Lucerne , Uri , Schwylz , Unterwalden , Zug , * noourg , and Balais , is declared incompatible with the provisions of the federal compact , and , consequently , dissolved . 2 . These cantons are responsible tor the observance of the present decree , and the Dietreserves to itself the right to adopt , if circumstances demand it , ulterior measures to cause it to be respected . ' In place of submitting to this decision , the Sop . derbund protested against it , addressed tothe people incendiary proclamations , caused arms andammunition to be brought from foreien countries , erected fortifications , and collected together and armed troops . The Diet again tried conciliatory

      means . It addressed to the 7 cantons a proclamation full of kindness and respect for the rights and sovereignty , the liberty and religion of those cantons , and sent its proclamation by Federal representatives . But in vain . Those representatives were not received , and it was forbidden to publish the Diet ' s proclamation , under pain of imprisonment and criminal prosecution . Other attempts toprevent the effusion of blood were made by the majority , but made in vain . On the 29 th of October the deputies of the Sonderbund quitted the Diet , first addressing a protest and manifesto to Switzerland , directed against the acts of the majority . Finally , on 4 th of November , theDiet declared war against the rebel cantons .

      From the commencement of hostilities the march of the Federal forces was from victory to victory . First , Fribourg surrendered almost without striking a blow . Next ^ Zag capitulated . At length , the Federal troops arrived before Lucerne . The mountaineers of Uri , Unterwalden and Schwylz fought bravely , but were beaten at all points , and Lucerne surrendered at discretion . Within two or three days after the fall of Lucerne , Uri , Schwyta and Unterwalden submitted to the Diet , and received the troops of the Confederation without resistance . Lastly , the Valais yielded , and the Sonderbund was dissolved .

      The Jesuits have been expelled , not only from Lucerne , but from Fribourg , Schw j tz , and the Valais , where their location had , previous to the late struggle , been unquestioned . Clutching at the shadowy power of ruling Switzerland , they have lost the substantial power they previously enjoyed . They have got their reward . We beg the enemies of the Swiss radicals , and the friends of the Jesuits , to read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest the following facta : —When the runaway chiefs of the Sonderbund arrived at Milan , they were recognised by the . people , and hooted and nelted from the gates of the city to their hotel ! O ' n the evening of the 3 rd of December , a great popular demonstration took place at Rome in honour of the victory gained hy the Swiss Diet in capturing Lucerne 1

      The people , preceded by bands of music , and holding innumerable torches , proceeded to the hotel of the Swiss Consul , whom they saluted with the usual patriotic exclamations . The principal streets of the city , through which the procession passed , were illuminated . When in front of the Swiss consul's house , they cried , * Viva the Swiss Cotfeleration !* * Viva the capture of Lucerne ! ' « Viva Pius IX !' The colours of the Federal cantons , the Italian tricoloured flag , and the Pontifical flag , were carried about the whole evening . On passing the Jesuits ' College , the crowd cried , ' Viva the capture of Lucerne ' . ' After these manifestations of the Italian Catholics , the defenders of the Jesuits will do well to blush for their past lies , aud keep civil tongues far the future .

      The enemies of the Swiss Radicals have seen all their predictions falsified ; and have been condemned to witness the triumph of the men whose destruction they pronounced to be certain . They asserted that the war against the seven cantons , was so odious to the majority of the Swiss people that a large mass of the Federal troops would be sure to mutiny , and a large portion of the population , of even the Li . bersl cantons would rise against their Radical governments ; but neither mutiny nor rising 1 ms taken place anywhere . It was predicted that Fribourg weuld successfully defy the Radicals , instead of which Fribourg was very glad to yield without a struggle . When Fribonrg was taken , it was said that it was a matter ot no account , everybody knew that Pribonrs

      could net resist , but the Radicals ; would meet with a very different reception at Lucerne , where they would share the fate of the Corps Francs . Again , the prophets were wrong . The Radicals carried Lucerne at the cost of not a very great expenditure of blood . Well . it was then said the Sonderbund is not yet beaten ; the men of the Forest cantons can defy all the armies in Europe , and woe to the Radicals , if they attempt to enter the mountain fastnesses of Uri , Schwylz , and Unterwalden , there will not many of them return to tell the tale of their adventures . Again the wise men were ' out in

      their reckoning . ' The mountaineers had had enough of fighting in their unsuccessful efforts to keep the Radicals out of Lucerne . They yielded at once to the summons of General Dufbur , and quietly allowed the Federal tro ? ps to garrison their cantons . The jackals of the Holy Alliance had a last hope , the Valais had before now bravely resisted a great French army , and surely the Valasians could now defy the forces of the Diet . Ales ! for the Tikes , the Journal bes Debar , and the Austrian Observer , even this last hope , proved fallacious . The Valasians deemed discretion the better part of valour , and succumbed . The last rebel standard of the Sonderbund was

      lowered to the triumphant red and white flag of the Confederation . The gibes , lies , and calumnies of the Time ? , directed against the Swiss majority , will , we fear , do a great deal towards rendering England odious in the eyesof the Swiss people . Every attempt made by the majority of the Diet to avert civil war , was pronounced by the Times a proof of the cowardice of the Radicals , who dared not strike the blow they threatened . The delay accorded by General Dufour to the authorities of Fribourg to make up their minds to surrender , that thereby the effusion of blood might be spared , was represented as a proof that the General feared to attack his enemy . And the majority of the Diet have been constantly held up as 'Jacobin ? , ' who desired to establish a ' reign of terror , ' and make Swiizerland the focus of revolutionary conspiracy against all the thrones of Europe .

      The tyrants of the continent taking , or affecting to take , the Times view of Swiss Radicalism , have conspired to interfere between the Diet atd the Sonderbund , hoping te have the opportunity of Folandizing Swiizerland . They could not , however , agree among themselves . Lord Palmerston , who had burnt his fingers in meddling with Portugal , was not at all anxious to incur the odium of interfering in Switzerland , particularly as it was evident taat the English government could reap no profit from such interference , —France and Austria could alone be benefitted by crushing Swiss Republicanism . Lord Palmerston therefore acted the ' artful dodger , ' and avoided committing himself to any agreement with the despotic' powers' until such time as the struggle

      of arms between the Diet and the Sonderbund had commenced , aud the forces of the Diet were already marching to victory . Then certain propositions , to be submitted both to the Diet and the Sonderbund , were agreed to by the representatives of the ' five powers ; ' buf before the ' notes' of the diplomatists could be delivered , the war was at an end . The Sonderbund completely vanquished , ceased to exist , and there were no longer two parties between whera to mediate . Wise in their generation , Lords Pal * merstoh and Lansdowne have declared that there is now no need for foreign mediation , and that the English government wiU have nothing to do with such ' mediation , ' should such a farce ba persisted in by the other' powers . * The French government has

      exhibited less discretion , having very stupidly sent in offers to' mediate , ' in spite of the Diet being now the sole and unquestioned authority in Switzerland . TheDiet has replied , rejecting Louis Philippe ' s kind and honest offer , at the same time telling the crowned hypocrite of the TaiUeries , a " few truths which must excessively gall the old man and bis dirty mau-of-al ! -work Guizot . The Prussian and Austrian diplomatists have afco sent' notes' to the same effect as the French ' note' tothe Diet and the chiefs of the Sonderbund , the said chiefs being no where in Switzerland ! The Diet however tells a'l the diplomatists that it will have none of their interference in Swiss affairs . Friendly (!) intervention the members

      of the Diet reject , and forcib ' e intervention they defy . What will the foiled tyrants do ? That question the future will answer ; bat let them only dare to invade Switzerland , and revolution will blaza from one end of Europe to the other . The first cannon shot fired against Switzerland will be the signal for the rising of the nations , and from the Seine to the Danube , from the Rhine to t he Vistula , and from the Tagus to the Tiber , ' the red sea deluge will arise which will sweep away thrones and privileges , and dash to destruction all who at « tempt to stem its torrents . 'Deem they this an idle threat ? Crimson tears may follow yet . '

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      Taifs Edinburgh Magasine . Dscember . Edinto" ^ Su therland and Knox . London : Simpkin and Marshall . 'What is to be done with Ireland ? ' is a question which the opening ' article of this number professes to answer . rYe are sorry to see the writer in Tait i e ™ i Pthepartof an apologist for the Irish landlords ,. wa se extermination of the peasantry , he , to say the least , excuses . We are , however , pleased to be able to add that we cordially agree with his strictures upon the Irish Poor Law , and as heartily concur with his idea , that' Ireland must be physically saved by and out of Irish soil . ' He strongly urges the bringing of the four millions of waste , but cultivatable land in Ireland , into a state of tillage . * * ihis woald add one fourth to Ireland , reduce the laud pressure by twenty . five per cent ., and provetho non-neceasity for emigration . ' The lovers of « light reading ' will find much to gratify them in the story of'Hrstenruhe / thetaleof'The Lion and tho Panther , ' and the review of Madame Wolfensberger s novel of ' All Classes . ' We suppose that De Quineys ' prose run mad * is religiously eschewed by the readers of Tin . To have it supposed that we read his stark-staring nonsense we should consi-™ a *? . P . tati ° n on our sanity . The criticism on ¦ m / 55 ? f ? mnch , Pleasanter leading than most of Mr Gilfillau a productions . , We are sorry to learn from the'Political Register'that the condition of WijUatdmilatioii is te the full as appalling as that of the Irish peasantry . Yet well knowing this , Ministers are about to adjourn the sittings of Parliament till February , without providing any means of relief fer the destitute ! ' Awa ! Whigs , awa !'

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      Bbwitfs Journal . Part XI . Mr Hewitt ' s illustrations of the operation ot the awurssd Game Laws , and Mr Rowlon ' s articles on Death Punishments , are calculated to effect considerable good , in preparing the public mind for the abolition of both nuisances .

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      Mi Mners'Advocate . The number for December con : ms an excellent article on 'The Crisis , ' and ma v and sad revelations of the wrongs and sufferings ef the miners .

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      Irish Democratic Confederation. The Iris...

      IRISH DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERATION . The Irish Democrats met on Sunday evening at Cattwright ' s ; Mr Uaughy in the chair . The chair , man said he was glad to come amongst them again after a long absence , but he could assure them his heart was always with them . He had been esta-Wishing a Temperance society in another part of the city , and a new committee had relieved him from his duties ; he would , in futnre . be enabled to bo more frequently amongst them . After some preliminary business , ' Mr O'Higgins , ' and a' Voice from Tipperary , ' were heard through the columns ef the Northern Star ; some were anxious to hear the parliamentary proceedings of the week read , but the

      general feeling was in favour of discussing the merits of Mr O'Higgins ' s letter . Mr Daniel M'Carthy addressed the meeting at great length , denouncing some portion of Mr O ' Higgins ' s letter as a lie , and others as a foul attack upon the Catholic clergy of Ireland . He also expressed himself dissatisfied with the manner in which the great national , petition of the Chartists was got up . The English members in the House of Commons next received a severe castination because they did not do battle forrepea ) . — Mr Tucker , however , did not think that the Irish members ought to escape scot free ; and so a very pleasant and good humoured retaliation took place . Mr T . asked where were the thirty-nine Irish , members pledged to repeal ? was it not ridiculous to hear

      of men being blamed for this and for that , why did they not look a little nearer home and place the mantle on the right shoulder ? It was disgusting to hear of patriotism . ' If they wanted the work done why did they not assist in doing it ? He , as an Englishman , had lost his time to assist them , —others had done the same . Where were their petitions I How could they expect men in the House of Commons to effect anything if they were not backed up from without ? He actually believed that the Irish people could find more friends in English memoirs , any day , than they could Irish ; and he contended , if the thirty-nine members pledged to repeal had only backed the member for Nottingham out , the minister never ciuld coerce Ireland ; but the paltry , truculent

      lot , was it not evident they were bartering their country ' s liberty , — ' dying on the floor one day , ' and then , anon , praising the 'lenient mild measure' of the minister . Why do tke Irish people allow such fellows to humbug them ? The English' people are willing , and have been willing , to help the Irish people , as has been shown to night by Mr O'Higgins ' s letter . —Mr Sullivan next addressed the meeting ; he considered the Catholic clergy were not totally free from blame , for their acquiescence in the political thraldom of their country . He was not surprised that there was a difference of opinion on this subject , —there always had been , and there ever would be . —Mr Charles M'Carthy spoke at considerable length , in reply to his namesake . He said his

      blood boiled in his veins when he heard men talk about Englishmen and English membsrs ; did they talk about Irishmen and English ministers they would be more at home . He denounced in strong terms , the noisy brawlers who wore ever ready to make mischief with patriotism on their lips , but who took care to skulk behind backs when any work was to be done for their political redemption . He had often told them , and he would tell them again , if ever Ireland was to gain her rights , it would be by the assistance of the working classes of this country , but Irishmen should help in the work . He could tell them that Englishmen were at this moment in as much distress , and as much enslaved , as his own countrymen were . —Mr Martin said he was working

      for Ireland for the last four hours , that was what every Irishman ought to ba doing . ( Cheers . ) The minister did not even think it worth his while to reply to the noble speech of the member for Nottingham , -aud why ? because he well knew that Irishmen themselves did not mean having them , — ( cheers)—if he knew that he would redress their wrongs before he coerced them . He denied that the peasantry of Ireland were the authors of the murders —it was the landlords . ( ' That ' s true . ' ) If the working classes of both countries were united , he believed they could gain their freedom in twenty-four hours . He believed that without a onion we could never repeal the union . He ( Mr M . ) was sorry to see the position of Henry Grattan in the house , he

      who had dressed himself in the uniform of the ' 82 Club . He could only say there was the Whig made manifest—Mr Frawloy addressed the meeting , and denounced the conduct of the Irish members . —Mr G . Minto spoke in hifih terms of Mr O'Higgins . Mr M . then took a review of the conduct of O'Connell , a ? connected with the Catholic clergy , showing that O'CoBnell t bad deluded them as well as the people . He had been always abusing the Chartists for physical force , but when he got into a mess himself his moral courage failed hira . He next alluded to the Young Inlanders in Belfast ; he had lately seen some , gentlemen from that town , who described their visit —the people were comparatively well off there , and they did net want agitation , and so they employed

      catcalls and trumpets to hunt them out of the town . When Irishmen were so virulent to each other , how could they expect Englishmen to be their supporters ? Nearly one half in the minority on the Coercion Bill were English members . Where . were D . O'Connell , D . Power , Dillon Browne , O'Gorman Mahon , and Mr Butler , that boasted that fifty of his ancestors had lost their lives ; Lord Cloncurry ' s son , and many others ? Too much praise could not be given to Mr Wakley , whose conduct was bejond all praise . —Mr Williams next addressed , the meeting in a very able speech , which was listened to with attention , and much applauded , in which he plainly showed the base means that were adopted to keep the people down , or to blast a man ' s character , who darod to advocate their rights . —Mr Clancy said he could not

      but bear testimony to the truthfulness of Mr O' Higgins's letter ; facts were stubborn things , and seeing was bulieving . _ He himself had convened that meeting , and he believed we ' re it not for a few brave coalporters , neither himself nor Mr Lowry would have escaped with a whole bone ; it was a miracle to have escaped the fury of two thousand prejudiced people , led on by the advice of O'Connell , with Ray , Arkins , Murphy , and a rabble mad drunk for the occasion , who vociferated loudly for our destruction , and whose safety on the platform may be mainly attributed to the risk of injuring Ray in the struggle . They broke our lamps , chairs , and forms , destroying even our books and newspapers . Nay more ; . Ray had to pay the landlord lfc . to forego a prosecution for

      destroying his table ; but though they turned the tables on us then , we have lived long enough to see the tables turned on themselves . With regard to tho Catholic clergy he ( Mr C . ) thought he could very well reconcile parties to Mr O'Hiegins ' s views on the subject . Mr O'Higgins , as a Catholic , would not slander them ; but he believed the objection which Mr O'fli- 'gins had to the part which the clergy took in politics was this , and I think O'Sullivan ' s memory of Mr O'H . ' s letters will show ,-he deprecated , and so do I , the use that was made of the House of God in collecting vast sums of money flrooi a starving famishing people to support a set of cormorants in drunkenness and debauchery .. . I . have seen in 38 and ' 39 famishing women and children at the chapel doors frobbed of their mite from the outstretched hand of charitable bcaevolence . If it were wrocg to

      Irish Democratic Confederation. The Iris...

      collect the money at all , ( and nearly all admit this , ) was no » the mode of collection the more reprehensible , nay more , a desecration of the House of God , by those whose calling is to watch brer his sanctuary ? For these reasons Mr O'Higgins has had strong feelings , and so have I , to those who strengthened the delusion that has brought poverty , starvation , and everlasting disgrace upon our common country . The meeting shortly after sepaiated .

      Address Of Thb « Irish Democratic Con. F...

      ADDRESS OF THB « IRISH DEMOCRATIC CON . FBDJEBATION OP LONDON' TO THE TOILING COMMUNITY OP OREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND .

      Brethren , —Three months have transpired since we last addressed you oa the alMmportant subjects of our wn , and our country ' s rights . Still the same blind , perverse , unjust policy that has long characterised our rulers , is still iu tha ascendant ; notwithstanding the war » ing voice ef aa insulted people at the late ganeral election ; , and notwithstanding tbo rapid strides of the people towards the poiut « f centralisation at which ' Heaven forming each on othrr to depend , - A master , or a servant , or a friend , Bids each on other for assistance call , Till one man ' s weakness grows the strength of all . ' Btlieving that one great means to this end is to heap steadily bsforo the people the injustice that is

      perpetrated on tha human rice in form of what is termed 1 OonstitutUnal law , ' we propose from time to time to lay b-. fove them some statements which we think will go far to prove that under this form , deeds are dono by tho ' powers that ho , ' not recognisable by any law human or dlrine . By this constitutional law , the king of England is supposed never to die ; by the same rule the statesman of England never errs . If he plunge a nation iato fifty millions of debt , or dash his war-horse into the area of peaceful citizens ; he is led out of those difficulties by the rains of ' constitutional law . ' If in his barge of state he direct a neighbouring country to he held in bondage ; or if a land is decimated with f * . mine , whosepeople he mighthave saved hy dismantling his war ships ; he steers saf j from the consequences by

      the rudder of ' constitutional law . ' The people are supposed to be the makers of the lairs by their representatives , hut when the people are not represented as in these countries , the laws are not made hy the people , n » r their repreteatatives ; hut by the representatives oi a class , against the wishes and Interests of the people ; laws thus made are called constitutional laws ; that is the constitution being uudefinable , laws are mata unnatural , unreasonable , obtuse and unintelligible , and ergo the term' constitution *! laws ! ' These laws , then , feeing bo compact between the governors and the governed , all the great commentators ngras as to the amount of allegiance' that is due to them , but the laws were not tfus made iu the days of Edward the Confessor , or Alfred the Great , arid the difference ia thus deseribed

      by Dr Johnson : — 'A single gaol in Alfred's golden raign , Could half the nation ' s criminals contain , Fair justice then without constraint adored , Held high the steady scale ; but sheath'd the sword . No spies were paid , no special juries known , Blest age ! but ah ! bow different ruou oua own . ' All laws are praumed to be founded on resssn and equity , at least so says a Ulerablegood authority , Lord Coke , who says : — 'Nothing an Save the force of law that is contrary to reason '; and Lord Hobart says : — ' Whatever is agaiast reason and equity is against law ; ' nsy more , he adds , ' it ' an Act of Parliament wtro made against reason and equity , that act would ba void . ' Burke sajs s

      — ' That It is necessary from the demands of all people whose desires , where they do not militate against this stable and eternal rules of justice and reason ( rules which are above us aud above them ) , ought to be a law to a House of Commons . It is an admitted maxim that— ' Law to Wad all , must be assentid to by all , ' Lord Chancellor Fortescue , in writing to Prince Edward ( the son of Henry TI . ) when in France , appeals to the young prince ' s own knowledge of the dangerous policy of maintaining a standing army , for which the people were compelled to provide quarters aud provisions , also , the abominable oppression of the salt tax , by which means , he says , the people of that country were reduced to extreme penury and front , in every comtonot life ; and he concludes thus : — ' Tou have heard of other

      enormlttes like to these , and some even worse than these , detestably and damnably perpetrated no otherwise than under ' the colour or pretence of LAW , such as private examinations , and popping men into sacks and throwing them into the river Seine hy night ! ' Hero , then , we have the learned Forteseue denouncing these 'damnable and detestable enormities in form of law . ' Had he visited some of the riding schools of Ireland in ' 98 , and witnessed the flesh torn from the backs of innocent Catholic priests ; when mea were tarred and feathered , <« nd hung in dozens by the lamp . posts ou the public bridg « s ; or had he witnessed the mortifying wounds of a Fitzgerald , or the scarred and torn bosom of a

      Tonebe might , perhaps , have calculated that there were even in Ireland , more damnable and atrocious means in form of lavr , to prevent even the moon ' s rays from falling on the prison floor of the mangled victims . But , it may be said , the ministers are about to protect life instead of destroying it—to give us a sort of * 98 in miniature!—a gentle Bsresford 1 and a town Major Sirr—who shall bear no resemblance to his precious namesake ! and instead of . Hanoverians and Hessians , a nice sleek-faced , well-drilled lot of unsuspecting pimps—a band of respectable classified Jemmy O'Briens , with a regular weekly salary , to avoid the disgraceful exhibition of a second blood money list !

      Is this law , then , reasonable and just , which will de . prive men of the last remnant of their constitutional rights , while the landlord class is permitted to turn thousands of helpless , starving beings , to the four winds of heaven—or into the arms of a mercenary , ruthless constabulary , whose preferment will depend upon enter , ing into the plans of tho disaffected or the unwary , and singling out the victims of a system which punishes one class of starving beings , while it upholds the tyranny and oppression of another class of licentious idlers 1 This attempt , then , of her Majesty ' s ministers to enact a bill , in form of law—which , accerding to all constitutional authority , i » no law , not having the necessary ingredient of law , wanting which it is void ; nay , more—treason to the people , who gave net their consent ; treason to the

      Queen , whose long suffering , faithful Irish subjects will be alienated from their rightful allegiance t Is the will of the minister , then , to be the reason of the law I This would be impious and unjust , since the will of the Almighty Sovereign of tho universe , to whese will alone such deference is justly due , hath not so dealt with his creature , man I enforcing his will for his reason ; but , on the contrary , hath mercifully condescended to convince US , that reason is his will , and that he hath limited ( if we may use such an expression ) even his own infinite power , by the eternal rules of justice and righteousness , and which our reason teaches us can never fail . How then dare the ministers in power tell us , in tha face of such authority , that we ought to respect those blood-stained statutes iu form of

      law , which are so much at variance with natural reason , just equity , and common sense ? Are those lavrs founded or natural reasen , just equity , and common sense , which create a lavish expenditure , destructive alike ef peace and plenty at home , and promnlgatlve of war and devas . tation abroad ; or which gives pover to the ministers of the British crown , who baring obtained office through pepular agitation , have used that power against the very men by whom they have been raised , to imprison them , or banish them to the pandemonium rock of Norfelk Island I Laws which" create an universal mismanagement of British affairs , —additional demands for troops , for ships—for pimps—for spies—for money for all sorts of bloody destructive implements of war—to destroy mankind ; making rivers of tears and blood from tho hearts

      and eyes of widows , children , and men ! Laws claiming the sympathy of angels for the oppressed , and calling forth the just indignation of the most high on the oppressors 1 Laws which violate solemn treaties , and connive ' at the subjugation of people and states ! Laws which , under the pretence of settling other peopie ' s ^ affairs , have deluged the peninsula with blood , making hapless Spain a royal carnal house of licentiousness , intrigue , and . debauchery ! Laws which have permitted the-invasion of Afghanistan without even a declaration of war , for tho purpose of forcing on that people a monarch r / hom they had thrice expelled , Laws which permitted a British fleet to visit , the peaceful shores of China , and , with fire and sword , demand ' free trade ' in opium drugs , to benefit Indian merchants ; and destroy with deadly poison tho inhabitants of that country , and then , on the score of compensation , demand , and

      obtain , six millions of dollars ! Laws , to . come nearer home , which have for years sustained a degrading system of corruption In the shape of commissioners to inquire Into grievances which have never been ronedled , and hy which enormous sums of the people ' s money have been expended ; by which means they have from time to time been beguiled by delusive hopes and promises , bat eventually gaining nothing [ but disappointment . Laws which prevent the great bulk of the people of these countries from having a voice in the management of their own affairs , and their consequent inability to prevent those outrageous atrocities inform of law , perpetrated against their brethren , —their families , —their labours , —their oharaaters , —their liberties , —and their-lives , — how long shall a just Creator permit such things to bo done ia our names ! So long only , wo opine , as the will of ministers shall be the reason ef the ' law . Let us then

      mutually proclaim the reason of the law ever superior to the will of the minister . Let us ever remember it is treason to the people—treason to the Queen—to enact any law that is not based ou natural reason , and equity ; and that the law to bind all , must be assented to by all ; that wanting these essentials there is no valid compact ! We therefore declare before our country , our God , and the world , that the present coercive measure for Ireland , about to be adopted by the parliament , is not law—because it is contrary to reason , justice , and equity !—contrary to the written laws of God!—contrary to the fundamental rights and franchises of the Great Charter ,

      which has derived its authority from thirty-six succesive parliaments , and confirmed by the 421 Ed . IH ., c . 2 , which enacttd , that * The Great Charter , and the Charter of the Forest ho holden and kept in all points , and if any statute be made to the contrary , that shall be holden for none ; ' and for a breach of which we would beg to remind bur modern lawmakers of the fearful end of two timeserving judges , who were . hanged by the ne-: k . for carry , ing out the statute in form of law , 11 H . VII . Thus told by Lord Coke : — ' This statute of 11 H . VII . wo have recited , and showed the just inconvenionce thereof to the end that the like should never hereafter to attempted in

      any court ot Parliament , aud that others might avoid the fearful end of these two time servers , Bmpion and Dudley . ' J . Bkjbb , o . H * . Tr / CMB , V 7 , MiKTiK , o . M'Caetht , J . Joicb , L . T . CtANcr , Sec . Dbnis Dwaik , Chairman .

      The London Confederilists. The Base And ...

      THE LONDON CONFEDERiLISTS . The base and truculent conduct of the Five Pounds Conciliation Hall patriots , with rcspeot to the motion of Mr F . O'Connor , for inquiry into the Act o £ Union , will , it is to be hoped , teach their amstituencies a lesson ; and that they will not again be duped by the sweet voices of the Burgh Quay . When will Irishmen think and act for themselves 1 Thb Emmbtt Conmdbbatb Club . — On Sunday evening last , the 12 th inst ., a very numerous meeting of thi » club was held at the Victory , Newenhamstreet , Edgeware-road , Mr Sullivan in the chaw . The secretary then stated that since their first meeting they had received a communication from the

      council in Dublin , recommending them to alter the name of their club , as it was the wish of the late Robert Emmett , that his name might not be used in any way until Ireland was a nation . The council hnd left it entirely in the hands of their committse , and they had decided that as the principles of the co nfederation were those entertained by the late Mle O'Connell in 1813 , they had come to the determination of calling it the 'O'Connell Confederate Club . D . IL Stack , ( barrister-at-law , ; in an argumentative speech / reviewed the conduct of the various members who had spoken and voted On the hon . member ' s ( fw Nottingham ) motion for inquiry into the Act of Union . He passed a high panegyric on the exertions of Mr O'Connor for fatherland , and

      observed in relation to the Land Company , that the people of England had entrusted that gentleman with large sums of money , and he was happy to say , in opposition to those who attempted to asperse his character , that he had rendered a faithful account of his stewardship , and it was with the greatest pleasure that he moved the ' following resolution : — ' That F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., is entitled to the unqualified and warm thanks of ' this club , for introducing the question of Repeal of the Act of Union into the House of Gammons , at the only timely occasion of its discussion therein . That a distinct and substantative debate on the causes and consequences of the Union , in the legislature every session , is of the first importance towards the success of the

      Repeal , as such debate best instructs the English public in the merits of the question , and thereby forms a public opinion thereon in this country , whilst it keeps such members to their duty , prevents them from being seduced by the ministers , or the constituencies from being deserted by their members . ' The resolution was seconded by Mr Fitzj ; ibhon , in a speech of great length , condemnatory of the conduct of those members who ought to have supported that motion . Mr T . Daly said that he could not allow the resolution to be put from the chair , without saying a few words regarding it . He had always admired the con duct of Mr O'Connor , and he considered the motien ofthat geatleman to be well-timed , it was all moonshine to say that it was premature . Th ? Irish

      people could not know too soon those who falsely represented them in parliament ; in fact Mr O'Connor bad tested the sincerity of some of the would-be patriots , and he deserved the thanks of Ireland for so doing . Several other gentlemen having spoken in favour of the resolution , it . was then put from the chair , and carried amidst the most rapturous applause , which continued for some time . The meeting then separated , . Corran Confedbratb CtTO . —A large meeting of this club was held on Sunday evening , at the Blue Anchor , York-street , Westminster , Mr R . Hussey in the chair , who addressed the meeting at great lesgth on the great benefits to result from a union of the working classes of the mother and sister countries ; and said that the conduct of Mr O'Connor on the Coercion Bill had met the approbation of some ' of the

      Council of Confederation at their late meeting at Dublin . Mr Mitchell , on speaking on the Coercion Bill said , ' There is one Irishman in the house , indeed , who seems determined to give this bill staunch resistance , atid I honour him for it—I mean the hon . member for Nottingham , Mr Feargus O'Connor . ' ( Loud and repeated cheering . ) And again , Mr T . Meagher went much further , and in denouncing the uncoustitutional character of the bill , said— ' It will put down the liberties of this kingdom—put down the right to c : < rry arms—the most stored right of citizens , and in the spread of disaffection , its efficacy will be tested . Mr Feargus O'Connor deserves the gratitude of the country for his prompt oppoiStion to this bill . ( Loud and anthusiastio cheering . >

      He paid no courtesy oa this bill ~ - ( hear , hear)—he did not treat it with etiquette—( hear , hear , hear )—he met it as it should have been met by every Irish member , with intolerance . ( Loud cheers . ) It is virtuous to be intolerant where liberty is attacked . ( Renewed cheers . ) If it ware the custom of the Irish Confederation to pass resolutions of thanks for public services , I should move the sincere thanks of this meeting to the hon . member for Nottingham , ( Loud and continued cheers . ) I am no Chartist ; indeed , I don't know what I am beyond being a Repealer . I have not made up my mind to be anything save and except a Repealer ; and what is more , I do not intend to be anything else until the Irish parliament is sitting in this city ; when , moat probably , I shall make up my mind to stand for a seat upon some one interest or another . ( Loud cheers and

      laughter . ) But , sir , though 1 am no Chartist , I say that the leader of the Chartists deserves the gratitude of this country . ( Loud cries of 'hear , hear , ' and great cheering . ) ' The chairman then proceeded to say they were opinions not to be passed slightly over , for ho believed them to be the sentiments of the majority of the Confederates . ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Sweeney then read several extracts from the speeches of the late meeting of the Confederation in Dublin—the leading article from the Northern Stab — ' The Poland of the West , ' and extracts from Mr O'Connor's speech on Repeal in the House of Commons . Mr R . Scott ( Belfast ) then proceeded to deliver a lecture . The ' Merits aud Demerits of Moral and Physical force' which was received throughout with loud cheers . The meeting then adjourned .

      Thb Davis Confederate Club . —The members of this club met in their lecture room , S 3 , Daau-itreet , on Monday evening last , which was respectably filled . Mr O'Connor presided on the occasion . The secretary then read the minutes of the last com ' mittee meeting , which stated that E . Kenealy , Esq ., LL B ., had been elected as the president of the club , and Messrs Dalby , O'Connor , Fitzgibbon , and P . Mahony . as vice-presidents . Several gentlwio addressed tho meeting , the chief topic being tt- t condemnation of those Irish members who refused 6 * support Mr O'Connor ' s motion on Repeal . A petition against minister ' s money in Ireland was then agreed to , for presentation to parliament . MrT . Daly than gave notice , and said , that not wishing to infringe the rules of the club , he should move the thanks of the club t » Mr F . O'Conner , M . P ., on next Monday eveninir , for he folt certain that it

      would be better appreciated by postponing it . During the course of the evening , a deputation from the Old Ireland p arty waited on the club , their object being to conciliate all parties . Thoy stated that they bad seen Mr J .. O'Connell on the previous day , ana that gentleman had intimated to them that from the position of parties in England , it was desirous to have a union of parties in Ireland , and that bespoke iu the highest terms of the Confederation , aud that he should soon be in Ireland , and would see W . S . O'Brien on the subject . Friday was then appointed for the conference , and it was intimated , to the deputation , at the same time , that the Young Icelanders intended to keep their principles inviolate and intact . The meeting then adjourned . Meetings were also held at the Green Man , Berwick-street , Oxford-street ; and the Husssy-burgh Club , Grosvenor-row , Piralico .

      Rovai Pomibcuhio Ihsiiidhos,—Although No...

      Rovai Pomibcuhio Ihsiiidhos , —Although nothing of much importance , to the scientific world has been added to this admirable establishment , yet several inventions of a minor character have been deposited , all aiding the general interest , though separately of not that value attached to many scientific works already exhibited . Among the most recent deposits may be observed a sofa bedstead of a very compact description , by Mr Burdett . A safety axletree , by Ekyn and Millichap . Fuller and Dr Bergue's patent buffer springs for railway carriages , the latter is a valuable application of vulcanised caoutchouc . The buffer springs formed in this way are beautifully elastic , not more than one-fourth the weight of steel springs , and occupy a much less space .

      Price s chopping machine is a neat little contrivance for domestic use , and would no doubt prove a serviceable appendage to the kitchen . This is but a portion of many ingenious contrivances that have been recently introduced ; and the advantage of the inventor in being thus enabled to place the works of his ingenuity , where it can become known to the public , and thereby appreciated , must be at once evident . The laws of nature , in reference to sanatory measures , is still being discussed by Doctor Bachhoffner . Drain traps , models illustrating the ventilation of sewers , & e ., & e ., that are to be found here , show that little has been left undoneby the mechanical portion of the world in endeavouring to render our towns and cities as ' salubrious as possible .

      SnBFPiELn . —A Repeal Confederate Club has been formed , and there is every prospect that the Repealers and Chartists will co-operate for the attainment of the People ' s Charter and Repeal . Last week a man named Strong was discharged by judge ' s order from Liverpool gaol , after having been in confinement six years and seven months , for a debt of £ 10 , increased by costs to £ 38 15 s . A starch factory in Lapeer ceunty , Michigan , U , S „ consumes 200 , 000 bushels of potatoes annually ; What a waste of food , says the Independent Democrat , just to make shirt collars stick up !

      The tribunal of Correctional Police at Paris has sentenced by default . M . Gudin ( iato aide-de-camp of Louis-Philippe , ) for cheating at cards , to three ycais' imprisonment , and 2 , 000 fraacs fine ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18121847/page/3/