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,- - - ^ BRITISH AMERICA . , ( Casada . ) July 29 .-The first session issuance Lord Elgin ' s advent to the conns ' nAtto * snccessfttltermination yesterdav , fWj ^ v giving the W - "" asseofc * ° ninety-sli I &)< Serving for the signification of her Mala j > ^ je flurteenacts , which number , added S * f * Tto which the royal assent . was given on W--l presents a total of one hundred and [> $ l ^ . Vtsnassed in less than two months since ^ ofthe legislatnre . . i ^ rkrsnt fever keeps up its pace of mortality 1 ? Mtbsa dav . The disease Las not spread ' 01 < L ranks of society so much aswasantici-^ " lAouch in some parts of the country seme ilA j ; ne medical attendants and the clergy have i * St ° - neirhnmaBH - ' - ^ £ * £ ( N £ W Bbcsswics , ) July 31 . —During S ^' tseason , the weather in New Brunswick
* Snosnauy propitious , and the crops , in coni ^ have themost promising appearan ce . The 3 * 2 ^ 1- , a very large one , and there is not , np frLtg any appearance of the potato disease . ^ r ^ tatces already in market are dry , and * i anility , vnth the true flavour , which has in £ 5 teen wanting during the last three years . feSanis-iation to New Brunswick has not been FXobise asthatof last year ; the amountof tzLs and the number of death are quite fearful . P ^ gration of this season is confined almost ex-L-refrfo * unmWe 9 t claJS of I " " Peasant , who , Crated by privation , with disease firmly im-^ in his system , Is aItoSetuer enable to bear aavovase ; the typhus , br which the emigrants id » auTsnffer ' has nst made snchfrightful ha ^ oc ^ ein Canada , where the deaths are counted by *• " *¦ FRANCE .
tji-Jrtinwf des Debtris continues to assail the pro-^ tos directed to effect a reform in the electoral i representative system . It finds in them an fffijtnsie of jacobinism , republicanism , the over-Ifofthe dynasty of July , and the return of the j of Angn 5 t and 2 nd September . It seems tbat Uiivspnointedfor the reform banquet at Mons L p ^ io be the 10 th of August The Debats IJfca or says that this day was selected to indit \ le character snd real objects oi . the party by / event of which it is the anniversary . Ilesttempt of the' Journal des Debate' to stig-. ttethe Reform Association as a revival of the
[ Hub ofJacobins . 'has unearthed a certain journal 5 the then Duke de Chartres , now Ring of iFrench , from tbe month of November 1790 to [ aeh 1791 , in which the active and zealous part jBtby 'Egalite fils * ( aahis Majesty was then called ) I scaler and off-cut , of the Jacobin Club , under jUotd ' Uerboisand Cana , are duly registered and ixAed with the most unequivocal self-satisfaction { be first person . It appears from this that his ^ was an assiduous attendant at its meetings : si he eagerly seized every favourable occasion of jang a part in itsjdebates ; that he was elected one it 3 cw ^« ( an offi ( nalinspector ;) tnat lieproposed seconded many of its leading members , of whose jrioiiaa he was , as he eaid , assured , & c , & c . An tract is pitilessly given , in leaded tvne . bv the
Rational , ' in which these and other equally curious tajgssre recorded by Egalite fils' in the first perjo , extending from 2 nd November 1790 , to 10 th Hack , 17 ? 1 . The National' has also ill-naturedly jjnd cat that a certain M . Seguier , scandalised at ones' EsalHe ' accepting aa office of the Jacobins , pressed his sense of the matter in a chansonnettee , abfcsedin a weekly journal , called ' Les Sottises jia Seffiaine , ' which had some vogue at the time « ans the Royalists . By the most strange caprice ( the current of human events , the same revolution r ich has placed Egalite fils on the throne of ' once , has placed M . Seguier , the author of the yrnmetu , in the presideatal chair of the Chamber i Peers ! ' Perhaps , ' says the merciless * National , ' jfonsieur le President Segnier has preserved a copy fthis . and will favour us with the music and the
Strange vicissitude ! continues the ' National , ' £ vyears have scarcely relied away ere we fisd the -ikirof tbe Jaeebin Club seated on tbe throne of " jaace , and the author of the " chansonnette in the Metises de la Semaine / clad in the ermine of first ssii 3 ent , bringing twice a year to bis feet the tenjreitacd most respectful homage . Awav , then , fen all escalations on the fat ore—away " with all itempfe at prediction ! Attempt to stop the tide of aw , aid say , ' we are old , and we will establish . ' Miblish what ? All , all is in rains 1 The general eU of Europe is broken np by the ploughshare of
evekticn . Men and things are changed , and vhen a oar thoughts we attempt topnt what was in joxtaastioa with what is , we behold the most ludicrous iajqncrace . They want to arrest the flight of tbat these Sight is everlasting . They believe themselves ages , and try to stop tbe course of the ocean by a am . They talk of the stability of institutions—they $ 3 hare witnessed such lofty fortunes and Jament-& reverses : 'misere sans nom , ' as Pascal says , fcse croire assure dans 1 ' enceinte de se raccsurci ato ^ s . '
Tne National gives the following account of an spaaing political demonstration which took place i Golmar on tha 8 th inst , where 150 electors of the apartment of the Upper Rhine assembled to pro-Kt against the system of corruption which is decaralislag the country : — ' 31 . Rossee , First President of the Royal Court of C & nar , accepted an invitation to preside on the occr . on . The Prefect , together with the principal frsciionariesof the department , in vain endeavoured te prevail on him to refuse to assist at a demonstra-Saonanised by the Opposition . 'K . Kossee considered that the moment had arrirei to give the Government a salutary warning , and m this point of view the participation of the bead of
ae Alsatian magistracy in this civic solemnity was iaiied with joy by his fellow-citizens . M . Emile Dalphns . Mayor of Mulhausen , and deputy fcr the Upper Shine , likewise accepted aa invitation to attend , but unexpected circumstances , which occurred a the ere of the festivity , prevented his carrying his " intention into effect M . Strucb , deputy for the Upper Rhine , was present at the banquet , together rith 35 . Coclmann and 31 . Koechlin , former deputies , several members of the municipal councils of Strasburg and Mulhausen , and a considerable nnmla : of the inhabitants of those towns ; and moreover , several deputations of electors from the principal fawns on the Upper Rhine . When the guests had taken their seats , M . Gerard , the ; chief editor of the cannier tVAlsace , and secretary of the committee sir directing the banquet , proposed tie
appointment of a permanent electoral committee for tbe dejirtment of the Upper Rhine , and invited the assembly to sign immediately the petition prepared by Jaecentral committee of the electors of Paris . The setition was Immediately signed by all present . The i « atest cordiality prevailed throughout the meeting , j tsd the ' MarseiUaise , '" with other patristic airs , was performed by aa excellent orchestra . After dinner , tie following toasts were given from the chair and Mthusiasticaliy cheered : —' Electoral reform , ' 'The realization of its docirins and principles . ' * The Drgarazi & ffl oflabonr / and 'The probity of public itiho-ities . ' M . Besrsch , member of the Municipal urancii of StrasburgJ and principal editor of the Gjarrie- da Has Min in proposing a toast' to the patriots of the Lower Rhine , ' delivered a speech from whisk we sake the following extract : —
t & : gentlemen , the present situation of affairs shears to us dangeruos and lamentable . It is with scrro ^ v in her heart and a blush ef indignation on her brow , that France has been for some time witaessiug the cancer which is consuming her . It is » ith terror that ths nation contemplates all the evil Kused by the contagion of pernicious examples and aernicinus maxims . A nation reay endure innumerable disasters , see her armies defeated , her fleets destroyed , her finances exhausted , and her commerce annihilated . These , no doubt , are severe trials , hut the ? do not constitnt" disgrace . Waterloo was a catastrophe fcr France , but Waterloo is not a stain w our national history , for there was no dishonour in contending alone against all Europe , and in closing
by one day of reverse half a century ot victories . Moreover , a nation may take its revenge for a lost battle- It may recompose its army , rebuild its citadels , reconstruct its nary , revive its commerce ma manufactures , and a few years are sufficient to restore its atrengtli . France was in that position in 1835 , prepared to re-commence the gigantic struggles of the republic and of the empire , if any foreigner bad dared to lay his hand on her , or if he had dared to prevent the accomplishment of a great act of popular sovereignty and of nationaljustice . But , gtatlemen , what is more serious than a batttle lost , or any material disaster , is the moral decline of a aitisn and the extinction of public spirit in her breast . Itis the oblivion ofber providential
misaon . acu of the part she was destined to act in bunmn affairs . A nation commits suicide when it succeeds in suppressing within itself every noble and gcasreua sentiment , and in substituting sensual appetites for the instinct of national grandeur , the worship of the golden calf for the adoration of glory , the -hirst of honours for the love of liberty , selfishness ardevatedness , thematerialism of the present forthe idea ! of the future , the cowardice ef the slave for the dignity of man , the humility of the subject for the pread independence of the citizen . And when those ' bo possess the power to contend against social disorgavjaUon forget their sacred mission so far as tofced evil which ht
even tbe progress of the tbey ong to oppose , aa order to make use of it to advance some ^ " ^ rable personal interest , they are a thousand times more culpable than if they had tquandered the treasure and wasted the material strength of the 6 ° n » fc 7 . fora nation , by demorafissticB , is attack to the heart . . . . Awav . then , with every feelwg of n ^ sconrageinent or weakness . Let us bail this « a « as the aurora of a new political life ! Let us pant the flag of electoral and Parliamentary reform with a bold hand , and rally round it all honourable aad progressive opinions . Let tha great national ]««*? coostitate itself , therefore , " on the entire ** rfece of Fwaee , i . & ft a * nak ?* ia & mlo WtthorJ
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the strong and the weak ; the impatient and the t mid , in order thatthey may all concur in the sanlt work of improvement . Let it gather all willing friends that have been dispersed—all noble instincts that have been outraged—all effortsimpotent through isolation , and France shall resume that noble part assigned to her in modern civilisation ; she will resume tbe lead in all great conceptions and all ereaf actions- ' h L 7 , v e *^ ldent Rossee nex t proposed the Kine ' s health , which was received by the assembly with so lemn silence , followed by a cry for the ¦ Marseillaise ' which ^ was concluded withatri plereund of appSe when the meeting separated . »« npymuse , It has be ™ at length decided that the Duke d'Aumale shallbe the successor of Marshal Bugeaud asUovernor-General of Algeria . The royal dSe 6 8 by the KinS ia
£ uft p- *?" . ^? couneilbefore he left Paris for the Chateau d'Eu . The Ifbuche of Magon announces tbe formation of Swiss committees in Paris , Lyons , Bourg , Be-Sanson , Strasburgh , and Grenoble , on the plan of the Polish committees . Iu case war be provoked by Austria or Piedmont , thosecommittees will give the aid ot revolutionary France to Switzerland , wmeh they regard as tbe represonlative of the cause of the people . 'If , ' says the Ibuche , ' Poland is too distant to be succoured except by good wishes , Switzerland is at our gates ; it is the interest of France of July not to suffer herself to be enclosed in a net which absolutism is weaving around her . The French people ought to surround themselves by free nations who can sympathise with her , and we trust that regenerated Switzerland will no longer supplv despots with satellites for hire . '
SPAIN . The Espectador states that General Espartero having always refused to receive the arrears of his salary as Regent , until all the other state employes were paid , there remained a sum of 90 , 000 dollars due to him when he was obliged to quit Spain , and that since then he has made no demand for the money ; but that the present government , having beard tbat bis resources are not sufficient for the maintenance of his dignity , has ordered 25 , 000 dollars to be paid to bim as an instalment . The Spanish government not only approves of General Pavia ' s reprisals for the massacre by the Carlists of the fifteen soldiers of the Union regiment
near Manresa , bnt has likewise directed him for the future to shoot every prisoner that falls into his bands . This is a most inhuman and impolitic proceeding , and foreigners vrill now more than ever feel inclined to ask , whether Africa really begins at the Pyrenees . On the evening of the 5 th six matines were executed at Gerona , thus making , with the seventeen shot at Mataro , twenty-three unman beings put to death out of retaliation for tbe Manresa tragedy , leaving a balance of eight victims in favour of Isabel II . But in all likelihood the Montemolisfs will soon square accounts , for they have announced tbat for the future no quarter will be given to the troops of the government .
The Madrid correspondent of the Times predicts the immediate breaking out of the civil war in Navarre : — All is ready for the outbreak ; several Generals of great reputation are already on the frontiers concealed in tbe mountain villages ; tbe members of the Juntas , and the officers of tbe various battalions , are already nominated ; the refugee officers , who had been sent into tbe interior of France , have simultaneously left tbe depots , aud are making ' . hair way with variable success to the appointed rendezvous . Some money has arrived , and more is promised . The harvest is most abundant ,
and whea it is secured the last impediment to unfurling the banner of war will be removed . I will not venture to predict what will be the result of this contest , so much vrill depend on the discretion of the Prince in who = s favour so momentous & struggle is about to be undertaken . It has been said of the Bourbons , as it was of the Stuarts , that expeiience is barren for them , that they neither forget nor learn . Expectations are , however , entertained that the Count de Montemolih will prove an exception to this family blindness , and that the hopes of attaching to his interests the bulk of the Liberal pirty will come in aid of his own inclination to march with tbe spirit of tbe sge .
Another element of success to the new outbreak will consist ia the degree of support which will bs afforded by the rest of Spain iu aid of the provinces which bore the brunt of the former civil war . To this question Catalonia has already responded , and no doubt exists that Upper and Loner Arragon , Valencia , and the north of Old Gastille , will give to the Count de Montemclin ready and hearty assistance . Despatches from the Captain-General of Arragon , containing others from the Alcalde of ' Fraga , a town of 5 , 000 souls , on the confines of the province of Catalonia and Arragon , and on the river Cinca , announce the invasion of a body of from 400 to SOO Carlists . They entered at G o ' clock in the morning of the 8 th , under tue leadership of the chiefs Bouches and Sendios . With the exception of 20 or 30 they were all armed with muskets ,
blunderbusses , and fowling-pieces- Tbeir first work was to take possession of the government office-, and seize the whole of the public fnscs , for ffbich , however , they cheerfully and spontaneously gave receipts in due and uuExceptionableform . They also took possession of the tobacco and ganpowder found there . Otherwise , they committed no acts of violence ; on the contrary , they exhibited ranch philanthropy , and a love of liberty beyond praise , inasmuch as tbey opened the prisons and setsoaeot the captives free , without establishing any very scrupulous inquiry into the causes ef tbeir incarceration . In this they even surpassed in compassion for sufferirg humanity the Knight of La Mancha with tbe galley slaves . The liberated et Fraga were more grateful still , as they not only did not turn on their liberators , but took arms and joined them .
Correspondence from La Gracja adverts to a treacherous aud cowardly attempt against the life of Genera ) Serrano , which , however , entirely failed . A parcel was received at bis bouse on the previous day , by the mail , of an unusually large size , the postage amounting to 30 reals ( Os . ) . The General was out at the time it came , and it appears that his mother had her suspicions excited by its unusual size . General Bos de Olano , to whom she spoke on the subject , shared the same suspicions , and it was agreed to cat open the parcel on tbe opposite side tc the seal , when it wasfound tbat under tbrec or more covers , each of which was marked ' private , ' there were five' postas , ' a species of explosive compound , so placed that they would have gone off by opening the parcel in the usual way , and the intended victim would prsbably either have bten killed , or at least seriously maimed and disfigured . General Eiio lost a hand by means of a similar contrivance .
General O'Donnell is recalled from Cuba , of which he has tor several years been the gcverner . PORTUGAL . raooRESS or lord palmers-ox's policy ! LISBON , August 9 . Notwithstanding tbe time tbat has elapsed since the termination of the civil strife , no signs as yet have been exhibited on the Queen's part of fulfilling tbe stipulations of tbe protocol ; on the contrary , every possible manoeuvre , however flimsy or unworthy , is being resorted to to evade compliance with its most imperative and most important
provisions-The Count of Lavradio , charged by the Queen with the formation of a new ministry , has etterly failed in cEecting this object , and has given up the mission in despair : nor is this a matter of the smallest surprise , as the individnals to whom he addressed himself , one and all , insisted , as a preliminary measure to their accepting office , that the Queen should first revoke certain unconstitutional decree ? , the most i ! b noxious one being the nomination of the Prince Ferdinand to tbe chief command in the army , an appointment in itself not alenc objectionable , bnt in direct violation of one of the articles of the charter
itself . The immediate convocation of the Cortes of tbe kingdom was also made a sine qua w > n . Now , to neither of these reasonable concessions to justice or policy would either the Queen or ber husband content , the prince insisting upon retaining his command , and tbe Queen being obstinately bent against permitting the elections to proceed . The consequences have been thatthe efforts cf the Gaunt of Lavradio , to render her Majesty good service , have been unavailing ; while the public indignation is aroused , and odium falls upon the Queen , her
husband , and the wretched Camarilla who compose this court of small intrigue . In the meantime , the Cabralists are working night and day , both by means of their organs of the press , and by the influence ol the clubs , to regain their ascendancy . While all this is going on , tbe present men in office are ceeopving themselves solely in feathering their nests at the public cost , and in adding to their ahead ) swollen and ill-gotten fortune * , by means so infamous , tbat , if not a scandal in Portugal , they may almost be termed an insult to Europe .
Scenes of the most wanton and irritating description have been going on in Oporto , and openly countenanced by the authorities , tbe military governor appointed " being the Baron Casal , so discrcditablj known for his brutality at Braga , where respect was paid neither to age nor sex upon the occasion of bis entering the town by force , when the place was subjected to two days' pillage . On the 5 th inst ,, tbe soldiery burnt an effigy in one of Uiepublicsqnares , representing Ueriada Fotxe tbe
heroine of the revolntien ; they were accompanied by the different military bands , and after creating terror and contusion throughout the city , and committing brutal excesses , were harangued and complimented by the Baron Casal in person : So much for pacification ' . In St Ubcs similar scenes have been enacted ; and not a post arrives but brings accounts from all parts of the kingdom of horrors that would appear to refer to some far-back and distant epoch , and amongst savages , and not as real occurrences of these times and in a Christian
land . We have Lisbon news to the 9 th inst . The collective note from the Envoys of tbe three allied Powers , requiring a change of Ministers , had been presented on the morning of the 5 th . No reply had been given tip to the evening of the 8 th . The Oporto correspondent of the Timis says : — * The orders of the Lisbon government for the dismantling Oporto have been strictly obeyed ; and not one stone remains on another of the late fortifications . The parapefa erao have been levelled , and all ftr * is no * to t » 8 W ate Ifce wcM « 4 w >« n &
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whichMnatnreihaa planted in ¦^ co ntin « ed cba ! n ^ from l « ora Firn te Bora Snccesso , on the north of the ¦ . Kmro . The cannon that lately bristled oh' these heights have been shipped to the capital , and Oporte is now to all intents and purposes an opeh town . So much the better for the British merchants , who have here and at Villa A ova property in manufactured goods and wine to the amount of £ 1 , 500 , 000 sterling , but so much the worse for the Queen ' s government , which has acted in my opinion in this case on very limited views . The British merchants , whose goods and wines escaped destruction , asif by miracle , in 1 S 33 and 1847 . are rejoiced to see the theatre of civil war removed from Oporto by the dismantling of its forts , bat the Queen should recollect that the second city in the kingdom is left without defence ,
within four days' march of Spain , and the town is open , in case of another insurrection in the Minho , to a dash of the insurgents . Tbe Queen this year has been saved by the protection given in Oporto to the Junta , and the waste of time which Das Antas allowed there ; instead of marching instantly on Lisbon . On the next occasion the scene oi the conspiracy will be laid in Lisbon , and the government be overthrown before her allies are able to arrange a protocol in London , or march 15 . 000 Spaniards from Madrid . Such an erejfcis I hope , sincerely , very far distant , but I cannot be indifferent to tbe various rumours of plots and conspiracies coming from the capita ] , which lead us shortly to expect an outbreak on the part of the Cabrals . to be put down by a more energetic movement of the Septembrists .
Just as the mail was closing , an arrival from Angola brought an official account to the government of a very serious and extensive conspiracy at Angola to revolutionise the colony , and place Count Bomfiuat tbe bead of the government , lie and the other prisoners were in the conspiracy , as well as many of the government officers and other residents . The scheme was well laid , and was on the point of becoming successful , when it failed through the fact of one of the conspirators divulging the plan to the authorities . The result was its total failure , and the adoption of measures of considerable severity towards tbe prisoners and those whose names were denounced as co-conspirators .
SWITZERLAND . Advices have been received from Berne to the Ulh inst . A very animated debate had taken place in tbe diet on the 10 th and 11 th , on the report of the committee appointed to consider the proceedings of the cantons of the league so far as respects the importation of the materiel of war , the construction of entrenchments , and other werks of defence , and the enrolment of troops : The recommendations of the committee were adopted by a majority oi twelve whole
cantons and two half ones , being the same majority exactly as that which voted the dissolution of the Sonderbund . The debate in the diet on the 9 th , 11 th and 12 th , respecting the proceedings of the cantons of the league , exhibited a scene of violence , without any previous example in that assembly ; Speeches marked by considerable eloquence and force were , it is said , delivered by several delegates , especially by M . Lnvini . the deputy of Tessino ; M . Druey , deputy of Vaud ; and M . Rilliet-Cbastant , deputy of Geneva .
Some of the correspondents of the French journals affirm that if the Cantons of tha Sonderbund do not immediately submit to the decision of the diet , the federal executive will resort to force of arms , and a struggle between the cantons willensue . Other letters say , however , that the resolutions of the diet will be submitted to without resistance . The journals of Berne give some circumstances which countenance this latter opinion . It seems that General de Sonnenberg , an officer in the service ol the league , was lately passing in review the Landwelir , at
Neukircben , in the canton of Lucerne , which he ordered to proceed with its exercise in rainy weather . Murmurs broke out thereupon in the ranks , and the troops began to disperse . M . de Sonnenberg then with menaces ordered the roll to be called over . This became the signal for general and immediate disbanding . The men dispersed , shouting . ' Down with the Sonderbund ! Hurrah for the federal troops When they arrive , instead of firing upon theni , we will present arms to them !' ITALY .
Rom * , Aug . 8 . —To the ordinary observer or trans-Alpine visitant , this old metropolis seems , what it hath long been , solemnly serene and dignified in its dull repose ; but behind tbe scenes there is much silent activity , and , as in the calm flow of its own Tiber ; incessant whirlpools keep eddying beneath the current .. At this moment I have ascertained that in the Castle of St Angelo there are two cells , near the battlement from which Benvenuto Cellini boasts of having fired his arquebnse with deadly effect on Constable Bourbon , fitted up to look like comfortable chambers ( barring the window . *); and these snug quarters are evidently destined for no vulgar occupants .
Domenico Cavaletti . tbe chief director of tho police for the district of Velletri and all the Pontine marshes , was brought in a prisoner yesterday , and added to the Catilinarian miscellany assembled in the careers nuovo . His connexion with the disturbers has been proved by the revelations already made , and greit satisfaction is felt at the retribution dealt on official delinquency . In pursuance of the pontifical mandate , Larabraschioi has been summoned frsm his maritime retreat , and is expected here to-day or tomorrow . Every precaution is taken by the national guard to protect his entrance from the fury of the mob . The maggiordomo , Pallavicini , is in a stato of contumacious outlawry at Genoa ; his doings in the various forms of peculation on the palace expenditure
for years have far eclipsed the scandal of General CubiereSjTeste , or Pellapra , otfvour side of the Alps ; and the partner of his abstractions , Col . Pfeyner , commandant of the Swiss beef-eaters , has absconded , not in the odour of integrity . Indeed , we are told here that on his arrival at Lucerne , he was arrested by order of the canton , and will be sent back . The trade in soldiers which that enlightened community has carried on so lucratively with Rome for centuries is too valuable a branch of industry to jeopardise fer the sake of the noble race of Pfeyffer . On Sunday last an attempt was to have been made , as a dernier ressort , to throw the trasteverc quarter into confusion , in the mad hope of rekindling the
trampledout embers of political conflagration . The occasion selected was the annual grand procession of the Boccaictti , so called because tbe glass blowers of Rome , a very numerous trade , form an imposing muster in the show , and carry specimens of their handicraft . This ' . bubble has happily burst innocuously . Chief Secretary Ferretii was on the ground at an early hour , with his inborn energy , and overawed the malignants . There were no bones or flaggons broken . Talking of our new state secretary , his brother Pietro Fcrrctti has come up from Nap ' les , at the request of Pius , and is installedat the head of the finance department , conjointly with the late Bavarian legate Morichini . Treasurer Antonelli has been cashiered .
Connt Pietro Fcrretti is a man of most Cato-like integrity , stern in his opinions , and of cast-iron inflexibility . lie headed the outbreak against Gregory , in 1831 , and was proclaimed leader by the northern part of the legations . Crushed by the overwhelming march of Austrian Vandals , that effort was not productive of any remit ; but Ferretti , profiting by the French occupation of Ancona , insisted on terms of capitulation , which Gregory , once the danger over , shamefully disregarded . Count Pietro ,
having staked all his fortune on the die , passed the following sixteeen years as simple clerk in a Neapolitan counting-house—not aware that ho was qualifying himself for the direction of pontifical finance , lie was , of course , included in bis cousin ' s net of amnesty to exiled rebels . Another brother , Count Christopher Ferretti , isalso in Home-an old veteran , who fought at Marengo and ut Wagram , but had in early life been a knight of St John , and now resumes in that ilk the highest post , that of ' grand bailU' and' Turcopolier' of the order of Malta .
The army is taken out of the hands of clergymen altogether , and Abbate Frassinelli must now give up the charge of dragoons for the cure of souls . By the way , the Austrian general who had marched into Ferrara " with twice a thousand men and then marched ' bock agin , ' has had tha ludicrous audacity to come up here to Rome complaining of Cardinal Legate Ciacchi for not giving bis men free quarters as he had been induced to expect , lie says ioudly tbat he has in his possession tbewritten invitation of tbe late State Secretary Gizzitocome over the border . If such a document in such handwriting be really forthcoming , it will go bard with the late official , butfergerks Have already been committed on the gouty old gentleman , and why not this ? The whiskered German demands satisfaction for being hissed and left without lodgings , when invited by a friendly power to drop in and take pot luck .
The most stirring accounts ccmc up from Naples . All Calabria in a blaze . Three Swiss regiments sent off in panic haste to meet a whole province up m arms ; their withdrawal from the capital allowing free scope to metropolitan insurrection . Clandestine presses . Arrests . General dismay and uisovganisation .
POLAND . Public Execution of two Poles at LKMCsac . — Another demonstration of public feeling in lwanu was given at Lemberg , in Galicia , on the 31 st nit ., on the occasion of the execution oi ThtophilusWisniowski and Joseph Kapuscinski , declared guilty ot high treason against Austria , bv the Imperial Oourts on the 1 st of July of the present year . The sentence condemned them to be hung on a gallows , and tney suffered death accordingly . Kapuscinski was also accused ot having put to death the Mayor of Pilsno ,
the _ charge was not , however , proved . On the 38 th their sentence was read to them in public , and on their appearance , the surrounding multitude , heedless of the authorities , greeted them with enthusiastic shouts and waving of hats , and threw crowns of fliwera at their feet . This was but a prelude to the imposing demonstration on the morning of the execution , and testiaes to the undving spark ei imlependaica which still glows in the hearts of the Polu * lnhabitants cf Lemberg . As the clock attack six , a i Wffioa-sUKUtte \ flDtow \?\ mwu ««» standing , left
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, theiinson , under the escort of a large-body of troops . ?! , - ?•«" . fw ^ iT ?* . -l he morning the balconies of I the different houses in the streets through which the procession had to pass were . ccupied by persons of SS S ? v l . 1- the * W mourning , and i & i ^^ Ww to iMl-e a change in the l « «? J if ' and £ f- kc a circnit ^ the outer walls totheplaceof execution , which in some measure disconcerted the proposed demonstration of the inhabitants . Theendeavours of some to get a glimpse of ^ their countryme ^ were extraordinary . It was in vain thatthe bayonet or the cavalry endeavoured to keep them back , they broke through tbe ranks and threw flowers into the car . Many of them shed tears . The resigned and calm expression on the strikingly handsome countenance of Wisniowski pained him . the sympathy of all who beheld him . Kapuscinski wasi less collected , but died manfully . Ihe execution ef the pneafc who is under sentence of death has been adjourned till further orders .
TURKEY . CossiANTiNOPLB , Jult 27—An extraordinary courier has arrived at the Porte from the headquarters of the army in Kurdistan , with tho important intelligence tint Bcderhan Bey had surrendered to tbe Seraskier Osraan Pacha , and that he is bow on his way , a prisoner , to the capital . Kurdistan , which has always enjoyed a kind of independence , and whose hereditary chiefs scarcely acknowledged the sovereignty of the Sultan , is now completely brought under subjection to the Porte . This has been effected in an incredibly short space of time , and in the face ef difficulties unknown in European warfare . Bedcrhan Bey had an army of at least 15 , 000 men , principally cavalry , exnert in the
use ot their arms , with wonderful powers of endurance , and blindly devoted to tbeir chief . They had tbe advantages of fighting on their own ground , with all its resources at their command , and yet an army of equal numbers defeated them in a pitched battle en the left bank of the Tigris , drove them from all their mountain holds , and made captive their chief . In less than a month , the Turkish troops , with all their artillery and baggage , have traversed an inv mease extcntof wild mountainous country ; cut to pieces , in a pi'chel battle , an army of 15 , 000 men ; taken three fortresses , and secured to the Porte an extensive territory which hitherto had never entirely acknowledged its authority . It is evident that their
victories arc entirely owing to the superior discipline of the Turkish troops , and I believe it is now admitted on all hands , by those who have seen them in tho field and on parade , that there are not better disciplined or better conditioned soldiers in Europe . News has arrived here of a fresh insurrection which has broken , out in Albania . An attempt to enforce the conscription by the Turkish authorities in the province is the principal cause of the revolt , but Russian and Greek emissaries have also been active in urging the inhabitants to rebellion . An official announcement was made by the authorities at Malta , to the merchants of that island , of the blockade of the Albanian coast .
UNITED STATES MD MEXICO . By tbe arrival of the Britania , we have advices from New York to the 31 st ult ., Beston to the 1 st , and Halifax to the 3 rd inst . respectively . Advices from Vera Cruz to the IStii inst , mention that General Pierce , with 2 . 500 men , had a battle near National Bridge with 4 , 000 Mexicans , and defeated them . The Mexicans lost about one hundred and fifty . General Pierce returned to Vera Cruz for reinforcements . Later accounts , however , do not confirm this statement . They say that General Pierce hail encamped ten miles from the city , when scouts from his rear-guard came in and reported that a large force of Mexicans were at the National Bridge , marching towards Vera . Cruz . Everything was got ready for an cxpec ' . ed attack . The shipping removed from between the city and the Castle . General Pierce came in and took a reinforcement of TOO men and again marched to meet the enemy .
Colonel Do Russy , who went out from Tampico to see what had become of the A tr . ericsn prisoners on their way to Tasnpico , was attacked by 1 , 200 Mexicans at Huequetla . He was surrounded ,. and placed in great peril , but he cut his way through the enemy's lines , with the loss of twenty killed and ten wounded . General Scott was . ' still at Pucbla . Generals Cadwallader and Pillow were at Perote . They had defeated the Mexicans at Lalio ^ a . We learn of the appointment of Commissioners by tho Mexican Government to confer with Mr Trist , at San Martin Tesmalanean , on the Sih , and through him the terms offered by the President . A letter from ) Mcxico , dated the 2 nd , says there is no doubt but thatthe treaty will be concluded immediately by ^ the Commissioners , the peace party is so . strong , and that Santa Anna will probably pronounce for peace . The names of the Commissioners giyen are Garostise , Baronda . and Tornel . Other accounts , however , throw doubts upon the reported appointment of Commissioners also .
The L'Olisn Trials. The ' Proceedings On...
THE l'OLISn TRIALS . The proceedings on the Gth were confined to the defence of the prisoners Kosinski and Dabrowski . The defence of both was based chiefly on the plea that tho in . surrection was not against Prussia , and that consequently the accusation of high treason against that state could not be brought against them , Oa the 7 th an immense crowd of persons assembled in the morning in front of the prison , and it was only by means of a private entrance that the persons provided with cards of aiiiulosion could reach their places . A Ion ; discussion ensued respecting the right of the natives ol ' the duchy of Posen to be examined in the Polish language , if they so wished— -a right , which after some de . liberation , the court allowed . The court then commecced tho examination of Stanislaus Felix Yon Sadowski , who is accused ofhaving , at the instigation of
his brother , endeavoured , at tbe head of the Polish insurgents , to take possession of Brombcrg , an important strategotical position . The proof rested upon tho judicial depositions of tho accused , and corroborative witnesses . The witnesses , ono and all , declared themselves ignorant of the circumstances stated in tbe declarations . , When the accused , a pale thin young man , was called upon for his defence , he stated that the confessions ho had made during the preliminary investigations were false ; that he had been subjected eight or nine times each day to cross-exatniuations ; and that being completely exhausted by a pectoral complaint , under which ho was suffering , he confessed all that bis examiner wished . The counsel for the accused pointed to many passages in his deposition which confirmed the truth of this assertion .
Tha 9 tli avid part of the IOiVi vtas taken up YiUh Oje case ef Maximilian Ogrodowiez who also retracted his judicial confessions on tha plea tbat they bad been extorted from him by moral and even physicaltorture— -an insufficient supply of food having been allowed him in prison . Tho witnesses were of disreputable character , and tho court evinced a decided distrust of their testimony . The examinations in tbo case of Ogrodowiez having been concluded , the case oi Tinccnt Yon Chachulake was taken up , and after its termination that of Ludwig Anton Stanislaus Von Polcwski , The latter , like some of those whose examinations had prsccded his , retracted his judicial confessions , on the plea that they had been extorted from bim by moral torture . This day five and twenty prisoners were produced in court , each advancing to tho bar in succession as his turn to he examined arrived .
August 11 . —The examinations of Mieczlowski and Rcdmaun were gone through . The next prisoner placed at the bar was Anton Cielsdorf , After the witnesses in this case had been examined , tho court retired for a short time . On the return of the judges , Cielsdorf was called forwnrd , and informed that they had resolved to liberate him . He was , however , instructed not to . leave Berlin for the present . As it is understood that sentence is to he pronounced on all who aro declared guilty at the close of the proceedings , it seems a valid inference that all who nre not liberated at the close of tho special investigation of their own case are to be condemned .
On tho 13 th , the counsel for the crown began his speech against the accused Nos . 4 to 10 . All these per- j sons , he maintained , were implicated in tho projected j attack upon Bromherg . Ua argued tbat this group Is j connected with the groups Nos . 1 to 3 , inasmuch as the preparations for the attack upon Bromherg were ! resolved npon at the conference in Srt » bnfl-Gor : i . j Mieroslawski , the planner and director of tho attack , j presided over that congress . In a throe hours' speech j tbo learned counsel euforced the evidence adduced ] against the accused , and controverted their respective explanations er denials , lie withdrew the accusation against two of tho parttes—Rcdmaun and Cielsdorf ; he called upon the court to pronounce sentence of death against all the rest ; and iu theease of tho clergyman Jankowski , to decbre him in the first place de . prived of his ecclesiastical character . Three oi the counsel for the accused were hc » i'd in « piy be & vro the court adjour-ied .
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DfiSTnuoriEB Fire in ARCiuxoTa . — -The Xicv . ws Cmroni of Rotterdam states , upon the authority of Srivate letters and of ihe Hamburg papers , that 400 ouses were destroyed by lire on the 29 th ult . and tho following day . The houses were chiefly built of wood and tenanted hy the poorer classes . ^ Ko important commercial establishments were situated in the quarter which was burned , except tbo Royal Commercial Bank , all the valuable property in whion was saved .
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DUEL OF M . M . "BEAUVAUON AND DUJARRIBR , PERJURY . It will be recollected that several months since M . Beauvallon was tried at Rouen for killing M . Dujarrier , one of the editors of La Presse , iu a duel , and was acquitted . After the trial circumstances afforded grounds for a charge of false testimony against ii . d'Ecquevilley , one of the witnesses in the case , which testimony had formed part of the ground upon which the verdict of ac quittal was rendered . M . d'Ecquevilley has just been tried before the Court of Assizts of the '* Seine on this charge . The perjury related to tho following facts : — Before the duel M . Bortrand , one of the seconds ofM , Dujarrior , having examined the pistols , which w ? re supplied by M , d'JBcquerilloy , and inserted a finger in one of
the barrels , found that it was blackened , from which circumstance he inferred that they had been tried , and put the question to M . d'Ecquevilley , who replied tfcat they had been merely fiambles ( Sashed with powder ) , and thatM . Beauvallon hod never before used them . M . d'Ecquevilley had previously represented to the other seconds that the pistols were his own , he having purchased them of M . Devismes , the gunsmith ; whereas it transpired tbat they were in reality the pistols ot M , Grauier de Cassagnae , the brother-in-law of JI . Beau , vallon , who had often practised with them . M . Beauvallon was acquitted of the charge of murder , bat was condemned to pay heavy damages to tho mother of M . Dujurrier , who prosecuted as partie cicifcin the cause . To avoid payment of this sum Beauvallon tfed to Spain , as did also his second d'Ecquevilley , who holds the rank
ol captain in the Spanish army , A lung time had uot elapsed before an acquaintance of d'Ecquevilley , M . de Mevnard , wade important disclosures , to the effect that he knew the pistols used iu the duel to bo those of the brother-in-law of M . Beauvallon ; that they had been tried before the duel by the latter in ' the garden of the houso where d'Ecquevilley resided ; and that Beauvallon who performed some shots which excited his admiration , replied that he was perfectly acquainted with the pistols , as they belonged to his brother-in-law . Upon this the indictment against d'Ecquevilley was framed , In the course of this trial M . Beauvallon appeared as n witness on be-Iialf of the accused , and tho testimony which he gave being compared with tbo established facts of the case and the evidence of other witnesses was , in tho opinion
of tho court , such as to place the judge under tho necessity , in the discharge of his functions , of committing M . Beauvallon to the Conciergcrie on the charge of giving false testimony , An observation having fallen from M . Beauvallon in the court , to tho effect that the proceeding of the president will have the effect of producing a duel between him and M . Bertrand ( the son of the Marshal of France , of that name , ) the president , at tbe close of his charge to tho jury , said , ' Having thus , gentlemi n , placed before you the circumstances of the accusalion , allow me to notice the impudence of that man whom I ordered into arrest to-day , and who will no dcubt be prosecuted . It is not without indignation that we heard him soy to the court , 'You desire , then , to have a duel between me and Arthur Bertrand ! ' Gtntlcmeu , a duel of any gentleman with Beauvallon is now impossible , for if , as the public prosecutor maintains , he has not used unfair arms in tbe duel with JI . Dujarrier , he must
he admitted to have used suspicious weapons . 15 eauvallon is a person who can no longer find adversaries . A man of honour would utterly lose his position if he should accept a challenge from him . ' These concluding words of the judge were received by the largo assembly ' which crowded tho court with an expression of loud and gentvul approbation , which , however , was iuflneniately suppressed . At the close of a prolonged investigation and legal discussion , the jury , after retiring for only five minutes declared by the mouth of their foreman : ' On my houour and conscience , in the sight of God and man , the verdict of the jury is—The accused is guilty . ' Tho verdict is found by a majority : there aro extenuating circumstances , ' The court retired for a qunrter of an hour te deliberate , and on its return pronounced senteuco against Ecqueviltcy often years solitary imprisonment , withcut public exposure ,. He was also declared liable for tho costs .
Removal Of The Remains Of Hardy And Bair...
REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS OF HARDY AND BAIRD , THE POLITICAL MARTYRS OF 1820 . Millionsbreathe but to inherit Freedom's ever bounding spirit , ' For the subjoined account of an act of patriotic and honourable justice to thedeceased brave men of 1819 , we arc indebted to the kindness ofa Mend , who has forwarded to us a copy of a private letter , which we print in full . Glasgow , July 30 th , 1847 .
It is my pleasing duty to inform you that a few of fbe good and true men of Glasgow have succeeded iu erecting a monument to the memory of Baivd nnd Hardy . Well may it be said , that the traitor of to-day may be the patriot of the future . The blood-thirsty recreant , CasUeretsgh , whose deeds of infamy will remain in the pages of history , a lesson to the people and a warning to statesmen , is remembered only as a suicide and traitor , whilU the victims of his rapacious and iniquit ous cruelty aro honoured by a nation . Tho working men of Glasgow , tho men who toll and think , have done honour to the dead , by collecting £ 159 and erecting a monument therewith . Trifling as some may think the sum , yet the deed is great j more national than the Wellington Statue , a beacon to the tyrant , and a trophy to those who will their freedom .
In the month of May 1 S 45 , a few working men called a meeting of the inhabitants of St Rollox to consider the propriety of entering into a subscription for the pur pose of erecting a monument to the memory of Ilardy and Baird ; the object was approved of , and a public meeting of ths inhabitants of Glasgow was held on the 12 th of March , 1810 . A committee of twelve was added to our little band , including among the number Mr Turner , of Thrushgrovo , Messrs Moir , Itoss , Cullen , our lamented friend , honest Ji-hn Colquhoua , and other staunch and well-known Chartists .
Agreeable with the wishes of tho relatives and the public , we applied to the proper parties in Stirling , re . questing leave to remove the remains of llie unfortunate men from that town to GJasgoiv . After four montlfs ' delay and a great deal of trouble , we received the following reply : — " Yfehave examined the criminal record and find in their sentence the following words : — ' That , after public execution , your heads to be severed from your bodies , your bodies to be quartered and disposed of where our Lord the King shall think fit . ' We , therefore , unanimously agree that we cannot interfere in the matter . "
We then drew up a memorial in the name of the relatives , addressed to the Lord Advocate of Scotland , and presented tho same in September last . Ho took the memorial with him to Edinburgh , also a copy of the decision of the Kirk Session of Stirling . Wo wrote letter after letter to his lordship , soliciting an answer , but to no effect . Mr Cuiien communicated with Mr William Lovctt , of London , who very warmly entered into the spirit of so creditable an object , and , to bis praise . worthy exertions are we indebted for the following lettei transmitted to Glasgow by toe Lord Advocate . Fifth of May , 1847 . "
' Sir , l laid your memorial before her Majesty ' s Ministers , and Secretary Sir G . Grey desires me to inform you that , if the Kirk Session of Stirling have no othei objection than the one referred to , Her MajflSly's Gn . vtrnmeut gives you full permission to exhume the remains of those two nnfortunate men from their present place of interment , upon condition that there shall be no public procession or largo concourse of people , but that tbe e . xhumiug shall talteplace only lathe presence of a few friends . I havo sent a copy of this to the . Kirh Session of Stirling , also to the sheriff of the county to save you of any farther trouble . ' I remain , yours , ¦ « A . VDBHW ItginEBFOKD .
Notwithstanding tho direct and peremptory order ol the stcretary , Sir ( 3 . Grey , and the proceedings o Andrew Rutherford , lord Advocate , a final settlement was only come to with the Stirling Kirk Session on the 13 th of July , and the 20 th was tbo day appointed for exhuming and re-intorrmg tno remains of Bivird and Hardv . , , , Mr * Cullen , Mr J . Walker , and myself , arrived in Stirling , having taken with us a mou-nlng coach aud horses , on Monday evening tho Wlh . Four o clock next morning was tho hour appointed forthe exhumation . We uttcntkd to our appointment , taking with us a
superbly mounted coffin . The relatives having purchased the graves after Interment in 182 U , they pointed them out , Thecomas were extra stout , lined inside to prevent the blood from issuing out after decapitation . The sexton had dug sis feet belo w tho surfaca , when Captain Eraser asked if the graves were deep ; being answered in tbo affirmative , the sexton continued to dig another seven inches ,, when they came to * ie coSins . Tiie question now waj , 'Who h uppermost " . 'The relatives said Hardy , llalrd ' s brother said , « lou will easily know my brother from the manner the headsmen cut and mutilated his chia . - . He theu withdrew from the ground . Andrew Hardy's sofliu was then . opened , which contained nothing but his bones and clothes , Tho sexton kanded me hia . head , there was no hair on the skull , and it had been cut sear tho shanlder . 1 enclose a part ofhhgoatnmto ihe collar . They were dressed hi
black whea murdered . The sextuu next wra *' * »]« coffin Of . Win Baird . Oh , brother , what a s . ght did 1 seel The teeth were good , the body in an excellent state oi preservation , tho chin hacked just as his brother said the tair was on his head , but when tbe sexton haudsd it up , and 1 took hold of the bulr , It came amy reeiy ? Need I say that I preserved some of it ; yes , and will revere it ; not an idle idolary , but in true veneration for all that is connected uith those who die in a good cause . The remains of both we placed In the same coftin , which we carried shoulder high to the mourning coach , and we then walked iu slow aud solemn funeral procession through Stirling , at a quarter past seven a . m . The news had flown abroad , quick as lightning . At every village and country town we carra , to , we were met by young and old , rich and poor , > bo brought nattowers of all kinds , begging that we would plant them on the graves of the martyrs .
We were bound dowa by government to ni & W no announcement of onr intentions to the public , but orders bad been sent to Glasgow to db » the gwanin e feet dwp , and when we arrived at Provnn Mill , some two or three utiles , from the q , Uy , wa . v « w met liy about a huauYtf
Removal Of The Remains Of Hardy And Bair...
well dreised persons , - . arid ; btfrehchlng ^ Thrushgrovff ¦ " % hearse was provided and . tho : coffin removed from tbw mourning coach ; tho procession had by this time increased immensely , and thousands followed slowly and seriously . There was grief written iu every face and tbe lapse of twenty-seven years onl y a-rrerl to quicken the sensibility ofereryhaart . I will never forget it nor will Scotland rest satisfied until tfc e injury done be followed by on acknowledgment of man ' s juat rights : — Fiecdoni's battle once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding- siro to son ; Though often baffled , oft is ever won . ' Wc at length reached the cemelry , when the relatives of the dead lowered the dust of our revered countrymen into its last resting place , the cofllii was covered up , and we scattered the Sowers over their graves .
A nation ' s worthy tribute to the patriotic dead . Tyrarrf * shed their blood , and their country strews their graves with flowers . Who will plant a rose or lily on the grave of Cnstlorcagn , or his royal master , George the Fourth ? what withered cheek will be moistened whir ' tears for their memory ? None . O ' er their graves tbo cypress would refuse to bow and the willow to dreop . But over the graves of their victims , a nation will mourn , and the stranger , when visiting thcui , will recall to mind the deeds of the past , and say , ' Patriots , rest , your dust is sacred , the memories of your persecutors- we remember with reproach . '
Smash Of The Kogues In Grain. (From The ...
SMASH OF THE KOGUES IN GRAIN . ( From the 'Satirist . ') Itis not with any desire to vaunt over misfortune that we remark upon the great failures in tbe corn trade , but the fact foices the cause upon our attention , and the said causeb . ing bound up so intimately with the common weal , it were craven in us not to openly notice ir 4 Several firms of high standing havti ' gone ' to the tum » of upwards of a million and a half ! Thirttcn hundred thousand is acknowledged , but we have reason to know that our estimate is closer upon truth . Have we any pity for these fallen fortunes ? In good faith , home . They speculated upon the vital wants of their fellow , beings ; they prayed for tho blasting of ths ' goodly fruits of the earth ; ' that tho promise of heaven might be unfulfilled , and that mankind might not enjoy them ! They looked to Mammon more than to God , and their deity has deceived them ! They would hove grown rich by making millions of the starving pay thoir uttermost for the sustenance of life , and they aro , heaven be waised ! foiled in their inhuman and accursed endi >» .
vour ! May their number bo incrca > edl Tho greatest happiness to our miads , in the way of retributive justice , is to find these infernal forestallers 'hoist with their own petard , ' and in the fervent hope that some scoundrelly broadbrims may follow , we cordially quaff tottheir « speedy perdition . ' '—[ Amen!—Ed . N . S . J
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Ihe Late Nottingham Election
IHE LATE NOTTINGHAM ELECTION
SIR CAM'S SOLACE . Mnackec . ntic . ) Come , fill the bright goblet with brandy , my boy ! To drown the blue devils and all The cares that assail mo , my peace to destroy , Since I ' ve had at thu hustings a fall . I'd fain tako ' miaa ea * o iu raiae inw , ' hut I ' m . out—By Nottingham rudely rejected . My ears tingle still with the rabble ' s loud shout , Proclaiming my rival elected . A 1 « e ,. I ' vb been left at the tail of the poll , Although I ' m the head of the Board of Control .
Still higher , still higher , the liqueur must rise ! My heart in my bosom is sinking ; Bat a cure for defeat sparkles bright in my eyes And sorrow dtparta whilo I'm drinking . Then fill high tho goblet—I long for a swig—Tha country ' s aware of my merits ; It ne ' er shall be said that I quail , as a Whi ff , Until I have lost all my spirits ' . But ah ! I ' ve been left at the tail of the poll , Although I ' m tbe head of the Board of Control . I cannot oit still , for my seat I have lost—My foes mot my smiles with their mockings , When I last put my / cot ( to my very great coat ' In that borough eo famous for stockingsl The world must allow I have reason to grieve
Forthe loss of my hope , though I ' ve nursed it j Whatt ' erbe the fabric Notts' hosier .-may weave , I know very well / am — twrsted ! Alas ! I am left at the toi ' of there !! , Although I'm ths had of the Board of Control . My pulse ^ flutters strangely , I ' m parched at the lip-Supply me , my boy , with a bumper ; My late disappointment needs more than a sip-No ' split' draught for me : no—a' . plumpw !' , Tis very good brandy , and deeply I ' ve quafFd—A plague on each Nottingham lout ! I'il iangh at my foes , as at mc tbey have laughed , But—my bottle aud I are both cut . Alas ! I ' ve been left at tbe tail of tho poll , Although I ' m tbe had of the Board of Control . Satirist
There Is Comparatively Little Of Novelty...
There is comparatively little of novelty obiorvabla in the election intelligence this week . The interest of the contest has evaporated , and the complexion of the new Parliament can be hut slightly altered by the few returns that havo yet to drop in . In Northumberland the Ministry have obtained a decided victory in tho return of the Home Secretary at the head ot the poll , in opposition to the influence of the Ducal Castle , whoso candidate , Lord Loraine , was beaten . In North Warwickshire , Messrs Newdegate and Spooner , staunch Protectionists , have been returned in opposition to the Free Traders ; thus showing that there are still some places left that hold fast by the old creed , These gentlemen , after being girt with swords- ; retitraed thanks .
Mr Nhwdeoatb said , that in selecting him to be their representative , they had shown their adherence to those great principles on which England had long been governed , and by which she had attained her present envied position . The election had shown that there existed a strong conviction amongst the farmers and the manufacturers that they were bound together by one common feeling—the protection of their mutual interests , which , by the result of the contest , they proclaimed to be not antagonistic , but identical . Let leaders desert their party—let repre * sentatives change their opinions—the heart of
England was sound ; the people were fit to govern them- selves , and they would do it . After a passin ? eulogium on the conduct of his opponent , and a declaration that he had no desire to see the price of flour maintained at is . Cd , per stone , but that for the sake o £ the working man he wished to see it at half that sum , he concluded by declaring it to be his determination to use his best efforts to maintain the Church , and he expressed a hope that nothing would separate it from that Constitution which , | in his opinion , is the pride of the country , aud the mainstay of its liberties .
Mr Sroosrn next delivered a characteristic oration . After complaining of the difficulty he experienced in finding words to express -lis feelings , he said , ' I beg to assure you all , from the inmost recesses of inv soul , that I thank you—I thank you—Ithaukymf . " ( Much laughter . ; He . went to thank the manufacturer , the landowners , the larmers , aud every other description of electors , for the confidence they had reposed in bim . lie thanked them for Imvinir united to defeat the " noisy patriots . " ( Here Mr Nowdegate interrupted the hon . gentleman with the expression , ' Not patriots . ' ) I ; mean to say mock patriots , who would give you . ' cheap bread and low wages . * Thereafter he went
over tho old argument that free trade would produce low wages ; and said he took his stand upon tbe principle of ' protection to native industry . ' lie glorified himself on ^ tlis fact thiit he , one of tho people , had been _ chosen to repressut them in preference to Mr Leigh , who is descended irom one of the oldest families in tho county ; and ., he expressed a hope that the people would always possess that controlling power to choose their representatives , lie concluded by declaring thaj . even though he should ever feel inclined , ho would never change his political opintons » but he should sacrifice , the iViondshipofhisiuoiu colleague ( This declaration produced a shout of laughter , ia . tue midit . of which Mr Spooner retired , )
IRISH ELECTION . HUMOURS . From tne tama and common-place English con-. tests it is positively exhilunviinsr to tuisn to the lively doings of the "Green isle . ' - \ V " otckattwocounties , hoth D fainous—Kilkenny and Tip ? eraryr-aa sjecU mens of the Humours of Irish Elections .
KlLKEimi . ( COlJiS . TY ) . Friday beiiyj tho day appointed by Ihe Iligb-Shcriff , " Sir J . Blunder loz tho election of candidates to represent this coucAy iu Parliament , a tolerable deal of excitement prevails ^ ia the city from an early hour , notwithstanding that the four candidates wcrvj Repealers . General OtoosaY proposed ,-amid loud cheers , Mr Pierce Somcvas ' iSr . itlev , oa a tit and proper repre * - sentiitive for tfcfet- mnty . Thu Rev . % \ Do \ ik , * parish priest , begged to propose Mr J . Ctieencof Greenville , as a representative . Whowaslftr Greene ? Who was the nep hew of Grogan , of ; Johnstown , who was martyred , and had his pvopei Ay confiscated for his patriotism , —for the cause cfIreland ? Mr Greene . ( Cheers . ) Mr
. Greene , was not a ' five-pound man , a f an « Yesterday . Tbey bad heard of binV . bciore the smart morjpy' was paid down in &) ncihauon- lian . A Voice-Was ho ever in the hall i Mr llvuxD and -everrJw- ^ jW . WWThe Ucv J ftuiN proposed Mr »\ ewn as a M & m £ » % & 5 r- man , along and consistent Ilepeaier . Tlw ^ Kus-Theman be had to propose was a pood Catholic . ( Groans , and cries oi ' S A >^ cL-Tbat is not the doctrine of Danfcl rvrr ' , nnell . ( ' Hear , bear , ' and cheers . ) ? SSv . Sr Qto would «* k * W » sen ^ ata
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21081847/page/7/
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