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      ( From the correspondent of the Britannia . ) T The writer , speakingofthe discussion in the Asleniembly on the dVoi / au irai-ai / , says : —It seems , to m ?^? , that M . Thiers and his fellows , and , it may be udodded , the majority of the National Assembly , seeseera to be most sadly and most inexplicably igncranant , or , to speak m ? re correctly , are wilfally and » b = ) bjtinately determined ti ignore the object of the revolution of February . That object , as I have told ffotfoa ovtr and over again , was a social one not merely wobolitical . Tha revolution , in fact , was a bread aadmeneat revolution ; it was caused and effected by men fflhffho were starving , and who wanted to be fed . They

      lipipset the monarchy because they thought it was the abobstaele which prevented them from gettieg the food tththey required ; they established the Republic because Iththey thought it- would feed them . The phrase * droit tavau travail' embodied what they expected , as the asisosnrranceof work gave them the assurance cf fned ; stand accordingly one of the very first things the Pro . ivwisional Government did was to issue a proclamation ip lp ledging the Republic to find work for all . Rspub-Jlidicans of all shades cf opinion—mederate ss well as mlnltra , acd the socialists also—accepted this * droit au itrtravaiV as a thing which admitted of no question—; asas the natural and inevitable conquest of the revelutition- It was even written in the draft of the

      coni 6 t 6 titution drawn up by a committee in which Republic s cans of the eve were not in a majority . And new a after all the * dniC is to be denied—the promise of Hwork is to be erased ! Well , if such be the will of tithe Assembly , so it must be . Bat , then , what tec comes of the rerolutioa ? What will the people bay ? 1 "What was the use of overthrowing the monarchy and e establishing a Republic ? Whr . t is the use of tthe National Assembly replacing the Chamber o of Deputies in the making of la ws ? But I am quite ( certain , from the knowledge I have gained of the i temper and feeling of the people ( by people I mean

      t the working classes ) , that they wii ! not patiently sub ] mit to be thus swindled , defrauded , b & mbocz ' ed . ' Think ofthe terriKe issurreciion of June , and ask i yourself if it be likely teat the men who fought to i desperately then , because they thought the promises l made them in February were not being adhered to , will patiently submit to see ail their hopes blasted , — aft that they made % revolution te obtain sternly denied ? In the first letter written to you I stated that the revelation ot February , to little understood even in France , was the beginning of a social war likely to be long and fierce , I have since frequently repeated the same thing ; I now repeat ib again .

      'ihe winter seems already to have ecme npon us , as during the last few days we have lad such great cold as to cause fires to be lighted , and last year ' s great costs brought intense . Bat with the winter has come no improvement to trade , no relief to the werMng classes—none—none . The Prefect of Felice puts forth every week what he ealls bulletins , in which he represents the number of unemployed workmen as diminishing , and trade as improving . Falsehoods these ! As regards the workmen , it is notorious that they have no more work cow than they had weeks ago , and than thousands of them have soother mews of existence than the bread , meat , and money distributed at the mairies . With respect to trade , the enly sign of improvement is in the wholesale , or rather export , trade , acd that is very slight indeed . With the shopkeepers , who form such an important portion of the population , matters have got worse , and nothicg beta miracle can prevent them from becoming more so .

      The principal leaders of the ultra or R ? d Republicans , now in St Loafs' stoat dnjon of Vicceanes . are not desperate in fortnne and character , as wsuld naturally be supposed . Ba / bes , for instance . possess ; s a considerable fortnne , between £ 2 , C 09 and £ 3 , 000 a year , is a gentleman by birth and education , a good classical scholar . fla passes hi-: time in captivity in reading Latin and Greek writers , acd distributes as he has always done , no inconrideralile vottioa of his revenues in charitable werks . Sobrier , who is considered such a terrible bloodthirsty fellow , is a young man of good family , with an income of some hundreds a year . lie is very religions , and may be almost said to have lost his wits in religions mysticism . He feels great horror of Proudbon on account of his blasphemous attack * on the Deity , and has observed , ' This man must be

      wretched not to believe in Goi ! For myself there would te nothing worth living for on earth if I did sot believe , and conld not pray ! ' Blanqui , that accomplished and inveterate conspirator , has no fortune ; but he disclaims money and luxury , and from choice as much as necessity , lives in a garret on a crust and water . He is completely worn away by hia lor-g sufferings , mental and physical , acd is reaskable for the touching grief he still feels for his deceased wife , to wSom he was most passionately attached . Raspail . who aspire ? to be the Marat cf 1848 , ha ? gained a fortnne in business , as a druggist , I think , asd is notv almost absorbed in chemical experiments . Albt-rt . the member ofthe ex Provisional Government is really a workman , not , as some accounts ( confounding him with a M . Albert , of Lyons ) represent , a manufacturer of large fortnne . He is very taciturn .

      DISCUjSIOX cf ibe cosstitction . —ihb eight io

      LABOUR . We stated in Isst Saturday ' s Stab that the discussion of the 8 th artide of thepreamble . to the Constitution , on which JA . Mathieu had proposed an amendment to admit the right of all clfosns to instruction , labour , and assistance , had excited a violent debate , in which Mj Alex , de Tocqueville , and Davergier , ( d * Huranne ) , had opposed , and M . Ledru Rollin and M . Cremieux supported the amendment . On the 13 ; b inst . M . Thiers ^ delivered a long and cunningly prepared speech against the amendment , in thecourseofwhiehheexalted * competition' as the great stimulus to civilisation and general happiness ! He pretended to show that the poorer classes gained more in proportion than the rich by the improvements of the last fifty years . They got not only hi gher wages , but they could obtain more for their money . Cfemmunism , he said , destroyed liberty as it aimed at destroying property . It encouraged sloth .

      He contended that generally speaking the rmrctxr of men out of employment was not very great , and admitted fully that those who could not find work ought to receive every possible assistance . To assert , however , that they had a right to call on the state to fled labour was a different thing- A . right was something very serious , asd not to be trifled with . Lookin ? at the question in every way , whether as affecting the power of the state , themesnaof carrying out the assumed right , and its effects on individuals and classes , he weald oppose the amendment . This speech was received with loud cheers by themsjority ; bnt many pcrtions excited loud exclamations of denial and hostility oa the part of ' the mountain / At one part of his speech M . Thiers hiving pronounced the word factieux in rather a marked way , M . Floccn , rising ia his seat , exclaimed that M . Thiers was a Royalist . This created an immense sensation , which stepped the Breaker for some minutes , but no further notice was taken of it .

      On Thursday , the 14 th , after several speakers had addressed the Assembly , M . Billault supported the amendment , and refuted at sorse length the arguments v , hich had been brought forward against it . He denied that it would necessitate the budget to be need for the support of three parts of tha population , er the State wonld becompelled to take into its hands all the different branches of industry ia order to supply labour . AH that he , and th-jse who thought with him , demanded , was that there should be inscribed in the preamble of the

      Constitution a . debt , the payment of which migat be organised hereafter—in a word , to inscribe a principle . It nras necessary to give to the suffering people a hope in the future . Let them not do as the fallen government had done—turn adeaf ear to misery . It had been said thst it « as not possible to fulfil the promise whiela would te given by the adoption of the amendmect but that hecenied to be a just conclusion . The orator was listened to with great surprise by the majority , and with loud approbation by the nltra-demociats .

      M . Dafasre , a member of ihi committee oa the Constitution , opposed toe amendment . M . deLamartin 3 expressed his intention to vote against the amendment ; he should support the article of the esmmittee . It was not true that the Provisional GovernEsent , by he did not know what wish for popularity , had held cut Utopian ideas to the people . Oa the day after the old government hsd been overturned the people came to them , and certainly there were among them some fanatics who demanded the orgatiiajtion of labour . They were to'd that it was an illusion , and that there were other means of imoroving their situation . They were promised that the question should be examined , The debate was finally brought to a cloie this day , ( Thunday ) . M . Mstateu did not submit his proposition to the orrW <» l % . vote , having withdrawn it in favour of M . Giais iiiriin ' s amendment , which ran thus : —

      • The Republic ought to protect each citizan in h ; s person , his family , his religion , his property , and hi * Ubour ; it recognises the right of all citizens to instruction , the right to existence by labour and

      assistance . . Oa a division this amendment was rejected , the follosing were the nuabers : — For the amendment , 187 ; Against it , 596 ; Majority , 409 . The Assembly rose in ' considerable agitation' at halfpast six . The discusacn of tha chapters ofthe Constitution commenced on Friday , articles 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 , of chapter . l were ad ipted witheut much discussion . A lengthy ' discussion took place oa art . 5 . Art . 5 — * Capital punishment a abolished for political ff ^ neee . ' ., . The Pastor Ceqaerel moved tneabolition of capital punishment in all cases . -

      Jtt . de Tracy lupBorted complete abolitieu , and was seconded in this view bj M . Lsgrtnge , who spurned tha idea that death tsd wy tenor m

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      Frenchmen . M . Victor Hugo followed on the sam side . Several speakers supported the original proposition . Finally the debate was adjourned till Monday . ' On Tuesday M . Marraat was re-elected President o the Assemb ' y . The Assembly was occupied all day in discussing a project of law presented by General Lamoriciere demanding a credit of 50 , 000 OOOf . for the colonisation of Algeria .

      GOTKRKUEKT CRISIS . Tha debate in the Assembly , contrary to what is customary on Saturdays , devoted chiefly to petitions , was on Saturday last of a most stormy character . A measure adopted by tho government , of sending a number of members of the Assembly into the provisoes to report upon the relative force of political parties , was the immediate cause which excited tho tumult . M . Ease , in putting questions to the government oh this subject * declared with much vehemence that such a mission was contrary to the rights and dignity sf the Assembly , and thar , instead or contributing to conciliate , now so desirable , it could not fail to sow division in the Assembly aa well as among the public . M . Senard , Minister of the Interior ,

      ascended the tribune , and explained the object of the proposed measure , declaring that the mission in question was proposed for the purpose of enlightening the government upon questions which had a moat important bearing on the establishment of the Republic , and that members of the Assembly were selected to conduct the inquiries , because their character would afford them mere ample means of information , and would ensure greater impartiality . M . Base replied by a speech of great violence , which created a perfect storm in the house , Members apostrophised each other from one Bide to the other , and the uproar and contusion was such that M . Pagnsire , who presided , found it almost impossible to maintain order .

      M . Marie , Minister of Justice , declared to the house from the tribune that if the Assembly did not pass au * ordrfcd * uiour motive , ' having the effect of conferring on the measure proposed by the government tbe approbation of the house , General Cavaignacwould resign . Thisannonncementwas received with an explosion of disapprobation , of which it is impossible to give any adequate notion . At length , M . Pagnerre , who , as vice-president , occupied tho chair , put en his hat , and the silting was suspended . The ministers then rose from their bench and left the assembly in a body , accompanied by M . Marrast , and were absent for nearly an hour .

      On returning to tbe house , General Cavaignac was in the act of ascending the tribune , for the purpose , as was understood , ot resigsing , when he was prevented by M . Marrast , President of the Asembly , who immediately ascended the tribune himself , aud without preface read and pi oposed a resolution , declarine-that the Assembly passed to the order of ( he day . This resolution was adopted by animmessema jority of the Assembly , on the understanding that the offensive project contemplated by the government would be abandoned . The Assembly then separated amidst a scene ofthe strongest confusion , tumult , and agitation .

      ihe cossimmos . On Monday the discussion of the article , abolishing the punishment of death for political offences , was resumed . Finally the article was adopted , the Assembly rejecting the amendment for the total abolition of death punishments . The 6 th , 7 th , asd S : h articles were adopted .

      IBB ELBCIIOKS . The elections for the three vacant seats for Paris commenced the latter end of last week . The votes of the atmy of Pads , taken at the Invalids , give the following results so far as the vote ? are known : —Louis Bouiuarte . 4 . 760 ; Adam 2 , 717 ; F .- . nld , 2710 ; Girardin , 2 , 319 ; Marshal Bueeand , 2220 ; Dslessert , 1 . 929 ; 'Jhore , 900 , Riser , 811 ; CaOtt , 671 ; Raspail . 579- The soldiers ofthe army ot the Alps entitled to vote in the department ofthe Seine have voted as follows : —Marshal Bupeaud , 6 , 000 ; Roger , 4050 ; Fculd , 1 , 390 ; Adam . 2 . 400 . The votes of tie veteran inmates of the Hotel des Invaiides give to Napoleon Bonaparte . 2 , 151 ; Ney de laMoskwa , 529 ; Dutcfmlin ( former aide de-camp of' the Emperoi' ) . 454 ; Admiral Dupetit Thouars . 373 ; Eaile de Girardin , 359 ; General Piatt , 319 ; Marshal Bngeaud ,

      327-The general aspect of the capital has presented more alarming appearances than has been observed since the days of Jane . Secret societies are known to have been organised on a most extensive scale , and to have spread their agents everywhere over the capital . Innumerable groups were seen assembling en Saturday night and SunOy on all the most public thoroughfares and promenades , and were addressed by orators in tbe most violent harangues . The capital was patrolled by strong parties of horse and foot during the night , acd no measure of precaution was neglected for the maintenance of order .

      Up to the time of going to press with eur first edition , we are not iu possession cf accurate information respecting tbe election returns , but ofthe election of Louis Napoleon at the head of the poll , there canba nodoubut ; someoi the Paris journals state the other tvio to be Fauld and Tbore , others Fould and Raspail , others Raspail and Cabet . 'Ihe exact returns would be proclaimed at the Hotel cc Ville on Thursday evening . Louis Napoleon has certainly been elected for the departments of the Meseile and the Youne , and it is believed other departments . It is stated that Raspail has been returned for Lyons .

      THE VEJ . GEA 5 CE OF THE TICXOBIOUS B 9 DBGE 0 EIB . During the last two weeks , that is , from August 23-b . to September lltb , the eight military commis sions have decided on the fate of 2 , 827 insurgents . Oi these , 1 , 939 have been set at literty ,-858 condemned to transportation , and 30 sent b ; fore a counril of war . From tbe time of their entering infri functions , these commissieners have pronounced 8 , 700 judgment in all , by whxh nearly 4 890 persons were set at liberty ; somewhat less than . 3 , 600 condemned to transportation ; and 229 sent before councils of war .

      Bopqnet , a man forly years of age , and the father of a family , has been condemned to two years' imprisonment for having superintended the construction and commanded at a barricade on the Q , aai des Oifevres , near tte Rue de Barillerie . M . Penel Grandcbamp , a physician and an ex-ufScer of the NalioB !> l Guards . ba < been sentenced bi a year ' s imprisonment . Dnpont , the ex-chef de bataillon . has been sentenced , in his absence , totenjeirs' hard labour at the hulks *

      MOBE PBO 3 ECUTI 0 K 3 . Ths Mpnitbdr announces that a prosecnHon has been commenced against M . Bernard , president of the club of the Bazar Bonne Nouvelle , founded upon a speech delivered by him atits meetings on the 10 th and 13 th , and also against the other officers of the club for tolerating his speech . Likewise against M . Delapierre , for a speech made by him on the 12 th , at the club of the Manege de Fitte . Similar proceediuRahave aho been teken against the printer of a placard , sigred B . ' anqui' and against M . Vignie , for a manifesto published by him , under the title of Candidature de JoinviUe .

      GERMANY . The Frankfort National Assembly entered en the 13 h inst , upon the discussion on the armistice with Denmark . Mr Hermann stated , that rot being able to form a new Ministry , he had resigned hia commission into the hands of the Regent .

      BISIOhBlSCEl IN PRUSSIA . On the evening of the 12 th inst . some of the 1 st and 2 nd Regiment of Guards , garrisoned here , and the people c & mmitted great excesses , and broke ths windows of the hotel of the commandant . It appears that an addie-s of thanks to the deputy Stein , and to the National Assembly for their resolution of the 9 th , was circulated among the troops . This was confirmed by aa officer , which gave great offence , and which was still further increased by some persons tf influence distributing money among the troop ? , who had distinguished themselves the most on the davs of March . The soldiers who had taken

      part in the address to the number of about 600 , accussd their comrades of having received blood-money , and induced some of them to return it . When the two regiments afterwards drew up to exercise , the commandant harangued them , and said three days ' exercise would cool down this arrogance . Upon this several soldiers laid down their arms , troop ? were called oat , and some o the most mutinous were arrested . The soldiers and the people of Potsdam fraternised , and abased the re actionaiy officers , and broke the windows of the house of tha commander . The rappel was beaten , and the burgher guard and reserve aucceded in restoring order .

      DBTOBBASCES AT VIENNA . The Vienna journals of the 13 ; b , which have come to hand , report terious disturbances in that capital during the evening of the 11 th , and on tha 12 th and 13 . h . At ten o ' clock on the evening of tbe 11 th ' a crowd assembled before the buildings ofthe ministry ofthe interior , with the purpose ot obtaining from the ministry a guarantee for the shares of an association , founded by one Herr Swobida , for the support of indigent mechanics ; this demand being made in consequence of their having bean disappointed in obtaining facilities for cksn » ing these shares in the market for gold , or other securitiej t ) their full nominal value , and the ministry having refused to constitute these shares as legal tender . The crowd of petitioners becoming very great , and the noise alarming , a divisiea of National Guard was called out

      However , on assurances being given that the matter would ba made tbe subject of official investigation , the crowd ultimately separated without committing any great excesses . The next day the disturbances were renewed . An immense number of persons , many of whom were armed , forced open the doors of the official residence of the Minister ofthe Interior , and took pssseuion of numerous decumen ' s . All the employes , after a vain resistance , made a precipi tite flight . The National Guard arrived , but they oauld neither expel the intruders nor prevent others from entering . The movement , awarding to all ap paarances , is taking * strictly political turn—in fact , an ultra-deraocntical one . The morning ofthe 13 th the excitement had been tremendous ; nearly all the shops were closed , and firing was heard in two or three diKctiow , It was said that the government

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      had at last guaranteed the payment of the interest , and even the capital of the shares issued by the Commercial Association for the Relief of Poor Mechanics . . "' The disturbances assumed a more serious aspect on the 13 ; h . Tho Constitutional Assembly declared itself in permanency , and many thousands of armed students and Natisnal . Guards assembled mar the University . The commission of the acadamical body aha declaied itself in oermacencv . In the Assembly

      Schwaz : r announced that the academical body had requested the re-sstablishment of the commission of safety , otherwise they atone roald save the capital and the withdrawal of the troops . These demands were refused compliance , and a conflict was expected . Daring the day martial law was proalaimed by tho Ministry . bat this only Added fuel to the excitinvmt of the people . AH the gates were occupied by the National Guard , the coamuuications intercepted , and an imposing force drawn up before the House of Assembly .

      Vienna , Sept . 14 . —The storm is stilled . The ministry has given in . They have two millions as guarantee for the shares of Swoboda ' s Industrial Aid Association . Fearful devastation was committed in the Horns Department , but the archives were left untouched .

      COSPUCT IN OEBMANT—MABCH CF DBU 0 CBACY . Considerable excitement prevailed at Cologna a'l the day of the 12 ib , in consequence of some soldiers ofthe 27-. h Regiment hsving attacked , on ton previous night , a number of citizens . The civic sua ^ ; who hau been under arms all the afternoon , demanded the expulsion of the obnoxious regiment . The question has heen referred to the military authorities in Coblentz . These excesses have given rise not only to a demonstration of an important nature , but to a step an the part of the democrats , the result of wkich cannot be easily foreseen . At an immense popular meeting held on the 13 ; h in the opsn air on the Frankenplats , behind the cathedral , a committee of safety ,

      composed of thirty of the leading democrats ( such amongst others , as the editors of the now celebrated NeueRhiiisbcbk Zeitoko ) , was unanimously elected . Meantime a telegraphic despatch had been received from Coblenlz , to the effect that the deputation to the commander-in-chief of the 8 . h army corps would return with a satisfactory answer . At a later period of the evening it transpired that that general officer had declared that he could not take upon himself to order tho immediate withdrawal of the 27 th Regiment from Cologne , but that he would send to Berlin for instructions . He added however that the guilty soldiers would be duly punished ; that the fusiliers

      of the regiment should be kept at a distance from the city ( they are now stationed in the forls ) , and that the second battalion , which had been ordered to join their comrades in Cologne , should be replaced by a battalion of another regiment . Thus affairs stand at present . Great excitement still prevailed , the majority of the civic guards demanding the resignation of their commander , who is also the commandant of Cologne , two posts which they declare to be incompatible with the due discharge of the duties of either . The democrats ( who form , in fact , the overpowering majority ofthe inhabitants of Cologne ) have seized upon this affair as a promising one for the propagation of their principles .

      IMP 0 BTA 1 ST FROM PEASKFOBT . The debate on the Danish armistice was brought to a conclusion in the sitting ofthe Frankfort Parliament of the 16 th inst . The motion for the rejection of the armistice was rejected by a majority of twenty-one , and Francke ' s motion adopted . The latter motion runs thus : — Tha National Assembly' resolves : —! . Not to prevent the armistice of Malmoe , of the 26 th Auguit ult ., from being carried out , eo far as it is practicable under presen : clrcotnstaHccs . 2 , To call upon the Central Power to teke proper measures for securing the speediest under , standing possible , in reference to the accessary modifies-Hon of the convention cf tbe 26 ih ult ., on the grouud of tho readiness officially declared by the Dan ' sh

      Govurnment to accede to Bocb . 3 , To call upon tbe Central Pow « to take a view of tha steps necessary lor paving a speedy ( ray to tSe negotiation of a peace . This decision excited unbounded indignation amongst the people . Ml the evening of the lG-b , the streets were crowded by excited thonsandssinging Republican songs . Blum and Simon , ( leading members of the ' Left , ' ) addressed the people from the windows ef the German Hotel , and called on the people to prepare for a struggle . They were answered by deafening shouts : * We are ready now !' The military were called eut , but no conflict took place , nnd at midnight quiet was restored . It was expected that there would ba some serious demonstration on the following day .

      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . TheBsESLAtEB Zeitoko has a letter from Agram ofthe 7 ih inst , stating that the Bann arrived there on the 6 : h inst , and immediately set out for Warasdin , in order to lead an army of 56 000 men against the Hungarians . The Hungarian National Guard ; , stationed in the environs of Warasdin , fled the moment tf'ey heard of the Bann ' s approach . A deputation of 150 deputies of the Hungarians , handed by a bishop , waited upon tho Emperor , at Vienna , bat received so unsatisfactory a reply that they started for Pesth , eack member plaobg a red feather in his head-dress as a sign that he threw eff bis allegiance to Austria . It wes surmised that Hungary would declare itself a republic . According to the latest accounts from Pesth , the Bannof Crotiais rapidly advancing on that city , at the head of more than 60 , 000 troops .

      The Hungarian deputies returned on the 10 th , in the afternoon , by steamer , from Vienna . Moat of them displayed a red feather in their caps , in token of their mission , and as a signal that liberty must now be bought at the point of the sword . An immense crowd covered both banks of the Danube , and the news spread like wildfire that the King himself was now at the head of the re-aotionary party . Bathyanyi and Deak also returned , and satin council for some hours with 'the Archduke Palatine . Daring ths night of the 13 th there was a secret sitting of the House of Representatives , the result of

      which was impatiently looked for by all . On the 11 th the Diet declared itself permanent and absolute . The intelligence that several of the counties aud cities of Hungary had declared against Kossuth aud iu favour of Jellaohich has been confirmed . Accounts from Pesth , of Sept . 12 , say : — ' At the cabinet council held by the Archduke Palatine immediately on the return of the deputies , all tha Ministers tendered their resignations , with the exception of the Minister of the Interior ( Sczsmere ) , Kossuth has been charged with the formation of a new cabinet .

      INSURRECTION . IN SAXONY . A letter from Leipsic , of September 14 tb , saya : — ' . The insurrection of the workmen in the mines , in the vicinity of the important manufacturing town of Chemnitz , spread to that place on the 12 sb . Numerous , barricades were erected in the faubourgs , but they were attacked and' captured by the military , after an obstinate and sanguinary resistance .

      ITALY . PALI , OF MESSINA . The capture of Messina by the Neapolitans is confirmed . TheNATiosALiaTs : — Messina was carried on the 8 th after a combat of fire day ? . The commanders of ths French and English forces did everything in then : power to prevent the calamities o ! this struggle , or to alleviate them . Saven thousand ofthe inhabitants , the greater number women and children , found an asylum nnder the Frtnch fl . g . We learn , at the same time , tha * . the French Minister at Naples has hmttd tho Neapolitan GoveiEment to confine itself to the occupation cf Messina ; so that the rest of Sicily Palermo , for instance—will ba shielded from attack . Admiral Parker , on the proposition of Almiral Baudin , has addressed a similar request to the Neapolitans .

      The following further details of tbe bombardment of Messina is given in a letter dated Palermo , the 8 th : — ' Messina Is but a ho » p of ruins . Ferdinand would strengths his title of the P-ombarding King—he has quite succeeded . Ths Sffho have renewed at Messina the massacres of Naples of the 15 th cf May . May the name of these beggars ba accursed ! Messina destroyed , Sicilian independence cannot survive . Syrtcuae , Agrigento , Malazzj , Trapani , Catanra Palermo—in short , all tho saapurt towns , expect the bombarSer and his satitlHtes . 1 st kb be stirring . The time is propitious . France has lost all influtnce . One word on htr part wouldhave sufficed to prevent thcNcapolitaa expedition . or at least to spare incendiarism and carnage . Its policy has not even dictated this net cf humanity . As ta England , she has her reasons for allowing things to take this course in Sicily . Ask Lord Pdlmerston and the Neapolitan minister at London . England non tm % lia

      pe niente . The following somewhat contradictory statement appears in the Semaphore of Marseilles : — The entire pr-pulation left tbe city and retired into tho country on the 8 ih , Beving previously mined the town , detcrminiBg to fire the miae so soon as the Neapolltam had entered it . Soon after the Neapolitans took possesion of it , and in the evening the Sicilians blew up tho city , burying the Neapolitans In its luins . Immediately after the explosion of the mine the Sicilians re-entered tho city and massacred all whom tho explosion had spared . This news requires confirmation . Advices from Palermo , received through Genoa , say that the fence enmam of Sicily , under the auspices of the government at Palermo , was organised . At Banana alone , say these letters , there were already 30 , 000 men enrolled , well armed , and directed by able chiefs .

      Tuscan ; . —Grave apprehensions are expressed for the continuance of tranquillity inlFkrence . The weakness of the government , rendered manifest by its unavailing efforts te repress the disorders at Leg * horn , had encouraged the insurgents of Florence , Letters from Leghorn of the 12 th announce that business has resumed its course . Gbsoa , September 11 . —All classes here anticipate , and are preparing for , a renewal of hostilities next week , The town is fall of Milanese nobility , and of

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      numerous other ' personafe two deeply compromised to tra » iin the armistice . TheFrenoh war steamer Platon has brought mest horrible accounts-of Mussina . Nothing'in modern history can be compared to the bloodshed , burning , rum pillage , and every description of crime of which fli !? u beenthe 80 fDeduringfivedavs - l 4 WftB a , ngnt between the people , who wished death rather than defeat , and a soldiery who had so lately learned the arts ot plunder and cruelty in Naples . After the Measmeso had retired from their capital , the Ere on the oity continued for eight hours , for the purpose of destroying the houses that were left standing .

      SWITZERLAND . _ Switzerland , which has of lato sunk into comparative oblivion , has just proclaimed the new constitution . A letter from Berne ot the 12 th inst ., says , A salute of one hundred and one guns , and bonfires on tho hille , have this moment proclaimed the definitive adoption of the new constitution by the Swiss Confederation . LA PLATA . By the arrival at Havre ef the French vessel PaquebotParcna , we are in possession of intelligence direct from Monte Video . The pojiticm of affairs was not mataria-ly changed . In spite of the stacks directed by Oribe against the capital of Uruguay , and notwithstanding the embarkation on board the » ' ? " £ , j t 6 amer 8 ° ' Part of the French force , the city stiL neld out ; but the situation of the unfortunate inhabitants wasexceediagly precarious .

      The Powell Plot. Anoiheb Arrk8t. Bow-Str...

      THE POWELL PLOT . ANOIHEB ARRK 8 T . Bow-STRBBT .---On Tuesday , at a quarter to five o clock m the afternoon , George Bridge Mullins , 31 , Southampton-street , Strand , surgeon , was placed at the par , charged , with others in custody , with conspiring to levy war against the Queen and her Government , & o . Mr llayv / avd and Mr Reynolds , from the Treasury , csnducted the prosecution . l ' owell , the informer , who gave evidence against the other Chartists , said that the prisoner was one of th * delegates of the association , and was present at the L'trd Denman public house , where he acted as chairman .

      The prissner said he was wholly unprepared for bis defence , Mr Macnanara , his solicitor , not being present , and he considered it necessary , on that account , to take notes « f the evidence . Witness proceeded to say that none but delegates were admitted on August 15 th , in Webber-street , Blackfnars . He was present when Mr Lacey went to inquire at a coffte-shop in tho neighbourhood if they could have a reom to consult in , and ou hia return several delegates , with the prisoner , went out , and remained about three-quarters of an hour ; on their return , excepting Lacey , Mr Cuffay , addressing the prisBuer . who was voted into the chair , desired him to give his instructions , upon which the prisoner said he was requested to give them thefollowine

      instructions , which wero , that as there was no reason to doubt the men in Birmingham aud Manchester wero up and doing that night , they should to-morrow night come out and strike the blow ; that they should speak out honestly and boldly , and that there should be no flinching in the matter . There wore four of thera who would tako four positions ; that either he or Bassett was to take tho Seven D ' als ; Mr Brewster was to take Clerkenrel ' -green , and Mr Payne the Tower Haml-. ts . Every delegate was to send the men of his locality , and they were to cone armed , at eight o ' clock , acd they were to be at their respective positions at twenty minutes past nine o ' clock to a second . Seme delegates asked how they were to come without being observed ? and the prisoner replied they should get their pikes there the best way they could . Ho then stated further matters respecting the delegates , where they were to meet their

      leaders . It was proposed that the Crispin publichouse , in Milton-street , was the place they were to meet at the next day at 12 o ' olcek , to receive further instructions . Witness accordinaly went there . Tha prisoner proposed that Mr Rilchioshould superintend and direct the men to fire dwelling-bouses , railway premises , trains , or anything else , according to a pre vious arrangement , the prisoner being the chief spokesman on every occasion . The prsoner having put the question , if every delegate would come out to fight en the following night , they all agreed except tsro . The prisoner then proposed that they should meet at the Orange Tree , at fivo o ' clock , to meet Ritchie , a question was asked how Ritchie was to know the men , and ansther proposed that Fr , osi and Mitchel ' should be the pass-word ; another proposed the word' Justice , ' which being put , was carried unanimously .

      Thomas Barrett , a shoemaker , of Charles street , Lisson-gr > ve ( said that he was a member of the Hubert Emmett Chartist Brigade Association which he joined on Whit-Sunday Isst , and which was held at Praed-street , Paddington , at a beer-shop kept by o man named Msrgan , and another at Breadon ' s bserchop in Should ham-street , Edge ware-road . He bad seen tho prisoner , and heard him address the meeting at these houses . Ou Sunday , 13 th August last , there was a meeting cf Chartists and Confederates at Breadon ' s beer-shop , when he desired his hearers to be in readiness , and prepare themselves for the great crisis th . 'it was coming ; that it was necessary for them to make a small sacrifice to aid the committee of progress .

      He recollected nothing more on that night , On the night of tbe 16 th August , at nine o ' clock , there was another meeting at Breadon ' s , consisting of thirty or forty members of tbe association , which witness left , and went to another held in Praed-street , where the prisoner did not attend ; acd on his return , about half-past nine o ' clock , there . being about thirty or forty present , the prisoner with another arrived in n cab , but did not come in . The other man , however , entered with a musket , Another named Smith , having clapped the prisoner on the shoulder , said , ' My boy , I was afraid you were taken . ' Upon which the prisoner said , / No , I am not , ' and withdrew from the place immediately . Besides the muskets , there were several pike-heads in the room , with two pistols in the bands of

      Irishmen . Witness did net know what the prisoner and others retired for , but on their return Smith stated that the men at the meeting were to repair to Crowncourt , Soho , and the Seven Dials by ten o ' clock , and that their leader would meet them there , and in case he saw there was a good muster , he would give the word of command . A question was asked how they were to take their arms , and Smi'hsaid the beet way they could . Witness accordingly went to Crownstreet , where he recognised about thirty Chartists and Confederates who had been at tho meeting . Before eight o ' clock two men , belonging to the Washington-brigade , came to Praed street , and said that there was a split ; upon whioh S id dlo , a delegate , said he had just made his escape from Orange-street , while he had some combustibles in his possession , others having been taken by the police .

      Crosi-examined by the prisoner : The meeting continued from eight to eleven o clock , and the remarks made by him were between nine and eleven o ' clock . The observations made by Smith were made shortly after nine o ' clock , at which time he could not say that the prisoner was present , as he only saw * him look into the room , and withdraw after some conversation . He ( the prisoner ) arrived in the cab with Cruikshank a few minutes before nine o ' clock . Witness was cot a quarter of an hour going to Praedstreet , from which he returned abaut a quarter before nice o ' clock , when the prisoner arrived in a cab with the other . He did not see them get out of the oab , but wa * informed by others that such was the case . Mr Cruikshank carried the musket in a case and it had a large flint lock .

      Sergeant Thompson proved that , accompanied by Sergeant West , he apprehended the prisoner in Tatham ' s-court , Tatham ' s-strect , Bait-street ,. Old Kent-road , at nine o ' clock on Monday night . Ho made several attempts to arrest him at his residence . Having used some stratagem , he followed the man of the house in , and found the prisoner dressed in bis mother ' s clothes , with a veil and bonnet , in the coal cellar . There were two females with him . The prisoner raid he had nothing to answer to tho charge , and begged to embrace the opportunity of returning thanks for the courteous manner in which he had teen treated since his apprehension . The witnesses were then bound over , and thepri . soner was committed for trial .

      The Pbbsi M Fbancb.—The Discussion On Th...

      The Pbbsi m Fbancb . —The discussion on tho question respecting the press , has . as you are aware , resulted in the extinction of the liberty of tho press , and the recognition of tho unlimited autocracy of the Head of the Executive . This frlght'ul stretch of power , which will infallibly bring on some terrible catastrophe , brings to my mind an anecdote , for the authenticity of whioh lean answer . In the month of September , 1841 , there met on the banquette of a diligence going from Paris to Lyons , three travellers , one of whom , an inside passenger in Colonel ' s uniform , mounted the imperial for tho sake of the prospects which the Bourbonnais leid open as the vehicle advanced . The conversation chanced to fall upon M . Lamennais , who was arraigned before the Court of Assizes for his book ' on the people . ' Would he be acquitted , or would he be condemned ? was the question agitated between the travellers . * He s sure to be condemned . ' eaid the officer' the Mighty Ones ofthe

      , earth are always the same . ' HU ftllow passengers appearing to doubt the correctness of his position , he add « d , with great animation : * Yes ! such is the felly of all the Mighty Ones of the earth . Power is a Oreat Tom , the sound of which deafens the ringer !' The man that spoke thus was Colonel Cavaignac , now chief of the Executive ; one ofthe others was his unhappy brother Godefroi ; and the third a representative , whotold mo this story . It was forcibly recalled to his mind on the night when Louis Blanc and Caussidiere were condemned ; and I record it for your information , while the illustrious violor of June is carrying on the war which—with the best in tentions ofthe world , I have no doubjr—bo has declared against the press . Is not his hearing somewhat affected by the ringing of the Great Tom V This is a question which the Colo-el ot former days might seasonabl y put to the President of theConncil . —John Bull .

      The Trades. Strike Op The London Stone M...

      THE TRADES . STRIKE OP THE LONDON STONE MASONS , Our readers are aware that the masons of London have been most active in what is knavm aa the I < our oclock moyempnt-a movement which has tor its object the releasing the workman from his toil at four oclock on Saturday , instead of half-past five . Our columns havealsa from time to time acquainted them that the great majority of the' respectable employers had conceded tho small request Tiv W "" ' < however a minority refused to grant this boon . and amongst tho number were ' to ba found Maura Trego , the government contractors , which has led to frequent schisms between tha mi ™ .

      nty ot employers and the operative ? . At length a man in Trego ' s employ is accidentally , as stated by the men , run against in the street-upon which Messrs Trego , backed as it would seem by the government ( as Mr White , tho government short-hasd writer ' s name appears on tho indictment as a witness against the man , ) make this a pretext for indicting the following twenty one men , viz ., — J . Betttidge , Joseph Wood , R . Hasset , W . llannon . J . Joyce , W . Adams , W . Johnson . J . Simpkins , W . Carter , W . Samson , Eneas Williams , Roger Grey , J . Robins , J . T . Waterhouse , Charles Teake , J . Turner , D . D ilby , C . Gitrelt , J . Chinrnck , J . Carey , and Charles Stead , The committee of operative masons deeming this no < thing more nor Ies ? , than an attoapt to crush trades' unions is general , and therefore

      suppress ihb short hmb MOVKiiBST . called ' a general meeting of the trade . ' at the Temperance Hall , Waferko-road , on Thursday evening , September 14 th , to make their caso known , when the Hall was densely crowded . Mr William Adam ? was called to the chair , and having read the notice convening the meeting , called on Mr Bettridge to move the firsi resolution , as follows : — That It is the opinion of this meeting , that tho pro-Gent attempt to put down tho masoni , by indicting them at law , is tuao and unmanly ; and that it is the duty of every mason to come forward manfully an 4 support the present moveraoEt , oar future freedom being involved in tho issue of this Important question .

      Mr Betthidge said the masons had been engaged for a length of time contending for their rights , and though young in years he was proud to have been mixed up in tho movement with them , and although imprisonment might stare him in the face he would not be scared from that righteous course , and in this boasted day and land of freedom it was the duty of every man to be firm . ( Loud cheers . ) If men would but be united , firm , and true to each other , short hours and batter iemuneration for labour would soon be theirs . . Most of the respectable employers had already conceded to * four o ' clock' time—true they

      had failed in a few instances , but let them persevere and success must crown their efforts . ( Cheers . ) Mr Barry had asked haw they would use tho time if they had it—whether they weuld not get drunk ? Now he rejoiced that he and his fellow-men were free from such aspersions , and that ho could truthfully say , that the time gained was used to the advantage of themselves , mentally , morally , and physically . ( Loud oheers . ) He exhorted them to be firm in this their hourof difficulty , to be united , trusting to themeelves , being assured that in Labour ' s ranks and Labour ' s league the cause of freedom lay . He had much pleasure in moving the first resolution .

      Mr Joseph Wood , in rising to second the resolution , said he had much pleasure in doing so . It was most unmanly conduct on the part of those who had . caused this meeting to be held . He almost wished he was a king possessed of absolute power for some six months , in order that he might deal with them according to their deserts . ( Laughter and ioud obeera . j Wrre the working classes only firm and united , a far grester degree of prosperity and happiness would bo theirs . ( Hear , hear . ) He had been to the lawyers , to see and hear the indictment . Roger Gray stood first on the list , and himself second amongst the indicted , there were twenty-one personsinthe list , The indictment was the greatest tissue of trash and falsehood ho ever heard . Some of the persons who were

      in the indictment were at tho time the charge was laid on their voyage to foreign climes . He knew not what he bad done to entitle him to the honour of an indictment at law in such a case . It was a pleasant thing to know that tho working men were a different set of beings to those of foimer days , and that in their intelligence and demeaeour ( hey wero nearly a century in advance of their , illiterate oppressors . Their whole proceedings throughout this great movement had been characterised by the moat respectful demeanour , and peace , law , and order . ( Much applause" ) He held it to be the privilege of every man in this country to express himself fully and fairly on every question that concerned him ; but , ? tslk of Lord Jehu ' s Gaeeine Bill . Mr

      Trego ' sJndictment Bill beat it hollow . The indictment talked of' force of arms . ' The only ' force ' he had need was argument ; but perhaps it meant the knocking his arms about whilst speaking ! ( Laughter . ) Neither him nor . his colleagues had used either threats or menace to Mr Trego ' s men , but contented themselves with simply appealing to tfceir reaern and feeling , and this moral force had succeeded , the men had come out , and they deserved the support of their brother operatives . ( Cheers . ^ Never let it be r & id that a threat of sending thtm to the prison , er to the treadmill , had scared them frtm the advocacy of their glorious principles , for , were seven of their committee bent to prison , coven ethers woald be found to take their places . Ho

      had no desire to go to prison , for , by his industry , frugality , and teetotalism , he had secured a comfortable and a happy home , far more so than any Newgate , Ccldbath , Pentonvi . 'le , or Tothiil-fields could furnish .. But , should prison be his lot , he had nothing to reproach himself with . His only crime—if crime it war— -was that of endeavouring to elevate the position of his fellow . man , mentally , ( tnorally , and physically . It an indictment had been framed against the masters for robbing tho men of two hours' labourper week , it would have been scouted and laughed to scorn . ( Hear , hear . ) But this indictment was against the workmen , for humbly endeavouring to better their condition , and it was entertained . He was not there to prove that' John Edward Ashton '

      had been run against accidentally ; but , at the time Chinnock was said to have run against him , he ( Mr Wood ) was at work , or answering to his name—then what could he have to do with it ? lie had heard much of class legislation , and ho had at length been forced to tho conclusion that there was something in it . ( Cheeft . ) He supposed that their opponents thought that the twenty-one men they had indicted had not 21 s . amongst them ; but what was lacked in individual wealth , must be made collectively . Just suppose that the masons numbered 8 , 000 , and they subscribed one shilling each , why that would amount to £ 400 , and half-a crown would not hurt him on Saturday . They had engaged their solicitor and counsel . ( Hear , hear . ) iu seeking

      the four o ' clock concession thoy had used no force , but had , by deputation , respectfully appealed to the heads of the several respectable firms , who had admitted its justice , and complied with ( heir request . But a few snarlers still stood out . He would take tho liberty of paraphrasing the cobbler ' s sentiment and say , stick to your four o ' clock movemenb , raise your banner high , anil inscribe thereon , * Foaro ' oliok and ho surrender . ' ( Immense cheering . ) The battle was theirs as well as his . Thtir executive had been appealed to , and surely if they could aid the Holy town miners with £ 100 , as well as assist others , they could furnish £ 250 for their own brethren , to carry on the struggle , and should it ultimately turn out tint Mr Trego and his compeers wore successful on thij

      ocsasion , tho conceding masters could never withdraw , for be it remembered , masters could never create wealth without the aid of tho men , and should they be sent to prison , they would be only like other great men , paupers on tho state . ( Loud cheers . ) But he would ^ rath er be earning his own living by his own labour , than living on the fat of the land , and have a oonsciouiness that that fat was wrung from the sweai and blood of others , ( Tremendous cheerins ; . ) Tho intellectual dwarfishneas ofthe operative class , was frequently alluded to : his reply was , give us time and wo will show you what we cau do , but under the worst of circumstances had not a Shakespeare , a Robert Burns , a Montgomery , and a host of other geniuses arisen from amongst them . lie had no desire to go to prison , no ; ho liked to roam abroad and enjoy the freo air of llcavep , and whilst

      he viewed all nature ' s beauty liaten to tho joyous warbling of the uncaged bird ; and sure he was that his fellow men would do all they could io prevent such an occurrence , that they would subscribe their money , and do thsir best to obtain for them a fair trial . ( Tremendous cheering . ) If woiking men lost tho four o clock movement it would take ninepence per week from an exchequer which had far too little in it . He had passed a stable in Pimlico recently , and there saw horses far better treated than men ; yet wa live in a Christian country ; but he would much rather see more of its benign practice and for less of its twaddle . ( Loud cheers . ) They heard much talk of philanthropy , of Baths and Wash-houses , Ragged Schools , dso ., all doubtless good in their way , but ho said , give the working classes the means and they would wash aud educate themselves . ( Loud cheers . )

      The resolution was then put and carried unanimohsly . Mr Joseph Gurkill proposed the second resolution as follows : — That it is tbe op inion ef this moating that despotism and tyranny will nuver ho put down until such time as a greater amount ef ualty ezlst amongst tho working classes . The masons might well compliment themselves on having such an eloqjent champion as their friend Joseph Wood ; and sure he was , that tbey would sacrifice all their pots and pipes rather than such a man should be incarcerated . It did appear that not only did Mr Trego oppose , but that tbe government was also anxious to put down trades' unions , and united with tbe employers in endeavouring to suppress the scriptural text : — 'The labourer shall be . the first pattaker of the fruits . ' ( Cheers . ) Why'did ai maav noble spirits leave the land of their . birth i x America aud otherlforeign climes ? Not from the

      Want Of Geniiia,—Rot From The Want Of,La...

      want of geniiia , —rot from the want of , land , or means to employ their talent , —but because labour did mt meet ' with its just reward . ( Loud . cheers . ) We are called igno'ant _ ; but ha asked what hnd the Stale priests been doing for their ten million of money ier annum if wo were now ignorant ? ( Loud ehaen » . ) No doubt thoy wished unto be ienorant , but neither himff If nor bis fellow men could crouch , spaniel-like , and lick tho hand stout , to shed bis blood . ( Much acplause . ) Tho resolution that he was proposing asserted , ' thst despotism and tyranny would never be put down until such tune as tno « orkinp classes ' , wero more united , ' snd he hcar . ily wished them more united , in order that they might occupy a hotter position in society . ( Hear , hear , )

      It was tnily Asserted that 'labour was u ? e source of all wealth ; ' then how came it that the labourer who produced such mountains of wealth was so miserably poor ? this could not be just , fie insisted that not only were they entitled to le ^ ve off work on Saturday at feur o ' clock , but on every day of tho week . ( Loud cheers . ) There weicroany amongst thera doubtless ready to occupy the piara of tSeir eloquent fr erd Wood . But why did he thus speak , they would supply the funds ; and would they not receive a fair trial at the hands of the jury- class , those sen who derived their very means of existence from tho dealings of working men ? And sun ; 1 > 6 was that his brother operatives would be always ready-to uphold nnd support tho ? o men who upheld and defended the rights of labour . ( Immense cheer In ? . ) Why was he indicted , he never epoke to Trego'i « man

      in his life ? Why , but to intimidate his fellow - orkmen . ( Loud cheers . ) Why should their pocic ' . y , be put down ? Liwyors and doctors had their societies , and v ; hy should not the masons ? ( Loud cheers- ) VJell , for upholdine : the measures he had just broached , twenty-one of hia fellow men wero indicted , svhose greatest glory w » s that they lived by their own labour . ( Loud oheers . ) lie was satisfied that overwork was the cause of much of the misery we endured ; yet when they endeavoured to euro the evil by applying tho remedy—shorter h'urs of labour—thoy wero indicted for coiiRpiring . The battle was the b-iUIe not of radons alnnc , but of every operative throughout the British empire . To the trades he appealed , cvying- — ' Up to the rescue , support your brethren the masons , and thus save younelves , your wives , and families , f ™ impending misery and destitution . ' ( Great applaure )

      Mr Tubkeb , in seconding the motion , called on the meeting to remember the admonition ofthe father to his twelve sons— ' Beware leas ye fall out b ? the way . ' The causo was their own , and it was they who must defend it . Remember if tho masons in London alone were to subscribe one shilling per 'veek it would amount to £ 15 , and the beat test of their sincerity was the sending in of the funds . Their moUo must bs— 'Agitate , agitate , agitato ! short time , aed no surrender ! ' If ? -ll men took up the golden rulo , ' Do unto others as you would they should do unto you , * thero would he found no man working against his fellow man . Mr Trego had told him their affair was settled before the alderman at Guildhall , but it ap . pcared they wero now removed to a higher court ; and he thought ; his motion would tend to advance the movement . Let but the two succeeding Satur * days test their sincerity and success was certain .

      ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Parkeii ( of the National Association of United Trades ) said , although not a mason , he was an opera * tive , and thought it his duty to attend there , looking at the indictment as a blow at trades unions gensrally . Shorter hours wss a remedy against over competition , as now one hundred unemployed persons vtere so used as to be nnde the instruments in regulating the wa ? eeof fourteen hundred employed . This movement was an honour to the masons and tho trades generally . The masters in the north bad threatened tocoaie with an agitation for eleven hours , with a vieir to removing the Ten Hours Bill ; but the operative we » alive to their interest , and had moved instantaneously , and declared their determination , should the ten hour question he interfered with , to immediately demand eight hours labour daily for all oorto and conditions of operatives , and this had the desired effect . ( Great cheering . )

      Tho resolution was then put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the business terminated . In connexion with the above indictment , wo believe it is the intention of many of the employers who have conformed to the wishes of the men , and conceded the ' four o ' clock , ' to appear at the trial acd ber . r witness to the respectful , peaceful , and orderly oV lusasout of tbe men during the agitation of the question .

      «,Oms;Pnoewe*

      « , oms ; pnoewe *

      Persecution Op Mil George White.—Artiest...

      PERSECUTION OP Mil GEORGE WHITE . —ARTIEST OF MR JOHN WEST . TO THE EDITOR OV THE NOBTHBBN STAB . Sia , —A . » many of my fri-nda will dcslrp to knew whether I am in the tinder keeping ofthe Whig government , yon will perUspa aliow me to state that I ww rppre . bonded alonp ; with n number of otter mtu , at iva Tim . peranco Coffee-house , Great Aucoats-street , lUv . chcater , kept by Mr Thos . Whittaker , on Tuesday ¦ and from thence token to tho Town . hall leck-tp , ?? corted by some bundrtdn of police , and horse ondfor > t soldiers , I was detained there for two days aud two nights , in a dnrop cell , without either bed or fire . On T ! ursday evening I was liberated on my o « n rcccgnliKnce , to appear on tho following Wednesday ; but is rn » merely

      a pretence , fer , on proceeding down the Btq ¦¦; , I was apprehended by an inspector of polite from Birmingham , and hendcuffod , and at night I was lodg-ii in the Birmingham lock . ni > in High-street . Next da ; I was brought before the magistrates on a charge of sedition for a speech which I delivered in the People ' s-hall , m Birmingham , and after a lengthy examination , waft committed to Warwick Gaol , to take my trial at the en . suing assizeo . They agreed to admit me to ball in two sureties of £ 50 etch , and myself in £ 100 . My good friends . Lowe and Banks , of Wednesbury , tendered themselves as bail , and wero accepted , upon which I was r «« leased , I then proceeded towards home by Coventry , Leicester , Nottingham , and Sheffield , and , whilst walking through Rochdale , with James Lsach , last Sunday week , was again arrested on a judge ' s warrant from Liverpoool ,

      and confined in Rochdale police-office for the night , and was forwarded from thence to Manchester next morn , inp . I was again ordered to find two suretin in £ 50 eaeh , and myself in £ 160 , to appear next Liverpool agnizes , aid , in default , was sent to Kirkdale G . u-I , near Liverpool . Mr Thos . Tristram , and aaolh-r OlAhom friend , tendered bail and were accepted , r . iul I was again released , after suffering five days' eolitt .: y con . finemenr , within four cells of DrMDonell , I Arrived in Manchester last ( Monday ) nlftht , and am now s . targ off to Oldham , to find bail far John West , who wi . s brought here from Nencastle-on-Tyne last night , I ehui : -iclarge on this infomous system hereafter , but must at present conclude by subscribing myself , Ysurs truly . Geoece White .

      To Te Argus O'Connor , Esq. Honocaed Sir...

      TO TE ARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . HoNOcaED Sir . —Pardon tho liberty I tsk « by enclosing 5 a for Mr Cuffay , my object being to strengthen your high cplnion of bis north . Thlrly . seven years since I worked wi'hhim , bring one of my first shopra & tes ; from that time I have hr . il many opportunities to witness and admire bis in < egut ? , and his inflexible love of strict and open justice , 1 should think him ono of the I & st nrn to be found in ory secret machination . Trusting that you may long continue to thfrartthe principal aim of fell the sptes , namely , the tatr & yai of youriolf . I remain , honoured Sir , ,.. your obedient servant , Charlerville , September 20 th . Geohos Bran ,

      The Cholera, A St Petersburg!! Letter, O...

      THE CHOLERA , A St Petersburg !! letter , of tbe 5 : 3 , state . * , ihat the cholera , which had betn grs £ unUy diminishing ' -a vim . lenoo , was again slightly increasing . On the 1 st there were S 3 new cases , 20 deaths , and 35 cures , fceiiv- an in . crease cf 14 cases and 10 deaths upon the number ofthe preceding day . On the morning of the 2 d thore were 380 cholera psitlmts under treatment . At Moscow , on the 25 ih ult ., there wero 25 new cases , hut otlyll deaths . In tho other provinces of Russia afflicted with this dieeasu it is nicking great ravages ; in some ot them as many aa between 5 , 000 aud 6 , 000 persons are carried off by it weekly . The cholera has broken out ia Malta . In Berlin , up to tbe 17 th , the deaths amounted ' . o 801 , At Smyrna , tbe disease has made awful ruveges , and letters fromBeyrout represent it as diclmating ths inhabitants ef Aleppo , Damascus , & c . Similar accounts havo been received from Magnesia , Cassabs , Snloalcs , and other places .

      General Berthier, Son And Grandson Of Th...

      General Berthier , son and grandson of the two first victims of the Revolution of 1792 ( Meesra Berthier , Intendan * of Paris , and M . Foulon ) , died at his estate of La Grange , neaa Thionvillo , on the 10 th instant . The Bolton Emotion . — Dispdibd Rkturn . — There has been a great deal of gossip during the week regarding the show of hands , and tho decision of the mayor not to take a poll after it Lad been demanded on behalf of Mr Blair , by declaring him duly elected , at the urgent request of Mr Barker ' s

      proposer . Barker , whg was not present , now dis . putes the right of any person to withdraw him , and claims the election . On Thursday the following placard was issued in the town : —' Notice . —In consequence of Mr Barber being called suddenly home , and receiving an invitation to attend a meeting of tho People ' s League in London this day , it will be impossible for him to address his constituents as was intended . But arrangements are in progress for giving a tea party ou an early day , at which Mr Bar . ker will be present . '—Manchester Courier .

      LrjoiFEB Matches —No fewer than six serious fires occurred last week from children playing with luoifers . In one case Mr Edffard Freeman , farnur , at Pinchbeck Marsh , near Spalding , lost five wheat sfaoks . sevenof oats , one of clover , and ene of straw , as well as the whole of the farm buildings , including a barn containing a quantity of threshed wheat , '; . - . ¦ y . iol ' i .- , «! riy . Smim-Vm ! tvi . a * 3 Jiha s'j . rA

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 23, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23091848/page/7/