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_FRANCE . TBS WAR _ISAIitSr THS _PBSfS . _Ul . i _Td . _deCalonne , the chief editor , and M . Magce , lilir _ict _^ irictor ofthe Bouch * dk Fkr , a journal which was eetnpetnp to replsee the Lamhoh , were tried en Tuesday _, _, jth _^ ths _tribanal of correct _ionsl police , on a charge of _navinisvine published a journal without making the _dej _jjsit _jjsit ot the _oautioa-money . They were condcm * ipd > : > aca » acaio a month ' s imprisonment , and a fine of 200 i ' _rancrsncs _. Pai Pari * , Tuesday .--The Satienai Assembly _refoiBd _rifesteresterday , by large majorities , to take from the _h-n- ' i }} f _thjf the military dictator ths power of suspending such _jijounjournals as he may deem dangerous £ o tbe peace and ¦ _sxisfexistence of the commonwealth , and to transfer it to tthe tbe c vie law . The subject was brought under
discusscussion in two forms . A proposition previously sub tnittoitted by M . _Creapel de la Tou ? ehebas been referred to _tlto the committee on legislation , wbo embodied their vie ? views in a bill the basis cf which was that the power of _stof suspending journals should be vested in the _tribonbunalnpon the _requisition of a public officer , and _afteafter _coademnstion by a jury . The details by which the the law was proposed to ba carried ont were a ' _so _speo ' . fi ( o ' ; _fien . The committee ' s proposal was disposed of ic the the first instance , the Assembly refusing to 'discuss * the the details even , by 565 to 203 . M . _Crespel de Is Toi Tou .-che _' s original proposition—which enunciated the the principle that even in the time of _aiesie the tet _bci benils _avone have the right t- decide matters con * r £ < reeled with the prcs 3—was next read , bat quickly dis disposed of , a majority of 45 , 1 to 278 declaring in favo vour of the preT _-us qnes'inD .
M . Emile de Girardin give * notice in his paper tl TLa _Pressb ) tbat until tbe ordinary laws ef the co country resume their sway he will abstaia _fro-a writii tins in , or interfering in ihe management of , thai jo journal , which be _abiudons to his deputies This pi _procerding is _pra'ibiy one of the _moststrikine proofs tt that _cnnli fce addacedofthe terror which the dictat < _taisVp- _'f Gent _ralCavaigrjao and the state of the si siege in « pire , and cannot but bs regarded as signifi a cant and ominous .
CACBSrOIKBE . M . _C-ussidie-e bas addressed the _following bt _' _er , d dated LondoP , Friday ' _aet , to < h editor of LaRst _ioemk : — Mr Deae _Fsieito , —Condemned by anticipation , and ii _--tithon _: _dUcossion , by a vote of the Na _ionil _Assembly , f -which handed me over to _prosecution _durfns * a state of i si * g _5 . I was Enthorised to withdraw nntil the law cf { force has given _placa to the leeal jns : ice of the _enn'ry . 1 I know the -. _lowoesa of political trials , sni 22 _manhs ' 1 imprsocment _bffjra trial in _38 _U . has taught me tbst 1 tbey ara too often made subordinate to propiti . _ins events , _i and to conclusions ** hU & it is desirable to craw from i tbem . Hsppsn what may I have too _rauch respect for Universal Soft " cage , not to < 5 esire _ardently to p-es .-nt
myself at the proper time b ; fo-e a jury , which shall bj tha natural _rasnlt of snoh _inff-age . I will _eadenvaur to prova io tbea tba ,: 160 . 000 _inMligtnt citizens are _nz ' , _iteevsd in tie doable Tote thev gave me ; and spie of * be tost of _oalnmniea ottered against the hs : vote of my fellow _cit'ssns cf all _cla-ses , I nope _nat to lose in their _rstima'ion thehononrab _' e _dlstteetion they heve _recorded _msin _cilling me to the National _Aisembly to legislate out ** . _* rights aai _dntitsof nil . A simple and obBcnre dttf en , ray amblt ' on , If I _possessed er . y . was already tto highly _situSed by tha glorious recompense bestowed aa my good intention' . I _eada _^ v _.-nred to rais _? myself » o tbe level of this sacred _ml-sicn _, and _wiih ' that view I _sn 3 e « . Tenra 3 ta _forget _trery _motire of _tate , asa _ocrari-d m _» 8 if _incessmtly to alleviate tba _tciseries that
insperfect ctvu _: _svio-i has for a long period caused to weigh on onr poor conntry . Tea . fellow c t MOB . SUCa W _£ 8135 constant _rccnpetioB , combined with an earnest deureto se ; my colleagues adopt wisdom en-1 firmness , those democratic principles which alone can , I Chink , brio- ; ns to a social _cendiSen seriously end truly fraternal . Do no " , then allow _yonrsslveg to bo _seonctd by the _exiravagen : _fophisms of _egoUm , sn 4 banish all milevolfnt and _refrastcry _ideis . As to my self , d-prived as I am of any concurrence ia this great a _* in _snVluns work ottho constitution , in which _shonld be f- and the real precepts of _Ciristiantty , I mil join my wishes to those cf tbe ptop _lp , who regard yon , aud who still hope that _ftcir eries of distress will enlighten yonr heart with the holy lore of _huina-jity . _—Caussibiebi _" .
XHK ITALIAH _QUE _3 TI 3 X . Park , Friday Even i _ng . — ibis d 3 y , imraediatcy en the chair having been taken at the National Assembly , the Minister for Foreign Affairs ascended the t'ibane , and announced the cfScisl _acceptance by Austria of the mediation of France _ard England in the affairB of Pa y . The Minister added that this _( _Ccu-rance would have the effect of enabling the _gcverntapnt to reduce the military expenditure , and under that head relieve the country i : f expenses . This _announc * ment waa _received *» _ith marked satisfaction by the _Assembly as well as out of doors , having caused the funds to rise .
It is said that Austria bas prescribed her own conditions . She _demands that She sovereignty of the I < omb * rdo-Venetian provinces shall be _pressrod for her , acd _peremotorily declines surrendering an inch of territory to Charles Albert . She _cinsenfs to certaia administrative reform * , and also to grant a liberal constitution to Mdan and Venice , under an Austrian viceroy , so that these states shall stand in the _smie relation to _Anstria as Hungary and some of the other provinces tf the empire .
PAB 1 S _ELTiCIIOSS . The moderate party baa united with the government ia an e ffort in the _comine election , wbich is fixe ! for the 17 th and 18 : h , to defeat the communists and the _faubonrgs . The walls of Paris were placarded oat ce 3 day with _re _3 bills , containing a recommendation , in violent _terma . of MM . Raspai' , _Thore , and Cabet as candidate " . It commenc a with ' Vive la _Republique _dersocratique etsociale !' _PHCGKBtS OF IHg _COUSTEE-BSVOLCTIOy .
_StnmiT Mobsiss . —The bill abogating M . Loais Blanc ' s famous decree of the 2 nd of March , by which thehoaMoflabonrin manufactories and public vrofk * were limited to 10 hours a day in Paris , and 11 in tbe department ? , was yesterday passed . By this new law the hours of labour in manufaotoriw , & e ,. in France , are henceforth limited to twelve working hours , _^ excepting incases whicbi from their sature , require a _longer succession of hours , aud in ftvaur of which tiia government is to be allowed to make an exception . The Abbe _Sibour proposed an amendment probibifangthe _nndertakeraof public works to keep their workshops open or continuing tbeir works on Sunday ; but although he declared that his object B hrirgin < it forward was to ameliorate the lot of the _UbstriDgclS'Stft by giving tbem one holiday a week , the proposition met with no support , and the amendment wa « with * r _»* n . inn Msctjsuost op ths _cosmnnioav
Oa _Tnur-day tbe _disenssion of he preamble of the Constitution waa resumed , when after several amendments to the first paragraph had been proposed , M . _DaratK ascended the tribune to _oeveop the _followins amendment : — In presence ef God , under the reitn of tlie elate of siege , de _* trtictionof all li berty , and in particular of she liberty oi the pre ?? , which it suppresses and _tn-pendaat will , nnder th « regimen ot the military authority , which has no knowledge of the wanU of society , whose very existence _isach'ck on public opinion , and prevents tbe manifestation of all ideas arid all truths , so nsetal to bs eireulated at » tnouv nt when the bases of the _oonstitutivn IM beta ; discussed , vnder that _ua ntelligent acd expeditions regimen , the terror of citizens whom n may _arbitra-i y _attext _, _« ake from _tteir ordi ' _itry _jnd es and deliver it over tbe councils of " * sr—in the name of the _Freaoh people , and _jie'ditig lo tie _* . n _« traiot which prevails in Paris , the National _Agwmbly proclaims and decrees . '
. That imendssnt being considered insulting for General C * vaignac _, and for the Assembly _itselt _wh-. _ss decrees it attacked , _tamerous voices demanded that it eaould rot be disc-used ; ... ' ,, The Ps . "ssra _**< " _" i however , having oMervea that M . _Devlfe disclaimed -snoh an intention , silence wa » restored ; and M . DiviiXK was allowed to speak . He bcjari , by protesting against tha indecor < ins tnsjnnerin wnich be bad been _reccved by the _Assembly . He had , he said , voted against the state of siege because he was aware of its _ineonvMiienees . He had _? e _* ved ia the army from the age of six « n
to _tniny-two . He bad fought on every field ot battle , from Austerlilr to Waterloo , and bad bad op-»» : unvtv and leisure to appreciate tbe amenity of the rule of tha sword _andtbeiaieiiiiieDceot nm ary statesmen . Is waa _because he had had that experience that ke did not ' _desireto place his feLow citianaat their discretion His object had cot _bten toinsulttbe _' majestvof the _ABsemWy . nor to attack any ot ita _deciaiohs—be rnerelv wished to _onbu-den bis conscience and disclose tome wholesome tenths . M . DevUle then proceeded to justify M . I / o tib Blanc , _bnr . being repeatedly interrupted by ones' the Constitution , ' the _Constitutioa . he took up his and tan down the steps of the tribune .
papers At tbe reqneatot the President , and of a member oftbeC _* nsututu > u Committee , he M-ascended . the tribune and continued bh panepync of Louis Biauo . According to him , L-n " w B ano ba < _l been _persecu-ed for having ireely expretaed hia opinion from the tribune and be inferred therefrom that the lib it ? of tpeec n waa _nat entire . * Read , ' he said , ' the bill 0 inoictment , read the report at the Committee ot In-• _jury , who , instead of investigsting the gei eral causfcaofthe _insa _trectisn cf Jane , _oaly sought to
_oompromue two of their colleagues . Lonis Blanc aad _Canseidiere , because they spoke too _independmiv-Thetribanewaanot coosequeatly free . (/ Oh lob J' ) It is free , if you wbb , but on one condition , -bat IB , shonld _asv < f my expressions _dispk «« the Attorne * of the Republic I shall be liable to be handed over ta at mil tary tribunaL' Be then _atked if France wai doomed torttnrn to tbe system of deception so ably nraetited bv the € X-ci > ixvn Lome _Philips ? For his part he _b-lieved it , and repeated , that under the _siase of aiege tte Auembly could not freely vote
tfleCo _^ iiitnb _" H . _t ,. , .. . x- ,. _, „ flr j M . Martin de Straabnrg , replied that the _atner-I fcent o * M . Deville had been _setionily examined and _lacuAel inthe Censtitution Cammittee . M . Martin _prepMeJthecrder of the oay , which wajunajn" isflttsly voted by * _Joa _Attambly .
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The _debate had cot concluded np to Tuesday . The principal _subject of discussion baa been the eighth article of the preamble , on which M . Mathien , proposed an amendment whioh went to admit the right nf all _citzens to instruction labour , and _assistance . Oa Tuesday . M- Alex , da Tocqueville a ° cenaYd the tribune , and _contended against the droit du travail M . Ledra Rollin contended tSat the droit du travnil was a right conquered by the revolution ot _Fdbrnary ; that itwas the consequence and result of the great principle * declared hy the Convention . Bv refusing to inscribe the droit du travail in its constitution , the _AweroMy Tan the risk ( he declared ) of compromising the revolution and the republic . M . _Duvergier ( d ' Hauranne ) then spoke against , and M . Cremienx ia favour of tbe right . The _partisans cf the ' right to _Jab-. ur' are treated with the utm ) 3 t hostility by tbe Assembly .
ran WOBEUBNThe _stoae-mwrris—a very numerous class—have ' struck ia opposition to the * twelve hours' labour , required of them b y th « ir employers . Letters from Lynns of the 8 h inst announce that a club of _Montagna-ds had been established in tbat city , which ia regularly attended three times a week by at _least 2 , 000 operatives . At the last meeting an _historical ea _?< iy was re . d in pr . tise of tbe most celebrated Communists who have appeared sitce the commencement ef tbe world , comprising Socrates , Pl * tp . Cabet , _Considtnnt , and Proudhon . Tbe reading of the composition waa terminated amidt cries of' Di _= ath to the aristocrats !'
The workmen , says the Truss are _dfclaimius in tbe _ciabs as violently as ever , and combining to insure the success of their candidates , M . M . _Raipail , Cabet , and Thoife—the mo 3 t objectionable _personp , in _theeyes o _^ tfie _Mode-e-, of those not yet _membets ot the Assembly . They are . howerer , suspected to be engaged ia other than * above-board * proceed nga , and are said to bs . collectively and individually , objects of strict surveillance . Tbe agitation of the ones ' , ion is not . however , con Seed to she _capital . f 1 several of the large towns of tha provinces the workmen already begin to _congregate aid lb demand employment . THK _VEROEANCX OI ? THI VICxOHIOUS B _UJBOEOraB . Another _convoy of insurgents _Bentvneed to transportation left Paris for Havre on Tuesday _eveoin ? .
ITALT . _DUTURBATJCES IN GENOA . The _Pexsikro Italiano of Genoa of the 2 nd contains sn account of tbe disturbances that took place tbere on the _mornins of that day , in const quence of the arbitrary expnhrion of Fi ' _-ippo de B < mi , a Radical writer , in open violation of the constitution . The people assembled , and a _deputaiion was sent to the governor to demand satisfaction . The laite ? an < we * ed that he had received the order from the _minwtry , who bad assumed the responsibility of it , and tbat the National Guard had nn right to int * M v _^ ne in the subject . This was not the opinion of the deputation , asd accordingly bills were prBted inviting the people to assemble about five p . m ., to make a demonstration to obtain _catijfaotirro , and a protest was _signed by the syndics of the Decurional body .
The _people , however , did not wait for the proposed hour , but moved oa with cries of 'Down with the Pioelli ministry ! ' invaded tbe ducal palace , the salcocs of the syndic ? , and those of the governor , _wbi _* , after vainly trying to elnde the subject , was obl'ged to allow the return of De Boni bv a written order . But tbe General of the National Guard , who had refused to place himself at its head , was deposed en the spot , and Lorain Pareto named to the post by the people . Meantime the police office had been sacked and burned ; among the paper * was found tbe very order , signed bv the Minister Pinelli , for the arrest of De Boni . The judicial instruction , conearnin ? the authors of the demolition of the forts of Genos , was also found , and publicly burned . The _Intendant G _^ r . eral of Police , Advooite . Cassellini , was wi'h difficulty saved from being thrown ont of the window .
The Corriebe Mbbcastilk of Genoa nf the oth , announces the return of Filippo da Boid , whose exile was ths oause of the late _, disturbances in that city . An ovation is organising in honour of him . SERIOUS IN _5 ORRECT 10 N At LEGHORN . ThfiPiaisii sxkse Gaz . et . ie of the OA states , that Leghorn _nas the scene of a ne _^ v insurrection on the 3 d . The decrees closing the clubs , acd prohibiting _tumsHuons _crowds , besides tbe orders for the arrest of several person ? , emanating from the extraordinary _coamissioser Cipriani , were the signal for it . The government bills were torn d 9 wn from the walla ; the _people rushed inb the square , and invaded the governor s pslace . The troops appeared , and fired in
the air ; tho people returned it by killing and woundins several ; artillery was tben drawn up asd swept the strada , bat was ultimately repulsed by a violent fnsilade . The cavalry " were also _repulaed . The troops retired with the governor to tbe fortress . 1 The military lost sixty men killed , other acconnts say 120 ; acd add that a part of the military laid : down their arms and fraternised with' the people , ! who were preparing to attack the fortress . A pro- f visional government was immediately formed . ' ¦ Letters from Naples annonnce the departure of ; tha Neapolitan flet , with 20 , 000 men on board , to ' ; act asaiast Sicily . The funds at Naples fell 1 J : percent . j On tbe 3 rd inst- the Sardinian army took the oath J of allegiance to the Constitution . The Prince of
Ui ! gnano pasted tne troops m review , atter waioa hieh nn ? s was performed at the cathedral _. Letters of the 6 th inst , from _Leghorn , detail the _events of the 2 nd and 3 rd . _ItappeatsthattWCom-, _missioner Cipriani ordered out four _pieceaof artillery . , and after repeated discbarges of grape the people ' were overawed and order was restored on Sunday evening . The troops remained ont on duty , but so little command did their officers hold over them that several of them ' joined the people , an d others delivered np their arms . The * * onsequneca was , " that Cipriani ordered thetroops who remained together into thn citadel on Sunday morning , and the city was in point of fact delivered over to the people . . Not a sin _ile _ronbsry , however , toek place , nor had any p _r- _» 0 B 3 , _residents or strangers , reason to complain of injury or insult . On Sanday several gentlemen , merchants , and
ethers , met together for the _purpose of considering what waa to be done for the security of life and prope-ty . _Whilst ' there were assembled a deputation frcm the people wa 3 admitted , and in concert with them it was determined to send delegates to Florence fer the purpose of asking from the Grand Duke the a _miction of Prince Corsini _, a pets mage ranch esteemed at Leghorn , aa _Governor , and the interference of tne Advocate GaerirAzzi . a well-known Liberal , _wlrseisnjence over the people in Tuscany is conu _ierable . In the meantime the people formed barricades , and procured arms ; and the Commissioner Cipriani having abandoned the town , the troops returned to their nana ! barracks , the citadel being oc onpied by a medley garrison , composed of one-third
soldiers of the line , one-third civic guard , and oce third armed people . The deputation to Florence waa received by the Minister of the Grand Duke in a very unceremonious manner , and it was plainly told them that , as long as the people Mi arms , it was quite impossible to treat with _theTO . Prince Corsini refused the nomination of Governor , but the Advocate _Guerrani agreed to come to Leghorn , and to use bis influence with tbe p < op ' ein _ftvjur of order and cf submission to the laws The delegates , accompanied by tbis gentleman returned on Monday night , and M . Guermzi mad ? _several speeches on Tuesday to the crowd , all
of which were much applauded , and frcm the remit of which it appeared that the leaders of the movement had nothing else in view than the ; restoration of order and the stability of free institutions . In pursuance of the advice of this _gentleman , a se oonddelegalioh was formed , conBis'iag of two members of the Chamber of Co-amerce , two merchants , two lawyers , two doctors , and four of the people , among whom _Guerrazzi classes himself—all of whom proceeded forthwith to the Grand Duke , who is said to be at Pisa—if not there , at Florence—for the purpose of submitting to him the following demands : —•
I —A _re-organiiatioo of the National Goard , and ¦ _rminsr the ri serve ef the same . 2 . — -That tbe fortresses shonld be garrisoned by twothirds of the National Guard and one-third troops of the Hn «) . _% , —The _abrogationof the extraordinary _powersgrantert by the Chamber to the government . * , —A general amnesty , or rathtr oblivion of the past . Letters from Leghorn of tha 7 th inst ., state that tbe barricades had been then removed , and the city bad returned to ita usual _indnstrial occupations . A governing committee bad been appointed . Milah . —According to the letters received from Milan , that capital presents a _ecene of terrible desolation , not only the theatres and public promenades and streets , bnt even the churches are deserted . Tbe palaces of the noblesse are filled with soldiers , _several of them are converted into hospitals for the sick and wounded .
_Leiters from Pontremoh state that the fonr small _tnwtis— Calice , _Palerone , Monti , and Pddenzanawhich refused to be annexed to Tuscany , have constituted _themselves into a republio , after the departure of the Piedmontese troops . _Vusrca . —A letter from Venice , dated the 1 st of September , states—¦ The govern meat received jeiterday evening the distressing news that tbe _Pontificsl soldiers were to be recalled by order of 'he Pope . If that should happen it » 111 ba ImpoiBlble for ns to gaard all onr sea-coast poiitloas . Happily , the _Anstrians have somewhat diminished the number of troops which form the _bl-ckadtng force of the town . The Sardinian fl > et remains in pert , and , so lOBg as sea communication is allowed , supplies teach us , and -ostein our courage . '
RENEWAL OF THE WAR IN SICILY . We have important advices from Messina to the 2 nd instant . The expedition from Naples by sea and laud had arrived on the opposite ooast ( Calabria and about 2 , 000 men , including one of the Swiss re .
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gimehts . had already been sect aoros 3 to reinforce the garrison of the oitadel . L Extract ef a letter from Messina , dated the 2 nd instant : — | The cttj of Messina presents a very formidabb aspect la appearance ; the defense will , _donbiless , bs very resolute , but the result of the struggle osnnot be doubtful . All tbe bonses in the town aro completely dismantled , all the farn ' tore having been stnt into tha conntry , and " only a few mattresses lsfe to shelter tho » e who _flra fmm tbe windows . The streets are completely _unpaved
and covered with barricades ; men of all classes , priests , monks , and children , work at them night and day , bu ' they have none to direct them , no _jrofesiors of the iclance , and those lll . constructed ramparts cannot loa ? resist an attack of cannon . The combat will be _fiaro _* snd sanguinary ; but the _Sioilians , althoogh determined to fight to the last gasp , bave no chiefs , their arms are bad , and their forts are ill placed and badly defended ; thtix only weapons , Indeed , are their courage and their deadly hatred of tbe Neapolitans . Beinforcements bare arrived from Palermo but in _imall numbers .
Sept . 8 , _Stven a m . —The firing bas been opened for the last bour en both sides , tho citadel _bombards tha town , and tbe town replies with energy ; its firing i » _good . _bnt almost all ihe _shilla burst in ths air . Ins Steamers from _Rsgglo bringing fresh stores and _tro » p » have jast arrived , Tha trocpswlll be landed at a spot abont six or seven miles diBtsnt from tbe town , while the foit * continue to fira on it . _Anotb-r landing will b « _effected en tho eastern side , so tbat M . _sslna will b . « placed _batween tbree _i 5- * s , snd nothing bat a _« _-bort _thonph desperate _vctfctance cm beixpected , nn _' . _ess tho _heroiim of the _Inhabitants efLct a _ml-cole .
The th p- anchored in ihe rcadBtcaJ h _* ve been _olllg i A to haul off a greater dinance , ns the shots were falling h am' niist thorn . The French frigate left a _* 30 Ut a we U since for the Adriatic , but her place has bem tuppHed _& y fh « _P- _< _n'ina for tha _profeatlon of French saf j _ct « _, eno to form an asylum for the Sicilian women end children who tn » y _rcquiie it . The eame hospitality has baen offered by the chips of all oat ' oas in the roadstead . Half-past _Siiven . —For the last half-hour thj firing from the tenn has somewhat _slacfcMicd . while tbat oi the fort faaB became brisker . No _intclllgrBce has ye * reach Bd the town , of tbe landing of tho R _.-jal troops _. The CoN 6 TiioncNSK & , in a postscript to a private letter , says : — At tbe moment of the departure of the Frtnch _packerboit _tboco'iibat was very desperate , particularly on the part of tbe 8 _arlsa troops , but tbe Sicilians everywhere had th 9 advantage .
The _prople bnd attacked tbo citadel , and had d _> _stroved apart of tte fortress , which was protected by fortv pieces o ! cannon . Tho Sicilians , in order to carry a re . donbt , bad waded np to their waists in the water . AU Sicily was _msrehing to a man to defend thoir national independence . Thepeoplo have everywhere displayed the most oxtreordinary bravery ; tbe youngest children bave emulattd tbeir elders ia tbo roost daring feats of heroism . On tho approach of the Neapolitan _eqnadrcn , _Rnggiere Settimo published a proclamation to the Sicilians , call . In ? en them to stand firm in the defence of their liberties , and holding out to them the _strongest _hopes tbat s few hours wonld show them the futility of every attempt on the part of their tjrants , any _logger to enslave them ,
¦ We read in the Pensiew Italiano o f Genoa , o f the _following intelligence : — 'A steamer arrived there from _Messinu , which ii left at two p m . of the 3 rd , announces that the _struggle had commenced ; at six A u , the citadel had opened a terrible _oannonads , responded to by the town with equal vigour . A few Swiss landed , aad were immediately cut to pieces ; but 2 , 000 men were introduced into the fortress . Enthusiasm ia at its height , and the resistance desperate . Men and women are armed , and fight . At the moment of tbe departure of the steamer the _firing _cmtinned unabated . ' : Gourmet * _na _Mabsehltis of th 9 9 th contains the following : — * The fl-eet arrived before Messina in
the evening of the 2 _^ d . The _bombardment of the town began at six the following morning by eighteen gen boats and by the citadel . The batteries of the { own returned the fire eo sharply that the gun-boats were compelled to _retiro with much damage and considerable loss . They repaired _towards Terra-Ixuova _. _^ whence _thsy discharged a largo number of balls , with a view to driving tbe volunteers away frcm the beach , whsre they had established a _batiery . The Sicilians fcigced a retreat , alter having ( _ipilied their guns ; by this ruse about 500 or 600 Swiss , who were despa ' ched to land almost all fell viotirns , bein ? either _massacred or taken prisoners . Some armed men paraded the town with Swiss heads stuck at tho poinkef their pikes as trophies . '
GERMAN * . _ViauitA , Aug . 31 . —Groat disquietude and sloom prevail in tho capital , by reason of the late collision with the _workpeople . Daring the last few nights several of the National Guards have been attacked and wounded in the streets , it is said , by workmen . Report says tbe latter aro Broking to obtain a goo _t supply of fire-arms , rspeoiaUy pistols . _Bsrus , Sept . aVh . —A master printer of Liegnilz having been arrested for sedition , a multitude ' assem bled by tbe doora ot the chief magistrate , demanding the prisoner ' s liberation . This n _? t being accorded , they proceeded to the prison , burst open the doors liberated the prisoner , and carried him eff in triumph to his own abode , where tbey mounted guard , and Bwore tbey would not permit his _re-incarretation . Ia the meantime , not a single Burgher Guard or
soldier interfered , or if the former did interfere , it was merely in the shape of the commandant , who addressed a speech to the people , earnestly _begging them not to proceed _tofurtber violence , snd _as « uring them that he would bs responsible for _Oench ' s not being arrested . ¦ _» Birlin . Sept . 8 —External tranquillity rei gns in the eity , but the nnder current is very agitated . The _Bareherwthr are resolved to stand by the people , and sent an address to this effect to the Assembly yesterday . Several battalions of the Burgherwehrare stationed in tbe _neighbourhood of the Singing Academy , and the vicinity is thronged with crowds of people . The committee of the various clubs have sat throughout the day , and numerous placards and protests against the Ministry are freely circulated _.
The ministers have been hong in effigy . Suspense and anxiety is depicted on ever ? _countenance Letters from Berlin of the 6 th and 7 th in the Kolkbb _ZmciJQ informs us of an important rainis teriaJ crisis , cawed by a motion of the Opposition that tbe Constituent Assembly should force the _Cabnet to issue a proclamation charging all military and civil officers on their honour to resign , unless they could reconcile themselves to the new state of things . The Cabinst we e of opinion that such a measure would be inquisitorial and despotic , and hare , frem the beginning , opposed the progress of tbis motion through the house . The debate oame on on tbe 7 th inst ., and the _division showed a majority of 65 votes against the ministers . It appears
that the decision of the _assembly was received with great joy by tbe people of Berlin . The members were loudly cheered when they left the house . The Prussian ministry has resigned . The _Staais _Aszeiqsr of the 10 th ra * _s , under date Berlin , tbe 9 th , * Testerday the ministry tendered their resignations to the Ring . His _Majesty has neither _accepter nor _rejected it , but in theo > _ursa of ' to-day he sent for Grabow , president of the National Assembly , to _SansSoaci . ' At C logne , on the evening of tbe 8 th . about two tUout & nd persons assembled in tbe hall of the demo cratic unicn , and _repea'edi line by line , the poera entitled ' The Dead to the Living , ' for which the well known author _Freiiigraih ( who in that poem displayed ' more than his usual f _enins ) , ia now
imprisoned . Those portions which alluded to the republic ; to tbe destruction of _tbroret , and to the _rals-. ing of _barrioades , were greeted with immense _applause Late in the evening , one or the editors of tbe Neue _Rheim-chk _Zsitdko entered the hall , and announced tbe defeat of ministers . The intelligence was received with deafening cam ? , wbich were repeated all along the main streets a ' ter the _Assembly had left the hall . The liberals of Cologne have forwarded an address to : the National Assembly in Frankfort against the truce with Denmark , acd another to tbe Constituent _Asrembly in _Berlin , denouncing that olause in tbe Burgepuehr Bill which obliges every member of that body to swear allegiance to the Kin ? . „
Up to tbe evening of the 9 th nothing was known in Frankfort as to the formation of the new ministry . The same may be said of Berlin . At this latter plate the democraiical society has come ont with a warm _address to the Poles in Posen , iu which the ftesh division of their territory is condemned , and in which fervent wishes are expressed for the independence ol Poland .
HUNGARY . . The accounts from the seat of war are disastrous . A courier arrived at Pesth on tbe lst instant , with tae intelligence that t > ie Hungarians had sustained another defeat at the Roman breastworks between Temerin and Jarek . ' The battle commenced oa the 28 th August , and was continued on the 20 tb , the Hungarian Minister of War , _Messarca , commanding in person . On tho 28 'h tha Hungarians bad tbe advantage , but on the 29 ; h they were driven back with great slaughter . Temerin and Jarek fell into
the hands of the _Insnrgtnts . through the treaohery of Lieutenant Math " , and were given a prey to tno flames ; The Hungarians fled to Alt ker _, where they were rallied by Lieutenant Field-Marshal Count Bechthold . The _int-urgents have how taken tbe offensive . _Messaros _, who _lelt the army on the 28 ; h for Peterwardein , narrowly _escaped falling into the power of the insurgents . Ko-sutb , who announced the above faot in the Hungarian Chamber , spoke in bitter terms ef the treachery of some of the Hungarian _officerc .
A great popular assembly was convoked for the 8 th instant , on the great plain * _Rakos , ' near Pesth , where from time immemorial it has been the wont of tbe Magyars to meet on horseback , to deliberate c , e tbe affairs of the State . _According to theBitESLAU _Gazsite , two _battalions of the Boober Frontier Regiment had _crossed tbe Danube , without resistance , at _Bukowsr- . The Ban _iaperwa-fraitotaketh ' _s command of 56 , 000 nep ,
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_? _- l Hunga » 7 . He has already issued a notmcation that his operations would in no way intertere w ith the navigation of the Danube . ? tJ _M- _- i 8 ari sn Papers publish a proclamation cf tne Minister of the Interior , announcing tbat the uunganan troops have at _length sucoeeded in storming the camp of the insurgents , at _Perlsss . The combat took place on the 2 nd _ir . _stant , and lasted tw . _nours . _ine _Hunaarians took seven pieces of artillery , and ancmbtr of _prisonets . Ninety of theimur ' gents were _Miled . A letter from _Temsswar in the Banab , in the Okstbbbbichkchb _Zkitong , _s ' _ates that the oity of _Weraskirchen has again been attacked by the Servians , who , on the 29 ih ult ., burabirded it for eight hours , but were at length forced to retire , leavin » two hundred of their dead behind them .
SWITZERLAND . _, Letters from Berne , in the Allgemeine Zeilung , inlorm us that on the 3 rd instant the Diet assembled for ihe purpose of declaring the acceptance of the _federal Constitution . It a . pearsthat 15 | canton-, with a f _. oBidation of 1 890 , 51 _,, voted in ita favour , against 5 § cantons , with a po ulaii « n of 177 . 656 _sauls _, winch were opposed to it . Tcssino . with a population of 113 , 923 aoul « , has not yet voted on tbe question .
THE SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN QUESTION . Thero have been stormy scenes in the German _ahsembly at _Fraikfort . On the _Stli _iu-taat , the Assembly _rasdveU _, tn the question uf the _Sohleswig _Hilateroariuatice :- ' Tbat tbe Natioaal Assembly do command the iEtimcdiate suspension of all military aad otber acts about to bo _doce io execution of the armistice , f he _reiniaters constquently resigned , and the _Kejient has not yet obtained a new ministry . Tae _greatett excitement prevails , and a renewal ot tho war n fufly anticipated .
The news frora _ScWeawlg-IInlstoIn confc nues to bo very exeitinj *; and impnrnal observer ;* are of opinion that the inhabitants cf _Ilolsieiu will at leaM ; decUro the _Rspublio as _saon aa the first stop is taken to kToe a _rew I ' mvisional Government upon thorn . Count Charles Moitke , with his suite , has returned to _Uamburgh after a hair breadth escape , and immediately despatched a courie ? to Copenhagen demanding hiB dit 3 u 3 i 3 sal , stating that be nevor would havu accepted the important office if he had been in tho _slightest _decree _awire of tbe erahittered feeiinfeH whioh prevailed in the Duchies . _Tn-3 _performaiice of the conditions of the treaty has , meanwhile , commenced , and is going on very rapidly ; the _greater part of the prisoners of war hava already been exchanged at _Eckreolosrdfi ; several Proisiaa _rejimjiits have recrossed the Eibo .
STATES OF THE DANUBE . RUS ; IA . S InsOLSSCK . _—L'tsMPENDASCE _, o ? Brugssls , contains a priva'e correspondence from Bucharest _i-n-i _Cwnstadt , from which it appears that a coriflict is inevitable _bet-treen Russia and the Porte , _* m tne _Wai . _' acbian question . Russia wi ; l not ' sanction the recognition of the ne _< v governnwnt by the Porte , but insists oa re establishing the former order of things in W _^ . tai ' _v / v .
SCANDINAVIA . The Norwegian Storthing has dosed its session _. In the official speech , read on toe _oocau _' on of the _prorogation , King _Oacar I . declares that he has made _uxceasiDK efforts , in conjunction w ' _uh all _hisallie _" , to maintain the _general pnace . of Europe , snd tbat b s Majesty bas not shrunk from any .- _'aorificei hoff ( . reat soever , that appean d likely in any way to promote the attainment ot so desirable an object .
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THE _CDOLERA . Letters from the frontiers of _Galicin state that the chskra bas appeared with such violence in thi _coverncif nt of Lubiin , in Poland , that iu tho small tfiwn of _Krasnyste'W alone more than 409 persons died . The malady declared itself after tho arrival _ofFomereKirnentsof C' _-SfackJ , of whom a ! considerlib _' e number wero the first victims . It appears from letters received from St _Potersburgh to the 31 st ult . tbat the ravages of the cholera are drawing to a close in that city . On tho 27 th of
August thero were thirty-six r . ew oases and eighteen deaths , nnd oa tbe 28 ; h only twenty-two new casta anl six deaths . There remained but 370 _r . _atiesta suffering under ( bat dreadful malady . At Mo ? onw , _iikewiw . tho cholm appears to be about to ex * ir \ On the 17 'h and _Ifr'h ult . fifty ei _f _. 'ht new cases Had appeared , and twenty four flcathn . There remained 379 under cure . At , Riga 220 new cases were _dcolariid _between ( be 19 ; h and 22 ad ult ., end r-ixtyeight death 3 . At Helin _^ fors , tbo capital of tba Grand Duchy ot Finland , the cholera had _attacked _frrty-ei-jht _pecsoris , of whom twenty-seven h _& d died .
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PREVENTION OF COLLIERY ACCIDENTS . An adjourned inquest on the bodies of Thnmas Purdy and Thnmas Podraore , two men killed at the Tinker ' s _Ciough Colliery , Shelton , by the breaking of a chain , was resumed on Monday , at the _Sarawn ' _a Head Inn , before Mr W . Harding , coroner . Mr Forrester , tfcc mining agent of Lord Granville , at whose colliery the accident occurred , and Mr Fpurdrinier , the inventor of the _safeiy apparatus for the _preveatioa of accidents in miBes from the breaking of ropes or chains , were in attendance . The witness _Rhbad web recalled , and his _deposition was read over tf » him ; upon whioh Mr Forrester inquired if he had never known men swing _themselves from the bank into the pit by catch * ing at the ropes cr chain walnut proceeding the usual way ? The _witness replied , that he had known such to be tbe cace , but it was not bo on tho morning of the accident with the Ken who weie killed .
Mr E . N _Fouhdmuier then produced two beautiful models of hiB invention , and said , tbat whether from _oareieasneaa on the part of the men , or accident , bo far as the breaking of a rope or chain was concerned , or tbe drawing over the pulley , _hisinventien was eqnaily _efficaoioHB . ' [ MrFooBDRi « iBR hero explained the working of the apparatus , _whichuhde ' ment . a verycritical and minute examination by thejury , by , whom numerous questions were put to the inventor . ] In reply to a question put by Mr _Foprdrinibr to the witness Rhbad , as to whether he had seen the apparatus at work in one of Mr BrindJeyV pits , war Cobridge _, be replied that he had Eeen it , but not at work . The following witnesses were then oalled by Mr Fodrdkinibr , to speak to the efficiency of the invention :
Thomas Choblbv , in the employ of Mr Brmdley ; at Sneydgreen Colliery , said that tbe apparatus was in use at a pit near Cobridge . Since the invention was put np . he bad gone down repeatedly ; the corfe was knocked off , and it did not fall more than an inch and _a-balf . The chain had been broken by way of experiment , and also pulled over the pulley , but the pulley remained perfectly stationary . On one occasion five individuals were in the corfe during the experiments , and it had also been tested with heavy _weights , and was quite successful . Richard _Badbblm , a ground bBiiiff at the Sneydgreen Colliery , also bore _testimony as to the efficiency of the invention . He eaid , that the pit where the apparatus was put np was worked previously by a chain , which was not considered safe ;• but now no _apprehension was felt . Before the apparatus was _aat up , he did not go : down with the ] chain , but now he did , and believed be was . quite secure . . , _,. „ ' — w . _» -, _» u _» w ... — .. w .. _Ww , "m > _, i | u > , uiuv . wi . i . _., . j ,
Bt a _JuaTMAN : Then you would ; prefer . going down a pit with the apparatus ia use?—Witness : To be sure I would .- ' ¦¦ ' . - ' ¦¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ :.. ¦ ¦ ¦ .-ii ' Mr _FoRnasTER observed , that no colliery _apent was more willing than he was to adopt any expedient he _oonsideud _caVcatatrd te gave , the lives of workmen ! They were now working as dangerous a pit as any in the county , and in order to render it more safe aeon siderahlo sum was being expended to improve th « current of air . With regard to Mr Fourdrinier ' _s invention _, it bad some good properties about it , but he did not think it quite perfect . He thought there might be a chance of tbe guides giving away . Mr FouRDniMER _ebsRi ved . that the particular form of the guides , the materials they were composed of . whethfr chain , wood , or iron , or the strength of them was a mere matter of detail , and might be varied according to the indication of patties . , He considered i here was not the slightest probability of thtir breaking . _:,.. ¦
a Jurvman to tho witness Baddeley : Do you think the guides ar . fuch a Wt of the apparatus asaro likely to break ? - _~ WiTKBfs : I do not . The Coroner observed , that on the 17 j _, h of August last year two men , of the names of Harrison aid Mat thews , were killed at the Bell ' s Mill Pit of Lord Granville ' s colliery hy the slippisg of a chain , and he uquiredfroa Mr Forrester whether in hia opinion the lives of the men would not have been saved if the invention had been in use at the pit ? Mr Forrbmbb B & id , that that acoident was entirely the result of carelessness in the men not having hocked themselves properly on . If the apparatus had been in use , it was possible , if the _rcdu had stood , that ihey might not have been killed . No other witnesses having been called in reference to the accident
Tbe Coroner observed to thejnry that their first duty would be to find a verdict ; and if they thou _- _, bt proper to make any representation as tothe apparatus , it might be done afterwards . A verdict of _» Accidental Death * was returned ; and the jury , at _theis own request , wero then left alone to consider whether any suggestion should be made . On pur _re-admisaion to the room , the foreman ( Mr E . Boston ) _ewd , thejury were unanimous in their opinioa as to the importance of Mr Fourdrinier ' s invention , and _reoommeuded its being put in operation bcthbyMrForreterandthe mining acente in the district generally .
The _Coronbs observed that , seeing a reporter present , he had no doutt the recommendation would go toft to _ttopublvo .
Even Handed Justice. We Give The Followi...
EVEN HANDED JUSTICE . We give the following without comment , as illustrative of the mode in which Daniel Whittle Harvey , _ofuotanous character , who may be taken asa sample of his order , deals with the liberty of the subject , and we shall only Bay , from such justices , 'Good Lord , deliver as . ' But who that has heard of the doings of the late hon . member for Colchester , as the professional adviser of his distressed client , will wonder at the impartiality of the Judge . Reader , peruBe the following , and judge for vour . self :--
TO TDK _BDII 0 R OF THK N 0 B . IIBBN STAR . _Alberaarle-street , Clerkenwell , September . 7 tb , 1818 . Dbar Sir , —I take the liberty of addressing you on a subject _whioii I deem of some pablio importance , and if not checked may give the _Attorney-Gi-naral a few more victims . I ain not much used to writing , but I will put the case before you aa brief _» b I can , and _tlwa you mil } _itde . e what course ought to be _puwited with it . About a fortniehtsiF . ee , a _youns man , a tatter _oarrier in the past office , came to my shop on business , at which time there waB a person _onnversin _? with me 0 : 1 politics ; I happened to ba dwelling ou the _abiinvnable spy system , and put it to him whether it would be fair to cmvict nv n on the testimony of such a _miscreintas P . _well . The to itman eaid n _» doub _; there were phsty of spie * in tbe cirao , for he knew a City policeman , of the nanio of
Webb , who Htuied in his _hearing , that he was an _enroHod _Chayti-t , a _? . d often went to the _meetings armed with a pike . I"toll hira that I certainly Bhould make a complaint _against such a character , and aBked _hisi if he was prepared to go and repmt wbat he had stated , as I was afraid he might loss bis plaee . He Raid he wou'd . 1 then _wroio toD . W , Harvey , Esq ,, and he appointed Jast Saturday mornins * to hoar the co ? e . Ho heard what my witness had to sa ? , and _alih-uuh Webb was in the offioe he wa « not called in , the CommuFjioner hastily winding the _aifiir up by saying he could not _intertero . I then went home asd wrote a letter to the Times , a cpy of which , ia _enckaed . I put it in the editor ' s box about thrc' 0 o ' clock . I had a ktti r the same evening from the _Commiss _' _iorer , _requesting my attendance 8 _(? uin on Tuesday . I saw , _| n the interim , the man to whom the _wirds ware said to be addre . 'Fed
by the policeman , and _m-kod hira if he recollected the words um d . tie said _Wtbb was a particular trend of hk , and alth _; u _^ li he ad mitted the tru ; h of the _abatement he did not wish to come forward , and he Baid . he . could not como aa his master was ill . I ivsnt again on _Tuesiiay . Thep . > stman _wasthereand _persovereu in , his _statemont before Webb , who contradicted it , out admitted _havio <* beea in his company ; a letter was produced , purporting to come frcm tbo other party to _whom the words were addressed , contradicting the statement , but it is a curious fact that I can prove he can neither read nor write . I instantly objected to the letter bein « received in evidence , but was told by tho worthy Cornmis doner that
if I did not hold my tongue I must go out of the room ; he then _agaia _oloa-d the affair by saying ha disbelieved the witness I produced , and acquitted the policeman of any blame . Such are the lacts of the case . I leave it to yon to judge rfberhcr it thould be pursued further ; suppose it had been the case that ho hoard any Chartist assert the same words j I wonder whether he would not be _dragged frota his home and the charge magnified into almost treason .. I am , sir , your obedient _servant , M . P . Leb . P . S . —It is my opinion the letter I sent to tbe Timbs , instead of fi tiding its way to the press , was sent to the poliee , offico .
TO THE yDITOR OP IHB TIMES . _Albemarle-street , Clerkenvell , September 2 nd , 1848 . Sir _. —I havo just returned from an _invejtigation b ? . 'ore Daniel Whittle Harvey , Esq ., etracemin » a policeman of the _namo of _Wsbb , wbo I _proved by a witness had been _\ ntha habH of attending Chartist meetings accordin » to his own adm _' _ssion , armed wiih a weapoh ' which he termed a pike , which was likoly to _influent the weak-minded tn acts of violence ; The man Webb was i _> _i attendance , bufcincr _. _n-
_seq-ienoe of the _evidence 1 produced _beiia too _atvonft _, ho wai not called to give even a _owfcra'liction to it . The commissioner _s % y ? he _haa no power to interfere is tfce matter . 1 with to know , in tbe faoe of myself tettinjr a week on _thenilfRt _system for cohtradrcting the _sta'enii'nS of _L'rtd John Russell , that the pe _^ plu did not _wiint _reform , nnd tho fsot of Saarp _, Vernon _, _unrloihers being _sano for two yfars to _prison for attending a _Char'ist meeting which wa 3 terrced _illosal . whether this cian is to go sot-free _bi-cause he is a policeman ? Your obedient servant , M P . Leb .
P . S . —Webb enrolled himself as a Chartist at a _meeting in _Redcroae-street . Chartists , what say you to that ? But next week , mayhap , we may give the biography of Mr Commissioner Daniel Whittle Harvey , a most fit and proper Whig instrument .
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_M'Naughton , the Forger . —F . _M'Naughton ' the forger of a cheque for £ 3 , 450 , 17 s ., in the name of Alex . Henry and Co ., ' upon the Manchester branch of the Bank nf England , who arrived at Portsmouth in a vessel from St John ' s was taken before the magistrates at Manchester on Saturday last for examination . Tbe court was exceedingly crowded with commercial people , anxious to hear the proceedings Mr Newman , of the firm of Messrs . Preshfield and Co ., solicitors to the Bank , in London , attended to conduct the prosecution . The forged cheque was placed in the hands of Mr Balfour , at that time a teller in the Manchester Bank , who identified it , and said that he cashed it
for the prisoner on the 29 th of March last , giving him six Bank of England notes of £ 500 . each , four of £ 100 . each and £ 50 . 17 s . in gold and silver . —Mr Johnson , of the firm of Messrs Alex . Henry and Co ., merchants , Manchester , _siaied tbat the prisoner was a clerk in . their service on the 29 th March , ah'd had been for twelve months previously . The cheque produced ' was a'fprgery , —MrKearsley , manager of the bank of Messrs ' CunlifFs , Brooks , and Co ., Manchester , stated that tbe prisoner and another young raan ( Brady ) called at their establishment on the 29 th March , and prcseated three £ 500 . notes , requesting an order or letter of credit upon Liverpool for the amount . In consequence of some suspicion he told
M'Naughton , who gave his proper name at the time , to go out and bring some person who knew him as a reference . M'Naughton and his companion left the bank , but never returned , and the three £ 500 . notes were retained , and witness now produced them , they were identified by Mr Balfour as three of j the notes he hod previously paid , on that day to _M'Nauabton , at the Branch Bank of England . —Mr Newman here stated that be had several other important witnesses to produce , who were not in Manchester , and he oppVied for a remand ii ' , 1 tbey could be summoned . The application was acceded
to . It is stated that M'Naughton aud Brad y , when apprehended at St John ' s were placed in a temporary prison , the old one having been burnt down , and both made their escape ; M'Naughton , however recollecting that he had left behind him a pair of shoes , returned into the gaol for them , and as he left , it a , second time , was challenged by a libldier . on . sentry and secured . Brady , without waiting for his . companion , lost no , time in making his way out of the neighbourhood , and so far has escaped pursuit . The money recovered from them amounts ( exclusive of the £ 1 , 500 . detained at Cunliffes , Brooks , and Co . ' s bank ) to £ 1 , 620 .
A Con for Bachelors , — -Why are young ladies of the present day likel y to make good wives ? Because they make a great bustle about a little waste ( waist ) . _, Fire in the _Cambebwell-road . —A fire unattended with any serious loss of property , occurred on . Sunday forenoon in an oil and colour warehouse belonging to Mr Denton , _Bolingbroke-row in the above road . . It . arose from a quantity of turpentine becoming ignited , and . was shortly extinguished . Tbere were 100 lbs . of gunpowder in the back of the premises and 10 lbs . in the shop window : fortunately the flames did not reach itlier .
Tunbridgk . —Mysterious ReBBBRY of a _Cash-box . —A cash-box has di > appeared from the railway station which has given rise lo a good deal of remark . It appears tbat the box , which contained papers , and between £ 20 and £ 30 in cash , was p laced as usual in the safe on Friday night * and the head clerk took the key . On Saturday he discovered he bad lost or misplaeed the key ,, lout did not mention it to the station-master till Sunday afternoon , when after consultation with the superin * tendent , the safe was opened , and it was found that the cash-box belonging to the goods clerk had been-stolen . An immediate search was tuadein every direction for the box , which ' was found on
Monday in the closet belonging to the porters , with a hole broken through the top with some sharp instrument , the money all gone , but the papers not touched _^ There can be no doubt that the party or parties who committed the act were well acquainted with the station , position of the safe , & c , also that , the safe was opened with the missing key . Every endeavour has been made since by the superintendent and station-master , and , in fact , by every one connected with the station , to discover the guilty parties , for each feels , of ' course , till the guilty are _. discovered , they are all liable to suspicion , but , we believe , up to the present time nothing certain _towbwa _fliscoyewdi—MaWlm _Jwrml *
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ARREST OF JOSEPH BARKER _.--BOI / ION ELECTION .-MR J . BARKER , M . P . FOR BOLTON . ( From the Times . ) Tuesday having bern appointed for the nomination of a member of parliament , for Bolton , to fill up the vacancy occasioned by tbe death of the late mem ner , the Mayor and a large number ol the _inbnhifnnta assembled for that purpose in _Ibelaren new _Marketplace . Tbere were soon after the cvmmencement of the proceedings at least 6 , 000 perrons present .
The friends of Mr Stephen Blair , wh had been announced as the Conservative candidate , had luly expected that gentleman to h * ve returned ; but at ten o clock he had not made bis appearance . The town waa excited somewhat by the fact that Mr Joseph Barker , the Chartist candidate , had been arrested on the prnvions night , on a charge of _stdirion _. The _preliminary arrangements bcim * gone through , and the mayor . Mr T . R _, _Britfson , having a ked if any elector had 1 candidate to propose Mr P . _RoinwELL _, iron _foundtr , oi Sunny Mfl , in * brief speech , proposed Mr Stephen Blair , _blether , of Mill-h i ll , as a fit and proper person to _repr-Bent the _borough of Bolton in the Commons House of Parliament . Mr W . Grey , cotton spinner , seconded the nomination of Mr Blair .
Mr J . FuTCRnFr came forward acd said , that though they had exoeoted two _candidatts on the Liberal side , he had to tell them tbat there was not one present . One of _theao gentlemen ( Mr Barker ) _vborn he intended to propose to them as a _candidate was in prison j the other ( Mr . Girdnpi ) he knew cot what hud become of him . But though Whig and Tory had _onmbinrd , they were not thus to ride rough shod ovnr the _people . He trusted that the masses before him would convince the gentlemen pre * s ? nt tbat they were worthy 0 * ' the franchise , and that they were in earnest to obtain it . Mr R . Brock , grocer , briefly _aecsnded Mr Joseph Barker .
Mr J . Parkiksos , auctioneer , came forward its speak on behalf of Mr B _wker . fie did not intend , he aaid , to say a single word , hut the peculiar _circtraaetwres in which the borouo ; li was placed _cnsipelled him to do so . He had no enmity to Mr B ' air , but _knowingthat he belonged to a political school whwe only aim was to rivet the fetters of _brisd _^ _ge on the people , wbo from time immemorial bad b on th 9 avowed _eneroien of all freedom , wbo tell us that the people are only lit to bo ruled by an irrn rod , he felt it bis duty to raise bis v < ke _asjrtinsfc him . He was notsorry that tho Whigs were unable to find a _candidate . Whig md Tory , politically considered , wera both the robbers of tho people ; the only difference
between them _beisg that ; the Tory would rob the country in open day , while tha Whig would seek the da _. _kEesa ' of rip . hfc for his oVjnct . Tbe man who would faithfully represent _thtm was Joseph Barker . He was well known to be a religious man ; had long b ? Gn an advoca ' e for prace ; was opposed to aU wtflt and physical force . He would give the people the _rrancbiso ; lie would not compel _thesn to _suppsr ' t-a Church whose creed they did not believe ; he wad bold _enoujh to teach all , even the Queen heraelf . ' lessons of economy ; he was bold and tull of energy , never to be intimidated bv tho _tbseatfl of the _enemka of freedom . This was the man who would _beBtserve their interests , and tksiuh new arrested , he hoped that before night he wou'd be amongst them _.
The _Matob ( hen twice took the show . of _hacdJi , acd declared that Mr Joseph _Barker bad the majority . Thero wero at _lesst two to one in his favour . A poll was demanded for Mr Blair , when Mr Barker * * friends staff d , that 33 Mr Barker » as absent ( hey should not contest tbe election , and the Mayor declared Mr Blair duly elpoted . Mr H . Bum , the brother of Mr Stephen Blair , briffly thanked the meeting in his brother ' s behalf and a vote of thanks having been passed to tho Major , who responded , the meeting separated , ( From our own Con _espondenl . ) _BoLTorr _, Tuesday .
A vacanoy having occurred in tbo reprfsentationdf this bo : ough , in consequence of tho death of Ms _Boiling , tho Chartist body determined to nominate * _candidate who wou'd be tha advof a ' ft acd _vspraenta tive of Chartist _pririoiples . Mr Baiker _hnvir >! - been announced to deliver a course of lecture , the committee determined to nominate him » s a ofi . ndidats . Mr Barker . '' el vered his _firaS lecture on Frid » y overing to a numerous audience , and at its close a _rrsclutioa pledging thia meeting to support him _waH _unanimously carried . His 8 cci > ml lecture was annaunccd fV _. r M'md _. ay evening . On Saturday a _report waa widely circulated that Mr Barker w « u ! d ba arrested en a charge of sedition , if he ventored to return to tha town . This report was , on Monday ,
ascertained to be correct . ; and a _deputation was sent to meet Mr Barker at a lailway station at _stmra di 3 _' a 3 ce from tbe town , io apprise him of the oh > _eumstance . He determined to proceed at once tothe : own and contest the election . Great exd'ement was created by tbe arrival of Mr Beswick of _Msnoheater , and a pa-ty of about sixty police . It _appearefl obvious to the friends of Mr Barker tbat his arrest had been suggested by hiss _orpenetits in the _elettieo , and that it bad been pre determined to createariot in the tovrn , but that gentleman determined te baffle their designs by _surrendering before the meeting commenced . Mr Beswick , superintendent of tim _Manchester , and Mr Harris of the Bolton police , ! were sent for to the office of M ? il . M . _Richardson , solicitor , whose exertions to effect the liberation of Mr Ba _> _ker , and to secure his election , hi , ye _railed forth the warmest thanks of tbe Chartist body . Hr
Beswiok iiiMmed Mr _Richaidson tbat ho had a warrant for Mr Barker ' s arrest . That gentleman arrived at Mr Riolmrd 3 on ' s office immediatelj after , and was forthwith _conveyed te Manchester under a strong escort of police . In the meantime the people had assembled in great numbers at the Town Hall , and were addressed by Messrs Richaidson ; Bramwall , Warden , and Ford . At the conclusion of the meeting a subscription was entered into to defray the expenses of the election . Bail was prepared for Mr Barker , and every exertion made to secure his liberation in time to attend the nomination on the following morning . It is but justice to Mr Harris , the superintendent of police , to say that he gave every assistance in his po _, wer to Mr Richardson for attaining that object , by promptly furnishing him with the following letter : — _Borough Police-office , Bolton , - September ; llth , 1848 .
Sik , —lhave Inquired into the circumstances of Messrs Willtara _Haslam nnd Joseph Baton , tbe bearers hereof , who Intend to off r tberaielves as bait for Mr _Jostgh Barker , on a cbarge of _sedition , snd find tbey are fco ; h 011 n of substance , and suitable for bail . I am , sir , jeuc most obedient servant , B . _Beswlek , Esq , James HAsar t . _Chl-. f Superintendent of Police , _Unncbestcr . Mr Barker was brought up at the Boroue /* Court , Manchester , on Tuesday mon , iKg , when Mr Richardson tendered the above turned gentlemen as bail , _wi-. h Mr Harris ' s letter , certifying their fitness . But an objection waa taken that Mr Harris ' s letter did not state the exact sum the f _* entlemen tf ndeied as bail were vrortb . Mr Richardson then , anxious to _secure Mr Barker ' s attendance at the hustings , offered to deposit money for the amount of bail required . This also was refused , 8 nd Mr Richard-on returned to Bo _' ton , with the tallowing letter from Mr Beswick to Mr Harris : —
_Deab Sib , —Tho ju 3 _ticfs bavo _fitid tba ball of Mr BarHw at two sureties Jn £ 10 O _, and himself ia £ 208 . 1 shall bo glad to have your certificate of tbe goodness of such-ball for tbis sum . I am , dear sir , your- _trnly , Mr _Jamee Harri _*; Bichabd B £ « upK . _Supiriuteodeut of Polioe , Boifon At the nomination this- morning , Mr Stephen Blair vsas norainatcd by the Conservatives . Mr Jamea _Flitewft moved ,, and Mr _Rotept Greek , _grocer , serended . the nomination of Mr Barker , and wero supported by Mr Farkiaeon in a powerful speech . On » sbow of hands being called for , Mr Barker was carried , by an overwhelming majority ,.
A poll waa dtmanded , _hy Mr Blair , but on Mr " etttctolt declining to go t _» the poll , the mr . jor declared Stephen Blair , Esq .,, duly elected . In the course of tbe afternoon . _MnBarker arrived in _Briton , bail hamg been accepted as aeon as tim _eleoiiouhad terminated . He addressed aniimeroua meiKing in tbe market place . Sinco then a dispute _has-arisen _, as to . the validity of Mr Biuit ' _u return . I * . 53 ndroiUed tbat aa Mr BaiVr was returned by a show , of hand _3 ,. and as no poll has been taken , al . though _demasded , ibomaywhad no rifchtto deoida that Mr _Blakwas duly tlettsu . Mr Barker declares bi _: > intentioa cf petitioning _agtinst his return , and on aMsidea _&* opinion is that he will be _thesit'ing member .
An Bc'susr Codfish. — A Sloop, Belonging...
An _Bc'susr Codfish . — A sloop , _belonging . 3 d _Rutheaav , was recently lying in Locbbroom , the . _t-kippe _* of which , when fishing over the side , loBt the . keys ef his lockers , & o ., from bis pocket _lnteterj : fath * _roB of water . Attached to tbo bunch was a small piece of parchnunt , on which his naae and that of the vessel were written . He , of co _^ , gave up all hopes of ever seeing the keys again , and gazed on their rapid descent istotho watei y _deposAtory with deep regret . Six v , _eeks afterwards the stepper cast awhor til tbe island of _Bassay , aboat 100 miles from Loehbio 3 m , and again returned his piscatory employment . Among the results of his labours was
a large ccd fish , whioh was speedily unbooked aad thrown upon the deck ; aid , to the utter amusement of the skipper , the poor cod , when in tho last agonies of death , vomited up his bunch ol keys . The parchment , bein _<* partly preserved , proves his property beyond a doubt . At the same tice , as if _consciencestrioken , it disgorged a penknife belonging to a skipper , on which his initials were engraved . It _«» remarkable _ciroumstanee tbat tbis fish , in its migratory course , should arrive at the same spot where the sloop was , eawificinu its life , and with , its last breath'dieaharging an act of honesty tbat would haw honoured a higher grade or species of 8 * jijJJ'j ! gi _Qmnotk Mver $ ser ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16091848/page/7/
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