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The complaint at this moment is , that a large portion ofthe most fertile lands are now lying _tfnonyuncultavated , and yet our Soions are for tarrying away the very prime material b y which alone value can be given to it or wealth to the country—Labour . To every plan based upon the principle of reproductive labour applied to Ireland , for the _benefit of the labourer , the landlords turn a deaf ear or denounce them as oflsprings ofthe pernicious theories of Loots 35 ulxc , who happens just now to be the popular bugbear by wbicb . these nurses of old prejudices scare timid and unreasoning minds . Even now , when then- selfishness and ignorance have plunged a noble country into utter rain — -when landlordism has inflicted
worse and more wide-spread miscbiGf and suffering upon -Ireland , than years of bloody civil wars could have doneeven now , when the soil itself has become almost valueless to those who hare thus misused it—they stall keep a grim hold of it , and demand , as the final consummation of their policy , that a whole community shall be torn up from the land of its nativity , and transplanted to foreign shores , in order that a few hundred landlords may "do what they like with their own J' * If ever was the monstrosity
and the wickedness of the private ownership of the soil more palpably and glaringl y exposed than in this Irish illustration ! That accursed system lies at the root of most—if aiot of all— -the evils of what is caUed civilisation . "Without a free soil , true freedomeither political or social—is impossible , and we can only hope that now , when the appalling results of ibis false and unjust principle have become so apparent , that it will create an agitation upon the subject , and a new public opinion ,- powerful enough to put an end toj this crowning evil of our societarian arrange- j
ments . -Mr . DRTj"jniO"in >* s motion on Taxation acted somewhat as Milton says tbe touch , of Ithnriel ' s spear did to the I ) evii , in "the dis _^ guise of an Angel of Light . It showed the profitocracy in their proper persons . We have always said , in reference to their schemes oi _"financial Reform . " that , like their " Commercial Reforms /* " tbey were exclusively-meant for the benefit of their own class , and that any allusion to ihe labouring classes was mere humbug , thrown out for the purpose of deluding the public . The course they took , with
reference to Mr . Drummosd s motion , must have convinced the most sceptical that this is the lact . Unlike them , that gentleman proposed to deal with Taxation in a thorough-going and practical manner , with the avowed and direct object of benefitting the labouring classes , therefore they moved the " previous question , " and joined the "Whig Chancellor of the JSighequek and the Treasury backs at his back , in resisting such an honest revision of our Financial system ! One great feature in Mr . _Drhm-Hond _' s exposition ofhis views was , that he did
not play Samlet with the part of Samlet omitted , as the mere moonshine self-seekers do . "Whosoever would deal effectively or effectually with our national taxation , must not leave the National Debt out of sight . Mr . Drhmmoxd did not do so . On the contrary , he stated its gigantic proportions as principal , and the enormous pressure npon the country in the shape of annual interest , and asked , pertinentl y and forcibly , if those who have the government of the country ever intend to pay that debt off 1 a question we presume that must have heen suggested to them for the first time in their lives . "We dare say that to the mass of officeholders andMenibers of Parliament , the idea of paying off the National
Debt seems to be about as feasible as emptying thc ocean with a bucket ; and yet if the task were set about resolutely , honestly , and with a disposition to do impartial justice , ii would not be a very difficult task . It would mo doubt take some time , but it -would be comparatively easy to organise measures by which -an immediate annual diminution might be effected , which should increase geometrically by applying the constantly increasing annual reductions of interest to buying np the principal of the Debt . "We are happy that the subject was mooted by one who is the very antipodes of a _Revolutionist . _Tcrhaps others _tvill take courage from his example , and give it another airing by-and-by .
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob . thb "Week Esdlvg Thursday , Hat 17 , _18 i 9 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s _d . _Xajnhefl , .. 0 2 G Jas . _" Wallis .. 0 16 Westminster .. 0 4 0 H . _SneR .. 10 0 Mountain .. 0 S 0 ~ W . Hurray .. 19 2 Chepstow .. 2 7 G E . Murray .. 13 6 _Rossendsle .. 3 0 0 F . Hurray .. 13 6 Huddersfield .. 116 T . Gill . - -- 0 2 0 _Nottingham . -. 0 7 0 G . Sanders .. 0 2 0 Kewhury .. 4 2 6 3 . Gfllain .. 0 _^ 1 0 _Belfest .. 115 4 C . Jlowl .. 0 16 Manchester .. 5 4 0 J . _"VJgurs .. 0 2 6 Ilowsell , .. 1 15 0 J . Bailev .. 0 10 Crayford .. 2 33 10 T . Hodges .. 0 2 0 W . _M-lean .. 0 2 4 ? . _WaUis .. 0 16 £ 2 $ 14 8 EXPENSE FUND . Chepstow .. 0 6 6 Crayford .. 0 2 0 Rouen .. .. 0 2 _C Huddersfield 0 10 0 XI 2 9 Kottingham .. 0 19 _iSaa-aa TOTALS . land Fund 28 14 8 Expense ditto ... ... ... 12 9 Bonus ditto ... 270 3 6 loan ditto ... ... ... 0 l o Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 3 0 land Purchase Department ... ... 400 0 0 £ 700 4 11 W . Dixok , C . DortE , T . Cube , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gkath , Fin . Sec . i EXECUTIVE FUNDBeceived at Lim > Okice . —Todmorden , 5 s . 7 d . ; Sottiag ham , Ss . _Received hy S . Ktdd . — South London Hall . per Jlr . Duval , 5 s . VICTIM FUND . Beceived at Laxd Office . — Thomas Allar and Friends , 7 s . 3 d . ; Worcester , per _Harding , 10 s Ad . ; _Whitthagton and _'Caf-, 3 . - _* , VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received hy John _Auxott ( paidtoilr . Clark ) . —CamherweH , per John Simpson , Is . ; i ' rederickLever , _Sheffield , per "William Homes , 6 d . Received at 1 a > _t > Office . —Mr . Crowther , 63 . ; Mr . Davis , ed . ; Mr . . Hodgson , Cd . " Several appeals have heen made to the Chartists to make an effort to discharge the deht due to Mr . Xixon , incurred ia defence of Mr . Vernon , and several letters have reached me statins : tbat subscriptions would be commenced for that purpose . I wish our friends would not delay , ns 3 _fr . N . appears very Impatient , and I am weary of repeating to " turn the words' -Xotldng received . " W . RlDEK _. FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Received "by Wm . _Rhm-b . — "Seaston , Scotland , ISs . IM'DOUALL'S CASE—FOR WRIT OF ERROR , Beceived by Wm . Kideb , —Bolton , per J . Yose , 6 s . SA . ; _Keilstou _, Scotland , 10 s . j llr . 'Poulton , Sheffield , per * W . Homes , Is . lOd . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . — Stafford , per J . Barratt , lis . 6 d . ; Todmorden , per R . Barker , 3 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . 6 d . ; Colchester , J . Chapman , C . Alinks , W . Bruce , and * L Omn , 5 s . ; _Plulanthropic Society of Ladies' Boot and Shoemakers , and others , Rising Sun , _Callender-vard _, Longalley , "Moorfields , per Mr . Waddington , 10 s . i NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by Jons Assart . — Sheffield , per William Homes , 6 s . lOd . Coventry , per George Freeman , lis . 60 . -G _** _uuT ** rweH , per John Simpson , 2 s . ; Grown and Anchor ' _perL-Pelteret , 5 s . ; General Hill and Friend , Westminster per John Milne , 2 s . ; Mr . Piercy , Westminster , Cd . ; 28 , Ooldenlane , per Thomas Brown , 6 s . Id . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , £ 1 Us . ; Land Office , 3 s . — Total , £ 3 7 s . lid . As this lias to be . divided between thirty law-made widows and nearly one hundred orphans , the Committee again ask , SHALL THEY _STARTLE ? FOR MESSRS . JONES AND M'DOUALL . Received by Wm . _Bjoes . — Keilston , Scotland , £ 1 Ss .
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The Ikcomb Tax . —At a meeting of the corporation of Dublin on Tuesday a letter from the Secretary of State was read , calling npon the Lord Mayor -to furnish government with returns of the various salaries held by-officers of the . corporation . This letter was in consequence of the resolution of the House of Commons of the 7 th March , relative to procuring data for ganging the amount of an income
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LETTERS TO THE WOKKING CLASSES . XL 1 V . " Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps " millions , think . " bison .
PROGRESS OF THE "WAR OF . PRINCIPLES . " Brother Proletarians , Tliere is a report in to-day ' s papers that the Romans hare consented to admit the French into the Eternal City , to protect it against the Neapolitans . __ I place no faith in this rumour , were it for no other reason than that the Romans are quite able of themselves to protect their city against all that King
Bomba and his band of cut-throats could attempt .. Moreover , such an arrangement is utterly opposed to another arrangement reported b y the Civita Vecchia correspondent of the "Times , " to the effect that two Envoys from the Roman Government are on their way to England , to solicit Lord Palmebston ' s mediation between the Romans _aad the French ; and that General Oudinot has pledged himself to the Envoys not to attack Home until the result of their mission is known .
I shall indulge in the hope that the French are not yet within the walls of Rome ; and that the Itornaiis have no intention to allow them to get there . As to the mission to Lord i Palmebston , it may ho true ; but if so , I feel ! persuaded that Mazztni must have been overruled , for he—knowing what he does ofthe perfid y of the English Government , and the bitter hatred of our aristocrats and moneymongers to Republicanism in every shape and form—he could not have willingly assented to a mission so useless , if not mischievous and fatal . I admit tho possibility of Lord
Palmerston mediating between the spoiler and his desired victim ; hut his mediation will be only to "betray the latter tothe former . The coerced Portuguese and the betrayed Sicilians can tell the worth of Palmerston s patronage . If the Romans trust to English sympathy , or English justice , they are lost . In no class but your own , brother Proletarians , are to he found a hundred men in all England , who feel for the Romans and would aid them . In your ranks , many a thousand men are to be found whose hearts beat in unison with those of Rome's defenders . But what can
you do ? Nothing . You have neither money , nor arms , nor power of any kind . Your representatives in Parliament are limited to two or three ; and a Press you have not , with the exception of this solitary journal and two or three minor publications . The Romans must not look to England for help . Those English who would fraternise with Rome's noble defenders have not the power to do so ; on the other hand , the monopolists of power , will coerce , intrigue against , or betray the defenders of Liberty , but will give them no aid . Be
it observed , they are all alike , Tories and Liberals — perfectly agreed as to the end the keeping down of Democracy . True , they differ as to the means . The Tories would wage open war against the Democrats of all nations ; the Liberals would take no part in such a war , they would only permit it to be carried on without word or act of hinderance on their part . "What though whole nations bleed , and the lives of millions are sacrificed , our Liberals will be unmoved ; for why ? They are wedded to --Peace" aud "Non-Intervention . "
I have said that the Romans have no cause to fear the Neapolitans . You will see that in a first encounter a large number of Neapolitans turned tail , and threw down their arms . You will find it stated by the correspondent ofthe " Daily News , " that the Roman riflemen are particularly anxious to get sight of King Bomba . I hope they will be gratified—but I fear the opposite . I expect the Neapolitan Tiberius will take very good care to keep out of harm ' s way . The existence of that blood-lapping monster is a disgrace to Humanity . The " rimes" correspondent is in great tribulation on account of General Oudisot . That _interestinff ruffian "has had a continued fever since
the unhappy failure of the 30 th ; and though he has been bled three times , and had excellent medical assistance , he is not able to resume his field duties yet . i _u-uoioiui-iiWu-uif-ju-.. — ...... his field duties , he will be bled ( hy tho Romans ) so skilfully , that he will never be troubled with fever again ! This same correspondent of the " Times' admits the unanimity of the Roman population in repelling the French , and adds that " the prolonged obstinacy of the Pope and the successful resistance of the 30 th , has given immense moral , and brought immense physical , aid to the Triumvirate . " He further says , that " where | there was one man ready to fight before , there are now fifty eager for the fray . " This he reports on _*" - _" « _*^<» no <» nf _"Rno-lish aris tocrats , who , hostile to
the Romans , have fled from the city . The " Times " correspondent remarks that "the "Vatican and Capitol are mined , " and he has heen assured , by an English gentleman , that "the barbarians will hlow them up in case they are overpowered in a final assault . " The brave Romans are the men to whom he applies the epithet of barbarians and he adds : " Can the ferocity of these brigands go to that extent ? " Brigands ! This dainty gentleman might have selected fitter parties for his choice epithets . It appears to me that the brigands ' are the French , the Neapolitans , the Spaniards , and tho Austrians , who have carried fire and sword into the heart of a peaceful country ; and who menace the capital of the Arts with all the horrors of siege and storm , and
all the atrocities of military ruffianism . It appears to me that the barbarians are those invaders whose musket-halls have already pierced the tapestries of Raphael , nnd perforated the paintings of Michael AifGELo . If the Romans should be finally defeated , and if in their sublime despair they should blow up Gapitol and Vatican , the curse of posterity will ho awarded , not to the Romans , but to the foreign " hrigands" and "barbarians , " on whom would rest the sole responsibility of driving a noble people to acts of desperation . Why should the Romans yield their city to the sway of foreign cut-throats and priestly-scoundrels ? Retter far that all Rome -perished by one mighty act of selfannihilation , than submit to the renewed reign of cowled inquisitors , and merciless military
executioner" ; . The news from Hungary is not of striking interest . Rattles continue to be fought , in wliich the Hungarians are invariably tbe victors . The Russians are pouring into the Austrian territory , a mighty struggle is at hand . That heartless hypocrite , the _K-xc op Pbcssu , — who shed his crocodile tears over the patriots he murdered in March , 1 S 48—has at la-t utterly parted with his mask , and stands self-exposed the declared terrorist of Germany . Not content with
dissolving the Assembly , and trampling upon his own pet " constitution , he has proclaimed martial law throug hout his dominions . Military terrorism is the only law throughout Prussia . Bravo ! Goahead , _Pbederice William , terrorise to your heart ' s content . Use the sword unsparingly until you drive the people to return your paternal kindness with interest . You are a religious king . May you realise in your own person the truth ofthe scriptural declaration : — " Those who live bythe sword , shall perish by the sword , " j
- - — - _. — The insurrection in Dresden has been suppressed —but only after seven days' fighting . I anticipated the failure ofthe insurrection , but I did not anticipate that the struggle would have continued duringseven days . One such another victory and the Saxon king will bo undone . May his next fiahtbe his last ! But , stop ; I must correct myself . The King of Saxoxt doesi not fight , he only sets his miserable slaves to fight for him I perceive that the Morning Chronicle terms *•»« , _Rnvnn _kimrshu ) an " inoffensive monarch .
This inoffensive worthy brought about the Iate _ insurrection , by betray ing ¦ « his people to he _too of Prussia . He excited a conflict , and then ran away , to s helter himself in "the impregnable fortress of _Kbnigstein . " There he remained while his Saxon soldiers , aided by Prussian butchers _slaughtered his " beloved people . " . One word to the Saxons : the next time their King consigns them to the tender mercies ofhis underling butchers , I advise them not to let his Kingship run fo Komgstem . He would be of more utility as a hostage at Dresden .
As I told you in my last letter , the Dresden Insurrection was but the beginning of the end . Rhenish Prussia and Rhenish Bavaria are in a state of general insurrection . This day news has arrived of the proclamation ¦ of the Republic in Baden and flight of the Duke . The Times , Chronicle , and other papers pretend that the insurrections are already finished , or , at least , being rapidly " put down . " Believe them not : the insurrections are only bef inning —insurrections which must end in _REVO-. uTioff . ; -V If the . German bourgeoisie will honestly unite with
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the Proletarians to accomplish ademocratic revolution , that great change may be effected with little or no disturbance or loss of life . If , on the other hand , war , massacre , and anarchy overspread Germany , the bourgeoisie will be to blame , and will , I trust , find the punishment they will so well meiit . Wherever revolution is forced upon the people they should make the bourgeoisie responsible ia their persons and property for the issue of the struggle Brother _Tj-oietariass _, I congratulate you on the downfall of that arch-scoundrel Leo . v Faucher . Condemned by the vote of the National Assembly for tampering with the elections—left in an
_inglorious minority of five—Monsieur Faucher found himself forced to place the resignation of his office , as Minister of the Interior , in the hands of the President . The curses of hate and tho hisses of scorn follow him in his retirement from office . The result of the French Elections is not-, yet known ; but one thing is certain ; the wonderful progress of Red Republican principles in the army . Seeing that another revolution in France is inevitable , this is a most important fact . As yet we have seen only the beginning of the Revolutions of Europe ; the end is ho longer uncertain now that thousands of French soldiers have recorded their votes for the Republique Democratique et Sociale . L'AMI DU PEUPLE . May 17 , 1849 .
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j PUBLIC MEETINGS . FINAKCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY I REFORM . Meeting rx Old-Street . —A meeting of the Reform and Suffrage Extension Society , St . Luke ' s , was held on Monday , ( Mr . Ward in the chair ) , lor the purpose of receiving a deputation from the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association . The meeting was fully attended . After hearing a clear and satisfactory statement of the views and intentions of the central society and their intended mode of proceeding , the meeting- was addressed hy the chairman , the secretary , Mr . Hough , followed by Mr . Jones , and other gentlemen , when the following resolution was unani mously agreed to : Moved by Mr . Gilling , seconded by--Mr . '; Randall : — " That this meeting _approving of the principles of the Metropolitan Parliamentary arid 1
Financial Reform Association , pledge themselves to support that association , and resolve to become a district society for the purpose of carrying out the objects specified . " ';' Meeting at Birmingham . —A public- meeting ¦ of the inhabitants of Birmingham took place on Moriday evening at the Public Office , for the purpose of petitioning parliament for a full aiid free representation of the people . —Mr . Goodwin was called to the chair , and after briefly stating the object ofthe meeting , expressed his p leasure on finding that tho working classes were doing their own work in their own way . —Mr . Dalzell then moved the first resolution , which was to the effect that the political , financial , and social condition ofthe people _indicated the necessity of a thorough radical reform of
parliament , such rctorm to be founded on the principles of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , ' Tote by Ballot , Equal Electoral Districts , No Property Qualification , and Payments of Members . He expressed his hearty concurrence in these principles , and dwelt at some length on the depressed condition of the country in its various interests , contending . that nothing but the adoption of the principles which they wero met to promote would he the means of restoring the country to a sound state of prosperity . —Mi ' . Ward seconded tho resolution , and dwelt upon the increasiri _" destitution of the country for the last ten years / observing that if Universal Suffrage had been the basis of representation in this country fifty years ago tliere would not have been a tithe of the
existing destitution . —Mr . Charles Connor supported tlie . resolution , and urged the necessity of the middle classes uniting with the working classes , as tiie only means ' of accomplishing their object , and of abstaining from physical force doctrines , liis observations were enthusiastically cheered . —Mr . Andrews expressed his warm approbation ofthe sentiments delivered by Mr . Connor ; especially with respect to the propriety of uniting with the middle classes , adding , that it was a remarkable fact , that since the working classes became violent the middle classes of Birmingham lad left them . —Mr . Blaxland urged the necessity of . union among the working classes , and hoped the time would come when Birmingham would return forty-four members as its due proportion , compared with Tainworth , whieh already sent two members . Ue called upon the working classes to read and think for themselves . —
The resolution was carried unanimously . —Mi \ Brewster moved the adoption of the petition , which embodied the points contained in the resolution . _^ - Mr . Biggins seconded the resolution , which was supported at considerable length by Mr . O'Neill , who argued that passing events were paving the way to the accomplishment of thc people ' s political salvation ; and that , whether organised or not , their time was coming . The landlord , the farmer , and the people at large , were from their very necessities coming round to a right view of the necessities ofthe country . But there was nothing like going for thorough measures at once , and . Jie _^ _adyisedtiien _. menced . He disliked agitation , but there must be one more mighty agitation , and they must see to it that it did the business at once . —After a fewwords from Councillor Baldwin , the petition was adopted , and the business concluded .
Stepxey and _WiiiiECHArEL . —On Wednesday a numerously attended meeting of the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets was held at the King's Arms Tavern , Mile End-road , for the purpose of supporting the objects of the above association ; W . Williams , Esq ., late M . P . for Coventry , in the chair . — The Secretary read letters , apologising for nonattendance at the meeting , from Messrs . " G . Thompson , Hume , Bernal Osborne , Sir W . Clay , & c—Mr . Davis proposed the first resolution , which was to the effect that to render the House of Commons what it constitutionally professed to be—the popular house of representatives , elected from and hy the peopleit was essential that a further reform in the mode of electing the members and a commensurate extension ofthe suffrage should be insisted on . —Mr .
Robinson briefly seconded the resolution , and Mr . Linwood , who attended from the central association , addressed the meeting at great length in its support . — The resolution was then put from the chair , and adopted almost unanimously . —Mr . Bishop proposed the second resolution , the substance of which was , that to emancipate the ovcr-hurthened industry , of the country , a total revision of taxation and expenditure was necessary . —Mr . Philpott seconded the _l-esolution , which was carried unanimously . —The next resolution was moved by Mr . Maskell , and seconded by Mr . Spicer , and was as follows : — " That this meeting , impressed with a conviction of _thanccessity for parliamentary reform and a reduction in the national expenditure , will assist in their several localities to carry out the movement now in
progress , and enforced by the Stcpneyaiitl Whitechapei Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association . " —This resolution having been also unanimously adopted , the proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman . Finsbury . —At a meeting ofthe committee of thc Finsbury Liberal Electoral Association , held at the Belvidere Tavern , Pentonville , on Monday evening last , James Yates , Esq ., in the chair , resolutions were unanimously passed , expressing the approbation of the committee of the principles advocated by the Metropolitan and Parliamentary Reform Association ; and a proposition made to hold an aggregate meeting ofthe electors and inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury forthwith , the more effectively to co-operate with the said metropolitan
association . Southwark . —On Wednesday a meeting of the electors of Southwark { convened by the hig h bailiff pursuant to a requisition addressed to him for that purpose ) was held in the Town Hall , ' for the purpose of taking into consideration the best mode . Of co-operating m the objects , and furthering the views ofthe Metropolitan Financial andParliamentary Reform Association . At one o'clock . the high bailiff ( Wiliam Pritchard , Esq ., ) took the chair _^ and , having read the requisition he had received , ' said he had derived great pleasure in acceding , id it , inasmuch as the meeting was convened for the purpose of considering a matter of vast and important nnblic interest , and which was now occupying a
very large portion of the public attention . ( Cheers . ) He then read two letters lie had received from . Mr . Alderman Humphery and Sir William "Molesworth , the members for the borough , announcing t heir inability to attend the meeting , in' consequence _w being obliged to attend at twelve o ' clock in their place in Parliament , on the discussion and anticipated division upon Mr . Page Wood ' s Affirmation Bill . A number of resolutions ; iii furtherance ol the objects ofthe meeting , were then proposed and seconded by Messrs . Elkington , Blake , Thwaites , Douglas , Pellatt , Bronterre O ' Brien , and other gentlemen , and the whole of them were earned . A petition was ordered to be presented to the House of Commons founded on them . Thanks were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting _broKe up .
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General Bem and the _Huxoabians . —It is _renorted that General Bem , in consideration of his distinguished services , has received from the gvatetul Hungarian nation the grant of the domaino of Alcsuth . . This princely estate , which formerly , belonged to the late Palatine or Viceroy of Hungary , is situate in the fertile county of Stuhlweissenburg , and has always been considered one of the ,, best managed and most productive estates mthe _kingoom . Ris worth about £ 200 , 000 . ; It hau been decided by the French Governmentto rive w > the Marquesas , but to retain Tahiti _., __ It ia ' understood that the new House of Commons wiUbeready foroocupatioaat the commencement _of-jiextyear , . ' . .-.. ¦ _. , :. _i-.:: ::. A-.. . 1 ...:...
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A CONVICT'S FORTUNE . ; _AJewihPctticd"Vt . lane , who had been a notorious fence for years in London , at last carried his pit _KK he J i l eweUoncet 00 oftcn-in short , he was nabbedand lagged . From the first hewasquite aware that the sceneof his future destiny would be laid in _Isew South Wales ; and he set about providing for the Change m the most business-like way imaginable He realised all he possessed , and had it placed to the account of his wife in one of the Svdney banks ; and the day after ho received his sentence , sent her forward to the colony to be ready for his arrival Immediatel y upon his landing , his better half was ready with a petition to the governor to have him assigned to her as a convict servant , and , as she had qualified as a householder , the assignment was
made to her as a matter of course . Indeed , a wife _, if she had a family of children to back her claimand if she had not , she could easily borrow three or four brats for the occasion—rarel y failed in having her husband assigned to her ; and thus thc transported felon not only became his own master , but found himself in a place where he could employ the fruits of his past nefarious course to more advantage than he could have done had he been allowed to continue his career at home . The large and rapid fortune which these gentry have made in Sydney would almost appear fabulous , even in the purlieus of Capel-court during an epidemic mania for speculation . The spectacle of a millionaire emancipist is by no means a ram avis , and from five to twenty thousand a year may be taken as the
average income of the aristocracy of that worthy class . Indeed , they quite over-top the free and respectable _inhabitants ; and the exhibition is the more glaring because they endeavour to revenge themselves for the noli tne tanqere of the untainted citizen by the most ostentatious display of their wealth . You shall count hundreds of caniages-andfour , barouches , landaus , & c „ on the race course at Five-dock Farm ; and youv cicerone in giving you an account of their proprietors will onlv be giving you acatalogue of the most successfuffelonry of the colony . Still ,, in spite of their display , there is atways th * meanness of tho parvenu amongst these gentry ; for they will give anything to acquire a footing in the society ofthe free settlers , whom , at the . same time , thoy appear so ambitious of
outshining , I knew an instance ofa wealthy emancipist , who had for a long time been endeavouring in vain to induce a respectable draper to lend him his countenance , by . _taking a seat in his barouche ; despairing at last of being able again to scrape an acquaintance with him , he turned his attention to a person iii 'the same trade , but in more humble circumstances , oyer the way . He finally . succeeded in corrupting his virtue , and in enrolling one free settler on the list of his acquaintances , by the lavish expenditure of himself and his emancipist friends . It has often struck mo that these people , who are certainly not endowed with any excess of modesty , so rarely return to dazzle their old friends and enemies at home . I only know one instance , of the kind ; and if tho reception he met
with in his native place was generally known , I do not thitikthat it would deter others from following his example . Master-P was a very large horse-dealer in Lincolnshire , ransacking all the fairs in tho United Kingdom for hunters , carriagehorses , and hacks , and , after making them up , disposing of them to great advantage amongst the gentry within fifty miles of his stables . He was a master-hand at his craft , and had , notoriously , accumulated considerable wealth ; but one luckless ( or , as it ultimately turned out , lucky ) day , he happened to sell a horse at a hi g h figure to a gentleman who returned it as unsound , and , as our hero refused to return the money , a series of expensive law-suits was the result , in which he was finally discomfited . Enraged at this issue of his shiftiness , he turned
everything he possessed into ready money , and procured a docket of bankruptcy to be struck against him . His opponent , however , stuck to him like a bull-dog , and palpably proving in the Bankruptcy Court that hc must have made away with his property to defraud his creditors , he was prosecuted for the offence , convicted of it , and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years . An assignee master , however—a large emancipist stock and landholder—was ready to apply for him as a convict servant on his arrival , and with-a large sum which he had saved " out of the fire" by " smashing" at home , ho purchased a share of his shammaster ' s business . Now , although they are very foo d judges of breeding horses in Australia , they new nothing of training them to their paces , and making them up for market ; and Sam P posscsscd theso peculiar Qualifications to perfection . Before three years had passed , he and his partner
became the largest exporters of chargers to' India , where they always commanded enormously high prices , and where the breed of Master P— and his partner had already grown high into repute , above all others . At the expiration of eleven years , P -received a full pardon , and he returned home with a large fortune . Instead , however , of sneaking into his native place , like a returned convict , he entered it in an open carriage and four to the tunc of " See the conquering hero comes , " b y a couple of braying bugles ; and the same evening gave a sumptuous feast to his old neighbours and triends , whose flattering reception of him , I presume , mustJ'C . imputedjto . thcir .. _atU'ibutin < _Lhisj-eturn .- \ vit . in'favour of persecuted innocence ! AVhen Hast heard of him hc was enjoying all the pleasures and sports of a country gentleman ' s life , within a few miles of the stables which , before hc left England , he did not disdain to clear out himself . —Perils , Pastimes , and Pleasures of an Emigrant in Australia , . Vancouver ' s Mand , and California .
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A _Cnuncu wilfully FiBED . —Mr . II . Tucker , of Down-farm , Ashburton , in passing along thc road which adjoins the churchyard , Buckfastleigh , at about eleven o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday last , saw a quantity of smoke bursting forth from the vestry-room of tho church . He rode at a rapid ratetothetown , which is half a mile distant , and spread the alarm . The inhabitants hastened to the scene of conflagration , with tho fivo-engino and vehicles laden with hogsheads of water . By extraordinary exertions the fire was got under just atthe time it had communicated with tho roof . Thc vestry is entirely burnt down ; the roof of the north aisle is also much injured ' and burnt , as also thc
flooring at the altar . ' The chest in the vestry containing old . records and various documents belonging to the parish , is entirely destroyed . The incendiaries appear to have entered the church through one of the windows , and proceeded to thc vestry door which enters the chancel , which they broke open , and must have fired the vestry . Three large iron bars which they had with them were left behind in tho church , and must have been taken from some lime ' quarry in the neighbourhood . The church is situated on an eminence , iii a sequestered spot about half a mile from thc to < tn , and was new seated and much improved , about three years since , at a cost of about £ 1 , 000 . — Devonshire Chronicle .
The Manchester Examiner describes an iron warehouse made in that city to bo sent to California . The dimensions are : length , 60 feet ; width , 24 feet ; height to tho under side of the eaves , 10 feet ; height to peak of roof , 17 feet . It was completed in a fortnight . A . large Capivue of contraband spirits was made on Tuesday night , at Portsmouth , under thc following circumstances : —A steam tug left the harbour at ten p . m . without thc usual lights , afact which attracted the attention ofthe Coast Guard of Suuthsoa Castle station . The . steamer returned towards Portsmouth about . midnight with a boat in
tow , and when challenged by the preventive boat's crew she put on more power and entered the harbour , although several shots were fired after her . Other preventive boats joined in chase , and . the result was . the capture of tho Royal Charter ( a steam tug , employed by Peter Rolt , Esq .,- the government contractor ) a large boat , 150 kegs , containing nearly 700 gallons of proof brandy , and thirteen men , all of whom were taken , under an armed escort Qf . i preventive men , before the magistrates , and remanded for seven days . Mr . Holt ' s representatives have obtained the liberty of using the steamer , having entered into a bond of -E 500 to abide the result . ¦ -.
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Sleep . — The poot Young says , "Sleep is great Nature's second course—the balm of hurt minds . " Johnson says , " It is the parenthesis of _hunv . UY woe . " Sleep being thus appreciated by mankind , how desirous ought wc to he that all should tranquilly enjoy " sweet repose , " tlie general obstruction to which is through an unhealthy action of the liver . or other viscera . A little attention to the " young disease , " by having recourse to a mild aperient , often produces the most salutary effect , and for such purpose Frainpton ' s Pill of Health stands prominent in public opinion . _CoiiNS . —Thero 13 nothing so distressingly painful asa corn , and yet nothing wliich can be so easily remedied . . We have ourselves given a trial to that excellent corn plaster , known as " Paul ' s Evei * y . Man ' s Friend , " and are so convinced of its efficacy as to recommend it tothe : notice of all our readers . "Paul ' s Every Man ' sFriend , " can be obtained of any respectable chemist in town or . country , in boxes at Is . ljd ., or the quantity of three small boxes in one , for 2 s . 90 . ¦ ¦
A . GESTI . EMAN ' . BEQAINED -nu * USE OP HIS LlMBS BI THE _efpect or HoixewAY ' s Ointment and _Fiils . —Mr . John I Cock , a highly respectable gentleman residing at Madron , near Penzance , had been confined to his house for a considerable period ; from a fearful attack oi paralysis . He had recourse to the best medical' aid , but to no purpose , indeed , in such cases the usual treatment never does any good , he then resolved upon _^ _using Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills , and , to the surprise of all who knew his deplorable state , these wonderful medicines alone restored him to perfect , health and the complete use ofhis limbs . Bbbns , the Scottish bard , designated the tooth-ache " the hell of all diseases ! " And he was not far wrong . This hell , however , is not a "bottomless pit . " Fill up the cavity ofthe decayed tooth , and the torturing fires are extinguished . Brande ' s Enamel , placed into the decayed spot , prevents irritating substances from reaching the nerye ,. and . kindling . that inflammation therein , which gives the-terrible pain kiiown as tooth-ache . This substance is used , without heat , in a soft state , and "becomes hard in a few minutes , rendering uuspupd . . toe * pajnles ? _audwefulftv ' niiinyyears ' , ' ' ... ;" _-
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necessary before their report was received , why was not the bill brought in at the commencement of the session ? At the samp time it was not his intention to oppose the second reading , because he felt that it was impossible with the present system of poor laws to struggle with the condition of Ireland . As to able-bodied poor , they did not exist . Thero were no able-bodied men in Ireland except such as were employed by some few proprietors on their own estates . It was merely deluding the people to suppose they could be supported under the existing law , or by such a peddling chango as that now under consideration .
Lord Claude Hamilton called upon the government , to introduce a bill on the subject of settlement . Mr . Callachian said by the existing law occupiers of crown property were exempt from the payment of rates , and suggested that they should be called upon to contribute their fair , proportion towards the relief of distress . Col . Dunne , did not believe . that the _committer would make any report . Mr . Bright had the committee completely under his influence , -and he knew many witnesses had been examined ou subjects totally irrelevant to the Irish poor law .
Mr . II . Herbert charged the government with having changed the character of the Irish people from habits of honest self-cependenco into that of hopeless beggary / no resource being left but that of the Imperial Exchequer . : . Sir W . Somerville defended the courso taken by the government in introducing tho bill , which was the result of a portion of the evidence taken by the committee and already submitted to the House . Mr . V . Smith was desirous of knowing , from what source , when the maximum rate was exhausted , the further amount for the relief of tho poor was to be raised , whether from tho land or the consolidation fund .
Lord J . Russell defended the principle of a maximum rate , and with _regai'd to a vate-in-aid , as a general principle , - thought it ought not to be continued beyond a limited period . Respecting thc consolidated fund , he did not think it would be any ground for calling upon that fund to say that the 7 s . rate had been found insufficient , for it would be much better to leave those who were still to be relieved to such sources as they had before the poor law was introduced . The noble lord concluded his observations ofa general character by staling that ho . should reserve any remarks on the details until the bill went into committee .
Mr . Horsman contended , in- a powerful speech , that Ireland possessed great resources , land and labour , within herself , and enormous ' accumulations of capital close at hand , which was looking for investment , and asked whether it was to bo said that the present opportunity which providence had given was to be lost because in a British parliament there was not energy , or skill , or capacity enough to turn them to thc best advantage . Could they sit quietly iawn with a conclusion so discreditable to their intclligence , to their patriotism , and to their common sense ? The treatment of Ireland was the foulest that ever disgraced a Christian conntry , but ho trusted the time had now arrived when parliament would do something to remedy the wrongs ofa virtuous , a generous , but a much oppressed people . After a few observations from Mr . Napier , Mi ' . Clements , Mr . M . O'Connell , Sir II . Barron , Mr . Monsell , Mr . S . / Crawford , SirD . _Norreys , and Mr . _Stafford , thc bill was read a second time .
The Police of Towns ( Scotland ) Bill was read a second , and thc Accounts of Turnpike Trusts ( Scotland ) Bill a third time , and passed . _ Sale of Bread . —Mr . Bankes postponed his motion for a committee on tho subjeet of tho sale of bread until after Whitsuntide . M « , Smith O'Brien . —Lord John Russkll stated that he should propose on Friday that tho record in the case of the conviction of Mr . W . S . O'Brien be read , that then he should move two resolutions , 6 t ~ a ~ hi ' em b " or "for" tiih county "Oi" muiwicar * ns ~ vat place of Mr . W . S . O'Brion The House then adjourned . FRIDAY , May 18 .
HOUSE OF LORDS . _—Navigation Laws . —Lord Stanley gave notice that he should move such alterations ill the bill for abolishing the Navigation Laws now before the House as would change the whole character and principle of the bill . Italian Affairs . —The Marquis of Lansdowne entered into an explanation ofhis answer to Lord _Beausiont on Monday evening last , with respect to the invasion of the dominions of the Popo . Lord Aberdeen followed in a vituperative speech condemnatory of the government with respect to Austria , after which the matter dropped . Irish Rate in Aid Bill . —The Marquis of Lansdowne then moved the third reading of the Bill . The Earl of Glenoall , in a speech of considerable length , warmly opposed the bill , and after repeating several of the objections which have been so often urged against'the measure , concluded by moving that the bill be read'a third time that day six months ..
Lord CnEMORNE had no hesitation in supporting the bill ,, and Lord Desart declared his intention of votinw for Lord Glenc ' all ' s amendment . The Earl of 'MouNTCASHELt had voted against the bill on a former ' occasion , and felt bound to continue his' opposition in its present stage . The Earl of "Wicklow arid Lord De Ros also spoke against the ' measure . After some observations from the Earl of Car-MBM } in defence of the ministerial policy in introducing this measure , Earl Fitzwillum expressed his decided disapprobation of the bill . Their lordships then divided , when tho numbers
were— For the third reading ... ... 37 Against it ... ... 29 Majority —8 HOUSE OF ' COMMONS . — Mr . W . Smith O'Brien . —Lord J . Russell then moved that the record in the case of "W . Smith O ' Brien be entered and read . . . ... . The record was accordingly entered and re id . Lord J . Russell then observed that , by the record just read , it appeared that William Smith O'Brien , a member of that House , had been convicted of high treason . The course , therefore , wliich ho was about to take was without precedent . In 1715 John Foster , a member of the House , had the and
been taken in arms against Sovereign , expelled the House . The same with Mr . Carnegie , who in 1716 had also been proved to liave been in - arms against the government . But the present caso was different from these , in this , that , instead of at once proceeding to expulsion , tlie Houso had waited for the conclusion of thc proceedings against the party accused . The House was now apprised , by the record , of the conviction of "W . __ Smith O'Brien of hig h treason . By the law of Parliament , no person convicted of treason or felony could be a member of the House . By his conviction , "W . Smith O'Brien was , in contemplation of law , civilly dead He believed , therefore , that if he now moved for his expulsion , he would be establishing an
improper precedent in a case differing from those in which the House had formerly resorted to such a course . To this conclusion he had come , after consultation with others , amongst whom was the Speaker of the House . What he proposed to do , therefore , was , first to move a resolution to the effect , that it appeared' from the record entered that W . Smith O'Brien had been convicted oi high treason . Should that resolution be agreed to , he would then move the issue of a new writ for the C _ShV _£ iGER suggestd that the woriattainted should ' ' be substituted for convicted , inasmuch as civil death did not . necessaril ) _fotow . _frwa conviction _, but from the judgment or attaint . .,.. . _-.-AtiobnevGeneral thought it more advisable
The - tomirsuea middle ' course , inasmuch as judgment did not necessarily follow conviction . Ho , ttorefore _suggested that the v ori adjudged should be substituted for conviction . .. ; ...,., - ' Thi » House then agreed nem . con . to the resolutioh that it _appekrea : that Wm . Smith O'Brien had _tt 3 _^^ _" _*^^ _ft f - • - ¦ _% Lord John Russell then moved that a new writ be _issued'forithe county of _lamei-idk Mr . F . O' Connor said , that it . had been his uiten tion to move an amendment , ' to ' the " © Sect that ah address be presented by the . Home * to her Majesty , praying her to extend her pardon to Wm , S . O'Brien . ' He understood , however , that the relations of that gentleman wished the matter'fob © left exclusively in the hands of tho . governnient _, and he -would iiot . carry out his intention .. ; ..., ' i . Tie _HflHfi ' v thei _^ resol y _^ _itself i _^« coMittee on ,
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the Parliamentary Oaths ' Bill , when Mr . J . O'Connell , who had complained in an early part of the evening of a report in the Times , " noticed" that •' strangers" were in the House . The Ciiaikma . v . immediatel y ordered the strangers to withdraw , and with them , of course , went the reporters . In about three hours the gallery was rc-opencd , when the House was still in committee upon the Parliamentary Oaths Bill . Some discussion took place upon the motion of Mr . M'Cullagii , to omit the sixth clause , which provides that tlie act should not extend to Roman Catholics , nor affect the . Roman Catholic Relief Act . The motion was negatived by 103 against 54 . The _Dcfcjts in Leases Bill passed through committee ; and the other orders on the paper having been disposed of , the House adjourned , at a quarter to ten o ' clock , until Monday .
_Aubmikg Fikk . —On Thursday night , _uptwoott ten and eleven o ' clock , a fire of an alarming character broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Sheard , a tailor and draper , carrying on business next door but two to the Strand Theatre . Tho fire commenced from somo unknown eauso in tlio front shop , and before its existence'became known that portion of the premises was wrapped in flames . The fire was eventually extinguished , but not until the lower part was burned out , and the upper portion much injured , The people in tho theatre at the time of tho alarm being given made a precipitate retreat from tlie building , but fortunately , as far as could be learned , no one was injured . Tub at th
Poisoning Case J ) a » . —The adjourned inquest in this case , which has occupied the coroner ' s jury during so many days , was held at Bath on Thursday . The prisoner , Charlotte Harris , thc wife ofthe deceased ( Henry _Merchant ) , was again prevented being present through illness . Tho other prisoners were all in attendance . Several witnesses were examined , whose evidence- threw _vw-y little additional light upon the caso . After a careful summing up of three hours andahaSf ' s duration , the jury retired to consider their verdict . In about three-quarters of an hour they returned into court , and the deepest gilence prevailed whilst the foreman delivered the following verdict : — " We find that the deceased , Henry Marchant , died fromthe effects of arsenic feloniously administered to kirn by his wife _. Charlotte Harris find tho
now . We other prisoners ¦ Not Guilty . '" Thc three prisoners , William Harris , Daniel Shayler , and Hannah Shaylcr , were accordingly discharged . A Policeman Killed at Bhistol . —On Friday a coroner ' s inquest was hold at the White Lion Hotel , Bristol , before Mr . J . B . Grindon , on the body of a policeman named John Pym , who met his death , in consequence of an attack made upon him by two soldiers of tiie 15 th Regiment , named Andrew Daley and John MacFarlane , on the 3 rd of May inst . From the evidence of a number of witnesses it appeared that on the 3 rd inst . the soldiers , with somo girls , were told by the policeman to go home and not make a disturbance in the streets , wlicn one of the soldiers caught hold of the policeman , and the other struck him with a stick ; they then hoth foil _unnn him with a stick ; they then hoth fell u
pon him , knocked him down , and struck htm several times on the head with what one of the girls took to bo an oyster-shell . The soldiers then ran into the . Crown Inn , in Thomas-street . There was a cry for tho police , and several policemen came up , and thc soldiers were taken into custody . Tlie policeman , who was very faint from loss of blood , was taken to the General Hospital , where his wounds were properly attended to , and lie for some days wont on lavourably . Erysipelas , however , made its appearance on hia head and face , and on the . 11 th inst . he died from the effects of it . Mr . Williams , magistrates' clerk , spoke as to the deposition ofthe deceased having been taken on the 10 th inst . hefore the mayor , the deposition had been taken with a view to being used in case of death . — The jury retired , nnd had not returned their verdict when the express left Bristol .
The Guestling Poisoning Cases . —Two more verdicts of wilful murder have been returned against Mary Ann Gearing . She , therefore , will be tried at the assizes on three separate charges of poisoning . TllUNDKRSTOttMS AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY " . —On Thursday , Manchester was visited by the most terrific thunderstorm which has been felt for many years . So charged wa 9 tho atmosphere with electricity , and so powerful were the effects of thc lightning , that a portion of the roofing belonging to the warehouses of the late Duke of Bridgewater ' s estate wero completely stripped , and the beams shattered to pieces . Several mills also in the immediate neighbourhood were struck by the lightning , but comparatively little damage wag done , and no lives were lost , though some severe injuries havo been inflicted . Eight men were struck to the floor in the Brid gewater warehouses , but were not injured .
_DunLiN , Friday . — . The State Pmsoxers . —Tho memorial on behalf of Mr . Smith O'Brien and his fellow-prisoners is still in course of signature . An application was made on Thursday to the Lord-Lieutenant to ascertain his pleasure as to the time for presenting the memorial . On Friday the town was deluded with reports to the effect that arrangements Had at length bec _* i made for the transmission on Thursday night of Mr . S . O'Brien and MrJVU _* aj _!* he _^^ upoiirifpto three o ' clock , however , the prison ; . _iuthQ _" j
ritics remained in profound ignorance lipon tlio subject ; nor , indeed , did they expect to be enlightened until , it might be , within ' a brief hour or two of the time appointed for delivering the prisoners up from thoir custody . It was also currently reported that Messrs . M'Manus and Donoghue were to be separated in their captivity from their two associate _^ -, and that a different place of expatriation was to be assigned to them . An official communication was on Thursday made that the sentence often years'transportation would be carried into effect in the caso ot * Mr . J . Martin , of Loughorne . —Times .
LATEST FROM FRANCE , ITALY , GERMANY . Thc electoral returns for the department of the Seine were to bo declared on Friday . The National states that the Cth Kegiment of Artillery has been ordered to quit Vincennes at a few * minutes' notice and to proceed to La Fere . The regiment is too Republican to please the President . A letter from Toulon of the 14 th inst . announces the receipt of the following news from the French army-in Italy , brought by the steam-frigate Magellan : —'' The main body of the army was at Palo .
On the 8 th General Oudinot had mado preparations to march against Rome , but he gavo counter orders on the yth . The French prisoners had returned to the army , where thoy were received with transports of joy . Thoy were loud in then * praises of the Romans for their kind treatment . General Oudinot had boon invited to enter- Rome with his Staff ; but he had refused . The stcam-frigatc Pomone had sailed for Civita Vecchia on tlie 12 th instant , having M . _Lcsseps on board . Numerous reinforcements were embarked at Toulon for the French army in Italy . "
Rome is tranquil , and order is maintained . It is said that a Roman division , under the orders of _Roselli and Mczzayar , havo entered the Abruzzi , and that Garibaldi is on another point of the frontier ready to support that movement . It was hoped bythe Romans that the King of Naples might , by this diversion , be forced to retire . The French army occupied the coast from Corneto to Palo , with advanced posts at Castel di Guido . . . The Bologna Gazette of the 9 th inst . gives the details of the attack upon Bologna by the . Austrians on that dav . It bo » . in at eight a . m . All the
inhabitants were armed ~ and determined to resist . Tho town was barricaded throughout , and a battery of cannon situated on the Montagnola _, a considerable eminence adjoining the town . The attacks were principally directed against the Gall-era , San Felice , and San _Gozza gates . The people repeatedly refused to capitulate . Later accounts state the Austrians had occupied throe gates , and the suburb of San Michele ; the Bolognese held _ouA on the Montagnola . President Biancoli had fled ; the municipality were in permanence a military commission governed the town .
The armaments in the Palatine of Germany are proceeding on a large scale . The revolutionary government in those provinces is now fully organised , and has issued several proclamations summoning all able-bodied men to jam them , and threatening to chastise those who should refuse doing their duty to the country . A similar summons is addressed to the , soldiers . The insurgent forcos are under the command of Fenner vonJ ' _onneberg , who played a conspicuous pajrt in the _insurrection of October last year , . _; ¦ ... ' FLK 5 UT of tub grand duke ., the r-Eor-LE JOINED
E MILITARY ., _Fr \ nkkort-ox-tiie-Maine , May 14 . — The news from Baden has created a great sensation here today . The Grand Ihiko has . _flecS _, thc military have gone over in a _boAjy . to the _people , a regiment of cuirassiers being all that for some timo remained loyal . The fortress of Rasiadt is in the hands of the-revolutionary party , and all the officers of the . garrison provided , ibr their safety b y secret flight , . except five , who *« ere _, killed _by their men _.
Margrave Max , the GK & nd Duko '& brotuer , j 3 nere _, and the Grand Duke _bAwself is _expected . The state treasure has been saved , and k now far from Carlsruho . . I know this on excellent authority . ; It would seem a _faqf . that the government , though worsted in the _siwjggle , was in somo measure prepared for the ewnt . Yestorday . _evening , moreover , there were several soldiers ' , quarrels in _drinkihghouseshei'e , the . Austrians , Prussians , and Bavarians taking one side * and : the _AYurtemburg and Darmstadt men _theoi-ner . _,.-. . ¦ _..-.-. _..-. . .- .
May 15 , Seven a . m . —Frankfort is quiet . - _, Tho last news from Mannheim is , that an . insurrection has broken out upon the news of tho Grand Duke ' s fligto , and that the wkue ef . _^ . garrison of M 8 nnbe _* _^ Ye . joiaelth _' - * _# _^ . _^ s 2 v . _s-rf- _^ . i - _;< > :. . j-K . _? . the _whote _^ _e-garrison of th _^ _eepte _^^ ¦ - - _;» > I ( 5 _fti _© BSJ . ' _.-. _' , . \ . * _Y
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