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      - "'"" FRANCE , SiaHT SO LAB 1 TJS V _1 ESTJ * THE ISTBIOTJEBSI * * _jgoFLE AGAIS * _SWISDLBn—FHIGHTFOl COKBITIOH ¦ *! wobkiso classes—charactes of ihb bed _Stcbucass . ( From the correspondent of the Britannia . ) Th 8 vidl er _. speaking of the discaseion in the _Asgjoy on the droit au travail , Bays : —It seems , to i tt » - - _^* Thiers and his fellows , and , it may be __ _ei , the majority of the National Assembly , _Jgjn to be most sadly and most inexplicably _igneijjt , or . to speak more correctly , are wilfully and _gbitin & tely determined tt ignore the objeot of the

      _jerolution of February . That object , as I have told ran over and over again , was a social one , not merely political . The revolution , in fact , was _abread-andrjest revolution ; it was caused and effected by men _vho _wore starring , ani who wanted to be fed . They B the _monarchy because they thought it was the obstacle which prevented them from getting the food { fiey required ; they established the Republic because _jhey thought it would feed them . The phrase' droit _0 _t travail' embodied what they expected , as the _asgnrrance of work gave them tbe assurance of food ; god accordingly one of the very first things the _Pro-Tigional Government did was to issne a proclamation pledging the Republic to find work for all . _Republicans o _^ aU shad es of opinion—moderate as well as

      ultra , and the socialists also—accepted this' droit an travaW as a thing which admitted of no questionss the natural and inevitable conquest of the revelation- It was even written in tbe draft of the constitution drawn up by a committee in which _Repcblic ans of the eve were not in a majority . And now after all the ' _droif is to be denied—the promise of work ia to be erased ! Well , if such be tha will of the Assembly , so it must be . But , then , what becomes of the revolution ? What will the people say ? What was the use of overthrowing the monarchy and es tablishing a Republic ? What is the use of the National Assembly replacing the Chamber of Deputies in the making of laws ? But I am quite certain , from the knowledge I have gained of the

      temper and feeling of the people ( by people I mean the working classes ) , that they will not patiently sub nit to be thus swindled , defrauded , bambocz _' ed . Think of the terrible insurrection of June , and ask yourself if it be likely tbat the men who fought to desperately then , because they thought the promises made them in February were not being adhered to , will patiently submit to Bee all their hopes blasted , — all that they made a revolution te obtain sternly denied ? In the first letter written to you Istated that the revolution of February , in little understood even in France , was the beginning of a social war likely to be long and fierce . I have since frequently repeated the same thing ; I now repeat it again . Ihe winter seems already to have coma upon us , as during the last few days we have bad such great cold as to cause fires to be lighted , and last year ' s

      great coats brought into use . But with the sinter hasoomenoimproTementtotrade . no relief to the _werking classes—none—none . The Prefect of Police puts forth every week what he calls bulletins , in which he represents the number of _Hncmployed workmen as diminishing , and trade as improving . Falsehoods these ! As regards the workmen , it iB notorious that the ; have no more work now than they had weeks ago , and that thousands of them _havenooiher means of existence tban the bread , meat , and money distributed at the mairies . With respect to trade , the only rign of improvement is in the wholesale , or rather export , trade , and that is very slight indeed . With the shopkeepers , who form suoh an important portion of the population , matters have got worse , and nothing but a miracle can prevent them from becoming more so .

      The principal leaders of the ultra or R ° d Republicans , now in St Louis' stout dujon of _Vinceanes , are not desperate in fortune and character , as would naturally be supposed . Baibes , ior instance . ] _possesses a considerable fortune , between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 a year , is a gentleman by birth and education , a good classical scholar . He passes hi * time in captivity in reading Latin and Greek writers , acd distributes aa he has always done , no inconsiderable portion of his revenues in charitable works . Sobrier . who is considered snoh a terrible bloodthirsty fellow , is a young man of good family , with an income of some hundreds a year ; He is very religions , and may be almost said to have lost hiB wits in religions mysticism . He feels great horror of Prondhon on account of his blasphemous attacks on tha Deity , and has observed , ' This man must be

      wretched not to believe in God ! For myself there would be nothing worth living for oa earth if £ did not believe , and could not pray ! ' Blwqui , that _accomplished and inveterate conspirator , has no fortune ; but he disclaims money and luxury , and from choice as much as necessity , lives in a garret on a crust and water . He is completely worn away by his long sufferings , mental and physical , and is remarkable for the touching grief he still feels for his deceased wife , to whom he . was _raost-passionately attached . Raspail . who aspire } to be the Marat of ISIS has gained a fortune in business , as a druggist , I think , asd is now almost absorbed in chemical experiments . Albert , tbe member of tbe ex Provisional Government is really a workman , not , as some accounts ( confounding him with a M . Albert , of Lyons ) represent , a manufacturer of large fortune . He is very taciturn .

      _MSCD'SIOS CF THE CBSailTTJTION . _*—IHB EJSHT TO

      -UUR . We stated in last Saturday ' s Stab that the discussion of the 8 th article of the preamble tothe Constitution , on which SL Mathieu bad proposed an amendment to admit the right of all _citfreEB to _instruction , lahOOT _. awl assistance , bad excited a violent debate _, in which M _; Alex , de _Txcqueville . and Davergier , ( d' _Haranne ) , had opposed , and M , Ledru Rollin and M . Cremieux supported the _amendment . On the 13 A inst . M . Thiers delivered a long and cunningly prepared speeoh against the amendment , in the course of which he exalted * competition' as the great stimulus toeirilisation and general happiness ! He pretended to show that the poorer-classes gained more in proportion than , the rich fey the

      improvements of ' the last fifty years . Tbey got not only hieher wages , bnt they could obtain more for their money . CemmuntBra , he ' eaid , destroyed liberty as it aimed at destroyiBg property . It encouraged sloth . He contended that generally speaking the _numb : r of men out of employment was _noWery great , and admitted fully that those who could sot find work ought to receive every possible _assistance . To assert , however , that they had a right to call on the state to find labour was a different thing . A rieht was something very serious , and not to he trifled ¦ with . LooMnz at the qaestion in every way , whether as affecting the power of the state , the means of

      carrying out the assumed right , asd its effects on individuals and _classes , he would oppose the amendment . This speech was received with load cheers hy the majority- bnt many portions excited loud excla mations of denial aud hostility on tbe part of ' the mountain _^ ' At one part of his speech M . Thiers hiving pronounced the word facHeux in rather a marked way , M , Flocon , rising in his seat , exclaimed that M . Thiers was a Royalist . This created an immense sensation , which _^ topped the Breaker for some minutes , bnt no further notice was taken of it . On Thursday , the llth , after several speakers had addressed the Atsembly , aad refuted

      M . Billault supported the amendment , _atsoEe length the arguments which bad beea brought forward against it . He denied that it would necessitate tbe budget to boused for tbe support of three parte of the population , or tbe State would be compelled to take into its hands all the < fifferentbranches of industry in order to supply laboer . All that : he , and those who thought with him , demanded , was tbat there should be inscribed in the preamble of the Constitution a debt , the _ payment of which jnigbt be organised hereafter—in a word , to inscribe a principle . _ItwaiMe « _KarytogiTatotbe * sifferingpeople s hope in the future . Let them sot do aa the fallen government bad done—turn a deaf ear to misery . It had been aaid that it was not possible to fulfil the promise _whicl * would be given by the _adoption of the amendment-but that hecenied _tobeajustcoaolueion . The orator was listened to with great surprise by the majority , and with loud approbation by the ultra-democrats ..

      M . Dnfaare , a member of _thi committee on the Constitution , opposed the amendment . M . de _Lamartias expressed hia intention to vote against the amendment ; he should support the article of the committee . It was not true that the Provisional Government , by he did not know what wish for popularity , had held out Utopian ideas to the people . On the day after the old government had been overturned the people came to tbem , and certainly there were among them some fanatics wbo demanded the organitntioB of labour . They were told that it was an illusion , aad that there were otber means of improving their situation . They were promised tha _* _Ttho ~ quesri 6 a shonld be examined . The debate was finally brought to a dose thia day _.

      M . Mathieu did not submit his proposition to the ordeal ot * vote , having withdrawn it in favour of M . _Giais _Biaim ' s amendment , which ran thus : — The Republic ought to protect each _citix _* n in his person , his family , his religion , his property , and his _lthonr ; it recognises the right of all citizens to instruction , the right to existence by labour and assistance . . " ., _« . Os a division this amendment was rejected , tbe _following were the numbers : — For the amendment , 18 T ; Against it , 596 ; Majority , 409 . The Assembly rose in ' considerable agitation' at halfpast six . _. Tin _drsensrieo of the chapters of ths Constitution commenced on Friday , articles 1 . 2 , 8 . and 4 , of chapter 1 were adapted without much discussion . A leMthy _' _discussion took plaoe oh art 5 .

      Art . 5— 'Capital pnnishment is abolished for political i _fiances . ' _Hrhe Easter _Coqnerel moved the abolition of capital punishment in all case * . M . de T » ey -mpportad _cimplete abolition , and was seconded in this view by M . _Lsgrange , who warned toe ite * tnat death had any terror for

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      Frenchmen . M . Victor Hugo followed on the sam side . Several speakers supported the original proposition . Finally the debate was adjourned till Monday . On Tuesday M . Marrast was re-elected President o _? the Assemb ' y . The Assembly was occupied all day in discussing a project of law presented by _Geueral Lamoriciera demanding a credit of 60 , 000 OOOf . for the colonisation of Algeria .

      G 0 VKRKME 5 T CEI 5 IS . The debate in the Assembly , contrary to what is customary on Saturdays , devoted chiefly to petitions , was on Saturday last of a most stormy character . A measure adopted by the government , of eendtng a number of members of the Assembly into the pro * viaces to report upon the relative force of political parties , was the immediate cause whioh excited the tumu t . M . Base , is putting questions to the government oa this subject , declared with much vehemence tbat such a mission was contrary to the rights and dignity 6 f the Assembly , and that , instead ot contributing to _conciliate , now so desirable , it could not fail to sow division in the Assembly as well as among the public . M . Senard , Minuter of the Interior ,

      ascended the tribune , and explained the objeot of the proposed measure , declaring that the mission in question was proposed for the purpose of enlightening the government npon questions which had a most important bearing on the establishment of the Republio , and that members of the Assembly were selected to conduct the inquiries , because their character would afford them more ample means of information , and would ensure greater impartiality . M . Base replied by a speech of great violence , which created a perfect storm in the * house . Members apostrophised each other from one side to the other , and tbe uproar and confusion was suoh that M . Pagnerre , who presided , found it almost impossible to maintain order .

      M . Marie , Minister of Justice , declared to the house from the tribune that if the Assembly did not pass an ' ordridujour _motive , ' having that Sect of conferring os the measure proposed by the government the approbation of the honee , General Cavaigsac wonld resign . This announcement was received with an explosion of disapprobation , of which it ib impossible to give any adequate notion . At length , li . Pagnerre , who , as vice-president , occupied tbe chair , put on his hat , and the sitting was suspended . The _ministers then rose from their bench aud left the _assembly in a body , accompanied by M . Marrast , acd were absent for nearly an honr .

      On returning to the houee . General Cavaignac was in the aot of ascending the tribune , for the purpose , as was understood , of resigning , when he was prevented by M . Marrast , _Presideat of the Asembly , who immediately ascended the tribune himself , and without preface read and proposed a resolution , declaring that the Assembly passed to the order of the day . This resolution was adopted by _aniemessema jority of the Assembly , on the understanding that the offensive project contemplated by the government would be abandoned . The Assembly thes separated amidst a scene of the _strongest confusion , tumult , and agitation .

      the coNsrmmo _* . On Monday the discussion of the article , abolishing tha punishment of death for political offences , was resumed . Finally the article was adopted , the Assembly rejecting the amendment for the total abolition of death punishments . The 6 th , 7 th , aad 8 : h articles were adopted .

      THE ELECTIONS . The elections for the three vacant * seats for Paris commenced the latter end of last week . The votes of the army of Paris , taken at the Invalids _, give the following results so far as the vote * are known : —Louis Bonaparte , 4 . 760 Adam 2 , 717 ; _F-. nld , 2710 ; Girardin , 2 , 319 ; Marshal Bugeand , 2220 ; Delessert , 1 . 929 ; Thore , 900 , Roge" , 811 ; Cabet , 671 ; Raspail . 679 . The soldiers of the army of the Alps entitled to vote in the department of the Seine have voted es follows : —Marshal Bugeaud , 6 , 000 ; Roger , 4050 ; Fould , 1 , 390 ; Adam , 2 , 400 . The votes of tbe veteran inmates of the Hotel des Invalides give to Napoleon Bonaparte , 2 , 161 ; Ney de la _Moakwa , 629 ; Dumoulin ( former aide de-camp

      of'the Emperor' ) , 464 ; Admiral Dupetit Thouars 373 ; Emile de Girardin , 369 ; General Piatt , 349 ; Marshal Bngeaud , 327 . The general aspect of the capital has presented more alarming appearances than has been observed since thedajBof June . Secret societies are known to have been organised on a most extensive scale , and to have spread their agents everywhere over the capital . Innumerable _eroupa were seen assembling on Saturday night and _Sonday on all tbe most public thoroughfares and promenades , and were addressed by orators in the most violent harangues . The capital was patrolled by strong parties of horse and foot during the night , and no measure of precaution was neglected for the maintenance of order .

      Up to the time of going to press with onr first edition , we are not in possession cf accurate information respecting the election returns , but of the election of Louis Napoleon at the head of the poll , there _canbs _nsdoabnt ; some of the Paris journal ? state the other two to be Fould and Tbore , others Fould and Raspail , others Raspail and Cabet . The exact returns would be proclaimed at the Hotel de Ville on Thursday _evening . Louis Napoleon has certainly bees elected for the departments of the Meselle and the Tonne , and it is believed other departments ; It is Btated that Raspail has been returned for Lyons .

      THE _VeSSEAKCE OF THS VICWaiOBS _BOURGEOISIE . During tha last two weeks , that ia , from August 28 ; hto September llth , the eight military commis _sions have decided on the fate of 2 , 827 insurgents . Of these , 1 , 939 have been set at liberty , 838 condemned to transportation , amf 3 Q sent before a cotm ? U of war . From the time of their entering into function ; , these _commisneners have pronounced $ , 700 judgments in all , by wirch nearly 4 890 persons were set at liberty ; somewhat less than 3 . 600 condemned to transportation : and 229 sent before councils of

      Bosquet , a man forty years of age , and tbe father of _e family , has been condemned to two years' imprisonment for having superintended the construction and commanded at a barricade on the * Quai des Orfevres , near tte Sue-de Barillerie . M . Penel _Grandchemp , a physician and an _ex-sffieer of the National Guards , ha * beea sentenced to a year ' s im prisonment . Dupont , the ex-chef de bataillen . has teen seatenced _. _^ n his afcence , to tes yeara * hard labour at the hmkfl .

      - -- -MOBETHOSECDTIO-. ' _TaeMoNirsTja announces that a prosecution has been commenced against M . Bernard , president of the club of _theSassr Bonne Nonvelle , founded upon a speech delivered by him at its meetings on the 10 th and 13 tb , and also against the other officers of tho club for tolerating hia speech . ' Likewise against M . DeUpieRe , fora-a _> eech-rj * adQbyhimonthe 12 th , at the -club of the Manege do Fitte . Similar proceedings have also teen taken against the printer of a placard , signed _'Blanqa'f . and against M . Wigme _. for a manifesto published by him- nnder the title of ¦ Candidature deJoinvillt .

      GERMANY . The Frankfort National Assembly entered on the 13 : h inst , upon the discussion os tbe armistice with Denmark . Mr Hermann-stated , that net being able to form , a sew Ministry , he had resigned hk _^ ommu ! _- sion into the hands of the Regent .

      _MsnraBiKCBi in _patresiA . Os the evening of the 12 th inst . some of the 1 st and 2 nd Regiment of Guards , garrisoned here , and the people _cemmitted great excesses , and br oke the windows of the hotel of the commandant . It appears that an address of thanks to the deputy Stein , and to ths National Assembly for their resolution of the 9 th . was circulated among the troops . This was confirmed by aa officer , winch gave great offence , and whieh was still further increased by some persons cf influence distributing money among the troopf , who had distinguished themselves the most os tbe days of March . The soldiers who had takes

      part in the addreBS to the number of about 608 , accused their comradesof having received blood-mosey , aad induced some of them to return it . When the two regimeats afterwards drew ap to exercise , the commandant harangued them , and said three days ' exercise would cool down this arrogance . Upon this several soldiers laid down their arms , troops were called ont , and tome of the most mutinous were arrested . The soldiers and the people of Potsdam fraternised , and abated the re actional / officers , and broke tha windows of the house of the commander . The rappel waa beaten , and the burgher goard and reserve _succeded in restoring order .

      _DISnjBBAKCES AT VISSNA . The Vienna journals of the 13 ib , which have come to hand , report serious disturoances in that capital during the evening of the llth , and on tha 12 th and 13 ; b . At ten o ' clock on the evening of tbe llth a crowd assembled before the buildings of the ministry of the interior , with the purpose ot obtaining from the ministry a guarantee for tbe _sharesof as association , founded by one _HerrSwobada _, for the support of indigent mechanic *; this demand being made in consequence of their having been disappointed in obtaining facilities for _changing these shares in the _market for gold , or other _securities t ) their full nominal value , and the ministry having refused to constitute these shares as legal tender . The crowd of petitioners becoming very great , and the noise alarming , a divisien of National Guard was called oat

      However , on assurances being given that the matter wonld be made the subject of official investigation , the crowd ultimately separated without committing any great excesses . The next day the disturbances were renewed . An immense number of persons , many of whom wete armed , forced open the doors of the official residence of the Minister of the Interior , ahd took _pese-aion of numerous documents . All the employes , after a vain resistance , made a precipi ttte flight . The National Guard arrived , bnt they oould neither expel the intruders nor prevent others from entering . The movement , according to all appearances , is taking a strictly political tarn—in fact , an _ultnt-demoeratical one . The morning ef the 13 th the excitement had been tremendous ; nearly all the shops wereeloaed , and firing wai heard in two or three _directioni . It waa sua that the government

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      had at last guaranteed the payment of the interest , and even the capital of the shares issued by the _Commercial Association for the Relief of Poor Mechanics . _^ u _££ * ntDances assumed a more serious aspect on the 134 , The Constitutional Assembly declared iteelt in permanency , and many thousands of arm ed students and _Natisnal Guards assembled near the University . The commission of the academical body also declared itself in permanencv . In the Assembly

      Schwas .-r announced that the academioal body had requested the _re-astablishment of the commission of safety , otherwise they alone could save the capital and the withdrawal of the troops . These demands were refused compliance , and a conflict was expected . Daring the day martial law was proclaimed by the Ministry , bnt this only added fuel to the excitement of the people . All the gates were occupied by the National Guard , tha communications intercepted , and an imposing force drawn up before the House of Assembly .

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

      _COSFUCr W _OEBHAIIT—MAKCH € P DKMOCRACT . Considerable excitement prevailed at Cologna a'l the day of the I 2 : h , in consequence of some soldiers of the 27 th Regiment hsving attacked , on the previous night , a number of citizens . The civic gnards . who haa been nnder arms ail the afternoon , demanded tbe expulsion of tbe obnoxious regiment . The question bat _heen referred to the military authorities in Coblents . These excesses have given rise not only to a demonstration of an important nature , bnt to a step on the part of the democrats , the result of _wMch cannot be easily foreseen . At an immense popular meeting held on the 13 * . h in the open air os the Frankenpiats , behind the cathedral , a committee of safety ,

      composed of thirty of the leading democrats ( suoh _amongst others , aa the editors of the now celebrated NeubRhsisschs _Zeitosq ) , was unanimously elected . Meantime a telegraphio despatch had been received from Coblentz , to the effect that the deputation to the commander-in-chief of the 8 th army corps would retora with a satisfactory answer . At a later period of the evening it transpired that that general officer bad declared tbat he could not take upon himself to order the immediate withdrawal of the 27 ih Regiment from Cologne , but that he wonld send to Berlin for instructions . He added however that the guilty soldiers would be duly punished ; . that the fusiliers

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

      _IMPOBTASr FBOU _rBABKrOBT . The debate on the Danish armistice was brought to a conclusion inithe sitting of the Frankfort Par * liament of the 16 th inst . The motion for the rejection of the armistice was rejected by a majority of twenty one , and Francke ' _s motion adopted . The latter motion runs thus : — Tha National Assembly resolves : —1 . Not to prevent tbe armistice of Malmoe , of the 26 th Aagust alt ., from being carried ont , so far as It is practicable under present drcomstaace 8 . 2 . To call upon tbe C _.-ntral Power to _tske proper measures for securing the speediest under _, standing possible , _Inroferencs tothe necessary modification of the convention of the 26 ih ult ., on the ground of the _readiness officially declared by the Djn ' _sh Government to accede to such . 8 . To call upon the Central Power to take a view of the steps necessary fer paving a speedy nay to the negotiation of a peace .

      This decision excited unbounded indignation amongst the people , ill the evening of the 16 th , the streets were crowded by excited thousands singing Republican songs . Blum and Simon , ( leading members of the ' Left , ' ) addressed the people from the windows ef the German Hotel , and called on the people to prepare for a struggle . They were answered by deafening shouts : ' We are ready now 1 ' The military were called eat , but no ooafliot took place , and at midnight quiet was restored . It was expected that there would be some serious demonstration on the following day .

      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . The _Breslatjeb Zeitong has a letter from Agram ofthe 7 'hinat ., stating thatthe Bannarrived there oa the 6 : b inst , and immediately set out for _Warasdin , in order to lead an army of 56 . 000 men against the . Hungarianf . The Hungarian National Guarde , stationed in the environs of Warasdin , fled the moment tVey heard of the Bann _' a approach . A deputation of ISO deputies of the Hungarians , beaded by a bishop , waited upon the Emperor , at Vienna , but received so unsatisfactory a reply that they started for Pesth , each member placing a red feather in his head-drees aa a sign that he threw off bis allegiance to Austria . It was surmised that Hungary woald _deolara itself a republic .

      According to the latest accounts from Pesth , the Bann of Crotiais rapidly advancing on that . oity , at ithe head of more tban 60 , 009 troops _, i The Hungarian deputies returned on the 10 th , in the afternoon , by steamer , from Vienna . Most ef them displayed a red feather in their caps , in token of their mission , and as a signal that liberty _ETUat _; now bs bought at the point of the sword . An immense crowd covered both bai & _i of the Danube , asd the news _^ pread like wildfire that the King himself was now at the head of the re-actionary party , . Bathyanyi and Deak also returned , and satis ¦ council for -some _honrs with the Aichtake Palatine . Daring the night of the 13 th there was a secret sitting ef the Honse of Representatives , tbe resnlt of which was impatiently looked fer by all . On the llth the Diet declared itself permanent ahd absolute . The intelligence that several of the counties and cities of Hungary had declared against Kossuth andin favour of Jellachich has been confirmed .

      Accounts from Pesth ,-of Sept . 12 . Bay :: —At the cabinet council held by the Archduke Palatine immediately on the return of the deputies , all the Ministers tendered their resignations , _wifh the exception of the Minister > ef the Interior ( _Sczamere ) . Kossuth has been charged with the formation of a new-cabinet .

      INSURRECTION IN SAXONF . A letter from _Leipsib , of September 14 tb , says : — 'The insurrection-of the workmen in the nines , in the vicinity of the important manufacturing towa of Chemnitz , spread to that place on the 12 'b . Numerous-barricades were erected in tbe faubourgs , but the ; were attacked and -captured hy the . military . after an obstinate ahd sanguinary ¦ resistance .

      ITALY . FILL op _MB 88 INA . The capture of _MssBina by the Neapolitans is confirmed . TheNAiiosALtays : — Messina was carried on tbe £ th after a combat of five day * , The commanders of the ir ? reach and _Sogllsh forcts-did everything in their power to prevent the calamities ot this struggle , or to alleviate them . Seven _thoastnd of the inhabitants , the greater comber women and children , ftund aa _asylam . under the French fl-g . We learn , at the same time , tbat the Jfreneh Minister at _Nuples has invited the Neapolitan _4 overBtaent to confine _lUtlf to the occupation of Messint , ; so that the rest of Sicily—Palermo , for instance—will ba shielded frora attack . Admiral Parker , on the propositioa of Admiral Baudia , has addressed a similar request to the Neapolitans .

      _, The fallowing further details of the bombardment , of Messina is given is a letter dated Palermo , the 8 th : — . _Hetthur is bat a heap of ruins , Ferdinand wonld strengthen his title of the Bombarding King—he has quite succeeded . ' Tho _Siriss have renewed at Messina jthe massacres of Naples of tho 15 th of Usy . Hay tbe name of these beggars be accursed ! tfetsina destroyed , ! Sicilian independence cannot survive . Syracuse , Agrlgento , _Ifalazzs _, Trapani , Catania , Palermo—in abort , all the seaport towns , expect the _bombar-Jer _« nd his satellites . 1 st es be stirring . Tbe time is propitious . , Prance hit lest all influence , One word on her part wonld have sufficed to prevent theNeapolltaa expedition _, or at least to spare incendiarism aad carnage . Its policy has not even dictated this act of humanity . As ta England , she hat her reasons for allowing things to . take this coarse in Sicily . Ask lord _Palmerstoa and the 'Neapolitan minister at London . -England turn traviglia

      : _$ t nitrite , , The following somewhat contradictory statement _appears in the Semaphore of Marseilles : — ; The entire population left the elty and retired into i the country on tbe 8 th , having previously mined the -town , determining to fire the mine so soon as tbe Nea . _polltant had entered it . Soon after the Neapolitans took p 03 _s _: _sBlon of it , and in the evening the Sicilians blew np the city , burying the Neapolitans Jn its loins . Immediately after the explosion of the mine tbe Sicilians re entered the city and _massaend all whom tbe explosion had spared . - This news reaaires confirmation . . _

      Advices from Palermo , received through Genoa , say that the levee en masse of Sicily , under the auspices of the government at Palermo , was organised . At _Bagaria alone , say these letters , there were already 30 , 000 men enrolled , well armed * and direotea by able chiefs . _Tosom . —Grave apprehensions are expressed for the continnanoe of tranquillity in ; Florenc * r ™ weakness of the government , rendered manifest by its unavailing efforts to repress the disorders at Leghorn , had encouraged the insurgents of Florence . Letters from Leghorn of tha 12 th announce that business has resumed its course .

      Gisoa , September 11 . —All classes here anticipate , and are preparing for , a renewal of hostilities next week , The ( own is fall of Milanese nobility . _anA of

      -"'"" France, Siaht So Lab1tjs V1estj* T...

      numerous other personages too deeply compromised to trust in the armistice . The French war steamer P ' aton has brought meat horrible accounts of MesBina . Nothing in modern history can be compared to the bloodshed , burning , ruio , pillage , and every description of orime of which _MeBsinahas been _thesoaneduring five days . It was a fight between the people , who wished death rather than defeat , and a soldiery who had so lately learned the arts of plunder and cruelty in NapleB . After tbe Messinese had retired from their capital , tho fire on the oity continued for eight hours , for the purpose of destroying the houses that were left standing .

      SWITZERLAND . Switzerland , which has oi late sunk into comparative oblivion , ban just proclaimed the new constitution . A letter from Berne ot the 12 th inst ., says , ' A salute of one hundred and one guns , aud bonfires on the hills , havo tbis moment proclaimed the definitive adoption of the new _constitution by the Swiss Confederation . LA PLATA . By the arrival at Havre of the _Freiioh vessel _Paqoebpt Parens , we are in possession of intelligence direct from Montevideo . The position of affairs was not materially ohanged . In spite ot the attacks directed by Oribe against the capital of Uruguay , and notwithstanding the embarkation on board the French steamers ol part of the French force , the city still held out ; but the situation of the unfortunate inhabitants was exceedingly precarious .

      The Powell Plot. Ah0iher Arrest. Bow-Str...

      THE POWELL PLOT . AH 0 IHER ARREST . _Bow-Strbbt . —On Tuesday , at a quarter to five o ' clook in the afternoon . _George Bridge Mullins , 34 , Southampton-street , Strand , surgeon , was phiesd at the bar , charged , with others in custody , with con . spiring to levy war against the Queen and her Government , Ao . Mr Hayirard and Mr Reynolds , from the Treasury , conducted the prosecution . Powell , the informer , who gave evidence against the other Chartists , said that the prisoner was one of the delegates of the association , and was present at the Lord Donman public-house , where he acted as chairman .

      The prisoner said he was wholly unprepared for his defence , Mr Macnamara , his solicitor , not being present , and he considered it necessary , on that account , to take notes of the evidence . Witness proceeded to say that none but delegates were admitted on August 15 th , in Webber-street . _Blaokfriars . He was present wben Mr Lacey went to inquire at a coffee-shop in the neighbourhood if they could have a room to consult in , and on his return several _delegates , with the prisoner , went out , and remained about three-quarters of an hour ; on their return , excepting Lacey , Mr Cuffay , _addressirag the prisoner , who was voted into tbe chair , desired bim to give his instructions , upon which the prisoner said he was requested to give them the _following

      instructions , whioh were , that as there was no reason to doubt the men in Birmingham and Manchester were up and doing that night , they should to-morrow night come out and strike the blow ; that they should speak oat honestly and boldly , and that there shonld be no flinching in the matter . There were four of them who wonld take four positions ; tbat either he or Bassett was to take the Seven D ' als ; Mr Brewster was to take Clerkefftfel _' _-green , and Mr Payne the Tower HamUts . Every delegate was to send the men of his locality , and they were to come armed , at eight o ' olock , and they were to be at their respective positions at twenty minutes past nine o ' clook to a second . Seme delegates asked how they were to come without being observed ? and the prisoner replied they should get their pikes there the best way they could . He then stated further matters respecting the delegates , where they were to meet their

      leaders . It was proposed thatthe Crispin public house , in Milton-street , was the place they were to meet at the next day at 12 o clcek , to receive further _instructions . Witness accordingly went thero . The prisoner proposed that Mr Ritchie should superintend and direct the men te fire dwelling-houses , railway premises , trains ; or anything else , according to a pre vious arrangement , the prisoner being the chief spokesman on every occasion . The pr ' -Boner having put the question , if every delegate would come out to fight en the following night , they all agreed exoept two . The prisoner then proposed that they should meet at the Orange Tree , at five o ' clock , to meet Ritchie . A _questien was atked how Ritohie was to know the men , and ansther proposed that * Frost and Mitchel'should be the pass-word ; another proposed the word 'Justice , ' which being put , was carried unanimously .

      Thomas Barrett , a Bhoemaker , of Charles street , _Lisson-grave , said that he was a member of tho Robert Emmett Chartist Brigade Association which he joined on _Whit-Sundsy last , and which , was held at _Praed-street , Paddington , at a beer-shop kept by a man named _Mergan _, and another at _Breadon's beer-shop in Shonld ham street , _Edgewara-road . ' Be had seen the prisoner , and heard him address the meeting at these houses . On Sunday , 13 th August last , thero was a meeting of Chartists and Confederates at Breadon ' s _beer-shop , when he desired his hearers to be ia readiness , and prepare themselves ior the great crisis that was coming ; that it was necessary for them to make a ' gmall sacrifice to aid the committee of progress . He recollected nothing more on that night , On the

      night of the 18 th August , at nine o ' clock , there waB another meetingat Breadon ' s , consisting of thirty or forty members of the association , whioh witness left , and went to another held in _Ptaed _*( treet , wbere the prisoner _did not attend ; and t » his return , about half-past nine o ' clock , there being about thirty or forty present , the prisoner with toother arrived in a oab , bat did sot come in . The other mra , however , entered with a musket , Another named Smith , having clapped the . prisoner on the shoulder , Baid , * My boy , I was . afraid you were taken' Upon which the prisoner said , * No , I am net , and withdrew from the plaoe immediately ; Besides the muskets , there were several pike-heads inthe room , with two pistols in the bands of Irishmen . Witness did net know wbat the _prisoner and

      others retired for , bat on their return Smith _strted that the men at the meeting ' were , to repair to Crowncourt , Soho , and tbe Seven Dials by ten o ' clock , and that their leader wonld meet them there , andin case he saw there was a good-muster , he would give the word of command . A question was asked how they were to take _theirarms , and Smitheaid the best way ihey could . Witness accordingly went to Crownstreet , where he _tecognised about "thirty Chartists and Confederates who had been at . the meeting . Before eight o ' clock two men , 'belonging to the Washington-brigade , came to Praed street , _anflsaid that there was _evsplit * . upon which Siddle , a delegate ; -said he had just made his escape from Orange-street , while he had some combustibles in hia possession , others having been taken hy the police . '

      Cross _^ xaminedhy the _prisonor : * The meeting continued from eight to eleven o ' olock , aad the remarks made by him were between nine and eleven o ' clook . The observations made by Smith were made shortly « fter nine o ' clook , at whioh time he could net say that the prisoner was present , as he only saw him look into the room , and withdraw after some conversation . He ( the prisoner } arrived in the cab with C / ruikshank a few minutes before nine o ' clock . Witness was not a quarter of an hour going to Praedstreet , from which be returned about a quarter before nice o ' clock , when tbe prisoner arrived in a oab

      with the other . He did not see them get out of the cab ; bnt was informed by others that such was the ease . Mr _Cruikshank carried the musket in a case and it had a large flint lock . ' Sergeant Thompson proved that ; accompanied by Sergeant We * t , he apprehended the prisoner iu Tatham ' _s-court , Tatham ' s-street , East-street , Old Kent road , at nine o'clock on Monday night . He made several attempts to arrest him at his residence . ' Having usedBomeBtratagem , he followed the man Of the house in , and found the prisoner dressed in his mother ' s clothes , with a veil and bonnet , in the coal cellar . ' There were two females with him . '' " !

      The prisoner raid he had nothing to answer to the charge , and begged to embrace ' the opportunity of returning thanks for the courteous manner in which he had teen treated since his apprehension . The witnesses were then bound over , and the prisoner was committed for trial .

      The Pbess In Francs. —The Discussion On ...

      The Pbess in Francs . —The discussion on the question respecting the press , has . as you are aware , resulted in the extinction of the liberty of the press , and the ' recognition of the nnlimited autocracy ef the Head of the Executive . Tbis frightful stretch of power , which will infallibly bring on some terrible catastrophe , brings to my mind an anecdote , for the authenticity of wbioh 1 can answer . Ia the month of September , 1841 , there met on the banquette of & diligence going from Paris io Lyons , three travellers , , _oneof whom , an inside passenger in' Colonel ' s uniform , mounted the imperial for the sake of the _progpeots whioh the _Bourbonnaia l » id open aa the vehicle advanced . Tke conversation chanced to fall upon M . Lamennais , who was arraigned before the Court of _Assis's for his book ' on the people . ' Wonld he be acquitted , or would he be condemned ! was the question agitated between the travellers . ' He s sure to be condemned / said the officer . ' the Mighty Ones of the

      ' earth are always the same . ' Hit fellow passengers appearing to doubt tbe correctness of Imposition , he added , with great animation : ' Yes ! suoh is tbe felly of all the Mighty Ones of the earth . Power is a Great Tom , the sound of whieh deafens the ringer !' The man that ' spoke thus was Colonel Cavaignac , now chief of the Executive ; one of the others was his unhappy brother Godefroi ; and the third a representative , whotold me this story . It wan forcibly recalled to his mind on the night When Louis-Blanc and Caussidiere were condemned ; and I record it for your information , while the illustrious viotor of June is carrying on the war whioh _~ witb the ' bestin tentions of the world , I have no _donbt-be bas declared against the ' press . l 9 not his hearing somewhat affected by the riBging of the _« Great Tom V This is a question which the _Colonel of former days might seasonably put to the President of the Council . •* - John Bull ,

      The Trades. Sthike Op Thb London Stone M...

      THE TRADES . _STHIKE OP THB LONDON STONE MASONS . Our readers are aware that the masons of London have been most aotive in what is known aa tbe ' Four oclook' movement-a movement whioh has for its objeot the releasing the workman from hia toil at four oolock on Saturday , instead of half-past five . Our columns have _alsa from time to time acquainted them that the great majority of the'respectable employers had conceded the _Bmall request of the operatives ; however a minority refused to grant this boon ' , and amongst the number were to be found Messrs Trego , the government contractors , which has led to frequent schisms between tha

      minority ot employers and the operatives . At length a man in Trego ' s employ ia accidentally , bb stated by the men , run against in the street—upon whioh Messrs Trego , backed as it would seem by the _government ( as Mr White , the government short-hand writer ' s name appears on the indiotment as a witness _againat the men , ) make this a pretext for indicting the following twenty one men , vis , — J . _Bettridge , Joseph Wood , R . _Hasset . W . Hannon , J . Joyce , W . Adams , W . Johnson . J . Simpkins , W . Carter , W . Samson , Eneas Williams , Roger Grey , J . Robins , J . T . Waterhouse _, Charles Teake , J . Turner , D . Dolby , C . _Girrelt , J . Chinrnck , J . Carey , and Charles Stead . The committee of operative masons deeming this nothing more nor _lesj , than an attempt to crush THAMS" UNIONS Ilf GENERAL . AHO THERBTORB

      SUPPRESS ihb short time MOVEHsNT . called ' a general meeting of the trade . ' at the Temperance _HalJ , _Waterko-road , on Thursday evening , September _Uth , to make their oase known , when the Hall was _densely crowded . Mr William Adams was oalled to tho chair , and having read the notice convening the meeting , called on Mr Bettridge to move the first resolution , as follows t—Tbat it is the opinion of this meeting , that tho present attempt to put down the masons , by indicting them at taw , it b _*» e and _unmaal ;; and that it Is the duty of every mason to oome forward manfully snd support the present movement , oar futuro freedom being involved in tbe issue of this important question .

      Mr Betxbidqb said the masons bad been engaged for a length of time contending for thoir rights , and though young in years he waB proud to havo been mixed up in the movement with them , and although imprisonment might stare him in tke face he would not be scared from that righteous course , and in this boaBted day and land of freedom it waB the duty of every man to be firm . ( Load cheera . ) _Ifmen would but be united , firm , and true to eaoh other , short hours and better remuneration for labour would soon be theirs . MoBt of the respectable employers bad already conceded to 'four o ' clock' time—true they had failed in a few instances , but let them persevere and success must crown their efforts . ( Cheers . ) Mr Barry had asked haw tbey would use the time if they

      had it—whether tboy wtmld not get drunk f Now he rejoioed that ho and his fellow-men were free from such aspersions , and that ho could truthfully say , that the time gained waB uaed to the advantage of themselves , mentally , morally , and physically . ( Loud cheers . ) He exhorted tbem to be firm in this their hour of difficulty , to be united , trusting to themselves , being assured that in Latour ' s ranks and Laboui _' _a league the cause of freedom lay . He had muoh pleasure in moving the first resolution . Mr Joseph Wood , in . rising to second the resolution , eaid he had muoh pleaBure in doing so . It was moat unmanly conduct on the part of those who had caused tbis meeting to be held . He almost wished he was a king possessed of absolute power for some six

      months , in order that he might deal with them according to their deserts . ( Laughter and loud oheers , ) Wrre the working _olasaen only firm and united , a far greater degree of prosperity and _happiness would be theirs . ( Hear , hear . ) He had been to the lawyers , to see and hear the indictment . Roger Gray stood first on the list , acd himself second amongst the indicted , there were twenty-one persons in the list . The indiotment was the greatest tissue of trash and falsehood he ever heard . Some of the persons who were in the indiotment were at tho time the charge was laid on their voyage to foreign climes . He knew not what be had done to entitle him to the honour of an indictment at law in suoh a case . It was a pleasant thing to know that the working men were a different

      set of beings to those of former days , and tbat in their intelligence and demeanour they wer nearly a century in advance of . their _illiterate oppressors . Their whole proceedings thro / ughout ( hia great movement had been _characterised by the most respeotful demeanour , and peace , law , and order . ( Much _applauee' ) He held it to be tho privilege of every man in this oountry to express himself fully and fairly en every question that concerned him ; bnt , talk of Lord John ' s Gagging Bill , Mr Trego ' s Indiotment Bill beat it hollow . The indiotment talked of' foroe of arms . ' The only ' force ' he bad used was argument ; but perhaps it meant the knocking his arms about whilst speaking I ( Langhter . ) Neither him nor his colleagues had

      used either threats or menace to Mr Trego ' s men , < but contented themselves with simply appealing te their reason and feeling , and this moral force bar' j succeeded , the men had come out , and they d e . served the support of their brother _operatives . ( Cheers . ! Never let it be ( aid that a threat of se _. nd _* ing them to the prison , or to the treadmill , had se _* red tbem from the advocacy of their glorious _principles , for , were seven of their oommittee bent to prison , seven _letbers would be , found to take tbeir _places . He bad no desire to go to prison , for , by bis _industry , frugality , and teetotsirroa , he had secured a comfortable snd a . happy : home , far more , bo than any Newgate , Coldb & th , Bentonville , or _Tothill-fieltls could furnish . But , should prison be his lot , he bad nothing to

      reproach himself v _/ ith . His only crime—if crime it wat—was that of endeavouring to elevate the position of his "fellow-man , mentally , _^ morally , and physically . It & n indiotment bad been framed against the masters for robbing the men of two hours' labour per week , it would have "been scouted and laughed to scorn . _>( _Hear , hear . ) But this indictment waB against 'the workmen , for humbly endeavouring to better their condition , and it was entertained . He was not there to prove that' John Edward Ashton ' had been ran against accidentally ; but , at the time Ohinnock was said to bave run againat him , he ( Mr Wood ) was at work , or answering to hia name—then wbat oould he have to do with it ? He had heard much of class legislation , and he had at length been forced . to the conclusion that there was

      something in it . ( Cheers . ) He supposed tbat their opponents thought that the twenty-one men they had indicted had not 21 s . amongst them , ; bnt what Was lacked iu individual wealth , must , be made collectively . Just suppose that the masons numbered 8 , 000 , and they _Bubsoribed ono shilling : each , why that would amount to £ 400 , and half'a crown would not hurt him on Saturday . They had engaged their solicitor ,, and counsel . ( Hear , hear . ) In _peekiag the four o ' clock , concession they had used no foroe , bat had , by deputation , _respeotfully appealed to the heads of the several respeotable firms , who had admitted its justice , and complied with their request . But a few _snarlera still stood out . He would take the liberty of paraphrasing the cobbler ' s sentiment

      and say , stick to your four ; o clock . movement , raise your banner high , and inaoribe thereon , ' Four o ' clock and no surrender . ' ( Immense cheering . ) The battle was theirs as well as his . Their executive had been appealed to , and surely if they could aid the Holytown miners with £ 100 , as well as assist others , they oould furnish £ 250 for their own brethren , to carry on the struggle / and _shouldit ultimately turn out that Mr Trego and his _oompeors were successful on this oooasion , the _canceding masters _^ cou'd never withdraw , for be it remembered , masters could never create wealth witbout the aid of the men , and Bhould they be sent to prison , they would be only like other great . men , paupers on the state .. ( Loud oheers . ) But he would _' rather be earning hia own living by hia

      own labour , than living on the fat of the land , and have a consciousness that that fat was wrung from the sweat and blood of others , ( Tremendous cheering . ) The intellectual _dwarfishness of the operative class , was . frequently alluded to : bis reply wa ? , give us time and wo will show you what we oan do , but under _^ he worst of circumstances had not a Shakespeare , a Robert Burns , a Montgomery , and a host of other geniuses . arisen from amongst them . . He had no desire to go to prison , no ; he liked to roam abroad and enjoy the free air of Heaven , and whilst he viewed all nature ' s beauty listen to the joyous warbling of the uncSged . bird ; and sure he was that 'his fellow j men would d . o all they , could te prevent suoh an occurrence , that they . would subsoribe their money , and do their best to obtain for them

      a fair . trial . ( Tremendous cheering ;) If working men lost the four o ' clook movement it would take ninepence per week from an exohequor wbioh had far-too little in it . . He had passed a stable in Pirnlico recently _,, and there saw horses far better treated than men ; yet we live in a _Ohrsatiaii country ; but he would _maoh rather seo more ofits benign practice and far less of . its twaddle . ( Loud , oheers . ) They heard muoh talk of philanthropy , of Baths and Wash-houses , Ragged Schools , & o ., all doubtless good in tbeir way , but he said , give the working classes , the means and they would wash and educate < themselves . ( Loud oheers . ) . The resolution was then put and omied _unanlmonsly . , , Mr _Josbph Gtjrwxl proposed the sepond resolution as follows : —

      That it ii tbe opinion ef this meeting that despotism and _tyraany will never be put down until such time as a greater amount ef unity exist amongst the working classes , The masons might well compliment themselves on baying suoh an eloquent champion as their friend . Joseph Wood ; and sure he was , that they would sacrifice all their pots and pipes rather than suoh a man shonld be incarcerated , It _didiappear that not only did Mr Trego oppose , but that the government was also anxious to put down trades' unions , and united with the employers in endeavouring to suppress the scriptural text : — 'The labourer shall be the first _pattaker of the fruits . ' ( Cheers . ) Why did as many noble spirits leave the land of their birth tr America and _otheriforeign _olimes ? Not from the

      Want Of Genius,—Cot From The Want Of Lan...

      want of genius , —cot from the want of land , or means to employ tbeir talent , —but because labour did net meet with its just reward . ( Load cheers . ) We are called ignorant ; but he asked what had the State priests been doing for thoir ten millions of money per annum if we were now ignorant ? ( Loud oheers . ) No doubt they wished us to be _ignwant _, but neither himself nor bis fellow men could crouch , spaniel-like , and liek the hand _abouttoshed his blood . ( Much applause . ) The resolution that he was proposing asserted , ' that despotism and tyranny would never be ] put down until Buch time as the working classes We more united , ' and he heartily wished them more united , in order that they might occupy a better position in society . ( Hear , hear . )

      It was truly asserted that 'labour was the _Bource of all wealth ; ' then how came it that tho labsurer who produced Buch mountains of wealth was go miserably poor ? this could not bo just . He insisted that not only were they entitled to leave off work on Saturday at four o ' clook , but on overy day of the week . ( Loud cheers . ) There were many amongst them doubtless ready to occupy the place of tbeir eloquent friond Wood . But why did ho thus apeak , they would supply the funds ; and would they not receive a fair trial at the hands of the jury class , those men wbo derived their very means of existence from the dealings of working men ? And sure he was that his brother operatives would be always ready to uphold and support those men who npheld and de * fended the rights of labour . ( Immense cheering . ) Why was he indicted , he never spoke to Trego _' 4 men

      in his life ? Why , but to intimidate his fellow workmen . ( Loudcheers . ) Why should theirsocio _^ be put down ? Lawyers and _dootors had their societies , and why should aot the masonB 1 ( Loud _cheero . ) Well , for upholding the measures he had juBfc broached , twenty-one of his fellow men were indicted , whose greatest glory was that they lived by their own labour . ( Loud oheers . ) He waB satisfied that overwork was the cause of much of the misery we endured ; yet when they endeavoured to cure the evil by applying the remedy—shorter fours of labour—they were indieted for conspiring . The battle was the battle not of masons alone , but of every operative throughout the British empire . To the trades he appealed , crying— ' Up to the rescue , support your brethren the masons , and thus save _yourselves , your wives , and families , from impending misery and destitution . ' ( Great applause )

      Mr Turn-SB , in seconding the motion , called on tbe meeting to remember the admonition of the father to his twelve Bona— ' Beware loss ye fall out by the way . ' Tho cause was their own , and it was they who must defend it , Remember if the masonB in London alone were to subscribe one shilling per week it would amount to £ 75 , and the best test of their sincerity was the sending in of the funds . Their motto must ; bo— 'Agitate , agitate , agitate ! short time , asd _na eurrender ! ' If all men took up the golden rule , ' Do unto others as you would they should do unto you , ' there would be found no man working against bis fellow raan . Mr Trego had told him their affair was settled before the alderman at Guildhall , but it appeared they were now removed to a higher court ; and he thought this motion would tend to advance the movement . Let but the two succeeding Saturdays test their sincerity and success was certain .

      ( Loud oheers . ) Mr Pabkbh ( of the National Association of Unit _^ Trades ) Baid , although not a mason , he was an o p / _# _ .. tive , and thought it his duty to attend there , lor ' _, _ _fa _ at the indictment as a blow at trades unions gen _# _{ % \\ f _. Shorter boors was a remedy against over comp etrtion as now one hundred unemployed persons _^ e se used as to be made the instruments in regp' fating-tbe wages of fourteen hundred employed . Thir y ement was an honour to the masonB and the trar * Eencrally The masters in the north had threatenf An eome with aa agitation for eleven hours , with VI - _eff _( 0 ___ moving the Ten Hours Bill ; but th a ' 0 T ) Matives _wera alivetotheirinterest , andhadmov .. _/ instantaneously , and declared their determinatior V w th ten hour question be interfered with , to •' Satelv £ _S operatives , and this had th ie _^_ effecfc ( ( Gmt cheering . ) . ¦ / The resolution was t V _^_ t ftnd carried ___ . mously . r

      A vote of , thanks w- a en to t _j e chairman , and _thebuBVaesstermio' _{ _£ * In . connexion w' _ ' BDOye indictment , we believe H is the _intentio * _ „ , ariy of i _ employers who have tonformed to t' _ _vriBhes of tbe men , and conceded tha ' four o ' clock , to appear at the trial and bear witness to the _resr- _^ -ttfti - _j peaceful , and orderly demeaionr of the mer _^ _ring the agitation of the question .

      Correspotffletufc

      _Correspotffletufc

      Erf Iecgtionol? Mr George White—Arrest

      ERF iECGTIONOl ? MR GEORGE WHITE—ARREST

      OF MR JOHN WEST . TO IBS EDITOB OF THE HOBIHEB !* BIAS . Sa , —Al many of my _friends will deBlre to know whe' _Aer I am in the tender keeping of tbe Whig government , you will perhaps allow me to Btate that I was appre . bended along with a number of other nun , at the Tim . peranca Co £ fee-nouse _,, Great Ancoats . street , Manchester , kept by Mr Thos . Wbittaker , on Tuesday . ¦ and from thence taken to the _Towa-ball _leck-up , escorted by some hundreds of police , aad horse and foot soldier * I was detained tbere for two days and two nights , in a damp cell , witbout either bed or fire . On Thursday evening I was liberated on my own recognisance , to appear on the following Wednesday ; bnt it was merely

      a pretence , fer , os proceeding down the steps , I was apprehended by an inspector ef police from Birmingham , and handcuffed , and at night I was lodged Id tbe Birmingham lock-up lu High-street . Next day I was brought before tbe magistrates on a oharge of sedition , for a speech which I delivered in the People ' s . hall _, In Birmingham , snd after a lengthy examination , was committed to Warwick _Qaol , to take my trial at the ensuing assizes . Tbey agreed to admit me to ball in tno sureties of £ 50 eaob , and myself in £ 100 , My good friends , Lowe and Danks , of Wednesbury _, tendered themselves aB bail , and were accepted , upoa whioh I was re > leased . I then . proceeded towards home by Coventry , Leicester , Nottingham , and Sheffield , and , whilst walking through Roohdale , with James Leach , last Sunday week _.

      was again arrested on a judge ' s warrant from Liverpoool , and confined in Roohdale police-office for tbe night , snd was forwarded from thence to Manchester next morning . I was again ordered to find two sureties in £ 50 eaeh _, asd myseli in £ 180 , to appear nsst Liverpool assizes , ard _, in default , was sent to Kirkdale Gaol , near Liverpool . Mr Thos . Tristram , snd another Oldham friend , tendered bail and were accepted , and I was again released , after suffering five days' solitary con . fi nement , within fonr oells of Dr M'Douall , I arrived in Manohaster last ( Monday ) night , and am now setting off to Oldham , to find bail fer John West , wbo wae brought hero from Newcastle . _oa-Tyno last night . I shall enlarge on this _infjmous system hereafter , hut mast at present conclude by subscribing myself , Yours truly . _Gzoaoi White .

      To Feargus O'Connor, Esq. Honoubes Sib.—...

      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Honoubes Sib . —Pardon the liberty I take by enclosing 5 s for Mr Cuffay , my objeot being to strengthen your high opinion of his worth . Thirty-seven years since I worked _wi-hhim _, being one ot my first _ihopaatcs ; from that time I bare bad many opportunities to witness and admire his integrity , and his inflexible love of strlot and open justice , I shonld think htm one of tbe last mrn to be found ia any seoret machination . Trusting that you may long continue to thwart tbe prinolpal aim of all the spies , namely , the betrayal of yourself , I remain , honoured Sir , yonr obedient servant , Cbartervil ' e , September 20 th . _, Geoboe Bobb ,

      The Cholera

      THE CHOLERA

      A St Fetersburgh letter , of the 3 rd , states , that the oholera _, which had been gradually diminishing In vim . ieuoo , was again slightly increasing . On the lst there were 53 new cases , 20 deaths , and 35 cures , being an tn . crease of 14 cases and 18 deaths upon tho numbers of the preoeding day . On the morning of tbe 2 d there were 388 cholera patients under treatment , At Moscow , on the 25 th ult ,, there wero 25 new cases , but only 11 deaths . In tho other provinces of Russia afflicted with this disease it is ranking great ravages ; in some of them as many ai between 5 , 000 and 6 , 008 persons are carried off by it weekly , Tbe oholera has broken out in Malta . In Berlin , np to tha 17 th , the deaths amounted ro 801 , At Smyrna , tbe disease has made awful ravages , and letters fromBayrout represent it bb decimating the Inha . bltants ef Aleppo , Damascus , < tc . Similar _aocouats have been received from Magnesia , CassabB , Salonlca , and other plaoes .

      General Berthier, Son And Grandbon Of Th...

      General Berthier , son and grandBon of the two first viotirns of the Revolution of 1792 ( MeBsrs Berthier , Intendant of Paris , and M . Foulon ) , died at his estate of La Grange , neaa Thionville , on the 10 th instant . Thb Boi / row _Elbcmom . — Disputed _Rbtubn . — There has been a great deal of gossip during the week regarding the show of hands , and the decision of the mayor not to tahe a poll after it had been demanded on behalf of Mr Blair , by declaring him duly eleoted . at the urgent request of Mr Barker ' s proposer . Barker , whe was not present , now disputes the right of any person to withdraw him , and claims tha election . On Thnrsdav i ) iA f / _illnwin _^ _~ i « ——— — — —— — — — ¦ *¦ 11

      _---- _, -- --. _» .- __•« _WUVIAUK § Hib *" card was issued in the town : —' Notice . —In consequence of Mr Barker being oalled suddenly home _, and recoivio ** an invitation to attend ' a meeting ol the People ' s League in London thiB day , it will be impossible for him lo address bis constituents as waa intended . But arrangements are in progress for giving a tea party on an early day , at whioh Mr Barker will be present . '—Manchester Courier . < _Lijoubr _Maichsb —No _fevrer than six serious fires occurred last week from children playing with _Iueifers . In one case Mr Edward Freeman , farmer , at , _Pinohbeok Marsh , near Spalding , lost five wheat stacks , seven of oata _, ono of clover , and one of straw , as well as the whole of the farm buildings , including a barn containing a ( _Quantity of thmhea ' wheat . '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 23, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23091848/page/7/