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      FRANCE . TSa WAB ABAIsST THB PBS 1 S . M . deCalonne , the chef editor , and M . Ma ° re directerofilw Bodchs de F ^ b , a journal whichW setup to replace ihs Lampiqs , were tried an Tuesday bythsttibaaslofcomc ionsl police , on a chaw ot havinupubh » h «> d a journal withoutmsking « he d-spagit ot the cautioE-money . They were cond * nr « d each to a month ' s imprisonmfni , and a fine of 200 francs .

      Paris , Tueahy .-The National Assembly wfused yesterday , by large majeritie ? , to take from the hn > el the mmtiry dictator tha power of suspending Bach journal * a * he may deem dangerous so . the peace and e » sten * e of Ihe commonwealth , and to trans f er it to the cms law . The subject waB brought under discussion in two forms . A . proposition previously suh tutted by M . Crespel de la Tou--cheha 3 bss-n refened to the ommittee on legislation , wiio embodied th- ir views in a bill thebaBis ef which was thst ths po * er of suspending journals should be rested in the

      tribunal upon tie requisition cf a public officer , and after cwdtmnation by a jury . The details by which the law wa * proposed to ba carded out wtre a bo Bpeaified . The committee ' s proposal was disposed of ip the fi . - st isataacs , tbe Assjmbly refaain ^ to ' discuss * the details » Ten , by 5 d 5 to 203 . M . Crcspsl de 1 Toufche ' a original prnpodtioa-which enunciated the principle that even in the time of siete the tri bond * a nne have ihe right fcv decide matters coe . reeled w th toe pres 3— was next read . bn :. quick v diBposrd of , a majority of 457 to 276 declaring in favour ui th » nevi-us question .

      M . Emi ! e de Girardin give ? notie 9 in hi 3 paper ( La . PREssB )< bat until the ordinary laws sf the country resume their swaj he will afctais fro-i writing in , or interfering in the management of , that jouriif . 1 , which he abandons to his deputies Tbs procf < dfna is prsubJy one of the m . iststrikine print s that cnoli re adiuced of the terror which the dictatorship . 4 Genera ! Cavaigcao and the state of tre siege inH'ire , and cannot bnt ba regarded as rignifi cant and ominous .

      CAU 8 SIDIBRK . M . Csussidssre has addressed the fo'Iowieglet- ' ei , dated Londos , Friday last , to sfc . editor of La Reforms : — Mi Dei * Fbiend , —Canaenmea by anticipation , and witbont dttcieslon , by a vote of the Na ionsl Assembl y , vshlch hand-a me over to prostration during a state ot siege , I was authorised to withdraw until the law cf force lies given placa to the UrbI justice of the c . nn-ry 3 kBOw tbe Mo ; tles » of political trials , an 4 22 m « n hs ' impriocment h * f jre trial ! n IStt ba 3 taught mo that they are too cf en mads subordinate topropitl usevtns . and to cnnc ' usioa * « h : A it is desirable to dra * from tham . HaBp'n « hat may I have too tsuth respect for TJniTersil Stiff-axe , not to desiro ardently to preset tny .

      aelf at the proper lime before » jury , which shali ba tie natural resaU of such snffcagB . I will eniJeavcjr to prove to tbe-atbai 160 , 000 m : elligent citizens are ms de . ceived ia tbe doab ! e Tote they gave me ; and spi e of the host of oitomniea uttered against tha hit vote of my fellow cit ^ as of all classes , I hope not to lose in their estlmaion the honourable disticetion they have r ^ cordtd ms in callln ; me to the National A ^ amUy to legMnte onth < righto aa * antissof all . A simple and obscure citizen , my acibifon , it I possessed ai > y . waB elresdj tco highly gr . ti » fied by the glorious rtcoapense bestowed on my good intentions . I esde «; , ured to rates myself to the feve ; of this sacred mission , and wiihjthat view I endeivEnrii 19 forget tvery mntire of feate , and occup » 5 dm > s if mcetsjstl yto alleviate the mfcerie * that

      imperfect civH siio " i fcas for a long period caustd to weigh on our poor country . Yes . fellow c t zens . suchwEs my constant" ciapatloH , combined with aa earceis desire to sea mj colleagues adopt wisdom and firmness , those democratic principles which alone can , I think , brin * us to a sooial caodiiiea sericuely and truly fraternal . Do not thru tillav yonrs = lv £ s to be seduc « d by the extravagant » oi'hUms of egoism , ani bsnish all maltvoltnt and refractory Ideis . As to myself , d . privcd as I am of any concurrsnea ia ihl * grtat acd suMims work of the constitutijn , . a wbick should be fund the real precepts of Christianity . I ¦ Rill jdin my wisheB to those of tbe peopie , who regard you . and who still hops that tfeeir cries -of distress will en'ightea vour heart with tho holy love of humanity . —Cacbsidiebe .

      IHE ITAIIiN QTJBSHOS . Pakis , Friday Evecin ? . —Ihis day , itnmsdiatay on the chair having been taken at the National Assembly , tbe Minister frr Foreign Affairs ascended the t'ibaue , and announced the official acceptance by Au « m of the mediation tf France at d England in the sfeirf , of Lay . The Minister added that thi 3 tccttrrenci ; wou'd bare tbe effect of enabling the government to reduce the military expenditure , and under that head relieve the country of expenses . This announcement wa 3 received with marked satisfaction by the Assembly as well as out of doors , having caused th 3 funds to rise .

      It is said chat Austria has prescribed her own con . ditions . She demands that the sovereignty of tbe Lombirdo-Veaetiaaprovinces shall be preserved for her , ted peremptorily declines surrendering an inch ofterntary to Cisarle 3 Albert . She consents to certain administrative reforms , and also to grant a liberal cons ' . itnt ' on to Milan and Venice , under an Auitrfcn viceroy , ao thai these states shall stand in the same relation to Austria as Hungary and some of the other ptovincts cf the empire . FiBIS ELECTIOSS . The moderate pany has uaited with the government ia an tffort in the coming election , which Li Sxel for tha i 7 vhatd 13 ; h , to defeat the commuciBtsacd tbe faabnu ^ s .

      The walls of Paris were placarded on Tuesday with red bills , containing a recommendation , in vio'ent tdrms . of M \ l . Raspa'O , Thor ? , and Cibet as candidate ? . It enmaene s with ' Vive la Repubiique demacratique etteciale 1 '

      FRCCRE-S i . ? THE CDtJKTES-EETOLCnO . V . Shxdat Moasiac—The bill abr-gating 31 . Lobis Blanc ' s famous decree of the 2 ad of March , by which thehouraoflabcnrin manufactories and public work * were limited to 10 hoars a day in Paris , and 11 in the departments , wa 3 yesterday passed . By this new law the hours of labour is manufactoriep , &c ,. in France , are henceforth limited- to twelve working hoars , exoepting in eases which , from their nature , require a lon&er snrcesaon of hours , and in favour of which the government is to be allowed to make an exception . The Abbs Sibour proposed an amendment prohibiting the undertakers of public works to ki ep their workshops open or cottuming their works on Sunday ; bat althoagh he declared that his object I brirguu it forward was to ameliorate the lot of the labjiirtogc ' a aif , bj giving them one holiday & week , the proposition met with no support , acd tbe amendment wa « withf " rasn .

      THK DISCCSilOH 0 ? THB C 3 SSTIIt 3 TIO 5 . On Tnur . day the ducossion of : he preamble of the Constitution was resumed , when after several amendments to the first paragraph had been proposed , M . Dktillz aistaded the ' tribune to deve . op the following amendment : — In prrsenee ef God , under the rtisn of the state of siege , destruction of all liberty , * nd in partku ' ar of the liberty ot the pre ?? , which it suppresses and suspends at will , under the regimtn ot the military authority , which has no

      knowledge of the wants of society , whose very existence it a check on public opinion , and prevents the manif 6 r-at << : n cf ail ideas and alltrutn * . so useiul to be cirealated st a mom-. nt when the bases of the constitution ara beinj discussed , tnder that uintelligent acd rxpeohictH regimen , the terror of citizens whom it mav arbitrarily arrest , take from tteir ordiosry jad es and deliver it over the councils of war—ia tae came of the Freach people , and yielding to tha o-. O'traint which prevails in Paris , the National Astt-mbly proclaims and decrees- '

      : That amendment being considered i&snlting for General G »* ai ^ nac . and for the Assembly itself , whose decrees it attacked , numerous voices demanded that it shna ! d sot ba discussed . The Pbkseent , however , having observed thatM . Deville diailalmEd snoh an intention , silence was restored and H . Deville was allowed to speak . He be ^ an , by protesting against the indecorous manner in wcich te had been received by the Assembly , lie had , ha said , voted against the state of siege because he was aware of its inconveniences . Ho had * ervt d ia the army from tha age of six-een to tainy-two . lie had fought on every field of battle , from Aasterlifz to Waterloo , and had had

      opportunity and leisure to appreciate the amenity of the rale of the sword andtbe intelligence of mili-ary statesmett . I * , was because he bad had that experience that tie did not desire to place his feLow citizens at their discretion . His object had sot been toinsaltthe majesty of tha Assembly , nor to attack any of its decisions—he merely wished to unburden bis conscience and disclose some wholesome truths . M . Deville then proceeded to justify M . Louis Blanc , but being repeatedly interrupted by cries—< the Constitution , ' the Constitntioa , ' he took up his papers and ran down the steps of the tribune-At the rf quest ot the President , and of a member oftheCeasmution Committee , he re-ascended ^ the tribune , and continued bis panegyric of Louts Blano . According to him , Louis B ' ano had been persecuted for having freely expressed his opinion from ths

      tribune , and be inferred therefrom that tha libtitrof gpeeca was nac entire . Read , ' he said , 'the bill O ' i ndictment , read the report of the Committee ot * Inquiry , wb . 9 , instead of investigating the geteral eusesoftha insairactun < f Jane , oaly eooghtto oompromua two of their colleague ! , Louis Blano aid Caasaidiere , becauM they spoke too independently . The tribune was not consequeatly free . (• Oh ! oh ! ' ) It if free , if yon wi ^ h , but on one [ condition , that is , » honld aty tf my expressioDsdispUase the Attorney of the Republic I shall ba liable te be handed over ta a m l tary tribunal . ' He then asked if France was doomed to return to the system of deception , so ably practiced by the a-ciiiz ° n Louis Philippe ? For his part be believed it , and repeated , that nnder tbe . 8 ta ? 8 ef fliege toe Assembly could not freely vote ttaCo rBiitntin '

      . „ . , . M . Martin dsStrasborg , replied that the smetd-Be&t o M Deville had been seriously examined snd disease i ia tQe Censtitotion Committee . M . Martin propoEed the order of tha eay , which vras usaui-^ itlyTotsi bj tto Aisembly ,

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      The d ib »« e had rotconcinded up to Tuesday . The " principaUnbj-ct of discustion has been the eighth articjeof the preamble , on which M . Mathicn , pro . pssed an amendment which went to admit the rieht "fall cit zees to instruction , labour , and asssistance . Oa Taesday . M . Altx . de T-cqueviile ascended the tnbune andoontend . da ? amst the dro « du travail . M . Lsdra Rol « in contended that the droitdu travnil wa « a riKhtconquered by the revolution of February tha » KwasthacoDEequenceand result of the great principles declared by the Convention , By refusing to inscribe therfroi * du travail in its constitution , theAwemUyranthe risk ( he declared ) of compromising the revelation and the republic . M . Davergier ( d'IIauranne ) then spoke against , and M . Cremieux in favour of the right . The partisans of the ruhttolab-ur ' are treated with the utmost hostility by the AsssmWy . 'HE WOBKMBH ¦ Thedib »« ehadEOtconc ! ndnilnntAT ,, n ^ = > < pi . » .

      „ . The stone-mu-ns—a very numerous class—have ' struck ia opposition to the ' twelve hours' labour , n quired of them by their employers . Letters from Lyons of th * 8 h inst announce that a club of MoEtianards had baen established in that c ' ny , which is regularly attended three timeB a week by at least 2 , 000 operatives . At the last meeting < ro historical eBsay was rer d in praise of the most celeorated Communists who have appeared 8 ir . ee the commencement ef the world , enmprising Socrates , Pl « o . C . ihet , Cocsidtwrit , and Proudhon . The reading of tbe composition was terminated amidtt cries of Death to the aristocrats !'

      The workmen , says the Timbs are declaiming in tbe clubs as violently as ever , and combining to ia-> ure the success of th » ir candidates , M . M . Raspail , Cube ? , and Throfe—the moat objectionable personr , in the eyes of the Mode 61 . of those not yet membi-rs ot the Assembly . They are , however , suspected to b engaged in other than ' above-board' proceed ngs , and are said to be . col ' ectively and individually , objects of strict surveillance . Tbe agitation of the queauon is not . however , confined to ihe capital . Ia several of the large towns of the provinces the workmen already begin to congregate atd to demand employment .

      THE VSSQEAKCK OF THB VICTORIOUS B 1 URGEOISIB . Another convoy of insurgents sentenced to transportation left Paris for Havre on Tuesday everin ? .

      ITALY . DWTUBBAHCES IN GENOA . The Pessibro Italiano ot Genoa of the 2 nd contains an account of the disturbances that took place there on the morning of that day , in cons < quence of the arbitrary expulsion of Filppo de B » ni , a Radical writer , in open violation of the constitution . The people assembled , and a deputation was sent to the governor to demand satwfactir . n . The latter an-wered that he had received the order from the ministry , who had assumed tbe responsibility of it , and tha * . the National Guwd had no right to int « 'v « ne in the subject . This was not the opinion of the deputa'ion , and accordingly bills were prsted inviting the peoale to assemble about five p . m ., to make a demonstration to obtain Batiafaotinn , and a protest wissigHedby the Byndics of the Decnrional body .

      The people however , dtd not wait for tho proposed hour , but moved on with oriesof ' Down with the Pinelli micistry ! ' invaded the ducal palacej the salcors of the syndics , and those of the governor , who , after vainly trjin-j to elnde the subject , was ob-V epd to allow the retura of Da Boni by a written order . Bat the General of the National Guard , who had refased to place himself at its head , was deposed on the spot , and Lorem Pareto named to the post by the psaple . Meantime tbe police office had been sacked and burned ; among the paper * was found tho very O"dt < r . signed by the Minister Pinelli , for tho arrest of De Boni . The judicial instruction , conrern-n ? the authors of the demolition of the forts of Ganoa , was also found , and publicly burned . The Intend » ot G-i > eral of Police , Advooite Cassellini , was wi'h difficult / saved Irom being thrown ont of the window .

      The Corkiebe Mercakiils of Genoa f > f . the 5 tb , announces the return of Filippo de Bo » i , wh'se exile was the cause of the late disturbances in that c ty . An ovation is organising in honour of him .

      SERI 0 D 3 IXfURREOTlON At LEGHORN . The Pisdji niese Gazette of the 6 th states , that Leghorn was tbe scene of a new insurrection on the 3 d . The decrees closing the dabs , and prohibiting tumettuouscrosds , besides the orders for the arrest of several persons , emanating from the extraordinary commissioner Cipriani , were the signal lor it . The government bills were torn dewn from the wal ? s ; the people rushed into the square , and invaded the governor ' s palace . The troop 3 appeared , and fired in the air ; the people returned it by killing and woundins several ; artillery was than drawn up and swept the atrada , hut wa 3 ultimately repulsed by a violent fusilade . The cavalry were also repulsed . The troop 3 retired with the governor to the fortress . The military lost sixty men killed , other accounts say 120 ; and add that a part . of the military laid down their arms and fraternised with the people , who were preparing to attack the fortress . A provisional government was immediately famed .

      Letters from Naples announce the departure of tha Neapolitan fl el , with 20 , 000 men on board , to act asaiast Sicily . The fuada at Naples fell li percent . _ . . On the 3 rd inst . the Sardinian army took the oath of alleaianca to the Constitution . The Prince of Caz . gnano pasted thetwops in review , after which hieh mass was performed at the cuthedral , Letters of the 6 ' -h inst , from L ° ghern , detail the events of the 2 nd and 3 r < 1 . It appears that the Commissioner Cipriani ordered out four pieces of artillery ,

      ar . d after repeated discharges of grape the people were overawed and order was restored on Sunday avening . Thetroop 3 remained out on . duty , but so little cemmacd did their officers hold over , them that several t-f them joined the people , and others delivered uo their arma . The , ' » mequnece was , that Cipriani ordered thetroopB who remained together into tho citadel on Sunday morning , and the city was in point of fact delivered over to the people . Not a einile robbary . however , toek place , nor had any pt-reoBS , residents or strangers , reason to complain of injury or inBult .

      On Sunday Beveral gentlemen , merchants , and ethers , met together for the purp'se of considering what was to be done for the security of life and property . Whilst there were assembled a deputation irom the peorle was admitted , and in concert with them it was determined to send delegates to Florence for the purpose of asking from the Grand Duke the n wination of Prince Corsini , a personage much es teemed at Leghorn , as Governor , and the interference of the Advocate Guerrmi , a well-known Liberal , wfrse iEfluence over the people in Tuscany is considerable . In the meantime the people formed barricades , and procured arms ; and the Commissioner Cipriani having abandoned the town , the troops returned to their usual barracks , the citadel being oo

      copied by a medley garrison , composed of one-third soldiers of the line , one-third civio guard , and one thiid armed people . The deputation to Florence was received by the Minister of the Grand Duke in a very unceremonious manner , and it was plainly told them that , as long as the people heli arms , it was quite impossible to treat with them . Prince Corsini refused the nomination of Governor , bnt the Advocate Guerrazti agreed to come to Leghorn , and to use bis influence with the D < -op'ein fcYjnroforder and cf submission to the laws . The delegates , accompanied by this gentleman returned on Monday night , ind M . Guerrazzi

      mada several speeches on Tuesday to the crowd , all of which were much applauded , and from the re-« ult of whitb . te appeared that tbe leaders of the movement ' had nothing else in view than the restoration of order and the stability of free insitutions In pursuance of the advice of this gentleman , a se cond delegation was formed , consisiiag of two members of the Chamber of-Commerce , two merchants , two lawyers , two doctors , and four of the people , among whom Guerrszzi classes himself—all of whom proceeded forthwith to the Grand Dake , whs is said to be at Pisa—if not there , at Florence—for the purpose of sabmittiog ta him the following

      demands : — I— A reorganisation of the National Guard , and armin ? the reserve ef tbe sama . , 2 . —that tbe fortresses sboold be garrisoned by twothird j of the National Guard and one-third troops of the line . * . —The ttorogatlenof the extraordinary p » we » granted by the Caamber to tbe government . 4 . —A general amnesty , or rathtr oblivion of the part .

      Letters from Leghorn of tha 7 th inst ., state that the barricades had been then removed , and the city had returned to its UBtial industrial occupations . A . governing committee had been appointed . Milak . —According to the letters received from Milan , that capital presents a scene of terrible deBo latton . Eot only the theatres and public promenades and Btreets , bat even the churches are deserted Tbe palaces of the nobtesse are filled with soldiers , B-vtralof them are converted i nto hospitals for thB sick and wounded .

      Letters from Pontremoli state that the four Bmail towBs-Calice , Palerone , Monti , and Podeozanawhieb . refused to be anntxed to Tuscany , have oonstituted themselves into a republic , alter the departure of the Piedmontese troops . Vesice .-A letter from Venice , dated the lit oi September , states—The govern meat received jeaterdayevenlng the distressing lews that tbe Pontifical soldiers w « e to be recalled by order of the Pope . If that ihould happen It will bs Impoiiible for us to guard all our sea-coast positioBB Happily , the Austrian ! have somewhat dlmlniibed the namber of troops which form the blockading force of the town . The Sardinian fljet remains in port and eo loBg as sea communication Is aUowed , inppUei reich us , and i astain our courage '

      RENEWAL OF THE WAR IN SICILY . "We have important advices from Messina to the 2 nd instant . The expedition fiom Naples by sea andiard had armed on the cppo 8 iteooast ( Calabria and about 2 , 000 men , including one of thj Swiss re .

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      giments . had already been sent across to reinforce the garriaon of the oitadel ; Extract of a letter from Messina , dated the 2 nd nstant : — The city of Meeelna pr- 'sents a very formidable aspect ia appearance ; tha defeaee will , doubltss , ba viry re solute , but the result of tbe struggle cannot be doubtful All tho houses In the town are completely dismsniled , all the furniture having been sent Inta tho country , and only a few mattresses - left to shelter those i . ho flro from the windows . The srreets are completely unpaved and covered with barricades ; men of nil clauses , prUstg , monks , and childrenwork at them night pndday , but - . ..

      , they have none to dlreot them , no profestors of the science , and ihose lH . conntrncte-1 ramparts cannot lone resist an attack of cannon . The combat will be fisto and sanguines - , ^ tfetl stottms , uMiovigk totwatoi to fight to the lest gasp , have no chiefs , th-ir arms are bad , nnd their forts ara ill placed and bally definded ; their only weapons , Indeed , are their courage and their deadly hatredof tbeNdipolitana . Reinforcements have arrlrt d from Palermo , but in imall numben . S ^ pt . 3 , Seven a . m The firing has bten opened for the last hour en bjta sides , tbe citadel boisbards the tows , and the town replies tilth tm-rgy ; Its fitlng h good , bnt almost all the shells burst in tbe a'r . Ttir

      steamers from Regglo bringing fresh stores and troa ^ B have jist arrive . The trotpg will bo landed at a » pnt about six or seven miles distant from the town , while , the foiti continue to fire on it . Anothir landirg will bn effected en the onBtern elde , so that M . ssina will be placed bottveen three fir .- » , and nothing but a ihnrt though desperate resistance onn be t xpected , unless the heroism of ilie inhvbi ' tmtB effect a miracle . ThathpianchoieJin -he rosditsaJ hxva boooo'li f ' to haul off a greater distance , ds the shots were falling 11 amongst thorn . The French frigate left aiout a we k fiiisca for the Adriatic , but her pluca has beta tupplied by tho P main a for the prot- etlon of French suij ots , and to form an asylum for ihe Sicllibn women and children who m * y requite it . The same hospitality haB been offered by tbe ships of ail nations in the roadstead . Httlf . past Seven . —For the last half-hour thj firing from the town has somewhat slackontd . while that of the fort hag bicome brisker . No intdlig-uce has yo reached the town of the landing of the R * yal troops .

      The CoNsnumoNKBL , in a postscript to a private letter , savs : — At tho moment of the drparture of the French packerboat the coiufcat was very desperate , particularly on tfec part of the Swiss troop 3 , but tho Sicilians everywhere ; had the advantage . ! Ths p ? ople had atteck-rd the citadel , and hud drstrojed apart of tte fortrefB , which waB protected by forty pieces of cannon . Tho Sicilians , in order to carry a re . doubt , had waded up to iheir waioto in tbft water . All Sioily was mtrching to a man to defend their na . tional independence . : Tho people luve everywhere displayed the most extra , ordinary bravtry ; the yousgigi children have emulated ftcir flderB in the most dr . Tintr fsata of hesoiata .

      Oa tha approach of the Neapolitan squadron , Ragglero Settimo published a proclamation to the Sicilians , oall . ins . on them to stand firm in tbe dtfenca of th « i * libsr . ties , and holding out to them the strongest hopes that a few hours would show them the futili y of every at . tempt on the part of their tjrants , acy losgor to enslave them . We read in the Pensiero Italiano of Genoa , of tbe following intelligence : — 'A steamer arrived there ftora Mesanw , which it left at two p . m . of the 3 rd , announces that the struggle had oommeccad ; at six am . the citadel had opened a terrible cannonade , responded to by the town with equal vigour . A few Swias landed , aad were immediately cut to pieces but 2 , 000 men were introduced into the fortress Enthusiasm is at it 3 height , and the resistance desperate . Men and women are armed , and fight . At the moment of the departure of the stsamer the hring cmtiDued unabated . '

      ,. TheCoDBRiERBit MiRSEiLLKSoftho 9 > h contains the following :- « The fl * t arrived before Mesaina in theeveniDgolttie 2 . d . The bombardment of tbe town began at six the following morning by eighteen gun boats and by the citadel . The batteries of the town returned the fire eo sharply that the gun-boat 3 were compelled to Ktira with much damage and considerable loss . They repaired toward * Terra-£ uova , whenco they discharged a large number of balls , with a view to driving the volunteers away Uu i- ! , ? » wfatre they nad established a battery . 1 he biciiiansleigred a retreat aUer having spiked thw guns ; by thia ruse about 500 or COO Swiss ; who wire dEBpa'ched to land almost all fell victims , beiuu either massacred or taken prisoners . Same armed men paraded the town wiih Swiss heads stuck at the points of their pikes as trophies . '

      GERMAN'S . Vienna , Aug . 31 .-GrQat difquietude and gloom prevail in the capital , by reason of the late collision with the workpeople . During the last few nights several of the National Guards have been attacked and wounded in the streets , it is said , by workmen Report saya the latter are seeking to obtain a gooo supply of hre-arrcs , especiall y pistols . Berlin , Sept . 4 h . —A master printer of Liegnilz having been arrested for sedition , a multitude asaem bled by tbe donra cf tbo chief magistrate , deinandine the pnsener ' s liberation . This nst being accorded they proceeded to the prieon , burst open the doors

      lioeratea tne prisoner , and earned him eff in triumph to his own abode , where they monnted guard , and swore they would not permit his re-incarcetalian . In the meantime , not a single Burgher Guard or soldier interfered , or if the foimer did interfere , it was merely in the shape of tke commandant , who addressed a speech to tbe people , earnestly begging them not to proceed to further violence , anil assuring them that he would be reiponxible for Oench ' s not eing arrested . Berlin Sept . 8-External tranquillity reigns in the city , but the under current is very aeitated

      A no Burgher wtnr are resolved to stand by the people , and sent an addres s to this effect to the As . sembly yesterday . Several battalions of the Burgherwehr are stationed in the nei hboHrhood of the Singing Academy , and the vicinity is thronged with crowds of people . The committee of the various c . nbs have eat throughout the day , and numerous placards and protests against the Ministry are freeh circulated , The ministers have been hung in effigy . Suspense and anxiety is depicted oh every nountenance

      Letters from Berlin of tbe Oth and 7 th ' in the Kohbe ZKiiDNoinfirms ua cf an important minis terialcrisw , caused by a motion of the Opposition that the Constituent Assembly should force the Cab n . , *? . ? Proclamation charging all military and civil officers on their honour to resign , no leas theycauld recooci e themeelvcB to the new state of things . The Cabinet were of opinion that auch a measure would be wquisitwial and despotic and have , fram the beginning , opposed the progress of this motion through the house . The debate came off on tbe 7 th inst ., and the divhion showed a maio IM 0 — ag c u t the miD"ter 8 . It appears tbatthe decision of the nsBOnrbly was received wi > h great joy by the people of Berlin . The members were loudly cheered when they left the house _ The Prussian ministry hss resigned . Tha ' &ru » a

      ApzEioua of the 10 th sajs , under date Berlin tbe Sfrh , Yesterday the ministry tendered their resiena lions to the King . His Majwty has neither aceeoteu nor ejected it , but in the cjurse of to-day he sent or Grabow , president of the National Assembly to SansSoHci . ' ' At C . Jo ^ ne , on the evening of the 8 th , about two thousand persons assembled in the hall of the demo craticonion , and repeated . Am byline , thennpm entitled ' The Dead to the Living / for JSSTZ well known author Freiligrath ( who m that poem displayed more than his usual geciue ) , ignnwim .

      pnsnned . xnojo tortions which alluded to tha ™ public , to the destruction of throres , and to the rait ing of barricade * , were greeted with immense wplane . Late m the evenin g , one o : the editors cf the Nebe Rheisicub Znrae entered the hall and aanouueed the defeat of ministers . The intelligence was received with deafening cheere , which were repeated all along the main streets after the Assembly had left the hall . The liberals of Cologne have forwarded an address to' the National Assembly in Frankfort against the truce with Denmark , and another to tbe Constituent Assembly in Berlin , denouncing that clause in the Burgerwehr Bil ! which obliges every member of that body to swear allegiance to the King .

      Up to the evening of the 9 th nothing was known in Frankfort es to the formation of the new ministry . The same may ba said ef Berlin . At this latter place the democratical society , baa come out with a warm addrees to the Poles in Posen , in which the fresh division of their territory is condemned , and in which fervent wishes are expressed for the independence of Poland .

      HUNGARY . Tbe accounts from the seat of war are disastrous . A courier arrived at Peath on tbe 1 st irmtant , with the intelligence that t * e Hungarians had sustained another defeat at the Roman breastworks between Temerin and Jarek . The battle commenced on the 28 th August , and was continued on the 29 th , the Hungarian Vinister of War , M-ssaros , commanding is person . ' On the 28 > h the Hungaria&B had the advantage , but on the 29 th they were driven back with great slaughter . Temerin and Jarek fell into

      the hands of tbe Insurgents throngh the treaohery of Lieutenant A ! ath " , and were given a prey to the flames ; The Hungarians fled to Alt ker , where they were rallied by Lieutenant Field-Marshal Count Beohthold . The insurgents have now taken the offensive . Meesaros , who left tbe army on the 28-h for Peterwardein , narrowly escaped falling into the power of tha insurgents . Kofsuth , who announced the above fact in the Hungarian Chamber , ( poke in bitter terms ef the treachery ot gome ot" the Liang rian officers .

      A great popular assembly was convoked for the 8 th instant , on the great plaio ' Rako »/ near Perth whore from time immemoriaJ it has been the went of the Magyars to meet on hy . sebaok , to deliberate oe the affairs of the State . t ^ ° « di t 0 ^ heBRE 8 > ^ u GiZKiiB , two battalions of theBopber Frontier- Regiment hBd orossed tbe Danube , without resistance , atBukowar . Tbe Ban in peraoa was to taka ' ^ comnukBd Of 56 , 000 men ,

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      n . tifittrnfh » S n " ary - l He h 18 ^ ' ^ i 8 sued a tnift iS ? -. i . ^* ' . ° P <' . ra tiocs woulo in no way inteifvre with the natation of the Danube . thn u— UDgar l paper 8 Publish a proclamation cf iiiin rof the Int ( Ticr , nnmmncin K that , the uun garian troops have at length succeeded in stormcomhJ » an P tbe ' nsnri ? ent 9 , at Perlass . The , ™ 7 to * P a ^ e on the 2 nd iLHtant , and lasted two \*» J j " un ? a « ans took neven pieces of artil-« ni . a ? : ; r of P"senots . Ninety of theinsurgents were hiled . A letter from Tem'swur in tho Banab . in the UK 8 TBRRB 10 HI 5 CHB Zeituno , states that the oity of neiBsfcirchen hw 8 aKain been attacked by the Servians , who , on the 29 ch nit ., b » mb « rded it for ei k hi hours , but were at length forced to retire , leavins two hundred of their dFad behind them *

      SWITZERLAND . Letters from Berre in the Allgtmtine Zeitung , nform us that on the 3 rd instaat the Diet assembled lor the purpose of declaring the acceptance of the Federal Constitution . It awan that 15 J canton " , "uha iouulationot 1890 , 517 , voted in its favour , q « i 6 . . oanton * Wlt " » population of Vft . as a-. uIs . wbich were onpoaed to is . Tesrino . with a 5 ? eS n Ot 113 ' « wh > has n ° t 1 * v » ted on tbe

      THE SCULESWIG IIOLSTEIN QUESTION . SPmblv a b t ttVtbe'T f 8 t " Bcenes in the Garman AB - a 2 Sm t , ' " lkfon - Oo the 5 th instaat , the Assembly re > idwd , en the question of the Sohleswig . iVrnnS , " ^ !' "—" rbattbe National Assembly lliC ^! , ' ?^ suspensionofall mWitary 5 HL } 8 trini » t ™ consaquently r . aigned , and ¦ Ph «« . * M - yet obt 8 iued a nawminiBtry t ^?^™^™^ Prevailsand renewal ol

      . , a tne war is tall y anticipated . TheneW 8 from SoUesw g . Hol 8 tein conf nues to be yeryoxqtins ; a-, d imparual obaervere are of opinion that the inbahifonts , f llolsieiu will at leut deckre tho l ^ oublic aa s . ioa aa thefirat stup ia taken-to n Ii ! e * nl . , 7 , , onal Government upan them . Count Char es Moltke , with his suite , has returned io Hamburgh after a hair breadth escape , and immediately despatched a cnurier to Copenhagen demandins his dismissal , stating that he nevur would hava

      accepted the important offico if he had baen in tho Minh'e « degree sware of the embittered feelin&B which prevailed in the Dushie ? . Th « performance if the coaditions of the treaty has , meanwhile , rommencatl , and is going oo very rapidly ; ihe ^ reaier part of the pn ' aonoro of war havo alreidy been exchanged at Eckrenlo-rdt !; several Prussian regimantj have reerosaed the Elbe .

      STATES OF THE DANUBE . Rua UN Insolsnce . —L'Ikdepkndance , of BruB . sals , contains a iniva'e cornst / onderice trom Buoharest n Crcnstadt , from which ii appears that a conflict is inevitable between Russia and the Porte , "U toe Wallachian quesdon . Russia will not tanctvonthe recognition of the new governmi'nt by th 9 Porta , but insists or re establishing the former order 'jf things in WallvsV-v ,

      SCANDINAVIA . The Norwegian Storthing has closed its session . In the official spreob , read on the oooawon of the pr irogation , Kiug . Ojcat I . declares that he haB made uuceasingeff . rts , in conjunction wi * h ail his aliie * , to maintain the general peace of Europe , snd than his Majesty has not shrunk from any sacrifice , how ureat Boever , that appeared likely in any way to promote the attainment o ! ao desirable an object .

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      THE CHOLERA . Letters from the frontlets of Galicia Btate that thechesltra has appeared with such violence in the Eovernrotnt of Lublin , in Poland , that in the small town of Kra 8 nysti > w alone more than 400 persons died . The malady declared itself after tho arrival of Fome regiments of C"ssack * , of whom a considerable number were the firat victims . It , » ppe » T 8 from letters received from St Petersburijh to the 3 Ut nit . that the rsvsgea of the cholera ara drawing to . 1 close in that . city . On tho 21 Ch of

      August there were thirtyeix tew case * and eighteen deaths , and on the 28 . hooly twenty-two new cases an' six deaths . There remained bui 370 patents suffering under that dreadful milady . At Mosn ^ w , likowhe , the cfo . k-ra apppaw to bo about to rxj ir , On the IT'h and 18 h ult . fifty eight new cases nad "nueared , and twenty four deaths . Thare remained 379 under cure . At Riga 22 i ) new cases were de . clared b » tween the 19 sb 1 ' atd 22 nd ult ,, and sixtyeight deaths . At Helioyfora , tha capital of the Gfand Duehy of Finland , the cholera had attacked forty-eight persocs , of whom twenty-aeven had died .

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      PREVENTION OF COLLIERY ACCIDENTS . An adjourned inquest on the bodies of Thomas Purdy and Thomas Podmore , two mon killed at the Tinker's Ciough Colliery . Sbelton , by the breaking of a chain , was resumed on Monday , at tha Sarao-n ' s Uead lun , bsfore Mr W . Harding , coroner . Mr Forrester , tfce mining agent of Lord Granville , at whose colliery the acoident occurred , and Mr Four , drinier , the inventor of the safety apparatus for the prevention of accidents in mines from tho breaking of ropes or chains , were in attendauce . The witness Rhkad wta recalled , and biadepositien was rend over tP him ; ucon which Mr Forrester inquired if he had never known men swing thenuelves from the bank into the pit by catching at the ropes or chain without proceeding the usual way ? \

      The witness replied , that he bad known such to bB the ca « e , but it was not so on the morning of the accident with the raen who wete killed . Mr E . N Fourdrisikb then produced two beautiful models of his invention , and said , tbat whether from carelessness on the part of the men , or acoident , bo far as tho breaking of a rope or chain was concerned , or the drawing over the pulley , his inventien was equally efficacious , [ MrFouRDRiMER here explained the working of the apparatus , which underwent a very critical and minute examination by the jury , by whom numerous questions were put to the inventor . ] In reply to a question put by Mr Foprdrinibr to the witness Rhead , as to whether be had seen the apparatus at work in one of Mr Brindley ' s pits , near Cobridge , he replied that he had seen it , but not at work .

      The following witnesses were then called by Mr Fourdriniek , to speak to the efficiency of the invention : . .. Thomas Chorlrt , in the employ of Mr Brindley , at Sneydgreen Colliery , Baid that the apparatus was in UB 3 at a pit near Cobridge . Since the invention was put up . he had gone down repeatedly ; thecor'e was knocked off , and it did not fall more than an inch and a-half . The chain had been broken by wny of experiment , and also pulled over the pulley , but the pulley remained perfectly stationary . On onr occasion five individuals wero in the corfe during the experiments , and it had also been tested with heavy weights , and was quite successful .

      Richard Baddblet , a ground bailiff at the Sneydyreen Colliery , also bare testimony aa r o the efficiency of the invention . He said , that the pit where the apparatus wa 9 put up was worked previously by a ohain , which was not considered safe ; but now no apprehf niion was felt . Before the apparatus was sat up , he did not go down wi th the chain , but now he did , and believed he waB quite secure . Bt a Juriman : Then you would prefer going down a pit with the apparatus in use ?—Witness : To be euro I wonld .

      Mr Forrbbter observed , that no colliery agent wsb more willing than he was to adopt any expedient he considered calealated to save the lives of workmen . They were now working as dangerous a pit as any in the county , and in order to render it more safe a con siderable sum was bsing expended to improve the cut rent of air . With regai d to Mr Fourdrinier ' s invention , iShadaomegood pr < parties about it , biit ht did not thinkit quite perfect . He thought theremight be a chance of the guides giving away . ¦ Mr Fourdrinibr observed , thnt the partioularforin of the guides , the materials they were composed of . whether chain , wood , or iron , or the strength of them was a mere matter of detail , and might bB varied according to the inoliution of parties . He considered there was not tho slightest probability of thtir breaking . .. . . Jubtman to the witness Baddeley : Do you think the guides are Buch a part of the apparatus as are likely to break ? -Wime , b : I do not

      ine Urohbr observed , that on the ljtb of AueuBt last year two men , of the names of Ilamaon atd Mat thews were killed at the Beli ' a Mill Pit of Lord Granville s colliery by thejlippiiig oi a eb « n , and he icqmred from Mr Forrester whether in bia opinion tbe lives of the men would not have been saved if the m B beeB in n ? e 8 t the P' * Mr Forrkwer Baid , that that accident was entirely trie resu t ot carelessness in the »« n not bavin * hooked themselves properly on . if the apparatushad been m use , it was possible , if the tods bad eUed , that they might not have been killed . mother witnesses having been called in reference totheaccideat , The CeROKBa observed to the jnry that their first duty would be to find a verdict ; and if they thought > roper to Bake any representation an to the apparatus , u nngut be done af terwards

      A verdiot of Accidental Death' was returned ; and the jury , at theie own request , were then left made ™ wh 6 ttwr * W BUggeBtion should be O 11 our re-admission to the room , the fortman ( Mr & . aoaioB ) 8 aid , the jury were unanimous in their opimoH as to the importance of Mr Fourdrinier ' a invention , and reoommended its being put in operation bpthby MrForr&terand the mining agents in the dwtticj generally . f , C ? R 0 NBR obEerved that , seeing a reporter pra sent , he had no doutt tho recommendation would , go forth to the public .

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      EVEN HANDED JUSTICE . We give tha following without comment , as illustrative of the mode in which Daniel Whittle Harvey , « t no enous character , who may be taken as a sample of his order , deals with the liberty of the subject . and we shall only say , from such justices , Good Lord , deliver us . ' But * ho that has heard of he doings of the latehon . memberfor Colchester , as he professional adviser of his distressed client , will wonder at the impartiality of the Judge . Reader , peruse the following , and judge for your-TO THB EDITOR OP'THe NORTHERN STAR . Albsmarle-Btreet . Clerk- nwel ! , r ^ ,. ... September . 7 ; h . 1848 .

      Drab . Sir . -I take the liberty of addressing you on a Bubjeot whioh I deem of some public importance and if not checked may give tha Attorney Uenural a few more victims . I ara not much used to writing , but I will put I ha case before you as bri = f as I can , and then you will jud « o what course ought to be puwued with it . About a fortnightsiF . c ? , a young man , a letter canier in the posi office , came to my siop on business , at which time there was a person conversing with me on politics ; I happened to ba dwelling on the abominable spy eyatem , and put it to him whether it would be fair to envies m n on the testimony of such a miscreant , aa Powell . Tho to it . man said nodoub ; there were i . lency of spies in tie Cimn , for ho tone * a City policeman , of tha name ot W « bb , who stated in his hearing that he m * an enrolled Chartbr , ar . d often went to the rae ^ inp armed with a pike . I toM him that I certainly ahould

      make a complaiut a « ainat such a oharacier , and asked him if he was prepared to go and repeat what he had stated , as 1 was afraid he might lose his plaee . He Baid he wou'd . lthen wro ; e toD . W . llarvey . Esq ., and he appoin'ed last Saturday morning to bear tbe case . He heard what my witness had to eay . and alth ; u << h Webb waa in the office ho was not called in , the Commissioner hastily wsndin » the arhirupby saying he could not interfere . I ' then went homo asd wrote a letter to the Times , a cipy of which is encli sed , I put it in the editor ' s box about throe o ' clock . I bad a letttr tbe tame even * mgfrom the Comraissiorer , nqueating my attendanoec ^ in on Tuesday . I saw , in the interim , th « man to whom tha words wore Baid to be addressed by tho po ! ic ? man , and a ? ked him if he recollected the wcrda u ?> d . Hn said Webb was a particular frend of his , and a ! th / Uih he admitted the tru ^ h of the

      statement he did not wish to oomo forward , and he said he could not conif ) as his master waa ill . I went again on Tuesday . The p- -&traan wa < there and ptrsevBroo in his statement before Webb , who coatradictedit . but admitted haTing been in hi » company ; a letter waa produced , purporting to come from the other pirty to whom the words were addressed , contradicting the statement , but it is a ' curious fact that I can prove ho can neither read nor write . 1 instantly objected to the letter bein « received in evio ' ene ' e , but was told by the worthy Commisdoner ( hat if 1 did not hold my tongue I wui-t « o out of tho room ;

      he then again do * d the affair by saying he disbelieved the witness I produced , and acquitted the" policeman of any blamo . Such are tho facts of the case I leave it to you to judge whether it should bo purau « d further ; suppose it had DBen the case that ho heard any Chartist assert the sama words ; I wonder whether he would not bedragijed / rora his heme and the charge magnified ioto almost treason . I am , siifcyour obedient servant , M . P . Lek . f . S .-. It 13 my opinion the letter I sent to the Times , instead of finding its way to tho press , was sent to the police ' office .

      TO THB EDITOR OP THE TIMES . Albemarle-straet , Clerken'irell , September 2 nd , 1848 . Sm . —Iliavejusr returned from an investigation be ' ote Daniel Whittle Harvey , Esq ., concerning a policeman of the name of Webb , who I proved by a witness had been in the habit of attending Chartist meetings according to his own admission , armed with a weapon which he termed a pike , which was ljkclytp . influence the weak minded to acts of violence . ; Tjie man Webb was in attendance , but in

      consequence pf . tlie evidence 1 produced befog too strong , be was not called to give e 7 cn a ooutra ! . liotion to it . The commissioner-say ? he has no power to interfero in tbo matter . 1 wish to know , in the face of mjaelf setting a week on the silent system far contradicting tha sta'emen' of Lowl John Russell , that thfi people did not want rtform , apd th » faut of Stop , Vernnn , and othsra being sbrc for iwo years to prison for attending a Ckaniat meeting which was termed illegal , whether this man is to go eot-frea because he is a policeman ? Your obedient servant , M P . IiEE . P . S . —We ' nb enrolled himself as a ChartUtat a meeting in Redcross-strcet .

      Chartists what say you to that ? But next week , mayhap , we may give the biography of Mr Commissioner Danisl Whittle Harvey , a most fit and proper Whig-instrument .

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      M ' Naughton , tub FoRGBft , —Y . M-Naughton ' the forger of a cheque for £ 3 , 450 , 17 s ., in the name of' Alex . Henry and Co ., ' upon the Manchester branch of the Bank of England , who arrived at Portsmouth in a vessel from St John ' s was taken before the magistrates at Manchester on Saturday last for examination . The court was exceedingly crowded with commercial people , anxious to hear the proceedings . Mr Newman , of the firm of Messrs Freshfield and Co ., solicitors to the Bank , in London , attended to conduct the prosecution . The forged cheque was placed in the hands of Mr Balfour , at that time a teller iu the Manchester Bank , who identified it , and said that he cashed it

      for the prisoner on the 29 th of March last , giving him six Bank of England notes of £ 500 . each , four of £ 100 . each and £ 50 . 17 s . in gold and silver . —Mr Johnson , of the firm of Messrs Alex . Henry and Co ., merchants , Manchester , staged that the prisoner was a clerk in their service on the 29 th March , and had been for twelve months previously . The cheque produced was a forgery . —Mr Kearsley , manager of the bank of Messrs Cunliffs , Brooks , and Co ., Manchester , stated that the prisoner and another young man ( Brady ) called at their establishment on the 29 th

      March , and presented three £ 500 . notes , requesting an order or letter of credit upon Liverpool for the amount . In consequence of some suspicion he told M'Naughton , who gave his proper name at the time , to go out and bring some person who knew him as a reference . M'Naughton and his companion left the bank , but never returned , and the three £ 500 . notes were retained , and witness now produeed them . They were identified by Mr Balfour as three of the notes he had previously paid on that day to M'Naughton , at the Branch Bank of England . —Mr Newman here stated that he had several other

      important witnesses to produce , who were not in Manchester , and he applied for a remand till they could be summoned . The application was acceded to . It is staled that M'Naughton and Brad y , when apprehended at St John ' s were placed in a temporary prison , the old one having been burnt down , and both made their escape ; M'Naughton , however recollecting that he had left behind him a pair of shoes , relumed into the gaol for them , and ai he left it a second time was challenged by a soldier on sentry and secured . Brady , without waiting for his companion , lost no time in making his way out of the neighbourhood , and so far has escaped pursuit . The money recovered from them amounts ( exclusive of the £ 1 , 500 . detained at Cunliffes , Brooks , and Co . ' s bank ) to £ 1 , 620 .

      A Con for Bachelors . —Why are young ladies of the present day likely to make good wives ?¦ Because they make a great htstle about a little waste ( waist ) . Fire in the Cambeuweia-road . —a * fire unattended with any serious loss of property , occurred 011 Sunday forenoon in an oil and colour warehouse belonging to Mr Demon , Bolingbroke-rdw in the above road . It arose from a quantity of turpentine becoming ignited , and was shortly extinguished . There were 109 lbs . of gunpowder in tbe back of the premises-and 10 lbs . in the-shop window : fortunately the flames did not isach ither .

      TUNBRJDGE . MVSTBBIOTO ROBBERY OFJ A Cash-box . —A cash-box has di-appeared from the railway , station which has- given rise to a good deal of remark . It appears that the box , whicia contained papers , and between £ 20 and £ 30 ia cash , was placed as usual in the safe on Friday night , ant the head clerk took the key . Oa Saturday he discovered he had lost or misplaced She . key , but did not mention it to the station-master till Sunday afternoon , when after consultation with the superintendent , the safe was opened , and it was found tbat the cash-box belonging to the goods clerk had been stolen . An immediate search was luade in every direction for the box , which was found on

      Monday in the closet belonging to the porters , with a hole broken through the top with some sharp instrument , the money all gone , but the papers not touched . There can be no doubt that the party or parties v » ho committed the act were well acquainted with the station , position of the safe , &c , also that the safe was opened with the missing key . Every endeavour lias been made since by the superintendent and station-master , and , in fact , by everyone connected with , the station , to discover the guilty parties , for each feels , of course , till the guilty are discovered , they are all liable to suspicion , but , we believe , up to the present time nothing certain has been discovered , —MMHone Journal ,

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      An Hones * Codfish . — A sloop , belonging to Rothesay , waa recently ljing in Locbbroom , tbe skipper of which , when Bsbingover the side , lost the keys of his lockers , &c , from his pocket into ten fathomB 0 ! water . Attached to tbo bunch waa a Bmall piece of parchment , on whioh his name And that of tha vessel wero written . Be , of course , gave up all bopes of ever seeing the keys again , and gazed ou their rapid descent kto the watety depository with deep regret . Six v . ceks afterwards the skipper cast anchor off the island of Rassaj , about 100 milts from Lochbroam , and again resumed hie piscatory employment . Among the results of . his labours mbs

      a large codfish ,, whioh was speedily unhooked and thrown upon the deok ; atd , to the utter amszeaent of the skipper , the poor cod , when in the last agonies of death , vomited up his bunch oi keys . The parch * ment , being partly preserved , proves his property beyond a doubt . At the same Use , as if consciencestricken , it disgorged a penknife-belonging to a aki pper , on which his initials were engraved . It is a rematkable oJreutnBthnce that this fyh ,,. in its nup * tory course , should arrive at toe . same spot whera the sloop waa , sacrificing , its life , aDd withiUl&il breath disahargingan Bcjror ^ oaeflty ; th » t would ivra honoured a higher grade-ojjjpwwa . of anijaws , - " QrmthMvertim < '¦ \ hW -.- ; . ' S . 5 ) . ££ ¦¦ i : v . £ fe " - - - 1 /• ¦ - - ¦¦/ . \ — / , ¦ ¦ , ¦ . ! yv .- ;> •'• > . > '

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      ARRKST OF JOSEPU B <\ RKER _ I < OI / TON ELECTION .-MR J . BARKER , M . P . FOR BOLTON . ( From the Times . ) Tuesday having b ? cn appointed for the nominalion of a merahfr of parliament ( or Bolton , to ( ill up ' tho vacancy occasioned by the death of tbo late member , the Mayor and a large number ot the inhabitants assembled for 1 bat purpose in the large new Market * place . There wero soon after the commencement of the proceedings at least 6 , 000 perrons present . ¦< The friends of Mr Stephen Blair , wh > had been announced as the Conservative candidate , had luly expected that gentleman to have return' <); but at ten o ' clock be had not made his appearance . The town was exoj'ed somewhat by tho fact that Mr Joseph Barker , the Chartiat candidate , h > d rwenar * wated on the prcTious night , on a charge of sedition . The preliminary arrangements boin ^ gone through , and ibe mayor . Mr " T . R . BrHson , having a-ked * f any elector had a candidate to iir we .

      Mr P . RoTHwm , iron founder , of Sunny hill , in a brief speech , proposed Mr Stephen Blair , bleacher , of Mill-hll . as a Stand proper person to represent tbe boroiith of Boltonin the CommonB House of Parliament Mr W . Grey , cotton spinner , seconded the nomination of Mr Blair . Mr J . FuTcafFT carno forward acd said , that though tbe . v nad < xppc ? ed two candidate a on Jhe Liberal aide , ho liad to tell them that tfeeve was not one present . One of these gentlemen ( Mr Barker ) fthom he intended 10 propose to them a < t » candidate was in prison ; the other ( Mr G'rdwer ) he knew not what had become of him . But thoueh "Whig and Tory h » d onmbinrd , they were not thus to ride rough shod over tho people . IIo trusted f . hat the masses before hioi would convince tho Ken'ltmen present that thpy were worthy o f the franchise , and tbat they wero in earnest to obtain it .

      Mr R . BnotK , grocer , briefly seconded Mr Joseph Barker . Mr J . Parkinson , auctioneer , carae forward to speak on behalf of Mr Barker . He did not intend , ha said , to sav asinglo word , but the peculiar oircuHJBtinces in which the borough was placd compelled him to do ao . He had tie enmity to Mr B ' air , bnt knowing that he bttlonued to a political school whoso only aim was to rivet the fetters of bosdage on the people , who from time immemorial had b-en the avowed enemies of all freedom , who tcfl us thjit tho people are only fit to bo ru !« d by an irr . n rod , he felt ithisdi ) t . y toraiso hia vice against biro . Ho was notsorry thafc the Whi ^ s were unable to fi « d a candidate . Whig and Tory , politically considered , ' werd

      both the robbers of the people ; the only difference batween them being thai ; the Tory would rob the country in open dsy , while the Whig would seek the darkless of rieht for his objpot . the man who would faithfully represent them was Joseph Barker , lie was well known to bo a religious man ; had long b ? enan advoca ' oiorpface ; was opposed to all war and physical force , lie would give the people the franchise ; he would not compel then to auppert a Churoh whose creed they did not holieve ; he wm bold enough to teach all , even the Queen herself , lessons of economy ; he was bold and mil < if energy , never to be intimidated by the threats of the enemies 0 ! freedom . This was the man who would heat serve their interests , and though now arrested , he hoped that before night he would be amongst them .

      The Matob then twice took the show of hands , and declared that Mr Joseph Barker had tho majority . There were at least two to one in his favour . A poll was demanded for Mr Blair , when Mr Barker ' s friends stab d , thai ; as Mr Barker was absent they should not contest the election , and the Mayor declared Mr Blair duly elected . Mr H . Blair , the brother of Mr Stephen ; Blair , briifly thanked the meeting in his brother ' s behalf and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Mayor , who responded , the meeting separated .

      { From our own Conespondent . ) BOLTON , TlJHSDAT . A . vacancy having occurred in the representation of this borough , in consequence of the death of Mr Boiling ; , the Chartist body determined to nominatea candidate who wou'd be the advocate and rapreBentative of Cbartiat priiciples . Mr Baiktr hiving been announced to deliver a course of lettuTef , the committee determined to nominate him as a candidate . Mr Barker tielivtred his tirafc lecture en Friday , evening to a numerous audience , and at its close a resolution pledging this meeting to support him was unanimously carried . His second lecture was announced for Monday evening . On Saturday a report was widely circulated that Hit Barker would ba

      arrested en a charge of sedition , if he ventured to return to the town . This report was , on Monday , ascertained to ba correct ; and a deputation was Eent to meet Mr Barker at a railway statioB ati soma distanco from the town , to apprise him of the circumstance He determined to proceed at once to the town and contest tho election . Great exeitement waa created by the atrival of Mr Beawick ol Man . cheater , and a party of about sixty police . It appeared obvious to the friends of Mr Barker that hh arrest had been suggested by his ofpenents in the elettien , and tbat it had bees pre determined to create a riot in the town , but tbat gentleman determined to baffle their designs by surrendering before the meeting commenced . Mr Bewick , superintendent of the Manchester , and Mr Harris of the Bolton police were sent for to the office ef Mr H . M . Riohardssn , solicitor , whose exertions to effect the liberation of Mr Barker , and to secure hia election , btve called

      orth the warmest thanks of the Chartist body . Mr Beswiok inhrmed Mr Richardson that ha had a warrant for Mr Barker ' s arrest . That eentleman arrived at Mr Richardson ' s effice immediately after , and waa forthwith canveyed te Manohetter under a strong escort of police . In the meantime 'he people bad assembled in great numbers at the Town Hall , and were addressed by Messrs Riohaidson , Bramwell , Warden , and Ford . At the conclusion of the meeting a subscription was entered into to defray the expenses of the election . Bail was prepared for Mr Barker , and every exertion made to secure his liberation in time to attend the nomination on the following morning . It is but justice to Mr Harrip , the superintendent of police , to say that he gave every assistance in his power to Mr Richardson lor attaining that object , by promptly furnishing him with the following letter : — Borough Police-officu , Boltoa , September lltb . 1843 .

      Sib , —I have inquired into thecircnmetoticcBof Messrs William Haslam and' Joseph Baron , the bearers hereof , who intend to off , r themselves as bail for Mr JoBtph Barker , on a charge of addition , and find they aro both nun of substance , and suitable for bail .

      I am , sir , yeur most obedient servant , R . Bsiwlck , Eeq , James Haeiis . GhUt Superintendent of Police , Mrnchester . Mr Barker was brought up at the Boroug h Court , Manchester , on Tuesday morbicg , when Mr Richardson tendered the above ntmed gentlemen as bail , with Mr Harris ' s letter , certifying their fitneBS . But , an objection waB taken that Mr Harris ' s letter did not state tbe exact sum tbe gentlemen tendeied aa bail were worth . Mr Richardson then , anxious to secure Mr Barker ' s attendance at the mi&tings , offered to deposit money for the amount of bail required . This also was refused , and Mr Richaiditm returned to Beaton , with the following otter from Mr Beawick to Mr Hams : —

      Deab Sib , — The justices have fixed the bail of Mr Barker at two sureties in £ 100 , and himself ia £ 200 . I shall be glad to have your certificate of tho goodness of each ball for this turn . I am dear sir , youre troly , Mr James Harrlp ; . Bichabp Beswick . Superintendent ot Pollor , Boltoo . At the nomination this morning , Mr Stephen Blair vna nominated by the Conservatives . Mr James Flit ' orefr . moved ,, mi Mr Robert Crook , grocer , seconded , the nomination of Mr Barker , and were supported by Mr Parkinson in a powerful speech . On a show of hands being called for , Mr Barker was carried by an overwhelming majority .

      A poll was dt manded by Mr Blair , but on Mr Flitcroft declining to go to thapoll , the mayor declared Stephen Blair > . Eiq ., duly elected . "' " In the course of the afternoon Mr Barber aimed in Balton , bail having been accepted as soon aB the election ha& terminated , lie addmwd a numerous meeting in the marketplace . Since-then a dispute has arisen ^ as to the validity of Mr Blair ' s return . It is admitted tbat aa Mr Barker was returned by a show of bands , and as so poll bss been taken , although , demanded ,, the mayor had no rifcht to decide that Mt Blair wasdaly elected . Mr Barker declares hiB intention of petitioning against his return , and on alhides tbe opinion is that be will be tho sitting member .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1488/page/7/