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FRANCE . Ou Friday General Lahitte . the Minister o f Forekn Affairs , announced to the Assembly , in the foiling terms , the settlement of the dispute with En :: and on the Greek question : — 'Gentlemen , — "We ' have toannbnnceto yon that the British government hss consented to substitute for the couVfntion of Athens the stipulations concluded at London on the I 9 ih of April , between our ambassador and the Bns'ish minister . ( Oh , oh ! ' « Very good Y ) lou
wili be able to recoguise that in the whole course of this l-ng negotiation the French government has been constantly animated with the desire of maintain ] : ;); the national dignity , and preserving peace * wihin the limits of this dignity . (' Very good ! ' ) I » ouisquence , the ambassador of France will retaru , : o resume in England the position wh-cb he occupied before the 14 th of May , as the convention which be had concluded for the arrangement of the affsUs of Greece is to be executed . '
T . ' ie sitting of the Assembly was hardly opened when M . Flaudintnade bis appearance in the tribune to rearf his report on the Dotation Bill , the Chamber JuvJwg deured to hear it in full . The ministers , he sa a , had been twice heatd by the committee in order ii > give esplana-ions . The bill demanded the op ^ oi . igofacr ^ dit of 2 , 400 . 000 fr ., to be reckoned from ; he 1 st of January , for expenses of representation . The committee expressed nearly unanimously its rejret at the inopportuneness of this demand . . Nevertheless , it acknowl dged the expediency of co ; ui ; ig t « an understanding with ministers . The ' mir-c-iiy represented that the Cmstttnent Assembly iai " : vvi intended to fix permanently the allowance of iLe President . The committee could not admit
th > - iheoiy of ministers . On the other hand , they acknowledged that old customs did not allow the exp enses of representation of the President to be re Etiic' -d within the narrow limits assigned by the C" > j « tu « siit . Without admitting either the form or te » : * r of the ministerial bill ; without admitting the monies brought by ministers in support of their apjp ' . icA' ^ n ; finally , without pretending to grant a civil :: 3 i , the committee has thought it just to grant th- expenses of establishment and installation of the Prudent . The majority fixed atl , 600 , 000 fr . the fig-ire of this grant . It has acted as a jury , with the in a'lcn of allo * inn to the President a natural compensation for his outlay . Unfortunately , the
minutm have not thought fit to change either the ten :.. - ; nr the spirit of their primitive project . They had . ii £ intained both the form and the tenour of this bill . They ha . 1 refused to change the character of tb <* ortdit . All conciliation appearing impossible , the cunt-.: i ! ee was obliged to put the question to the mo . k . Nine votes against six had rejected the go-\ e « - - » K nt bill . Nevertheless the majority , in thus pr- "i- " 2 ! tcinx itself , had not adopted the idea of adm : t- " ir , g every amendment which should be presented by ii-ii minority . The majority was neither moody nor - jrn , ed ; it had confi isnee in the government . On ? incident oug « t , however , to be mentioned . "W '>¦ ¦¦¦ ' ibe committee was deliberating it received a
pet \ i , addressed to the National Assembly , signed fcy b gr-ai number of the inhabitants of Paris , prayina « a' the Presidents salary might be raised to six m rt ' ^ : i ? . ( Clamour on the Left . ) The President sai'i : hat the report should be printed , and the proj ec « . '•• : t ' . ie allnwance of l , 600 . 000 ! r . discussed on Jlni !'!' sj . The house was agiuted considerably for som ; tiaieafter this communication . Thearaendm » iiis » f the committee are as follows : — 'Art . 1 . Av « "waordinary credit of 1 6 : 0 , 000 r . is opened to the . Minister of Finance , for the expenses which have Twen : «! cu « re 4 in 1849 and 1850 , in consequence of the irste' . iation of the President of the Republic . Ar ? 2 . Tais credit shall be charged by halves upon the h-Jiteets of 1849 and 1850 . '
• We fi : i 3 the following in the' Salut Public' of Lyons of the 19 h : — M . de Lamartine passed thrrtiiiih our city yesterday , en route for Symrna . Tnft measure adopted hy the Prefect of Police in 6 is late c i rcular with respect io the refugees in the French territoiy has lieen iasHated by the Mayor of B Tdeanz . in a circular to bis subordinates , that functionary instructs them to ' institute a rigorous inqj'ry imo the c mdnct and situation of those persons , and their means of saining a livelihood , with the vi * w of separating the really pacific and wellconducted from those turbulent forei gners who may be di : p- » &t . d to abuse the privileges allowed of resident ? in France , and who are ever Teady to make cira : a » n cause with domestic conspirators . The example of the Miyor of Bordeaux will , no doubt , be imitated by the authorities of other towns where refugees are stationed .
' An incendiary placard was found affixed on the walls of the town La Gmliotiere , near Lyons , on the 19 th >» si . The placard is a formal summons to in-8 urr « c-. i 9 n , and is-signed ' The Central Committee of Resistance , ' and dated ' Paris , June , 1850 . ' It ¦ was taken do * n by the police , and an inquiry has teen s 3 < on foot to , if possible , discover the authors . After uttering the most terrible menaces of spesriy vengeance on the majority which has usurped the right of the people , ' and having marked on-: f > r the poniard the leaders of that maj irit ? , and in particular M . Thiers , the authors of the document terminate in the following manner : — ' Yes ,
people , you expected from y « ur representatives who git on th * Mountain an energetic solution . Yon a wa-t . - ii the signal to rise and administer justice ' . This rev <^ utinn , this signal , you await still ' . For this weakness , or this cowardice , you will soon ex 8 Ct an account . But side by side with them , people , remember that there are men who- hav « no dou * !" ' nt yon , who hav ^ ho fear for themselves , and wh" art watching over you . They tell you'The Bspui . tiieis In danger ! ' The revolution . with one Tioce , invites you io a speedy rendezvous ! Prepare 5 ourselves for this last strutrde . Watch ; waich ! We watch ! Vive la Repuilique . '
• PAUiS , Mondat . —T « -day the Asaemi'ly grappled at la » t with the Dotation Bill . Notwithstanding the excessive heat the house was crammed in every part . The ladies v . ere very numHrons , and expreised their political tendencies by white dresses . Some representatives appeared on return from distaut rations to be present at this important vote . M . FnitLD , the Minister of Finance , opened the df frate by declaring , in the name of the government . th » t it accepted the amendment which proposed * to Oj ; en ; o the Mis » u r of Finance an extraordinary credit of 2 , 161 , 000 fr . for the expenses of the President of the Republic / The government consented io ad < i ; it ( bis form , because it implied no reflection on the f . a > t ; because it relieved the bill of those features wfreh were accused of beiraying an arrierepensee : and , while it reserved the future , maintained equally ihe dignity of the legislative and executive
po »« "rs . . . M . Matuiku de ia Dii ' ime said , I will nslther Tote 2 , lSO . 000 fr . nor 1 600 , 000 fr . I will not content to an extraordinary credit or expense of installation . 1 respect the elect of the people , but I do not like those who surround him . " These persons find the Elysee too small-they want the Tuilerics . lh ° PfesidenS has been educated in t !> e school of misfortune ; it is Sot he wVi » rain ^ anl of m » n « v . Those vhn incite the President . have not cansidered the consequences . Is it not strange that they should avow that the man who directs our public affairs catinnt administer his own ? It is said that the Pre sidei . t dees much good . Society should provide for
the distressed , bn- in investing the President of the Rip -. hlic with this duty it deprives the country of his valuable time . The measure , has the effect of lowering the Presid < = ntin public opinion , II is aremfniscence of royalty , a shred of purulu that is thrown over'the shoulders of the nephew of the emperor . Kings and emperors Invented of wealth ; a usurped power can only exist by means of benefits conferred . Understand , then , the difference between monarchy and the presidency . Royalty is a fiction , the presidency U a reality . Hence the hereditary nature o < royalty , neceusc ' the person is nothing , and trie temporary nature of the prrsidncy , because the person is all in all . Do not counterfeit royalty . Forget
the cradle of M . Louis Buonapar ' . e ; he owes his xoyaliy to chance , his glory to the choice of a great people . Gentlemen of the majority , - this is the timr to explain yourselves . What dr » you want i Will you have an aristocratic republic ? It would be madness . -. Yon nill never have an aristocracy procetdine from the bosom of that bourgeoitie which has behind it 1830 and 1789 , which is eurklied by the propern of the clergy and the nobility . ( Murmurs . ) You may venture to restore the titles of nobility , but they would but be epitaphs for tombs . Aristocracy is for everyone in France . Do yon wa * ta monarchy ? which ? Begin by agreeing among yourselves , and then ajree with the people .
A Voice : What people ? The people of the bar . riddes of June ? M . if ATHiEb : What you do without the people , Ibe people will undo without yon . Ifyou havemonarcaial h « p ? s they are not founded on the President of thev ipubit ' .: ; your ideas , your affections , are elsewhere . Woy g ive these three millions tothePreident of the Republic ? Do you not think this trill
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bs used against you ? After the vote 'bfthe doiatim , M . Cre on bas said in the bureaux , we S hall have the decennial presidency , and after that what shall we see ? To grant this money , either by the votes of the Ri ght or " the Left will ba to supply the enemy with munitions of war . I oppose the grant because it would disgrace the President . I oppose it because it would encourage insane hopes . I oppose it because the people are dying of hunger . M . Skvestrb complained of the unreasonableness of the bill which he opposed . .
After a debate as to the order in which the . propositions should be discussed , the Assembly settled that the amendment accepted in the name of the government by M . Fould , and presented by M . Lefevre Durnfle and four other members of the rainority committee , should have the priority . General Cnangarnier then occupied the tribune , and spoke amid deep silence . He counselled them to grant the credit demanded , as became a great assembly in dealing with the representative of a great country . The ballot then took place , when there appeared in favour of the amendment 354 , against it 308 . This result was received with loud cheers .
M . Leo de Laborde proposed an amendment that from the pror ^ ulgati'in of toe present law , the pay oi representatives should be reduced to 6 , 000 fr . a j ear . The previous question was voted , and then the sitting broke np . Twenty-seven persons , all of them convicts of June , 1848 , and who bad returned to Paris in virtue of the President ' s pardon , were arrested on Sunday at Belleville while in the act of deliberating in close committee . The conspirators were astounded when the police , who have been watching them for tome , time , made their appearrnce . It is stated that papers of an important kind , and which . will lead to serious disclosures respecting parties here aud elsewhere , were seized at the same , moment .
Paris , Tuesday . —M . taugrand , the editor of the » V > iixdu Pueple' who was yesterday ssntenced to four years' imprisonment and a fine of 10 . 000 i ., for an article published in that paper . He did not appear , aad it has now been ascertained that he has taken refuge in Belgium . It was , in fact , time for this gentleman to escape . The number of years imprisonment for alleged libels to which he has been sentenced , on prosecutions at the instance of the government , exceed , in the aggregate , a century , and the fines to several hundreds- of thousands of francs .
Another of those extraordinary instances of per . ' secution ( for they go by no other nam «) in which the French authorities have recentl y indulged ,. has just occurred in the department of the Seine and Marne . A Madame Hourseaux , living at Fontenelles , who bed just received a journal ( a Republican journal , of course , ) from Paris , lent it to a friend . For this she was prosecuted for the hawking without licence , and the criminal tribunal of Provins sentenced her , by default , to a month ' s imprisonment and a fine of twenty-five francs . Both
the prosecutor and the defendant appealed to the tribunal of Melun , the prosecutor declaring that the punishment a war d-d by the court of Provins was insufficient . An able advocate from Paris defended Madame Hourseaux , but the court confirmed the sentence of the court below , only rtducing the imprisonment from one month to eight days . Here , then , is a respectable woman .-ulijcted to prosecution , fined , and imprisoned , for tending a newspaper to a friend . This is the second case of the same kind that has . happened within the last two months .
The question of the prolongation of the powers of the President of the Republic is to be shelved till the agitation on the dotation shall have calmed down . The intention of the government is t'j agitate tha question in the conceitsgererawv , which meet in September . Petitions will then he got uppraying the present Legislative Assembly , to proclaim itself a Constituent Assembly , with a view to an alteration in that portion of the Constitution which prevents the President from being re-elected .
GERMANY . BERLIN , June 21 . —The Erfurt parliament will not meet before the beginning of August . A new electoral law is in preparation for the Union . The Grand Duchy of Hesse has seceded from the Erfurt Union . The prime minister is about to resign inconsequence . More provincial papers have had the post debit withdrawn . ' . - Stralsund is to be made a naval port , aud
dockyards are to bs established . The editors of several of the Berlin journals have held a conference to discuss the measures which they ought to adopt in order to overcome the disadvantage caused by the loss of the p » st debit . As the postage of each single copy of a journal would be too great for either subscribers or publishers to pay , and as the post-office has a monopoly of all parcels under forty pounds they resolved on taking advantage of the railways , and on establishing private newspaper transport agencies . ;
Three pamphlets have been confiscated in all the bookseller ' s shops . One of them is entitled , ' Jesus Christ the First Democrat . ' In searching for the pamphlets in question in the shop of a bookseller , named Springer , who is also a member of the town council , a book was found by ih « police , the title of which has not been published , hut wbich is said to contain treasonable a'lusions to the King . The owner of the shop was immediatel y arrested .
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . An English engineer-officer , named Charles Aston « who served in the Hungarian army at Combrn , was carried as a prisoner through Vienna a few days a « o to the station of the northern line , in which he was accompanied by a sergeant and a small guard to the frontier of Austria , where he was set at Hliprty . Bakumn , who \ a . % been delivered up to Austria by the Saxon government , lias been taken to Prague .
ITALY . ROME , —Jone 14 . —The principal event which has lately taken place in the internal administration of this country , is the promulgation of General Kalliermatteo ' s plan , for the new organisation of t » , e Roman army , as approved by the government of his Holiness . The minister ' s order of the day , which appeared in the official paper , of the 12 th , aims at making a favourable impression upon the troops , by convincing them of the superior advantages to be conferred upon them .
The Papal array , according to : the new plan , will consist of three regiments of infantry , each coiir taining three battalions , of eight hundred men . One of these regiments willbe composed of , picked men , and distinguished as guards . Besides these three regiments of infantry , there will be a battalion of chasseurs of eight companies , armed with rifles like the French' Carabines dei Vincennes . The cavalry will consist of onl y one regiment , or four squadrons , of ' which one will be formed of picked men . The . artillery is to comprise three field batteries of ei ght pieces each and five batteries of uncounted cannon . A quarter of each
wmpany will be considered as sc elti , or picked mr-n . Four companies of veterans and one of invalids complete the materiel of the ' ' army . It is doubtful how far the minister will succeed in obtaining recruit ? , since most of the fighting men in ike country have already wielded their arms for the republican caase , either as national guards , volunteers , or regular soldiers , and , therefore , could not be trusted as sincere Papal soldiers . The whole iiisn as yei exists only on paper , and , as a million or two of dollars will be the preliminary step to realising it , the present state of the finances will probably prevent its getting ' any farther .
Another proclamation appeared upon the 12 th stating that the government had grounds for supposing that , in spite of the former proclamations upon the same subject , numbers " of arms and war nke stores were concealed by the inhabitants of Rome and the environs , and summoning all individuals who had any kind of weapon in their posses ' Mon to deliver them up within the peremptory term of seven days . The for tifications in the Lombardo-Venetiah kinttdom are rapidl y progressing . The works will soon be commenced at Mi ' la n , which is to be made as strong a fortification as modern art will permit .
We read in the ' Nouvelliste' of Marseilles — A letter from Naples on the 18 th inst ., informs us ol a terrible cataNtrophe , which has caused the greatest consternatien in that city . The morning before , at five o ' clock a . m ., a part of the Grenaglio , an im . mense edifice which the troops occupy as barracks , gave wav and fell down , swallowing up in its ruins ' 400 or 500 persons .
IONIAN ISLANDS . A courier with despatches from Corfu passed through Vienna on the 18 th . The House of As . sembly had been dissolved . A stormy debate had taken place oc the day preceding the dissolution , and the preiident hid been forced ont of the chair .
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The " Cradle op Stocki \ o-mmuko . " " -4 ' This phrase reminds us of the precarious terms on which we , hold our Hinckley trade . - It- seems " that the in ^ - verition of Leo , which , by the bye , has . be . ei > beautifully en / raved lately , is going through an '' endless series of transformations and improvements , some of which may possibly throw our . intiquated . miicliinery into the lumber-room and forgo . Stockings ' are now ( says ono writer ) wholly made from the warp-maclnne , which threatens to affect the present location of the hosiery , trade continuall y . The Flemish frames recently exhibited bore , ( says another ) continue to advance ; and will assuredly fui-nish looped fabrics in far greater profusion-and variety than have been made hitherto . "Williams nnd Marsh
( says a third ) have invented a maouine fiirisuporior to tho rotary frame of Bmnoll , which produces a wonderful variety of tex ture and colour . Ono species resembles the "knot ; " another the " rib , " and beautiful stuff is mnde , the inside thread , the outer ono silk . . . The variation of the loop in this machino is . effected by means of the well-known claw-wheel . Tho Noaingham Review of . last ! week tells us that cut-up , from threo distinct frnmos are made by means of an additional ' machine ; thiit the narrowing stitches are removed by machinery whioh has been in process of perfection for sixty years . Hero is matter of serious reflection for our Hinckley mechanics , who regard an angular three-hose frame as an achievement , and tho practicability of fashioning its produce a delusion . —Leicestershire Mercury .
Convicts . — From returns just presented to the Ilouse of Commons relative to convicts , it appears that the number of persons sentenced in the United Kingdom during the years 1847 , 1818 , and 1840 ; were , to death — England , 177 ; Scotland , 11 ; Ireland , 123 . Transportation—England , 8 , 901 ; Scotland , 1 , 180 ; Ireland , 7 , 033 . Imprisonment—England , 6 , 101 ; Scotland , 5 , 206 ; Ireland , 39 , 632 . Total convictions — England , 15 , 179 ; Scotladd ; C . 397 ; Ireland , 47 , 638 . The sums expended for food , fuel , clothing , and bedding foi" tho convicts in 1840 , was—in England , £ 75 , 107 16 s . Id ., and for maintaining transports , £ 10 , 353 Cs . 4 d . ; Scotland £ 10 , 437 ; Ireland , £ 0 , 702 .
Jenny Lind has just given six concerts at Stockholm , in aid . of the pension fund for tho wives and orphans of the performers at tho Theatrn Rnvnl « f £ && Am " * ta SStfttf
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mmmm ^ nmmmm ^ nmKmm mmmmmmmt ^ m ^^ mimtm ^ PQTTERSYfLLE , TO THE EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN 6 TAR . Sir , —The following is a verbatim copy of a letter received from America , dated May 16 th , 1850 , and just received ; your insertion of the same would much oblige yours respectfully , Thos . Ccrtledge , Hart ' s-hill , near Stoke-upon-Trent , Staffordshire Potteries . "Baraboo , May 16 tb , 1850 . " Dear Brothers and Sisters , — . " We write these few lines to you hoping they will find you in good health . The vessel was hauled out of dock on the 18 th of March , and we arrived at New York on the 5 th of April , and landed on
the 6 th , making a passage in twenty-four days . A great many of us put our luggage together on the deck , and had , a steam-tug alongside the vessel , and all the luggage put on her and taken to the Troy steam-boat , and started for Troy the same evening . We went from Troy to Buffalo on the railwayirom Buffalo to Milwaickie , by steam-boat . When we arrived in Milwaickie , there were two men at Mr . Simpson ' s , one , whose name is Kirkham , from the Potteries . They told such deplorable tales about the land that they were not believed . They were classed among the rest who were called lazy , or enemies to the society that said anything against the land that did not please the managers of the
society , but we all said we would ge and see the land for ourselves . We , hired a team to take us from Milwaickie to Fort Winebago , which we paid twenty dollars for . Two other teams went up to the land ; and the rest followed in a day or two after . When we got to the Fort , and got the children ri g ht , I went up to the land myself ; Philip , ray son , not being able to walk , having a bd knee , with walking a great part ' or the way from Milwaickie . I went to the store and got my axe , wedges , and butting rings . A lot of us took our axes with us and went to look for our land , but we could find none good but which was claimed mostly by the Yankees . There-is some good land ,
about twenty pules from the fort , and about twelve from the first , store , but , taking it altogether , , it is a very bad lot—it t 3 so full of sand-banks . I went three or four times to the land . to get some good , hut could not meet with any without going eighteen or twenty miles up in the woods , and Ann , would not go . ' The society is a poor concern and those who wrote such nice letters about the good qualities of the land have an interest in it in some shape or other . You will , perhaps , remember a letter appearing in the Potters' Examiner that a man sent from the land , staling what a fine vineyard he had , and that it would find his family full employment to look , after their dairy . The same man has been
nearly starved to death—he has not got even a watercloset to the . house ; he . now lies ill in bed . One of the members put an Examiner before him , and asked him what made him send such a letter as that , and be in such a state . He replied , 'I had an interest in so doing . ' Nearly all the colonists have had nothing but flour and water to live ' on all the winter , arid sometimes , they have got a little molasses and salt p » rk ; some that . are in favour have a little better food than the rest . When , we got up to the land there was scarce any food in . the store . I went into one house , and they said they would ask ' me to have something , to eat , but they had nothing in the house but a bit of flour . This put
me in mind of two letters—one of Teter Watkins , stating they had got a good stock of provisions ,, and ihe settlers would have nothing to fear in the coming winter ; but it does not appear so wtieh the settlers have been living on flour and water . Tl e other letter was that which Cartledge read from the Northern Star , one Sunday night , when ymr were all at our house ,, stating what sand banks the land had , and , how badly the settlers were off for food , That letter : stated true , and many things are worse than that letter stated thtm to be . If a man gets on that land with , a large ; family and very little money , he will never ' be worth a . cent ; for if he works for the society he gets but two thirds for his labour to what he can get elsewhere , and has to take it out in ; store goods , and pay fi'ty per ' cent , more for his goods than what he could tret them
elsewhere ^ It is impossible for a man to get on , having so little for his labour , and paying such a high price for . his food . A man coming here with a little money , would do best by getting a piece of land near a town , as he would get one e-r two days work when he wanted it . I would advise ; you all not to have anything to do with the society . I will own that Joseph Barker . is ri ght , regarding the society ; you know that I did not think so before we . started , but I have found it so , and a great many more have found - it so , ¦ to their sorrow . They have got there and have no money to get away again . It would fill volumes to tell what the settlers have suffered this . last winter . : There has been whatthey call jumping claims—that is , a , man going and squatting r on another person ' s claimy which causea disturbances , . , and each settler ' s housfl has , been thrown down . , ' there was ' a man in the
next room to us in the'Fort who had his shanty horned' down through one of the officers putting him on another man ' s ' claim , and the man got no recbrnpensfi made him . It is a fine-managed society , but ! hope they won ' t have to manage lotig , for lihink'th ' e working classes have better use' for their hard-earned pence than to ¦ let them squander it in the manner they are doing . I don't say anything about a rsan coming to America , but . I say ' , Let him ^ ome on his ownhoek' as the Yankees call it . Well , we thought we must be moving , and nct . expend our . money with stopping at the Fort , and . going to look = at the . sand . banks , sol and Philjp started for iBataboo ., When we got there we
inquired for George Newsom , and found that he and his family had arrived the day , before . , We found it a very nice little town , with plenty of good soil around it ; We fixed our minds on staying , so we bought'two town lots of Squirej'Davis , ami have built a house next to Mr . Newsom ' s . : It is'in a very fine situation , antl stands on the bank ofthe Baraboo river . It is twenty-four- feet in length and sixteen feet wide ; there will be a deal of fruit ihisisummer , growing wild—such as plums , gooseberries , raspberries , strawberries , blackberries , &c . Nuts in abundancp . It is likely to become a very fine town . Not three years since there was but one loi < . slianty ;; there ore now four saw mills , and f ^ ur-flpur ' mills , and they are going to make more . There . are about nine or ten , stores and they are
, building more ; , in fact it . is quite , a nice place . We . think of having a boat on the river this summer . We are going to set potatoes on some land close by our lots , and then get ours fenced in , ' and sow it wi th' turnip and other seeds . We think of liaving axowand a few pigs . It-is the prettiest place we h ' av e seen since we caaie to America , but there is very little money in it . ' The peopl « want pottery in the place . The squire has been to our housfe iwo or three times to try some clay he has found ; ho will , give 300 dollars' himself towards starting if- . the clay will answer , and oth'r parties will give adeal more , W e . raean to try it when we have kot a . little settled ,. They are the-, kindest people ; we have met -. with . ; * * ' , * * * If- , there are anv
questions you want ; tp . ask we shall be glad to answer them . We conclude with out kind loves to you ; *¦ ' * * * : ' . ' / . . ' •' From your affectionate brother arid sister , ' ' "' . " Psutir and Ann PoijNTON . "
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i Fight witu a Brar : —A gentleman by tho name of . Ryder ; residing in . tho Red Woods , oame' in coritach with one of these ,-grizzl y monsters' tho other day , arid camp out but second bost ,. aUhough he exhibited no lack of either courage or coolness in thei contest . Mr . Ryder had gono out in the dusk ; of tho evening in . search of ' ¦ Borne oattle , and was passing , as he Bupposed , three bullooks , when , pausing for a moment to examine them , they proved three bears , sitting a la posteriori , side by stdo In a moment two of them bounded off ; the third nnd middle ono made up > to tho man , tbok'him by tllb waist and j ; avo a gentle hug . ¦ ¦'¦ Thiswas'taken very coolly by the apparently : doomed victim , who during the operation , took a knife from his pocket , opened it , and returned tho compliment by . a vigo-¦
rous thrust . Tins only enraged the beast , for he immediately changed tactics , soizod his victim by the shoulders , " tearing and lacerating the flosh hor « ribly , and threw him violently upon the ground At this crisis , thinking " discretion the bettor part of valour , and , possibly , recollecting tho old story in the spelling book , of the man . who , in a similar prodioament , feigned death and cheated the bear our hero resolved to try the experiment . Bruin nosed his victim a moment longer , then walked off , whether in tho belief that he had effectually used up tho unfortunate man , or frightened by the appearance of a third person in thesoene , is not for us to determine . Although badly bruised and . iterated , Mr . Ryder is in » fair way of recovery — Pacific News . ' "
Savings Banks and Fmendly Societies —From a return just presented to Parliamen t . it appears that tho total excess of interest paid to the trustess of savings banks and friendl y societies by the Commissioners for the Reduotion of the Till B ^ aff ^^^ - . "
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THE MINBRS : OF THE-KORTH . . ' 'F- ' r ¦' . '" - 'V ^ . ' - . '" - ^ TO THE BDITOB-OF THB NORTHEnN STAR . Sir , —The miners of Great Britain aro about to reap the fruits of their exertions in favour of Government Inspection of ^ Mines , Sir George Grey having promised to bring'in a bill on that subject in a few days . Ifc would , perhaps , be needless to stato that the pressure from without , together with the favourable report ; of Professor Phillips , has had much to do in inducing the government to act in this praisoworthy manner . But there is one thing to be taken into consideration by all the miners in the United Kingdom , and that is , the raising of a fund to appoint one or more from each district as a committee to watch tho said bill . At present we are in the dark as to the merits of the intended measure , but as the session is drawing to a close , but little time exists for delay to canvass the said bill , and as we have ample experience of the
alacrity with which honourable members have on former occasions attacked previous measures of this nature , we may fairly estimate that should the measure be sufficiently extensive and commensurate with the evils it is intended to remedy then they will be round at their poRts ready to cut away all its efficiency , and thus leave the case as bad , if not worse , than before . Hence tho necessity of the workmen bestiring themselves , and that in 'right good earnest ; no time for delay ; every day is precious , and therefore let each locality set to work and collect , say one penny per man ; and also , if they possibly can , elect one of their body to form the contemplated committee ; correspond with the other districts as speedily as possible , and to keep up their contributions during the time the said committeo shall be obliged to remain in London . Trusting that each district will be up and doing , that the work may be efficiently done . I am , yours , &c , ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . . . : M . JODB . Sandiford-lane , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
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Tippling ikNorwat . —Notwithstanding the success that has attended the labours of Mr . Andersen , the great temperance advocate , it appears by the official excise returns that the consumption of spirits in . Norway is still excessive . By tho returns between October , 1849 , and April , 1850 , there appears to . have-been distilled nnu excise duty to have ueen paid upon holess than 7 , 700 , 000 quarts of ardent spirits—a tolerable quantity lor a' population numbering only 1 , 400 , 000 . - .. -. ¦
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TURKEY . Letters from Belgrade state that a revolution against the Turks had broken out in Bulgaria . The three districts , Widdin , Gurgyssova , and Belgrade c ' uza , are stated to be in open insurrection . The insurgents were marching against the fort of Beleradcim . which contains but a small garrison , but an immense quantity of the munitions of war . Another statement is that the fort is alread y in their hands . .... .. . ...
AMERICAN AFFAIRS . ; ( From the New York Tribune' of June 11 th . ) In discussing the Compromise Bill , Mr . Davis ' s amendment proposing to authorize the Territorial Legislatures to pass laws for the ' protection of the rights of property , has been lost . Mr . Seward ' s amendment to add the Wilmot Proviso to the bill , hasa ' Sii been lost , Mr . Webster voting with the Southerners in the negative . Mr . Berrien ' s amendment restricting the Legislatures from passing any law either prohibiting or establishing African slavery , has been carried , Webster voting for it , and
Benton and Underwood , Southerners , voting in the negative . Several other amendments ' were lost , and among them one by Mr . Douglas , who moved to strike out from the bill everything relating to slavery . On this Mr . Clay voted , with several- Free Soilers . in the affirmative , and Webster , with eight others from the Free States , in the negative . The only amendments yet adopted are of Southern ori gin . An important amendment , offered by Mr . Baldwin of Conn , was lost without debate . This proposed that the Mexican law abolishing slavery shall . remain in force in the Territories until altered or repealed by Congress . . -.,. '! ,
Gen . Loppz has been arrestedat New Orleans by direction of President Taylor . . A telegraphic despatch was received at New York , from Washington , announcing that official intelligence had been communicated to the Government of the capture of the American Vessel Rolla , with one hundred and twenty-three passengers , b ' ound for California , by the Spanish war steamer- PizarVo . It was also stated that Gen . Campbell , the' American Consul at Havana , had . Ueen seized by'thfl Spanish authorities and thrown into prison ; on account of
his remonstrance against the capture of the vessel and her passengers . A subsequfint despatch' stated that an engagement had taken place / between . the United States sloop of-war , Albany , and a Spanish ( rigate ,. in which the Albany was ; taken , and the vessel and her crew , carried into Havana . A despatch received at " a later ; hour contradicts the repert with regard to ' the Rolla , and says , nothing o ! the action between the two men of-war . The whole account appears to be without . foundation , although at first received at Washington . as authsmtic . ' ... ' .
From previous accounts we learn that ' four men belonging to the expedition of Lopez have been ' shot at Havana . They had been left behind by the' boat and were returning leisurely : to the shore , when they were arrested . The officers and , men ¦ who were engaged in the fight against Lopez have been liberally , rewarded . . . It is reported that a large party o f Patriots were ready to join the standard of Lopez , and would bave risen against the authorities if he had sustained his . position , one day more at
Cardenas . His defeat , however , has put a stop to all expression of opinion , and the disaffection to the Government is veiled under professions of loyalty The most active measures are . on foot to protect the Island from invasion . The whole naval force is kept ready for sea . One ship of the line , a frigatej and a war steamer Were in port . The rest of the vessels are scattered » long the coast . The Cholera has subsided at Havana , few cases being now reported . . ., ; .. ¦
The difficulties between this country , and Portugal are assuming a serious aspect . Mr . Clay , our Charge at Lisbon , is expected home in a , short time . The President , it is said on good authority , will ' then transmit a special message to Congress , recommending the adoption of the most urgent measures iif Portugal shall continue to refuse the payment of the American indemnities . _ We have Californian dates to May 1 . The gold di ing is represented as in a highly prosperous condition .- The new settlement at Trinidad Bay pro
mises to he a place of a good deal of . importance . The Legislature his adjourned , after ; a session of 100 days , having passed ' 143 acts , most of which were essential to the complete organisation of the State government . . The people express , a . decided adherence to the position they . have assumed iu favoHr of Free Soil and a Free Constitution . " A large fire occurred at Pittsburgh on thenight of the ? th inst , destroying a number of ' private dwellings and warehouses as well as aiargePresby i terian church . The total damagearho ' unis , it Is sup . posed , to 100 , 000 dollars . . : > . ' '
The Legislature of New Hampshire ' commenced ' its session last week . The annual message of Governor Samuel Dismore , discusses the corporation and railroad questions , common schools , Agriculture , the Militia ; and other topics of public-interest . : It states that there are now in New ; Hampshire 450 miles of . railroad , in active operation , at a cost ' of 16 000 , 000 dollars . The , message concludes with the statement that the people of New Hampshire are hostile to every form of-oppression , -, and that the qnestion of slavery , now pending , at Washington , can only be . settled ' bv compromise .
The steamer Atlantic , UaptJ West , from Liverpool arrived at this port on Sunday a t about ha ) f-past four o ' clock , having had a fine passage of . eleven days and four hours . This is one of the quickest voyages ever made between * the two ports , nearly equalina the unrivaled trip of the Asia , which was made in ten days and five hours to Boston * a route 245 miles shorter than that of the Atlantic . Making the usual allowance of nineteen hours for the difference of distance the Atlantic exceeded . the time of the Asia onl y four hours , the return from her , first voyage to Liverpool produced a general excitetnent . The news ' spread rapidly through the City , while the peals of cannon gave loud assurance of . the event . She came ' up to her wharf , in , admirable style , her fla >! S flung , her decks crowded with passengers , and was welcomed with salutes ; and cheers from the assembled multitude . ' '
The Count of Cupua , brother to King Ferdinand of Naples , is now in this City incog , ' He was recognised by several Italian gentlemen in Broad , way one evening last week , who have no doubt of the correctness of their memory of his features . ' ; The deaths during the last . weckiiv this City were only 204 , the smallest number by twenty percent , of any week within our recollection . ¦ - . ; <> .
= " . ' " -: ¦ CANADA : ' ;; ¦ , , _ TORONTO , June 12 ? - Lastiiii ght the provin , cia Parliament refused ,. Without : discussion , Sir Allan M'Nab ' s motion to introduce ' the Indemnttv Bill of last session . The . vote stood tmrty-six to ' sixteen . " < ¦ - : :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1580/page/2/
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