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      The case of the Socialist paper published in Pans , under the auspices of MM . Ledru-Rollin , Mazzroi , Louis Blanc , and the other political exiles now ia London , ander the title of « Le Proscrit , Journal de la Repnbliqm Universelle , ' came before fiie Court of Assiz ? s of the Seine last week . The prosecution was against M . Brutinel-Nadal , the ednor < . f the paper ; M . Briere , the printer ; and M- Ledru Rollin , ( per cordwnace , ) the author of th

      e article incriminated . Th ? y were charged with an attack on the respect due to the laws ; with an aback on the rights and authority of the National Assembl y . ; with exciting the hatred and contempt of the government of the Republic ; and with encouraging cavil « ar . After a long trial they were all found guilty . M . Bratine ! -Nad 2 l was sentenced to six months' imprisonment , and a fine of l . OOOf . ; M . Briere , to fifteen days' imprisonment , and a fine of 500 ! . ; and M . L rdru-Roliin ( in his absence ) to a year ' s imprisonment , and a fLie of o . OOOf .

      The reception of Louis Nanuleon in Alsace has been such as must have dearly demonstrated to bis mind , however reluctaut to accept such a conviction , that not the least portion of that sympathy once sn largely felt in this German proTince of France for the prisoner of Ham , remains , among the industrious population , for the wors ! d-be-Emper' : r . The seriousness of the disturbance at Besangon is admitted to day by all correspondences . But still greater mortifications awaked the President on his progress through the department of the Haut-Rhin . Ffoni Belfort to Coimar his journey seems to have been more like

      running the gauntlet of a series of hostile demonstrations than tbe feted progress of the head of the state . So gloomy was the outlook , and so dispirited ms the Prince , that he was lain to admit the personal protection of Gen . de Casteihne after he had left tbe military jurisdiction of » bat officer , and accepted his escort as far as Muluatisen , although the general stated , in a telegraphic despatch , that be should not accompany Louis Napoleon beyond Besangon . In fact , Casteilane being universally held up as a scourge and bn ^ iiear to the democrats , it was hop ° d that the terror of his name alone might do much in quelling the hostile manifestations of socialists . News of the unfortunate

      explosion at Besnagcn had preceded the President into the next department of the Haut-Rhin ; and when the prince arrived at B-rlfort , on the 19 th , he found it expedient to sbonen his stay as much as possible in that town , where ihs socialists were evidently prepared to mar , as much as possible , the official welcome b y noisy expressions of their attachment to the republic At M «! bauseu , the mayor and aathsrities were in the utmost apprehension of an outbreak , and respectfully evjiressed these fears to he President ' s party . Mulhausen contains a large working population , chiefly employed in calico printing . Tne authorities and the employers di'd their ntrn ?> t to secure a good reception for him hut totally failed .

      On his way he visited Thoun . where there was a tery strong socialist demonstration . 5 , 000 workmen assembled to join in this . Am <* nz other cries was heard 'Vive le Suffrage universe !! ' 'Vive Ca-• vaignac ! ' The other part of tbe population were cold , silent , and indifferent . The corps of pompiers and the artillery of the national guard were remarkably vehement in their elamaroas protests agauut the policy of the President ' s government . The review in the spacious meadows outside Mulhausen was accompanied hy Hwilar democratic manifestations . At Coimar the President was not received better than at Mulhauien . although the servility of the authorities redoubted in proportion

      to the alienation and coldness of the people , the mayor and his colleagues coming out la meet the party two or three milts from the city . Delegates from the several guilds were each honourpd with a few words from the President . But in the city bis reception was so bad as to occasion the most alarming reports to be circulated here . It was said that attempts had been made upon his life , and so forth . Littie credit was attached to the these , as will have been perceived by tbe slight effect which they had on the Bourse , because everybody knows here that nothing can be further removal from the plans of tbe socialists than to offer personal violence to

      Louts Napoleon . The unpopularity of his government dees not yet take the fora of that bitter personal hatred which incites to criminal attempts . They jadge , with how much correctness is easily inferred from his career , that he is a man without political character , and the tool of parties , with the chiefs of which he has no bond of communion , — no tie of sympathy or interest ; the most hostile expressions used against him in tbe democratic prints are rather of contempt t hart anger . However the lieutenant-colonel , the major , and tbe greater part of the officers of the national guard resigned , in -order to mark their disapprobation of the President s policv .

      Along the roaas throughout Aisace , hands were organised to give the President a charivari as he passed . The greater part of these were youths armed with whistles . The moderates a ! tribute these concerts to the presence of M . Flscoa , member of the provisional government , at C < : iin ? . r , v ? ho gavf the mot ( Tordre to the socialists of the department . At Mulhausen , a brawny tetfow , armed with a cudgel was arrested en the charge of deierriug the well disposed from crying l Vive . 5 e President 1 ' A : Strasburg , where he arrived on ibe 21 st , the

      autnonties received him in all due form . The streets through which he passed were crowded to excess ; every window was occup i ed bv elegantlydressed ladies . The National Guard assembled in great numbers , and received the President with freqaent cries of 'Vive la RepuMque . " mixed with those of 'Vive le President ! ' The President gavs evident signs of emotion ; probably the souvenir came across his memory of the last iime he passed through ihe saraa streets as an exile , whereas now he pranced gaily forward as chefde Vetat .

      A member of the Chamber < if Commerce , M . Erchmann ( one of the persons that fig > irpd lately in the republican process at Me : zj , ; oi > k occasion , like M . Noisot , of Fixin , to call the attention of the President to the condition of those who had been condemned to imprisonment , thus making an appeal to his clemency . The President replied , that ' none better than he knew the pain of Leing a prisontr , but that it van necessary that order should be r-3-established before he could think of recommending their being set at liberty . ' At the banquet in the evening , his speech was directed against the Socialists , whose demonstrations against him in Besancon , and other placesi were smarting in his memory . After dinner , the rooms of the prefecture were crowded with ladies in bail dresses . Bat the event which created most

      sensation was a little surprise , which certainly does hci : our xo the waggery of the Strasimrgers : A tremendous display of fireworks had been got np on the rampart of the Porte des Juifs opposite to the prefecture and theatre . The President ' s aunt , the Grand Duchess Stephanie , fired the train with her own fair hand : bat imagine the disappointment and chagrin of the President ' s party , when they saw opposite to them , in immense , blazing characters , 4 Vive la Republiqus . ' Orders had bfien given that it should be 'Vive le President , ' but General Thouvenin , who commanded the artillery of the National Guard , the body which had the getting up of this flamine compliment , made the small , and not

      altogether , perhaps , unintentional blunder of putting Republique'in the place of « President . ! Just as Nelson turned his blind eye to the admiral ' s signal fer retreat , so did General Tfaouvenin tnrn a deaf ear to the request of M . Mocquart , the President ' s Potemkio . When questioned upon the matter he replied that Vive la Republique ! ' was the device in most consonance with the feelings of the cuizens of Strasburg . Many of the Strasburg ladies , however seemed to enjoy the si g ht excessively . On the following day a round of reception commenced , at which 350 officers of the old empire , the nuyon , deputy-mayors , and other authorities were present . The crowd outside received every retiring deputation with shouts oi 'Vive la repuh-. lique !'

      The leading incident of . the second day at Strashnrg , was the grand review of the troops and the National Gnard . The National Guard was verv numerous , and cried ' . Vive la Republique I' while the troops set up the rival shouts of * Vive ie President ! ' The Polygon , where the review took place , is a vast space between the Rhine and the gate of Austerlilz . An immense crowd of people bordered the whole way from tbe city , and raised the shsint of 'Vive la Republiqne . ' At the moment of his it . rival at the Polygon a young medical student advanced and cried 'A bas le President ! ' He was immediately arrested .

      It wonld appear that a grave ciscmnstance occurred at Lyons , which -was passed ; over , or at all events only slightly alluded to , by the . conespo *

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      ^————dence from that city . The ' Lyons Gazette' of the 18 th says : \ 7 e yesterday stated that the President had gone up to the Croix Rousse , hut we were at that time ignorantof the deplorable details of that visit . We now communicate to our readers what we have received from persons worthy of credit . On his ararrival at the barrier of the Croix Rouses the President was received by the cure of the place , who made him a complimentary speech . The mayor , in his turn prepared to read a speech , when ail of a sudden the crowd , breaking through the barrier , which was too weak , separated him from the President . At this moment one might see . compact

      masses / which , extending from the extremity of the great street of the Croix Rousse to the middle of the place , bellowed out the cry of' Vive la Republique !'—a cry mixed with seditious clamours , which we shall abstain from repeating . There was a moment of alarm ; but the police and the cavalry of the escort having released the President , he was enabled to continue his way towards tbe house of M . Auberthier , which is fortunately quite close to the barrier . On his arrival there the President presented the cross of honour to M . Auberthier , and we

      feel that we are the echo of the whole city in saying that it unanimously applauded the distinction conferred on that excellent man . But during tbe short visit of the President the cries , the bellowing , the clattering of rage redoubled in the streets . The President , who was to have visited several ateliers several schools , and the Marie of the Croix Rousse ' disgusted , no doubt , with such a reception , did not proceed . further . He immediately returned to Lyons , where the banquet of the chamber of commerce awaited him . *

      The ' Courrier de Lyons' confirms this account , and adds that some of the men went close up to the President , and called Vive la Republique Democratic et Sociale ! ' A bas les Arisios . " ' Vive les Rouges ! ' and other cries of the same nature . At Nancy an incident occurred which excited a good deal of att < ntion . A tremendous row occurred at the ball given in that city . An officer of the National Guard , advancing towards Louis Napoleon requested him to shake hands . The President , it seems , was not in a hnmonr to let such a freedom pass , and , declining the favour solicited , replied : 'I am not in the habit of giving my band to every one . ' Hereupon the officer aet-up a shout of 'Vive la Republique ! ' in which all present of that way of

      ' . huiking joined . But the parly of the President , having the advantage in point of force , vehemently demanded that the officer should be turned out , a measure which was set about without the least ceremony , lor the offender against etiquette was forthwith collared by one of the President ' s suite , and , after a violent tussle between the contending parties , thrust out of the festive meeting , while the entourage of the President raised the victorious shout of 'Vive Napoleon ! ' As this untoward accident seemed to dash the spirits of the ladies , the President told them to be not at all alarmed at such a trifle , hut to continue their dancing gaily . Nevertheless , a great portion of the company disappeared , and loud cries of' Vive la Republique ! ' were heard outside in the street .

      In the evening he went to the theatre , but the cries of' Vive la Republique' were also numerous . The police took several into custody for crying Vire la Republique . ' The equanimity of the President was considerably disiurbed at Metz . In the evening a numerous deputation of officers ef the National Guards came to the hotel were he was lodged , and asked to see the President of the Republic . As soon as Louis Napoleon appeared , after a short address by their spokes , man , the whole party set up a shout of' Vive la Republique ! ' The President replied : 'Messieurs , if this is a manifestation which vou come to make

      here , it is an improper ( inconvenante ) one . If in these cries I am to see counsels , I seize this occasion to tell you that I accept none from any person . ' After which he retired into the interior of his apartments , while the deputation was shown down stairs with as little ceremony as they deserved . At Pont-a-Mousson the President passed the Na . tional Guards in review , during which the cry of 1 Vive la Republique ! ' was almost incessant . On company even thundered out the 'Marseillaise , ' the captain giving the example . This scene only ceased when the chef de hataillon interfered , and un the Minister of Commerce remonstrating with the offending officer on the gross impropriety of allowing his men to sing when under arms . At the end of the review the cry of' Vive la Republique !' was replaced by that of' A bas . les rate ! ' Pont-a-Mousson is a country of vine growers .

      The funeral of M . de Balzac , the corners of the pall were held by M . Victor Hugo , M . Alexandre Dumas M . Sainte-Beuve , and M . Baroche , the Minister of the Interior , who , without receiving an invitation , came to pay a last compliment to the literary merit of the deceased . Victor Hugo who was enthusiastically cheered by the body of owners present , made an eloquent speech over the remains of his departed friend . After the ceremony a great number of workmen , who had been anxious to be present at the funeral of the great writer , and show that the people recognised their share of the

      national loss , followed M . Victor Hugo , and at tbe . ate of the cemetery suddenly saluted the living writer with the warmest acclamations . The great poet was immediatel y surrounded and applauded tiy the whole crowd , who cried , ' Vive the de f ender of i he liberty of the press , ' « Vive the defender of the people , ' and ' Honour to Victor Hugo . ' As M . Hugo entered his carriage the people pressed forward to the daor . each anxious to seize the hand of the orator , who in turn was deeply affected . The cries of ' Vive la Repuhlique , ' were warmly and unanimously repeated .

      Sixty Bel gian workmen have been sent out of Pari- by M . Carlier , escorted by gendarmes , to gain the Bel gian frontier . There is no country where Frenchmen enjoy so much liberty as in Belgium . M . Auguste Dupont , formerly member of the Constituent Assembly , has been shot through the head in a duel , at Perigueux , with Dr . Chavoix , member of the Legislative Assembly . The dispute between them is said to have thus originated : M . Chavnix is a member of the Mountain ; M . Dupont was a member of the Constituent Assembl y , who had trimmed round to conservatism , and become tbe editor of a paper , 'L'Echo de Vesone , ' in the department of the Dordogne , which is represented hy M . Chavoix . It seems that the bailiff of M . Chavoix acting upon general orders , had ejected during the absence of his employer a tenant from his small

      holding for a debt of fourteen francs . The moderates of the department which is distinguished for bitter party feeling , did not fail to use this instance ot unfeeling rigour on the part of the socialist landlord as a weapon asainst the socialists generally , and against the representatives which they had returned for the Dordogne in particular . Iu the controversy which ensued , the pea of M . Dupont and the columns of the ' Echo de Vesone' became the chief medium for the public expression of conservative feeling on this subject . A subscription was opened for paying the cultivator ' s debt , with the ex penses of ejectment . ' The list was soon covered with names , appended to many of which were severe reflections upon tbe cruelty of M . Chavoix , who is possessed of considerable wealth . Upon his arrival in the Peri nor d , M . Chaveix addressed a letter to

      the ' Echo de Vesone , ' in which he stated that his agent bad acted in this instance without a special order , and only in virtue of general instructions . Some sharp expressions against the editor accompanied this explanation . M . Dupont printed the letter at length , and replied to the personalities in a corresponding tone of bitterness . On the 20 th M . Chavoix deputed a couple of friends to procure an apology for the offensive expressions in the editor ' s commentary . Two friends were appointed by M . Dupont , who refused , on the part of their principal to retract anything until M . Chavoix had withdrawn the word contempt' in his letter . All attempts at an arrangement having failed , the two adversaries

      met the same evening , at a mile from Perigueux to decide their quarrel by arms . Tbe weapons chosen were pistols . They fought at twenty-five paces M Chavoix won the throw for the choice of position ! and M . Dapont for the first fire . Dupont fired and missed . Chavrix , declaring that he could not see clearly , waited till the smoke of his adversary ' s discharge passed , and fired at an interval of some seconds . His ball struck the forehead of Dupont , who fell stark dead upon the plain without uttering a cry or groan . His body was brought about midnight to his house in Perigueux , and the next day followed by a long train of partisans on the road to Puyferrat , where the interment took place .

      Oa the 20 th the Duke of Bordeaux , the Legitimist pretender , gave a dinner of a hundred covers at Wiesbaden , to which sixty workmen arrived from Paris hy train-de-p ! aisir were invited . Some of the latter-i aity brought their wives , among whom one dressed , up in a Vendean costume attractedmuch attei . ten . "lhi following resolutions have been come to at Wiesbaden by the Count de Chambord and twenty-

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      eight Legitimist deputies who were present . To abandon the policy of conciliation ; to oppose the prolongation of the powers of the President of the Republic ; To consider M . Berryer as the directing chief of the party ; and to blame and disavow the acrimony displayed by the' Gazette de France . ' Several members of the National Assembly , and two generals , old friends of the Orleans family , ieft Paris ror Brussels , on a visit to the Priuce de Joinville , who has arrived in that city , and taken up his residence at the Hotel de Saxe . It is supposed that the object of these visits is to dissuade the Prince from coming forward as another claimant for the power of misruling France .

      Louis Philippe , previous to his death presented to the state the Standish collection of pictures , the posession of which was confirmed to him by a recent award of the Ci . nsfil d'Eiat . The Nepaulese Ambassador and his suit have produced some excitement in Paris by their georzeous costumes , pearls , and diamonds , but seem greatly dissatisfied that Republican France has paid them so little attention , compared with that they received in Monarchical England . The political prisoners under sentence of trassportation for life , and who are now confined at Doullens , are , it is said , to be removed to the citadel of Belle-Isle-en-Mer , that place having been fixed on by a decree of the President of the Republic as the place of confinement for prisoners under that sentence .

      A Socialist named Gerber has been arrested at Strasburg on a charge of having conspired againist the life of the President of the Republic . Two ar rests have taken place at Nancy , connected with the same alleged plot . A Socialist named Robert , nicknamed ' Bonnet Rouge , ' was sentenced by the Court of Assize of the Oise , on the 26 th inst ., to imprisonment for thirteen months , for having insulted the President of the Republic on his passage through Pontoise on the 10 th of June last .

      What Next ? -M . Carlier , the Prefect of Police , to whom the inhabitants of Paris are so much indebted for the perfect tranquillity which prevails , has succeeded in putting an end to a serious strike amongst the cotton printers of Puteaux and St . Denis , and has seized 40 , 000 f ., the fund by which the operatives were to be supported whilst out of work .

      ITALY . The correspondent of the' Daily News' says : — ' My forebodings were correct as to the signification to be attached to the virtual concession made to Austria , in the exiling from Turin Bianchi Giovine , the talented editor of the'Opioione * newspaper . It turns out to but too true that Austria is secretly threatening the government of this country with an intervention , an occupation similar to that of Tuscany , if Piedmont does not satisfy the requirements of the reactionary governments of Austria and France , backed by Russia , in putting down tbe constitutional liberties its people enjoy , either by openly abolishing the statutes or constitution granted by Charles Albert , and sworn to by his son the reigning

      monarch ( as at Naples , ) or by rendering it a dead letter by violating its most essential guarantees in practice , hy prosecutions of the press , and arbitrary acts against the liberties of the subject ( as in France ) It is now averred as well as evident that Austrian diplomacy has fomented the quarrel between Piedmont and the Papal government in respect to the Siccardi law against the immunities and privileges of tbe clergy , and that the late conduct of the refractory primate , Archbishop Fraiizoni , on the occasion of the minister Santa Rosa ' s death , was not only in accordance with the views of Austria and the bigoted Jesuitical party now paramount in France ( that of Montalembert and " Thiers , ) but was the result of a preconcerted understanding and agreement between them . '

      ROME . — The ' ConstitutionneP states that several persons have been arrested for . a supposed conspiracy to assassinate the Pope , on Assumption day , by throwing crystal balls filled with explosive substances into his carriage when on his way to church to pronounce the benediction . The discovery of the plot prevented all danger . There was some agitation on the following Sunday , as it was supposed that there had been a plot against the Austrian Ambassador , on the anniversary of the birth of the Emperor . A strong armed force was placed near his Palace to protect it , and in the evening some arrests woi e made .

      LOMBARDY . An irruption of the Melia occurred on the 14 th inst , in the province of Brescia . It has devastated the fields , destroyed houses , and caused much loss of life . The diligences for Milan , after having encountered great danger in the road from B . iurg to St . Jean , near Brescia , were obliged to make a detour to arrive at their destination , which they only did after having been forty-eight hours on the road , owing to the vast extent of country flooded .

      TWO SICILIES . A letter from Naples of the 14 th inst , says , ' You have read the account of the Italian flans which have been hoisted in several places of Sicily , but you are doubtless not aware that political demonstrations have been made at Coz-uza , Potenza , and other places in Calabria . In th ;> first of these towns about fifty young men assembled , crying ' Long live the constitution and the King . ' Others soon joined them , and thus formed an imposing mass . The troops then were ordered out , and made several arrests , but the most singular part of the affair is , that Nunziante , informed of the affair , ordered the prisoners to be set at liberty , saying that the cry of ' Long live the constitution' was not an offence . Shall we see Nunziante superseded , like Haynau , for too much cleraeucy ?

      SPAIN . Madrid politicians are aow busy electioneering ) and many meetings , and what Cobbett calls' lots oi jaw , ' are daily taking place . The moderado party appears to be unanimous and well organised ; their liberal opponents appear more disposed to destroy one another than to do essential harm to the enemy . The committee for the general elections has published an address to the constituencies calling on them to support the liberal cause . Although the government has organised the registry in such a manner that there is little chance lor the election of men of liberal principles , yet no opportunity should be lost of a struggle . This address is signed by Becerra , La Serna , and other progresistas .

      There have been several meetings of electors belonging to extreme parties , in which violent attacks have been made upon the moderate liberals . It seems probable that these men will rather vote for the friends of government than for their old chiefs . It is probable that but for the firm hand of Nar . vaez , the same disorder would be shown among the moderados , but the severity shown to all backsliders from the government keeps the hate of rivals smothered . Were it not so we should see moderado

      candidates opposed by others of the same opinions , and many a scandel brought io light in the heat of an election . The cabinet has decided upon employing four steam frigates of 500 horse power each m the packet service between the isle of Cuba and the mother country . A great fall of snow has taken place in the Pymees . This crcumstance , by rendering the moumain defiles almost impassable , will render the existence of bands of robbers more precarious than ever .

      Ihe Corunna papers mention a fact that shows in what a state of i gnorance and brutality tbe Gallician labourers are still plunged . The aeronaut , Madame Sanges . who had made an ascension in her balloon , descended near the village of Betangos . Here the peasants , with a stupid old fanatic priest at their head , brutally assaulted the poor woman , alleging she was the devil , and had she not been defended by some more civilised than , the rest , she would probably have been killed . The governor of Corunna has rendered the village pecuniary responsible for the damage done to the balloon / and has sent the culprits to prison . .- ¦¦ ¦ ¦' ¦

      • SAXONY . •• • - By an order of the Minister for Public Thstruc * tion , twenty-one professors of the Leipzig University are directed to be suspended from their functions as deans or members of the . Senate , whereby they lose their votes for the election of a member to the First Chamber . This measure is the result of the recalcitrancy of these twenty-one professors , who not only refused in the first instance to obey the in- ' junction for proceeding to the election , but declared the le tter of convocation to be illegal and unconstitutional . . This is part of the system of terrorism pursued towards every one that exhibits the least inclination towards liberalism .

      HESSE CASSEL . A decree of the Minister of the Interior , " dated the 15 th inst ., summons the newl yelected Chamber to meet on the 22 nd inst . in so far as it is possible to judge the democratic , or at all events the opposition party , will have a large majority , so that M . Hessenpflug will find himself ia ft * ma vrtfjo * ment as before the dissolution , *

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      The government has failed on all sides to bring its adherents into the chamber . The sovereign linued an electioneering bill , in which he accused the committee of his parliament with falsehood , and further , thought it not beneath him to travel through the land to influence the electors . Tbe clergy were set to work , for as elsewhere , so in Hesse , absolutism naturally seeks an aid in hypocrisy aud Jesuitism . The Elector , thanks to ' his enormous civil list , has been able to make a shift hitherto , but now his chest is empty , and he may not touch the taxes . The new chamber will most certainly re ! use to grant new taxes while the present ministry is retained . What will the elector do ? The question would be very easy did it run—what should be do ? He ought ,

      according to the constitution to which he has sworn , to dismiss the hated ministers , and form his council of men to whom the chamber would be willing to grant money . Should he attempt the open subversion of the constitution he cannot , so we are assured from Hesse , count on the assistance of his troops , and still less so upon those of Prussia . But M . Hassenpflug is not without hopes of support . He bas brouuht his government to the aid of the Bund ; now in turn he seeks help from the plennm . Bavarian troops , so we learn , are to march into Hesse . Let this be permitted and we shall see in HeBse , and soon in Germany , the end of constitutional government ; and not long afterwards would follow the end of princely . domination , for only in the constitutional form is this now possible in Germany . Another trial upon charges of high treason , for having carried arms in Baden against the Prussian troops , came on upon Wednesday , and ended by verdicts of guilty , and condemnation to ' death by the axe . ' . The accused were two brothers , named Wittenberg ; the one an ex-petty employe ( assistant questor , ) and the other a master shoemaker . DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES . The hostile armies have suffered severely from the attack of cholera , and active warfare > has been suspended in consequence . , ¦

      GREECE . . Affairs in this country seem in a state of complete confusion . Both-the church and the state dignaiories are at war with King Otho . The term of the legislature expires on the 8 th inst ., says the correspondent of the ' Daily News , ' and the King , under these circumstances , goes away trom the country in a mysterious manner , and for an unlimited period , after making arrangements ( iuvolvitic ; the most unexampled and voilent

      assumption of arbitrary power , ) for at least a prolonged absence , with an empty treasury , the country overrun with banditti , the regular army disaffected an incompetent and villanous ministry ( or rather no ministry , ) no legislature existing , and . the elections still hanging over the heads of the people as a stone to crush them . It is said that there is a complete organisation on the part of the Camarilla ! in case the elections are held , to carry them all , by a coup de force , throughout the country , excluding every independent candidate , without exception !

      UNITED STATES . The Canada brings news to the 16 th inst . The accounts from Washington are of a very important character with regard to the slavery question , and state that the California Bill had received the formal sanction of the Legislature . A bill establishing a territorial government in New Mexico had also passed . On the 6 th inst . President Fillmore addressed to the Houses of Congress a long and important message on the question of New Mexico , accompanied by an official letter from Mr . Webster , as Secretary of State , to the Governor of Texas , replying to that minister ' s letter on the boundary dispute of Texas . The message is lengthy ; we therefore extract tbe following summary of it from a New York paper : *—

      ' Both these documents have elicited the warm approbation of the whole country , with the exception of the portions which are red hot with slavery fanaticism . The President shows that his duty requires him to maintain the status quo , and guard New Mexico against the encroachments of Texas , until Congress shall have decided the question of boundary . That question he does not judge-: it is enough for him to know that Texas never had possession of New Mexico , that the United States conquered it , and that the treaty of peace with Mexico bound the Union to protect the people o

      the territory and confer on them the ri ghts of American citizens . Moreover , the United States have claims upon the unoccupied lands in the territory which are not consistent with its aban don ment to Texas , and on these grounds , the President in firm , yet temperate , language announces his determination to prevent and suppress any hostile demonstrations against New Mexico on the part of Texas . At the same time he urges upon Congress the duty and necessity of promptly settling the boundary question and putting a peaceful end to the contest . This recommendation came

      bpfore the passage of the Boundary Bill in the Senate , and , doubtless , helped it forward . The letter of Mr . Webster to Governor Bell contains a masterly argument of tbe question , and it is every way worthy the reputation of its author . It is indisputable that the new Administration has most creditably met the wants of the crisis , and done all that could be asked for the prevention of any real 'rouble that may have been threatened-in the southwest . Its policy is also in perfect accordance with that pursued by the previous Executive ; the tone

      of President Fillmore ' s message is a little more diplomatic , and its language less condensed and positive than would have been employed by General Taylor , but otherwise tbere is no difference . The message was received in the house with a great deal of bluster by the champions of the South ; and the ultra slavery party , finding itself embarrassed , held a caucus , at which a committee of vigilance reported a series of resolutions of a violent character , but , as it would appear , no practical value , '

      On the 9 th the Senate approved by a majority the bill introduced b y Mr . Pierce , giving Texas 10 , 000 , 000 dollars as indemnity , with a line altog"tber more favourable than that proposed by tbe Compromise Bill . The formation of the Cabinet was completed . The United States Cabinet is constituted as follows : —Secretary of State , Mr . Webster ; Secretary of the Treasury , Mr . Corwin ; Secretary of the Navy , Mr . Graham ; Postmaster-General , Mr . Hall ; Secretary of the Interior , Mr . M'Konnan ; Secretary ol War , Mr . Conrad ; Attorney General , Mr . Crittenden . Some conversation had taken place in Congress relative to the formation of a steam line between New York and Mexico .

      Intelligence had been received from Havannah relative to the remainder of the Cuba prisoners . Seven of them are to he liberated in the course of the month ; the other three are to have eight years of the chain gane . This is the wind-up of Lopez ' s piratical invasion of Cube . There were unauthenticaled rumours afloat of a second Cuban expedition in preparation : and a strange story of a plot to dissKVfir tlifi union in which Lopez was said to be implicated . " It was ' asserted at New Orleans on the 10 th inst . that Governor Bell had issued commissions in Texas for . raising troops in almost every country to march for Santa Fe , on the 1 st of September . There was some prospects of an Indian war on the frontier . .

      The State elections in . progress throw some faint ligbt on the prospects of parties in the congressional contest . In Missouri the elections were going in favour of the Whigs ; 114 had been reported , ; and the result of forty-six was unknown ; on the returns made there were sixty Whigs to thirty-two followers of Mr . Bentoh , and twenty-two democrats opposed to him . 1 " North .. Carolina the democrats have a majority of fiUy-one on joint ballot in the legislature . I : Kentucky the democratic gain was small and not sufficient to shake the Whi g preponderance in the state . Iti , Indiana the democrats , are said to have a majority of ' twenty in the legislature , and of about as many in the convention to revise the . constitution ' of ' tbestate ' r . " ¦ - ' : ^; ' ¦ •;; .

      ' GARiBAtin in America . —Gen . ' . Garibaldi is in New York suffering severely fronV rheumatism , though slowly recovering . He has addressed a letter to the Italian committee declining the proposed demonstration in his honour , not only heca ' use the state of his health will not permit his receiving it , but from motives of personal modesty ., The patriot hero says , \ No such public exhibition is necessary to assure me of . the , sympathy of my countrymen , of the American people , and of all true Republicans in the misfortunes which I have suffered , or of the cause out of which they have flowed .

      « Though a public manifestation ' of this feeling might yield much gratification to me , an exile from ray native land , severed from my children , and mourning the overthrow of my country ' s freedom by means , of foreign interference , yet believe me that I \ vould rather avoid it , and be permitted , quietly and humbly , to become a citizen of this great Republic

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      of Freemen , to sail under its flag , to engage in business to earn my livelihood , and await a more favourable opportunity for the redemption of my country from foreign and domestic oppressors . ' The Committee in announcing his refusal of the proffered honour , Biate— 'Of twenty-five millions of Italians , five millions alone have been able to maintain the sacred banner of Liberty ; the other twenty millionB have fallen again under an oppression more ferocious than before . For them the knowledge that their popular champion had been welcomed by the createst people in the world , wou ' d have been a consolation , the same as for a prisoner looking through the uraiing of bis cell to see afar off a powerful man , whose gestures ot sympathy snow him to be a friend . . . .

      ' Although your kind intentions have not been carried into effect , nevertheless , oh generous citizens , we feel the debt ot graiiiude to you . Nor can we complain of the modest" of Gen . Garibaldi , which more than his feeble health haB thwarted our projects . Our high esteem , our love , and our hopes in him are by no means diminished . We are perfectly certain that when the pity aitd justice of God shall cause the miseries of the people , and the iniquities of their oppressors to cease , Garibaldi will rush to the assistance of his beloved country . His sword will again become a terror and , we hope , will carry destruction to the very roots of tyranny .

      A fire has taken place at the prison of Sing Sing in this State , destroying a portion of one wing of tbe prison , including several mechanic shops belonging to the establishment . A portion of tbe convicts laboured with tbe greatest zeal in putting it out . The c olera continues io exist in a comparatively mild form in some places in the Western and Middle States , but has not appeared in other quarters . At Cincinnati and Pittsburg it is far less fatal than last year ; at Harper ' s Ferry alone its ravages have been considerable .

      Two steamers have arrived from ChargeB , bringing news thirteen days later from California , with some two hundred passengers and about three million dollars in gold . The general aspect of thing :, commercial and political , in the new state iB satisfactory . San Francisco is rapidly recovering from the late lire and will gain in appearance and solidity by the disaster . Real estate still maintains its prices , and the buildings now erecting are mostly fireproof . Business is dull for the moment , but there is no doubt of its revival , as the season advances . The trouble anticipated with foreign miners has not taken place and will not . They refuse to pay tbe tax levied on them , and the people agree that they

      are right and that the impost is too large ; the collectors no longer endeavour to enforce it . A good deal ot complaint is made at the delay of Congress , but the assertion that Caliiornia would set up for herselt independent of the United States , is repelled in public meetings , and by several of the journals . A good deal of excitement bas been caused by a report at Marmille and Sacramento city of a place called Gold Lake where the precious stuff could be procured with ease in unheard of abundance . Ten ounceB were reported as the yield to a panful and

      men were said to pain a thousand dollars in a day . The distance from Marysville was said to be 200 miles , and a large emigration at once set out for the place , with provisions and mules , the price of which rose greatly in consequence . But the adventurers were disappointed and . wandered about vainly in search of the Lake . . The excitement of course died out or rather reacted against the author of the report , said to be a crazy man , and tbere was danger of his being lynched . Subsequent reports , however , confirm tbe first news , and the tide will uo doubt turn again .

      The diggings generally are not yielding much just now , the water being high in many places . Several murders have been committed in various diggings , but otherwise good order is maintained . Coal of good quality baa been found in Calitornia and Oregon . The progress of civilisation seems to be rapid among the mines , especially as regards luxuries culinary and potative . The present population of the State is reckoned at 121 , 000 . The health of the country is generally good , iu Oregon gold mines have aho been discovered , and that territory is improving with rapidity .

      The ' Tribune' says— ' A riot among a body of German tailors in New York city has excited a good deal of attention and cast some oilium upon the efforts now making by the industrious classes for the improvement of their condition . The tailors have for some days been on a strike , and on Monday week some hundred Germans assembled around the house of one who persisted in working at the objectionable rates and proceeded to chastise his contumacy . The police interfered and there was a brief fight , in which weapons were employed with fatal effect , two persons receiving mortal injuries .

      Some forty of the rioters were arrested and now await their trial . The mass of the trades have publicly disavowed all participation or sympathy in this outrage , which they feel to be chiefly injurious to themselves . The tailors also condemn the folly of these extemporaneous revolutionists , most oi whom have been but a few months in the country and cannot speak English . The trade is entering upon a more judicious course in the organisation of an extensive working association , by which the workmen will receive the product of their toil undiminislied by the employer's profits .

      There never was such a great movement among the New York Industrials , and nearly every trade ia organised . AH are regulated by central organisations and co-operate most harmoniously . A singular affair which has taken place at Washington has produced there the most intense excitement . It seems that the police have long suspected Mr . W . L . Chaplin , of Albany , a respectable gentleman , aged about fifty , and well known aa an Abolitionist and the editor of ' Chaplin ' s Port folio , ' an abolition paper , of being concerned in favouring the escape of slaves to the Free States . On Thursday morning last he paid his bill at the hotel in Washington , where he bad been staying , and left

      in his carriage driven by a free black of that city . The police , who watched bis movements , ascertained that he had not left the city , and prepared to intercept him on the northward road . In the evening be took in three runaway slaves , belonging to Messrs . Thoombs and Stephens of Georgia - the nogroes had been for some days concealed in the city waiting a chance to escape . When the carriage arrived in Sprattsburg , a town of Maryland some seven or eight from Washington , the officers suddenly appeared , seized the horses' heads , and thrast a rail through the fore wheels , thus stopping all advance . Chaplin seeing that they were taken , called on the negroes to defend themselves , and a desperate fi ^ ht took place , though the darkness of the night prevented the shots fired from being fatal . As it was ,

      several wounds were given and received on both sides , and it is admitted that the fugitives fought bravely . They were armed with revolvers and Bowie knives . Chaplin was first mastered , some five or six men flinging themselves upon him as he leaped from the carriage . One of the negroes escaped , but , being hurt , has since given himself up . Chaplin is in prison at Washington , and he will be givfen up to the authorities of Maryland for trial . His punishment will be severe , as the court will aet under the idea of stopping all such aid to fugitive slaves , which is thought to be more frequt-nt than it really is . He says he is only sorry that he did not succeed . An attempt has been made to connect the affair with the 'National Era , ' anJantr Slavery paper published at Washington , but ihcre was no ground for it .

      CANADA . The Canadian Parliament was prorogued on the 10 th , inst . by the Governor-General in the presence of : a large assemblage , including over two hundred f the citizens of Buffalo , whom the Provincial and Municipal authorities at Toronto have been feasting and making much of in return for the civilities they paid Lord Elgin and his suit some time since . In announcing the prorogation his Excellency , in the Queen ' s name , assented to 207 bills , among which were an Act for the transfer and management of the Provincial PosUOffice , Acts to equalise Assessments , to establish Free Banking , to impose twenty per cent , on foreign reprints of English copyrights , to incorporate a company for the settlement and moral

      improvement of the coloured population , to make the selection of jurors by ballot , giving municipalities power to issue or withhold tavern licenses . 1 « his speech his Excellency said he would carry the Post-Office lav ? into effect without unnecessary delay . ; He expressed satisfaction at the addresses proposed by either house , expressing loyalty to the throne and attachment to the institutions of the province ; and expressed confidence that the sentiments of the address are those of the great body of the people . ' He congratulated Parliament on the improvement of the revenue . He avowed neat satisfaction with his visit to the Welland Canal ? and gratification at the courtesy of the citizens of Buffalo onthatocoasioh . He recommended the members ,

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      Jt _ 2 THE NORTHERN STAR . ,-,, AtmusT SI , i 860 .

      " B Js .^Qualifications, Generativ E Mo^ Facity , And Impediments To Marriage.

      " JS . ^ QUALIFICATIONS , GENERATIV E mO ^ fACITY , AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1589/page/2/