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      wTA ournal with characteristic astuteness . «« dine that public opinion was too atrong to Kt down , it has bottled op its thunder , I only ventured to attack the object of fnatria ' fldeadly fear and hatred by side winds nd bye blows . The leading columns hare rL close d ; but leader' type has not been antin g to ' correspondents , ' who hare no Jonbt received their inspirations from the same sources as the leader' writer , and with Lorenial baseness , afiBail the excellence they cann ot reach , and spit their filthy venom at a character beyond their power to sully or dethat the

      . troy . Itis worthy of remark , Times ' end the 'Post , ' find companions only in the most bigoted and reactionary French journals , vho repeat the same exploded calumnies , Stupid lies , ^ "fated slanders which the Eng lish hacks of Austria -were obliged to disinter from the forgeries of then * own foreign correspondents . This is sufficient to show who pulls the strings which set these puppets ja motion , and to prove the identity of the A bsolutist journals throughout Europe , however they may apparently oppose each other OH minor points .

      In the course of the vituperation which such execrable papers as the ' Univere' heap oh the English people , for the manner in which they are preparing to receive Kossutit , it is carious to observe how anger destroys all discrimination , and causes them to belch out their usual terms of vilification and reproach , however inapplicable they may be . For instance , the ' Daily News / which professes to be an admirer of Kossuih , had a wishy washy apologetic article for the tone of his address at Marseilles , which could only excite the contempt of every honest and true hearted

      liberal in this country . It betrayed a base , craven hearted , and lickspittle spirit which was wholly at variance with the . career of the man for whom it pretended to speak , as if it could reduce the Hungarian Statesmen and Patriot to the petty dimensions of shopkeeping patriotism , and selfish political jobbing , which it represents in English journalism ! Yet it suited the Parisian Absolutist papers to assume that the ' Daily Jfew' spoke forKossuth , and the democratic party in that article , audit was represented as Socialist and Democratic '—a charge which must have astonished the conductors of the organ of the

      hourgeosie quite as much as any bod y else . The truth is , however , that 'Socialist , ' ' Anarchist , ' ' Red Republican , * and so forth are nicknames , coined by the opponents of popular progress , for the purpose of exciting a senseless and irrational hostility in the minds of their dupeB . Lacking argument , they have recourse to Billingsgate—they cannot reason , and they ' call names . ' For a time this may succeed , but they should recollect the fable of the boy who cried ' Wolf . ' They may raise alarms , needlessly so often , that at the hour of real danger to their order they will find themselves withont help or sympathy .

      With respect to tho opinions of Kossuru npon Socialism , Red Republicanism , or Communism , we believe no one can say anything with certainty in this country . In Hungary he was a practical Reformer , devoted to the removal of the abuses he saw existing around him , by such means as "were in his power .. When Austria threw off Ike mask , and , after treacherously pushing forward Je : lla . CHICH within twenty miles of Pesth , at

      a time when the Hungarians were fighting Austrian battles in Italy , demanded the destruction of the very Constitution which tho Emperor had previously solemnly sworn to maintain , Kossuth applied all his great energies and transcendent abilities to the immediate exigencies of the situation . He had to organise armies , and create a civil administration , in the midst of unparalleled difficulties . These circumstances were not

      favourable for the study of abstract theories . He had to deal with the practical and not the speculative ; and if he has busied himself since with the latter , it must have been in his Asiatic captivity , where he had plenty of time to study the treachery and the murderous propensities of Absolutist Monarchs , and the misery their rule produces among mankind . At all events the welcome which the English People , are prepared to give him , is not founded on the fact that he advocates any

      particular phase of Liberal or Democratic doctrine , bnt because , in the terrible hour of trial , he came forth from the ordeal Avitli the stamp of true greatness upon him . His unquestionable genius , energy , wisdom , ^ and patriotism -were devoted in the purest spirit of disinterestedness to the service of his country ; and bis glorious , though unsuccessful , strugglu for Hungarian Independence , added another imperishable and inspiring chapter to history another great and immortal name to the number of those whose example , through all ages , shall rouse the world to struggle for freedom , and whose deeds fihed lustre and dignity upon our common nature .

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      and destroying tho Constitution with the weapons entrusted to them for its defence and maintenance , would be taken away from them . Their journals therefore raised a howl in chorus against the horrible anarchy and terrorism , which they predicted as the result of a free expression of ifee popular will in the Assembly . And under cover of the daring and unfounded calumnies , hatched for the purpose of creating a panic in the minds of the middle classes , they managed to drive one-half of the people of France out of the pale of the Constitution , with the consent and co-operation oi the Prebident , to whom as an immediate reward for his share in the infamous transaction they paid £ 120 , 000 .

      Louis Napoleon now finds , however , or affects to believe , thai his only chance of success is from the votes of the masses he disfranchised . From the Assembly , at all events , he has nothing to hope , as every shade of parliamentary parties have turned against him . After shutting out the popular element for his own purposes , he now proposes to open the sluices and let it in again , in the hope that it will float him to the object of his selfish ambition . .

      The question is , whether to him as to his predecessors , the fatal and irrevocable words 'too late , ' are not applicable . Who can , who will trust him ? He has shamelessly broken every oath—he has ruthlessly and unblushingly trampled on all the rights and privileges guaranteed by the constitution to the people ; he has sold his power and influence to traitors in the Assembly , for money which he afterwards squandered in endeavouring to bribe the army into supporting his dynastic and personal preteusions ; and now , at the last moment , his resolution to propose the restoration of the constitution to its pr istine state , is as evidently dictated by the conviction that in that way alone can he hope to obtain a renewed lease of power .

      jtfodoubttbe'Constitutionnel'andthejournals of the Elysee give very powerful reasons why the disfranchising law should be repealed ; but then all these reasons were argued by the opponents of that law , at the time it was proposed and discussed . Nothing new can be said upon that head , nor dees the simulated enthusiasm in defence of popular rights impose upon any one . The

      real object is clearly seen through . If M . BoSapabtb could have descried in any other quarter as many chances of getting a renewal of power , there would have been no split between him and Leon Faucher . M . Caulieb would still have been allowed to keep his iron hand on Paris , and stifle everything like public opinion , by a vigorous system of espionage and force worthy of the palmiest days of the Grand Monarque .

      Had the President set himself , in good faith , to discharge his duties to the people who elected him to that eminent and proud position ; had he strictly observed his own oaths , and resisted , consistently and steadily , all infractions of the Constitution by others , he would now have possessed the confidence , esteem , and support of the people , who would not have hesitated to re-elect him at the commencement of the Republic , even as the American people re-elected Washington . But he has thrown away all the chances he had , and whether the law of the 31 st of May is repeated or not , he will find that he has played his game out , and lost it irrecoverably .

      Thesignificantwordsof Cavagniac—backed as they were by the votes of the Generals practically conversant with the management of armies , forbid all hope of a constitutional reelection of the present occupant of the Presidential Chair . I will throw my sword , ' said that General , ' into the scale of the Constitution . ' Against such a threat as that Louis Napoleon will find himself powerless . The partizans of the Bonapartist dynasty are a mere handful , jn comparison with the other parties in France , and tbe idea of their attempting a coup d ' etat is simply ridiculous .

      Besides , why should any of the eminent men , whether statesmen or soldiers , who have served France in past times , become tho instruments to prolong the rule of a man whose only distinction ia that he bears a great name ? The supreme place in the Republic is open to all who have the ambition , the power , and the courage , fit for the occupancy of the position . Why should they play second fiddles to II . Bonaparte ? Why not aspire to fill a seat for -which they have at least as good pretensions as he has ?

      The proposal to repeal the disfranchising act , will , however , tell powerfully in favour of the popular cause . Whether it is succesful or not , the mere discussion of the question , followed , as it will not improbably be , by the summoningpf a constituent assembly , to consider the revision of the constitution will give back to the people the control of their own destinies . Within the last four years they have had sufficient experience to teach them caution , as to the parties they will again

      entrust that power . The political jobbers and adventurers , the reactionaries and terrorists , alias ' order mongers , ' will find the game is all up with them . Out of the crisis perhaps France will at least get something like a real republic ; and if M . Bonaparte , to further his own despicable purposes , in any degree contributes to that end , we will have no objection to let him live in quiet obscurity , when he comes back to private lodgings in St . James ' sstrect , or elsewhere .

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      MONIES REGEiVEO Fob thk Week Ending Thursday , ' October IGtit , 1851 . national charter fund . Heceived hv John Aenoit . —John Clayton , , ' leader ' office as—North Cranley , per G . Line 7 s Od-Blairgowrie , ptr W . Ireland 5 s—Two Friends to Democracy , Tollerton Is—T . Truelove Is—Bermondser , per \ V . Melhuish 6 s 5 d Duddce , per A . C . Steven £ 1— D . B ., Oxford Is—A Republican , Hollo nay Isfiil—T . Turner , HeckmondwikeGd—W . llewett ( at tlie Hall , Jolm-strctt ) 2 s Oil—Concert at John-street £ 5 5 s 6 d—Biisgley , per J . Wild 6 d—Worcester , per J Harding 7 s—North SliieMs , psr T . Thompson asilidfiley , perT . Wood , Halifax 9 s—Exeter , per SI . ltumson 4 s MerSlivr Tydvil , per J . Owen 3 s—A . Trevelj-an Jt 2—Greemvub per J- Morgan 7 s Gil—D . S ., Milc-cnd , New . town Gil-New Kadford , per AY . Lees 7 s .-Total £ 1211 s 2 d . FOR MR . E . JONES . Rpceived l ) j John Abxott . —W . Alsford , Tower Hamlet 2 s Id .

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . 8 . DuHCOMBE , Esq ., %£ ? ., President . EHablUhcd 1345 . " PUT JOSHUA . " "Ifltwerepouftle for the working classes , by com ' biningr among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would he a thing not to be punished , bat to be welcomed and rejoiced at" fiTUABT MILL .

      The readers of the " Star" are all aware of the evidence delivered by the ex-town councillor , Mr . Edward Perry , of Wolverbampton , at the late trials at Stafford ; where he swore , over and over again , that he saw Peel constantly go in and out o ; the Star public-house , in the month of July , and that he lodged there ; that he saw Green there through the blind ; and the fact ia , Mr . Peel never lodged there in his life , nor was he in Wolveroampton from the 4 th of June until the 21 st of October , or ever nearer Wolverhampton than London . Mr . Green , too , never lodged there in the month sworn too , he also being in London . These were not tire only things sworn falsely ; but , for these , Mr . Perry has been served with a summons to appear before

      the stipendary magistrate on Friday , the 17 th inst . ; so this wily man rhay be caught in his own net . He appears much dejected , but his scouts and spies are out , to fish up every little circumstance that may assist him in hia defence . The scullery-maid and the . washerwoman are to be brought to the rescue , . and either Sergeant Allen or : Mr . Huddleston as the Forlorn Hope . The town seemed paralyzed at the charge , and doublyso , when the summons was granted . This step falling so close upon the conclusive contradiction given by Mr . Fleming to the story invented by Mr . G . Wynn , the official , and positive denial of the conversation said , to take place between Mr . Parry and Mr . Iluddleeton , as to the alleged compromise at Stafford , which is contained in the following note , must rather astound these dogged persecutors of trades '

      unions : — 35 , Southampton-buildings , Oct . 2 nd . Sib , Tn reply to your lutier of the 29 th of September last , referring us to an alleged statement of Mr . \ Vynn , nephew to Mr . Edward Perry , reflecting upon the conduct of Messrs . Green , Winters , and yourself , we liavenohesi tation in conveying to you our unqualified contradiction oi the imputations it contains . The statement , from be ginning to end , is an entire fabrication . We remain . Sir , yours faithfully , J . Hu . upueet Pabbt , Hesrx Mac . vauaba . Mr . "W . Peel . What can be more plain ? Mr . Wynn charges Messrs . Green , Winters , and Peel , with proposing , through their counsel , to plead guilty , and leave the other defendants in the lurch , and he calls Mr . Fleming as . 1 witness . Mr . Fleming , in his answer , fully unmasks the Editor of the defunct " Examiner , " and Messrs . Parry and Macuamara hurl the accusation back with

      scorn and contempt . The chief among the tribe we leave to Peel and the law . ' The "Times" and " Daily News" have been hard at work , to prevent the Trades subscribing to defend us , but have failed . London has nobly stood forward in the front rank ; and Manchester . Liverpool , Sheffield , Oldham , Rochdale , Derby , the Potteries , Bristol , Wolverhampton , and other towns , have spiritedly responded to the call of the Defence Committee . Amongst the trades who stand foremost are the Engineers , the Stonemasons , the Compositors , the Shipwrights , the Oorkcutters , the Bookbinders , Caulkers and others . The heroic spirit of past times seems to have entered their souls on this occasion , —every one seeming to make the case his own . "The gaol , under these circumstances , loses all its terrors . The prosecutions at Leeds in the iron trade will not deter their Executive from doing their duty , nor

      will the arrest of the Saddlers deter the Committee of this Association from doing theirs . They do not seek victory , but they seek justice , and while attempting to crush wrong , they will not establish oppression . Their mission is peace on honourable terms to both parties .- But there is a race of capitalists , disconnected from the large body of employers—a race as distinct from really good men as the Heathen cannibal is from tho most devout Christian ; it is them , and against them alone , that trades' societies are necessary . They aro united against a band of unprincipled capitalists who are determined to ride rough-shod over their rights and privileges . They consider that by attacking the Tin Plate Workers they attack them ; and to defend them they bare retained her Majesty's Attorney-General . Should they fail , the case must then go to a higher court , and the whole question of master and servant bo submitted to the House of Commons .

      Next week we shall give the particulars of the case Peel 1 / . E . Perry , for wilful and corrupt peijury . I am , < fcc , TltOUAS WlKTEnS . 259 , Tottenham Court-road , Oct . 15 .

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      PROSECUTION AOAINST THE LAW-- SALL SADDLERS . BALDWIN V . LAWTON . _ A dispute has existed for some time in tins trade , because the employers of Walsall were not paying the same price as the employers in Birmingham , and a threatened reduction was offered in one town if the prices were not equalised in the other . The result was , the men generally gave notice to leave : but a Mr . Baldwin thought it '

      prudent , and perhaps necessary , to discharge his own men . They left when they had finished up their work , but it appears a workman of the name of Lawtou , had , on a previous occasion , received a loan of money , which , at the time of the discharge , had not been repaid ; therefore Mr . Baldwin allowed his passion to overcome his better judgment , and applied for a warrant against him for leaving his work . The man was seized out of bed late on the Saturday night , locked up till Sunday morning , and then liberated on bail .

      The case came on on Wednesday , when the defendant was supported by Mr . Duiguaw , janr ., and Mr . Wilkinson appeared for the plaintiff . Mr . Wilkinson argued , that delegates from Birmingham had morally , if not physically , coerced them , which , according to the opinion of a learned judge upon a recent ' trial at Stafford , was contrary to law . Mr . Baldwin , in his examination , said .- — That he had lent Mr . Lawton ££ , which was to be repaid at 10 s . a month ; that he had left him without giving proper notice . —On cross-examination he admitted he had himself

      given all the men notice to leave his employment , if they were not satisfied with his prices ; that Mr . Lawton had then said , He would not work unless he received the price ; ' and that he ( Mr . Baldwin ) then said , ' Well , gentlemen , you can finish your work , make up your books , and leave me honourably . ' He should not have taken these proceedings if the money had been paid him last Saturday night . The money was then paid , and eacU party paid their own costs , which ended the case .

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      FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GKEA . T EXHIBITION . 9 j . /« i 1 * f ' Pe" ° " 8 ™ ifced tho building , &nd £ 4 , 914 Is . GJ . waa taken at the doors . L ' ras-! £ * ! . l uimaux , from WolitenholraeBay , brought to this country by Captain Ommanney , of the Arctic Expedition , was present during the ' day , and , nu appearance excited uorae interest . The officers of the Executive are in a 8 tate of perma . nent blockade hy crowds of applicants for admission on the three privileged days of next week . An immense number of tickets has been issued , and it is considered probable that on Monday and Tuesday there will be a large attendance . To-day ( Saturday ) we understand that as soon as the clocks have struck five o ' clock all the organs and musical instruments adopted for the purpose will be called into requisition aad will play in concert the National Anthem .

      Ets Royal Highness Prince Albert presided on Monday at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations , in 1851 . The meeting was held at tho Exhibition building at twelve o'clock . The meeting broke up at three o ' clock . His Koyal Highness Prince Albert , attended by Lieut .-Col . Franuia Hugh Seymour , afterwards proceeded to the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddmgton , and returned by a special twin to Windsor . ' r

      Tho only noticeable feature in the supplemental opening of the Crystal Palace on Monday was the unexpected visit paid by her Majesty , who , accompanied by Prince Albert , the royal children , and a rather numerous suite ,, arrived as early as ten o ' clock , and continued till twelve , in close inspection of various departments . The royal party first visited the Manchester goods , which her Majesty examined most attentively , and subsequently repaired to tho Sevres room , where the bronza bust of the negro girl attracted much of her . Majesty ' s

      attention . The royal party were received on their arrival by Mr . Dilke , and one or two other members of the Executive Committee , and Mr . Betshaw had the honour of attending , her Majesty to the different stands selerted for the royal inspection . The naves appeared almost as populous on Monday as ever , from the number of visitors' friends admitted , but the galleries were almost deserted , and the money tables discoursed none of the eloquunt music which had so continuously distinguished them on previous days . .

      Her-Majesty , accompanied by the Prince , came again to the building on Tuesday morning , and made the round of tho galleries . They were presented by Mr . Henry Spicer and Mr . George Clowes with handsomely bound copies of the " Official Illustrated Catalogue , " which has at length been completed . The Queen then visiled portions of the United States , Russian , and Belgian displays , and in taking her departure shortly before twelve o ' clock , with her usual kindness nnd condescension took notice of the old Cornish pedestrian fisherwoman , who had been placed in her

      way , and with hearty emphasis said , " God bless your Majeisty . " The attendance of exhibitors and their friends was much moro numerous than on Monday , but still the interior was by no means inconveniently crowded . The preparations for tho final ceremq > nial . werei in rapid progress , and among the visitors a painful sensation was experienced in finding that the Crystal Fountain , that favourite rendezvous , that central attraction of the . building had been entirely removed . during the preceding night .

      As an example of the extensive sales at present in progress in the Exhibition , we may state that Mr . Fothergill , a well-known consulting engineer at Manchester , purchased on commission , and for the most part on Tuesday , the following objects : — Crawhall ' 8 rQpe making machine ; the whole woollen machinery shown by Mason , of Rochester ; Ryder's forcing machine ; Schlesingor ' s paging machine ; a French circular weaving machine by Matthieu ; Sewell ' s lace-making machine , for plain and figured work ; a brick-tile and pipe mschine from Randoll and Saunders ; a drain and tile machine , hy Whicehead ; a loom warping machine and dressing machine , by Kcnwwthy ; looms by Harrison and Bullougli ; two looms by Mark Smith ; and one of Barlow ' s improved j-icqu . irds . We may also mention , that the splendid collection of tools shown by Whitworth , has been bougiit by the Austrian government .

      On tVednesday was played the last great scone in the splendid spectacle of the Crystal Palace . Altogether more than half a million of . money , has been received by the Exhibition authorities , the exact sum being £ 505 , 107 5 s . 7 d . This amount includes some very curious items . More than , four hundred pounds were paid for the useof the washing places , and no losa than £ ' 2 , 427 on account of other essential convDnienciesattached to tfcebuilding . The small fee exacted for taking care of sticks and urn .: brellas produced £ 831 3 s . 3 d . ; the . royalty taken on the shilling catalogues . turned £ 3 . 200 into the Exhibition exchequer ; whilst a still larger Bum , £ 5 , 500 , resisted from the sale of the privilege to feed the visitors with buns , pound cake , ices , ginger beer , and the other dainties of the refreshment

      counters . Of the money received at the doors , £ 275 , 000 was in silver , and £ 81 , 000 in gold . The weight of the silver coin so taken ( at tho rate of 28 lbs . par £ 100 ) would be thirty-rive tons , and its bulk 900 cubic feet ? The rapid flow of the coin into the hands of the money-takers prevented nil examination of each piece as it was received , and £ 90 of bad silver was taken , but only one piece of bad gold , and that was a half-sovereign . The halfcrown was the most usual bad coin , but a much moro noticeable fact is that nearly all the bad money was taken on the half-crown and five shilling days . Tiie cash was received by eighteen money takers : on tho very heavy days , six extra ones being employed during the busiest hours . From them it was gathered hy throe or foul-money

      porters , who carried it to . four collectors , charged with the task of counting it . From them it went to two tellers , who verified the sum , and handed it to the final custody of tho chief financial officer , Mr . F . t i . Carpenter , who locked each day ' s amount in his peculiar iron chests in the building till next morniujr , when in boxes , each holding £ 000 . it was borne off in a hackney cab in charge of a Bank of England clerk and a Bank porter . The first shilling day produced the smallest daily amount received , which was £ 920 2 s . ; the last shilling day but one afforded the largest daily taking , it being 5 , 283 3 s . —showing how tho classos essentially the people increased their support of a display where so much might be admired and so much be learned .

      The last week of all gave the heaviest receipts , They amounted to £ 29 , 704 lls . Od , The lightest week was tho first five shilling week , £ 10 , 298 8 s . ; the next lightest week being the first shilling week , when £ 11 , 123 5 s . was taken . This money was received in all forms , ranging between farthings and ten-pound notes . Contrary to the notices exhibited , change was given . Occasionally foreigners gave Napoleons , and these coins being mistaken for sovereigns , they received nineteeti shillings out , and liberty of admission into the bargain . The monies of America , Hamburgh , Germany , and France were often tendered and taken . The total number of visitors from the 1 st of May to the 11 th of October was 0 , 003 , 980 . At one time , on Tuesday week , there were no less than 92 , 000 persons in the building , the largest number ( so far as is known ) ever congregated undergone roof . On the samg day tho total number of visitors reached tho enormous total of 100 , 915 . On ono occasion no loss than 28 , 853 persons entered the doors in a single hour .

      On Wednesday at twelve o clock , his Keyal Highness Prince Albert entered the building , and as be made hia way to the daia was greeted by loud and hearty cheers . When the Prince took his seat he was surrounded on the platform by a number of the Royal Commissioners , and on his right was supported by the Bhhop of London in full canonicals . The proceedings wpi'e read by Viscount Canning reading a report oh presenting the Award of the iuricB to the Royal Commission , by which it appeared that the number 0-f prize medals awarded were 2 , 918 . The number of eouncil medals were 170 . Prince Albert followed , and , in a lengthy speech , complimented the juries in their awards of the prize medals to the exhibitors , and successively enumerated and thanked the parties by whose combined and unceasing exertions the great enterprise hadbeen crowned with success . His Royal Highness concluded as follows-.

      —" In now taking leave of ail those who have so materially aided us in their respective characters of jurors and associates , foreign and local commissioners , members and secretaries of local and sectional committees , members of the Society of . " ArtSi and exhibitors , I cannot refraiu . from remarking , with heartfelt pleasure ,, the singular harmoay which has prevailed amongst the eminent men representing bo many national interests—a harmony whjch cannot end with the event which , produced , it . Let us receive it as an auspicious omen for / the future ; and while we return our . hamble and hearty thanks to Almighty Goilfor the blessing lie has " , vouchsafed to

      our labours , let us all earnestly pray that that Divine Providence which has so benignantly watched over and shielded this illustration of Natures ' s producions , conaeived b ? human iutellect , and fashioned by huraaa skill , may still protect us * and may grant that this interchange of knowledge , resulting from the raeoting of enlightened people iu friendly rivalry , may he dispersed far and wide over distant lnnds ; and thus , by showing our mutual dependence upon each other , be . a happy means of promoting unity among nations , and peace s » d . good will among the various races of mankind . ' ! ( -Loud cheers . ) The Bishop of . London offered up prayers suitable to . the occasion .

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      After the Exhibition had thus been formally dosed , H became known that the honour of knighthood had been offered to Mr . Paxton , to Mr Cubitt , the engineer , and to Mr . Fox , the contractor . The list of contributors to whom me dals have been awarded ocoupies nearly twenty-four columns of the Times" newspaper , which would be uninteresting to our general readers , and occupy a greater amount of space than is at tho disposal of a weekly journal . The spot which last week was filled with multitudes of admiring spectators is now in possession of bands of porters and mechanics , and the hammer and the packing case are once more in active

      operation . An immense quantity of goods has been oarried away since Wednesday , including the majority of the valuables in the shape of plate and jewellery . The external aspect of the majestic ouilding in Hyde Park presents now the very counterpart of the bustle occasionally witnessed at the goods' station of a railway . Platforms have been placed at all the entrances , while at tho western and eastern ends of the building oranes and other apparatus are in tho course of erection to facilitate the removal of the heavier description of objeots that have been exhibited . Sales are still being negotiated , and it 18 calculated that at least two-thirds of the contracts will change hands before the last article has been carried awav .

      ^ Cn Thursday , autograph letters of a highly complimentary character were , we understand , addressed by his lloyal Highness Prinoo Albert to Colonel Hoid , Mr . Cole , Mr . Dilke , Dr . Lyon Playlair , and Colonel Lloyd . In these the Prince , we fear , uses tho most gratifying and yet nicely discriminated expressions of acknowledgment for the services which the gentlemen named have renderod in carrying to a successful close the work of tho Exhibition . His Royal Highness announces his intention of presenting each with a gold medal in commemoration of his connexion with them , and to

      Dr . Lyon Pluyfair he offere the position of Genueman-Usher , vacant in his household by tho appointmentof Colonel Reid' to the Governorship of Malta . This last mentioned fact is remarkable , as showing a tendency on the part of his Royal Highness to revive the faded significance of court offices by giving them to men of science , whose minds have been strongly directed to its application to practice . The public will hear with satisfaction that the Prince lias come forward so readily to make those acknowledgments which a mistaken or selfish view of his own reputation might have induced him to withhold .

      The work of removal has set in at the Crystal Palace with an energy and rapidity which exceed all expectation . Fifteen exit uoors are open for the departure of goods , and in tho British department there has already been an immense nnd very perceptible clearance effected . The foreigners move more slowly , hampered as they are by the necessity for observing Custom-house regulations , and by a , . variety of other influences which do not tell on native exhibitors . During the whole of Thursday the building was surrounded by waggons and vans of every description , and in every corner of its vast extent the scenes which preceded the opening were beginning to bo reproduced .

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      PROTECTION TO LABOUR .-MEETINO IN THE TOWER HAMLETS . A numerous meeting of the working classes of the Tower Hamlets , dependent on the various occupations connected with the shipping of the port of London , \ m held at the Beaumont Institution . Mile-end , on Thursday night , " to consider tho effects produced on their interests by the ap . plioatiou of the principle of unrestricted competition , termed Free Trade . m " " ? ' £ ' Yorao » m - m occupied the chair . Mr . J . O Brikn , a working-man , then came forward to propose the first resolution , which was as follows : — 'That the universal cheapness sought in the policy falsely called Free Trade necessarily

      includes cheapness ot labour , and must , therefore , . by whatever means obtained , be iniurioas to the labouring cla «* es , whose interest consi 9 ts in . selling thoir labour ' in the dearest mar * ket . ' Bat as thia cheapness of labour is only to be obtained through a competition which sets British sabjects against their fellow-subjects in hostile rivalry for subsistence , and places tha British labourer in competition with the wovstpaid labourer and the moat . degraded labourers in the world ; this meeting regards the whole system as calculated to lower the physical , social , and moral condition of the woiking classe ? , and as calling for the reprobation and epposition of every reflecting British workman . "

      Mr . W . J 3 rowk seconded , and Mr . A . CAMrDBtii supported , the resolution , which was carried by a great majority . Considerable uproar was created by the chairman refusing to hear a Mr . Priest speak . Mr , Ktdd moved the following resolution s" That as labour is the only legitimate property of the working man , it follows that cheap products , the result ol lowprtzid labour , is injurious to their bestinterests . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . B . O'Bisien seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr . Dick . A Spitalfields Silk Weaver next addressed tho meeting , and denounced the system of Free Trade as productive of ruin to the interest with which he was connected . . . . The motion was then put , and unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was afterwards passed to the chairman , and the proceedings terminated .

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      LATEST FOREGIN NEWS .

      SWITZERLAND . On the Sib inst . the discussion was terminated by adopting a resolution to the effect that the burghers of Berne should not be excluded from the commission of investigation . The debate lasted from eight e ' olock in the morning to midnight , and was exceedingly animated . Tho iK-xt day the election for the commission took place by ballot , and as tho names of members of the Opposition were announced they drew forth marks oi disapprobation from the public tribunes . M . Butzburgcr , one of the members elected , declined to serve because tho burghers had not been excluded . The editor of the Spanish journal ' La Tribuna del Pueblo' had been sentenced to a fine of 30 , 000 reals .

      Tho ' Roman Observer' of the 6 th inst . publishes the census of the population of Rome . Iu 1317 , it amounted to 175 , 000 inhabitants ; in ISIS , to 173 000 ; in 1849 , to 106 , 000 ; and 1851 , to 172 , 000 . From Romo we learn that the Council of War of tho French division sentenced Martini 1 'iotro < ii Rocca Triore to two years' imprisonment and 20 f . fine , for having in his possession fire-arms . Letters from Florence of the 8 th inst . announce that the vindication of Guerrazzi had at last appeared . ' The ex-triumvir , * says the correspondent of the'' Corriere Mercantile' of the 10 th , —¦ ' The ex-chief of tho executive power lias published a volume of 800 pages , in reply to another , equally large , written by the Attorney-General , which is full of facts , depositions , inquiries , and

      other documents . That magistrate charged Guerrazzi with high treason . Guerrazzi , although a prisoner , and consequently deprived of tho means of consulting tho archives of the government , and procuring documents in support of his arguments , analyses his political conduct from tlio moment of his accession to power , in October , ISIS , until his overthrow by tho restoration of the Grand Ducnl Government . He concludes by stating that he is completely innocent of tJie charges directed against him . Guerrazzi endeavours to prove that his projects and acts were those of a Tuscan monk , and that he was ready to abandon the revolutionary cause and re-establish the throne , when the peasantry invaded Florence and deprived him of that merit .

      The Spanish ' Gazette' publishes a Royal decree , conferring tlio Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of San Fernando ( the highest military distinction in Spaiu ) on Lfcuieuiint-Gbneval Jose uo la Concha , Captain-General of Cuba , " as a , recompense for the distinguished merit he evinced in the pursuit and extermination of the pirates who bad invaded tho island . ' M . Jose Maria de Bustillo , Commander of the Naval Station at llavannah , received for his services the Grand Cross of tho Spanish Uoyul Mid distinguished Order of Clmrles 111 . It also contains a long list of favours and recompenses granted by tho Queen to the persons who distinguished themselves in the defeace of Cuba .

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      Thk Cape Mails . —The fine new screw steam ship , Harbinger , Captain John May , the property of the Goner . il Screw Steam Navigation Company , arrived at Plymouth from London , on Monday afternoon , and sailed on her outward voyage on Wednesday . The Harbinger is well appointed in e \ ory respect ; this will be her first voyage to the Cape , and we have no doubt , from the M « U character she lias obtained in the Thames , that it will lie successful . Her enterprising owners , the General Screw Steam Navigation Company , have placed her on tho line in lieu of the Sir Robert Peel , : i small but

      useful vessel , now on the passage home . The Harbinger has a full cargo of British goods , a considerable portion of which , wo aro proud to say , comes direct from the manufacturing district over the South Devon Railway , the £ oods branch of which runs direct to Millbay Pier , where the Cape Mail Packets are stationed prior to departure . The homeward bound mail steamer tho Sir Robert Peel , Captain Boxer , due at Plymouth from the Cape of Good Hope about the 10 th inst ., is not expected untill the 20 th , in consequence of having , damaged her machinery , and thereby lost ten or twelve days on her pasBRge out .

      A Benefit Societt in Sharp Practice . —The ofiicers of tho Eclipse Mutual lientfit Society Association , held at tiie Green Dragon , Fleet-street , have subjected themselves to a severe rebuke from , Mr . Alderman Wire for refusing to pay to Wm . Peart , a sick member , the 12 s . per week , to wL . ' oll he was entitled on duly declaring himself upon tiio sick fund . Mr , Wakeling , on behalf of the society , raised several technical objections to the claim—1 st . that the complainant ought tobe present togive | him the opportunity of cross-examination ; 2 nd , that tho wrong party had been summoned ; 3 rd , that complainant was not properly a member : and lastly , that no detaaud had been made to any of the officers of the society for the allowance now claimed . Alderman' Wire said that a reasonable

      ground for complainant / a absence ( his illness ) had been given , which disposed of the first objection , and he considered that the cards and other evidence produced showed that the society were before the Court and that complainant was a member acknowlcdged by tho society , With regard to tlie last objection , it was not necessary that any formal demand Bhould be nuulo . Mr . Wakeling then said that the rules did not sanction the admission of ; i member above the age of forty-five years , and complainant was upwards of seventy yours old . Alderman Wire replied sharply that complainant was evidently a member , auu entitled by the card produced to 12 s , per week in affliction . Such an

      objoction only showed that tho society ,, after admitting complainant informally , were now desirous of taking advantage of their own wrong . Iitlio society could show that tbe doeuiiiCEts before him were forgeries , and that complainant and never been acknowledged a member , then Mr , Wakeling might tender evidence to that etfeat . Or , if they could impeach the- witness ' s statement with regard to complainant ' s health , thon t ! aey might indict him for perjury ; and any order the magistrates might make would bo rendered unavailable . At present ho would only make the- order for payment of the money aad costs ; but , nt the same time , he BlUSt again state that the society bad taken an erroneous view in resisting a just claim .

      A Commixiek os the Laie . Arctic RKPonss . —A committee is being formed by the Admiralty , of which , it i 3 said , Admiral ISowlea , C . B ., M . P ., will most pr . obably be the ch ;\ inn ; ii ) , to consider the reports of the respective commanders of the Arctic searching expeditious , and to report what , upon ; v closo and careful investigation of tho fact 3 laid before them , further , if any , steps should betaken

      towards the rescue , ov with the view of ascertaining the fate , of Sir John Franklin and his companions . Although the story of Sir John Ross uud his informer , Adam Beck , is not entertained by any official in or out of the Admiralty , it would perhaps be as well for tho coinmhtoe , now that Uiev have the intelligent young Esquimaux , Erasmus York , at band , as well as Captain Penny ' s able interpreter , to examine him formally ou tho subject Altehatioks of thk Cornish Maiis . — In future the London mail will be conveyed into Cornwall from . Exeter , via Plymouth , ami will arrne at Truro at 12 h . 29 m . p . m . and be despatched thence to Penzanco , at 12 h . 54 m . The London mail irom Penmce , will be due at Truro » t ion . < fem . a . m ., and will be dispatched from Truro at lib . m- a-ni Plymouth time . The Korth mail " -that « hick conveyed the London mail from Exeter via Lauaceston-will be taken off that route .

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      M . BOXAPAUTE HS A ' FIX . ' A crisis approaches in France . Tlie PaESl-JDExT is determined no longer to be tbe tool of the 'Burgraves' —the mere warming-pan for the Due de Botjbdeatjx or the Count ; de PaeiS . From the parties who constitute the Parliamentary majority he sees that be has nothing to expect , and he is therefore driven back to take his chance with the people , whom he has betrayed , oppressed , and insulted . He has been caught in his own trap . For the purpose of securing the support of the ordermongers ' in the Assembly ,

      he consented to disfranchise at least one-iialf of the voters who had raised him from exile and obscurity to the Presidential Chair . But bo sooner had this act of treachery and perjury been consummated , than he saw himself deserted b y the parties to gain whose support he" had vio ' lated his oaths and broken faith with the French people . Instead of thronging ; to the Elysee or St . Cloud , they made pilgrimages to Prohsdorf or Claremont . They threw off all diepilse , because &ey believed they had succeeded in destroying all chance of his ever again possessing any popular power in France .

      Since that time there have been numerous quarrels between the Burgraves and the Chief of the Executive ; but the latter has been compelled , hy the false position in which he had placed himself , to pursue a systematic course of oppression and coercion . The liberties guaranteed by the Constitution have been trampled upon , the privileges of citizens abrogated , and the country governed by soldiers , spies , and brute force , as unblushingly as if Paris had been St , Petersburgh , and Louis

      Kafoleow the Czar Nicholas . In public , as In private life , one false step leads to smother , and thus it has happened with M . Bonapaute Anxious to secare his re-elec tion as President —perhaps more ambitious than that—dreaming of Imperial honours-he has become so hopelessly entangled and mixed up m lhe reactionary and ' oppressive policy of themonar chical cliques who predominate in the Assem My , that instead of making them his icstru jr ' enta he has become their tool , and Will be rewarded by the people accordingly . ot

      There -was no mistake as to the object passing the law of the 31 st May , hy which one-half of the voters were disfranchised . For some time previous the elections were invariably in favour of the democratic candidates , wherever they occurred ; and at length the partisans of the " Bepublique Democratique et Sociale achieved a cro ; vning and signal triumph at the election in Paris , which enabled them to send to the Assembly four Socialisls ; among whom was the celebrated -writer , Eugene Sub . The reactionary majority saw with terror , that if this was permitted to continue much longer , their majority would he destroyed , and their power <» f insidiously temperiDg ' vith the EepuWic ,

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      Cass qf Poisoning at Batii . —Great interest has been excited in thia city ia consequence of a charge being preferred against a mother poisoning her child . On Friday last , the 10 th inst ., Elizabeth Slater was charged with attempting to poison her infant child . The gentleman represented as tbe husband of the prisoner , aud who appears to be Mr . Crosby , a solicitor of Bristol , was present and took full notes of tbe evidence . The prisoner s real name appears to be Elizabeth Lewis , and it ia said tliat she , with her mother , ha 3 hitherto kept a rery respectable seminary at Exeter-buildings , Redland , near Bristol . She also took rotes frequently , but occasionally appeared very ill aud faint . The proceedings were adjourned in . order to afford Mr . Herepath , the analytical chemist , an opportunity of analysing the contents of the stomach . Since then an inquest has been held upon the body , but up to the time , we write , no verdict bas been returned . On

      Thursday the prisoner was re-examined before the Major and a full bench of magistrates . Tbe depositions were read over by the magisrate's clerk , and the usual caution haviug been given to the prisoner , she declined saying anything . —His worship then said : Prisoner , after a lengthened , patient , but very painful investigation , the magistrates have come to ( be conclusion that it is necessary to the ends of public justice that you should take your trial before a jury of your countrymen . You are therefore no . v coninViiteil to take your trial at the next Somersetshire asaizes for the wilful murder of your child . — Tlie . prisoner was then reisoveii in custody .

      As OfiLAWED Title . —On Monday the Right Bevevend Dr . M'Hale ( known before tho Aggres-j sion Uiil became law aa the Archbishop of Tuam , ) paid a isit io Bradford , and delivered a most oiooaent discourse from the altar of Mount St . Maria Chapel . The Reverend Divine , at the conelusion of his discourse , observed , that he was iniornied that many of his hearers would understand him better in their native tongue , and commenced , most impressive exhortation in tbo Irish lanenaee ; after which a collection was nado in aid o fhe fund for building a new Catholic Church . Tb Jfr Sft at eleyen o'clock by m / , u tor Maae&estw .

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      ^ Bradford Election . —The writ for the election of a member of this borough , in the place of the late William Busfeild , Esq ., is now in the hands of tbe mayor of the borougb , but as his worship is absent from home , it is not probable that the election will take place until Tuesday next . There ia at present no prospect of a contest , Robert Milligan ,. Esq ., ( liberal ) , being the only candidate . ' ¦ ' ¦ '• Accident os thb London and North-Western RmwAv .-Liverpool , Thursday , —The mail-train which leaves London at nine o ' clock in the evening Aid not arrive here until four or fire hours after its

      time this morning , in consequence of the following accident : —Shortly after this train reached Crewe a luggage-train was despatched on tho same line for Liverpool , and when about ten mile 3 from the former station came iu contact with a wheel , which had broken from an up-train . The shock was very great , some of the carriages beinsr piled up we are assured to tho height of twenty-five feet , while others were thrown over the embankment into tho valley beneath . Fortunately beyond the loss of a few sheep no fatal consequences resulted . Messengers were immediately despatched to arrest the progress of the passenger train-a very hpavvone—which was close behind , otherwise the

      loss of life would have been great . Death in a Belfhy . —Samuel Smith , an ameer of the County of Salford , was sent with other persons to keep the crowd out of the Fendleton churchyard during the royal passage from Viorsley . boon after twelve o ' clock Smith , with some others , went into the steeple of the church , Smith g «» DK « P ™ £ that portion where the bells are hung . Ibo »«* were then being rung , and soon afterwards thflpeiwho were ringing them felt that there was sojaetning j wrong . About the same timeoss of Smith s companions said that he bad lost sightof him , upon wnicil some ot the ringers went up into the beltry , auci there found Smith lying under a bell by . which be had been knocked down . He was nt once removed to the Manchester Infirmary , where he died ths following morning from the injuries he hai . recmea . Mr . Charles Dixon , of Stanstoari , Sussex , h » s m-Tosted £ 20 . 000 in the founding of . a callage a * «*>*• land ' s Castle , Hampshire , for § te de * &je&mfl 3 Wianjft of the city oJf London -

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      LYCEUM THEATRE . Madame Vestris took her benefit on Monday night , nnd with it concluded a season which has been unexampled in prosperity . The house was crowded to sutfocation , and Madame Vestris , who , after a temporary absence from the stage , re-appeared in her original character of King Charmine , was applauded with enthusiasm , To this approbation she was well entitled . She has carried to the Lyceum the aa . me exquisite taste which raised the Olympic from nothing , and which , while Mr .

      Maeready held Drury . laiie , mads a worthy pendant of Covent-garden , In the Lycoum , her fine perception of details is particularly required , for it scorns tho destination of that theatre to succeed only when it is made an arena for brilliant spectacle . The " Island of Jewels " and " King Charming " have been tlie " lions " of their day to country noviees , and -will long be remembered as- evidences of the taste . of Madame Vestris , of tlio tact of Mr . PlanchO , and of the pictorial talent of Mr . W . Bererley .

      OLYMPIC THEATRE . Two novelties have been produced at once at this theatre . The first , called " Caught in his own Trap , " is a very trifling affair . An old French lawyer , who objects to the marriage of his nephew from a general horror of the holy state , is entrapped by a fascinating lady , who learns from him that by the law of France a woman who can prove that a man has h : id three interviews ( tete-a-tete ) with her can claim bis bund as a matter of right . Tho ouuning fair , 'who Iwvcb tbo lawyer into the three fatal interviews , forces him to marry bis

      nephew to her daughter , and the defeated gentleman is so pleased with hia defeat that ho becomea enamoured of his conqueress . Thia little piece is written with some smartness , but it chiefly owes its success to the acting of Mr . Farron and Mr . Shalders . The former plays tbo wily lawyer , whom he dresses to perfection , with a freshness that we have not seen for some time , tho civil guit and the smooth , scanty hair recalling the admirable delineations of twenty years a « o . The lawyer ' s clerk , played by Mr . Shalders , is an amusing specimen of the actor ' s peculiar quaintness .

      More important is the other novelty—a parody on Auber ' s opera , called "Azael , or the Prodigal in London . '' Scribe ' s libretto is followed closely enough , with that substitution of the modern for the antique , which is assumed to constitute the genius oi Lurlesque . Thus the Prodigal , who resides in the tents of his father , a " Jew Gipsy" ( an ethnographic description which reminds us of an iron milestone ) , ' 13 lured not to Memphis , but to the British metropolis , where he fulls into those haunts of vice , Vauxliall , a casino , and ( hear it , Mr , Paston !) the Crystal Palace . His debaucheries reduce him to the condition of a donkey driver on Hampstend-hcath , and penitence sets him up again ,

      Thia story 13 told pleasantly enough in dialogue , which , though not witty , is not devoid of humour ; in songs , which are , in themselves , for the most part merry , but which are variously sung ; and in a resume , which is printed in the bills , and makes agreeable reading in the intervals of tho entertainment . Mr . Corapton , who goes through every phase of vagabondism nnd " gentism , " is unexceptionable comic as the Prodigal , and the liveliness of the piece merits the success it obtains . Still , many serious persons , while witnessing a work in which the very principle is levity , will hardly refrain from a regret that jokes about " casinos" and '' dark walks" are not attached to a subject derived from a less sacred source that that to which Azael owes its origin . ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . The instructive and entertaining lectures , delivered by Dr . Bacbhoffner and Mr . J . II . Pepper , on the deposits in the Great Exhibition , still continue , although tho World ' s Fair has completed its time of existence , and will soon be among the has beens . The great merits daily exhibited by these gentlemen in their discourses entitle them to the applauso and admiration which they receive from the Imnda of the visitors on each occasion of their appearance in the theatre of the establishment ; and it is but justice on our part , to give our

      humble testimony to their merits as lecturers , more particularly as they render the subjects so clear and simple , that even the driest and most abstruse discourse ia perfectly intelligible to a child . The present subjects chosen by these gentlemen , are on the Electro-metallic deposits , and the iron and stee ) , aa applied to the manufactures in Great Britain . Tho subject of Photography is now ere . ating great interest , more particularly as Mr . Beard , jun ., has succeeded in perfecting and fixing the improvement of colouring , which , until lately , had proved so exceedingly imperfect in its durability .

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      What mat be dons with Old Rags . —There is a church actually esistinp , near Bergen , which can contain nearly one thousand persona . It ia circular within , octagonal without . The relievos outside , anil the siatues within , the roof , the ceiiing , the Corinthian capitals , are ' all of papier mache , rendered waterproof by saturation in Vitriol , lime-water , whey , and white of egg . We have not yet reached this pitch of audacity in our use of paner ; but it should hardly surprise us , inasmuch as we employ tlie game material in private houses , ia steam-boats , aad in some public buildiugs , iustead of carved decorations and plaBter cornices . When Frederick II . of Prussia set up a limited papier maebG manufactory at Berlin , in 1765 , he

      little thought that paper cathedrals might , within a century , sprag out of his snuff-boxes , by tho sleight-of-hand of advancing art . At present , we old-fashioned English , whe haunt cathedrals , and build church&s , like stone better . But there is no saying what we may come to . Itis not very long since it would have seemed as possible to cover eighteen acres of ground with glass , aa to erect a pagoda of soap bubbles ; yet the thing is done . When we think of a psalm sung by 1 , 000 voices pealing through an edifice made of old rags , and the universal element bound down to carry our messages with the speed of light , it would bo presumptuouB to say what can and what can not be achieved by scienco and art , under tho training of steady old Time . —Dicl-ens ' s Iloiwehold Words .

      ] r affeabs that forged coupons of Russian loans , for fifty florins each , are in circulation . Messrs . Hope and Co ., of Amsterdam , have refused several , and two individuals who were discovered to have been circulating them there , had been arrested at the Hague , where they were living like great lords . On one of them was found forty of these . couponB f fifty florins each , —Standard . '

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      October 18 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1648/page/5/