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      ; r = HCE—IMMUTA BLE , CNIYEBSAL , ETERNAL ! DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT . HIE GENERAL ELECTION . tI THE ELECTORS AXD 1 SOX ELECTORS . r :, me * e libmJ t 0 kn 01 K < t 0 ntter . " *» argue freely accordv .-a ^ nicicncc , above ail liberties . —Huxos . •""* * ,, , . Th e Yihcenth 'Imperial Parliament of Great jjaam ™* lTe ^ ^ ' is uo wore . * fhe late House of Commons was essentially a ffi- jrgioife Parliament , representing tho interest ' s of irtue , and promoting the ascendancy of capital . It ijjdbttt little calculated to ameliorate the condition cf any section of the community of labour ; it absoluielv ignored and denied the political and social j 5 « h ? 3 of the great body of the people . Its good deeds were few , if aay . Its sins were numerous and deeply-dyed .

      It p assed-a Gagging Bill to Jlnzzle the unrepiejeuted and wronged millions of Great Britain and Irel and . It enacted an Alien Bill , which though not put into operation , was designed for the persecution of the f riends of liberty , who , ' foreigners' to this jOB&try , might 3 eek a home upon our 3 hores . It sanctioned the employment of government spies to excite the starving and oppressed to a 'breach of the Laws . ' It covered the petitions of the people with contempt ann scorn .

      It approved and applauded the imprisonment and transportation of Englishmen and Irishmen , whose jele crime was that of aspiring to give real freedom to their respective countries . It rejected the demand for Parliamentary Reform ; and its chiefs calumniated , and ridiculed the just and holy principle of Usiveusal Sotfrage . It refused to repeal the Taxes on Knowledge . It enacted a Military Conscription ( under the

      name of a « Militia" ) Bill , the leading features of which are , that the honours and emoluments of the new force will he monopolised by the rich , while to the poor will be left ' the blessed privilege' of the lash , gBil the option of serving voluntarily or by compulsion as fighting men in defence of a country in which they are as Pariahs , and in support of institutions ly which they are treated as slaves . It refused justice to our Colonial brethren .

      It turned a deaf ear to the people of the Ionian Islands and Ceylon , and treated their supplications for redress of cruel wrongs with contempt . "Worse still , > t sanctioned the atrocities of the tyrants of tho ? e countries , the British proconsuls , Ward and TonnixGTOX , whose cruelties and crimes have linked tlieir names with that woman-flogging-hangman , the eternally-infamous Hatxau . It made no attempt to terminate the horrible contest raging in Kaffir-land . It has permitted the commencement of a ne \ r Burmese war , whioh will

      tost tae lives of thousands and , at the best , can only result in robbing the Burmese of their territory , without conferring advantage or benefit upon the fnople m this country . It embraced no one of the measures necessary to recover the alienated affections of the Australian people ; on the contrary , it allowed the shameless flmk-iyism of a politic . il adventurer—momentarily elevated to the post of minister—to add insult to injury . A renewal of the fratricidal struggle of eighty years since—a second dismemberment of the empire— ' looms in the future . '

      The defunct Parliament gave no sign of sympathy wih the European nations struggling for the recovery of their rights and the overthrow of domestic and foreign oppression . It permitted iho assassination of the Eoman Republic . Itallowed the invasion and subjugation of Hungary It liussian arms . It left the Republic of Venice to perish under the murderous blows and overwhelming force of Austria , in suite of that Republic ' s petition for British sympathy and British aid .

      Its chiefs of both factions ( Whig and Tory ) , dared to applaud the cut-throat enormities of tha traitorous aslasBin Boxapaime , and it did nor condemn their aatonndiug baseness . This criminal indifference to tho causo of Liberty , this suspicious concurrence with Despotism , has been worthil y rewarded by attacks npon the persons of Bntish subjects , ' and outrages upon the national honour . At home , despite the -paimied Wessinga of Free Trade , thousands are continually flying from tbo country , and greater nnmbers would follow their example could they obtain the necessary means of shipment from their native shores .

      In the colonies , disaffection abounds , and the idea is universal , that for the colonists there is no salvation bat through a forcible dismemberment from the mofcer country . On tho continent England is regarded by the paoplcsas the accomplice of their tyrants , and by those gr ants is looked upon as a hypocritical pretender to liberalism—a mean-spirited , hnxtering , trafficker , ouiy worthy of blows and insult .

      Iu accusing the late Parliament , it is unnecessary w denounce administrations—Whi g or Tory . Minis-Jnea ewe their character to that of the House of Unmans . All the powers of the State—the Chief Magistrate and her advisers , the HouBe of Lords , the Jhtary and civil forces , are all of them—from the Ween in her palace , to the soldier iu his sentry-boxw uwdmate to the House of Commons . If mis-go-T £ rnment afflicts the empire , in whole or in part , the Peat misdemeanant is the Lower House of Parliament . The House of Commons is the creature of the ge-« nu constituency , and reflects the sentiments of tho p ctoul ood . v . It reflects the corruption , the selfish . ™* s , the conservative tendencies , and the criminalin to

      ^ woace right or wrong , pervading the great mass ^ tne privileged possessora of the Parliamentary I grant the existence of a minority both of memps of the late . Honse of Commons ( exceedingly *¦¦*) . and of file general constituent body , wKb see—« ore or Ies 3 cleaS § r- ^ the injustice of existing institu-• ' 50 s , and who entertain a ( moderate and ineffective ) Qfiaire to accomplish some "Shange ? But taking the floral twdy as a whole , its own ' rottenness is but too feithfull y represented by that of Parliament . But the electors are not alone to blame .

      Tha masses , so mighty in combination , so omnipofeat in united action , have it in their power to change ™ face of society , to uproot injustice , and establish Qualit y whenever they will . Their criminal apathy ' ^ stitutes the argument of oppression : ' The ta * es are content , or they would break their chain 3 . ' io whine about tyranny , to mumble feebly of guts withheld , is but to parade abasement , and ^ 'te contempt . Better the forced silence of V ^ na 3 victims ; better even the brule-sottishneas of /^ sias serfs . The crushed are to be pitied , the £ jrant to bo pardoned ; but who shall pity , who ^ « pardon , thoso who may speak , act , and be free ; tai-I f prefer 9 wetude , faction , ' and therewith the tdi' j social wroa S w& 116 'degradation of politi-^ ndage ? t

      f ur ° " t ° the P asfc and Present . The hour of the l - eff " * t t 0 strike- The opportunity is given ^ aTn Shame hangin 2 ove ' r ° s by flinging to the r iL J auuer of Natowal Jusuce , and mar-;> »* nuder its glorious folds for the recovery of - ; « ishi or . ah . ' W '! - A 3 a ) 2 fos-EiECxoiis : — % u * ale as ^ *>) ' contending factions to give your •^ d your . voioes : — . hfc £ t curo %° triumph of Free Trade , and extirsj ^ tcctiqgj- " - . ' •^ J ^ tlfe ^ Maynooth Grant , and resist Papal ^ oiV ° - whence to the Earl of Dehby , ' cry > Vj V- , ? tl 0 D 5 * n ^ e other as loudly enjoins you . Av ^^^^ eralinterest . ' * l \ w r i dlculo « s ' cries ! ' "WTiat contemptible « : » i * . " » eras ' " — xpotHitt ™ w * t o < v ;~ nin ..., ~« i-

      His i . Bl 6 u sb of political inanity . When our ^ si Outed for ' w « -kes and Liberty , ' and when v a "frth £ ener atlons t- ' 1011 ^ for 'Reform , al-^^ sdn " 7 * more of the madae 8 S ° f party than | iV e 4 tr ° . Patri ° tism in those cries , they at least ? h eart * V geauine sentiment nourished in L ^ ycriW * - ^? nati 0 D < ThQy were more than i' ^ tlv II ey were the articulation of a people ^* 4 £ T £ ^ f craviD 2 and " » Ag a we- Si »» W Truth not command the earnest-

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      ness heretofore been enlisted on the side of her counterfeit ? Shall not the National Weal com-S&iftg ^ least e < lual that - often ere ™> m 'Free Trade ? ' You have it . 'Protection ? ' It is no more . < Tho Maynooth Grant ? ' It * is a humbug . < Confidence in VekmV No « for he is tho avowed sworn enemy of Democracy and Popular Kight 'Support the Liberal Iuterest V No ! for 2 ' "J ^ f is an ' organised hypocrisy , 'a delusion What portion have we in Derby ; what inheritance in the scion of Bedford ? To your tents , . 0 Israel V Electors—all you of the constituent body who acknowled ge the oli garchical character of the existing representation , and profess to desire its rml r fif « rm _

      A ps -Electors , who suffer under the evils of oligarchical rule-an oligarchy of landlords ^ hd usurers— . ; - To you I appeal ; you I adjure—Jo shake off your apathy , and to unite at the approaching election to Jay the foundation of a confederation , strong , honest , and earnest enough to put an end to the imposture of the existing system . For that union there must bo some basis—some broad , well-defined , all embracing principle , on which to erect the superstructure of popular organisation . Thero is—there can be—but om such principle , that of NATIONAL FRANCHISE ; the * right of all exercised through those forms and appliances which the experience of mankind , and the wisdom of political philosophers have combined to declare necessary for the veritable exercise of TJkiversal Sotfrage .

      Let the unrepresented by their voices and their uplifted hands , let the honest electors by their votes , protest against the election , by a minority , of Legislators to make laws for the whole people . But let no barren protest end the work of the day . Let the good and true enter into a solemn league and covenant to win and establish the Commonwealth of Common Right . This only will enable us to obtain meaBurea of

      regeneration , calculated to make our country ' great , glorious , and ftee '—the emancipation of the soil , the abolition of pauperism , religious equality , national education , freedom of the press , reduction and readjustment of taxation , aid to emigrants , justice to the colonists , and active brotherhood towards all suffering and struggling nations . These can be accomplished only by , and through , National Representation—by the action of a Legislature founded upon the principle of All for Each and Each foe All .

      The Tory Premier has declared that his mission is to check the progress of Democracyrr-to stay the advance of the people to power . His Whig rival has given nnmistakeable evidence of his design to repeat the Reform Bill delusion , avowedly to prevent the advent of Democracy . Tho leaders of the' Manchester School' favour a farther extension of the franchise to more Beourely garrison existing institutions against the encroachments of' the dangerous classes . * With no one of these parties have the people anything in common . ¦ -.: - •;* Radicals , who remember the past history an 3 know the unchangeable character of-Toryism—Chartists , who have suffered persecution at . the hands of the treacherous

      Whiga—Working men , to whom—beaauso of constantly decreasing wages— ' the big loaf is a mockery—Democrats , whoso hearts yearn for the regeneration of the Human Race—Come from your homes and your workshops , from factory and from mine ; rally to the summons of DUTY , and show to those who wrcng and degrade you that you will not longer tamely bear the brandmark of slavery . Prove to the world that you are not unworthy sons o f the race by whom Europe was taught to love and to strive for freedom ; and by whom was laid the foundations , broad and deep , of the Republican Empire of America . Testify that the spirit of 19 and ' 39 yet has a home in the hearts of the British proletarians . >" o battle yetfor Freedom , Was erer fought in vain In the bosom of merry England—Nor shall it be again ! L'AMI DU PEUPLE .

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      THE FALL OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . By Xa . vier Durrieu . ( Translated expressly for the * Star of Freedom )" THE DAVS OF DECEMBER , iR ^ l , ? , % M . ^ hOT »^ ou in Decem ber , 1851 , the battle of pubhe safety . To glorify , or , rather to excuEe his ambition , accomplices and courtiers Lave repeated m every tone that he had with one blow suppressed m advanre the crisis which in Hay , 1852 ; . would have overthrown French society , and put in peril , the future of the whole of Europe , " f-My recital will do justice to these lying declarations j it will prove that Louis Bonaparte had not even that sinister and bloody excuse . No , there was miJacquerie to be feared in May , 1852 ; far from having saved French society in becember , Louis Bonaparte had himself , to gratify his ambition , made war upon that society iiveverv nart of th *

      country from one frontier to the other , ft is he alone who has been the Jacque ; it ia he alone who has struck a blow at the civilisation of France ,- it is by him alone that the future of Europe has been endangered . I will show it in a . manner admitting of no reply ; - but at first 1 leave it to the tacts themselves to confound [ his impudent apologists . 11 return to Louis Bonaparte . It is necmarv , above all , by his acts and his crimes , to show his true physiognomy -his real character . Aul , besides , if his own personal character was not one of tbe most immoral that history has yet produced , it is enough to call to mind that the eternal scorn of the peoples be attached to his name , what men he has made his accomplices , and his instruments . .

      Four men especially concurred in t he eoupdemain of Decernher 2 d -.-General Magnan , General Leroy de Saint Arnaud , M . Fialin de Persigny , and M . deMorny . These arc now great lords , incomparable ministers , or warriors : they eclipse Turgot and Hoche ! ' Wbfit were they yesterday ? ' .. ' .. ' . '" I twice saw General Magnan before December 1851 I saw him in 1840 , before the Cour des Pairs ; in 1848 , on the morrow of tbe Revolution in the office of a journal . ' He was accused in 1840 of having favoured the foolish enterprise of Louis Bonaparte .- With what bitterness and energy hs defended himself Overwhelmed with the benefactions of iouis Philippe , could he have the slightest sympathy for such a wretched and absurd pretender ? What disdain he threw upon the hare-brained ' adventurer I—with what scorn he made him his little and ignominious footstool 1 we nauseated even those old peers of France who bad all their lives trafficked in apostacies and treasons .

      In 1848 , on the morrow of the Revolution , Louis Philippe was no longer at the Tuileries j he wandered throughout the night amid the raiu and mad , along the sea-shore of Normandy ^ General Magnan waa at thafUme designated in the Courrier Francois , ' of which I was then chief editor , as one of the household officers of the King ; he immediately rushed to tho office of the journal , a prey to a grief which one would almost have thought sincere , so hard is it to believe in an old man ' s hypocrisy ! He , Magnan , the friend of a King , and of Louis Philippe above all I : He , a son of the people , a soldier of the republican wars ! Could any one be so harsh as to refuse him n rectification ? Through indifference , or , ralber , for pity ' s sake , hej ) bJained that rectification , —mote shameful for him than the imputation itself . ;

      Six months later , the people , in its turn , was surrounded in Paris by the army of that same General Magnan , the muskets levelled , 'the earion . gaping ; it was this General Magnan who ensnaredjdecicoated , and cannonaded the people in tbe streets and on the Boulevards ; it was under tbe protection of the sabre of this General Magnaa that , by tha mixed commissions , and the proconanla of provinces , the people have been pursued , slaughtered , imprisoned , exiled , and transported I From General Magnan to General Saint Arnaud ,-the transition is very natural . Liks Magnan , he has led a disordered and mysterious life , enveloped iii those shades which honest looks love not to penetrate . Hoia also distinguished by the same facility of condoUiere to forsake friends and benefactors .

      M . Fialiu de Persigny is an old sub-orScer , discharged from the service like M . Leroy de Saint Arnaud . He has distanced all the parasites of the Bonaparte family . As to M . de Morney , it is said he kneV nothing of the coup d ' etat , until called precipitately to the Elysee , he was made minister . Regarding this man , all that is known of him is a long list of infamies . All the real is m ) atery , from his birth till his maturity , from bis cradle in the little house in the Champs-ElyseeB .-The coup d ' etat was announced to me at > seven o ' clock in the morning ; no surprise was mingled with my emotion . In order to judge of the state of Paris , I passed immediately through the streets adjoining the Tuileries and

      the Palais National . Everywhere already were soldiers , horses , and cannons . On the Boulevards I met some journalists whose presses bad been seized . I hastened to the offices of the Revolution ; ' the getidarmwe mobile occupied the printing office , and brutally guarded the approach . The iureaus of the Revolution were still free , being in a different house from the printing office . In lesB than an hour they were invaded by a crowd of citizens , who came to demand from my colleagues and me what course they should take in consequence of such au infamous attack . Tbe question was a hundred times repeated ^ and a hundred times it obtained the same response . « Thfr Constitution is outrageousl y violated . It confides itself to your patriotism . Defend it ! Avenge it ! ' '

      I wrote in that sense , in the name of the journal , a short and energetic proclamation , which was signed by some citizens , whom I regret not being able'Jto name . * That is a regret I shall often feel in the course of this recital ! The proclamation of the Republican journaliitB , and that of the representatives of the Extreme Left , were conceived in the ssme jpirit , almost in the same terms . There are not two language ! fo express the same sentiment , the same in . dignation . I know too well that a single word from me might bring persecutions and aggravations ofiufferingi to those of my friends who still occupy the gaols ; the prisonships , and the penitentionary colonies . ; :

      I may at least cite , amongst » y ' qQ 0 or . 9 twn , Kesler . one ot the characters the most uevoiedlhai i know , whose countenance ^ in a time ofperil , has ahmi been remarkable for two qualities which do not usually exifl at such a moment , enthusiasm and sang froid . I may alspVention Frederick Cournet , an old marine officer , of a proverbial courage , whom the Militant Revolution can count amongst the men the most determined , the most capable , not only to combat , bus to command . Towards noon , notice was brought me that a meeting of writers was being held in the bureaux of a journal , which I cannot name , as it still exists , and to name it would be to

      aggravate its situation , already so painful and difficult . Kesler and I went thither . Almost all the Republican Pkbs was there represented . There was immediately written and signed a protestation , to which each of us contributed hi 3 word of indignation or of scorn . The place of the writers who bad beforehand announced resistance , was no longer the office of a journal ; so we issued forth to see what was being prepared , no longer for written protestation , but for action . At eveiy street corner , numbers crowding , sometimes noisy , sometimes silent and astonished , around . the proclamations of Louis Bonaparte , exchanged the most contradictory and strange comments . The news circulated with the rapidity of the electric fluid . Thiers was arrested , and with Thiers , Changarnier , Lamoriciere , Baze , Leffo , and some other Orleanist leader * . Not until long after was it known that Cavaignac , Cbarras , Greppo , Lagrange , and other Repuhlicans more or less advanced , had also been arrested .

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      Tbe wise en scenn of the coup d etat had been prepared in auch a manner as to appear directed exclusively against the Royalist parties . There was in the first proclamation of Louis Bonaparte a phrase -very little remarked until now , and yet , in my opinion , of very great importance : Louis Bonaparte blamed the conduct of the two parties in the Legislative Apsembly , conduct which had been persisted in , he said ,, notwithstanding the patriotism of three hundred members . These three hundred members were the Repub-Hcan 3-in the Assembly , in whom was personified the whole of their party without . Afterwards the-Republicans were crushed , and if the old parties have not been altogether

      spared , they have at least only suffered insignificant oppression . But , at first , they appeared exclusively menaced , exclusively attacked : in appearance there existed the most complete accord between the new Dictator and the leaders of the Democracy . This was a contemptible calculation , an infamous absurdity ; for the event has clearly proven that that bargain was never accepted or offered , from the very simple reason that it was radically impossible . But it suffices for a moment , an appearance , a suspicion to plant irresolution in the minds of the people , irresolution which , when once produced , is rapidly developed , and grows in spite of every opposition .

      Louis Bonaparte re-establishes Universal Suffrage . this Alone attracted the attention of the crowd ! In a day of public emotion , there are brilliant , and so to speak , giddy points of view , which fix the confused and feverish attention of the masses , eclipsing all else around ! Louis Bonaparte lied impudently ; but the grossness of the snare was not seen at the first glance ; it needed the more far-seeing , the more experienced to remark it ; it was neces 6 ary to remark- thar Louis Bonaparte announced at the same time two Chambers , a Senate and a Legislative Corps , two Chambers mute , smile , anil condemned beforehand to the most humiliating and abject impotence . He already inaugurated the regime which was to absorb the whole of the powers of

      France in himself . He proclaimed liberty , and the streets of Paris were filled with the cannon , and briBtled with the bayonets of the state of siege . He said he threw himself upon the people , while he had at his orders five hundred thousand Pretoriang , in Paris and in the provinces , ready to stifle in blood any hesitation or protest . Had the people not been deceived by the lie of Universal Suffrage restored , I do not doubt but that they would have arisen in spite of muskets , bayonets , and cannon-. But again , they could not at first understand it ; ' explanation was needed ; political and historical desertation was wanting ; they required , in fact , to be spoken to , not only in a loud voice , group after group , but by the great voice of the Press , eddressiEj at one time all the population .

      Both means were wanting . The groups ware already tainted by the presence of innumerable agents of police , with or without uniform , preventing all expansion , preluding by individual attacks , the threats en masse , and the massacre of the streets;—the ignoble before the odious , the blow of the bludgeon before the fire of the muskets and cannon . As to the Press , it no longer existed , if we exesut two or three bewildered orgsas of the old Royaliat parties , who dared not express evenjtheir terror . I will not speak of these two great voices , or ^ calumny and outrage , the * " Con . stitutional" and the "Patrie , " which the " Pays" after , wards joined , to for r * the most cynical trio of braggarts and adulators , that a people , crushed under the iron heel ol cuirassiers and gendarmes , has ever heard .

      Add to all this that nowhere were seeh any . of the representatives of the Mountain . Little as I ha . se been their admirer , I hasteato add that this was no fault of theirs . The jannissa ' ries of the Dictator had prevented their meeting at Cremieux ' 8 , whilst they allowed the Roysnsts to assemble in the most noisy fashion at the Mairie of the 10 th arrondissement , constitute a bureau , name a sort of executive power , a commander of the armed force , a chef ,-d ' etat mtjor , and even to carry their manifestation so far sb to cry from the windovrB that the President was an ouVlaw . How could the

      people , I again a * k , refuse to accept the change , when we recollect that for a long time before they had ceaBed to be , to speak truly , directed or mainta ' mad in the firm resolve to give battle in defence of the people ' s right ? Did not Michel ( de Bourges ) declare in ihe Assembly , « caree five dajs before , that Louis Napoleon would be his man if he re-established Universal Suffrage ? Universal Suffrage wai established . What more caujd be exacted by those who had not yet withdrawn thek confidence from Michel ( de Bourses ?)

      God foi bid , nevertheless , that I should altogether excuse the conduct of the people on the 2 nd of December . No ; there was in the coup d ' etat a fact above all questions , and against which a people that respected itself , a people penetrated with a sense of its duty as of its rigbf , would have arisen immediately , spontaneously , without reflection or compromise of conscience , as was its duty in a question of honour and public morality . Louis Bonanarte violated the Constitution , notwithstanding his solemn oath . Were it but for this contempt oi sworn faith , the heart of every citizen should have revolted , every Republican hand should have been rahed to chastise and crush the traitor . The

      people were placed between a political question , perfidiously put , and consequently badly understood , and a question of honour , -well-defined , a duty of conscience exactly traced . It is unfortunate for the people that their intelligence was not suddenly enlightened at that decisive moment ; they already know 1 > y what oppression , by what humiliations they expiate the loss or abandonment of liberty ; they feel how many long and painful efforts it costs to conquer it anew . But these efforts will be made , I am sure of it ; for these are alwayB the people of France , the people of ' 92 and of ' 93 , the sometimes repulsed , but indomitable labourers for great and ligitimate revolutions . I mourn their past of deceptions and miseries ; I have spoken of the excuse , or rather the cause of their irresolution on the 2 nd of December , and have said at tho same time , that pari of the blame of that day was really incurred by them ; but I believe in their future , as I believe iu their right , in jmg tice . and in humanity 1 • • ¦ *

      Towards four o ' clock it became know , iW « i ,. nan t asat r - ?' 'Ssii'Uf'irt liberty ml \ u the evening at the house of one of their col-«» 5-ea in he Faubourg St . Antoine . There were convoked the Journalists , and every man of influence who felt capable of sacrificing ; himself to the cause , even to the last drop of his blood . I repaired thither with some of my friends . The Boulevards , the Bastile , the adjacent streets , and the entry of the Faubourg were literally covered by a noisy croved , aiki . mated , Lam convinced , with sentiments hostile to Louis Bonaparte . We also saw there the police and . the armed force , who remained almost motionless , patiently enduring the jeers of the populace . The rendezvous was at tho house of Doctor Lafon , representative of the Lofuaide

      , q Jemmapes I there met a considerable number of representatives , who were as it will be readily conceived , violently agitated . W hether they looked to tbe past or to the future they only found matter for melancholy and poignant reflections They named a sort of insurrection committee , composed of Victor Hugo , Fame ( du Rhone ) , Madier , Monijau , &c ., and hating done bo , believed that all was said . They were mistaken ; the time was not one for deliberation , but for ac ion . It little mattered that that action was organised , collective ; it was enough that it was spontaneon ., individua ; every represeatative ™ a living image of the Constation ; wherever he showed himself he bore the violated

      aw the law which , at any price , he should avenge . That immediate necessit y for individual action , as widely spread as pouible , was present to moat minds . By a few energetic words Frederic Cournet showed its absolute necessity . The quai de Jammapes situated at a Bhort distance from the Bastile , being under the very eyes of the police , Frederic Coun a . offered his own house in the Rue Popincourt , not for the purpose of there forming committees , or any sort of provisional governments , but to agrea upon a mot d ' ordre , and to appoint a rendezvous for the next morning-a Tendez-Tons in the street , in the face of the troops , and of the whole population . l

      We imtnediately repaired , by different road * , toCournets . ' The room in which we assembled was on the first floor : in-Bteadof being spacious it was much too narrow . Members of the Legislative and of the Constituant , workmen , foremen , aome lawyers , oue of the coloaels of the National Guard , officers of the same force , and of the old Republican Guard at the Hotel de Ville and Prefecture of Police , were here assembled . With few exceptions they were already known , acd could e » uni upon each other . At first there was an in-- . ducnbable confusion , , a quick interchange of anxioM interlegations , or rather . confused exclatnations-a noite that prej ,-T « ntsd any one -imdtfstanding those around him . A dramatic incident which occurred still increased the emotion ;

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      but it had the effect of establishing silence ,-by recalling \ a e one present the extreme gravity of the situation . A citizen called in a loud voice for silence , aud .. addtei 5 \ B ? a maw covered with a long mantle , cried ;—* 'You areapo'ice agent ; I bave proof , and am about to give it . " ie '« rten to a man about fifty years of age , . whose name was sadly connected \ vi ( h the trial of Bowies , and afterwards staV'T 6 worlWess publications . In a moment , notwithhim ln < ! j I ( iense cra * H ) everybody started back from „ ' .. ' / , ' ! e was left in the middle of the room , alone , « I ;„ ? the 100 ks of all present . Cournet said to him ; in of 3 ; eiler 8 eti (! > but calm :- " If you arc really aa asent vou » ni ' , ° "• e llone for ! Pas 3 imo the ball , from which . > t m never , « ue alive , if you are unable to justifv

      vourfen Ihimll . f If 6 ' 1 - hiraself ba ( 1 !^ or ««>«• he did not drake T 8 ' ¦ , The ° V ' wa 3 » ' « ' " « ere was no miscWdfn , 8 Min . hlma » 10 licB a ? em - K « remained rr . iJSdn ^ ?"' T ? tbe h al 1 illt 0 *>" "d « Co , met hid ' Slxl ' H - e m ° irail 0 vlant Ejects were aljNtc oraderaHon ^ l ™ a member of the Left ar-« J engaging himself not to allow him to communicate wisii J » one before the next day . We could not do less than acceil to this request . The representative took him away aonce ; hut I must say that his intervention left a painful and disagreeable impression . Advantage was taken of the silence-which this incident produced to come to an understanding . That understanding was , that the dutv of each

      was'ery clear ; each might , on necessity , without acconl with others , receive the mot d ' ordre from his own convictions and conscience . The representatives should put on ineir scarfs , and , a copy of the Constitution in their hand , snouia show to the soldiers , in presence of the people , the ,, " "tole . by which L ' . uis Bonaparte was outlawed , All u » e other citizens should follow their example , and pass to resistance , usi ,, for that 0 ,, jecf ) all Uie i , lfluence an a au . monty they might have derived from the services formerly rendered by them to Democracy . fi

      . \ ™ ^ rendezvous was x « d for the following morning , in the Sallft Roisin , oppos ' He to the Morclie-Lenoire , in the uuuourj [ Saint Antoine . They agreed upon a signal , and to receive the first fire , if the army made itself the accomplice oi the traitor . I myself wrote , the hour and the place in pencil , and gave it to several representatives ,. notably to Michel ( de Bourges ) , who appeared a little before niidnisbt . ror my own part , I will never forget that last hour , nor the nrra and determined attitude of the greater part of the citizens who attended that rendezvous of honour . There ™ l 7 , ' * 8 ure > high-minded men , wftoin the defeats r . " . ™ llowinB days might sadly grieve , but to whom , thaak tod , they could bring no feeling of remorse . ( To be Continued )

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      FRANCE . Prorogation of the Carpi Legtilatif .-Ihwthi M 0 » eV Goes .-Anti-Bonapartist Demonstration at Bdlivillc . —Destruotive lnundattoni . ( From our own Correspondent . ) m , T . , ,. Pakis , Joss . 30 . 1 he Legislative body held its last sitting on Monday , mat its time was so nearly up before the spirit of opposition manifested itself in its midst was somewhat fortunate for itself , although not so for Prance . Had the deputies not beon going Bonaparte would no doubt have sent them

      packing very unceremoniously , which I would have been pleased to soa , as the most .-trifling event might suffice to bMg on the impending revolution . During this last sitting fidgar Diey brought to them a moaaago from tha President , m which he coolly speaks of tho free , votes . and ; discussion o £ the Assembl y ! He concludes with the following sentenco , 80 > characteristic of the * hypocritical bandit , every hour of whoso life has been nn hour of deepest infamy : — " In Franco there is . a government animated with faith and with the love of good , a government resting upon fcbo people , the source of all power ; . upon the avnay , the source of all strength ; and upon religion , the source of all justice . "

      How long ia this abominable farce to last ?• It cannot be much longer . Bonaparte is- squandering , at a groat rate , the money of which he has robbed the people of thia unhappy country . A loan is talked of as imminent , but the amount is not mentioned . Tho unprincipled welches who may be induced to lend their wealth tosupport this rascally adventurer will well desevve to lose it in . tlio coming day of retribution . As a sample of- how tho Bonapartist thief spends his plunder , I may mention that , ho has bought , ready furnished , tho Chateau of Ms . do G : ue , near St . Cloud , as the residence for , his mistress , Mis& Howard . Ttuj-citizons of Belloville continue to show their hatred foe Bonaparte . The busts , which had been destroyed , having been replaced , they aiive again bean smashed , Thirty persons havo been arrested on suspicion . Jeanne Derion lias denied the assertion that she had been sentenced to transportation , but . set at liberty in consequence of her < l mildness . " She has been at liberty for 6 ho last twelve months .

      The crusade against tho sickly remnant of tho press , and tho literary men who still remain in Franco , continues unabated . M . Chouippe , a doctor of medicine , andfditor of the " Feuille du Peupla , " which has ceased to appear , has been triad on a charge of having outraged the Catholic religion , and sentenced So six months' imprisonment and 300 fr . fine . The Belgian papers are seized in tho Postoffice daily , and I hoar it confidently assorted that they will soon be excluded from Prance entirely . I have received accounts of inundations iu various parts of the country .

      A letter from Petit-Noir , in the Jura , of the 2 lst inst ., stateg that tho destructive inundations to which that country is so much exposed have again caused immense damage , just at the moment when tho farmers were about to rea ^ their harvest . In the village of Petit-Koir , which is oncircled by tho river Doubs , half the houses are under water ! . The inhabitants have bean compelled to fly suddenly , and . seek elsewhere a shelter for themselves and their cattle . The fields , which promised a luxuriant harvest , present the appearance of a vast lake . Wheat , maize , and potatoes . ( th& poor man ' s crop ) are destroyed . The consternation is . general in that part .

      SPAIN . Progress of the Reaction—The Coming Revolution , The patience of the Spaniards 13 well nigh exhausted by the indignities of the Reaction . It is the opinion of the nation , at least of the most intelligent portion of it , that it is high time end the to abominable state of things which r fj"tf existi . The government , well-knowing the . unpopularity " of the court and ita doings , not only cruahea the liberty of ths Press in Spain , but aho endeavours to prevent the circulation of papers published in foreign countries , especially those published In Mexico and South America . These latter , notwithstanding the expense of postage , and the little interest pmeated by the old European news which they contain , have a considerable numbes of Spanish contributors , who love to hear the Republic agoken of in their native Caatib nan .

      lhere is often printed abroad what would not be allowed to be printed at Madrid , Seville , and Barcelona . But now tho Spanish Democrats are deprived of thia last recourse , and the joumaja s ^ re forbidden to reproduce the Republican reasonings of the foreign writers , not esorpting even those ar -i ' u E ^^ k * no connex ion , cither direct or indirect , mth Spam . In spite of all the measures of the Spanish government , tae counttr-reactioti makes suoh propresB , that a decisive WWW Olinnofc be far distant . Down with the deieiven ! will be tho cry of the new movement , which must \ beoomo general ; for the universal indignation is preparing tbe way .

      SWITZERLAND . Tht Holy Alliance Conspiracy—Earth quake—The Clerical Reactionaries . In oxeoution of the London protocol of May 19 a collective note has been addressed by the five powers to the Helvetic Confederation , calling upon it to acknowledge the sovereign rights of the King of Prussia in the cantoa of Neu ohatel . The note , it is added , was handed to the Federal Council by the French legation . Accounts from Payerne ( in the same canton ) mention a slight shock of earthquake which was felt there on the 19 th , flt a few minutes after three p . m . At Berne also two shocks were felt at the same instant as at Kreibuw The people of the Yalais lwve voted the revision of tfe constitution by a constituent assembl y . The elections for the municipal council ofXeufchatel have just taken place ; seventeen republicans and eloJS royalists have been returned . nevea

      Tho reactionary club of the College of Ascona continue to conspire against the cantonal Institutions aZ £ wise laws lately passed for tho aocularisa on of in 5 iutes One of tho most active of these clerical rascals 2 an inS KSkHS&ff * bearing the «* w&

      GERMANY . The Austrian Nero in Hungary-Priests and Mdiers-Fmalt Victims of Despotism . AUSTRIA The Vienna " Gazette , " contains an " act of grace , by which 103 officers undergoing punishment for their snare in the Hungarian war are set at liberty ; the sentences of six are commuted to four years' imprisonment , and those often others are reduced to one-half . Ths same number ot the Gazette" contains sentences pronounced by the court-martial of Hermannstadt against forty TransyWarnans many of whom are condemned to death . Among the se £ tenced is Baron KemeDy , who expired suddenly in London a few months ago . «« muu

      The governmental journals weak of the enthusiastic reoeptiou of young J , ero by the Hungarians ; and aii tEJe do not exist any journals who dare speak the truth their offioial lies paes uncontttdicted . Private letters from HungaTy tell a very different tale . Despotism and anarchy are alika rampant in unhappy Hungary . The country is 80 infested b ? "b bers that neither life nor property is Becure ! is drum head law has been proclaimed , thVgallowB , of course Si &LXtHM ^ V * i 8 ta ^ and Se'S toSSS . 7 ° " ° moremer <* than they expect «« . ?? . v 'T ? 2 yon ? 8 laaies ' Mdll «» - Meyer and Windermtn , fam vwt been imprisoned for political writing . JWV i ma letter from Venio * , in tho Indeptaa « nce of Brawls that Kossutb ,: with , the view of ooan-Wftcting the iffwt produced by : the rtoitotthe Ewpdror « f ¦ - i . ¦ ' 'tP •¦' - • , ' ¦ ' - ' , -, '"'¦ -. " ¦ . < " " ¦ ¦ . .. ¦ .- ¦¦¦'! " i . . J ¦ r ,:-Ji « ' ^ Tfc * k » t- " -- ' - ¦" - ¦¦¦¦* "¦ ¦

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      THE ROMAN REPUBLIC . M . Mazzini has addressed the following letter to the'Daily New 8 , ' in answer to a statement which will be found in another part of our columns : i . f 'X y S ur paper of yesterday , 30 th of June , your correspondent from Rome writes , that ' when the Triumvirate imposed a forced contribution on tlie city of Ferrara , the majority of the citizensireiuBcd payment , until the progress of events brought back % C or > e ' ' Itis a mistake . The history of the financial intercourse between the Bepub-^^™> man government and Ferrara may be summed up in a few Ferrara was , in February , 1819 , suddenly , and without the ^ S ? v v / ocaUoa « invaded by General Uaynau ; threatened rf S ^ boWFT - - ' *? pay t 0 tlie A lvkxi the 8 Um ot -ut » , uoo seuih ; fur which as fear of a general insurrection induced Hajnauto retreat , hostages belonging te the most distinguished On the 2 lst of February , the Roman Assembly decreed that aamage « jnflictei by foreign invaders upon one town of the state , should be considered as inflicted upon all , and , accordingly , shared Tha decree tsas fulfilled l > s the 'E xecutive . The Triumvirate was not elected before the 29 th of March . There never has been , under the Republican government , a tax levied especiall y on Ferrara . Ferrara did only share , proportionally , in the general burdens of the state . Your insening this will greatly oblige , sir , your obedient servant , Joseph Hazzko , 15 , Radnor-strett , Chelsea , July ! .

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      The PoLisn-HuxGABU > j Refugkbs . — On Thursday evening , the 17 th nit , a meeting was held in the Exchange Rooms . No . SO , to take into consideration the present depressed condition of the Refugees of this country . Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from the Revs . B Carpenter and W . R . Stevenson , the latter asserting that the condition of the destitute strangers on our soil waB such as to arouse the sympathy of all good men . Mr . Aid Birkin was called upon to preside . The first business done was to appoint the following gentlemen as a committee to superintend tha relief of ihe Refugees : —Mr . A Darby ( chairman ) , Rev . G . A . Sjme ( secretary ) , and Messrs Edmund Hart , W . Hill , A . Wells , Jonathan Page , G Gill — . "Whitley , and W . Stevenson . The Rev . G . A . Syme addressed the meeting , and began by reading a letter from Stanislaus Worce !! , a distinguished Pole now in London describing ths distressed condition of the Refogees in that city , stating that though willing to accent anv kind nf

      employment , they found great difficulty in obtaining it , owing to their ignorance of the language and habits of this country The rev . gentleman , in continuation , offered the following suggestions as to the mode of dealing with the matter , and the meeting came to the resolution of carrying them out : — None of the Refugees now in the town to receive private asSBistance , but to be relieved by the committee while they had funds . "When this was not the case , they were to furnish cards . No fresh Refugee , to be taken under the protection of the committee , unless introduced by a majority of those now in the enjoyment of that privilege . The committee to find employment for a certain number of the Refugees and to assist them till it be obtained . It was aUo stated by ' Mr . Syme that none of the four Refugees now in Nottingham want pecuniary assistance , they ouly require to be under the protection of the committee . The sum of £ 2610 s . was subscribed to the Refugee Fund by gentlemen in the room . — Nottingham Paper .

      Accident io Lobd Campbell . —On Thursday evening , at about a quarter past eight o ' cloek , as Lord fCampbeJl was riding across Soutbwark-bridge , attended by his groom , his horse , startled by the noise made by tha gate on the Surrey side through which foot-passengers pass , became restiff and threw him . llts ^ tordsbip was cut in the head by the fall , but is , we hope , n % otherwise seriously injured . He waa conveyed at onca in-a eab to his residence . Glasgow asd South Westkrn Railwit . —Return of trafflo for the week ending Juue 26 : —Receipts £ 3 , 903 12 s . 4 d . ; corresponding week last jear ^ £ 3 , T 78 17 ? . lid . Number of psMengers , 22 , 901 .

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      ;/ I believe it a duty to reprodnce the proclamation written and BStSSSS ! . *• »•«» ¦» *• o ' clockou the m ^ v . Citisens ,-In contempt of a solemn oath , Louis Bonap ^ has violated the Constitution . He brutally conescafesVaU ffie ffitieS of France ; he proclaims himself dictator . The ' iOonstuatlon is confided to your patriotism . Defendit ! Avangeltt' ' - ^ - l ¦> " The traitor dares "in Invoke tha holyname of tfe ' BepubHc ; 1 & speaks of Universal Suffrage . It is bh iDfamougblasphemjpmiati he desires , he himself avows it , is the Empire . wtttfiSaBsmH ^ institutions ; he would violently drag us CKlo ^ l'Sffil he acts like the oftcr Bonaparte , he who strangled thoflritSe v ^ lulion . Let not the Revolution of 18 * 8 be strangled ! fletWsrriBB ^ « nd punish the perjurer ! rr ; i '" j . " , ^ Sclmber ^ 1118 ^ >^< - £ * & " * jssss ^ sS ^ ' 9 ^^ *** *^? i i ^

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      YL that has t 0 VOL . Ko . 9 . LONDON SATITRHAY JfTI . 3 fiM PRICE ^ owbpence-hai . fpbnny , : === —— JUVHIIVH , OJUU&UJlI , llUill 0 , iCKM . or Vow SMIUnga&Teniicuceiier Quarter . - ' -- i , ¦¦¦ ¦ ' ' ' ' ' ' _ - - ¦ ... « nnn At . i 1 . « . ¦¦¦ ' ¦¦*»¦¦ — . _ . . - - ¦ i " ¦¦ ¦ . i . _— . ' . -i . i i ¦ -i— . . M _ . ^ .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1685/page/1/