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      The influence of the Duke since lie lias ceased to hold or seek for ministerial office has , perhaps , been greater than it ever was . His age and experience , his calmness and deliberation , as well as his high titles andimntense wealth , made him listened to with respect by the highest personages in the realm . Viewed in this light , his death is a great political event , and may influence the future fate of parties \ o a greater extent than would be anticipated .

      It is expected that the corpse will be laid in Strathfieldsaye , and then the curtain will fall on one who has gone down to the grave full of years and honours , after a life of eventful action , but who produced little calculated to advance the tlie happiness of man , or to make future generations cherish the memory of the hero as a benefactor of his race . A dinner has been given at Kidderminster to Mr . Lowe , who has been recently returned for that borough . Who Mr . Lowe is , we do not know , or what be has heretofore done , except that it seems he has been to Australia and is a

      nominee of Lord Ward , who was present at the banquet . It appears , however , that high expectations are entertained of Mr . Lowe , for the chairman introduced him as likely to take " no common part" in governmental affairs , and the Times gives some columns to the report of his speech . In that speech there is nothing either very new or very talented , but it is remarkable for ihe ideas it expresses , when taken in

      consideration with the audience to which it was delivered . As might be expected , it eulogised Free Trade and denounced Derby , Disraeli , and Co . It took an idea or two from , a recent German pamphlet on the "Decay of Authority ; " but it avowed the up-rising of Democracy , and asserted that all the tendencies of the world are in that direction—tendencies which rulers have no arguments to combat , no weapons to

      meet , except that of brute force—tendencies which must prevail . When this can be said in such a place and elicit loud cheers , it shows that some notion of the truth has entered the " respectable" mind . If that be so , it heralds our victory as surely as the writing on the wall foretold Belshazzar ' s downfall .

      The magistrates of the Eford bench have lined Mr . Simpson and Mdme . and M . Poitevin £ 5 each for cruelty to a bull which was taken up with a balloon . The details did not transpire , as the parties pleaded guilty , but it would be inferred from what fell from the bench that some disgusting barbarity was perpetrated by which the animal was

      shockingly injured . A metropolitan magistrate has , on the other hand , decided that taking up horses is not punishable . The result of these two decisions is , that M . Poitevin may be an aerial Johnny Gilpin , but Madame may not personate Europa . Consuls have been rather lower than last week . No cause is assigned .

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      FRANCE . ( feom our own correspondent . ) Paris . September 14 . Lonis Bonaparte is somewhat partial in his rewards and punishments . While he has just had executed at Brest a young sailor who struck with the flat of a sabre an insolent bffieer , who well deserved to have had it run through him , he tenderly protects an infamous woman now in the prison of Saint-Lazare

      , guilty of infanticide . But then , forsooth , this woman is a countess , and the sister of M . de Metternich . Her name is the Countess Kinski . She has long led a life of infamy . She has had a number of children , who have been put to nurse ; but the last one of which she was delivered some days ago , she drowned in a bath in her apartment . M . Bonaparte , the assassin of the innocent multitudes in December , has something of a fellow feeling for this countess . The advice of the Austrian

      government as to the course to be taken with respect to Madame Kinski , lias , it is said , been demanded , and a determination come to to let hex escape on a plea of insanity . The prefect of police has summoned the Polish piicst who celebrated the funeral service to the memory of Da . rasz , and also the printer who printed the letters of convocation without putting his name to them . It is believed that the priest will be expelled . The Moniteur publishes a long article eulogistic of the conduct of the councils general , in bespattering with prcvise Louis Bonaparte , and bagging for the additional degradation of the

      empire . The article , which is plainly official , and intended to pave the way for the coining proclamation of the empire , expatiates largely on the blessings to France which have accrued from Napoleonic rule , and then proceeds to state ho ^ T natural it is that the councils general , seeing the blessed effects of that rale , and ^ remembering the uncertainty and agitation of the time previous to the coup d ' etat , should desire no more uncertainty , but should wish rather to secure the happiness of France by the stability of the power of Louis Bonaparte , and that they should endeavour

      to prevail upon that pure and unselfish slave oi ^ I ? ranee , that man of self-abnegation , to suffer himself to he still farther martyred by being mads emperor . We cs . n readily understand what all this means , as well as a " Petition of the Fathers of Families and Labourers , " which is being circulated for signatures in the faubourgs . This " petition" is the most abominable and disgusting of this species of documents which has yet been issued by the Bonapartist gang . It was written by an eminent member of the famous , or rather iaifamous society of the Dix Dccemlre , and approved by Bonap arte and his gang , and circulated by them . It prays for the e stablishinent of the hereditary empire , in the person of Louis Bonaparte , for paternal considerations for the welfare o £ the children < h the vrinrkineii . now , it is cunningly asked , can a father feel

      assured of the future welfare of his children , if the agitations of a periodical change of government is to interrupt hi s means of -providing for them , and endangers the savings he has made in their behalf ? It is impossible to write calmly of thils despicable attempt to make use of the holiest feelings of men for the purpose of inducing them to forge the chains that are to

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      GERMANY . AusTitiA . —Notice has been sent to the French bookselling trade that any books they may import must be sent to the custom-house to be examined before they can be allowed to circulate . Notwithstanding the dishonourable failures the Austrian government has met with in the money market of fiiirope , a loan is to be attempted . The Vienna , correspondent of the Frankfort Post Zeitttng , generally well informed on Austrian subjects , says : "I hear that in ' January next a third loan oi 80 , 000 , 000 fl . will be concluded , and this time abroad .

      Phussia . —Tlie Prussian Gazette contains the following curious statement : — " A criminal of quite a peculiar description has been delivered up to us by a foreign government . He had established himself in one of the most frequented sea-ports as a manufacturer of forged passports , and he sold his counterfeit articles so cheap that they generally cost little more than the amount of fees on a horn fide passport , and lie forged visas upon passports with extraordinary skill . On his arrest upwards of

      tinrty . seals were iound m Ins possession , including those of tlie Ministry of the interior , the presidency of police the Aammergencht , the government of Potsdam , * &o . All these seals were engraved in a peculiar manner upon slate , and gave excellent black impressions . Unfortunately the punishment for this species of forgery is very light . " The Prussian Gazette of the 7 th informs us that M . Alexander von Humboldt has recovered from a severe illness , and has resumed his scientific pursuits .

      1 ne electoral law tor the first Chamber appears in the columns of the Anmger . It is like the law of 1850 , only provisional having validity for one year . The elections will be made by the greatest taxpayers m every district , meeting in assemblies without the right of discussion . Every Prussian is elmble who is forty years of age , has lived five years in the monarchy and has his electoral qualification in the district which ho seeks to represent . I-LiivovEK .-An agricultural conference or assembly on a large scale is being held at Hanover . It includes cultivators and farmers of forests from all the German BHtf . c

      i < RA > poiiT .-One oi the last acts of the Frankfort Diet before its adjournment was the final settlement of the question respecting the legality of the Constitution of the city . The Diet declares the Election Law of October , 1848 , null and void and the consequent changes from the provisions of the Constitution of 1816 as illegal . The Senate is required to restore the

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      former system , the Diet reserving its right of w ,- ^ " alterations , according to Art . 61 of the Final Act of t ] $ tlle of Vienna . * ° * eatv — .

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      UNITED STATES . ( From our own Correspondent . ) New Yoinc , August 31 . The preparations for the Presidential struggle proceed , and nearly monopolise public attention . The nomination of Halo and Julian has been received with immense satisfaction by all those who are not blinded by party-feeling , or ruled by interested motives , and who desire the triumph of pure Democracy in this country , and by means of this country , throughout the world . A large and enthusiastic meeting Vas held in the Faueuil Hall , Boston , on Friday evening , for the ratification of the free soil nominations . The doings of the late Pittsbnrg Convention were approved . Among the resolutions adopted by the meeting , were the following : " Resolved , That there is no such tiling as finality in government ; that in this country all questions of public interest are open to discussion , ail lavs to appeal , and all constitutions to revision and amendment .

      hesolved , That no man on this earth can own another man , that the slave power in this country must be destroyed , that the Fugitive Slave Law should be repealed , that human bondage m the Territories and in the District should be abolished , that all the new States should be Free States , that our Governing should acknowledge the independence of Hay ti , that the rights of American coloured citizens in every State ought to be protected , that the General Government is a great organic ' Gl freedom , and should go for it everywhere , that it slioiiM always be on the side of the weak against tlie staong , the slave again * the tyrant , the people against the despot . " . Were it possible to carrv the election of Halo and Julian , it

      would be better for the honour and welfare of our own coun ty audit would assuredl y be subject-matter for c ongratulation } the peoples of Europe , were these devotees of universal h'cCi f to exclude from the chief maeistratnre of this great llcpubiit , the Whig , General Scott , and the Pro-Slavery ' Democrat General Pierce .

      But electoral anticipations do not altogether exclude aU » tion to the troubled state of Cuba ; for trqubled it is , * liaiti \ the Spanish authorities may pretend to the contrary- * unceasing propagandism is kept up in Cuba by the rest * - war-men of the southern states , a propagandism which the ) < determined to second by an armed invasion at the first w ° , able opportunity . It was said , apparently with great slio *

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      - 82 THE STAR OF FREEDOM . September 18 , i 852 — , ^ . »— ¦ ~ ' ~~ ' ¦ ^~ —¦—

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      bind themselves and their country . It is probable there will be found weak and ill-judging men who will be misled by this sophistry , but I feel assured that the great mass of our working population will not be deceived by it . They will see how much more honourable a heritage to leave their children than a few basely-gained francs will be freedom and independence , without which , all material advantages are valueless . This petition is to be worked strenuously during Bonaparte ' s absence in the provinces , so as to make the proclamation of the emMre , which as I last week informed you , is fixed to conie off

      on the 2 nd of December , appear . the will of the people . To England , this coining empire is a matter of vast importance . The empire is synonymous with war . War with whom ? Not with the Northern p 6 wers , iS any amount of cringing on the part of Louis Bonaparte can avoid it . It is against Great Britain that the future emperor meditates hostilities . It is reported here , even , that he has in his possession a plan , of his own drawing , of his meditated descent on England . Several articles in the Constitutionnel within the past week would seem to confirm the existence of su ' cli intentions . In one of those

      articles , the writer endeavours to show how , by means of screw steamers , the French government could defeat the British fleets , or render them useless , and how , without danger , 1500 men could at any time be landed , at any point of the British coast , where , says the Elysean journal , they could combat with advantage . England should be wary , and guard against any attack by the midnight burglar .

      The government gets more and more terrified by the slightest demonstration of republican feeling . Some moderate republican songs have been indulged in at the cafes clianiaus , in the Champs Elysees . At last the comlle of iniquity was reached by a female singer assuming a Hungarian hat . This fearfully seditious proceeding has been punished by the police closing the cafes for a week .

      The celebrated Madame Laffarge died on the 7 th inst ., at the baths of Ussat , in the Ariege , whence she had gone on quitting the prison of Montpellier . Her disease was consumption . She protested her innocence to the last . Before she died she expressed a wish to be buried by the side of Colonel Auboury , who had long been her consoler and benefactor , and who died a few weeks ago . Bonaparte departed on his journey at a quarter-past one to-day .

      I have spoken above of the rumours of an intended invasion of England , but the confident manner in which the precise details of the descent are given would almost lead one to believe that they were not entirely devoid of truth . There can be no doubt of the willingness of M . Bonaparte to make such an attempt , and the boast of M . Denain , in the " Constitutionnel , " that the British fleet is utterly incompetent to interrupt the steamers bearing the invading army , is worthy of serious attention . The plan of M . Bonaparte is said to be this : Fourteen screw steamers to be constructed on the model of the

      "Napoleon , " each capable of carrying 2 , 000 men , and each smahpestiwill have in tow another vessel bearing an equal number , thus making altogether 28 ships , with . 60 , 000 men . To avoid suspicion , each vessel will leave a different port , and uniting at a place agreed upon , the descent will be made upoii a part of the coast the worst defended , M . Bonaparte himself will command the expedition , and immediately on landing will march upon London , which he will enter without a blow being struck , or after a single victorious battle . He will then burn your

      docks , ships , and warehouses , and render the navigation of the Thames for ever impossible by sinking therein a number of ships filled with stones . When he has accomplished all this he will dictate peace , and compel la perfide Albion to assign all her colonies , and pay a large contribution to the victor . Having thus humbled imperious Britannia , he will have himself crowned emperor at Westminster , and finish the glorious campaign by bringing the conqueror of Waterloo to end his days in captivity at Paris ! You may laugh at all that fine project ; but

      Denain ' s assertion that England has always been conquered whenever a foreign army obtained a footing on her soil is too iiear the truth to be despised . Tlie English people have become enervated by long peace , and it has been shown that owing to the progress of science England ' s insular position no longer renders her secure . Moreover , it -should never be lost sight of that this Bonaparte will stickle at nothing ; the veiy monstrosity of tlie crime renders all the more probable its commission by tlie man of the coup d'etat .

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      ITALY . Rome . —The dragoon ompers Belli , ftaha $ zi , and C »* , who were arrested on suspfci ' oii ^ distrtbu ' tmo- Mr // , nili > culars to the i&ldiefe , have \ J $ snM at liberty after « 4 "cirmeiit of nearly a Jeart , notMng liaving been i )* oYP , i npilS 011 - thehi . , .... [ Wa gaiiist The Augsburg Gazette states from Ravenna , the 29 th ulf a Lieutenant Bonisi , of the Pontifical Revenue Forea I at lettoed the day before . The assassin had not yet W ? ' * covered , but the act was attributed to political veiUGailc 7 The right of carrying arms for sporting purposes In * i , suspended throughout the Roman States . l ) e ° »

      Tog Reman journal the Observer " has ceased to ap ne-i Piedmont . —The Comere Mercantile of Genoa of \ li m States that a new instrument of political agitation has } # * !^ covered in the National Bank of Turin , where French oft ' bearing the dates of 1831 , 1851 , and 1852 , have been f ' among the cash , with the motto : Dieupunirala Fr ance oi ° ? edge , instead of the usual one : Bieu protege la France ' Tuscany . —The Itailia e Popola contains the following ¦ t God and the People . —National Italian Association . § o in ^ Citizens , —In consequence of the instructions I have r ece -1 ' I am happy to transmit to you the decree of the uni on { Tuscany with the Roman States . This is a solemn year .

      Ci 4 "T 4 ^\^^ ^ V % 4 * 1-fc rt Y * f * ri Am 1 ^ S \ A 4 ^ v « n ¦ *** « - ^ *^ -i- < 4 * 1 ^ v ^ r * t rs . ¦* W l- » *** I S % * v ^ -. * - * «** *¦! Jl . ~~ - * _ I'L strengthens the opinion of those who love and desire republic , unity , and it niore than ever dissipates the illusi ons of if federalists ; it strikes the partisans of the constitutional mof archy to the heart , and falls like a mortal weight upon tyi-an ^" You are , from this day , invested with all the attributi ons in ' herent to your mission . —Greeting and fraternity . —Fl 0 Yen " Aug . 20 th , 1852 . —To the citizens composing the Committee of the Central Interior Direction of the National italiai Association , for the Tuscan provinces at Florence , the Extra ordinary Committee of the Central Interior Direction .

      It is further stated that the commissary of the committee at Rome acknowledges and definitively accepts the union of tie Roman States with Tuscany . The liisorgimento of Turin states from Florence , 5 th inst that the Tuscan government has prohibited the int roduction of the Presse of Paris into Tuscany . The Florence correspondent of the Opinione , of Turin , states that the Tuscan Minister of the Interior has notified an order to all printers not to publish any speeches of the counsel for tlie defence in the case of Guerrazzi and others .

      Naples . —Arrests have taken place at Naples and in Sicily whichwere supposed to be connected with those effected at Perugia , Sienna , and other towns of Central . Italy . The home government have taken up Mr . Hamilton ' s case , and Mr . Addington , the permanent Under-Secretary of tin ; Foreign-office , has addressed Mr . Hamilton , informing him that Sir W . Temple had received instructions to protect the

      internaternational treaty , Under such circumstances the injured Briton has sent in a statement to her Majesty ' s mission at Naples of losses occasioned by the sudden closing of his school . Another English school , directed by Mrs . Bennett , has been threatened with a visit from the police , who . say that anew concordat between Naples and Rome has placed all educational establishments in the hands of the church ; and they think proper to interpret the concordat as applying to British subjects .

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      SPAIN . We read to the Espana of Madrid , of the 7 th : A dreadful crime has been committed in a town of Galicia . Ail individual has murdered nine persons of the same family . We have not received the details of this horrible event , tk news of which arrived yesterday . We only know that the murderer immolated his victims , one ofter the other , with the greatest sangfroid . In consequence of a complaint made by tlie Director of the Treasury , the Minister of the Interior has ordered proceedings to be taken against the editor of the "Heraldo , " for tlie publication of an article intended to bring the public Treasury into discredit . The " Heraldo , " if acquitted , will , in all probability , be suppressed ; and , if condemned , it will not find it easy to pay the fine . Several other journals , the " Epoca , " Constitutional / Diario Espanol , " and " Esperanza , " which copied the article , were likewise to be prosecuted .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1696/page/2/