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imprisonment against those writers who shall have instigated disobedience to the laws of the nation , or who shall have wickedly attacked the authorities of the King or Parliament ; but imprisonment , fine , and suspension of civil rights , are , according to the Faider project of law , to be inflicted upon anyone who shall wickedly attack the authority of Louis Bonaparte . We say Louis Bonaparte , for it is he whom it is specially meant to protect bv this new law upon the press . And may . it please M . Faider and his colleagues of the " Moderate " ministry to
explain what is meant by the term " wickedly attacking their ( foreign sovereigns , ) authority , " since is just possible that different men may have very different ideas regarding the wickedness oi an unfavourable criticism upon the character and acts of Prince Louis Napoleon . Doubtless the Jesuits in France and in Belgium , supporters of the usurper , would not be slow to decry as the greatest of sins even the slightest opposition to the will of their accomplice of the Elysee ; but on two occasions has a
Belgian jury pronounced that the denunciation of the crimes of a foreign tyrant is not wicked , and that the denunciators are not deserving of punishment by the Belgian people . But in-demand * -, ing a law against those who " wickedly attack" his authority , Bonaparte demands one against all who dare to speak or write against his will , and if the Belgian Chambers are base enough to pass such a law , they will soon be called upon to pass one to enable the French tvrant to seize his wicked attackers without
the troublesome intervention of a Belgian jury . And why should , they deny him even this if they , are willing to grant this present demand ? He now asks that not a Belgian pen shall be suffered to chronicle his crimes and his infamy ; nay , that a monster system of espionage shall be established in Belgium , for thepurpose of noting every expression of hostility that may fall from ; Belgian lips ; for it is only by such abominable means that the detection and punishment of verbal attacks could be effected .
The second article of the Faidrr project of law is very important in its consequences , it says : " None may allege as an excuse ofjustification , that these writings are but the reproduction of foreign publications . " The English and Swiss press therefore , will also come within the operation of this law , and it will be as impossible to openly express the truth in Belgium as it n < sw is in enslaved France . ,
But it cannot be that the Chambers will pass such an infamous and shameful law . Already have all the democratic and liberal journals entered their indignant protest against this attempt on the part of a timid and unprincipled ministry to bring dishonour upon the country . Already has a national petition to . the Legislature against the measure been set afoot , the "National and Liberal Alliance of Verviers" taking the lead in the patriotic and praiseworthy movement . We do not doubt that the appeal of the journals to the honour and patriotism will call forth such a de ^ termined response that Brouckeee , Faider , Co ., shall be compelled to withdraw their hateful measure , and be forced to vacate an office which they have dishonoured .
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CONCERNING DEMOCRACY . It seems to be the fate of all agitations for popular rights , that they must be spasmodic . Volcano like they lie cold , and apparently extinct for years . The whole history of democratic agitations in Engglandis a history of isolated struggles—of detached attempts and unconnected efforts . A continental revolution or some extraneous cause appears necessary to move English democracy . It is not moved from within , but from without . Its efforts appear not to be the efforts of sincere conviction and a strong sense of right , proclaiming themselves in deeds , but rather the efforts of a party . This is seen in the statements
which have been put forth from tune to time . It has been proclaimed that the cause of democracy is the cause of one class against another class—of one section of the people against another section , and distinctions have been drawn between the people and the " veritable people . " Democrats have quitted the vantage ground of justice arid xigM , where they would at least command respect , if not assent , to place themselves in the position of a party and a faction . In all this we do not discern that strong sense of right which should he the most prominent characteristic of democratic statements—rthat earnestness pf thought—that clearness of purpose , without which , meetings are forhulent mobs , and agitations pernicious .
ISo attempt is made in this statement to deny the wrongs and injustice which-the working classes have suffered and do suffer . What is said , is , that they do not act as if they set much value on their rights . That they have deserted a strong fortress , to place themselves on an open plain—that they argue from a part to the whole instead of arguing from the whole to the part—that they have stated their cause as the cause of a party , when it should have been stated as the cause of justice against injustice—of truth against falsehoodof right against wrong .
It has been shown that a persistent and consistent course of action for a given time , could not fail of attaining the end in view . That progress might be calculated , if we could calculate upon the people . If every agitation is to wait for a French Revolution to set it in motion , there is little doubt , hut that which is begun in turmoil will end in defeat . A certain amount of denunciation and hyperbole is inseperable from all agitations , the misfortune is that agitations have
beentm prcetera nihil . Unfortunately the few work , and the many are idle . For one who performs a given amount of work with punctuality , a thousand are idle and indifferent , The working democrats are tied to a corpse . One half the working force is wasted in overcoming the friction . One third of the people do not care for their rights , and another third do not know they have any . It is hard and painful for those who are alive to the justice of their cause : hut it is vain and useless to
attempt to conceal it . We talk in vain of the people ' s cause , when two thirds of the people make no response to our calls . Democracy carries weight . It is running a Tace loaded with the ignorance and supineness of two thirds of the people . It is rowing against the stream of indifference . It is battling with the powers of darkness . It is endeavouring to climb a height from which it is unceasingly dragged down by the dead weight of ignorance and apathy . Some one has said that " a constitution cannot be made , it must grow . " So it is with popular efforts . "We cauuot force on an agitation . It must evolve itself from the clear conviction and sense of nght dwelling in the people . We are now between the acts of the great drama . The curtain dropped on a scene of wasted energy and aimless talk . We cannot now create a great movementhut we can
, prepare one . We cannot call forth ? m nrmv + n w * io w «« »™ prepare one . We cannot call forth an army to battle , but we can tram one . We can now forge our armour . We can polish our weapons . We can , in some sort , hold the reins which may prevent democracy trampling down alike friends and foes . Every hour brings its lesson , every action its moral . They who choose to learn have always the means of learning . Although it has been given to few to be brilliant , it has been given to all to he useful . The test of the value we set upon our rights is the sacrifice we make to attain tnem . « fle who will not work shall starve , " both p hysically an < l
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There are many signs that a spontaneous movement will spring up before long , genuine , because not the result of extfaneous causes . The numbers that assembled on the 10 th of April are not diminished , hut increased . The men who assembled at Copenhagen House " are only biding their time . A larger and nobler course of action is wanted . Unconsciously , democracy , had fallen into cant . Every advocate was compelled to throw incense on this altar . Democracy had played at the warm but destructive game of" follow niy leader , " stumbling and halting whenever the leader stumbled or halted . Henceforth it must follow the cause . There is something to be learned from all men , but all men have their faults .
We have passed through the phase of talk , we now want action , unfaltering , persistent , not timid , but not blustering . . True strength is not in isolated efforts but continued exertion . We have now ; to prepare the way . We should be democratic St . Johns , and go forth into the wilderness of apathy and proclaim that one greater is coming . Standing on the ruins of our past attempts , let us see that the future be wiser and nobler . It has been said that ,
" The time is past when swords subdued . " the time willbe past when the advanced minds shall be an united phalanx , not a scattered band of sharp-shooters letting off their guns in all directions without unity of purpose or a common aim . The watch-fires of liberty are not extinct , they do but smoulder , the choice whether they shall be a . beacon-light , or a consuming fire , lies jn our own bands . £ et the future show that the past has not been in vain . ' " ¦ ¦ "•¦ ' ' ' ' ' ' H . RN .
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STATEMENT OF EX-GOVERNOR . in the name oi ? god . ' Corfu , June 4 , 1852 . ' Being requested by the relatives of Edward Murray tq express my personal opinion concerning the alleged culpability of their unfortunate kinsman ( who having been arrested in Aprill 849 , while I was Governor of the city arid province of Ancona , has since been condemned to death by the Supreme Pontifical Tribunal of the Consulta ) , I feel that I should he wanting in the homage due to truth , as well as to the dictates of my own conscience , were I not to repeat the declaration made in my certificate , dated October 10 , 1849 .
It is , then , my firm and intimate conviction that Edward Hurray had no part or complicity in the deplorable assassinations which for a brief period , dishonoured the city of Ancona , and which the ami of justice rigoreusly repressed . The gentleness of . his character , hit unwavering integrity , the diligence and amenity which he displayed in the discharge of the delicate duties pertamining to his , office as Inspector of the Police make me confident that the atrocious and cowardly csiriies of which he has been accused are utterly foreign and abhorrentto his nature
If , upon the murder of Signor Servanzi Collio da San Severing ( perpetrated unhappily as Murray had received orders from me . to be upon his guard against all insidious attempts ) , it was thought necessary to institute a process against the above-named Inspector of Police for not having guaranteed the securty of . Collio ; this was because it was thought he might have been wanting in circumspection and vigilance , and not in any measure because he was suspected of bein g privy to the crime . , . ¦?¦¦¦ . ¦ 6
In an interview which I had with Murray at his own request in the prison of Ancona , he protested his innocence in the most sincere and earnest manner ; and afterwards , when released from durance and at liberty to go whither he chose , so strong was he in the confi ' dence of his blamelessness , that he remained at Ancona after the fall of the Roman Republic and the restoration of the Pontificial authority and constituted himself a prisoner for the purpose of meeting any charge which could be brought agamst him . & *
I know not the grounds of the long and mysterious process which has been protracted through three years , with a result so fatal to Mr Murray . J wojilaV hope that the Pontifical Government has confided it to men both skilful and pure ; but it is not the less imnossinl p for metoavoidthe reflection , that hi carrying on an investi gation tendered so difficult by the confusion and distance of the event . 12 cerned , and yet so momentous in its issues to the accused , the iudSs have been conducing their inquiries in a light which , derived ixlm political circumstances , is little iavourable to the enscoverv of Z innocence , however real , of the accused . . » wvwy oi me ' ? UISBP ^ CAMlLLOMiTTI OLI Ex-Governor of the City and Prnvinna nf a ' Office of the Lord High Commissioner of the ^^ Ionian Islands , Corfu , June 4 , 1852 . The foregoing certificate is in the handwriting of Dr fia ™ m ; ivfn + tioli , and hears his signature . S Dl ' Umilh Mat " J . Leaser , . _ j £ * l £ S » ^ High Commissioner .
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An . Empekoe's Bills . —It is expected that som * wn fl * . * tance will be presented to the French Senary the n ^ i p P ° nsi «> le imporshall have been invested with the purple J themn 7 T ^ ' °° after he judged preferable . The bills will first be laid beforp w- r , , , that W ^ be certain goldsmiths , jewellers , and watchmaW 'g *" win ? ™ ^ * submitted to the Senate simply to be discharged . £ a « ¦ 1 S nnde » to ° a . *> e that they will constitute the principal legi ^ oi Si ^ gTl & *** & * likely to be troubled . —Punch . * WUh whlch that assembly is
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—o—The Messagere di Mqdena states that the Pope has charged M . Jacometti the sculptor , with the execution of his fine group of " The Kiss of Judas" in ' marble . It is to adorn the vestibule of the Christian Museum , now organising in the Palace of Lateran . . J . A . RoebucTk , Esq ., M . P . —We hear with regret that the health of the hon member for Sheffield is not re-established . He is at Bushy , under the care of eminent medical men ; and he hopes to be able to take his seat in the House of Commons after Christmas ,: It will no . doubt be a severe disappointment to him not to be abje to attend at the earlier sessions of the house , lyhere matters of so much interest will be discussed .
How to Kill a Mad Elephant . —A splendid elephant , belonging to { lie court , was killed at the Royal Villa of Stupinigi , near Turin the 7 th in consequence of ill-treatment , he had some time ago seized his keeper by ' the waist , and hurled him to a height of nearly 100 feet , by which he was killed After this it was not deemed advisable to let him out of his stable again . This made him melancholy , and no one could venture to approach him but the widow of Ms keeper . To prevent further misfortune his death was decided on and effected by the fumes of charcoal , Many eminent members of the faculty witnessed the effects of the gss through the panes of the windows looking int 0 his stable . His agony was violent , but short .
A-Discovery of Old Guineas , and its Consequencb . —Some days since an old man residing- at Shangle , on the confines of the Forest of Dartmoor brought 2 S spade guineas to the bank of Messrs . Harris and Co ., at Plymouth , to have them exchanged . ... It appeaved . th . at he had in his possession an old chest of drawers , which he had offered for sale for 3 s ., but for which he could obtain no customer , and on attempting to remove them , a small parcel rolled out containing 28 guineas an a half . The rotten paper in which they were rolled Up mas evidently the remains of a bank note . The old man has since been seen in he company of his better half , perfectly drunk .
Tiual op a Nbw Eotaby Steam Engine . —On Saturday morning a number of gentlemen , interested in steam navigation , assembled at Blackball to witness an experimental trip , designed to test the capabilities , as a marine a ^ ent of a new rotatory steam engine , invented by Ivlr . "VVinshurst . The vessel left the Blackwall Pier shortly after twelve o ' clock , and steamed as the long Rea"h wind and tide being for the most part unfavourable . The size of the ° vesseUs 260 , and her mean draught of water 9 ieet . The cylinder of the engine is fio
inches in diameter , 48 inches in length ; tlie average number of revolutions 60 per minute . The vacuum it . should be stated , is maintained by a separate engine of 10-horse power , working quite independently of the large one . ' The trial was considered a very satisfactory one . With the tide a mile was accomplished in 5 min . 15 sec .: against the tide in 6 min . 50 sec . Tlie preasure of the steam was lllbs . ; vacuum , 25 lbs . The . to . ttil quantity of coals used in the trip , which occupind about three hours and half , was 1 ton ll ] hs .
Biktii in A Railway Train . —The passengers by a train of the South Western Railway had their anxieties awakened , on Friday last , by the critical condition of one of their fellow-travellers , A yough married women , resident at Favnham , was proceeding to join her husband in London , . and had not been seated m the train many minutes when symptoms of approoching maternity be came manifest . It was found impracticable to remove her from the train before reaching London , whon a surgeon was immediately summoned . A practitioner from the Waterloo-road promptly attended , and a' fine female child was placed aujour before the removal of the female from the carriage . Tlie mother and child , who are doing as . well as could be expected under the circumstances war * removed tp No . 9 , Charlotterstreet , Waterloo-road . " '
The Sea Serpent .-Bombay , Oct , 16 . —The sea serpent has a « ain been seen ! Captain Vaile , commander of the ship Barham , which has lately " arrived at Madras from England , states that the serpent was seen by him and by all on board , in a high latitude , in the course of tbe voyage . The head and about 30 feet of the body were distinctly visible ; at times a « mane" was also distinctly seen , and fins under the quarter and the length of the animal was estimated -it from 130 to 150 feet , with a girth about the size of a barrel . It is ad ^ ed that the serpent spouted water occasionally . The Barham gave chase , but the animal made off , and was never within . 350 yards . The commander , officers and im sengers of the vessel express their conviction that the monster was " a £ serpent * ¦
Scooting LXTR 4 O INARY ,-A gentleman connected with the Administration des Baujc et Forets , in the department Of the Vosge * , went a few ta ^ 2 some fnends to shoot in the mountains . They started a hare of « ness , and the- dogs pursued it . After a while it came back to L Z \ he me place , and just as it . arrived a large engle pounced on it with a Irp hi i » noise and , mimg ; it in its talons , carried it off . A gun was dtehor ^ fa bouf and the hare lell dead . The eagle , which was wounded , beat the ai wHh i s ^ 7 ™™^ ** " ™*^ "***• The do ^ liled lo ^ rd itbutitthre ^ tself on its backand
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« SS £ 335 f = Ssx == ? company down North-street tw ^ „ a * , Jipimay last « ^ hey proceeded m " . WP ^ : ^^^^^* ^ ^ , 01 " ***! . . ™!!* , * street , went down Hanover-street and , m tals . . a <« l , crossing Queen-The convict keepers shortlv tX I « ¦ Ue sheU and locked the < n *«»• delivered up . Uvi ^ LnT < ° MKanmce . and the prisoners were by his eavtoe . * ' °° CUpier ° f the shed » l ' eal ^ a reward of 31 . each cos
yo ^^ r ^> * ^ -Sat ^ r ' a caM ' 1 HG liMPIRE OP BEADLMDO 5 I . —The relpasp nf Ro c-I as Seedy Ben , the Lascar ornll ; n release , ° f fien Sidi-commonl y known 'astern scavenge a £ llZfZ 2 Z ?^ * ? ^ the breas of that quite romantic in it ^ , £££ ? " Sli ^ Zr ^^ ' ^ ' Whichhas soraett »* & Ben hag always prov ^ "Sf towaS h ! f J *** 1 enemy that Seedy again dined with the Beadle who TZ I I remarkable . The Lascar has hands a new broom ! ^ 1 ^ 5 ^ * " ^ * ° ^ put int 0 hU gold lace of the Beadle ' s collar ( in ^ «! e SL f ^ v \ a"d hW * Vmnd "ie I 'I give you this broom , " said the Be L ^ Sus ^ rT ' ^ ^ mlnUteS ' it to sweep a passage for the enemies of the & •• &Z T ^ ^ ™ anxious to make the Beadle understand tint a TZ \ . / 6 " * ppeared very bondin black ! ^ / word is good his in 1 Qa as
- and white-nnd » , S ^ jT ** . * as uuuu—Diack and white—and Iip , « , ! ,, a ,. S *** ^ ms lm , nowy petticoat . "Sin ^^ the bX h ^ £ ? n ^ *« " ** " *»* it a handle for hostility to the Bead e - ' a d ^ ST ? ?^ ** ° ™™ ™ wonld sweep a passage for your enemies TwouS f * ^ ^ " ^ n l alone . " The Lascar has visited the O % ZZ ! w ? T' th < 5 Wide W ° with a seat in the private box—1 ] , » - * n V AI T » where he was accommodate * ™*™^ ow ^ X ^ e ^^ 2 ^ ° ? 7 ^^ dow » given by tw » Beadle on the occasion of visi 0 T ? ^ preSeB t very numarous . To Miss Rebecca , who recitad « r , v Ti * ° , ApOll ° WCT 8 he presented his autograph on a blank bill aL \*™ dMom r c ' est U Pa celebrated Gujta Percha contortionist hi T ^ ' T t ¦ I ' 4 ™ 1 ' Johnsonini » the belonging to a tobacco-pipe in the possession V > iand 8 ome bowl-formerly bowl was filled for the occasion wi hT ! ? **» ^> Bumble I . The
. sonini drank : the health of the Beadle whlKf ? , in wI ? ich % n «» John " ^ odjot ^ Drown it ia the bo ^ r Xn ^ ^ ? ndant whlstled the " popular singer of Apollo , the Beadle gave-his hS 6 VenS ' well " ^ n comic The artist shook it with much cordiili . l £ l * ' ° condes cending manner . A Ticklish Point .- " Friend PuS ™ eCt WaS excellent ---P ^ CA calculated to < woun d the just s ^ ttWUto of ??™ ^ WhiCh is peculiarIy the event of its making a descent on 0 , 1 r feign m ° > ' P aT « culavly in bayonet . Had we not ; better ^ . L vlj ° ? * ' X m , the P oint ° ^ ho British may come to' invade us jwith rid oSL SLi ? ' J nd receive ™ Y enemies who thou hereon to er weapor ? s than open arms ? What sayesi ^ NBDDYGRILLf
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MR . EDWAUD MUM ^ aSd ' tbS ' pUIl GOVERNMENT . The following correspondence' recently appaared in some of the Edinburgh papers : — : "Sir , —A few" weeks ago you did me the favour to insert some correspondence •• which'I had with the Foreign Office regarding the case of Mr . Murray . Ihave , in consequence , received from a near connection of that gentleman , resident hi England , the copy of an attestation in favour of Mr , Murray ' s character from a late Governor of Ancona , which I think is well worthy of the careful attention of your readers .
I earnestly trust that the feelings of our fellow-countrymen at large will be expressed , by petition and otherwise , so strongly and earnestly upon the case , that the government may demand , if they have not already c } one so , without delay , either a fair or open trial for Mr . Mu . rra . y , Ms instant liberation , or . that they shall be satisfied with the justice of the proceedings which have been adopted towards him , and of the evidence adduced on his ( so-called ) trial .
If means are not speedily adopted to prevent such a result , there is Teason to apprehend that the sentence of death pronounced , as we are ' informed , by a secret tribunal , will be carried into effect , not in open day , but by the slow , lingering , and equally sure process afforded by the gloomy and unwholesome cell in which the prisoner has been immured for so long . Every British subject is presumed to j ) e innocent until he is proved to be guilty . The letter of Governor Mattioli appears to me to afford
a strong presumption at least of the innocence of Mr . Murray . Let us , therefore , do what we can , so that he be treated as innocent zmiil proved to be guilty . I believe that means are now being adopted with a view to induce the Government to act with energy at this juncture . This can only be done by the expression of that public opinion which Lord Palmerston stated to be essential to enable him to vindicate the honour and interests of England . .
I hope the people of Scotland will , not be slow to state what I am sure they feel in behalf of their fellow-subjects—I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , VaUeyfidd . ; Chas . Cowan .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1705/page/10/
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