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      Lettkrs From Paris. [From Our Own Coitii...

      Bonaparte . He is guilty of having published a Memoire on the events of December 2 . The Belgian Government , a ready and docile instrument , immediately expelled him from the territory on which he had sought an honourable exile . S .

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      The Democratic Refugee Committee To Thei...

      THE DEMOCRATIC REFUGEE COMMITTEE TO THEIR FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN . The Central Committee for the support of the Democratic Refugees have addressed a letter to their fellowcountrymen , stating that , for want of sufficient exertions , " all has not been done that might have been accomplished . Numbers of the refugees are in the greatest misery , and we would implore our countrymen to obtain for them immediate assistance . There are among them some for whom it would be very difficult to obtain employment ; but , for workmen , we feel convinced it might soon be found , if the proper steps were taken , and the work conducted with energy anel perseverance .

      It is indispensable that all collection sheets , with the funds collected , should be sent in to the central committee by the 9 th of August . The local committees should also make the most strenuous exertions to find the means of self-support for the unemployed among the exiles . " * _£ * All letters and monies to be forwarded to 4 , Prunswicic-rou ) , Queen _' s-square , Bloomsbury , London .

      Six Mile Bridge The Inquest Was Resumed ...

      SIX MILE BRIDGE The inquest was resumed on Tuesday , before Mr . Canny . A strong body of dragoons anel infantry arrived in the morning , and encamped near the village . The evidence taken on that day simply conducts us to the scene of the slaughter . It appears that the voters in the cars had been taken from a house in the Thomondgate , Limerick , where it was alleged they were under duresse , by the military , under Mr . Dehnege , justice of the peace . There they were ordered to load , prime , anel fix bayonets ; Mr . Dehnege himself being armed with a pistol . Canny , one of the witnesses , said he heard Mr . Dehnege threaten to " give the

      contents ' to a man named Costello , if he would not be quiet ; and that he also _hearel . Delmege say , " Ye have had yer election , my boys , and we will have ours now , or blood for it . " There was no opposition to the release of the voters , who do not appear to have been confined at all , but rather seem to have shammed being confined in order to escape landlord coercion . Dr . O'Connor said he went in anel asked them why they would not go for the Liberal candidates , anel they replied because they were afraid of the landlords , as they hael no leases ,

      anel might be evicted . When they were releaseel they got upon cars , and went with the military _esceirt to Six Mile Bridge . Jeremiah Tierney , who drove the long ear on which the soleliers of the 31 st sat , said he heard one say , that he hopeel they woulel have some provocation to discharge their muskets instcael of having to draw the charges . Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas , Adjutant-General _eif the District , put in the oreler under vvhie ; h he acted , and saiel there were circumstances under _whie-h sohliers woulel be justified in firing

      without orders : if fhe'ir ranks we're broken , if nnv without orders ; if fhe'ir ranks were broken , if any effort was niaele to disarm them , if stone's wire thrown . The _inejue . st was adjourned at six o ' clock until the next elay .

      Tiik Stockport Riots. Tin: Magistrate's ...

      TIIK STOCKPORT RIOTS . Tin : Magistrate's ceme-luelcel the'ir inquiry into this case on Memelay . The following are _comiuifterel for trial : — - Samuel Williamson , . Joseph Hindi , Thomas I < Veney , Patrick O'Hara , Roger M'Derniott _, _Mie-. hael M'Dcrlnott _, Themias M urphy , Thomas Garve _* y , _Pufrie-k Naughtein , JiiuicK Finn , alias l'Tmn , anel . James Walsh ? for riot ; < _le-orge He'll anel William _Huttery for riot , anel destroying properly at , St . Mic . hued's _Calheilic Chapel , in the Park ; Murk Gleaive _* , Samuel _Pnasfon , Thomas Walker , John Slater , Thomas _Kihvarel . s , anil William Walker , ior riot , anel elostroying property al the : _Iaelge > le : y Cuthe . lic Chuped anel the hemsc of the Rev . _Ranelolpli

      Frith . In aeldition to these * , Matthew Mulligan is _e-oinnu'tfed upem the coroner ' * warrant for the wilful miirelcr of Michael Moran . Thus there are * ten Knglish unel _teiii Irish prisoners _e-onimiftcd for trial . The prosce _* ution of the : prisoners , e _* xe _* e _* ptiiig Mulligan , we unelerslunil , is committed to Mr . Ifeddish , e > f Stockport . The expense * , will be * , borne * by semie _: of those : whose property is suiel to have * l > i _: e : n _ehastroyeul by the Irish . The : prosecution of the _l'higlish prisoners has bevn _eoniinitte-el to Mr . Churle's Gibson , ed" _Aliuichi . _ster . He bus received the _fblleiwing letter , in answer te . un _application maele to the Secretary of State : — " Whitehall , July III .

      Sir ,--I am diroe _* te ) e ! by "Mr . _Secretary Walpole to acknowh ) dgo _thei receipt of your letter of the 2 (( lh instant , _relative : to the prosecution of perse . us who have been coinmitted l ' _eir trial on charges eeuiiiocteel with the late ) _rioln at Stockport , anel I am to inform you that there are _uoyc-

      Tiik Stockport Riots. Tin: Magistrate's ...

      ral reasons which would render it unadvisable that the Government should undertake the prosecution of the offenders in the present instance , but they are extremely anxious that the law should be vindicated , and the offenders brought to justice . As Mr . Frith and Mr . Foster have already entered into the usual recognisances , Mr . Walpole thinks that the prosecution cannot bp left in better hands , and the Government will give them its best assistance . For that purpose I am directed to „ inform you that , as the case is a very peculiar one , the Government will take upon itself any reasonable expenses properly incurred by Mr . Frith arid Mr . Forster over and above tbe costs of prose cution allowed by the county . I am , Sir , your obedient

      servant , " Chas . _Erskiite , ''" " For Under-Secretary of Stote . "To Charles Gibson , Esq ., 60 , Princes-street , Manchester . " No such application has been made to the Government with regard to the prosecution of the Irish offenders , on account of the trifling value of the property which they are said to have destroyed . Placards have been posted on the walls in Stockport , announcing the nightly sittings of . ja committee for raising funds to meet the expenses of defending the English prisoners . One of their means of raising money is a " grand ball , " which was to be given on Wednesday evening in the Coronation Gardens , Shaw Heath . The Chester assizes will begin on Monday .

      Bribery We Have Received The Following B...

      BRIBERY We have received the following bill from a correspondent . It is printed , and is now circulating in Ayrshire . The practice is commendable : — " At Ayr , the nineteenth day of July , eighteen hundred and fifty-two years , in presence of Hugh Miller , Esq ., Provost " of Ayr , and one of her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace for the county of Ayr , compeared David Bone , residing at Fenwickland , in the parish of Ayr , who voluntarily and solemnly deponed" * ' That on Wednesday or Thursday last , Hugh Hay , keeper of the Ayr Horse-Market Toll , called deponent into the said toll-ho use , and after some conversation about the burgh election , urged him to vote for Mr . Boyle , telling him that he , the said Hugh Hay , had himseif received

      seven pounds for thc _jJromise of his vote in favour of that candidate , and that hey . thc deponent , might as well get a sum of money also' as it made ' no difference to them who was elected . ' As deponent refuseel to vote for Mr . Boyle , the said Hugh Hay concluded by offering deponent three pounds if he Avoulel take a walk into the country , and thus not vote . On the following Sabbath ( yesterday ) when deponent was returning from church , the said Hugh Hay again called him into the said Horse-Market Toll-house , and resumed his solicitations for deponent to refrain from voting against Boyle ; anel said if deponent would take a walk into the country , be would give him five pounds . That the said Hugh Hay went to a chest anel brought therefrom five one pound notes ; these the said Hugh Hay stated he would not deliver into eleponent's hands , but that he woulel lay the notes on the table in the adjoining room ,

      where deponent was to go and lift them , anel not to vote against . Boyle . That the saiel Hugh Hay went into the adjoining room , and immediately returned , saying he had left the notes on the table , and deponent was to go anel lift them . That the deponent went into the room as elesired , and founel the notes lying on the table , which notes he lifteel and took away with him . ' That elopement left the : house * , came to Ayr this me . rning anel polleel against Mr . Boyle , anel for Mr . Craufurd . Immediately after which he , the < h ) ponent , loelgeel the five one pounel notes aforcsaiel in the hanelse _> f the _lUelitoreif the Ayr Advertiser , which notes the ele'pone'iit will apply in aiel <> t" the funds of some of the charitable : institutions of the town of Ayr . "All which is truth , as Ihe deponent shall answer to Goel " ( Signed ) 'David Bonk . ' " ( Signed ) Hue . ir Mii . i _. kr , J . P . for Ayrshire . "

      Clerical Electioneering. In A Small Vill...

      CLERICAL ELECTIONEERING . In a small village nnmcel _Liiversdale , a few mile ' s from Carlisle :, there has _live-el for some years a small pr oprietor , _niimeel Eelwarel Porster . lie : seems to have ; taken in a portion e > l the waste adjoining his property anel te > have c . ultivateel it with great care anil industry . Prom some ; can . se : or other , Mr . Forster has been thc object of consiihriihle jealousy among the villagers . He huppe _* m > il to be almost , the only _olccteir in the _village who voted on the Liberal _siele .

      After the : elei . se . of the : election , which cone : hieleil on the : llth of last , month , Mr . Forster was sifting in his house * , e . onversing with a neighbour , Mr . Harrison , who siele _* el with him in politics , when a man named Isaae : Phillips _e-iiiiie * up to his garden , _toe > k oil" the gate's , mid threw them into the brook . After this feat , Phillips wc _. nf up to the : cottage ' , anel shouted , e > ut to the : inmate's in u very abusive : manner . He : we : nt away , and Mr . Forste . _V epiictly repluevel the gates . Soon after Phillips made a second _uppcurnnrtc , anel repeate'tl his

      piribrnianee _:. Hut , this wa . s not enough : the ne _: xt looming the _lieve-rend Rieharel _Mule'uster , uf Greysloke , u e : lergyflian of ( lie : Church of lOiiglanel , Mr . Richard Mulcuster , . Junior , Huchclor of Arts , a Htuele . nl at Durham ( _College , a farmer named Law , unel the above :-nie ; _iitione : eI Phillips , unel several others , came up in n body . Young Muleasfe'i- was arme'el with a double-barrelled gun , his reverend father anel thc . rest with pickaxe's and _spaele's . They cmnme'iiccd their attack upon the gate , anel _seion broke if , te . p ' _mers . They then valiantly aHHitile'il the beans unel potatoes of the garden , and miielo fearful

      Clerical Electioneering. In A Small Vill...

      havoc among the fruit-trees . When they were exhausted by their mighty toils , they effected a retreat to the village ale-house , to obtain reinforcements . They secured the aid of one or two labourers , by the promise of five shillings' worth of drink , and eighteen-pence each in money , and , with the assistance of their own workpeople , they returned to their glorious task . They invited the villagers to come and help themselves to "the produce of the garden . Mr . Porster prudentl y kept within doors during the perpetration of these outrageg . The rioters destroyed several articles of furniture , which were left outside the house , and pulled down a fli ght of steps leading to a granary , after which they withdrew apparently satisfied with their vengeance upon the obnoxious voter .

      The garden of Thomas Harrison , an unoffen ding labourer , afforded a similar day ' s work for the morrow . This statement , says the Carlisle Journal , is riot based upon hearsay , but is taken from depositions upon oath .

      Irish Election Expenses (Prom The Sligo ...

      IRISH ELECTION EXPENSES ( Prom the Sligo Chronicle ) . A TERY important part of the business of the elections remains to be transacted—payment of the bills . We therefore submit for the information of parties who may have claims to be discharged , the following " account current , " which is a " veritable Irish election bill , " and worthy of insertion in a book of precedents upon this interesting subject : —

      " My bill . Bryan Garity rA his mark . To ating 16 freeholders above stairs , at three shillings and thruppenco a head , is to me ... £ 2 12 0 To ating 16 more [!] below stairs , and two priests after supper , is to me 2 15 9 To six beds in one room , and four in another , at two guineas every bed , and not more than four in any bed at any time—cheap enough the Lord knows—is to me 22 15 0 To eighteen horses and five mewles , at thirteen pence every one of them : And for a man which was lost [!] on the head of watching them all night , is to mo 5 5 0 Por breakfast on tay in the morning for every

      one of them [ horses and mewles , too , it is to be hoped ] , and as many more as they brought , as near as I can guess , i 3 to me ... 4 12 0 To raw whiskey and punch , without talking of pipes or tobacco , as well as for porter ; and as well as for breaking the potato-pot and other glasses [!] and delf , for the first day and night I am not very sure [ conscientious fellow !] , but for the three days and a half of the election , as little as I can call it , and to be very exact [!] , it is in all , or thereabouts , as near as I can guess , anel not to be too

      particular , is to me at least 79 15 0 For shaving and cropping off the heads [! . ' !] of 49 freeholders [ not stated , by the way , whether for dinner ear supper ] , at thirteen pence every head of them , by my brother , who has a wote [ a vote ] , is to me 2 13 1 Por a womit anel nurse for poor Tim Kiernan in fhe middlo of the night , when ho was not expected [ yi . c . not expected to live )] , is to mo ten hog [ Anglice ] . ' 0 10 10 SigneeJ , in the place of Jemmy Carr ' s Wife [!] his Bin"aw H _Gakitv mark . Sum of the total , [ otherwise " tottlc of the hull , " ] £ s . d . 2 12 ()() [! ' ] 2 15 09 * 22 15 00 5 5 00 — Note . —I don ' t talk of the pipef „ _or As 12 00 for keeping him Sober as long a * Vie — was Ke _> ( another ine > st _pruele'ut re _. w . i ' - 79 15 00 [!] vafion ] , this is to me . CO O 0 ! 2 111 O'I [ . 'J O 10 to . C 110 111 7 " You may say . CItl ; ho please your honour , send m " this _e'le'veii hundred peiunels | I ! ! j by Brian himself —] . ''' woulel have In en a pity not , after his elrawing uj ) such a bill for Jemmy Carr ' s " wife | , hcihI it f . e > me by Ifryaii _hi'Use : ll , who and I prays lor your success always in S — " , anil no more at , preKi : uf . " "Litem _scripta" maucf .

      Corruption In Army Appointments. Wi: Fin...

      CORRUPTION IN ARMY APPOINTMENTS . Wi : find the : following very serious allegatiem , as to " «» sale of commissions in the : army , in tho United Service _( _lazellc . \\ e > , have no means e > f juelging as te > the ) truth of if : " There are , we have hcarel , generally about eig _hteen hundred person _^ names on the _Ceimmaiuler-m-Chieif h hut for _e-oniniissioiiH . Lord I . ifzroy Somerset _stateel as una ' ' in his _cvidctiew before the _sclee : _! , _e'ommit . tee > on army " ¦ _" " _oreliiaiie-o _expetneliturei . Te » expe _: e : t that Lord . Kil , zr «» y sheuild reiiieuuber these names , or the particular i : liiiiu _» <>' one-tenth part of tho number , were absurd , iio trusta ' _<>

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07081852/page/6/