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      Letters From Paris. [From Ode Own Corres...

      a great number of the citizens of the Faubourg St . Antoine were torn from their families and thrown into prison . Six poor labouring men belonging , to the Heraulfc were arrested in the arrondissement of Beziers the other day . By order of the millitary authorities , MM . Francois Charpenet , Edme Petit , Guingaud , Victor Berthier ( editor of the Constitution du Loiret ) , Clement , Herve , and Brasseau , all of the department of Loiret have , been arrested and brought , chained hand and foot , to Paris . Besides these , MM . Chauveau , Pare and Maze , of Briare , who were arrested in _December and had subsequently been set at liberty ,

      were again seized and conveyed to the prison at Orleans . The court-martial of Montpellier has pronounced a sentence of punishment . It has condemned seventeen prisoners to death . Six have escaped : but eleven heads will fall in the public square of Bedarrieux . Five of the accused have been condemned to hard labour for the rest of their life , three to hard labour for a term of years , four to deportation , with confinement in a fortified prison , four to simple deportation . Three men are guilty of having taken arms on a day of combat ; and it is French soldiers , stained with the blood of millions , who have had tbe cruelty to deliver such a sentence .

      Another Republican , by name Charlet , who , on hearing of the events of December , hastened from Switzerland into France , and took arms in defence of the cause , will bo executed at Belley , his appeal having been dismissed . While these horrible acts of judicial vengeance are taking place , the Government is actively making war against all Socialist institutions . It is closing associative workshops . It has just closed the association at Evreux , which for two years has been profitably suppl ying butchers' meat to the poor , cheap and good . At Marseilles it has closed a number of associated cafes .

      One of the chiefs of these associations finding himself suddenly and arbitrarily stripped of his livelihood , committed suicide with a knife . Tbe whole cit y attended his funeral , as a protest against the Government ; which at the very time when it is suppressing these associations , encourages lotteries and gambling tables . It is even said that the gambling licenses are to be renewed : and that a contract with a company has already been effected . The pots de vin are signed . The company ( if my information be correct ) is to pay 800 , 000 francs per annum to the Treasury , besides a douceur to Louis Bonaparte . S .

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      Continental Notes Tub Session Of The Sen...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES Tub session of the Senate is closed by a dccreo published in the Moniteur , and dated St . Cloud , 5 th July . The following is the address of Marshal Jerome Bonaparte to the Senate at its last sitting : — " Messieurs les _Se-nateurs , —Our order of tho day is exhausted , and in a few minutes you will have road to you a dccreo from tho Prince President of tho republic , putting an end to our labours for the session . During tho time that the senate has been holding its sittings , it has worthily performed its duty . It has responded , as was to be expected , to the confidence of tho chief of the state , anil to tho hopo of the country' . After a conscientious examination , and discussions , remarkable for their ability ,

      it has adopted two organic senatus consulta , which tho constitution has allowed it to vote . Tho sanction which it bus given to tho bills voted by tho Legislative Body was always preceded by an examination which will add to their moral authority aud to their influence over tho populations . Before wo separate , permit me , gentlemen , to thank yon for tho co-operation which you havo afforded mo , and on which I hud fully reckoned ; for , between yoa and me , there is an indissoluble bond , that of tho sympathy and _devotcdness which unite us to the country and to the Prince President of tho republic , who , like us , has only in view tho welfare , honour , antl independence of our country . " M . do _ljinnarliiio _, who recently left Paris , is at present in Burgundy , at , his residence af St . Point .

      The Journal ties _Didntts states that forty-six bishops out of tho eighty-one in Franco have signified their approbation of | , hc lei fer written some short time since by the Itishop of Orleans , in favour of employing the Greek and Latin classics us hand-books in education . M . Thiers bus been threatened with tho application of Mm iulcrncmenl , ( or confinement within a particular district ) assigned to political decrees iri Switzerland . Naturally unwilling to consent , fo such n humiliation , M . Thiers has made up his mind to leave the country . My some these threats are said to ho suggested hy ( he agents of the man in power who was once un exile in Tliurgoviu ¦ hy others , fo lie directed against , fhe orator ol ' he ex-pi > rfy of order in tho French Assembly by the Republican authorities in the Canton of Vevay ; by others , again , to ho the result of M . Thiers' hostility to Switzerland when in ofiice .

      A grand royalist , demonstration was to he held af an uniiual mooting of the burgesses of the (' union of _Weufeliatel _, on the < il , li July , at , _Vuloiigin , with the view of _in-Ibieiic ' nig the Federal Assembly , which is about to commence its Hussion ut . Heme . The Republicans , on their part , had _rcHolvod lo malic a _eountor-deinoiiHtrutjon at fhe same place on the sumo day . The linyulmt , party are greatl y _encouraged by fhe recent signing of tho protocol 'it London by the great powers . According to the Suisse ul Berne , however , the conuminicatioH of the _Foreign-

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      office protocol to the Federal Council by the powers had not taken place on the 2 nd inst . ; indeed , the incidental recognition by France of the treaties of 1815 , which took place when that protocol was signed , appears to have been the principal object of the entire transaction . The Swiss journals state , that not only the most enlightened and wealthy portions of tho population of tho canton , but the great mass of the Conservative party in Switzerland are on the side of the Republicans on this special question . Tho King of Prussia has been making excursions on the Rhine with his sister , the Empress of Russia .

      The Dusscldorf Gazette of the 5 th contains a letter from Cologne , which states that the king of Prussia was so delighted with the cathedral , that , when in the transept , he said to the president of the central committee of restoration , " This cathedral is dear to my heart , and it must absolutely be finished !" Another Zollverein congress was held at Berlin , on the 1 st . inst . The Berlin Cabinet , represented by M . Prokesch , called upon the delegates to declare , with as little delay as

      possible , whether they would accept the Hanover treaty or not ; but did not fix any latest date for its acceptance or rejection . The Prussian newspapers agree in ascribing great disunion to the coalesced of Darmstadt , and represent them as seeking a bridge by which to pass over to M . Manteuffel . On the other hand , Bavaria , Wurtemberg , and Baden are treating with Austria for a common representation of their commercial interests abroad ; facts which pre-suppose a severance of the three first states from the Zollverein .

      The Emperor of Austria is still in Hungary , received everywhere , say the official records , with enthusiasm—by the soldiers , we suppose ; for be is entirely surrounded hy military escorts . The free city of Lubeck has just received notice that the equality with Christians , promised in its Constitution to Jews , is irreconcilable with , the federal pact , and must not be conceded . The members of the Parliament permitted in the constitution lately dictated by the Elector of Hesse met for the first time on the 3 rd instant . While they were electing a president , a court nominated by the Elector was sentencing grey-headed members of the standing committee of the last Parliament to two and three yeais 7 imprisonment , for protesting in legal form against the violation of the old constitution .

      The population of Berlin at the end of _Aprd amounted to 441 , 931 souls , being an increase of 25 , 000 in six years . The pamphlet entitled " Seven Conversations on Church and State , " by General de Radowitz , has , it seems , caused some sensation at Berlin . It recommends that very distant vision , German unity : to be attained through constitutionalism and Catholic unity . Protestantism , which alone has _giveYt Prussia a distinctive p _# ition in Germany , is to bo absorbed into _Catholicising which wo imagined had not been found habitually sympathetic to constitutionalism . The Catholic ( not constitutional ) tendencies of Frederick William may give this work , dedicated to his intimate friend and counsellor , some importance . For tho rest , it is as cloudy and mystical as German metaphysics .

      We are glad to find , from unexceptionable testimony , that our Government ( or at least their agents ) aro actively bestirring themselves to obtain something like justice in tho case . Wo cannot doubt that the Roman authorities will be slow to carry the capital sentence into execution against a British subject after a form of trial so abhorrent to our notions of law . The intervention of tho British Government ( says the correspondent of the Daily Neivs ) may certainly bo considered to have saved the life of a person who would otherwise have been most positively executed , and whose guilt is by no means proved ; whilst strong inferences of his innocence may be drawn from the facts

      that on his first arrest lie indignantly rejected tho offer ol an immediate free pardon if he would turn approver—that on his being liberated , and becoming again master of his own actions for some months , ho refused to quit the country , although urgently solicited to do so , and boldly returned to Aiieona to confront his accusers ( who have never yet appeared ) ; and lastly , that were he now to ho offered bis pardon as a boon , he would most probably reject it , and only consent to leave his prison walls as a declared innocent man . Murray ' s appearance is certainly not that , of an assassin , as he is a prepossessing young man of six and twenty , ( all , and remarkably handsome .

      Tho mime correspondent , alluding to the anti- Catholic proclamation of our Government , says , "The Government proclamation against processions in England has not , as yet been mentioned in the Roman journals , which usually observe the profoundesf silence on subjects disagreeable to I . he cci'lesiiist it al government . ; but , in private circles the partisans of the priests meekly observe that persecution will only advance their cause ; whilst tho Liberals enjoy the attack on the long-garbed gentry amazingly , out . ol

      political hostility to Iheir rulers here . " The llisort / _imcnto of Turin recently remarked ¦ - " Whilst other countries are erecting fortifications , af Turin the citadel is being disarmed . The cannon , which for many years lined its ramparts , and were mostly pointed against the city , are to be removed and transferred to Cttmtli .. Tbis is certainly a signal proof of the mutual confidence existing between the King antl the population of Turin . The government is oven anxious to demolish tho ramparts of the citadel , antl to convert the building into a barrack . "

      M . lOugene Sue has been prohibited from continuing the publication of it romance in the fnit Melon of the l ' atriolti Savoisieii , mid warned that should ho persist ,, fhe Sardinian government might feel if necessary to withdraw the permission under which ho resides ut . Anneoy . M . I'l . Sue bus written lo the minister that he is too grateful for the hospitality accorded him , and too desirous for its continuance , I . o tlo anything which might put nn end to if . The trial of Guorazzi , the ox-die ! ntor of Florence , will begin mi the . Kith of August . M . Leonardo Uimiunc . llt _, his former Minister of Justice and Public Worship , and

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      now his fellow-prisoner , has published a pamphlet in hi s defence . * The negotiations of the Piedmontese ambassador at Rome , to regulate the interim affairs of the diocese of Turin during tho exile of Monsignor Franzoni have completely failed . The Cologne Gazette confirms the report which was in circulation some days back , of the Catholic Bishops of Silesia , Pomerania , and Western Prussia , having addressed to tho king a refusal to enter the first chamber of tho states . Wednesday was the birthday of tho Emperor of Russia . He was born on the 7 th Juiy , 1796 , and is , therefore , in his 57 th year . Ho ascended the throne on the 1 st December , 1825 .

      The Stockport Riots The Investigations W...

      THE STOCKPORT RIOTS The investigations were continued on Saturday . Mr . Thomas Eskrigge , one of the magistrates of Stockport , went into St . Peter ' s-square a little before eight o ' clock on Tuesday evening . There was then no appearance of disturbance , either on that spot or in Rock-row , which could he seen from St . Peter ' s-square . In about ten minutes , a crowd of Irish , in number about eighty or a hundred , chiefly boys , rushed into the square from the direction of Hillgate , pursued hy about the same number of English boys . The parties here began to stone each other , and the Irish were driven up Etehellstreet , taking refuge in the houses , the windows of

      which wore broken by their pursuers . The Irish afterwards obtained assistance , and drove their enemies towards High-street , but again met a repulse . Stones again were thrown between the parties , and some windows in Mr . Woolley ' s factory were broken . The contest at this place died away , and Mr . Eskrigge made his way to the Court-house , where he understood that the magistrates were summoned . From thence he went towards Chester-gate , finding the streets on his way very crowded , but seeing no appearance of a riot . In Wellington-square he found a policeman , named Whieldon , with a drawn sword in his hand , rushing at

      every door which he saw open . This , the policeman said , was to frighten the people , and to keep them quiet within their houses . With the exception of this singular phenomenon , all was quiet in that place . Mr . Eskrigge returned to the Court-house , and the Mayor arrived there soon after . The military was immediately sent for , and meanwhile the chief superintendent got together some assistants in aid of the scanty police force , and went out to quell the disturbance . At that time the magistrates had had no intelligence of the destruction of property . The military arrived a little before ten o ' clock . The Mayor , with Mr . Eskrigge and

      another magistrate , then set out towards Rock-row , with the police , military , and as many of tbe inhabitants a . s they could muster . In Rock-row they found a large and riotous crowd , and the riot-act was read . The military was formed across the street , and so dispersed the crowd . It was then found that tbe doors and windows of many of the houses were destroyed , and on entering one house the furniture was found to be broken to pieces . Information then came that mischief was going on at Edgeley , whereupon the whole body set oil in that direction . When they got , near the Catholic chapel at Edgeley , they saw a , huge lire burning in

      front of the priest ' s house . There was not then a great crowd present , but the riot-act was read , antl the street cleared . The fire was found to "have been made out , ol the priest 7 s furniture and books , and the fittings of the chapel . It was five yards in diameter . On entering the house , they found everything was broken . The doors and windows of the chapel and schools were destroyed . On their way back , they beard that the mob were attacking the chapel in the park . They went , in that direction , and found the inside of the chapel entirely destroyed . Mr . Eskrigge further said that , he

      hud seen a placard on the walls of the town , purporting to be printed by Mr . T . Clay , for Uie Stockport Protestant Association , which he , thought one ot the most , disgraceful he had ever . seen , and one that , was calculated to excite enmity against the Ronian-cutliolies Mr . Kskriggo stated further , that . Mr . Clay was a very respect able man , a member of the corporation , and one of tho oldest printers in tbe town . Some discussion took place as to puffing in the placard as evidence , und finally , Mr . Gibson announced that in his defence he should call Mr . Clay us a witness .

      Mr . Charles Hudson , one of the coroners for ( be county of Chester , corroborated the statements of Mr . Eskrigge as fo the disturbances in St . I ' _cter ' s-sipiare . He remained at ( he Court -house for an hour after the magistrates left with the military and police . lie set , out for 1 Lock-row with sonic of tbe magistrates , and on approaching that , place , he saw sonic furniture being thrown out , ol ' the window of a . collage . They put . n , stop fo these proceedings , and succeeded in drawing the crowd away after them . As tbey went , away , they passed by Park-street , where they found n great crowd surrounding the Koninn-ciifholie chapel ; within the chapel tbey heard flic sound of destruction . Mr . . Hud-

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10071852/page/11/