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    at number of the citizens of the Faubourg St . Antoine were torn from their families and thrown into " son Six poor labouring men belonging to the He ' rault were arrested in the arrohdissepnent of Beziers tn other day . By order of the millitary authorities MM . Francois Charpenet , Edme Petit , Guinaud Victor Berthier ( editor of the Constitution du ^ Lo irei ) Clement , Herve , and Brasseau , all of the deoartment of Loiret have been arrested and brought , chaine d hand and foot , to Paris . Besides these , MM . C bauveau , 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 xnen 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 the 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 be 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 supplying 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 . The whole city 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 . The session of the Senate is closed by a decree 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 Senateurs , —Our order of the day is exhausted , and in a few minutes you will have read to you a decree from the Prince President of the republic , putting an end to our labours for the session . During the lime that tho eenato has been holding its sittings , it has worthily performed its duty . It has responded , as was to bo expected , to the confidence of tho chief of the state , and to the hope of tho country . After a conscientious examination , find discussions , remarkable for their ability , it has adopted two organic senatus consulta , which tho constitution 1 ms allowed it to vote . Tho sanction which it

    has given to tho bills voted by the Legislative Body was always preceded by an examination which will add to their moral authority and to their influence over tho populations . Before wo separate , permit mo , gentlemen , to thank you for the co-operation which you have afforded me , and on which I hud fully reckoned ; for , between you and me , there iH an indissolublo bond , thai of tho sympathy and dovotedness which unite uh to tho country and to tho Prince President of ( he republic , who , like ua , has only in view tho welfare , honour , and independence of our country . " M . do Lamartine , who recently left Paris , in at present in "Burgundy , at his residence at St . . Point . The Journal Uks . ' DAhats utatos that forty-six : bishops out , of the eighty-one in Prance have signified their approbation of the letter written some short time since by tho Bishop of Orleans , in favour of employing the Greek and Latin elm-mien as haml-books in education .

    M . Thiers ban been threatened' with the application of tho intvmv . mcnl ( or confinement within a particular district ) assigned to political decrees in Switzerland . Naturally unwilling to consent to such a humiliation , M . Thi « rn has made up his mind to leave the country . By Homo tlieno throats are nai ( l to bo suggested by the agents of the man in power who was once an exile in Thurgoviii by others , to be directed against the orator ol the ex-party of onlor in tho French Assembly by the Republican authorities in lite Canton of Vovay ; by others , again , to bo tho result of M . Thiorn' hostility to Switzerland when in otlico . A grand royalist demonstration was to lid held at an annual mooting of tho burgesses of the Canton of Neufohafcl , on tho ( Itli J uly , at Valongin , with tho view of inlluoncing tho Federal Assembly , which is about to conimoneu itn session at Homo . The Republicans , on thoir

    part , had resolved to make a counter-demonst ration at tho same place on tho same day . Tho Royalist party are greatly encouraged by tho recent signing of tho protocol at London by Iho great powers . According to the Nuiatto of Home , however , tho communication of tho !

    Foreignoffice 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 1816 , 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 the population of the canton , but the great mass of the Conservative party in Switzerland are on the side of the Republicans on this special question . . . . The King of Prussia has been making excursions on the Rhine with his sister , the Empress of Russia . The" Dusseldorf Gazette of the 6 th contains a letter from Cologne , which states that the king of Prussia was so delighted with the cathedral , that , when in the tranthe central committee of

    sept , he said to the president 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 accep t 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 by military escorts . % The free city of Lubeck has just received notice that tne equality with Christians , promised in its Constitution to Jews , is irreconcilable with the fede ral 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 waa sentencing grey-headed members of the standing committee of the last Parliament to two and three yeais imprisonment , for protesting in legal form against the violation of the old constitution .

    The population of Berlin at the end of April 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 given Prussia a distinctive position in Germany , is to be absorbed mto Catholicism , which we imagined had not been found habitually sympathetic to constitutionalism . The Catholic ( not constitutional ) tendencies ol Frederick William may give this work , dedicated to his intimate friend and counsellor , some importance . For the 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 ) are actively bestirring themselves to obtain something like justice in the case . We 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 the British Government ( says the correspondent of the Daily News ) 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 he indignantly rejected tho ofler oi an immediato free pardon if he would turn approver—that on his being liberated , and becoming again master ot his own actions for some months , he refused to quit the countrv . although urcontlv solicited to do so , and boldly

    returned to Ancona to confront his accusers ( who have never yet appeared ) ; and lastly , that were ho now to bo offered his pardon as a boon , ho would most probably reiecfc it , and only consent , to leave his prison walk as * cloelared innocent man . Murray ' s appearance is certainly not that ot an assassin , as he is a prepossessing young man of six and twenty , tall , and remarkably handsome . The same correspondent , alluding to tho anti Catholic proclamation of our Government , says , " Tho Government proclamation against processions in England has not as yet been mentioned in tho Roman journals , which usually observe the profoundest silonco on subjects disagreeable to the ecclesiastical government ; but in private circles tho partisans of tho priests meekly observe that persecution will only advance their cause ; whilst tho Liberals enjoy tho attack on the long-garbed gentry amazingly , out of political hostility to their rulers hero . "

    The Risori / imcnto of Turin recently remarked— "Whilst other countries are erecting fortifications , at Turin tho citadel is being disarmed . Tho cannon , which for many years lined its ramparts , and were mostly pointed against tho city , ar « to be removed and transferred to Ciisnlo . This is certainly a signal proof of tho mutual confidence existing between the King and the population of Turin . Tho government is oven anxious to demolish tho ramparts of the citadel , and . to convert , tho building into a barrack . " M . lOugono Rue has been prohibited from continuing the publication of a romance m tho feuilleton of tho Patrioto SavoiKion , and warned that tthould he persist , tho Sardinian government might feel it necessary to withdraw tho permission under which he resides at Annooy . M . E . Suo has written to tho minister that ho is too grateful for the hospitality accorded him , and too desirous for its continuance , to do anything which might put , an end to it .

    Tho trial of Gtiorazzi , the ox-dictator of Florence , will begin on the KJth of August . M . Leonardo Romanolli , his former Minister of Justice and Public Worship , and

    now Ha fellow-prisoner , has published a pampblM in hia defence . , , , , The negotiations of the Piedmontese ambassador at Rome , to regulate the interim affairs of the diocese of Turin during the exile of Monsignor Franzom have completely failed . , ¦ . , The Cologne Gazette confirms the report whieh was in circulation some days back , of the Catholic Bishops of Silesia , Pomerania , and Western Prussia , having addressed to the king a refusal to enter the first chamber of the "of-a f"pf 3 ¦ ' Wednesday was the birthday of the Emperor of Russia . He was born on the 7 th July , 1796 , and ia , therefore , in his 57 th year . He ascended the throne on the 1 st December , 1825 .

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    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 be 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 by about the same number of English boys . The parties here began to stone each other , and the Irish were driven up Etchellstreet , taking refoge in the houses , the windows of which were 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 not . In Wellington-square he found a policeman , named Whieldon , with a drawn sword in his hand , rushing at door which he saw open . This , the policeman

    every 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 the inhabitants as 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 the 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 oft in that direction . When they got near the Catholic

    chapel at Edgeley , they saw a large fire burning in front of the priest ' s house . There was not then a great crowd present , but the riot-act was read , and the street cleared . The fire was found to have been made out of the priest'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 . Tho doors and windows of the chapel and schools were destroyed . On their way back , they heard that tho mob were attacking tho chapel in the park . They went in that direction , and found the inside of tho chapel entirely destroyed . Mr . Eskrigge further snid that ho had seen a placard on the walls of the town , purporting to be printed by Mr . T . Clay , for tho Stockport Protestant Association , which he thought one . of the most

    disgraceful he had ever Heen , and one that wiw calculated to excite enmity against tho Roman-catholics . Mr . Enkriggo stated further , that , Mr . Clay wan a very respectable man , » member of tho corporation , and one of the oldest printer * in tho town . Homo discussion took place as to putting in tho placard as evidence , and finally , Mr . Gibson announced that in his defence ho hIioiiM call Mr . Clay as a witness . Mr . Charles Hudson , ono of tins coroners for tho county of Chester , corroborated tho « tat « mont « of Mr . Potur

    Eskrigge as to tho disturbances in flt . ' s-sqnure . Ho remained at , tho Court-house for an hour after tho magistrates left with tho military and police . JIo not out for Rock-row with twnnu of the nmgiHtmtoH , and oh approaching that place , ho wiw «»»« fuvmturo bring thrown out of tlm window of " cottage . They put a Htop to tlioso proceedings , and Humbled m drawing tho crowd away alter them . Ah they w « nt away , they pntuxMl by Park-street , where they found a great crowd surrounding Uio Koinnn-cutholic chapel ; within tho chapel they heard the tsound of destruction . Mr . Hud-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1942/page/11/