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      the former with his suite , and , escorted by the other , enjoyed a short trip at sea . The grape crop in Sicily is almost entirely destroyed , as it has been in Madeira . The Queen of Naples was delivered of a prince on the 15 th , at Caserta . He has been christened Pascal , Count of Ban .

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      THE CASE OF Mil . PAGET . The Leicestershire Chronicle furnishes some additional particulars of this burglarious business . It will be seen that Mr . Paget ' s property lias not been returned to him . " Lord Malmesbury , it seems , is likely to have his hands full . It remains to be seen whether the spirit which , under Lord Palnierston , kept foreign despots in check , and . extended to British subjects abroad that

      protection which rendered them safe and respected on the Continent , is to continue to animate our Cabinet , or whether their persons , as in the case of Mr . Mather , their papers and property , as in the case of Mr . John Paget , are to be at the mercy of those arbitrary and cruel Governments , -with whom to be the advocate of Liberal opinions , to be the bearer of a name identified with the cause of freedom—nay , even to be the subject of a free State like England—is a crime .

      " We are glad to see the case of Mr . John Paget made the subject of animadversion in some of the London papers ; and having received from the friends of that gentleman some recent particulars of the case , we have pleasure in laying them before our readers . " The documents and papers belonging to Mr . Paget which were seized have not been returned . Mr . Forbes , the British minister at Dresden , has received an answer from the Saxon Minister , stating as the reason for searching Mr . John Paget , and seizing upon his papers , the belief that he was a ' medium of

      communication between Kossuth and the malcontents of Hungary , and that he had had interviews with Kossuth ; ' whereas he ( Mr . Paget)—we quote from his letter of the 13 th inst . to his brother , Mr . Arthur Paget— ' had been living quietly all the time at Dresden ; and it must hare been known from his letters , which had been opened , that he had held no communication with Kossuth or the malcontents of Hungary ;' and that his writings and speeches had invariably been in opposition to their proceedings .

      " The meeting held in Leicester , in June , 1851 , to receive General Mossaros , then on a visit to Mr . John Paget , and the Baroness , his wife , at the time of their residence in Leicester , is doubtless in the recollection of our readers . On that occasion Mr . John Paget , in a speech of some length , thus expressed himself : — " ' Now , 1 fear that what 1 am about to add will scarcely agree with the opinions of many of those who hear me , but 1 think I owe it both to you and myself to speak openly in id -without reserve , and I feel assured you will give me a fair hearing . I do not agree with a former speaker on revolution and war ; I hate revolution , lor I know how little it has contributed to the

      freedom or happiness of mankind . I abhor war , for I hnve seen something of tin * crimes it gives rise to , of the miseries it inflicts on the innocent and unoffending ; and yet , so aggravated was the conduct of < Ik ; Austrian Government , that , in common with every man of honour in the country , I was morally obliged to gird on my sword for tin ; defence of properly and life , as well as for ( he preservation of the rights and privileges which hud stood the test of centuries of opposition . ( Loud applause . ) I am not , nor never was , an adherent of Kossuth . While I fully admit the brilliancy of his talents , and the disinterestedness of his patriotism , I neither admired his policy nor shared in his opinions . The Act , of Independence , of which Kossuth was the author , 1 held to be unwise and injurious to Hungary . '

      " And yet tins is the man , who , living quietly lit Dresden , with his wile and son , for the purposes of the education of the hitler , driven from the country of his adoption by the mob which pillaged and utterly destroyed his house , bucked by the ; most despotic and perlidious of Governments , from which he narrowly escaped with life nnd liberty , having been guilty of no offences , but , having laboured to maintain flit ; constitutional existence of Hungary , and quietly living in the capital of a friendly state , is to he subjected to u personal Henreh , and deprived of" his most private papers , on a plea which tho . se who make it know to be , on the face of it , false and unfounded .

      " If this is the treatment which is lo be submitted to on the part of an Knglish subject , by the sufferance of Lord Malinesbury , we may indeed bid adieu to the proud position which lOngland bus hitherto held among the nations of the earth , and to regret those days when we hud the bold spirit of a Pulinerston to avert war , mid the great naino of Wellington to iuHiiru itH huccchn when inevitable . "

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      N N WS V ROM AM K It 1 C A . TIIK I . OHOS ISLANDS . Mil VV . KUH' 1 'Kit ' H letter to Captain Jewett , and his subsequent despatch to Senor Osma , have produced their consequences . Tim bold , spirited Captain . lewett , whose ideas of nieum and tuuin seem confused , Hcnl out fifteen ships and five barks , last , summer , to take guano on the Lobos islands . Not content with this , and determined to test the power of Mr . Secretary

      Webster ' s hitter , he sent with his squadron , as convoy , the bnrk , Sarah Chasr , armed to I he teeth , with four nine pounder en iTonndcs , muskets , and other arms . Her captain was instructed to " take possession of all the available loading places on the islands , " and remain there so long m the ships were loading . He forwarded a gratuitous and lengthy account of his intended operations to Mr . Webster , enclosing a copy of the instructions given to the captain of the Sarah Chase . This seems to have aroused !* Mr . Webster from his perilous position , and to lnivo completely revolutioiMMcd

      out a license from that government . Under these circumstances , it is expected that the vessels which have proceeded thither under your auspices , will not make use of the arms with , which it appears , from your letter of the 16 th inst ' they are provided , for the purpose of forcibly resisting the Peruvian authorities . You must be aware that such a resistance would be an act of private war , which can never receive any countenance from this government . The naval commander of the United States m the Pacific will also under existing circumstances , be required to abstain from protecting any vessels of the United States which mayvisit those islands for purposes forbidden by the decrees of the Peruvian government until he shall receive further orders .

      his notions on the Lobos question , as the following despatches will " show : — " Department of State , Washington , Aug . 21 , 1852 " Sir , —Your letter of the 16 th inst ., with the accompanying papers , relative to your proceedings for the purpose of taking guano from , the Lobos Islands , has been received Since the one addressed to you by this department , under date the 5 th , in answer to yours of the 2 nd of June last information has reached the department that the Peruvian government claims jurisdiction over these islands , and that in 1842 it issued two decrees prohibiting any forei gn vessels , upon the penalty of confiscation , from removing guano from any of the islands near the coast of Peru with .

      " Some of the statements contained in your letter of 2 nd of June last had a tendency to mislead us , and , as intimated above , may , it is apprehended , have done so . " I am , Sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , " " Daniel Websteb . " To James C . Jewett , Esq ., New York . " A despatch upon the same subject from the Secretary of the Navy to the United States commodore commanding in the Pacific , has also been published , and is to the following effect : — " August 25 th , 1852 .

      « Sik , —By direction of the President , you are hereby instructed to suspend , until further orders , the execution of the order addressed to you under date of June 16 , 1852 , and you are required to abstain from aiding or abetting any citizens of the United States who may forcibly resist the execution of the laws of Peru by the authority of that republic . —I am , &c , " John P . Kennedy . " Commodore C . S . M'Cauley , Commanding U . S . squadron , Pacific Ocean . " The only other document on this question is i * * f £ ter from Mr . Abbott Lawrence to the National Intelliqencer : — " Legation of the United States , London , Aug . 24 .

      " Dear Sirs , —I noticed in the New York Herald of the 11 th inst . an article , copied into The Times of tins morning , intimating that I had consented , on the part ol the United States , to the monopoly of the Lobos Islands between Peru and Great Britain . I have not spoken or written of these islands to any person connected Math Uur British Government—I have received no communication from the Government of the United States relative to > them—I have expressed no opinion about them , nor , indeed , have I made an examination to form an opinion . I am , therefore , at a loss to know the reason for sucli a statement . " I am , dear sirs , very faitlifully , " Your obedient servant , "Ahuott La-svkence . '

      THE FISHERIES . Seizures continue in the fishing grounds . 'ITirt Gloucester ZWeyraj / h of the 12 th , says , on the author ^ of a letter from one of the owners of the s ^ iooncr Florida , which has been sei / . ed and carried J » t » Ul ! ir " lottctown , Prince Edward ' s Island , t >« it the schooner had been stripped , and her provisions stored , and tn . u , thew would have to sue Che Government for a tn . i , Tim writer says , " tha case appears to Ik ; clear on om side , and , if Micro is any justice , she will have a cl . amr to be cleared . " The schooner Golden Ride , taken tlu , HJ I / I *' *¦ - ¦ ' * ' _¦•»»_>•¦¦• -- ¦¦ ¦ insuiif

      week before , had been released , on an app lication through the Governor . The schooner jlanmhal we ... to the Magdalen Islands , and had taken : J 0 barrels oi mackerel , when she was fired at by the British cutiu , in consequence of which she left the islands-The correspondent , of the Boston Alias writes ¦ Uiathe commander of the Hnglish cutter , AW / ri / , coiitinm to annoy American fishermen . On the 20 th of A » fj "; ' the Ntlhi / boarded the schooner J ' owlona , < .: »> ' ¦• Coggins , and the Leader , Captain Hibbanl , boUt Lubee , between Canipo Hello and Grand Mennn , wiw ^ there was no fishing ground , and , niter S ( ' ' ^ .,,. vessel , endorsed on the licenses , " Found under * I ciouM circumstances . . .. _ . .,. . ¦ \ hmi . i in * iiiiM-i'ni'i i ' . # ( in rillS

      The commander of the M-Hct / told Cap tain I-O njj ^ he observed the Yankey papers stated , then * wot ^ no more trouble io the Hulling vessels . Me would i ^ know , he said , where they got their i nformati <» ' ¦ ^ would find him doing " ' ' *"» ' J 1 IH '"! Vnpt "' done . The above ; statement was obtained lr «)»» Coggins . , ... I .. U 1 , 1 ml . ThuJVnn York Herald ul' the Ht , h nit . mal . H the question is not settled :- - linbii'fC "The statements in llin Knglish \ m \ wvH , "'" : , ' ) , „ . ' On difficulties have been arranged , nro » . otlo be in l ( | 1 ( . 1 1 ,,, contrary , it in confidently statrd by hos « «' . j ( JoVl . , irily in not . U > be slighted , that the Ki-iLikIi '" I" . < VHI 1 ,,, f . oi ' , inent , by I ho last steamer , sent despatches U » i" < - , | 1 (| ( , (( l , intimating | , | , at no arrungemont luul brcn »•»< ; ( . () I 1 gn ^ Admiral . Seymour lias his express on cih , n > . oVO ,. y adjourned , went through Mr . Crainp ton , to n ow

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      NADAUD'S ADDRESS TO THE MASONS . We have great pleasure in giving publicity to the following address , written by M . Nadaud , to the Masons of London—an address which is equally honourable to both parties . When M . Nadaud arrived in London , thinking he might be in want , and anxious to mark their sense of his honesty and worth , the English masons subscribed and sent to him several pounds ; but M . Nadaud , with characteristic and frat ernal generosity , handed the money to the Eefugee Committee , saying that no doubt many of his brethren were worse off than he ; as he had a trade which he was willing to work at , and they were bordering on starvation .

      TO THE STONE MASONS . Brethren axd Frieni > s , —A few months have scarcely elapsed since I was driven out of France by the savage despotism of the perjurer of December . What was my crime ? Son of an agricultural labourer , myself a mason , it was after the revolution of February that universal suffrage took me from the midst of my labour to make me a representative of the people . The treason of the 2 nd of December found me faithful to my mandate , and unreservedly devoted to the working-classes . It was enough to raise against me the hatred of the traitor who had then raised himself to the supreme power . Therefore I was not surprised when the gendarmes of Louis Bonaparte came to tear me out of my house , to put me in prison ; and , later , to banish me from the land which they now sully

      with their presence . I was obliged to choose another country . England alone , it must be said , offers a fitting refuge where an exile can freely live . I came to you as to brethren , without believing in all those rivalries , in all those hatreds , which kings and princes endeavour to kindle between the nations in order better to enslave them . I was not deceived in my trust . The second day of my arrival you opened to me your workshops , and in consequence of the employment I found amongst those who adopted me , I could live as an exile without any acquaintance with misery .

      Since , you have done still better . In your solicitude you have raised a subscription , of which you offer me the proceeds . Accept my thanks . But as I have been enabled to earn my livelihood by my labour , allow me to disx > ose of the sum in favour of those of my fellowcountrymen who , less fortunate than I , are wanting bread and refuge . In receiving us amongst you , you have begun a great work : go on until you have accomplished it , Do not

      forget that the French proscribed are the pioneers of the Revolution ; that in their country they have always struggled against all despotisms , under whatever name they have been disguised . Remember that many of them have done so , being not rich , and having wives and children . Now , to strive when you have fortune ,, for the cause of truth and justice , is honourable ; but bow far more honourable , is it not , when you are poor , to give up your family , your business , your labour , your all , for the sake of your country ?

      English workmen , open to us your workshops . lie without fear ; we will behave as honest men ; and you will have done for the realization of our common belief much more than many philosophers and sages ; you will have substituted practice for theory ; you will have opposed to the calumniating words of our enemies the example of working men , differing in language and in manners , but united , without respect to nationality , in a common feeling .

      May my wish be accomplished , and you will have well deserved of humanity , for you will have sealed , practically , an indissoluble alliance between the two greatest natioin in the world lOngland and France . Yours fraternally , Nadaud , Mason .

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      938 THE LEADER , [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1852, page 938, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1954/page/6/