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      THE STAR CHAMBER IN JERSEY . ¦ "I will make a Star Cliaraber matter of it . If lie were twenty Sir John Falstafls . he shall not abuse Robert Shallow , Esquire , Justice of the 1 ' eace , and coram . —Mtrnj Wires of Windsor . The Jersey Weekly Times contains a report of a discussion which took place in the States , or Legislative Assembly of that island , upon the subject of the recent expulsion of the foreign refugees . Judge de Quetleville denied the right of the Lieutenant-Governor to expel strangers from , the island , and gave notice of resolutions on the subject . These resolutions are to the effect that the order of the King in Council , dated the 12 th of June , 1635 , investing the Lieutenant-Governor with unlimited authority , is

      contrary to the charters of this country , and is not in harmony with the present age , and therefore the States have decided to pray her Majesty to repeal the order and to substitute the following regulation : — "For the future , no stranger residing in this island shall be expelled by an order of the Lieutenant-Governor , unless the latter shall have had , previously , a conference with the Royal Court and obtained its consent to that effect . The Royal Court , previous to coming to a decision , shall have , if it deems it necessary , the right of ordering the appearance of the person about to be expelled , and to hear witnesses on the fact of which he may be accused . Mr . Godfray having put some questions to the Constable of St . Helier , M . Le Quesne , which the latter declined to answer , denied that the resolutions passed at the Queen ' s Assembly Rooms , were agreed to unanimously , and said that the second resolution was his amendment

      refugees from Jersey has been held at the Literary Institution , Friar-street , Doctors' Commons , when resolutions denouncing the conduct of the Government were unanimously passed . Sympathy for the exiles has also been manifested by the Foreign Affaire Committee of Newcastle-on-Tyne , the members of which , on behalf of the recent public meeting in that town , have presented to Victor Hugo and his companions in misfortune an address of condolence . This address was read at Hauteville , Guernsey , by Mr . Julian Harney , and contained the following passage : — " As Englishmen , proud of our fatherland , and of the heritage our glorious ancestors have bequeathed to U 3 , we feel keenly the insult that has been offered to our national character by the base truckling of the faction in power to the traitor who dominates in Paris . But you , citizen , need not to be told how a people , even free from foreign mastership , have not , at all times , the power of directing the actions of their rulers as their feelings and their conscience point . " And the signers of the address ( Messrs . Joseph Cowen , jun ., and Thomas Gregson ) added , tliat they " would rather that Frenchmen were our foes again than that the sacred right of asylum should be destroyed . " M . Victor Hugo made the following reply : — " I am too sensible of the importance of the act this address represents to allow myself to be satisfied with any impromptu expressions I could give utterance to at this moment . I shall consider it a duty , as it will be a pleasure , to address a written acknowledgment to your excellent friend Mr . Cowen and his generous fellow citizens . At once , however , I will express for myself and my fellow exiles our heartfelt thanks for this admirable address and for your noble sentiments . It is difficult for me to say how deeply we have been moved by the great demonstrations of London and Newcastle . Such demonstrations prove that we were not wrong in anticipating that the shameful coup d ' etat in Jersey would rouse the most earnest indignation of the English people . As to the threatened Alien Bill , we say nothing , save this—that , though not unprepared to suffer new persecution , we should bitterly deplore the dishonour that persecution would bring iipon England . That question , however , is in the hands of the British people , who doubtless will comprehend their duty . I will only add , that in my opinion such events as the meetings of Newcastle , London , and Glasgow , contract , cement , and sanctify the alliance of the two nations—not the vain and false alliance between the present English Ministry and the Bonapartist Empire , but that true , fruitful , and eternal alliance of the future between the free English nation and the free people of regenerated France . "

      negatived by a majority , and that was carried , and it was not only his opinion , but that of Dr . Dickson and many others . Dr . Dickson , as well as himself and the majority , were for having the authors of the letter , or the proprietors of L'llommc brought before the Royal Court—the only legal way they could have been punished . Mr . Godfray proceeded to contend that the liberties of the island were in jeopardy by the recent acts of the Lieutenant-Governor , who protended to have the right of expulsion by an old law of 1636 , made in the Star Chamber . That law was never made for aliens , but expressly for the nobles and others living in London , expelled by that most iniquitous chamber under the instigation of Charles I . The King , fearing lest they should organise a Parliament , banished them from London , and , as many had already resorted to the island , lie promulgated this order of 1035 to expel them from the shores of Jersey .

      M . Lo Quesuo denied that Mr . Oodfrny's amendment was carried , and defended the conduct of tho Governor , contending that , had tho matter' been brought before tho Koyal Court , it would never have been completed . It was arranged that M . do Quetteville'fl resolutions whould bo discussed at the noxt meeting . Tho following letter haH been undressed to tho Daily News : — "Guernsey , Nov . 22 . " Ib tho Editor of the Daily News aware that M . Aloxandro Diiman him had a proHocution inntituted against him , in tho courts of PariH , for having publis hed ?—

      tho following sentence in La M ' ousfjuctaire My body is at Paris , but my heart in at Bi'uhboIh and at Jot-Hoy . ' For writing the / so wordu , M . Alexandra Dumiw wuh cited to appear before tho Imperial Procurator on tho 1 $ ) th of November . Announcing thin fact to hiH friondtt at BruHHolu , M . DuinaH Bays , in si letter now before mo : — ' Do you undorntand , my dear friend ' ( A prosecution for an expression of Hyinpnthy for proscr-itu I I can only repeat tho phrawo which is deemed criminal : "My body is at PariH , but my heart ih at Bruneih and JorBoy . '' Now , I introduce a slight variation : Read—Guernsey . ' " This timid vindiotivencBB of tho French government in not calculated to hnprosa Europe with an opinion of itd Htability . " A meeting condemnatory of tho expulnwn of too

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      AMERICA . The possibility of a war with England still forms the main Bubject of discussion in the United StateB . Tha . New York Herald ridicules the idea , suggested bythe Times , oi a filibustering descent upon Ireland , the natives of which , says the American paper , are known to bo among the most loyal of the Queen ' s subjects . Several cauBOB are mentioned by th » Herald to account for the despatch by England of the West India squadron . First , there is tho Cuban question ( in connection with which , it is Btated that a tripartite treaty exists between France , England , and' Spain , fott the defence of Cuba , which i » to bo secured by the of the West India squadron ); secondly ,

      presence there is tho claim on the part of Great Britain to interfere in tho affairs of the native authorities at San Domingo ; thirdly , the refusal of England to recognise the American contraction of the Clayton-13 ulwer treaty , in consequence of which , it is feared that a British colony may be established in Honduras , and a collision rrmy ensue between the English Government and ColonelH Walkor and Kidney ; and fourthly , tho determination of America not to recede from tho ground already assumed with reference to tho DaniHh Hound Duch , and tho probarica

      bility of an attack being made by Ame on the Dani « h Wcwt India inland * , in tho event of Denmark being refractory . It in said that a powerful naval force will bo concentrated by the Republic at or near Sun Juan . The New York Times BpcalcH of an uneasy fooling in tho public mind with respect to tho prospect of hotttilitieH ; but the Washington correspondent of tho Daily Times BayB that the diplomatic cornmumoationn between tho two countricH have been carried on without any hat-HunoHH or bwoloneo on either Hulo , ma that an amicable arrangement i * I' ™**™ ? on ™™ £ other American paper * doprocato hoHllhuoa on « ucu

      ^ = ^ SSH ^ kor , oh 7 5 SiX , 1 ( U ) concluded a treaty of 111 O 00 "jSh Oonortt orr ' al , acting on behalf of the peace with aoiiora ^ a % 0 iihomwvo party . LTiSmoK ' have arrived from San Francis .

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      faithful to its allies ; and it ^ will not shrink back , on account of its sufferings , from the . great and benevolent object—I may call it , the great and glorious objectwhich it has in hand ; but , as there is a God that judges in the earth , I trust we can rely upon His providence to give victory to the right , and peace , independence , and freedom to nations . " MR . MIALL ON THE WAK . A speech has been delivered at Rochdale by Mr . Miall , on the subject of the war . " We have no space for a lengthened analysis or for extracts ; but the chief upshot may be briefly stated as the expression of Mr . Miall ' s conviction that , although in the first instance the war was not by any means necessary , it would have been imprudent , having entered on it , not to carry it on with energy and determination ; but that , Russia having been signally defeated and brought nearly to exhaustion , a peace ought to be concluded . Mr . Miall denied that the war would tend to the interests of freedom abroad ; and , glancing at the late expulsions from Jersey , warned the people to take care that it did not end in establishing a despotism at home . A resolution , approving Mr . Miall ' s conduct in Parliament during the last session , was carried almost unanimously . Mil . BENT 1 NCK , M . P ., OX THE WAR . Mr . Bentinck , M . P ., met bis constituents at Terrington , near King ' s Lynn , in the course of last week , and addressed them on the war , the Turkish loan , &c . He defended the course be had taken with regard to the loan , the money raised for which , he considered , would have been much better expended in collecting a fresh levy of English troops and in increasing the navy . lie asserted that the expedition to the Crimea had been a grievous mistake , and that the only really effective way of dealing with Russia is by a strict blockade , carried out upon the system adopted during the last war , by which the vessels of neutrals may be searched for contraband . This , however , hadbeen waived , out of fear of giving offence to America , with whom it was thought we should be involved in hostilities . Yet what had been the result , notwithstanding all our consideration ? We bad been within the probability of a war with the United States " about half-a ddxen recruits , not worth having when you have got them : " — "If we had taken effectual steps to enforce a blockade we * ehould probably have had ltussia at our feet in the course of a year , not from the want of men , ¦ bn ' t from the want of means to pay them , from the "suffocation of her trade and the failure of her finances . I tell you this not as my own opinion only , but as the opinion of all the best informed men upon the subject ; and the fact is beyond dispute , that at the end of more than a year of war we find ourselves keeping up what we call a complete blockade of the Russian ports , "while we are in possession of returns clearly showing that the export trade of Russia is on the increase , " The nightingale fund . The meetiiag for the purpose of setting on foot a fund for the creation ef some testimonial to Miss Nightinga ^ e , was held in Willis's Rooms on Thursday , wheu a krge number of fashionable -and influential persons assembled . The Duke of Cambridge took the chair , and in the course of a long speech observed that the best plan would be to place the nioney , when collected , in the hands of Miss ^ Nightingale herself , to "be applied by her as as she might think T / fist . Speeches were delivered by Mr . Carter Hall-, the Marquis of Lansdowne , Sir John Pakington , Sir James Clarke , Lord Stanley ( who observed 'tliat Miss Hightingale was determined . never to come home on any plea of " urgent ( private affairs" while th < j war lasted ) , Mr . Monckton . Mlines , the Lord Mayor , Mr . Sidney Herbert , Mr . iBracobYidge , the Duke of Argyll , Mr . S . O . Osbqrnc , &c . The speeches themselves do not call for imalysis or Extract ; and the chief interest ¦ of the meeting may lie said to consist in its general intention , and in "tho following resolutions , which " were unanimously adopted : — " That it i 3 dosirnblo to perpetuate tho memory of 'Miss Nightingale * ** wignal devotion , nnd to record tho gratit \ ido of tho nation by a tontimoninl of a substantial character , alid that , as she has oxpreasod hoi' uu-Willingness to accept any tribute desiguod for her own personal advantage , funds bo raised to enable her to establish an institution for tho training , sustenance , and protection of nuraos and hoHpltul attcnduutK . "That to ' accomplish , this object on a scale worthy of the nation , and honourable to MihB Nightingale , all classes bo invited to contribute . " That tho sums ho collected bo vested in truntooH , to be appointed by tho oommittee , ruid applied in such manner , * ncl under Buch-regulatioua , an Miss

      Night-THE POLISH ANNIVERSARY . The anniversary of the Polish Insurrection of 1830 was celebrated by a meeting of Poles , at which the speakers ( the principal of whom was Captain C . Szulczewski ) agreed that the present war was certain to end to the advantage of Poland , and that therefore it b ehoved them to g ive it their support .

      x ngale shall from time to time approve ; the subscribers having entire confidence in her experience , energy , and judgment . " That , with a view to secure , under all circumstances , the appropriation of the funds , Miss Nightingale be requested to name a council ( selected from the committee ) to co-operate with her , and who may represent her until her return to this country , or in the event of any suspension of her labours . " " A Poor Man" from the back of the room , who asked permission to speak in support o f one of the resolutions , was refused .

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      December 1 , 1855 . ] THE LEADER . 1145

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 1, 1855, page 1145, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2117/page/5/