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      2 The Northern Star. February 1, 1851,

      2 THE NORTHERN STAR . February 1 , 1851 ,

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      FRANCS . Th The following message from the President of the : ppubjpublic was read by tbe President of the Assembly » tho tbe representation on Friday evening last : — ITO 10 THB PRESIDENT OF THE SATIONAL

      LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY . 1 « Monsieur , —Public opinion , confiding in the tfisdrisdora of the Assembly and the government , has mot lot been alarm ed by the late incidents ; nevertheeess , ess , France begins to suffer by divisions which she Meplleptores . My duty is to do what in me lies to prewenfrent tbe ill results of them . The union of the two nowiowers is indispensable to tbe repose of the country , nut rat as the constitution has rendered them indepftenoendent of each other , the only condition of ibis aanianion is reciprocal confidence . Penetrated with t ' thtehis sentiment , I shall always respect tbe rights of tthethe Assembly while maintaining intact tbe prerogaitnrjives of that power which I bold from the people .

      lln In order net to prolong a painful dissention , I have lacctccepted , after the recent vote of the Assembly , Uhrtfae resignation of a ministry which had given to itbrtbe country and to tbe cause of order signal pledges i of of its devotion . Wishing , however , to reconstruct ; a ia cabinet with chances of duration , I could not i ch choose its elements in a majority produced by « - , exceptional ciscunistances , and have found myself wiih rej regret unable to frame a combination from among th the members of tbe minority , notwithstanding its in importance , 1 * this conjecture , after vain attempts , I ! I have resolved on forming a ministry of transition ——of special men , belonging to no fraction of tbe

      A Assembly , and determined to devote themselves to to affairs , without regard to party feeling ; and tbe h ( honourable men who accept ibis patriotic task will hi have titles to the gratitude of the country . Tbe » administration will , therefore , continue as before ; pi prejudices will be dissipated before a rememiranco ! of the solemn declaration of the message of Nov . 112 . The real majority will be reconstituted . Hars mony will be re-established without the two powers h having sacrificed aught of the dignity which cona etitutes their strength . France , before all things . < 3 desires repose , ar . d expects fron those whom she 1 lias invested -with her confidence conciliation

      withf out weakness—calm and unaltered firmness is the J right . Accept , Af . le President , tbe assurances of a a high esteem . Lmjis Sapoleon Bonaparte . ' ' Paris , Jan . 24 , 1851 . ' Tbe message was listened to in deep silence . ' There was no interruption of any kind . The upperi most feeling seemed surprised , although something i of this kind was expected . The following is the transitional Ministry : —Interior j 3 J . Vaisse ; Foreign Affairs , M . Brennierj War , ' General Randon ; Maride , Admiral Levaillant ; ¦ luMic Instruction , M . Giranfl ( de l'Institm ); Com-: merce , M . Schneider ; Finances , M . de Germiny ; ' . Public Workf , M . 3 Iagne ; Jastice , M . de Sorer .

      It will be seen that not one of the members of the new Cabinet is a representative of the people , 1 They are all employes in different departments , and the reason given fur the selection is detailed at length in the subjoined message . M . Vaisse is Prefect of the Department of the Horth , and is said to bean able administrator . M . Brennier , the new Minister of Foreign Affairs , is chefde division in the same depsrtment . M . Giraud is a well-known member of the Institute , and Inspector-general of the University . He was formerly profesror of the University of Aix , and -eras a member of the Chamber of Deputies in the time of M . Guizot .

      M . de Germiny , the new Minister of Finances , is a receiver-general , and son-in-law of M . Humann , who was Minister of Finances many years ago . He is a particular friend of M . Fould , and his appointment to office is , no doubt , to be attributed to that intimacy . M . liagne , the Minister of Public Works , was chef de division in the department of the finances , jvhen he was suddenly transformed into a Minister of Public Works in the Baroche Cabinet which has just broken up . He is the only member of tbe late Cabinet who retains oflice . M . de Rover , the new Minister of Jastice , is Proimrfur-General in tbe Court of Appeal of Paris . Mr . Levaillant , Minister of Marine , is an admiral who commanded a division of the French fleet on the coast of Italy during tbe Raman expedition .

      The Assembly have passed a bill , declaring that all representatives who shall nut have arranged with their creditors in three months from the time of being called on , shall , forfeit their seats in the Assembly . On Saturday last notice was given hy Mr . Tranchire of his intention to interpellate the new ministers , and it was expected that this would lead to a very stormy debate , and probably tbe overthrow -of the ministry . On Monday he interpellated the ministers , and said , that for the first time in the . parliamentary annals of France , a cabinet bad been appointed consisting exclusively of persons not belonging to the legislative body . He demanded

      whether this proceeding on the part of the executive power was incidental or part of a system . If the ministry were really one of transition it would be -a sign that that power was lowering its tone . But to lower one ' s tone is aot always to answer with sufficient distinctness . He would now ask tbe government to what it was leading them , and to whom ? He then entered into an examination of iheorigiE of tbe ministry , and called upon the ministers to explain the nature of the policy which they intended to follow ; for it was not enough for reassuring alarmed and uncertain minds , that they were persons unknown to the Chamber or the country- He called ia question the seriousness

      of the attempts made to form a ministry out of members of the Assembly , and assigned as proofs of the insincerity of the negotiations entered into with this object the fact of M . Waysse having been summoned from Lille by tbe telegraph on the same day that M . Lean rancher wai charged with the mission of forming a cabinet ; so that evea the English papers were not able to predict that a cabinet would be formed ia the way in which it had turned out . M ith respect to the policy which the ministry intended to follow , he wanted to know if the government intended to apply the electoral law of 31 st May to all elections , or to exempt tbe election of tbe President from this application .

      M . Royer , Minister of Justice , rose , on the part Of the government , to reply . His answer was short , aad couched in a cenciliatory tone . He Slid that the governmeai when it spoKe of the independence of the two powers mentioned in ' the message , and commented on with £ o much distrust , meant nothing at variance with what had been laid down by tbe constitution . He waa exceedingly explicit in bis declaration that tbe ministry was essentially transitory , and meant to be nothing else . It was an administrative cabinet , not a political one—a cabinet of transition , conducting In the shortest delay to a definitive cabinet .

      Mathieu de la Drome then taxed tbe legitimists andOrleanists with the want of confidence expressed by their leaders in the pereanence of the republic , and showed that they had cet the example to the government of Louis Napoleon ( o prepare a solution in his own favour . The matter tbea dropped by passing to the order of the day , without any grand display on either side , so that all tbe boasting and great expectations entertained about the result of this debate have ended in smoke . It deserves particularly to be noticed that , when interrogated by MM . Hovyn-Tranchere and Mathiec . de la Drome with regard to the application of the electoral law of May 31 st to the election of tbe President , the ministers remained silent .

      __ The new Minister of the Interior has sent a circular to all tbe Prefecls , directing them to have the message of the President of the Republic printed and posted up in all the communes of each department . AU the people recently taken up for belonging to the secret society called the 'Union des Cammuues have been liberated , with the exception of five persons .

      SWITZERLAND . Advices from Berne ef the 21 st ult . inform us of an insurrection which has broken out at Iaterlaken A band of insurgents attacked the governmenthouse on the 20 th nit . They were opposed by the troops , and an engagement ensued , in which the rioters were repulsed The Stadfholder , Dr . Muller waa seriously wounded . Iaterlaken and the neigh bouring passes have been occupied by the Bernese troops . Advices from Berne , of ( he 22 nd nlf ., state that order had not been further disturbed at Interlacken and the neighbouring districts .

      ROME . The following is on the authority of the corrCJpondeat of the ' Times / and it seems to hare an air ef probability about it : —« I am told in a high quartet that Pio . Nino , more than once during his residance at Portia , stated to the cardinals most in bis Confidence , that he tad serioui thoughts of abdica-

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      ting , and that if such a step conld be reconciled with the interests of the church he was prepared to take it ; but that the cardinals , though the vista of the Popedom was opened to each , were unanimous in condemning the measure as untimely , and intreated him to relinquish the idea . ? Wait , ' they said , at least rill yonr restoration to tbe Quirinal , and do not give Mmini and the Republic the triumph of boasting that in your person they have destroyed the Papacy , and that your abandonment of place and power was caused alone by them . ' The Pope allowed himself to be persuaded by this reasoning , but I am informed that , since his retain to Rome ; his longing for tbe quiet of a convent recurs

      with doable force , and that the cardinals , seeing how strongly bis mind is bent that way , are less indisposed to accede to his desire than they were at Naples . Nay , lam assured that the question is at - his moment the subject of their secret councils , and that matters have proceeded so far as that tbe con . vent where Pius IX . means to end his days has already been named . The fact is , Pio Nono is not a man suited to his position ; be is religious even to bigotry , and he looks to no consolation in this life beyond that which the severity ol monastic rule , in his opinion , insures . I bear , likewise , that be is deeply pained at the results of the liberal policy which he was

      tbe first to introduce in the Peninsula , and that he holds himself responsible to the Almighty for all the evils that in consequence of it have fallen on his native soil . I have always understood that the Pope is in heart what is called * a true Italian , ' and that bis supposed duties as a Sovereign have been since 1848 in constant conflict with bis opinions as a man . He sees now ( hat there is no hope for Italy without farther bloodshed , and ere the struggle be recommenced he wishes to retire from all further responsibility . I have no doubt but that every word I now say will be regarded by many as pure invention , and ibat when this letter finds its way to Rome it will

      receive immediate contradiction in the official gazette ; but ynu knew me too well not to give credit to vi hat I write , or to doubt for a moment the > oundness of tbe information on which I act . For my own part , I see no other way for this fine country , and people worthy of a better fate escaping from tbeir present difficulties . Nothing short of a revolution can procure good government , or rather root out the evils that are inherent in the present order ; and happy it will be for the Roman States , and Italy in general , if that revolution be moral , and not physical , and that while tbe spirit of good is maintained tbe abuses that sow prevail may be effectually eradicated . While Pio

      Nono reigns nothing can be done , because he neglected to take advantage of the opportunity of making sound reform afforded him by the overthrow of tbe Republican party and tbe favourable disposition of bis French allies ; and because he has not availed h mself of the protection afforded by Austrian and French troops to improve bis Administration and introduce into it as much of public representation—without which no form of government can last—as is consistent with the rights of property . What may take place trader a new Papal Sovereign time alone can show ; but all reasonable people here are desirous of a change , as all hope of amelioration is extinct under the system that now prevails .

      I am credibly informed that Cardinal Antonelh is at this moment occupied in drawing up an expose des motives to justify the late measures taken for tbe establishment of a hierarchy in England , and that this document will see the light npon the opening of our parliament . It is , I am told , ahly and modestly written , and the author entertains hopes that its publication will tend to mitigate the excitement that now prevails with you . I am further informed that Antonelli is far from approving the precipitation with which the measure , so cautiously prepared , had been ushered into life , and he deplores that the matter was not done in another shape , or that tbe same steps were not taken

      simultaneously in the United States of America , where they would have been passed by without notice . Though rather late in tbe day , he proposes to create three cardinals in the United Slates , and to develope a series of measures equally calculated to arouse tbe fears of a Protestant public there as those which have been so unadvisedly proclaimed with us . Such a mode of extricating himself from a difficulty is worthy of an Italian Minister ' s invention . I have heard a great deal of unmeaning talk on this subject , with a multitude of professions , that no harm was meant to Protestant England and that ho injury to the establishment could possible arise ; but the onlv man that has spoken

      the plain truth has been an Irish Dominican friar , who preached a most eloquent sermon a few days since in the church of St . Andrea de la Valle , of which—not being able to be present—I have received the following report : — ' His chief topic was the triumph ol the Roman Catholic church over Paganism , and its present high and exalted position ; and he dwelt at some length on the special object which bad been intrusted to him , and to tbe two otber British divines who had preceded him in that pulpit on former days—namely , the collection of a sum of money for tbe building of a church in London for tbe special use of the nnmerous foreigners who annually flock there , and who complain of the

      present limited accommodation . He then alluded to the agitation which prevailed in England on the subject of the late Papal measures , and , while be expressed his deep sorrow that they had caused so much irritation , admitted that the true and sacred object contemplated by them was the consolidation of the Roman church in London and the conversion of Protestant England to its ancient faith . 'Yes / be added , ' the conversion of England will be a great gain to the interests of true religion—England , which by her power influences all the nations of the earth , and with her language encircles the

      globe-England , which by her commerce , her enterprise , and her industry , not only enriches herself , but also the several regions of tbe earth with which she carries on her boundless and extraordinary traffic—yes , the conversion of England would be a great gain . Let me beseech you all to pray with me for the completion of this holy object , and the speedy return of England to the bosom of the Catholic Church . ' This appeal , I am told , was answered by the whole congregation kneeling down and joining in a common prayer , Lord Feilding being remarked among the moat ' devout .

      The effort * of the Mazztai party , are already bearing fruit . A great many people have been arrested , end tbe police have committed what would be called with us grievous outrages against individual liberty . A number of young men who were singing after the theatre tbe night of the 17 th ult . at the restaurant of the Falcone , vere searched for arms , and confined one day in prison , and sotse violence also took place in the Piazza di Spagna . It is said thst the Papal government has required a change of quarters of the French troops , alleging that many of them in Rose are fraternising with the people , to which the French General has of course returned a most indignant answer , rendering due justice to the discipline and loyalty of the army of occupation .

      A report has been circulated that General Garibaldi , as captain ef an American vessel with the United States flag , has left New York , and it is said that the Cardinals were so frightened that they contemplated flight .

      PRUSSIA . Baron Henry Araun , supported hy MM . de Vincke . Campbausen , von Amnion , and some tvcenty . five others of the < Constitutional' party in the First Chamber , have drawn up a motion , and laid it before the first Chamber , which , after ' reciting the reported occupation of Schleswig Holstein by Austrian and Prussian troops , contrary to agreements , concludes by proposing to the

      government' ' I . That it should take care that the Convention concluded between the Prussian and Austrian Commissioners with the Stadtholderate , in the name of tbe German Confederation , should be held and observed as sacred by Prussia and Austria , as this has been done by the said Stadtholderate ; and in case , also , that the Commissioners sent to Kiel should hare overstepped their instruction ? , that they should be disavowed , and the convention concluded refused ratification . '

      ' 2 . Under every circumstance , that care should be taken that parts of Holstein which notorious ]; belong to the German Federal territory , or relative to which controversy exists , shall not be occupied , area provisionally by any but by German troops until the final regulation of the Schleswig Holstein question . * This proposition was referred to a committee .

      HAMBURG . The Senate met on Tuesday week , and received a request from Gen . Legeditsch to prepare quarters for 4 , 000 soldiers of his corps ; tbe College of the Ancients were convened and made acquainted with the said requisition . They agreed in declining the honour . The Senate represented that the city conld not hew inch a burden ; tbe state of her finances

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      would not afford it , the debt being very heavy , and the revenue hardly sufficient to cover the current outgoings . Further , the Senate observed ! the city was in so quiet a state that there was not the least fear for disturbances , and consequently no armed force was wanted to quell disturbances , or to pre * vent any outbreak , and that the march of the army from Lauenhurg might be made on otber roads equally as near . Should it , however , be found indispensable by the General , the Senate went on to say , to march some detachments through this city or her territory , they would meet with a hearty welcome as friends belonging to the League An answer from the General stated that he regretted he cenld not comply with tbe wishes of the Senate ,

      that the vanguard of a corpse of 4 , 000 would arrive at Hamburg on Sunday , and the remainder were to follow the nest day . Tbe Senate met again and summoned the College of the Ancients . The debates , it is said , were very warm , and it was proposed to apply for assistance to thoie foreign powers who guaranteed the independence of this state in the Vienna treaties of 1815 , It was further observed , that most of those troops were not germans ; they could , therefore , not be legally employed for the executive purposes of the German League , but must be considered as foreign invaders . Whether this view was adopted by tha majority , viA vihether aay steps wll be taken in consequence , is very doubtful ; the Senate is by far too timorous to act with decision .

      The Senate has submitted , and prepared for the reception of the unwelcome visitors . A proclamation has been published , in which the Senate informs the citizens of Hamburgh that their town will receive at Austrian garrison . A regret is expressed that the city could not forego ' this burden , ' but at the same time the Senate trusts that the Hamburahers will receive their guests with all kindness and due consideration . It was expected that the troops would enter Hamburgh oh the 28 th ult .

      SPAIN . Itis reported that some disagreement bas-arisen between the Ministry and the Committee chosen to prepare a new law for the press , The former proposed to introduce into the bill trial by jury , which was resisted by the Committee as calculated to be prejudicial to the public peace . The Ministers Behran de Lis , Arteta , and Negrete were to have an interview on the subject with the Commisioners .

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      The Copenhagen journals publish a Royal order , according to which the natives of the Duchy of Schleswig who are discharged from the Holstein army and return to their homes are not to be subjested to any molestation or prosecution of any kind for having borne arms during the last two years against tbe King of Denmark ; but this amnesty does not extend to the officers who before the 24 th of March , 1848 , were in the Danish service , and have since that date been in the army of the insurrectionary government .

      On the night of the 22 nd ult . a Danish patrol approached so near the out-works of the fortress of R < mdsburg , in Holstein , that it was challenged , and no answer being given to the tuer da of the sentinel , he fired , and a Danish hussar fell mortally wounded . The Danish outposts are now not mote than two English miles from Rendsburg , but the communication with the town from the north is not interrupted . The disbanding of the Holstein army is proceeding rapidly . The indirect taxes of Belgium during the past year amounted to 76 , 885 , 801 fr ., being 2 , 875 . 742 francs more than the year before .

      An anticipated rising of tbe slaves in the state of Virginia has been causing much apprehension for the continuance of tranquillity in the southern districts of the Union . Upwards of 600 slaves , and these belonging to different plantations are supposed to be implicated in the apprehended insurrection . In Madrid on Saturday last , at five in the afternoon , when the Queen and King Consort were on their way to Atocha Church , one of tbe bulls

      destined for tbe bull fight on the following day escaped from its driver , and placing itself abreast of tbe leaders of the royal carriage , accompanied them to a considerable distance , till at length by the dexterity of the coachman , who gave tbe horses a sudden torn , they got rid of their dangerous companion . The bull then turned to the left , and rushed into the crowd , trampled several persons under foot and gored an old woman , and was finally driven out of Olivar-gate .

      Don Andres Borrego , Don Ramon de la Sagra , and Don Isac Villaneuva , have been appointed as Royal Commissioners to represent the Spanish nation during tbe Exhibition at London . In Lake Superior the vestiges of apparently very ancient mining operations continue to be met with , and in greater numbers and extent than any previously discovered . The age of these traces is supposed to be at least 2 , 000 years ; but their connection with a particular race has not been ascertained ,

      There are indications , however that the copper was carried off from the mines by the way of St . Mary River and the lakes . The excavations found are , in some cases , such as could only bave been effected by years of labour , and they bave very much facilitated the miners , as well as pointed them to the best locations . It is said that a road from Green Bay to the most southerly point of Keewenaw would be less than 200 miles in length , and shorten the present route at least 100 miles .

      In Boston , United States , Collector Greeley has seized the British steamer Niagara for violation of the revenue laws . On the night of the 13 th ult . a boat was seen going from the steamer , which was boarded by an officer , and found to contain silk and lace . Other light goods were found upon the wharf where they bad been loading , in all to the amount of from 5 , 000 dois . to 10 , 000 dols . It is supposed that the crew , and not the officers of tbe ship are implicated in the transaction , and that tbe ship will be released by the Secretary of the treasury . In the meantime United States officers have been placed on board .

      The slavery agitation between the Northern and Southern States is now fast subsiding , and several fugitive slaves re-captured in the free States , on due proof of identity and ownership , have been taken back quietly . The Governor of Indiana , in a recent message to bis Legislature , warmly approves of the Fugitive Slave Law . Indiana is a free State . Boston will probably carry off the palm among American cities at the ' "World ' s Fair , ' as she has already collected specimens from Massachusetts , sufficient to measure , as freight , 8 , 000 superficial feet Among the articles are a dozen or more of pianos , statuary , machinery , manufactures of cotton and woo ) , shawls , & c .

      A letter from Vienna , dated the evening of the 1 23 rd alt ., states that a conspiracy of a revolutionary nature had been discovered at that capital . Some twenty individuals bad been arrested . The conspiracy is esid to bave ramifications in all parts of Germany . It was discovered from some correspondence seized by order of Count Leiningen at Cassel . The Archbishop of Paris has issued a circular to his clergy , in which he at . some length exposes the impropriety of the elergy meddling in political affairs , sad thereby making themselves party mea . ; and , in accordance with the recent decree of the Council of the Province , he specially forbids them from ( becoming candidates at the next elections . He . exhorts , them , both by example and precept , to iespact the laws , and dwells on the necessity of displayisg patriotism .

      Instructions hare been sent out to M . Dilfon , French Consul at San Francisco , to furnish data far a complete work on the production of gold in California , all the statistics hitherto published on this important subject being either incomplete or incorrect . An announcement in a semi-official form has ap . peared in the Ministerial paper of Berlin , which shows tbe increasing tyranny of Prussia . According to the provisions of the Prussian passport regu lations , foreigners are only allowed to enter the kingdom when furnished with passports from the authorities of their own countries , or those of Prussian officials—of course , ambassadors or consuls . But for English subjects an exception wag made on

      the ground that English passports can only be obtained of the Foreign-office , on the payment of a high fee , there being no subordinate authorities who can grant them . For English subjects , therefore , it was enough to be provided with the pass of the Prussian or Belgian Consuls , according to the route of the journey . This privilege is now to be abolished , and it is announced by the Prussian police that every English subject entering Prcmia must bave an English—that is , a Foreign-office—passport , only obtainable on payment of the fee of £ 2 12 s . 6 d . A tax to that amount is , in fact , about to be levied on all English travellers , to Germany , for it is scarcely possible to proceed in any direction without entering the dominions of Prussia . The only reason alleged for ( bis new regulation is , that the privilege

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      has been ' abused . * No case or cases are alleged , rior have the police reports of Berlin or any other Prussian city revealed any instance of English offenders ' against the laws of tbe land , political or criminal , who could have been concealed or prevented by any system of passports whatever . The Vote Universal , ' a French paper , earnestly recommends a subscription for the relief of French refugees in London and Switzerland . The Austrian Minister has addressed a note to the Greek government complaining of the protection afforded by Greece to the Italian exiles , who thus transform the country into a focus of revolution , by forming societies , striking medals , with the eflky of the most prominent men in the late

      strugcles , and thus exciting the sympathies of the Greek people . The note concludes with a sort of menace , to the effect that the more interest the Greek nation takes in these unfortunate men , the more severity will be displayed in Italy hy the Imperial government towards its subjects . The same paper . mentions a note addressed by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs to all the members of tbe diplomatic corps , informing them that , ia consequence of a new regulation adopted by his colleague the Minister of FinaHce , they will henceforth be obliged to specif ) with the greatest precision the contents of the different sealed parcels or boxes addressed to them from foreign countries , exempt from duty in consequence of international cWom .

      About six months ago , ten men of the splendid Circassian regiment quartered in Poland deserted with arms and horses , and after a ride across country , performed with wonderful speed , safely reached the Prussian frontier , where they addressed themselves to the gensd ' armes , and were conducted as they arrived to the residence of the nearest civil authority at Snowraston , in Posen . Through the means of an interpreter they stated that they had deserted on accnunt of ill-usage , and desired to be conducted to Berlin , there to enter the Prussian service , or to be allowed to return as best they could to the East . A cartel for the exchange of deserters between Russia and Prussia rendering it impossible to grant this request , especially as they were forthwith claimed hy the Russian military authorities , they were . ordered to lay . down their arms and to follow tbe officers sent to conduct them

      back . This being explained to them , they not only refused , but upon tbe military authorities approaching to execute their orders , the brave but unfortunate men first resisted , and then , setting spurs to their jaded horses , endeavoured to escape , they knew not whither . A pursuit ensued . Ot tbe ten , two or three were shot , the remainder having galloped a short distance , fighting the while , threw themselves into a farm building , where they continued to defend themselves until a detachment of infantry came to the assistance of the pursuing dragoons . The farm buildings were set on fire , and , at length , after a most desperate resistance , the survivors , six in number ^ were captured , but

      not before they had killed and wounded two or three of their assailants . Five of these survivors were brought up on the 20 th , before the jury at Bromberg ( Pesen ) , to take their trial for killing and maiming the Prussian soldiers , and resisting , with arms in their hands , the public authorities . The sixth survivor had not sufficiently recovered from his wounds to admit of his attendance . All are Mahoraedans and natives Of the Caucasus districts . The accused , who attracted the greatest sympathy , were provided with interpreters , among whom was an officer of their own corps ,

      sent by Prince Paskiewitch to attend the trial . Oh the question being put , whether they were guilty or not guilty , one replied , in the name of the others , that , they could not answer , being utterly ignorant of the laws . The f rial then proceeded . Divers witnesses clearly proved all the facts of resistance , and of the killing and wounding of Prussian soldiers , but either from a desire to spare the unfortunate strangers or from conviction , all gave it as their opinion that the shots which took effect were fired by one or more of the four men who lost their lives in the encounter . As

      regarded the question of resistance , the accused declared that it was against their religion and obligations as warriors to submit with arms in their hands , or to deliver up their arms , until overpowered . In corroboration of this the Russian officer , Count Simonisch , stated , under similar circumstances , he would not have ordered them to throw down their arms , even in Russia . After all the witnesses had been examined , the jury retired ,

      and returned with a verdict of guilty of resisting the authorities with arms in their bands , but not guilty of homicide or wounding . In consequence of this the court condemned the prisoners to two years' imprisonment in a fortress . The Circasrians , who appeared to have anticipated a more severe punishment , on being delivered up to Russia , thanked the judges warmly , and exclaimed , ' We would rather receive sentence of death here , than pardon there ( in Russia ) . '

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      nattering to science . It is questionable whether more is known of diseases , their cause , and their cure , at this moment , than in the time of Galen ; itis certain that diseases are quite as numerous , and in the aggregate as fatal . Every age has produced some new system of artificial thevapwtics which the next age has banished ; each has boasted in its turn of cures , and they , in their turn , have been con damned as failures . Medicines themselves are the subjects unsettled ; in fact , that it hat no established principles , that it is little more than conjectural ? ' At this moment , ' says Mr . Pinny , ' the opinions on the subject ot treatment aw almost as numerous as tha practitioners themselves . Witness the mass of contradiction on the treatment of even one disease , namely , consumption . Stroll attributes its frequency to the introduction of bark . Morton considers bark an effectual cure . Reid ascribes the frequency of the disease to the use of mercury . Brillonet asserts that it is cur-

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      DBAUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , IJ 'ETEBROWS , & c ., may be , with certainty , obmined bv visine a very small portion of ROSALIE COTJPELLE'S PARISIAN POMADE , every morning , instead of any od - or other preparation . A fortnight ' s use will , in most instances , show its surprising properties in producing and curling Whiskers , Hair , < fce ., at any age , from whatever cause deficient ; as also checking greyness , < fcc . < j /> nt free bv nest , with instructions , 4 c , on receipt of twcrSy ' four postage stamps , by Miss COUl'BLLE , Ely . nlace Holborn-hill , London ; who may be consulted on these matters daily from 2 till 5 o ' clock .

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      IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE NEW MODE OF TREATMENT . As adopted by Lallemand , Ricord , Dislandu , and others , of the Uopital des Vtntriens a Paris , and nou uniformly practised in this country by WALTER DE ROOS , M . D ., 35 , Em Place , IIoibobn Hiil , London , atjihob of THE MEDICAL ADVISER , Ui pages , improved edition , written in a popular style , devoid of technicalities , and addressed to all those who are suffering from Spermatorrhea * , Seminal Weakness , and the various disqualifying forms of premature decay resulting from infection and youthful abuse , that most delusire practice by which the vigour and manliness of life are enervated and destroyed , even before aature has fully esta-Wished tht powers and stamina of the constitution . written

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01021851/page/2/