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      jjaS FOTURE ROUMANIAN REPUBLIC . ^ Roumanians ; these valorous descendants of the 3 , an colonists , whom the Emperor Trajanus had , ! tled ia ancient Dacia , have , in spite of several Stories of subjection , preserved , with the male ' vines of ancient Rome , not only the- name , bnt TI en the tongue of their ancestors . Their language Can idiom of the Latin , similar to that spoken by jLjr brothers of kin , the Italians . Amounting in " tisa ber . to ten millions , they inhabit Walachia , ^ ] j aria , Bessarabia , the Boukovine , Transylvania , " ? , ( , Banate , and part of eastern Hungary . AH these tgna tifal and fertile countries in a word , which form , ' jie valley of the Lower Danube , extend from the jlack Sea to the land of the Magyars , and are now sa ii | 2 cted to the triple despotic sway of Turkey , i ; ns = i * j and Austria . We feel confident of not diseasing our readers , by putting before them the

      following correspondence about this country , from which jbev will be happy to learn how numerous among the people ofRonmania are the elements of power , and ijnw mble the use to which they intend to turn it . As formerly they were one of the chief bulwarks of Christendom and civilisation against Mahomedans and all the Asiatic invaders , so they are determined no w to become one of the strongest champions of European Democracy . In 18 ± 8 they were among the foremost to enter the lists with the war-cry of 'Jus tice ! Fraternity ! Each far all , all for each 1 ' Since then they concluded with Poland , France , Italy , and Germany , the fraternal compact of the holy alliance of peoples , and unshaken in their faith , ihey have never ceased preaching to their eastern ceig iiuours the holy crusade of right against lawless might , of the peoples against their oppressors . But let as leave the expounding of this text to onr wellinformed friend , the Bucharest correspondent : —

      ROUMAXIA . ( Private Correspondence of " La Nation , " Brussels paper . ) ^ Translated for the " Star of Freedom . " ] Bucharest , Walachia , 15 th April , 1552 . Sin , —The "National" ( whose correspondent I was ) no linger appearing . I have recourse to your columns for the perasal of my task . Do not attribute mv silence to my expectation of the re-appearance of the " " National , " or to ay hesitation in the choice of another journal published in French . Neither must you accuse me of neglect in this delay . No . lay no blame on me ; rather blame the Revolulion of February , for it has been in some sort to us what rai ' roads have been to commercial travellers ; it has put us oat of service .

      Since is , indeed , all countries in continental Europe are jlike—the physiognomy of all is the same . Apart from a fas- local facts , little fit to interest even rpersons of the lo-CJiitr , the circumstances are the same everywhere . Everywhere the same fears , the same hopes , the same " provimr :. " Everywhere the people may be seen , calm , resigned , confident in an approaching future ; and , on the other hand , the government uneasy , tormenting , cruel , and impotent . More than once have I taken my pen , to lay before you ihe state of this country , and the "Nation" has ever rtopped me short by informing me that vou have before vou

      a livisg representation of what I would describe . In the countries where you live—in France especiallythere is always something new , or at least the sight is varied , and furnishes wherewithal to fill up your columns ! There , as after the 2 nd of December , you have two great armies camped face to face—the army of reaction and that of ihe Revolution ;] and in both an infinite numher of <«•}>? , each having its own banner . The 2 nd of December has bnt served to make the Democrats a little forget their paerile divisions , and to envenom more those of the partisan of monarchy .

      lou nave , ou the one hand , tha " Blancs "—Legitimists by right divine—Legitimists by national right , Orleanists , Fasionists . Bonaparti'fs , Ratafoil—I forget the clerical militia . Oa the other hand , the " blues , " tho " reds , " of every shade ; you have the Socialists of every school . Ia this country all is of a despairing monotony . I find rot wherewithal to fill up a corresponde nee . The Roumanians , priest , and layman , soldier and citizen , townsman and countryman—all desire one and the same thing : justice for all , fraternity between all—Revolution . The enemies of tho Revolution ( and tbey are not wanting evidently ) are not seen . They are , it appears certain , iii

      observance near the frontiers ; they are the Turks , the Unssians , the Austrians . To be sure , it is needless to say that here also is a government , and a few old children of privilege , who make a band apart . But those , it is a justice owed them , have no will , no hope ; they have even lost their faith in the Russian protection . Their fear is great ; scarce have they strength left to whisper , like tbe trappists , in each other ' s ears : " Brothers , we must die !" That is the reason why the Roumanians heed them no more than if they never existed . With the rough common sense of peasants of the Danube tbey say : " Let us mind our business , and when the day comes we shall not be long h settling our accounts with ( hose gentlemen . "

      Yet have they had this winter a few days of serenity . Oa hearing tbe news of M . Bonaparte's exploit they took courage . They accosted each other with a smile on their lip , and congratulated themselves as if it were their own work . At the Prince's palace the rejoicing was the same as at the Elysee . I said a few days of serenity ; for their joy lasted but little—their illusions soon faded away . They perceivedand itappearsthatMt was the Russian consul whoopened their eyes—they perceived very soon , alas ! that the famous coup d ' etat was but a coup d ' uiain—a police aancouvrogood at most to allow 31 . Bonaparte to waste the public wealth for a few months , in giving free course to his taste for sumptuous fetes—in playing the great captain in the midst of his adjutants—iu the masquerades of Strasbourg and Boulogne , and the assassinations of Paris—to dress

      himself out in a general ' s uniform , even in an imperial mantle , for a few months , a few days ; but that the campaign of Messrs . De Maupas , Lous Napoleon , and Company , have nothing changed in the situation , save having rendered it less durable , more precarious ; that if it had a little postponed the great crises which they dreaded for the month of May ( and that yet remains to be known , for we are not yet ia Mayj . it would have given it a much more threatening character , in taking from it all chance of a pacific s olution , which many dared hope before the 2 nd December . The events of December are , therefore , considered here as if they never were . I first thought t hat they were not known—far from it . The Roumanians firmly believe in tbe triumph ofthe Resolution—of what they call " the great fraternity ; " that , m their opinion , nothing in the world can put it off for a second . They consider tho revolution so necessary ,

      inevitable , that they speak ot it as of a thing nearly accomplished ; nnd , indeed , they are right in speaking so , since they have so strong a belief ; for , after all , what is necessary for the success of a revolution ?—To believe it pes-Sale , nothing else . Really , the Roumanians , whom our publicists have not sufficiently studied , are called upon to play one of the principal parts in ihe great drama of nationalities , resolve d upon leaguing together , and of sacrificing all , if it must be , in order to finish , once tor all , with that compelled and infamous " promiscuiste , " fruitless for the development of the human mind , to which tyrants have condemned so many nations , in order to have each its own existence acknowledged , and to consecrate it for ever hy the baptism of Democracy . Drama most terrible , afflicting , sublime , aud of which we have seen but the prologue in ISIS !

      This people , in fact , independently of the undeniable advantages tbey derive from the geograhical position of their territory , and the perfect homogeneousness of all the children of tbe Roumanian country , independently of the manly sobriety , and of that untiring perseverance , which are the distinctive mark f ' flf the Roumanfon ' snatiorialcharacter—independently , also , of that careless gaiety which never leaves them ia the day of danger , and with the help of which they consider almost as play , even in the most rigorous weather , the fatigues and privations of war . They possess virtues which are found united in no other people , and which they doubtless owe to their exceptional position—to what one may almost call their mixed nature . Belonging to the great Latin family , like their western brethren , they are quick in conceirxngi and embrace with activity all new ieeas .

      In 'IS , they were among the first to enter the great movement of the western people , and perhaps surpassed them all by the boldness of their aspirations , by the spontaneousness and unanimity of which all their revolutionary manifestoes bear the mark . Oa the other hand , living amongst the nations of the east , they have borrowed from ttem the unbounded faith of Orientals , the belief in a sort of predestination ; therefore , when they set to work , tbey think themselves invincible ; for Providence is ever with wem . On ! brothers ; God wills it ! Such is the Roumanian s wa r-cry , such bis gathering-caU . Just now , whilst speaking of the consternation and mer" * of the Roumanian reacfionnafres , I forgot to m ention an ex ception to the general rule in the person of Mr . Con-? tantin Contacuzene . This personage—for we must do him

      puti ce-stirred a great deal . Not iu favour of the reaction —on the contrary , he wishes it to be believed that he is in Perfect understanding with the Revolutionists of' 48 . He oaus himself Democrat , Revolutionist , Socialist—what you * " ) , so that the city of Bucharest adopt him for its candi-?* te ; he will be Prince at any price . Poor man ! he will j * quit for his pains ; for , on the day when Bucharest can free ly choose its candidate for the first magistrature of the ?• tate , ifr . Cantacuzene , believe me , will think himself very lnc if allowed to travel with bis colleagues . Adm itting even that he should become , like the coquet" h old man , Mr . Stirbey , whom he wishes to supplant , fonce bv the ovara nf Gnd—ernn . hv the STftCe of his

      MaMy the Cz ir , and therefore by the grace of his Highness J ™ Sultan—he can never be such but in portions , for the Pnnci paUty will be wanting . In fact , there are no longer j ** ncbian Principalities ; henceforth all the Roumanian j ^ tsiea form but one Roumania . This new state as yet in ft ^ = ure on tne ma P » I know ont nn , iifc engraved it i it ? * acd m the wiJ 1 of ten a " * 0113 of men J * find ah , i 8 trenSth of things , and I feel myself obliged to « ww « dge iu existence . Geographers , too , will soon do jj - oo ; they must soon re-make their maps , for they cons ^ . ffla ? y other errata , with regard to Poland , for infor if ., S to fear you will think I wish only to amuse ; thei > i - J " information . What can I say if , B nothing to be said ? Tbe Roumanians are all busy

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      preparing what tbey call their «« affair , " and their work being done as you can imagine , « huis clos , one cannot speak of it . As to those who can work in broad daylight—their governors—I am equally unable to speak of them , for they do nothing . Unless , I tell you , that they continue their arrestations and proscriptions , and that upon the most frivolous pretext . One of the most recent victims of their persecutions is that most honourable man , Mr . Wintevhalder , the head of one of the best libraries and priming offices of Bucharest , who has just been expelled without any avowed motive , to the great scandal of the place . All are aware thac in striking him thus , his ruin was aimed at for the sole pleasure of ruining also his partner , whom Mr . Stirbey holds in ill-will , far more for the patriotic and witty letter he has addressed him in exile , than for his having been one of the most energetic members of the provisional government of his country .

      Unless , I tell yon , that tbey have modified in Wallaehia the law which reguhtes the dealings ( rapports ) between the colons and landowners , by ( which is needless to add ) aggravating the situation of the former . Tbej have reestablished capital punishment in Wallaehia , where from time immemorial it had ceased to exist , both in criminal and political matters . ' * Why , " I hear you say , " these facts are of the utmost importance , and you reckon them as nought'" Your astonishment would be greater were I to tell yon that , in this country , few peasants are landowners and therefore , save a few " rare exceptions , are all mere colons . And the law of capital punishment being exclusively intended for conspirators and Revolutionists , cuts off the head of every Roumanian .

      Nevertheless , my intention was not to mention this , and for an excellent reason ; no one here speaks of it , no one heeds those laws ; for no one believes they will have time to put them into execution , nor do even the legislators who made them believe it ; therefore do they seem to have nothing on their consciences , no more than if they had done de Van pour Tart . What I am going to relate will give a just idea of these gentlemen ' s minds ; you must first know that they hare laid up a good stock of arms , and have trebled the armed force of the country ; they have procured guns from Belgium and Russia , whereby they have well merited of the country ; for the Roumanians needed arras ; they have augmented the army ; have put the gendarmerie on a footing of war ; they have formed a new corps of

      militia borderers ; and thereby also have rendered the country a great service , for it needed a stronger kernal of armed men for the great war which it will soon have to sustain . So true is it that in nature there is no insect , no worm , but has its reason for being—its utility . But to the fact : the commission charged to provide for the armament of the country , had met to hear their reporter . The report read : One of the members , famous ferthetvade he has exercised during his long judicial and administrative career , famous above all for the manner in which be defended and justified his industry , for ono day , finding the honesty of his proceedings was questioned , " he exclaimed , "Parbleul if 1 sell my signature I do but exercise Tny profession , for my father taught me nothing else butlmy signature . " I crave pardon for my digression , I needed it to point out

      my man . The report read : This industrious magistrate , honest and moderate man , par excellence , the friend of order , and , therefore , the sworn enemy of those brigands of Revolutionists , who probably prevented his exercising his profession during the Revolution , all beaming with joy , thus spoke to bis colleagues : ' a la bonne-heure I cettefois nous tenons noire affaire ; we are now well armed , let the Revolutionists hold up their heads if they dare . ' "We have no reason to rejoice , " replied another commissary . ^* I am rather of opinion that we have ! just done the most silly thing we ever did ; for those very men whom we ourselves armed to-day , tomorrow will be the first in hunting us ; but what can we do ? Decidedly our day is ended . ' And every member of the commission repeated ,

      "Yes—those very men will be the first ......... in hunting us yes our day is ended . " Therefore they separate in greater consternation than ever , breathing , doubtless , their old sentiment , * ' Brothers , we must die !" Certainly these good men are quite as . honest and moderate as the greater part of the representatives of our so called Republican monarchies , and our Monarchial Republics , as boly as the holy fathers of the Vatican , and yet they are to be pitied , so terrible is the fear which has taken hold of them . They undertake the voyage to Paris , solely to pay their court to thef Roumanian exiles , their wives explore tbe capitals of Europe , and consult the celebrated somnambulists on the chances of the Revolution ; every

      moramg they relate and interprete their dreams to each other ; they have their fortunes told ; hare masses made ; they are in agony . Unhappy creatures ! if this state of things lasts , they will have expiated their crimes . Enough—perhaps too much this time . In my next letter I shall have to talk to you of the Roumanians beyond the Carpathians , whom I visited not long since . P . S . —News ( to say the least unlikely ) is just brought me of a secret note which tbe Princes of Wallaehia and Moldavia are said to have addressed to" M . Bonaparte , invoking his protection : « s counterpoise to that of the Czar . 1 believe nothing of the sort , yet , should it prove true , you shall be one of tbe first to hear of it , and at the same time be informed of the circumstances to which it gave rise .

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      Tuly 3 , 1852 . THE STAR OF FREEDOM . 7

      Yankee Notions. A Late Missouri, U.S.-, ...

      YANKEE NOTIONS . A late Missouri , U . S .-, paper contains a poetic description of a bowie-knife fight that took place in thac neighbourhood . The third stanzas ran as follows : — " Tbe wretch then drew a shiny knife , Just like a maniac man , And in he plunged it to the hilt , And out the gravy ran . " Elopemexx and Advertisement . —A western editor , advertising his runaway wife in his own paper , goes into more particulars than he probably would if he was obliged to pay for his advertisement at so much a Hue . His wife , Dorothy , be indignantly advises the public , has eloped with a bandy-legged , swivel eyed , crooked-back , tailor . The artisan of clothes has taken his duck , and left a goose behind . —Boston Chronoiype , U . S .

      AN OMITIED SPEECH . The following omitted speech , supposed to be delivered by a return delegate to the late Baltimore Convention , at the New York Ratification Jleeting , we now present to our readers . The style resembles that of an ancient orator , but tl e matter is quite appropriate . Democrats , fellow-citizens , and spoil-seekers—bear me for my cause ; and be silent , that you may hear . ( Cries of " Go On . " ) Believe me for mine honour , and have respect to mine honour , that you may believe . ( " Oh Gas ! " ) Censure me in your wisdom , and awake your senses , that you may the better judge . ' ( "Why don't you out with it ? " ) If there be any in this vast meeting , any dear friend of Cass —{ Immense Cheering )—to him I say that my love to Cass was no less than his . ( Expressions of dissatisfaction . ) If then that friend demands why I rose against

      Cass , this is my answer—not that I loved Cass less , but that I loved the spoils more . ( Cheers and his « es . ) Mad you rather Cass were nominated and be defeated , than that Cass were sacrificed to let the people crib ? { Cries of "No No / ' and strange distortions of countenance . ) As Cass loved me , 1 weep for him . ( A voice , "Now don ' t . " ) As he was fortunate , I rejoice at it ; as he was strong with his party , I honour him ; but as he was ambitious , I "boltel" him . ( Murmurs over tbe house . ) There are tears for his love , honour for his patriotism , and desertion for his ' ambition . ( Loud murmur * . ) Who ' s here so base that he would oppose the nomination ? ( Cheers . ) If any , speak—for him have I offended . ( " Bould boy . " ) Who ' " s here so vile that will not love the ticket ? if any , speak , for

      him have I offended . I pause for a reply . ( Sensation . ) None ? then none have I offended . ( Loud Cheers . ) 1 have done no more to Cass , than has been done to Douglass . ( Hisses from Young America . ) The question of his sacrifice is discussed in the Capitol ; his glory not extenuated wherein he was worthy , nor his offences enforced for which be suffered slaughter . ( Applause . ) Here comes bis fnneral ( a procession with banners here enters ) mourned (!) by Franklin Pierce , who , though be hud no hand in his death , shall receive the benefit of his dying—as which of you shall not ? ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Witn this I depart—that as I slew my best friend for the good ofthe party , I have the same dagger for others , when it shall please my party to need their assassination .

      ( Great confusion , in the midst of which the speaker made himself scarce . )—JVeiu York Sun . Judge Douglass ' s Oratory . —Re doubled up bis fist at England , and switched round among the Mexicans , like a horse in a poultry yard .

      The " Royal Panopticon Of Science And Ar...

      THE " ROYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND ART , " LEICESTER-SQUARE . A Saracenic or Moorish building has just reached its full height on the east side of Leicester-square , and is beginning to excite attention . It is designed for an institution for science and art , under the title of the Panopticon , and is intended to illustrate a wide range of practical usefulness . The council of the Panopticon desire to promote the application of science to the useful arts ; to instruct , by courses of lectures , to be demonstrated by instruments , apparatus , and other appliances , in the various departments literatureto exhibit select

      of science and ; specimens of work in tbe fine and mechanical arts , manufactures , and handicrafts , to display the productions of nature and art , both British and foreign , to illustrate history , science , and literature , by pictorial views and representations , accompanied by music , and generally to extend and facilitate a greater love and knowledge of the arts and sciences on the part ofthe public . Tho organ for the grand ball is to be as fine an instrument as any in Europe , and has been built by the Messrs . Hill , the constructors of the Birmingham organ , which this is to surpass in power .

      A gigantic electric machine , more than twice the size of any other extant , has been successfully finished hy Mr . Marma duke Clarke , the optician . A steam engine of ten-horse power , with a complete shop of mechanical tools , has been su pplied by Messrs . Maudslay , Field and Sons , and which are intended to furnish a school for the artizan and mec hanical student . . The patent optical diorama is quite a new invention , and em braces several novel discoveries in optical science . Bv this instrument scenic representations , exceeding In size anything of tbe kind , and divested of those chromatic imperfections which are inherent in the dissolving views are to be exhibited . There is scarcely any movement in nature which may not be represented by this process , Md a series of illustrations in a high style of art are stated to be in the course of preparation . Competent assistants are to illustrate practically , apart from the lectures , the leading features of astronomy , chemistry , optics , and mechanics .

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      ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . FINSBURY . On Monday evening a meeting of electors of the Islington district of the borough of Finsbury was held at the Denmark-terrace Schools , to promote the re-election of T . S . Duncorabe , Esq . The chair was occupied by Thos . Hodgskin , Esq ., and the meeting , which was a very crowded one , received . Mr . Buncombe with the greatest enthusiasm . The Chairman , in opening the proceedings of the meeting , said that there was no opposition to Mr . Buncombe in particular , but if there was lie believed that tlw electors were preparfd to return him at the head of the poll . ( Cheers . ) He read a letter from Mr . Bernal Osborne , expressing his regret at not being able to attend the meeting .

      Mr . Vakeling moved , and Mr . Elt seconded , a resolution : — " That this meeting , highly approving ofthe political principles , and being grateful for tha past services of Mr . Buncombe as one of the members for this herougb , resolves again to return him at tho ensuing election . " Mr . Buncombe then rose and was received with most vociferous cheering—he said , that if the kind feeling which pervaded in ( bat assembly existed through the borough , lie did not think that , as regarded himself , there was much necessity for a contest . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chairman had told them that there was to be a contest , but that there was no opposition to him . If he would excuse him for saying so that was a dangerous doctrine to inculcate , ( Cheers . ) He had seen a good deal of electioneering , and if there was one principle more than another which Vie would inculcate

      on bis friends , it was never to be over sanguine . But he would ask , why should there be a contest against him ? He had been cold that his votes and conduct had been satisfactory to the borough—then why should there he a contest ? It was not consequent on the retirement of Mr . Wakley , for there were other candidates in the field before . What did it mean ? F < ve members , unfortunately , could not sit f jr Finsbury ; although he did not say that with 20 , 000 electors it ought not to have five members , for he thought it ought when he looked at boroughs with two hundred electors returning the same number of member . ( Hear , hear . ) But he looked at the contest as if Mr . Wakley bad not retired , and he looked at the gentlemen who were in the field , and who called themselves reformers—( hear , bear )—as the opponents of their old member . ( Hear , hear . ) He

      wanted to know what be bad done , that tbey should be brought forward to oppose him ? What complaint was there against him ? The hon . member for Bodmin was one of his opponents . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He saw by his address that he was possessed at the present moment of the confidence of a small but intelligent constituency , but , nevertheless , the electors of Finsbury bad sect him such a requisition , they had been so pressing —( cheers and laughter ) —that be was about to leave Bodmin and come there , fliear , j laughter , ) It was very cruel to seek to deprive Bodmin of such a treasure . ( Hear , and laughter . ) Why not dispense with such a ireasure , and let bini go back and console his friends , who perhaps might tell another tale , and say to him , " Go back to Finsbury "—and so between two stools , before next week , be would come to the around .

      If anyone had any complaint to make against him as a reformer , let him stand up and question him . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said by some electors that they wanted a change . ( "Hear , " and a laugh . ) Really if reformers held that language to a man who had served them faithfully , it was time for every man who valued his health or his principles to retire from public life . ( Cheers . ) He believed such a wish was confined only to a few . He heard it said that his opponents had been very active during the last fortnight , and that he bad done noting . In answer to that he could say ( hat he had been attending to his parliamentary duties , and be was sure that while he was there they would not allow him to be supplanted . ( Cheers and cries of" No . " ) Buring the last fortnight most important measures bad been passed through parliament in connexion with the metropolis , such as the

      Water Bill , and the Burials BUI ; by dint of . tbe metropolitan members sticking to those questions they bad at last got good measures . Supposing , that instead of attending in parliament be bad been running up one street and down another , like a dog with a tin kettle tied to his tail , asking for votes , he would have been told that he was unworthy to represent the borough . He had trusted to public opinion , and , if he might be allowed to say so , to public gratitude . ( Cheers . ) He had no object in view in going into parliament but that of serving them . His public principles were unchanged , and he believed tbey were unchangeable . Mr . Duncombe concluded by stating that tbe election would take pla 'e early next week ; and if , as had been said , he bad been a tiue and faithful representative , he trusted they would prove it by placing him at the head of the poll . ( Great cheering . )

      Some persons then asked several questions of Mr . Buncombe , but were met with great opposition , the meeting declaring them to be unnecessary . He , however , replied that he had not voted in favour of the grant to Maynooth , and would vote for its repeal , not from any sectarian motives , but because he was opposed to all religious endowments ; neither did he think the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act was a mistake , and ought to be revised ; and that if it depended on his vote few of the working classes should be without the franchise and the right to vote for him at the ensuing election . The resolution was then agreed to unanimously . Mr- J . H . Paurv then moved , and Mr . Henry Vincent seconded , a motion : — " That for effecting the object now in view , this meeting pledges itself to strenuous exertions to place Mr . Duncombe in that position on the poll which he is entitled to occupy , and also to assist in returning him free of expense "; which was also carried .

      MEETING IN BLOOMSBURY . A meeting fo promote the election of Mr . Duncombe met at the Music Hall , Store-street , Bloomsbury , on Tuesday evening . Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Wakley were received with loud applause . J . H . PARar , Esq ., having been elected to tho chair , briefly addressed tbe meeting . Dr . Epps then moved a resolution to the effect , " That the long and faithful services of Thomas Slingsby-Duncombe , Esq ., as representative of the borough , his uniform and consistent support of the principles of civil and religious liberty , parliamentary reform , commercial freedom , economical expenditure , and local solf-government , eminently entitle him to the support of the electors ; and this meeting pledges itself to use every exertion in its power to secure bis re-election , free of expense . " He . said they had always found Mr . Duncombe advocating those principles

      which he now stood up so boldly for . He was one of the few who supported the Reform Bill , at a time when Reform was not popular . He bad opposed the Maynooth Grant ; and when the right of public meeting was assailed in that borough , he then , at the danger of personal arrest , took a prominent part . ( Hear , bear . ) He did the same in the dirty business of opening letters , until at last Sir James Graham was obliged to give way . Such questions as these so ably advocated should ensure every man being found at the poll on the morning of the election , and prove that no stranger had a chance of taking Finsbury by storm . He could not conclude without naming one more great deed of Mr . Duncombe ' s—it was his advocacy of the liberties of modern Rome , and his able defence ofthe glorious Mazzini . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Maclaren seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Rogers , Chancery barrister ( a Conservative ) , supported the resolution . . Tbe resolution was put from tho chair , and carried by acclamation . ; Mr . Ddncombb , on rising , was received with loud cheers . So much had been said in his favour that there remained but little for him to add . The last session had been a half and half one . Ono bad measure had , he regretted , been passed—he alluded to the Militia Bill . This bill had been most strenuously opposed by himself and his colleague , Mr Wakley . ( Cheers . ) He believed that the effect of this

      measure would be not only an expense to the country , but , instead of the militia being called out to protect the people , it would be necessary to call out tho police to put down the militia . ( Cheers . ) As to Protection , it existed only in name , and he believed that any attempt to reimpose a tax on the food of the people would be met by the unmistakeable protest of tbe unenfranchised millions of this country . While he had the support of bis old friends he felt that there was no fear that he would be at the head of the poll on the day of election , in spite of Toryism o Bodminism , and notwithstanding the influence of either the Mansion-house , the Great Globe , or the brewhouse . ( Much cheering . )

      Mr . Waklbt was then loudly called for , and stood forward amidst great cheering . He thanked them . for their warm greeting ; although bis political connexion would cease , he hoped to serve them again . ( Hear . ) He did not consider there was one man in the field worthy to be termed an opponent of Mr . Duncombe . What be had to ask was , that those votes which were intended for him should be given to Mr . Duncombe . ( Cheers . ) The meeting , which was graced by the presence of many ladies , separated , having previously passed a yote of thanks to the chairman .

      Marylebone. On Monday Evening A Public M...

      MARYLEBONE . On Monday evening a public meeting of the electors of this borough , registered in the parish of St . Pancras , was held at the Vestry-ball , King ' s-road , Camden Town , for the purpose of taking steps to secure the re-election of Sir Benjamin Hall . Bart ., and Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , as members for the borough . Mr . W . Billeit , churchwarden , occupied the chair , and observed that the course which had been pursued by the present members for the borough had been such as to entitle them to the good opinion of all who appreciated the benefits derived from an honest and independent system of

      representation . ,,, » . » ¦ , , Mr ; T . E . Baker proposed , and Mr . Dyke seconded , a resolution to the effect -. — " That tbe conduct of Sir Benjamin HaU and Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , as representatives for the borough of Marylebone . eminently entitles them to a renewal of tbe confidence of the constituency within the pnrishofSt . Paneras . " Some diicussion took place , in the course of which , Mr . Cooper observed that the conduct of the hon . gentlemen as representatives of the borough , had far exceeded the estimate he had formed of them before tbey went into the house . He was one who formerly opposed Lord Dudley Stuart at public meetings , ; hut since be bad represented the

      Marylebone. On Monday Evening A Public M...

      borough of Marylebone , the electors could not mention any occasion on which he had given a vote contrary to their wishes or expectations . The resolution was unanimously agreed to . Mr . D . Frazer then moved , and Mr . Stock ' on seconde 1 : —J'That SirB . HaU and Lord Dudley Stuart having for so long a period faithfully and honourably discharged their duties to" their constituents , this meeting approved of ihe principle of returning those gentlemen to parliament at the ensuing election free of expense to themselves . The motion was carried , and was followed by a resolution ( proposed by Mr . Hilles , and seconded by Mr . Forxess ) : —" That a Committee be formed for the purpose of ensuring the return of those candidates at the ensuing election , and to co-operate with other committees for that object . " It was then resolved— " That a subscription be opened in furtherance of the foregoing object , " and the business terminated with a vote of thanks to the Cnairman .

      Stoke-Upon- Trent. When The General Elec...

      STOKE-UPON- TRENT . When the General Election occurs the contest in tin ' borough will assuredly be a fierce one . Alderman Copeland the Tory candidate , and one of the sitting members , is op posed by the Hon . F . L . Gower , brother to Earl Granville who comes forward ou the Liberal interest , in ccmjunotioi with J . Lewis Ricardo , the other member . The desire t < oust the Alderman is strong amongst the pet-pie , as he ha : avowed himself an admirer of the Derby government , hai ever been neglectful of his parliamentary duties , and ii

      Gower is in favour of Vote by Ballot , and it is chiefly on thii ground that he is the more popular candidate . The mtimi dation on the part of Copeland and his Tory friends toward : the electors is of the most insolent and disgraceful clia racter . It is said that a large manufacturer at Lon ? por has threatened to dismiss any one of his hands who shall dar to vote against Copeland , or in any way endeavour to pro mote the return of Ricardo and Gower . Even neutralit ; is to be punished iu the same manner . As the authoritie anticipate a riot , tbey have ordered military to be stationei close at hand !—Correspondent .

      Crimes And Offences. The Late Garottb Mo...

      CRIMES AND OFFENCES . The Late Garottb Mordkr in Hun ,. —The prisoner Snapo , committed along with Smith for the murder of young Maplethorp , has made a confession to a fellowprisoner . " Its a bad job this murder of Maplethorp , " said Snape ' s companion . " Very , " replied the prisoner . "We did not intend to kill him , but he died in five minutes . " A Cruel Wrbich . —A few days ago a man named Charles Pike , aged twenty-four , was brought before the magistrates at Hammersmith , charged with having cruelly ill-used a young calf . —A police-constable stated that while on duty at Notting-hill , he saw the prisoner driving a cow and a young calf which appeared to be about two days

      old . The calf was exceedingly weak , and was scarcely able to walk . The prisoner struck it oyer the head , ears , and body several times with a large stick , and , finding that the poor animal did not proceed along as quickly as he desired it , he commenced pricking the calf under the tail , and also twisted its tail with considerable force , in order that it should increase its speed . The prisoner continued to beat the unfortunate animal until it became quite exhausted and fell down upon the road . The prisoner then endeavoured to force the calf on by poking it in the ribs with the point of his stick , but it was qute unable to proceed any farther . Witness interfered and took the prisoner into custody . —Mr . Beadon ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 10 s „ or to be committed for ten days . —The prisoner said he could not pay the fine . —Mr . Beadon : Then you'll go to prison and have bard labour .

      Alieged Vioiation by a Policeman . —This case , reported in our police intelligence of last week , has been again brought before the magistrates at Marylebone , and has resulted in the committal of the prisoner , R . Brown , for trial . Forgery . —At the Marylebone police court , William Henry Cole and Eliza Marriott , the latter of whom had been out upon bail from the 16 th ult ., were brought up for re-examination , charged with having been concerned in uttering forged chocks , drawn upon the bank of Sir Claude Scott and Co ., No . I , Cavendish-square , and were committed for trial . ROBBKBY AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION . —At the Guildhall , Thomas Jones , Charles Wright , and James Willis , were committed for trial , on a charge of stealing a box containing books and other property from the Groat Western Railway . '' - A Juvenile Thief . —George Smith , a boy of fifteeen years of age , was committed to tbe House of Correction for three months , for stealing a tea caddy from the house of Mrs . Wilson , of Hatfield-street .

      Child Murder . —On Monday an inquiry took place before Mr . W . D . Wasbrough , coroner for Berks , on the body of a child which had been found in Wadley fishpond , when a young girl , named Mary Westell , of Farihgdon , confessed to having been delivered of a child about two months since at the house of Christopher Maisey , a saddler , near the Red Lion Inn , to whom she had been servant . After she was delivered he carried her up into a loft and covered her over with hay , where she lay until the next night , when she managed to get up and crawl home , and was afterwards attended by Mr . J . H . Barnett , surgeon . She , in reply to questions , stated that she had never seen any child , and refused to disclose anything relating to tho matter . A seach was then made at Maisey ' s house , and he was taken

      into custody , but afterwards discharged . In the further evidence of the girl Westell , she stated that some hours after she was confined Maisey brought her some tea and bread and butter , when she asked him to let her see the child , and he then told her to hold her tongue about it . Through the exertions of Mr . James Jefferies , police-officer , the piece of carpeting in which the child was wrapped up has been identified as belonging to Maisey . Other evidence having been produced corroborative of Maisey ' s guilt , and the child being proved to have been born alive , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Maisey and the girl Westell , " both of whom were committed on the coroner ' s warrant to Reading Gaol to take their trial at the next assizes . Maisey decamped very early on Monday morning .

      Fatal Colliery Accident.—On Satu Rday La...

      Fatal Colliery Accident . —On Satu rday last a fatal colliery accident took place at Elton Colliery , situate between Bury and Bolton , Lancashire , under the following chcum & t & nces -. —Four men and a boy were descending the shaft in a cage , aud when they bad descended seventy yards the plug connected with the winding wheel suddenly became loose , so that the engineer , having no longer command of the rope , the men were immediately precipitated to the bottom of the shaft , a distance of sixty yards . Two of tbe men , named Robert Unsworth and Fletcher Jackson , were killed . George Bradley had his arm torn off , and there is not much probability of bis recovery . Thomas Piatt bad his leg and arm broken , and be was injured in the back . Henry Cbadburn , a boy fourteen years of age , had his leg and arm broken , and was otherwise bruised . Both the men that are killed were married , and each had four chil . dren . The plug has never been known to get loose on any previous occasion .

      Swindling Extraordinary . —At the Dover quarter sessions , on Friday , the Hon . William O'Brien Fitzirerald , alias William Bennett Sothers , underwent his trial for obtaining various sums of money to tbe extent of £ 870 from a gentleman named Payne , a solicitor at Dover ^ under fraudulent pretences . The case excited very great interest , and amongst those on the bench was the Right Hon . the Earl of Carlisle . The prisoner had the appearance of a foreigner , nnd was well attired . His wife claimed the title of Lady Emily Fitzgerald , and represented that sl . e was the widow of Count Eltz—that her mother was related to the ninth Duke of Norfolk , and her name was Lady Ann Isabella Howard , and that her father was General William O'Brien Fitzgerald ,, of the Guards . Such statements were false . The prisoner wag formerly a member of the Stock

      . bxenange . & ome tour or five years ago the prosecutor was residing with his children at fiyethorne , and while there he became acquainted with the prisoner and his wife . In the course of last August he received a letter from them . Both were confined in a prison at Pau , in the south of France , at the base of tbe Pyrenees . The letter stated that they had fallen into an awful predicament , from the negligence of their agent , who had failed to remit them £ 3 , 000 ; that they had the misfortune to lose 1 , 800 francs on their journey ; and that about £ 400 would set them right . The prosecutor proceeded to the continent , and found them prisoners , as they bad described , in tho prison of Pau He took instructions from them there as to tneir family connexions . They stated that Lady Emily was the daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir William

      O'Brien Fitzgerald , formerly of the Guards , & c , and that they were known to the Earl of Carlisle and the Duke of Sutherland . The Sutherland children , she said , visited her mother s , but in consequence of their marriage not being sanctioned by Lady Emily ' s parents , the friendly intercourse with the Sutherland fami ' y had fallen off . "Lady" Emily added that her husband ' s mother was the Princess Castaglioni . They had been confined in prison more than twelve months , having been denounced as swindlers . Finding they were suffering great misery , prosecutor paid £ 450 for their debts , and £ 240 as a security to the Court of Appeal , for their appearance when required : He pleaded for them at the Court of Appeal , and obtained their liberty . He then brought them to Dover , and supported them . They then asked the prosecutor for £ 40 to go to the north of England to see some relations , when they would soon get some money from them to repay him . The money was advanced , they

      went away , and nothing more was heard about them . Their representations about being connected with high families and their agent were discovered to be untrue , and in the course of some seven or eight months they were apprehended at Barnard Castle , near Durham . In the prisoner's box was a letter , dated July , 1850 , from the Earl Powis to LadyEmily , which bad contained £ 100 sent to their relief . —The Right Hon . the Earl of Carlisle , gave evidence that his family were unacquainted with the prisoner or his wife , and that their representation of bein" related to the Norfolk family was perfectly false . —Mr . ° Addison addressed the jury for the prisoner , and the Recorder having summed up , the jury found the prisoner Guilty . —The prisoner said he was innocent of the charge . He could have put some questions to the noble lord who had been examined which would have readily acquitted him of false representations , but he refrained from doing so for the sake of Lady Emily ' s family . —Tbe prisoner was sentenced to transportation for even years .

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      The House Of Lords Sat For A Short Time ...

      The House of Lords sat for a short time on Saturday , When the General Board of Health and the Metropolitan Burials Bills passed their second readings , and several other measures were forwarded a stage . MONDAY , Junk , 23 , HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Earl of Shaftesburv presented a petition from owners of land in the neighbourhood ° » Copenhagen-fields , against tiic use of those fields for a cattle-market . The Militia Pay Bill passed through committee , atid wasreported . The Commons' ammendmonts in the Patent Law Amendment Bill were agreed to , and the New Zealand government Bill was read a third time and passed . . The Suitors in

      Chancery Relief Bill was read a third '" I ™ P " ? _ . apd the Commons' amendments in the pifSP of . Jurisdiction in Equity Bill were agreed to . * J ™ K 1 " , P urial 3 Bil 1 Passe « through committee , " e ^^ djourne'f ^ ^^ * A after whioh TUESDAY , June 29 . . HOUSE OF LORDS -The Militia Ballot Suspension , the Militia Pay , the Nisi Prms Officers , the Metropolis Water Supply , the Metropolitan Burials , the Board of Health , and the Pimlico Improvement Bills wero read a third time and passed , and several other bills havin » been forwarded a stage , * ° Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . - The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock . Lord D . Stuart put a question in reference to the case of Mr . Murray .

      The Chancellor of tho Exchequer , in reply , stated that the matter was in the hands of Sir H . Bulwer , who would use his best exertions to obtain information as to the evidence on which Mr . Murray had been condemned , but there wero reasons why such information should not be laid before the house ; and in reference to the outrage on Mr . Mather , of which Lord D . Stuart had also spoken , ho added that Sir H . Bulwer had obtained from the Tuscan government a full recognition of its responsibility to protect British subjects resident within its territory . Sir 17 . Tern-eV , on behalf of Mr . Anstey , moved a resolution declaring that the rights of British subjects resident in forei gn countries to the continued protection of their own government had been violated in the persons of Messrs . Wmgate , Smith , and Edwards , the Scotch missionaries ; who wore expelled from tbo Austrian dominions , and calling for prompt and earnest measures on the part of ministers . Mr . D . Kinnaird seconded the mot on .

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the present government , in admitting tho right of Austria to decide what extent of religious toleration should bo allowed in her own territory , had followed the policy of their predecessors . The claim for compensation made by the two expelled ministers had been disputed by Austria , and the items , on examination , were found indefensible ; but any just demand , supported by facts , would be urged by our minister on the atteniion of the Austrian government . Lord PAEJiKRsroN considered that as negotiations were still pending , the assertions contained in the resolution could not be sustained , and recommended its withdrawal . Nothing was more conducive to the maintenance of peace

      ana the protection of British sublets residing abroad , than that questions of this kind , when they aroso , should be brought under disous-ion , and that foreign governments should know that if the government of the day might be indisposed to press for redress , tho House of Commons would not allow the matter to rest . That Lord Westmoreland had not done all that he might have done , was , he thought , consequent on the restraint imposed upon hira from quarters to which he was obliged to yield . Messrs . Wingato and Smith had been cruelly and tyrannically used , and he was altogether incredulous as to the iustification that they had violated Austrian law . The house then adjourned at four o'clock . WEDNESDAY , June 30 .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at half-past twelve o ' clock . The Case of Mr . Mather . —The Earl of Malmesbury laid before the house the conclusion of the Mather correspondence , and stated that the dispute had been satisfactorily settled by tbe ability and taet of Sir Henry Bulwer . The House of Commons was then summoned to the bar , and the Royal Assent was given by commission to ninetysix bills . Some other business was also despatched , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house met at half-past one o ' clock .

      Affairs of Neufchatel . —Mr . Duncombe presented a petition from certain Swiss residents , and others , in this country , complaining of the conduct of Prussia in interfering with tne affairs of ISeufchatel , whom , the petitioners state , is supported by the present government of England , and the Emperors of Russia and Austria , nnd that such conduct on the part of England renders the present Administration unworthy of the confidence of both tha Crown and Parliament , and praying that tho house would address her Majesty to refuse her signature to all treaties with foreign powers until the house shall have investigated the matters charged in the petition ; also two petitions from Finsbury , against taxes on knowledge . The Cask of De Rose . —Lord D . Stuart moved for a copy of the depositions taken at Gosport , in the case of Leopold de Rose , who was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour in November last on a charge of begging . Mr . II . Berkeley seconded tbe motion .

      Sir W . Jolliffe said that no representation of the matter had been made to the Home office , where ib would have received the fullest investigation , which ho promised should be immediately instituted . Lord Palmerston thought the ease was deserving of the most minute investigation , and hoped that the giyernment would redeem the pledge now given . Lord D . Stuart , upon this understanding , withdrew his motion . The house adjourned at four o ' clock .

      Prorogation Of Parliament. Thursday, Jul...

      PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . THURSDAY , July 1 st . Each Annual repetition of the cereraonjr of the prorogation of parliament presents so little diversity from its predec ssors , that there is now little left to be said of it . ^ The Queen left Buckingham Palace about two o'clock in the state carriage , preceded by tbe officers of the household and ladies in waiting . 'The cortege took the usual route , and arrived at the Victoria Tower , by which the Queen entered the house , at about a quarter pist two . After the ceremony , tbe Queen returned to Bu . ckin . ham Palace in the same manner . THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . My Lords and Gentlemen , I am induced , by considerations of public policy , to release you at an earlier period than usual from your legislative duties . The zeal and diligence , however , with which you have applied yourselves to your parliamentary labours , have enabled me , in this comparatively short session , to g ' ve my assent to many measures of high importance , and , I trust , of great permanent advantage . I receive from all Foreign Powers assurances that they are animated by the most friendly dispositions towards this country ; and I entertain a confident hope that the amicable relations happily subsisting between the principal European states may be so firmly established as , under Divine Providence , to secure to the world a long continuance of the blessings of Peace . To this great end my attention will be unremittingly directed . I rejoice that the final settlement of the affairs of uoUtein and Schleswig , by the general concurrence of the powers chiefly interested , has removed one cause of reoent difference and or future anxiety . The amicable termination of the discussions which have taken place between tbe Sublime Porte and the Pacha of Egypt affords a guarantee for the tranquillity of the Bast , and an encouragement to the extension of commercial enterprise . The refusal on tho part ° the King of Ava , of redress , justly demanded for insults and injuries offered to my subloots at Rangoon , has necessarily led to an interruption of friendly relations with that Sovereign . The promptitude and vigour with which the Governor-General of India has taken the measures thus rendered unavoidable , have merited my entire approbation ; and I am confident that you will participate in the satisfaction with which I have nhservmf tho conduct of the naval and militarv forces .

      European and Indian , hy whoso valour ana discipline the important captures of Rangoon and Martaban have been accomplished ; and in the hope which I entertain that these signal successes may lead to an early and honourable peace . Treaties have been concluded by my naval commanders with the King of Dahomey and all the African chiefs whose rule extends along the Bight of Benin , for the total abolition ofthe Slave Trade , which is at present wholly sup * pressed upon that coast . I have had great satisfaction in giving my assent to tbe measure which you nave wisely adopted for the better organisation of the Militia ; a constitutional force , which being limited to purposes of internal defence , can afford no jusfi ground of jealousy to neighbouring Powers ; but which , in the event of any sudden and unforeseen disturbance of my foreign relations , would at all times contribute essentially to the protection and security of my dominions . Gentlemen of the House of Commons , I thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for tho exigencies of the public service . The expenditure which you have authorised shall be applied with a duo regard to economy and efficiency . The recent discoveries of extensive gold-fields have produced , in the Austrian Colonies , a temporary disturbance of society , requiring prompt attention . I have taken such steps as appeared to me most urgently neccessary for the i mitigation of this serious evil . I shall continue anxiously I to watch the important results which must follow from , i these discoveries . I have willingly concurred with you ia i an Act , which , by rendering available to the service i of those Colonies tbe portion arising within them , of tha I Hereditary Revenue placed at the disposal of parliament i on mv accession to the Throne , mar enable them to meat i

      necessarily expenuiiure . My Lords and Gentlemen , I have gladly assented to the important Bills which yoa'Oa have passed for effecting , reforms long and anxiously desired red in the practice and proceedings ol the Superior Courts of i of Law and Equity , and generally for improving the admittiu- itstration of justice . Every measure which simplifies the ( orm * fm » andi diminishes the delay and expeme of legal proceedings , igs ,, mt & oufc introducing uncertainty of decision , imp Sringthe > the > i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03071852/page/7/