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      France. Revision Is Once More The Order ...

      FRANCE . Revision is once more the order of the day . M » Jules Migf-on , an old Conservative , has laid a proposition before the Assembly to revise the constitution . It has received the signatures of many mem-¦ bets- At the sitting of the Pyramids Club on Friday night , the Duks de Broglie declared against levision , in consequence of the President ' s last message . A pamphlet on this su '«) ect , said to be composed by Louis Napoleon , and signed by Lucien > lurat , at present privately clvcul & ttu , makes a great noise . The aim is of course the prolongation of the President ' s powers . M . Leo de Laborde presented on Saturday last g proposition for returning to the legitiniaie monarch v ; but M . Dupin refused to take it .

      With regard to tbe Communal Electorate Bill , after Monet ' s amendment , substituting one year instead of two for the domicile of adoption was only lost bv one vote . A verification was demanded and acced ed to , which disclosed the following facts - . —The Abbe Coquetel , whose uame was found on two cards of opposite colours , solemnly declared at the tribune that he bad only put one ticket into the ballot box , and that in favour of the amendmen t . M . Rev , in whose name two blue cards and cue white one was found , declared that be only put in on ? white one , that is , that he bad voted for the amendment . Thus , Monet ' s amendment , without these extraordinary adulterations of the ballot , would have been carried .

      The President reviewed the garrison of vmcennes upon tbe p lain of St . Maur on Saturday last . In going and returning he traversed in an open barouche and four with gilded liveries and out-Xidersjthe Faubourg of St . Antoine , but without aitracting much attention from the working classes , to whom Louis Napolean is at present paying assiduous cour t in a variety of ways . The President lias recently dismissed several prefects , and replaced them by persons devoted to his own personal interests . This proceeding has spread great consternation among the Orleamsts and Legitimists . M . Bourdon is " a good specimen of their new prefects . He has been promoted from the Correze to the much better prefecture of the Card and very lately

      gave proofs of zeal sufficiently striking to account for bis promotion . He suspended a republican mayor of Saint-Bonnet « ElvertJ who resigned , and was re-elected by an immense majority . He afterwards procured bis dismissal . The electors chose another republican mayor , who was forthwith arrested by the prefect , and sent to prison in irons , upon tbe charge of having entered upon office without ihe prefect ' s approval . It turned out that the prefect was wrong in his law , but his good intentions have nevertheless met with ' their reward . M . Bran , the dismissed Prefect of Indre et Loire , is the uncle of Ai . Baze , the questor . It may be well to explain that the polite phrase , appele a d ' autres / mictions , used in the 'Moniteur , " means simply dismissal .

      "NAPOLEONIC REVOLUTION IN FRANCE . The second and third editions of Tuesday morning ' s papers made the following announcements •—Paris , Tuesday morning . Paris is in a state of siege . The Assembly is dissolved . Generals Cavaignac , Cuangamier , Gharras , and Lamoriciere , and M . Thiers , have been arrested and conducted to Vmcennes . Paris is quiet . Nothing further was known till Wednesday morning . From the accounts received , we compile a consecutive narrative of the extraordinary events that have transpired : —

      On Monday night the President held a reception , which was fully attended . No one dreamed of what the morrow would bring forth . Late at ni g ht the President wrote an affectionate letter to M . de Thorigny , and the other Ministers , declaring that bis mind was made up—that he could not allow himself to he sacrificed by his enemies , who were Conspiring at that moment ; but that , as he was unwilling to compromise them iu any way by implicating them in bis acts , be thought it better they should resign . It is unnecessary to say the request was compiled with at once .

      Tuesday was tbe anniversary of the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon ( 1804 ) , and of Austerlitz ( 1805 ) ! When tbe earliest-rising citizens awoke , they found the principal streets occupied by strong bodies of inf-ntry , cava ' ry , and artillery , and the following decree posted on the walls ;—» In the Name of tbe French people . * The Pre > ident of the Republic decrees' Art . 1 . The National Assembly is dissolved . ' Art . 2 . Universal suffrage is re-established . The law of the 31 st of May is repealed . Art . 3 . The French people are convoked in their e ective colleges from the 14 th to the 21 st o . December . * ' Art- 4 . The state of siege is decreed in tbe whole if the first miiitarv division .

      Art . 5 . The Council of Siate is disioived . 4 Art . 6 . The minister of the Interior is charged with the execution of this decree . ' Louis Napoleon Bouafarte . * It appears that the President was informed of a midni g ht meeting at Changarnier ' s lodgings . At four o ' clock , the house was surrounded with soldiers . Changsroier , Lamoriciere , and Thiers were fouad within . Their remonstances were drowned in tbe noise of drums . They were conducted forthwith t « Yincenuts .

      About the same time General Cavalgnac , Col . Charrai , aud M . Bedeau were arrested . Cavaignac is said to have surrendered onl y to absolute force ; and Bedeau to have killed one of bis captors . Later in the day , one hundred and eighty representatives of the Ri ^ ht , with Berryer at their head , were arrested in the Maine of the tenth arrondissement . Some of tbe members of the Left , assembled at Cremieux ' s house—including , it was reported , even Michal de Bourges—were arrested also . Larochejaquelin , and other representatives , attempted to enter the hall of the National Assembly . They were permitted to do so , but not to return . M . Dupin , President of the Assembl y , invited a number of deputies to meet at his hotel ; but it was speedily environed bv soldiers .

      Eight of the morning journals including the « National / the « lU publiqae , ' and ' Aveaeuwat , ' were prevented from appearing . B y ten or eleven o ' clock , several proclamations appeared on the walls —one , Napoleon to the Soldiers ; another , Napoleon to the People ; a third , the Prefect ol Police to the Inhabitants of Paris . The following is the substance of the first : — Soldiers ! Be proud of your mission . You

      will save the country , for I count upon you not to violate the laws , but cause to be respected the first law—ihe national sovereignty . The obstacles that were placed in the way of the benefits which I sought to achieve for the common good have been broken down . The attempt which the Assembly made against my authority has been baffled . The Assembly itself has ceased to exist . As citizens , ¦ vote as you please ; but as soldiers , remember the duty of obedience . '

      To the people , Louis Napoleon says , The Asiem-My , which ought to be the foremost supporter of order , has become a theatre of plots . ' ' In place of making laws for the general interest Of the people it was forging arms for civil war . It attacked the power I hold directly from the people ; it encouraged every evil passion ; it endangered the repose of France . I have dissolved it , and 1 make the whole people judge between me and it . The Constitution , as you know , had been made with the object of weakening beforehand the POTf era you

      entrusted to mc . Six millions of votes were a striking protest against it , and yet I have faithfully observed it . Provocations , calumnies , outrages , found me pasiWe . But now that the fundamental part is no _ ° TV " peCted by lhose who "CMsantly invoke it , _ -rKM . m ? l who have " , read y ^ strayed tw ° nso-S _ J _ wfl , r ? J ' ° hand 5 in order t 0 over " & I _ fJ 5 T ? bKCf . duty i 810 b 8 ffl * tbeir P" * £ S t _ ° ? tein lh 9 Re Pttblic . ' ° . ave people . S rewpue in France-the

      'I , then , make a lovalanneal t « n , _ . and I say to you if you wi ? h , * ? «*« -nation of disquietude and Lk £ . twT'T this 8 tate eudtogers the future , choose an 0 tt « " ° and place , for I no longer wi . h for ¦ IT *??? powerless for good , but which make ? £ , „ wh , ch » for act . that I cannot hinder and CS responsible telmwfaen I see the WMd JJSjK ™ V * If , on the contrary , you have . fflTBtaS iftf fi _ TA T" ° ^ P- ^ ing the gS ft « on I hold from jou . That mission consisu f „ - _ £ 2 ? , h _ p - opIe ' ia protec ' * « £ m ^ tm ^ Un ^ ZSX ^ i

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      based . Persuaded that the instability of power , that the preponderance of a single Assembly , aie the permanent causes of trouble and discord , I submit to your suffrages the fundamental bases of a Constitution which the Assemblies will develop hereafter : —

      ' 1 . A responsible chief named for ten years . ' 2 . Tbe Ministers dependent on the Executive « 3 . " A Council of State formed of the most dis . tinguished men , preparing the laws and maintaining the discussion before the legislative corps . « 4 , a legislative corps , discussing and voting the laws , named by universal suffrage , without the scruttn de Itste which falsifies ihe election . 5 . A second Assembly formed of all the illustrious persons of the nation ; a preponderating power , guardian of the fundamental pact and ol public liberty .

      « This system , created by the First Consul in the beginning of the present century , has already given to France repose and prosperity . It guarantees them still . Such is my profound conviction . If you partake it , declare so by your suffrages . If , on the contrary , you prefer a government without force , Monarchical or Republican , borrowed from some chimerical future , reply in the negative . Thus , then , for the first time since 1804 you will vote with complete knowledge of the fact , and knowing for whom and for what you vote .

      * If I do not obtain the majority of the votes I shall summon a new Assembly , and lay down before it the mission I have received from you . But if you believe that the cause of which my name is tbe symbol , that is , France regenerated by the revolution of ' 89 , and organised by the Emperor , is still yours ; proclaim it to be so by ratifying th » powers I demand of you . Then France and Europe will be preserved from anarchy , obstacles will be removed , rivalries will have disappeared , for all will respect , in the will of the people , the decree of Providence . ' These proclamations were in very few instances torn down or defaced . The citizens generally kept within doors . The workmen exclaimed , on reading them , 'It ia well done ! ' « Ma foi , il a bien fait ; maintenant nous voterons puisqu il s retabli le suffrage universel . ' The President showed himself

      freely in the course of tbe day , on the boulevards and bridges , and was received everywhere with shouts of Vive la Republique » ' and many cries of ' Vive Napoleon . ' If any attempt to get up a disturbance was made , it was instantly put down . The soldiers appear unanimous and resolute in support of Napoleon . At five o ' clock a manuscript decree , purporting % o emanate from representatives met in the Municipality of the 10 th arroadissement , under the presidency of M . Odilon Barrot , was put out . It declared Louis Napoleon Bonaparte outlawed , convoked the High Court of Justice to try hits for high treason , relieved the army from its allegiance and appointed a general to command it , At tbe same time the Mountain was said to be sitting , and preparing a manifesto . All functionaries on leave of absence are ordered immediately to

      resume their posts . The following account is given from the best sources of the occupation of the Assembly , and subsequent dispersion and capture;—Towards 6 x in the morning several agents of the public force presented themselves at the same time at the several points of the Palais Bourbon , occupied by the qneators . M . Baze and General Lefto were arrested . The colonel of ot . e of the regiments which occupied the Assembly had signified to General Lefto that he was charged provisionally with the guard of the palace . Neither M . Dupin , the president , or M . de Parat , the third questor , were molested . At halfpast eleven about one hundred representatives were met in the Salle deS Conferences . A commander

      ol gendarmerie mobile came to order them to evacuate immediately all the dependencies of the palace . Whilst the commander went into the passage some representatives penetrated into the ball where the sittings are held . Neither the president nor any of tbe secretaries were at the bureau . Tbe troops then arrived , and the ball was cleared , The great bady of conservative members then repaired to the house of M . Daru . Two or three companies of ?• roons of the line soon arrived to disperse them .

      Ths commander of the troops announced to the members of the meeting that be had received order , to allow them to leave the place of meeting iu full liberty , but if they should attempt to assemble in any other place they would expose themselves to arrest . M- de Falloux , who formed part of the meeting , endeavoured to sound the dispositions of the troops , and , addressing the soldiers , said : ' I do not believe that representatives have anything to fear from the army . Is it not true that none of you Would dare to arrest US ? ' The commander

      immediately , with a bow of the greatest politeness , said , ' Gentlemen , you have only to make the experiment —you have only to endeavour to resist . We should act with the greatest respect , but we should do our duty . On receiving this peremptory reply , the representatives retired in great agitation . It was resolved that an attempt should be made to enter ( he Legislative Palace , and between eleven and twelve o ' clock about forty of tbe party went for that purpose . They were turned b _ ck » and one of them , in offering resistance , was , it is said , slightly wounded . At a later period , information having l » een received that the Mairie of the 10 th arrond ssement was at their disposal , and an offer having

      been made of the protection of a portion of th « National Guards of that legion , about 200 representatives went'thither , and entered into discussion . Among Ihem were MM . Darn , the vice-president ; Grimault and Molin , secretaries ; DcLarcy , Berryer , Dufaure , & c . At this meeting several decrees were resolved upon , and amongst them was one declaring the President of the Republic deprived of his authority , and another , appointing General Oudinot commander-in-chief , in tbe name of the Assembly , of the army of Paris , and of the National Guard . M . Berryer , wearing a tricolour scarf , appeared at a window to harangue the crowd on the outside , and

      announce the decisions that had been come to . He was , however , very unfavourably received , and the cry of' Vive l'Assemblee ' got up by the National Guards , was very faintl y echoed , Whilst this was going on , the Mairie was surrounded by a large force of the Chasseurs de Vincennes , and a chefde bataillon entered tbe room where tbe members were assembled , and desired them to disperse . They refused , and thereupon were conducted between a double line of chasseurs to the cavalry barracks of the Quai d'Orsay . General Oudinot , General Lauriston , MM . Berryer , Piscatory , Cliapot , de Talbouet , and Victor Lefranc were among the number arrested .

      Wednesday Morning . —The night passed without the leastjinterruption of quiet . No account of disturbance has been received from tbe departments . The High Court of Justice attempted last night to meet , bat being invited to dissolve , it obeyed the injunction of the Prefect of Police , acting in virtue ef a decree of tbe Piesident . No decision was taken ; no deliberation even bad taken place . The new Ministry is composed of M . de Moray } Interior ; Fould , Finance ; Rouher , Justice ; Magne , Public Works ; Le Rouche , Marine ; Casablanca , Commerce ; St . Arnaud , War , - Portoul , Public Instruction : Turgot , Foreign Affairs .

      Paris is perfectly tranquil . At the theatres last night the cries were all in favour of the President , and the intelligence received from seventeen departments announce the greatest tranquillity . Count Mole is not among the arrested . He writes to the papers to express his regret at not being so . Notwithstanding the immense crowds that poured on Tuesday in every direction through the streets of Paris , and the visible excitement that reigned in the public countenance , not a single disorder occurred .

      In the evening the crowds , however , bad Increased so much on the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle , that the authorities thought proper to interfere , and with a view to clear this great thoroughfare , a charge , with dratvn swords , was made by a considerable body of sergens de ville . No resistance was offered , and the crowd dispersed without any serious accident . The ' Moniteur' announces that the President desirous , until the re-organisation of the legislative body and tbe Council of State , of surrounding himself with men , who justly enjoy the esteem and confidence of the country , has formed a consultative commission . Eighty names follow , belonging moitly to members of the late Club of tbe Rue des P yramides . The names of Montalembert , and of the Faucher-Baroche ministry appear in this list .

      The Minister at War has addressed a circular to tbe Generals of the Army and Chiefs of Corps , lbs soldiers are to vote for the election of a President within forty-ei ght hours from the receipt of PUedTn" ! w ,, ' or ' No' limply is to be repueu to the following proposition : — *__ ^ ? , ? ncl 1 people wishes the maintenance of W ftuflwit / af LooiB Napoleon Bonaparte , wd

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      entrusts him with tbe powers necessary to frame a Constitution on the basis mentioned in his proclamation of the 2 nd inst . ' Paris was so tranquil on Tuesday night that the troops - ete ordered to return to their quarters . Squadrons of sergens de ville and a lew military patrols were found sufficient for the service of tbe city . On the left bank not a soldier or patrol made bis appearance . The only thing like agitation was in the Boulevard des Italians and near the Porter St . Martin and St . Denis , All is quiet to-day at Lille , as also at Arras , and all the towns on tbe telegraphic lines . Rouen and its environs are tranquil . The news has been well received there . A number of telegraphic despatches are continually pouring in ; all bring most assuring reports .

      The following are translations of the resolution and protest of the members of the Assembly agreed to at the Mairie of the 1 st arrondissement : — « R epublique Francaise , Assembles Nationals , December 2 , 1851 . ' Whereas art . 68 of the constitution enacls as follows-. — "The President and his ministers are each responsible for ihe acts of the government , and any measure by which the President of the Republic shall dissolve or prorogue the National Assembly , or place any obstacle to the exercise ol its functions , is an object of high treason . By that very act the President forfeits his authority , and every citizen is bound to refuse obedience to his orders . " ' Tbe Assembly , therefore , since it is hindered by violence from accomplishing its mission , decrees :

      1 Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is deprived of his functions as President of the Republic , and the citizens are called on to refuse him obedience . 1 The executive power passes in its plentitude to the Assembly . 4 judges [ of tbe Hi g h Court of Justice are called on to meet immediately upon paid of dismissal , to proceed to judgment against the President and his accomplices . ' It is enjoined upon all functionaries that th * y obey the requisition made in the name of the Assembly , under penalty of forfeiture and tbe punishment prescribed for hi g h treason , ' Made in publicsitting this 2 nd Dec , 1851 . ' fSigncd ) BenoistD'Azy , President . ' VlTET , Vice-President . ' CHAPOiand Moulin , Secretaries ,

      ' PROTEST . 1 Whereas article sixty-eight of the constitution provided , & c . ( see it quoted in the above resolution . ) 'Considering that Louis Napoleon Banaparte has violated bis oaths and the constitution , and emi d . iyed the public fore- ; to consummate this crime : ' Tbe undersigned members of the Assembly , after taking < -fficial cognisance of the violence offered by the President lo its meeting , and the arrest of its bereau and several of its members , declare : 'That the sixty-eighth Article of the constitution points out to every citizen the duty he has to fulfil .

      4 The President is thus declared deprived of his authority ; the High Court of Justice is summoned ; every citizm is forbidden to obey the deposed power under pain of punishment . 4 The General-Councils are convoked , and are to meet immediately : they will name a commission from the members of their own body , who will assume the administration of their departments , and correspond with the Assembly in whatever p lace it shall choose to meet . ' Every receiver of the public funds , who shall render up possession of the same to any person or person other than those authorised in tlw reguUlV and lawful manner , shall he held responsible both in property and person . Done this 2 nd of Dec , 1851 . '

      Tho representatives who met on Wednesday to carry into effect the decrees of the constitution , which proclaims the decheance of the President of the Republic for the violation of the fundamental law , and appoints General Oudinot military dictator , were , after their capture , detained for some time in the cavalry barracks of the Quai d'Orsay . But this was only a temporary arrangement . Several of them have been since permitted to return to their homes . There is no foundation for the rumour that MM . de Broglie or Dufaure were arrested . These eminent representatives , as well as M . Dupin , have remained in their respective homes .

      The ' Patrio says : — We are informed that about 200 representatives have already sent their adhesion to the President of the Republic , and a great number are expected in the evening . ' Yesterday , at four o ' clock , the President reviewed the cuirassiers and carabineers , in the Avenue of the Champs Elysees , and was loudly cheered by them with cries of ' Vive Napoleon l " The salle of the Assembly called the Salle do Carton , where the representatives held thoir sittings , DO longer exists . On Tuesday morning an ojjicier depaix , followed by a considerable number of workmen , wont to the place , and proceeded to demolish it .

      The deposition of the President , as decreed by the remnant of the ex-Assembly , was posted up on Tuesday night in lithographed sheets . It was torn down , and had entirely disappeared before the morn ing , Paris , Wednesday Evening . — This afternoon the troops stormed the barricades erected iu the Rue Faubourg St . Antoine . Baudin , the representative , was killed .

      Paris , Thursday . —Yesterday the few barricades erected in the Quartier St . Antoine and Faubourg St . Martin and elsewhere , and weakl y defended by the insurgents , were all stormed and destroyed at eight o clock in the evening . The following decree of the Minister of War has just been posted up : — Every person taken in tbe act of erecting or defending a barricade or bearing arms shall suffer according to the most rigorous laws of war . '

      Another decree of the Prefect of Police prohibits the assembling of groups . All seditious cries , all placards of political import , die , are also forbidden . The groups are to bo dispersed by the armed force , and without previous notice . The circulation of public vehicles is likewise prohibited , as well as of waggons loaded with provisions and materials . The news received from the departments is satisfactory . At Orleans the democratic party assembled to invade the Town-hall ; they hare been energeticall y repulsed by the National Guard and the troops . Forty-five of the principal promoters have been arrested , and amongst others the representatives , Martin , Michaut Tavernier , and Pereira . Paris is perfectly quiet .

      ITALY . ROME . — -Advices from liome state that in consequence of tbe fact of Signer Evangelist ! , whose brother was assassinated last June , having detected Signor Capotondi giving a Mazzinian circular to a dragoon , both the giver and the receiver were immediately arrested , and , as a natural result , a whole body of suspected individuals imprisoned shortly after , from whom the inquisitorial questioners attached to tbe consulta tribunal , expect to extort such confessions as may lead to the uprooting o ( the whole pernicious system , as they doubtless consider it . Signor Belli , an ex-captain of dragoons , and some officers in actual serviceare amongst the

      , number of tbe prisoners , and a complete razzia of Liberals will be effected under pretext of complicity . Meanwhile , to discover that the present meagre remnant of an army , although sifted and resitted by the expulsions of the council of censure is still < rotten at the core , ' and tampering with the republicans , instead of devoting heart and soul to the support of the chair of St . Peter , has filled the ecclesiastics with renewed uneasiness ; and they have resorted to their old plan of expulsion and dismissal * * order to purify etill more the remaining mass of Papal soldiery . Seventeen non-commissioned officers of the line , one corporal , tbe rest sergeants and

      sergeant-majors , have just been dismissed from the aervice ; and so rigorous was the mode of expelling them , that many of the poor fellows , far from their homes and friends , could hardly get away from the barracks for want of clothes , every portion of their uniforms being taken from them by their inexorable superiors . Thus , whilst paying fifty dollars a head bounty money for recruits , the sum having now risen to that amount , the priests are obliged to send away almost as many able soldiers on account of their political disaffection , so that a great deal of money is spent without much increasing the real strength ot tbe army , on whose organisation the wished for departure of the French depends . It U

      indeed , asserted that the King of Naples is preparing tbe Host important body Of Papal retainers in the shape of six thousand Swiss and other mercenaries , who are now being drilled and organised amongst the Bourbonic warriors , and will , when ready , be sent across tbe frontier either in detail or en masse , as circumstances may warran t . If indigenous soldiers cost £ 10 each , it may be easily imagined what an enormous expense this corps of foreigners will cause to the Papal treasury , and yet any sacrifice will cheerfully be made to get rid of the French troops , whose presence in Rome during the present criti cal stale of France c « qngt ^ Creatc

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      ' he greatest uneasiness amongst the partizans of Cl t ? udicious mistake occurred in the ofnchl paper whilst referring to that part of the French Pres .-2 Wssage , which stated that the organisation . " the £ 5 array was going on with activity , nstead of ' actWly' the editor or translator had insprifd ' avidity , ' which gave a curious although perhaps not a" untrue idea of the priests' ansie . y to nromote any measure by which they might get the soTer ridi of their Gallic protectors . The error was not perceived until the paper was printed , but it was considered sufficiently important lo occasion a delay of a couple of hours in its delivery , so that it might be corrected with a pen in a good number of copies _ , . . amnntrnt the nartlZanS Of

      . ,. GERMANY . EXTENSION OF ANOTHER CONSTITUTION . A telegraphic despatch , dated Frankfort , Nov . 28 , announces that the constitution of the duchy of Nassau , promulgated after the events of 1848 , has just been abolished by an ordinance of the Grand Duke . The present assembly will be replaced by two chambers . The election will take place according to the Prussian law . The English public have long been accustomed to look upon Hassenpflug , the prime minister of the Elector of Hesse-Cassel , as a most improper character both morally and politically . He

      himp elf pronounced sentence in his political character , by scandalous measures which he adopted to cwry o « t his' evil designs against the constitution of the electorate ; his private character has suffered still longer from the stigma of an accusation of forgery , which lias bee , n dragging its way slowly through the thousand and one forms of a Prussian legal tribunal—it has lasted nearly three years . Many and very different views have been taken respecting this case , the most lenient being tha ; the offeace of which Hassenpflug was accused was very eeneral among tbe higher judicial and civil officials of the Prussian crown . Those who took

      that view never dreamed of the terrible stigma they thereby cast upon a numerous body of highly intelligent and most honest men . The judges at Qreifswald , before whom the case has been so long , have at last pronounced sentence on it , a sentence marking tbeir sense of the crime , and , at the same time , the improbability of their ever having been guilty of a similar offence . On the 26 th ult ., the Court of Appeal at Greifswald , after a discussion ot five hours , found Hassenpflug guilty of forgery , and sentenced him to four months' imprisonment . There is little or no prospect of the sentence being enforced .

      NAPLES . A letter from Naples , of the 14 th ult ., in tbe ' Corriere Mercantile' of Genoa states that the King of Naples is forming a camp of observation at Capua , ft is to be composed of 50 , 000 men , A letter from Palermo , of the 12 th ult ., in the 1 German Journal of Frankfort , ' states that an attempt at insurrection in Sicily had been made by Baron Rize , and other noblemen , with a view lo proclaim the independence of Sicilyi and compel the King to abdicate as King of Sicily , in favour of his son Francis . A portion of the inhabitants of Palermo declared themselves in favour of tbe project , and the 13 th regiment fraternised with them , but by the energy of the authorities the movement was soon checked , and several arrests , including some officers of the 13 th regiment , were

      made

      AUSTRIA . The 4 Reiche Zeitung ' contains a decree , by which the societies of German Catholics , Friends of Light , Free Christians , and the like , are declared contrary to law . Those already existing are pronounced legally dissolved , and persons continuing to attend their meetings , or erecting new societies , are to be dealt with as criminals . Persons pretending to holy orders in those sects , and acting in a priestly capacity at baptisms , marriages , or

      interments , will be prosecuted , and only ministers ol the confessions recognised by law , may officiate upon such occasions . The bodies of deceased adherents of these prohibited societies are to he committed to the earth without funeral rites , under the supervision of the police authorities . In cases where children , through their parents' connexion with such unrecognised communions , have not been brought to the baptismal font , the authorised priest of the district is to step in and baptise the child , providing also for its orthodox religious

      education

      PRUSSIA . The following is tbe paragraph of the address relating to the Provincial Diets , The convocation of the former provincial Diets as provisional provincial representatives for the election of the district commissioners , rendered necessary by the law introducing & classified income tux , and for tbe preservation of their obligation as communal estates ( kommunalstandische verj ) flic 7 itumgen ) has at the same time afforded the government the opportunity of collating the opinions ol assemblies especially qualified to judge of tbe practical relations which are concerned in the grave objections made to the introduction of the communal laws ( getneinde ordmmg . )

      Very rich materials , the result of those deliberations , have been carefully employed in the projects of laws which will be laid before you in connexion with this subject . Count Rittberg has been elected President , and Deputy Bruggemann , vice-president of the First Chamber . Count Schwerin has been chosen President of the Second Chamber . The King has returned to Potsdam , from Hanover . He has entertained the members of the It ' gislature , the ministers , together with several memhers of the royal family , at the appointed grand banquet in the palace . Covers were laid for six hundred guests .

      The opening address to the Chambers is generally considered a moat unsatisfactory doeumem . Its remarkable silence on the main branch of the policy of the government , which ihe liberal party of the chambers have hitherto found their best ground of attack—viz ., the foreign policy—hat created a very curious feeling of discontent .

      HANOVER . The subjects of King G eorge V . have been again thrown into alarm ; this tjrae b y an announcement that his Majesty assumes personally the supreme command of the army . As the monarch ia honelessl y blind , it is necessary to state the sense ' in which this determination is understood in Germany . When the prince of a German state declares himself commander-in-Chief of the armed force , he signifies that the army ceases to be placed under the authority of a responsible minister ; and it ceases to be within the action of constitutional

      government ; becomes a facile instrument in the hands of the only individual in the state not responsible to another for his conduct . In the unfortunate situation in which the king finds himself , the command of the army will now be exercised by hit first aide-de-camp , or more probably , by the camarilla which cannot fail to surround a prince reduced to see only through the eyes of others . The disposition and employment of the troops , as well as all promotions , are now no longer under the direction of the Minister of War , who is thus stripped of his most important prerogatives .

      INDIA . There has been a serious Mussulman riot at Bombay . It was occasioned b y the Parsee editor of an illustrated Guzeratte newspaper ( in each number ol which is given a life and Portrait of some remarkable historical character ) having published in the series a life and portrait of Mahomet . Both were in themselves unexceptionable , according to European ideas , but the whole Mussulman population ( H 5 , 000 ia number } , considmd their faith to have been insulted and outraged by the publication , holding it , as they do , rank sacrilege and idolatry to ima gine and print any likeness whatevw of » o

      sacred a personage . The Mussulmans always assemble to the number of some thousands in tbeir Great Mosque for their weekly Friday prayers , and as it was known that they were in a state of ' considerable excitement precautions were taken by the police authorities , but not to a sufficient extent . The Cazee or High Priest ' s exhortations to peace were interrupted by an Arab Mussulman , of great sanctity , rising up , abusing him for his

      lukewarmness , and insisting that as their religion had been insuited , it was necessary to have a Mad , or battle against the infidels . Seizing a flag and followed by some hundreds of rabble , armed with cudgels and ? S ?_ i »» . ! i p s ? f \ War " ' ' Deen > -W the Pa . tb , the Faith , ) he made a rush out of the Mosque , aud owpOTenn g instantly the weak pobee detachment outside , and appropriating their SSI . S S hrou * h . ' hree or four st el TMulti-g all that came iu their way ( particulartv Parsces ) , plundering shoos , and »&> £ _ * „„?

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      lives have been lost , but many are dangerously wounded . It is estimated that property to the amount of £ ? , 000 has been destroyed . iNo lives have been lost , but many are dangerously . , r . :, .., ;„ ,., aA fliof nrnnfirtv to thft

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      The Official List Of Those Who Won Prize...

      The official list of those who won prizes in ihe Paris gold ingot lottery has been published . The great prize of £ 16 , 000 was * on by a vine-dresser at Bouzy , where the finest champaigne is grown . Only one spurious ticket claimed the priz-, andtbst was so gross a forgery as to be instantly recognised The Paris Moniteur' has the following :- ' II t A first trial of the electric telegraph between Gen » a and Turin was made on the 24 th ult ., with complete success . The ' Milan Gazelle' Announces thai Count Teileschi , aged forty , has been condemned to death for having circulated revolutionary pamphlets ; but that Marshal Radeizky has commuted the punishment to ten ' imprisonment in irons .

      years The ' Massagiero' of Modeno announces that tbe international committee for tbe execution of the railway of Central Italy commenced its labours on the 14 th . Marshal Soult died on the night of the 26 th ult ., at St . Armanns . He was one of the first and the last of the Marshals and the oldest of the Dukes of tbe Empire . He was born in 1769—the year in which Napoleon and Wellington were A large and enthusiastic meeting bad been held in Portland , Maine , presided over by the mayor , in favour of the movement for appealing to the British government for the pardon of Smith O'Brien , and other Irish Exiles , .

      Intelligence has been received from South America , bringing the news of the termination of the longprotracted war at Monte Video . Anuther of the constitutions promulgated in 1848—that of the duchy of Nassau—has just been abolished by an ordinance of the Grand Duke . The present assembly will be replaced by two chambers elected according to the Prussian law . The late Kim ; of Hanover left the following memorandum relative to his funeral ; it is dated

      1842 ;— I have no objection to my body being exposed to the view of my faithful subjects , that they may have a last look at me , as I have never had any other wish or object but to contribute to their welfare and prosperity ; I have never had my own interest in view , but wished solely to remedy the abuses and defects which bad arisen during the last 150 years , during the period the Sovereign was non-resident , and which cannot be wondered at . '

      According to the Calogne Gazet'e , ' M . Potocki , who was attahced to the staff . of General Bern , and who lately resided in London , has been arrested at Hamburg by Austrian Soldiers , Heavy falls of snow have taken place in some parts of the South of France , Between Puy and Nimes the quantity has been so great that the roads are impracticable . The mails cannot proceed , and the 54 th Regiment of the Line , ou the way to

      Avignon , was last week obliged from excessive fatigue to stop several days at Puy , and afterwards proceeded by way of Lyons . , The cantiniere , who followed the regiment in a little cart , bad ber vehicle upaet , and her ehuuferelte having set fire to her clothes , she was burned to death before assistance could be afforded . Three persons who attempted to proceed from Puy to Nimes iu spite of the dreadful state ot the roads , also perished .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06121851/page/2/