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      EMQfEMOIB S OF CITIZEN CAUSSIDIERE , Bxpiefi Prefect of Police and Representative of the People , pie . London : B » Stutter , New Burlington Stre > StrtC' . If tl If the reader will tarn to page 5 , he will see th a t j'A * L'AMi DD * B * OT ' * aaa devoted the principal porjn oi fon of Us letter to a review of these autobiographii mfral memoirs of the ex-Prefect of the Police of Paris . Giti Citizen Caussidiere draws a frightful but faithful ictuipictute of the demoralised state ofbw country under ie sKe sway ofLouis Philippe—• the Jew of Kings and [ ingoing of Jews . * * Every species of crime / says itizCitizsi Caussidiere , ' cried aloud against the cor . jptitnp tion of private morals , and the deterioration of

      ttionational prosperity under this government of privige , Iege , of selfishness , and of corruption . ' II The peop le , wearied of this state of things , com . tnimtnced the agitation for electoral reform . But the ntsjffitators were divided into two sections—the real id and the snam reformers . Odillon Barrot was the \ ut chi e f of t he humbu g s , whilst Ledra Rollin was gene , uljrally regarded as the principal leader of the detuu-[ St cr ste . Tke shams desired merely a change of men -tt —the substitution , of one set of knaves for another fit ! with just as much of so-called ' reform ' as mi ght av have served to throw dust in . the eyes of the millions h e Th e de mo crats , on t he con t rar y , desired a change of isl institutions , and t he snb s ti t u ti oa of a system f ounded

      on on justice for the then-aristing system of privilege . At At first the two parties were united , hut they soon pai parted company . ' At Lille the Royalists were obi obliged to retreat before the Republic At Dijon , Cb Chalons , Toulou se , && , royal t y was com pletely eff effaced at the prospect of political and even of soi social reform , ' At the opening of the following session the < refo form banquets ' were honoured by special denundati tionin the ' royalspeech . * The majority in each of tl toe C ^ amb « S replied bfolMmeaidres ^ , assuring tl fiie Fagin of the Ttuleries that the glory of hit » name , the blesnngs of his ride , and that sacred d depont . the Charter-0 / 1830 , could no t f ai l t o b e ti transmitted to future generations ! A'little month ' a and neither rule' nor ' Charter' had existence , and

      t t he na m e of t he royal h ypocrite had become a byv word of contempt and scorn . . Ia the debate on Louis Rnlippe . ' a ' speech * the i right of public meeting and association was elo i ouently defended by Odillon Barret , Duvergier de ] Hauranae , Remus at ,- Dufkure , Malleville , Marie , & c . ' . Kot twelve months have passed and the world has : seen these scoundrels trample upon the rights they so lately defended , and perform tcts of atrocious tyranny far worse than history will lay to the account of Guizot and DuchateL It is not yet a year ance Lamarttne reproached the government for ' p lacing the hand of the police on the mouth of the country- ' That was under the Monarchy . Under { he Republic Lamartine himself has assisted the enemi es of l i ber t y to sti f le public opinion by mili t a r y violence .

      The projected banquet in the twelfth arrondissement of Palis , brought the question at issue between the Ministry and the Opposition to a crisis . The banquet was forbidden' The Opposition—a few tmly honourable men excepted—shrunk from taking up the gauntlet Sung down by the Ministry and retired from the struggle . But bolder men were now forthcoming . The chiefs of the secret societies summoned their men to

      action , an d t he summons w a s an s w e r e d by one and all- On the evening of the 21 st of February ametting of ' a hundred citizens of tried courage and unfimching character * was held at the office of the Beforme . The meeting included Ledra Rollin , L o uis Bl a n c , D'Al t on S hee , Caussidiere , Flocon , Baune , Efe ' enne Arago , Thore , Albert , Lagrange , Delecluze ( then a provincial journalist , now chief editor of the Revolution Democratigve et Sociale and other * brave conspirators . '

      The sitting was most animated . Some contented themselvea tritn an energetic protest against the slog ' s mJaUtera . Others urged that immediate preparations should be made to oppose feree by farce . The latter maintained , that an insnrrectMn was unavoidable , that one hundred thousand men well affected to the cause would present themselves inthe morning in the public streets , and that such a splendid opportunity was not to be thrawn away . The former feared a defeat , which the government would doubtless take advantage of , to crush by new and oppressive lawa all possibility of meetings being held in future , all liberty of the press and propagandism , and the Utile that soil remained oi political rights and means of emancipstion . It was ,

      fcowsrer , fintH / molred that each man should betake himself separately , and tcita lit lands » lit poetett , to the Place de la Madeleine , to watch the course ef events , and to gain over public opinion against royalty . In esse ef an outbreak , each member was to repair immediately to the effiee of the Ef kmcc , to organise the movement witn vigour , and to giro it a republican character . That night the popular excitement increased . ' The air was impregnated with revolutionary matter . An electric spark of enthusiasm seemed to glow ia the breasts of all . ' . Next day the revolt commenced . Several of the peop le we r e killed , including two women , and a number were grievously wounded . The revolt continued bn-the 23 rd , and that evening saw the downfall of Guizot and his gang .

      Guizot'laughedheartily" when threatened with impeachment on the 22 ud . Within twenty-four h o u rs h e wa s s horn of p ower and a fugi t ive I A few days subsequently he slunk from France disguised in the dress of a" flunkey f The retirement of Guizot had satisfied the houreeoitie , and the population generally abandoned itself to demonstrations of joy . The insurrection was all bnt ended whea the dying embers of revolt were re-kindled by the massacre on the Bonlevard des Capucines . The night of the 23 rd was spent in preparations for another and final struggle .

      Citizen Caussidiere gives a spirited description ef the erection of the barricades on the night of the 23 rd of February . His account of the glorious struggle on the 24 th , does not disclose any new fact of importance ; indeed the account is rather imperfect and unartistie ; The wndusion is spirited : — On the Piece d * Srere , on the bloody barricades , In tie cptern streets , from the . windows of tha houses , there was on * exulting shout of victory : — * Yivn * . RtrrJaue . us . The following extract g ives a vivid picture of the Elate of Paris immediately after the combat . cicsHDnix as rax solium . —iKourain ? xet » ct orroucK .

      life many ctiwxs , I anivta at the *?*" * * . » Bwytl with a musket in my hand , and after the Chateau d'Bsu had been carried by assault , I entered th * ToiieriM , astounded at ths feeble resistant * that bad been made by the defenders of rojalty . Like others , I stopped before tha steps of the tuiw * , and ay thought * wandend to ay poor brother , murdered at Lyons in 1834 , It was oa tb * steps of the altar of Cnrist that he fell , struck by three ball * , wits sixty four bayonetwouads in bis body ; sad hU corpse reline . ol * o * d as a prey to a maddened toldiery wit soon little store than , a tissue of blood } sired * . ' • ¦ - - Oaleaviagtti * Taflerie * I proceeded to the offlce of insBsrosSnewspapsr , wkere treat number of intBrpnUwiira appelating a . governtntht . When tho ** dtisens whotsd bets nominated for th * Provisional Power instilled themselves at the Hotel de Tille , thar

      • ere still two important offices which demanded isms . oUteattsatJaa—thedlrectlon oftkePoit Office , which ^ M atonwwtras ^ edtoiBtlenna Arago ; and the Pre-Jtttnraaf Polle ' e . ^ t proposed Baun * for tke Police ivptxtmsnt ; ha dielined . Several other eWisfit iike-* "U * refuted ; AUwho were put ia nommatiott declined wdiScultataik . Flocon and Sauna thea proposed "" * , ia exjunction with $ obri * r . . At first I would not Wcept the offer , bat the ntretties of the people and th * kaowlesge that I ibeald have Sobrler fjr a eoUetgua , hidBcsd meatlut ' tbaeeeftn ,. ' * : * I proce * as 4 tothePfeleetut * , twtorapoaied by geMer sad Caoatpie , without any aoeessiba mt self- * stetm , bat ilttvn ^ hej « *» j ! al » trn » to !» a » self , Ipvf mymuskct « ad By phtobj to 8 obriersndC * Judpi * , whohad already ^ aasidioi , ! , , ^ 9 , asd msly -retained my sabxt , » W « i wt | ' msteB ( d roand aj l » dy by a red sash . It wu tee sword of honour bl my father .

      A » lettered the priaslpal swat of the Pretectal * ita a * \ wo « oaradea , all was , disorder , and confusion . Tiu pomiawuitrewtd viithhtoiU . horsea ^ saodlu . *^ nnlit *> y tceoatrements .. About 2 , 700 men , Haai-«* P » 1 Sasias , and troops of the finei ' htd jtnt * vaeuat * a «* Prefecture . - A compsay of the llth Legion alen * * 5 P *« dTn aBTtaln # ; llx * iailitarycrdtr . It was the < ffie : rs of this company , seconded by Adjutant Caron *** ^ fcrUret ; who , to , aroid a conflict , ; had iadaeed ^ Miuddptl Qotroa and th * Una to withdraw . A ^'"^ s ^ ofduasiiSj moM wlMssmned , and still « taric » ted fcy' 4 success olr tiaedwiaiornt the rffuiUm of fwo , wore walktaj ap and 4 * wn the poirts , Uouflng , JirelaliaeifeS' > Tiro U ' .= Scp » btiquflVs 3 rt 8 laB * W Ka tt

      ^« » jyj Ij iITma > Tiu ^ eouffda . mueittamdj T ^^ MjftMallth * ' tffsctof the ' irildeu jteami ^ qoes ^ a ^ eo ^ p ' tiia of the Jfstwnai Qasrd to ' call his ** w tegelher , sad ma short address I annoBne * 4 ' my PjovUloala nouWatmntothePrefebtmse , and exhorted ^ eciu «« hs ' preteat tolsad m » their sitsistanoe to . *«« s ftsre ^ tblittnieat of order , smil tb » VTorMp * ^»^ tts . m orgeat detntnds of tlu moiisnt . They g- ^« i with tnuiosiiumithtt they woald do so , and | ^ ^ t 1 h ' tVpfomIsrstftii zeal and ' inteiUgetice . I ^ «« cenaed , stma * r ^ psnie 4 by SaWer and Gav *« me , to th * apartments of th * Bscretary-GsDeral , " « I f ound only two eopj ^ es and tw « btlUfif , who 0 *»« msiaed at tadr potts , InssfsbereiiioweAeaT

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      ba 4 bKa ort * r * a to appear fa that rsrj room , vA « a nadtr ri gotwu iwofSZtiiM u ' euiitrntepeMqiie i for theJsaloas waWifulnsss of th * Sscretary . Otnsral and of the Prefect himself was continually txcltod hvthe reports of tkateent polio * .. ; + '' « ' ' It was with such reflections that I took ' poHeeiion of * Ah * tel , froit which , but a few how * previously , a warraBtofarrsithtdbeeaiMusdatalnstme . Ipiaee 4 my sword upon tt desk , BsbrierdW tha lasta With his pistols , and w « cet to work at * noa . Hew ktreport of Ciroaa . Cwmidime'i Post Tuit te in Paovi . . lioviL QovcaaiUKT .

      Whilst I was finding my way , as best I cauld , in this labyrinth of afiVrs ot evsry . descriptJon , I only received indirect Inteiugenceof what the Provision *! fiovernment was doimc In lu sittings at tha Hotel de VU 1 » . . I therefor * ntclred , on the eTening of the 26 th February , to go and paj theta t visit , to as to inform mytslf on various subjects . I set put , accompanied by a guard of twshty men I had notim * to change ay dreit , and had by my side my sabr * with the red knots , a braes ef pistols in my tash , and my fighting cap . We arrived at the balustrade in front of ths Hotel ds Tille , through innunerrable guards and challsngt * of ' Qui Vive . " , and were obliged every moment to give the pus . word . I caacom . pue the entrants * cf the Hotel de Tilto to ' nothlpg else than a bee-hire . An armed aad turtalent crowd thronged

      the tteps . Those under the peristyle Were oh duty , and continually drove back the crowd , which slopped up tb * staircase .. To obtain ; as entrance , it wis necessary to make a regular assault , and bring into play both tlbows and shoulders , Vat ths risk of losing a limb or two . I was obliged to leave my escort behind and to try aad fores my way , accompanied by my Hrottnant only . Twice I was drirsn btck with lost ; but , thanks to my vigorous efforts , and to my being recognlsed . by some dozens , I succeeded , with my Untenant , tarachmg the . staircase oi the first story . The leader * f the escort , whom I had taken in tow , was a sprightly student , who was ail butttffled ia tho crush . The mats of armed and unarmedcWiens that * cctsioned this confusion were there to see and

      hear what was going on ; perhaps , also , to claim service at the . Hotel de Till * , it was the Tower of Babtl on a small scale , . if i aid no ' s lot * one ef ay limbs In this rough passage , I lost one of my pistols . To save my omoarpropre a * Prefect , I have always endeavoured to persuade mj self thtt in the souffle it fell out of my belt , but the fact is , it was snatched out . I cannot sty . precisely at what moment ; tome honest cWten , doubtless , who had no arms , was of opinion that I did n * t need two , and that , like gooa brothers , we ought to go shares . I was somewhat discerncerted at It , as la critical momenta like these a man Is glad to hive his weapon * at hand . On the landingplica of the first floor I encountered sholltr obstacles to impede my progress to the ProritloMl Government . Its

      orders were so strict , that when one of its members presented himself alone , he had equal difficulties to contend igsintt . The evening before , Ciuxen ledru Rollin bad been refused admittance , and it was with great dim . culty that herejolnsd his eollesraee . Although ths first flaor swarmed with citizens and pupils of the Polytechnic School , the crowd was not to dense a * below . In about an hour I at last leached the d * or of ths council chamber . In a long gallery , through which I had to pass the printers of the Uokike * were busy printing ths decrees which hft we council cbtmbir . Atomcwhatdis orderly activity was visible everywhere . Evar man seemed awsraof the necessity of getting through his work at fast as possible . AH the members of the Provision *! Govern , meat were seated round s large table with the

      indispensable green cloth . General Tfafaro , Bseort , Flottard , and othtr ddisat were also seated at the geveramental table . These gentlemen wen literally muled aliv * in a heap of torn papers , which inundated the floor of the room , and reached up to an ordinary man ' s waist , A heavy and oppressive atmosphere weighed upon this tstembly . I approached a window Which was half open , my sabre under my arm , and awaited tha termination of a discussion that was going on . I thus was a wltattthow the tffiirt of the Republican Goverumtnt wne managed . Tbeycoasmenced drawing upa decree , which was soon torn np , t h * f tegmenta btlng tent to increase th * heap upon the floor , and then all wtt commenced over ( gain . The warfare between the mostrate and demooitttc . parttes existed there in full ferce . Fiocon and Garnier Pages

      appeared to me the two most doughty champions , th * on * for energetic , the othtr for tha most dilatory measure * . I shall net relate word & r word all that came to my ears , lett haply I should commit an error of m * mory , I lhallenty add , that adecree ' watunder discussion , and that it was to be drawn up . It was quite evident that Flocea was dead beat from exertion , and he soon fell sick , and lost that warm enthusiasm which animated him during the fitst days of th * Revolution , Heuatreptttedlj told me tinea , that tkey took a pleasure in working him to death ; and tolf is much to be regretted , for he might have been of essential service to ths ctu « e ef the revolution . His opinions will doubtless again carry him freth into the lists , bnt wish the conviction that revolution it only possible with its originators , and that a man can only get on with his own fellows . L * . t him mark well that this advice is dictated by my head and by my heart .

      Whilst I ww looking on' at this decres-making , . Albert joined ma at the window , and said : 'Matters don't goon well , here ; I lack ; as if I was one too many . ; I feel greatly Inclined to tender my resignation . ' * Do nothing of the sort , ' I replied , * unless it is cecMsary to recommenee tha struggle ; The people must have ia this do . vernmeut representatives selected from their own body ; be firm , and oppow yourself energetioiUy to any reactionary measutet . The people , hate paid with their blood for tie right of having their own delegates here ; they are victorious , your power is consequently great ; speak in the name of the people , and yon will be listened to . ' It was not from a seise of his own inferiority that Albert wished to retire , bnt h * was hurt by the air * of superiority which tome of his collasgues assume ! towards Urn , who undervalued th * Intelligence and practical common sence of sue friend . The lore of talk ruled supreme there .

      Thus chaos still prevailed in the street and in the council . We shall nest give an extract from the archives of the secret police . Of course Citizen Caussidiere was curious to learn , the names of the villainsr-the ex-agents and instigators ^ -who affecting to . act with the Sepnhlicans had constantly sold their secrets to the government .- He took measures , accordingly , as will be seen in the following dramatic account of

      . 1 SrT CRSUJKD . I had the chrt < tiw Hd surnames taken of all who applied to terra in . the secret police . I found th * names and the pttt-words of two hundred tgtttt belonging to every class of society , from the noble to the galley-slave . All of them , strengthened their applio Atlont by profetr sing a concern for thepubllo welrare , andbosstedof their excellent station in society ,, pr of eomepwitionof a nature to obtain for them the public confidsnoe . I had a list made * t all their ntmtt , and it ti In safe keeping . By other means I leant the name * of the agent * in thi secret pay of tb ^ duTenatnuniiter * , aad ' in some instanc--s I made sse of those men to procure in . formation of what w *» golnjoa in the higher ranks of society . In the midst of these . reports , addressed by

      different spies of the police ,. there was one voluminous folio , the dates of which went back to 1833 . More than one toons tad informations signed 'PUtte , * commtnc * ing from the afiair sf May , mealed every act , great or small , relative to tha Republican party . The inform * , ticnt were exact , every thing was patted in review—the army , the press , th * secret societies . The character and habtts of ins men informed against were given with ths most perfidious nicety . The miserable being had not spared hi * own frltntt ; and those who readeTed aim tervicM were the first denounced . Ha had succeeded in iasiaoating himself , Into the very , heart of . th * secret societies , and as a member of th * committee , h * waa oueoa- 'onf ofevarythinfi - that took place . A contributor totheCHaWViai and to tbaSiioiasU . be wt * lathe

      secret of all the Iitentions of the opposition press , and he told their tecttt * to our aemiet . Ludeapilshad . de , for we matt , speak of him by name , never gained my sjmpathfc * . Bat I was often thrown in hit company . I . even pasted a port !* n ' of tha days of February with him . On th * 53 rJ of Februtry we ] bad te ' deciie on tomecen . tral point of inturrtctlon ; the Otm "St Martin , bra ' acbi lag out from thetie * to ' the duT ^ reat jaarHera Where our men were placed , was selected . I rtmembrr w « U , that ia tiiaeveulag h * pnpattd to establish ow h 9 > d . qatrtertcnj the Pises des . Chevaliers , dp . Oner where we could have beea more cstUj tuitouudto aad . muttered ' . ' . However , to avoid crestmg snspicton , he * gre * d toour rendtsvous , and wsato tnestus there at ; the hour app ' imttd . ' Oa ^ tho ' following dsy at noon I repaired to th * spot , aeoo m-

      ptnkdby Albert ,. Commtndtnt YtlUtr . anaotheiBtpnbucant , but we had scarcely left the . Bus , Grenetat to cuter the Rao St M * r £ a when w « . wtxt . tuddenly fired apon by a dstaenment , aad th * mta at ; my tide fell detd . : ( teturateg round , r perceived another detach , meat , about eM-hw < fced ' y ^ dV ^ n »« 1 a volley , i , Tb * wh * l * qoar ter w » s * urround * d by theMoal ctpal Guard .- Peroeiting at one * ' that , we . hsd betah * tra ) ed , Aibett and mjself , endcayourtd to . sake good cwretr * at ! r / theBae 6 rf « toi , when w * s * w another divUlim of MuMypjddasrdttdvtaelng toward * us . Wei hardly had time to rush'down the alley of the Cafe MarrbettJ ^ which -we had searoely' eatered wbta we beard th * balls rattling againtt the door , soon followed by th * blow * of . the batt-ea ^ fcf th * musket * of th * gotrds . r 7 « Utti * thought th * o ,. eith « of as , that on ths follewing day we should both pf us be . members of *

      otwgoverement . Ia half uhov the Maoicipsieasrdt withdrew , ' and we were flaWed ' to ' jolu oar frierii * De ' abodfiV did ' not make hi * * ppsaraaM * t th * Cartt St ICertin . ' . vZhtn u * came on tbeifoUowingir 4 » ytO Bfcka aaofiev of hi * swtiee * . «» «« 9 ^ ttoPreftemre , he said that bek * 4 . t * J ? ina du ^ sat rotd , and : that like our tdve * h «* T beea prevented fromreacWng ' ttaapppIuted spot . 5 « then ver / eosily took'Us pla ** atjth ' e desk oi the rHcretsay-Qehtt ^ Pioti , who had flidi '; Thus Ihad gives wel * MBB to a mlserabU wretch , who , for tea years , wttfatha ' . secwt p » yof onr enamte * .. Kay , m at * , £ waain . 'position of e ? nfid « aee , ; whto , jwner ^ r , Jater , ¦ odd ksvaeaahltdalmtodulMy * 11 traess ofhUlaf *» y . Three or four ' dsys after the dUwyery of ttie folio In question ; identified the bind-writtog of Pierra with flbatof Delshodds . I was convinotd'di pit gufltat eae ^ , when what should raw up bat th * feHoving Ittte - kautiialy *| gned , with address , date , and all Us « atb * v

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      ... T « »* m « a mm si rsuoi . * f » J , t , I « n «» onr tortqasttadmltsloalnto th * ad « miaitbMtioa you ; dirsct . I am a native of WimlUe , aw Baulo ga * . sur . Mw , laths department of the Pss d « Ctlais , aad say family Is well known in th * coanry . My father and miay . of my relattout u « electors . Slaw we revolution many of them refused to take a share in tt * balloting ; bat proo » Mlngs , in which' I boreaprinelpai part , mad * th , m better appreelaie the importance of their eleoleral rights , and I doubt not that , in the comlag * leetlea , thty wiU make us * of them ia f wour of th * candidate who tolldts thiir vote , aud who in evsry respect is to worthy , of II . It was my intenttoa , on amvug at Paris , to torn my thoughts to literature , * nd ereaaow I write oootslonally in Ia Passu ; bat the profits arrlilng from my pea being too small , and my wn resource * insumeieat , I f « i oyielf under the ne . oesslty of throwlsg up say literary career , or , at any tats ; , of making it * nly a secondary occupation . The de

      partment I should prefer , M . lePrefst , Inyouradml . aUtratiea , would be that of the secret police . It would suit my character and my active mind , and the prejudices ¦ gaintt inch an occupation have no weight with a »; for I believe that tvery profusion hat its morality , and I do noitblnk ill of that of whioh the object Is to ensure the tranquillity of the ooantry , and the citizens e * nnot be wrosgly wteemed by . wis * men , who only look at the end and not the means ; like many young sun , I have beea th * victim oi that political exaltation which so sadly signalised the first years of the * Revolution of July . Ia 1832 , 1 wat latrodnced to the Socltty of tho VnUt de VHomme . Shortly after ward * , ' I enured ths army at a volunteer ; I entered th * 38 m regiment of the toe , and I acquired certain celebrity by having reprelentsd at the theatre of Soitaont , a play in which there were political illusions , an act which my superior * officert punished very severely . I was afterwards brought to . trial at Lion , but I must protest that ' the political charges brought against me Were without foundation .

      The verdict of the jury , moKorer , proved It . Ths tort of reputation I acquired from these two ctrcumatances pltesd me in connexion with the principal leaders of the Republican patty . ; I wat looked apon ** all-powerful in the regiment , and M . Marrast , of the Tmbome , endeavonred , at various timst , to psrsuade me to attimpt » demonstration , which he said would shake the whole army . I left the army la 1835 , and patted one year at Paris studying the law . At tbl * period , I was mad * a member of the Sodtta det families , about which I could giro some Information If rt qairsd . I then retorted home , and It was than that it struck me that I had too long allowed myself to be tke instrument of men , most of whom were tmbMous , or of disappointed expectations , and the ! remainder men who had ran wild

      and wished to induce * others to . follow tusir sxtmpW ~ and I foretwsrs tha principles of blood and destruoiioa which one * I had the folly toad » pt . Daily eontspt with men of the world , end my own experience , bare . since dissipated suany of my youthful illusieni , and it Is because of this rapid descent from a belief In appearances that I shall be enabled to shake offfrom the employment I solicit those prejudices that surround It , I mast confess , Monsieur le Prefei , that I look to yonr kindness for the success of my application , and more upon my ardent desira to be of service than on tu « real claims I have to offer , it . Boutmy , who it we'I acquainted with ms undertook to present you with a sketch of my life . as also to say a few words in my favsor . I trust that

      bebssdouo so , and that the details I have jutt sub . mittcd to you , are already in part known to you . M . Frangais D ^ letsert , to whom I had the honour to write seas time back on the subject of his election , has made inquiries concerning me which I bslhve wsre not usfsvourabl * . If you think it advisable , and will deign t * take that trouble , It . is In bis pawer to give you the necessary infoimatioa . [ conclude , Monsieur le Prefst , by asking your pardon for having said to much about myself , and by appealing to your kindness to take my request into consideration . I have tha honour to bit with respect , Msmsleur le Prefer , your very humble and very obedient servant , ( Signed ) ' L . Dkuhodds , Bus Ccquenard , 9 . 'Paris , 25 ± March , 1838 . *

      'I made Monter acquainted with the affair , an old Mend of mine , ef twenty yean * standing , on whom I could rely , and whom I afterwards made seoretary-genered as a recompense for his intelligence and zeal . He wrote to some of the patriots whose names figured ia the informations , to meet him at nine o ' clock the following day at the Luxembourg , and I wrote to Albeit , who lent us his room not kaowiag for what it was required . I did not wish Delahedd * to bo tried at tha Prefecture , where the Montagnards would have tern him to pieces , if tkey got wind of what had occurred , audit would have been said that we murdered him out ofafearefhis disclosures . He dined * t my table , as did soma other secretaries and extra employes . He sat opposite to me , and I was constrained to gulp down my

      indignation . X could not hav * stood this long , and immediately after dinner I told him we wer * to meet at Albert ' s rooms to discuss some serious business . We left together , and as we walked along he vaunted U < ability to fill the oSce of chief secretary . We arrived at last at Albert ' s rooms , where I had taken tare to forward all the proofs of hi * guilt . Including Selahoddt , there were sixteen pewons pretest . The sitting at once b « . came solemn ; 6 r « ndmesnil took the chair , and I explained the object of the meeting . Delohodde , not belsg aware that we bad proofs , commenced by re . minding us of hit Repnbllcaa principles for the last seventeen years . On bringing forward tome of his

      reports he still denied hi * guilt , and demanded that his handwriting should ks proved . Ths exasperation of all present having retched a climax , they thundered forth proof after preof against him , and read the original letter given above . The accused then confessed Us guilt , and declared that Ia si moment of despair he thrtw' himself inte the arms of the police ; that he made reports , but that he was never tm ojcntpmmltur , or provocating agent , and that he could not reproach himself with the arrest of a tingle republican . Some of bis former friends , present at this dramatic scene , requested him to blow bis brains out ; ' He contented himself with writing the following letter : —

      "I declare that all th * resorts signed Pierre were written by me . L , SMtioros . ' " Ports , thU I * th March , 18 * 8 . " 'A proets-mbdiot the meeting wat made on the ' tpot , and signed by 6 . Grandmeanil , Tiphane , Monler , Bogaet , PUbM , LtchaUfer , Bergeron , Louchhet , Albert , Catlland , Ch . Rouvenat , Mereler , Caussidiere , and «•• Cfenu . Th * signature of the latter was sesreely legible , Dslihodde was immediattly tskea to the Prefecture , and from thence looked up at th * Oanclergerie ia solitary cenfiaement , for haying , after the jMth of . February , kept up a correspendance . with the agents , of the fallen government . A few days ' after . I left the Prefecture , he was , set at Jlberty by anordiuBtuceof tttnlfeu / He at once left for London , where he attacks the Republic and theRepub . llcans in a litf Is journal . ' H ere s an a cc ount , of the manner in which the Provisional Government responded to the popular d emand for t he

      oisiHiiiriow or nnou * . The people' were not satisfied with * simple declara tion of the rights of labour , but desired so see it put into practice immediately .: Xh » different . trades , with banner * bearing for a device . ' Egalite . aboUlion de Vex . ploiiatimde fhonimepy irViomm' ( Kollring upon other men ' * labour , ) presented themselves st tb « Hotel de till * .- f heir delegates , en being atoitted , demanded the estabuthment of a ministry of labour , that Is to ssy , a ministry of progress The peaple were waiting below , with muskets in their htids , in a calm , but de . termiaed attitude . The council « nter « d apon the dis . cawlenat one * . MM . Oarnier Pa ^ e * and lamsrtlne ipois with eitruns violsnea agalntt the claims of the workmen , and entreHched themselves behind a general

      reserve , seeking to blink the great , qmeation at istue . They maintained that the Provisional Garercment should carsfully avoid solving any qoeiHoa whatiosror , that it bad nether tb * right , the duty , ner th * power to do anythins ;; that everything wa * to be referred to the decisions of the Rational Assembly , and that thtlr functions ought to be restricted to ths simple duties of a commit stry of police . Louis Blanc , on the . other hand , con . tended that It wot . their doty to reform the old system with' the least possible delay , and to establish at once the political and social revolution ; that the future Assembly would aet when it bitd mtt , but that the authority with which they had been invested by the people eon . fared upon them the constituted power ; that the revolution wit mod * by and . for the working classes , and that

      their first step should be to proclaim tb * abeMon . of the priittariat , and to establish tiu . most Important minis try of the Republic--the Ministry of Labour . He moreover tendered his resignation if the wishes of the people were not compiled with . M . -Arago , turning towards bu yendgcbllMgue , addressed , him »* follows : 'Who has fulfilled the duties of a father toward * you ? 1 eatreat jbu , la the name of my white tialr * , to renouaoe thU idea of the organisation of labour , » 0 B 0 t *« para » yourself from the Provisional GoVernmsBt . Po you wish us all tohaveour tkroatecui !* Thepeople all this tim * were w aiting below stairs for the reply of their dictators . 1 C . M . Saraler Psges and Marrsst had withdrawn to a corner efjth * room , where they concocted together a fSrtofevailve concession , whleh . doubtless appeared to them of little contcguencel ' Instead of a ministry ,

      said oa * of them , * let us establish a commission of inquiry , wMch will examine into th * question , and appease the people , A ministry implies action—a special commission simply prepares materials for th * future . ' Th * presidency of this commission—without power , a budget , er any available means—was offered to Loulo Plane , He stoutly refused it , insisting , that attention should be paid to the demands of the pwple . M . Attgo repeated bis prayer over again , and offered himself at viocpresIdeBt . M . Marrast tfiVred a pslBcej Loals BUhcsHU refused j and tt * people , below grew impatient ; and made ^ ibe butt-ends of their mhstets restfcn ^ oath * pavement .. Iheolbtr membersinterpoied ; aad It was finslly decided to establish a cofflmiuloa of workmen , to sit in the Palace of the Luxembourg , with Louis BtaueforpKStdent . and ^ bert the workman ,

      forTioepresident . j . Citizen Caussidiere was too much of a democrat to suit the National clique ; more than once , therefore , an attempt was made to oust him from the Prefecturei ' ' on « ne occasion Gamier Pages came to t ^ frftjeiw m ^^^ iM-. ^ - hn ' mi a government order to supersede CaussidiWe . Bnt the two JVaftVmflb thoug ht better of it , and retired , leavi n g CauBsidiere undisturbed . In connec

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      tion with this affair , there is the following ridiCHloui anecdote of . - ¦

      0 iani 8 aM «» . " Before leaving , QAtnler Pages , ptrcslving whattflfect his rtsie had made , and fearing lest the' Montagaards should small a rat , * s regarded hi * demceratio . views , endeareured to reinstate hlmielf It their good opinion , by one of those strange speeches which he alone htt the happy art of making . ' 'My ion , ' he said to thtnt , ' my own son is a grocer ' s boy In the Rue de la Yerrerie ; ths son of yonr major a grocer ' s shop-boy 111 Wears all of us workmen j my ton U . a workman In the grocery Uavl— ' Huehestopptd short ; whether that hewas too much overcome by ( motion to continue hittpeeeb , or whether the smile risible on the counteasaces of his audience warned him that he was oa . the Wrong ' tack , 1 d * not know , He perceived , however , that it would be dangtrons to dismiss me . at that moment , and he joined Recurt in solicitations to me to remain In offics , ' I consented . ( To be continued in next Saturday ' s Star . )

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      THE LABOURER . Edited by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ,, M . P . December . London :, j . Watson , 3 , Queens Head Passage , Paternoster How . 'Female Slavery in England' is the title of an excellent article on the condition oftbe Women of the Working Classes . The-author of the article powerfully . exhibits the wretched condition of women in the manulaeturingdlstricts ,. the veritable slavery 0 f dressmakers and other . needle workers , and the unkindly treatment of those domestic serfs —• maids of all work . ' ., From : a timely and valuable article o n t h e 'Position and Prospects of the Rational Land Company , ' we quote the following account of the nooaiss . cr thx iskd ptHfci ? tE .

      The principle of the National Ls ' nd Company Is to purchase land ia the ' wholesal * market by means ' of tha united capital ofthe working classes , and tOSSll it to them asaln- at cost price lu such small bolulags a * mty be suited to their respective waits and . mean ? .. r 7 u have heard muck in condemnation of this plan , it has been derided as visionary , impraotlcable , and dishonest . All the hungry hounds of the Press hare betn put on th * trail and yelped condemnation ia cherus ; But , notwithstanding this angry howl , what do we s « e f ¥ hy \ that , as in the case of every sound principle , other parities are copying it , and , we will add , perrerting It to selfish purpose ' s never contemplated by it * . originators , Two WuitratioBB will prove' thli ^"

      It will be remembered that latttesBlen a Bill was ' introduced called 'The Farmers' Estates ( IrsUnd ) Bill ;' It passed with comparatively little opposition in either house . ' We were In , the ' House of Lords , when Rati D ^ von moved its second reading and explained its objeoti . ' These ' were briefly to Incbrperate . and legalise a company of capitalists to purchase estates wholstal * in Ireland , and then to parcel these estates in »» small holdings of not less than , thirty acres , to be sold or let upon lease to small capitalist * .. ' His lordship dilated at considerable length upon the imossnse'btn « fiu which such a mode of proceeding would confer upon Irtland , where the creation of such a body of small yeoman was ene of the most pressing wants , and offered the only way of laying a sound foundation for its future prosperity .

      Ha showed the impossibility of bringing capital aad labour to the cultivation of th « neglected toil of Ireland , to long as it was looked up In masses In , the bands of negligent , improvident , and intoWtnt landlords , and vividly described the advantages which would necHtailly fhwfroma wider diffusion ef the tease of property among the people'at Urge . Lord Beaumont , a orotchelty , but clever polltiotl economist , whose head Is fi led with the abtatdUiet oi Wctrdo , ttaouuoob , ^ ud all tht ether writers ofconsense on that subject , Immedl . ately after Lord Devon ' s expoiltlon stood * p and . opposed it lathe strongest manner . After prophesying all kinds « f possible and Impossible etili es likely to result from the measure if it were carried , bfi concluded by stating , that it was merely a wholesale adoption of tht principle of Mr Feargus O'Connor ' s bubble Ltnd Scheme , and on

      that ground he should oppose it . Hit opposition , however , was ineffectual . Tht bill pstetd both houses , and received the Royal Sanction , So that we may say the legislature and government have already retognlsed and stnottoaed the essential prluolpl * ef tho Ltnd Company . It Istrus that Lord Devon defended his bill on the ground , that by limiting the size of the farms to thirty acres the possible evils of minute subdivision would be avoided ; and that such is the horror of ' over popula tion' In tke minds of hon , members' aud 'noble lords , ' If any smaller number of acres had been proposed the bill might have experienced , greater opposition ; But the principle applies equally to three acres as to thirty j and after a small capitalist has purchased thirty seres from the Farmers' Estate Society , we see nothing to prevent Mm from afterwards parcelling out these , thirty acres iato as many smaller ollotmtntt as he plsasei ,

      Bat here was the r «» l difference between' MrFeargns O'Connor ' s bubble ' Land Sche * te , ' * Md that of Lord Devon . The one proposed to give th * poor man all the benefit of purohaslsg tbe land in th * wholesale market , tb * other to put into the pockets of the capitalists . the difference between the first oast aad the price at which they afterwards sell the lend In the retail market , This last is a practice so completely la accordance without present commercial and usnrlsu ' s system—baitd oh the principle of baying in the cheapest and telling ia the dearest market—that , of coarse , it was certain , on that ground alone to secure the support of a legislator * , In whom the love ot Mammon has overpowered all other passions .

      , We observed some time sines , that at a meeting ef the Ssclery la Ireland , Lord Devon gars a cheering account of the progress of this movement , and repeated hlsanticlpattous as to the benefits it would confer upon Ireland . We find another example , Heart * home , 4 ! the adoption and practical application of , the prinelpl * of . the National Land Company . The cammltteB of the Birmingham Freehold Ltad Society have just Issued their report for the past year . This society is formed for the purpose 1 of giving county votes to its membtri , in tb * ssme way as the Antl-Cora Law League did , and by means * f which they swamped the genuine freeholders of several counties by an irruption of voters from distant or neighbouring towns , manufactured expressly for tbe purpose , TVe give from afrse trade and'political economy' paper the following abstract of the report for th * past year : —

      ' Th * Central Society at Birmingham now . numbers 991 members , who own l , i * 2 shares , and subscribe near Is £ 000 a month . They have been Instrumental In forming six independent societies , containing 1 , 117 members , in tbe nelghbonrlng towns ; that at Coventry , containing 291 membets , 8 ( 6 shares ; Dudley , ' 118 'members , 189 shares ' ; Stourbridge , 110 members , 145 shores ; 'Worcester , 109 members , " . 40 shares ; Tfelvtrbampton , ; 412 members , 532 shares ; Stefford , 80 members , 91 shares . Daring the last five months lbs Blrmlogbam Society hat allotted to its members 195 lots of freehold land , situated ia South Staffordshire , These lots cost £ 8 , 700 , aad were allotted to the members at an average cost of £ 19 for each lot , which wUl so rtpaid ia ' tets than five yean ,

      at li . Ql . per week . The committee hare now uadtr their notice the purchaBe of two . estates , oae * f whlcb , if obtained , will qualify about 400 members for the northern division of Warwickshire , a number seffioient to raise the minority of last election to a ms ' erlty . The committee state the aecret of the ' r tucotia in effecting cheap purchases for their members to be this : —they buy the land wholesale , and sell It retail at tbe wbolttale price . The Anll . Corn Law League , bought their . qualifioations fat metabtit vndfoirfuallj } , sit * pries , etcluiiire ' of desdr , of from Jt JO to £ 70 . Tbe difference is efftOted by buying £ 3 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 worth of land at one * , getting thereby twictrer three times as mueh land In proportion for the meney , at by buying £ 20 worth ; at a tims , ' . . . The Editor continues : —

      ' Accordingto the present prospect , th * ., Central So . clety at Birmingham , standing , at It does , on the borders of three oouhttes , will , with th * aid of the aelghbouriBg towns , be able to secure three divisions of counties . What , for Instance ' , need : prevent Birmingham and Covontry winning' "forth ; Warwick fundi'East Worcester ' ad' South Stafford ' ue as easy , of atttioment . These are the political adrantsges ; bat sorely la addition , to these , tho training of to many lddusttloui men la the earnest ' habit of saving for so good an object , is in Itself a result of mat Importance . '

      row waring altogether for th * moment , the pcUiioal question involved in the attempt of Birmingham and Coventry to swamp the county constituencies of 'North Warwick , ' 'East Worcester , ' and' South Stafford , ' let us just notice how the Political Economist * and Free Traders con laud th * principle of tbe NatUaal Laud Company when It It made substrrient to their purposes . Perhaps it would be lmpsttlble In a shorter space , or la more perspicuous and forcible term * , ^ odsfin * that prln . dpi * and praetiealiy illustrate its operation asd btnefits , than in the extract we have just given : — ' The secret of the success of this society in making chttp purchases for its members It this : — they boy the laud wholes *!* , and seU it retail at th * wholesale price . ' . Th * remit is , that the members get their allotments at £ 19 ,, whereas the

      Anti-Corn Law League , which purchased { nd {« idua % , paid from £ S 9 to £ 70 , eXclOBlve of , deed * . ¦ ' . ' The , 'dlfference , coatlnuet the amiable tommentat or , ls ffiteted by bnjiBg £ S , O 0 O or £ 4 , 006 worth of land , at once , getting thereby twice or thre * times ts much land in proportion for the money as bpylsg £ 30 worth at a time . ' Jfow , we put it to tbe werking alauet of this empire , whether , after this emphatic adoption of the principle ot the National Land Company by the ltgislaAure for the benefit of the capitalists , and b y the middle clstsus for tbe purpose et still further txtendlag the political inflncnee ' of that class , and making it dpmfnsnt . alike , over piw and peasant , landlord and laboutei—i » e ask these , whttber they . are . prepared to He . this great prinolpl *

      perverted Into a new weapon of offence and aggression In the bands of the ruling classes , andnbt aae it as at first intended by Mr O ' Connor ! We have seen many ' Institutions established for . the bsneflt of the labouring classes lapse into , the hands of thos * above them , | tin consequence of the apathy and . division of those f « r whom they were oilgln & lly ftamtd ¦ , bu t we c » n scarcely conceive it pesiJWo tbst after what , bas been achieved for the tout of induttry by' the application < rf < thlsiprlcciple ; aid tbl * unwserred jadoptnadoptlpaof it bytbersryclawwho . wtrs ' fof . ' fflerijfloudest in Us ' oondemnailbn , that it can occur ia this cats . The labouring clan matt n * that these whoUre upon thtirtoU , feel that at last they hoi * ' hit

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      the right aaU upon th * hstd . ' At last th * day of dtuverano * from the bous * of lohds g * has dawnad for th * long ^ * pP r « Mo IUTes ot cpjtai anft Machinery ; and w * fear tf th * oppressor Is , lett they really do arise In tneir ^ mqral , ptounlary , and assooiated ' ailght , and es . r t 2 K ' w ^ T *!& ifa poVertyand mis e ry C «* whlohthey I 1 / ' , been doon , ed frem infancy as a clsss . Jtl ° ^ til 11 * m , nf P'M'ntatlons of the . princlplss . and plans of the National Land Company , and of theintegrlry iS ^ SS ^\ fcfoapnwt answer Ij furnlshtd by ££% ^ e biae , t * wUa wWob « h »»*«« ed has been vouched by a Parliamentary Cdmmlttee ; its prln . olple has beta formally adopted by tbe legislator * , and gone forth as law , stomped with the fiat of tbe sovereign ia . r ? efoe < k »««{; ' the middle classes have adopted it , » s usual , for th * promotion of their own selfish pu . -. poles . It is the real / oloru m and lever combined , by which the Labourers may raise a now social and political system , ¦

      Thsy have , we must repeat In conclusion , no excuse for not availing themselves of the powers thus effsred , Everything that could be done to give eoafl-ience , to ini sure ttablllty , ' and to dispensejqitioe svenhsnded ha * boon doae . To the working men ; of this empire matt be l « ft the task of lifting . up the veil that rests upon the future , « ud of deoldlngjwhstherjthey will [ bequeath to posterity a heritage of toll , destitution and slavery , or aglorlaus birthright of political , social , aad industrial indepaadrace andfrsedoB ) , .. A continuation of the series of articles on ' Nat i o nal L it erature , ' and a well-written summary of 'The foreign events of the month , ' constitute the remaining contents of this very superior number of the' Labourer . '

      Free Trade And Its Supporters. _ W Mb Id...

      FREE TRADE AND ITS SUPPORTERS . _ W MB IDirOB OF THB JfOBTBBBN STAB . SSBj-Eightyears ago I witnessed a monster loaf attached to a long pole paraded about the streets of this city ( Bristol ) , aad upon that occasion I heard frequent ejaculations of delight and . thanksgiving eseapefxom the lips of credulous bystanders , who imagined that the ' go od old t imes ' were shortly to become realised . The principal showman upon that occasion , knowing the secret springs of vulgar human f e elin g , 'touched it in the most sensitive part-the stomach 1 And many famished stomachs , sir , yearned after that passing mountain of . dough , and would hare given worlds for a mouthful of it ; but ah ! it was not made to le eaten !

      Man is a strange animal , tir , and yet he is a clev e r one ; and , stranger still , the more evil he displays tbe more dew he is considered , whilst the moment he assumes to ha virtuous he is looked npon With suspicion , and is generally , persecuted without mercy . ' The evil man grasps all he can , by force or fraud , and endeavours to conserve'it , heedless of the misery he creates—tbe virtuoas man either seeks to retain his lawful rights or property , or td ' re-posseis himself of them , and this is his crime , as measured by the present standard of society . ; Bis weapons of defence against aggression , however . varied in , their nature , " are snra to be objectionable to his opponent ; if he uses reason it is scoffed at and , ( Sailed folly ; if he d e olsim s he is calle d a ' demagogue' and is ' gagged '; if he alludes to his brawny limbs being wasted by

      h un g er , - he is told he is making allnsion io physical f orce , and thea ha is' coerced '; and if he in the least wince nnder the yoke , or very , naturally tries to east it off his neck , he meet * the fate of a convict , and death and mutilation of his body is awarded % * a punishment for his . pretensions ; thus is ho treated , and , shame to say , the executioners of there atrooities are to be found in the ranks of those who paraded the large loaves ,. and deluded thepeople with promises of ' Cheap Bread , High Wages , and Plenty to do . ' Well , then , the Loafifrs have failed , aad Fr e e Trade hasbeeome a byword , to exprssa a state of national misery ; the large loaf has never been cat into yet , and thousaads who were deluded by that false cry are now uumbeied amongst the dead , the Victims oi credulity and starvation . The men who thus

      deceived tbe people pretend to be their friends , and whilst doing so conspire to persecute them to the death . Jnst look at the , Janus-faced hypocrites producing a' four-point Charter , ' and at the same time parading the streets as special constables , and sitting in the jury boxes of the country to convict men for the honest expression of opinion . Foiled upon all bands , defeated by their own weapons , the y wage a war of fierce hatred against every man who is bold enough to expose their chicanery , but chiefly aga inst S i r O ' Connor i s th e ir m a lice concentr a te d him , they would exterminate if they dared , but lacking the power , they lavish their filthy abnte upon tbe man aad the principles which he advocates . Take the mask eff these men , and what are they ? Chartists . Radicals , or Philanthropists f neither one nor

      the other , but a est of profit-mongers on the one band , who live upon the labour oftbe poor , and a few drivelling aristocrats who are too poor to be classed with their more wealthy fraternity , and too rich to become honest advocates of the people , but yet are mean enough , when it shits their interests , to solicit the vote and influence of the . humble individuals whom they affect to despise . One of the latter ctaa is a Member of Parliament for Bristol , ' and he is familiarly called a * Radical ! ' Ecce Eomo ! A Ridicall Why Hume and his Radicals had , as Mr O'Connor says , ' a four-legged animal to ride upon / but ow Radical has only one—and any goose can stand upon one leg as well as the Bon . F . H . F . Berkeley . The Ballot ia his leg political , and he fancies with this stamp he can tread upon the toes of hi ? neighbours

      with impunity . Mr Berkeley likens Mr O'Connor a nd Ch a rtism t o ' Jack Cade and ruffianism . ' The ; Chartists he denominates as bulldogs and filthy wretches , and ia this strain he lavishes bis vituperation and slander oh them—but it must be remembered thftt . 'Mr Berkeley delivered himself of these elegant expressions at a Crown and Anchor 'gozsle and swill ' meeting , and under a jptcuftar . degree of excitement . The Bristol Msboosy does not . inform us whether the hon . gentleman had been . washing down his ' green fat' with potations of small beer or Madeira , or how m a n y bot t les of C h a m p a g ne he h a d br oac hed —but , judging from the length of his reported address and the style of bis diotioQ . it may be fairly presumed that he had arrived at that happy state in which he f e lt t h e eaeoethes loqutndi irre s istibl e , a nd in p it y to him I will draw a veil oyer many little political

      matters which might be very instructive if written , bat would not be quite vi edifying . Mr Berkeley is simply a ' , Berkeley V one of the' happy family' of tbe Berkeleys , and as such we will leave him to- his cogitations , and perhaps when he cools he will become wiser , I am rejoiced , sir , that Chartism is hoi Dbas t nor frightened either , and I have hopes that ere long the' wretches' who denounce and' persecute its honest defenders , will be compelled to acknowledge its influence , and submit to it as the arbiter of their destiny—a consummation to be obtained by the exercise of reason , perseverance , and energy ... Let us unite , then , and work together , and let our motto be , as of . old , ; ' The Charter and No Surrender I ' I am , Sir , in the cause of Might against Right , Your most obedient servant , " W . H . CiJiruir .

      The Chartist Organisation. Io Ihg Bmt0b ...

      THE CHARTIST ORGANISATION . IO IHg BMT 0 B 0 P THB NORTHSBW SMB . Sib . —The Yarmouth branch of . tbe National Chartist A * 600 i » tion feel it their duty to return their sincere and heartfelt thanks for the able , praiseworthy , and energetic manner ia whith the Executive have set about effecting a new organisation , and may their labour be crowned with success , is , and should be , the response of every good and sterling demscrat . Let 'the Charter and no surrender' be the watchword , until that document becomes the law of the land : We , the Chartists of this town , will raise the standard in this locality , and give to yon all the support in our power , and we atk in return the assistance we merit , so that the : truths of political liberty may shine forth in dazzling brightness , and drive onr class-made enemies into the ranks of true democracy . " . ' ' " On behalf of iheTamouih Chartist * , O . W . Habrisod , secretary .

      Nkw Liberal Birmingham Jotonai,.—We Unde...

      Nkw Liberal Birmingham Jotonai ,. —We understand th a t a n e w B i rm i n gham paper is about to appear under the management of Mr . George Dawson , and other gentlemen of his shade of Liberalism . It is to be entitled the Birmingham Mercobt . . ' Demooraoy , ' aay the editors in their prospectus , ' they lote v f ** few 4 tB »« roej they will strive .: with Hovalfs , they believe that' tbe Christian religion it the soot of all democracy ; ' with Carlylo , that democracy is inevitable ; '' . printing , '' says'the , ' latter , ' i oiten

      which comes necessarily out of writing , . say , is equivalent , to democracy ; invent writing , democracy ' s inevitable . ' We are further told that the Miboum ' will advscate Extension of the Suffrage to all ' men of foil ' age , and the other measures needed to secure foil representation and pore election . ' Wa foresee that th e n e w p a er is not l i kel y to be de ep enough io the colour for our taste ; but we expect to find it ably conducted , and we hqpe to see it supersede the rotten Whig Journal , the mere existence of which is a disgrace to Radical Birmingham .

      . A Co 5 * riUrr Lorn —An old townsmBB , reduced in circumstances , has recently become a man . of wealth . In bis youthful days he formed an attachment with a l a d y , who , owing to circumstances riot within our knowledge , became the wire of an Atnetiean emigrant , ' ^ ey . prospered in worldly pursuits , and he mw years aftowards died , leavin g her i n possession of his property ,. Meanwbileour townsman became successively ths husband of tno ladies , both of whom died . Tbe fact bi his being a widower

      reaching the ears of his transatlantic first love , the commissioned a friend coming to England to deliver him alette ^ stating her circumstances ; and expresaing a desire that he should a third time be bound ia the bonds of matrimony .: The widower replied tea letter , and by return of packet received from th * widow a checqueio , defray tWexpcn ' s « , dfhia voyage to . AmeriM ' . wbithprhs at ' pcM . departed and hii son , now living at Brighton , has jnst received a letter , stating , that the widower and widow have become h jabft & S and wife . —Brighton Gazette .

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      VowAiRa ' a Hodm .-Voltaire ' * honse at Ferney has just been sold . . ' . MaroioDt and Sorifcare tha only Bnrwora of Napoleon ' s marshals . The Egyptian government have , issued an order forbidding women to wait at funerals , or to resort to the burial grounds . A large Jabnrcam tree is at present in full bloom at Mrs Porter ' s , Lahnrnani Lodge , county Wexford . Robbbry . —Patrick Jordan , a Roscommon cattle dealer , was robbed of $ 328 the other day after land * ing from England , Imubmsb Fis . —An innkeeper living near Cockeaton , York sh ire , possesses a pig eighteen months old , which already weighs 882 lbs . A Wbwb Jackdaw —A milk-white jackdaw , hag , lately been seen iu the neighbourhood of the CieddaE cliffs , in Somersetshire .

      The BAMSanpr Middi * Cuss . —Daring the past year . 800 London bakers have been reduced to a state ef insolvency . 1 Psnamy ' fit k Bmns . —A Liverpool shipmaster has been fined . £ 50 for offering a bribe to a customhouse officer . Aejecirkss or Smbw . —Nothing shows greater abjeotneas ef spirit than a haughty demeanour tswsrds inferiors . ' A Bright Lab . —There is a boy in Salem so bright that his mother has to look at him through a piece of smoked gUws . —Meti > Torfe Paper , Dehoohaiic Womkn . —The ladies are very busy throughout France in organising democratic and social banquets on their own account . The eminent Sculptor Lndwig von Sohwanthaler expired oa the 14 th instant at Munich , in hia 47 th year .

      Englahd's Sibbam op Chabity . —We are told bf the advertisements that' The Asylum fer Distressed Sewers is always open , ' The asylum snrely must be the Thames . Tub Chomba —The coldness of the weather haf delivered Hamburg from cholera . The mortality has entirely ceased . We begin to love people whea they let us lock i nto t he ir heart s , a & d their hearts ire worth looking into . Mrard . — If you would like a tune or two at dinner tell yonr wi / e she is not so haadsome as the lady across the way .

      Substitute for Buiibr . —A man down East haa ( nvented yellow spectacles , for making lard look like butter . They are a great expense , if worn while eating . Tub Bankbcpt SQurajAHCHr . —Twenty-six huntine eat * blishment * have been given up in the soutfi of Ireland , owing to the poverty of their ownors ^ -x Wexford Independent . ' DuEuuna uc Paris . —Three duel * have recently been fought between members of the French National Assembly , arising out of party disputes .

      . uneiresty morning last week seventy larks were ; destroyed by the electric vires on the Whitehaven Junction Railway . Amount Ubns . —So me w o rkmen , in digging for gravel , hear Colchester , the other day , discovered over twenty urns filled with cinerated bones and ear t h , and near them a small tomb . We ( Diitr Nxws ) could point to one church not many roiloe from Guildhall , I / uucun , in WMcn'ineiW are as many as five lecturers appointed , who preach to congregations varying in number from five to thirteen .

      Tax Srsmr . ~ Sixty . foor Irish conrieia iren ami over last week to Portsmouth to be employed at hard labour on the breakwater constructing at Port * land roads . Tax Poor Bate . —The poor rate in the parish o £ Dundee has been fixed for the ensuinz year at £ 9 , ooo . The asseasment is levied on means and substance . Neoesbart Qualifioationi—To write a good hand , wear a good ooat , and keep a gsod characters are the three great requisites for a yoong man wha has his own way to make in the world , Evicnn Tsnants . —In the district of Castle-con * nell , a house belonging to Sir Richard de Burgho , from whioh tenants had been previously evicted , was burned down on Friday right .

      In the days of the' good old Poor Law , ' there wai a r i ot in Wi n d s or wo r khou s e , because the governor would not allow the female paupers to wear their , jewels . Railways . —Throughout all British America thera do net exist twenty miles of railway—in the United States , next door to it , there are some 8 . 000 . Tbuniliino ihb Alps . —A continental engineers Man , has . got a machine for tunnelling the Alps . He calculates on piercing Mont . 'Cenis in three years —working on both sides . Nbw Yobk—There are said to b e annu a l ly more diseases of the eye in the city oi New York alone ,

      than are to be found all over Europe . This is attributable to the climate . ' Singular Death . —A few days ago , a Mrs Moody , of Ramsey , laleof Man , died of tho pricking of her ton g ue b y an eel . bone , while at dinner , which caused mortification . FiaMBbT . — An exquisite Instance of flattery is related of a maid o f he no a r in France , who , being asked by tbe Queen what o ' cloeklt was , answered , ' What your Majesty pleases . ' Emigbatioh . —The latest American papers mention that , within two days , 6 , 300 European emigrants land e d in New T o rk , where so great a number never before arrived within so short a time .

      -.--Hubs or Padi Johes . —The heirs * f Paul Jones , the pirate rover , who died in Paris in 1793 . are called npon to present their claim as such to 50 , 009 dollar s , a grant of the American congress , in testimony of their first commodore . Sooldiso Wivis . —Scolding is the pepper of ma > trimo & y . The ladies are the pepper boxes .

      A little scolding , now aad then , It relished by tha best of men . BsooA & a hot Choosibs . —A beggar boy madcapplication to a fanner ' s wife in Scotland for relief , and was refused , on the ground that she had no copper ;' to which the uronin very aoeemmodatingly responded ) * I tak ' siller , mem . ' ¦¦ Finsr Lovs . —The conversation at Holland Hones turned upon first love . Tom Moore compared it to a potato , 'because it shoots from the eyes . ' 'Or rather , ' excla i med B y ron , ' because it becomes tno lose by paring . ' ' A couple of Belgian giants , ' says the Cisoi » kati Gif * E , ' are now in the city for the purpose of ex bibition . They are so long that it takes two days to exhibit them . ' ' : South Shibids . —The large marine-engine building and iron-ship building works of Mr T . D . Marshall stopped on Saturday . The liabilities are above ' £ 24 . 009 , and it is expected the estate will divide 10 j . in the pound ,

      Awful Sudden Death—On Tuesday week last , as a respectable farmer's wife , named Preudetgast , was standing in a baker ' s shop in Lit more , and in the act of tying np seme bread , she dropped quite dead , Without uttering a word , or without having previously complained of any illness , Passingers' Railway Ltjooaos . —It was lately decided in the Batb County Court that , by a by-law of the Great Western Railway , allowed by tbe judge , any pMsengtrV luggage must be bsoked and paid for to entitle him to charge the company with it ! loss . A Smdqolir ' s Epitafh . —A sailor engaged in the contraband trade , baring been shot by an exciseman , bis epitaph was thus written : — . ' Here I lies .

      Kilt by tha X , !'*!' CBABaESFAtr American JoDaE . —MrSheriff , brin g them men here ! This is the temple of liberty—thesanotuaryof justice—and it shall not be prefaced by the cracking of nuts and tbe eating of gingerbread . . Tbe royal banks of Berlin and Brealan have been-, depositing their reserves of gold and silver bullion in the fortress of Magdeburg where they will ba is greater safety in case of a surprise . The removal ! were made by night trains on the Berlin aad Cologne-Railway . M , Cave , the eminent Frinch engineer , announoef t & at he has ascertained that a number of small oak blo c ks , thrown int o s team b oiler s , has tbe effect of completely preventing incrustation , and that it ia

      quite sufficient to renew them about twice a fork * night . It is remarkable that this'French , with sHttei *} su pp osed passionate love of liberty , never utters word of complaint against their conscription system , their police espionage , or their law of pauperisthree of . the most grinding engines of tyranny thai can be conceived . ¦ „ ¦ , Ratbscalx Fair . —Rathkeale fair was held on Monday week , but few beasts exchanged owners , and at low prices . Mr Sullivan bought ten from Mr Keating at £ 16 ; Mr Connolly bought fifteen from Mr P . Keating , and ton frem Mr M . Keating at £ 11 . He had also bought fifty from Mr James Shine , at his large iara near Rathkeale , at £ 12 13 a each . Sheep . andhorses were in demand ; good mutton could be bought at four pence per lb . , A Sucoisspw . WiKRHfo . —A country gardener , who had threatened thievish boys with ' sprint * suns . ' and

      ' man-traps , ' in vain , at length tried— 'Whoever ia found trespassing in this orchard shall . be spewifi tattd ! ' and was successful . None of the urchins would ran the risk oi learning what it was to be s p aeifieated ! Van * Good . —Thecdore Hook once dined with Mr Hatchet . 'Ah , my dear fellow , ' Mid his host deprooatingiy , 'lam sorry te . eay . 70 a will not get to-day such a dinner as . our friend Tom-Moore gave us . ' ' Certainly not , ' replied Hook , from a Hatchet one can expect nothing but a chop . ' . " IkobkaVs 07 Natwhal Ex ? aNninmii . —In twelve years , during which we have continued to enjof nninterrupted peace , the expenditure has increased nearly £ 10 , fi 00 , 000-an increase of £ 4 . 000 . 000 hav-Ing . ' taken place in the last three years alone ; that the ' £ " 7 600 , 000 saved twenty years ago have again been swallowed np , with an addition of £ 3 , 000 , 000 bnids i-jtysiw ' * Mmmrtfw 1918 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09121848/page/3/