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      December 9 , 184 S ; THE NdRTHBJtfl STAR 7

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      ; - /• = ; : ^^ FfcANCE . !^> - taB Einomos to * th *> iPjx nutM ^ jmm n SBK ASSEMBLY . OnThnrtfajtha debate on the Italian qnestiori wis opened by tbe ' r , a ? Fi Cinzsa IioBU Roiiih , who said I demand frbm ' the governmentif they have meived any additibnalinformation relative to the affairs of Rome , and if so are they of a nature to ahow that the ealm whieh the U ^ of the ^ baa sadoi : would [ lead us te ^ foreiee IiM beenwntmued ! Letters wluchappearedyester . day inthe puhlio journals ahow that after Ro « i WSJ rfmckthe people remajnea calm , and tua Afaemblj wntoamth their deliberations , without showing an y eiaotion . ^ The honourable . ' gentleman then ouratsd the circumstances which were given ia M

      tfHarcouifs despatches , and drew the inference t *» t everything showed that Rome must remain perfectly tranquil . He then went on :-I will now proceed to ooneideT . in a pohtioal paint of view , the expedition which has been just ordered to Cmta-Teochia . It is , I conceive , altogether : precipitate and out of place . Ihe cry with which the late movement has been effected at Rome , was abas let etrangers , and yet France sends out her subjects to that country ! I consider thai this will be a cause of great difficulties , au the first thing that the Roman people looked for was the independence of their wastry . They will think bnt little of the Pope in comparison with that object . Yob desire , yoa lay , to defend the Pope ; but the real cause of the expedition is to impcse by

      force of arms what yoa conceive to be the best policy for tbe Roman people . £ conceive that you have placed the Republic in a fatal situation , and I fesl convinced that if you hsd previously demanded the Opinion of the Pope himself , he would have declared against the step whioh you have taken : cay , more , fflam weH informed , the Nuncio at Paris , it you had consulted him , would have been prepared to dissuade yon from such an aot . Yon desire to aid the temporal Pnnce whenopposed aud put down by bis people . Sut let ma now examine the instructions which you lave given to your agent Ton ordered him sot to interfere in the political affairs of Rome . But is it mnoerelythat such instructions are given ? Can fco be master ot hia actioae , when fce endeavours to

      restore order for the purpose of defending the Pope ? The question was not at Rome , bnt at Milan ; the question waa not religious , but political ; the Prince was not to be considered as the head of the Church , but as a temporal sovereign . ( Marks of dissent . ) It is Austria that has to decide what will be ihe course of events at Rome , if France countenances that power in its influence and its acta . Is not Badeteky weighing down Lombardy by his acts of despotism ? Has be not commenced a system of itbitraryrule ? No one can deny it , and therefore the decision of the question will bafound , I repeat it in ( hat past of Italy , and not at Rome , once that France bas thrown the weight of her influence into the scale against the efforts oftbe Roman people

      But look at the conduct of the French government in this matter . The moment intelligence arrives of the rising of the people of Rome , it sends forth its expedition to Civita Vecchia . thereby aiding the views of Austria , and rivettuiglha thraldom in which that power holds tbe north of Italy . But irhea Blum was murdered , what mark of sympathy proceeded from France ! Did the Republic protest against that act . { Murmurs ?) Was there a single act , a single word on its part against such eocdoct towards one of the firmest defenders of popular feelins ; t So ; when the friend of the people perished , the French government was silent : bnt when differ , traces arose between the temporal Prince—for snob , I maintain , the Pope must be considered in this case ,

      and his people , at once it sends ont aid to the former against tha latter . But there is another point af a very important nature , to which I desire to call the attention of the Assembly . Has the head of the Executive aright to thus send forth troops without consulting the Assembly ? Can be thus engage the country on his own responsibility * I do not think so . When , indeed , the monarchy was here , the ministry was accustomed te aet aa it deemed proper , and then came to the Chamber to render an account of ita acta , arid dernandapprobation . Butwearenow under a Republic , and the same cavalier mode of acting cannot be permitted . By tha constitution which has just been passed , the President of the Republic is not allowed to declare war without the sanction of

      ihe National Assembly , or to command in person the armies of the country . In the United States of America , sach also is the rale- Well then , is not the President of the Council at present in the place of the President of the Republic ? Ought he not to follow the same rules ! Ought he thus io send out troops without consulting the Assembly ? I proclaim such conduct illegal—I protest against it—and I call en yon not to allow the spirit of the constitution to lbs violated within a , month of its promulgation . ( Approbation , though only from the extreme Left . ) Count Montalembert speke in favour of the measure adopted by the government . M . Jules Favre reiterated tbe arguments of M . Ledrn Rollin . M .

      Dufaure read the diplomatic correspondence and founded upon it the proof of the necessity of the intervention . After some observations' , without importance , frem M- Edgar Qutnet and Charles Dupin , General Cavaignae spoke in defence of ihe measure he had adopted , and , having concluded , several orders of the day were proposed , but the Assembly gave priority te the following : "The Assembly , approving of the measure of precaution taken by the government for assuring the personal liberty of the Pope , and reserving its ultimate decision till all the facta are fully known , passes to the order of the day / This order of tha day was adopted by a majority of 417 .

      FBtSIDIKCT . M . Lamartine has published a letter stating that he will accept such votes at shall be tendered for him in the election for President , The Pbzssx makes an appeal to those who intend to vote for RaspaQ , Ledrn Rollin or Lamartine , to take shelter under the banner of Louis Napoleon , otherwise General Cavaignao will gain the day . L'AssnrBMX Nauosiw , one of the moat influential and widely circulated of the moderate journal * , has , after much hesitation and delay , declared to-day in favour of Prince Louis . - ItisB-ridsmtthat the chances of Gen . Cavaignac ' s Buce & B are much increased , and his partisans are highly elated . They affirm now that no candidate will obtain an absolute majority , and that the election will rest with the Chamber . If this occurs , and it is very probable , General Cavaignao will certainly be nominated .

      Letters from Pieardy announce that Prince Louis loses eSjnnd . UFOBTIKI ' ISDRTJ BOLUS DICUBED THS DSHOCRATIC CUtDZDaTK * The electoral congress oftbe department of Paris has declared in favour of M . Ledra Rollin , as candidate for the Presidency , in preference to M . Ras pail , by a majority of 300 to * . The congress is composed of Red Republicanfl and Socialists , but it is still thought that many of the Socialists will give their votes to M . KaspaiL — Correspondent of the I 6 hjmw Chrenide .

      M 0 S ON THIS PICTUM . The Paris tribunals have thrown out the charges against the Ministers of Louis Philippe . Tbe Gazeiib nxa TuiBCSTAtx annoancjs that the tribunal ofthetmses en aecutation , and that of correctional police , met on Tuesday fer the purpose of hearing the report on the case drawn up by tha Advocate-General ( MVringer ) , and that the court , after a long deliberation , delivered its judgment , by which it bis declared that there are no grounds for prosecuting any ot the parties inculcated . It is to be presumed from this , that the eases against the ex-Mi-Bisters fall to the ground .

      HOW LOOK ON IBIS ! Bccquet , aprofeeaor , ex-depnty mayor of the 12 th ^ rrondisaetnent ; Chanvelot Barnabe , a literary man ; Thomas , a gilder , and Valleton , were on Wednesday indicted before the Court of Aes ' ks of the Seine , for having in the Club da Vieux Cbene , made , and allowed to be made , speeches attacking , the National Assembly , the principle of property , exciting tbe citizens to hatred of each ether . & a-. and Merlienx Vid »! , aud Muirson , all profesiors of mathematics , were indicted for similar off mora in the Club of St Antoine . The accused demanded that the trial

      akouldbepntoff ; in order that they might be tried by what they called a democratic jury , not a jury of privilege , monspoly , and money . The ceurt reused this , whereupon the accused left the court , declaring they woald make default . Bocqnet , Chauvelet Barnabe , and Tidal , were condemned to a yeart imprisonment and l , 000 f . fine ; Merlienx , Muirson , and Valleton to three months' Imprisonment , 5 m . fine , and fiveyeara' interdiction of civil righta ; Thomas , two months * imprisonment , 200 f . fine , and tiro jears'interdiction of civil rights . ' [ Beheld the results « f that traitor Lamartine ' a * moderation V }

      THE RED REPUBLIC . baxquxx as Koaa The demeeMtae banquet at Lyoni . whioh waa Announced a month ago , took place on the 27 th . nit at one o ' clock , and was attended by more than 6 000 go &» te . Toaata to the i "fustrioua candidate Raspail , to Ledrn Rollin , to Barbes , to the Revolution of all ooustries , and of Rome in particular , were given and drunk with peals of applause . Other toasts , which , though announced with Jess emphasis , were Perhaps equally expressive of the sentiments of the assembly , and received with almost as much warmth , were afterward * proposed and drunk . A medal *» mmeBioratiBg the banquet waa distributed among toe putts , who retired without having committed ¦ toy breach of order . A house of pnblio entertainment , close to the banquet , was filled with demo-*» tio ladies , who assembled to do honour in like fiuimtr to Raspail .

      BsSq ' UXTS" IK PARIS . * ADamoeraUo aad Social Banquet of the S ft and 9 Bi anondtsaements took place at Grenalle , alter fcrerdriiMnmaata . There were 800 gnesfa , nnder toe presidency of M . d'Alton-Shee , jamong whom W ^^ omen . M . d'Alton-Shee made > a pejeb . ia which at sailed king" thercf , pillagers ,

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      2 Zvf ? ' . i P ? 16 - s" «« l tauta were druiikMta « ec * K 8 mtde .-Auoth « f tsanqrotTcalled fe- & W *& M etJSoo ) alde « Eoolei , \ of 800 WW * i ° * PJ «» *• tbej & rrjere de . Senes A in ^ S ^^^^^ Set » Proton , ? e ^ , Pfat ,. Scb »' chcr . UuSt & ^^^ "fr , Bernird , Dai S & vfde mSa-M ., il— ' * ° « * » Commisiarybf Police SSiS ^ en trance ihlo Mehanquetnall in order to hear the aaeaehea 3 dutnrbance ; The atewakU refused to rtmHWm 09 delivared ini hia presence . The representatives „ f i

      nepMpieMvmg likewise declared that they would 11 teJ \ ^ DC 80 f * iCommissary otPolice , thaTw ^ - *^ TO ^ llkR the stewards «^ J ^* y P L •*• Prtfeet of tt « i <» . ¦ He IwS .- i # " ? £ " ? aou . ' * ai informed thestewards that the Prefect had authorised him not to insist on entering , if the representatifei of the people present wuldanswerfw themsiutenancaoforder . Having been assured on that point , he withdrew ; The following toasts were then given :- « To the traditions ofttesohools ! " * To good faith ! ' . 'Totheunionof the operativesand of the sahools ! ' To the political and social revolution . * M . Ledra Rollin in speaking to the test toast entered into a long dissertation on the state of Europe , and added thatin order to

      re-, move all abuses , it has become necessary to carry the revolution to its utmost limits . The greater number of martyrs of the first revolution / said he , 'died with faith , batwithout ha-jiag seen the result of their eonoue ; t . We have the happiness to see that which was denied to them—the entire world rising at the cry of liberty and proclaiming tbe Republic . ' He concluded by repeating , To the political and social revolution . ' Let those two words be amalgamated , ' said he , « Let us not say Socialism but Socialist revolution . Let us no longer call ourselves by such . or such a name , lor one alone can prove onr union and our force ; let Escall ourselves Revolutionists !' . After some other speeches the meeting separated . . MM . Felix Pvat

      and Proudhon also delivered speeches . —A third banquet , that of Travaillenrs Socialistes dea deux sexes . ' took place at the' Association dea Cuisiniers , Barriere du Maine / 4 , 800 persons were present , nearly half of whom were females . Blanqui was the nominal president , and his name was inscribed in the placeof honour , aud there were also inscriptions' Aux Prosoritsi' with the names of Louis Blanc , Raspail , Barbes , Albert , & o . Tha first toast given was , * A la Montaguede' 93 ! ' which was sentby Blanqui . Among the others was one . 'To all the martyrs of liberty !' and « To calumny 1 ' A woman propossd , * To onr brethren of the country districts ! ' M . Proudhon harangued the gathering . and wai greeted with cries of 4 Vive Proudhon ! ' « Vive le Socialisme l *

      THE DXUOCEATIC BXfUS . The RsroEiK publishes the following letter from M . Caussidiere to the Pbessx : — ' MoBsienr le Redacteur , —In an intention , very laudable without doubt , of claiming the arrears ef pensions and salaries of your royalut friends , you stated in yonr number of November 29 , that the indemnity of representative was reliaionsly paid to MM . Barbes , Cau-ridiere . Louis Blanc , « fc & The assertion is completely false as far aa Louis Blanc and myself are concerned . We eaoh . of us charged a representative to draw the money for the last fortnight of August . They received at the Queators-office the indemnity lor eleven days , tha night of the 25 th , ia which wa were the principal actors , reckoning for the whole day .. Since August 26 . we have received nothing from the present government ; and 1 am not aware that my colleagues at Vincennes have been more favoured . Like us , they have not voted the Constitutisn . —Receive , & o .,

      fCAnssmixBB . ' OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN ASSEMBLY

      AT BRANDENBURG .-NO HOUSE !" BiuirosRBtrBo , Nor . 27—The sitting of the Proarian Chamber , anticipated with so much interest , has produced only a negative result ; that is the number of deputies in attendance was forty-eight under that required to make it capable of passing a legal vote . Aa . M : Von Uhruh , the President , protests with the Opposition , against the legality of the adjournmeat to Brandenburg , he was of course absent ; in hia stead the chair was taken by M- Von Brunneck , as the oldest deputy present . The four Tico-Presidenta were also absent .

      M . Von Branneokhavingtakenhis seat , called on the secretaries to resume their function ' s . The first proceeding was to call over the names of the whole Assembly , alphabetically . This occupied a conaideiable time . The Secretary had to read for some minutes before any one answered , and the silence with which each name was followed , and the frequent repetition of the acebmpaijiug woxifehlt , by which the deputy waa marked as absent on the register , began to excite some hilarity in the galleries . At last M . Baumstark broke the spell by the . first 'Here ; ' but the roll-call still presented a long series of blanks .

      Abont twenty of the members present , handed in protests against tha transference ef the Assembly , from Berlin to Brandenburg . The President then communicated the result of the call of names . It gave the wholenumber of deputies present as 154 ; he , therefore , declared the Assembly not capable of earning to a legal vote { nicht Betchlustfahig ) , and announced the adjournment till 11 o ' clock

      tomorrow . no hocsbVagain ! Bbatosnbusg , Nov . 23 . —The second day ' s aittirg ef the National Assembly has terminated in another adjournment .. The numbsrof deputies attending tc < day was 159—an increase of five from yesterday . Aoiis ' aosotatl' -,.,. On the 29 th nit ., tha Brandenburg fraction con * sisted only of 151 members , so that it adjourned till the 30 th . Bbakdssbubo , Dec , 1 . —The sitting of the

      National Assembly wasopenedathalf-pasteleveno'dock . None of the Ministers were present . —While the names were being called over , forty or fifty Deputies of the former Extreme Left , oftbe Left Centre , and of the Left , entered the hall . It appeared that 262 Members ware present , eleven sick or otherwise prevented , end 131 absent * The Assembly having thus met in plenum , M . Schneider , read a declaration in the naae of himself and fortyfire friend * , protesting against the removal of the Assembly from Berlin . .

      The Assembly having refused to recognise Von Unruh , as Presideat ; the eighty Members who had last arrived , immediately quitted the hall . The Assembly was thus again not inplenum . Subsequently , the following motion was carried . —The high Assembly charges its President to change tha Ministers of State , to convoke the substitutes of tiie Deputies who have hot responded to tha last nominal appeal of this day . The Assembly then adjourned .

      IHAUOUS CORDUCT O ? THB INPAMODSTTHANr . Bbrlw . Nov : 27 . —At noon this day a detachment of some 300 men of the Emperor Francis Regiment , nnder the command of Major V , Blumenthal ,. pro - ceeded to the Hotel Mylius , wherein the local assembly of the members of the Left is known to be held . The Major , at the head of hia officers and a few men , proceeded into the Assembly-reom and summoned the assembled Deputies , seventy in number , in the name of the law and the superior power , to depart therefrom . The representatives were in the end literally dragged ont oi the room . A search was then made fer papers , and numerous printed documents lying on tha table were seized .

      Miutart DisAmcTio !* . —The second battalion of the 9 th Regiment of the landwehr ( militia ) have formally declared that , although they have taken up arms in obedience to the call made upon them , and exchanged the dress of eitizsns for that of soldiers , they will not act against their brethren , for they ( the members of the abore battalion ) are convinced that the representatives in Berlin are defending the sacred rights of the people . FnBTHlB . PBBSECDTIOSOFTHXUATIONALABSXMBLT . The Brigand General Wrangel has given notice to the members of the Assembly that they must quit Berlin and a circle of ten miles . It is said that the members have resolved , in consequence of the proceedings ef General Wrangel , to hold its sittings in a provincial town . An Athkist . —We take the following from tbe letter of the Mobniho Chbobicli ' s correspondent : —

      It has been stated ia a former letter that Held , one of tbe most dangerous and active of the mob leaders and orators and the locomotive editor of a small Journal , bad refused to take oath when required so " to do before the coarts , on the plea that ha , not believing in the ex-• « t * nc 8 ofa < 5 od—cf any God—could not do so consistently with his conscience . This charlatan Atheist , on been urged to retract bis resolution , not only refused , but corroborated his affirmation of disbelief in Divine existence by a formal declaration made before the At . Minej-Qeueral , It was also stated that this man had been serenaded nearly upon the same day by tha moral and devout people of Bsrlla , and had beea elected chief of a flying armed corps , cailtd the Operatives' Union . Atrial of importance , where this man ' s testimony on oath was required , he being a principal evidenoe . hu being ioing oa for some rinse , and repeated attempts les

      have been made to overcome the untellsvst ' s' serup , but ha baa invariably made the same reply . This baa purtled the ' adges . Held says ha will go ao far as tt M w « i awear , * but by what or whom be win mot add . How , as . anoath'isMa . nIs ! te , aad as men of all creeds or no creeds hava some fixed and fsrmsd mods of adjuration , the trial eannot proceed . The oontiqusnoe is , that the jadges have determined to put inte force tho most strmgsnt measures permitted by law against prevaricators , or individuals who , being summonsed to give evidence , refuse so to do according to legal forms . This case of Hold iaoae among fifty examples thai might bs recorded of tto state of dsmoraUsatioB oftbe pecpls here and of the mode adopted te avade tht law . It is thus ' tha * the ends of Justice and ths objects of common morality and decency hare been set a dtfisnet and dsfoaled . —[ This " correspondent" has a queer action of

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      • ""¦ H * and decency - / 4 llelf ' wonid elf tni Jars of aTiypoWteTsmaT ^ eSfby ^ A ^ Mwurse ^ wpuld be a highly mora and decent oharac terr ; , . tha * . i | c to , aay ,, aulta ; as . . morat . » . nddecentastbs editor and correspondent of the .. Moa » wo Chmmcm , who , , believe ! ' n . eold ^ Porce ^ and Fraud , the trinity in . "" nUy . of the vll » Pres ? . gani ; . Whether : right br wrong Inhls Ideas , Held Is evidently too honest to pity the bypporiterrof ooarie , therefore , he is to be persecuted by unprincipled judges ; and , therefore , he ia abused by the CBaencu ' a rotten-hearted correspondent . ]

      - ' ' BTMPrOMS OF A BIPOBUCAir BtSrjW } . Mamkh » m , Nov . 25 . —All the intelligence which reaches us from the Highlands agrees in stating that great apprehensions are there entertained of a third insurrection on a yet more extended scale than the two xormerones . HassB Dabmsdadt ( Matw » ci ) , Not . 25 .-For some days our city has been the theatre of nightly disorders onthe part of tbe soldiers ; some among them had frequented the interdicted pablio houses , and were consequently arrested and taken to the public citadel . Several other soldiers made a demonstration , and demanded that their comrades should be set at liberty ; others even cried out , 'Long live Hecker , * -The Repnb ' iV & e .

      Detachments of troops who were commanded to arrest the rioters refused to do so ; the latter , to the number of about 150 , were repairing to the General to demand tbe deliverance of their comrades , but two officers succeeded in dispersing them . LatsbNkws . —The reports respecting the determination of the German republican refugees in France and Switzerland to try their hand at another insurrection are fully confirmed . Several hundred men have been assembled in Bessrcon , under the commandof oneTVilliob , ( formerly a lieutenant in the Prussian army ) who took part in the expedition of Becker and Strnve . Ata favourable moment tha republicans will enter Germany from Switzerland , Fiance , and Luxembourg .

      UOBB HllATAKY aUFJIAfllBMi Beruk , Deo . 2 . —The residence of the Deputy Hildenhagen is now occupied by the miilitary ; they were an hour and half gaining admittance per force . Of course everything has been searched , and the papers seized , Two carts full of them have been taken away , under military escart . M . Hildenhagen had under his charge the bureau of the deputies assembled at Berlin . News from Berlin to the iib states , that the King ' s right to dissolve the Constituent Assembly is now openly denied by the Assembly in a proclamation whioh has been published by the majority of the members . The veritable National Assembly will meet en the 4 th at Brandenburg , under the Preai denoy of Voa Unran , In the meantime the Brandenburg Ministry has adjourned till the 7 th .

      TUB II 4 RTTR BOBERT BLUM . The correspondent of the Morning Post writes as follows : — r ' Fraskfobt , Deo . 1 —To give you an idea of the opinions of the German Democratic party , I will communicate the essence of the speeches made last evening , principally by noted members of tho Oppo sition . at the funeral ceremony in honour of the late Robert Blum , celebrated by the club Das Montagskranzchen . The speakers bitterly complained of the present state ef Germany . Tha hopes formerly entertained of German liberty and unity are , in their opinion , for the present blasted . The people have been cheated by their government of the fruits of the'March revolution . But a much mightier revolution is approaching ; much blood is yet to be shed before the German people are free and united , Windisougralz has been quite mistaken in thinkine

      to kill the idea of liberty by killing one of tbe bravest Champions of liberty . Martyr Blum will , dead , prove more useful to Liberalism than Blum living . His body is destroyed , but his spirit is parsing through the people . The inestimable loss will be folly revenged . The youth and men of Germany must learn from this example gladly tb die for the holy cause . Many victims must yet fall , but ultimate success is sure . Tbe corpse of Blum , buried at Vienna like that of a criminal , will link German Austria to Germany , and no power will break that link ; The Left of the German Assembly requires tbe support of thepeople , as the people require the assistance of the Lsft . The funeral ceremony appointed by the National Assembly bas been deferred . The memory of Blum has already been celebrated in almost every town of Germany by such ceremonies , thus indicating the popular feeling .

      , THE WAR W HUNGARY , From the Bbsslhj Zbttukg : — Husom , Nev . 24 . —Faoa tbe Cabpmhiah Mbim . tains . —We hear from Hungary that the rebellion is everywhere In onr hills completely organised , and that money which was required for the purpose has not bean spared . The want of food , and the difficulties arising therefrom hava been lightened , a considerable number Of young mtn have joined the revolters . Inthe mean time , though many differences of opinion exist among them , still very man ; of the Hungsrian magnates who have possessions in tkese mountains bare sent orders to their managers to favour the Hungarian cause so that of tbiS class many have enrolled tbemielres , Frem the Ruthenes , ofwbom agreatnumbsr an constantly coining down from the Carpathians to Lower Bhngarj , tho

      greater number haye token service because tney thereby get good pay . Szonlock on ihe Taeiz most particular !; supplies recruits . In Upper Hungary and cbitfly on the ntigbbourhood between Fresbarg , Tlrnan , and Raab , not only is every eligible point fortified , but osre has also been taken to . make the roads ( which are always had ) perfectly impassable . In all the country—that is tossy , as far as Uio Hungarian army occupies andopsr . ates , measures are tatunin tbe event of a retreat , to horn tbe villages , and either to carry eff or destroy all food whatever ; also to reraeve the inhabitants , ss ttat the enemy who enters may find a desert . Host cer . talnly the entrenchments between this and Pesth are most formidable . Everything is provided for carrying on a war of destruction . What tbe country , suffers , and how it is to bs restored when all these troubles are

      over , Is not sa clear . Trade and Industry are prostrate , and bands are formed which , under the title ef war par . ties , ars already carrying on a system of open robbery . The army of . Windiscbgra < a has already arrived between Presburgand Tirnan , The right wing , it Is said , will takePresburg , whilst the left will operate on the Donan , and will protect the railway . Jellachich ' s army stands between Presbarg and Brack , on the Leltha , on tbe right bank of tha Donan . Sulous events must soon take place . a It appears by the Jour * l of Austrian Liotd ' s that the Magyars were skirmishing along the banks of the Drave ( the Drau in German ) on the 19 th . and

      that on the Mowing day a fierce cannonade commenced near the Legrad . bridge . The Magyars were opposed by the National Guards of the Samobor district , by a battalion of the Agram . guard , and by ethers armed with fowling-pieces , The result of the contest , which lasted till evening , is not stated ; but it is clear that by their arrival on the Drave some of the Magyar troops are advancing towards the csuntry of their greatest foe , the Ban of Croatia . In Siebenburgen also the war of races still continues . Letters from Klausenburg , nnder date , November 121 b , state that all the population was ia arms , and that the well-known Urban—Pastor Urban , aa he ia calledhad taken possession of Dees .

      FjBiOflrrtrL Statj of Tbansylvasia , —Accounts from Transylvania are melancholy '; nay , they are terrific . Murder , conflagration , plunder , devastation , prevail everywhere between all . The unholy combat is no party combat—it is no war—it isslaughter and extirpation . General Buckner ia now approaching .

      ITALY . FLIGHT OF THE MPS FK 0 M ROUE . In our town edition of last Saturday ' s Star we published the following , from Paris ' . —Intelligence has arrived to-day ( Friday ) by telegraph ; announcing the escape of the Pope from Rome , and his probable embarkation for France . The following is textually the telegraphic despatch : — 'Civita Vecchia , 26 th November , 3 p . m . —The Consul of France , to the Minister for Foreign Affairs . —The Pope secretly quitted Rome on the 24 th , at five o ' clock in the afternoon . Rome was tranquil and indifferent . A vote of confidence has been granted to the ministry . The Pope intends to go to France . The steamer Tenare has gone to Gaeta , to take him on board . ' The fact of the Pope having taken the Naples

      road rather than the more obvious one to Cmta Vecchia , is explained by the position of the Quirinal , the gardens of whioh openontheroadtoTerraoina , so that the Pope was enabled to leave by a private door without passing through the city , or even issuing from any of its gates . No doubt arrangements had been previously made to secure his journey to Terracina , and fr em thence to the Mola di Gaeta , the nearest port ef the Neapolitan territory . ; The Duke d'Baroourt , the Minister of France , must have been privy to the project of escape , since he sent an order to the French Consul at Civita Vecehia to send thesteam-frigate , Tenare , to receive the Pope on board at Gaeta . Bis Holiness would have arrived ifnot intercepted at Gaeta , at an early hour in the morning of the 25 th nit ., and would , probably , have sailed immediately on the arrival of the Tenare , '

      THB POP * AX OAMA . The correspondent of tbe Dailt News writes as follows : — „ , , ¦ „ . ' , Napms . Nov . 27 . —You have no doubt heard of the flight of the Pope . He was rescued by the Bavarian ambassador , Count Spohr , being disguised as the servant of the count with monstachios , wig , and round hat . His Holiness arrived at Gaeta about two o'clock on the morning of Sunday , Nov . 26 , and immediately despatched Count Spohr with a letter to the King of Naples . From a certain degree of acsteamers and

      tivity reigning in the arsenal , smoking , soldiers moving abont in greater numbers than usual , it was dear that something extraordinary , was going ; onyesterday morning . Abouthalf-past eight o ' clock loosened three royal steamers , crowded . with sol . diets , leave the pert in a northerly direction ; and daring the day it became known that , the King and Queen of Naples , together with their , farndy , had left to welcome hie Holiuess . Two regiments of boIdiets accompanied his Majesty . The celerity with which ever ything was got ready for the departure of the King wusoaes bjogiQBd ^ fulm the Annals of Italy .

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      ^ TheiBrsUnt ^ of theTepe / vr ' a ' s the arKvaTof nine Cardinals here " , Lambrusohinijbaing . oneofahem . On the arrival of the PopenY Gaeta , bnSurtday morning , the Commander of the Forces telegraphed the fact to Naples , and-asked ; How . j > refwe to treat his' Holiness' ?' ' , With every possible attention / was the . reply . His Majesty-has already returned , hsving lofthis Queen . Ths French ambassador-at ' the court of Rome is also with the . Pope . . This merning ( 27 ib ) , at an early hour , the Pluton Frenchsteamerleti for Gaeta ,

      Admiral Trehouart oni board . -There is talk in the city of the Pope ' s coming here and occupying the palace at Portlcl or Casaerta ; but of course nothing is known . All the . diplomatic body at the boilfiof Rome have arrived here , except the Sardinian ambassador who waits with orders . -. Rome was quiet , Naples is also quiet , ¦ but much excited . The walls are covered with the news and with , prayers and thanksgivings for the escape of the Pope . Thereaction is and will be immense . The Spanish Ambassador left for Gaeta , by the Pluton , to pay his respects to the Pope .

      SWITZERLAND . A letter from Berne , of Nov . 23 , flays : —' The affair of the federal capital was decided to-day in favour of this place . In the National Council , Berne obtained 58 votes ; Zurich , 35 ; Lucerne , 5 . Inthe Council of the States , Berne obtained , 21 votes ; Zurich , 13 ; and Lucerne 3 ; Thus Bsr ' ne is proclaimed the capital of the confederation . AH the deputies of French-Switzerland voted for Berne . ' .

      EGYPT . - IHB DBATH , OF ; 1 BBAH ) M PACHA . n . / ' L ^^ eago , gave publicity to a report of the death of Ibrahim Pacha . The report was revived the latter end of last ' week , and has since been confirmed by the following dispatch : — . Malta , Nov . 27 . —The French steamer Nil came in on tho 25 th from Alexandria ., Ibrahim Pacha is dead , and affairs look bad in Egypt , Abbas Pacha has assumed the reins of government . We take the following from the Daily News --

      MEMOIR OF IBRAHIM PACHA . Ibrahim Pacha , wfcose death Is confirmed by tbe despatches received from Egypt , was born at tbe vlllege . ' oi Gaveila , in Albania , in 1789 , whioh was alto the birth , place of bis father . Soon alter Mehemet All went with a corps of Albanian troops to Egypt , bringing , as usual , his family with him . Ia Egypt Mehsmet lost his eldest and favourite son , Toussoun , tbe father of Abbas Paoba . Another son , ( Ismael ) perished in an expedition against the Nubians , who burned tbe house that be was in , la vengeance for his cruelties . Their deaths left the way open for IbraMm , who thus became generalissimo ol theE ? ypt ! an army , and charged with the task of re . modelling and disciplining It after tbe French fashion , Within three years , with tbe aid ' of 0 * 1 , ' Stva ( Soliman Paoba , ) he had completed six regiments oi five battalions of 800 men each . The common soldiers soon liked their

      new life , and became , as they still continue , generally superior to thi-ir officers , who were most untractable notwithstanding theeiample of Ibrahim Paoba and bis efforts to overcome their prtjndicei ,, The following « trong tltaitratlsn of what he had to contend : wlth chanced to come within our knowledge at the time , Amongst other regulations an order' Was given that no soldier beneath the rank of a colonel should wear . jt beard . ' On one occasion an officer of Inferior rankap . pesred at tbe levee with tbe forbidden ornament , and was forthwith reminded of the prohibition . Be excused taimself by stating that during his pilgrimage to Mecca , he had bathed his beard in the water of the Sacred Wall , and that be could not'eonsent to remove what bad from that time become holy . ' Either the beard or the head muitosme off , ' was the stern reply .. The officer toned to the judgment and lost bis head .

      In 1824 these new forces were ready to take the field . One regiment was sent southward and another against the rebellloBS Wababeei , whose last attempt was completely defeated by the steady gallantry and discipline ^! tbe Egyptian infantry , In tbe following jsar , at the entreaty of the Sultan , 17 , 000 troops , under the cemmandof Ibrahim , were sent against the Greeks , vihoin he defeated in three general actions ; took Old and New Kavarjco , and marched victoriousl y to the very gates of Kauplla . He thence crossed to Roumella and took ifJssolonghi , af to a' siege of three months , and great loss of life , accompanied by startling deeds of bravery and slaughter , Greece thus again subjugated , the Egyptian army was on the point ef being despatched to some other part of tho seat of war j when thetriplo alliance

      Interfered , and the battle of Navarino , in 1828 , sent Ibrahim , shora of his conquests , bach to Egypt ; Tbe war in Syria broke put soon after through a quarrel between Mehemct and the Paoba ef Salda , aud the former threatened unless justice was done him te resort to arms , to march upon Acre , and chastise AbdalUh . The Snltan appeared to coincide with his views , and sent out tbe Capndan Paoba with a fU » t , apparently to aot In concert with him . But when the various measures for stcurieg the object of the campaign were arranged , and ths fleet had already arrived at Rhodes , the Snltan sst the Paoha at defiance , and recalled his fleet , Im > mediately upon this the Paoha pushed forward all ne . oessary preparations for the eiped ' . tlbh ; and to the diemay of Uahmbnd . Ibrahim had already disembarked in

      Syria , before the imperial messenger , despatched from Constantinople with order ' s to suspend' operations , cosld arrive at Alexandria , Thus the-war Tibtch vras to terminate in the dismemberment of the empire and tbe humiliation of the Paoha , was commenced nnder the impe . rial auspices , as Ibrahim actually sailed from Egypt with Hahmoud's firman in bis possession . Mehemet affected great deference to the orders of the Sultan , but said that the expedition had sailed , and that if the . envoy w sold tarry ho should bear back the keys of Aire . , ; Tbe ambassador then asked what the Pacha desired of < the Porte ' To keep what I have / he replied , ' and let me explain to yea my policy in a few words , la a few days Acre will be mine . ' If the Saltan consent that I shall keep It , I will stop there ; if not , I will take Damascus .

      There again , if Damascus be granted me , I will stop ; if not , I will take Aleppo ; and , if the Sultan will net then cement—who knows ? A'lsh kerim I' God Is mere ! . fal . ' The ambassador riturned and advliod Mahmoud to consider bis true position , and make peace . The advice was rejected and the counsellor punished ! The Saltan ; having adopted the alternative of war , made great ifforts to prepare , whilst the Paoha was actually conquer . lag Syria , Tripoli first , and then Acre , in May , 1832 , fell after a gallant resistance , The next month Damascus surrendered , and shortly after on the plains of Hones , on the very field where Zenobia fought Aarelisn , did tbe first great engagement take place between the Turkish and Arabian forces . The latter completely overcame

      their opponents , who were driren with fearful slaughter from tho field , leaving the whole camp behind them , Hones and Aleppo fell into Ibrahim ' s hands , another successful battle was fought at Bylan , After wbioh Shanderoon and Aatioch submitted . The Turkish troops now fell baok upon Konlsh , and collected in great force to march upon Syria , - Ibrahim , however , did not wait ; but forcing the passes of Mount Taurus , hastened to meet them , and on December 19 , 1832 , fought a deipera ' te battle , which ended in tbelr total discomfiture and the captors oftbe grand vizier . Ibrahim immediately advanced towards Constantinople ; Mehemet ' s fleet , In the mean , time , embarrassing the Porte by intercepting tbe provisions Intended for the army in Syria .

      The Czar having at this extremity offered his mediation , the Paoba agreed to an armistice , and a treaty was framed under the advice ef the French ambssssdor , Roussin , offering the vassalage of Acre , Jeruealsm , end Tripoli for his acceptance , to which he returned a decided refusal , and despatched orders for Ibrahim to advance . No sooner bad he collected his forces and left Kiutukla , than the Russian troops landed and encamped between blm and the Bosphorus , whioh so alarmed the Saltan , who feared his ally eveu more than-he did his open enemy , that be at length concluded a . treaty , yielding the whole of Syria to the Pacha , and granting an amnesty to all its inhabitants . The glorious termination of this was celebrated at Alexandria , in 1833 , with every

      manifestation of joy ; hut the peace did aot bring the benefits anticipated , for troeps and money were required to maintain an empire , etlll ' at actual war . ' or so unsettled In many parts as to require military rule . ' The oonse . quent severity and exactions canted an insurreotlen in Syria ot so serious a nature that Mahomet himself determined an proceeding there in person , and his presence produced a marked effeot . Revolts , however , were only suppressed in one place to break out in another ) and most sanguinary and severe measures were adopted . The young men were drafted off to the army of tbe Hedjaz , and Ibrahim , ctrae & nttat ' ng Us forces In the Lebanon , disarmed the subjects ef Emir Bsioher , Prlnoe of the Druses . The same people rebelled in 1837 , but wtre suppressed with great severity by Ibrahim ,

      Meantime'Saltan Mahmoud , not having digested the lots of Syria , determined to make another effert for its recovery . He raised an army in 1838 , and entrusting it to Hafix Pacha , bade him drive ths Egyptians behind the Desert . He at the same time 'declared Mehemet and Ibrahim degraded of their dignities , and a new Pacha was appointed to Egypt . Hafiz crossed the Taurus at the head of a formidable army , and was met by Ibrahim oa the 25 th of June' at Nezlb . A battle ensued , in whioh the Turks were completely routed , and fled , leaving 6 , 000 prisoners and all the ammunition behind . This victory , so menacing to the Saltan , was followed by an event still more alarming , the Cspudan Pacha went over with the fleet to the Paoha ,

      At this crisis the European powers Interfered , Ths diplomatic effects and events of these times ere well known , They terminated in a treaty of the Four Powers , excluding Prance . And an English ' fleet instantly bore downnpon Syria , reduced Acre , and landed troops which , under Admiral Sir Charles Napier , dislodged Ibrahim from his positions . The capture of Acre left him no choice bnt to retreat , ' The English had armed tbe mountaineers ; and thus equipped the Syrian tribes alone f urnishea a formidable army , before which Ibrahim withdrew .

      Here ended tbe military career of the Egyptian prince . His son retained command of tbe military foroe , and latterly , since the intellect of Mehemet gave way , he has conducted the entire administration , rather checking his father ' s profusion in publle works , and devoting himself to agricultural improvements and military perfection . Ibrahim ' s visit to this country had made bis person and eharacter well known to us . At one time he was said to bs IntempEratc in tbe use of wlae , which much injured bis coastitution . Latterly ho was temperate , necessarily so from djMltai & g health *

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      -Jfernhlm Pacha expired on the 10 th ult , and is succeeded in"the ' government by Abbas Paoha , lis nephew , son of Toussoun' -: i > : ' ¦• • ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ : * . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦\>' - J-¦

      . '' - ' INDIA : v > " . " . '•" ! - ' . We haveyeMived advices , and papeWfrom India Not " ?? th 8 oreria ** d miloi 'd » 2 ndof « JSf » i ? ? - . ° * of « ooarccter to ailay the fears or Zhni -nf * ' 5 ?/ th 0 Ee wh 08 « prognostications tw „ i ^ » W * l dian Potions . There ia at ™ £ IT- 9 » eht afar greater complexity of cii- - naSn ^ r ' f ^ i th ! Mo . 'J „ ? ° » i »< gn than at ihe de-Z « wv ^ W «»< fc I'm the troops of § el neral Whisb , but it is said that , notwithstanding all appearanoeg to theeontrary , hh eoS ^ SSSt Moolraj is a mere ruse , and that , in fact , the closest alliance existbstween

      s the two chiefs , whose only aim is , by careful manoeuvring , to , make good their ° v *? -l ;? Jv st tae t Briti 8 h , TheruHiour is also rife that the Dewaa has remained in secret friend- ' ship with tbe above named chiefs , and that they have so well organised their plans as to be ready shortly to strike a blow which will be as little expected as it may be difficult to resist . Indeed , judging from the statement made by a correspondent ef the TeleeBaPfl and Comubb , it wouldseem that by a proclamation addressed to the Punjaub chiefs , and- 'to all whom it may concern , ' Dhuleep Singh has been elected Bashaw ; . RajahGoolabSingh , Vizier ; Sirda Chuttur Singh , Jung Babadow , or Commander inchief ; and Moolraj , Head Dewan , or Chief Financier , of the Punjaub .

      The Attempted Murder Oftee Town

      THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OFTEE TOWN

      CLERK OF , GREENOCK . At the High Court of Justiciary , on Monday , before the Lord Justice Clerk , . Lord Mackenzie , and Lord Wood , John Thomson , auctioneer , in Greenock , was placed at the bar , charged with shooting with a pistol , loaded with ball and powder , ' at John Kerr Gray , town clerk of Greenock , on or near Hamilton Street . Greenock , on the 20 th day of July , 1848 , with intent to murder , or to maim , disfigure , or disable tbe said John ICe ' tr Gray , or with intent to do him some other grievous . ' bodily harm . , Plea ' . —Generally tot guilty ; specially not guilty , in respect that he laboured under insanity at the time . The Solicitor General . Mr ; Deal , and Mr M . Bell , Advocate Deputy , conducted the prosecution ; and the prisoner was defended by Mr Broun , and Mr Maconochie .

      Claude Marshall , sheriff substitute of Renfrewshire , and James ' Ia & iU , sheriff-clerk ' s depute , de . p ned to the free and voluntary' utterance of the prisoner ' s declaration , and gave it as their opinion that he was in a sane skate of mind when the crimes charged against him were committed . V . , ' The prisoner ' s declaration was then read . He said that he was labouring under aberration of intellect in the month of July last , and bought the piatol libelled in the indictment for the purpose of destroying himself . On the afternoon of the 20 th July , he was prooeedingto a druggist ' s to , buy & Quantity of laudanum , when ' meeting Mr Gray , the town-clerk , he presented and fired the pistol at that gentleman . He wag not sensible at the time whether the shot had taken

      effect ; bnt , feeling conscious than he had . done . a : bad action , was proceeding up the Vepnel to give himself up to the sheriff substitute , when a man came up and took him into custody . ; John Kerr Gray , town-clerk of Greenock , was then called and examined ! Remembers the 20 th of Jnly last ; had come np from Dunoon in one of the steamers that morning . Landed at Greenock about half-past sine , and went straight to the town clerk ' s chambers in Hamilton Street . About a quarter before four left the chambers and proceeded westward along Hamilton Street . When I first observed the prisoner , he was walking very quickly across the street to tho south side , where I was . He was walking very quickly , aud his appearance attracted my attention ;

      I turned round and just said , ' Well , Thomson / what do you want V At that moment he was only a few feet from me . Ho made no answer , he did not speak . Oflly . a moment elapsed between my remark ' , until I received a shot from Thomson . At that time he wore a snrtout , and was walking with his bands bshind bis back . I noticed no fire-arms in his possession . I saw bis hand raised , bnt his motions were so quick that I did not see the pistol . When I received the . shot I said , 'Oh Godl I am shot . ' ; I then stepped into M'lllraith ' s ehop , before whose door the circumstance occurred . The first gentleman that came up to me was Dr M'Gowan , and immediately afterwards someothermedicalmsn came into the shop , and a large crowd gathered before the door . 1 was carried

      over to tbe White Hart Inn in an infirmary cradle . The bullet entered the left side , and crossed the chest . I was about five weeks confined in the White Hart . Tlie wound is still open , and I am now very i imperfectly restored . I knew the prisoner before .: I met him in the police court several times . On several occasions he was charged with a breach of the Police Act by interrupting the streets with ' auotion sales . Thomson refused to obey the orders of . the magistrates in this , matter , and several complaints were made against him by the Inhabitants of Cross Shore Street . I acted as assessor to the magistrates in these matters . Alexander Shaw , spirit-dealer , in . Greenock : Knew the prisoner , who came into his shop on the morning of the 20 th July , and said he was watching a

      gentleman coming from Dunoon . Witness , asked him ! it be meant Mr Gray . Thompson replied , , 'That is the man . ' He then laid a pistol on the table , and asked witness if be considered it a good one . Witness said he was no judge of pistols . Thomson then cocked tho pistol , and put it into hia pocket . Witness told him to take care what he was about , orhe wenld be banged by the laws of his country . Thompson said that he knew the laws as . well as him . On witness observing that the pistol was cocked , he said . ' that it was all the readier . ' He was served with a glass of whiskey . By Mr Broun : Iu private conversation Thomson talked like a madman , His wife ' s death affected bim a great deal . His mind appeared to be more affected when he was sober than when he wan drunk .

      Dr Skaie , resident physician to the Lunatic Asylum at Morningside , said he was directed to attend the prisoner in gaol . He saw Thomson frequently , and conversed with him at great length . He could see no trace whatever of insanity ; He conversed with him about the events of this case , and the pri . soner spoke quite intelligently and distinctly on the subject . Witness saw nothing to lead him to doubt that Thomson was a person of a sane mind . For the defence , several witnesses were produced to establish the prisoner's insanity . Mr Broun addressed the jury in behalf of the sr roner . and concluded br calling upon them to find

      a verdiot that he was of insane mind . The Lord Justice Clerk summed up the evidence . Thejury then retired to deliberate on their verdict ; and , after a short absence , returned into court , finding the prisoner , by a large majority , guilty of the statutory charge aa libelled , and unanimously recbmmehdinghim to mercy , The Lord Justice Cierk said the recommendation oftbe jury should be transmitted to the Secretary of State ; and his lordship , after an impressive address , sentenced the prisoner . to be executed at Greenock , on Saturday , December , 23 rd . '

      The Potato Disease.-—Autumn Pianting, — ...

      The Potato Disease .- —Autumn Pianting , — Little new light has hitherto been thrown on the cause of the blight or rot , except that it is pretty generally believed to be owing immediately , to . atmospheric influence . In which way this has acted , and how it may be prevented , neither experience nor the researches of science have yet shown . It seems almost wholly out of the reach of human power . Next , therefore , to the advice strenuously renewed , to substitute oats , parsnips , carrots , beet , and turnips ( the Swedish is excellent at table ) , little can be done except to attend to the mode of cultivation . The best rules are , to plant iu the autumn , ar soon as tbe year ' s tubers are out of . tbe ground ; to choose a light sandy soil instead of a clayey one ;

      and not to manure too heavily , and to let the earth lie lightly over the planted seed ; bv all means select the largest potatoes for seed . When not wanted for seed , potatoes should be kept in the ground during the autumn ; and when taken up and stored , place a layer of dry sand between each layer of potatoes . Mr Johnson , who has se strongly recommended autumn planting for potatoes , says , in a recent communication to the Gardener ' s Chronicle , I will state only further , that my autumn planted crop , and those planted early in spring from sets preserved through the winter , with earth in alternate layers , have very few affected tubers ; and 1 am confirmed in my opinion that such cultivation is restoring the constitution of the potato , impaired by centuries of unnatural treatment . '

      "" Mr Smith O'Brien ' s SoN . —Thisgentleman hag a " son in tbe college for the deaf and dumb at Rugby . Master O'Brien is between nine and tenyeaw of age , very intelligent looking , and remarkably quick at comprehending anything communicated to bim by the usual signs . During the whole of the proceedings attending the trials of the Irish agitators , Master O'Brien has kept up a continued intercourse with Mr Bingham , the talented master of the college ,

      sometimes expressing considerable anxiety as to the result . But upon the writ of error being argued be became more sanguine , and now looks forward with confidence to his father being ultimately restored to liberty . When speaking of his father in his domestic character , nothing can be more affectionate than the terms he makes use of , both as regards the feelings that he entertains towards Mr O'Brien himself , and the kindness and affection llat the latter universally displayed towards all the members of bis & mjly .

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      ¦ HtlilrW TUB BMfolirato BTJlAHi : Dec , 2 .-The learned Judge took hia « aten the bench at ten o ' clock , and as / this . mwn ! tfg : had beea specially fixed for the trial of the"Baroness St Mart , upon a charge of larceny ; agobddbal . of'iiitereatappearedto be excited , the court ; being- crowded in every part . ' ¦ " t i ''' . accused , on being called to surrender , immediately came into court , accompanied by her husband , She was elegantly dressed , aud having been introduced into the dock by the side door appropriated for that purpose when the accused parties are out on bail , a chair was placed for her , and she continued seated during the trial .

      Mr Straight , tbe deputy clerk of arraigns , then read the indictment , which charged the prisoner Emma St Mart , with feloniously stealing on the 1 st of May , 1847 , within the jurisdiction of tha Central Criminal . Conrt , two rings , wide £ 40 tba property of Sir John Hare . The accused pleaded not guilty , with a firm and marked expression of voice , and the jury were then aworn . Mr Olarkson and Mr Bodkin Conducted the prose * ' eutiop . The defence was intrusted to Mr'Cockb ' urn and Mr Ballantine . ''•¦ : ,., ; - V- - -T' - '

      Mr Clarkson , opened the oa'Mo thejury , and the ! following evidence was adduced ' . —" ,: ' . -V Sir John Hare examined by'MrrBu ' dkii * ; Iresida at the Royal Crescent at'B 8 th , ; aii ^ was ' ftrmerly a merchant at Bristol . I became acquainted with the prisoner in the early part ¦ of-l ^ Bi ^ She ' -tjaa then Miss Todbunter , and her mother ' wasimarried to i Polish count—Count Grabiri & U-fi'Mnewed my acquaintance with them at Paris , 'in "J anuary , 1847 , and returned to England myself in that month , and returned to Paris again in abiut twb ' tn ' ooths . Tha prisoner and her mother were still staying at Paris , but left the day after I arrived , and -I went back to London a few days p-fterwards , and'Saw the prisoner and her mother at St John ' s-Wood ; "At'thia period

      I saw the Baron St Mart ; the prisoner's husband , and I understood at that time they were abont to ba married , but that the ceremony would not take placa until some papers were received from Paris . I invited the prisoner , her mother , and the Baron to visit * me at Bath , and they accepted the invitation and arrived at my house en the 24 th of April , and remained until the 20 th . On the 28 th we all dined together , and after dinner I bad occasion ~ tb open my desk to write some letters , and while' I was so engaged the prisoner , her mother , and the baron , were sitting in the drawing-room . ; I took out of my desk a casket , from which I took a ring , and ,. placed'it oa my firiger . : It was a diamond ringv and-I was in thi habitofwearing . it when I was going ' toapartyV

      which I was going to do that evening . The prisoner asked me to let her look at the ring , and I ' took itoS and gave it to her , and she placed it " oh her finger and asked me what I had got in another casket that was lying en the desk . I then took another ring from that casket and handed it also to the prisoner . ThU ring wasBO small in tbe gold part that I could not getit over the first joint of roy little finger . I tokl her it was the late Lady Hare ' s ; ring , and the prisoner remarked that she must have had a very small finger . I was going away to the Post Office , and the prisoner said'I will keep these rings . ' I t ^ ld her I set a high value upon them , and fasquested her to return them ; to which the replied , ' No ; I will keep them . ' I pressed her to giva them baok to . me , and she repeatedly refused .

      and said she would keep them , but assigned no reason for doing so , and I west out , leaving tha rings in her possession , the prisoner ' s . intended husband accompanying me to the Post Office , and on to the party which I was to attend . I got home about twelve o ' clock at night , and saw the pri * souer but I did not say anything * more to her abont the rings on that occasion , or at any time before tha prisoner and her mother left en the Thursday . I was engaged in the interval by having a large party * and visitors who came to my house , and I did not think of the rings until they had left the house . Tha prisoner was married to tbe baron on the 1 st of May , ' , and I was invited to the wedding , and drove to then * house in Thayer Street . They were at dinner whea

      I arrived and joined the party . During the dinner ths prisoner left the table , and as she was going out © £ the room , I asked her to bring down my rings . I spoke in a low tone of voice , and she made no answer , but went up stairs , and was absent about fire minutes When she came down , she said tome , 'What did yon 8 » y r" I said ,, ' Bring down my rings . ' She replied , ' I have not got thsm . ' I then appealed to tha countess her mother , and a scuffle—words I meanensued , and I left the house . We had high words about the rings before I left : After leaving the house I went to a relation of mine , named Fleay , and ha accompanied me to the prisoner ' s house on the Moving morning . I remained in the street while he went in , and when he came out he made a communication

      to me . Late the same evening I myself went to tha prisoner ' s house , accompanied by Sir Alexander , Downie and Mr M'KinrinD , and I saw the prisones her mother , aud the baron . I again demanded tha rings , and the mother , 1 think , said , they had not got them , and the Baren came towards me to force ma out of the room . I immediately went to the police court at Marylebohe , but no magistrate being present , I was unable to make a complaint . I went to ths hsuse in Thayor Street , on the following Monday , and ascertained that the prisoner and her mother and husband had left England for the continent . In July following I again met the prisoner and her husband at Boulogne , and I had a commuaiottien with tha prefect of police , upon the subject of the rings . I

      heard nothing more of my property until I received some information from a sergeant of pslice on the 8 th November , at my residence in Bath . I immediately came up to London , and saw the police sergeant , and gave him a description oftbe rings , and took tbe necessary steps to have the prisoner taken into custody , and was present when she was arrested , and her mother who was with her said that I was mad , and the policeman was . my keeper . ( A laugh ) The prisoner , herself , implored me to let her go , and said , 4 Pray , Sir John , forgive me ; do let me go . ' Tha prisoner was subsequently taken before the magistrate , and after two or three examinations was committed for trial . I consider my rings were worth £ 40 a piece .

      Cross-examined : I retired frem business abont ten years ago . I believe I first became acquainted with tha prisoner ' s mother in 1845 , when she livid in Brunswick Terrace . I met the prisoner and her mother at Boulogne in 1846 . I went to Boulogne in 1845 . Mr Cockburn : That was rather an awkward year to go to Boulogne in . ( A laugh . ) Cross examination continued : I continued in France for some time , and I met them again in Paris , They invited me to call and see them , and I dined at the same boarding-house five or six times . I did not do so for tbe sake of the ladies' society , but far tha sake of the company .. I lent them my carriage once or twice . I don't know that I recommended a particular sort of wine to the young lady for her complaint .

      I was myself recommended to drink a particular sort of wine , and I may have advised the prisoner to drink some of the same sort of wine . I gave np my apart * menta to the prisoner and her mother , and went to live at the top of the house myself . I did not express any regret when the prisoner and her mother left Paris , and I cannot Bay whether I did not see them both at Boulogne on the following morning . I started off for Boulogna the same night the prisoner and bee mother went away , and travelled all right , but I da not recollect that the ladies expressed their astonish * ment at seeing me . I do not recollect telling a gentleman at Boulogne I had been to sea two ladies off by the steamer , or that he replied , - What I is that tha young lady you are sosweetupon ? ' ( A laugh . ) While

      we were at Paris , before this , I and the prisoner ' s mother gave a ball , but I don't think I paid half tha expenses . I sent in a dozen of wine . ( A laugh . ) Mr Cockburn ; What , of the precious wine you wera talking about ? ( A laugh . ) Witness : Yes . —Was that all your contribution to the entertainment ? No ; I sent in some things from the confectioners . — What , some tarts , I suppose ! Tea , some things oE that sort , ( Renewed laughter , ) I remember meeting a lady and gentleman named Pennington at the prisoner ' s house , and I was invited to a ball at theis house . I dance very frequently . ^ Laughter . ) Ian » about sixty years old . —Are you sure it is not sixty * five ? No , I am not sixty-five . —Not sixty-two—are you sure ? Well , for the sake af saying something , I tBlll —AM T am * a ! wl . * Fnn . / Dakamki ) 1 m .. aI « 4 am \ toniuciAv / iuui \ i \

      nn . ; x , ' . cucncu laujjurei . ; Cross-examination continued : I would not sit down to breakfast until the young lady came down . That ia ihe custom in my house . 1 cannot recollect whether I ever placed a bouquet of flowers , and a copy of verses on the young lady's plate . I may have done so but I really cannot recollect . I think it is very likely that I placed flowers on her plate , and I won't swear I did not p lace verses on her plate also . I think it was very likely I called her ; 'Missy . " ( Laughter . ) I don't know that I used to call her Missy in my poetical effusions . I have written a few verses . The rings were in two separate caskets . I very seldom wore tho larger diamond ring , and only did so on sonse special occasions . I did not call tha attention of the prisoner myself to the rings , and say . ' Look here Missy , here is a beautiful diamond . ' I had the ring with me when I was at Paris , and I have no doubt that I wore it when I was there . The

      Baron St Mart was present on tbe 20 ih of April , when the transaction with regard to the . rings took place , but I did not see the prisoner place the rings in his band , and I distinctly recollect that he never , returned them to me . I made an entry in my diary ( produced ) that the rings were stolen oh . the SOth of April . I opened my desk on that day , and finding my rings missing , I immediately went to London * I did not say anything about the rings between the Monday and Friday , because it did not occur to me . -But you wore going to wear your ring at the party on the same night t Yes , but I was much engaged'in preparing for the party that waa to tains place on the following day . i went to market myself to provide for the dinner . ( A laugh . ) I was engaged all day in doing that . ' aud I did not think of my rings . —What vras there occurred ^ n Thursday te prWAt jour Ming of you rings I was engaged .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09121848/page/7/