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      [Bajjaand Soiree In Honour Of V Fl The « Star Of Freedom."

      [ BAJjaAND SOIREE IN HONOUR OF V fl THE « STAR OF FREEDOM . "

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      A ? a grand «»>& , consisting of a te » -partyana P ublicmeeltft , iris held on Tuesday , evening , June the 8 th , at the ^^ ry aiid SeiectificInstnnefon , John-street , Tottenham-^ . ru awosd . The primary object of the meeting was to raise ad « ffaadJ fo f tns b 8118 ^ ° * Democratic Refugees resident in tu Smaa & t , and , from the number of friends to the great cause It VeB ^ J ieaacnej present , the promoters of the design must con--jjolj ^ jaUtB themselves on a success highly giatifying . lie The Great Hall of the Institntion was decorated in a very teat igett wd tasteful manner with a variety of the choicest ^ aiomeaani Democratic banners .

      Ab < Abont 200 persons partook of tea , many of whom were Jiffies bidis & Refugee patriots . After tea , there was a large itdffitajdition to the audience ; the gallery was crowded , and the ibody body of the hall well filled . Ai Among the company present were Louis Blanc , Cabet , IKjaVyiii nd , Colonel Stolzman , Colonel Oboreki , and a large mnffiBOffiher ofFrencb , Polish , German , Hungarian , and Italian QUpi JUpoblicans . 0 On the motion of Mr . Bezer , Robert Le Blond was called Ito V to tbecbair , and read several letters of apology from absent Ifriei friends . Among them was one from Ledru Rollin , in which jhe . 'he ssidbe should have experienced great pleasure in attenidiw din ? the « oiree , but , unfortunately , the French Refnjtees had

      icon conroked a meeting at exactly the same hoar , which he ronst i att ( attend . Another , from Joseph llazzini , thanked the meeting jfor for their kind invitation , bat regretted he was unable toat-I ten ( end . He added , " I enclose £ 1 , my small contribution , to ? towards the Exiles' Fond , which the 'Star of Freedom' so sal nobly advocates . Your exertions , and those of all English frit friends to European freedom—for the proscribed representstiv tires of that cause—will be remembered by us long after the wc word ' exile' will have been cancelled by our Republican lai laws , - and that remembrance will promote English influence an amongst the rising nations , much more than all the

      protoco coli concocted in the darkness of your Foreign Office with te representatives of dying mosarchies and aristocracies , are IT likely to do . " Other letters of apology were read from the C Citizens Darasz and Bratiano , from Messrs . Coningham a- and Ludlow , the latter enclosing £ 1 ; and from Viscount G Goderich with a contribution of £ 10 to the Exiles' Fund . 1 These fetters elicited great cheering . Verbal apologies were t made in behalf o ! 'Mr . T . S . Buncombe , prevented from att tending by his parliamentary duties ; G . J . Holyoake , and 5 Samuel Kjdd , unable to be present , being engaged on a 1 lecturing tour in the conntry .

      Walter Cooper rone to speak to the sentiment : — " Success to the * Star of Freedom , * and prosperity to all journals devoted to the advocacy of Tnnb and Justice . May they unite in one glorious combination to guide the People to the attainment of their political and social rights . " # # He need scarcely say bow dearly be loved the principle which had brought them together . With all his heart he said—Success to the "Star of Freedom , " . because be believed glorious principles had been advocated in it ; and because its editor had been always ready to bold out bis band to the suffering Refugees of every country . ( Cheers . ) And prosperity to afl journals devoted to the same noble

      causebecause he thought that they all assisted in teaching the people their rights , and because he thought that when the people understood those rights , they would be able to gsia them . ( Hear , bear . ) It was the people alone who would ever gain the people ' s cause . He was sick and tired of lacking to the Aristocracy . If the people would do their own work , all they had wished for , and had wished for so long , would be effected . ( Cheers . ) But how was it to be accomplished ? By meetings amongst themselves , and by supporting their own Press . They bad not done this before —they had never supported their own Press as they should have dose . There were those present who had done so , but « a body the people bad not upheld a Press which would have

      upheld them . As long as they read murders , suicides , crim . cons , and other unmentionable ordinary newspaper subjects , fttj were not fit to be regaided as worthy of possessing their own liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) There must be meetings , and harmonious meetings , for the people conld never advance to their rights without unity . There were those who exclaimed there were things in the "Star of Freedom " which they did not like—there were things in every paper wh ' ch could not give general satisfaction , and the people sbiuld support it , as he did , because it contained many g > ani and glorious troths —( Cheers)—the troths of Julian

      H ; ne / . ( Loud Cheers . ) They might be roughly expressed , hut he honoured the man for his honesty —( Cbeers ) --flnd became he not only advocated the political and social rights of the people , but { because he was ever ready—and he could not repeat this too often—to bold out bis hand to the suf feting refugees of all oppressed nations . ( Cheers . ) He too ( Mr . Cooper ) welcomed the exile , and held out a brother ' s hand to them . It mattered not to him if they were French , driven from their country by the bastard Napoleon— it mattered not to him if they were oppressed Germans , crushed by their native tyrants—itmattered not if they were Polish , Italian , Getman , or Hungarian , —be welcomed them all ;

      " Be they Mussulman , Christian , or Jew—To as it ' s all one if they ' re honest and true . " ( Great Cheering . ) _ Joh . v Bezer briefly responded to the sentiment , and in the course of his address , bespoke the support of the British Democracy for a journal about to be started by the Refugees , to ha entitled " Free Europe . " ( Applause- ) Julian Basse ? , who on coming forward was warmly applauded , introduced the following sentiment : — " The Democratic Exiles—we welcome them as brothers , and representatives of the nations enslaved . We proffer to them onr heartfelt sympathy , and unite in their aspirations for the political and social emancipation of mankind . *'

      He felt quite euro there was no one in the meeting who did not agree with him—with all on the platform—in recognising the foreign Refugees as men and brothers . But it was necessary to understand what that meeting meant by the term men and brothers . They did not mean tyrants as men —they were only to be regarded as descendants of Cain , ud heirs to the first murderer ' * infamy . They were monsters , and were excluded from the circle of their brotherhood . ( Cheers . ) But they regarded as men , and regarded at br others , all those patriots and friends of the people tuembled on the platform- ( Hear , hear . ) But they did not regard all refugees and exiles as fellow-men and brethren . For instance , they did not regard the bastard

      Bonaparte is a brother , when he wis in exile in this conntry . ( Cheers . ) Because it was easy to sea that the debauchee , the gambler , the companion of the blackguard sections of the British aristocracy , the brigand adventurer of Strasbourg tod Boulogne , the base counterfeit and miserable plagiarist o ! that traitor to Freedom and scourge of Burope , his Uncle , could have nothing in common with them , and his subsequent conduct has justified tbeir opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) They did not think such men is Guizot brethren . They entertained no feeling of brotherhood with that hoary lump of tyranny Metternlch ; and not to ran over the long list ol men who would exclude the people from their stolen rights , he would lay , they had no sympathy with such exiles as

      Rosas —( cheers)—because he bad been driven from his csB & trj , not fox hia virtues hat fox bis crimes—not for his patriotism , but for tyranny—not for his love for humanity , but for hia tiger-like ferocity—hia cruel and remorseless oppression of his fellow-creatures . They htd nothing in common with such a tyrant , and he would say to him ( Rosas ) "Take yourself to Paris , where yon will find a meet Comrogua in the hero of the December massacres . " ( Applause . ) Their brotheri , the Democratic exiles , they recognised u the troe representatives of the nation . It was not the recognised ambassadors of France , or Austria , and Other countries who were the people's representatives , for they represented only tyranny , usurpation , brigandage , ana

      crime . They were thorough impostors : and he added to them the American Minister- ( bear , hear)—who , a few days igo , at tha feed in Fishmongers Hall , congratulated the noble body —( laughter)—that they had had amongst their predecessors the man who slew Wat Tyler—the brotbelk « ping assassin , Walworth . The Yankee eulogist of that tousan might represent the Hew Turk usurers of "Wellstreet , the " upper tea thousand , " the almighty dollar , hut he was no true representative of Republican America . ( Cheers . ) If they would find the representatives of the rations , they mustlook for them , Hot at city feeds—not in toe drawing-room at St . James ' s , not in the gorgeous BUnsions as the West End , but in the lonely chamber , the ° « re garret , the novertj-stricken home of the poor exile .

      ( Great cheering . ) To these patriots they proffered their sympath y , but it must not be mere lip-sympathy . They » tut care for the lives of their brothers . ( Cheers . ) It was ° * when the patriot leaped on our shores he was safe Wta the tyrants sword , but he wa £ liable to death fiom hunger . British hospitality savoured much of a sham—a United sepulchre , / air without , with nought bnt death and «»»& . It was disgraceful to the government , parliament , j » d country , that no provision was made for the Refugees . * hu work of humanity consequently devolved npon the P j PPle . They must aid the Committee to obtain work and Jrotd aid to the exiles . They must do more . Thev must

      Ke & P an eye upon the machinations of tyrants , and must be * Wto the watch-lower of freedom to guard against the des « wttc tendencies of the Tory government . They must do ™ j * - Even as at present situated , they must give all posfcfe ^ ° aDd fflaterial 8 " 1 tbe nations struggling for « " » u liberty . They must do more , they must labour for " « nselTes , —labour to establish the universalitv of the "" "age tu all its integrity , so that the people may ' exerci

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      their natural and rightful sovereignty . Then they would be in a position to give effective aid to the cause of European Democracy .- England needed statesmen and leaders with the energy of Cromwell . ( " Oh ! oh . '" noise and cheers . ) If those who interrupted would let him conclude tbe sentence he was giving utterance to , they would say they had unnecessarily wasted their breath . England , he aaid , bad need of tha energy of Cromwell , and the integrity of Hampden—energy devoted , not to self-aggrandisement , but to the public welfare—integrity , not in the cause of a class , but of an entire people . Yes , England ' s need was a new Commonwealth —( cheers )—for self-regeneration , and to take the lead in the holy war against Despotism , and in the holy work of prosecuting the political and social emancipation of mankind . ( Prolonged applause . } Gerald Masset followed in a lengthy and eloquent address , which called forth tbe enthusiastic' applause of the assembly . ¦

      Lows BtiKC ( who , for some considerable time , was unable to address the meeting from tbe enthusiasm and excitement his presence occasioned , ) said , I think it ray doty to express to von in your own language , the feeling with which I attend this meeting , and the feeling with which the resolution you have just adopted inspires me ; but I speak English very badly indeed , and I therefore solicit your kindest indulgence . ( Cheers . ) I was told that one of the objects of this meeting was to provide the means of lending aid and assistance to the Refugees of all nations , and consequently to my poor fellow-countrymen , so cruelly , so mercilessly , and so unjustly exiled . In that case I thank yon from tbe very depth of my heart . You can scarcely conceive how violent , and hew agonising are the Bufferings of the exiles in this conntrv—sufferings

      which you are notr called upon to alleviate . Torn from their families and friends , suddenly deprived of their profession , thrown among men whom they are unable to address in their own language , many of them are in such distress that , but for your sympathy , life would be nothing better than a alow death . ( Hear , " hear . ) But what kind of assistance mest a republican require or accept ? My fellow-countrjmen have intelligence and courage . They ask only that right to live by labour , which every human being ought to enjoy ; and for tha purpose of finding employment , they rely on the fraternal sympathies of all those who have suffered , because , wherever the oppressed are born they are the sons of the samefather—they areallofthe same country ( Cheers . ) The ] first French revolution laid down this great principle , and this alone should be enough to sain her

      : he everlasting thankfulness of all mankind . Remember that in the month of December , 1791 , the French Assembly decided that the flags of France , England , and America should hang side bylside in its Assembly . ( Cheers . ) Remember that at the time when the great British statesman , Burke , was writing against the French revolution , and trying to excite the British people—that then France declared eernal friendship to this country—that France , forgetting Cressy , Poictiers , and Aginoourt , courted a friendly alliance with England , in the hope that it would be accepted and perpetuated . ( Great applause . ) Allow me to remind you of a very striking circumstance . At the time of the revolution of February , 1848 , when , in consequence of the false reports spread in every direction by thereactionaty party—when manufactories were closed—when commerce

      was stopped—when money was hoarded—it happctAi ia some places that French workmen began in very small numbers , and , stirred up by starvation , to complain of the competition of foreign operatives . What was then the conduct of the delegates of the Luxembourg , who had been elected by all the corporations in Paris to represent the sacred cause of labour ! They protested indignantly , and in the name of the people of France , against this impious compact , and it was with their unanimous support that the members ol the Provisional Government—of which body he who ia now speaking to you was one—that proclamation was issued , in which the question was put to the people , "Do you think that the foreign workmen are your brethren ? Yes or no ? " " Yes , yes ! " was the immediate and moving answer of all the people of Paris , and

      an agitation , not in accordance with the genius of France , was immediately stifled . I know that there are many in these last days strongly disposed to believe that the . soul of France was now changed , because they judged of her by tbe faculty with which she bad become tho victim of tbe grossest perfidy of modern times . ( Loud cheers . ) But whsn violence and fraud triumph , and justice is deposed , it seems to me that the criminal alone is accountable for the success of the crime . Ought we to reproach Fraace for sanctioning , by its vote , the usurpation of Ionia Napoleon ? I deny that such a vote was ever g iven . ( Great applause . ) The impudent returns were fabricated and forged . At the time these impudent retains were made , no one dared to deny them , even in a private letter , for the privacy of letters was destroyed , and a sword was

      suspended over every man ' s head . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been said in some quarters , that the usurpation of Louis Napoleon bad been sanctioned by Universal Suffrage . It is not true that the usurpation of Louis Napoleon has been supported by Universal Suffrage . As regards Europe , it is an imposture . As regards France , it is a calumny . ( Loud Cheers . ) At all events . Prance , through Universal SuSVage , would never have desired to give herself a tyrant . For any man to believe that would be to suppose France a nation of madmen . ~ Sol Prance Is today what she was yesterday , the victim of violence and murder which shall not last . ( Tremendous Applause . ) I believe my beloved country hag not yet become unworthy of tbe friendship of a free people . Would you wish to unite nations by an indissoluble tie , do not hesitate to proclaim openly your sympathies for the

      exiles ; for since the uscrpatton of Louis . Napoleon , France is not whore he is—France is wherever they are found who have proved faithful to her genius and who have suffered in her cause . ( Cheers . ) Danton said , in his nervous style , that an exile ceuld not carry away his country on the sole of bis foot—bat he could carry away his country at the bottom of hia heart . That , gentlemen , is what we hare done . —Louis Blanc resumed his seat amidst tremendous applause . CPibrbe LsBonx ( who spoke in French ) said he found in that hall the same sentiments he had often listened to in Prance . The same light of liberty was to be found amongat all tbe people who composed humanity . The happiness of the whole world could only be fonnd in unity . At this time France suffered , and suffered terribly—sot only were her men imprisoned , but heroic women were oppressed also by a tyrant usurper . ( Cheera . ) Englishmen could hardly Conceive what courage and determination still existed amongst the French people , and this determination would be exercised

      in bringing about the restoration of tbe rights of humanity . There was not one single progress that could be obtained immediately ; but by union it would ultimately be achieved . —The speaker was loudly cheered . EriEKXB Cask ( who also spoke in French ) said he felt bonnd gratefully to acknowledge the fraternal greeting he and bis fellow-countrymen had received . The meeting was right in supposing that the Refugees participated in tbeir love of liberty . France proclaimed the rights of humanity—France , replete with generous sentments , explained those principles which tended to liberty , and which would , ere long , be triumphant in every part of the world . M . Cabet proceeded at considerable length to state the circumstances connected with the present condition of France , and was warmly applauded . Susisucs Worceil thanked the meeting for their sympathy for Poland , and showed that , if Poland , as a nation , did not rise in 1848 , her sons took part in every battle for Freedom . ( Cheers . )

      A Member of the German Working Men ' s Association , named Siark , spoke briefly on the unhappy position of tho Refugees , and the errors camtnitted bv the Revolutionists in ' 48 . He expressed sanguine hopes * of the future . ( Applanse . ) The next sentiment was then given as follows : — " America—may its people fell that England looks with anxious solitude to the time when , united the two nations may lead the way to the emancipation of Europe . " ; Mr . O'Bbim was requested to speak to the sentiment , instead of doing so , he thought proper to throw the meeting into confusion , by giving expression to hostile insinuations

      against proceeding speakers . He repudiated the sentiment he had been asked to speak to , asserted that nothing could be done for the Kefogees until the people of this country first obtained their social rights , and throughout a lengthy and altogether irrelevont discourse , indulged in language , which for ins own sake and the sake of Democracy , we must decline to place on record in our columns . We are sorry to add that he was vehemently cheered by a small but noisy knot of partisans , who evidently came drilled to create a brawl . Mr . Pain * briefly spoke to the sentiment .

      Mr . Berer proposed , Mr . Leno seconded , and Mr . Shaw supported , a vote of thanks to tho chairman . Is was nearly twelve o ' clock when the proceedings terminated . With the exception of the scene just mentioned , the soiree was most successful ; and but for that scene would be remembered with unalloyed delight , by all who were present .

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      Destrcciivb Firks . —A most destructive fire broke out on Thurday afternoon , at the well-know printing establishment of Messrs Clowes , and Co ., Duke-street , Lambeth . A considerable amount of property was destroyed . Mr . Fkakgcs O'Coxsob . —On Thursday two medical gen " emen were appointed to viait Mr . O'Connor , and tbey retttted ' to the house , that he is decii ' edly insane . 3 rpiHTT OB * . —Hearing your neighbour ' s child cry » U night through the tkinness of the parti-wall . W « scA .

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      : FMN < 3 Ei : " P , I ¦¦¦¦¦ . . •>¦ . The Tyrant and his tooUwlL 6 ggerh € ads--Extmion of the Spy-systeti ^ - ^ e , " Non-jurors—Audacious attempt to muzzle the Snglish Press . ; Pams £ Wednesday , June 9 th , Grrftnier de GassagTiao ' a ' rnen ^ aces against Belgium have produced an eMasion , where one was least expected . Or ^ Satui ^ tfci' Constitutionnel " contained a second artic | elbf € & siagriac , afcill more threatening and insulting to the Belgian people than the first . The writer affirmed that he penned hia diatribes-with the express ganction of Louis

      Napoleon . This created iramen . s $ sensation in political circles , and on the Bourie . Next day appeared in the * Moniteur , ' a note comminiqiiel from the government , disclaiming responribility fbr : Oasaagnao ' a articles . This excited the $ re of the renowned ' Dr , Veron , chief of the ' OomUtutionriel , * who , in the number of that journal fo ^ Monday , professed his astonishment at the communicated disclaimer , and in spite thereof professed his belief that Caasagngc had really expressed the view ' s of " . ' the head of the state . ' In answer to this show of spirit . on the part of the Doctor , the Minister of Police , on Tuesday , sent a

      ' first warning' to the ' Constitutionnel' for having persisted , notwithstanding the ' Gommumqw * of the ' Moniteur , ' in declaring untruthfully / that Granier de Cassagnac ; was " authorised by the President . Imagine the dismay , the indignation , of the worthy quack . — 'A warning , 'tjtat ia to say , a reprimand , public , and menacing to , the existence of the' Constitutionnel / in the name ( of the government of Louis Napoleon ! ' Having made this pathetic opening the Doctor declares , that when the , first article on Belgium appeared in thai'Constitutionnel , ' M . Mocquard , the chrfdu Cabinet of the President , sent for

      100 copies of tire pajrcti contouring that article , and M , Granier de Cassagnao demanded 400 copies of the same . He argues ftora this that he was justified in supposing that the ' second article ' on Belgium , ' which was intended to give more authority than the first , would not be contradicted or disavowed , accused of inacuracy or exaggeration , and become the motive of a warning . ' The ^ Moniteu ^ of to-day publiahes a second warning whjofi . has : been served upon tho ' Constitutionnel' inconsequence of M . Yeron ' s article of the 8 th iuat , TueefSot of this second warning is to give to the government the power of suspending , and even suppressing , the journal , in virtue of Article

      32 of the Law on the . Press , decreed on the 17 th of February , 1852 . M . de Maupas has just issued a . eircujar . to the prefec tspreparatory to extending'theadvantagesof Police surveillance ^ even to the remotest hamlet . There must be everywhere a commissary whose business will he to 'knoweverything , ' to foresee everything , and to repress everything . ' - .. __ P . J . ProudhonjtUeweUfenowri socialist writer , has been set at liberty , fitting completed" the three years' imprisonment tpi ' whieh he was condemned by the Court of Assizes of the Seine . M . Michelet has Tefu 8 ed" % take the oath to the constitution , and has . resigned the appointment of chief of the historical sVction ' in the national archives , which he held since 1880 .

      The same course has been followed by a new host of members of the councils general and municipal , and other public officers . The cbatean D'Eij was seized by the agents of Bonaparte on the mo-ruing of the 5 th , in spite of resistance offered by ' the steward and other servants of tbe'Duke'de Nemours . An ex-gendarme , naarly 100 years of age , named

      Heilmann , died a fef days ago at Colraar . He formed part of the detachment which conducted Robespierre and 'Saint-Just to the scaffold . The strike of the carpenters of Nantes continues . Several arrests had taken place , bnt without having the effect of bringing j & e strike to a termination . * Intelligence from Algiers reports conflicts with the Arabs , accompanied by has of life on both sides , the Arabs as usual being the principal sufferers .

      Concerning the 'Union Sooialiate , ' tho objects of which are fully elucidated in another column , the ! correspondent of the * Daily News' observes : — ' The Socialists here , doomed to mutism , are comforted at the improved prospects of their brethren across the Channel , who have just founded , under the auspices of Louis Blanc and his compeers , the Union Socialiste . ' iMr . William Oonyngham , whose name figures , together with that of Mr . Vansittart Neale , as a trustee of the new Socialist enterprise , iaat present in Paris ,

      Correspondents of tfoJSnglish Press threatened with Mxpulsm * Tbe eorrespondents of some of those English papers which have shown themselves least favourable to the government of Louis Napoleon received invitations to present themselves in the cabinet of M . Latour Dumoulinj director of ute department of the press in the ministry of policed ; Oa Tuesday afternoon the correspondent of th * MrPatly News , ' waited on M . Latour Dumoulin ., ( The tenor of bis communication was that the French ' Government had observed attentively since the 2 nd of December the ; attitude of the English press , and regretted to perceive that many

      of the London newspapers were not only hostile to the present government , oat outrageous towards' the head of the atate . jNow , the French government was determined not to allow the person of the head of the state to be treated ; with outrage and insult , and his name to be dragged through the mire ( tra ' ne dans la boue ) . It was not only in the letters of the correspondents that this' offensive manner of mentioning the person Of the Prince Louis Napoleon was practised , but also in the leading articles . But in either ease , for the future , the person of the correspondent would be held responsible , inasmuch as it was only

      fair to suppose that he furnished the false news on which the insulting appreciations contained in the leading articles were founded . The correspondent was then given to understand that if either the Paris Ietterof the « Daily Aews , * or the leading articles of that paper , contained any expressions outraging the person of the Prince President , he would be considered as the responsible person , and he forthwith expelled from France , ( The correspondent of the 'Morning Chronicle' and ' Advertiser , ' whom the director also has seen , has received a similar warninff . l The correspondent of the 'Daily News'

      protested against this principle . He stated that if the French government made , the Paris correspondent of an Englls paper responsible for whatever appeared in that paper relative to France , it would act neither according to the principles of justice , law , nor international usageY I * was known that the responsibility could only > lie with the editor of the newspaner in England . M . Latour-Dumoulin answered that the French government could not accept the theory of the irresponsibility of correspondents . [ This menace has already been answered on this side of the channel in terms of defiance to , the tyrant to do all he dare . ] . SWITZERLAND . ~

      j ~ .,. . „ , Tbe " Kreuz Zeitung " declares that whatever may have hem asserted to ' the contrary , the London protocol on Switzerland contains an implicit recognition of the right of the King of Prussia to re-establish his right in Neuchate / , sword in band . : ,= The Grand Council of Tassin has resolved , by a majority of fifty-four against forty-seven votes , to secularise pubic instruction in the canton ,

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      .. BELGIUM . La Nation acquitted , Bonaparte defeated-Nolle Letter of Colontl C ^ nas—Thi Qmtral i'tocttan . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Brtjssbm , June 9 , 1852 . You will be pleased to learn thq acquittal of your talented and truth-telling contemporary , the Belgium ' Nation . " The trial took place before the court of assise of Bribant , on Monday last , when all the exertions of tho toadying ministry failed in obtaining a verdict in favour of the bastard Bonaparte . Tho incriminated articles were two , the one entitled " The Constitution of M . I . M . Bonaparte and the political oath ; " the other , " The regime of December 2 nd cannot last ;" and were published m the numbers of " La Nation" for 19 th and 25 th of January respectively . The editor and manager having refused to make known the author of the articles , thoy were read to the jury , and the verdicts demanded for the plaintiff in accordance with the law of 1816 .

      .... M . Punck for the defence , was about to discuss this law , which has been left in oblivion for twenty-two years , and the last traces of which had been effaced by the revolution , when he was stopped by the President , and desired to confine himself to the question as to whether the articles in question were or not insulting towards the President of the French Republic . In the course of his address , M , Funok said : — ""We have been accused of having exaggerated the acts ascribed to M . Bonaparte , and in support of that assertion they cite the opinion of Lord Palmerston . Truly , a badly chosen argument ; for you have forgotten that for having expressed a favourable opinion on tbe cow » d etat of December 2 nd , Lord Palmerston was turned out of power .

      If , then , you have Lord Palmerston on your side , we have the whole of . England on ours . " At three o ' clock tho jury retired , and returned to the court at a quarter to four , when the foreman , M . Max , returned the following verdict : — " On my honour , and on my conscience , before God , and before men , tho reply of the jury is , on the first quos . tion ,-M 0 ; on the second , no ; on the third , no ; on the fourth , ko ; on the fifth , no ; on tho sixth , no 1 " The verdict was greeted with murmurs of approbation , which were instantly suppressed by the gendarmes . The President then pronounced the acquittal of M . M . Ch : Potviu and Louis Lubarro , who lelt the court amid the felicitations of a crowd of friends .

      Colonel Charras has scornfully refused to take the oath to the tyrant . Tho following is an abstract of his letter to the prefect of the Pnj-de DSme : " The fugitive to whom the Republic has given a country and who has destroyed the republic ; tho President who swore fidelity to the Constitution issuing from the free and universal suffrage of France , and who has lied to his oath ; the conspirator who has usurped absolute power by fraud , corruption , and violence ; the despot who has ruined , banished , imprisoned , deported , and massacred millions , of French citizens to make a constitution and to impose it on Prance . " After denouncing that monster forgery—the sham election , he says : — "

      " The man of December 2 nd , he who has given the moat cynical example of the violation of sworn faith , exacts oaths ! Truly , such a trait was wanting to the annals of these days . ' ? Reoountlngjthe indignities he had receivedat the ha ds of the brigands of the Elyees , he adds : — " The love of country and of liberty , the sentiment of national honour alone speaks to my heart and dictates my response . To a government without name , without faith , without honour , without probity , true men owe only contempt and hatred . I refuse the oath . For the Republicans there is but one course to take , and that I have already

      taken ; it is to hasten with all tbeir efforts the moment when France shall burst the fetters which have been imposed upon her , in a day of surprise and of weakness , by a handful of bandits , who pillage the publio treasury and dishonour the banner and the namo of their fatherland . "Lieutenant-Colonel Cjubbas , " Representative of the People , '' " Brussels , May 23 th , 1852 . " The elections are hitherto in favour of the Liberals , thirty-two of whom have been elected against twenty-two of the opposition . , ¦ '

      GERMANY . Terrific Calamity . The districts of Mulhausen and HerJigenstadt have been visited by a great calamity . The bursting of a waterspout caused such a sudden rise in the waters of the Unstrut and other streams , that not only is the whole harvest of the present year destroyed , but the fields are covered with Stones and sand to . such an extent that it will be impossible to bring them into cultivation for years to come . In a qutrter of an hour the Unstrut rose eighteen feet above its usual level . The loss of life is not yet known ; but it is feared it isjconsiderable . in Dingelstedt eleven bodies have been found , and nineteen persons are missing . In tho district of Mulhausen above twenty persons are reported as having been drowned , and between twenty and thirty more are suspected to have shared the same fate . The roads arc everywhere destroyed . whole herds of oattleand sheep have bean lost , and buildings have been so completely swept away , that scarcely a stone of them remains . AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY .

      Vibiibu , June 6 . Yesterday , at 3 a . m ., the emperor left for the Hungarian capital . The official telegraphic despatch informs us that " Bis Imperial Rsyal Apostolic Majesty ' s solemn reception at Buda took place amidst the loud cheers of the inhabitants . " [ Bosh'l

      ITALY . Terrorism in Veniee . The ' Venice Gazette' publishes the following sentences , ? renounced by the Military Court-Martial sitting at Idino . — 4 ' Claire Marchetti , the wife of Moretti , condemned to four months' imprisonment and one day ' s fasting per week , for high treason in the second degree ; Julian Pezzetta , a clergyman , to one year ' s imprisonment in a fortress , for having bad prohibited works in his possession * , and John Baptist del Menego , a clergyman , to the same penalty , for having preached a revolutionary sermon . " " The aristocracy of birth and mind is still absent from Venice , " says a letter from that city , ' and it is well that all malcontents should avoid the ancient territory of St . Mark , as it teems with spies and informtrs . "

      ^ TURKEY . Serajewo , the capital of Bosnia , has been the scene of a terrible conflagration . While the fire was raging the Nizams committed most frightful atrocities . Women were violated and houses broken into and pillaged . WEST fNDIES . By the arrival of Royal West Indian Mail steamer Ornico , we learn that the small-pox is still decimating in Jamacia . At Demerara the yellow fever was declining . AH the Wast India islands are suffering from drought .

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . THE KA ? F 1 R WAH .-CONTINUANCE OF HOSTILITIES . The General Screw Steam Shipping Company ' s vessel . Hellespont , Captain Watts , arrived at Plymouth on Sunday . from the Cape of Good Hope , The Hellespont brings fifteen days ' later intelligence ; The Kaffirs had rallied throughout the Aroatolas , and had gone baok to the Waterkloof , where Macomo is in command , and has been joined by a large number of Hottentots . The Kaffirs are as much unsubdued as ever , and fight with as much fierceness and energy as ever . General Cathcart had directed that the cattle of the Kaffirs should not be captured , but destroyed .

      UNITED STATES . Arrival of Meagher in New 7 orh , —The Presidency de . The United States Mail steam ship Atlantic , arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday morning with 120 passengers , including Madame Goldsmidth ( Jenny Lind ) and her husband . During the greater part of the passage she was confined to her berth by indisposition . The principal morsel of news communicated by this steamer is tbearrival at New York of Mr . T . E . Meagher , who was expatriated in 1848 , in consequence of h aving taken part in the attempted Irish insurrection in that year has arrived in New York . The' Courier and Inquirer' gives the following account Of his escape from Van Dieman ' a Land : —

      For some tune previous to February last , arrangements were in progress , by which , if successful , the eailes , nine in number , were to be taken from Tan Dieraen's land and brought to our shores , In January the arrangements were completed , when it was found that In consequence of their residing so far apart ( some ten miles ) , it would be impractical to get them all off at one time , and their friends , though reluctantly , were obliged to confine their operations to effect the release of Mr . Meagher , as his position gave the surest prospect of success . Everything being in readiness , earJ in . February Mr . Meagher sent his " parol of honour" to tho magistrate with the promise that he would consider himself bound by it for two hours after its delivery and no longer . On receiving it tbe magistvate gave immediate orders to the constable in Bothwell ( where Mr . Deagher resided ) to arrest him without delay . This the con . stable refused to do , stating ttov * he was himself an Irishman , and would do nothing to hinder Meagher ' s escape . This placed tbe rangistrate in a position somewhat unpleasant , and there was not ano . ther officer within twenty . four miles . He , however , mounted horse , and proceeded to the nearest point , for the purpose of bringing back

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      an officer to take charge of Mr . Meagher , who waited for his return until the time promised had expired , after which he took horse and proceeded in an opposite direction , in which course he is said to haro travelled as fast as his horse could carry him , for over one hundred miles , or to the peint where his friends had another conveyance in waiting . After waiting Pernambueo , he is said to have been taken on board the brig Acorn , on the 22 nd of April , and by her brought to this port . President Pilmore has been nominated in several places for reflection . M . Kossuth had reached Buffalo . The miscellaneous h j j es reP ° rt an extensive conflagration at Savannah , which nad dest royed a large amount of property . On the Missisf . n » o P f te » ° ats had been burnt , with cargoes valued at upwards of 150 , 000 dols . REPORTED REVOLUTION IS MEXICO . JW . " * West Indies , and through the medium of at vS . despatch , addressed to the British Vice Consul eitv of M « ' on tb . e 0 tb ult -. *• have a report that the l Sn Mexico was in « state of revolution . Details not

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      TAn ^ rmrn THE PRESS MAIN niT & B ? r # P ^ S £ 5 £ VINDICATEDIMPORTA M ADDRESS FROM HALIFAX .

      A Committee has been formed in the fnwn « f m * t . u and Health M , for the purpose oP & i ^ j ^ . ^ fWw ^^ « tfJsi falsely uttered m the name of the Democracy of ^ Halifax The Committee have issued the following address . - " Brothw Bemoerat 8 ,-. We deem it our dutv in theme sent critical and important crisis in the history of Demooraoy , to band ourselves together for the following twofold object : —1 st , To aid and assist struggling and unrewarded merit , to throw over it the shield of our protection and to preserve it from that moral assassination with which it is threatened . 2 nd , To rescue Democracy from that deep disgrace which is being inflicted upon it by ambitious and designing men . If ever there was a time in the history of . ? ° r ? which more than another required the vigiianfc watchfuluess and co-operation of its disciples and advocates this is that time . An unscrupulous attempt is now being made to govern the Democracy of Great Britainftv an oriinn .

      and unbenrable . despotism . A few thoughtless and unreflect * mg men have been induced , by misrepresentation and falsehood , to join in the abomination . Old and tried friends to the cause are to be trampled under foot by the upstart dictator , and the whole machinery of the Democratic movement perverted to the purpose of individual aggrandisement and ambition . The Liberty of the Press is to be destroyed , and we aro to be compelled , on pain of political ! excommunication , to confine ourselves to the mental food supplied oy our would-ba lord and master , or remain in a state of montai destitution . Wo have resolved , however , to raise our voices against this antt-Democratic state of thines . In looking round amongst tbe conductors of tbe public Press , we know of no one who is so muchentitlod to our confidence and support as the present editor and proprietor of the Star of Freedom . " His long and faithful services in the cause , and the noble and self-saorificing devotion with which he has championed the cause of Freedom , ouoht . tn nn < i <> ai .

      him to every true lover of his species , while his wide and extensive connexion with tho leading Democrats of Europe , 8 nd i , hi ! ["" ' »» ' <> k « owledge of Foreign affairs , pre-eminently fit him for the task of bringing together and uniting in one common bond of universal brotherhood—the oppressed peoples of all lands . We have beheld with shame , and . indignation the base and unmanly attempts which have been made by unprincipled men to malign his character and destroy his usefulness . And grieved aro we that anyfoortion of the working men of this country should have solar forgot themselves as to repay his long and faithful services with such black ingratitude as we have lately witnessed . TtuacontaeL however , we believe to have resulted from tho gross falsehoods which have been so industriously circulated . And all that is needed isthat the truth be

      , known , in order to turn the tide of events . In accordance with these impressions , we havo set ourselves the task of rescuing this town from the stigma which has been cast upon it , and of doing our duty to the cause of truth and justice , by assisting to extend the circulation of the " Star of Freedom , " and otherwise , by word and deed , rescuingthe Democratic movementfrom thehands of those whose conduct has disgraced and dishonoured its namo . We earnestly call upon every good and true man to come boldly forward and assist us in this undertaking . We were told that the ' Star" was purchased with middle-class gold , and that its politics would have to be cut to suit middle-class interests . This prediction has failed : and we find tho editor writinc

      with the same fearless and undaunted spirit in favour of down-trodden humanity , as heretofore . Tho prophet who foretold this , finding his predictions beginning to fail , with that reckless audacity for which he has become notorious , then told us to beware of tbe Democracy which was being taught in its pages , as it was only a bait to deceive us . Bad this accusation been brought by a man of character and known patriotism , against some unknown and untried individual , it might , in some degree , have had a tendency to bias and mislead our judgment ; but , coming from tha quarter it does , and being launched against an old , tried , and faithful servant of tho people , we treat it with that contempt which it so richly merits .

      " Brother Democrats , there is one other subject to which we wish to draw your attention . Wo wish distinctly , onthe part of the working classes of Halifax , to repudiate tha sentiments uttered by tho elect of the 'immortal twenty - two , ' at the Manchester Con f erence . The result of tha last publio meeting held by the Parliamentary Reformers justifies us in speaking this in the name of the people . Fourfifths of that meeting was composed of working men ; nevertheless , we were out-voted on our own principles ; and yet we believe every working man in that meeting waa in favour of the principles of Chartism , ' but they were opposed to our antagonistic policy . ' The same result took place at Bradford . The termination of these two meetings was the 'hand-writing on the wall , ' warning us that th « obstructive policy was at an end . The sentiments which

      were uttered by Cockroft at Manchester were not the sentiments of the Demosratio public of Halifax . We therefore enter our solemn protest against them—a protest ia which we feel convinced we shall bo joined by the great bulk of tho people of these districts . We likewise repudiate and disclaim all and every the acts of tho mock Conference which has lately disgraced the town of Manchester with its madness and imbecility . In conclusion , we call upon tha friends of freedom , of thought , and action , in every town , to follow our example , and show those who would monopolise tbe right to teach Democratic principles , that there is yet sufficient spirit and independence of mind left to meet and grapple with Despotism , even when cloaked in the garb of Democracy , and to uphold and maintain the true friends and advocates of freedom and equality , from what quarter ^ soever they may be assailed , ( Signed ] "John Culpan , funr ., Uriah Hmcholiffe , ThomasKiohoif , John Harereaves . William Caswell . Samuel Sufc .

      cliffe , G . Hi Buckley , Robert Schofleld , Joseph Waterhouse , Francis Mitchell , Sharp Dawson , John Dennis , Henry Stansfield , Joseph Bottomley , James Bootbroyd , Edward Lainton , John Swift , David Roberts , Benjamin Walshaw , Charles Crowther , Samuel Thompson , Thomas Roberts , Samuel Wood , William Dennis , Samuel Baxendale , Christopher Shackleton , David Naylor , William librafall , William Lister , 3 ohn . Sutcliffe , 'William Drake , James Broadbent , Abraham Baldwin , Benjamin Aaron , John Chaffer , Christopher Barker , ' Isaao Eorsfal ) , Daniel Colon , Richard Thompson , James Taylor , Joshua Waddington , Henry Spencer , Benjamin Fowler , Robert Buckle , Thomas Clark , John Harroby , Robert Harroby , James Shutle . worth , Charles Heaton , Joseph Binns , A . Baldwin , Charles Binns , John Lawson , John Wadsworth , William Maude , Richard Jbawson , Thomas Long bottom , Robert Sutcliffe , Benjamin Dawson , James Hargreaves , David Lawson , Samuel Magsoo , John Sutcliffe . "

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      AMALG MATED SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS , The Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society have much pleasure in acknowledging tbe sum of two hundred pounds from the Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons in general union , being s donation in aid of the workmen who aro now out of employment through the master ' s strike . One hundred pounds of this money has been sent by the officers of the above society to the men of Manchester . —Wiuiam Alian , Sec .

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      Protectionist Estimates . —Perhaps the roost curious item in the estimates agreed to by tho Protectionist government is the estimate that has been formed of our national honour , which ( vtcfe the Mather case ) has been set down at two hundred and forty pounds . " —FbncA , I Tini Pbbsbnt RACB .-The old saying assures us that '" the Race is to the Swift . " This should bo alteree to 3 the tastes of our modern yonng men : for in their minds tha " Race is decidedly to the Fast . " 8 Ua Hmhh uro WBAMH .-. There is this difference between thosetwotemporal blessings-health and wealth : wealth is the most envied , but the least enjoyed ; health isthe most enjoyed , but the least envied ; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflect that the poorest man would not part with health for wealth , but that the richest would gladly part with all his wealth for health .

      Education in Indh . —From a Parliamentary pa « per printed on Tuesday , it appears that in tho season of 1850 there were 23 , 163 students in the several schools and other establishments for education maintained at the public expense in the presidencies oi British India . An extract ia given from a despatch to the Government of Fort St . George on " Bible Classes , " The Council of Education proposed that the Bible should he included in the studies of tha

      English Classes , attendance on the Bible class being left optional . As tho provincial schools and tha Madras University were for the especial instruction of Hindoos and Mahomedansin the English language and the science of Europe , it was considered not expedient nor prudent in any way to interfere with tbe religious feelings and opinions of the peofte All such tendency had been carefull y avoided at Vth tho other presidencies , where native education had been successfully prosecuted .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061852/page/1/