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      France. On Thursday M- Dupin Was Refecte...

      FRANCE . On Thursday M- Dupin was refected President of the Assembly- The number of voters was 538 . M . Dupin obtained 325 votes ; M . Michel de Bourges . the candidate of the Mountain , 102 ; General _Lamoriciere , 60 ; General Bedeau , 35 . Sixteen votes were lost The . result , of the ballot having beeu announced , M . Dupin was proclaimed president . General Bedeau , MM . Darn , Benoit d'Azy , and Leon Faucher , were elected vice-presidents of the Assembly . Gales de Lasteyrie has , therefore , been the only one of the former vice-presidents excluded . MSI . Arnaud ( de l'Ariege . ) _Lacaze , P-upin , de Heckeien _. Chapot _, and Berard were chosen secretaries of the Assembly .

      The - .- -election o " f M . Dupin as president of the Assembly is a clear proof bow _Httleatfention is paid on ib < _= se " occasions to what ought to be the main qualifications of such a functionary , namely , impartiality aad dignity . No sooner is a liberal orator installed in the tribune tban the President Dupin , _instead of protecting Mm against the interruptions of ths P- g ht , agg ravates h ; B distress b y a thousand tilth sallies of waspish petulance . The sparkling _string of epigrams wherewith the president seasons a dull debets is no doubt refreshing to a jaded house , particularly in the dog days , but his wit ion often degenerates into buffoonery , and his _liveliness becomes mere impertinence . The license of his tongue is encouraged , because it is found useful in serv . > - _§ ' . he spleen and rancour of the majority , and Ids authority becomes a potent instrument ot oppre .: ion against tbeir political adversaries .

      A tumultuous movement took place in the Assembly , in consequence of the report that a violent _altercation was going on in tbe passages between MM . -le ia D-vansaye and Haunt . A great number of members rushed out in great haste . T ' . - cause of the quarrel was this * M . Valentin , WOni _^ _. d tbe othsr day in a duel with M . Clary , had _-jme votes iu bis favour as secretary . This announcement having raised a titter among the majority , M . _Bauue made use of some expression whi-. _i was interpreted as an insult by M . de la Devansaye .

      A «" _iiel took place _ ra the evening . The _adversaries fought with swords . M . Devansaye had his shirt torn at the first engagement ; and M . _Bauna xece ; " _? d , on the second , a hit in his breast , which did not . however , draw blood . The affair was then _arrai . _gcd by the seconds . The provincial papers continue everyday to bring acc r ;; . _- » of arrests , domiciliary visits , & c , by the ant .. _ors ' -ies at Lyou 3 , Dijon , and other places . The _proff ?>> - « i object of these _proceedings on the part of the :.-. iice is to find members of secret political

      soci : _.-:: s ; to search for copper medals , said fo have -been _; :- __ ntly cast in honour of the persons condeniaed by the high Court of Versailles * to seiz _^ Upr . \* _' . l political correspondence , instructions , or rece ; . cs for the fabrication of gunpowder , and ims- r . k-i . or anything else tending to throw light on the V'bns of the socialists and demagogues . The _CGunvry papers state that , notwithstanding the numerous instances in which the police have thus act . ( i , the starch has not produced any result . At Dijon two persons were arrested .

      Or . Tuesday week the editor of tbe * Natio _ 3 r was _condensed to three months' imprisonment and a Sue of 200 f ., for announcing that a subscription had been o . _mimeucsd at Nangis to pay the fine of 25 f ., to wi . ich ( with a week ' s imprisonment ) the wife o ' a farmer at _Fontem-lles bad been condemned , under the la a- against hawkers , for lending a newspaper to a _Bfi " _-- _- ' _* b > _-ur . M ? Armaad Marrast , tbe ex-president of the _Consd ' u-T . t Assembly , and previously editor of the ' ?*< _ "in - _ l , ' has resumed his labours as a journal ! -1- _rht-. ' Credit announces his name as one of its editors . Several arrests have lately taken place at Grenoble , ar . d it appears that , as at Lyons , some of them are connected ia a direct manner with the affair of the _con' -pir-cy at Oran .

      As soon as tbe sitting of the Assembly was opened on Friday , M . Dupin , who spoke for the first time since h _*» re-election to the presidency , addressed the ho' : * - iu ihe following words : « A t the moment wbeM a neigh burning and friendly people is _deploring _tli- loss whicb it bas just suffered of one oi its state-: men most deserving of regret , I think that it -v . iii do honour to the Freach tribune to echo from it in this Assembly the expression of our sympathetic re _^ re _' . s , and to manifest our high esteem for that fiSi ' -uent orator , who , throughout the course oi his long and _glorious career , has never entertained any _ - _ er feelings but those of justice and benevolence for France , nor made use of any other _expressions -ban those of courtesy towards her govern : ment . ( _Cheers . ) If the Assembly deign to approve my _prop-sal , mention shall be made of it on the proees serial . ( Unanimous marks of

      adhesion . ; A _ L _ -I _* D ISTEXTIOX TO KILL THE PRESIDENT . A you . _' ! g fell" * : of sev _. _n'i-eii was arres ted ou Friday si ' :, moan , who avowed the design cf assassinating * _.. e _President . He wa * prowling about the Elysee a * the _j _- ni- _" , and his wild look and pacings to _an- _'i - ' ' _ba-i _aready drawn the attention of the guar ' ** .. A _bi-ni-woo ' clock a carriage , containing _C-l-ui . i _V-udrf-z and some other persons , issuing bar .: the gate , -hi . youth was observed to make a sud-le . ! . dart _i-. cvards the vehicle , while he thrust _h's ha : _;* i into his i . _reaat as if in search of some arms ; ba ; harin _^ _apparently satisfied himself that the person he soaeht was not there he retired , and allowed

      tbe __ = - ' ' : »_ _. io pass . A policeman , who had _ohservi-A tbis suspicious act , now approached the you * . ' - *" - * _qiiesii-sn bim and secure his person . No _resi . ! _a-cp . as made : before he was collared he confess - * * . ' ! : ai he came there for the purpose of killing iii ? President of the Republic . Having made this avgwa ! wi _' _-h perfect calmness , and without the slig h _5-T . t r .. sitation , he suffered himself to be _qnieiy tak . n to the office of the _cammissary of police , wi . re he was searched , and a loaded ' pistol was f . _"nd in his possession . His name , he said , was _Q--oT _«* Alfred Walker , aged seventeen , a

      compos : * - r at i ' ye printing establishment of M . Brtere * and iivi-g with Ins parents , Rue _Chernbini _, No . 3 . He added thai he had long meditated the assassination ¦ •'' the President , and had with this intention tak _« n _ii-. t- j > _'su , l of a companion , without lbs latter ' s too ) _. _?* _-, and loaded it on Tb -rsday eveaingat the . hiss- _« f M . Lefauch e . ux , armourer , Rue de la Boura-. He had no accomplice , nor had ever _rcveair-i ?•» _ar . y one his criminal design . On Satuni . v r . _- _rnnig he was examined , but his an swers - . ' ere such as to throw doubt upon his _BOBum :- _? 3 'if mind .

      0 ;; . _itiuraay a long discussion took place in the A-s . m ';» y »» she _question of deciding whether a propo . itioi 5 _. _( M . Francesque Bouvet and the mi rubers Of 'he Mti-.-itl- . in to have the state of siege r . moved from : he 5 . '• - d _^ _pirtments composing the sixth railitary _ilivisiost . _oufjbt to be taken into consideration or not . £ ve-iuaily a division took place on the point , wh .:: the q > -stion was decided in the negative by 404 votes i ;> 202 . A } o ! i ? _i ) _.-v ! nan hatter , named Benoit , a Socialist trouh - d i _ r , * as sentenced by the Court of Assize of Paris to a year ' s imprisonment and 500 francs , fine - _br-w _.-j-inz . publishing and singing a song _insultius to -h _ _P-v-iiiient of the Republic , entitled'Les Ma . _ __ -. _ - _ . '

      A p . «> -ttKM > a bas been commenced against the printar of Mia * Journal dela R _* _publiqueUaiverselle ' edited hy Mazini , _Ledru Rollin , and others of the . _sam ** son . A _ouas-iiy of packages of gunpowder and bullets Has _iouisd -in the 4 th inst . in Perpignan . Several persons « - - te arrested ou the same day . _Monlay . —Yesterday all Paris poured out to the Champ oe Mars to witness the novel spectacle of a man on _horseback carried up by a balloon . The horse was simply suspended by two girths . Thc weather was tempestuous , and horse and rider were soon _sna * - } , . d beyond the clouds , whither thev were tracked by thousands of telescopes . The President drove through the crowd , who did not fail to _testify their _entl-osi-sm for the Republic .

      The - ! e . - - -r-l lists . drawn up in virtue of the new law , have b _ en published in the mayori <* s . The number of electors for Paris is about 74 , 000 , tbat is less hy 150 , 000 tban tbe numb . r of electors for Paris on the list of March laBt according to the old ! aw . which amounted to 224 , 000 . The difference ia ihe provinces will not be so enormous . In case there should have been any disturbance sonre measures of precaution were taken . The posts were double at the Mairies , tbe police _exerclted a strict surveillance , and the troops in the barrack . were kept under arms nearly the whole day , out no breach of order occurred .

      Tuesday . —Yesterday a scene of the greatest _pavny _^ _-k place in the Assembly in the coiir _. e of _>/ tte debate on the law ef tbe press . M . _Robber , in s _. _ttte cour _ e of Kg speech , designated tht revolution bf - -feon __ . iy as -iiutroiu cataitrophe . At this word

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      the whole opposition ' ruse , and with tremendous clamour called on the president to call the ministers to . order . This M . Dapin refused to da ; but called Af : Girardin to order instead . After ibe noise and tumult whicb lasted half-an-hour , were somewhat abated , M . _Girardia . having mount . d the tribune to explain , declared that he , for one would not sit in an Assembly in which the revolution of February was declared a disastrous event for France , without the speaker being called to ord _^ r . Still more offensive was the conduct of the president in calling to order a representative who did bis duty in prote-ting against language so unconstitutional , ' and so particularly improper in the mouth ofa minister . He tbuught that if the minister was not called to order , all the members of the opposition ought to

      relinquish" their seats in tbe _Assembly . This opinion of M . Girardin did not , however , seem to find a universal echo on the benches , of the Left , and was received by the Rig ht with jeers . He then descended , quite pale with excitement , and proceeded to write on a sheet of paper , it was thought , a resignation of his seat in the Assembly , with the motives of this act . The sitting terminated afterwards in the greatest _disorder . This scene occurred daring the latter part ef the sitting , and whilst the discussion of the clauses of the bill was taking place . Tlie first part of the debate seemed to create little interest . The house was not raueh fuller than usual , and the reports of . the crowded audience that would fill the tribunes were completely belied _.

      First the question of urgency nm discussed . M . Emile de Girardin demanded to speak with reference to the rules of the house , and maintained that a special report was necessary to establish a case of urgency . M . de St . Priest obrerved that the report was explicit enough upon this point . The assembly inclining to tbis opinion the incident dropped . M . Mathieu ( de la Drome ) attacked with vehemence the reactionary march of the government . which seemed to wish to substitute _ <* ord-rule for regular and constitutional administration .. He was strongly opposed to allowing urgency for the bill .

      M . Rouber , Minister of Justice , replied briefly to the arguments of M . Mathieu , and maintained tbat the violent speech of tbat honourable mem ber was the best proof that _urgency was necessary . M . Jules Favre insisted upon the importance of tbe question , and on . the weight of the interests engaged ; aud argued hence tbat the law should be debated with all the guarantees required by the constitution . He denied that the bill wore tbe .

      character of urgency , since the committee had been four months , since the 10 th of March , in getting up its report . M . Prosper de Chasselnup Lauliat , the reporter , spoke next in favour of urgency . _MEmile de Girardin having mounted the tribune after bim , there was a general cry from the benches of the _Right for the close of the _p-feHrainary debate . Tbe result of the ballot on tbe question of urgency gave 370 votes for , and 251 against . Urgency was in consequence declared for tbe bill .

      The debate on the clause then commenced , and the scene above described took place . The apathy shown by the public for tbe parliamentary proceedings is remarkable , and the public seemed insensible to political events of the gravest interest * ft was only ou Saturday that the fact was published to the world , that 150 . 000 electors of Paris had been disfranchised by the . 1 . ctoral law of the 31 st of May- It has been received with every appearance of the calmest indifference . The ascent of M . Poiteven , dangling astride on a pony from a balloon , is an affair whicb interests the Parisians at the present moment far more thau laws which concern their dearest liberties .

      In the evening about two hundred representatives of the Left met at the rooms of Leraardelay , and after midnig ht it was decided by a large majority that at the opening of the sitting to-day a protest should be placed iu the bands of the President ofthe Assembly against tbe expressions used by the _minister _, either in disparagement of the institution oi juries , or ofthe revolution « f February . The board of the m-eting was composed of MM . Adelswaerd _, Grew , Creraiens , Victor _Hueo , and _Charras . The

      motion of M . Emiie de Girardin for a collective resignation ofthe seats of the . opposition in the As _seajhly , supported and amended by MM . Michel de Bourges , and Joly was rejected . Another motion proposing the impeachment of the minister was also rejscted . MM . Charamaule and Adelswaerd moved that the opposition should abstain from' all _discussion , and vote in silence until reparation was obtained . This motion was also thrown out . It was observed tbat all shades , even the moderate , of tbe .. position were _represented at tbis meeting .

      The opposition press is furious with M . Rouher for his effroutery . Tbe * National' has ar article on this suhject headed' Lachete et Trahison , ' and dares the government to prosecute h . Young Walker bas been examined by several physicians , who have pronounced an opinion in common that be labours under mental alienation . It is supposed that he will be sent to the hospital of Bicetre .

      SWITZERLAND . The National Council of Switzerland met at Berne on the 1 st . Alter certain preliminary proceedings , Dr . Kern was elected president , hy fifty-nine votes to nineteen . The new president delivered a brief address , in which he stated that he would employ all his efforts to merit the confidence placed in him by the assembly ; he declared his attachment to the federal institu'ions , and his determination to seek progress by the regular developement of them . He then referred to the affairs on which the Assembl y would have to deliberate , and concluded by expressing the wish that the spirit of cociliation and patriotic sentiments would draw closer the ties which unite the members of the Assembly . The Assembly then elected M . Stampfli vice-president , and chose four secretaries .

      GERMANY . It will be recollected that poor Einkel , the poetical professor of law at Bon , was tried six or ei ght mouths ago for participation in the Baden insurrection , and sentenced to imprisonment for life . The first three months of his imprisonment were passed in the House of Correction at Naugardt , in Pomerania , a prison in wbich only the commonest criminals are confined . 'His removal thence to Spandau , an important fortress a few miles'from Berlin , where many political off-nders are confined , was regarded as an evidence of returning mildness in the hearts ofthe authorities ; and it was hoped that he would be somewhat better treated also . Unhappily these

      hopes have all been falsified , lle bas not been better treated in Spandau than in Naugardt ; his wife has not been permitted to see him , nor , indeed , has any other _vwitor been admitted . His friends have _hsen surprised to learn tbat he is about to be transferred to another prison , and on inquiry 1 find ihat tbe information is coirect . Einkel is to be transferred to Torgau , on the Elbe . These repeated removals of the unfortunate poetbave tbeir origin in a _specie of refined cruelty which seems incredible . They are intended solel y to prevent him from having any communication with bis friends , for an old law exists which prescribes tbat no prisoner shall be _permitted to see visitors un'il he shall have been

      _chree months ' in prison . Kinkel was three months in Naugardt , and has been nearl y three months in Spandau , whence he is to be removed . His hard fate excites much commiseration , not only in Prussia , but in other countries , where his poetry has raade him known . A Russian lady of high rank and a devoted admirer of his poems , endeavoured a few days ago to see him , but found on her arrival at Spandau tbat no person could be admitted to him without a written order from the Minister of the Interior . Undismayed , this gentlewoman proceeded * iraight to the hotel of the Minister of the fnterior . Her name and title procured her instant admission . Her reception by Manteuffel was very flattering until

      he heard the nature of her request , which he refused in the coldest manner . If . the little bird which witnessed the interview did not totally misunderstand the scene which followed ,. Baron Man teuffelwas an unwilling listener to a tirade of abuse and sarcasm pronounced in a very ladylike manner / but npne . ttie _iess biting . The interview terminated by his retiring from The room , and the lady finding her way out alone . Three days afterwards , the husband o _^ the ladv in question was called upon _^ by the . Banian Ambassador , who stated that he bad transmitted to him from the Minister of the Interior ai fall protocol

      of the insult * offered to the Minister of the Interior hy tbe gentleman's wife , coupled with a demand for an apology . The husband made the communication known to tbe wife , who immediately sat down and wrote what was intended to be an apology , but which must have been in the style of Mr . Midship _, man _EasyV apology to the Master . The Russian Ambassadortoreupthe lad y ' s _apulogv , and informed the husband that he should be compelled to trans rait Manteuffel ' _a report to St . Peterabarg , _thouah " considering therank of the partie _., he did itvrith tbe _gresfei . possible _ttgtw The lady ' s endeavours

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      to see Kinkel may possibly result in their immediate recall to St . Petersburg .

      PRUSSIA AND DENMARK . Berlin , July 3 . —A treaty of peace has at last been concluded between Germany and Denmark . *' The treaty , or rather treaties , for there are , I believe , three separate documents , were signed last night in the ministry of foreign affairs by . the respective negotiators , Baron Pecklin and Baron Rbeedtz , the Danish plenipotentiaries ; 'Herr von _Usedom , the Prussian plenipotentiary ; the Baron Schleinitz , the minister for foreign affairs ; Bnd Lord

      Westmoreland , the representative of the mediating power . The first of thesethree treaties is between Denmark and Prussia , as the organ of Germany , and is , I understand , th . . i _ . pl _ treaty of peace , mewing the rights of each power , and containing a promise on the part of Prussia that shewill endeavour to procure its ratification by the different governments within three weeks from . the 'date thereof . The second treaty is between Denmark and-Prussia alone . Witb the nature of this

      document , as well as of the third , I am unacquainted , a most mysterious silence being observed by-all parties . From certain expressions which have been heard to fall from the lips of the parties immediately connected with the negotiation , I . very , much fear that both contain , conditions and stipulations not likely to do credit to either Prussia or Denmark . The latter demands that Scbleswig shall be entirely given up to ber , and that the inhabitants of Holstein as belonging to the Germanic

      confederation shall be prevented from interfering infavour o / Scbleswig . . It is impossible that the _Holsteiners will consent'to this , as it involves an infraction of the chief point for ; which they have been fighting the independent union of Scbleswig and Holstein . And unless tbe treaty signed last night provides that force shall be employed to restrain the Holsteiners from assisting their brethren in _Schleswig , the first hostile movement on the part of the Danes will be met by the united forces of the duchies .

      The result of these treaties , if approved of in Copenhagen , as it is expected they will be , must be the entry of the Danish army into Schleswig . The authorities in tbe duchies appear to have been prepared for tbis result , for by the latest advices from Kiel we learn that the fortifications in Rendsburg are being carefully repaired on all points , that _]_ rge quantities of ammunition and provisions are being stored up , that several battalions have been hurried in forced marches from . the southward , and tbat the whole army is to be posted to the north ou tbe banks of the Eider . The reserves , too , are to be immediately called out .

      AUSTRIA . Vienka , July 1 . —Ban Jellachich has arrived in Agram _, where he now possesses the authority of _a-vic-roy .. . The official journals are full ' of the addresses which be bas published to the population . In all his addresses , however , there is not one word to be found of the Banal council ) of the ministry , or of the important questions of the day . They contain nothing bnt extravagant protestations of his loyalty to the . imperial house , and praise of the great patriotism ' whichhe declares he has on all occasions manifested . Six or eig ht months ago his loud tongued praises of himself and his party were received with enthusiasm by a large

      portion of the Croauon population , but since then tbe conviction bas heen gradually gaining ground amongst his former adherents and friends , that he is only a patriotic mouther , whose patriotism has served as a mask , beneath which he has served the court , by carrying through most unpatriotic and unpopular measures . The middle class ' _-s in Croatia are more politically enlightened than in any other province of the empire ; a fact , the truth of which is plair . lv apparent in ths character of its journalism . In Agram is published one of the hest newspapers printed in . the German language , the ' Sud Slavische Zeitung , ' which hears the character of an opposition journal . Until recently Agram possessed another journal equal in talent

      and energy to the * Slid Slavische , ' but published in the Croatian idiom , the Slovensky Jug , ' the existence , of which was put an . end . to by the government . Since its murder the ' Sud Slavische ' has been tbe only journal of talent . But though fighting aIo : ie _, it lias not heen without success . Many of the younger branches of society in Agram bitterly repent tbe support wbich they lent to thc government against the Magyars , and sigh , for the liberal concessions which Kossuth and hia colleagues would have made to them . They are bitterly disappointed with ' the new political organizition given to their country by the government , with the advice of the Ban , and may become very dangerous opponents to thc presiding authorities . V

      Having referred above to the 'Slid Slavische Zeitung , ' I raay state that it and the ¦ Brunn Presse ' ( formerly _published in Vienna ) are the only opposition journals published within the whole empire , so successful baa the government been in suppressing all liberal journals . The right of association * too , has been taken a _<* _-iy from the liberal party , which at this moment _possesses no means whatever , in any part of the empire , nf carrying out a political object in a legal : manner . Their opponents , _mflanwliile , are favoured by the government in . thc most extraordinary manner . Associations similar to the Prussian Treubund are forming in every province , with the especial sanction of the ministry , The Catholic priests Hold numberless meetings ,

      unwatcbed and uncontrolled by any police authority ) although the most unconstitutional expressions are used , and illegal measures recommended for promoting a return to an anti-March-1848 state of things . True , hut little ofthe freedom gained in 1848 remains to lis recalled : still , that little is a thorn in the side of _prUsts , aristocracy , and landed proprieiors . The abolition of the feudal services , which'the peasantry were compelled lo render their landlord , is perhaps the sole real good which re mains , and tbis , too , would doubtlessly he very speedily got rid of b y the government were they not afraid of the intense agitation which would necessarily ensue . The peasantry have felt and duly appreciate the blessing of this freedom and will not easily he made to give it up .

      Though . the public are informed by the ministerial journals that a general amnesty is shortly lo he granted , the trials by court martial still continue . Last week sentences of imprisonmet for life were pronounced against nine members of the Hungarian diet , who took no part whatever in tbe war .

      THE INSURRECTION IN BULGARIA . Advices from SeraUntn the 26 th and 27 th June , lead to the belief that the Turkish arms have not been so _successful * as wos originally stated . Tiie insurgents are said to be collected in great force in Serbia , and to be si ill in arms in the district of Belgradcieza . Foreign influence is said to he _vety active iu promoting the insurrection .

      ,. ITALY . ROME , June 23 . - Under this date the correspondent of the 'Morning Chronicle * writes : — ' It is not in my power to communicate any satisfactory intelligence , as the system of reaction is not diminished . It was expected that some , concessions'would have been granted to the oppressed on the anniversary of his _Holiness ' s accession to the papal chair ( 21 st inst . ) The hope of the people , however , has been completely disappointed : nothing . has been . done . _Consequently the usual illumination has been very miserable , as , with the exception of the public offices , a few houses of the employes , and some of the noblemen . all was perfecly dark . The population of of families

      Rome is daily diminishing . Hundreds are in a state of starvation , and yet the spirit ofthe Romans is not subdued ,: and _maniftsts itself on _f all occasions , althoug h under the strict surveillance of spies and an army of Sbirri . Besides political opinions , the Cardinal _. yicar persecutes and prosecutes all those who are suspected of Protestant tendencies ; the bunting after Bibles continues , but none are found . The police prosecute all those who are suspected of republican or constitutional opinions , and of late the foreign consulates have not been spared , in defiance , of the immunities and privileges _thty have-enjoyed , for centuries , founded on custom and usages in the absence of a treaty or of an international law . The Prussian consul ' s office at Civita

      Veccbia has been _seatcbed _. in consequence of orders sent from Rome , but nothing was found there to warrant such a step . If I am well-informed , as I have every reason to believe I am , the Prussian charge d affaires m Rome , M . Raymond , has made a strong remonstrance to the . Roman government on the subject , but no answer has been given as yet ; Previous to tbis fact several notes passed between Mr . Freeborn , the English consul , and tbe Cardinal Secretary of State , in consequence of tbe perquisition made by the police and Cardinal-Vicar ' s officers iri the house of Mr . Ercole , chancellor and secretary ofthe British consulate .- The . Cardinal attempts to show that consuls have' ho privilege ' s . ? The British consul admits that tbey . do not enjoy the privileges of ministers , but he maintain , ( hat they enjey im-

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      munities and privileges from time immemorial , as consuls , and e . tablished-arid acted upon by the substitute for a law , viz ., custom and usage . _Tbi-i difference of opinion witb the Cardinal , is in the hands of a man of great experience , prudence , and rood . ration , but he has to deal with the Jesuits , whose arguments and tergiversations are well known . » nave seen several letters from consuls at Ancona , statin _, that they would rather take ' down'Warms of their respective nations , and burn the archives of their offices , than permit their official residences to be violated . Even the public voice , expressed in all the European papers , with a few exceptions , has no influence over this reckless government . The _ngnrs

      of the people , ' the rights of . official persons mb ill set at defiance , This is the consfquence pf the un toward occupation of the Roman States _l | y the l , atholic armies . It has produced arrogance in an extreme degree , and will engender the attempt to put down all Protestant : tendencies . In short , we witness the revival of the persecutions'of the middle ages , * and yet they are . tolerated . by Protestant governments , who apparen tly , look on with _indifference , and will not raise tbeir voice in opposition , unti ko late . " It is , to be ' hoped that both the Prussian charge d ' affaires and the English consul will be supported in their claims , by their governments if not , consuls will be placed | n an inferior position .

      ' ¦ ' It is well known that the French army lost a con . _siderable number of men during the siege of Rome , and the loss of the Romans ' was also great on that occasion , not only in men and officers , but in many young men volunteers , - belonging to some of the most distinguished-families in Italy . - > The ' same occurred to the Austrians at'Bologna and Ancona , and to the Neapolitans at Zagarbla and Vell ' etri . The Prench , however , as well as the Austrians , restored the Pope to bis temporal power , atid nowjmaintain it with its abuses . His Holiness ,, in gratitude to them , has caused a religious ceremony , to be performed for the souls of the soldiers of those nations who were killed on that occasion , Whilst the Survivors ofthe Romans who were killed _wereInot even allowed to have a public mass said for their deceased

      relatives . For the' French , "Austrians ,. Spaniards , and Neapolitans their gratitude has been shown in orders of merit conferred whilst the Romans have been exiled and dismissed from office , which must in many cases lead to starvation , aiid consequent hatred of the government . The _impression . ereated in the public mind by this reli g ious ceremony has been very great , and the policy of the cardinal ? , in using every effort to separate the people and government , is incomprehensible .. Next week bis _; Holiness will go to spend the summer months at _Castel Gandolfo , fourteen _milfs from Rome . During his absence the police , directed , by the famous Nardoni , will , it is said , cause perquisitions to be made in every house for arms , books , papers , & c . The ? French will not interfere .

      Letters from Bologna state that a number , of the Roman Republicans have established their quarters in the small Republic of -Bah to'Marino . ? ' The Papal government has demanded their expulsion , but the _Kepublic has turned a deaf ear to the application . An application was then made to ' the Austrians , wbo . have hitherto respected the territory of this old Republic , but who have now demanded the expulsion of all the refugees . The consuls of Santo Marino have replied that the great majority ofthe refugees now enjoy the right of citizenship , and that they cannot drive them out ; all tbey can do is to request them to remain tranquil .

      THE KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES . The ' Opinione' of Turin quotes the following official circular issued at Naples * . — ' THE nmFCTOR OF THE INTERIOR TO THE POB-IC

      OFFICERS OF THE KINGDOM ' Order having , by Divine Providence , been re > - tored in the dominions of both sides of the Faro _, it is the express will of bis Majesty the King , our absolute Lord , that . 11 functionaries shall take a new oath , according to the decree of 1816 . ' ( Signed ) ' Mohena . ' Another circular of the Minister of War at Naples , dated the 6 th ult ., prescribes the form of the oath to be taken hythe officers of the army . No mention is made in it of the Constitution , the obligation it imposes being implicit obedience to the King . -

      The appearance of Messina , Palermo , and Catania is truly melancholy . The spy and the military patrol are the features which strike the visitorwant of confidence in the merchants—poverty iu the lower classes—dread of imprisonment felt by all , combine to produce so sad an appearance in tbe cities which , hut a few mouths . since , were animated with gaiety and hope for the future .

      AMERICA . ( From the ' New York Tribune , ' June 25 th . ) The debates in Congress have not resulted in tht accomplishment of any of the measures which bave so long been under consideration imposing no li ght tax on the patience and good temper of tbe public . The subject of Slavery in the Territories ., has still been the principal theme of discussion , and has elicited such a divergence of opinion that the prospect of agreeing on any arrangement remains as hopeless as heretofore . Even Mr . Clay , with all his variety of resources— -bis readiness of invention—and

      his consummate dexterity as a parliamentary en * dneer . has exhibited strong symptoms of discouragement as to the fate of his Compromise Bill , although he leaves no measure unattempted which shrewdness and sagacity can suggest to secure its passage through the Senate . Our latest private advices represent the success of the Rill as altogether uncertain ; its fate was embarrassed . by the multiplicity of amendments ; and the slightest adverse influence from an unexpected quarter wmild inevitably cause Us defeat . Much , however , would depend on the events of the week in regard to the organisation and protection of New-Mexico .

      In the bouse , the bill for granting a bounty of the Public Lands , on an extended scale , as a reward for military services _^ has called forth an animated debate . Mr . Mcore , of Pa , made an able speech in behalf of the noble and benificent provision of Free Homes from the Public Domain for all who wiU cultivate them . His speech produced a deep impression on the house , and it is not improbable that his proposals may be carried . A new and formidable crevasse has broke out in

      the _Mississi ppi , at the Grand Levee , in the parish of Point Coupee , which threatens the most fertile rortions of Louisiana . The first break took place oil the 10 th inst . and in two days was found by t-. _asureraent to be 150 yards wide . Every attempt to arrest its progress has been abandoned ; and the worst fears , in regard to its effects , seem likely to be realised . Hundreds of plantations must be destroyed , and a tract of country as large as some whole states in the Union , completely deluged .

      The creat temple at Nauvoo , one of the most remarkable architectural curiosities in the United Stales , was destroyed by a hurricane on the 27 th of May . This stupendous edifice was erected by the Mormon religious sect in 1845 , and was partially burnt in 1848 , leaving only its four walls standing , the timber and woodwork having been consumed by the flames . In March , 1849 , it was purchased by tbe Icarian community , under the well-known French Socialist , M . Cabet for the

      purpose of converting it into an immense refectory fo r one thousand persons , with the balls , saloons , school-rooms , and places of reunion for the public occasions of the community . The work of rebuilding had made some progress the mechanics were engaged in the constructions ; when the destructive tornado burst forth , levelling one of the walls with the , ground , and causing so much damage , that the other walls were taken down the next day Fortunately no lives were lost b y the disaster

      The details ofthe burning of the steamer Griffith on Lake Erie announced in the last - Tribune , ' are of the most heartrending character . The fire was dis-IZTi neW he 8 mok e P-Pes ab ° _»* _balf-past three o clock on the morning , and spread with such rapidity that no hope was cherished of _saVing the ves . sei . -he was about _three-fourths ofa mile from tbe shore , and fifteen miles east of Cleaveland , when she « as abandoned . A largenumber of burned bodies were found on the wreck , although it is supposed that . the principal part df the victims were drowned after throwing themselves into the _waten The whole . number of passengers was about 300 ; of which only between lorty and . fifty w « re-saved . Among ihe unfortunate victims was a large proportion of German , and other emigrants . The death of two New York celebrities has

      occurred during the past : week—one of Jacob Hayes * the high constable of ' . tlie City , and the Vidocq _. of New York , " at the age of seventy-nine years , and the other of Matthew £ . Davis , an active politician , of long standing , and the intimate friend and biographer of Col . Burr , at the age of eighty-four . years . He was distinguished for Tub knowledge of electioneering tactics' and for the nervous and spicy productions of his pen . . / The . Crescent City arrived at this port from _Chagres on Monday morning , . with dates- from San Francisco to May 15 th . She brings 156 passengers

      France. On Thursday M- Dupin Was Refecte...

      and 150 , 000 dols . in gold dust , all in private _tands . A destructive fire took place at San Francisco on the morning of , May : 4 th , reducing nearly one-third of the city to _ashesj and . consuming property -to ''the . amount of 5 , 000 , 000 dollars . The fire was _suppled to be the work of an incendiary , for whose detection a reward of 5 , 000 dollars is offered . The . health of Chagres and Panama was good . . ' The Grand Jury at New Orleans have found true bills ' against Gen . Lopez , Mr . Sigur , Gov . Quitman , Judge C . Pinckney Smith of Miss ., ex-Gov ; Henderson , Mr . O'Sullivan and ten others of the Cuban invaders .

      Our dates from Havana are to the 13 th ult . The American prisoners taken by the Spanish war-steamers had . iot bpen released , as was stated by previous telegraphic despatches fron New Orleans . Their triat wa . ' still in progress on board the Spanish seventy-four , lying in the port . A , strict guard _wbb stationed . around the vessel , so as to prevent any communication . ' The United States Consul , Mr . Campbell , and the naval commander , Com . Randolph , we re refused permission to bold any intercourse with the prisoners . Tbe authorities declared that they should be tried by the ' laws of raantirne nations , and if found guilty , visited with just

      _punishments , We learn by a recent arrival from Pelre , Guada _* loupe , that the insurrection among the negroes had been completely quelled by the government , several of the principal ring-leaders having been shot . . The _, Canadian Parliament has accomplished nothing of remarkable importance since oitr last advices ,, The Bill for Encouraging , European Emigrants to tlie United States to use the St . Lawrence line of navigation , will no doubt pass both Houses of the ' Legislature in a few days , and be put into

      immediate operation . It reduces the tax on emigrants passing through Canada to the United States from 1 dol . to . 5 cents on each person . A law has been proposed hythe government to remedy the evils arising from the desertion ol seamen belonging to foreign vessels , The government has _announced the intention of introducing a General Banking Law . The details of the measure have not yet transpired . •? , The ' question of abolishing the Seignoriaj Tenure in Lower Canada , is the subject of _earnest debate in the House .: A set of resolutions on tbe subject of Clergy Reserves , waB about to be introduced into the Legislature .

      A shocking tragedy has occurred ¦ at Memphis , Tennessee , owing to a dispute iu a court of justice about the assets of a bank . Mr . Gaines , Mr . Trigg , General Coe , and Dr . _Fowlkes were , killed , arid one or two others wounded . Weapons , pistols and bowie-knives ; acene , tbe street , in front of the court-house . ¦''•' . ' . : It is somewhat singular that the emmigration from Europe should have fallen off almost suddenly . . During the , entire period . from Junel to June 15 . only , 7 , 804 landed in New York t and yet the winds were favourable .. .. . The . 'St . Joseph ' s . Gazette' estimates tbat 75 , 000 emi « rant 8 for Calitoruia have started across the plains this season .

      CANADA . Montreal-. —* We take the following from the ' Montreal . Courier' ofthe , 18 th June , respecting the recent disastrous conflagration in Canada : — It is with deep regret we call the attention of the public to the details of the late calamitous fire . The origin thereof bas been traced to the carelessness of some persons who , while smoking in a house bard by the Protestant Church , near the Gas Wetks _, threw the matches aroonn some shavings , which quickly ignited . The result ' 'as , in the fullest sense of the word , disastrous-it was ruinous . Out of the thickly peopled district o _* Griffinlown , 600 persons have been sufferers , having lost , by this wide-spreading misfortune , house , home , and goods—and all these able-bodied men , and of matured years . If we estimate the

      number of persons thrown upon the world by this event , we would conclude that _treMe that ' . number have been the sufferers . The first notice of the fire was given by the persons in the nei ghbourhood of the carpenter's shop where it originated—this was about the hour of four p . m . Upon arriving at tbe spot , a large , timber-yard in Princes-street , surrounded by wooden palisades , was discovered to be on fire , ahd this event was the greatest stimulus to the flame 3 that could have occurred tinder the circumstances . The flames qivckly spread' thence into Daliiousie-street , with fatal success ; _Welhngtonstreet shared in the conflagration _* Prince ' s-street and Ann-Street . These five _streets , forming a quarter of a mile in depth , were In the course of fortyminutes , counting from the commencement of the fire , enveloped in flames .

      _ ?Rot/I«R Chartists! Beware Of " Wolves In Sheep's Clothing!!"

      _ ? rot / i « r Chartists ! Beware of " Wolves in Sheep ' s Clothing !!"

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 13, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13071850/page/2/