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      HBMMBMOIKS 0 ? CITIZEN CAUSSIDiERE , Ex-PW Prefect of Police and Representative of the People pie . London : R , Benttey , New Burlington So Street . [ Second notice . ] "W We continue our extracts from this interesting woriwork . L'Ami du Peuple ' s criticism precludes the necenecessity of comment in this place . It In our first notice we extracted an account of the gpy 1 spy Delahodde . Here is an account of another spy who who made * i AsernaTOASsAisuriis ihb ansa or boboeaex .

      C Charles Marchal , arrested after the events of the 15 a of M of May , was brought btforo M . Ccemleux , and set at hbt Hbtrty on hia denial that he acted aa a spy . Ha was alwaj way * to be found in the SaRe des Pas Perdus . aad enter * teni familiarly into every conversation . One day ha can camenptorae _ de » lronsto « nterIntoeonversatioH , * Ycu aw m Charletluichal . 'Iasid . * Iaaj , ' hereplied . * You axe axe number 589 . Ba effthen as soon as possible . ' I wai warned H . La Rjchejsquelin , two or three days after , wa wards , to ba oa his guard against the ofBoiousnetsof __ j toil amiable citis ^ a , who endeavoured to pump and then to < to betray him . Under Louis Philippe , Cbarks Harchal tel tendered his services to M . Deleiseft , then Prefect of Po Police . He cSired to assassinate the Bake of Bardeani ftii for a milfioa of francs . ' I am a man , ' he writes , * of go good education and engsgiag manners : I shall live in

      gr grand style—on an aristocratic scale—and shall get In . tr troduoed to bim . I ahall by degrees become intimate w with him . Opportunity and my own courage will do the » rest . ' On the margin of this letter I read the following ni note ia the handwriting of H . Delessert : — 'If this villain n repeat * his demand , bare bin arrested Immediately . * U My reuen fo * racking- this rercUtfra is , that CharUs 2 ! Harchal had the impudence to solicit the post « f secrets tary at the Prefectura , and to demand a pension from t the National Assembly on the plea of having bwnlmp prisoned for political offences , and for having rendered t service to tha cause of the Republic . It is true that he i was sentenced to imprisonment for pmbliahtng a pamphlet i against £ onb Foilipp * . but bis trial proved that he waa I In the pay of the Court . This attack agsfoat fcu royal ] protector originated In a refusal to give him a sum of i aoney he had demanded .

      Citizen Caussidiere gives the following affecting account of the XIBKATlOa - 6 F LOCIS PHlLIPrE ' s VICTIMS . Oar first act at the Prefecture was to set at liberty all those citfx ? na who had been imprisened by the Monarch j f or political offences ; and onemornfng they waited npoa me in a body , a dram at their bead , and bearing a flig , tha emblem of their wretched fate as political prisoners . With what joy I embraced these noble victims ! Hew many old faces did I recognise , farrowed aad care-worn bylo ag Imprisonment , but their spirits were e « youthful as ever . Many of them entered the ranks of the HonUgnards . It was a touching scene that , within the sad and mournful walls of tha Prefecture .

      Many of these brave Republicans bad been incarcerated for ten years . We embraced them as brothers risen from the grave . We questioned them on their sufferings and their present confidence and courage . This scene of fraternity was one of my few happy moments at the Prefecture . It encouraged me in my labours . I saw a rose-coloured , not a red or a white RepabUc But my Illusions were shortly to be trodden under foot by the enemies of the revolution !

      We next make a brief extract concerning THE » U > . To distinguish those of my men at the Prefectura « tho were on military service , I made them wear a red tesb and at brassart . The Iratsart was a distinction ef authority . The red colour alarmed man ; timid person * , who alwajspaytnore attention to the form than the substance . Some distinctive alga was necessary , to aveid blunders , and the introduction of dishonest man amongst our bedy . R ; d , the symbol of unity , did not mean that we had sanguinary views . " Except whtainths combat , I have generally found republicans men of butrane and gentl * manners , while many who adopt white for their Colour , often conceal , under that pore and snowy covering-, vindictive and cruel passions . Bead history . We next select an extract describing tbe rXABTIKO 07 TBS MEM OFIIBSBTF .

      The lourgtouie seemed inclined to make concessions to the'droit de lactase . ' Evil passions were on the decrease . Paris had a certain festive air about it ; some cf the theatres presented pstriotle plays ; the song o < the Hvseulaise repeated night after night at the The . atteSattoual , by the energetic talmt of Mademoiselle Rachel , excited a holy enthusiasm . Tbe people were invited as guests to behold the masterpieces of Cornellie and cf Voltaire . It may be said that never did the Theatre National b « ut of a mere attentive or better , conducted audience . It was the least that cenld be done to mitigate their saoVrings by a few hours ef honest and elevating amusement . The song of the Girondins blending with the Chant duMoxtagmrds . waa like the pro . pietic announcement of a fusion of all interests and

      opinion , which in its action waa to destroy , far years to come , all feelings of hatred and entity . PstU breathed freely . Trees of liberty were planted in every district . The fc-wrpeoisie , the Satwnal Guard , and the workmen , fi / nrcd in these processions . The clergy were always fcvifcd to attend , and speak words of pesce ani of ceudilation . Bands cf military musio and choral singers added to the splendour of these popular ceremonies . It temea aa if the tree ef liberty waa never more to be sprinkled with blood . Ssd illusion ! , too soon destroyed ! The Prefecture of Police inaugurated one of thefirst trees of liberty . My speech to tbe enthusiasic multitude that crowded around me , if tot spoken in set phrases and choice sentence , came directly froa my heart-Like the priest of the Redeemer , I also preached

      fraternity , that I ffiig ' -it assure them that the Prefecture , forraerly a place of terror to the people , was henceforth the sascmcryof permanent ' jostico , and could in future icipire fear only in those who should break the laws of tha land . Tbe most ardent indications of sympathy , the deepest emttionf and promises of fraternity , hailed my ? orda . Those iaca of the barricades swore , with tears in their eyes , to eonsribuU towards the police of conciliation I was endeavouring to establish , and they encouraged me in the fulfilment ef the duties imposed me by my sense of duty , and the public exigencies . A few days afterwards I was invited . to attend with a detachment of Hoatagnards the planting of a tree of liberty in the cdurt-yard of the Opera Hease . The orchestra and choruses of this theatre were assembled , and performed

      various patrioflo alra during the eeramonj . The eUfgj had beea invited to bestow their tlessing upon the tree , A numerous aad brilliant company , grouped in the windows ei the surrounding houses , formed a rich frame to tbe scene in the cenrt-yard . A portion of tbe enclosure waa eccipied by a detachment of National Guards sadayHontagsards , who bad made themselves a lifle l = si warlike ia appearance than usual . Ltdru Baffin , at that time Minuter of the Interior , made a speech in praise of the arts , and on the necessity of their co-ope ratiag in the work of the Republic , a apeeeb which was badly applauded , and followed by the chorus of the Giroadins . Desirous of addressing the assembly like . wise , I did io , and commenced u follows > - 'Jpres la Giroade , la Hiata ^ M * — ' After the Gironde , the Mauauia . '

      Citizen Caussidiere ' s account of the propagandist expedition to Belgium throws new light on an affair which has been so much canvassed , but hitherto so little understood . Ledra Rohm bas bad tbe entire blame of that expedition laid to his account , but it would appear that the blame is due to the' moderate ' majcrily o £ the Provisional Government . We suspect that the same party could explain the' snare' better than either Posse , or those Fosse accuses of treachery . Here is Citizen Caussidiere ' s account of TH * EXPEDITIOJr TO BttGIUH .

      The Belgians , especially , numbered strong in Paris , and they soon resolved to return to their country in timed bands to propagate Republican principles . Belgium seemed half incliatd to follow the tssrop ' e of France , and to establish a democracy . Cid ' za Blervacq assenblsd together about two thousand of his compstrlots who incessantly r « quested Beans to enable them t j depart . I notified te M . Ledru Bollin , the Minister of the interior , the importunate lobcitatioas to which I was exposed . He told nte thathe skould consult hia colleagues , fer that he could do nothing withoet their consent . Some days pand . The Belgians became more prcsfiog than ever in their demands to obtain a dectesloa from me . The minister at length declared that the French government could not bind itself to take any

      steps of a nature to excite alarm in Belgium , with which State they entertained' amicable relations , that the utmost they could do was to give a grataitem passsge to aQ such as Were desirous of returning to tteir country ; bat that they would have nothing furthtr to do in the » att « r . I had proposed to H . Lsdru Bollin , In cue the eosneu shonldhavo approved of and eucouriged a revolutionary movement , to give the Belgians the auxiliary aid o' 2 . 00 j Hua ' . clpslGairds , wh » were good foldkre , and quite » ady to march . In fie :, the er-Mrjaicipal Guards , reduced to the rations I had allotted them and execrated b / tin people ef Paris , would have been only too glad to * lpeoat the recollections of the past by some brilliant exploit . They bed sothirgr to do , and two er three of the officers to whom I broached the subject , assured me ofth . irreaulBtsf . I communicated the resolutions of t ^ gorernment to the Belgian deputation , stating soy

      Inability to auiit them . I must frankly avow that perusal feeling , far more strcagly inclined ma entrgeticsuy to protect this expedition tham to refuse aesls ence 15 The deputation withdrew , very little pleased , and soma days elapsed without my bearing anything futtiur respecting it . I looked upon It as a faUare , and jjw agbt ro more atent it , when I was waited npon by <** * m Petiot , head engineer of the Northern Rdlway . fl ; ei ae to tell me that a certain Fosse demanded a *& $ & tra ' n fer that very eveElcg to take him to lionserQa - He said that he was proceeding with a delach-5 >» tofBe ! gfa 8 i to proclaim the Republic ia Belgium . * advised M . p . tlot not to do anything of the sort unless * " Tie ind direct instructions to that effect from the * ff * t ure of Police , I aiio gave immediate orderi to £ " « n Sercier to seek out Foiss and to brih _ r him to ™ - Mtrcier found Fosse at the Hotel de Tslle , In conwests niai M , Buchtz . tho mayort assistant , in a

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      lar _» room where many ptrtona wen busy writtar . dtfie . Mtrd « raddresMdFoaMa « follows : —' Iamsaat by tha Prefect of Polls * to UU you that ualesa you follow mefmaedUtely to raider aa aeeeunt of tbe oMeet of yew Jeurney , he win prevent ysur departure . ' At thtse words Citixia Baches said to Herder , « Hush I rot so loud , Isntmtjoal' It Is worthy of remark that as Herder entered M . Buehca gave Fosse two bank notes and * letter of credit on a Brussels banker from II Ltmarttne . Moreover , whilst Fossa was on his way to the Prefectura , ha told Mercler that he bad tha support < rf HK . fcanartras and Harratt to organise this movement . Perhaps the news of the unurreettoa at Berlin , when it wu said the Republic had been declared , bad aoved the Hotel da Ytlle . It appearsbesidesthat all

      , , the agents of tbe Hotel de Tills were aware of this ex . peditioB . As they were leaving the Hotel de Ville , Mer . t ier and Fosse met Co ' anel Bay , the governor of the Hotel , and Fossa asked him if he could not provide him with muskets . Citizen Bey seemed by no means astonished at the request , but simply replied that he had already distributed all tha weapons at his disposal , and that coDK <_ a . enUy he could not at present give him any . The Sieur Fosse made similar statements to myself , adding that he had had an Interview with M . Bastide , and had obtained his consent . He showed me the letter of credit he bad received from M . Buchcz , and renewed his rtqaest for a special train . He had to meet the

      Belgians that very evening at tbe railway station , where he had appointed to jsln them , and he dislret absolutely to start that very day . I told bim to return in two hours , and bad all his movsments watched , I wished to consult the Minister of the Interior , but he was at council , and I could uot obtain anything from him . At the appointed heur Fotse returned ence more to request permission to leave . I scarcely knew how to act , so I took Fosse along with me to the Minister of the Interior . Af ter waiting an hour , II . Ledru R ) li ( u ' s aeereisry Informed me that the members ot the government were to attend a popular representation at the ThtaXre Kotfosa . and ; that I should probably find the Minister of the Interior there .

      I was now at last obliged , for fear of countermanding orders beyond my jurisdiction , to grant the permission required . Mercler , whom I had instructed to keep an eye on the railway-station , came and informed me that tha dtpsrinre bell had rung- , and that the station wet crewded with Belgians . A train had been prepared for the two detachments . I say two , because tbe fifteen hundred Belgians who left were divided amongst themselves , those commanded b y Blervacq accusing Fosse »\ d bis parry of hating aold themselves to the Prinea of Orange ; these , on the other hand , declared that Blervacq and his companions supported tha bad cause . A violent dispute arose , and it was with difficulty that a fight was prevented ; they threatened to set fire to the station and called out for separate trains . Cit ' zen Mer .

      cier , la ths presence of the principal director of the railway , addressed a few energetic words to them , and whether from their fear or their good sense , these men , so loud la their demands but a few momenta before , agreed to leave in tbe same train , A second detachment left on tha followiag day . The details of that adventurous expedition are well known . The Belgians procured arms on their way as seon aa they bad left L'lle behind them . The mnsketa in their possession had beea almost all captured by them , and were destined to arm tbe National Guards of the frontier . Oa the evenlrg of the 23 th of March , a column about 1 , 160 stroig , took the direction of Menin , purposing to enter Belgium by Courhecqaa ; bat whefterirom unforeseen dlfi . 'altfes , treason , or fatality

      they retraced thtir steps in the direction of Mouscroo , a passage well defended by the royaliat troops . In open daylight they entered and searched the custom-house , which was deserted ; and they had the audacity to eater the Belgian territory , when a regiment of isfantry , of light dragoons , and artillery , suddenly appeared and ippeted them . A brisk fire waa kept a ? oa both sides for more than an hour , although the crave workmen , isolated , were compelled to separate and fight aa sharp , shooters , to avoid the ravages cf the grape shot . They regained the French territory , leaving about a dc-z ; n of the enemy dead , and about as mauy of their own party on tbe field , with about five . and . twenty wounded on both sides . They had in fact fallen Into a regular snare . Fesse accuses B etiacq , O'Sf Uton , * and

      Delestres with having acted the part Of Cfltn ! p , 'OCO « a ! eur « . but they are in prison , end under a sentence of capital punishment , nor is it usual for governments to give salaries to agents whose position might compromise them , and lead to revelations . We do not , however , mean to imply that Fosse waa guilty of this crime ; it is much more probable that some secret agent , whose name bas not transpired , had informed tbe Belgian government of what was going on , and that the latter had taken its measures accordingly . - However this u » y be , tbe remnant of tbis melancsoly expedition fttnrned to Paris in a much more pitiable plight than they ltft it . They were lodged for a few days ia the * Caserne dea Gres , ' where rations were allowed them . Thus ended thlsaffjlr , tbe responsibility of which still hangs over other heads than those of the real instigators .

      Here we conclude our extracts from the first volume . The second volume sketches the history of the Revolution from ths I 6 : h of April to the 29 th of August . The commencement of the plots of the re-actionists , and the counter-efforts of the democratic clubs , excited considerable agitation early in April This state of things led ta an interview between

      CA 0 SIIDIE 1 X ISO lAVAlTlKB . This excitement of the public mind w & s a csntiaual source of anxiety to tho men of the Hotel oe VOle . I , with others , beheld with sorrow this complicated and dangerous state of things . It was with repugnance that the thought fl * sbes across my mind , that soon per . haps reason and Justice would perforce have recourse to violence . I called upon some devoted friends who had influence with the bourgeoisie , to impress it upon them how much it was their Interest to maintain peace , and to ahow them that tbey should not compromise the Government , by forcing it into a retrograde hue of policy .

      I bad a conversation on the subject with H . Lamar-( Ine , who came to see me . He expressed to me his fears of the intentions of the people , I told hia they would always be fopnd magnanimous , provided tbe promiiea ot February wera kept ; and that , with the assistance of my friends , I hoped to prevent them from resorting to false and precipitate measures . I must add , that I pressed him warmly to join the democratic minority of the Provisional Qjveramcnt , so as to establish an equilibrium which was Indispensable ( o the success of the revelation . He replied that he would think of it . M . Lamartine and myself agreed on many points ; for instance , on all questions respecting order , and the general interests of the pabiic , though our principles were not the same . He seemed to fear the enfranchisement of the working classes , whilst I desired by every practicable extension « o abolish class interestf ,

      There are few practical men who bare made a serious s ! uiy of the social questions bow mooted concerning the working classes . The majority of new political aad social problems are often discussed by the workmen , with a power of reasoning which would at tiaes bring our statesmen to a stand-still . I do not hesitate to assert that that man la ignorant or superficial , who would condemB or desire toadijora bo many Imperious

      measures We gave in our last a ridiculous story concerning Gamier Pages . We will now extract another . On the occasion of the extraordinary affair cf the 16 th of April , there occurred the following exhibition of OABNir * PAGES' FASSKir F 0 S FOFOliaiTT . Whilst these cries were uttere 4 of ' Dowa with the Communists , ' the eoritge . aa It passsed , sboated * Long life to the democratic B * paM ! c ! long life to Isuls Blanc . ' long lifs to Ledru BolKn 1 ' 24 . Gamier Pages , who has always had a most unhappy passion for popularity slipped in between hia two colleagues , who nere thus cheered by the people , and passed his arm through that of Ledrn . Rollin . The latter attempted to shuka Urn off . How , mm ton , will yon not give roe your arm f said Gamier Pages . ' If jou gave me your hand ofeener at the courjcil table , ' replird Ledru Bollin , jou weuld have a b'tter claim to my arm in public '

      We quote Citizen Caussidiere ' s opinion as to the value of a

      SATIORAL etlAXD . Our neighbours across tbe Channel cannot undera ' aod tbe institution of the National Guard , They are of opinion that a wise government should dlsbamd It entirely , an 4 entrust tbe safety of the capital to a standing army within the walls . Betides the great number of troops that such a system would render necsssary , tbe people , if thay thought themselves justified iu bringing about a revolution , wculJ find arms somehow or the other and everything would be made use of as a means of attack . A horrible civil war would be the result , which weald tsrtnfeate only when there were ne more coffibitan'i . Cause the acts of the government to be iu accordance with the general will , and you may lock up your muskets without fear ef disturbances . We quote the following extract on the subject of the National Workshops' and the ' Commission of Workmen / It sufficiently answers the calumnies , directed against those truly noble patriots

      LOCIS BLAKC AK 9 ALBEB . T . The reactionists , already powerful , accused Louis Blanc and Albert of agitating and attempting to trouble society . They sent In their resignations as President and Vioa-Presldtfit of the Luxembourg . Ko funds had been allowed them to facilitate a system of association between the working classes ; whilst tbe ¦ atlo ' nal workshops , under tbe direction of M . Emil * Thosia j , etna unJer the patronage of Jf . Marie , absorbed enormous sums , without any other result than the demo ralfsatiouefthecIt ! z ; ns . Lauis Blanc was alwajs strenuously opposed to these workshops , which employed fifttep . thousand mca at useless embankments ; his opposition , however , bas net prevented tha responsibility of the nations ! workahops being tbrown , most unjos'ly , upon fcls shoulders . He was alpo accused of living eumptususly at the Palace of the Luxembourg , asUitiutandiriS that his ex .

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      peases were to small that M , Gamier Pages thought fit td address some observations ta him and Albert on what he style * their parsimony . Neither « f them spent , in truth , more than two francs and ahatt for their dinner . . ' It has the appearance of a reflection upeu your colleagues ;' aald M Garhler Pages , and oa the expenses they are obliged to Incur . ' * It It very well for yen aad your colleagues wnorecetve bankers and millionaires as guests at your table / Louis Biancis reported tobavereplfed , 'to entertain handsomely , but I—constantly with workmen sitting opposite to ine , who often stand in need of the csmmon necessaries of life—I could not , without Insulting their misery , make a I display of a sumptuous table . '

      A few days before tbe elections I was invited to a dinner at U . Cremieux ' s , where I found MM , Lamorlotere . Bedeau , Btlenae Arago , Louis Blanc , and Albert . Isold te the last , that M . Grandmtanll had complained of tbe bad fare of the Luxembourg , assarting that the emp ' oyts kept a far better table . 'It Is true , ' replied Albert , » we endeavour to live as simply as possible ; we could not find It la our bouts to live sumptuously when the people are suffering . ' This incident reminds me ef another . At this very same dinner at M . Cremieux's , a great deal was said about the days of February . Btienne Arago addressed Litnorklere respecting the affair of the Palais Boytl . The General avewed that he was tben in a mostorltiofl position , and that If it had not been for the timely

      assistance of Etienne Arago he might have fared badiy . A great deal was said about the chances of that day , and Lamorlciereobserved , 'Matters wonld aot have taken tbe turn they did , If I had not met with so much hesitation at Court . ' He then told how , on the 24 th of February , at about eleven o ' clock In the mornieg , he waited p an . the King to receive bis eiders , Hts Mojes ty seemed much cait dawn , and referred him to the Daka of Nemours . The future Bcgent , more undecided and more terrified than the King , refused to have recourse to any extraordlnsry measures . It was this want of instruc tious that paralysed the zeal of the General . ' All the

      zeal in the world would have been of ao avail , ' returned Albert . * Everything Was prepared for success . The secret societies would have stirred up the mUitary population of Fails . After the massacre on theBoulevar * des Capueines , tha Insurgents were determined ( o conquer or die . The soldiers of Loals Philippe , In case of a deadly-bought victory , would have had to walk over corpses and ruins . ' I supported Albert ' s opinion . After what I myself had been a witness to , the Issue could not have been doubtful . If tbe struggle had been prolonged fer a few days more , it would only have tended to establish the enfranchisement of tbe people on a firmer basis .

      We shall conclude our extracts for this week with the following account of the popular manifestation on

      TBE FIFTEENTH CF HAT , The demonstration , which numbered one hundred end fifty thousand citizens , on arriviag at tbe P > mt de la Concorde , foroed the passage , whioh was kept by a de taebment ot the National Gusrd . The enthusiasm which this Immense column received all along its pas . sage , —a burning sun , the abstinence from food since eight in the morning , the electric principle which circulates la all great masses the patriotic shouts , —all tended to increase the general excitement , when , about two o ' clock , the advanced raaks presented themselves at the gates of ths palace of the Assembly , They htd not , however , any premeditated plan of action . There were more than one hundred different inititutes In the procession , each with its own banner and own leaders ,

      who would act according to their own view of tbe case , and according to circumstances ; they were , however , so far agreed that they wished to impart a democratic impulse to the Chamber , which had already betrayed its reactionary tendencies . At first ; not more than one hundred men entered the CQtttUj & Tu to present the petition , but tbe numerous corporations , collected together at the other extremity of the column , endeavoured to force their way to the Chamber , or at least to approach it as near as possible . Tbis caused a pressure of the living mass , which gradually swelled onwards to the principal entrance . The only way to hare stopped this l ' ving sea of human beings wonld have biten to have prevented them from crossing the bridge , by placing a sufficient force there . The spsos before the Hoiee of

      Assembly would then have remained clear . The few guards on duty at the entrance kept their footing as long as possible ; bat tho progressive crush became so great that the iron railings gave way , and the court-yard was immediately Innndated by the crowd . Another cirenm . stance admitted five hundred at one rash . One of the soldiers on duty in the court-yard having by accident i * t his musket fall , it went off . This Incident caused a scene of indeecribtble uproar , aad cries were uttered , ' They are assassinating our brethren V which cry was transferred from mouth to mou : n , from phalanx to phalanx , as far as the Piace de la Cmcorde , The whole crowd now precipitated Itself towards the doors of the palace , and many of them were literally suffocated . It was soon known that the shot fired was the result ef

      accident , but the people exclaimed , ' The military then have their muskets loaded 1 ' The SalU des Pas Perdus was occupied by a knot of conspicaous politicians of every fcetlon , who formed a little chamber , aa it wete , of their own . Many of them addressed the people in vehe . ment laagnsge . General Courtals waa stopped here for seme length of time , and he was violently demanded to explain his intentions . Thns urged , be declared that If , in his capacity of general , he was ordered to beat the rapprt as a signal for firing upon the citizens , he should at once give in bis resignation . After his departure a company of one hundred men were admitted by tbe gate that opens upon the quay , and were ordered to clear the Salle des Pas Psrdus ; but they were eoon compelled te withdraw ; Similar scenes were enacting in different

      parts of the hall of the Assembly , the Interior of which wore quite a dramatic appearance . Daring the speech of M . Wolowskl , shouts end the hum ef many voices were heard approaching nearer and nearer to the Chamber , and on the report ef the musket every one thought that a conflict had commenced . The tumult out of doors seon drowned the voices of the representatives ; the entrances to the galleries were buret open with a tremendous crash , and men In blouses rushed in , waring flags and shouting ' ' Ave la Po ' . ogne ! ' Many of them slid down tbe columns , and placed themselves on the benches of the representatives . The people now poured in * headlong at every entrance ; the galleries were so crowded that they groaned under the weight . A tank burs * , aad the water flooded one of the passages . The whole building cracked again , and threatened to Involve all In one common ruin . The great gates of the semicircle wera at length thrown open , and gave admittance to the multitude and their leaders . Tha people were

      now masters af the Assembly . After the petition had beea read , with the various episodes recorded iu the Moxitscs , another attempt was made to clear the hall , All the Issues and passages were crowded with citizens eager to enter . At the same time a report was spread that , a battle had commenced oa the quays , aad that in few minutes there wonld be a general massacre . Ruber then mounted the tribune , and declared that the National Assembly was dissolved . The deputies now flew in every direction , some towards tbe house of the President , whilst othets sought shelter in the ranks of the Hational Guard , wbo were mustering strong outside . Oa tbe desks , ia the tribune , en the benches of the adja < cent rooms , the members of the different clubs wore busily engaged writing out lists of names to constitute a new Provisional Government- Ytrious groups took the direction of the Hotel de Tille . Gradually the Chamber thinned , and some hundreds oi the people alone remained , when the Natieaal Guard entered at quick march , and reinstated tbe representatives in their seats . # * ' ? #

      About fire o ' clock , whilst one body of tbe Republicans was advancing towards the Hotel de VUle , the Prefecture was invaded by a crowd of some two hundred persons , declaring that the Government and the Assembly had been dissolved . Tbey demanded arms . It was a moment of indescribable confusion . Everyone seemed to have gone mad . Some of these new comers made their way to my cabinet , and announced to me tbe formation of a ne w government , 'You are to be one ef them , ' they exclaimed , — ' come and show yourself to the people . '— 'I am , ' I rapUed , 'Prefect of Police here , and when I shall hsve received orders from a duly constituted government , I shall then see how to act ; at present , I must request jou te withdraw / I endeavoured to descend the staircase Inlo tbe court-yard , that I might do my best to re-establish order . I . ' put on my sash and took my sabre , and at the moment , I dare say , cut a whch

      sorry figure aa a soldier . On the staircase , iwas erowdsd with men demanding arms , one of them pointed tithe door of a hall which seived as our arsenal , snfl exclaimed , there are arms there . ' — * If you repeat that again . * I said , ' I shall pass my sword through your bedy . '—Upon this he said no more ; and with the assistance of the Republican guard I cleared the Prefecture , I ga * e strict nrdtrs that not a soul should be admitted , unless he belonged to the establishment , under any pre , text whatever . By these means I saved tbe Prefecture , which continued under arraa all night . The Fire BrU gade and Guardians were also armed , and we escaped another invasion . I was extremely sorry to bear that the precincts of the National Assembly bad been vlolated ; and loudly manifested my dissatisfaction , A persoa who was all this time in my cabinet heard me exclaim , — . ' The aot of folly that has been committed this dsy may perhaps prove a death-blow to the Bapublic . ' ( To be concluded in next Saturday ' s Star . )

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      Simmonds 'Scolonialmagazine. December. L...

      Simmonds ' sColonialMagazine . December . London - Siamonds and Co ., Barge Yard , Bucklerabury . The ' Projected purchase of Cuba by the American Governmen t , ' is the subject of one of the principal articles in the present number of this ESre . There can be no doubt that sooner or Ehe Americans will annex Cuba , ' and some thing mere . ' An interesting arjele on 'Arctic Discover y , ' tells how the bold Northmen of Scandinavia , discovered and colonised Iceland and Green * land The ultimate fate of the Norwegian settlers in Greenland , is terrible to contemplate .

      It 031 _ seem that the inhabitants of the most western ssttlflmtnt of tbe two were ' sorely infested wiih a wttd nation , ' with- whom tbej had maintained constant warfare , and on whom they bod bestowed the contemptuoui title of ShaMw , or dwarfs , which at

      length ended in their total extermination , and tha dr . ¦ motionof the one * BawrUhiag Colony . Thereto el the eastern settlement , was , if possible , ittU mot * » pp » lllng . The seventeenth bishop was proceeding la 140 s , from Norway , to tahepessettlon of hiisee , when , almost at ths end of his voyage , he was stopped by that impiisiMe barrier of ice wh ' ca has from that moment shut out from the werld the unfortunate colonisers o < E * it Greenland . It is supposed , howeVer , that ths Colony continued to flourish for , « t leaet 150 years aftir aU communication with them had , ' ceajod , ' an J , aoght we know to the ' contrary , Greenland Is net yet wholly destitute of its old Norwegian inhabitanti . '

      There are good grounds for believing that centuries before the time of Columbus , the continent of America was discovered by the Northmen of Iceland . It is supposed that Newfoundland or Labrador was the part visited . There is no authentic information -of any- settlement- having been planted , although recent discoveries in Newfoundland would seem to indicate the remains of an ancient colony . This number contains several ether valuable and interesting articles on colonial and commercial subjects .

      ' Thb Pnisomfir Op State.* — This Is The...

      ' Thb PnisoMfiR op State . * — This is the title affixed to a portrait of Mr 6 . B . Mullins , surgeon , one of the victims of the 4 Powell Ploi / The portrait was drawn by another of the victims—Mr W . Bowling , the artist . The friends of the unfortunate young man pronounce the portrait an excellent likeness , and we can testify to the superior manner in which , the lithographer has performed his part Of the work . Mr Watson , 3 , Queen ' s-head Passage Paternoster Row , has kindly tonsented to act as publisher . The price is a mere trifle . When we add that any profit on the sale will be paid over to the sorrow stricken parents of the martyr , we doubt not , that we have said sufficient to induce a large number of our friends and readers to become purchasers of this interesting memorial of one of the latest victims of Whiggery .

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      THE RATIONAL MODE OF PERMANENTLY AND PEACEABLY ADJUSTING THE PRESENT DISORDERED STATE OF EUROPE . [ Coneludedfrom our last . ) Law 4 . " All children from their birth shall be under the especial care of the township in which they are born ; but the parents shall have free access to them at alt times . "

      SEASONS FOR THIS LA . W . There are many important causes to render this law necessary . 1 st . The affections of parents for their own children are too strong for their judgments ever to do justice to themselves , their children , or the public , in the education of their own children , even if private families possessed the machinery , which they never dd , to well manufacture character from birth . 2 nd . Children in small numbers can never be placed within the proper machinery to well form their physical , mental , moral , and practical characters , and make them full formed men and women .

      3 rd . The township , as the general parental authority over all , has a much wider and deeper interest in the formation of the character of each child , than its immediate physical parents ; for the well-being , peace , ' and happiness of the township , and its federative townships , extending to the widest circle , depend upon the character formed for each member of each township . 4 th . A superior rational character can never be formed by one or two , or a few being trained in a confined place and in private .

      To form a superior and useful character in man or woman , suitable ' machinery , must be devised ; and every age will require , at stated intervals , a change of this machinery , to suit the growth of the physical and mental powers , as well as the propensities and other qualities of humanity . Although the children will not be trained and educated by their parents , as in the present state of society , which unfits them for members of a pure democracy , yet the parents will have free access to them at all times , and will see them trained and educated to become ,

      in disposition , habits , manners , temper , and judgment , so superior to that which any family formation of character could give , that there would arise a feeline and consideration between the parents and children very superior to the frequently silly affection and desire for injurious partial privileges , on both sides , which are now so common throughout all classes . The present family training well prepares the children to take advantage of all out of their immediate family circle . But there is no fear sounfounded , as the writer experienced during thirty years' practice upon a large scale , as that this new and superior formation of character will weaken the best affections between

      parents and children . And certain it is , that a pure democraticcharacter can never be given by family training . Law 5 . " All the children in the township shall be trained and educated together , as the children of the same family . ; and shall be early taught to comprehend the laws of God , and thus learn to know themselves—decidedly the most important of all knowledge .

      REASONS FOR TBI 3 LAW , To form superior men and women , they must be trained from their birth alike , without partialities of any kind , and without the desire of being better treated than any others of the same age , or to have anything which all the others have not . All the children of the township being trained and educated together , proper machinery for the formation of character may be created upon the scale best adapted to secure the qualities of mind and body most beneficial for the individuals , for the townships , and for the circle of townships , to their widest extent . But that which will be soon discovered to be

      the most essential element in the formation of character , is to enable children at an early age to "know themselves / ' and to comprehend what human nature i s * When they shall be taught to understand the causes of their formation , of their feelings , of their opinions , and of their conduct , tbey will then "know themselves , '' and what humanity is , through a know , ledge of the unchanging laws of God . By children being enabled to ascertain this knowledge for themselves , through an accurate investigation of the facts on which the knowledge is based , their minds will be made rational ,

      which no minds have ever yet been ; the necessary consequences of which will be , that all anger , ill-will , envy , jealousy , and every repulsive feeling between themselves , and for the human race , will die a natural death ; and instead of these evils to man , a new spirit of knowledge , sound judgment , charity , and kindness , will be made to pervade the mind and direct the conduct of every one . The laws of man have created every kind of repulsive and irrational feeling from man to man ; the laws of God will change these for feelings the most attractive and rational . The laws of man create

      crime , and then punish it in the individual , whose character they have , previousl y formed to commit the crime . The laws of God prevent crime , and render individual punishment unnecessary , and individual reward unjust . The laws of God early instilled into the mind , and fully understood , will make the individual a rational being ; and then , without trouble or expense to society , he will always feel , think , and act rationally j and thus all the cumbrous machinery and , expensive paraphemalias now most ineffectually applied to prevent crime by

      punishment , will be superseded . Every punishment of an individual by society is a direct crime against the laws of God ; and if there were any justice in punishment , the society , rather than the individual , ought to suffer ; for society has the power : to form the character of the individual , but the individual has not the means to form the qualities of society . Law 6 . "Every indivi d ual shall be encouraged to express his feelings and conviction ? , as by the laws of God he is compelled to have them , and thus to speak the truth only on all occasions . ' REASONS TOR THIS LAW : While society shall be based and constructed

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      on the laws of men , falsehood must be , ef necessity , the language of the human race , as it ever has been , and is to this day . These laws are the father of all lies , and the cause of all deception , cunning , and fraud . So long as the causes which render the language ef falsehood unavoidable shall be permitted to form the character and govern the , affairs of mankind , it is a waste of -words , most childish and worse than useless , to expect that virtue can be known , or charity practised . There must be substantial causes to produce crime , falsehood , and uncnantableness amonsmen- thes * rhusar

      are the ever demoralising laws of man . There are equally certain and fixed causes which can alone ever . produce truth , and good and kind conduct in all . Until the genuine language of truth shall become alone the language of mankind , it will be most irrational- to expect an open , honest character to be formed , or any real knowledge of humanity attained , while exhibited under the veil of falsehood , in all men and women , as they are now formed by and placed in society . The world , created by . the laws of men , has

      ever been and now is a compound of falsehood , and consequent deception ; and is governed , in consequence , alone by force and fraud ; the strong ever deceiving , or forcibly oppressing the weak . This state of gross irrationality must continue until the authorities which influence the destinies of nationscan be convinced of the miseries generated by falsehood and deception ; and of the happiness which will arise to all from the language of truth , and the conduct of open , straightforward honesty .

      Law 7 . "Both sexes shall have equal education , rights , privileges , and personal liberty ; their marriages will arise from the general sympathies of their nature , uninfluenced by any artificial distinctions . "

      REASONS FOR THIS LAW . The entirely new practical arrangement of society , created by the exchange of men ' s for God ' s laws on the one hand , and by the illimitable progress of science , increasing so enormously the power of producing wealth , with ease and pleasure , on the other , will render an entire change also necessary in the condition of women , and at once make it the permanent interest of both sexes , that a just and full equality should be now prepared , that the

      happiness of both may be largely increased , and be continually progressive . In the new constitution , based on the laws of God , this change is provided for under new arrangements , devised to remove the causes of differences in marriage , which , under the existing system , are innumerable ; scarcely any will remainnone indeed , that can destroy confidence and friendship between the parties , should it be beyond their power to retain their feelings of love .

      Under the ignorant laws of men , no arrangements have been made by any lawgiver in any code extant to unite the sexes without producing more crime and misery than virtue and happiness ; nor can any arrangements be made under those laws which bo unite them . At this day the hidden vice and misery , falsehood , and deception , created solely by the errors proceeding from men s laws , are most appalling ; and if the sufferings thereby produced , especially to the finest formed in body and mind of the female sex , were not thus hidden , and were made public , they could not be longer permitted if it were known that they

      are necessary results of false and most injurious legislation , emanating from the grossly mistaken first principles on which the present system of Fociety over the world is alone based and supported . In a pure democracy , there will be no motive to sexual crime , and soon sexual disease will be eradicated from society .. Marriages will be formed , as the laws of God unequivocall y direct , at a proper period of life , under such arrangements as will be the most likely to prevent ill-assorted unions and to insure thegreatest permanency of the first natural affections between the parties .

      As a constitution of pure democracy will insure to all equal education , occupation , and condition through life , according to age and capacity , the field of choice for the parties will be greatly enlarged , and the real character of every one in the townships will be accurately known from birth , through every stage of life , and as the language of the townships will be alone the language of truth , there will be no deception before marriages . ; , to destroy mutual

      confidence , as so generally occurs under the present system , after marriage . The law of God is , that humanity is compelled to like or love that which is agreeable or lovely to the peculiar combination of qualities given by God to each individual at birth , and as cultivated by society , and to dislike or loathe those qualities which are made to he disagreeable or hateful to the instincts or natural feelings of the same individual .

      Any arrangements of ignorant men which contravene tbis universal and unchanging Jaw of God , are sure to produce physical and mental disease , crime , and misery , to a fearful extent . And , whatever ignorance may say to the contrary , the laws of men have , in every country , in all ages , opposed this law of nature which changes not ; and , by such irrational opposition to the laws of God , have created and forced upon the human race more disappointment to natural innocent good feeling-.,

      more loathsome afflicting diseases , more unnatural crimes , more murders , more disordered imaginations , and more insanity , than the human mind is capable of fully apprehending , or supposing to be possible , so cautiously are these dreadful evils veiled from public disclosure . The remed y for these diseases of body and mind , is to abandon the laws of men on this subject , to stay their endless practical evils—evils often producing , to the female sex especially , more agonising mental suffering than their nature can endure ; so that they are compelled to terminate them by suicide .

      Who can estimate , who can compress within the limits of the most comprehensive powers of his imagination , the extent of the excruciating suffering experienced at this moment , from these ignorant sexual laws of man attempting to contravene the laws of God ? Those who , through their knowledge of the anatomy of the human frame , and their professional duties , are necessarily made acquainted with a small part only of these scourges of deceived humanity , could a tale unfold—were they hut placed under circumstances that would permit them to disclose their secret

      knowledge—that would appal the stoutest hearts , and make them wonder that humanity has so long endured the irrationality of appearing to be blind to this great insanity , now prevalent throughout the world , but carried to all manner of excesses in large towns , and especiall y in the most populous cities , Let the inexperienced inquire of the police authorities in London , and other large cities , and of those who have charge of lunatic asylums ; and , if not deterred from speaking out , these persons

      can well paint the desolation madeof the finest feelings , faculties , and powers of humanity , by the yet untaught authorities of the world blindly forcing the most unjust and cruel laws of men to govern haman destinies , instead of the all-wise , good , and most merciful laws of God or nature ; thus making men to be less rational , and less capable of wisely directing their natural instincts than all other animals , who obey no priesthood , but the laws of their Creator . Robeiit Owen . London , December 1848 .

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      Simple Mode of Peb 5 hbvi . no Health . —The public health would be greatly irnpiovod , and ringworm prevented , by washing the bead daily with vinegarand water . One part vinegar to three parts of wattr Bhouid be a ? pikd to the head with a spenge . All Boko !? , public and private , large families , and persona of sedentary habits , ought to use tbis cheap and simple remedy , ' which , besides preventing cr eradicating all disessea of the skin , will be found to impart a beautiful and healthy hue to the most delicate complexion .

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      Some New-York printers # talk of establishing an American newspaper ia Paris . Silk Shown i * Synitty . —An institution has been feusded at Sy . iney for the purpose of promoting the produce of » ilk in New South Wales . A Pb'Hfic Bsak . —Mr Knowleff , of Frifigtoni has in his possession the produce of one bean , 100 pods , producing 316 beans . GuimPkroha . —A . vessel arrived last wask from Singapore , brought 4294 packages , 710 lumps , and 10 , 441 blocks of guttapercha . A wheat sbaok built fourteen years since is now standing at Lanobester . ia Durham . Unios koi SiBBioiH . — "Union is not a ) ways strength , ' as the sailor observed when he j » w tha purser mixing hia rum with water .

      Head Qvaribhs . —An officer being intoxicated , an old soldier observed , he was afraid there was something wrong at 'head quarters . ' MAoixaATBS and Pjliobmek . —The number of magistrates for Stockport is seventeen , tho number of policemen eleven . Lunqbvity—There died in Dond & lk lately sn old woman , named Jane Crolly , who had attained the extrordinary age of 111 years . Impomaiion op Hob * bradi 8 H . —A vessel arrived from Hamburgh has brought the large quantity of 300 bundles of horseradish as a portion of hot cargo . Chirp CoMurma Cmjkk . —Mr Peregrine BiroBi succeeds the late Mr . Edward Couttenay as Chief Clerk in the House oi Lords .

      Flattery like Gotta Pkrcha — PlatUry is the gutta puroha of society . The lowest understandings ) are most capable of receiving it ; but , even then , it will not adhere when it becomes too warm . Pessioms . ¦— Major- General Edward Parkinson and Major-General Philip Bainbridste have respeo « lively succeeded to the pension of £ 100 per annum . An Aged Party . —A few Sundays since there were five persons attending divine service at Dhewortb . whose united ages amounted to iU jeara Chispin ' s Blbssikg asd Malediction . —At a supper held last week in this place , by a number of Welchtnen , one of the guests , who was a shoemaker * gave the following toast : — ' Here hia good kelth to my trate , and to h— with ooota pertsha . '—Dublin World .

      Jsmt Li ! yd , —It is siid that the munificent Jenny Lind intends to transmit the net proceeds of her provincial tour , calculated at six thousand pounds , to Stockholm , for the completion of the hospital commenced under her auspices , A Quick Passage . —The North British Dauvt Mail states that the screw-steamer Fire Queen recently made the passage from Ayr to Glasgow , a distance of seventy-two miles , in four hours and a half , exclusive of stoppages : the latter part of tha passage steaming a heavy river current . ' Opium . —The quantity of opium imported for tea months , ending 5 th November . 18 i 6 , was 63 . 070 ' . b 3 ; 1847 , 109 , 27 S ! cs ; 1818 , 100 , 4411 bB . The quantities charged with duty , for home consumption during the same periods was-iu 1840 , 24 . 276 'lbv , 1847 ,

      39 , 8561 ba ; in 1818 , 56 , 430 \ bs . A few days ago a pensioner , residing at Carlisle ! out out of his left arm a flattened piece of lead , about the aizs of sixpence , being- a portion of a ball which shattered the upper bone at the battle of Waterloo , he being at the time in the eeventy-third Reniment . Expert op Potatoes fbom Perth . —Considerable quantities of potatoes continue to be shipped fot London aad Glasgow , and the exports of grain congilt of 300 quarters of barley and 200 quarters of wheat . —iTOrtfarn Warder . Runaway Husbands . —There are at present eighty families dependent upon the Leicester Union , whose fathers have deserted thorn , and gone to America ot e ' aswhere , leaving them to be supported at tuepublio

      expense . No Go!—At a recant Bitting of the Chipping Norton County Court , a plaintiff was told ho waa 1 nonsuited , ' At this ha became nonplussed ; and the meaning being explained to him , he at last appeared to comprehend it , and thus expressed big translation of the term : —* 0 a ! no go youmean . ' Eqcine Suioidk . —On Tuesday week a cart bona belonging to Mr George Trenchard , of Chard , whioh was fastened to the manger by a chain , hung itself by having got its hind leg over the chain , and so pressing the head under the b » dy dislocated the n « k , —Exeter Gazette . Church Patrokagb . —Wifhin the last five years the R « v . J . P . Eden bas been presented to four benefices in succession , by the Bishop of Durham . The last is Bishop Wearmouth , value £ 2 , 000 a year ! Thus it is the Edens have greatness forced upon them .

      'The Glorious TJifcsRTAirfir . '—At the reaecf ; Herefordshire Quarter Sessions , a man was acquitted upon a oharge of felony , because he was indicted for stealing' Bank notes , ' instead of naming the bank to which they belonged , as the term ' Bank notes ' only applies to Bank of England notes . Murderous Barbabitv , —A man of the name of O'Brien was killed a few days ago , by another m & a earned Bourke , near Castlceoncell . Bourke caught the deceased in the act of stealing his turnip ? , and struck him with a two-handed wattle on the bead , whioh immediately deprived him of life . These acts of murderous barbarity are now becoming very common .

      Ohb op thk Hohbst Jbht Class . —A secure of sweets , or bon-bons , waa made , lately in the market of Montrose , which , on examination , were found to contain forty-five per cent , of flour , eighteen per cent , of plaster of Paris , and only thirty-seven of sugar . The whole stock was immediately thrown inttfthe river , and the confectioner is to bo further punished . Ancient Goldbu Bracsletb . —The Gmbb states that a golden bracelet worth about £ 20 , which ia thought to have been deposited at tbo time of tho conflict ! between tho Romans and the sobs of tha British King Cunobelin , was lately found by a ploughman on the estate of Mr B . Fox , near Wendover , Bucks , and is to be presented to the British Museum .

      A Naiv Catholic Chubch —The opening of the new Roman Catholic church , Liverpool , took place on Monday week . This edifice has been upwards of three years in coarse of erection , and is the first ia Liverpool in connexion with the order of the Jesuits . The building , whioh is an exdeedingly large one , will cost , when completed , upwards of £ 30 , 006 . Poisom at thb Amipodbs . —Recent accounia from the antipodes announce the fact that the cultivation of opium has been commenced in the district of Western Australia , with present success of no mean amount , and a prospect of an important feature

      arising thereby at ne distant period in the growing trade of onr colonial empire in that part of the wor ' . d . The quality is reported fci be very high . Patbht Sisbl Pbhb— In the use of the beat steel pens the nibs are constantly undergoing oxidation , wear to a fine point , and in a short time become use-Jess . Drs Bab ! iogton and Spurgin have taken eufi a patent for the application of a piece ef zi & c to tha nib , whereby a galvanic action takes place , and the zinc alone being destroyed , the nib of the p :-u is wont only to the extent of the friction occasioned io writing

      A scientific acquisition has just been made by M . Andrand , the engineer , so well known by hia works and experiments on compressed air . At the shop of a dealer in second-baud articles , he discovered and purchased the electrifying machine—still , after s lapse of nearly eighty years , in an excellent state of preservation—ot Benjamin Franklin , which i 8 supposed to have been made at Philadelphia . Cobb fob tab Toothachb . —Take a piece of sheet zinc , about the siz j cf a sixpence , and a piece of silver , say a quarter of * dollar , place them together , and hold the dofautive tooth between or cortigncus to them ; in a few minutes the pain will be gone as if by magic . Tho zinc and silver acting w a gal . vanio battery , will produce on the nerves of the tooth auffisient electricity to establish a current , and consequently to relieve the pain .

      A Mijtaxb . —A humorous error took place in a love affair at Philadelphia . A couple of young folks agreed to elope togethf r , and by some strange mistakein the preliminary arrangement , the male lover put his ladder np to the window next to that where hia sweetheart slept , wb : oh proved to be that- where her mamma , a bas . dsome widow , reposed . She turned the mistake to her advantage , got into his arms , returned his embraces , was borne by him to the carnage , and by preserving a becoming silence until daylight , kept hira in error , and then , by tbe potent power if her blandishments , actually charmed him into matrimony wish herself .

      PK 0 FS 68 IOKAL TOASTS . —At a town in Derbyshire , re , south of Wirksworth , the clerk and sexton of of the parish church were , a few days since , each pre- esented with a half sovereign : the former , aa his fee ee for having officiated at a christening ; tiro , latter , for For his services at an interment . A jollification followed ed the same evening , when , among other toasts patriotic , io , oonvivh ) , and sentimental , the clerk arose , and with ith an expression of conntenance indicating the most osfc unbounded philanthropy , gave ' May Providence ice speedily incieaseour population , ' fcj which the man inn of spades and mattneki , with a grave loohini . mg face becoming tho eectiment he was absut to give ive utterance to , proposed as an amendment , « And may lay the same Providence speedily send them all to to rest . *

      Something Wcndbuful . —Thesphilus Jarecki , a i , a Polhb . rsfagee , states , through tho Sun , that he has has mads a discovery in tha sciences , of tho greatest im- imparlance to mankind , and , feeling certain of that hat importance , ho desires to make it public . He wishes ihes to communicate it to a company of the learned , to , to w-som he will , he says , be prep * rjd ' to demonstrate , ate , by irrevocable proals , the universal system :-the two two extremes—infinity—causes primitive of the differ- ffer- ' enco of the . sexes—of mirage- ^ of electricity—hes tj— s t'light—magnetism— 'ho nature and formation of the thecelestial bodies—principle of life—causes of oholerft , ;* »» . ;*' : in faot , he will 'give solutions to all phehomehWieh ' a ;" which , until now , were considered the mysteries ojfes off science , '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16121848/page/3/