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      ^^ B FKENCH REPUBLIC . ftrtEBCfSJ OT ZBM SATIOSIX ISSMJBtT . * tasRvT ScprassnoK Bnx—Juhe 7 th . — fr ^» ofth « day wm the discussion om the bill 1 i ^ 5 tnmnltnou s tttsemblages . U ^ urniB said that the bill now brought for'l « not suiJed to the present day so much as «*•* vZf Thsrles IX . It aimed at nothing eke than f ^ tftef the Republic . ( 'Oh , oh . ' ) If « person p . tl *?*^" aooid ent in & srowd , and eanld net ei" ^^ hUnself froni it promptly , he might en a ^ rtinmcns be subject to the violence of the fW ; , force . The honourable deputy declared that ^ f I vor different spirit had been e vinced re bv ( I ^ t . people- Already it wemed . to be forgotten fi" % f « rSVthey who had effected the revolution . ti « L .. . mn't of reaction abroad : but it an . ! spirit of reaction abroad ; but it

      apr-was a ^ Jf & t o proceed from the aen in power , rather F t rnSi person * out of doors . The clubs had been Pf torrn asd now the people wen proceeded *• «* He should certainly oppese the measure * . * " * u ^ i Reck de signated the bill a Draconian meawhich every true republican ought to endeavour ^ rfvect bang carried . i'R jssoddre Eic criticised the several provisions - rhebili and iu particular Art . 3 , which speaks ol * r « aES carrying arms openly or concealed . He P ? rr jjDW it could be known , when the armed force i ^ sbonl to act , tb »* s raaa were concealed by any * L of the crowd ? He thought that very consiwje alterations were called for before the hill « ald be adopted . ijsother Mekbib ako opposed the measure as a rjo ' lent s iaek oa tha rights of the peoplf ? , ind parti-Jilirly the "Sh fc ° f meeting . ( Dissent . )

      M- Masis , member of the Executive Committee , < 5 e niei that the bill was of an unconstitutional cba" Ths AssEbly then proceeded to the dircussion jf the articles v—Id . I . —Evsry anned" etfroupmenf in thepublic streets Ct rosd * is interdicted . "Every unarmed ettrovpement of s s » tnre to disturb public tranquillity U alse interdicted . An amendment proposed by M . Bkbthomi "' , to inbititule the word' disturbing'in place of tha expression * of a nature to disturb , ' supported by M . C . Be" 33 * seeSi and opposed by M . Bo ? jia * n , was rejected . 51 . G Fayke proposed to replace the words ' of a cifare to disturb , ' by those ' which have a seditious cbtrKter . ' After a short discussion it was also rejected .

      M . CuiixTti proposed to add the words 'in the public streets or roads , 'to the second clause ofthe article . It would , he thought , render the article less i fjWeiomisappNheBiiML—Agreed to . The article was then adopted . Art . 2 . —An armed Bttrouptatnt constitutes a criminal uSaice , it it dc-ss net disperse at "the first summons ; it £ Slj conititUttl a miidemtanour , if on the firet sumseal it dispsnes without resistance . M . THS 0 i » a * s Bag maintained that the present law ¦ was infinitely more severe than that passed iu 1831 .

      This latter never went so far as to say that a man formed part of an armed assemblage when he happjued by chance to be in a crowd , some of the members of which happened to bear arms secretly . This wis what the present bill declared , affixing to the of-Kace s rsosi severs pen & Jtj , and going infinitely farther than any measure that the lata government h & d ever ventured . After speaking against the bill for soise time , the hon . deputy concluded by affirming that it was in direct opposition to the new principles wnlck had been inaugurated by the Revolotion of February .

      Subsequently the article was rejected . The following was also adopted : — Art S . — An armed attroupemeni Is , firstly , when {• Terel of the individuals who compote it carry arras * pEB lyor secretly ; secondly , when a single individual carrying arras openly ** not immediately erpelled by the psrsons forming part of tha attrouptrntnl . Art . 4 . —When an , armed ^ or un armed attroupemtni { Sail Save formed itself on the pnhllo way , the mayor , cr one of bis deputies , or in his ab & eaco the commissary ef polic * , or any other agent or depositary of the public f « ce , or ofthe Executive Government , wearing the

      trieo ' oar , shall proceed to the spst . A roll of the dram ihsll announce tee arrival of the magistrate . If the tfir-ziptmenl be armeiJ , the magistrate ihali order it to dins-Ira aog disperse . This & rst order remaining withoat effect , » second rnramens , preceded b y the brat of the dram , shall bs made . In cats of resistance the < HrW ! ptTTtfr < t than be disiipated by force . If ttecKiwp * - , -wr . f be unarmed , the magistrate , after the first rouTs . ir . nl of ths drum , shall exhort the citixens to disperse . If tfeey do not withdraw , three saccesiive summons stall be made . In case of resistance , the stfroujjemwit shall be aisperied by force .

      Adopted without discussion . Art . 5 . —Whoever forms part of an armed meeting shall be punished as follows : —If the atiroupement dlspsrses after the first rnmmons , and without baring made c « 2 of anas , the penalty shall ba an impiiionment of from six months to twa years . If the atiroupement take place during the eight , the penalty shall be en imprison . meat of four to five year * . If the atiroapimtnt does not disperse until after the first sammon » but before the uss of force , and without baring taade use of arms , the penalty siall be two to fire year ? , and three to six if the attroup-etaent be during the night . If the attrovptment does aot disperse except on the intervention offeree , or alter having maSe ase of arms , the penalty shall ba § ve to tea years imprisonment { rtdusion ) . It shall be from eight to twelve years if it be during the night . In all cases the guilty parties shall lose their dvic rights . -

      M . Sissur speke at some length against the above punishments as [ altogether too severe . He declared them to t » far wens than the penalties of the late government . M . A . Avosd proposed , as an amendment , declaring that in the second paragraph the penalty should be altered thus—eight days as a minimum and SIX months as s maximum . The amendmeat was then put to the vote . A first trial was declared doubtful , and , os a second , it was rejected by & small myority . M . Hear considered that the views expressed by M . Avond were correct , and he should consequently prepose that the time of imprisonment be fixed from eie month to one year . —Adopted .

      On the penalty for the attroupttmnt taking place at night , it was proposed that tbe penalty should be from one year ' s imprisonment to three ; and again that it should double what had been decided for Giirovpsments try day . M . BrcHiBD proposed the following additional paragraph : —• Nevertheless , no punishment Bhali be awarded against a person taking part in an assemblage unarmed , and who shall have retired after the first summens made by the authorities . ' —Adopted . M . ViLETTE proposed as an amendment on the fifth paragraph to substitute the penalty of from five to ten years imprisonment for that of from five to ten years solitary confinement . ' The government declared its acceptance ofthe -amendment . j A Voics . —And the aggravating circumstances oi eight assemblages ?

      _ The Presidest . —That is made the object of the following provision : — ' If the fasgemblage does not disperse , except before the public force or after recourse has been had to arms , tbe penalty shall be from five to ten years imprisoBment in the first case , and from five to tea years solitary confinement in the second . If the assemblage takes place in the night the penalty shall be solitary confinement . ' The Presibekt . — . The last clause is relative to the interdiction of civil right ? . A ilEMBEs proposed that the interdiction of civil rights should be optional , and not imperative . — Adopted , after one doubtful division . All the other clauses were successively adopted . The vote oh the bill for preventing tumultuous assemblages then took place , and gave the following res ult : —For adopting the decree ) 478 ; against it , 32 ; majority in its favour , 396 , The chamberrose at nine o ' clock .

      Thcbsdat . Junk 8 . —At half-past one o ' clock M . Senird , President , took the chair . The Secretary having read the proces-veroal ofthe preceding setting , M . Kcenig ascended the tribune , and declared thai he had not heard the explanations ofthe President relative to the mode of voting on the bill for dispersing public assemblages , otherwise he should have voted with the minority against a bill which he considered a flagrant violation of the prinoipksofthe revolution . M . SESiSD , interrupting M . Kanig , called him to order , and a member from the left having said a few words to justify his colleague , the president said that he would call to order any member who should presume to protest against a decree sanctioned by the ijatioual Assembly . (• It is an appeal to revolt / exclaimed a member of the right . ) Fribat . —M . Caussidiere has resumed hia seat in the National Assemblr to-day . He took the place formerl y occupied by Barbeson the Extreme Left .

      , T f W- —The only incident which occurred in the ^ nonsi Assembly on Saturday , "was the followies : — Ji . f L 5 ECKERBE 5 demanded an explanation from the government relative to a circumstance which appeared to him of great gravity . It had , he said . w-n stated in private letters that on a regiment of the hce entering Troyes it had been received by the nati onal Guard of that place . When the two Laments met , the National Guards cried 'Vive la ttepubliqae , ' to which the regiment of the line replied by cries of ' Vive Louis Napoleon . ' ( This -emark of the hon . deputy was received with marks « astonishment and incredulity . ) He would therefore demand whether the Minister of War had rec = ived any information on the subject

      . t Tag MisuiEEop Was replied , that the government « aa received no information of the kind , and he did r hesitate to say that it was a calumny . It was , " 9 siid , far from hia intention to bring an accusation "• piCat any * aau unless on very strong groundB ; aid ' aereiore he had no right to consider as guilty the « aa wne-e name had been brought bo prominently £ : » re the publio ; but he declared that he should data i i * ° PUQUc execration any man who should rtj . whij a sacrilegious band on ihe liberty ofthe -none . ( This declaration w » weiied with a triple

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      salvo ef applause , and all the Assembly rose iu a body and shouted 'Vive la Republique . ) Honour and glory , continued the hon . minister , bo to the citizen who , faithful to his duties , devotes his blood , his fortune , his talent ? , and his understanding to the service and happiness of his country ; but shine and misery to him who would dare to epeou * late oa the difficulties of the time and on the sufferings of the country , and to make use of a glorious name for the benefit ef his own personal ambition . ( Renewed applause and cries of ' Vive la Republique . ' ) Cries arose oh all sides of We will have no " reaction , ' ' We reject pretenders of any regime , * * We will neither have Royalty , nor Imperial despotism , nor Milita ry dictatorship ; ' whilst others declared that the tffairwas an imagined imposition , in order to ipjure Louis Napoleon . The sitting was closed amidst great agitation .

      Mosdat Evesisg . —The avenues to the National Assembly were crowded with people , excited by the announcement that the fate ofthe government bung on the question of confidence , engaged in the demand made by the Executive Commission for a monthly allowance to defray expenses . Napsi ^ os Bokaparte was the first to ascend the tribune , in order to disclaim , on his own part and that of his family , all hand , act , or part in the agitation that had been got up in their name , especially with regard to Louis Napoleon . His relative had been the first to accept the Republic , and by public declarations , both in London and addressed to Paris , to give in his adhesion to the Republic . In conclusion , he called on government , by adirect , unequivocal ceclsration , to acquit bis relative of the charges that had bees irsinuated against him , and to declare their viaws so far as he was concerned .

      M . Flocox , Minister of Commerce , said that vraa not the proper time to enter on s question which was not in the elder Of the day . Tbe order oi the day had been regulated by the Assembly itself , and could not be deviated from in an irregular way without great inconvenience . The Fihascb Misi 5 iEB next rose and presented a financial statement of great length , which waa received but coldly , vorser coNFiMxcr—bosapabtist movehbkt—louis

      NAPOLEON PE 05 CEIBED . M . Duprit then rose and read the report of the committee , to " which the demand of the executive of lQO . OOOf . a month bad been referred . The report waa in favour of the grant . A debate of a tame and uninteresting character followed , until M . de Lamartine , at an advanced hour of the day , rose and proceeded to review the history of all that had passed since the revolution , for the purpose ef showing the difficulties that had to ba encOUDteredi The orator , who had divided his discourse into two parts—the § rst histories ! of the revolution up to the formation of the Executive Commission—had just finished tbe historical narrative , and the orator had delivered it with so much enercy that he was obliged to ask leave te repoae ,

      and , with republican simplicity , he sat down upon the steps which lead to the tribune . A chair was placed ia the tribune , but he preferred the less grand position , and his bonhomie , of course , did not pass unebserved , when lo ! enters General Thomas , formerly a non-commissioned officer , but now jerked by a revolution into the seat of Courtais , he speaks—Lamartine bounds to his feet—tbe hall is agitatedthe ladies lean over—the president rings his bellthe huUsiers shout En placj—all is silent , and the second part . of the oration opens awfully with the announcement tbat civil war had begun in the name of Louis Napoleon . The effect was electrical , all shouted 'Vive la Republique , ' a law of proscription was demanded—it was ready cut and dry , aad only wanted that pistol-shot to have it sealed . As for the vote of confidence , it was carried by acclamation .

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      AHOSHEB ACCOUNT . Whilst M . Lamartine was speaking , it was reported that several shots had been fired on tbe Place de la Concorde against the Commander-in-Chief of the National Gnard , & National Gnard , and an officer of the line , with cries of * Vive l'Empereur Napoleon ! ' M . Lamartine , in announcing this fact , declared that it was the first blood that had flowed , but he was happy it had not been shed in the name of liberty , bat in that of a fanatical attachment to military glory . M . L'MABirnE next presented a project of decree , by which the law of banishment of 1842 , repealed by the vote of the Assembly , which bad admitted three members of the Imperial family into the house , waa to be applied to Charles Louis Napoleon , who had twice proclaimed himself a pretender . The decree was to remain in force until it should please the legislature to abrogate it .

      When M . Lamartine had concluded , the whole Assembly rose aud cried ' Vive la Republique . ' The bill was at once passed by acclamation . THE BILL yOS THE XXCLUSIOK OF LOUIS SAPOLEOS . Tuxsdat , Juse 13 . —The bill for the exclusion of Louis Napoleon from the Assembly , and from the French territory , occupied tke whole of the sitting . Jules Fabhe reported from the 17 th bureau in favour of the admission of Louis Napoleon . Bcchez , reporter ofthe 10 th bureau , opposed bis admission . Ebhard , reporter ofthe 6 th bureau snppsrted the admission .

      M . Vullaud ( who had formerly been governor or private tutor to Louis Napoleon } read a letter which he bad a few daya before received from Lou Napoleoa . In which the writer declared that he was unwilling at present to enter France where his presence might be a cause af embarrassment to the republic , not on account of bis opinions , but becausehe would in all probability be" an object towards which seditious men might loak for the purpose of forwarding their own views . If his country wanted him , ho would hasten to enter the French territory ; if not . he should remain where he was , in England . M . Veillard then asked if that was the language of a pretender , and after passing a warm eulogium on Louis . Napoleon , declared that the Assembly would act weafely and unjustly in making any difference between him and the rest of tiie Bonaparte famil y . M . MaBsqhal spoke at some length against the admission of Louis Napoleon .

      M . Frssneatj declared that he could not believe that the Assembly would dismiss from his Beat a representative elected by four departments . He then asked if the Assembly had not the courage to admit the heir of the Emperor Napoleon ? Tremendous uproar greeted this demand . The PassbaKT felt that the representative ought at once to declare what he meant by bo strange an expression . ( Hear , hear . ) M . Fbisueau said , that he merely meant to speak of the glory of the Emperor . He saw no reason why he wa * not , in a Republican Assembly , to express himself freely relative to the Emperor , or any other question . In conclusion , the hon . representative declared , that he feared no emeute to the cry of' Vive Loafs Napoleon ! ' though he should dread one greatly to that of' Vive la Pologne I' The beat cry of all would be , Vive la souverainete du peuple !

      General CLiHExr Thohas gave an account of the circumstances which had occurred the day before on the Place de Ia Concorde , but he added nothing to what was already known . M . Repsixis spoke strongly for the non-admission of Louis Napoleon . M . Loch Biasc said that , as a Republican , he mast oppose the bill brought in by the government . Shame and execration be on him who attempted to forward hia own personal ambition ! But he thought it would be to give a fatal importance to any one to exclude him . when elected by the people , from the

      Assembly . The Republic was now fixed beyond the power of human power to causa it to recoil ; and why fear any man ? Republican ideas would advance so rapidly that nothing cculd withstand them , it left free career ; but a measure like that now produced ¦ WOUld be a m eans to impede their progress , by casting a doubt on their omnipotence . Itwould be unfair in respect to the Republic to suppose the possibility of Louis Napoleon being Emperor , and as to his being President , it was easy to prevent it , by declaring in the Constitution that there should be no President whatever .

      M . F . Lasietbie spoke against the bill for exclusion . . . M . Ledru-Rolmn .- This question is too important for the Government to allow the disensioa to pass ever without declaring its opinion . We have been told that we have violated the sovereignty of the people . Can such a charge he brought against those who founded that sovereignty on the 24 th of February ; and again , can the opinions of three departments be called the sovereignty of the whole people ? Certainly not ( murmurs ) . Allow me to tell you tbat you are not better revolutionists than the authors of the constitution of 1793 . The authors of that constitution tell you that insurrection is legitimate when the whole of the princiole is violated .

      But has such a thing been done ? The sovereignty of the peaple only exists ia its ensemble , and in an absolute manner ( laughter and murmurs ) . If one department were to think proper to elect the Count de Paris or Henri V ., would you not say that department had made a blunder ? It has also been said that . the Executive Csnamittee had allowed it to be supposed that the law against the Bonaparte family was abrogated by permitting other members of it to take their seats in the Assembly ; but to that I will reply by saying , that our colleagues of that family have never suffered any political condemnation . Besides , was the Chamber ignorant of what had

      taken place in the last few days ? A judicial investigation had just commenced , and it has been discovered that money has been distributed , and the house from which that money has come is known ; wine has also been distributed ; cries of » Vive Napoleon ' have resounded in our ears , and the waUs have bean covered with seditious placards . Within four days , three Napoleonist journals were established , preparing the way for the candidatesbip of Louis Napoleon as President . If the National Assembly thinks that no measures should be taken in the face of such facts , let it declare its opinion—the Executive Committee does iu duty , let tha National Asseiably do theirs . ( Approbatioe , ) Piairigtiaaasa the sovereignty of

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      the people have beeu spoken of , and these words had , no deubt , their effect on us . Bat we are now statesmen , and reason must take tbe place of sentiment . ( Approbation . ) It has been said that Louis Bonaparte ia a stranger to what is going on . That has been the expression of every one but himself . Has he come and given his adherence to the Republic ! I wish that these Republicans , who are assembled round the walla of this building , and who allow them ? elves to be led away by generous sentiments , could hear my voice , for I would say to them , * It is

      a law of necessity , but which will be only temporary . ' As for those who havo only placed themselves under this standard to work on tho old souvenirs of glory against the Republic , there ia no pity for them . ( Approbation . ) At the conclusion of the hon . deputy ' s speech , there was a great agitation visible in the Chamber . After some further discussion , the President said , I shall now proceed to put to the vote the question as to whether Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is admitted to take his seat in the Assembly or not . ( Movement of great interest . )

      The question being then put , waa voted in the affirmative by a grett majority . ( Immense sensation , which lasted sometime . ) In consequence of this vote , Louis Napoleon is admitted to take bis seat , subject however to prove that he is a French citizen . The Assembly separated at & quarter past six , in extraordinary agitation .

      PAHIB BL-SCnOKB . At two o ' clock on Thursday tha result was proclaimed in front of the Hotel de Ville , by the Mayor of Pans , in the presence of an immense crowd of p S 2 r ^? nd ? Teat nnmD « » f the Nation al Guards . Ihe following are the successful candidates :-Caus-?! i I ; I ; 400 ; M ° wm . 126 , 889 ; Goudchaux , 107097 ; Chanearnier , 105 , 533 ; Thiers . 97 S 04 ; Pierre Leronx , 91 , 375 ; Victor Hugo , 86 , 965 ; Louis Bonaparte , 84 . 420 ; Lagrange , 78 , 682 ; Boisel , ftfiil ; Prondhon , 77 , 084 . The first four names in the listof unsuccessful can-SP ?]? ' S ^ -f ^ lL- ^ ore , 73 , 162 : Kersausie , 72 433 ; Raspail , 71 , » 7 T ; B . De Girardin , 70 508 .

      STATS OF PARIS . On Tuesday evening great masses of the people assembled at the Porte St Denis . M . Clement Thomas , the general of the National Guards , was on the spot , exherting the crowd to obey the proclamation of the mayor . One of the mob had the impudence to reply that' the people * were not afraid of the National Guard , and asked M . Thomas what he meant by his conduct . ' Do yon not remember , ' said he , ' that I held the candle to you at night , before the revolution of February , 'in order to enable you to read the proclamation of Delessert , forbidding affroupemtnU , and how you cemmented upon the infamy of sack an order to the' sovereign people ; and BOW yOU come here to enforce a proclamation ten times more tyrannical than that of Dele-Bert ; ' The maa was arrested , but was soon after set at liberty .

      Similar crowds assembled on Wednesday evening . A group of some hundreds were singing the' Marseillaise' and other national airs , aud no sooner were they disperse ;! by the military than they collected again at some short distance from the spot they had been driven from . A considerable force ef National Guards , Garde Mobile , troops of the line , lancers and dragoons , had been ordered out , and had been engaged in dispersing the mob till a late hour in the night . The Partes St Martin and St Denis were ¦ surrounded by the Garde Mobile , and the passage of carriages and of persons in that portion of the

      Boulevards was intercepted by pickets of troops drawn up ia files across the Boulevard . The number of persons arre » ted on Thursday night was ranch more considerable than oa either of the preceding nights . Many were afterwards set at liberty , but 182 were detained is custody . The attroupenients took place as usual , and in the same neighbourhood , that of the Porte St Denis ; and it was seriously apprehended at one time the people could not be dispersed without bloodshed . An attack was made on the house of M . Thiers . They vociferated , menaced , scaled his garden gate , alarmed his family , and were finally driven eff by the soldiery and National Guards .

      The attr < mpcmen { e at the Porte St Denis were reproduced as usual on Saturday night . -1 visited the spot at about ten o ' clock at night , when I found the populace collected in a dense mass round the monument , with orators haranguing them as I have already described on foimer evenings . At about eleven , however , a movement took place which indicated , on the part of the authorities , some intention of active repression . Troops in considerable bodies advanced in columns by all the streets which debouch npon the

      theatre of disorder . This matceuvre waa managed so adroitly by the military , that the crowd found itself unexpectedly shut up within a complete crowd of bayonets . It was in vain that individuals attempted to escape ; they were completely blockaded , and compelled te pass the night there . This maroauvre led to the arrest of 1925 persona , who were immediately marched to the prefecture of police . The chief part of the persons arrested being merely curious spectators , were released ofter some hours detention at the prefecture of police .

      Mosdat . —Some of the journals this morning announce that the atlrovpements at the Porte St Denis have ceased ; this is not strictly true , for at cleves last night the crowd was so great as to obstruct the thoroughfare , and the military made several charges , and numerous arrests took place . On Tuesday the streets in the neighbourhotd of the National Assembly were crowded with military of all kinds . The Place de la Concorde was completely in the hands of the troops . There were groups of people here and there in the streets , but they were quiet . The troops , however , had cleared the streets several times ia the course of to-day , at the point of the bayonet . A good many prisoners had been taken .

      IMPERIALIST RE-ACIIOir . A manifestation in favour of I ouis Napoleon has been made at Ardennes , where ' placards have been posted , calling on the people to overturn the present government and declare that prince Emperor . Mondat . — The chief subject of discussion in political circles , and the source of serious alarm to the republican parties , is the diffusion of tbe spirit of imperialism throughout the country , but more especially in the army . Several regiments have shouted c Vive l'Empereur ! ' Many more have cried' Vive Louis Napoleon ! ' When the name of Louis Napoleon was announced from the steps of the Hotel de Ville , the military who were on the Place , raised their caps on the tops of their bayonets in token of exultation . The quay at the entrance to the Assembly is daily crowded with 'Iovalides' and soldiera of the empire , forming a lane through which the representatives enter , waiting to salute the first appearance of Prince Loo is- Brochures are distributed in the gtreats at

      a nominal price , giving the biography of Louis Napeleon , and even describing minutely his persona ) appearance , A cart similar to one of the London advertising vans has been established , forming a sort of locomotive bureau for a new journal , entitled ' Napoleon Louis , Republicain ' . This is all stuck over with placards and specimens of the jeurnal , the vendor Sitting inside and distributing it frem the door .

      BOSAPABTIST MOVEMENT . At five o clock on Monday evening ( see account of Monday's proceedings in the Assembly ) the government ordered strong measures against the crowde assembled in the Place dela Revolution . Regiments of infantry and cavalry , and large bodies of National Guards ( sedentaires and mobiles ) crossed the bridge in front of the Palace of the Assembly , and , forming a junction with those already on the Place , cleared it at the point ofthe bayonet of the immense assemblage tbat had occupied io .

      This measure was so peremptorily and so rapidly executed , that the Place ( the largest and finest quare in Europe ) waa swept clean in five minutes . Having cleared the Place , a column of at least 2 , 000 Gardes Mobiles wheeled up to the Rue de Rivoli , and formed about twenty abreast . The order was given to march . The drams beat a charge , and the column moved at the-oflsaccelere ( double-quick * , time ) along the Rue de Rivoli , and through the Rues Castiglione and La Pais . Having reached the Boulevard , they proceeded io the same order , and at the same pace to the Hotel of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs , and there baited . In the meanwhile the dragoons advanced from the Place de la Revolution by the Rue Roy ale , driving the people before them . Numbers of whom shouted , « Vive l'Empereur ! and ' Vive Louis Napoleon ! ' Later in the evening other assemblages that tosk place were dispersed without much trouble .

      IS ? AM 0 U 8 irBAUNT . The fraternity banquet of 100 , 000 peop ' e , which after being frequently postponed , was to hare taken place definitively on the 14 th of July , has been postponed n » e die . On Monday evening the agents of the police made a descent upon the residence of M . Thomassin , the president of the committee , and arrested that citizen . At the same time warrants were issued against the other members ol the committee , but they have not yet been executed . All the money subscribed for tbe banquet has been seized , or impounded , including ll . OOOf . deposited is the Bank of France .

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      CATABRu .-The Alba of Florence announces an insurrection in Calabria . The insurgents , with the Marquis Gagliirdi at their head , bad captured the frrts of Pizz j , Scilla , and Monteleone . A Provisional Government was established at Cabanzara . The inhabitants of the Abruzzo are in insurrection . . A letter from Genoa of the 29 th ult ., in the Pathia , states that the citadel of Messina ia in the power of the people , as well as Sorrento and Capua .

      The Costemposahko ofthe 31 st , publishes a supplement containing a letter from Naples of the 26 th , the truth d which it guarantees . According to this authority tho provinces have risen , and the Basilicata has taken , the le * d . From 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 men are inarms there , not including the cavalry of the national guard , whioh constitutes an imposing force . ' Ihe church bells have been taken down and mp . ltefl \ into cannon . Two committees have been fc . rn * ud > ona of finance , the other of war . Delegates Wi b £ 2 ^ Bent lata the C & pltanata a & d the Terra di

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      Ban , to organise insurrectionary movements . Others are gone to Salerno for the same purpose , and others into Calabria , where a provisional government has been established , and which has declared the dethronement of Ferdinand . THE WAR IN LOMBARDY . Letters from the head quarters of the Sardinian army dated the 6 th , state that Radetsky ' s force had re-entered Mantua , with a great quantity of booty collected from all the villages they had occupied . It waa tjaid that they were" moving back to Verona , and no doubt existed of large bodies of men having been passed in the nights ofthe 4 th and 5 th in the direction of Isola della Scala . Charles Albert , it is said , bas now determined on occupying the lines of Rivoli—of crossing the Upper Adige , aad turning Verona on the north .

      WAR IN SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN . The Cologne Gazette ofthe 10 th inst ., announces that a great battle was fought between the Danes and the Germans on the Cth inst ., in whioh the latter were victorious . The battle took place between Gravenstein and Souderburg , and the contest was most fierce . Tho Danes were driven back to Duppel and Sonderburg . The battle began at daybreak and lasted till nightfall . General Wbanobi , commanded in person . The Danish forces are given at 16 , 000 and were supported by a well kept up fire from their gunboats . Two of these were sunk by the fire of the Prussian troops , and 120 Danes are reported to have fonnd a watery grave . The loss . of killed and wounded on both sides is reported to be very conaisiderable .

      INDIA . DIBTUBIUNCES IN MOULTAN . Lahore , April 25 . —The news from Moultan savours ot war . There has been a fight between our political agents Anderson and Vans Agnew . at the head of the Kbalsa troops and the Moultanees , in which the former were defeated . Both Vans Agnew and Anderson have been severely wounded . A detachment of the Maharajah ' s troops , under Deena Nauth , left yesterday : and her Maiestv ' s

      106 b , 8-h , 73 rd , and 50 th Native Infantry , Wheeler ' s Horse , Campbell ' s Troop Horse Artillery , and Anstin ' s battery , are under orders for immediate service . It is said that Moultan is in a very disturbed state . Brigadier Campbell , C . B ., assumes the command of the column , which is quite ready . The fort of Moultan cost Runjeet Singh 2 000 men . TheDewan Moolraj of Moultan has broken off allegiance to the Lahore government . M . Vans Agnew is shut up in a' Gurree * with 500 men , and great fears are entertained for his safety .

      Letters from Malta to the 3 rd inst . mention the receipt of intelligence from Lahore , announcing that the account of the French , revolution bad produced there an extraordinary Bennation . and that seditious or revolutionary movtments h » d broken out on different points . They had exploded with so much violerce in some districts that tbe British authorities were obliged to adopt strong measures to sup * press the rerslt .

      UNITED STATES . MEETINGS IN FAVOUR OF IRELAND . The Boston Pilot , of Maj 20 t b , contains reports of immense meetings holden in Kentucky , Maryland , South Carolina , Connecticut , Cincinnati . Boston , New York , in furtherance of the cause of repeal . The meeting in Kentucky was called by the following handbill : — YoiuNTEKBS fob Ibklahd !—IrlshmeD , the hour for the redemption of your native land is cornel Your brothers in Ireland » re preparing for the field , and wo muit join them quickly . I am authorised by the New York Republican Cou > julttte to offer the following notmties to volunteers : —Fifty acres of tho beat Irish land , for ever , to every soldier ; seventy . five do ., to every

      Serjeant ; one hundred do ., to every commissioned officer , who bbhII enrol immediately , and serre tbe entire war of independence In tho Brit brigade of 10 , 000 men . norr getting ready at New York to embark for Ireland , This land forms part of the eitates of tbe absentee landlords ot Ireland , ' and of such landlords as oppose the people ' s freedom . The absentee preperty amounts to eight mil . liona of acres of the rieheat lands is . the world , which , at twenty years pnrchflsoj are worth one hundred and twenty millions sterling - , or six hundred millions of dollars ! Here are prlr . es for the bravo ! Attend this evening at tbe court-house , and hear further from TfloHAS Itoovsv , Secretary , in connection with the Rep . Com . Louisville May 3 rd , 1818 .

      After exciting speeches a considerable sum was collected , and a number of volunteers were enrolled . The meetings at the other places named above were of a similar character . By the arrival of the Caledonian we learn that a split had occurred in the Democratic caucus held at Baltimore , the majority nominating General Cass , of Michigan , late military secretary , as candidate for the President , and YV . O . Butler , of Kentucky , for the Vice . The vanquished have issued an order for ameeting at Utica , on the 22 ad , where opposition candidates will be proposed .

      PKIGHTFOL STATU 07 THB OKSGOH . Accounts have arrived from tho American settlements in Oregon , where all is cenfusion and bloodshed between the whites and Indians . Four powerful tribes have united and commenced a deadly war against the Americans .

      Fbiohtfui. Scene Im Wcmbwhll's Menaobmb....

      Fbiohtfui . Scene im Wcmbwhll ' s Menaobmb . — Stafpohd . —On Saturday evening . June 10 th . between seven and eight o ' clock , the company whioh had assembled in Wombwell ' s Menagerie , now exhibiting in this town for a few days , was thrown into a state of the moat painful alarm by the following dreadful ocenrrence .- —In the early part of the morning a lion and lioness , recently purchased , were added to the collection , and about nine o ' clock , one of the keepers , William Wombwell , nephew to the proprietor , entered the den in which they were placed , and they then displayed no symptoms of ferocity . In the evening , the same keeper entered the den , for the purpose of showing the spectators tbe command he had over these brutes of the forest .

      Scarcely bad he , however , laid down with thorn , than the lioness darted up , and , with savage ferocity , seized him by the neck , tearing the scalp off tbe back part of his head , and frightfully lacerating hia neck with her fangs . During this time tbe lion had thrown himself across the body of the unfortunate man , as if to completely overpower him . The shrieks of the spectators were piercing and most heart-rending , and instantly a rash was made to the entrance . Another keeper , seizing a piece of iron , instantly made ior the den , and , with much effect , struck both brutes over the head . They rushed from the wounded keeper , who was then removed . His demise is momentarily expected . The sight has had a serious effect upon several who formed the com *

      pany . Poisosino at a Public Dinner . —Since Wednesday last , great excitement has existed at Northampton , in consequence ot the sodden illness of twenty out of about sixty highly respectable persona who attended a public dinner at the New Hall , in Newland-atreet , which followed the ordination of the Rev . G . Nicholson , B . A ., as the minister efthe Ring-street Dissenting Chapel , in the room of the Rev . T . Milner . The viands were of the usual substantial kind , and before the cloth was removed , some of the gentlemen were se zed with sickness and vomiting , while others were taken ill at a later period of the entertainment .

      Oneof them , Mr Cornfield , an accountant in the town , expired at five o ' clock on Thursday morning . The dinner was provided by Mr Franklin , a townsman , at whose house the whole of the cooking utensils have been seized by orderei the magistrates . The inquest has been commenced , and a post morte-n examination of the body of tho deceased made , when a slight appearance of arsenic was detected , but it required a longer time to complete the analysis . The inquiry is adjourned . Six other individuals remain in a very critical state . The coek , a man named Rundel , is in custody .

      AllkOED MlIRnBB NEAR MlICHAM . —SEVEN PER * sons Poisoned . —During the last fortnight , Mr W . Carter , the coroner for West Surrey , has been engaged investigating , at the Old King ' s Head Inn , Beddington Corner , situate midway between Mitoham and Carshalton , a most remarkable case of alleged wholesale secret poisoning , by which the lives of no fewer than seven persons were placed in imminent peril , and one of whom , we regret to say , has since died . The unfortunate party was a lady , named Mrs Elizabeth Johnson , aged sixty-two , who resided with a Mrs Cook , on Beddington Common . She appeared to have possessed property , but of this or her relatives not the least tidings could be elicited . Mrs Cook , who is the widow of an officer , took the house in question last Michaelmas ; the deceased accompanied her , also Mrs Cook's daughter , two

      female servant ? , and a footboy . A young man , named George Chamberlain , frequently visited the house as a suitor to Miss Cook , greatly to the annoyance of the mother , who disapproved of his visits-On the 12 th ef last month some angry words teok place between thsm and the family , and the two lovers went out . The remainder of the family staved , and , after taking dinner , put Home by & r the deceased , who came home shortly afterwards , ami having eaten , was seized with a vomit , wkch coatinnedI until the time of her death . Upon toting a SSrity in the dinner , she complained of it SubsSently , deceased and the other parties , eaee-ftag £ 31 S , sat down to tea , and were a & taken ill , Sh favours the supposition that the poison must have beei in the augnr . No tracea of pmeon h «» g been found , an open verdict was returasdi and the

      po-Roge was seated feeing Patty . ««^ ** f beauty , and « un by the airqwa of the UttU > god , he only venture-Ais passion m sly looks ,, new-and then touching Patty ' s toe withJusj fco ^ undeHh table ; Patty , either fearful that the P « rtjot nei hose might be soiled , or determined to Wiethe yolth cxpm . a passion which he teeniidjo warmly to feel , t At length exclaimed with sprnt- It you love me \ Shy tell me . so , but don't dirty my stock , tg 8 ' . ' .

      Satimtal Gje^Cfatftm Ot Knfttir Cnffltf.

      Satimtal gje ^ cfatftm ot Knfttir Cnffltf .

      Livbrpqoi ^ Monday, Jonb 12.—The 'Annual...

      Livbrpqoi ^ Monday , Jonb 12 . —The ' annual Conference of this body commenced its sittings this day , in the Brunswick Rooms , Hunter-street . The morning waa occupied , as on previous occasions , in the receipt of the credentials of the delegates , and in other preliminary business . This having been done , the Conference was formally constituted , and shortly before three o'clock Mr Frederick Green , a Member ofthe Central Committee , was called to the chair , in tho absence of tho President ( T . S . Duncombe ,

      Esq ., M . P . ) Mr T . BABRArr ( the secretary ) then read tha following address from the hon . President : — Over-Norton , Oxfordshire , June 10 , 1848 . GeiiTiiMEH , —I deeply regret that the state of my health prevents me having the honour and the p leasure of presiding over jour deliberations tbii year . Apart from » be personal gratification H would have effordtd me to have met the delegates of tbe United Trades , I feel that the present position of public affairs , in this and in other countries , is one of extreme difficulty , and tbat tbe enlightened and cordial union of all classes is more than aver imperatively required to enable you to , avert danger *

      of great magnitude . Representing , as yoa do , a large bod ; of the iudustriout classes , your decisions will naturally exercise considerable influence upon ths settlement of maay questions which now agitate society ; and It therefore behoves jou to be cautious as to tbe course you may resolve to adopt . Looking at the gravity of the crisis , I can assure you that nothing but the cause I have assigned would bare prevented me from attending jour Conference : but as that is impossible I am confident that yoa will require no apology for my requesting your attention to a few points , to which , had I been able to attend , I should have felt it my duty to allude .

      I perceive by the Annual Report of the Central Committee , that although the past year has been ooe of unparalleled depression la the commercial world , and , as a consequence , thot large numbers of workpeople hare beta deprived of employment , —yet , in despite of these unfavourable circumstances , the tetal income of tbe Association is greater than it was in the previous year . I cannot but regard this f & ct as Indicatire of the Association having acquired a firm hold npon the confidence and support ofthe trades . It is of the utmost Importance tbat the future management of Its affairs should maintain and extend that feeling of confidence . If the principles and objects embodied in tbe constitution

      continue to be advocated and carried out in the same conciliatory spirit , which has so far characterised tho proecediegs of tbe Association , there can , I apprehend , be little cause for doubt a « to its ultimately effecting many beneficial changes for the trades . The list of cases o ! diapute between masters and men , Rettlfid by mCaDS Of mediation alone , proves , that if this course be prudently pursued , and the Association properly supported by those whose interests it undertakes to protect , it will become the general arbiter of all such disputes , and Its decisions be regarded with respect by both parties . I should much prefer this hind of voluntary action and arbitration , to the appointment of any Labour Boards by Act of Parliament .

      In that respect , and also with reference to the proposal to establish a minimum of wages by law , I dissent from the recommendations of the Central Committee , contained in the business paper ; I think that all government inter / ereaca lc calculated to cripple tbe independence and Bolf-relif-noe of the people , aud I know of nothing so valuable as a substitute for these qualities . It is questionable , also , in my mind , whether it would be expedient to in « ist upon employers providing workshops , in all eases , for their workpeople . I admit the many and gross evils arising from the 'Middlemen' system , but I fear that any attempt to remedy it by legiala .

      tion would bo attended with bo many difficulties , that it would practically tarn oat a faUure . fend in your desire to check competition , yoa might check employment at the tame time . Capitalists finding themselves , as tbe ; would conceive , moat unjustifiably interfered with , in tbe application of their own resource ? , and in the manege , ment of their own affairs , mi ght throw the whole lutineaiof employing the people iato the hands ofthe government , and the working classeo be converted into the slaves of tbe government . In addi t ion t o t his , it appears to me that the two departments of the Association prevlde qalte sufficient duties for an ; one committee to perform , and that , if well discharged , they woulfl supersede the necessity for any other measure .

      I approve of useful ' public works / and of the appointment of a Minister of Labour ; but , as a whole , the proposed addition of tbs ' Labour League' to tbe existing organisation seems to me Inexpedient , I admit , however , that there ia considerable weight in the suggestion , that it may induce those trades , who ore not yet prepared to join ub , to aid the Association in carrying on an agitation for such improvements in tbe social condition of the labourer , as depend upon Parliamentary sanction , and , therefore , while I feel it to be my duty to state my opinions frankly , it rests with you , after having heard my reasons , to decide how far tho proposals of the Central Committee will promote the objects we all have in view .

      In other respects it affords me sincere pleasure to state , that I cordially approve of tbe alterations which the Central Committee intand to submit for your consideration . Having , while health and my other avocations permitted , given clogs attention to tho practical working of the Association , I am bound to say , that the results I anticipated from a diviiion of the business into two depart , mea t s , have not been realised , and therefore I think that the time has arrived when an amalgamation of the two branches has become desirable , and may be carried

      out in the modo proposed by tbe Central Committee . Should this be also tbe opinion ot the Conference , I should recommend tbat the constitution of the Board of Management ebould be amended , and tbat instead of the whole being annually , elected , one-third oaly shall retire annually , but each retiring member to be re-eligible . Coniielering as I do , tbat costinuity of action , and a thorough knowledge of all the facte connected with each particular case , aremore necessary in the conductor jour » ffdira than eucb qualities are Id tbe first commereia ! houses .

      Connected with this subject , I can say , tbat my experience leads me to rely less upon written laws than upon the honesty end knowledge of thoao ffbobave to administer them ; and £ s I always at previous Conferences made my acceptance of the office of president conditional , and dependant upon my approval of your rules , and of the gentlemen selected to be my colleagues , I feel that there is a greater necessity now than ever for ray adhering to that resolution . Enfeebled , as I am by protracted indisposition , I onght , perhaps , to ac t upon the advice of my friends , and retire from the honour

      of your presidency ; but I feel so deeply and bo warmly attached to the great principles of which your Asaecla tion is tha advocate , that , so long as it shall ple & BQ God to give me life and strength , and that it is your pleasure that I should be numbered in your ranks , it will be my duty to remain , olwajj bearing in mind the condition ! have previously stated , tbat I approve of those who are to he associated with me in the direction of your affairs ; and , while on this question , I may as well remark that I consider every change , which is not clearly justified by tbe proved incapacity of the individual , is a loss to tha entire Association .

      Individually , I beg to express my entire confidence ia those who have hitherto managed jour affairs , and to express my hope that they may be again placed in a position to reader their Berrlces to the association to which their acquired experience , and above all , their zeal and honesty , so well entitle them . In concision , gentlemen , I feel t hat I have very imperfectly and cursorily glanced at bat a few of the leading points upon which you will have to delibtrate . Permit me , however , to repeat , that my most anxious thoug hts and warmest sympathies are with you , and those whom you represent . Tho organisation of labour , and theim . provessent of the condition of the labourer , is the great question ofthe age , Tbe National Ascociation bos manfully put itself forward in the attempt to solve the

      difficulty ; and , wbattver may be its ultimate fate , it will not have existed in vain , if the same zeal , perseverance , and disinterestedness , continue to . mark the conduct of Its members and officers , which tbey hove hitherto displayed . In these days , when thrones are crumbling around US , and when the people of various countries are trying their hands at the manufacture of new constitutions , let It be our pride to show that , with exit ting privileges and improving institutions , we can , in a peaceful , legal , constitutional , and self . relying spirit , create a public Opi . oion , and establish a system in the land of our sires , tbat shall secure to every man ' a fair day's wages for a fair day ' s work . ' More than this you have noright to d £ mand ; with lees , you ought not to remain satisfied .

      That your deliberations may be marked b y wisdom , and tend to advance the happiness and prosperity of your order , is , gentlemen , now aa ever , the sincere wishj of your faithful friend , Tbubab S . DcscojtBE , Presiden t , To the Delegates of the United Trades , In Conference assembled at Liverpool . This address- was received with loud cheers , and on the motion of Mr Lenkcea » i seconded by Mr IsHEiiwooDt . it was unanimously resolved thai the address of the President be printed for circulation among the membera .

      Mr Gdsei * said that he felt extremely sonsy that the protracted illness ol thsiu hon . Preairtoat prevented him feom being present . He feli regret , becau & a he-know that Mr Buncombe felt & very deep interest in the welfare af that Association , and not only ia its interest , but also in all questions affeoling the prosperity of th © working classes . It was , therefore , he had no doubt , a deprivation of a severe character to Mr Duncombe himself , that he was not able to be present . But be & ides this cause for regret , which ho was certain all present felt as deeply as be

      did , tho present was a crisis m the history of labour which it would require the wisest beads and tbe most experienced judgments among them , to grapple with . Their hon . President , possessing as he did a large amount of experience , had he been able to attend , would have been of invaluable service , in the discussion of the various important eutjects which the Central Committee , in the exercise of their duties , had felt it necessary to bring before the Conference for its consideration . These were bo fully Retforthin thebusiness paperinthohandsofmembers , that it waa notnocessary for aim toadrert to them far .

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      ther than to » ay , that the Central Committf © bad not introduced any subject , and proposed no alteration which did not appear to them absolutel y required by present circumstance ! , and as being iBdi ' speneabte to the permanent elevation of tho working classes . It would be for the Conference to say how far thesa proposed were calculated to improve the condition of their order . lie would only repeat , tbat he felt aa onerous and important duty had devolved upon bim in the absence of their highly reipeclei President , and he trusted to their kind iadulgence in its discharge The next business to be brought forward was tbe annual report . MrT . BjkRRATithen read the report , from whick the following- aro extracts : —

      The year through which we have just passed has meet severely ttited its capabilities and its liability , and th * manner in which it hat borne tbat test will , we trust , fully satisfy the Conference not only that the prinolpla of the Association are sound , but tbat the machinery by which Its objects are sought to ba attained are such as will meet any possible coDtlngtncy . * # The general depression of trade , and tbe consequent want of employment , had the twofold effect of dtal * oisfaing the faodt , and at tbe came time increasing tbt claims npon then , and the Central Committee have thus

      during tho whole year had to contend with difficulties ol an extraordinary character and most pressing nature ; but the subjoined summary of tbe principal occurrences siace the lost Conference , we believe , is sufficient t » prove tbat the Association has sarmeanted all these dif * Acuities , while the alight improvement which has rsoently tsktn place in some branches of labour has bees followed by a corresponding improvement in the affairs of tbe Association , and offers satisfactory testimony to the fact that the Association poisems tbe ondfrntaitbeS confidence of the tradei , who understand its principle ^ and havo experienced its benefits . » *

      In laying before the Conference an abstract of tha leading occurrences of the past year , It is but natnral that we should commence with that portion of the Association rfblch causes It to differ from all societies hereto * fore established to promote the interests of the traded . We refer to the practice of mediation between masters and men in cases of dispute , in order to settle by calra reasoning and mutual concessions those differenced , which , without such mediation and dispassionate consi dera t ion , might lead to protracted strikes , productive «? the most injurious consequences to both parties . "We art ! proud to say that the past year bas borne ample testimony to the importance , the correctness , and tbe bene * flclal results of its course of action , as the following abstract will show : —

      The report then proceeded to state the names of th « trades , and tbe leading particulars of each case , in whicft the Association had been successful by mesne of medis > tion . These cases were thirty-four in number , and iseluded tha ' silk-pickers , Manchester ; block-printers . Crayford power . loom weavers , Keigbloy ; power-lovm weavers , Bncnp ; power-loom weavers , Accrington ; crate . maktis , Potteries ; cbslrmakers , London ; pluoU bers , Edinburgh ; gunmakers , Birmingham ; locksmitho * WUloBhall ; joiners , Sheffield ; coopers , Greenock :

      joiners , Whitehaven ; heartk-rug makers , LondOS J shoemakers , Maidstone ; salt boilers , Northwich ; powerleom weavers , Warrington ; nailers , Merth yr T ydvil ; paper-stainers , London ; bricklayers , Lynn ; male spin , new , Cblckenley , near Dewsbury ; cotton , spinners . Hazel Grove Mill , near S t ock port ; silk-winders , Leek ; woollen-block printers , "Mewchurcb , near Bacup ; Scotch blanket weavers , Mlllbridge ; skinners , Edinburg h ; Iron-tin spoonmskers , Birmingham ; nailers , OrraU ; and nailers , Bristol , After briery slating the r roni . sent facts of each case , the report proceeded : —

      The mere enumeration of these successful cases of ma * dlation is of itself a sufficient proof of the tfflcacy of tho system pursued by this Association , and it scarcely needs tbat any comment should be aided by the Central Committee to the facts thus briefly stated . But we cannot help directing the attention of the Conference , nnfi the trades generally , to the Important fact , that all these victories for labour were obtained at the cost of a few pounds Only fer travelling and other expenses ; that ths whole of them did not cost the amount which vronla have attended a strike of two or three weeks In slngl * Instances ; and that the strikes thus prevented by

      rational , * temperate , and peaceable means , would , after eat & iling great loss upon both employer and oper « tlv » with all the heartburnings and animosities which are tkfl invariable concomitants of such struggles , most likely have ended as the majority of tbe strikes de , in the defeat of the working classes . It ii with pride , therefore , that tbe Central Committee record these instances of success fn addition to the numerous other cases of former years , as constituting a body of evidence stiffictently powerful to establish the superiority of this Association ( to all others heretofore instituted for tbe protection of industry in this country .

      Stbikes AOaiubt Beductiohs , & c—Tbe C-ntral CctrJmlttee have during the year granted support to trades in ' witbstandlng attempted reductions in forty-four cas * a . It would far exceed the limits of a document like tbii . to particularise every case , or even to attempt a brief statement of the leading features of each , but they present a list of the trades thus supported . Taocs Sistsh . —Th * Central Committee have , vrhereever practicable , continued the opposition ef this Association to the truck system . Daring tbe past year man ; convictions - were obtained . Appeals and Disputed Cases , —In the course of tha year the decisions of the Central Committee have been objected to in a few instances by the parties concerned The particulars have been already laid betore tbe trades in the monthly and weekly reports ofthe Association . ' The report then briefly stated the leading points pi difference in two important cases , namely , the Crayford block printers , and the Holy town miners .

      It proceeded—The . constttntlon ofthe Association prorides amply for the settlement of all disputes by the ap « pointment of a competent tribunal . The delegates 0 ? the trades in cosference assembled are the only propesparties before whom complaints of mal-admlnlstrationof tbe laws by the Central Committee can be made or authoritatively decided . If the matter is of a pressing nature , and of sufficient megnltude , the complaining pssties have tbe power of causing a special conference to be called to consider tho subject ; and we submit ii ' at the decision ef that body , representing tbe whole ot ffii trades in the Association , and composed It may fee pre sumed , ofthe most intelligent members ef these trades .

      would be more satisfactory , as well as snore binding open all partieP j than the decisions of separate meeting * called together to h »» r ex parte evidence , g iven by partlea vrhoea interest in tbe matter is certain to give more or lest an uadus bias to their statement * . The Central Committee will be at all times ready to submit their conduct to iha tribunal of Conference ; they consider themselrei to 2 ) 9 p laced in the position of trustees for the whole of fa * trades connected with the Association , and while determined to apply the funds contributed by them in tla most jast and impartial manner , will , at the same tlxize ^ be ever prepared to giro an account of all their actions to the duly constituted representatives of tbe trades .

      If the working classes would but consistently act up tr > the dictates of justice , and carry out the proper forms « £ business in such matters , It would- materially conduce to tha attainment of the great objects we have in view , anfi at the same time prevent much disunion , acrimony , anfl loss , which now takes place in consequence of the disregirS of such forms . In fature , we trust that tho trades . knowing ; that the constitution provides , either at the annual conference , or by a conference epecially summcntil for the purpose , the means of properly Investigating all disputes , will , when appealed to individually by parties protesting against the decisions of tho Central Committee , decline to entertain tbe question in their individual capacity . If we are to succeed at all , It can only be by acting strictly up to the constitution of the Association , and transacting all our business in a regular and ^ straightforward manner .

      Another topic In connexion with this subject may fee mentioned . It is a painful one . Many trades evidently jalnthe Association for the express purpose either of gaining an advance , or in some way or other making use of the Association to promote their individual interest tha momeat the six months havo expired which is necessary to entitle them to support . In other cases , we regret to say that several bodies , who ia consequence of their connexion with the Association , and the support they accorded them , have received advances of wugtjS and been materially laiproved In theij condition , hW 8 never , since gaining these advantages , contributed * single shilling to the funds : theia levies are in arrears . Now , If working men will not aot jusflf towards each otbtr , i ! every trade is to tflk * Bft

      much out of the funds of the Asssciatisn , and t » put ai little in as possible , it is easy to see where tha matter will end . The short . sigbtedaesa and selfishness of t ? e partita wko act in such an inconsiderate and onesided manner ,, is the greatest enemy that can possibly bo mot with tothe permanent iraproveiaent and elevation of the order of industry . It is only by acting on fast p rinci ples and high moral feeling ' , tbat substantial sod enduring benefits can be realised , and it cannot be too often enforced on tbe attention ef the trader , that this Association In fact is an insurance office , in tho benefits of whlsh parties can aad ought only to participate according t » their paymeats . Privileges and d'ltlcSBTB inseparable . The Central Committee hare ne guaranteed capital or reserved fund to fall back upon .

      Pr / aiiic-AiioN ov a itouTHL * Rbpobt . — The Centm Committee finding that by the rules of the Associativa they were required to issue a monthly report of its pro * ceedlags , and being desirous that the iftformatlon 18-spaetlng iU progress sfcould be pu t iu so cenvenfenta shape as to enablo every member to preserve the informs , tion p : rmanentl y , andtobe able at any timetojuBga fer himself bj reference to < the official report , of th * comparative position oi the Association , aud of the con . duct of the committee with reference to particular catcb , resolved at the close of last year ia ,. hsue a . matt monthly document strictly limittd to < g » business ofthe Association . The first number was published in D . cember las t , and after the fourth monthly nport was issued , the Central Committee had the SfltUfaotion of mfiklng arrangements for its being printed aad published in tha Isle Of Man , with the usual newspaper privilege of eirctt . luting freely through tbe post .

      EHPLOTMSNT cf Labour , —The Central Commi «« e regret their inability to give full tmployment to th » trades at work under the si » ter Association during tha p as t year , in consequence ofthe general depression tS trade , and the heavy demand on the fuse ' s forthwnp pert of turn-outs , Jjo . W « are , howeT « r * , * ftjpoy to stale- , tbat since the favourable turu busiaee * bftalatitui witim tnelaetfew weeki , we hare ussa making ftrransem ^ ' ¦• - . ' ' . " . - « t- " * ' - , , '*

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17061848/page/7/