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      ,Mabch 18? 1848. The Northern Star. 3

      , Mabch 18 ? 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

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      "Wa extract the following graphic Pf " ' current number of 'The Lab jerk ? ~ THE HARCH OF WEED OH . v -r » ESrST JONES . The jj ^ i obs arp Jl calling Tv < and fro , from strand to strand ; uniting in one army The slaves of every land . Lopsided thtonts are creaking , For 'loyalty'is dead ; Aad common si-nse is speaking Of honesty instead . And comin g Freedom whispers , 'Mid the rushing of her wings , Of loyalty to nature , Kot loyalty to kings . Tne geld along the counters .

      -Rings no longer pure aud clear ; For ' tis coined with blood of childhood , And ' tis stamped with manhood ' s tear And tke bank notes of the usurer , That * justice * bay and sell , Are the till * -deecs ensarin ^ His heritage in hell . The church doors are worm-eaten , Where the -well-paid parson drose » ; And the loud bells in the steeplei , Have learned unwonted tones : In Padua and Pavia ,

      'Tis not to prayers they call ; But they summon all the citiiens . To conqueror to fall . Well may the bell-tower tremble , And the patten shake betimes ; For the sanctuary shall cease to be A sanctuary for crimes .

      j rem mountains old and hoary , First Liberty came down ; like the avalanche her footfall , Like the thunder-cloud her frowa . On Fribarg ' s towers she lighted , And the Lawiue rushed below ; Aud the blackness of long bigotry , Was swept as white as snow . And far among tbe glaciers Were answering voices found , As the thuader-blast of Freedom Reverberated round . And she gszed from her Lake-Palace , From Lucerne's isimic sea , And smiling she beheld That Switzerland was free .

      Then from her southward mountains Lacked downward where , below , The Atno wind and Lido , And tbe Bren' . a and the Po . She saw the Austrian tiger , la Lombard j the fair . Preparing for a bound As he crouched within his lair . But downward still she wandered To monarchy ' s own home ; And the dust of empires trembled As she passed the gate of Rome . And : * I will make ye battle , Te conquerors of mankind z The tyranay of force

      With the tyranny of mind !' Then she brought the twain together In the gorgeous Vatican : The pontiir and the emperor , Tbe monarch and the mas . Aad who think ye won the battle ! Tfcus the rapid changes fled—9 T was the man of mind who conquered , And the man of swords who fled I Then Freedom rose immortal , As Freedom ever must , Though Cesar ' s tombs are ruing . And Hammoa's temples duet . And southward stM she wandered To Naples' fairy bay . Where , ' neath its ? rand volcano , The town-volcano lay .

      Tesnviusnnto iEtna Then waved its wild alarms , Till news were brought to Xaples That Trinaeria was in arms . Qn the mole the people gathered , As they saw the troops return , From their death-bed at Palermo , To Napoli their urn And a heart-quake heaved around—And the city poured its might : A tyrant reigned at morn , And a people reigned at night . Then threatened loud the Austrian , And said he'd march bis men ; And loudly answered Italy : ' We'll hurl them back again !'

      Why stays tbe Austrian bloodhound , Tho * be eccnts each nobis prey —? He ' s strong and armed and mwjhty—And he fears—for so are tkey ! And the bayenet's insufficient To do ihe work of war , go he arms his gallant soldiers "With—what , think you!—a cigar Ah ! nations ! take the omen , That tyranny is Droke—And all its powers and gr « atnes » Are passisgfcence—in smoke ! Then northward wandered Freedom , Where Elbe and Dsnubeflow , And Ferdinand and Frederick have Their people for their foe ! Like nnbennd Roman fasces ,

      Lie the states with dakes and kiags She'll bind them in one rod To scourge the sceptred things . By Hungary she ' s passing , And blunt grows Sz fla ' s knife ; And the famished of Silesia Are thinking ef their life , Bohemia's mountains echo Tones ef Ziska ' s drun , Aad the nobles fee in thought The modern Hussites com « . E ' en Russia's frozen north Is dawning on our ken , Aad sends Bakounine forth To tell us it bas men '

      She breathed on Poland s plains—And her tears fell thick and fait : Conqueror ef the future , Aad martyr ef the past ! Bat prouder grew her glanc * Ani sterner grew her mien , As westward still she wandered To Rhone and Loire and Seine . She frowned in l . igh defiance , Where the Bastils once had frowned ! And she epoke no word of wonder , But she pointed all around . Then Paris rose impstitnt , — So impatient at delay , It could not bide to wait A djing tyrant ' s dry . And ' neath its hundred Baetiles

      The cry heaved to and fro : The victory ' s tne eomplettc , The stronger is the foe . Blow , fcrtezes pf La T ndfce , Hutuned by brave Charette ! Ring , ihurderd of Napoleon , To nobler music set ! March , old imperial soldier / , But march ia better cause , And bars the tfarie of tyrants To fight ia Fnedom ' s wsrs . This tirae ihe people ' s power The people ' s eaute shall ownj Then sp with the Republic , And downward with the throne Still onward Freedom wandered ,

      Till sha touched tbe British eoil ; Eiythtm of money . And TarfatKSoffoil ! And loudly here she chided ; 'My chos-n pt . p ' . e , ye ! I gave je manychances : Why so long in growing free ! ' Ye bend in ro-igaation , A tame and patient herd ! Union be the mott ¦ , And ontcard ! be the word ! " Why weeps jour sorrowing sister , Still Discing unredressed , 'Keath Rutsill , England's Nicholas , The Poland of tke west !

      • Cry : 'Liberty to Erin !' Itisadebs jeowe : H & d ye not armed fcis hand , Se ne ' er had struck a b ' . owi « Cry : 'Liberty to Eria !' "With iron in the tone , For while ye slight Jerrtzhti , Te scarce deserve your own . The Briton and the Celt Are gathcriEg tide by side ; "What oe . an caonotpart , That rsan ih-Al not divide .

      Athwart that famous ' guh , Though swift its current hies , We eoon cia build a bridge With dead monopolies .

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      For hark ! to Freedom ' scall The fatal spell is broke ; Repeal means—Oiton of the slaves And reeerane * of the yoke . Then , Hurrah for the Charter , On Shannon , Thames , and Tweed ; Now , feythemen ! te the harvest ! Reap j you who sowed the Beed .

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      Tht Midland Florist For This Month Conta...

      Tht Midland Florist for this month contains its usual amount of admirable information . We extract the following : — CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR MARCH .

      ground , such sorts as Dancer ' s Monastery , Falrbeard 8 Champion ef England , & c . for new varieties ; whilst of old favouriteg j and at tbe same time tbe least expensive sorts , we may mention Knight ' s Dwarf Green Marrow , as one of the best . Knight ' s Tall Marrow is invaluable ; where long prickings or stakes can be obtained , or where the parties growing them will be at the trouble to & upport them with strings , & c „ these peas continue making laterals , bloomin g , and cropping through great part of the season . As shorter giowing sorts , the Scimeter is excellent , whilst Bedman's Imperial , Green Marrow , Woodford ' s Marrow , and Flack ' s Tictery are all . proper for small gardens .

      Successional crops of such things as spinach , mustard and cress , and radishes , must be attended to whenever the ground is In a fit state . Beans . —The msin or successional crops must be planted . The Green Windsor is much esteemed , and Johnson ' s Wonder and Taylor ' s Windsor ate very excellent . Potatoes , towards the end of the month , should be got In . for a full crop . Tinley ' a Early , the Flour-ball , and Cbalmore Kidney , are very fine and prolific varieties . Rhubarb .--Plantations shonld now be made , by division of the roots . It is useless to propagate from teed , except in anticipation of new variety , as this plant sports much . Asparagus beds should also be made towards the latter end of the month .

      Celery . —As soon as the first sown have two rough leaves , tbey must be pricked out , in order to get stiff well rooted plants . Carrots , parsnips , & c , should be now sown in drills , which is the beet plan with most crops , in order that the soil may be thoroughly ] stirred during their period of growth . In the flower garden , during fine weather , active preparations will be in progress . Ranunculuses should be got in without delay . Carnations . —Tbe layers which have been kept in frames , or otherwise protected , may be planted in the large potn for bloom , by tbe latter end of the month , placing them , if possible , for a week or two , in a sheltered situation . Reference may be mads to our first volume , for tbe necessary details of cultivation of this beautiful and favourite flower .

      Anemone roots , if not previously planted , should now be put into well prepared and moderately rich compost , and will well repay , by their vigorous growth , any extra trouble bestowed on them . Tulips Carefully examine the foliage , for canker , whieb , if not speedily removed , will serieusly injure the plant , in many instances causing death . Cover from severe spring frosts , and in dry weather carefully stir the surface of the bed . Polyanthuses and auriculas must have all the air pos sible , if in frames , otherwise tbe trusses will be drawn tip weakly , which seriously detracts from their beauty . Hardy annuals may ba sown towards the latter end of the month . See , in our first volume , the best method of sowing , & c .

      Hardy herbaceous plants m » y be parted andreplanted ; and the seeds of various sorts , saved during the past summer , may be sown in warm situations . In the greenhouse and frames—Sow calceolaria seed . This is extremely minute , and mast be covered but slightly , and the soil must be very fine . The various nasturlians , or tropaj . dums , which it is desirable to bloom during summer , must now be re . potted , and brought into gentle heat . Grembouse climbers , of a ligneous or woody character , must be attended to . For a large conservatory , the hardy plant , Glycine sinensis , will make a supeib appearance . Cuttings of geraniums may be put in , and re-pot ca > me ' . ias . & c .

      lu the fruit garden , graftisg may be done towards the latter end of the month ; but this depends very much on the season . It is generally advisable to get the cuttings or scions some short period before ' using , laying them in tbe ground till wanted . This allows the stock to be rather iu advance , which is conducive to the success of the operation . All pruning , < fcc , must be finished forthwith . We intend , in consonance with the wishes of many correspondents , Riving a few practical hints on cutting and pruning fruit trees , in an early number .

      Ibwitt's Journal. February. Lovett, Lond...

      Ibwitt ' s Journal . February . Lovett , London . We have perused the pages of our popular contemporary with much pleasure . Talented , varied , instructive , and amusing as it is , we shall reserve to ourselves the first eligible opportunity for extract and further comment . The French Revolution of 1848 . By a Barrister . Nobthbrs Star Office ; Strange , Paternoiter-iow . A clever compilation , interspersed with original matter and remark , giving a succinct narrative of a great part ef the recent movement in Paris . We can recommend it to onr readers .

      The Glorious And Immortal French. Englis...

      THE GLORIOUS AND IMMORTAL FRENCH . Englishmen and Irishmen , would you know wherefore you are enslaved and oppressed ? Read Read ! and learn whom you have to support in wasteful idleness : — LOOK ON THIS PICTURE . Per Year Per Day £ £ s . d . Queen Victoria ... 385 , 000 or 1057 19 3 Prince Albert ... 30 , 000 or 82 3 10 Qo * en Adelaide ... 100 , 000 or 273 19 5 Dachess of Kent ... 30 , 000 or 82 3 10 Duke of Cumberland 21 , 000 or 57 10 8 Archbishop of Canterbury 20 . 000 or 5 * 16 11 Lord Breugham ... 5 , 000 or 13 15 11

      NOW LOOK ON THIS . Agricultural labourers annual and average wages [ a Per Tear Per Day £ s . d . & B d Gloucestershire 12 15 0 or 0 1 2 £ Somersetshire 22 15 0 or 0 1 2 § Worcestershire 22 15 0 or 0 1 2 | Wiltshire 20 16 0 or 0 1 l | Whilst , horrible to relate , thousands of clever and

      willing artisans of every trade , have not even that because they are under the ban and curse of moneythe centralizing tendency of which must ever crush them . ' F « r a nation to ba free , it is sufficient that she wills it : ' Will it , then , for the power is yours . Learn the astounding fact that whilst Republican America pays but national taxes to the amount of 9 s . 7 d . per head , per year , you pay £ 2 . 12 s . 61 . per head , per year , to the state alone , besides your local and other delegated taxation , which will equal , if not double , that amount .

      RATE PAYERS . Reckon up your local taxes , and see what the ? amount to . Mine come to the enormous sum of < £ l 10 s . Od . per head for my family , ( five in number ) , for tbe present year . Thus I am called upon to pay , or rather robbed ( by state and locality ) , of £ 20 . 2-i . G-l ., whilst the American , who has no kin ? t keep , nor royal parap . ' iernalia to maintain , pays not 15 ? in ail he lias to pay . Andsoloncasyou have a middle class government , it must continue thus—or worse .

      Enohfh Workmen At Bouloqkb.—A Correspond...

      Enohfh Workmen at Bouloqkb . —A correspondent at Boulogne requests us , at the desire of many of tha authorities of tlr . it place , to contradict a statement g-urtfj the rounds of the papers , that ail the English employed at the factories and otherwise in Boulogne have been discharged . Such , it appears , is not the fact . Not one -has been discharged up to this moment from any of their employments in or near the town ; and nothing can be bettor than the feelings that exist between the whole body of English and French inhabitant ? . —Daitv News .

      West London Asti-Enclosorb Association . —At the last weekly meeting of the committee of this association , 8 t CHrk ' 8 Rooms , 114 , Edge-ware-road , March 13 h , Mr George Wipgall in the chair , the secretarv presented thirty-seven volumes to tha library , consisting of gifts of Dr Bowring , the National Temperance S-ci .. ty , snd the proprietors of the People ' s Pbeb ? , & c , & c . Dr Bowring waa elected honorary member for services rendered , and votes of thanks were tendered to the parties for their valued aid . Accord ini to the Railway Record , the assignees of a carrier have sued the Great Western Railway Company for £ 6 , 000 , tho amount of al ' eged overcbarees , " of which the lists fills two folio volumes two feet thick , and cost £ 1 , 300 .

      Tne deaths registered in London . dunns the week ending March il were 1070 , that . number being 37 below the average . ' A still better return must have been insde bat for-the c ontinued prevalence ^ of typhus , small pox , and Fcarlatip . a , each of ' which destr . iytd during tho seven days about twice the ordinary mtm ' er of pi-rsons .

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      ( From our own Correspondeiit . J Dublin , March 13 . The greatest enthusiasm is kindled in Ireland for the French republic . Our corporation , too , is ' pronouncing ' in favour of the late French revolution , whilst the Trades and other orgnni-ed bodies In this city are wafting blessings and cheer-of congratulations , 'loud and deep , ' to Ledru-Rollin and the ' young republic ' In the provincial towns and rural villages , the utmost enthuRiasm is evinced for the ' brave Freochmiu' who expelled Louts Philippe and tyranny from their soil , in Clonmel , Cash el , Drogheda , Limerick , Kilkenny , Roe . crea , Borrisokane , and many o ther towns find cities , public (? emonstrations expreesive ef sympathy with France have been got up , and it ia expected that in a few days every place of any importance in Ireland will do likewise . Siaee 18 tS , this country has not exhibited any . thine like tbe ' mevement'in course of progression .

      The accounts otherwise , howevtr , from all parts of tho kingdom , are of the most melancholy character . Famine prostrating its victims all over the land , whilst ruin and insolvency are the order of tbe day . Is is painful to read of the miseries of the people in almost every county . How they live at all is a miracle ! The work . homes crammed to suffocation , almost everybody not fortunate enough to obtain admittance to those bastiles seeking for ' out-door' relief , whilst even the gaols are filled with wretches who resort to petty larcenies and

      trivial offences , tHat they may fin < J in the felon s prison a refuge from the pangs of hunger In Cork itaol there are U 00 persons , chiefly paupers , for trial ; Qalwsy gaol is described as mere resembling an almshouse or a hospital than a prison , whilst almsst every part of Ireland adds its own quota to tha ( ' . ark catalogue of horrors now rife in our unfortunate land . Can we w . i » il * r that the people of such a country are ripe fer rebellion , or longing to hear the tocsin blast , calling them to 'leek at the example of France , ' and inspiring them to ' go and do likewise . '

      Waterford election b . ts terminated in favour of tha Whig candidate , Sir Henry Barren ! This was entirely owing to the dissensions between the rival Repeal factions of Old and Toung Ireland , The favourite of tbo people was T . F . Meagher . B-afore this communication will come before the readers ofthe Northibn Stab the Patrick ' s Day of 1848 . will have pwsed for ever ; and Ireland , I regret to say , will have lost an oppobtdnitt such as many a year may not bring again . Yej , I say , we will have lost a goldm opportunity , atdtbat 'time' which we have been so long biding' will have patted unimproved , and Ireland will still be a province of starving under-trodden paupers , and Irishmen will still he the ' wonder , ' but certainly

      not the ' envy * of surrounding nations ; Franco has achieved her liberty . France has set a glorious example to tbe world , and tho torek which now beams so brilliantly from the * high places' of magnificent Paris , might light Irishmen to glory and independence , bad it not bsen for the madness , and discord , and pusillanimity of her own luckless sons . ' Patrick ' s Daj' in 1848 might indeed be a ' great day' for our country , but itwillbelike all the ' great days ' which have dawned and closed on , and broughtdelasion aad disappointment to . poir Erin , during tho last twenty years , Yet , I soy , 1 Patrick ' s Day' next will add another proof , if proof be wanttd , that Irishmen of themselves , and by their own unaided efforts , will never achieve their own political , er social , or national salvation .

      There was a rumour here a couple of days ago , that the projected meetings on ' Patrick's Day' would be put doivn by vice-re-jal proclamation . It appears , however , thst lhatrepert was groundless , and that tbe simultaneous meetings either in Dublin or the provinces , will not be ' cried down' by ga * itte or ca « tlo ukase . The people may meet , and I believe in most of tbe more populous districts , meetings will be holden . Tbe pale-faced , emaciated , and half-expiring peasantry and artiztnn , will not bo prevented exhibiting tbeir rags and their wretchedness before the pampered police and soldiery of Bri . tain . They may raise their feeble voices , and try to shout Vive la Hepcblique ! ' and « Ireland fir the Irish . ' They may wave tho tricolour and hoist the

      green flag of Hibernia . The Temperauco bands may strike up 'Patrick ' s Day , ' and Toung Irishmen may chaunt the' Marseillaise' or ' Who fears to speak of ' 98 !' K » y , they may go further , an 4 say that tfcey won ' t do without Tenant . Tirffet and the Repeal . But hero tho matter will end , this will be the sum total of Irish Revo , lutiea ! ' Patrick's Day' of this year will pass away like avery other Patrick ' s Day since' St Patrick was a gentleman ; ' we will be told that' the time is not come ! ' and that Dbarra Dheerlig ' a sleeping wnrrlora have not yet done napping . We will be still told to ' bide our time , ' and it is probable that ( if an Irish bull be allowed me ) , the 17 thof March , 1848 , will find us as' far from Irish Independence , as we were iu the days

      • When St Patrick cama to Dublin town , And built tbe great big steeple . ' I am not jesting , nor yet da I ( peak thece bitter pro . pheciea at random . On this very day the wholo city is placarded with the ' peace preservation' manifestoes of Conciliation Hall , and John O'Coonell is taking tbe onus altogether off bis Excellency Lord Clarendon , Irish , man are warned , if they meet at all , 'to be of tfce peace aad good behaviour , ' to be ' as muie as mica' in their ' wounded snake' progress through tbn city , and cautioned of all things to be aware of those dangerous fe ) . lows of tbe Nition and United Ibisbman , who would ¦ dare te speak of ' 98 , ' or tell the peopld that British bayonets are not invulnerable . And John O'Connell and Burgh Quay will have it their own way ; and Irishmen , though they may meet , and shout , and spout , and twaddle , will do nothing fob Ibeland .

      And yet I am glad that such will be the order of the day neit Friday . Ireland is not , indeed , ready . Our time certainly has not come yet . The problem is will it ever come until we all—Celt and Saxon , tjrant and slave—stand together ia the valley of Jehosephat ? Bat , of a verity , it 'has not come' in 1848 . And why ! Who may we blame that our independence may not date from March the 17 ih , 1848 . Our own cowardice , treachery , meanness , and disunion—ay , our own knivery and falsehood , and rotten hearts . Be it so . Let the world hear it ; but Ireland will still be a paltry , pitiful , plun dered province .

      There were hopes here that Irishmen would make a ' move' —that Old and Youn ^ Ireland would unite and that , at the point of tho Sason bayonet , and in the mouth of the Saxon cannon , they would plant tbe national banner in Coltege-green , and vow that the . tree of liberty should stand there , even though wat-red with their blood—( another bull—but no matter )! we thought that tbe example set in Paris should not be thrown may profitless on Irishmen . But , alas ! we will do nothimr . We may hate a mob-procession , and * a cheer for Ledru-Rollin , ' but not a baud , will be raised far Ireland .

      And 'tis well that there will not . Situattd as we are at present , it would be madness to attempt ' coercion ' oa our enemies . Torn and distracted , andMivided as ara our ranks—bating , and mistrusting , and jealous of each other—it , indeed , would prove our final ruin were the people to come into collision with the Queen ' s troops . Our enemii-s tliirst f » r our blood . They pant for an opportunity to ' silence' us for ever ; and were they to get a pretext for letting loose the soldiers oa a numerous , and unarmed , and unorganised mob , melancholy indeed would be the consequences . Bat < ve may blame ourselves that we aro unable to meet them ' Foot to foot , and hand to hand !' We have men enough , and will too ; but , a'as ! the disunion , the treachery—tbe grovelling baseness of our leaders , and dictators , and demagogues .

      Thtrt have been some overtures towards reconciliation between our rival parties in Ireland ; but my opinion it , there will be no ' fraternisation , ' after all , between Young and Old Ireland , ' Tbe wur that for a space ' may seem to 'foii ' at present , will be renewed with more acrimony than ever ; and , mark my words , there will be no ' peace'between Burgh < £ iay and Music Hall , Tbe preparations made by our Castle friends for the forthcoming Patrick ' s Day Demonstration are on the most approved and formidable scale . Several regiments of horse and fiot have been brought in from tho ' lute , rior , ' and every man has been drilled in tbe most seientific and effective mode of street warfare , Thirty additional rounds of ammunition have been doled nut to tha infantry , and every grindstone and wbetting-flag .

      within miles of us has been in requisition , sharpening the swords of tbe cavalry . This is no joke . These things have happened before my face ; and , in truth , i 100 . 000 FrinchRepublicanswere pressing uptbeLiffey , there could not be more ' preparations' made to meet th m than we are getting up to 'pepper' tho Dublin mob , If they only dare to look crooki d at the Castle gates , or Nelson ' s pillar , on Patrick ' s Day . But there will be no fight ! Irish leaders are fighting with each other , snd the Irish peasantry have nobody to direct , or cheer , or lead tbem on the path to victory . In the meantime , the people are much excited . The tricolour waves in all directions ; the cry of ' Vive la Republique ! ' echoes over the waters of the Liffey ; and tho name of Lcdru-Rellin and 'Young Prance' are household words in our metropolis .

      The excitement gradually lessens , meetings wilibo bell in the different wards or parishes , and there will be a procession through the streets , but without wands or banners , or anything likely to disturb the equanimity of the Castle gentry . The city is full of the army in . addftiontothe usual garrison force . The Castle will be barricaded , and the Bank of Ireland Is undergoing tem . porary defensive preparations , in case of a sortie on that establishment , Bat there will be no 'Bgbt . ' Irish disunion and treachery have made a triumph for th-.- enemy which all his horse , foot , and artillery would never effect , had the people been Organised and unitnd .

      In the meantime , tho depopulation of the ' interior ' goes on as admirably as the hearts ofsour oppressors can wish , Tha landlords are effecting ' clearsnces ' on a scale of * monster' magnitude , those who bavo the means , are voluntarily transporting themselves to America and elsewhere , whilst the famine aud fwer auxiliaries o ? Lord Jehu Russell , are mowing down the pauper Cdtn in hundreds . The provincial papers of this week , bring the most revolting intelligence of the state of the south and west—iadced the horrori of 1847 will be utterly eclipsed by those of 1 S 48 , »/(!) our rulers do not step forwar . l and look on . puor pauper Iroland with eyes of justice .

      There was a very crowded meeting at Conciliation Hall . ' on Monday , 13 tU iust . Lard Miltown was present , and jointd the Association . II ) delivered a sensible and patriotic speech , but is entirely for the ' moral

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      force princi ple . John O'Connell spoke in rather conciliatory tgnea of his rival s of the ' Confederation , ' but John knoivs well there will'be no permanent ' make uj , ' between tho belligerent Rwpealera . The Orangemen , so long resting listlessly on tbeiroars , are at length btginning to bestir themselves . The Dublin ' brotherhood' had a meeting last nigl . t , in tho Whitefrlars Hall , preaidod over by brother Steward , W orshipful Grand Master of tho Dublin lodges . Tney vow to resist to the death the abettors of revolution , » nd auainst the French , ' sympathisers , ' they will carry War to the knife . * Tho Orangemen of Ulster too , aro taking the abirm .

      The asi : z : 8 are now going on , and more holocausts will ba offered on the gnllows-ultr . r . s of British law ! In Maryborough , the assize town ofthe Queen ' s County , a man named D'Arcy , is to be hanged oh the 22 ud > st # l for the murder of Michael Smith , a 'ganger' on the Southern and Western R-iilw . iy , in October last . Iu the name place , a young f malo , nameil Bridget Nolan , is to bo hinged on the 18 th of April , for tho murder cf h"r i llegitimate child some fim weeks ajo , Otli . rs are alread y left for execution in the south , and it is apposed that what was left undono at tho lato Special Commission , will bo effectually performed at the current assizes . A woman named Morgan , died the other day at Moyston , Kin '» County , aged 121 ye . irs . Her husband Iiad beeu for sixty years , sexton of Moyston church . A man named Ayton , died last week at Killarney , at the advanced aee of 104 vears .

      Mr Hawes , tho Whig candidate , has been retarned fer Kinsale , on Saturday , by a majority of three over Lurd Clinton , his Tory adversary .

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      Th .-re was another meeting of the Confederates on the 9 th inst . MrSmith O'Brien , came over to forward the cause of ' Forgiveness and Fraternity , lie offered to present himself at tbe Hotel de Ville ' to tell the provisional government that tho Irish people invoked French sympathy . ' But the main object of his sudden appearance was to promote the principle of fraternisation , and rnerpe the sections of Young and Old into ' All Ireland . ' Mr Puffy said it was the era of fi-atemity and forgiveness , and offered the right hand to his friend John Mitchel , ' and trusted that on some future day ' they would join hands in an Irish assemblage on Co'le ^ e-green . ' The council to re-organise conciliation ia fixed for the 18 th o { April , the anniversary of independence . After the meeting , a large body of the ConfeJerafes passed over Carlisle-bridge , cheering for a Republic , France , and United Ireland . They marched to the Castle gates and greeted tho Irish soldiers , when , after a groan for Lord Clarendon , they separated .

      ADDBEES 07 THE IRISH CONFEDERATION . The following address has been issued from the Music hall : —

      ADDBE 6 S 0 ? THE COUNCIL OF THE 1 SISB CONFEDERATION TO THE PEOPLE OF IBELAND . Fellow Countrymen , —In a circular addresi to its representatives at foreign courts , the great French Itepublic has thus spoken through tho most illustrious of its servants : ' Thus we declare it opeuly . ^ if the hour of the reconstruction of nationalities long oppressed in Burope or elsewhere should appear to us to have sounded in the decrees of providence , the French Republic would believe Itself entitled to arm for tho protection of those legitimate movements for tbe greatness nnd nationality of states . ' Three nationalities there are ¦ long oppressed ' in Europe , Ital y , Poland , Ireland . The hour for Italy ' s redemption has already sounded—the bleeding breast of Poland haavas with the breath of returning life . Shall

      Ireland alone remain burled in darkness , while her sisters are emerging into liberty and light ? When the hour shall have sounded—when tho virtues of nation , hood shall appear , and tho vices of provincialism shall be conquered and trodden down—when falsehood , cowardice , and selfishness shall be cast aside and regarded with scorn—when courage , self-sacrific ? , and mutual love shitll mark the conduct of tho people , then shall we be in a position to call upon iho great protecress of op . pressed nationalities ( o redeem her pledge . When shall this hour have sounded ! Whether now , in a Sear , or never , depends upon you . If , upon the threshold of this new wreer , we will blot out all recollections ef past injury from our hearts—if , with hand clasped in ban ! , we will swear before Heaven that we will be true

      to each other—that no evil influence shall divide ustfeat no danger shall turn ua baelt—then be of good hope , for the hour of deliverance is at hand , and a good and pitying God will not have sent us this fair opportunity in vain . Courage , forgiveness , and fraternitythese are the virtues of the hour . Listen to the warn , ing that is written in every page of the history of our servitude—the craft of the tyrant U more formidable than his strength , R-ptiles , whose breath is poison , will crawl around your steps , whispering suspicion , ridiculisg all manly sentiments , docrying bold courses , undermining your confidence , and chilling the ardour of your hopes—you must tread these reptiles beneath jour feet . Ba prudent ; v » hen boldness rihks the safety of a cause , it becomes rashness . Be prudent , but not for yourselves . Tbe man who now shrinks from personal risk must stand aside , he is fit nei'hi-r to led nor to

      follow . To what purpose . do we ixpfess our admiration of theheroes who braved death for llairty , if we ourselreo are frightened by tho ' meshes of the Jaw ! ' Freedom smiles not upon cowards ; she turns her radiant face away from those who will not woo her in the midst of danger . For ourselves , brother Irishmen , we have but one request—that we may bo sufftfrcd to share the labour and tbe danger-of your struggle , os wo hope to participate ia the fruits of your triumph ; we are ready to forget our party , our injuries , and our pride , for the snko of our country , In her service , humiliation—and danger—and sacrifice—and death , are welceme to U 9 . Wherever we are required we shall be present , indifferfnt as to whether our post be humb ' e or exalted . Whoever leads on we shall follow—insisting only that we shall go forward—forward , though groves were to yawn and gibbets to frown across our path . ( Signed ) J . B . Dillok , Chairman .

      THE UNITED IRISHMAN . Mr Mitchel has resumed his correspondence with Lord Clarendon , taking for his theme the recent remarks of Lords Stanley and Landsdowne upon the publication of the United Irishman . lie says : — Lord Lansdowne ' s reason , indeed , for letting my treason escape is false nnd libellous , as one might expect from a Whig Minister . He says that the ' want of character ' of the persons-who write this paper , and whom he calls ' young gentlemen of no property , ' deprives their efforts of mischievous effect ; and he further says that he * concurs with Lord Stanley that there is no extent of sedition , of falsehood , and of exaggeration ,

      to , whieh these young gentlemen of no property will not resort , ' Now , Lord Stanley had said nothing of the kird . Oa the contrary , he attributed hon » sty , earnestness , and incorruptibility to tbe writers of the United Ibibhhah . Bat I take Lord Lansdowne ' s reason f » r not prosecuting me to be also tbe reason of the wholo gang of 'Ministers , ' and especially your Lordship ' s reason ; for tbo matter we find i * entirely in your hands . Well , then , I have only to say , that it in a false , wicked , scandalous , and malicious libel ; and if tfee privilege of Parliament enables Lord Lansdowne to utter it . I take leave to trample on the privilege of Parliament , in order to tell him that he lies in his throat .

      Mr Mitchel then says , alluding to the Lord Lieutenant : — But now I will tell yon tbe true reason why you do not try to punish roy . ' sedition , ' and why you have invented this false and base excuse—if is because you knew that you would be defeated ; it is because you are conscious that you nnd your colleagues , end your redtape officials , are not a government at all , but a crew of conspirators , holding oar country by force , fraud , corruption , and espionage ; and you are afraid to take issue with me in your own law-courts , simply because you know that your law-courts are a sham , just as yeur bayonets are a chimera , and that it only needs one bold effort to trample on them both , My good lord , your excuses will not do . It ia your duty , ifyoa moan to go on governing this country , to put me '' awn ; but it is also my duty to put you down , and I will do my duty .

      But to convict your lordship and your colleagues , not only of politic lying , but of unparalleled meanness also , you see the letter I print to-day from my agent in Bonis , kitten . It ia only one of many such I have received , and I will give more of tbem next week . That letter proves that yoti do feel It necessary te put down this Uniteu Isishman , if you are able ; it proves that your excuse about giving me a contemptuous pardon because of ' want of character , ' is a Ho ; and it proves that your only reason for not ordering my arrest at oneo is that you dare not .

      In saving this I use no bravado . I know as well as job do that your Attorney-Qeneral would probablv obtain his conviction against mo , and that jour Chief Justice would certainly sentence mo to two years' Imprisonmeut at least . But though convicted and imprisoned , I will not be defeated , nnd you know it . And then , if I am not convicted , you also know that you may forthwith pack up yeur portmanteau , nnd goto England ( if you are allowed to escape so easily ) , and you may as well in that case roll up the Union Flag that flies in the Upper Castle Yard , and take it along with you ( if II remain untorn ) .

      THE COMING DEMONSTRATION . Dobliiv , March 10—Tbe Lord Lieutenant has had a long consultation with the heads of tho military departments . Amongst those present were the Lieutenant-General Commandintr the Forces , Prince George of Cambridge , commanding the garrison of Dublin , the commanding officer of the Royal Artillery , & c . rOOB-IiAW— CLEARANCE 6 TSTKM . In a Lenten pastoral , issued by the Riiiht Rev . Dr Derry , Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert , the fol-: lowing appears : — In almost every parish the work of extermination la ruthlessl y carried on . The smoking ruins of thirty-ona ; dwelling-houses on one townland—all levelled in one day—lately filled our hearts with nnguish ; aad on our recently inquiring the fate of tbe unhappy outcasts , vro have learned that for a time . they cluog to tho ruinsthat their exposure during tho snow brought on sickm-sB , and that some , with limbs already nnrtified , ultimately sought refuse iu the union workiiouso . The murderous evi ction system is coatinued with greater vigour than ever .

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      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . GLORIOUS PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY THR RIGHTS OF LAHQUR . At two o ' clock on Saturday afternoon last , a peneral meeting of the delegates of the different corporations or trades of Paris , about 250 in number , asspmbleci in whit was formerly then'aceof meetitiu of the peers , in the Palace of the Luxemburg . M , Louis Bl . inc and M . Albert , president and vice-pre sMenfc ofthe 'Commission du Gouvernement pour les Travailleurs , ' . 'iscended the tribune . I he fi'imer then proceeded to address the assembly . He said—Elec'ed of labour , representatives of thoic who produce and who sufrVr , my fnllow-citiaens , my brethren . — In seeing you assembled in this place , which privilege

      chose for its sanctuary , in this place , in which so many laws were ma . de without you , In spite of you , ti ^ ainst you , I cannot avoid feeling profound emotion . In these saoie placet , in wi . ich embroidered babita wrid seen . here are now jackets which have been perhaps noblyused by work , which have been perhaps torn in recent combats . You remember that from this place fn which I speak , a tribune of nrist-cracies lately evoked against the Republican idea the darkest recollection of tiie pvis ' -. and at Vis voles tne peers of Prance rose wild indescribable transports ; the white-headed legislators displayed passions which it was believed were asleep and frc <»« n . In this very placs the Republic of our fathers was cursed , and it was dared to forbid the Republic to our children , whilst all banda were raised to swear ha e

      to the future . But at the end of some days the men who utti-red these provocations disappeared , and whoio are they now f No one knows ; and it is you , elected of labour , who sit In their places ; that is bow the future has answered . ( Unanimous npplnuse . ) Yi-n , some days ago , certain men , defenders of the people , were calumniated on their account . It was said that they wore factious men , idle enthusiasts , dreamers ofthe impossible . But it has happened , thanks to the victory ofthe people and to their courage , that those who wer .-called factious are new charged with tbe responsibility of order , ( Prolonged bravos . ) Tt bas come to pass that those who were culled dreamers have now in hand the control Of society . The impossible men have

      becomo all at once necessary men . They were denounced as the systematic apostles of terror ; but what have they done ! They have abolished the penalty of death , and tbeir dearest hope is to be able to conduct you one duv to the public square , and there , In the ajJcttcf a national fete , invite you to destroy thn last vesti ges ofthe scaffold . ( Immense applause . ) Thanks be rendered to you , delegates ofthe people , by whom these great things have become possible ; thanks bo given to yon for by you Prance will become what she ought never to hare ceased to be—she will place herself at the head of tbe movement in Europe—and , when the French family shall be constituted , that family will become the family of the world . ( Acclamations , and cries of ' We swear it ! we swear it ! ' )

      M . Louis Blanc here paid a warm compJiment to the people for their courage and resignation . He then proceeded : — The questioas wo have to resolvq are ttnfortunati ly not easy , In touching one abuao ; wo threaten ( ill . From one extremity ef society to the other , abuses are like a chain , of which it is not possible to break a link without affecting the whole chain . That is the difficulty of the situation , asM It Is not a small one . To give you a striking example , what did the people demand the day after the revolution ? A diminution of the hours of labeur—a touching demand , ba « ed on heroic considerations . We demand , said tho people , a diminu . tionofthe hours of labour , in order that there may be more employment of all kinds to give to and share with

      our brethren who want it , and that the workmen may have an hour , at least an hour to live the life of intelligence and the heart . ( Loud applause . ) That is what was said to us , and immediately , without hesitation this time , after having frankly weighed with the heart tbe bearing of such an act , wh said ' Tiat roust be , that shall be , let what como may ' . '—( renewed applause ) frr a man cannotbo considered a machine ; and i' prognss such as we dream it , such as we hope gradually to realise—if this progress bo accomplished , tho intelligence and the heart will one day , in the division of the hours of labour , have a larger part thgn the body , because the best part of man ia his intelligence and his heart . ( Bravos . ) But what ! to diminish the hours of work , is it not to cause an injurytoproduction , to create dearness of products , to restrain the consumption , to run the risk ef assuring to our markets such a superiority to foreign products , that in the long run the workman himself would bainjured ? Let us dissimulate

      nothingth » t is an objection which is somewhat serious . It proves that workmen have an interest to limit their most legitimate demands ; itproves that to be promptly realised , popular wishes should not be too impatient ; it shows in short to what point , in the present economic organisation , al ! partial progress is difficult . How many examples of this could I not giteyou ! You know what murderous and immoral competition machines make to human labour , and hotv often tbey have driven from the workshop those to whom labour gave bread . Yet machines are a progress . Whence then comes this tragic anarchy ? It arises from the fact that in the midst ofthe anarch of industry which reigns at present , and by consequence of the division of interest everything transforms itself into an arm of combat . But let individualism be replaced by association , and the employment of michinea will inrnediatvly bf come an immense benefit , because in this case they will profit to all , and labour without suppressing the workman . ( Bravo , bravo . )

      M . LonisBlano'here went on to explain that what they had to seek was to realise association , to obtain the triumph of the great principle of the connexion between all interests ; for , in fact , he said , the cause of the poor is tbe cause of the rich , is the universal interest . The true character of the mission which was confided to them was , he said , ' to study with care , with brotherly love , the questions which touch the improvement , moral and material , of the lot of the workman ; to draw up bills containing the solutions at which they might arrive , and which , after receiving the approval ofthe provisional government , ' , will be submitted to the National Asaembly . Their object was in effect to abolish slavery —the slavery of poverty , of ignorance , of evil—the

      slavery of the workman , who has no asylum for his old father—of the eirl of tho people , who at the a « e of sixteen abandons her virtue to live—of the child of the people , who is buried at the ase often or twelve years in a pestilential factory ? ' Was , ' M . Blanc went on to ask , ' all that so much in conformity with the nature of things , that there was folly in believing that it must one dav change ? Who would dare to pretend that , and so blaspheme progress ? If society be badly formed , let us reform it—let us abolish slavery ! ' Boisterous applause here interrupted the speaker , and when it was concluded M . Blanc proceeded to say that the question was one of

      great difficulty , and required profound meditation , and the greatest prudence . He said , that when he was appointed to preside over the commission , his heart bounded with joy at the idea of being allowed to labour with and for the working classes , whose lot had been to him a constant subject of anxiety , and the theme of many of his writings . M Louis Blanc concluded by saying , that as the assembly was too numerous to occupy it ? elf every day with the questions to be discussed , a committee of ten should be chosed to act with the government commission- The workmen present then proceeded to choose ten of their body by lot , after which they broke up . During the whole day the workmen maintained the most admirable order ,

      JUSTICE OF THE WORKING MEN OF FRANCE . A circular has been issued by M . Louis Blanc , intimating that as the working classes have been called in to consult as to the organisation of labour , it is but just that the masters should also be represented . The masters are accordingly to nominate delegates . M . Louis Blanc intimates that soveral of the heads of large manufacturing establishments have already intimated their wish to come to an equitable arrangement of the question .

      WORKMEN SHARING TUB PROFITS OF EMPLOYERS . The Northern Railway and the proprietors of the Prwsse newspaper have already announced their adhesion to the scheme of trading association , by which they admit their workmen to a share of their profit- " . The London papers truly say : —' English shareholders at least will be somewhat surprised to find that all the stokers and plate layers on the line have been admitted to a participation in tho profits of their capital which they have subscribed . ' This is something like fair play , a thing almost unknown to the English employer .

      The division of tbe proceeds of the Pressk is henceforth to be made as follows : —1 . Payment bf salaries . 2 . Interest of capital , at fire per cent . 3 . Division of the profits , in the proportion of capital in money to capital in labour , represented by the amount of salaries . The term salaries to extend to every person employed in the establishment , from the editors to the messengers and folders .

      RKPUBMCtN ECONOMY . Count deJarnac is dismissed from his office as French minister in England . On Friday last M . Cottu arrived at Ilertford-house from Paris , charged with instructions from the provisional government to receive from the Count de Jarnac the archives andbeals of the embassy . M . Cottu has undertaken the duties ot his office for £ 400 per annum ; the yearly cost of the late embas-y being somethiee : between £ 14 . 000 or £ 15 , 000 .

      DIPLOMATIC ADUESI 0 H 3 . Belgium , has ' provisionally ' recognised the French government , Its Ambassador- was instructed to assure ( he g . > « yornment ofthe Republic that the soldiers embodied in Belgium have not been called to arms with any aggressive or hostile intentions against France , but only to insure the neutrality of Belgium against attack from anyone ofthe Powers . He renewed the assurance given by the Belgian government of aoknowlcdeingthe Republic as soon as it shall have been sanctioned by the National Assembly , and teok upon himself in tho meantime to keep up the most friendly relations between the two countries . The Danish Minister went on Sunday to the office

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      ofthe Minister o f Foreign Affairs .. -: ; .. i testified to M . do Lamartise thegood disposition -i his government towards the new government nf - -nee , and a 6 the same time assured him that . ' : ¦ - tovernment would hasten to acknowlpdwQ th-s . ' ypublio aa soon as the usages of diplomacy : <> u !( l admit ° The Sardinian Ambassador ha-: . p officiall y to V d , < L-im <» riine . 'ule 5 > p-i'ch from 1 > "verument , s . ivina a-surancts of " iu moss auiiCii ! :. ' . - disposition towards the Republic . . , „ . . ¦ . Tho Minister of Fovfi ^ n Affairs i •; received a communication from the government < ¦? I'Mbour ^ in which France is warmly con » ratu ated » .- ¦ '• ¦ or

      revolution , and a h-ips is expressed that Kein-- -N-th . * ranee and Switzerland will lend eath other i ; . f ; 'H »! assistane <; in defciidint' and extending liberty . This providential revolution , ' says the note , ' v . ; : ( irepare tho em'tneipation of nations , and it-anni / ii ' . ' -M the last hopesof the S : > nd * rlmnd , baffle * lhop !» -: ' ¦ >? absolu * ti .-iiTi , consolidates our new institutions . : <' . d restores between . the t * vo countries those Jiv ; . ' 'y > - > - £ 2 ipRthies which all the efforts of a perjured gwcuvnent have not . boon able to destroy . The . Vfarqiis of Nonna . 'iby has ftn : i : ' ! i- ; jb necessary to give some explanations to the p ' .- '• Isional government on the subject of the oo ; r !! : j' reception u ' sVMi to Louis Philippe and tbe inval f . v . u ' . ly in Eag-( and . A sign oa Lord Palmorston ' s p-i .-i . that he is ashamed of his old friend . The i ' olljrr . m ia part of the note alluded to

      ;—The English Ambassador communicate . ] to II , a » La . martine two despatches from Lord Palii ) :-r .-. ' > i ,. In one of thi'te allusion ia made to the es-Kirj ; L-uiis Philippe and hia family , uud the ministt rs who hav- ti ' . tsu refuge in England . Lord Falmerston protcs . s u *« 'i ; st the idea of tlje hospit-ility grunted by England -o tho family which bus folli-n from the throne , bt-int ; ti . h-.-n ks a mark of political sympathy of ft nivture to ittwitr Franc *) upprvhenoive of a viv ; turbance of tho go . i understanding betiveen tha two nations . He engages Lor ( Normanby to do nil in his power to convhiun ilie provisional government of tl . e K-public tlmtthic gni ; , t ' •¦? ' / : n asylum , cad . the attentions p » id to exiles under Biic-1 : great mia . fortune' , bear no other signification thin ' . he eserciso of hospitality . A deputation of English Quakers , r ^ nreee * ting a peace meeting , introduced by Arthur O'Connor , havo congratulated the French covernmenS .

      The Swiss inhabiting Paris , to the number of two thousand , proceeded to tho column of July , and thence to the Hotel de Ville , to present an nddress of congratulation to the Provisional Government . M . Barman , formerly president of the council of the Valais , after delivering the addres 3 , reques ' ed the government to accept a Swiss fit ? ( red , with a whits cro-s . ) as a mark of the cordial sentiments of the Swiss nati < m towards the French people , M . A , Marrasi , after nn appropriate reply , expressive of tho sympathy of France for the Swiss in their late straggle presented to the deputation , Get eral Thiars , just ambassador in Switzerland . M . Barman declared that the general ebould be moat favourably-received in that country . The deputation then withdrew .

      The charge d ' affaires of Spain waited upon J . f . de Lamartin © on 9 aturday , to communicate a despatch from tbe Minister oi Foreign Affairs of her C . itbolic Majesty , to the effect that the Spanish government would continue to hold tbe same interniuiotja ! relations with the provisional government aa had , by a reciprocal interest , existed hitherto between the two countries . The Minister of the Hansf atic towns hus Rcknowledged the provisional government .

      PROGRESS OF LEGISLATION . The MosiiEun publishes several additional acts of the government . The first abolishes flogging in the navy . The following is the decree : — The provisional government , rnr . uidering that corporal chastisement degrades wen , U .- ' -t it is tho duty of tbe Republic to efface from the laws all that can wound human dignity ; that it ia a good . z : nnple to / live to the world , and that thn suppression of corporal punishment , in strengthening in the navy tho feeling of honour , cannot but givo to the sailors a higher idea of their duties , and inspire them with respect for thsins-.-Ives and for the laws of discipline , decrees that the punishmentfi of tha gauntlet , keel-hauling , and flogging , ore alio . Hobed : that until a complete revision of tiio penal maritime code they shall be replaced by imprisonment in t'ie tfocnot for periods varying from four days to a month .

      Paris , March 12 . The following is the second decree : - The provisiona l eoveroment informed that in several towns demands for liberty made by persons detained for comwerciBl and cffil debts have been rejected , oa the ground that the decree of March 9 th , 1818 , cou'd cot ho retroactive , decrees that nil persons detained for civil or commercial debts shall be immediately and provision , ally set at liberty , in virtue ofthe decree rendered on the 9 th March , 1818 . by tho provisional go 7 ernment . Hotel de Villo , 12 th March , 1818 . A third decree abolishes the Council General of the Seine , ar . d plaefs the department under thedirectian of the Mayor ofPsrip , on Ihe ground that , as the Municipal Council of Paris was dissolved , tha Council General of the Seine should meet the sama late .

      The fourth decree reduces the number of ordinary councillors of slate from thirta to twenty-five . The same decree dismisses fiyp maitmdes rtqitetes from their functions , namely , MM . Lulnrjrne , o'LJeville , D ^ bonnaire de Gif . AchilJe Guilhcru , Ruden de Beanpreau , and Lnffm Ladr-bat , and appoints MM ; Daverne and Turmet in their places . Several other decrees follow , changing the law officers in different parts of France . The Ions list of dismi-sals closes with that of M . Vatout , the royal librarian under the late dynasty , and president of the council of public buildinps . A document has just been issued by M . Albert , the president ofthe commission on nationa ! recompenses . The document says : — The object ofthe commission of national recompenses Is to point out to the government of the republic the name * of citizens who have well merited , and to determine the nature of lbs recompenses .

      The recompenses shall bo applicable to tbo citis « ns who havo distinguished themselves at the following epochs : 1830 , the process of ministir *; 1831 the insurrections at I /> ons ; 1 B 32 , the insurrection of June ; 183 * , th « insurrection of April ; 1839 , the insurrection of May ; 1818 , the revolution of February , There can also be re . commended for these recompenses citizens who in defend , in * by means of tbe press Republittan aud Socialist ptinciples shall have incurred judiciary condemnations . The Commission of National Recompenses is thus composed : —The citizens Albert , member of tbe Provisional Government , president ; Grandmcuil , and Eugene Sue , Tio' -presidenta ; Ch . Rnuvenat , secretary ; Borleau ( ouvricr ) , Nap . Chancel , & . c ., members . The Minister of Finance has informed agent de change that he will receive at par , for the subscription for the national loan , ions du trcsor whose time of falling due does not go beyond the 15 th cf May .

      When Lord Norraanby remonstrated against the expulsion of the English * workmen from the ateliers of Rouen , and that without the payment of tbe arrears of wages due to them , M . Lamartine replied that the arrears of wages would be paid up , and that the government would recommend to the people not to be guilty of any further proceedings of a similar nature . Tha workmen in the establishment of M . Henry Leclerc , manufacturer of hydraulic machines , Quai Valmy , 69 , have addressed a declaration to tbe provi . smnnl covernment . statine that they are KJSte

      satisfied with the decree fixinsr the day ' s labour at ten hours , and that any further demand would be unjust , and would occasion the ruin of the masters . They also declare that they authorise their employer to keep back for the p rovisional government 25 e . a day out of the wages of their foremen , and 10 c . and 6 c . for each ordinary workman . The men employed by M . Pichet , Avenue Parmenlier , 3 , machine waiter , have also written to say that they are satisfied with the period of ten hours for a day ' s work . Advices from Algiers to the 6 th have been received . Tho republican fine was p laced on the public buildings and the vessels in the port at eight

      that morning . THR GEHMASS IN PARIS . The Germans have just founded a democratic society with the same intention—to assist their countrvmen in a strugclc for freedom . ..,.,, The society was' inaugurated last ni ? ht at tho largest meeting of Germans it has ever jot been possible to bring together . Nearly 3 000 assembled in the grand manete , or riding school , in the Hue Chaussee d'Antin . George llerwegh , the p-ot , wbnse writings have for many years been proscribed in Prussia and consequently have a ' ways extensively circulated there and ail over Germany , being tbo m-esidfint . He commenced the proceedings by

      reading the objects and rules of the society , me iac . ter , asracro matter of detail , are not important . The objects to be worked out are moj t extensive Tee union of all the German states into one great power anrthat £ republic , is , the . prncipilend ; within that union the most Per /^ ffilT , 5 ri- 'bts , the franchise , toleration of religions , and Hbeitvof the press , will be ensured as the conaaq Telle The means are to be , the use of the French Revolu ion to support an open and peaceful propa . 2 J bSf should other arms be necessary , the so-S , - e nr ,-nared to form themselves into a legion ciety ase pr « p * ' « = " __ . . » .. „„„ „ r n , 0 ; , / , , „» *» : * , assistance of their compatriots

      and march to the , wlfrn that help is asked of them . But it is hoped ilSlnShe nlc ^ sary , Theflag of the clubis tho old standard of the empire , black , red , avd gold , colours whijh have become the symbol ot German Liberalism in consequence of _ being strictly prohibited to the Burschen of the Universities , at » , < l all unions and gesellschaften whatever . The speakers were M . Bornstedt , editor of a German paper at Brussels , who was expelled from tint city directly theintelli . once of the outbreak in Paris arrived ; M . Werth ; a workman named Berber , one of the defenders of a barricade in the Roe Montmartre ; Lowonfels , a Prussian officer ; Vest , an artist ; and three others , Volk , Old , and Scherzen .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18031848/page/3/