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      IMPERIAL' > P 3 rRLlAMENT . [ Continued from our lsipage . ) Mr . T . Buncombe had understood that the noble lord at the head of the government would come down and explain his principles . lie had asked tho noblo lord to make that statement which the house had a right to expect and insist upon , and there was sufficient to justify him , looking at the state of the house at that moment , nobody knowing where to sit . ( Much laughter . ) He had said there was sufficient toj ustify him in asking the noble lord for a declaration of the principleson which heintendedtocarry on the government of the country . If they had a Liberal government , many of the gentlemen about him ( Mr . Duncombe ) ought ' to be sitting on the benches ol that .

      government j but he saw hon , gentlemen there ( pointing to the Ministeral benches ) who had been the bitter opponents of the government sitting ontho same side with them . ( "Hear , " and laughter . ) And he understood it was because they had been told that they need not be dissatisfied with the government , for only persons of extreme opinions would be dissatisfied—and that applied to the sugar question . ( " Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) According to all parliamentary usage a new Prime Minister always felt it his duty to explain the principles upon whieh bis government was to be conducted . When he asked the noble lord a night or two ago what his principles were , he gave what he ( Mr . Buncombe ) thought at the time to be a pettish answer . The noble lord said

      that he intended to conduct the government on the principles which he has always declared in thathouse . lie had asked many hon . gentlemen to put an interpretation on the noble lord ' s reply , but they could not . ( A laugh . ) If the noble lord had told him that he intended to conduct his government on the principles of Lord Grey ' s government or Lord Melbourne ' s government , he should have been able to understand him ; but when the noble lord talked of the principles which he had always declared in that house , he ( Mr . Buncombe ) felt sorely puzzled , unless the noble lord named the time to which ho referred . ( A laugh . ) It had Wen said that the noble lord , when forming liis government , applied to the right honourable brsronet , the late prime minister , to lend him

      three distinguished members of the late government . Now , lie did not care whether the government was a combination of the landed interest , or whether it represented the towns all he wanted to know was the principles on which the government was- to be conducted . He wished also to know whether the noble lord did , directly or indirectly , make the application to which he had alluded . If that was so , he had been told by some of the noble lord ' s constituents that morning , that he would find a different reception at Guildhall when he nest went there . ( Cries of "No , no " ) Then let the noble lord try it . He ( Mr . Duncombe ) had seen some of the noble lord ' s constituents that morning , and tbey said that the noliie lord ' s answer to \ m ( Mr . j ; uiicombe '»)

      question the other night was very unsatisfactory , and that tbey were goihg to have the old Whig dodge over again . He would now read an article which appeared in the Weekly Chronicle about ten days ago . It was very ably written , as everything was that proceed from the Secretary of the Admiralty ( Mr . Ward . ) ( Laughter . ) [ The hon , gentleman read the article , to the effect that there had been a rumour that places in the government had been offered to sumo members of the late government , but that whatever they thought of a Peel mania they could not understand a Lord Lincoln mania , or a Mr . Sydney Herbert mania , or a Lord G-. Somerset mania . The article went Oh to say that no man was a more decided monopolist before 1845 than Lord Lincoln , and that no person

      respected his conversation . ]—( " Oh , oh J " ' from the ministerial side of the house . ) Yes , said the hon . gentleman , but the Secretary of ' the Admiralty did not respect it . ( "Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) The article went on to say , —" we would get something for our money if Peel and Graham hud been invited . " ( Laughter , ) After reading he did not of course believe tbat there was any truth in the rumour ; but a few days afterwards he saw by another newspaper , which he was told wasnow to be tliegoveriiment organ , namely , the Times , that the rumour was corroborated . He understood the arrangement with The Times was made by a very skilful negociator , the hon . member for Worcester —( a laugh)—and that tbat paper was now to be tne organ of tbe government ,

      and , as they said in the Military Gazette , "the Chronicle superseded . " ( Laughter ) It was due-to an old friend which supported the government through good and evil report , and waded chin deep through mire and all to serve them—daughter)—to explain why it had been neglected . When he read in that paper that the noble lord had applied to the right hon . baronst for the Ioair of "tlutse Kenttemen . he was disposed to give some belief to it . It was stated that the right hon . baronet said it was too delicate a task for him to undertake , but he expressed an opinion that it would expose them to the accusa tion of too much love of place . ( Laughter . ) Wellthose three gentlemen said it was not their present

      intention to take office , and their places wsre filled up by the three gentlemen whom ho saw opposite He thought it would have been much better to have at once taken the whole late cabinet . ( Laughter . ) Tbey would thereby have got an excellent Si'cietnry of State for the Home Depart merit—( cheers and laughter)—yes , a gciitloiv . au who executed his duty to the satisfaction of all , ( S ) eer > and laughter . ) He said so , as far as the public interests were concerned , for the pencnal squabbles which be had with that right hon . gtntleman were but a feather in the balance , win retreat state interests were concerned . ( Hear , hear ,, hear . ) They would have also got an old and experienced Chaii-061101 ' of the Exchequer— whose budgets

      Braved the battle and the breeze . ( laughter)—instead of a raw and inexperienced one , although he might have come from Halifax ; ( Laughter . ) It would have been better if things remained as they were , the-noble lord and the right hon . baronet merely changing places . Would any person tell him that no explanation -was required on this point ; . aid that the people of the country were not entitled to some explanation 1 from those whopresumed ; he-would '&&} : > . to govern them . ( Hear , hear . ) lie expected the noble lord would have been but too anxious to state the principles on which he meant to conduct the government . The noble lord said that his principles- were the same that he always avowed : lie ( Mr ; Duncombe ) . wanted to

      Know what ware the intentions of the noble lord ) with regard to- the Irish church ? ( Hear .-Laat year the noble lord voted- for the motion of the bun . membeiv for Sheffield ;! on the Maye nooth question , to the effect thatihe funds of the Protestant Established Oburch in Ilsland should be applied to the education of the psople . Did tbe noble lord now-, mean ta . act on that principle , and , if he did , let them know-it . ( Hear , hear . ) Tiajre was a d \ i \ ner . Ite > had heard , a few da-ysago at Greenwich —( laughter)—at which the noble lord who T » as at < the bead of'that party declared ,- aaaid cheers tbat shook the hospital to its foundations —( laughter- )—that the principles of his party were the same in 1836 that they , were in 1841 . ( Hear . ) What were

      their principles in 18-tli he should like to know ? . ( Laughter . ) In 1840 t hey carried an address to Jier Majesty , thnti they had no confidence in the tbeagoyernment—that government whkbi they were now prepared to support . ( Cries of "ifo , no t" frosathe Proteetioniats . ) Wall , they sat . on the sama-side as the Ministry .. The noble lord supported- } tlie Maynooth grant in .: 2835 because . be hoped it would be the prelude , to other measures- ; , and Lord Hawick went furthe ? , and . said , he would take the revenues off the Protestant . Church and-apply them to Roman Catholic purposes , because iheyVwere the original proprietors .. Aro . those the principles on which the noble lord's . government is to be conducted ?; He hoped they , were ; and if so » . he was sure tha noble

      lord weald attam great popular support . ( . Hear , hear . ) He alao wanted to . know , as the noble lord had stated that be would endeavour to improve the social condition of the people , whether he would also . itb . the-same with respect to their , political condition . ( Hear , hoar . ) , Would he- consider the extension of the franchise ? There were members , of : hi * goverirmtMv who supported , motions fo an extension of the franchise , and he supposed they would d » . the same now , that they were in office ? They bad a right to know whether the noble Lord eatprt & ined his old opinions with regard , to the finalty ofitke Reform Bill , and would now , as-formerly , op- , pose any extension , of the franchise . There wa & another measure , the restriction of tlie hours of

      labour in factories . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble Lei < d aupptted & bill Uasvug that objectuiv the last ses & iim of Parliament ; would he now , net leaving it in the hands of an individual member of that house , take up that question ,, and carry it as . a Government question , to a successful issue , as he had the power to do ? ( Hear , hear . ) But that measure was violently opposed by th * right hon . gentleman the member for Taunton , and . the hon . member for Sheffield , both members of hi-s government . These things , required some explanation . It wa ' sno longer the interest of the people to allow themselves to be deceived . ( Hear hear . ) It was said in defence of the late Prime

      Ministev , that he did not tkcrao his party , but be allowed them to deceive themselves , lie thought it was now plain that it was thc ' . iutercat . of all that thev should know the truth . If the noble Lord conducted his government so as to promote and advance the liberties of tbe people , there was no amount of popular support which he might not receive . He hoped that such would be the aim t ) f the noble Lord ' s government , and that he would make a statement to the house of the principles on whieh he intended to conduct the government—one that would only not be satisfactory to the house , but satisfactory to the country and people whose destines ho aspiroi to direct . ( Hear , hear . )

      Lord J . Ux'sseli . said when the other evening l . e had been asked by the Hon . Member to declare his sentiments upon the policy whioh should be adopted , bo declined to do so ; not that he was offended at tho question , but because he did not think it neccsstuy for a person , who had for so long a time taken an open part in tlie discussions of the Uouac , to malto any such declaration of his principles . He could not agree with the Hon . Member that it was tho

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      custom for a Minister on assumption of office t » make a declaration of his principles . The Honon able Member for Finsbury put a question to Jm ^ tain whether he had asked the aid of three uentl men in the late Government in the formntion of th-Ministry he had to construct . The Hon . Mcmbernut the question in that facetious way which distir . guished him— " Whether be had asked the JJ . fo . nfc Hon ; Baronet to lend him the aid of three of hhtVu leagues . " - ( LaHghter . ) He did not deny that h » had applied to Lord Dalhouaie , the Earl of Lincoln and Mr . Sidney Herbert , to join the Administration he waaabout to form —( Hear . ) It was his opinion thathe would not be iustiScd in asking parties tl join his Government who differed from him in their

      ! views ofpolicy ; but he thought it for the honour of the Sovereign , and the good of the country , that the Administration should be so formed as to obtain tlia greatest possible support ; that it should be formed of parties in whom some would have confidence , and also of others who would command confidence from other quarters ( ironical cheers ); but , at thesamctifrrj actingtogetherupon general principles . ( Hear , btar . ) With respect to a Government formed upon liberal principles . , it was desirable that the members comprising it should agree upon general principles ; hufc it was not necessary that every member of it should agree upon every measure which might be brought forward . That was the old mode of conducting a Government . In the Administration of Mr . Pitt .

      in 1784 . the members of that Cabinet disagreed upon the question of Parliamentary Kefirm . Mr . Fox succeeded Mr . Pitt , and in that Ministry there was a difference of opinion upon the questions of Parliamentary Reform and Catholic Emancipation . In Lord Liverpool ' s Government a / so , there was difference * of opinion on the question of Catholic Emancipation . The rhjht hon . baronet the member for Tamworth certainly aimed at a greater unanimity than had been the case ' of Mr . Pitt , Mr . Fox , or Lord Liverpool ' s Governments . From his great ability he succeeded to a great extent . He ( Lord J . Russell ) did not , however , think it was a principle which ought to be acted upon . There were several members o f his Government who differed from

      him upon some questions . Some thought he had gone too far upon tbe question of the Irish Church , but they all agreed that the social condition of Ire * land was tlie most prominent grievance of tbat country , aud it would be their duty to bring forward measures which would have the effect ot removing tha distress which prevailed in that country , anp by aa immediate effect , but a relapse of 1012 years mi hfc have the effect of removing the misery which existed there . With regard to political franchise the cabe was different , Some ,- indeed , thought that tbe extension of those franchises-bad no influence upon the social con « dition of the people . That was not his opinion . He believed in proportion as franchises were enlarged , and She people were elevated in society by participating

      inthem , they ' would endeavour to raise themselves ia thoir social relation * to the polvtical ! gvadc they hadj acquired . They woakl , therefore , endeavour to ob » tain' & r Ireland equaMranchises to those of England . With regard to the Church of Ireland he had voted for the motion of tho H « n . Member for Sheffield to apply the revenue of that Church for the increased grant to Maynooth . He afterwards voted for the gwmt tb'Mayncbth wliidi-was talctn from other fundg . Nevertheless , he retained his opinions with regard to the Irish Church , and thcendowment of the lioman Catholic clergy , but he did not consider that question so urgent as lo warranthimin pressing its consideration upon Parliament , which he thought was-an impracticable measure . The members of the established

      Church in this country , themembers of the Establishment in Scotland and of the Free Church , ana the Roman Catholics themselves , were opposed to aa endowment . Me did not , therefore feel himself bound to bring forward a measure of that kind until there were more favourable symptoms evinced towards it . He did not think the question of tlie Church of Ireland so urgent that he should bring itforward , but ha thought it was better to dea l with practicable measures , and he wonld not , therei ' ore attempt what was . impracticable . Then the hon .-member asked him , would he extend the franchise ? Upon that point he was attacked by parties who were desirous to injure any good opinion which was

      entertained towards him , upon the word "finality ;'' which was no word of his . When Lord Giey and Lord Al thorp brought forward the Reform Bill , there were parties who were prepared to support it if they had an-assuranee that they would not go any farther . It was then said that the Reform Bill' was a final measure . That was- considered a settlement of the question ; He said then that if any one was anxious lor household suffrage , or universal suffrage , someone else should propose it , as he was not prepared to bring forward a new * measure of reform , lie was ! -til ! of the same opinion ,. and if tbe boa . Member . ( M r . Duncombe ) were now to bring forward the five points of the Charter , he should oppose it . Mr . Duso tmbe . —The-extension of the suffrage .

      Lord ^ JoHN Russell . — -Withregard totheextension of lhe suffrage , ho must wait until the hon . -member brought forward his proposition that question . When he ( Lord J . Russell ) was-attaeked i . pon that point , he saide he was not prepared to introduce a new measure and-to supercede the Reform Bill .-- If they referred to tho'iuoasui'G of ; Catholic Emancipation , the Reform Bill , or the Corn Bill which iheybad just-passed , it'was but right that they should be satisfied with a-settlement which had been come to after long deliberation , He had vol ed for an abridgment of'the hours of labour in f ' aclories to ^ eleven hours . His right hon . friandthe Secretary . ? for the Homo Department had also voted for that measure . The Secretary for Ireland also bad given greatattc : «

      tion to thai question , yet Lad-come to toe conclusion that its adoption would be injurious . Still hs thought that tlie government could be carried on , although their views upon ail questiosa-were identical . It a measure of that kind were proposed , he should vote for it ; "biit he should not call ; upon his right hon . friend to bend hisopinions to be-in conformity with his . He was aware that in assuming , tho government he had undertaken- a grave responsibility . After thirty years which he ban been in that house , bis opinions must b & well known . Those opinions were founded in principles whieh were calculated to promote a solid union between-this country and Ireland . ; They were based npo » -religious liberty , -which , in conjunction with civil ; Jiberty ,. had made this

      country tbe greatest nation in ^ the world . ( Hear . ) Mri Osborne thought the house and country were under great obligation to tbe bbn . member for Finsbury , who had been the means of eliciting from tha noble lord an explanation of his views . The noble lord had made eetrain declaEations . What ahe results might be he did not then know , but he-would tell the aoble-lordvthatif tiwm declarations had been made before the noble lord accepted office , many who then supported , him would have followed tbe right hon . baronet , tha member for . Tanvwovth . The noble lord had stated his principles , but he could-see no difference between " Tweedledum and Tweedle dee . " He really could aot see why they hadturned , oat their predecessors in office . Mr . B . Esgots prayed hon . members to ,. give the new Government a fair trial .,

      Mr . Wmklef . defended Mr * Duncombe ' aconduct in putting his various questionsio Lord J . Russell . Wai it to be-undurstoad tbat tha-noble lord was going to act on his old Whig principles ? If so , h & had some experience , of them . lie reminded thalastspeaker tbat daring . the whole period when Lord . . John . Russell was last ia office , he had been ona- of the most effective opponents of those painciples lor . which he was now-asking a fair trial and impartial consideration . Whowas it that had changed , the noble Lord or Mr .- B . E ' scott I He would not decide ; but would merely remark , that there was a curious change somewhere . ; . He was one of those who . wondered why

      Sir S ; Peei was out ofeplace . It wassaid t o be , be- , causahe had brought in the Coercion Bill ; but if . that were the cause of-his removal from place , why was-. liord J . Russell in power , who bad tried to in--elude in bis Ministy the Earl of Lincoln , who was . thaidentical man who had introduced that Coercion Bill'inte tbe House of Commons i jj . e then passed a > glowing eulogy on Sir R . Peel , - whose conduct in carrying the Corn Billihad rendered-, hira not only beloved , but adored , by the peopls .- of England , an < t lamented the apaihetic course , the do-little policy , which the present Goveinme-afe seemed inclined to pursue .

      A lengtliened !< kbato folkmed ,. is which Mr . $ CTr « degate , Mr . Ward , Mr . BojssmaB , and others took part . The orders of the day . were then read ,, and the remainder of . tbe night was occupied in discussing the Poor Uvsmo ^ aVBin , which was committed , jbio formb and the report received . The bill was then ordered to be printed . The other orders of the . -day were disposed of , and the house adjourned .

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      Co >! uOlO & ATJi'X ih' TilAT GLORIOUS LESSON TO TYRANTS , THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FRENCH BASTILE BY THE BRAVE PARISIANS . JULY TEE Mill , 1789 . [ Annirersairedu 11 Juillet , 1 ? S 9 , en commemoration de la prise de la Bastille , Par le Peuule de Paris . ] The __ French Damoeratie Society celebrated the above important event bv a public supper , at the White Hart Tavtrn , Drury-lane , on Tuesday evening , July the 14 th , 1816 . About two hundred '' citizens" sat down to supper , comprising Bemotrats of all nations , amongst whom we noticed , vc . Berrier Fontaine , M , Michelot , Ernest Jones colonel Oborski , Carl Schapper , H . Bauer , J . - »<>" .

      Julian Hainey , and T . CJark . „ , . ij Amongst the decorations of the na !' , w » nw length statue of «• Justice . " Several vf the > uu -su g »** A the meeting by their presence , ^ ZT Tue supper was wcU got up , and ^ creuit ou the worthy host , ivir . »"» " •¦• remt-val of the cloth , ) kd tho chsdr Dr . Berriek £ » ^^ t _ . "l ' ae Fraternity rose to give lhe hist aeutiu . eu ; of all Nations . " a aa e ] , „ ,, t address in the IriSreS ^ ^^ 'H ^ l ll £ » kt We regret that wc have not received a ^ alliScBirMSB Said , Citizens and Brothers , allow me ro suoDort , witii a few words , the toast given by our IS chairman- " To the , Fraternity of all Nations" Citizens , the old national hatreds aud

      u-s ] yus : es begin to disappear and riiake room to the fraternal sentiment ;; the best proof of it is the Banquet cb s evening , for here we are united in friendship aiid brotherly love , men of nearly all European nations . ( Cheers . ) Many ol our fathers fought against the French republicans who proclaimed the fraicinity ef all nations , but wc , their children , have other sentiments . , and if ever France should raise again the banner of liberty and equality , instead of marching against her we shall go with her . ( Loud cheers . ) Our enemies are not the nations which fight for'libe rty » "d equality , our enemies are the oppressors of mankind , wherever they may be . ( Applause . ) A great sign of our time is also the fact , that political parties disappear , and there are now in everv

      country only two parties . Firstly , the party which belieresia the progress of humanity , the party which has recognised the necessity of a social ri-generation , which desires it , and works for it ; and secondly , the party which wishes to maintain the statu quo , or to speak more properly , which w-Is ' res io retrogade ; far mankind never can stop in its march , it either must advance orretrogade . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not tloubtfui which party will be victorious—for in our ranks , in the ranks of social awl political progress , we count the mass of the people ; enlightened by the Press , we count the elite of savants and artists ; ou onr side is truth and justice , and these have always been victorious . ( Cheers . ) Onward then , brothers , let ss have faith iu the progress of humanity , and

      the day will not be far distant when national wars will be unknown , when all nations on earth , united as sisters , will form one great and happy family , the family of the human race- ( Great cheering . ) Mr . EnsEST . Joxes rose to respond to the sentiment , and said , Citizen Chairman and Brother Democrats , —There has been an old fraternity reigning over the earth—the fraternity of tyrants—the fraternity of priests and their younger brethren , kings and conquerors . It was raised by fraud , it was supported by violence : nevertheless , it has clothaJ itself with glory , honour , and fame . But its glory , was the glory ct war—its honour , the honour of servitude—its fame , the fame of evil doing . ( Cheers . ) It was reserved for the present aae to produce a far nobler

      fraternity—tk & fratmuty of nations . ( Cheers . ) This feeling is a glorious guarantee for the realisation of those words , which were once heard in an English House of Commons , but never found an echo wiOiin that house—" civiland religious liberty all over the world . " This fraternity , also , has its glory , if shonour , and iu fame . Its glory—is the glory of peace ! Its honour—the honour of equality ! ( And , indeed , I scarcely know which is the most debasing , to be a tyrant or a slave ;)—its fame is a Roman fame , tbat of deserving well at the hands of the coming republic . ( Applause . ) It has been tie game of tyrants to prevent this spirit of fraternity . They have , therefore , been the fosterers of cruelty and bloodshed . They have led nationj to battle-fields , like herds to the

      slaughter . They have clothed thesescenes of murder , with a false glory—and made the names of past massacres , the watchword of futurefiybts . ( Hear , hear . ) This is a pi oud moment , my French , German and English brethren , in which we can recall tlioie names , without one thrill of anger or revenge ! In which we can say : there oar fathers contended—but they were the tools of tyrants ! There great battles were fought , but they were the battles of tyranny ! ( Renewed applause . ) We will have no more such battles—and if kings , ( should such yet be ) are determined to quarrel , let them fight their baitles out themselves , while we look on and laugh at their folly . They shall not have the strength of oar arms , lhe blood of our hearts , and the freedom of our

      spirits ! ( Great cheering . ) Well may their robes be dytd of the purple colour of blood . For bloodshed they raised their slaves ; From bloodshed sprung nobility . Eyen now , in Germany , the Schwerdtadel , or sword-created aristocracy , ranks above the Patrician . Their mottoes sound " of the battlefield . Their blazons reek of the slaughter ! The aristocracies of Europe are tbe remaining type of the grail ionndry , from , which issued the statutes offfpBr slavery . ( Great applause . ) The French revolution has taught kings a lesson , though as well as nations , they now know tbat the old game of war will do no longer . They know , that if they once raise tlie nations up in arms , those arms will not be wielded as of old . The people will use them in their own

      defence , not in that of theirtyrants—for their own rights , not inm themsnicidically against their own hearts . Theme , governments study peace . Thence monarchs intermarry their families . The Tsar of Russia veds a Prussian Princess , and allies Ms children with German houses , that there may be peace ! Peace will be —because the nations will have peace—not because their rulers intermarry , and grow most plentiful in this generation I ( Cheers . ) Governments would make every man look on his neighbour as a foe—uwteacb . bim to look on every stranger as a brother ! Ob ! those tyrants are but short-sighted fools ! Can they stop the piogres ^ of enli ^ h' enment ? Arrest the invisible mind ? or piace barriers across the road before the march of inte'Jict ? ( Renewed cheering . ) Finally , they called Religion to their aid . That , which ought to unite mankind , they med to sever them . They fostered especially

      reftgious wars , because they knew them to be the most implacable . They have made State-religions , Actof-Parliament religions , the more to estrange nations V -n each other . And even now , when we see thronk ' ^ eir h -earts " ^ e 8 h * ss , there actually are neonle t » " ° * " * ' t " feeling for that , which they call Sj & i-J . - " increase ! Because , forsooth , Ss * l' / 8 wi " churches ! Piles of stone , to ™ - £ ^ » " » <**» * Altars , on which cover the absence ox V -t erDai display , to hide inthere reigns no deity ! itx . , _ » Tima'iwm ™ . ternal weakness ! ( Loud A ^ w / SHh ™ riers sought to beguile ^ J e ttt ' nevertheless They have taught m ihe »« " »«• vre must adopt to secure our rights ; nof the intermarriage of crowned heads , but the intetnnion of nations . Kot battles , but meetings . Iwt . ambassadorial notes , but fraternal addresses ! ( Applause . ) « pu „ ™ .. i » nf Mrtb are stirring . They must be

      „ stirrin " . or tyrants would not have been forced to abaudon their old game of war . ( App lause . ) Tea . sreatspirita have been abroad -the apostles ol liberty have gone from land to land , and the seeds they have sown , are fast ripening to the harvest—a harvest we yetshall live to reap , ( App lause . ) Can the French be slaves , while the accents of Voltaire . and Mitabeau yet vibrate on the ear of time ? Can ths Germans be serfs , while the songs of Heme and KiHrert , of Freiligrath and Herwegh , are ringing from the Rhine and the Vistula ? Can the English be tame and se rvile , while an echo lives for the words of a Paine , and a Howitt is yet writing for the people . ( Great cheering . ) N o ! my friends We , here assembled , we Fraternal Democrats , few tlinnph we . mav be . we are tbe advanced guard of an

      army—the great army of tbe nations , that shall march over the earth from all its breadths aud ends , destroying the strongholds of despotism , the temples f fraud , and tbe palaces of corruption , and silencing the vioce of discord in the grave of tyranny . ( Prolonged applause . ) "The Marseillaise Hymn " -was then sung by J . Moll , with great effect , and excited thunders of applause . " J . A . MicHEtor rose to propose the next sentiment , and said—Brother citizens , I propose this toast , " To the Conquerors of the Bastile ; to those generous patriots who , on the I 4 tb oi July , 1789 , opened the career of progress . " To understand the immense services which they have rendered to us , we must glance at ihe picture of that time , 'flu France , as other countries of Europe , was over-ruled by the princes , the nobles and the priests ; these three classes possessed to themselves three quarters of the soil , ind were exempted from all taxes and all

      public charges . The people , who only held onefonrth of the soil , were obliged to pay all the expence for the keeping of the king ' s court , the armies and the defence of the kingdom ; tbey paid also heavyrents to the noblemen and to the priests , so that hundreds of poor people died of misery . The public debt " was a milliard and 660 millions of francs . They " could not find any money anywhere : all the resources were exhausted . They then assembled the Stats Generaux , to save the kingdom : these Stats Generattx were composed of deputies of the people , and of deputies of the nobility and clergy ; these deputies of nobility and clergy . would not admit in their deliberations the deputies of the people , they would have each order deliberating separately , as a means of perpetuating the abuse ; so that , when the deputies of ihe pcoj-le r . r « p ' -- s « d to remedy the public evils , to abolish all privileges , anil to make a new constitution capable of preserving the rights f the citixcus , and of preventing tbe encroachments

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      ^^^ " ^ K & SfeB of the people , and provinces ^^^ S ^ BaOSbi with cannon and 'SSI ^ fiSSKKi th e deputies of the peo-& ? fh ? 8 £ to pray him to send back the troofs to their different p faces , and to allow the esta-OHsbW of national guards . 1 ho king refused , and he and his courtiers decided to massacre all the deputies of the people , but the democrats of Paris ran to arms , and besieged the Bastile , and after five hours of hard fighting , they took theplace . ( Cheers . ) The court would not at first believe that the people could have taken a fortress which the Great Coiide had uselessly besieged for twenty-three days ; but . the court did not know that nothing can stop

      those who fight for their liberty . ( Great applause . ) When we remember the works performed by the French in a single year , wc might imagine thatevcrywhere humanity is emancipated , but alas ! it is not the case . For instance , in IfSO , all the French domiciled , and taxed , were electors and eligibles , however > mall the sum paid to the Government ; which then gave France more than 5 , 000 , 000 ol electors and eligibles ; and yet at this day , France has not 300 , 000 electors and eligibles . In 1830 , wc created a revolution to expel a ruinous Government , an enemy to onr liberty ; bnt the succeeding '* Governmenthas augmented the public debt and taxes . In 1789 , Paris had hut one Bastile ; now , the new

      Government has built more than twenty around Paris . If ever it was necessary to recall to the French the example of thoir fathers , it is certainly necessary at the present moment . Should they not soon divest themselves of their lethargy , they will perish . ( Cheers . ) Jcliax IIarjjet said , Citizen Chairman—With pleasure I respond to the noble sentiment offered by Citizen Michelot . " 'lhe Conquerors of the Bastile , " victors , who , unlike others that have bore the name , did not achieve their glory by trampling on tbe necks of prostrate nations , but on the contrary by battling with oppressors , and vanquishing the minions of tyranny . ( Cheers . ) The conquerors of the Bastile claim the gratitude not only of Frenchmen but of men of every land . They taught kings

      "The might that slumbers in a peasant ' s arm . " a lesson which through ages of rampant despotism earth ' s rulers had forgotten . But for the victors of the Bastile , the French Revolution would have been stifled in its birth . A nation awakened from the sleep of ages asserted its vitality by demanding light and liberty , the demand was at first resisted and answered only with threats and scorn , butsubsequenifr a cowardly king and bankrupt court conceded to fear what they had refused to reason . But their concessions were but partial , and the royal , aristoeratical and priestly conspirators sought to stav

      the march of young liberty by compromise , corruption , intrigue , and force . An arnsy menaced the patriots from without and within the city , the hellish dungeons of the Bastile yawned for them—a few hours of temporising would have smothered the revolution in the blood of its advocates . But Young France though but an infant was an infant Hercules —( cheers )—and quite capable of strangling the serpents of force and fraud . ( Renewed cheering . ) The people of Paris rose , they marched— "To tlie Bastile" was their cry—like Cresar , yet how much greater , " they came , they saw , they conquered . " ( Great applause . ) They fought , many fell ,

      but" Glorious 5 n name tbeirchildren ' s children live , In sill the fame posterity can give , For though above them close the silent grave , A deathless glory crowns the martyrM brave . " Yes , some of the patriots fell , but the Bastile fell also ; Giant Despair's grim castle , was trampled in the dust ; the accursed incarnation of tjranny disappeared from the earth and went down into the " blackness of darkness" for evr * . ( Great cheering . ) "The Bastile is down ! " rang through Europe , and was echoed round the globe . Tyrants heard it and trembled on their thrones , purple-clad ruffians turned pale as the cry smote upon their ears ; nations leaped up at the sound for it roused them as the battle cry ot liberty . That liberty is not yet , but it is

      coming-Wait a little longer . We will do our part towards completing the good work began by the Conquerors of ' the Bastile . ( Great applause . ) I said the Bastile v . as destroyed for ever . I fear I have said too much . Would to Heaven that I could point to Paris and say , " Where despotism bad her stronghold , there has Liberty her glorious and happy home . " But , alas ! instead of one , Paris has now twenty Bastiles . Who is to blame for this ? Why principally the men who assume , to be tlie leaders of European progress—the Republican party . But for that insane , anti-English , and wicked war spirit , principally excited by the National and tho party represented by that journal , Thiers and Louis Philippe could never have accomplished their grcai

      object—tbe muzzling of Paris . " " One would think that after such a result , these anti-Englishmadmcn wouiii have been ashamed of their folly , but not so , witness that recent exhibition of absurdity when all tin-Pans Libera , editors went into convulsions , becau ? . < tlie Duke of Wellington gave a private dinner on the anniversary of Waterloo . This , forsooth , is represented as an English insult to the misfortunes of France . Why the English people have nothing to do with the duke ' s dinner —( cheers)—except the very questionable pleasure of having to pay for it . ( Laughter . ) The English people care no more for Waterloo , than they do for tbe landing of Julius Gsesar- ( Cheers . ) Think of the matchless follv ol

      the RtforM workinn itself into a patriotic fit til ' in - dignation , because'' God saye the Queen" was played in a French provincial town , on the 18 th of June Think of the insanityof the Jreneb opposition , makinu their electoral cry , "Down with the Pritchardists : " Instead of demanding "Democratic Suffrage , " thc "Liberty of the Press , " the " Right of Public Association , " or any similar object worthy of national agitation , they demand the expulsion of Guizot am ' , his band of janissaries , because they voted a few francs to Mister Methodist Missionary Pritchard ' If on this lith of July , ISiG , the men of the 14 th of July , 1789 , had no better representatives than these miserable " Liberals , " then I would

      say—O ! shame to tbee Land of tbe Gaul I I should despair of France was it not for the Communists . To them I turn , and I implore of them t «> play a manlier and a nobler part . The truly noble Frenchmen whom I have the honour to address , I know are superior to these miserable prejudices . ( Cheers . ) They must see -with me , that it ill-becomes the natiou who first inscribed "Fraternity" on her banner , to exclude from her fraternal sympathies this great country , which may be her greatest friend , or must be ( if France will have it so ) her greatest enemy . If England and France arc enemies , then woe to liberty . If Englishmen and Frenchmen march shoulder to shoulder , then Europe is saved ; united

      we may free the world . ( Great applause . ) Let us then forgive and forget all the crimes and follies of the past and boast no more of this savage victory , or that blood-stained triumph ( Cheers . ) Do you forget Fontenoy , we will forget Waterloo . ( Cheers . ) Let our cry then be , "Down with the Bastile of National Bigotry . " ( Cheers . ) Let us organise the Holy Alliance of Nations . ( Cheers . ) Let ns be true Fraternalists , and declare that when onepeople is wronged , all are wronged—and that he who oppressesone nation , is the declared enemyofafl . ( Cheers . ) Let ns have no rivalship , but that ot doing the greatest good , our one aim being to hasten the happy time when

      Man to man the world o er Shall brothers be and a' that ! ( Prolonged cheering . ) Song— * ' The Victors of the Bastile . " The third toast was the " Emancipation of the Working Classes , " Spoken to by M . Nicolini , ( Italian ) , II . Bauer , ( German ) , M . Thierry , ( Frenchman ) , Sievers , ( German ) , and the President . The " Chant de Depart" was then sung in admirable style . [ This song was sung by the levies en masse in the time of the French Republic , when marching against the enemy . ] The fourth toast was "Poland , " which was eloquently spokeu to by Carr Schapper , and Julian l liarney . " La Craeovienne" was then sung .

      Colonel Oboiiski ( a Pole ) , said—Dear brothers ! in the name of all my countrymen , who like me wish for the complete abolition of all privileges , receive the expression of my deeply-felt gratitude for the sympathy which you have just now expressed for my unhapj . y country . This manifestation , dictated by truly fraternal sentiments , is a thousand times dearer to me than that nauseous " sympathy " which Frenchmen of the " privileged order , "' every year stammer from the tribune of their parliament , and at which our enemies only laugh . ( Hear , hear . ) Tour manifestation of sympathy is so much the dearer tome , because offered on that glorious anniversary on which the French people showed themselves truly people , by destroying the monument of national shame which bad endured for so many centuries . ( Cheers . ) Alas ' , whilst we celebrate here in the land of Cromwell , the destruction ef the ancient

      bastile of France , other and more formidable bastiles have been erected by tbe enemies of tbe human kind , and are still erecting round Paris , Warsaw , Posen , and Cracow ; and everywhere else where the people have given proofs of their real force ; where they have felt their dignity , their duty and their grandeur . ( Applause . ) Let us kope , dear friends , that the time will come when the new bastiles shall fall , and perhaps that time is already so near us , that many among us will assist in the destruction of these modern monuments of the shame of mankind in general , for we are marching at double quick time on the road of progress . ( Applause . ) Animated with this hope , allow me , < ear brothers , in repeating my gratitude , to propose tbe following toast : — " Glory to the French destroyers of the ancient bastile ; glory to the destroyers , to whatever nation they may " belong , of all present and future bastiles . " ( Great checriag . ) The health of the Chairman was then drank with all the honours ; a likecomplimcnt was paid \» Uw worthy host and concluded the Proceedings .,

      Democratic Committee For Poland^ Regener...

      DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POLAND ^ REGENERATION . The monthly meeting of this Committee took place on Wednesday evening , July 8 th , at No . 20 , Great Windmill-street , Mr . Peter Holm in the chair . The Committee resolved that the Secretary should prepare an Address to the French electors in behalf of the Polish Cause . The following resolution proposed by Mr . Julian liarney , ' . seconded by Mr . Ernest Jones , was unanimously adopted : ¦ —

      " That persons residing in any part of Great Britain or Ireland desirous of aiding the cause of Poland ' s Regeneration , may become honorary members of this Committee , by the vote of a majority of the members at any of the monthly meetings . The honorary members will be expected to correspond with the Committee , to assist the publication of all documents issued by the Committee , and to give their cooperation in collecting monies for the Polish cause , when the Committee may see the propriety of appealing to the public for pecuniary assistance . " The Committee then adjourned .

      Anadjournid meeting of the Committee was hohlen at the above place on Thursday evening , July 16 th . At eight o ' clock Mr . Ernest Jones was called to the chair . Mr . Julian liarney laid betoro the Committee the ' Monthly Report of Occurrences in Poland , and Facts connected with thecause of Poland's Regeneration , " On the motion of Messrs . Wheeler and Clark the Report was unanimously adopted . Mr . Julian Harney brought up the " Address to the French Electors , " which on the motion of Messrs . CJark and Moll was unanimously adopted . * On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Darney it was resolved , that a permanent Chairman of the Committee be appointed .

      On the motion of Messrs . Clark and "Wheeler , supported by Mr . Harney . Mr . Erneat Jones was appointed permanent Chairman . On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Wheeler , it was resolved , that the " Report" and the " Address to the French Electors" be published in the Northern Star , and also in the shape of a pamphlet , Mr Julian Harney having reported that himself and several other members of the committee would be absent from London ( attending the Chartist Convention , ) on the first Wednesday in August , it was unanimously resolved , thattlienext meeting beholden on Wednesday the 12 th of August . This terminated the proceedings .

      MONTHLY REPORT W OCCURRENCES IN POLAND , AHB PACTS CON - NECTED WITH THE CAUSE OF POLAND' ^ REGENERATION . ^ No . I . Amongst the leading facts of the past month connected with the Polish question , we must notice the fresn confirmation and proofs of tlv « infamous part performed b , \ the Austrian Government , in exciting the late horrible massacres in the circle of Tarnow . We particularly direct attention- to the important evidence of an eye witness John Podulecki published in the Heforme ol . the 27 th of May , and the Northern Star of Juue , which shows that the massacre on the part of the Austrian government began on the I 9 th oi JFebruarj ,

      three days before tho Cracovian outbreak , which took place only on the twenty-first . Additional evidence has been supplied by a correspondent of the National , who ( In that journal of Julie 7 th ) SajS ' . — "In the circle of Taraoiv , 1 , 458 persons were murdered ; in the to « n of Tarnow 200 dead bodies were brought iu , and each body was r . gularly paid for , at first 10 florins , and subst-quuntljr 5 . When , in consequence of the glut of this species of merchandise , the price fell to 1 florin a piece-, the peasants decided on carrying the bodies into other circles in search of more liberal purchasers . From 700 to 800 prisoners were broughtinto Tarnow j all were more or less seriously wounded , and it is said that 200 did not survive their wounds ; but this amount is perhaps not correct , because the police buried the dead during the

      night , Herewith I hand you an alphabetical list ot tlie names of 149 murdered persons , who have all been buried u * the cemetery of Tarnow . These are the only names I have been able to collect , The other victims consisted nf servants of all descriptions to the country houses of the nobility . There were also many priests hilled . In the streets of Tarnow a parrel of little half naked children are to be seen whose parents are unknown . Widows are in the greatest state of misery . At Vienna , as you know , it is asserted that no premium was given to the assassins , Weil , the whole of Tarnow would , however , prove tbe fact . If the peasants were not paid . 1 st them tell us then why the peasants brought the dead bodies from such distances into the towns of this circle . Question the bystanders who witnessed these funeral arrivals—who

      saw the dead bodies counted , and then money paid to thu peasants . let tho Austrian Government guarantee against persecution those who will give evidence of the truth , aud Europe will then soon know which of us lias lied . " On the second day of the present month , this suVject was brought before the French Chamber of Peers by the Count de Montalembert . We believe the Count stated the number of victims tohavebeen 1 , 478 ; whatever may have been the exact number , there can bo no doubt that nearly 1 , 500 persons have fallen victims to the murderous policy of the ever to be execrated Mcttcrnich . The Countstate 6 » lBO , thatin Tarnow thereartSOO orphans ,

      whose parents have fallen ; 800 of whom are too young to know wlio those parents were . The Times , in its iinpres-Monofthe lO ' . h inst ., contained a Ions ; editorial article charging the Austrian Government with these crimes . It will be remembered that the Earl of Aberdeen , the late Secretary of Statefor Foreign Affairs , when questioned on this sui > ject , solemnly assured the £ rit : sli nation that there was no truth In lllti charge that these maSSuCrOB were encouraged by the Austrian government , and the British daily press affected to believe this denial , yet now the Times proclaims that this charge is supported by "irrefragable proofs , " corroborated by information collected by the Times itself .

      The Russian autocrat has been exhibiting himself in Warsaw , and the enslaved Russian and Qerman journals have endeavoured to show that the tyrant was received with every mark of popularity and affection by the inhabitants ot the Polish capital . Of course , no one believes this monstrous fabrication , which is indeed Bufficien Undisproved by the announcements in the same journals of the rewards given to the Warsaw police , the intended enlargement of the citadel , and the vast increase of political prisoners , plainly pro"ing that the tyrant depends for his safety upon fraud and force , having no confidence in the alleged " affection" of his Polish subjects .

      It is . now ascertained that Dobriez , who was condemned to receive five hundred lashes with the knout and subsequent banishment to Siberia , has been relieved from the last portion of his punishment by the friendly handof death , he having expired under the torture of the lash . Potocki who was hanged at Siedlic , it is now known was made to witness the previous execution of his brother martyrs , Koziechsowshi and ZarsUi , hanged at Warsaw . After having been kept some hours near the gallowsj in momentary expectation of being executed , he was placed in a post-carriage and hurried off to Siedlio , where he was

      hanged tbe next day . These cruel deeds are the acts ot that imperial miscreant whom the German newspapers represent the people of War » aw to bo so fond of ! The Warsaw journals of the 28 cb ult . contain the list of . those persons whose goods have been confiscated , for taking part in the late insurrection , besides whioh they , have been sentenced by a council of war , the judgment otwhich has been approved of by Prince Paskewitcli , to work in the mines of the Ural mountains , and of Siberia . They are mostly young men , from twenty , to thirty-five ' years of age .

      In the kingdom of Poland nearly 2 , 000 are arrested , of whom very few had any connexion with the late riots . But the Russian Government wants to clear the oountry , and imprisons on suspicion . At present they do not hang with noise as they did with Zarski , Kozieokzowski , ( Koehishevski ) and Potoski ; but incognito , as was the case with two individuals given up by the Prussian authorities to the Russians , whoai they hung a . quarter of an hour alter having got them ,, in the fir & b village tbey came te , The tortures in the " kingdom" are so frightful , that ladies moved by pity , have been known , to . send knives in loaves of bread to the prisoners , in order that they might cut their throats . It is just now more than ai any previous time , that the . "kingdom" sees , tbat the persecutions after 1881 were mere trifles in comparison wilh what they are at this moment .

      Madame Kosnowska , a lady well kaowu for her extra-Ordinary btauty , was brutally flogged at Warsaw with rods . The pretence for which the Prince Paskiewich , eoveruor of the kingdom , ordered her to be flogged , was , that she smuggled a suspicious letter from a foreign country ; but the real cause and fact was that she vtpulsed his brutal proposals . She is still vet prison , but as she is a widow of a Prussian magistrate , and a landowner in West Prussia , and therefore a Prussian subject , the Prussian Government has claimed b * r liberation . The accounts are conflicting aft to the decision of the three robber-powers with respect to . the"Republic of Cracow . " Some accounts represent that the three powers are resolved to suppreis even the name of 'independence . " and tbat tbe town is to be incorporated with

      Austria . Other accounts state that the "independence" - of the " republic" is still to be nominally acknowledged ^ but that the sole ruling power is to be a " director , ' * o » dictator , appointed jewly by «? cboftho " threei powers " in succession . The continued occupation of the " republic" by Austrian and Russian forces , and the avowed subversion of the state of things established by the Congress of Vienna , —these gross violations of the treaties of 1815 , are permitted , unopposed and unpunished-by tbe Governments of France and England . True , the French Government has offered a prettnded and hypocritical protest against tho " occupation of Cracow , " but , as far as we know , the English Government has not made the slighest demonstration of hostility to an act which ie equally villainous tanards the people of Cracow and insuiting to the British nation .

      In Posen many hundreds nf further arrests hare taken place , and tho Polish patriots yet linger in the dungrons of the Prussian tyrxnt . Frederick William IV . continues to labour diligently in his infamous office of "Jailor and Jackal to the Tsitr . " Letters from Cracow of ' the 2 flth of June state that a Polish patriot , a landed proprietor , named Wenda , whom the Prussian authorities had delivered into the hands of Russia , for having during tho late

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      Insurrection discharged the functions of lieutenant of the « ' rebels , "had been exposed during two hours in the pillory ntKadan . and afterwards transported to-Siberia , jr he royal " pietist" will not er ^ . n allow his Polish subjects the solace of religious converto in the midst of their afflictions . On the 27 th of June there was a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Posen topvit up prayers at the column of Nepomuck , near the cathedral . The meeting wag dispersed by the police , and several persons were arrested . Ou tbe following day the crowd was greater still , and great excitement prevailed . One of the prisoners , G , in Prussia being watched hy a soldier with a loaded pistol In his hand , and fearing that he might be given up to the Prussian Government , wrested the pistolout of tHi | 6 « oldier ' s hand , and shot himself . He was buried , and ' almost all the inhabitants accompanied his remains to the burial ground . Amongst whom were the local magistrate , the tribunal of Inovratslar in gremmmand all the Germans .

      , One ray of light illumines this dark picture of wrong and suffering . A few of oar unfortunate brothtrs have contrived to escape from the clutches of their jailors . Thirteen prisoners lately made their escape from the citadel of Neisse ( Prussia ) . . Besides these , Dembrotvski , one of the chiefs of the late insurrection , has also escaped . On the other hand , Tyssofski , the head of the insurrectionary government at Cracow , has been arrested by the authorities of Saxony , and is , we fear , in danger of falling into the hands of the Russian tyrant , Should any of the escaped patriots seek refuge in this country , it is to be hoped that they will find in British hospitality balm for their sorrows , and protection against the ills which too often wait upon the homeless exile .

      It is stated in some of the French journals that in September next there will be a meeting of the three sovereigns of Russia , Prussia , and Austria , at Vienna . Of course , the object of the meeting will be to devise means to keep the Polish nation in bondage , and to stay the march of democratic principles ; the friends of liberty throughout Europe should , therefore , b-.- on the altrt to defeat the machinations of these royal conspirators . Eknfst Jones , Chairman . G . Julian Habnet , Hon . Sec .

      A British Soldier Flogged To Death,

      A BRITISH SOLDIER FLOGGED TO DEATH ,

      Hounstow, Wednesday Night. During The La...

      HOUNStOW , WEDNESDAY NIGHT . During the last two days an extraordinary feeling of excitement has been created in this town and the surrounding neighbourhood , in consequence of a repurt getting afloat that one of the privates of the 7 th Royal Hussars , at present quartered at Hounslow Barracks , had died in consequence of the severity of a Hogging lie received shortly bifore by order of a court-martial . From the great secrecy which is always maintained on the part of the military authorities respecting occurrences within the barracks , the actual particulars of the affair have not been allowed to transpire beyond the barrack walls , and consequently all that 5 s at present known Is rumour and report .

      From the inquiries instituted , it appears that the first knowledge of any of the privates of the 7 th Royal Hussars having been subject to corporal punishment , sine's thu arrival of the regiment at Hounslow from Ipswich , about two months since , was on Monday evening , when it began to be whispered about that several soldiers had been Hogged , and tbat one of them had died the next morning . No credence was , however , at the time placed upon the statement , and all who heard it considered it unfounded . On Tuesday morning the report was revived with greater confidence , with the addition that the body of the deceased soldier was to be buried without any inquest on Wednesday ( this day ) afteniDon , at 3 o'clock , in Heston chureh 3-ard , in which parish the barracks is situated .

      In the course of the forenoon the reports having reached tbe ears of the local magistrates and the pare chial authorities , official inquiries were instituted by Inspector Lawrence , T division , and Mr . Brent , butcher , o f Heston , who is the coroner ' s summoning officer for Heston , the result Of Which was t . ' iat communications from both were , in the course of the afternoon , forwarded to Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner for Middlesex , who immediately issued his warrant for holding an inquest on the body . The news that there was to be a public illquiry into the matter , flew like wildfire through the town , and completely silenced those who disbelieved the truth of the reports . To-day the forthcoming inquiry is the all-absorbing topic of conversation , and it is looked forward to with the greatest anxiety by all well-informed persons as the stepping-stone to the total abolition of the oVnoxious system of corporal punishment in the army ,

      Persons whose business takes them frequently to the barracks , state to-day that the deceased soldier whose name has even not transpired , was flogged about five weeks since ; that after the infliction of the lash he was immediately removed to the barrack hospital , where lie remained until his death , which took place on Saturday last ; and that subsequent to his death two military surgeons bad been sent down from town by order of th « Horse Guards , and had opened tho body , arid found the cause of death to be ossification of the heart , which had burst . Others as confidently assert that the flogging was more recently inflicted than fivowec-hs since , that the offence that the deceased , who was a recruit who had

      only joined the regiment about three months , had committed was striking his serjeant violently across the breast with a poker ; that he was tried by court martial , and ordered to receive 150 lashes ; that the punishment was , as is customary , inflicted in the presence of the surgeon of the regiment , and the commanding officer ( Colonel IVliyte ) ; that after about 70 or SO lashes had been received , the surgeon declared that any further punishment would be dangerous , but that the commanding officer directed that it should be continued ; and tba-t the surgeon upon finding tbat retired from tbe scene and interfered llO furtllCFi It 18 lllSO stated confidently that , the deceased shortly before he expired , exclaimed "i am a murdered man . "

      There is also a report tbat there are two-other of the privates of the same regiment at present in the hospital for cure from- floggings , one of whom of the name of Mathewsoa is not expected to recover .

      THE IKQUEST . This evening-, at 8 o ' clock , a highly respectable jury of 13 inhabitants of the parish of Heston were empaneled before Mr , Wakley , M . P ., coroner for Middlesex , in o « e Of the parlours of the George IV . Inn , Hounslow Heath , to inquire into the circumstances attendant upon the death of Frederick . 'White , aged 26 years , the private of the 7 th Royal-Hussars , whose death is alleged to have been caused by the effects-of the corporal punishment he had received under an order of court-martial . The room was crowded to excess by . the respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood , and the-officers of the regiment , anxious to witness tbe proceedings . Near the coroner were Mr . G . Bailey , of Han well ; chairman of the Brentford bench' « f mag-i ' strates , ana the iter , H . S . Trimmer , another magistrate , and rector . of Iltston . Inspector Lawrence , T division , was also- in attendance to assist the oivil authorities in their inquiry .

      The Coroner . —Previous to the jury being sworn , inquired if any of the gentlemen whose-namos have been called are in any way connected with the barracks , as they had better not form part of the jury . Several gentlemen replied that they were , and were excused . Thirteen jurors having been sworn * and Mr . J . Bird , appointed foreman , the coroner accompanied them to tha barracks , which wasabout half a mile distant , to view the body of the unfortunate deceased . It was in tha coffin , and on being turned rouiuVoa its face , the back , from the nape of the neck down to . the Joins , presented a deep purple appearance . In tlia miUUlv of tho back , between the shoulders where the greatest inflammation had evidently . been , a great piece of . skin ,, nine inches one way , and eight inches the other , had been cut away .

      The Coroner inquired where the skin was , and by whom it had , beeacut off , and was- told it had been sut ofi' by Dr . Read , who had been , sent down by the Horse Guards to perform the post mortem examination ot the body , and It should be looked for .. Much delay wsis .-oc casioned by the search , and eventually a piece oS . skiu was brought , which , however ,. was not a fifth part of- tbe whole .. After an . abBSuce of nearly an hour , the coroner . -and jury returned .- to the inquests voovb , and tbeix- names having been . called over , The Coroner inquired if- any of the relatives ^ of the deceased were present in the room , or bad beea . informed of the inquiry f The Adjutant of the regiment replied that . tb . oy were not , neither had he informed them on the subject . The Coroner inquired if any . one had wriueiipto them ? Tho Adjutant said he beliov-sd not , as thoy . only knew from the deceased ' s attestation where they were to be

      found . Tha- Coroner then address « d the jury and said it must be apparent to them foam tho number o £ witnesses that , must necessarily be examined , that it would be impossible to finish the inquiry that night , however late tbay might sit-, aud , tluaefore , in his opinion , itwould . be better at once to adjourn , so that they might have all tlie witnesses in attendance , and finish at one sitting . By doing so the relation * of the unfertuaate man would also have an opportvsqjty to be present * a » he doubteiuot the publicity which would be given to- the inquiry in the newspapers would cause them io , be made acquainted with it . It would be also necessary to summon several witnesses from london , viz . Dr . Read and Mr . Hull .

      It was esscatially nei-essary that Dt \ Read should be present , as bio was the person who bad removed the skin from the back of the deceased , not a fifth part of which had beea touted , and what was found would not fit the back . It was also necessary that a medical man , who was totally unconnected with the army , should immediately seo and examine the . > jody , and he would leave it to t in * jury to determine wbotiiat surgeon should be a gentleman on whoso , opku ' on the jury felt they could place confidence , who . v ,-as quite unconnected with tbe ease and who would , give an impartial and unbiassed judgmentou what , lift saw . The military authoiities might also f twomUi \ v \ Yiu-o would have every iaciVUj afforded to do the same . .

      After coasideyaMo discussion lhe jury unanimously fixed on Mr . Horatio Day , surgeon of Isle worth , who was appointed , Thu ( Aitoner then , addressing Mr . Warren , the surgeon of tlie re ( -iment , said , Sir , I shall rely upon your rendering my coustahh , and lmlice-hiRpei-toi- every ussistancu in the summoning of ilie necessary witnesses at the barracks , in order to show what tho rc « J ijiiuso ot death may be . Br , ^ Yilvreu promised tu do so .

      Ti«J. Fatal Exfuwon At Drouitich.— Anoth...

      Ti « j . Fatal Exfuwon at DrouitICH . — Another of the-aufferershas diod , —James Carter tbe younger . AjwthuamedBkk . Wy » who waa assistiug " y ^ w deeaased Carters ia loading a cart with salt at ub thscofthe explosion , is still lying in a dangerw * state . The inquest on the bodies which comniesew on Monday , was brought to a conclusion on ^ Jr ? evening , when the Jurv returned a verdict of am dental death" in each case , with a nominal deoa » or the boiler . .. „ f Workjwh Riots at YHWciraRM . -Thesfa | W' the eoaiminers at St . Vaast les Valencienne s s " L ? ^ tini . es ; the workmen at the mine having . attenl ^ er £ > to extinguish the engine fires , the military » called , in awl mounted guard with fixed b * ^ 8 round the steam engine . This was on the / tn 5 »» then detachments from ' the garrison at Valcncwu have been posted at about twenty-five or thirty iu "' Numerous arrests have been made .

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      street , Jlnvmuvket , in too City of " V ( 0 . Office , in the same Street and l ' arish , if '" ,- , , l prietw , FKMUIUS O'COMOR , Esq .. «« l 1 «„» . iy Wuxiam Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charlcwtrj * ; \^ diui-stivct , Walworth , in tho Parish ot ^ - >' V ;„ . I ' WKton , in the Comity ., f Surrey , at the Oln « r •„/ tilVilt Wimlmill-sti-isft , llnjuiarlcet . 111 UlQ " ! Vo--iiuitist ' , 'r , „ ,,, „ Saturday . Julj 18 , WM .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 18, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18071846/page/8/