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      We Had Thought That The Fishery Question...

      The influence of the Duke since he has ceased to hold or seek for ministerial office has , perhaps , been greater than it ever was . His age and experience , his calmness and deliberation , as well as his high titles and immense wealth , made him listened to with respect by the highest personages in the realm . Viewed in this light , his death is a great political event , and may influence the future fate of parties to a greater extent than would be anticipated .

      It is expected that the corpse will be laid in Stratluieldsaye and then the curtain will fall on one who has gone down to the grave full of years and honours , after a life of eventful action , but who produced Mth calculated to advance the the happiness of man , or to make future generations cherish the memory of the hero as a benefactor of his race . A dinner has been given at Kidderminster to Mr . Lowe , who has been recently returned for that borough . Who Mr . Lowe is , we do not know , or what be has heretofore done ,

      except that it seems he has been to Australia and is a nominee of Lord Ward , who was present at the banquet . It appears , however , that high expectations are entertained of Mr . Lowe , for the chairman introduced him as likely to take " no common part" in governmental affairs , and the Times gives some columns to the report of his speech . In that speech there is nothing either very new or very talented , but it is remarkable for the ideas it expresses , when taken in consideration with the audience to which it was delivered . As

      might be expected , it eulogised Free Trade and denounced Derby , Disraeli , and Co . It took an idea or two from a recent German pamphlet on the "Decay of Authority ; " but it avowed the up-rising of Democracy , and asserted that all the tendencies of the world are in that direction—tendencies which rulers have no arguments to ' combat , no weapons to meet , except that of brute force—tendencies which must prevail . When this can be said in such a place and elicit

      loud cheers , it shows that some notion of the truth has entered the " respectable" mind . If that be so , it heralds our victory as surely as the writing on the wall foretold Belshazzar ' s downfall . The magistrates of the Ilford bench have fined Mr . Simpson and Mdme . and M . Poitevm . £ 5 each for cruelty to a bull which was taken up with a balloon . The details did not

      transpire , as the parties pleaded guilty , but it would be inferred from what fell from tliQ bench that some disgusting barbarity was perpetrated by which the animal was shockingly injured . A metropolitan magistrate has , on the other hand , decided that taking up horses is not punishable . The result of these two decisions is , that M . Poitevin may be an aerial Johnny Gilpin , but Madame may not personate Euro-pa . Consuls have been rather lower than last week . Ko cause is assigned .

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      France. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Pa...

      FRANCE . ( from our own correspondent . ) Paris . SrarTEMBER 14 . Louis Bonaparte is somewhat partial in his rewards and punishments . While he has just had executed at Brest a young sailor who struck with the flat of a sabre an insolent officer , who well deserved to have had it run through him , he tenderly protects an infamous woman now in the prison of Saint-Lazare , guilty of infanticide . But then , forsooth , this woman is a

      countess , and the sister of M . de Mettemich . Her name is the Countess Kinslri . She has long led a life of infamy . She has had a number of children , who have been put to nurse ; but the last one of which she was delivered some days ago , she drowned in a bath in her apartment . M . Bonaparte , the assassin of the innocent multitudes in December , has something of a fellow feeling for this countess . The advice of the Austrian government as to the course to be taken with respect to Madame Kinski , has , it is said , been demanded , and a determination eome to to let her escape on a plea of insanity .

      The prefect of police has summoned the Polish priest who celebrated the funeral service to the memory of Darasz , and also the printer who printed the let t ers of convocation without putting his name to them . It is believed that the priest will be expelled . The Mmitenr publishes a long article eulogistic of the conduct of the councils general , in bespattering with praise Louis Bonaparte , and begging for the additional degradation of the empire . The article , which is plainly official , and intended to pave the way for the coming proclamation of the empire , expatiates largely on the blessings to France which have accrued from Napoleonic rule , and then proceeds to state how natural it is that the councils general , seeing the blessed effects of that

      rale , and remembering the uncertainty and agitation of the time previous to the coup d ' etat ^ should desire no more uncertainty , but should wish rather to secure the happiness of France by the stability of the power of Louis Bonaparte , and that they should endeavour to prevail upon that pure and unselfish slave of France , that man of self-abnegation , to suffer himself to be still farther martyred by being made emperor . We can readily understand what all this means , as well as a " Petition of the Fathers of Families and Labourers , " which is being circulated for signatures in the faubourgs . This '' petition" is the most abominable and disgusting of this species of documents which has yet been issued by the Bonapartist gang . It was written by an eminent member of the famous , or rather infamous

      society of the Dix Decembre , and approved by Bonaparte and circulated by them . It prays for the establishhereditary empire , in the pereon of Louis Bonapaternal considerations for the welfare of the children . How , it is cunningly asked , can a father feel future welfare of his children , if the agitations chancre of government is to interrupt Iris means write ^

      fey fjjpgffipg f ° r them , and endangers the savings he has made ^ i ^^^ behalf ? It is impossible to calmly of this despi-| ^ g § P i ^ empt to make use of the holiest feelings of men for ^ 86 $ u % > se of inducing them to forge the chains that are to iwtHBlSbeha $ @ m 5 !& mp V * h &? * 2 L

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      bind themselves and their country . It is probable there will be found weak and ill-judging men who will be misled by this sophistry , but I feel assured that the great mass of our working population will not be deceived by it . They will see how much more honourable a heritage to leave their children than a few basely-gained francs will be freedom and independence , without which , all material advantages are valueless . This petition is to be worked strenuously during Bonaparte ' s absence in the provinces , so as to make the proclamation of the empire , which as I last week informed you , is fixed to come off on the 2 nd of December , appear the will of the people .

      To England , this coming empire is a matter of vast importance . The . empire is synonymous with war . War with whom ? Not with the Northern powers , if any amount of cringing on the part of Louis Bonaparte can avoid it . It is against Great Britain that the future emperor meditates hostilities . It is reported here , even , that he has in his possession a plan , of his own drawing , of his meditated descent on England . Several articles in the Oonstiiutionnel within the past week would seem to confirm the existence of such intentions . In one of those

      articles , the writer endeavours to show how , by means of screw steamers , the French government could defeat the British fleets , or render them useless , and how , without danger , 1500 men could at any time be landed , at any point of the British coast , where , says the Elysean journal , they could combat with advantage . England should he wary , and ! guard against any attack by the midnight burglar .

      The government gets more and more terrified by the slightest demonstration of republican feeling . Some moderate republican songs have been indulged in at the cafes chantaus , in the Champs Ely sees . At last the comhle of iniquity was reached by a female singer assuming a Hungarian hat . This fearfully seditious proceeding has been punished by the police closing the cafes for a week .

      The celebrated Madame Laffarge died on the 7 th inst ., at the baths of Ussat , in the Ariege , whence she had gone on quitting the prison of Montpellier . Her disease was consumption . She protested her innocence to the last . Before she died she expressed a wish to be buried by the side of Colonel Auboury , who had long been her consoler and benefactor , and who died * a few weeks ago . Bonaparte departed on his journey at a quarter-past one to-day . T . have spoken above of the rumours of an intended invasion

      of England , but the confident manner in which the precise details of the descent are given would almost lead one to believe that they were not entirely devoid of truth . There can be no doubt of the willingness of M . Bonaparte to make such an attempt , and the boast of M . Denam , in the " ConstitutionncV that the British fleet is utterlv incompetent to interrupt the steamers bearing the invading army , is worthy of serious attention . The plan of M . Bonaparte is said to be this : Fourteen screw steamers to be constructed on the model of the " Napoleon , " each capable of carrying 2 , 000 men , and each

      smahpestiwiil have in tow another vessel bearing an equal number , thus making altogether 28 ships , with 60 , 000 men . To avoid suspicion , each vessel will leave a different port , and uniting at a place agreed upon , the descent will be made upon a part of the coast the worst defended . M . Bonaparte himself will command the expedition , and immediately on landing will march upon London , which he will enter without a blow being struck , or after a single victorious battle . He will then burn your docks , ships , and warehouses , and render the navigation of the Thames for ever impossible by sinking therein a number of

      ships filled with stones . When he has accomplished all this he will dictate peace , and compel la pcrfide Albion to assign all her colonies , and pay a large contribution to the victor . Having thus humbled imperious Britannia , he will have himself crowned emperor at Westminster , and finish the glorious campaign by bringing the conqueror of Waterloo to end his days in captivity at Paris ! You may laugh at all that fine project , but T" \ * * i . * i . 1 * . a i . TI ^ 1 i i "i * i i Denaiirassertion that land has been

      s Eng always conquered whenever a foreign army obtained a footing on . hei' soil is too near the truth to be despised . The English people have become enervated by long peace , and it has been shown that owing to the progress of science England's insular position no longer renders her secure . Moreover , it should never be lost sight of that this Bonaparte will stickle at nothing ; the very monstrosity of the crime renders all the more probable its commission by the man of the coup d'etat .

      GERMANY . Austria . —Notice has been sent to the French bookselling trade that any books they may import must be sent to the custom-house to be examined before they can be allowed to circulate . Notwithstanding the dishonourable failures the Austrian government has met with in the money market of Europe , a loan is to be attempted . The Vienna correspondent of the Frankfort Post Zeitimg , generally well informed on Austrian subjects , says : I hear that in January next a third loan of 80 , 000 , 000 fl . will be concluded , and this time abroad .

      Prussia . —The Prussian Gazette contains the following curious statement : — "Acriminal of quite a peculiar description has been delivered up to us by a foreign government . He had established himself in one of the most frequented sea-ports as a manufacturer of forged passports , and he sold his counterfeit articles so cheap that they generally cost little more than the amount of fees on a lorn fide passport , and he forged visas upon passports with extraordinary skill . On his arrest upwards of thirty seals were found in his possession , including those of the Ministry of the interior , the presidency of police , the Kammerg-richt , the government of Potsdam , " & c . " All these seals were engraved in a peculiar manner upon slate , and gave excellent black impressions . Unfortunately the punishment for this species of forgery is very light . '

      The Prussian Gazette ot the 7 th informs us that M . Alexander von Humboldt has recovered from a severe illness , and has resumed his scientific pursuits . The electoral law tor the first Chamber appears in the columns of the Anzeiger . It is like the law of 1850 , only provisional having validity for one year . The elections will be made by the greatest taxpayers in every district , meeting in assemblies , without the right of discussion . Every Prussian is eligible who is forty years of age , has lived five years in the monarchy , and has his electoral qualification in the ' district which he seeks to represent .

      Hanover .-An agricultural conference or assembly on a large scale is being he'd at Hanover . It includes cultivators and farmers of forests from all the German States . Fhaxkfort . —One of the last acts of the Frankfort Diet before its adjournment was the final settlement of the Question respecting the legality of the Constitution of the city . The Diet declares the Election Law of October , 1848 , null and void and the consequent changes from the provisions of the Constitution of 18 J 6 as illegal . The Senate is required to restore the

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      ITALY . Rome . —The dragoon officers Belli , Kanazzi , and Ca ^ ot who were arrested on suspicion of distributing Maz ^ min ^ ' culars to the soldiers , have been set ' ai liberty after an ' itm ) , ^ ment of nearly a ye ' ar , nothing having been proved < w ° " theni . ' " ' ° The Augsburg Gazette states from Ravenna , the 29 th ult « a Lieutenant Bonisi , of the Pontifical Revenue Force , ^ as ' ? lettoed the day before . The assassin had not yet been 1 covered , but the act was attributed to political vengeance US The r ight of ' carrying arms for sporting purposes has be suspended throughout the Roman States . '' e ! ' the Observer has ceased tne ceased

      The Reman journal " " to armon ,. me ncman journal - uoserver nas to appea „ Piedmont . —The Corriere Mercantile of G * -noa of tliVftt ] states that a new instrument of political agitation has been d ' e covered in the National Bank of Turin , where French 5 fr . pitc J bearing the dates of 1831 , 18- ^ t , and 1852 , have ken f „ ?] among the cash , with the motto : Dieupunirala France , on ft . edge , instead of the usual one : Dieu protege la France , ' ' e Tuscany— The Itailia ePopola contains the following God and the People . —National Italian Association . i \ o . \ m Citizens , —In consequence of the instructions 1 have received ' I am happy to transmit to you the decree of the union ot Tuscanwith the StatesThis is solemn ctn wim me xvuiiiuii jluo d suicmn

      y Roman . a vonv . u xua ^ y ouuw . a w Veav * it strengthens the opinion of those who love and desire republican unity , and it more than ever dissipates the illusions of the federalists ; it strikes the partisans of the constitutional Monarchy to the heart , and falls like a mortal weight upon t yrants . You are , from this day , invested with all the attributions £ herent to your mission . —Greeting and fraternity . —Florence Aug . 20 th , 1852 . —To the citizens composing the Committee of the Central Interior Direction of the National Italian Association , for the Tuscan provinces at Florence , the Extraordinary Committee of the Central Interior Direction .

      It is further stated that the commissary of the committee at Rome acknowledges and definitively accepts the union of the Roman States with Tuscany . The Hisorghnento of Turin states from Florence , 5 th inst , that the Tuscan government has prohibited the introduction of the Presse of Paris into Tuscany . The Florence correspondent of the Opinionc , of Turin , states that the Tuscan Minister of the Interior has notified an order to all printers not to publish any speeches of the counsel for the defence in the case of Guerrazzi and others .

      Naples . —Arrests have taken place at Naples and in Sicily whicl wer e Supposed to be connected with those effected at Perugia , Sienna * and other towns of Central Italy . The home government have taken up Mr . Hamilton ' s case . and Mr . Addington , the permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign-office , has addressed Mr . Hamilton , informing him that Sir W . Temple had received instructions to protect the

      infernatemational treaty , under such circumstances the injured Briton has sent in a statement to her Majesty ' s mission at Naples of losses occasioned by the sudden closing of his school . Another English school , directed by Mrs . Bennett , has been threatened with a visit from the police , who say that a new concordat between Naples and Home has placed all educational establishments in the hands of the church ; and they think proper to interpret the concordat as applying to British subjects .

      Spain. We Read To The Espana, Of Madrid,...

      SPAIN . We read to the Espana , of Madrid , of the 7 th : A dreadful crime has been committed in a town of Galicia . An individual has murdered nine persons of the same family . We have not received the details of this horrible event , the news of which arrived yesterday . We only know that the murderer immolated his victims , one ofter the other , with the greatest sangfroid .

      In consequence of a complaint made by the Director of the Treasury , the Minister of the Interior has ordered proceeding to be taken against the editor of the " Heraldo , " for the publication of an article intended to bring the public Treasury into discredit . The " Heraldo , " if acquitted , will in all probability , be suppressed ; and , if condemned , it will not find it easy to pay the fine . Several other journals , the "Epoca , " " Constitutional , '' Diario Espanol , " and " Esperanza , " which copied the article , were likewise to be prosecuted .

      United States. (From Our Own Corresponde...

      UNITED STATES . ( From our own Correspondent . ) New York , August 31 . The preparations for the Presidential struggle proceed , and nearly monopolise public attention . The nomination of Hale and Julian has been received with immense satisfaction by all those who are not blinded by party-feeling , or ruled bv interested motives , and who desire the triumph of pure Democracy

      m this country , and by means of this country , throughout the world . A large and ' enthusiastic meeting ' was held in the Faneuil Hall , Boston , on Fridav evening , for the ratification of the free soil nominations . The doings of the late Pittsburg Convention were approved . Among the resolutions adopted by the meeting , were the following : " Resolved , That there is no such thing as finality in government ; that in this country all

      questions of public interest are open to discussion , all Lws to appeal , and all constitutions to revision and amendment . ^ ftesolved , That no man on this earth can own another man , that the slave power in this country must bo destroyed , that the Fugitive Slave Law should be repealed , that human bondage in the Territories and in the District should be abolished , that all the new States should be Free States , that our Govcm . ' ^ * should acknowled ge the independence of Hayti , that the rights of American coloured citizens in State ht to be

      proevery oug tected , that the General Government is a great organisation ot freedom , and should go for it everywhere , that it should always be on the side of the weak against the strong , the slave against the tyrant , the people against the despot , " Were it possible to carry the election of Hale and Julian , it would be better for the honour and welfare of our own country ; and it would assuredly be subject-matter for congratulation by the peoples of Europe ' , were these devotees of universal freedom to exclude from the chief n-mo-ist . rjit . nre nf this . o-rcat Republic . to exclude from the chief magistrature of this great Repute ,

      the Whig , General Scott , and the Pro-Slavery " Democratic ; General Pierce . But electoral anticipations do not altogether exclude attention to the troubled state of Cuba ; for troubled it is , whatc ^ the Spanish authorities may pretend to the contrary . A ' unceasing propagandism is " kept up in Cuba by the restie » war-men of the southern states , a propagandism which tncy ai determined to second by an armed invasion at the first ^ x 0 l ] K able opportunity . It was said , apparently with gxcat sh °

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18091852/page/2/