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      November 20.] The Stab, Of Efteedom. 226...

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      France. (Prom Otjr Own Correspondent.) P...

      FRANCE . ( prom otjr own correspondent . ) Paris , November 16 . Yesterday , ; tothe great surprise of many , though hot to that of those w who " know the reason why , " the MonUeurappeared , its columns g ] graced with three documents * of a sort that have not appeared in the ol official journal of late , three Eepublican manifestoes , together with the p protest of M . de Chambord . the Eepublican manifestoes consist of ti that from the refugees in Jersey , the proclamation of the society La 1 Revolution , both of which w < we published in your journal last week ,

      a and one from the Revolutionary Committee , of which I subjoin a copy . ] Kot only ate all the four documents published in the Ifowteur , but i they are printed " by order , " and posted upon the walls of Paris . The I government does this under the pretence that Louis Bonaparte is so : firmly seated in the affections of the people , that such " seditious publications" cannot do him injury . The truth is , however , that the authorities found they could not prevent their circulation ; "in spite of all their assertions , Paris and the departments were flooded with them , so , on the advice of M . de Persigny , Bonaparte made a virtue of necessity , and published the documents officially , in order , to make a show of " free discussion . "

      The Mowing is the " protest" of M . de Chambord . Ton will see that it is like all previous Frohsdorf manifestoes ; that timidity and imbecility are breathed in every sentence : — " Frenchmen , —During the trials my country has been exposed to I have condemned myself to voluntary inaction and to silence . I could not forgive myself if I had for a single moment aggravated its embarrassments and its perils . Separated from France , it is yet dear and sacred to me , as much , and more' than if I had never quitted . I know not if it will be allowed me some day to serve my country , but I am

      very certain that it will not have to reproach me with a word or an act which can affect her prosperity and her repose . It is her honour as well as mine—it is regard for her future—it is my duty towards her , which induces me to raise my voice this day . — -Frenchmen ! You desire Monarchy ; you have admitted that it alone can render you , with a regular and stable Government , that security of all rights , that guarantee of all interests , that permament accord of a strong author ity and of a wise liberty , which found and secured the happiness of nations . Do not give yourselves up to illusions which , sooner or later , will be fatal to you . The new Empire proposed to you cannot be that

      temperate and durable monarchy whose benefit you await . People are deceived , and they deceive you , when they promise them to you in its name . True Monarchy , traditional Monarchy , supported on hereditary rights and sanctioned by time , can alone put you in possession of these precious advantages , and enable you to enjoy them for ever . The genius and the glory of Jfapoleon were not sufficient to found anything stable ; his name , the memory of his acts , can still less do so . Security is not re-established by disturbing the principle on which the Throne reposes ; and all rights are not consolidated by disregarding that which is amongst us the necessary basis of the

      Monarchical order . The Monarchy in France is the Royal House of France , indissolubly united to the nation . My ancestors and yours have passed centuries , labouring in concert , according to the usages and the necessities of the period , in the development of our noble country . The French , during 1 , 400 years , alone amongst all the people of Europe , lave always had princes of their nation and of their blood at their head . The history of my ancestors is the history of the progressive greatness of France ; and it was that Monarchy which endowed her with the conquest of Algiers , so rich in prosperity , so rich in future prosperity , so rich already by the high military reputations which it has created , and the glory of which is added to all your glories . Whatever may be the designs of God with respect to you and to

      me , who have remained the chief of the ancient race of your Kings , the heir of that long line of Monarchs who , during so many centuries have increased , and cause to be respected , the power and the fortunes of France , I owe it to myself , I owe it to my family and to my country , to protest loudly against false and perilous arrangements . I , consequently , maintain my right , which is the surest guarantee of yours , and , taking God to witness , I declare to France and to the world that , faithful to the laws of the kingdom and to the tradition of my ancestors , I will religiously preserve , to my last breath , the deposit of the hereditary Monarchy of which Providence has intrusted to me the care , and which is the only port of refuge where France , the object of our love , may , after so many storms at length find rest and happiness .

      The more spirited manifesto of the Revolutionary Society is as follows : — " Citizens . —The'democracy has been obliged to impose on itself some months of expectation and suflering before striking the brigand who disgraces our country , in order to re-organize itself , in spite of the Bonapattist terror . Be then ready for everything and at every moment . Endeavour to see one another , and to meet often by twos , by fours , by sixes , and by tens , if it be possible ; form groups and centres which shall communicate with each other by word of mouth . Conspire , in short , with courage and prudence , for persecution should

      render those whom it wishes to annihdate ardent . When the great news shall arrive to yon , let it find you prepared , without surprising you , as that of the 2 nd December did . Remember that , on that day , you vainly expected a signal on the part of the traitors or cowards who called themselves your chiefs . Be no longer their sheep , which are driven * , be men . As soon as you shall learn that the infamous Louis Bonaparte has received his just chastisement , whatever may be the day or the hour , start from all points at once for the rendezvous agreed on between several groups , and from thence march together to the cantons- ) the arrondissements and prefectures , in order to confine in a circle of iron and lead , all the men who have sold

      themselves , and who , in taking the oath , have rendered themselves accomplices of the crimes of their master . Purge once for all France of all the brigands whom she feeds , and who devour her . Within the last four years you have learned to know them . When the day of justice shall dawn , let neither your hearts nor arms be weak , for your enemies , generously spared , would soon become your persecutors and your executioners . In punishing the perverse the people become the ministers of the justice of God . Let us not forget also that France is

      covered with the maledictions of European democracy , who expected from our initiative its signal of deliverance . In spite of our weakness and faintings , the nations still raise towards us their chained hands and their eyes , in which shines a last ray of hope . Let us show ourselves worthy of the sublime mission of progress and of the future , which the whole world seems to have confided tons ; let us open to nations the path to the universal republic by the democratic and social revolution of France .

      The " moderate Eepublican party , or that represented by the Steele , have not , I regret to say , taken the same determination as their more ultra-democratic brethren . It appears to them that it is their duty to oppose the government , and endeavour to overthrow it by means of the vote , How little in accordance with principle such a determination is I need not say ; the inevitable futility of such hostility , you will readily conceive .

      France. (Prom Otjr Own Correspondent.) P...

      The Ministerial paper , the ConsUiutiomek publishes the following " communicated" note : — « The Government has desired that the electors who are placed , from political causes , under the surveillance of the police should not be deprived of the exercise of the elective franchise . It has decided that at the approaching general election the electors of the class referred to shall , as well as the others , take part in the ballot . " This extraordinary instance of liberality simply means that those under surveillance will be driven to the ballot-box , to vote oui or

      —; , It is stated that after the proclamation of the Empire Jerome Bonaparte ' s son Napoleon is to be named Viceroy of Algeria , and that Jerome himself will be created Grand Constable , while Prince Murat will be first President of the Senate . The Constitutiomiel has passed from the hands of Dr . Veron into those of M . Miers , the proprietor of the Pays , who will henceforth have two journals at his command , since the are not to be amalgamated .

      All the journals this morning re-produced the manifestoes published by the Moniteur yesterday . The Orleanist and Legitimist organs are much incensed at the publicity given to the Republican proclamations . They know well enough that Louis Napoleon cannot last for ever , and they think if the Republicans can be kept silent , they may be enabled to install one ox other of the Monarchical factions in the place of the present usurper . The As & emblie Nationate ( Legitimist ) has declined publishing until tomorrow the protest of " Henri V . " It is not to be wondered at that the . Legitimist editor should have , been ashamed to place side'by side , the puerile ravings of M . de Chambord and the

      eloquent and patriotic appeals of the Republican exiles . Much is attempted to be made of the document emanating from the " Revolutionary Committee" ( which , by the bye , is said to be a forgery ) , to frighten all those who have lent support to Bonaparte . Whatever may be said of the policy at the present time of denouncing all who have compromised themselves with the existing tyranny , there can be no two opinions among honest men as to their guilt , and the punishment they merit . On the subject of the manifestoes the Steele has a stupid whine about a party ( the Cavignac one ) which " awaits not the triumph of its opinions but from the progress of civilization , the diffusion of intelligence , " & c .

      The death of two American statesmen , Clay and Webster , has been the occasion of a public meeting of Americans , which was held in the Boulevard Montmartre to-day . Mr . Rives , the American Minister in Paris occupied the chair . A large number of the American residents in Paris were present .

      GERMANY . Austria . —A tragedy called the " Maccabees" which was given in the Court Theatre , a few days since , contained a passage which was applied by the audience as soon as delivered to the relative positions of Austria and Russia . Judah accepts the proffered friendship , but not the protection of Rome , " because the protected but too often degenerates into the slave . " Every eye was turned to one and the same spot . Private letters from Fiume throw some little light upon Croatian matters . As the official reports forwarded by the provincial

      Government to v ienna induced people in office to suppose that the free port of Fiume was ultra-Croatian , the Emperor was somewhat surprised during his stay there to find that none but black-yellow flags were visible . Inquiries were made why the national colours were nowhere to be seen , and it appeared from the replies given that Fiume had no Croatian sympathies whatever . This led the central Government to suppose that it had been wilfully deceived , and people are

      inclined to believe that the rumour of Jellachich ' s having tendered his resignation is in some way connected with what took place at Fiume . The Ban was as wrong in supposing Fiume well inclined to Cuoatia as Government is in fancying that the Fiumese are admirers of the idea of unity and indivisibility . The truth appears to be , that the inhabitants of Fiume care as little for the black-yellow as for the Croatian flag . If they might follow their inclinations , they would rather hoist a Hungarian or Italian flag than either .

      Prussia . —The returns of elections to the First Chamber show that the aristocratic party will have a better position in this than in the Lower House . Professor Stahl , the doctrinaire and pietistic defender of aristocratic privilege , has been elected by five constituencies . On the 12 th the monster political trial which has filled the Assize-hall at Cologne for the last six weeks has been brought to a conclusion . The government had come to see that the charge of treason which appeared in the formidable " instruction" read at the beginning of the process was untenable , and the main question was thus put to the jury : — " Are the accused guilty of having concerted and resolved with others , during the years 1848 , 1849 , 1850 , and 1851 , the execution of an

      enterprise the object of which was , in the first place , to overturn the constitution of the state ; and secondly , to arm the citizens and the inhabitants against the royal authority and against one another ?" To this question the jury answered " Yes , " as far as concerned Roeser , Burgers , Nothjung , and Eeiff ; but Becker , Daniels , Ehrhardt , Jacobi , Klein , and Lessner were declared to be not guilty . Then followed four subsidiary issues in the decision of which it was declared that some of the prisoners acquitted on the first count were privy to the desiof the the

      gns guilty parties . Upon completion of the verdicts the court ordered the release of four prisoners , ' namely , Daniels , Jacobi , Klein , and Ehrhardt . Tee public prosecutor then demanded that Roeser , Burgers , Becker , and Nothjung should be imprisoned fbr eight years , Reiff and Otto for six years , and Lessner fbr three years with deprivation of civil and political rights , and . condemnation in the costs ot the trial . The court condemned Roeser , Nothjung , and Burgers , to six years ; Reiff , Otto , and Becker to five years ; and Lessner to three years , impnsoment ; with interdiction of civil and political rights to the six first mentioned , and likewise condemned them to oav by equal contribution the costs of the trial

      FRANKFORT .-Letters from Frankfort state that Count Rechberg has been appointed by Austria president of the Germanic Diet , in th room of Count Tlmn . ; On the 19 th , at day break , a large mourning flag was found waving m the wind over the road opposite the Fahrthor . An alarm was raised as soon as the anniversary of Blum ' s execution was thought of and at 8 o ' clock the police removed the redouhtable ^ emblem . A black flag was also found suspendeded from a tree m the Bornheimer meadow , and removed as soon as discovered HAMBimG .-At Hamburg , the attempts of the democratic party to commemorate he execution of Robert Blum were frustrated by the nohce , who broke up the assembly , compelled the removal of all revolutionary symbols , and earned off the bust of Blum to thetown-house

      SWITZ ERLAND . The Grimselspital has become a prey to the flames . The catastro phe took place on the night of the 6 th ; all himitme vTSwed and it is believed that a traveller frJ <* nh ™^ li 7 uescroyect > TO atthe time in the plac ™ a p ' " An W ™ Y g ° at Yverfoa . The recmife couitedTs £ mJTm ^ ff X Vaudois . The Ctmfcderc of fteibure I ^ ZmLrfn f ¦ rtch the illicit enlistment is ctrtiS otkS It „/ ? * f Wth S £ W £ ia ^ ftpi ^ rSceT % to circulate the foreffoino- urocepdW ? ' ofllcers aPP 0 U ^ ed young 8 * , * iaftaea m m ^ K ^ SuM

      France. (Prom Otjr Own Correspondent.) P...

      furnished them by persons especially appointed by the Holy Fathe The recruits are recommended to use the greatest discretion until the arrive at their destination , which will . be made known at the mom J of their departure . -....

      ITALY . , Rome . —The recent disembarkmeht Of French troops at civita Vecchia , may serve as a measure of what we might have to expe f upon our own shores in case of hostilities with France . Two steam frigates and two steim corvettes , of the total power of 1 , 400 horses and 4 , 250 tons * conveyed 3 , 550 men in 48 hours , from Toulon to Civita Vecchia , against a strong head wind . The time employed on the pas ' , sage was a third longer than it would have been in favourable weather . The vessels all anchored within the mole , and landed the soU diers without the least hurry or confusion , in about eight hours . The

      frigates carried 1 , 250 men each . One of the recently-arrived reel , ments , the 40 th of the line , took a very prominent part in the coup d ' etat of the 2 nd of December at Paris . The officers , who had been led to expect a very cordial reception for the Romans , are much disappointed at the uniform coldness with ' which they are treated in public places . Some of them endeavoured to enter into conversation with a group of citizens at the Cafe del Commercio the other evening , but none of the Romans could or would understand French on th / oceasion , which so enraged the principal spokesman amongst the officers that he insisted on the waiters going round and enquiring of every

      individual whether he was or was not acquainted with the French language ? A shrug of the shoulders or a shake of the head went the whole rount ) . of the Romans , and the officers departed without having succeeded in breaking through the frigid reserve which for three years and a half separated the protectors from their j ^ oteges . On the 2 nd instant , about 1 o ' clock p . m ., Signor Corado Politi was missed from the prisons of Ancona . This event has created great excitement in the city , as he was a notable prisoner . Should he succeed in getting his disclosures will doubtbe of interest

      clear off , , no , , as he was a membe r of the Constituent Assembly , and a man of rare abilities . He had been incarcerated above three years for his political opinions arid although the judges who were charged with deciding upon his lot were finally reduced to pass a sentence of exile , still this { sentence was never carried into execution , but he was kept on from year to year rotting in prison . The authorities , not to be baulked of a victim on hearing of Politi ' s escape , sent the next day to imprison his brother who resides in the city of Becanati .

      Piedmont . —The Opinione of Turin , of the 10 th inst . publishes a circular , addressed to the deputies by the President of the Chamhev inviting them to meet in the Hall of their Sittings on the 19 th for the despatch of business . Tuscany . —The Eisorgimento of the 10 th inst . quotes a letter from Florence of the 7 th , announcing that the day before the police delegates had communicated to the political refugees a Grand Ducal order enjoining them to quit Tuscany in a delay of eight days . The number of these emigrants residing at Florence is estimated at about 800 . The correspondence of the Opinione of the same date states that the

      order would not be enforced against all the refugees , but only against the more violent . It was reported that Bino , the person arrested as the author of the attempt against M . Baldasseronfs life , had been restored to liberty , having proved an alibi . Numerous arrests had taken place at Florence in consequence of the discovery of a secret committee in that city . Most of the individuals arrested were strangers to Tuscany .

      SPAIN . It is believed that the Ministry will propose certain modifications to the Constitution at the opening of the session of the Cortes . M . Mayans is to be the candidate of the Ministry for the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies . The Hcraldo states that the four steamers built'in England for the Spanish government are about to leave for the island of Cuba , with troops , which , with those already sent from Cadiz

      and Barcelona , will give an addition to the army in Cuba of 4 , 000 men . A Madrid letter of the 7 th states that the Heraldo , Constitu cional , Diario , and Epoca have received notice of trial for a libel on the Director of the Treasury . The public prosecutor demands against the publisher of the Ileraldo a fine of 15 , 000 reals and ten months ' imprisonment , and against each of the other defendants a fine of 8 , 000 eals and seven months' imprisonment .

      GREECE . Some business of importance is certainly being transacted at Athens , for the Austrian frigate Bellona , and the Russian corvette Ariadne arrived at the Pirams on the 28 th of last month-that is , shortly after the Queen ' s messengers were despatched there in such a hurry . During the night of the 26 th there was such a tremendous hurricane at Athens that one of the columns of the temple of Jupiter Olympus ; was thrown down , The enormous cypresses were also torn up by the 3 jtUOtSt

      TURKEY " . A private correspondence from Alexandria states , that Abbas Pasha a has shown no objection to render the assistance demanded by thee Forte , and has sent Abdalla Bey to London to make the necessary y arrangements for raising'the money , but this is in direct contradictions to news of the 2 nd of November from Marseilles , according to whickU ttie Viceroy has declared his inability to grant the Sultan ' s request . t . there must have been a terrible storm in the Archipelago , as thelie Levant Mail of the 30 th of October brings news of the loss of thirteeiien vessels which

      had been cast ashore at the Punta del Barbaeri , at thehe entrance to the Dardanelles . On the 14 th a fire broke out at Con-nstantmople ( Galata ) , which consumed 500 houses before it could be he got under . The Minister of War , who had gone to the rescue , wasasi wounded on the head by a falling beam . Ziver Aga , one of Mm : Sultans chamberlains , is to take the newMeshidiOrder , and a sabres tne hilt ot which is ornamented with diamonds , to the Viceroy or oil ugypt . it is evident from the imperfect and contradictory report & rtss which are contained in the Constantinople and Smyrna papers tliaha the insurrection of the Druses is a serions matter . The insecurity oy o > the Syrian roads is greater than ever , and it is feared that ' th ' th Mouins meditate an attack on the two towns of Safet ( Souf ) , amanri labana ( Tiberias ) , which are now without a garrison ,

      United States. (Prom Our Own Corresponde...

      UNITED STATES . ( PROM our own correspondent . ) New Tork , Noyember 3 . 3 . The Presidential election is at length decided . Pierce , the « Deuuemu ciatic candidate was yesterday elected by an overwhelming majoritoritt The i-eturns from the rural districtswith a few exceptions have ire m

      , yet been made , but the unav ™^ riKr io „„ . „ „ , o ,- „ ..: x- „\ . : „ ;„ ? : „ + y yet been made , but the unexpectedly large majorities received in tin titi city tor Pierce and King , sufficiently show that Scott and Grahaahaa are absolutely no where iu the present struggle . It is certain th tfah Pierce has earned Maine , Kew Hampshire , Connecticut , Rhode Islaislan iNewlork , Pennsylvania , New Jersey , Michigan , Indiana , Illinolinoo Wisconsin , Iowa , Missouri , Maryland , Virginia , South Carolkolin Georgia , Arkansas , Texas , and other states .

      the election of Pearce is a great misfortune , for this country ary as tor toope . He is the representative of that species of " Democracjrac ^ which is certainly paramount in the minds of the majority of tof tt « SSTi 3 f ^ at ? hour ; and which » , IgrieJetosay . fcy . " spirit of selfishness , and the negation of all the nobler feelings of c of cc nature . But 4 ho ^ emgcratkf party will hold tether , Its ma ! m

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20111852/page/2/