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      YRMiCE . A man named Mootcharmont was tried last week for the murder of tfo pendarwes . Montcaarraoat was found cuilty by the jury , and without extenuating circumstances . No one , in fact , entertained a doubt of bis guilt . Tha criminal petitioned for a pardon , or a commutation of punishment . The petition was referred by the President of tbe Bepublic to the Council of State , who , in turn , took tbe opinion of the Local Court . This opinion was unfavourable . The Council of State decided in the

      negative , aud conuiunicateu that decision to the President of the Republic . The President read with much attention the whole of the documents connected with the trial . The decision of the Council of State was ratified ; and the proper officers were informed that the law must take its course . Oa the day of execution , and while the murderer was being led to the scaffold , a conflict took place between him and the executioner . Monteharmont resisted all attemp ts toinduce ^ r force him to ascend the scaffold ; and a struggle lasted durinK more than half an hour in the pre . B 7 nce ola vLt and silent multitude . The crunmal ock the

      was led back to prison , but at five o cl same the sentence was executed . This disgusting exhibition has been commented on by M . Charles Hugo , son of the poet , in the * Evenement . ' For this article he has been tried and sentenced by the court of assizes . This is an event deserving earnest attention . So engrossed is the French public with political questions of an organic or dynastic class that the real object of all government , liberty with morality , is entirely lost sight of . The article of the ' Evenement / for which M . Charles Hugo has been condemned to a heavy fine and sis months '

      imprisonment , is simply the protest of a refined mind against tbe immorality of public executions . There is not one word in this article upon * which the law can take hold without stopping the most justifiable sort of discussion . M . Charles Hugo complains that the brutality of such exhibitions excites a mischievous compassion for criminals of the worst class . After describing , in terms which are unexceptionable , the revolting incidents of Montcharmont ' s execution , arising from the prisoner ' s , resistance , he says : * If you will continue to apply a punishment so much at variance with the progress of civilisation , remove at least the scandal by making executions inaccessible to the public eve / There is nothing in this article

      of the * Evenament' that Mr . Charles Dickens , in the British press , and Mr . Moockton Milnes , in the British parliament , have not said over and over again in much more emphatic language . To imprison a writer for the expression of such sentiments is a revolting perversion of all law , and a stupid , barbarous violation of tbe ends for which laws are made . The question is not whether or no the punishment of death be right or wise ; but whether the mouth of aw educated man is to be stopped by the hand of law from discussing tbe wisdom and morality of public executions . It is a glaring instance of the backward state of France in the must essential conditions of society , this outrageous persecution of free discussion even in matters irrelevant to politics .

      At the close of the defence , M . Victor Hugo , who conducted the defence , addressed his son thus : — ' My son , yon receive this day a great honour . You are now worthy to combat , to suffer , perhaps , for the great cause of truth . From this day forward you eater the true manly life of our time . Be proud , you who are only a simple soldier , of the human and democratic idea ; you sit on the same bench where Beranger and Lamennais sate . Be firm in yonr convictions , and if you want an incentive to strengthen your faith in progress , your belief in the future , your religion for humanity , your execration for the scaffold , your horror of irrevocable and irreparable penalties , think that yon sit where Lesarqaes sat /

      Stormy debates have been occurring in tbe Assembly on tbe National Guard Bill . M . Armaud , a member of the Mountain , maintained that a soldier ought to exercise his judgment as to the propriety of the orders given to him . And for this , after having been called to order by the President in his usual peremptory manner , the Assembly voted that he should be heard no more . M . Alfred Netfement has given notice of an amendment to the law on the press , removing some of the vexations restrictions as to tbe signature of articles .

      M . Carlier has addressed a letter to tbe editor of the ' Messager / in which he states that the report on the manoeuvres of General d'Hantpoul and tbe society of the Dix-Decembre , made public by M-. Eugene Forcade , in a trial quite irrelevant thereto , was an undigested mass of rough notes entrusted by him in all confidence to M . Forcade , who was to employ his literary leisure in drawing op the official memorial . M . Forcade never completed this job , but he kept the notes , which be has now published as an official document , out of spits against the government for prosecuting him for a false and malicious libel . Tbe President of the Republic therefore never saw the report in question .

      Ths Ministry were interpellated on Monday ou the subject of s charge against a member , that he had procured a situation for a friend , for the sake of putting half the proceeds in his packet . 11 . Lesmtier , the member aimed at , has resigned for the sake of facilitating a judicial investigation , which being promised by the Minister of Justice , the Assembly passed to the order of the day by a small majority . The ground upon which M . Lemu'ier supposed himself alluded to iu the rough notes of M . Carlier was , it appears , his having solicited and obtained from the government the p \«« of director of the Gobelins for his friend M Lacordaire . Ha lodges

      in the house which is assigned to the director . Hence he has incurred the suspicion of sharing the profits . M . Lacordaire is the brother of tbe famous preacher of that name . M . Lemulier was expected on Tuesday to hand in the resignation of his seat in the Assembly ; but up to the present hour he has not taken this step . This is not ths only case in which the character of a representative has been recently called in question . M . Colfavru , a talented member of the Mountain , has been impeached in a meeting of the Left , not

      only of general misconduct and neglect of his duty as a representative , but he is suspected of betraying to the police information of the secret movements of his party . He was defended by his colleagues of the extreme Left with more zeal than success , and will have to clear himself before a jury of honour . The origin of the reprimand was the negligence of this democratic member , and his absence in the bureaux upon occasions wherein his vote would have told against the government , while on other occasions his secret vote was suspected of being against his own party .

      M . Boubier de 1 Ecluse has presented to the National Assembly the following proposition relative to the revision of the constitution r—? On the second Sunday in May . 1852 , all the electors of France , assembled in their respective electoral colleges , shall be called on to proceed by Universal suffrage , sach as existed before the law of May 31 st , in the manner and according to the mode then followed : 1 . To the nomination , in execution and according to the terms of article 45 of the constitution , of a provisional President of the Republic . 2 . To the nomination of a new Constituent Assembly , invested with the special mandate of the people , aud with full powers to proceed to the total revision of the constitution of 1818 , and to declare the government of Prance . '

      The Committee of the Electoral Union will hand in to the Assembly , on Saturday next , a mass of petitions for the revisiom of the constitution , signed by 15 , 000 persons , in addition to the petitions signed by 7 , 000 inhabitants of Paris , aud presented by M . Peapin , the Bnonapartist committee of the Hue Neuva St . Augastin promises to bring forward afresh batch , signed by 10 , 000 more . This will give some idea ol tbe scale on which tbe capital is petitioning for revision .

      The municipal council of Angonieme , at its last sitting , voted hy a large majority an address to the President of the Republic , inviting him to honour « hat town w ' nb . a visit , after having inaugurated the section of the Bordeaux Kailwav to Poitiers . The municipal council of Saintes has * also sen £ tbreeof its members to Paris to invite the President to visit their town after the inauguration at Poitiers . The lSSft *™? * ? , " * Same « ? e voted a sum of oe given oa the occasion . on ^ viSTt ? T ^ T rte Committee on « . won " alread y producing ils fruits The ¦ tup- * tks deliberative assUl y ™ fifteen rival ips ^ mmess a „ d bluster the debates o 2 chaotic tegHfatiM fro * which it was hatch ( £ f n tbejast sunn- a fierce dispute between MM u talembert and Ba * . Wa 8 \ j £ « V ^ l tercation be : w « m MM . Jules Favre and Berrver ~ The debv . e on Saturday bu was exoeedW i 8 nj .

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      mated . General Cavaignac demanded the close of the general debate , and proposed that , the committee should occupy itself first , with the question of ' monarchy or republic / \ \ M . de Montalembert regarded the election of the 10 th of December as a protest against tbe men and the things of February , but not as a return to monarchy . It was a reaction w favour of the ideas of order . He thought that the permanence of the legislative power was an immense inconvenience . On the other band , men of influence and c onsideration talked of abolishing the presidency . On every side some ^ objection was brought against the existing state of things . How was it possible to resist these universal complaints The constitution was defended as a barrier to tbe re-election of the president . But such an argument would have no weight whatever with the

      people , who would be quite justified in their dissatisfaction at not being consulted on such a question . The national sovereignty ought to be sacredi especially for republicans . How refuse tbe people ihe exercise of their right ? The re-election of the President was not feared by the country . What was humanly possible the President bad done , as regarded his duty ; the accumulation of petitions was a testimony of it . If , as had been pretended , fchesepetitions had been squeezed out by the pressure of the administration , what earthly power could have raked together 800 , 000 signatures in favour of tbe republic ? In conclusion , if the Presideut was ' re-elected in spile of the constitution , an immense danger wouldarise , which ought to he prevented by making tbe re-election optional .

      M . de Tocf tUEViLiE declared in favour of revision , as well as M . Odiwon Barrot . M . Chabas admitted the national sovereignty which he confessed to be the sole source of right . But he would vote against revising the constitution . He damauded tbe repeal of the law of May 31 , by which the national sovereignty had been maimed . He would not vote for revision so long as the right of meeting , particularly for electoral purposes , was denied ; while boundless license was permitted to tbe propagators of imperialism , and six departments were in a state of siege .

      General Cavaignac eaid that he did not feel himself at liberty to enter into discussion with those who began by wishing to get rid of the republic . The ground of argument ought first to be cleared of the question between , monarchy and the republic ; and when they came to the details he would point out a line of discussion by which they might arrive at tbe formulation of an opinion . The republic was tbe only form of government founded on . the sove-r reigoty of the people ; monarchy was the exclusion of that principle . He challenged the royalists to propose their principle .: He would drive them to do so at the tribune . " First , the committee ought to examine the motions f ? r partial , and afterwards for total revision . The intention of the motion of the Rue des Pyramides was to bring the Assembly to vote the revision , and to shirk the debate . But

      revision was a crisis , and it became the Assembly to speak out at such a juncture . He admitted the force of national sovereignty , but this principle had limits ; and he confessed be regarded with great distrust the readiness with which tbe , new partisans of the sovereignty of the people appealed to it for tbe decision of all questions . Total revision he would only admit as the result of debating tbe whole of the articles from first to last over again . But tbe first question to settle was that of monarchy . He knew that the debate would demonstrate the impotence of the monarchist , and that tbe republic would emerge triumphant from tbe ordeal . After this trial tbe war would naturally

      stop . No doubt the constitu ion was defective . He would prefer indirect election or the President , which would leave a freer field for competition among numerous candidates . The Republic would meet less opposition . Nevertheless , he would vote against revision , because tbe constitution , imperfect as it was , constituted a valuable harrier against usurpation . The 45 th article was , in particular , apart from all personal considerations , a principle indispensable to the life of the ftepublic . It was the fixture of men which prevented the fixture of affa i rs . The only means of rendering power stable in France was by divorcing it from all personal pretensions .

      M . Berwyer said that the predominating idea in his mind , in voting for revision , was to avert the chance of a greater evil , the unconstitutional reelection of the President . As for the limits of the faculties of the constituent they bad no right to make a programme or to dictate " a line of conduct ; in fact , it was impossible , iu tbe present state of the country , to do so . Every set of people took up a different point of view in objecting to the present state of things ; therefore the most reasonable way of satisfying all was to set no limit to tht power of change . He and his friends thought that the Bepublicaa government was not the sort of government which the country wanted , or which was good for it . He thought there , was no other path of progress open for an ancient stream of society , but the channel by which it bad arrived at its broadest and

      deepest development , the hereditary perpetuation of power and representative institutions . But granting the Republic , still the constitution was bad . It lay not in tbeir province to decide whether the majority of tbe nation preferred Monarchy to the Republic . The Assemhlv had not tta tight to do so . It could only convoke the constituent in the terms laid down by the 111 th article . The sitting was adjourned to Tuesday , without the resolution having been taken . The committee accordingly re-assembled on that day . MM . de Corcelle , Charamaule , Dufour , Cavaignac , Berryer , Monlin , and Cbarras spoke . The committee were to meet again on Wednesday and on Saturday . The reporter is expected to he appointed on the latter dav .

      The bill of the government for adjourning the municipal elections did not pass on . Tuesday without some severe questioning : from opposite sides of the house . M . Leon Faucher declared that tbe sole object of the government in adjourning tbe election was to avoid the agitation inseparable from the repetition of tbe elections six months hence under the empire of a new law , after the enactment of the Municipal Hill . Larochejaquelin said tlujb the obvious meaning of the Adjournment was to shirk the application of the law of May 31 , and that he accepted the bill as a protest against the present electoral law . M . Leon Faucher declared that the ministry could notacccpt such an interpretation , and that he preferred withdrawing the bill to countenancing such a construction of tho government ' s policy .

      HAMBURG . Out Hamburg cxKteswMMlent furnishes us with some further particulars of the late butchery of tbe citizens by the Austrian soldiers in the suburb of St . Pauli , and informs us that the initiative in the quarrel between the populace and the soldiers was taken by several non-commissioned officers , who , at an early stage of the dispute , drew their swerds aud attacked the people in the dancing booths . Their attack uas repulsed , and they were at length induced to leave the place , but they returned with a strong reinforcement of their comrades , whom they had picked up in tbe streets . Tiey were again expelled and compelled to fly from tbe exasperation

      of tbe people . Amidst the din and confusion of tbe contest a cry was suddenly raised that these soldiers had cut kown a man . They were consequently hotly pursued , and as they turned round upon their pursuers a conflict ensued . The Hanseatic soldiers ou guard interfered , and endeavoured toarrsetthe leaders of the affray , but before this measure could be executed an Austrian patrol came up , and the officer in command summoned the people to disperse at once . This peremptory demand led to the lamentable results which are already known to our readers . Our corresponded ! informs us , that there can be no doubt that the Hanseatic police would have succeeded in suppressing the riot but for-the

      appearance - of _ the Austrian patrol ou Hamburg territory . The , presence of tbe . Austrian * within tbe liberties of the free city' was considered as unauthorised , and the officer ' s command to his men to 'prime and load / and to advance to vsitfriw twealy yards of the riotous masses , wa < folfbvred . 'hy derisive cheers and yells of defiance . Upon thjsthe front rank of the AusJrians fired , the volley was followed by the shrieks of the wounded , and ; tbe populace , frantic with rage , assailed tbe troops with a shower of stones , and compelled them to retreat within the gates of AUona . The j-enerafe was

      meanwhile sounded through the streets' of that city . The Austrian Garrison a ^ spmbled , and a- ^ ain leav ing the town they marched into St . Pauli . Taey were commanded . "by the Generals . Legeditsch and Thein : er . . As the . columns advanced npon the populace , volley after volley was firedby the front ranks . The people gave way . General Theimer was wounded by a atone , which- dbnided 'his right arnr ' j but as the Austrians pursued , the ; populace fled for safety towards the gates' of Hamburg . The Austrian troops would have pursued them even into the city bm for the dete , rniji ! atioa of the Hanseatic Lieutenant Loreccen , who was in command of the

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      Hamburg Gate , and who compelled the Austrian troops to respect the authority of the Senate . No further , details have transpired of the killed and wounded in this affair . A letter , dated Hamburg , June 11 th , says : — 'Sincethe late tragic occurrence at St . Pauli the telegraph between that city and Vienna has been kept in constant occupation by General Legeditsch , tbe Austrian commander . This officer has as yet taken no heed of the remonstrance against the increase of Austrian troops in Hamburg , made to him by the senate . 1 , 344 men with 180 horses were sent by that commandant to St . Pau . lt > and more are expected every hour . Strange as it may appear ,

      it was actually the intention of the Austrians to proclaim the state of siege in St . Pauli after tbe late events but prudent counsels prevailed . The military , however , take everything into their own hands as completely as if martial law had been declared . The day before yesterday a citizen of Hamburg was expressing in the streets bis indignation against the conduct of the Austrian soldiers at St . Paul' , when two officers who were passing by , bearing his language , took upon themselves to arrest him , calling a neighbouring guard to do their bidding . The next day he was claimed by the civic authorities and set at liberty . Yesterday & waiter residing in the suburb of St . Pauli , was so foolish as to attack an

      Austrian soldier , and was very naturally secured . The offence having been committed in tbe Hamburg territory he should have been delivered up to the civic authorities . Instead of this , however , he was dragged off to Altona , the Austrian bead-quarters , where be is likely to remain . Even our thorough , paced reactionaries now sigh for the departure of the Austrians . The lamentations of tbe many persons who have been bereaved or otherwise injured by the late collision make a sad impression on society , and even affect tbe Bourse .

      The senate of Hamburg , has protested , not only atUrankfort , Berth ) , and- "Vienna against the occupation of their city by the Austrians , but has addressed remonstrances to tbe governments of England , France , and Russia , as parties to the treaty of Vienna , which guarantees the independence of tbe city of Hamburg . A proclamation has been published by the magktrates of Hamburg , dated the 13 th inst ., stating the full case of the riots ; and exhorting the people to calmness and moderation .

      BELGIUM . The Ministry has returned to office after a crisis of several weeks' duration .

      SPAIN . A feeling of quiet but sullen discontent continues to exist throughout the country , which is not likely to abate , but rather to assume a dangerous form on the very first fie opportunity ; nor indeed could it be otherwise after tbe deep impression produced by tbe stipulations in the 'Concordat . ' Tbe ministry intends to present the budget and the bill for the settlement of the debt . he

      chamber will appoint the committees ; and the Cortes will then adjourn , till October ; . on the 10 th of which month , the Queen ' s birthday , they will be re-opened . As it will take a month to get through the present business , the day on which the decree proroguing the chambers will be read is expected to coincide with the 10 th of July , on which day the Queen ' s pregnancy is , barring accidents , to be officially proclaimed .

      Hence all important questions are adjourned till next winter . The , ' Hevaldo , ' and several other journals , were seized on the 11 th .

      PORTUGAL . ; Saldanha has just done an act of justice , which will tend to attach to him the officers of the army , whatever may be their individual political opinions . Costa Cabral had caused to be placed in inactivity all those officers who were suspected of having any other opinion than himself , to the prejudice of their interests , by which many old and deserving officers became shut out from the advantages of their rank ; Saldanha has considered them in the promotion that is going on , and , as they were displaced only on account of political opinions , he has given a step of rank to all those who are in a condition to enter into effective service should their services be required , and themselves qualified to undertake it .

      The Queen and royal family have gone to Cintra for a short time . A moat complete conversion seems to have taken place with regard to her political sentiments and comportment . She no longer exhibits that obstinacy that has been so remarkable in all ber actions , and so detrimental to the country ; she signs without reluctance the necessary decrees which are essential to carry out the principles proclaimed by the revolution—is more free , easy , and affable in

      her behaviour—and appears relieved from a load or restraint which the evils of the late administration were accumulating upon ber ; in fine , she is said to go cordially with the movement , not iti mere expression , but in positive acts . This is the greatest check Cabralism could possibly have received , and has within these few days altered the ¦ . whole : face and appearance of things , which most certainly are brightening in a very extraordinary manner .

      Letters dated Lisbon , June 10 th , have been received in Paris . They state that the Portuguese government , alarmed al the news of the departure of M . Arnao from Madrid , for Paris , and the reported intention of the Spanish government to inter , fere in the affairs of Portugal , has demanded with energy explanations from M . Galiano , the Spanish Minister at Lisbon , whose answer is deemed satisfactory . An official notice has been published in the' Diario do Governo / declaring that tbe beat harmony prevails between the two governments , without the least desire oi intervention on tbe part of Spain ,

      GERMANY . Though not much is distinctly known of the Warsaw and Olmulz . conferences , thus much is pretty generally iu the best informed circles here positively affirmed , viz ., that Russia has decidedly objected . to tbe annexation of the Danish monarchy to the German confederation ; with respect to tbe incorporation of tbe Austrian monarchy therein , tbe Czar affects neutrality—knowing that the opposition of France and England to that measure will be sufficient to prevent its taking place .

      ITALY . It is stated in a letter of the 10 th inst ., that two Roman soldiers were shot on that morning , according to the sentence of a French court-martial , for assaults on French soldiers . These executions had produced a deep sensation . The Austrians have occupied Spoleto . PIEDMONT . The police have conducted to the frontier Count Bertola di Rimini , a spy and agent of Austria and Rome . , The Chamber of Deputies has voted the abolition of the privileges of Nice from 1854 , and the revision of the tariff in 1855 .

      TUSCANY . The . ' Consemtore' of Florence quotes a letter from Leghorn of the 9 th init , giving the particulars of the domiciliary visit which we mentioned as having taken place at a villa near the Condotti , in . habited by tbe family of the late . Lord Aldborough , Notwithstanding the precautions taken , a person attempted to escape over the garden-wall , but was arrested , and was at once identified as a native of Lucca , who had formerly served in the police corps , yjhtn the inmates of the villa were summoned to opsu the doors in the name of the law , they , answered-that the house was inhabited bj English subjects , and consequently inviolable . , A : long parky ensued , after which the authorities , suspecting .

      that advantage was taken of the delay , to burn papers and oilier articles , ' . ordered the- doors to . lie broken open , and a similar question bad to be repeated up stairs , where they found a door- secured with iron bars ; two persons were arrested in the act of burning a mass of papers . The police found , besides a voluminous correspondence in English , a complete set of printing materials , several clandestine publications printed . ' on the premises , and a quantity ^ of arms . The three sons of Lord Aidborough , " and the individual who- had attempted to « cape , were arrested a / id secured in tbe Fortezza Yeccbia , the articles seized were put info two chests and sealed up in tbe presence of the British Consul ' Fourteen more persons connected wifh tliiis affair have been since arrested . - '

      NAPLES . The passion of the King for military , displays is increasing daily—six thousand recruits have' been ordered to Sicily , in order to let the veterans stationed there , return to Napier . Ha has cvidenflj an idea of changing his policyat home ; notoae pardon appeared iti the official journal : on the occasion of his ' Majesly ' a WrthtUy , as . ls generally the case . . Poerio and bis cempaiiionsistill wear Iheir chains ; " . the spy is . equally , active , , nnd ths = prisoiis are as crowded as twr ,, The King ' * councils are torn by the contending . , polic « . wMi ruitUavy authorities . Reports from the provinces reprfsent' endless squabbles between the cwil m » d bayonet rple and what vith . lhe one and tho other ; law becomes ra-

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      ther the caprice of the functionary than the rule of the state . Naples has lost another of her best and most honest public men . Prince Coriaii , many years minister of foreign . & ffa \ t » , died on the 4 vh inst ., at au advanced age . The prince was not in high favour at court during the last three years , as he was known to advocate representative government . He held office during the Sicilian troubles , but it was nearly nominal , Filangieri being tbe real minister , whose intercourse at that period with the French and English cabinets was directed by Englishmen opposed to tbe policy of Lord Palmerston .

      A letter from Naples says : — ' Political trials have again commenced , they are chiefly of the lower orders , accused of republican opinion . Their great offence appears to be that of having shouted' Long live the constitutional King . ' For such a crime they have been nearly two years in prison without atrial . The crown lawyer is engaged in drawing up the processi for the events of May , 1848 , when the troops and lazzaroni plundered the city , so that tbe government will again expose its anticonstitutional fraud , and degrade tbe courts of justice with mock trials . 1 hear the Duke d'Aumale , when in Naples , ventured to suggest the folly of such

      proceedings in high quarters . The reply was , ' We have an army . ' ' Yes , ' responded the prince , ' and so bad my father . ' No doubt the King can depend on his army as long as they are well paid , well clothed , and continually receiving promotion ; but the Neapolitans are not a fighting people , and they might not prove faithful if called upon to draw the sword ; indeed , it is well known the last Roman expedition almost produced a rebellion ; andi on the other baud , every officer had a friend either in exile or in prison , and tha *" , too , for political opinions which the King made the law of the land . ]

      • I have ascertained the Pope is expected at Gaeta dft a visit to his Neapolitan Majesty . If such an event really takes place , tbe Austrian move on Rome will certainly follow . I have reason to suppose communications from the Vatican state the necessity ot this decision , originating from the want of confidence in the French government , Beyond doubt , preparations have been made at Gaeta for the reception of aome one , and a considerable number of troops are concentrated in that direction . Several cardinals are also ex pected . The whole plan , 1 hear , is suggested by Austria . '

      SWEDEN AND NORWAY . Stockholm . —Tbe Jews of Sweden and Norway , encouraged by their brethren in various portions of the civilised world , have presented a petition to the Four States , praying for their emancipation . After some deliberation the petition was referred to a committee , which will probably decide that things shall remain in statu quo—that is to say , they shall , as heretofore , be admitted to settle and trade in be country . It was very clear , from the feeling manifested by the Four States when the petition was presented , that if the petition had come under debate , , tbe Jews , instead of being emancipated ! would have been banished from , the kingdom .

      Another subject which . has caused some attention lately is the increased activity of the Roman Catholics . By tbe law ol the land no person of the Lutheran persuasion is permitted to . enter a Roman Catholic place of worship . Even on a veceut occasion , when high mass was performed in presence of tbe Queen , tbe Queen Dowager , and the Roman Catholic diplomatic corps , & c ., in memory of the Queen ' s mother , the Duchess of Leuchtenburgb , not one of . tbe

      Lutheran members of the Royal family or household were present . Recently , however , about a dozen Lutheran females have openly joined the Roman Catholic Church , and a charge has been brought against a Romish priest , the principal of the girls ' school , of clandestinely making proselytes ; the trial , which excites considerable interest , has been going on for some days . How it will terminate is not foreseen ; but if the facts be proved against the parties , they will , according to the law of the land , he expelled from the country .

      AMERICA . From California we learn that , after a session ol four months , the Legislature adjourned on the 30 th of April , having passed atj act to protect the homestead from legal process under certain conditions , and a usury law , fixing tbe rate of interest at ten per cent ., and allowing eighteen per cent ., by special agreement . The intelligence from the mining district ia of a flattering character . Soma progress

      has been made hy the commissioners in forming treaties with the Indians , although they still con ., tituie their ravages in the vicinity of Los Angelos . New diggings have been discovered in Shasta Valley , which promise the most abuudant returns . Their depth is from one to four feet , and they hare yielded an average of eighty dollars a day a piece to five men , who have been engaged there ever since the discovery .

      There is an Italian Opera Company pertorming at tbe Theatre in Sacramento City . Three months ago labour might be had in Placerville at from two dollars to three dollars per day . A decided improvement in price has lately taken place , and labour now commands from five dollars to seven dollars per day . Accounts from tbe mining interests represent tbe late rains as having been most beneficial to their interests . Tbe dry diggings have been more alive with the music of the various cradles , teas , & c . On Sunday last the British and North American Mail steam-ship Africa arrived at our- harbour , bringing over four days later intelligence from the United States and British North America , tbe usual weekly mails , nearly 150 passengers , and specie to the extent of 680 , 000 dollars . The Africa sailed from New York direct on the 4 th inst .

      Intelligence from California to ( he 1 st of May has been received at New York . At that date the condition of affairs at San Francisco and throughout the territory was very favourable . Two steam ships arriving at the eastern ports of America bad conveyed two millions dollars additional of gold dust from tbe mines . The engagement of the Swedish songstress with Mr . Barnum for 100 nights bad nearly terminated , there being only nine remaining . The latest date from Mexico is the 23 rd of May . Tbe Finance Minister was then about to take urgent steps to raise the condition of tbe finances of tbe republic . The claims for . damage done to the Mexican / rentiers by the hostile Indians Vfete set down at twenty millions of dollars .

      Canadian accounts slate that a proposition had been submitted to the Legislature for abolishing the law of primogeniture . The provincial government intended to remove to Quebec as . soon as tbe Legislature bad terminated the present session . An earthquake bad visited Valparaiso city on tbe 3 rd of April , which caused much consternation to the inhabitanta . Not many lives were lost , but the destruction of property by tbe tumbling of houses , & c . ) was very considerable .

      CANADA . The Quebec Bar have petitioned parliament ' for the enactment of a law depriving the judges of the superior courts of Lower Canada of the power of decidin ? the lawyers' fees , and conferring it on the bar of that district . The Seigtiorial Tenure question has been again re-[ erred to a committee for inquiry , the government wishing to throw tbe responsibility of dealing with tbe feudal system on a committee of . the bouse . John . Montgomery , ' who was tried for treason in 1827 , c aims 38 , 000 dollars compensation for losses in the rebellion . ' '

      . JAMAICA . By the Africa we have Jamaica dates to Ma > 27 th . The House of Assembl y \ vas prorogued bj tbe governor on the 23 rd . His excellency made a long speech on the occasion , in which , while commending some of the acts of the legislature , he as decidedly condemned others . The . cholera still ! in gered in Jamaica . It had appeared , in several localities which have , been hitherto - exempt . At Mountain Valley the people , have refused to bury the dead . •

      . INDIA . Jndia is . tranquil throughout . The : western frontier of the Pimjaub is still threatened by the cis-Indus hill tribes , and there seems to be no intermission of the robberies , and murders committed by these very troublesome neighbours , ..... v ,. ., : The Ardnseer ,. a Bombay vessel trading between this port and the east , was destroyed at sea by fire on . the . night of Thursday the 10 th of April , about 100 miles off Penang . . ' ; ' . . No . alteration has taken place in the condition of the Nizam ' s territories sines the despatch of . the last overland mail' . /¦ .. ..-, •¦ .. , . » ¦¦> : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ >¦

      Tim murdern . ot Leut . Johnstone , of the 3 d Madras Cavalry ' , Is ' stiil at large ,, and the officers o ( the regiment have , offered a reward of 1 000 rupees for bis apprehension . ¦ - ' ¦ " At Bombay tbe event of the fortnight lias been the discovery of the perpetrators , of the robb ' ery o /

      The Bans. Of. Bombay, Notes Committed At...

      the Bans . of . Bombay , notes committed at the Oriental Bank on the 8 th of February last . The principal culprit ia a ymmg Parsee oi very good family named Dorabjee Hoimasjee , the author of a book of tables ( the 'Oriental Calculator ) universally used in India . The moat unlimited confidence bad always been placed in him , and he was never buspected in the slightest degree . An attempt on his part to sell the stolen notes to native money brokers led to his detection . The Parsees have hitherto enjoyed a very high character for honesty , and Dorabjee ' s delinquency ia felt to be a misfortune to their whole caste .

      SINGAPORE . May 3 rd . —The disturbances among tbe Chinese and Christian Hueys , or secret societies , have ceased , and quiet was once more restored in the interior ; but the place of disquietude has been taken by that scourge of tbe human race , cholera , which , in the short period of fifteen days , has carried off at least four hundred of tbe inhabitants , consisting of . all classes of natives . It has now given way and almost altogether ceased ; but on the Malayan continent , at Pabang , Calantan , and at Siam , the disease is sweeping away thousands of

      the population . Here , in almost every case where remedi & la wete promptly applied , the disease gave way , but the natives are strongly prejudiced against European medicines , provided gratuitously by the govM & Btwit , and , in some instances , resisted by force their application until the patients had reached the collapsed state , when medical aid can avail little . Great complaints have been made by junk traders & f their being attacked in tbe China Sea by piratical junks , and their vessels plundered of everything valuable , and it has been well ascertained that some of these freebooters

      actually refitted their vessels and disposed of their plunder in Singapore , although the fact was not discovered until they bad sailed and when no slearaer was available to proceed after them . After a month's delay her Majesty ' s ship Amazon and the Semiramis steamer left this for the purpose of scouring the China Sea . The Amazon has since returned unsuccessful , and there can be but little doubt the pirates are kept fully informed of what passes here , as well as ' mark their game . ' CHINA .

      One of the river steamers had lately a narrow escape from being plundered of a considerable amount oi treasure , and tbe ten or twelve Europeans on board , including passengers , of being murdered . A party of armed Chinamen went passengers by ber from this place , with the intention , aided by piratical boats outside , to plunder the veael , and there is every probability they would have succeeded , had it not beetv i < x unforeseen circumstances , in consequence of which she reached her destination in safety . The disturbances in tbe provinces neighbouring to Canton continue , and are beyond the power of tbe Chinese authorities to quell . They have a most iniurinus and distre & sinsc effect noon trade .

      An explosion , which caused the loss of two lives , took place on the 7 tb inst . in the fortress of Rendsburgh . ; Some artillerymen were engaged on the wall of the Neuwerk in emptying tbe exploding powder out of some old shells , when one of them exploded , killing two men on the spot and severely wounding a third . It was necessary to amputate his arm immediately . The cause of tbe explosion is not known , but is supposed to have arisen from friction in boring out the stoppers . in consequence of the dissolution of the School of Cadets for the sea service at Kiel , the several teachers of that establishment received their dismissal on the 30 th ult .

      The Danish National Festival held on the 6 lh on the heights of Duppel , in memory of the actwn fought there on the same day ia 1849 , was attended by more than 8 , 000 parsons from Alsen , Sundewit , and Flensburgh . General von Krogh and five of tbe Notables were also present ; speeches adapted to the occasion were delivered . ' Passive resistance' has conquered the Prwssi & n post-office ; the mass of English journals refused and sent back to the office must have , alarmed the

      Director , to say nothing of the direct loss of revenue . To-day the charge has been abandoned , and the old tariff ( still too high ) re-established . The covers of the papers were marked with all kinds of sums , from 3 d . to Is . 3 d ., so that ho rule could have been followed ; nay , seme covers were marked with three separate amounts , as if the official bad twice bettered bis calculation . The unanimity with which tbe papers were sent back with protests inscribed was wonderful .

      Tbe Czar left Warsaw on the 10 th inst . for St . Petersburgh . The Czarina followed him on tbe 11 th inst . A young ensign having little or no patronage to depend on has most unexpectedly found himself promoted to the rant of capiain , say two steps at once , and ordered , with a well-replenisbed purse to visit tbe London Exhibition . and travel abou Europe for a year . Many queer reasons are adduced for th » wdden prosperity , but one thing is certain , namely , that it has become necessary to remove him from Madrid . Tbe Archbishop of Paris has just published a pastoral letter' against the errors which subvert the foundations of justice and charity . '

      Accounts from Posen of the 14 th of June state that at the annual wool fair just held in that town the whole quantity , consisting of 13 , 000 cwt ., was rapidly sold in two days at a decline of about id per lb . from last year ' s rates for middling and lower descriptions , and of about 2 d . per lb for finer qualities . The ' Republicain' of Corsica says that the mortal remains of Cardinal Fesb and of Madame

      Mere ( mother of Napoleon ) are about to be removed from Corneto to . Ajaccio . The Minister of Marine has given orders that the Vauban frigate shall receive them at Civita Veccbia . The remains will be deposited in the south aisle of the church which the Cardinal constructed at Ajaccio , and then gave to the town . The Minister of War , on his part , has ordered that military honours shall be paid to the remains of Madame and of the Cardinal .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 21, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21061851/page/2/