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      Tub Gre Atest Curbs Of An? Medicines 1ht...

      TUB GRE ATEST CURBS OF AN ? MEDICINES 1 HT 11 E GLOBE .

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      HOLLO WAY s " ~ OINTMENT . Extraordinary Cureof aGentkman eighty years of « S _«» ofaveryBadLeg . Extract of a Letter . Meet _SaxmutuOMm , 18 * January , 1847 . ¦ . To _Professor Holloway . . - . .-. SB _. _-Ibeg to inform joa tbat I _snffcrrf _«** * S _?^* for _£ _» m _*«& had been _^^ J _£££ _Staj _spectablesui _^ n here for some mont _^ witm _^ _Kih _wthoatnryas . n ti « fa"fe _^ S _^ . _^ tn en _, i _g _^ _Byfeuamjyourp uis _«^«^^ rae _, _comptetecure , for m _$ w _SSft g * ri * « i | Sir . I return _^ sincere 2 _S _. ft ? _^^ _»« - _«*^ _Miscalled a surprising cure . _^^ BlcnlRB _s _^ _pj _, _^ » e xjie above Gentleman is ntvr fo hale and strong , _^ even in Ms SOth _jear , as to be able to -discharge the duties as Cleric to the Commissioners of Taxes , at Saxmondhani-

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      IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES THE POPULAR REMEDY . A mild , safe , and most effectual cure of Indigestion , Bilious , Liver , and Stomach Complaints , Sick Head-ache , CosCvcness , ic , & c . Their c-mpontion is truly excellent ; _taty are compounded entirely of _vegetable products freed from all irritating and deleterious matters , which render their operation mild and agreeable ; they do not require the least confinement or alteration of diet ; and may be taken by the invalid with perfect safety ; as an occasional dose in ail nervous and debilitated cases , reco-• veriesirom protracted diseases , ic , they will be found iighly valuable , imparting vigour and tone to the system when emaciated by disease . Their value as a general tonic and restorative of the impaired stomach and biliary system , is daily manifested to the proprietors by their increasing rapid sale , and the numerous testimonials forwarded by those who have proved their efficacy . The following , with many others , has been recently received : — Communicated by Mr G . Batters , Chapel-bar , Nottingham . _November 27 th , I 8 l 6 . Sirs , —The many thousand boxes I seil in the course of a year fully testify the superiority of Parr ' s Life Pills over every other patent medicine . Old and young , rich aud poor , all acknowledge the great benefit " they derive from taking them . . Many ladies and gentlemen of high standing in society , and numerous respectable families have adopted Parr's Life Piilsas a family medicine ; and thousands have given me full proof , verbally , of the cures which . Purr ' s Life Pills have effected . I remain , gentlemen , yours , obediently , _Geohge _BiTrrna . Communicated ilr GamisYeovil

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      IMPORTANT TO MANY . REES' COMPOUND ESSENCE OF _CUBEBS . —The most speedy and effectual remedy ever discovered for the cure of discharges , gleets , strictures , weakness , whites , pains in the loins and kidneys , heat , irritation , and gravel , frequently removing every _symptom of disease in four days , sometimes sooner . It contains in a concentrated state all the efficacious parts of the Cubeb combined wi : h the salt of sarsaparilla and other choice alteratives , which make it invaluable for eradicating all _impu-Cties from the blood , preventing secondary symptoms ailing off of the hair , _blotches , & c , and _giving _' _sireiigth ad energy to tbe whole system . It does not contain mcr . cury in any form , and may be taken by the most delicate / ir weakly of either sex with perfect safety , as weii as . benefit to their general health . In all cases * of debility it lias bees found of the greatest ntilit v . Sold by JOHN WILLIAM _STUiLLSG , ot 86 , ifioaelrcet , WJdiechaptl , London , in bottles at 4 s . 6 d ., 10 s . and 20 s . _eaehj and can be had of all the principal ileditiiie Jlealers in _/ _the Kingdom . Ask for Rees' Essence , and lie sure the same of J . w . Stirling , Whitechapel , London , is engraved on the Government Stamp outside the bottle . — J . W . Stirling wili send it with directions , securely packed , to asy part of the kingdom , upon receiving a remittance . Also , STIRLING'S STOMACH PILLS , An effectual reHiedy for Bilious , Liver and Stomach Complaints . In boxes atl 3 _Jd _.,. £ 3 . 9 d ., and Is . 6 d . each ; and can be tad of all respectable medicine venders in the kingdom . The genuine has ( he . & ame on the stamp .

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      A Bad Leg of seveea * . Yeaes' staxmxg cubed ex _Gokowat ' s Oixtme . vta . vd PttLS . —Mr Turpin Prowse , - _'Sefeswnd Cottage , Widcome , Bath , hasmade declaration * _NjfeSowjng _effest : — " That he had been snfferingfor tou _" _"W _^ ye years with an _nlcgrated leg , covered with more u . _^ . _^ _f _^ and that he baa been apatient at the _S _^ V _« L a * Bath , for tlirt * or four years , and S _^ _iT _. _wT _' i - " _wefltne sulphur bath , every _othe-i that he had also _^ JlU t * purp 0 Se , but that he day for six mouths , - _^ other means hadfciled , * _S _*? £ _S ? S 5 n " _^ f Ointment id Klb . " Hr _SffiSKI ?& . _o * *• *>* *» * * _sotdusarycase .

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      A _FiWriKG JOTOS A « D A „ RHMWATrO _CotWfflic . — j _^ VEi « _Tiuwo «; Sc _^^~<^ _theilearne _4 bar 6 nifokini ; his seat on the _^ bench « a Saturday ttomkif , Mr _Clarkwn complained of the manner in " which the court was ventilated , _anfreaid that ho had _gdt _^ a severe affection of tlie kuces by reason of the'cold air which was . pumped in -upon them . He fcjpjd bis lordship would _repre-seat the matter in the proper _quarterthat the evil _Kfis » ht be remedied . _—MrSaron _Alderson : I wish I bsfi the power of doing-eb , but I _haTeaeae . Yon had better apply to the LordMayor , who has power to interfere . Something _should certainly _be'donewithoo _* delay . In consequence of the

      state of the court _1-was nearly fainting _« _yesterday , andtmless I had ordered these three windows to be opemed I certainly should have fainted —Mr 'Clarkson ~ We have been Terhpnstrating against'it for the la ' five years , luWitbbut ' effect . I Iwpe Mr . AldermBn Thompson wiil'he good _enough _toTsprcsent the matter intheproper > n , uarter . —Mr Alderman Thompson promised to do so . —Mr Baron _Altferson :: We had better have the _^ windo ws opened now , that we may not bo in the * ame situation . —Ordered the win-Sows to be opened , and a carpenteriimmediately after made his appearance on the outside-of the winflows for the purpose of raising them , but in the attempt ho br oke-some of tho glass with a tremendous crash , and _a-ohower of broken pieces fell upon the heads of the startled jury .

      A Diamond : Risg . —John Simpson , : I 7 _,-and Acn Simpson , 25 , were _HuUeied _. the former for stealing , and the other _ftr feloniously receiving a diamond rimr , value £ . 4 , the property of _Mrs'Caroline Wetherell _. _ofBryanston-square . The facts < were reported in the _£ far _oMast week under the head of Marylebone police . The jury acquitted > the female , and convicted the-male prisoner , who was-sentenced to three mouths' * 'hard labour . Forokrv . —32 . Garbet , attorney ,-was indicied for feloniously forging and uttering a bill of _exchangefor , j £ 50 , with intent _< to defraud William _^ Booth . Mr Martin said behad been committedby _^ the Lord Chief-Justice _, at the Kingston Spring Assizes , where he appeared as a _witness for the defendant in an action that was brooch t upon the bill of exchange in question ,

      byacentleroan winied Blagden , asntust Mr Booth , the alleged aooeptor . The learned counsel then proceeded to detail the facts of the case , and raid , that in addition to the positive statement of Mr Booth , that he never accepted the bill , or _gatfe any authority to the _prisoner to do B > , he should show-by the prisoner ' s own admission that he had _« o such authority , and _thst he lad forged the acceptance . He then proceeded to read the examination « f the prisoner ; but when he arrived at that portion , where the alleged admission was made , Mr Chambers anterposed , and submitted thi ; portion of the prisoner ' * examination could riot be reeeired in evidence . . When questioned on the forgery , he objected to answer the-questions , and called On the conrfc io protect him -from _criminfitini ; himself . ILord Denraan insisted _upon an answer

      being given , and his subsequent statement was made under the terror of a committal to prison . Under these circumstances he submitted that tl : e evidence so obtained could not be used aeamst him . Baron Alderson differed from the Lord Chief Justice , and considered the prisoner had a right to object to answer the questions that might criminate him . He should not be so indecorous , as a single judge , to overrule the decision of the Lord Chief Justice , but he wished to guard himself against agreeing with it , and if it should be necessary he would certainly reserve the point as to the admissibility of the evidence so obtained . The following evidence was then adduced : — Mr Grapel , the associate to Lord Oenman at the _ _assiz"s at Kingston , produced the bill in question , which had been impounded by order of the court . It was a

      bill of exchange dated the 21 st rebrtiary , _1816 . at three months , for £ 50 , drawn by the prisoner upon , and _purporting to bear the acceptance of , William Booth , of Friar ' s Lee , Oaken-gate , Salop , and was made payable at Messrs Masterman _' s . Mr William Booth said , I am a farmer at Friar ' s Lee , Shropshire , I haTe known the prisoner for fifteen years , and _wlu-n first he was clerk to an attorney named Pickett , at Wellington , Shropshire , but he _subsequently setup in business for him < elf . The prisoner after this went to London . In June 18461 received a communication from London , about a dishonoured bill for £ 100 , purporting to bear my acceptance , and afterwards I had a second letter stating that it was a mistake . In Nor . 18 iG I received a letter from a gentleman named Phillips , informing me that a bill drawn by Garbet ,

      and accepted by me , would fall due on the 25 th , and that if it were not _r-aid , the quality of tbe paper that Garbet was negotiating was of such a characterthat no lenity would be shown , and tbat immediate legal proceedings would be taken ; and after that day had expired , I received a letter from an attorney named Taylor , requiring payment . Upon the receipt of these letters I _consulted with Mrllorton , and by his advice I proceeded to London and saw the prisoner _, who , when I showed him the letter , said this thing is settled . I told him it was not , and he said it should be the next day , and he then gave rasa letter from Mr Taylor , stating that the bill was paid . The prisoner at the same time said he did not wish me to see either of the parties , as it would do him injury if it was known that I was in London . When he

      produced it he appeared very much affected , and said his liberty was in my hands , and hoped I would forgive him ; and I told him I would do so if I never heard any more about such things . I was , after this , served , with a writ upon another bill drawn by Garbet , which writ I sent to him , and an execution _against me was also sent down , and Mr Horton paid the sheriffs officer for me , and Humphrey , one of the prisoner ' s clerks , came down about the matter , and was present when the money was paid . My son wrote to the prisoner about these bills , and the prisoner sent answer back , stating that I had never signed any bill for him , or authorized him to do so , or become _wirety for him in any manner . On the 29 th of _Msrch , 1847 , a letter was received from the prisoner , in which he said I was no doubt alarmed at the number of writs I had received , that he had appeared for r * . ein other actions without my knowledge , and I was liable upon one of those actions at that time to have execution issued against me , and that

      he had resolved to come to a stand , and wished me to come to London , and he said he would place me in the _hands of a respectable attorney , who would get redress for me . I immediately came to London and saw the prisoner , who told me he could not go on any longer , and recommended me to apply to an attorney named Croft , but by tho advice of a friend who accompanied me , 1 engaged a gentleman named Cooper to defend the action at Kingston , and to act generally on my behalf . I swear positively that the acceptance to the bill for £ 50 now produced is not my handwriting , and that I never gave authority to any person to accept it for me . The jury did not deliberate more than a minute , and then returned a _rerdict of guilty . The learned judgesaid he should respite thejudgment in order tbat the point of law as to the admissibility of the prisoner ' _s statement might be submitted to the consideration of the judges , and he should give the learned counsel an opportunity of arguing it before their lordships .

      An Unnatobal _Mowier . —Mary Cutten was indicted for feloniously inflicting divers wounds en the head of Catherine Cutten , her daughter , with intent to kill and murder her , or do grievous bodily harm . The prosecutrix , a _rervintellifent child , stated herself to be ten years Of age . The prisoner 13 her own mother . On the 2 nd of May she was at play with her brother and sister , ller mother came and beat her , but she knew not what for ; she then got a knife , and cut her about the head ; the blood ran out a good pace , and she became faint . The surgeon who examined and dressed the prosecutrix stated that tbere were three wounds on tbe head and neck : ihey _* ere incised by a sharp instrument . The

      prisoner , with great callousness , cross-examined her child , and then put in a written paper , in which she boldly denied the charge . The jury hesitated not to find her Guilty . The Under-sheriff informed the court that the prisoner has long been the terror of her neighbourhood . Mr Jonas , the clerk oi the papers , said she had been before tried for a dreadful case of violence . The court sentenced her to be transported beyond the seas for seven years . The poor little girl , on hraring the doom of her mother , excited the compassion of the court by her piteous yelU , and the prisoner , for tho first tiine , manifested compnnction , _andphadedon account of her "darlints . "

      As ? at ; lt wiih Iment . —George Carter , who had been admitted to bail , was ind cted for assaulting a yeung girl named Charlotte Williams , with intent , « fcc . The prosecutrix , a very modest-looking respectable-young person , stated to the [ court that she spent the evening of the 18 th of April at the house et a _reapectable friend , living in the Vale of Highbury . She left forborne in a cab about two o ' clock on the _ninrnidu of the 19 th . She alighted at the end of _2 S ew Commmercial-3 trecfc , Whitechapel ; while walking in the diiection leading home the prisoner suddenly came up , and sans ceremonic knocked her

      down on the _pavement , and proceeded to behave in so indecent a manner that we cannot detail it . ilis intent was only frustrated by a policeman , whom her cries had attracted , coming up and taking him off to the station . The prisoner aggravated his case by setting up a sham defence , which insinuated that the prosecutrix was a common street-walker , and had robbed him of a red silk-handkerchief . There appeared every reason to believe that this was a most foul aspersion on her character . Verdict—Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to hard labour for three calendar months .

      Attempted Raps . —George Ball , aged 50 , pleaded " _« _nilty " to a charge like the last , committed on a child under ten years of age . The prisoner implored the mercy of thecourton accountof his family . The judge said they were to be pitied , because his offence was so heinous . The sentence was , that he be kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months . He had the previous repute of a highly-respectablo gentleman .

      We Learn From The Medical Times That Wit...

      We learn from the Medical Times that within two months 211 operations upon etherised patients have been performed in the Paris hospitals ,

      Election Movements Disbom Tion Op Parmam...

      ELECTION MOVEMENTS Disbom tion op _Parmament ; —It is currently rumoured in political circles that the . Parliament would be dissolved _Nearly as the 19 th 6 t 2 GthVof next month , if public busineis ; would admitT-if not , the dissolution would certainly not be later than the first week ia _^ _Tuly . : _^ ' ¦ ' _*&'¦ ' ¦ ¦}' . ' : ' << L _< _Atlesbowt . —Lord . _"Nugent will be proposed for the representation in the ensuiug Parliament . Mr Sergeant _Byles will canvas's the borough for voles upon Conservative interest .- ¦ . s ¦ ?; g ' < .. ¦¦ i ..

      _BatkI—Lord Ashley will meet the electors of Bath on the : 25 th _inst .,: to enter into a Btatement'Of this principles . "" -. _Bt , * _OiBuuK . —Sir -William Fielden will not offer himself as a candidate for the representation _oNfcis hornueh at the ensuing general election . Bmdport . —Mr T . A . Mitchell , one of the present representatives , _has-commem ed his canvass . Cardiff . _—TheSRight lion . John Nicoll , _whojpossesses-the Marquis of Bute ' s interest , and whoibas sat for the borough since 1832 , will again be _returned without opposition . _CAKMABTnK . v , County . —It has been Mated that Sir J , _Manselland Mr Hughes , ofTregib , _intendto'Ofler themselves _forthis-snunty at the next eleetion , in opposition to the present members . This has 'been contradicted , and it is added that the Honble . iG . R . Trevor , and MriD . S . Da vies , the present members , will mot only be again returned , but without opposition .

      • _'Cakmabthks , sBorough . —Mr David Morris , the present member , has been complained of by some of his constituents for his vote upon the education ; and some other questions , but he is nevertheless likely to be returned without opposition . « , ; 'Cambridob . —A requisition is about to be presented < to Lord George Manners by the Conservative electors of'Cambridge , soliciting his lordship to allow himself to be put in nomination as one of the _representatr yeB of the county and the Isle of Ely , _Cahdioan _BunoHe . —One of the Messrs Gower is to be the new candidate for the Cardigan boroughs , upon the Conservative interest . _Cheshirb . —The only names yet mentioned as Kfeely to go to the poll are D . Davenport , Esq ., of Capisthorn , and _£ . Cheetham , Esq ., of Stalejbridge , both - liberals . " _Devovport . —It is said that Sir G . Grey will offer himself again to the electors . ; .. .

      Dobmn _CouKTr . —Lord . Brabnzon is : talked of as the liberal memberfor this county . Durham ( North . ) . —Colonel _BeckwithVa "liberal , " has started for this division . He is in favour of the separation of Chureh and State , and against state education , as well as favourable to an extension of the suffrage .. DcBUJf Cur . —A rumour has got abroad that it is the intention of government to start Sir William Somcrville as a _candidate for the city of Dublin at the ensuing general election . The bare report , how . ever , has occasioned great activity amongst the sup ; porters of Messrs . Gregory and _Grbgan . Galwat Election . —Captain But ke was elected to _represent the county without opposition . _Gloucrbtershibk { Western Division ) . —Mr Hale and Mr Grantley _Berkeley are confidently expected to remain in the field ; whilst Mr Grenville Berkeley will , there is equal reason to believe , also appear on the hustings and put in his claim to the suffrages of the electors .

      Glasgow . —A requisition to John _M'Gregor , Esq ., of the Board of Trade , is in the course of signature . High Wicombb . —A requisition has been sent to Mr Martin Tucker Smith , a cousin of Lord Carrincton ' s , requesting him to come forward . Hkrts ( _Countt- )—A requisition ; requesting Mr Brand to become a candidate in the Liberal interest , having been presented to that gentleman , he h _.-ts consented to come forward . It is understood that Mr Abel Smith and the Hon . Granville Dudley Ryder will retire from parliament , and Sir Henry Meux is to come forward on the Conservative interest . Hull . —it is now generally understood that Sir John Ilanmer will not offer himself as a candidate for the representation of Hull at the approaching general election . Hertford . —Mr Brand lias consented to the requisition calling upon him to stand as candidate on the " liberal" interest .

      Ipswich—Mr Uennie has again offered himself a candidate for tho representation of Ipswich iu the Liberal "interest ; and as Messrs Wnson and Vincent have before-addressed the electors , there will probably be a division in the Liberal party . _Lancaster . —Mr Greene , Mr Gregson , and Mr Salisbury are the candidates . Mr SnlWbuiy is a Conservative ; the other two are " Liberals . " Leicester County . —Sir H . flalford has reconsidered his intention of retiring from the representation of the county , and will be a candidate at the next electinn .

      Monmouth BoROCGns . —Mr Blewett , the present member far these boroughs , who has represented them for the last ten years , has issued an address to his constituents , soliciting their suffrages at the ensuing election . The . Monmouth Boroughs consist of the three towns of Monmouth , Newport , and Usk . _Marvi-ebone . —The resignation of Sir Charles Napier , in consequence of his appointment to the command of the fleet in the Tngus , has already induced the coming forward of two candidates , Mr David Salomens and Mr William Shee , " bath Liberals . " Several other candidates are spoken of .

      _MoNMOuin ( County ) . —There will be a most severe contest - , the three candidates being all of them upon the Conservative interest—viz ., Lord Granville Somerset and Mr Octavius Morgan , the present members , and Captain Somerset , who has been put forward by tbe Duke of Beaufort as the Protectionist candidate , in opposition to his Grace ' s brother , Lord Granville Somerset , whose offence has been his lordship ' s support of tbe commercial policy of Sir R . Peel . Northumberland ( North ) . —Sir G . Grey has published an address to the electors , setting forth thai his official duties prevent him undertaking a personal canvass ; that he is unwilling to abandon his present constituent ? , but that if the canvass now

      being carried on by his friends is successful , he may be induced to stand for this division of the county . Nottingham . —Sir John Cam IIobhouBe will again be a candidate , but his election is doubtful . lie has offended the dissenters by hisFiipportof the educational grant , He was never a favourite with any other partv , and now he is distrusted and disliked by all . Mr Gisborne has expressed his intention , of _aeain contesting the representation . By opposing the Factory Bill , tho Framework-knitters' Bill , and every other measure calculated to benefit the workmen , Mr Gisborne has made himself as deservedly odious as his colleague , and we question much if either of them will again represent Nottingham iu Parliament . We hear that the Whigs are _cudeavouring to negotiate an arrangement with the electors to secure the return of Sir George Larpent and Lord Lincoln , but scarcely think they will be able

      to mature such an arrangement . In the meantime , the working classes ( the Chartists , principally , ) are quite as active and lesssecret in their arra _: gements , being determined to have some member to oppose Mr Gisborne . They intend to present a requisition to Mr W . Simpson , of Bradmore House , Hammersmith , inviting him to become a candidate for the representation of Nottingham at the ensuing general election , " being confident , that if he is successful , he will prove himself , upon all great questions , a devoted advocate of the interests of the working classes in Parliament . " Walsall . —Robert Scott , Esq ., the present memberfor this borough , having intimated his intention of retiring , two candidates have come forward to contest the borough . They are both in the Liberal interest , and are the Hon . E . R . Lyttleton _, son of Lord Hatlierton , and Mr C . _Forsicr , of the Oxford Circuit .

      Wakefibld . —Sir Edward North Buxton , Bart ., visited Wakefield on Saturday last , as a candidate for the suffrages of the electors at tbe ensuing election . Sir Edward declared himself to be a freetrader , in favour of an extension of the suffrage , but not of universal suffrage ; and he thought the necessity had been made out for the interference of government in educational matters . _Westmbate County . —Messrs Tuite and Chapman , the present members , are likely to be returned without opposition . >

      Loss Of The Troop Ship The Sir Robert Pe...

      Loss of the Troop Ship the Sir Robert Peel . —This vessel , with troops from New Zealand , was totally lostatAvoea Bay , fifty miles north of Sydney Head , on the 11 th of " January . This ship arrived at Hobart Town , with troops on the 21 st of Fee . ( in 92 days from London ) , landed part of the soldiers ther , and proceeded with apart of the 65 th to Auckland , which she reached on the 2 nd oi January . She _sailed from Auckland on the 9 th , having on board three officers , one _serjeant , one corporal , and 62 rank and file of the 99 th , 5 Sth and 22 nd regiments ,

      with one woman and a child . The voyage was attended by exceedingly stormy weather and thick fogs . When the master _. theught himself fifty miles from land , in tho latitude of Sydney , breakers were perceived on the night of the 17 th both onthelarboard and starboard bows , and it being impossible to wear the ship , there was nothing for it but to run her ashore . The crew and passengers found themselves high and dry on a sandy beach . Not a single life was lost , but the vessel ' s back was broken , and she soon went to pieces .

      Extensive Fibe in _Housdsditcii . —A very alarming fire , not extinguished until a deal of property was destroyed , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr U . Davis , sack and bag manufacturer , carrying on . business at 35 , St Mary-axe , and 100 , Uoundsditch . In the space of a few minutes the lofty three-story building , occupied as Mr Davis ' s manufactory , was found to be wrapped in flames . The firemen succeeded in getting the mastery over the destructive elements by two o ' clock , but not before Mr Davis ' s premises were aeariy gutted , the upper part of Mr Wolf's manufactory burnt out , and the lower part extensively damaged by flic and water . Mr Davis was not insured for a single penny . A Boston house is said to have dispatched to Asia , in a single year . 101 vessels laden with cargoes pf ice ,

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      CHRISTIANS _Am _# URKS .-PALESTINE \ ,,, 4 . ;• : _•" . W ' JerwaW , April 10 . , _^ _Theinissibnary , EenryMartyntwhen » _estood _.-m the Franciscan church at San Salvador , turned with disgust from the theatrical pomp of rites then new to him . to an old _negi-esB that was crossing fcerselfand bowing _viith prodigious devotion ; and such was his _adrairation-ef sincerity even in superstition , that he said to himself _:, " Perhaps I ; _shall meet that old woman iu heaven . " _^ Iri the Chureh of the Holy

      Sepulchre tbe sentiment conveyed * by these words occurs to the mind with _psculiar , force—so intense is the devotion of the pilgrims and so indecent the mummery of thepriests . It is impossible to behold unmoved those poor creatures , weary and travelworn , assembled here from all the corners of _the-earth —Copt , Abyssinian , Chaldean ,. Maronitel , trooping about to the holy places , _and'kis 9 ing with fervour the _inmimerable-fitones here hallowed by traditionand not to bo struck by the contrast between this genuine effusion _« of feeling ,-and the apatheticcharlatanismof their spiritual ciceroni . '

      From conteraplatirg the front of the church , _* hich has something -o ( the venerable aspect of our old cathedrals , _yeupnss into what seems a theatreTather than a templennothing solemn , rich , or ancient , but a modern building , stuck on all hands with bard and tawdry gewgaws , 'that hurt equally the eye and soul . The Greek priests , tall , handsome men , with fine beards , and long locks floating on the shoulders , in their square caps and gilded gowns , press _feroujih the dense and motley crowd , chanting and swinging their censers . SPurther on , you meet the Latin monks in their Franciscan habits ; issuing , eandle in hand , from their simple chapel , singing litanies . Another turn brings you upon groups of Turkish soldiery , lounging and smoking beside their piled

      bayonets . Upstairs the Armenians are at their pious work . Tho arclied windows of the dome galleries are thronged with sheeted women . ' Below , on the pavement round the sepulchre , stand or are squatted men of all colours and countries . Here a group of "dusk faces with white turbans wreath'd , " mildfeatured Abyssinians , folding their blue mantles across their china ; there , black Egyptians , in sugarloaf caps ef white felt , and cloaks of grey serge , lea n in niches . A pair of swarthy priests , in dazzling copes , issue from a little scanty box at the back of the sepulchre , which is the Coptic chapel , and suddenly dash the thick fragrant clouds , which mount from their censers , over these dark believers , who start from their ruminating attitudes , . and bei ? in

      crossing themselves with great fervour . ' All this will give a faint idea of tbe place and what goes on there . This year the Greek , Armenian , and Latin Easters fell together , so that there was an extraordinary crush and concurrence of ceremonies ; ' On the night of Good Friday the usual squabble took place between the Greek and Latin fathers . The 'Greeks have a very fino carpet , with which they cover the rock of the crucifixion . The Latins spread a plain linen cloth upon the place ; but they insist upon the Greeks removing their fine carpet and leaving the stone bare , before they put on their cloth ; plant their cross , and begin their functions . This the Greeks uniformly refuse to do , and persist in interposing lheir carpet to preserve the stone from the

      contamination of the Latin cloth , ' The consequence 19 that a scandalous scuffle annually takes place upon the traditional locality of the crucifixion . This year already the exasperated monks on cither hand were preparing for conflict , and levelling their crosses and candlesticks at one another ' s heads , when , like the Prince in " Romeo and Juliet , " that walks in from the door at the back of the stage with a score of halberds gleaming behind him , and parts , with majestic action , tho contending Capulets and Monta » nes , the Pasha , with a crowd of bayonets at his back , appears upon tlie scene . The angry fathers pause ; a sudden hush ensues , while the grave accent of authority makes itself heard . " To whom , " says the stately Turk , "docs this place belonc ?"

      ibe fathers knowing the expected reply , answer , " To the Padishah . " Pasha : " Ye sav well : this place belongs to the Padishah , and I ani the Padishah ' s representative here . Being so , I will have neither your carpet nor your cloth . " Then turning to his attendants , with the same authority of tone and gesture with which a » Roman Prse ' or might have exclaimed , " I lictor et ista tolle , " he said "Kawass . remove those things , " adding to the reverend fathers , " Now , do your functions in peace upon the bare stone . " The astonished _roonksfall back silenced , while the kawass whips off the cloths ; and the stately Pasha departs from among them , leaving some of his bayonets behind to keep the peace .

      On the morning after Palm Sunday , the pilgrims set out for Jericho and the Jordan . They were accompanied by an escort of four hundred soldiers , to protect them from the Arabs . Shortly after sunrise , the road leading from the gate of St Stephen , opposite tbe Mount of Olives , and winding down into i he steep and narrow valley of Jehoshaphat , past the Virgin ' s tomb and the garden of Gcthsemane , was crowded with women and children in their most festive attire , seated on either side the way to witness the passing of the pilgrims as they _noured out of the city , and down the hill to tho number of about five thousand . Leaving the tomb of Absalom and the village of Siloa to the right , they passed up between the Mount ot Olives and the Hill of Offences towards

      Bethany . Near , the old altar and groves of Moloch , and over against the Temple of Solomon , the Bey , who commanded the troops , sat a little apart from the road , among his attendants and fine horses , that were scattered in groups about the rocky ground _, with here and there a tall tufted spear , or astandard stuck up beside them , while themorningsun blazed on their oriental dresses and glittering arms , they formed a brilliant foreground as you turned back to look upon the city which lifted its shining towers and domes over Mount Sion , across the deep ravine . Presentry the shoulder of the hill shuts out the splendid vision , and you t'O winding on among valleysevergrowing wilder , more dismal and sterile , until the last traces of cultivation and habitation disappear , and you are

      placed in presence of the awful desert with gigantic sandhills climbing on every side , that dazzle the sense and dismay the soul . At last , after six hours ' toilsome march , you descry from the brink of these desolate heights an immense plain stretching right and left , and walled on the east by a lofty range of mountains . This is the valley of the Jordan , whose stream , hid by tho high _s = andy banks , only becomes visible as it enters in a _gleaming vein , the Dead Seaavast blue expanse stretching away under a failing perspective of serial promontories , to the south , till it mingles with the hot white mist oi the sky . Lines of jpale'grevn tents upon the border of the tangled prickly thickets , that spot the desert plain , mark the spot chesen for the bivouac . A tower rising out of

      thislorrst distinguishes tho site of Jericho . Then comes the bustle of the camp , with its indescribable variety of groups and equipages . The _*« oor black native Arabs of the place mingle with the pilgrims , to sell their cheese , oil , and dates . Conspicuous with golden bull rises on one hand the tent of the Greek Patriarch ; on the other that of the Bey . The others lie packed off according to _theirseveral nations , thick as sheep in folds . While these are preparing to fall to at their suppers , and are fetching their water from the fountain of Elijah , a ring of sentinels form round the camp . All night you hear the won ) passing round among these guards . At two o ' clock after midnight the whole camp is again iu motion . By the light of a beautiful moon they setoff for the Jordan ,

      three hours' distant , *' _; After two hours the moon went down over the desert of Engaddi and the mountains towards Jerusalem , leaving us to flounder about among shrubs and sandbanks , in the dark . Here and there flaring torches were carried , whose red _liejit streamed along the waves of the dark crowd . Day was beginning to break when we reached the Jordan , a swift impetuous discoloured stream shooting between tall banks overgrown with copses of poplar and tamarisk . The pilgrims found their way down to the sacred waters by different avenues to woody coves , where they all began undressing , men , women and children all together . The first I saw in the stream were two Abyssinians ducking and crossing

      themselves with all their might , with the monkeylike actions as the blacks . One poor creature plunging into the centro of the torrent was drowned . They say that every year the Jordan swallows one victim . And the Christians , with a fatalism worthy of the Turks , deem this sacrifice inevitable . Accordingly no one stirred a limb to savo this poor fellow , whom the rushing waters swept away down towards the Dead Sea . One wretch was seized in the act of stealing a cotton gown , worth about twopence of an Armenian lady gone to take a dip . Ilis turban and cloak were instantly torn off , and he was led away up to the officer in command , who ordered him to be bastinadoed . A score of blows with a couibash were applied to his back publicly , in sight of all .

      Every pilgrim carried away with him some token from the hallowed banks . One filled his handkerchief with sand ; another his pockets with pebbles : another cut a stick from a poplar ; a fourth contented himself with inserting a sprig in the folds ot his turban . After they had paid _otaervance due to the holy river , they set out for their cump at Jericho , where they remained till midnight , and then by a beautiful moonlight set out for Jerusalem . —jDat '/ u iVcws .

      Destbuctivk Imre At Bxthsal Gbeem.—A Lir...

      _Destbuctivk Imre at _Bxthsal Gbeem . —A lire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr Miller , cabinet and musical instrument maker , at No . 5 , Fuller-street . Several engines promptly attended , and , under the superintendence of the chief officer of the district , the firemen set to work , and , by dint of great perseverance , they succeeded , by about halfpast twelve o clock , in getting the fire entirely _exth-guished . By that period the whole of Mr Miller ' s stock in trade and his men ' s working tools were destroyed . That part of the _premiseswhere the fire began was burnt out . Tho contents of the adjoininghouse , occupied by Mr Lta & wood , tancy trimming manufacturer , are also severely damaged by removal , as is the stock of a silk weaver over Mr Miller ' s premises . The cause of the five is unknown . Tlie whole of the property destroyed is uninsured .

      Poland'ssregeneratlon. .Thedemocratic Co...

      _POLAND'SsREGENERATlON . . TheDemocratic Com mittee for _Polands _Regeneration _^ assembled on Friday _Evening , May 14 th , at _theiChartist Assembly-rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . Ernest Jones _^ _Esq ., P « _sident of the Committee , took _the-chair . ' .. '; . ¦ v ' ' _¦ ' _£ _ip - The minutes ot . " tie , previous meeting were confirmed . ' A . Polish member of the committee reported that the commitWs last "Address" ( on the recent discussion in the House of Commons on the confiscation of Cracow , ) had been translated into the Polish language , and published on the Continent . .. The Secretary reported that the pamphletrecently published by the committee ( containing the " Annual Report" and "Address ") had been forwarded by

      post to the whole of the London daily journals , of which only one , the Morning Advertiser , had noticed the pamphlet . Copies had been forwarded to several members of parliament , and gentlemen of public influence and literary standing ; also to members of the committee , or known friends of Poland residing in Edinburgh , Dublin , _flnd Glasgow , and the following _cities _. _towna and _villages : —Aberdeen , Belfast , Elgin , Brechin , Forfar , Dundee , Perth , Cupar-Angus , Kettle , Ceres , Crieff , Levew , Buekbaven , Kirk - kly , Kinross , Leith , Alva , Tillicoultry , Tillibudy , Coals _, naughtoi ) , Linlithgow , _Campsie , llamilion , Vale ¦ of Leven , Greenock , Paisley , Barrhead , _Elderslie , _Kilbarchen ; Johnstone , Ayr , Newmilns , Sanqhuar , Dumfries , Hawick , Carlisle . Dalston , Wigton , Cockermouth , Kendal , Lancaster , Preston , Liverpool ,

      Bolton , Warrington , _Wigan , Rochdale , lleywood _, Staleybridge , Ashton , Clithero _, Blackburne , _Accrington , Burnley , Bacup , Manchester . Stockport , Macclesfield . Muttram , Sunderland , Darlington , Steels . foii-on-Tees , York , Hull , Selby , Leeds , Oldham , Todmnrden , Halifax , Iluddersfield ,. _Ilolmlirtb _, Bradford . Keighlcy , Hebden-bridgc _. Barnsley , _Rotherham , Derby _. Nottinghara , Mansfield , Loughborough , Northampton , Coventry , _Stratford-on-Avon , Oxford , Banbury , Worcester , Redditch , Cheltenham , Uanlcy _, Wolverhampton , _Wootten-under-Edge , Bradford ( Wilts ); Merthyr Tydvil , Newport , < fce . Ac . < fcc . The secretary added tbat he had yet to write letters to Newcastle , Sheffield , Biraini-ham _, Leicester , Bath , Bristol , Brighton , Norwich , Exeterand several minor places .

      ' lhe Secretary read a communication from Archer Gumey , Esq . ; after which the following . ' correspondencewas read : — FBOM _JOKPH UNMET , BURTON . Sia ' And . Bbother , —Inclosed , you will find 4 ' . in postage stamps : this will settle the account between us for the addresses on behalf of Poland . My kind regards to those _noblei _of-Natun- , the Poles . Tell thein that 1 am ready to act and suffer for the restoration of Pu ! and , that is , for the _whota . of the brare Poles got for aristocracy and serfdom , but for the whole people and democracy . When the Poles are ready to contend for these things , then am Ircady and willing to po with them , and , as for . as one . nun can do , I will do a man ' d part . Tou may if you think well enrol my name _amongst the friends of Poland , ' The address you-sent ' -was r _.-ad on Sunday night last , wais well received , and on Sunday . tv » uing next will be _diseased , and I will let _jou know the result . With every sentiment of _respect , I am , jours fraternally ,

      Joseph _Liukiv . Joseph Linney was then unanimously elected a member of the committee .

      FROM THOMAS _HAMMEBSLEY , BILSToN , At the U 6 ual weekly meeting of the Chartists of BHs - ton it was proposed by Thomas Hammersley , _seconded by Joseph Linney , and carried unanimously : — " That 5 s . be sent to the Committee for Poland ' s _Regeneration , and that information be obtained as to the terms of membership , with the view , if possible , of inducing per-» _ons to become members . "' Yoi : rs in the good cause , Thomas _Hamuekslev . P . S . _~ "Enclosed you will find the order for 5 _« . The next letter read was from Henry Page , Bath , member of the committee , dated April 19 th , enclosing

      six stamps , and volunteering to send the like amount quarterly . The writer approved of the projected agitation suggested by the committee , but _considered that the agitation was not likely to be made selfsupporting in Hath . He _suL'uestcd that every member of the committee should contribute a certain sum quarterly , to be paid in advance ; that agents Bhould . be appointed in every town to collect the local members ' contributions , sell or distribute the committee ' s publications , & c ., & c , and recommending W . M . Young , of Bath , for election as member of the committee . W . M . Young was unanimously elected .

      From a very lengthy letter _fri-m . _lobn _M'Crae , Dundee , dated May lOth _. ntxt read , ' wegive the following extract : — My heart has long bled for Poland , and often , many years ago , when-no eye but that of God beheld , I have weptfor the sorrows and sufferings of her children . Never till lift ' s close shall I cease to plead for her nationality , and the freedom of _htr sons . Shame on our Queen , shame on our aristocracy , shame on ourcountry th-. it ceuld give a warm welcome and kind reception to that fund in human shape , tlie Autocrat of Russia , the destroyer of Poland , the exterminator of Polish liberty , the murderer of Polish nun ? , babes and mothers 1 But , blessed be Heaven , the ivelvotne of Nicholas was not the act

      of the democrats ol'Iiritain , they would have lather treated him to a taste of his own knout , or seen him otherwise recompensed according to his deserts , but never if they bad been 3 _n power , would the tyrant have been permitted to pollute the land of our fathers with his horrible presence . Be so good as to enter me a member of your Committee . The following good democrats also desire tobe ranked amongst the frimdu of Poland , [ Ilere follows the names given below . ] TheSK friends and myself will _conttibute some small assistance ere long , hut trade being very bad , and the working classes , for the most part , in a very de stitute state , we cannot promise much _, and , under present circum > tances , we do not think tbe projected agitation practicable in this part of the couutry , although , _otbernise , it has our hearty approbation .

      The following persons wer « then unanimously elected members of the committee . - —John M'Crae , ( Convener , ) James Graham , John M'lntosh , Robert Stiven , John Downie , JiimcsDrommond , Thomas _Whittan , George Young , Duncan Palmer , aud Anthony Chappell , all of Dundee . FROM THE MEMBERS OF TBE COMMITTEE RESIDING AT GREENWICH , DEPTFORI _) , _ifcc . "Dear Sir , — The members of tbs Committee for tint Regeneration of _Fc-lnnd , residing in the borough of Greenwich , met at Mr Pnr ' s ' s , Cold Bath , on Tuesday evening , April 27 th , Jlr Paris presided . Mr Morgan brought forward u _paniptilci issued by the metropolitan

      committee , which was read to the _meeting , and commented on by Messrs Morgan , Robertson , Paris , Siveetlove , and Brewerton , wh . ru it was resolved— " That hay . ing read and discussed the queries issued by the Democratic Committee for Poland ' s R < gtntration _, we do highly approve of the praiseworthy exertions of the said committee ; but regret tbat , t > iviHg toioc . _tleireumstaoce _< we are prevented rendering any immediate assistance , which otherwise we would gladly volunteer . " Yours fraternally , Samuel Beewertok _, From a letter received from J . Smith , Glasgow , ( member of the committee , ) enclosing twenty-four postage stomps , we give the following extract : —

      I am sorry to see that the committee have been com . pelled to discontinue the monthly publication of their excellent pamphlets . * * ' * j approve of the agitation proposed by Mr _Becaley , and believe it to be the best course that could be adopted . 1 fed confident that such a mode of procedure would attract large meetings here , and throughout Scotland ; and were the pamphlets published at one halfpenny they would sell largely at tbe said meetings , I have faith , that if tbe agitation was once comnenced _, the committee would not lack the necessary fends . Hoping that the hands of the committee may be strengthened , and that they may be enabled to carry out their object to a successful issue , 1 remain their and ycur sincere friend , 3 . Smith . From Robert Wild , ( member of the committee , ) Mottram : —

      Yeu will please to receive my warmest thanks for the commitke ' s noble exertions in behalf of oppressed Poland . In London , by a judicious application of your Blender means , yo ' u will _t-ftVct some good ; but an attempt to agitate tho provinces ut present would , in my opinion , bo _fruitless , April 19 th . Yours respectfully , Robert ' Wili > . From Conrad Springall , Norwich , enclosing a post-order for ten shillings : — Dear Sir , —The following resolutions were passed at our meeting on Sunday , April 18 th , in aid of the Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration : — " That this meeting is of opinion that the sending out cf missionaries would be the best means that could be adopted to enlighten the

      public mind , and create a public opinion sufficiently strong to ciause the government to carry out the wishes of the British people regarding Poland . " "That ten shillings be taken from our funds and sent to the committee , and that a further sura of ten shillings be scut in the nest three months , to aid ths committee in carrying out a national agitation in behalf of Poland . " "Tbat we are of opinion , that if the committee send cut missionaries they may attract large meetings , but the meetings would not be self-supporting . " " That we respectfully call upon the Chartist bod ) tofurnish the committee with pecuniary aid , to enable the couimittee to perform the mission for which it was constituted by the public , the advancement of the cause of Poland ' s Regeneration . " Norwich , April 19 th .

      Mr Springall , who in a note accompanying the above resolutions declares that tbe motto of the Norwioh Democrats is " _AllMea are Brethren , " and their belief that" Where one nation is oppressed , all are oppressed , " was unanimously elected a member of the committee . Mr Boonham , late of Nottingham , member of the committee , handed in the following letter from Wm . Linwood , Esq ., of the Nottingham Review : — Sir , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your very flattering communication , and request you will convey my thanks to the committee for their friendly notice of my labours . With respect to the report and address it shall be duly noticed next _wetk , as I am over-engaged this week with other matters . 1 shall ever be happy to aid iu vindicating the outraged rights of down-trodden Poland , and securing for her a true and enduring nationality _. In gr _. at haste , yours very faithfully , Mansfield , Notts , Hay 12 th . Wm , Linwood .

      Poland'ssregeneratlon. .Thedemocratic Co...

      The Secretary added that _theT rec _^ _Tv _*" - _**^ _rnittee-i . " _Report and Address _"ffil « W ledged by Mr _Maciini , Mr _GwnduS „ r , en Mr _Ormesber of M . _mJ _. _MjerraST . _? U _P _>& 1 Revelations of _Russia ' ° " tlle A « th 6 8 _»* The following members were also ' . i _. Joseph Scott of Lynn , ( who sent L . ° te ( i _^ _Nr . stamps , ) Edwin SeholeyV _ftStaSl * _^ Rouse , and Henry Lester , of _ReadW if , _' % brZ ley of Mancheste r , and James _SralR _, _^ _fi J A vote ot thanks was passed to the wi !! , " _^ above correspondents . ole _ths The "Monthly Report of Occurrence , ¦ „ Ac . " was then _brought up and _agreedY " Po 1 « k ! committee adjourned " . li _'» _flf ttf t _* _,.

      * A Number Of Letters, Have Come To Hat~...

      * A number of letters , have come to haT _~^~~ _^ above meeting , which will ber * ported at th , lnc ( * _It ncit meeting , and published in the report th « ° _' aiIl i " « 8 _'l

      Report Of Occurrences In Poland , An'dpi...

      REPORT OF OCCURRENCES IN POLAND , _AN ' _DPir _,. CONNECTED WITH THE CAUSE OT LAND'S REGENERATION . & 0 F _Pft April— Ma . Intelligence from Warsaw represents tho _** tmued . arrest ofpersonssuspectedbv the Rus * . _* ™ } spotism . It is stated that twelve citizens wetel _, * brought to the citadel of Warsaw , charged witl *!!' ing read a _prohibited work . u * A letter irom Ratibor , 29 th ult , Btates that tl son of the President of Cracow , the young Half . made his escape the preceding day from the prison i that town . __ It will be remcmbeied that he took oa _» in tho Polish insurrection , and was arres ted "' ., " ' Prussian diligence with several thousand thalerg _*! his possession , which were delivered up to the _&> vernment . He had been allowed to take exercise I the environs of the town , attended byoiieoftli keepers , and it was during one of these excursion , that he got away . _^

      Espionage has increased to a frightful extent in Cracow , under the Au _> trian system . Foiroerly tk pay of spies at Cracow amounted to 9 , 00 * 1 ) ilorini annually ; now , it U as much as 40 , 000 florins . We learn from _Kceuissberg ( Prussia ) , that ail _fy Russian students of that University , about _IoOjq number , have been ordered to return to their _countrt immediately . It is said that the Emperor _NieholJ intends to forbid all his subjects t » receive _theiredj . cation in foreign universities . Notwithstanding the immense sums _investtdb the Russian Government in French and Englii " stock , '' , according to the Siecle , the financial c _«( . dition of the country is far trom being _satisfacton The districts of _Ptkon , " Smolensk , and Tschernigo are a prey to famine ; the government _hastakens steps to alleviate the sutlerim > s of the people , and tl fifty millions invested in French stock Lave _ghT rise to much censure . This vaiu display doesta impose upon any one .

      t Amongst tho rumours of the mouth is the folio * . ing :-l _' oliind is to have a viceroy , in the persons the Grand Duke Michael . The following extract , from a letter in the Siv 1 < contains some in ten s' ing particulars of the ami *! tioos and damnable intrigues of Russia for the con . plete destruction of the liberties of Wallachiaatj Moldavia : — The thrones of Moldavia and TVnllachia were sim _taneously occupied hy Stourza and Ghika . The fotB « has sacrificed the iustituiiuns of his country to curn favour from the protecting power , and still remaiti Prince of Moldavia ; the latter , not so deserving , iu fallen , and been replacud by EibeFco , a Russian canJi , date . It is not our intention to point out _htre the matt illegal acts of which the new prince has _bten guilty all

      the acts of his administration arc so many Hows aimed at the rights of the principality . When Russia occupied the principalities with her troops , she imposed upon them the organic law under which tliryare gorerncdat the _present moment , as a means by winch to interfere in their _interunl affuirs , and to swallow ep in this _nuvtl charter the much _groati-r privileges whiub the Moldsvinns and Wuliachians bad obtained by their sti pulations with the Forte ; and , in case this had tailed , Kussii counted upon the weakness of the divan to obtain any finnan she _mujhtstiind in netd of to complete her work of destruction . It was , thnnks to this expedient , that in 1838 she claimed the rif ; lit of functioning the legislation ef the principalities ; one year afterwards she caused Colonel _CampLnand , tbe bold champion of bis country ' s libirties , to be cast into prison . In 1842 she dethroned

      Ghika , and in 1 SU she authorised Bibtfco to dissolve the chamber until _furlfur orders , owing to its having refused the concession of certain mines to u Russian company . The convocation of tlie chamber at the clese o ! last year is to be attributed to the fact , that , for this once , _Russia had lost her bearings , not finding at Con-. _•• tantinoplc a _sulten whom , a few years previously , she treated asa child , nor ministers open to bribery or tob 6 intimidated by _thren's . The Sultan lias grown up to manhood , and the statesmen of Turkey are beginning their _politi-al education . Nevertheless , it was not abad year for Russia . She obtained from Bitesco the flagrant violation of the electoral law , and the suppression of the publication of the debates in the chamber , and 8 law is now in preparation to prohibit the youth of Moldavia and Wallachia fr :: m studying at any other than K-mian universities . Hut 1 st them beware—if Russia is

      let have her way she will not stop there . The assembling of the Prussian Diet is , despite of all drawbacks , a " great fact" proclaiming the irrevocable severance of Prussia from the absolutist alliance with Austria and Russia . The most interesting " report" of the past month has been that of the intended visit of the Autocrat to Paris . Louis Philippe has long been working to effect a close alliance with the Tsar , and would hail the visit of the Autocrat with delight ; but not so the French people . They have not forgotten or forgiven the' Cossack in vasion of the French soil , a _» d thev hold in thorough detestation the arch-murderer ofPoland . We have much pleasure in quoting tbe following remarks from tbe National , which we believe faithfully _reptesent the feelings of our French brethren .

      The _Preae in its correspondence from St . Petersburg , says—that the Emperor of Rusbia contemplates coming to Paris this summer . That that journal should lookcu such a journey by the Emperor Nicholas , under existing _circumstances , as bung an event of tbe highest importance , one can well understand , since it is friendly to a Russian alliance . But , Heaven- be praised 1 its opinion is not that of France , We have not bartered our _fjmpathies for Poland , or been f trangled with tbe r « tiH oi the Bank of France . Now , as hitherto , all hearts sliud . der at the Warsaw murders . The purchase of oblivion of so many crimes committed during the last sixteen years over a conquered nationality , for 50 , 000 , ( l 00 f ., _w _> surely not a _bij-h pi ice . We do not accept this bargain . The presence- of Sivholas at Paris would be an insult to our / _eehwe , to our _un-as , and it the Ts « r » ere _toiatt

      to corae and face us amongst the unfortunates who have been doomed to exile by hi * _despntitm _, the cheers cf a few scattered flatterers would not cover the _loudvoiceot public _m-ilediction . This would cot be the first time of a Russian Emperor being at Paris . The last was called Alexander . At the period he visited us France was invaded by foreigners . The people remember well the Cossacks bivouacking in the Champs Elysees , and the presence of Nicholas , by reviving the recollection of that tatal period , would _rcvivu the hatred and hoiror nitU which tfee invadtrs of Trance will ever inspire UJ . » the journal , in which we find the article , wishtd to ft « the pulse of public opinion , and sift out tbe feeling H _* respect to Nicholas , it may tell its correspondent that France repels all contact with the aonihilator of Volaud . and Paris would notimitate the silence of London . _

      We should add , in justice to En glishmen , that London was not altogether " Bilcnt" on tlie occasion of the tyrant's visit to this country . 11 the _syco phantic roar of base-hearted aristocrats welcomed _ise despot , the curses of tho democracy were ming _'«» therewith . The strong bodyguard of _volice » i " _" constantly watched over the safety of the barbarous oppressor , was significant of the popular opinion towards him . . . „ „ , i We are now threatened with a visit of the eldest son of the Emperor , lie it understood , that _n im people of this _country were masters of the _govcinment of this country , no tyrant or tyrant ' s sua » ' » would be allowed to pollute the soil of England . The fifteenth _aiiniver .-ary of the" Literary Association of the Friends of Poland" was held on th-13 th of May , in Sussex Chambers , Duke-street , Lor d Dudley Stuart in the chair . The secretary ' s " _««' port" stated . — th

      That the total receipts of the year were JE 1 _. _4 C 7 , e a penditure £ 903 , leaving a balance in the hwids of the banker of the Association of £ 504 . The report bore testimony to the excellent conduct ot the refugees . Several of the refugees filled offices ef high trust under the _government and in public and private institutions _«» honour und credit , and several had distinguished than * selves by their literary works in this country , among * whom was Count Valerian Krasinski , author oi _» " History of Protestantism in Poland , " who waei _« ' - about to publish a work on the "History of tBc _b ' ? man -Na tions . " The remainder of the report was en * - * occupied with a lengthened review of the transaction _^ tho three Powers , with respect to the _iacorpora _" Poland wish Russia , which had received general _rq _bation in England and in France . i . _^ The anniversary meeting ot this commlt ! r <; Wn » on the 2 nd of April , was reported in the _A ° '" , _SfeirnfAnril 10 ; b : and . _snbaeouentlv , a pa r \ . i

      was printed containing the committee ' s " A " , e 0 f Report , " together with an Address to the pcop » Great Britain and Ireland , on the recent _«> sCU ! V e on Polish affairs in the House of Commons . - _^ pamphlet has been widely distributed V _" _" _^'!!! UnitedKingdom _. and the committee look torwaj _^ confidence to a considerable increase of P I _^ slaport , consequent upon its circulation . The "L _^ tion of the committee ' s " Address" into the _J _^ language is encouraging , as showing that th c , of _thecommitteo are regarded with interest _^ Polish patriots . May ail the hopes they may i ™«* in be more than realized by the fraternal and _pu" _*" thropic devotion of the British people ! _Eksksi Jones , President . ,, ( J . Oulus 11 aiu \ i _* y , becreOT _' - London May 14 th , 1847 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22051847/page/2/