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      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . lOTR SSS 07 KFIS SAP 0 LEOS xo HIS COKSTtU'ESTS . The following circular has been addressed by Vtines Louis Napoleon to the electors of Paris , and tie other departments , who bave selected him . as 03 e of their representatives to the National AsjemWj : — London , June 11 . Fellow Citiziui , —Youriuff . ajes fill me with grati . suae . Tbis mark of sympathy is the more flittering to pe £ E it was unsolicited on ray part , and reached me at s moment when I regetted being inactive , when tbe c 0 untry bad need of adi her children , to extricate her frcm the diSculsies In which she was placed . =====

      Yonr confidence imposes on me duties which I gfeall fcrjjw how to fulfil ; our interests and our sentiments tre tte « me . A child of Paris , now a representative < , { the people , I shall unite my ifforts to ttose of my cclltsgces to re-establish order , credit , and labour ; to tecare piece abroad , to consolidate democratic insatstioas , * nd to reconcile interests which now appear bostile , because parties are struggling against each other , instead of working to one common end—ths grandeur and prosperity of the country . Ite piepie have been free since Feb . 2 i , They cen obtain all they want without having recourse to brute force . Let us , then , rally all rcund the altar of our country undrr the Bag of the R' -public , and give to tbe world the grand spectacle of s people who have regenerated tnemielves without violence , civil w * r , or SEsrehj .

      Beceire , fellow citizens , the assurance of my devotedne > 3 and sympathy , LonsKAPOLtOK Bosapaete . Thcesdat Evesisg— -The Bonapartists are displsying abundant zeal . The several newspapers ( for ihere ate several tew Bc-napartist journals ) are not only sold bat placarded at every corner , so that they may be read for nothing . As the placards attract crowds , these crowds become so many improvised clubs , and by some chance it happens that a man ef military cnt is generally there Io act as oracle . Amonp the new prints is one with the attractive title of Li Petit Caporal .

      SAII 05 AL ASSEMBLY . Thuesdat loth . —The expectation of the ministerial explanations to be elicited by the questions of C "JMn Pascal Duprat was disappointed . At the ope ing of the sitting of the Assembly to-day , that repi ' entative ascended the tribune and informed the A : embly that the circumstances which yesttrday ren -ered hii interpellations necessary had to-day ceasedtc exist , and thus the matter was allowed to drop . The proposition for declaring Algeria an intregal part of Fran e waa brought en . The propositioR involves an idecity of laws and government , which the Minister oi War , General Cavaignar , objected to , as not suited to he sUte of a country so different in all its

      circumstane-s-The members for Marseilles made a hard fight for a law in which the . believed the interests of the tcwa to ba epgaged . Citizan Astonin , the p orter , read a speech in a very Teditable manner . He wore tie round jacket of his p ; ofession . In the course of the discussion that followed , Citizen Pierre Leroux stated , that the question of the emancipat en of Algeria was gained by what has been said -y General Cavaignao . fie would not £ ccerdingly add % word in defence of tha proposition . Citizen Dnpin , he said , had spoken of the Roman system of eolenisatieu : why did he not rather adduce the example of En land , and place before the Assembly the marvellous a : hievements of Tenn , and his descendants ? It was cot enough , he

      said , to have proclaimed the principle of Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity : thtir re-liss ion should cease to te a problem , and France , out ot * population of 35 , 000 , COO , should no longer offer tbe nectacle of 8 , 090 , 000 of beggars and indigent , and ona out of tbxefi men dying in the hospital . Citizen . ' ierre Leronr then undertook to prove thai in France , 1 , 000 . 000 of inhabitants lived without labour , -whist , Si 000 , 000 earned an existence by their laboui . Citizen Leroux ( repeatedly interrupted by the murmurs of the Assembly ) at last returned to Algeria , and declared that it was impossible to leave the people of Francs at the mercy of military chiefs , and , ifter emancipating the blacks in the colonies , to reduce Frenchmen t 8 slavery in Algeria .

      EXI 2 AOSDIKAS . Y SCBKE . The discussion on Algeria was interrupted by The Peesidekt , who rose and read to the Assembly , ihe following letter from Lonis Napoleon Bonaparte , which , he said , was of great importance , and which he had only that moment received . It is dated : — London , June , 14 . IfoKSKCE ls Pze 6 ID » rt , — I was sbsut to set off in -order te appear st ray post when I learnt that my elfctloa tiad Deea saage the pretest for * disorders and disas ^ rcraa error * . I repudiate all the suspicions or which 1 kave been the object , for I seek not for power . If the people Impose duties en me I shall know how to fulfil them—( morement )—bnt I disavow all those who have made use of By name to excite disturbance , Tbe name wfeica I ¦ feear is above all a errabol Of order , of sarienality , of glory ; aad , rather tfian be tie subject of disorder and of anarchy , I sbcuid prefer remaining in exile . I send you enclosed a copy of the letter of thanks which I have addressed to all ths electors who have riven me their

      ¦ ntet . Hare the goodness , M . le President , to communicate this Utter to my colleagues , and receive , & e . Louis Fapolios BoiurASTE . ^ The utmost agitation followed the reading of this letter . A number of representatives quitted their places , and animaJed groups were formed in every part of the Chamber . Several deputies rushed together to the tribune . - The Minister of Was said he could not express all his thoughts , but he could not help remarking that in the document just read , sxd which had become a matter of history , the word ' Republic ] was not even mentioned . Be pointed cnt this omission to ths notice of the Assembly and of the whole country . ( Loud cries of' Vive la Republiqne . ' )

      Citizen Birss mest prof eat in the name of all hia colleagues against the declaration of war of the pretender . They would not have pretender ? , but _ it was necessary that France should know how that imprudent eitiren had responded to the generosity of the Assembly , lie handed over the letter which had just b « en read to its just contempt . Citizen A . Thocrh : From the emotion which animated all the Assembly , it was evident that all present were def . sders of the Republic . _ He must , however , beg to point out one expression in that letter , If the peeple impose on me duties I shall know how to fulfil them . ' That was in his opinion an appeal to revolt , and he demanded that the Assembly should immediately decree that Louis Bonaparte had ceased to he & representative of the people . { Lond and violent agitation . )

      The Ministers of Commerce and of War were in the tribune . The Minister of Finance approached them and mads some if maik ? , but which were perfectly inaudible from the extraordinary agitation which prevailed in the Chamber . The Minister of War remained alone in the tribune . The President : While the discussion was going on , and I was addirg , that to tfce letter I had read was annexed a copy of one sent to the electors , I received a menace of which I should wish to know the authors . Let the doors be instantly closed , it is a threat against the representatives andagainst the

      _ president of the National Assembly . It is as followa ' Citizens : If you do not read tbe address of Prince Napoleon to the electors , I declare you to be traitors to the country . ' It is signed Acgusie Blum , formerly a pnpil of the Polytechnic School . This note is written by a madman . It bad been announced to me as being written by a public functionary , bnt I now learn that it came from an unknown person who threw it from the public tribune . That circumstance takes from if ranch of its gravity . The MtMiTEa ( i Wab sDODld make no proposition farther than that the Chamber should adjourn the

      discussion till to-morrow . Several Voices : No , no . We must deliberate forthwith ; tbe writer of this insnlting letter zaEst ba declared unworthy to loim part of the National Assembly . „ „ . , , ,. Other Members : In his letter of thanks to the eiecio-B . he speaks of the necessity of joining the flag of the Republic , but not of being faithful to the Republic . " Some Voices : Adjourn till to-morrow . Other Voices : No , ne . We must finish the matter forthwith . -- « .- » ui Citizen Jctes Fatsjs ; There is m this Assembly only one sentiment . A Voice : That is not so sure . _ and

      Citizen Jbim Favbe : I repeat what I said , I am sure that the persons who thus interrupt me are not aware how much they insult the Assembly . 1 say that there is only one sentiment here—that of indignation . When your seventh bureau proposed te you fhe admission of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte , no doubt had arisen as to the conditions , of t hat act . Bnt if , two days after , he sends forth an insolent challenge to the n ational sovereignty , it isonrduiy to reply to it . ( Hear , hear . ) I am of opinion that the Assembly cannot separate without having P ? ^ a resolniion ieclkilng that if it iGipEClS 1 DJ TJ | M which msv exist , it is unanimous in opposing all dynastic pretension . I said before , and I now repeat it , that the moment there appears any indication ot a plot , proceedings ought to be instituted . I demand that the letter , and tbe document which accompanied it , be at once placed in the hands of the Minister of Justice . ( Load cries of * Yes , yes , great

      The Mikisier of Finakcb : The honourable representative who has just spoken tells , you that when be proposed the admission of Loms Napoleen he was not aware of that person ' s intentions relative to tbe Republic . The government , however , knew « , though it was not in possession of sufficient proofs to show that he was responsible for the facts which had come to their knowledge . Under thecircum-¦ tanoes , I think that it will bs most digmfitd in yon est to act in any way precipitately , but to suspend ^ our decision until to-morrow . ( The utmost agitation . ) - r « , „ Citizen Dcpbat demanded the suppression e l tne better addressed by Louis NafO ' . eon to thfeelSCKra . ! Yes , yes : no , no . )

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      riKnn l ? J ™ Jmmas » W : Citizens , a propo-£ t ™ k ^ Md ? you t 0 P ° * t pone until to-SZT » v ' i . fc , ? nBWn » : a L » ^ ' «» into 3 , 7 \™ < ; K d mebe c <* recr , it is in all probability a battle vrhich you will have to fight tomorrow . ( Great agitation ) I demand that you declare that any citizen who dares to take np arms to support the cause of a despot ( ' Yes . yes «• ' Vive ia RepuMque !' j shall be placed hor , dfoi . ( Hear bear . Agitation . ) ' Citizens E . Arago and Dnclerc both hurried to the tribune , bat the noise prevented any one from being TaePjanrasr : Gentlemen , in the midst of the various propositions whieh have been made , it appears to me that it is for the dignity of the Assembly not to make any alteration in the order of its deliberations . Let us not impart more importance than it deserves to an accident which after all mav not be as grave as it at first appeared .

      » w , l nM- of Fi-vakce - Be certain , citizens , that the Repuohe will not perish because you postpone your deliberation . ( Loud approbation . The whole Assembl y rose and shouted ' Vive la Republique ! ' ) The sitting was brought to a close at a quarter past seven , amidst the greatest excitement . In the midst of the ecsfesion hints were given that there were means left for the exclusion of the Citizen Louis Napoleon Bonaparte , wbich in the general exasperation will probablynot beneglected . One member brought up against him that he was not a Frenchman , another that he was a naturalised Swiss , and a third that he had been sworn in as a special constable in London to act against the Chartists . This last fact made a profound impression on the Republicans .

      RESIGNATION 0 P LOTJIS KAP 0 LE 0 N . FaiDAT , Jdse 16 . —At two o ' clock Citizen Senard , the president , toek the chair , and informed the Assembly that he had received another letter from Citizen Louis Napoleon , which was brought to him at half-past twelre o ' clock . Not receiving it by post , he had taken the necessary precautions to assure himself of its authenticity , and had ascertained that it really emanated from Louis Napoleen . The following is the letter : — Loacen , June loth , 1848 .

      M . li Pbxsident— I was proud to have been elected representative of the people in Paris and in three other departments . It was . ' in my opinion , an ample reparation for thirty years * exile and six years' captivity . But tbe injurious suspicions to wbich my election has given rise , the disturbances of which it was the pretext , and the hostility of the Executive Power , impose upon me the duty to decline an honour which I am supposed to have cbtaiaed by Intrigue . I desire order and the maittenance of a » ise , great , and enlightened Republic , and , since I involuntarily favonr disorder , I tender my resignation , not without r . grst , into your hands . Tranquillity , I trnst , will now be restored , and ena . able me to return to France as the humblest of citizens , but also as one of the most devoted to the repose and prosperity of his country . Ch & bks Louis Kafokos BoNirABis .

      1 he Presides ? having observed that the admission of Citizen Louis Napoleon had not been pronounced by the Assembly , and that the Committee had only declared his election valid , the Assembly was not called upon to vote on the letter , which was referred to the Minister of the Interior , with orders to convoke the electoral colleges which had returned Louis Napoleon . The Misistzb of the Isterioe rose and laid on the table a project of a decree , demanding the formation of 300 battalions of moveable National Guards , composed of unmairied men , between 20 and 34 years of age , who are to remain in their homes until further orders . The Assembly afterwards resumed the discussion on the proposition relative to the annexation of Algeria to France .

      Citizen Gbichard , the first speaker undertook to refute the Socialist doctrine developed by Citizen Pierre Leroux en Thursday . Cit'esn Dcoocx likewise combated the doctrines of Citizen Pierre Leroux . whs , he waa sorry to eay , could recommend no other remedy fer the evils ol society than emigration to Algeria . The only means of insuring the security and liberty cf the Republic was in the opinion of Citizen Dacoux to promote the develerereent of property . The era of liberty was isangnrsted in France on tbe day the peasantry were allowed t . become proprietors of ttesnil . In England , the people could net be said to exist , the territory being tr e exclusive patrimony of the oligarchy . It was not consequently wonderful to see " 30 , 000

      Chartists vanisn before the magic wand of a few policemen . In Ireland , the people were so debased that they submitted to starve sooner than burst their chains asnnder . Citisen Dneonr , in conclusion , recommended the A ^ embly not to overlook t & e iiw terests of agriculture . General Lamobiceere said , it had been proposed to declare Algeria an in sgral part of the French territory , and to refer to ths committee on the constitution the second part e . the proposition , that Frenchmen ih Algeria shonh enjoy the same con » etitntton as in France . He sh nld oppose both the one and the other of these prop tsitions , and should submit the following : — ' That the Assembly , renewing its declaration that Algeria is for ever French , passes to the order of the day . '

      After some further discussion , the ( . abate was declared to be closed , and the Assembly being consulted , adopted the order of the day , motive ' , ]? esented by General Lamoriciere . ' Cit : z ? n Loots Blakc demanded permiss . n of the Chamber to protest against tbe significatio i given yesterday , in his absence , to the language" ehad made nse of immediately after the revolution ot February . If he had , as had been said , persuaded ' 'be working classes to fold their arms when snch an abandonment of their labour would have endangere society , and reduced the workmen themselves to misery , he should have made nse ef the language of a bad citizen . He bad always said that the workman who shrank , from his labour was as conter aptible as the soldier who turned back at the sight of danger . The Chamber rose at a quarter to seven o'clock .

      Satcrdat , Jusj 17 th . — At two o ' clock , Citizen PoBTAiis , one of the Vice-Presidents , took the chair . Citizen Pierre Lehoox having asked to put some questions to Ministers , said , that on his way to the Assembly , hehad been infermed that the collection of the tax of forty-five additional centimes had been the cause of a sanguinary collision in the department of the Creure . A number of peasants in the neighbourhood of Guerets , having assembled to demand the liberation of seme prisoners who had resisted tbe payment of the tax , the National Guard had fired open the people , thirteen of whom were killed . Citizen Leronx snggested the expediency of suspending the execution , in certain localities , of & detestable measure , intended evidently to organise

      civil war . . . Aftier a few words from Citizen Fiocon , Minister of Commerce , Citizen Dabot said , that the Minister of Finance had stated that the tas of forty-five eentimeswas everywhere paid without resistance . The Minister was misinformed . In the Upper Garonne , for instance , it experienced sn obstinate opposition , and on several points it had produced acts of rebellion . ,, ii Citizen Dbstouhs added , that in the department of Tarn et Garonne several magistrates had proceeded , at the head of some troops , to compel tbe inhabitants of two districts to pay the tax . The latter had planted a tree of liberty , snrmennted with a black flag and a hook , and protested that they would resist te the last the payment of the tax . Citizen Destonrs , conscious of its injustice , had pledged himself to obtain the repeal of the tax .

      Here Citizen Pcbtaiis interrupted the speaker , and observed , that snch a promise was an attempt against order , whit fa obliged him to call him to In the discussion which followed , it came out that Thiers , and other members owed tbeir election to the promises given , in their names , that they would procure the repeal of the additional tax of forty five per cent . Citizan Flocos , Minister of Commerce , explained his system fer obviating the existing crisis , which had caused such alarm and uneasiness throughout

      the country . He attributed the present scarcity of money to the extraordinary speculations in which the nation had engaged previous to the revolatwa , and to the too great numbers of the rural population who had flocked into the cities . He added , that the first . care of the government would be to establish professional schoolsof agriculture throughout France . It was intended , subsequently , to found agricultural colonies in the departments , according to the system to which Citizen Pierre Leronx had allnded , and he assured the Assembly that thegoTernment was determined to nee every exertion to put an end to the

      existing evils . , , Citizan PiibbbLsboux then rose and spoke for an hour , but his speech was listened to with much impatience . He was finally compelled to ccnclnde in oonsf quence of load and reiterated CMS of' ttO Older of the day , 'from all parts of the house . Citizen Wolowski then attempted to speak , but lond cries of ' Monday , Monday , ' obliged the President to adiounii ... n Mokdat EvfiKKQ .-The National Assembly ' was occupied daring the early part of the sitting of thia day with a discussion relative to a demand or money * three millions , on account or the national ate ' . iera . tlwcha

      Some sharp criticism having been madeon * racier and composition of those establishments , aaaY the desire being manifested that they should be pat an end to as soon as possible , the Minister of Pablic Works defended the national ateliers , which ba said bad been reformed , and would by deg rees furnish profitable labour . He tad already distr ibuttd a considerable number of labourers up & n tir e canal ot toe Marne . tbe Upper Mame , the Seine , and the Tour and Nantes Railway . He expected to see the labourers in process of time usefully em ployed , but if he was not allowed to proceed in mj own svay , he would give in hie resignation . Citizen JUakbaw presented t j , draft of the C 0 U

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      stitution , which occupied nearly an hour k the read , ing . ouKxt ] ll £ i 76 a Cmd Cm 6 f ^ Constitution in TnispAr Everora . - General Thomas announced to-day in the National Assembly that he resigned the command of the National Guards . His reason tor doing so was that , having been suddenly appointed in a moment of agitation , he did not consider that he nad a right to look on his nomination aspermaaent . lne present being a moment of calm , bethought tbe time come to resign his command . The Assem . bly declared that General Thomas had deserved well of his country . The project ef decree relative to the national workshops being the order of the day , Citizen Victor Hugo was called to the tribnno . He denounced the workshops and the Socialists . Leon Faucher followed in the same strain .

      In the course oi the debate , the Citizen Caussidiere spoke and recommended as a means of employing a considerable number of unoccupied hands , the culiivation ef waste lands in France , and tbe colonisation ot Algeria . He also proposed to grant drawbacks on exportation , in order te restore labour in the manufactures , and to enable France to compete with England in all the markets of the world , which she could do with advantage , for she excelled in manufacture over her rival . In conclusion , he invited all hia countrymen to throw their divisions into one bag , and then he said , we can all exclaim , Down with the Pretenders—the Republic for ever i *

      STATE OF PARIS . On Thursdav , an affiche was placarded in Paris , re commending M . Caussidiere , the ex-prefect of po'ice , as President of the Republic , on tbe ground that ' the Republic is in danger . ' Abcut the Parle St Martin , on Saturday night , the atlroupements were more numerous , more noisy , and more threatening than had been witnessed for some time . It was not until past eleven o ' clock that they were finally dispersed . About eight o ' clock , the groups became alarming about the legislative palace .

      Five persons were arrested , who appeared to be acting as leaders , and were conducted to the prefecture of police . The garde mobile and the guard of the palace were under arms . Within these few days medals with the head ef Prince Louis Napoleon have been distributed . They are given by preference to men in Menses and sol diers ; a great number have been sold on the Brule vards . They have a ring to attach them to the button-hole , so that they may terve as a rallying sign .

      The newly-formed RepublicantGuard , cons sting of fenr tquadrons of cavalry and 2 , 220 infantry , was re viewed on Tuesday by the fiye members of the Executive Commission at the Luxembourg . After the review Citizan Araao addressed the corps in a briet speech , in which he explained to them their duly . ' These , ' said he , ' are to maintain order in the city of Paris , and to give an example of strict discipline . ' He concluded by telling them that the government reckoned upon them—the children of tbe barricades —to defeat the enemies of the Republic , under whatever mask they might conceal themselves . Th ? Address of Citizan Arago was responded to by unani mous cries of * Vive la Kepublique . '

      On Monday evening numerous crowds were formed on the Place de l ' Hotel de Ville , who by degree ? began to form an aggressive character . After altering several times cries of ' Vive Louis Napoleon ! ' they formed in bands , and commenced dancing around the tree of liberty , sineing the * Carmagnole , ' and crying at intervals 'Vive LouisNa poleon ! Nous Tam-ons . ' They afterwards began to stop the people passing , by compelling them to join in the same cry . One person who replied to their demands by shouting * Vive la Republiqne' was very roughly handled by them , and shouts were raised ol 'A iVan , le reactionnaire . ' At this moment some

      gardiens de Pans cams up and rescued him , and endeavoured to disperse ths crowd , but they were in their turn attacked , and so ill-treated , that one of them was carried into the Hotel de Ville in a state of insensibility , and serious fears are entertained for his life . Strong patrols of the armed force came to the aid of the police , and by repeated marches and countermarches dispersed the crowd and restored order , after making several arrests . Among the individuals taken into custody , seven or eight of them were men who had already been in the handa oi justice for various effences , and they were all fonnd to have arms concealed on their persons . They have all been committed to prison to take their

      trials-Louis Napoleon has just been elected colonel of the 4 th Legien of the National Guards of the Banlieue , and may probably be re-elected for Paris .

      TEE CITIZKR HA PAIL . Cit zen RA ' pail has published an address to the people thanking them for their suffrages , snd exhorting them to repair to the clabs instead of meeting in the open air , and thereby giving a seeming justification to the calumny of their enemies , who represent them as agents of disorder . THH REPUBLICAN PRISONERS . The PzxTXiB COH 6 THOABT mentions a rumour tha ' BgrbesandBlanqui have been reraoved from the fort of Vincennes to the citadel of Blaye . EMPIXJTEB 9 AND WOBKMEJf . The Mokiteur publisher - a decree of the National Assembly , countersigned by tbe members of the Executive Government , appointing a council ol prud'hommes , authorised to settle all differences between employers and their operatives .

      TRUE HEROISM . A nstice appears in the Refobme fromJose ph Favre , late a Municipal Guard , and at present a private in the 3 rd Regiment of Artillery , requesting to know the address of a young woman who saved his life heroically on the 24 th of February , at the capture of ihe guardhouse of the Place de la Concorde , by casting herself on his netk and claiming him for her father . Much of tbe credit of this good action is due te Citizen Fiocon , Minister of Commerce , who was present ft the engagement , and who sn jested it to tbe woman as the only means by wh . ch to save the poor man ' s life .

      DISTURBANCES IH THE BEI'AMMBNTS . Aoi ounts from the country announce serious disturbanoes in several departments . At Gueret , the capital if the department of the Crenze , a mob assembled and fixed a placard to a tree of liberty , stating tha t every one who paid taxes would be hnng Several persons had been arrested , but instead ol quieting the eople it excited them to further outrage , and an a 'tempt was made to set cfee prisoners at liberty . Th e consequence was , a fight between the people and t he National Guard , in which ten persons were kille A , eight mortally wounded , and about forty more s ightly wounded . The National Guard remained the conquerors , but further disturbances were expecteu

      The accounts from olher parts of tbe south of France ^ re equally me . ancholy . On Saturday the government received accounts , by telegraphic despatch , of a Carlist movement in ths eity of Nismes . The particulars are not knewn , but it is said that a collision teek place between the people , in which three persons were killed and ¦ everal wonnded . At Perpignan the forty-five centime tax has also given rise to a serious riot , and a collision , in which blood was shed , but the particulars are sot given ; and at Toulouse a religious procession ga * e rise to a tumult in which the National Guard turneu against the republican authorities . Accounts have alio been received from the Gironde , that the > easa & try are in a state of great irritation against the new order of things . SISHBS . —FORTHBB PABTICUUBS .

      In the evening of the 11 th some partial attacks began , then disorders ; these attacks were caused by recollection of the bloody struggle which took place on the 27 ch of April , on the occasion of the e'ections . In the evening of Monday , between eight and nine , serious feare were enter tained by the authorities , who took their measures but carelessly , for at halfpast ten a general collision broke out between the parties , and shots were fired . On the Tuesday and Wednesda y these disorders having continued , but without offering a very serious aspect , became more grave . Skirmishes , in which firing took place , occurred between the Faubourgs and the adjoining country , and many peisons were killed and wounded . These have their origin , it is said , in religious ani mosity . Troops were marched from Avignon and Tarascon , 800 of the engineers are gone from Montpellier . _

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      THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTION . GERMANY . PBC 6 BBBS OP BKPDBUCA 3 SSM . Fkankfobt-on-the-Maine , Jane 12 . —Fh 6 ? e- » little probability of the agitation of the public miad very speedily subsiding . Tbe Republicans beeoaae bolder every day ; nay , every hour , bring * with it some new report of schemes for the Hnffiermining of [ all existing institiitionB , political and Yesterday I attended the people ' s meeting at Hockhiem , in Nassau . A mizad processioa met the speakers-who were to addsess the cr * wdi at the HoCnMemBtatiQB , ana then- proceeded m reg " " order to . the opsn space abow tho tow ? where tne rostsura bad been erected . The meeting was estimated' at 14 , 688 >! Iloffmaa ( tbe bead » I believe , o ons of Gymanatic Unless ) , Zilz { a . member Ol tksAsseKblyfrom Maiai ) , Bambwg « r > and Zimmermana were the principal speakers . Their cniei sentiments may be bri * 2 y summed u ? thus : —

      Great distrust and iatred of the standing army , especially of the Prussians and Austrians , now Stationed on the lett bank of tho Rhine ; a contemptuous opinion of tha majority in the present Assembly ; and the necessity of speedily dissolving it , it it cannot be made to carry out their views . The election of new members in that case , to be madei irom the friends of the pesple . men * who have their hearts in the rigfct place , ' and who will insist upon ' the sovereignty of the people , ' Bitter hatred te the Russians , jealousy of their supposed intrigues with Prussia , corresponding love and feeling of fellowship with the French , 'the only trust of the future German Republic ; the time-honoured friends and protecton of liberty ; ' ' swoia wwiiwiw to hnrl the

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      Zv u ° 7 ' , Ge ™ f" > y from their throne ? , if tney be found in any way leaguing with Prussia againsv the French Republic ;' a downright disregard and denunciation of the Diet ; the necessity , in fact , of an ' entire subversion of all present irritations , political , and social , under the cant pretext of forming a free one-emded Germany ; ' the urgent necessityofa second icvo ' u ! ion , the revolution of March having been no real evolution , and of demanding , not of petitioning one moment , for their rii 5 at 8 , nay , of at once proceeding to cxrt physical force , if their princes and German Parliament do not promptly accede to their wishes . The last proposal was vociferously . swom to by a large portion of the meeting .

      The matter ended in a general vote that the Diet waa henceforth null and void , and that the parliament bo immediatel y compelled to form a provisonal government after the hearts of the people ; also , that it be eompelled to form an effenaive and defensive alliance with the French Republic . A republican meeting was held on the 12 th on the jergeof a fir-wood near Affenbach , a small manutactunng town in the Darmstadt territory , about three miles from Frankfort . Some thousands were present , but no disturbance occurred . On the preceding evening , some soldiers who had been placed under arrest at Affenbach were liberated by their comrades and same citiz ^ e . Tbe guard fired with ball on tbe liberators , and some ten persons were wounded . It culd not he discovered who had given orders to fire . Troops were forthwith detached from Darmstadt and Affenbach . Behlin , Joke 13 . —The question of monarchy appears to have assumed a decided aspect . Tho King

      bas fallen to the lowest ebb in the estimation of fill classes . He has lost individual and popul r confidence . His inexplicaWe conduct oa the 18 th aud 19 th of March—his vacillation—his want of moral courage to refnse , and his reluctance to concedehis cravings after empire when his own crown is tottering—his palpable longings after the revival of a past that bas perished amidst the storms of tho present—his obstinacy on some points , peisonal pointsand his weakness upon others where a stand might be made—his indifference at one moment , and hia earnestness at others—all contribute to estrange the goodwill and confidence of princes , governments , and well . disposed citizens . When roonarcha in such times as these are spi ken of with contempt and distrust , their prospects of atability must be limited to a narrow compass . Tbe King has no party , no faithful adherents in the Chamber , whilst with few exceptions , he has lost the confidence of the capital and province ; .

      In the National Assembly of Frankfort , on the Utb , it was re-olved , hy a large majority , that the Germanic Diet should be invited to allot a sum of 6 , 000 , 000 tbalers , by constitutional means , for lay ing the foundation of a German navy , half to bo supplied immediately , tbe other half as wanted . A Republican Convention commenced its meetings at Frankfort , on the 14 th inst . A declaration is to be issued te all the world , to the effect that the Republic is the best form of government , and that for Germany it is tho only possible one . Frakkfort , June 16 . —The following address has been in circulation to-day : — TO TBE OEBMAN NATIOHAl ASSEMBLY IH FBAKEfOBTOK-THE MAINE .

      August Assembly!—The Congress of the German De . mocratic Unions in Frankfort reguire of the National Assembly , that as a testimony of Ha respect for the will of the people , and as a sign of confidence in Itself , it , without a momtm ' s delay , invite deputy Frederick H ' ecker to take his place in it ft he Assembly . ) Frankfort . on-tbe-Moine , June 15 , 1848 . Iu tbe name of tba Congress of German Democrats , ( Signed ) Jolius Fbobal , First President . Feidebick Kapp , First Secretary . A letter , signed Frederick Hecker , and virtually addressed to the members of the Assembly , is in print and circulation . It is a strong deprecation of the doings of that' temporising' party which is still bent' on negotiating with the princes . ' A fragment of it ia as follows : —

      And ye who are assembled at Frankfort-on-the-Malne , do ye know , do ye comprehend the loftiness , the omnipotence of the mandate , which bids you stand forth In the name of the sovereign people ! Do ye know what it is to be the representative of 40 , 000 , 000 ? Do ye know what tbe expression means , ' to speak in the name of the soverei gn , tbe mighty , tbe irresponsible , the stupendous nation that embraces 10 , 000 , 000 souls ? ' and in Its name to act with all tbe > igour , tbe exaltation ef sentiment , the bravery , and the energy that are inherent In it' ( Representatives of the people , do ye understand that a nation bas not to negotiate where it ought to be acting I Representatives of Frankfort , tear tbe parchments of n . gotiatian with monarchy , and become yourselves tbe living smbodimsnt or tho pceple ' a deeds , Crf aloud to tbe people that bas sent you— ' Hannibal stands at your gates ! ' Cry aloud to it , ba freemen , or be slave * ? Shout forth tbe magnificent cry— ' A German Republic—a German Peoplb ' s State . '

      Acknowledge the right of self-government and eclfdependenoo on the part of Italy , and ye will tnen gain in an enemy a friend and on ally . Acknowledge the selfvlDdicatlon of tbe Hungarian , and extend to him tbe band of a brotber . Acknowledge the self-modelment of his government that the Bohemian would compass . land offer to him the fraternity ef a federate state . Go forth as friends to tbe Switzor league , of old bo free ; and wreathe the friendl y band with the young republic of France , and that fruitful rook of tha eea , iho North Acatrican Union . Be it yours , ye representatives , to frame tbe one grand confederacy of tbe free . . Summon to yon , ye representatives , twelve marshals of the _ German army , and m & Ito them tako oath at your bar , in tbe face of the whole electoral body , in the name of the sovereign people , that they will act and execute according to Its decrees . Balsa an army of the east , and an army of the north , call forth the youth of Germany , that It may voiaatari / y stand by you , as a young legion of enthusiasm and power

      Do away with tbo nobles end their privileges , declare tbe princely domains to be national property , divert a part of the same to the support of the poorer districts , and another to the promotion ot handicraft and trade . Appoint tbe nation , ye burgher representatives , to be the executive of its will , andplace in its hands the guardianship of your decree . And if ye , in your majority , have neither tbe courage nor the power , nor tbe resolution that is necessary to steer tho ship through the storm , then deposit your ore . denti & ls in the hands of bolder men ; or , thou oppressed people , that art to languish amid verbose inefficiency , call thou aloud to them to restore their authority again to thee , that thou mayst send forth men who do not negotiate with princes , but who act xn thy name , in the bame of the sovereign people . FSIDEBICK HlCEEB ,

      POPULAR BI 9 IKG 3 . The Ak-la-Chapelle Gazette states , that at Stuttgart , on the 11 h , the Cth regiment refused to obey its officers , and even drove away the Colonel , the men crying ' Hurrah for Hecker . '' It adds , that if a movement were to take place , the government could not count on the troops . In the evening of tbe 13 th , there were some disturbances at Mannheim , the people , on returning from the popular assembly at Neustadt , having spread ; over the town , and gone into the coffeebouses ' and taverns , singing revolutionary songs , the troops ware called out , and kept under arms all night .

      A letter from Stuttgart of the 12 th says : — 'Disturbances have broken out at Caunstadt . The execution of two condemned prisoners , fixed for to-day , excited the public mind , which was already greatly agitated ; whilst tbe little respect which appeared to be paid to the petitions demanding the abolition of the penalty of death , increased the fermentation . At five o ' clock this morning , crowds of people assembled in the square where the execution was to take place , snd soon the ecaffold waa broken , and the remains were thrown into the Necker . -. Jt WAS announced that the condemned had been pardoned , but the excitement continues to prevail . A battalion of the dth regiment has just been scat from this place to Caunstadt , and the citizens are arming . '

      ANOTHER INSURRECTION IN BERLIN . Bbklik , Jusb 14 th —Yesterday placards bad been posted in the town , signed by the president of police , prohibiting the assembling of people in groups lathe Castanienwald , and apparently in order to give force to the prohibition , five battalions of the Civic Guard were posted at an early hour ra ihe morning on that spot , as well as in all the thoroughfares leadi & s from the Sing Academic . TumulD was first caused by an attempt to elear the place ef the thiefcly packed crowd which ; had assembled share . " The greatest annoyance had * for some timo b « en caused by an order of the head marshal of the * court closing : the portal of the royal palace , the couri being ordinarily used as a thoroughfare . It wa & thought that this order would not be put in force-, bnt when the-gates were be

      alosed t » day , a cry wa * rained , Basrieadea must . mad & before the paloce / and a larg & crowd com ,-merseed carrying ibis , threat intoaaeeution . Tl » gates were forced from their hingso , and were abois / t to be thrown into the water , wfeea a student , who wm by , said that tfeey would be nseftsl elsewhere , and called oa the peopla to take thoatatliQ UnLreiaity , in eider that they might serve for the better seewity of the students . Thia advica was followed , aau the gates and bars < Bera brought to the University . The attempts of the Burgher Guard to disperse the crowds in the streets , have unhappily occasioned bloodshed . A number of workmen went late in the afternoon to the Minister of War , with a demand for employment or money- On their refusal to disperse , the guard charged with the bayonet , and five men were wounded .

      The intelligence of this attack spread like wildfire throughout the city , and masses gathered with inconceivable rapidity in the vicinity of the arsenal and the palace . , , The Castanien wald was thronged , the people being literally packed in it . They were addressed in the most ii flammatory style by oeveral orators , one of whom recommended them to rash on the patrols of citizens and disarm them ; one , whose advice was followed , recommended them to storm the arsenal , and obtain arms thence ,

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      STORMING OP InBABSHNAI . Juse loth . —Last night was passed in terror and alarm ; but , though distinguished by another daring act on the part of the prpalace , which , by its success , shows how c 6 apletely the government is para-Jyged , there was no direct collision or further bloodshed after the firing in front of the arsenal , between nine and tea o ' clock . ' 1 he advice io storm the arge , nalwas promptly followed , and the people « ere closing round it when they were fired upon by the Burgber battalion , drawn up in front of it , One man was shot dead and several wounded , two of whom have since died . The people instantly dispersed , crying 'To arms' and * Barricades . ' Immediately afterwards , the battalion withdrew from the posts around the arsenal , and , as it appeared afterwards , the little garrison in the interior vacated the building , which was left wholly without protection .

      The patrols through the city were continued , but they no longer attempted to disperse the crowd ; on the contrary , they entered into conversation with them , and where the people expressed any doubJsof their intentions , tbey rang their steel ramrods in the barrels of their muskets to show they were unloaded . There were rumours of some barricades having been built , but beyond one feebla attempt in the Leiiziger strasse there is no confirmation of them . But afier drifting here and there without any definite object , the crowd , soon after eleven o ' clock , appeared to have got a hint that the arsenal was abandoned . They collected round it again , and it wasrepolved to storm it . The windows of the ground floor are closed inside with heavy shutters , lined with thick plate iron ; the doors are all equally strong . But a large beam of timber was procured , and , having been slung between a party of thirty or forty men , was applied to doors and windows in the manner of a battering-ram . The shutters did their duty well ,

      for , though the sound of the heavy blows could be heard for a considerable distance above the ahouts of the people , and were even mistaken for the reports of musketry , four windows defied all the attacks ; glass and woodwoik were split and shattered , but tbe iron held out : a fifch gave way , and through it the crowd entered , and in a few minutes were masters of all the military stores and ammunition the building contained . The search on the ground floor discovered no weapons ; but several pigs of lead , provided for casting bullets , were carried away in various directions—whither no one seemed exactly to know ; there were also some cannon there , but they were left , as too heavy for removal . In the upper story the depot of muskets was found , seized , and forthwith divided among the invading party : tbe stock was not so great as expected ; for since the former distribution the government has not placed any others there . From 700 to 800 is reported to be about tbe number . Tbe crowd held possession of tbe building till one o ' clock , and then retired .

      A strong force was posted round tbe National Assembly this morning ; but at the opening of the sitting the President read a communication from Major Ble ? son which crested the utmost astonishment . He informed the Chamber that he had ordered tbe number of men required to take their posts round the hall , but after the events of yesterday he could not guarantee the safety of the Assembly . The Guard had the proper orders , but he could not pro mise they would obey him ; just as little could he say they would do their duty if they did ! A second let * ter from him , apparently later written , stated that the 4 th , 5 , b , and 7 th Battalions had volunteered for the duty , and on them he thought he could rely .

      M . Camphiusen then stated the measures tbe government was prepared to take for the protection of the Assembly . As it appeared the existing force could not be depended on , it proposed to sail out tbe 3 rd Battalion of tbe Berlin Landwehr ( consisting of men who have served their timo ia the regular army , but are still liable for extraordinary service ) to mount guard along with the citizens . A stormy debate ensued ; the left , the Opposition , declared * such extraordinary measures were unworthy of a popular representative Assembly : it would end by every member being obliged to walk home under an armed escort . Their best protection was a perfect confidence in the people ; but it was no wonder ,

      considering the nature of their discussions and votes , that the suspicions of the people had been excited . A deputy , named Uhlich , formally moved that the Assembly should declare that it did not require any armed guard , but that it placed itself under the protection of the people of Berlin . M . Muller inquired how it was that among a people remarkable for iheir trusting disposition , distrust and suspicion had become universal ? He attributed the fault to everybody ( at which everybody laughed ) . He condemned their useless debates and motions , and advised tbem to do something in reality , if they did not wish to see their places filled by others . The motion of M . Uhlich was carried by a great majority ; it is , of course , equivalent to a defeat of the government .

      LATER AND IMPORTANT NEWS . The Ministers have tendered their resignation . The Landwehr of Berlin , called out for service , have held a meeting , and published a declaration , in which they announce that they insist upon their being treated in tbe fame light as tbe Burgber Guard ; that they will only serve in uniform when absolutely ondnty , and only within the limits of the city ; that they consider themselves as citizens to be called out for the day or honr in case of necessity ; that they will name their own leaders , and only acknowledge the orders of tbe Bunrher Guard Commander .

      ITALY . THE WAR IN LOMBiRDT . The position of Rivoli having been abandoned by the Austrians on the night of the 9 th , it was taken possession of by the Piedmontese on the morning of the 10 th . The King signed , on the evening of the 10 th , at Garda , the pact with M . Casati , and two other members of the provisional government of Milan , for the annexation of Lombardy to tbe kingdom oi Sardinia . The provisional government is to cease its functions , and a kind of regency , composed of Fiedmontese and Milanese , of which M . Casati is to be the president , will , for the present , be established at Milan .

      Tk-e occupation of Riveli , which cost Napoleon so many men , and which had been rendered impregnable by the number of barricades constructed by the Austrians , coat the Fiedmontese but a few cannon shots , and a shower of hand grenades . At the first appearance of the latter creeping up the heights , the Austrians tot k to Sight . The floods having carried away the bridge constrncted by the Austrians , a great number of them were cut off from the main body , and six hundred made prisoners . It appears that Radetsky has given up the intention of defending the forts on the Adige . Vicenaa and Treviso have been taken by tha Austrians . The attack on Vicenzi was made in three divisions hy Radetsky , sustained by a numerous artillery .

      General Durando- marched out with the garrison with all the honours of war , after having , aa well as his troops , entered into aa engagement not to serve , for three months , in the present war . The Austrians new menace Padua . News is stated to have arrived from Milan of the 14 th , that the loss of the Austrians at Vicenzi was 5 , 0 f 0 killed and wounded—that the forces that attacked it were § 0 , 000 men , with sixty pieces of artillery and a large force of cavalry—that the engagement lasted fifteen hours—that the loss of tbe Italians is 500 men killed and wounded , principally Swiss , and that Radetsky had returned te Verona with 10 , 000

      men . The same advices state that Charles Albert bad commenced the attack against Verorai with 40 , 000 men . - Advices from Milan te- the llch inst ., brine the official intelligence of the further success efthePiedinontese arms . The heights of Rivoli had been attacked ; the Austrians fled after a few discharges of artillery . This success appears to have been obtained by a division of the Fiedmontese . army , 15 , 000 strong , under the Duke of Genoa ,, which , aa we have already stated , had been detached in that direction . Padua has capitulated to the Austrians *

      THE IN 8 URH 30 II 0 N IN evHiABUI * ^ The provisional government established Sn Cosenza was exercising all the functions of established eove . reignty .. A parliament was convoked for the 15 th inst ,, aiidtbe natioaal guard of the three Calabrias were summoned to meet them . An add / ess had been circulated to the inhabitants of Naples , in wbich it was deelaredithat the atrocities ef the 15 hot May had broken all bonds between prince and people , and therefore , the provisional gov-ernmen * having united with-the Sioiliaas , and encouraged by the general indignation against the ro ^ al government , invited , the parliament , interrupted by brute force at Naples , en ths- 15 th May , to re-assemble at Cosenza on the 15 th of . June , and to place under the J & jis of the Assembly the sacred rights of the Neapolitan people . This address bora- the signatures of the members , of the @ ommittea of Public Safety .

      Other decrees of tie provtaeiai government order the organisation of a mobile gaatrd , to occupy ihe coast and opp & se the disembarkation of the royal troops , as well as for the service of tbe provinces , Itap . pears , therefore , that open war is declared between tbe Ctalabrian provinces and the government . A provisional government waa also established at Potoczi , in the Bascilicat . An insurgent movement was manifested at Bari , It was said that the growth of communism in the provinces had alarmed many ot the proptiotera , and induced them to join the royal party . Other letters announce , that Terramo was in full insurrection .

      BOHEMIA . INSURRECTION AT TBiOUE . Letters from Prague of the 12 th , and from Drese ! en of the 14 th , in the Coioonb Gazette , state that an insurrection broke out in the former town on the 12 th inst ., in consequence of Prince Wmdiscbgratz refusing to give cannon and ammunition to the students . The Czec hish population of Prague sided with the latter . While divine service was being per formed on the horse-market , barricades were suddenly erected by the crowds of people who had assembled in that place , and the people marched upon the hotel of the prince . All the troops were under arms , and opposed the passage of the people , who & t

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      once raked ham . ^ es in " , t of the hot , ' - The ar - onceraisiaoarrit ^ .. „ a d succeeded n foroinn ft Th t * P ? J * 'M o ' clock at nigh the people back , and , indeed , a * .. •« ., dAr g * the troops appeared to have gained u . „ . „* this time crowds of peasants arrived in theTtonJ to assist the insurgents . It is aoserted that the Princess Wiadiachgratz was killed . The intelligence from Prague , received by persons who had fled from thence to Leijzig , is to the morning of the 14 : h . On the 13 th the maid streets and squares of the best portion of tbe city were in posses * sion of the troops . The position of tbe insurgents

      was in the Carolinientbal , and in the afternoon of the 13 th a messenger was sent from them de « manding a parley . Prirce Windiscbgralzdemanded the immediate demolition of the barricades . Thi * tbey refused , and so matters remained , the fight con « tinning through the night . The postal communications between Prague and Leipzig , Dresden and Vienna , were inttrrapted . A letter from Dresden of the 15 th , giving some details of the affair on tha 13 ; h , Bays that Count Lto Thun had been tak « n prisoner , but whether by tbe trcops or the people is not stated ,

      RENEWAL f P TBE CONFLICT . The Austrian uovernment r « ceived a telegraphic despatch from Ilia burgomaster of Prague on tha 16 th , stating that tbe bombardment of the town had recommenced on that meroing at ei £ ht o'clock , and was still continuing . HUNGARY . _ Alarming accounts have arrived from tho Hungarian frontiers . According to letters from Pe . ith of the 11 th inst .. the Servians in Neusafz and Grosskikinda had risen , and 800 armed Servians had entered Hungary . Engagements had taken place between them and the Hungarian troops , and the whole of the garrison in Pesth was to march immediately to the frontier .

      RUSSIAN DESIGNS . That Prussia finds the state of matters critical is proved by htr * fF .. rls to put tbe fortifications of Posen into a formidable state—by her suddenly declaring her Polish country no longer under martial law , and by her amnestying the Poles concerned in the late tnnbles . Russia is preparing & camp for 100 , 009 men at Kalish , within a few days' march from Posen , and there are reports that the Emperor intends , by a conciliatory plan , to win over the Poles to aid hia policy . Allied firmly with Sweden and Denmark ,

      and the Sclavonic nations , his neighbours , -it ia clearly to ba seen what an ambitious part the Tsar may play . In the Breelaw journals of the 16 th inst . it is stated that the whole Baltic sea is > overed with Russian men-of-war . The whole western frontier of the Russian empire bristles with bayonets . The troops advance forward from Lithuania and Volhmia by forced marchesi The chief force of the Emperor Nicholas stands already on the river Prutb , ready at any moment to march into Moldavia , and of course into Wallachia .

      SPAIN . A conspiracy , said by the Heraldo to have been planned ' on a foreign soil , ' was discovered at Ceuta on the 3 rd . The garrison , in conjunction with tba convicts oi ths presidio , were to seize on the vessels Of the station , and make an irruption on the Spanish , coast . Eleven of the conspirators bad been arrested . On the 5 th two artillery soldiers , who had joined a band cf insurgents in the neighbourhood of Valencia , were shot in that city .

      UNITED STATES-MEXICO . BATIFICATION Or THB TBEATT OF PBACB . The Hibernia brings tidings of tbe ratification of peace between the United States and Mexico by the Congress at Q / ieretaro on the 19 . h nit . INDIA . AND CHINA . The most important news coramun ' cated by tha present mail is tbat confirming the reported murder of two British officers at Moultan .

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      { . From our own Correspondent . ) THB CHAMIsTS—PaeORBSS OP MITCHELI 8 M—UNION OP TBE REPEALKBa . Dublin , June 19 th . On , warrlorg , on ! even now a dread career Demands yon , Trrbla ' e dim and wintry day , And Thrasimena with her lake of fear , And that red plain and desolating fray , When War ' s avenging Deity shall lay Rome ' s first and proudest as the nameltep , low , And Tiber winding on bis rippling way , Shall hear tha midnight wail ascending slow Frem lips wbicb breathe despair—a nation ' s cry of woe !

      Tho day ia not far distant when , if 'tticflo w & 9 rnle over us' do not learn to be wise , tbe above lines will be applicable to the now proud , and grand , and imperial capital of England ! Though the corrupt newspaper press of London are shouting for | oy at the Chartist 'failures ' of last Monday , it is plain to the dullest intellect that the empire of Britiiii misrule its crumbling quickly to ruin , snd that c © power of tbis world can preserve that state or king * dom , for whose overthrow her own children are organised and concentrated . It needs not the gKt of the prophet to foretell the quickly approaching destruction of tyranny and injustice But the Charlists were defeated on the 12 th of Jane , as they wena before on the 10 th of April I Oh , no ! they were

      not defeaU d . Tbey are triumphant , instead ot be ing beaten . They did what was right to avoid a pra < mature collision with their enemies . They sctei wisely not to spend their energies in street rioting , or squabbles with policemen or ' specials , ' by which nothing advantageous was to be won , no end to bi obtained—no purpose effected—and in which bloodthirsty men might amuse themselves breaking head and law-loving men secure victims for the gaol asi the convict depot . Tbe Chartists are acting bravely They are just as we , over here , wish them to bsF-d « termined to effect their purpose by hook or croofa but declining to come to a premature and ill'jiidgefi struggle , until they will be sure of success . This if the plan of the Irish Confederation . Their enemies

      wish to provoke them into violence , knowing thaS they are not yet sufficiently organised for an effective outbreak ; but we are too wary to play their game , or put ourselves ia their power . The fsmiseand the fever carry away our peasantry every hour , but we have no notion that the sword or shot c ? English murderers shall be brought against or . ft is so , it appears , with the Chartist body . And we rejoice to find it so . We bad great fears . t ! a ^ would betray themselves . We dreaded a premsten and badly-planned melee . That would ram tb * cause of the oppressed English people , and it weulfi be a heavy blow against tbe hopes of Ireland , too . Let the Chartists- go on thus . Let them—whilA steajyiy moving forward , and every hour gaining graai confidence and strength—let them , I osy , ba prudent and : watchful : Let them organise . . L « S them stir the cauldron of sedition , or 'felony , * o ? treason , ot- whatever tb in-skinned folk may picas

      to term it . Let them keep the fire bis zing merrily under it , and' let them Sing into it every ingrediei £ which may add to its piquancy and excellence ; feat , by no means , let them allow it to ' boil or bubble over until the cooking process is effectually . completed , snd every man , who is willing , ready to share in the feast ! ' Thia ia the way to work . The ' pres > ° - gang'and their drivers- are cock-crowing with joy ? No ; but they are ready to cut their throats wit & vexation ! ' The Chartists cowed on last Mondays Pshaw ! : The Chartists can afford to laugh at them . The victory was theirs . They frightened the ' goto in all the-old women , and cowards and cheats of London ,, and then tbey kept themselves from ths sabres andi artillery of these who would suppress tha cry of tbe hungry ,. and smother right and justice ia plebeian blood . Honour to the brave , and wise , aafi active men , who- foiled tho TiUaifiSi Let them atidt to this . Let them organise , ' Organise , organise organise . '

      The people of Ireland are rejoiced at the issue oS the preparations for last Monday , in London ., Wi $ vrere anxious-leatjyou should ruin yourselves aodj & ssr cause by rashness , and precipitancy . We doprec * $ overy species of street rioting—aimless squabblesor ,. as Wellington would term them , ' little wan . * Theae can- de no good , and will do harm . They 0 gratify the BEomy , and they weaken , and discourage and disgrace ourselves . No good general wouH voluntarily engage in a struggle in which everything was against him—zothing in his favour . It is worse than foolish , for s multitude of unarmed men to-rash themselves into ( she jaws of a ferocious , and armed , and drilled soldiery , or police force . The Irish ^ Confederates will never do it : and in this , as in © thee

      particulars , we are glad to find ourselves imitated by our struggling English brethren . Ouroommoa fot fe thea , need not plume himself on last Mondays vietory . It was ao victory . 3 t was a signal defeat tor him , and he knows that too . The storm si Wewing ; he hears it . The clouds are thickening : he sees gthem . The atmosphere gets blacks * and blacker s ho marks it . Will he profit by the exercise of his senses ¦ W ill he pause in his career of wickedness , ere yet it is too late ? Will he show symptoms Of repentance , before the day of grace will be $ ona for ever ? I think not ; bat W 6 shall fiOtH 86 s . in Ir eland we loso not a moment . The Irumpetnotes of preparation may be fewer and feebler ; bat the sappfri and miners of revolution are busily at WOfki The business goes on—ay , and is thriving

      too , you may believe me . Nomatter what the Wtige , and their slaves of the press may say , their 'Irish , enemy ' m preparing for the worst ; and we' will have an independent nation , or a fallen province I A gold chain or a wooden leg ! Everywhere" tho physicaVforce creed is making converts—ay , faster than they can be received into the fold of that ' glorious Association . ' In every corner of the island Confederate Clubs are springing up ; east ' and west ; in town and country ; in the green vales © £ south Munster , and amid the black hills of Ulster , the smith ' s anvil rings with pike-making , and tha crack of the rifle may be heard , aa young men prao * tiseforthecomiYaptfai / . No matter what you may hear of new leagues or associations , the people will listen io no lesson which does not inculcato the r'gJ ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24061848/page/7/