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      Icasca 18, 1848. The Northern Star, !_

      _iCASca 18 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR , !_

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      " _^ _T _^ tract following graphic Peem frora the ait number of' Thb _Labdurbr : '—& TH _2 HABC _3 OF FREEDOH .

      ST ES * EST _J 0 KI 8 . The nations are all calling To and fro , from strand to strand ; Uniting im one army _fhs slaves of every land . _Jjopsided thrones ara creaking , For 'loyalty'is dead ; And _sommon sense is speaking ; Of honesty instead . And coming Freedom whispers , ¦ Hid the rushing of her wings , Of loyalty to netnre , Not loyalty to kings . The gold along- the counters , Kings no longer pure and clear ; For 'tis coined with blood of childhood , And ' tii stamped with manhood ' s tear

      And the bans notes of the usurer , That' justice' bay and sell , Are the title-deeds entering His heritage in hell . The church , doors are worm-eaten , Where the well-paid paraon drones j And the loud bells iu ths steeples , Have learned unwonted tones : In Padua and Pa vis , 'Tin not to prayers they call j Bnt they _snaunon all ths citizens , To _conquer er to fell , _Tfell may tke belt-tower treaible .

      And the _pareen shake betimeg ; For the sanctuary shall cease to be A sanctuary for crimes . Irom mountains old and hoary , "First _lAbeiVy came down ; Like the avalanche her footfall , Like the thunder-cloud ber _frovrs . Oa _Fribnrj ' s towers _lha _Iigritsrl , And the _Lawlne rushed below ; And the blackness of long bigotry , " Wa * swept as white as snow . And far among the glaciers YTere answering voices found , At the _thuadsr-blast of Freedom Reverberated round .

      £ jii the sated from her Ii 8 & e _> r alaee , From _Lueerne ' s _raunic sea Aad nulling the beheld That Switzerland was free . Thea from her southward _monatains Looked downward where , below , The A . ruo wind and Lido , And the Brenta and the Po . She saw the Austria * tiger , In Lombardy the fair , Preparing for a bound As he crouch * d within his lair . But downward still she wandered " To montrcby _' t _ovni home ; And the dust of empires trembled

      As _shep & ssed the gate of Bome . And : ' I vvUl make ya battle , Ve eonq _ nerors of mankind : The tyranny of force "With the tyranny of mind !' Then she brought the twain together In the gorgeous Vatican : The pontiff aad ths emperor , _ThesDnarch and the mas . And who think ye won the battle t Tins the rapid changes _fled'Tvras the man of mind who conquered , And tbe man of _swordt who fled 1 Then Freedom rose immortal , As Freedom ever must , Though Cesar's tombs are rains ,

      Aad Hammon ' s temples dust . And southward still she wandered To Naples' fairy bay , _fJrherej 'aeath its _^ ntad volcano , The _towa-volcans lay , Vesuvius unto J 3 tna Then wared its wild alarms , Till news were brought to Haples That Trinacria was in arms . © n the mole the people gathered , As they saw the troops return , From their death-bed at F & _krBW , To Kapeli their urn . And a heart-qHaks heaved around—And the city poured its ought ; A . tyrant reigned at morn ,

      Aud a people reigned at night . Then threatened load tbe Austrian , And _ssfd he'd march his men ; And loudly answered Italy : ' We'll hurl them back again !* "Wby _Etays tbe Austrian bloodhound , Tho' he scents each noble prey—* He ' s strong and armed and mighty—And he fears—/ or to are tieg i And the bayonet ' s insufficient To do tbe work of war , So he arms Sis gallant soldiers ¦ ffi th—what , think you !—a cigar Ah ! nations ! take the omen _. That _tyrauuy is broke—And all its powers snd greatness

      Are passing hence—tn _eaeie I Then northward wandered Freedom , Where Elbe asd Danube Sow , And Ferdinand and Frederick have Their people for their foe I Like unbound Bomna fasces , Lie the states with dukes and kings * — She'll bind them is one rod To scourge the sceptred things _. By Hungary she ' s passimg , And blunt grows Siela ' s knife ; Asd the famished of Silesia Are thinking ef their life , Bohemia ' 6 mountains echo Tones sf Zitka ' g dnra , And the nobles see in thought The modern Hussites come .

      Wen BuEsia s _frosen _sorta Is _dewnisg on our ken , Aad sends Bakounine forth To tell as it has not . ' She breathed on Poland ' s plains—And her tears fell thick asd fast Coaqaeror ef the future , Aad martyr efthe past I Bat prouder grew her _ghmea And sterner gTew her mien , As westward still she wacdered To Rhone and Loire snd Seine . She _frowned in high defiance ,

      where the Bastile once had frowned And she spoke no word of wonder _. But she pointed nil areand . Then Pari * rose impatient , — So impatient at delay , It conld not bide to wait A di rag tyrant ' s day . And ' neath its _husdred _BastHes Tbe cry heaved to and fro : The victorj ' s tae completer , The stronger is the foo . Blow , breezes of Laffrndfe _, HUtuned by brave Charette ! "Bsag , thunders of _Kapoleon , To nobler music set !

      March , old imperial soldiers , Bat march ia better cause , And bare the blade ef tyrants To fight in Freedom ' s ware _. This time the people ' s power The people ' s cause shall own ); Then Bp with the Republic , And downward with the throne ! Still onward Freedora wandered , Till eh _» touched tbe British soil ; Enr . _um . of moucf , And Tartarus of foil ! And loudly bere she chided ; Hy ' chosen people , ye ! I gave ve many chances : Why so long in growing free ?

      • Te bend m resignation , A tame and patient herd ! Union be the raott " , And _ontcaref 5 be tbe word !

      * Why weeps yonr sorrowing sister _. Still bleeding unredressed , 97 eeth _RusstW , EugltLnd'sNk & _olcs _, The Poland of tie west ? Cry : _« Liberty to Erin !' Itis a debt je owe : Had tie notsrmed hie band , Se ut ' er had struck a Wow . _« Cry : ' Libertyto Eria !' With iron la the tone , For whileye slight _farrights , Te scarce deserve your own . ' The Briton and the Celt Are _gathtrieg side by side ; What ocean cannot part , Thst man shall not divide . Athwart that famous ' golf , '

      Though swift lis current tie * , We soon csa build si bridge With dead xnonopeliM .

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      For bark 1 to Freedom ' s call The fatal _speUls'brbke ; - Beseal _meins—CTmon of _thesJacfJ _, And severance ot the fobs . Then , Hurrab fer the Charter , On Shannon , Thames , and Tweed ; Kow _, geytbemen ! te the harvest I Reap 1 you who sowed the seed .

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      The Midland Florist For This Month, Cont...

      The Midland Florist for this month , contains ita usual amount of admirable rarormatnn . We extraot the following : —

      CALENDAR OF OPERATIOKS FOR MARCH . Oa a vaim border , may U _sonn a few _SBeds of cab . bages ( wbich wiU make good plants when the autumnsown ones are over ) , cauliflower seed , Brussels sprouts , savey , and cauliflower brocoli . Itis _advisable to sow early nnd late peas on the same day , if possible , by which means a regular succession will be maintained ; sowing sgain , when these _areabeve ground , such sorts as Dancer ' s Monastery , Fatrheard ' _s Champion of England , & c , for new varieties : whilst of

      old favourites , sad at tho same time the least expensive sorts , we may mention Knight ' s Dwarf Oreen Marrow , as one of the best . Knight ' s Tall Marrow is invaluable ; where long prickings or stakes can be _obtained , or where the parties growing them will be at the trouble to suppor t them with strings , & c , these peas _eoatinue making laterals , blooding , and cropping through great part of the season . As shorter gt owing sorts , the Scimeter is excellent , whilst Bedman ' a Imperial , Oreen Marrow , Woodford ' s Marrow and Flack ' s Tictary are all proper for small gardens .

      Successions ! crops of such things as spinach , mustard and cress and radishes , must be attended to whenevw the ground is in a fit state . BeanB . —The main or successions ! crops must be planted . The Green Windsor le much esteemed , and Johnson ' s Wonder and Taylor ' s Windsor are very excellent . Potatoes , towards the end of the month , should be got in , for a full crop . Tinley ' s Early , the Flour-ball , and Chalaoro Eidnej , ere very fine snd prolific varieties . Rhubarb . —Plantations shonld now be made , by divi . sion of the roots . It is useless to propagate from _eeed _, except in anticipation of new variety , as this plant sports ranch . Asparagus beds should also he made towards the latter end of the month .

      CtUry . —As soon ss the first sown nave two rough leaves , they _nraithepricksu out , in order to get Btiff well-rooted plants . Carrots , parsnips , & c , _should be now sown In drills , which is the best pUn with most crops , ia order that the soil may hs thoroughly _^ stirred during their period of growth . In the flewtr garden , during fine weather , active preparations will be in progress . Ranunculuses shonld be got in without delay . Carnations . —The layers which haTe been kept In frames , er otherwise protected , may be planted in the large pots for bloom , by tbe _lattsr end of the month , p lacing them , if possible , for a week or two , in & sheltered situation . "Reference may be made to our first volume , for tbe necessary details of cultivation of this beautiful snd favourite fiowtr .

      Anemone roots , if not previously planted , Bhould now be put into well prepared snd moderately rich compost , and will well repay , by their vigorous growth , any extra tronble bestowed on them . Tulips . —Carefully examine the foliage , for canker , which , if not speedily removed , will seriemuy injure the plant , in many instances causing death . Cover from severe spring frosts , and in dry weather earefnlly stir the suffice of the bed . Polyanthuses and aaricnlas must have all the air pos Bible , if in frames , otherwise tho trusses will be drawn np weakly , which seriously detracts from their beauty . Hardy annuals may be sown towards the latter end of the month . See , in onr first volume , the best method of sowing , fee .

      Hardy herbaceous plants may be _parted andreplanted ; and the seeds of various sorts , saved during tbe past Bummer , may be sown In warm situations . In the greenhouse and frames—Sow calceolaria seed . This is extremely minute , aad mast be covered but slightly , snd the soil must he very fine . _TheTsrious nasturlians , or _tropealams , which it is desirable to bloom during summer , must now be repotted , and brought into gentle heat . Greenhouse climbers , of a ligneous or woody character , most be attended to . For a large conservatory , the b & rs * y plant , _Glycine sinensis , will make a _inpoib ap . _psarante . Cuttings of geraniums may be put in , and re-pot earn elias , & e .

      Ia the fruit garden , _graftiag may be done towards the latter end of ihe month ; but this depends very much on the season It is generally advisable to get the cut . singe or scioas some short period before _fusing , laying them In the ground till wanted . This allows the stock to be rather in advance , which is conducive to the success of the operation . All praniDg _, & c ., must be finished forthwith . We intend , ia consonance with ths wishes of many _correBpendants , giving a few practical hints on catting and prosing fruit trees , in an early number .

      Eamit ' S Journal, February. Lovett, Lon...

      _Eamit s Journal , February . Lovett _, Londorit ? 7 e have perused the pages of our popular contemporary with ranch pleasure . Talented , varied , instructive , and amusing as it is , we shall reserve to ourselves the first eligible opportunity for extract and farther comment . The French Revolution of 1848- By a Babrisibb . _NoBrasss Stab Office ; SSrange _. _'Pateraoster-row . A clever compitatien _, interspersed with original _matter and _reaark , giving a _saccinct narrative of a great part of the recent movement ia Paris . We can recommend it to onr readers .

      The Glorious And Immortal French. Englis...

      THE GLORIOUS AND IMMORTAL FRENCH . Englishmen and Irishmen , would yoa know wherefore yon are enslaved and oppressed ? Read ! Read ! and learn whom you have to support in _waste-Fnl idleness : —

      LOOK ON THIS PICTURE . Per Tear Per Day £ 6 s . d . Queen Victoria ... 385 , 000 or 1051 19 6 Prince Albert ... SO _. OW er 83 3 10 Queen Adelaide ... 109 , 600 or 273 19 5 _Dacbess of Kent ... 39 , 000 or 82 3 10 Duke of Cumberland 21 , 000 or 57 IS 8 Archbishop of Canterbury 20 , 099 or 5 _i 15 11 _LordBrsngham ... 5 , 000 or 13 15 11 NOW LOOK OK THIS . Agricultural labourers annual and average wages in Per Year Per Day £ s . d . £ s d

      _aioneestershire 22 IS 0 or 0 1 SJ Somersetshire 22 15 0 or 0 1 2 _£ Worcestershire 2215 0 or 0 1 2 % Wiltshire 20 16 O or 0 X if Whilst , horrible to relaie , thousands of clever and willing artisans of every trade , have not even that because they are under the ban and _carse of moneythe centralising tendency of which must ever crush them . ' For a nation to be frae , ifc ia sufficient that she wills it . ' "Will it , then , for the power is yours . Learn the _astounding fact that whilst Republican America _paya but national taxes to the amount of 9 s . Ii . per head , per year , you pay £ 2 . 12 s . 61 . per head , per year , to _* the state alone , besides your local and other delegated taxation , which will equal , if not double , that amount .

      RATE PAYERS . Reckon up yonr local taxes , , and see what they amount to . Mine come to the enormous sum of £ 110 s . Od . pec head for my family , ( five in number ) , for the present year . Thus I am called npon to pay , or rather robbed ( by state arid locality ) , of £ 20 . 2 _i . 6 j ., whilst the American , who haa no king ta keep , nor royal paraphernalia to maintain , pays not 15 _j . in all he has to pay . And go long as yoa have & middle class government , it must continue thus—or worse _.

      Esslifh Woskhbn At Bouixxwe.—A Correspsn...

      _Esslifh Woskhbn at Bouixxwe . —A correspsndent at Boulogne requests ns , at the desire of many of the authorities of that place , to ciHtradict & statement going the _ronads of the papers , that all the English employed at the factories and otherwise in Boulogne have been discharged . Sueh , it appears , is not the fact . Net one bas been discharged up to this moment from any of their employments in or near the town ; and nothing can be better than the feelin gs that exist between the whole body of English and French inhabitants . _—DaUsi Nexus .

      West Losnos _Anti-Ekclosdre _Abbocusios . —At the last weekly meetinjr of the committee of this association , at dirk's Rooms , 114 , _Edgeware-road , Mareh 13 h , Mr George Wiegall in tha chair , the secretary presented thirty-seven _voluraes to the libra !** , consisting of gifts of Dr Bowriug , the National Temperance _Shitty , and the proprietors of foe Pbo ? lb _' _s _Pebss , & j ., & c . Dr _Bo-ffring was elected honorary member for _gerrices rendered , and votes of thanks were tendered to the parties for their valued aid . According to tbe Riilwat Reoord , the _assii ? neefl of a carrier have sued the Great Western Railway Company for £ 6 , 009 , the amount of alleged overcharges , of which the lists fills two folio volumes two feet thickand cost £ 1300 .

      , , The deaths registered in London during the week ending March 11 were 1 . 070 , that number being S 7 below the average . A still better return rflHst have been made bnt for tbe continued prevalence of typhus , smallpox , and scarlatina , each of which _destroyed during the seven days about twice the ordinary- number of persons .

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      ( _Frest ear own Correspondent . J _Ddbliw , March 13 . The greatest eathuslaesa is kindled in Ireland for the French republic . Our corporation , too , is ' pronouncing ' in favour of tiie late French revolution , whilst tho Trades and other organised bodie 9 in this city are wafting blessings and cheers of congratulations , ' loud and deep , ' to Ledru-Rollin and tbe ' young republic ' In the provincial towns and rural villages , the utmost enthusiasm is evinced for the * brave Frenchmen' who eipelled Louis _rhllippu and tyranny from their soil . In Clonmel , Oashel , Drogheda , Limerick , Kilkenny , Uot . crea , _Borrisohane , and many other towns and cities , public demonstrations expressive ef sympathy with France have been got up , and it is expected that in ft few days every place of any importance in Ireland will do likewise . Since 1843 , this country has not exhibited _anything like the ' mevement'in coarse of progression .

      The accounts otherwise , however , from all parts ofthe kingdom , are of the most melancholy character . Famine prostrating its victims aU over the land , whilst ruin nnd insolvency are the order of the day . It is painful to read of the miseries of the people in almost every oounty . How they live at all Is a miracle ! The workbouses crammed to suffocation , almost everybody not fortunate enough to obtain admittance to those baBtiles seeking for ' out-door * relief , whilst even the _gsolsare filled with wretcheB who resort to petty larcenios and

      trivial offences , that they may fiad la the felon ' s prison a refuge from the pangs of hunger . In Cork gaol thera are 1400 persons , chiefly _paapers _, for trial ; Sslwoy gaol > s described as mere resembling an almshouse or n hospital than a prison , whilst almost every part of Ireland adds its own quota to the dark catalogue of horrors now rife iu our unfortunate land . Can we wonder that tbe people of _euth _. a country are ripe fer rebellion , or longing to hear the tocsin blast , calling them to Meek at tbe example of France , ' and inspiring them to ' go and do likewise . '

      Vfaterford election bas terminated in favour of tbe Whig candidate , Sir Henry Barron ! This was entirely owing to tha dissensions between the rival Repeal factions of Old and Young Ireland . The favourite of tbo people was T . F . Meagher ; Before this communication will come before the readers ofthe _KosTEirsn _Stau the Patrick ' s Day of 1848 . will hava passed for ever ; and Ireland , I regret to say , will bare lost an _oppobtumitt such as many a year may not bring again . Yes , I say , we will have lost a goldtn opportunity , and tbat 'time' whieh we have been so long' _bidinc' will have passed unimproved , and Ireland will still be a province of starring under-trodden paupers , and Irishmen will etlll bo tha * wonder , ' but certainly

      not tbe ' envy' of surrounding nations : France has achieved her liberty . Freace has set a glorious example to the world , and the torch which now beams so brilliantly from the high places' of magnificent Paris , might light Irishmen to glory and _independence , had itnot beea for the madness , and discord , and pusillanimity of ber own luckless sons . * Patrick ' s Daj' in 1848 might indeed be a ' great day'for our country , but It will he like all the ' great days ' which have dawned and closed oa , an 3 _brougbtdelasion and disappointment to . poor Erin , during the last twenty years . Yes , I say , Patrick ' s Day' noxt will add another proof , if proof be wanted , that Irishmen of themselves , and by their own unaided _eforts , will never achieve their own political , er social , or national salvation _.

      Tbere was a rumour bere a couple of days ago , that the projected meetings on 'Patrick ' s Day ' wonld be put down by viee-rejal proclamation . It appears , however , that that repert was groundless , and that the simultaneous meetings either in Dublin or tbe provinces , will not be ' cried down' by _gasstte or castle ukase . The people may meet , and I believe in most of the more populous districts , meetings will bo holden . The pale-faced , emaciated , and half-expiring peasantry and _artiaius , will not be _preves ted exhibiting their rags and their wretchedness before the pampered police and soldiery of Britain , They may raise their feeble voices , and try to shout ' Tive la Republique ! ' and _< Ireland far tbe Irish . ' They may wave the tricolour and hoist tbe

      green flag of Hibernia . The Temperance bands may strike up ' Patrick ' s Day , ' and Young Irishmen may _ehaunt the Marseillaise' ar * Who fears to speak of ' 88 !' Nay , they may go further , and say that tbey won ' t do without Tenant-right and the Repeal . But bere the matter will end , this will be the sum total of Irish Revolution ! ' Patrick ' s Day ' of this year will pass away like every other Patrick's Day since' St Patrick was a gentleman ; ' we will be told that' the time is not come ! ' and that Dbarra Dheerlig ' s sleeping warriors have not yet done napping . We will be still told to ' bide our tirae , ' and it iB probable that ( if an Irish ball be allewed mo ) , the 17 th ef March , 1648 , will find us as far from Irish Independence , as we were in the days

      ' When St Patrick came to Dublin town , And built the great big steeple . ' I am not jesting , nor yet da I _cpeak these bitter prophecies at random . On this very day the whale city is placarded with the ' peace preservation' manifestoes of Conciliation Hall , and Joha O'Connell is taking the onus altogether off his _Excellency Lord Clarendon . Irishmen are warned , if they xnest at aU , ' to be of the peace and good behaviour , ' to ba ' as mute as mice' in their ' wounded snake * progress through the city , and cautioned of all things to be aware of those dangerous fellows of the Nation and United _Ibisbsas , who wonld ' dare , to speak of * 98 _, ' or tell the people that British bayonets are not invulnerable . And John O'Connell and Bnrgh Quay will have it tbeir own way ; and Irishmen , tbongh they may meet , snd shoot , and spout , and twaddle , will do itsTHitfe fok Iieland _,

      And yet I am glad that such will be tbe order of tbe day next . Friday . Ireland is not , indeed , kssdt . Our time certainly has not come yet . The problem is , will it ever come until we all—Celt and Saxon , tyrant and slave—stand togethar la the valley of Jebosephat ? Bat , of a verity , it' has not come' in 1818 . And why ? Wbo may we blame tbat our Independence may not date from Harch the 17 th , 1848 . Our own cowardice , treachery , Cleanness , and disanion—ay , onr own knavery and falsehood , and rotten hearts . Be it eo . Let the world hear It ; but Ireland will still be a paltry , pitiful , plundered province .

      There were hopes here that Irishmen wonld make a ' move '—tbat Old and Young Ireland would unite—and that , at the point of the Saxon bayonet , and in the month of the Saxon cannon , they would plant tbe national banner in College-green , and vow that the tree of liberty should stand there , even though watered with their blood —( another bull—but no matter )! we thought that the example set in Paris should not be thrown _aivay profitless on Irishmen . But , alas ! we will do nothing . We may have a mob-procession , and ' a cheer for Ledru-Rollin , ' but not a hand will be raised tar Ireland .

      And 'Ub well that there will not . Situattd as we aro at present , it would be madness to attempt ' coercion ' oa our _eaemles . Torn and distracted , _andMivided aB are onr ranks—hating , and mistrusting , and jealous of each other—it , indeed , would prove our final ruin were the people to _eerae into collision witb the Queen ' s troops . Our enemies thirst fer onr blood . They pant for an opportunity to ' silence' us for ever ; and were they t <» get a pretest for letting loose tbe soldiers on a numerous , and unarmed , and unorganised mob , melancholy indeed would be the consequences . Bet wo may blame ourselves tbat we are unable to meet them 'Foot to foot , and hand to hand 1 ' We bave men enough , and will too ; but , alas J the disunion , the treachery . —the grovelling baseness of our leaders , aad dictators , and demagogues .

      There bave been some overtures towards reconciliation between onr rival parties in Ireland ; " out my opinion is , there will be no ' fraternisation , ' after all , between Young and Old Ireland . ' Tbe war tbat for a space ' may seem to 'foil ' at present , will be renewed with more acrimony than ever ; and , mark my words , there will be no' peace' between Burgh Quay and Music Hall . The preparations made by our Castle friends for tbe forthcoming Patrick ' s Daj Demonstration are on . the most appraved and formidable scale . Several regiments of borse and foot bave beea brought in from tbe ' interior , ' and every man has been drilled in the moat scientific and effective mode of street warfare . Thirty additional _rouads of ammunition bavo been doled out to the infantry , and every grindstone and whetting-fog ,

      within miles of us has been in requisition , sharpening the swords of the cavalry . Tbis is no joke . Tbese things have happened before my face ; and , in troth , i' 160 , 000 French _Republicanswere pressing' np the Liffey , there conld not be more ' preparations' made to meet th m than we are getting up to ' pepper' the Dublin mob , if they only dare to look erooked at the Castle gates , or _Kelton ' s pillar , on Patrick ' s Bay . But there will be _nofijbt ! Irish leaders are fighting with each other , and tbe Irish peasantry have nobody to direct , or cheer , or lead them oa the path to victory . In the meantime , the people are much _axclted . The tricolour waves in all directions ; the cry of « Vice la BtpuWqM V echoee over the waters of tbe Liffey ; and the name of Ledru-Rellin and 'Young France' are household words in oar metropolis .

      The escitement gradually lessenB , meetings will be btld in the different wards or parishes , and there will be a procession through the streets , but without wands or banners , or anything likely to disturb the equanimity of the CaBtle gentry . The city is fall of the army in eddi-Hen to tha usual garrison force . The Castle will be barrioaded , and the Bank of Ireland is _nndergaing tern _, porary defensive preparations , in case of a _sor « t « on that establishment . Bat there will be no'fight . ' Irish distmten and treachery have made a triumph for the enemy which all his horse , foot , and artillery would never effect , bad the people been organised and united

      In the meantime , the depopulation of the * interior ' goes on as admirably as tho hearts _ofjonr _eppreeeors can wish . The landlords are effecting « clearances' oa a scale of ' monster' magnitude , thoee who have the means , are voluntarily transporting themselves to America snd elsewhere , whilst the famine and fever auxiliaries of Lord Jebn Russell , are mewing down the pauper Celts in hundreds . The provincial papers of this week , bring the most revolting intelli gence of the state ofthe south and west—indeed the horrors of 1847 will be utterly eclipsed by those of 1848 , i /( _' ) 0 Ur rulers do not atep forward and look on poor pauper Ireland witb eyes of _jastlce .

      Tbere was a very crowded meeting at Coaciliatlon Hall , on Monday , 18 th last . Lord Mlttowa was present , _aai joined the Association . He delivered a sensible snd patriotic speech , bat is entirely for the * moral

      (Frest Ear Own Correspondent.J Ddbliw, M...

      force * principle . - John O'Connell spoke In rather condilatory tones of his rivals of the ' Confederation , ' but John knows well there will be no permanent' make up ' between the belligerent Repealers . The Orangemen , so long resting _liatloDBiy on tbciroara , are at length beginning to bestir themselves . The Dublin ' brotherhood' had a _maoting last night , In the Whltefflars Hall , presided over by brother Steward , Worshipful Grand Master oftho Dublin lodges . They vow to resist to the death the abettors of revolution , and against the French , ' sympathisers , ' they will oarry War to the knife . ' The Orangemen of Ulster too . are taking the alarm .

      The assizes are now going on , and more holocaasts will be offered on tho _gallows-altars of British law 1 In Maryborough , the assize town of the Queen ' s County , a mnn named D'Arcy , is to be hanged oa the 22 nd " . inst ., for the murder of Michael Smith , a 'ganger' on . the Southern and Western Railway , in October last . In the same place , a young f ; male , nnmed Bridget Nolan , is to be hanged on the 18 th of April , for tho murder of her illegitimate child some few weeks aro . Others are already left for execution in the south , and It is supposed that what was left undone at the late Special Com . mission , will be effectually performed at the current assizes . A woman named Morgan , died the other day at _Moyoton , King a County , aged 121 years . Her husband had been for sixty years , sexton of Jtfoyston church . A man named Ayton , died last week at KUlaraey , at the advanced age of 10 * years ,

      Mr HaweB , the Whig candidate , bas boen returned fer _Einsale , on Saturday , by a majority of three over _Lerd Clinton , his Tory adversary .

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      MEBTWG OP CONPEDSRATEB . There was another meeting of the Confederates on the Sth inst . Mr Smith O'Brien , came over to forward the cause of' Forgiveness , and Fraternity , lie offered to present himself at the Hotel de Ville ' to tell the provisional government that the Irish people invoked French sympathy . ' But the main object of kiB Budden appearance wa 9 to promote the principle of fraternisation , and merge the sections of Yonng and Old into ' All Ireland . ' Mr Duffy said it was

      the era of fraternity and forgiveness , and offered the right hand to ' his friend John Mitchel . ' and trusted that on nome future day ' they would join hands in ah Irish assemblage on Colleie-green . ' The council tore-organise conciliation is fixed for the ISth ot April , tho anniversary of independence . After the meeting , a large body of the Confederates passed over Carlisle-bridge , cheering for a Repablic , France , and United Ireland . They marched to the Castle gates and greeted the Irish _soldiera , when , after a groan for Lord Clarendon , they separated .

      ADDBE 6 S OF THE 1 EI 8 _U CONFIDEBATION . The following address has been issued from the Musicball : — ADDBESB OP TUB _OODKCIt . OV THB _IBlsn OOHtfSDEBATIeN

      TO TUB PEOPLE OP IB 3 LAMD . Fellow Countrymen , —In a circular address to its representatives at foroign courts the great French Republic has thuBspokea through the most illustrious of its servants : ' Thus we deolaro It openly , if the hour of the reconstruction of nationalities long oppressed in Europe or els ewhere should appear to us to have sounded in the decrees of providence , the French Republic would believe _ifself eutitled to arm for tho protection of those legitimate movements for the greatness and nationality of states . ' Three nationalities tharo are * long oppressed ' in Europe , Italy , Poland , Ireland . The hour for Italy ' s redemption has already sounded—the bleeding breast of Poland heaves with tbe breath of returning life . Shall Ireland alone remain hurled In darkness , while h « r

      sisters are emerging into liberty aad light t _Whea the hoar shall have soanded—when the virtues of nation _, hood _fbell appear , and ths vices of previneialism shall be conquered and trodden down—when falsehood , cowardice ' , and selfishness shall be oast aside and regarded with scorn—when courage , self-sacrifice , and mutual love shall mark the conduct ofthe people , then shall we he In a position to call upon tho great protect _reas of oppressed nationalities to redeem her pledge . When shall this honr have sounded ? "ffhether now , in a year , or never , depends upon yon . V , upon the threshold of this new career , we will blot out all recollections af past injury from our hearts—if , with hand clasped in hand , we will swear _befere Heaven that we will be true to eaeh other—that no evil influence shall divide

      usthat no danger shall turn us back—then be of good hope , for tho hour of deliverance is at hand , and a good and pitying God will not have sent ub tbis fair opportunity in vain . Conrage , _fergivenesf , and fraternitytbese are the virtues ef tbe hour , _ListeH to the warning that is written in every page of tbe history of onr servitude—the craft of the tyrant is more formidable than his strength . _Rsptiles , whose breath is poison , will crawl around your steps , whisperlag suspicion , ridiculing all manly sentiments , decrying hold _conrseB , undermining your confidence , and chilling the ardour 6 i year hopea—you must tread these reptiles beneath yonr feet . Be prudent ; when boldness risks the safety of a cause , it becomeB rashness . Be prudent , hut not for yourselves . The man who now shrinks from personal risk mast stand aside , he is fit neither to load nor to follow . To what purpose do we express our admiration of

      the heroes , who braved death for _llbtr'y _, if we ourselveB are frightened by the ' meshes of the law ? ' Freedom smiles not upon cowards ; sbe turns her radiant face away from those who will not woe _kev in the midst of daBger . For ourselves , brother Irishmen , we have bnt ono request—that we may be _naffared to share the labour and the danger of your struggle , as we hope to participate in the fruits of your triumph ; we are ready to forget our party , our Injuries , and onr pride , for the sake of our country , In her service , humiliation—and danger—and sacrifice—and death , are welcome to ns . Wherever we are required we shall be present , indifferent as to whether our post he humble or exalted _. Whoever leads on we shall _follow—insisting only that we shall go forward—forward , though graves were to yawn and gibbets to frown across onr path . ( Signed ) J . B . Dilloit Chairman .

      THE UNITED IRISHMAN . . Mr Mitchel has resumed hia oorrespondenee with Lord Clarendon , taking for his theme the recent remarks of Lords Stanley and _Landadowne upon tho publication of the _Umtbd Ihishmak . He sayB : — Lord Lansdowne ' s reason , indeed , for letting my treason escape is false and libellous , as one might expeat from ft Whig Minister . He says that the want ef character * of the persons who writo this paper , and whom he calls ' young gentlemen of no property , ' deprives their efforts of mischievous effect ; and ho further says , that he ' concurs with Lord Stanley that there is no extent of sedition , of falsehood , and of exaggeration ,

      to whieh these young gentlemen of no property will not resart . ' Now , Lord Stanley had said nothing of the kird , Oa the contrary , he attributed honesty , earnest _, ness and incorruptibility to tbe writers of tbe Uhited iBiaaHAN . But I take Lord Lansdowne ' s reason Ut not _prjseenting me te be also tbe reason of the whole gang of 'Ministers , ' and especially your Lordship ' s reason ; for tbe matter we find is entirely in jour hands , Well , then , I bave only to say , that it is a false , wicked , scandalous , and malicious libel ; and if tke privilege of Parliament enables Lord _Lansdewne to utter it . I take leave to trample on the privilege of Parliament , in order to tell bim that be lies iu his throat _.

      Mr Mitchel then says , alluding to the Lord Lientenant : — But now I will tell yon the true reason why you < io not try to punish my ' sedition , ' and why you have invested this false asd base excuse—it , ' is because you knew tbat yoa would bo defeated ; it is because you are conscious that you and your colleagues , and your redtape officials , are not a government at all , but a crew of conspirators , holding our country by force , fraud , corruption , and espionage ; and you are afraid to take issue with me in your own law-courts , simply because you know that your law-courts aro a shorn , jaBt as your bayonets ' aro a chimera , and that it only needs one bold effort to trample on them both . My good lord , yonr excuses will not do . It is your duty , if yoa mean to go on governing this country , to pat me _iiown ' but it is also my duty to pat yon down , and I will do my duty .

      But to convict your lordship and yonr colleagues , not only of politic lying , but of unparalleled meanness alto , yoo see the letter I print to-day from my agent in _Eaniskillen . It is only one af many such I have received , and I will give more of them next week . That letter proves tbat yon do feel It necessary to put down this _Uwitbd _Ibishhan , if yoa are able ; it _povoB that your excuse about giving rae a contemptuous pardoB became of ' want of character , * is a He ; and it provoo that your only reason for not ordering my arrest at once is tbat you dare not .

      In swing this I use ne bravado . I know as well aB yoa do thatyoar _Attorney-General would probably obtain his convietion against rae , and that your Chief Justice would certainly sentence mo to two years' Imprisonment at least . But though convicted and Imprisoned _^ I v _; ill not be defeated , and you know it . And then , If I am not convicted , you also know that you may forthwith pack up your portmanteau , and goto England ( if you are allowed to escape so easily ) , and you may as well in that case roll up the Union Flog that files in the Upper _Cnstle Yard , and take it along with you ( if it remain _untora ) ,

      THE OOaiKO DEMONSTRATION . Dcblin , March 10—The Lord Lieutenant has had a long consultation with the heads of the military departments . Amongst those present were the _Lieutenant-General Commandine the Forces , Prince George of Cambridge , commanding the garrison of Dublin , the commanding officer of the Royal _Artillery _&«•

      THE rOOB-WW— _CLBARalfCD BTBTBM" . In a Lenten pastoral , issued by the Right Rev . Dr Derry , Roman Gatholib Bishop of Clonfert , the following _appear : — In almost every parish the work ef extermination is ruthlessly carried on . The smoking ruins of thirty-one dw elling-bouses on one townlaad—all levelled in one day—lately filled our hearts with anguish ; aad on our recently inquiring tbo fate of the unhappy outcasts , we have learned that for a time they cluag to the ruinstbat their exposure during the snow brought on sickness , and that some , with limbs already mortified , ultimately sought refuge in the union workhouse . The murderous eviction _tsystftn ia continued with greate ? vigour than ever _#

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      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . GLORIOUS PROGRESS OP DEMOCRACY

      THB RIGHTS Ol ? I _. & BOVJH . At two o ' clock on Saturday afternoon last , a general meeting of the delegates of the different corporations or trades of Paris , about 260 in number , assembled in what was formerly the place of meetine of the peers , in the Palace of the Luxemburg . M . Louis Blanc and M . Albert , president and vice-president of * che 'Commission du Goavernement pour les TravailleurV ascended the tribune . The foimer then proceeded to address the as 8 ombly . He said-Elected of labour , representatives of those who produce and who suffer , my _follow-citlaens , my brethren , — In _saoing you assembled in this place , which privilege chose for Its sanctuary , in this place , ia whioh so many

      laws were made without you , In spite of you , against yon , I cannot avoid feeling profonad emotion . In these same places In which embroidered habits were _oaen , here aro now jackets whieh have heen perhaps nobly used by work , which bave been perhaps torn in recent eombats . Tou remember that from this placo in whioh I speak , a tribvwio of _arist _» cracieB lately evoked against tbe _Republican idea the darkest recollection of the past , and at his voice the peers of France rose with indescribable transports ; the white-headed legislators displayed passions wbich it was believed were asleep and _frostn . In this very placo the Republic of our fathers wa * cursed , and it was dared to forbid tbe Republic to our children , whilst all hands were raised to swear hate to tho future . But at the end of some days the men

      who uttered these provoeatlens disappeared , and where are they now ? No one knows ; and it is you , elacted of labour , who sit in their places ; that is how the fnturo baa answered . ( Unanimous applause . ) _Ti-s , some days ago , certain men , defenders of tho people , were calumniated on their account . It was said that they were factious men , idle enthusiasts , dreamers ofthe impossible . But it has happened , thanks to the victory ofthe people and to their courage , that , th 08 e who wera called factious are now charged with the responsibility of order . ( Prolonged bravos , ) It has come to pass tbat those who were called dreamers have now in band the control of society . The impossible men have be . come all at once necessary men . Thoy were denounced

      aa the systematic apostles of terror ; hut what have th » y done f They have abolished the penalty of death , and their dearest hope is to bo able to conduct you ono day tn the public _aquare , and there , in the « _* at of a national fete , Invite you to destroy tbo last vestiges ofthe scaffold . ( Immense applause . ) Thanks be rendered to you , delegates of the people , by whom those great things have become possible ; thanks be given to yoa , for hy you France will become wbat she ought never to have ceased to he—she will place herself at the head of the movement in Europe—and , when the Prenoh family shall be constituted , thnt family will become tbe family of the werld . ( Acclamations , and cries of ' We swear it I we swear it I' )

      M . Louis Blanc here paid a warm compliment to the people for their courage arid resignation . He then proceeded : — The _QueBtiooB wo have to resolve are unfortunately not easy . In touching one abuse , wo threaten all . From one extromity ef society to the other , abuses are like a chain , of which it is not possible to break a link without affecting the whole chain , That is tho difficulty of tbe eituation _, _aaiVit _is ' not n small one . To give you a striking example , what did the people demand tbe day after the revolution t A diminution of the hours of labour—a touching demand , ba < ed on heroic _consideratione , We demand , said the people , a dimlnn . tion of the hours of labour , in order that there may be more employment of all kinds to give to and share with

      our brethren who want it , and that the workmen may have an hour , at least an hour , to live the life of intelligence and the heart . ( Lond applanee . ) That is wbat was said to us , and immediately , without hesitation tbis time , after having frankly weighed with the heart the bearing of such an act , we said ' Tl . at must be , that Bball be , let what come may !'—( renewed applause)—for a man cannot be considered a machine : and if progress such « _a we dream it , such as we hope gradually to realise—if thia progress bo accomplished , tbe intelligence and the heart will one day , In tbe division of the hours of labour , have a larger part than the body , because the best part of man is his intelli gence and his heart . ( BravoB . ) But what 1 to diminish the hours of work , is it not to cause an injury to production , to create dearness of products , to restrain the consumption , to run tbe risk ef assuring to our markets suoh a superiority to foreign products , that in the long run the workman himself would be injured ? Let us dissimulate

      _nothingfhit is an _objection which is somewhat serious . It proves that workmen have an interest to limit their most legitimate demands ; it proves tbat to be promptly realised , popular wishes should not be toe impatient ; It shows in short to what point , in the present econo . mlc organisation , alt partial progress is difficult . How many examples of this could I not give you ! Tou know what murderous and Immoral competition machines make to human labour , and how often they hare driven from the workshop those to whom labour gave bread . Tet machines are a progress . _Wbeace then comes this tragic anarchy ! It arises from the faot tbat in the midst of the anarch of industry which reigns at present , and by consequence of . the division of interest , everything transforms itself into an arm of combat . But let individualism be replaced by association , and the _employment of machines will immediatel y become an immense benefit , because in this case they will profit to all , and labour withont Suppressing the workman . ( Bravo , bravo . )

      M . Louis Blano'here went on to explain that what they had to seek was to realise association , to obtain the trinmph of tho great principle of the connexion between _alHntereats ; for , in fact , he said , the cause ot the poor is tho cause of the rich , is the universal interest . The true character of the mission which was confided to them was , he said , ' to study with care , with brotherly love , the questions which touch the improvement , moral and material , of the lot of the workman ; to draw up bills containing the solutions at which they mi ght arrive , and which , after receiving the approval ofthe provisional government , ) will be _^ submitted to the-National Assembly . Their object was in effect to abolish slavery —the slavery of poverty , of ignorance , of evil—the

      slavery of the workman , who has no asylum for bis old father—of the girl ofthe people , who at the age of sixteen abandons her virtue to live—of the child of the people , who is buried at the age of ten or twelve years in a pestilential factory ? Was , ' M . Blanc went on to ask , ' aU that so much in _conformity with the nature of things , that there was folly in believing that it must one day change ? Who would dare to pretend that , and ao blaspheme progress ? If society be badly formed , let us reform it—let us abolish slavery ! ' Boisterous applause here interrupted the speaker , and when it was concluded M . Blanc proceeded to say tbat the question was one of

      great difficulty , and required profound meditation , and the greatest prudence . He said , that when he was appointed to preside over the commission , his heart bounded with joy atthe idea of being allowed to labour with and for' the working classes , whose let had been to him a constant subject of anxiety , and the theme of many of his writings . M Louig Blanc concluded by Baying , that as the assembly was too numerous to occupy it ? elf every day with the questions to be discussed , a committee of ten should be chosed to act with the government commission . The workmen present then proceeded to chooseten of their bod y by lot , after which they broke up . During the whole day the workmen maintained the most admirable order .

      __ JUS-HOB OF THH WORKING MEN OF FRANCE . __ A circular has been issued b y M . Louis Blanc , intimating that aa , the working classes have been called in to consult as to the organisation of labour , it is but just that the masters should also be represented . The masters are accordingly to nominate delegates . M . Louis Blanc intimates that several of the heads . _i large manufacturing establishments have already intimated their wish to come to an equitable arrangement of the question .

      WOBKMEN SHARING THB PROFITS OF EMPLOYERS . The Northern Railway and the proprietors of the Prksse newspaper have already announced their adhesion to the scheme of trading association , by which they admit their workmen to a Bhareef their profits . The London papers truly say : — ' English shareholders at least will be somewhat surprised to find that all the stokers and plate layers on the line have been admitted to a participation in the profits of their capital which they have subscribed . ' This is something like fair play , a thing almost unknown to the English employer .

      The division of the proceeds of the Pbessb is henceforth to be made as follows : —1 . Payment of salaries . 2 . Interest of capital , at five per cent . 3 . Division ofthe profits , in the proportion of capital in money to capital in labour , represented by the amount of salaries . The term salaries to extend to every person employed in the establishment , from the editors to the messengers and folders .

      _RBPOBLMJAN ECONOMY . Count de Jarnac is dismissed from his office as French minister in England . On Friday last M , Cottu arrived at Hertford-house from Paris , charged with instructions from the provisional government to receive from the Count de Jarnae the archives and seals of the embassy ; M . Cottu haa undertaken the duties of his office for £ 400 per annum ; tbe yearly cost of the late embassy being something between £ 14 . 000 or £ 15 , 000 .

      DIPLOMATIC AH * 1 EBI 0 . _*! B . Belgium has 'provisionally ' recognised the French government . Its Ambassador wa 9 instructed to assure the government ofthe Republic that the _aoldierB embodied in Belgium have not been called to arras with any aggressive or hostile intentions against France , but only to insure the neutrality of Belgium against attack frora anyone ofthe Powers . He renewed the assurance given by the Belgian government of acknowledging the Republic as soon as it shall have been sanctioned by the National Assembly , and teok upon himself in the meantime to keep up the most friendly relations between the two countries _. The Danish Minister went on Sunday to ( he office

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      ofthe Minister of Foreign Affairs , and testified to M . de Lamartine the good disposition of his government towards the new government of France , and _a § the same time assured him that his _government would hasten to acknowledge the _Republic as soon as the usages of diplomacy should admit The Sardinian Ambassador ha * rend officially to M . de Lamartino a despatch from hi * _government , giving _asuranefs of iis most amicable _disposiSioa towards the Republic . . ,

      The Minister of Foreign Affairs _basrrceiveda communication from the government of _Fribourff . Ba which France is warmly congratulated on her _i-eve-lar tion , and a hope is expressed that henceforth Franca and Switzerland will lend eath other mutual assistance in defending and extending liberty . ' Thin pro * _videnfcinl revolution , ' says the note , 'will prepare th _« emancipation of nations , and it annihilate * the last hopes ofthe Sonderbund , baffles the plots of absolutism , consolidates our new institutions , and restores between the two countries those lively _sympathies which all the efforts of a perjured government have not been able to destroy . The Marquis of Normanby has thought it necessary to give some explanations to the provisional government on the _subjeot of the cordial reception given to Louis Philippe and the royal family in England . A sign oa Lord _Palmerstoh ' s part , that he _g ashamed of his old friend . The following is part < H the note alluded to : —

      The English Ambassador communicated to M . de Lamartine two despatches from Lord PalmerBton . In one of these _nllusion is made to tbe ex-King Louis Philippe and hia family , aud the ministers who have taken refuge in England . Lord Palmeraton protests against the idea of tbe hospitality granted by England to tho family which has fallen from the throne , being taken ns a mar & of political sympathy of a nature to render France apprehensive of a Disturbance of the good _undsrstanding between the two nations . He engages Lord Normanby to do all in bis power to convince the provisional government of the Republic that thia grant of sn asylum , and the attentions paid to exiles uader such great mis . fortunes , bear no other signification than the exercise of hospitality . A deputation of English Quakers , representing a peace meeting , introduced by Arthur _O'Csanos , have congratulated the French government .

      The Swiss inhabiting Paris , to the number of two thousand , proceeded to the column of July , anjl thence to tbe Hotel de Ville , to present an address of congratulation to the Provisional Government . M . Barman , formerly president of the council of the Valais , after delivering the _ftddres ? , requested the government to accept a Swiss flag ( red , with a white crors , ) as a mark of tho cordial sentiments of the S . _wiss nation towards the French people . M . A . Marrast , after an appropriate reply , expressive ofthe sympathy of France for the Swiss in their late struggle , presented te the deputation , General Thiars , _jnst ambassador in Switzerland . M . Barman de * clared that the general should be most favourably received in that country . The deputation then withdrew .

      The charge d ' affaires of Spain waited upon M . de Lamartine on Saturday , to communicate a despatch from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of her C . \ tholie Majesty , to tho effect that the Spanish government would continue to hold the same international relations with the- provisional government as had , by a reciprocal interest , existed hitherto between the two countries . The Ministerof the Hanaeatio towns has acknowledged the provisional government ,

      PROGRESS OF LEGISLATION . The Monitkub publishes sevaral additional aets of tbe government . The first abolishes flogging in th © navy . The following is the decree : — Tho provisional government , considering that corporal chastisement degrades men , that it is the duty Of the Republic to efface from the laws all that can wound unman dignity ; that it is a good f sample to give to the world , and that the suppression of corporal punishment , in strengthening in the navy the feeling of honour , cannot but give to the sailors a higher idea of their duties , and inspire them with respect for _thomselves and for the laws of discipline , decrees tbat the punishments of the gauntlet , keel-hauling , and flagging , are abolished : that until a complete revision of the penal maritime rode they Bball be replaced by imprisonment In tho eackot for periods varying from four days to a month , Paris , March 12 .

      The following is tho second decree : — The provisional government informed that ia several towns demands for liberty made by persons detained fo ? commercial and civil debts bave been rejected , oa tho sround that the decree of March _JHb , 1845 , could not bo retroactive , decrees tbat all persons detained for civil or commercial debts Bball be immediately and previsionally set at liberty , in virtue of tbe decree rendered on the 9 th March , 1848 , by the provisional government . Hotel de Ville , 12 th March , 1818 . A third decree abolishes the Council General ef the Seine , and places the department under the direction of the Mayor of Paris , on the ground that as the Municipal Council of Paris was dissolved , the Council General of the Seine should meet the same fate . The fourth decree reduces the number of ordinary councillors of state from thirty to twenty-five .

      The same decree dismisses five maitres des _requetes--from their functions , namely ; MM . Lelorgue , d'ldeville , Debonnaire de Gif . Achille Gnilheni _, Rudon de Beaupreau , and Laffm Ladebat , and appoints MMi Daverne and Turmet in their places . Several other " decrees follow , changing the law officers in different parts of France . The long li ? t of _dismissals closes with that of M . "Vatont , the royal librarian under the late dynasty , and president of the council of public buildings . A document has just heen issued by M . Albert , the president of the commission on national recompenses . The document says : — The object ofthe commission of national recompenses Is to point out to tbe government of the republic the names of _citlaens who have well merited , and to determine the nature of the recompenses .

      Tho recompenses shall he _Bpplicahle to the citizens who have distinguished themselves at the _foUowiag epochs : —1830 , the process of ministers ; 1831 . the insurrections at Lyons ; 1832 , the insurrection of Juno ; 18 S 4 , the Insurrection of April 1839 , the insurrection of May 1848 , the revolution of February , There can also be re . commended for these recompenses citizens who in defending by means of the press Republican and Socialist principles shall Save incurred _judidary condemnations . The Commission of National Recompenses is thus composed : —The citizens Albert , member of tbe Provisional Government , president ; Grandmeuil , and Eugene Sue , _Tlce-presidents ; Ch . Ronronat _, secretary ; Borleaa _( _ouvrlor ) , Nap . Chancel , 4 c , members .

      The Minister of Finance has informed _ai _/ _ens de change that he will receive at par , for the subscription for the national loan , bons du tresor whose time of falling due doss not go beyond the 15 th of May , When Lord Normanby remonstrated _aeainst the expulsion of the English workmen from the ateliers of _Ronen , and that without the payment of the arrears of wages due to them , M . Lamartine replied that the arrears of wages wonld be paid up , and that the government would recommend to the people not to be guilty of any further proceedings of a similar nature .

      The workmen in tbe establishment of M . Henry Leclerc , manufacturer of hydraulic machines , _Quai Valmy , 69 . have addressed a declaration to tbo provisional eovernment . stating that they are quite satisfied with the decree fixing the day ' s labour at ten hours , and that any further demand would be unjust , and would occasion the ruin of the masters . They also deolaro that they authorise their employer to keep back for the provisional government 25 c . a day out of the wages ef their foremen , and 10 c . and Se . for each ordinary workman . The men employed by M . Pichet , Avenue Parmentier , 3 , machine maker , have also written to say that they are satisfied with the period of ten hours for a day ' s work .. Advices from Algiers to the 6 th have been received . The republican flag was placed on t _& e publio buildings and tho vessels in the port at eight that morning .

      THB _GBRMASS IN PARIS . The _GermBns have just founded a democratic society with the name in tention—to assist their countrvmen in a struggle for freedom . ' The society was' inaugurated last night at the largest meeting of Germans it has ever yet been possible to brine _together . Nearly 3 . 000 assembled in the grand manege , or riding school , in the Rue Cbauss 6 e d'Antin . George Ilerwegh , the poet , whose writings have for many years been proscribed in Prussia and consequently have always extensively circulated there and all over Germany , being the president . He commenced tbe proceedings hy reading the objects and rules of the society ; -The latter , as mere matter of detail , are not important The objeots to he worked out are most extensive . Tee union of all tho German states into _onegrea * power and that a republic , is the principal end ; within that union the most perfect freedom of equal riehts . the franchise , toleration of _religions , and

      liberty of the press , will be ensured as tne _^ consequence . The means are to be , the use of the French Revolution to support an open and peaceful propaganda ; but should other arms be neceasary , the _^ _Ooiotyare prepared to form themselvesunto a le _^ _iea and march to the assistance , of thc . _^\™* F « _£$ ( when that help is asked of them . But it is hoped it will not be necessary . . TheJag of the _CWD is tne old standard of the emp ire W «* _rjej _g _^ _'J ? . lours which have become _thesymboJ g _^^ _JJyJJj boralism in _consequge _«^ _g _'JJjPJ-Jj « to tho B" _« _^ _Uatever . The speakers were M . _^ Li _\ S & " of f G _* man » ir at Brussels ,

      r _„ ™ _, _» _« nplled from that city directly tne intwiffi _tSrfSSSUk in Parisarrived ; M . Werth ; a workman named Berger , one of the defenders of a barricade in the Rue Montmartre ; Lowenfete _, a _Prussian officer * . Vetit , an artiBt ; aad three others , Volk , Old , and Soheizen .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18031848/page/3/