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      The Hamlet Of Nations.—Petition For Ital...

      legitimate influence towards moving the ministers or me urown 1 employ the powers with which they are invested to bring bnut the immediate evacuation of the Roman States by the forces of France and Austria . "W e entreat the readers of this journal to sign the " Friends Italy ' s" Petition , or at least sojne petition , though of fewer _wordsl We can anticipate all the objections to " petitioning , " nnd this one speoially that the petitions will be unheeded . Not so if the movemeut be national ; at the very least the petitions will diffuse information much needed , and incite to fin-flier inauirv .

      "We will not speak of the interests of Jintisn commerce , or of . British political influence , although it may be not unimportant for our merchants and statesmen to note the fact that Leghorn has become an Austrian port , and that the French are fortifying the sea-approaches to Civita Vecchia ; that Bome is the head quarters of a French , and Florence of an Austrian , _garrison . We speak rather to that sense of right

      and honour , which we trust is not yet _aosoiureiy exomub m our people , when we say that a partition of Italy , as infamous as the partition of Poland , is going on under the eyes and with the full cognizance of the present generation . We ask , shall this be f Our fathers permitted the destruction of Poland . Shall we share their guilty complicity by tamely nermittinsf the spoliation of Italy ?

      A word of caution ! Kn artful and insidions attempt is being made with that brazen audacity which refuses defence or explanation , and then takes credit for innocence (!) , to puff off "Lord" _Palsierstox as the heaven-directed statesman possessed of the capacity and the will to effect a Ci liberal solution" of the Italian question . The men who thus prate are too clever to be mere fools—we leave our readers to draw their own inference . For ourselves it is enough to say that both by tongue aud pen we are ready , when required , to demonstrate that of all the " Foreign Ministers" who of late years have disgraced England , _Palmerston is the most _m"ni , ? _mmiie _onoinv tn _TtnliM _/ n _indenfimlencG and to the freemischievous enemy to Italian independence ana to ttie treedom of Europe generally . The above was written when intelligence arrived that , that miserable flunkey of Austria , the Arch-Duke of Tuscany , had re-established the punishment of death for political and other offences , including offences against religion ; that is to say the nfffinr . fi of the Madaiai—Bible-reading and converting to

      Protestantism , Here is something for the _lixeter nan " sympathisers ; " something to rejoice the ' heart , and glut the savage ferocity of Ltjcas of the Tablet and the rest of the persecuting Papists , who would if they could imitate their holy chief , the triple-crowned impostor , and his * well-beloved son / the _Tuscan tyrant—and withal slave—slave of the Jesuits and Croats . _TTic ; _TTiorh-Miorhrmess recently declared that , " he was resolved

      to extirpate heresy from his dominions , even tnougn ne snouia be known as the bloodiest tyrant in history ! " Here is work for Exeter Hall , to extirpate these popish tyrants and their tyranny , by giving a helping hand to the liberators of Italy . Will the protestant " sympathisers" do so ? If not , let them " shut up , ' ' . and exhibit a decent silence . Very melancholy is the position of Italy at this moment . The Italians are ripe for revolution , —ready for the holy war of independence . But with France foremost among the despotic powers , and England indifferent , it is morally certain that ., at ihis moment , an Italian movement would be crushed

      _hy the overwhelming brute force of Austria and . trance combined . Upon _« s is the responsibility of the situation . If England vuold speak the word of hope and active brotherhood , the dastardly despotisms would quail before the crashing charge of the uprisen nations . As a people we have hesitated too long . Theoretically we have held with the cause of Right and Liberty , but

      practically , by our swine-like apathy , we have sided * with Wrong and Tyranny . We must no longer hesitate between Good and Evil , but boldly resolve to efface the base past by the better future . To the voice of Mazzini let every man , with heart and hand , respond—So shall we do our duty , help our brethreu to break their chains , and consolidate the fraternal alliance of the peoples of England and Italy .

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      Freedom Pierced. Franklin Pierce Has Rec...

      FREEDOM PIERCED . Franklin Pierce has received a majority of the votes of his fellow citizens—he is President of the United States , and for the next four years " Democracy " will rule the destinies of the great American Republic . We are far from being sorry at the defeat of Scott . His acceptance of the Baltimore platform , his willingness

      to lean upon the pro-slavery Whigs , and enemies of" Sewardism , " sufficiently proved his unworthiness to occupy the post of leader of the American Confederation . We are by no means grieved by his defeat ; the anti-progressive sentiments of the majority of his party , and to which he was compelled to give his assent , preclude the possibility of his obtaining sympathy from any admirer of honest principle and lover of genuine freedom .

      But we do sorrovv for the success of his rival Pifr . ce , and the more so that he desecrates the holy name of Democracy by his repudiation of the principles of eternal Right and Justice , of which alone is true Democracy constituted , That the Times should be joyful at the triumph of Pierce is noways stranue . The English Free Trade journal , organ of the lish

      Eng moneyocracv , and of the laiser aller party finds a worthy idol in the American Freetrader Pierce , the upholder of slavery and the advocate of the cowardly and selfish policy of neutrality . But it is somewhat unaccountable how English journalists who have long and constantly expressed a desire for an alliance between England and America should see cause for satisfaction in the election of a rran pledged to oppose all such alliances .

      A talse estimate of American parties has induced our _excellent contemporary the Ration of Brussels also to sino- a « 0 D of triumph at the " Democratic " victory . The Nation sees in this triumph a cause for hope for the down-trodden peoples of _Europe , little dreaming , apparently , that there can be little hopoi aid for the European peoples from a government and a party which has forsworn ail fraternal sympathies with the oppressed ' and _wmch has adopted as its rule of conduct the conservation of all those material interests whose vm- existence aie utterlv inimical to the welfare and progress of humanity . _^ The Times _lejoices in the result of the _presidential stru < He b , cause the nation has pronounced against miliiarv candidates . " v \ e , as much as any , abominate the hero-worship-the ° reat

      Freedom Pierced. Franklin Pierce Has Rec...

      popularity of mere man-rulers—that dangerous passion ior military glory which has taken such an evident hold upon the minds of the mass of the American people . Too many of Europe ' s disasters have arisen from this cause to render us other than grieved to see the existence of a spirit in the American people which may at no very distant day endanger their own liberties and those of their children . "We ' should be glad to witness the rise of a better spirit in this respect—ajuster appreciation of the worth of military chiefs ; but how is this demonstrated by General Pierce ' s election to the Presidency ?—by the rejection of soldier Scott for the acceptance of soldier Pierce ?

      The Times , moreover , sounds a note of joy at . the aeteat or tne Free Soil party , whicll it affects to treat with contempt . That the Free Sorters are not contemptible the history of the last few years sufficiently proves . It is certain that , on the contrary , the Free Soil party is destined to be thepeu'ty of the future . We may be told that in this present election they have given no evidence of power : but it is not difficult to explain the cause of the

      paucity of votes obtained by their candidates . _Jtfy a raise reasoning they concluded that it was not only useless , but absolutely mischievous to " throw away " votes . Judging that Hale and Julian had no chance against their " Democratic" and Whig competitors , great numbers of Free Soiiers gave their votes to swell the majority of Franklin Pierce . Either Scott or Pierce will be elected ; a vote for Hale is " thrown away , ' said thev . anrl sn thp . v _nhnap _thp hpsr . nf two evils—to vote for the

      candidate on whom they could most count tor tlie turtnerance of some of the objects they have i _review . Such was their policy , and it was bad . All policy is evil ; they should have adhered to principle , and their cause at this hour would be further advanced than it now is . They should have remembered the words of . _Taates _Rttsskt . t . T , owir . i . r ..

      "They enslave their children ' s children who make compromise mm sin . - The votes of the Fr _^ e Soiiers . largely contributed to the success of General Pierce , anjd now he is returned what gain is there to the Free Soiiers , or advancement of their principles ? The basest of all expediency is that which takes into consideration the chances of success possessed by those _requiring the votes of electors whose opinions they represent . Hale and Julian represented Free Soilism , and the free Soiiers who voted for Pierce and King from motives of expediency , committed a great moral crime , and treason against their o \ yn principles . Pierce is elected ; Whigism is in the dust ; where is the benefit to the Free Soil cause ? onlv as the fall of Whi . _o-ism will fend to the destruction of the

      " Great Democratic Party" itself . Its triumph , as we have seen , has been aided by those who have no sympathies in common with its pro-slavery majority , and now that the Whigs are overthrown , these men will have no " choice cf evils ; " they will at once be the direst : opponents of the regime they have helped to usher in . , \ The Pierceite organs themselves acknowledge , that the grand object will now be to purge the " Democratic " party of all ultraism _, and to make it thoroughly conservative . One writer ,

      speaking of the Fierce triumph , says : " One of the not distant results probably will be the withdrawal or banishment of the of the whole tribe of fanatics from the democratic ranks ; 1 . The Abolitionists ; 2 , The Filibusters ; 3 , The Woman ' s Rights dreamers ; 4 . The Bloomers ; et id genus omne . These disturbers of society , whose only object has been to tear down existing institutions , have grown to be more numerous than might have been supposed All these excrescences will now be lopped off . The Democrats can afford to lose whole battalions now , and there will be a ueneral determination in the rank and file of the party to _expql allultraists , fanatics , and disturbers When this is done , the great Democratic partv will be the noblest

      political organization since the organization of the Federal Government . It will be . pervaded with a high moral feeling . " That is to say , when all that is of any worth in the party , all the sections who have any desire for progress are expelled , the " party will be pervaded by a high moral feeling ! " It is a strange way of coming at that feeling , by banishing from the " Democratic " ranks all political morality and conscience ! But what will become of the Free Soiiers , the Abolitionists , " et id genus omne " so preremptorily disposed of by ths ' * Democratic correspondent of the Times ? Most certainiy they will be no supporters of the pro-slavery , and _anti-orosrressive " _DemouuaiY _(; un , _v , ioui _mv , jjwoiuv _^ _ty , mm _uuti-prugresSlVK

      JJtMUOcratic" party . They , with the "Seward" fraction of the defeated Whig party , and the conscientious Free Soiiers who have this autumn recorded their votes for Hale and Julian will unite to constitute a great national party of Free Democracy , which shall certainly carry the day in the r , exi presidential struggle . Then , let not the European peoples be disheartened , for the policy of the Pierce administration will sufficiently demonstrate the folly of putting trust in sham " Democracy ; " and in 1856 America will repair the ; injury done to the cause of Freedom by the election of Pierce , hv _raisinn- in the _m-ociri _^ n _^ .., «> _^ . mi _, o tne election ot tierce , by raising to the presidency a man who shall represent the principles of Liberty and Progress , and of the _solidarity oi Nations . '

      A Calvan1st1c Crusade. The Disciples Of ...

      A CALVAN 1 ST 1 C CRUSADE . The disciples of the cited of Calvin have declared war upon t % _deBecratoraof the Sabbath . " The Rev . Andrew _Tnokpf _^' _^ ., of Edinburgh , has written a tract under the title oi lhe babbath and the Railway , " in which he tells us that the human provision made for travelling should just be for

      cases in which divine permission has been granted to travel " Does the Rev . Andrew Thompson D . D ., ot _Edinburgh mean to tell us that he would henceforth have none travalon Sundav but those who shall obtain in addition to their _raHwa- _Zket a passport from the Almi ghty ? The ravings of sectarian _bigotrand foll have oft "

      y y we en seen to take strange forms W surely none mure strange or blasphemous than this i ' The reverend gent eman evidentl y felt , if not the absurdity ' of his proposal , at least the difficulty of carrying out its provisions _accordingly , he adds , " The railway companv has then two alternatives to choose between , ~ no ' train at all or common trains , and for our own par ,, we believe the former ofthese alternatives to be infinitely preferable . "

      In other words , Dr . Ihompson would deny to the denizens of our crowd ciUes the only opportunity available for S to obtain a breath of pure air , and a sight of the green Svet unsoilea by the smoke of our _manufacturing curse * VYe can hardly conceive how such men as the writer of the

      A Calvan1st1c Crusade. The Disciples Of ...

      out a blush to advise such inhuman restrictions as those he proposes . And he must needs , too , instance the example of Christ in support of his advocacy ! He . says : " Our Lord did in reference to this law-what he did in reference to others - obeyed it in its true spirit , and disincumbered it from the rigid repulsiveness of those pharasaic glosses which made it to be '' elt as a burden , rather than a blessing and a _birthriaht" Blind indeed must Dr . Andrew Thompson be , not

      to see that he and those wno think witn mm are precisel y they who . would encumber the Sabbath of the people with ri gid repulsiveness , and pharasaic glosses -who would make it a burden , rather than a blessing and a birth riuht . They would _, prevent the sons of toil from leaving , even for one day a week , their unhealthy homes , and would enshroud them in a pall of hypocrisy where their souls would be eaten out by secret _debasing sins .

      And why all this labour to acheive sucti an end—me abasement of the mass of the people , and the prevention of the developement of their higher mental and moral capacities ? Only the desire to uphold some fanatic dogma of their creed , and the fear of letting the people escape to a grander temple than that in which their creed is expounded . If this puritan Sabbaththis confinement of the toilers in the Bridge-gates , and Saltmarkets of our cities , be , as Dr . Thompson tells us , the great mound and outwork of our nation ' s religion , at what price is" our nation ' s _religion" to be valued ?

      We can see from the documents torwaraea to us , mat it is meant to _propagate this Calvanistic despotism in Eugland , but we know it too well to suffer it , without protest , to cross the bordtr . If our Scottish friends are content to put up with , it , they may , but it is to be hoped that the time is not far distant when they will concur with us , that men should finish with such a mental and _nhvsicallv debasing : system .

      Ocean Steam Navigation.—J&Angroaci Is No...

      Ocean Steam Navigation . —J _& _angroaci is now nxea upon as ttie site for a great harbour , docks , and railway in connexion with the port of Bristol . Mr . Rendell , the Admiralty engineer , has reported in favour of the grand project , and the company—the board of which will comprise some of the largest and _wealthiest shipowners in the kingdom—has given the usual parliamentary notices . Two of the

      Great Ocean Steampacket Companies are already negotiating with the projectors of the scheme . The undertaking , if carried out , will be on a scale of great magnitude , the capital required , and which is said to be forthcoming , being no less than £ 1 , 500 , 000 . In addition to her niturally advantageous position as a port of departure for gigantic ocean steamers , the value of the port of Bristol in case of war is much ¦ _nArt l . — _^ m r \ f \ _txtt

      Temple Bar . —The " Times" and its correspondents have commenced a crusade against Temple Bar as an intolerable nuisance and obstruction to the traffic of the city . They demand its demolition . " Upon the pavement in the city , " writes the ungallant journalist , " you can generally trace a stoppage among the foot-passengers to two old ladies , who are looking about them in a vacillating way for a Stamford-hill or Hoxton omnibus . When a monster stoppage occurs in Fleet-street and Ludgate-hill , the almost invariable cause of the _delav is Temnle-bar . Two or three hundred vehicles on either side

      remain the helpless cause of this deadlock . To pulL down Temple-bar would be one of the greatest improvements which could be made in the streets of London . We do not ask the Corporation to do more than remove a nuisance . " The Inundations . —At Shrewsbury , after having been submerged for an entire week , a large proportion of the 550 houses inundated by the Severn have at length obtained relief . The waters began to abate on Wednesday week , and have continued to do so ever since . The loss of property has been severe . Ironbridge , Bewdley , and Bridgnorth , have been considerably relieved from the water , and , at each of these places , the more -wealthy classes have come forward nobly to the relief

      of their less fortunate fellow-creatures . At Shrewsbury , also , large exertions have been made , and the poor sufferers of all sects and creeds have been most liberally relieved . In North Wales the floods have been numerous and destructtve , and near Aberystwith , the Ystwith and Yhydol rivers have overflowed their banks and produced great destruction . At Nottingham , in consequence of continued rain , the flood is again rising , In Buckinghamshire the river Ouse has overflowed its banks . In Surrey four lives have been lost by the inundations . At Walton-on-Thames four persons were drowned in a moat . A young man , Mr . Bryan Clark , of Tuxford , in Nottinghamshire , was drowned by falling into a deep drain whilo searching for

      The gold and silver coined in Russia from 1826 to 1851 amounted to three hundred and eighty millions of roubles . An American captain recently escaped from one of the Gallipagos Islands to a ship five miles off , by means of an oil-cask sawed in two . The following advertisement appeared in one of last week ' s papers : — " To be sold , the Wisdom-tooth of the Duke of Wellington , price £ 10 and several Locks of his Hair , price £ , \ Is . each . Apply , & c . —N . B . Likewise a small Grinder of Napoleon ' s , for £ 5 . "

      The Pans correspondent of the Mat relates a story fo the effect that , during the recent disturbances , a newly elected provincial mayor o mgh character was arrested ( in mistake for his predecessor , a Ked _Republican who had died ) , and was sent off to Cayenne before the misake was discovered . fmtnJSlai _£ _J _^ _^ _gtk and 7 feet in height , was recently foirned _m the lake of Cleeveetz , near Eutin , in North Germany , by the effect of hurricanes . In 1814 a similar phenomenon occurred ; buo m a few months the isle suddenly disappeared , and there were 12 feet ot water where it had been . _Catfn ILLY * _FEAT _l ° / J last week ' son of _an _deeper at _? om _tir ed I' f 7 idin _S U P a % _to of stairs into a bedloom , turning round m it , and descending in the same manner in pertact safety The stairs axe about twelve feet in length , and are nearly p rpendicular On reaching a small landing at th ! top of the stairs , _™ T se hadt 0 turn round and ascend two additional steps in atransvese direction , m order to enter _tho _hal-i _™™ .

      The _bLAVE-lRADE .-The Braziilian Government is said to have made a request to our own to withdraw our cruisers from their coast , as they wish to have the suppression of the slave-trade in their own hands , for which purpose they have ordered six men-of-war steamers to be built m _England . Closing op Spirit Shops on Sunday—Wo are informed that in the following places the public houses are either at present closed on Sunday , or are shortly to be c , osed-viz ., in the towns of Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock and in the counties of _Clackmannan , East-Lothiaii , and Fife and that other places are likely soon to follow the _ex-Tttu ' C 01 _£ _? ' 7 a Ues on ] y to the mere dram shops , and not to hotels or mm . —Edinburgh News .

      _ftp \ _S _^ i _Holland _.-A letter from Eotterdam states that the booksellers of that place have received an intimation from the police that it would be abreeable to the authorities to see them abstain from oflermg for sale eitheir the " Napoleon le Petit" of M . Victor Hneo , or the _« Nuits da St . Timid .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1852, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_27111852/page/10/