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      THE MARCH OF FBEEDOH . BT EXKEBT JOHXJ . The natiOBB are all calling To and fro , from strand to strand ; Uniting ia one army * Jh « slaves of every land . lopsided thrones are creaking , For 'lojalty' is dead ; And common sense is speaking Ofhonestv instead . And coming Freedom whispers , "Hid tie rnshisg of her wings , Of lovaltj to nature , Not loyalty to kings . The gold alone the counters ,

      Rings no longer pure and clear ; For 'tis coined Kith blood of childhood , And 'tis stamped with manhood's tear . An 4 tke bank notes of the usurer , That 'justice' dbt and sell , Are the title-deeds enBarinp His heritage ia hell . The chureh doors are worm-eaten , Tv here the Well-paid parson droaes ; Ana tne loud belli iu thB Bteeplei , Have learned unwonted tones : In Padna and Pavia .

      'Tis not to pray « rs they call ; Bat they summon all the citizens , To conquer or to fall . ¦ Well may the bell-tower tremble , And the parsen shake betimes ; For the sanctuary shall cease to be A sanctuary for crimes . Prom mountains Old anil bOfliy , First liberty came down ; like the avalanche her footfall , Like the thunder-cloud her frown . On Fribnrg ' s towers bob lighted , And tie L&sine rushes below ; And the blackness of long bigotry , "Was swept as white as snow . And far among the glaciers

      Were answering voices found , As the thuRder-blast of Freedom Beverberated round . And she gized from her Lake-Palace , From Lucerne's mimic sea , And smiling she beheld That Switzerland was free . Them from her southward mountains Looked downward where , below , The Arno wind and Lido , And the Brenta and the Po , She saw the Austria * tiger , Ia Lombardy the fair , Preparing for a boucd As he crouched within his lair .

      But downward still she wandered To monarchy ' s own home ; JLcd the dust of empires trembled As she passed the gate of Borne . And : I will make ye battle , Te conquerors of mankind : The tyranny of force With the tyranny of mind !' Then she brought the twain together In the gorgeous Vaticaa : The pontiff aad the emperor , The monarch and the mas . Aad « ho think ye won the battle ! Tins the rapid changei fled—! Twas the man of mind who conquered , And the man of swords who fled' .

      Tken Freedom rose immortal , As Freedom ever most , Though Cesar ' s tombi are rains , And liammoa's temples dust . And southward stiil she wandered To Kaplei * fairy bay , "STiere , " neilhitB sr&BflTolcaao , The towa-voleaso lay . Tesuviusunto . Stna Then waved iti wild alarms , Till news wert brought to Naples That Trinacria was in arms . © a the mole the people gathered , As they jaw the troops return , ? rom their death-bed at Palermo , To Napoli their urn .

      And a heart-qaake heaved around—And the city poured its might : A tyrant reigned at morn , And a people reigned at night . Then threatened loud the Austrian , Aad said Wd march hii men ; And loudly answered Italy : We'll hurl them back again !' "Why stays the Austrian bloodhound , Tho' he £ c = ats each coble prey—5 He ' s strong and armed and trdghty—And he fears—for w arctUy ! And the bayenet's insufficient To do the work of was , So he arms bis gallant soldiers

      With—what , think joa *— e . cigar ! Ah ! nations ! take the omen , That tyranny is broke—And all its powers and greatness Are passing hence—1 « rmofcc I Then northward wandered Freedons , Y ? hereElbe asd Danube flow , And Ferdinand and Frederick hare Their people for their foe ! li ke uufeeund Roman fasces , Lie the states with dukes and Mags : « She'll kind them iaone rod To scourge the sceptred things . By Hungary she ' s passing ,

      And blunt grows Szela ' s knife ; And the famished of Silesia Are thinking ef their life . Bohemia ' s mountains esho Tones ef Ziti&'e dram , ' And the nobles see ia thought The modern Hussites coae . E ' en KuEsia ' s frozen north Is dawnmg on our ken , Asd sends Sakonnine forth To tell us it has taen ! She breathed on Poland ' s plains—And her tears fell thick and fast : Ooaqaeror ef the future ,

      Aud martyr ef the past ! But prouder grew her glance Aa 3 sterner grew her mien , As westward still she wandered Te Rhone and Loire and Seise . She frowned in l < igh defiance , Where the Battile once had frowned And she spoke no word of wonder , But she pointed ell around . Then Paris rose impatient , — So impatient at delay , It could not bide to wait A djing tyrant ' s dsy . And ' neath its hundred B as tiles The cry heaved to and fro : The victory ' s tie completer , The stronger » the foe .

      Slow , breezes cf La Ttndfe , Mistuned by brave Charette 1 Ring , thunders of Napoleon , To nobler music set ! Harcb , old imperial loldiere , But march is better cause , And bare the blade of tyrant ! To fight in Freedom ' s wen , - This time 'he people's power The people ' s cause shall own ]; Then np with the Repnblio , And downward with the throne ! Still onward Freedom wandered , Till shs touched the British soil ; EXyAvxr- of mcmty , And Tarter w of toil !

      Andloudly here she chided ; ily cflos ' . n people , ye I I gave ye many chances : Why so long in growiDg free ! Te bend in rerfjnatioii , A tame and patient herd I Ution be themott » , And cmwardl be the word ! Why wetps your sorrowing Bister , Still bleeding nuredreSEed , 'Heath Kv . mV . , EBgland ' sA ' w&e&w , The Poland of the west ! 'Crj ; 'Liberty to Erin 1 ' Itis a debt jeowe : Had ye not armed bis hand , Be ne'er had struck a b !« w .

      1 Cry : « Liberty to Erin I ' TSTith Iron in the lone , Tor while ye slight terrightB , Te scarce deeerre vonrosvn , ' Ike Briton and tha Celt AregatheriEg tide by side ; "W fcat oe-an cannot part , That man ths . ll not divide . Athwart that famous * gulf , ' Thougfe swift its current hies , We soon e » n build a bridge With dead mcnopalies .

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      i — For hark ! to Freedom ' s eall The fatal spell is broke ; Rspeal means—Union of thetlawj , And uttnnu of the ydke . Then , Hurrah , fer the Gharter , On Shannon , ThameB , and Tweed ; Now , ecythemen ! t » the harvest ! Heap 1 yon who towed the teed .

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      Tht Mdland Florist for this month contains its HSUaJ amount of admirable information . We extract tne following : —

      CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR MARCH . Ou a waim border , may tie so » n a lew seeds of cabbages ( which will make good plants when the autumnsown ones are over ) , cauliflower seed , Brussels sprouts , savey , and cauliflower brocoli . It is advisable to sow early and late peas on the same day , if possible , by which meanj a regular succession will be maintained ; sowing again , when these areabeve ground , such sorts as Dancer ' s Monastery , Fairbeard ' s Champion ef England , &c , for new varieties : whilst of

      old favourites and at the same time the least expensive sons , we may mention Knight ' s Dwarf Green Marrow , as one of the best . Knight ' s Tall Marrow is inTaluable ; where long prickings or stakes can be obtained , or where the parties growing them will be at the trouble to tupport them Trim strings , &c , these peas continue making lateralg , blooming , and cropping through great part of the season . As shorter gtowing sorts , the Scimeter is excellent , whilst Bedman ' s Imperial , Green Marrow , Woodford ' s Marrow , and Flack ' s Yict 9 iy are all proper for small gardens .

      Successional crops of suca things as tpinach , mustard and cress , and radishes , must be attended to whenever the ground is in a fit state . Beans . —The main or succesaional crops must be planted . The Green Windsor ia much esteemed , and Johnson ' s . Wonder and Taylor ' s Windsor are very esculent . Potatoes , towards the end of the aonth , should be got in , for a full crop , Tinley ' s Early , the Flour-ball , and Cnalmore iidney , are very fine and prolific va . rieties . Rhubarb . —Plantations should now be made , by division of the roots . It is useless to propagate from eeed , except in aHticipation of new variety , eb this plant sports much . Asparagus beds should also be made towards the latter end of the month .

      Celery . —As soon as the 6 r » t sown have two rough leaves , they must be pricked out , in order to get stiff well-rooted plants . Carrots , parsnips , &c , should be now sown in drills , which is tne best plan with most crops , in order that the soil may be thoroughly ^ stirred during their period of growth . In the flower garden , during fine weather , active prep&rationg will ba in progress . ' Ranunculuses should be got in without delay . Carnations . —The layers which have been kept in frames , er otherwise protected , may be planted in the large pots for bloom , by the latter end of the month , placing them , if posiible , for a week or two , in a sheltered situation . Reference may be made to our first volume , for the necessary details of cultivation of this beautiful and favourite flower .

      Anemone roots , if not previously planted , should now be put into well prepared and moderately rich compost , and will well repay , by their vigorous growth , any extra trouble bestowed on them . Tulips . —Carefully examine the foliage , for canker , which , If not speedily removed , will seriously injure the plant , in many instances causing death . Cover from severe spring frostB , and in dry weather carefully stir the surface of the bed . Polyanthuses and auriculas must have all the air pos sible , if in frames , otherwise the trusses will be drawn up weakly , which seriously detracts from their beauty . Hardy annuals may bs town towards the latter end of the month . , in our first volume , the belt method of sowing , he .

      Hardy herbaceous plants may bs parted andreplanted ; and the seeds of various sorts , saved during the past summer , may be sown in warm situations . In the greenhouse and frames—Saw cgUeolftrfe seed . This is estremely minute , and must be covered but slightly , and the soil must 6 s very fine . Tha various nasturliaos , or tropsolunsB , which it is desirable to bloom during sumraer , must bow be repotted , and brought into gentle heat . Greenhouse climbers , of a ligneous or woody character , must be attended to . For a large conservatory , the hardy plant , Sljciae sfnensls , will make a superb appsaranee . Cuttings of geraniums may be put in , and re-pot car aelias , &c .

      In the fruit garden , graftieg may be done towards the latter end of the month ; but this depends very much on the season . It is generally advisable to get the cuttings or scioDS some short period before [ using , laying them in the ground till wanted . This allows the stock to be rather iu advance , which is conducive to the success of the operation . All pranicg , &c , must be finished forthwith . We intend , in consonance with the wishes of many correspondents , giving a few practical hints on cutting and prBsing fruit trees , in an early number .

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      Ebwitft Journal . February . Lorett , London . We nave perused the pages of euf popular COntem . porary with much pleasure . ^ Talented , varied , instructive , and amusing as it is , we shall reserte ta ourselves the first eligible opportunity for extract and farther comment .

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      THE GLORIOUS AND IMMORTAL FRENCH . Englishmen and Irishmen , would you knots wherefore you are enslaved and oppressed ? Read Read ! and leiru whom you have to support in . wastefill idleness : — LOOK OS THrS PICTPSE . Per Tear Per Day & £ s . d . Qaeen Tictoria ... 8 SS . O 0 O or 1057 19 5 Prince Albert ... SO . OM er 82 2 10 Queen Adelaide ... 100 , 600 or 273 19 5 DaehessofKent ... 30 , 000 or 82 3 10 Duks of Cumberland 21 , 000 or 57 19 8 Archbishop ef Canterbury 20 , 008 or 54 15 11 Lord Braugham ... 5 , 000 or 13 15 11 NOW LOOK ON THIS .

      Agricultural labourers annual and average wages in Per Tear Per Day £ a . d . £ b d SloneiBterehire 22 15 0 or 0 1 2 | SomersetsQire ... ... 2215 0 or 0 1 2 | Worcestershire 2215 o or 0 1 2 | Wiltshire 20 16 0 or 0 1 l | Whilst , horrible to relate , thousands of clever and filing artisans of eTery trade , have not even that because they ftre under the ban and CUrffiof moneythe centralising tendency of which must ever crash them . ' For a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it . ' " Will it , then , for the power is yours . Learn tho asUrandng fact that whilst Republican America pays but national i&xea to the amount of 93 . 7 d . per head , per year , you pay £ 2 . 12 j . 61 . per head , per year , to the state alone , besides your local and other delegated taxation , which mil equal ) if not double , that amount .

      RATE PAYERS . Reckoa op your local taxes , and see what they amount to . Mine come to the enormous sum of £ 110 s . Od . per head for my family , ( fire in number ) , for the present year . Thus I am called upon to pay . or rather robbed ( by state and locality ) , of £ 20 , 2 i . Qi ., whilst the American , who has no king U keep , nor royal paraphernalia to maintain , pays not 15 j in all he has to pay . And bo long as you have a middle class government , it must continue thus—or worse .

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      Eksush Wobkmbn at Botjlogxe . —A correspondent at Boulogne requests us , at the desire of many of the authorities of that place , to cmtrao ' ict a statement going the rounds of the papers , that all the English employed at the factories and otherwise in Boulosnft have been discharged . Such , it appears , is not the fact . Not one has been discharged up to this moment from any of their employments in or near the town ; and nothing can be better than the feelines that exist between the whole body of English and French inhabitants . —Dailv News .

      West Londok A \ ti-Ekclosure Association . —At the last weekly meetin ; of the ooraraittee of this association , at Gkrk ' s Rooms , 114 . Edgeware-roart , Mareh 13 h , Mr George Wisgall in the chair , the secretary presented thirty-seven volumes to the library , consisting of gifts of Dr Bowriugr , the National Temperance Sccii-ty , and the proprietors of the People ' s Press , « fec , &c . Dr Bowring was elected honorary member for services rendered , and votes of thanks were tendered to the parties for their valued aid . According to the Railway Recohd , the assignees of a carrier buve sued the Great Western Railway Company for £ 6 , 000 , the amount of alleged overcbarees , of which the lists fills two folio volumes two feet thick , and cost £ 1 . 300 .

      The deaths registered in London during the week ending March 11 were 1070 , that number being 37 below the average . A still better return must have been made bat for the continued prevalence ^ of typhus , small pox , and soarlatina , each of _ which destroyed during the seven days about twice the ordinary number of persona .

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      ( Fern our own CorrtspondtntJ Dcelin , March 13 . The greatest enthusiasm is kindled 1 b Ireland' for the French republic . Oar corporation , too , is ' pronouncing ' in favour of the late French revolution , whilst the Tradei and other organised bodies in this oity are waftiBg blessings and cheers of congratulations , ' loud and deep , ' to ledra-RolHn and the ' young republic . ' In the provincial towns and rural villages , the utmost enthusiasm is evinced for the ' brave Frenchmen who expelled Louis Philippe and tyranny from their soil . In Clunmel , Cashel , Drogheds , Limerick , Kilkesny , Ro £ - crea , Borrisokano , and many other towns and cities , public demonstrations expressive ef sympathy with France have been got up , and it is expected that in a few days every place of any importance in Ireland will do likewise . Since 1843 ] this country has not exhibited anythin ? like the ' mevement'in course of progression .

      The accounts otherwise , however , from all parts of the kingdom , are of the most melancholy character . Famine prostrating its victims all over the land , whilst ruin and insolvency are tho order of the day . It is painful to read of the miseries of the people in almost every county . How they live at all ia a miracle ! The workhouseg crammed to suffocation , almost everybody not fortunate enough to obtain admittance to those bos tiles seeking for ' out-door' relief , whilit even the gaols are filled with wretches who resort te petty larcenies and

      trivial offences , that they may find in the felon ' s prison a refuge from the pangs of hunger . In Cork eaol there are 1400 persons , chiefly paupers , for trial ; Galway gaol is described ss merereaembling an almehouse or a hospital than a prison , whilst almost every part of Ireland adds its own quota to the dark catalogue of horrors now rife in our unfortunate land . Can we wonder that the people of such a country are ripe fer rebellion , or long , ing to hear the tocsin blast , calling them to Meek at the example of France , ' and inspiring them to ' go and do likewise '

      Waterford election hns terminated in favour of tho Whip candidate , Sir Henry Barren ! This wa » entirely owing to the dissensions between the rival Repeal fac . tions of Old and Young Ireland . The favourite of tho people was T . F . Meagher . Before thU communication will come before the readers of the NovTHBiN Stab the Patrick's Day of 1848 , trill have passed for ever ; and Ireland , I regret te say , will bave lost an opportunity such as many a year may not bring again . Yes , I say , we CTlU have lost a goldm opportUBlty , and that ' time' which we have been so long' bidimq' will bave pasted uaimproved , and Ireland will still be a province of starving under-trodden paupers , and Irishmen will still be tha ' wonder , ' but certainly

      not the ' envj' of sarrounding nations : France has achieved her liberty . France has Bet a glorious example to the world , and the torch which now beamt so brilliantly from the ' high places' of magnifioent Paris , might light Irishmen to glory and independence , bad it not been for the madness , and discord , and pusillanimity of her own luckless sons . ' Patrick ' s Daj' in 1818 might indeed be a ' great day' for our country , but it will be like all the ' great days ' which have dawned and closed oh , and brought delusion aed disappointment to poor Erin , daring the last twenty years . Ye > , I say , Patrick ' s Day' next will add another proof , if proof be wanted , that Irishmen of themselves , and by their nwn uuaided efforts , will never achieve their own political , er social , or national salvation .

      There was a ramour here a conple of days ago , that the projected meetings on' Patrick's Day' would be put down by vice-re ^ al proclamation . It appears , however , that that report was groundless , and that the simultaneous meetings either in Dublin or the provinces , will not be ' cried down' by gazntte or castle ukase . The people may meet , and I believe in most of the more populous districts , meetings will be holden . The pale-faced , etna . ciated , and half-expiring peasantry aad artfziHS , will not be prevea 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 Repcblique ! ' and ' Ireland for the Irish . ' They , may wave the tricolour and hoist the

      green flag of Hibsrnia . The Temperance bands may strike np ' Patrick's Day / and Young Irishmen may chaunt the'Marseillaise ' er 'Who fears to speak of' 98 I ' Nay , they may go farther , aad say that they won ' t do without Tenant-right and the Repeal . But here the matter will end , this will be the sum total of Irish Revolntiea ! ' Patrick ' s Day' of this year will pass away like every other Tatrlck ' s Day sinco' St PatricK wag a gentle , man ; ' 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 time , ' and Itis probable that ( if an Irish bull be allowed me ) , the 17 thof March , 1848 , 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 speak those bitter prophecies at random . On this very day the whele city is placarded with tho ' peace prestrvation' manifestoes of Conciliation Hall , an < i John O'Coanell Is taking the enus altogether off his Excellency Lord Clarendon . Irishmen are warned , if they meet at all , ' to be of tbe peace aad good behaviour , ' to ba ' bs muie as mice' in their ' wounded snake * progress through the city , and cautioned of all things to be aware < i those dangerous fellows of the Katioh and United Ibisbhin , who would 'dare ts speak of ' 98 , ' or tell the pe-iplo that British bayonets are not invulnerable . And John O'Coanell and Burgh Quay will have it their own way ; and Irishmen , though they may meet , and shout , and spout , and ttvaddle , will no nothing fos Ireland .

      And yet I am glad that such will be tbe order of the day next Friday . Ireland is not , indeed , beady . Our time certainly has not come yet . Tbe problem is , will it ever come until we all—Celt and Saxon , tyrant and slave—stand together ia the valley of Jehosophat ? But , of averity . it'has not come'in 1848 . Andwhy ? YTbo may we blame tnat our independence may not date from March the 17 th , 16 * 8 . Our own cowardice , treachery , meanness , and disunion—ay , oar own knavery and falsehood , and rotten hearts . Be it bo . Let the world hear it ; but Ireland will still be a paltry , pitiful , plan dered province . - "

      There were hopes here that Irishmen would make a ' raova' —that Old and Young Ireland would uuite—aod that , at tbe point of the Saxon bayonet , and in the mouth of the Saxon cannon , they would plant tbe national banner in College-green , and vow that tbe tree of liberty should stand there , even though wattred with their blood —( another bull—but no matter )!—we thought that the example set in Paris should not be thrown s < tay profitless on Irishmen . But , alas ! we will do nothing . We may ha \ e a mob . procession , and ' a cheer for Ledra-Rollin , ' bat not a band nil ! be raised for Ireland .

      And tis well that there will not . Situat « d as we are at present , it would be madness to attempt ' coercion ' oa oar enemies . Torn and distracted , and \ livided as are our ranks hating , and mistrusting , and jealous of each other—it , indeed , would prove oSr final ruin were tbe people to ceme into collision with the Queen ' s troops . Our cnemiei thirst fer our blood . They pant for an opportunity to ' silence' us for ever ; and were they U get a pretext for lettisg loose the soldiers on a numerous , and unarmed , and unorganised mob , melancholy indeed would be the consequences . But i ? e may blame ourlelvei that we arj nnable to meet them 'Foot to foot , and bond to hand !' We have men enough , and will too ; but , alas ! the dis-UuiOQ , the treachery—the grovelling baseness of our leaders , and dictators , and demagogues .

      There bave been some overtures towards reconciliation between . our rival parties in Ireland ; but my opinion is , there will be no ' fraternisation , ' after all , between Toting and Old Ireland . The war that 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 frieads for the forthcoming Patrick's Day Demonstration are on tbe most approved and formidable scale . Several regiments of horse aud f . iot bave been brought in from the ' intorior , ' and every wan has been drilled in the most scientific and effective mods of street warfare . Thirty additional rouads of . ammunition have been doled out to the infantry , and every grindstone and whetting-flag ,

      withia miles of us hag been in requisition , sharpening the sword * of the cavalry . This ia no joke . These things bave happened before my face ; and , in truth , ii 100 , 000 French Republicanswere pressing np theliiffey , there could not be more ' preparationo' mnde to meet th m than we are getting up to 'pepper' the Dublin mob , if they only dare to look erooki d at the Gastlo gates , or Nelson ' s pillar , on Patrick ' s Say . But there will be no fight ! Irish leaders are fighting with each other , scd tbe Irish , peasantry have nobody to direct , or cheer , or lead them oa the path to victory , Ia the meantime , the people are much excited . Tne tricolour waves in alt directions ; the cry of ' Vine la EfpuWiqut V echoes over the waters oi tbe Llffey ; and the name of Ledru-RoHin and 'Young France' are household words in our metropolis .

      The excitement gradually lessens , meetings will be held 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 Caslle gentry . The city is full of the ariry in addition to the usual garrison force . The Castle will be barricaded , and the Bank of Ireland is undergoing ternporary defensive preparations , in case of a sortie on that estatlishment . But there will be no « fi ^ ht . ' Irieh dlauuien and treachery have made a triumph / or thj enemy which all his horse , foot , and artillery would never effect , had the people been orgaaised and unitr . d

      In the meantime , the depopulation of tha 'interior ' goes on as admirably as the hearts of your oppressor oan wish . The landlords are effecting clearances' on a scale of ' monster' magnitude , those who have the means , are voluntarily transporting themselves to America and elsewhere , whilst the famine and fever auxiliaries of Lord Jehn Russell , are mowing down tho pauper Celts iu huadreds . The provincial papers of this week , bring the most revolting intelligence of the statt of the south and west—indeed the horrors of 1847 will be utterly eclipsed b y those of 1848 , »/(!) our rulers do not step forward and look on poor pauper Ireland with eyes of justice . There was a vary crowded meeting at Conciliation Hall , on Ifoudaj , 13 th inst . Lord Miltowa was present , and joined the Association , He delivered a sensible and patriotic epescb , but is entirely for the ' moral

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      force principle . John O'Connell spoke in rather con . elliatory tones of his rivals of the ' Confederation , ' but John knows well tture will bo no permanent' mako nu ' between tbe belHgersnt Repealers , The Orangeaen , solongrenting ' listlesBly on tbelroars , are at length beginning to bestir themselves . The Dubhn ¦ brotherhood- had a meeting last night , In the WMtefriars Hall , presided over by brother Steward Worshipful Grand Matter of the Dublin lodges . They vow to resist to the death the abettors of revolution , and anainst the French , ' sympathisers , ' they will oarry War to the knife . ' Tho Orangemen of Ulster too , are taking the alarm .

      The assizss are now going on , and more holocausts will be offered on the gallows-altars of British law ! In Maryborough , the ossiza town of the Queen ' s County a man named D'Arcy , is to be hanged oh the 22 nd "ins ' t ., for the murder of Michael Smith , a ' ganger' on the Southern and WeBtern Riilway , in October last . In the same placo , a young f-male , namel Bridget Nolan , is to be hnnged on the 18 th of April , for tho murder of her illegitimate child some few weeks ago . Others are already left for execution In the south , and it is supposed that What was left undone at the late Special Commission , will be effectuall y performed at the current assizes . A woman named Morgan , died the othor day at Moyston , King ' s County , aged 121 years . H « r husband had been for sixty year * , sexton of Moyston church . A man named Ayton , died last week at Killarney , at the advonced age of 104 years .

      Mr Hawes , the Whig candidate , has been returned for KJnsale , on Saturday , by a majority of three over Lard Clinton , his Tory adversary .

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      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . GLORIOUS PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY THE RIGHTS OF LABOUR . At two o ' clock on Saturday afternoon last , a general meeting of the delegates of the different corporations or trades of Paris , about 250 in number , assembled in what was formerly the place of meeting of the peers , in the Palace of the Luxemburg . M . Louis Blanc and M . Albert , president and vice-president of ; the ' Commission du Gouvernement pour lea Travailleurs , ' ascended the tribune . The foimer then proceeded to address the assembly . He said-Elected of labour , representatives of those whe produce and who suffer , my follow-citisens , my brethren , — In seelnff you assembled in this place , which privilege

      chose for Its sanctuary , in this place , is which so many laws were made without yOU , in Spite Of yOU , flRQinat you , I cannot aroid feeling profound emotion . In these same places in w ' uich embroidered habits wore seen , here are now jackets whtah have been perhaps nobly used by work , which have been perhaps torn in recent combats . You remember that from this place in which I speak , a tribune of aristocracies lately evoked against the Republican idea tbe darkest recollection of the past , and at his voice tho peers of Franco rose witli indescribable transports ; the white-headed legislators displayed passions which it was believed were asleep and frozen . In this very place the Republic of cur fathers was cursed , and it was dared to forbid the Republic to our children , whilst all hands were raised to swear hate

      to the future . But at the end of some days tbe men who uttered these provocatiens disappeared , and where are they now ? No one knows ; and it is you , elected of labour , who sit in their plares ; that is how the future has answered . ( Unanimous opplause . ) Yes , some days ago , certain men , defenders of the people , were calumniated on their account . It was said that they were factious men , idle enthusiasts , dreamers of the impossible . But it has happened , thanks to the victor ; of the people and to their courage , that those who were called factious are new charged with the responsibility of order . ( Prolonged bravos . ) It has come to pass that those who were called dreamers have now in hand the control of society . The impossible men have

      become all at oaee neeeseary men . They were denounced as tbe systematic apostles of terror ; but what have the ; dene ! They have abolished the penalty of death , and tbeir dearest hope is to be able to conduct you one day to the public square , and there , ia the stlat of a national fete , invite you to destroy the . last vestiges of the scaffold . ( Immense applause . ) Thanks be rendered to you , de . legates of the people , by whom these great things have become possible ; thanks be givon to you , for by you France will become what she ought sever to bave oeascd to ha—she will place herself at tho bead of tbe movement in Europe—and , when the French family shall be constituted , that family will become the family of the werld . ( Acclamations , and criei of ' We swear it ! wo swear it !')

      M . Louis Blanc here paid a warm compliment to the people for their courage and resignation . He then proceeded : •—The queatioas we have to reaolve are unfortunately not easy . In touching one abuse , we threaten nil . From one extremity ef society to tbe other , abuBes are like a chain , of which it is not possible to break a link withcut affecting the whole chain . That Is the difficulty of the situation , and it is E . it a small one . To give you a striking example , what did tbe people demand the day after the revolution T A diminution of the hours of labsur—a touching demand , ba < e < J oa heroic considerations . We demand , said the peepie , a diminution 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 ma ; have an hour , at least an hour , to live the life of intclligenco and the heart . ( Loud applauep . ) That is what was said to us , and immediately , without hesitation this time , after having frankly weighed with the heart the bearing of such an act , we said ' Tliat must be , that Bholl be , let what come may !'—( renewed applause)—for a man cannot bo considered a machine : and i' progress such as we dream it , such as we hope , gradually to realise—if this progress be accomplished , the intelligence and tbe heart will one day , in tho division of the hours of labour , have a larger part than tbe body , because the best part of man is bis intelligence and his heart . ( Bravos . ) But what ! to diminish the hours of work , in it not to cauxe an injury to production , to create dewieBs of products , to restrain tbe consumption , to run the risk ef assuring to our markets such a superiority to foreign products , that in the long run the workman himself would be injured ! Let us dissimulate

      nothingthat is an objection which is somewhat serious . It proveB that workmen have an interest to limit their most legitimate demands ; itproves that to be promptly realised , popular wishes should aot bo too impatient ; it shans in short to what point , in the present eoonn . mlc organisation , all partial progress la difficult . How many examples of this could I not give yon ! You knew what murderous and immoral competition machines make to human labour , and honr often thrj have driven from tbe workshop those to whom labour pave bread . Yet machines are a progress . Whence then comes this tragic anarchy ? It arises from the fact that 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 without suppressing the workman . ( Bravo , bravo . )

      M . LouisBkno ' hGre wenton to explain that what they had to seek was to realise association , to obtain the triumph of tho great principle of the connexion between all interests ; for , in iact , he said , the cause of the poor is the 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 cave , with brotherly love , the questions whioh touch the improvement , moral and material , of tbe lot of the workman ; to draw up bills containing the solutions at which they might arrive , and which , after receiving the approval of the nro visional government / will besubmittef ) to the National Assembly . Their object was in effect to abolish gJarery —the slavery of poverty , of ignorance , of evil—the

      slavery of the workman , who has no asylum for his old father—of the pirl of the people , who at the aue of sixteen abandons her virtue to live—of the child of the people , who is buried at thea ^ e often or twelve years in a pestilential factory ? ' Was , ' M . Blanc went on to ask , ' all that so much in conformity with the nature of things , that there was folly in believing that it muBt one day change ? Who would dare to pretend that , and so blaspheme progress ? If society be badly formed , let us reform it—let us abolish Blavery ! ' Boisteroua applause here interrupted the speaker , and when it wa 8 concluded M . Blanc proceeded to say that 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 at the idea of being allowed to labour with and for the working classes , whose lot bad been to him a constant subject of anxiety , and the theme of many of his writings . M Louis Blanc concluded by saying , that as the assembly was too numerous to occupy itself every day with the questions to be discussed , a committee of ten should be obosed to act with the government commission- Tbe workmen present then proceeded to ohooseten of their body by lot , after which they broke up . Daring the whole day the workmen maintained the most admirable order .

      JU 8 TICE OF TUB WORKING MEN OP FKA 1 VCR . A circular has been issued by M . Louis Blanc , intimating that as 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 tho heads of large manufacturing establishments have already intimated their wish to come to an equitable arrangement of the question .

      WORKMEN SHABrNO THE 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 share of their profits . The London papera truly say ;— ' English shareholders at least will be aomewhali surprised to find that nil 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 Prksse is henceforth to bo made as follows : —1 . Payment of salaries . 2 . Interest of capital , at five per cent . 3 . Division of the profits , in the proportion of capiul in money to capital in labour , represented by the amount of salaries . Tho term salaries to extend to every person employed in the establishment , from the editors to the messengers and folders .

      RBPUBLIC 4 N ECONOMY . Count de Jarnac is dismissed from his office as French minister in England . On Friday last M . Cofctu arrived at Hertford-house from Paris , ohsrged with instructions from the provisional government to receive from tho Count de Jarnao tho archives and sea ] a of the embassy . M . Cottu has undertaken tho duties of his office for £ 400 per annum ; the yearly cost of the late embassy being somethine between £ 14 , 000 or £ 15 , 000 .

      DIPLOMATIC ADnESIOKS . Belgium has ' provisionally ' recognised the French government . Its Ambassador , was instructed to assuro the goyernment of the Republic that the eoldiora embodied in Belgium have not been called to arms with any aggressive or hostile intentions against France , but only to insure the neutrality of Belgium against attack from any one of the Powers , fle renewed the assurance given by the Belgian government of acknowledging the Republic as soon as it shall have been sanctioned by the National Assembly , SDd teok upon himself ia the meantime . to keep up the moat friendly relations between the two coantries . The Danish Minister went on Sunday to the office

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      iimniiniiriiwaaBH—qgp gm — r ^ of the Minister of Foreign Affairs , and testified te M . de Lamartiac the good disposition of his government towards the new government of 1 ranee , and at theaamo time assured him that his government would hasten to acknowledge the Repabho as soon as the usages of diplomacy should admrt of it . . „ . The Sardinian Ambassador oa ? rend aRicially to M , de Lamartine a despatch from hi * g verument , giving a-surancfs of i : s most amicable disposition towards the Republic . The Minister of Foreign Affairs has rrceiveda communication from the government of Fribourg , 1 Q which France is warmly congratulated on herrevola * tion , and a hope is expressed that henceforth Franco and Switzerland will lend eath other mutual assist ' __

      ance in defending and extending liberty . ' This providential revolution , ' says the note , ' will prepare the emancipation of nations , and it annihilates the last Hopes of the Sonderbund , baffles tho plots of absolutisin , consolidates our new institutions , and restores between tbe two countries those lively sympathies which all the efforts of a perjured gevernnient hays not been able to destroy . The Marquis of Normanby has thought it neces * sary to give seme explanations to the provisional go * vernment on the subject of the cordial reception civen to Louis Philippe and the roval family in England . A sign oh Lord Palmerston ' s part , that ho is ashamed of bis old friend . The following is part of the note alluded

      to;—Tho English Ambassador communicated to M , de Lamartlne two despatches from Lord Palmerstoii . In ona of these allusion ia made to tho ex-King LoaU Philippe and hia family , arid the ministers who have taken refoge in England , Lord Palraeraton protests against the idea of tbe hospitality granted by England to the family which has fallen from the throne , being taken ns a mark of political sympathy of a nature to render Francs apprehensive of a disturbance of the good understanding hetween the-two nations . He engapos Lord Normanby to do nil In his power to convince the provisional government of tlie Republic that this grant of tn asylum , and the attentions paid to « xilca uflcter suob great mis . forfcusou , boar no other signification than the exercise of hospitality . A deputation of English Quakers , representing a peace meeting , introduced by Arthnr O'Ceanor , have congratulated the French government .

      The Swiss inhabiting Paris , to the number of two thousand , proceeded to the column of July , and thence to the 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 address , requested the government to accept a Swiss flag ( red , with a white cross ) aa a mark of tho cordial sentiments of the Swiss natian towards the French people , M . A . Marrasfc , after an appropriate reply , expressive of the sympathy of France for the Swiss in their lata struggle , presented to the deputation , General Thiars , jnst ambassador in Switzerland . M . Barman declared that tbe 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 h despatch from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of her Catholic Majesty , to the effect that the Spanish government would continue to hold the same international relations with the provisional government as bad , by a reciprocal interest , existed hitherto between the two countries . The Minister of the Hanseatic towns has acknowledged the provisional government .

      PR 0 GBKSS OF LEGISTATION . The Moniteur publishes several additional acts of the government . The first abolishes flogging in the navy . The following is the decree : — The provisional government , conRirlerinj ; thai corporal chastisement degrades teen , that is is tbe duty of the Republic te efface from tho laws all that can wound human dignity ; that it is a good example to give to the world , and that tho 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 i nspire them with respect for themselves and for the laws of discipline , decrees that the punishments of the gauntlet , keel . hauling , and flogging , are abollahed : that until a complete revision of the penal maritime rode they shall be replaced by imprisonment lir th o CflcfaS for periods varying Utm foor day ? to ( l montb . Paris , March W .

      The following is the second decree : — The provisional jfovernment informed that in several towns demands for liberty made by persona detained for commercial and cWil debts have been rejected , oa the sround that the decree of March 9 th , 1848 , cou'd not be rotro JCtive , decrees that all persons detained for cWUor commercial debts shall be immediately and provision * ally eet at liberty , in virtue of the decree rendered on the flth March , 18 i 8 . by tho provisional government . Hotel de Yille , 12 th March , 1848 . A third decree abolishes the Council General of tbe Seine , and placeR the department under the direction of the Mayor of Parisi on the ground that a 3 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 fhirfcvto twenty-five . . Tue same decree dismisses fire maitresdes requetes from their functions , namely , MM . Lelorgne , d'ldeville , D ^ boHrm ire de Gif , Achille Gnilhem , Rndon de Beasprean , and Laffin Ladebiifc , and appoints MM ; Daverne and Turmet in tbeir places . Several other decrees follow , changing the law officers in different parts of France . The Ion ? list of dismi-sals closes with that of M . Vatont , the royal librarian under the late dynasty , and president of the council of public buildiDgs . A document , has just been issued by M . Albert , the president of i be commission on national recompenses . The document says : — The object of the commisoioa of national recompensed is , to point out to the government of the republic the names of citizens who hava well merited , and to determine the nature of the recompenses .

      The recompenses shall be applicable to the citisens who bave distinguished themBelves at the followiBg epochs : —1830 , the process of ministers ; 1831 . tho insurrections at Lyons ; 1832 , the Insurrection of June ; 1834 , the insurrection of April ; 1839 , the insurrection of May ; 1848 , tbe revolution of February . There can also be re . commended for these recompenses citizens who in defend , ing by means of tbo press Republican and Socialist principles shall have incurred judiciary condemnations . The Commission of National Recompenses is thua composed : —The citizens Albert , member of the Provisional Government , president ; Grandmeuil , and Eugene Sue , vice-presidents ; Ch . Rnuvenat , secretary ; Borleau ( ouvrier ) , Nap , Chancel ,. &c , members . The Minister of Finance has iaformed agens de change that he will receive at par , for the subscription for the national loan , Jons du tresor whose time of falling due does not go beyond the 15 th of May .

      When Lord Normanby remonstrated against the expulsion of the English workmen from the ateliers of Rouen , and that without the payment of the arrears of wages due to them , M . Lamartine replied that the arrears of wages would be paid up , and that tho government would recommend to the people not to be guilty of any further proceedings of a similar nature . Tha workmen in the establishment of M . Henry Leclerc , Manufacturer of hydraulic machines , Q , uai Valroyi 69 , have addressed a tUelavation to the proyiaional government , stating that they are quite

      satisfied with the decree fixing the day ' s labour at ten hours , and that any further demand would be UBJuat , and would occasion the ruin of the casters . They also declare that they authorise their employer to keep back for the provisional government 25 c . a day outof the wages of their foremen , and 10 c . and 5 e . for each ordinary workman . The men employed by M . Pichet , Avenue Parraentier , 3 , machine maker , have also written to say that they are satisfied with the period of ten boura for a day ' s work .. Advices from Algiers to the 6 th have been received . The republican fla& was placed on the public buildings and the vessels in the port at eight

      that morning . GERMANS IN TARIS . The Germans hare just founded a democratic society with the same intention—to assist their countrymen in a struggle for freedom . " The society was' inaugurated last night at the largest meeting of Germans it has ever yet been possible to bring together . Nearly 3 . 000 assembled in the grand mane / e , or riding school , in the Rue ChaussGa d'Antin . George Herwegh , 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 . lie commenced the proceedings by reading the objects and rules of the society . . Ihei latter , as mere matter of detail , are not « ° P ° ?» f ' The objects to be worked out a , re »* : f j 3 Tee union of all the German States into one great r >« mn « nr . A n > nf . r . or , nhlin . is the principal ena ,

      riehta , the franchise , «« ° ^ Se cond liberty of th * press , w 1 be emu re ^^ qnence . The means aro to be , w « n p ncefui « « . devolution to support an open MjjgjgJ ff £ ganda ; ^ t should other ^ r . ^ owty aro prepared ^^ their compatriots , and march to the ™™* $ &m . But it fc hoped I M . ? hi'fcssary Theflag of the club ig the SdiSrf J 3 ?« ita Wack , red and gold c . tonAwhi-h have become the symbol ot German LiiS&it consequence of being strictly prohibited to the Burschen of the Universities , and all unions and gesellsch aften whatever . The speakers were M . Bornstedt , editor of a German paper at Brussels , who was expelled from that city directly the . intelligence of the outbreak in Paris arrived ; M . Werth ; a workman named "Berger , one of the defenders of a barricade in the Rue Montmartre ; Lowenfels , a Prussian officer ; Vest , as artist ; and ihrce othere , Volk , Old , and Scherzen .

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      The French Btvelution of ISiS . By a BabbisikB . Nobtherh Star Office ; Strange , Paternoater-row . A clever compilation , iHterspersed with original matter and remark , giving a succinct narrative of a great part of the recent movement in Paris . We ean recommend it to onr readers .

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      MEETING OP OpNFEDBBATES . There was another meeting of the Confederates on the 9 th inst . Mr Smith O'Brien , came over to forward the cause of ' Forgiveness and Fraternity . He 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 his Kudden appearance vras to promote the principle offrnterni 8 ittion , and merge the sections oi Young 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 pome future day ' they would join hands in an Irish assemblage on Colle ^ e-green . ' The council tore-organise conciliation is fixed for the 13 th of April , the anniversary of independence . After tho meeting , a large body of the Confederates passed over Carlisle-bridge , cheering for a Republic , France , and United Ireland . They marched to the Castle gates and greeted the Irish soldiers , when , after a groan for Lord Clarendon , they separated .

      ADDRESS OF THB IBISH CONFEDERATION . The following address has been issued from the Mubiohall : — ADDBESB OF THE OtJNCIL OV THB 1 BI 8 H 80 NFBDEBATI 9 N

      TO THB PEOPLE OS IBELAND . Fellow Countrymen ,--In a oircular address to It » representatives at foreijn courts , the great French Re . public has thus epoken through the most illustrious of its serraots : ' Thus we declare it openly , if the hour of the reconstruction of nationalities long oppressed in Europe or elsewhere 6 hould appear to us to have Bounded in the decrees of providence , the French Republic would believe itself on titled to arm for the protection of those legitimate movements for the greatness and nationality of states . ' Three nationalities there ate' long oppressed ' in Europe , Italy , Poland , Ireland . The hour for Italy ' s redemption has already sounded—the bleeding breast ot Poland heaves with tho breath of returning life . Shall Ireland alone remain buried in darkness , while her

      sisters are emerging Inta liberty and light ! When the hour ehall have sonnded—when the virtues of nation , hood ehall appear , and tho vices of provincialism flhall bo cenqaered and trodden down—when faltetaood , cowardice , and uelfishnoss shall be cast aside and regarded with scorn—when courage , Belf-sacrifico , and mutual love shall markths conduct of the people , then Bhall we be in a position to call upon the great protectress of oppressed RBtionalUUB to redeem her pledge . When shall this hour have sounded ! Yf hether now , in a year , or never depends upon you . V , upon tho threshold of this new career , we will blot out all recollections ef past injury from our hearts—if , with hand clasped in band , we will swear before Heaven that we will be true to each other—that no evil influence ahall divide

      usthat ao danger shall turn us back—then bs of good hopO j for the hour of deliverance is at hand , and a good and pitying Ofod will not hove sent us this fair opportunity in vain . Courage forgiveness , and fraternitythese are the virtues of the hour . ListgB to the warn , ing that is written ia every page of tbe history of onr senltude the craft of the tyrant is more formidable than his strength . Reptiles , whose breath Is poison , will crawl around your steps , whispering suspicion , ridiculisg all maDjy sentiments , decrying bold courses , undermining your confidence , and . chilling tbe ardour of your hopes—you must tread these reptllea beneath your feet . Be prudent ; when boldness risks the safety of a cause , It becomes rashness . Bo prudent , but not for yourselves . The man who now shrinks from personal risk must stand aside , he i « fit nel'ber to le ' . d nor to follow . To what purpose do we txp'ess our admiration of

      the heroes who braved death for lber . y , if wo oursolvee are frightened by the ' meshes of the law ! ' Freedom smiles not upon cowards ; she turns her radiant face away from those who will not woo her in the midst of daager . For ourselves , brother Irishmen , we have but one request—that we may be suffered to sharo the labour and tbe danger of your struggle , as we hope to participate is the fruits of your triumph ; we are ready to forgot onr party , onr injuries , and our pride , for the sako of our country , In her service , humiliation—and danger—and sacrifice—and death , are welcome to ns . Wherever wo are required we shall be present , indif . fer-nt as to whether our post be hambto or exulted . Whoever leads on we shall follow—insisting only that we Bh * ll go forward—forward , though graves were to yawn and gibbets to frown across our path , ( Sigaod ) J . B . Dilioh , Chairman ,

      THB UMITED IRISHMAN * . Mr Mitchel has resumed his correspondence with Lord Clarendon , taking for his theme the recent remarks of Lords Stanley and Landsdowne upon the publication of the United Ibisdmak ! He says ;—Lord Lansdowne ' s reaaon , indeed , for letting my treason escape Is false and libe ' -loua , as one might expeet from a Whig Minister . He says that tbe ' want of character ' of the persons who write this paper , and whom he calls ' young gentlemen of no property , ' deprives their efforts of mischievous effect ; and ha further says , that he concurs with Lord Stanley that tUere is no extent of sedition , of falsehood , and of exaggeration ,

      to Wllisb . these vonng gentlemen of no property will not resort . ' How , Lord Stanley had tald nothing of the kird . Ob the contrary , he attributed honesty , earnestness , and incorruptibility to the writers of tlie United Ibishhah . Bat I take Lord Lansdowne ' s reason f » r not prosecuting me to be also the reason of tha wholo gang of 'Ministers , ' and especially your Lordship's reason ; for tbe matter we find i « entirely in your bands . Well , then , I have only to say , that it ia a false , wicked , scandalous , and mBliciffus libel ; and if « he privilege of Parliament enables Lord Lansdowne to utter it . I take leave to trample on the privilege of Parliament , in order to tell him that he lies in bis throat .

      Mr Mitchel than says ., alluding to the Lord Lieu

      tenant : — But now I will tell yoa tbe true reason why yon 6 o not try to punish my ' sedition , ' and why you have invented this false and baso excuse—it' Is because you knew that yon would be defeated it is because you are conscious that you and your colleagues , and your red . tape officials , are not a government at all , but a crew of conspirators , holding oar country by foroo , 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 . r . ourts are a sham , just as yeur bayonets are a chimera , and that it only ueeds ono bold effort ts trample on them both . My good lord , your excuses will not do . It is your du'y , ifyou mean to go on governing tfaia country , to put me < ie » n but it is also my duty to put you down , and I will do my duty .

      But to convict your lordship and your colleagues , not only of politic lying , but of unparalleled meanness also , you iee the letter I print to-day from my agent in Eenla > killea . It is only one ef many such I have received , nad I will give more of them next week . That letter proves that job do feel it necessary to put down this United iBisBHaH , if jou are able ; it proveB that your excuse about giving me a contemptuous pardon because of 1 want of character , ' iB a He ; and it proves that your only reason for not ordering my arreat at once is that , you dare not .

      In saying this I use no bravado . I know as well as yon do that your Attorney . General would probably obtain his conviction against me , and that jour Chief Justice would certainly sentence me to two years' imprisonment at JeuBt . But though convicted and imprisoned , I will not be defeated , and you know it . And then , if I am not convicted , you also know that you msy forthwith pack up your portmanteau , and goto England ( if you are allowed to escape so easily ) , and you may as well in that caBe roll np the Union Flag that flies in the Upper Castle Yard , and take it along with you ( if It remain untorB ) ,

      THE COMING DEMONSTIUTION . Dcblin , March 10 —The Lnrd Lieutenant has had a long consultation with the heads of the military department ? . Amcngst those present were the LieutenanUGener . il Commanding the Forces , Prince George of Cambridge , commanding the garrison of Dublin , the oommanding officer of the Royal Artillery . &c .

      THB rOOR-TjAiv—CLEARANCE 6 T 8 TBW . In a Lenten pastoral , issued by tha Ri « ht Rov . Dr Derry , Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert , the following appears : — In almost every pariah tbe work of extermination is ruthlessly carried on . The smoking ruins of thlrty . one dwelling-houses on one townlnnd—oil levelled in one dny—lately filk-d our hearts with anguish ; and on our recently inquiring tho fate of the unhappy outcasts , we have learned that for a time they cluog to the ruinsthat their exposure during tho snow brought on sickness , and tha t some , with limbs alread . v mortified , ultimately sought refuse in the union workhouse , The murderous eviction system ia continued with greater vigour than ever .

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      umiiu ljmiw ¦ ¦¦ tiAEC g 18 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . - ^^ ~~ --JL

  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1462/page/3/