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      - ^ jHE FRENCH REPUBLIC . nr « DI > 'GS OF THB JfATIOSAI . ASSEMBLY . o ? J { jBE » rt Sirmsaos Bill .-Jcse : & .-Frs ^ f ttc day was the discriEsion . ob the bill rfie oraei ttltnoas assemblages . tBP ^ SUnsB said that the bill now bronght forj « not suite d to the present day so much as ff * * 7 *~ rharles IX . It aimed at nothing else than tot b » t { 5 £ the Republic . ( 'Oh , oh . ' ) Ifa person to ^? Jb K bv accident in a crowd , and could not ex-^ Mf hi ' « elf from it promptly , he might ob a tfl'f- om be subject to the violence of the s ^ : " j The honourable deputy declared that slavery different spirit had been evinced rela-$ fn ^ eTswple . Already it seemed to be forgotten f *? tiS they * ho had effected the revolution . $ * - was a spirit of reaction abroad ; but it ap-^ d to proceed from the men in powerrather

      « , pssreu * _ . _„ — , t of doors . The rinKa Tiod k ... P , -t fr 0 E 1 persons rat of doors . The clnbs had been ^ t down , scd now tte people Trere proceeded ? ^ init . He should certainly oppgse the measure . s y cj Reom designated the fail ! a Draconian mea-, « ' which everytiue republican ought toendeavour frrfeTent being carried « The odose Bid cnticissd the several provisions rfti ' e bili and in particular Art . 3 , which g peaks of Stmcs carrying firms openly or concealed . He £ ted hew it could bs known , when the armed force £ &sS b 0 Otto 2 ct - that arms were concealed by any nereoEs of the crowd ? He thought that very consi . ^ rsble alterations were called for before the bill Bold be adopted . " ' " also the

      Another Mehber opposed measure as a Tjel-nt stack on tha rights of the people , and partirgisriy the right of meeting . ( Dissent . ) ' M- Mabie , member of the Executive Committee , c « ied that the bill was of an unconstitutional charS Xne " , AsseEbly then proceeded to the dircussion of the articles : — i ^ j x . Every usied cttrcvpement in thepublie « tre « ts cr road' is interdicted . Every unarmed attrovpement of s EStsre ££ > disturb public tranquillity is els 9 interdicted An smecdiaent proposed by M . Beriholok , to sub stitute the word' disturbing' in place of tha expre ssion ' of a nature to disturb , ' supported by M . C . Behs-tgeb , and tpposed bj M . Boxjean , was re-31 . G Faves proposed to replace the words ' of a EStme to disturb , ' by these ' which hare a seditions character . ' After a short disenssion it was also rejected .

      M . Cliubnt proposed to add the \ rord B ' in the « ablio streets or rosd ? , 'to the second clause of the article . It would , he thought , render the article leES liable to misapprehension . —Agreed to . The article was then adopted . Art . 2 . —An armed aUraupmtni constitutes a criminal cttce , ^ it does not disperse at the first snmmons ; it only ccnetitntes a mltdemeanour , if on the first sumgoes it disperses withont resistance . M . Theomrk Bac maintained that the present law * £ s infinitely more severe than that passed ia 1 S 31 .

      This latter never went so far as to Eay that a man fermed part of an armed assemblage when he happened by chance to be la a crowd , some of the members of which happened io bsar arms secretly . This was what the present bill declared , affixing to the offence a most severe penalty , and going infinitely further than any measure that the late government had ever ventured . After speaking against the bill for son » e time , ths hon . deputy concluded by affirming that it was in direct opposition to the new principles trhick had been inaugurated by the Revolution of February .

      Subsequently the article wa 3 rejected . The following was also adopted : — Art . 3 . — An armed aUroupement fa , firstly , when itTsraloftheinflmduals who compose it carry arms openly or secretly ; secondly , when a single individual cerrying enss . ' -6 penJy ia notfomedlately expelled by the persons forming part of the attroaptntnt . Arf . 4 . —When' an srmed " or anarmed attroupement shall have fanned itself on the public way , the mayor , cr cae of his deputies , or in his abseace tbecommisiary of police , or any other agent or depoiitaiy of the public farce , or of the Eiecative Government , wearinr the

      tricolour , shall preceed to the spat . A roll of ths drum ( Sill snaoasce tke arrival of the magistrate . It the Stlroupematl be armed , the magistrate ghall order it to disiolTe acS disperse . This first order remaining withoat eSeet , a second summons , preceded by the beat of tie orstn , shall bs mads . In cate of resistance the citrovpemsnt shall be dissipated by force . If the a ' -lroupt-« r . cr . " be unarmed , the m * gistrate , after the first roecJ * RfsJ of the drum , stall exhert the citiuns to disperse . If tbej do not withdraw , three soecesEive EssmocB li&il be mads . Ia ca » a oi resistause , the aUrowpement shall be di-penedfcj fores .

      Adopted without discu 53 i 3 n . Art . 5 . —Whoever forms part of an armed meeting shall be pneisbed as follows : —If the attroupemmt disperses af : er the Srst sumraon 3 , and without having made use cf arms , the penalty shail be an imprisonment of from six months to two years . If the attrouptmtnl take pisce daring the nig&t , the penalty shall fas an itnpri = onasnt of four to fire years . If the afAroupemtat dots not disperse until after the first summons , bnt before the use of force , and without having made use of arms , the p * naity siall be tiro to five years , and three to sir if the attrsupsment bs daring the night . If the aitroupement floes not disperea eicept ou the intervention offeree , or after hatisg ma € a use of arm ? , the penalty shall ba five to ten years imprisonment (« c ! wton ) . It shall be from eight to twelve years if it be during the night . In all cases the rnilty parties shall lose their civic right 3 .

      M . S * 2 But spsks at same length against the above punishments as . ' altogether too severe . He declared tbetn to bsfar worse than the penalties of the late government . M . A- Avqnd proposed , as an ameedment , declaring that in the EecoEd paragraph the penalty shoald he altered thus —« ight days as a minimum and six conths a 3 a maximum . The amendment was then pnt to the vote . A first trial was declared donbtfal , and , on a second , it was rejected by a small majority . M . Hcor considered that the views expressed by M . Arond were correct , and he Bhould consequently propose that the time of imprisonmeEt to fixed from sse month to one year . —Adopted .

      On the penalty for the aitroupement taking place at night , it was proposed that toe penalty ehonld be from one year ' s imprisonment to three ; and again teat it should double what had fceea decided for atiroupemenlshj day . M . Bechahd proposed ths following additional paragraph : — ' Nevertheless , no punishment shall be swarded against a person taking part in aa assemblage unarmed , and who shall have retired after the first gupmsns made by the authorities . '—Adopted . M . Valeite proposed as an amendment on the fifth paragraph to substitute the penalty of from five to tea years imprisonment for that of from five to ten years solitary confinement . ' The goverEment declared its acceptance of the amendment . ¦ . _ A Yoics . —And the aggravating circumstances oi akht assemblages ?

      The President . —That is made the object of the following provision : — ' If the [ assemblage doe 3 not disperse , except before the public force or after re-Coarse has been had to arms , ths penalty ghali be from five to ten years imprisonment in the first caEe , aad from five to ten years Eelitary confinement in the second . If the assemblage takes place in the night the penalty shall ba solitary confinement . * Tha Pevsner . —Ths last clause is rektiva to the interdiction of civil right ? . A Mejibke proposed that the interdiction of civil rights should be optional , acd not imperative . — Adopted , after one doubtful diTision . AU the other clauses were successive l y adopted . Th 6 vote oh the bill for preventing tnmultuons assemblages then took place , and gave the following result : —For adopting the decree , 473 ; against it , 32 ; majority ia its favour , 39 G . The chamber rose at nine o ' clock .

      Thcssday , June S . —At half-past one o ' clock M . Senard , President , took the chair . The Secretary li 3 viD e read the proces-rerlal of the preceding Eating , M . Kcesig ascended the tribune , acd declared that he had not heard the explanations of the President relative to the mode of voting on the bill for dispersing public assemblages , otherwise he sioald have voted with , the minority against a bill winch he considered a fhgrant violation of the principles of the revolution . M . SzsiRD , interrupting M . Kconig , called him to order , and a member from the left having said a few "Olds to justify his colleague , ths president said that ce woaid call to order any member who ehou'd pre-Eume to protest against a decree sanctioned by the ^ atioaaJ Assembly . (• It 13 an appeal to revolt , ' exolsimsd & member of ths ri ^ ht )

      raiDiT . —M . Caussidiere has resumed his seat in sn ; rational Assembly to-day . He took the place lorEer . ' y occapied by Barbei , on the Extreme Left . Jc . ve 10 . —The only incident which occurred in the M f A « embly on Saturday , was the followiEg : — 0 . LEEC £ sXEEs demanded an explanation from the government re ' atire to a circumstance which apr ared to aim of great gravity . It had , he said , p sec Elated in private letters that on a regiment of « ie has entering Troyes it had bsen receired by the ^» -: onal Guard of that place . When the two -events met , the-National Unaras cried'Vive la ^ pnbliqae , ' to which the regiment of the line

      Rpuea by erie 3 of ' Vive Louis Aapoleon . ' ( This 'tmari of the hon . deputy W 23 received with marks . " ° n : sLm ? nt and incredulity , ) He would theref ore denned whether the Minister of War had re"" tl ™? information on the subject . \ . ^ 5 : . : nisieeof War replied , liiatthegovcrnmect ^ . Tic ^ ved n ° informsiicn of tie kind , aad be did a ° ? 'tote to m that it was a calumny . It was , - 7 . * > ^ ^' intention to bring an accusation J i-icst any man unless oa very strong grounds ; aid as [ he had D 0 ri ? ht to consider as goiitytho 1 , 4 w t 9 : e aa ? ie had bsen brought so prominentiy utioie tne public ; but he declared that he should d » t i M P ' u'io execration any man -who should *; ,. tOi 2 yasicri ! egioa 3 hand on the liberty of the « Oiic . ( this deckrauoa wa 3 re ^ eLY « 4 with & triple

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      salvo ef applause , and all the Assembly rose in a body and shouted 'Viva la Republique . ) Honour and dory , unturned the hon . minister , be to the citizen- who , faithful tcrhis duties , devotes Mb blood , his fortune , his talents , and his undsrstsnding w the BCTViee and hsppices 3 of his country bnt Bhame and m ^ ry to him who would dare to speculate on the difficulties of the time and on the sufferings of the tsountry , and to make use of a glorious name for the benefit ef his own personal ambition . tKenewed applause- and cries of ' Viva la Renubliqne . ) Cnes arose oh all sides of 'We will have no reaction , ' -we reject pretenders of any reeime , ' We will neither have Royalty , nor Imperial despotism , nor Military dictatorship ; ' whilst others declared that the affair was-an imagined imposition , in order to injure Louis Napoleon . The sitting was closed amidst great agitation .

      Moxdat Evkkixo . —Th _ & avenues to the National Assembly-were crowded with people , excited by the announcement that the fate of the government hung on the question of confidence-, engaged in the demand made by the Executive Commission for a monthly allowance to defray-expenses . NareLHw Bosafarte was the first to ascesd . the tribune , in order to disclaim , on his own part and that of hhiaraily , ell hand , act , or part in the agitation that-had been got up-in their name , especially with regard to Leuis Napoleon . His relative had been the first to accept the Republic , and by public declarations , both-in London and addressed to Paris , tp give in his adhesion to the Republic . In conelu-» ior , he raHed on government , by a direct , unequivocal declaration , te acquit hi 3 ' relative of the charges that had been icsinuated against him , and to declare their viaws s © far as he was concerned .

      M . Flocos , Minister of Commerce , said that was not the proper time-to enter-on a question which was not in the order 6 f the day . The order of the day had beeH regulated by the Assembly itself , and could not be deviated from in an irregular way without great inconvenience . The Finasck Mwkieb next rose and presented a financial statement of great length , which was received bnt eoldlv .

      VOTE OF CDSrlDEXCE—BOXAPABIIST MOVEMEST—LOUIS NAPOLEON PEOiCRIBED . M . Dupeat then- rose and read the report of the committee ; to which the demand of the executive of lOO . OOOf .-a month tad been referred . The report was in faTonr of the grant . A debate of a tame and unipteresting character followed . until M . de Lamartine , at an advanced hour of the dayi rose and proceeded to review the history of all that-had passed Bince the revolution , for the purpose of showing the difficulties that had to be encountered . - -The orator , who had divided bis discourse-into two-parts—the first historical of the revolution up to the formation of tne Executive Commission—had just finished the historical Darrative , and the orator had delivered it with so much energy that he was obliged to ask leave to repose ,

      ana , with republican simplicity , he sat aown -upon the steps which lead to the tribune . A chair was placed in the tribune , but he preferred the less grand position , and his bonhomie , of ceurse , did not pass unabserved ; whenlo ! enters General Thomas , formerly & non-commissioned efficer , but now jerked by a revolution into the seat of Courtais , he speaks—Lamartine bounds to his feet—the hall is agitatedthe ladies-lean over—the president rings his bellthe huissitn shout ' -En place '—all is silent , and the second part of the oration opens awfnlly with the announcement that- -civil war had begun in the name of Louis Napoleon ; The effect was electrical , all shouted ' Vive la Republique , ' s law of proscription was demanded—it was ready cut and dry , and only wanted that pistol shot to have it sealed . As for the vote of confidence , it was carried by acclamation .

      For 069 Against ... ¦ ... ... ... 112 Majority - ... ... ... — £ 57 ASOTHEB ACCOUNT . Whilst M . Lamartine was speaking , it was reported that several- shots had- been tired on the Place de la Concorde against the CommaBder-in-Chief of the National Goard , a National Guard , and an officer of the line , with cries of Vive l'Empereur Napoleon ! ' M . Lamartine . in announcing this fact , declared that it was the first blcod that had flowed , but he was happy it had not been shed in the name of liberty , fast in that of a fanatical attachment to military glory .- ¦

      M . Limabtike next presented a project of decree , by which the law of baBishment of 18 i 2 , repealed by the vote of { he . Assembly , which had admitted three members of ' . he Imperial family into the house , was to be applied to Charles Louis Napoleon , who had twice proclaimed himself a pretender . The decree was to remain in force until it shouldplease the legislature to abrogate it . When M . Lamartine had concluded , the whole Assembly roseand cried ' Vive la Republiqae . ' The bill was at once passed by acclamation . IHB BILL'FOR TH& EXCLUSION OF LOUIS tfAPOLKOIf . Tokdat : Jdsk 13 . —The bill for the exclusion of Louis Napoleen from tke Assembly , and from the French territory , occupied tbe whole of the sitting . Jcles Fabhk reported from the 17 th bureau in favourof tbe-admission of Louis Napoleon . Bcchez-, -reporter-of the 10 th bureau , opposed his admission .

      Eesasd-, reporter-of the Cth bureau snpparted the admission * M . Viilurb ( who had formerly been governor or privata tutor to Louis Napoleon ) read a letter which he bad a few days before received from Louis Napoleon . In-whichthe writer declared that he was unwilling -at present-to enter France where his presence might bs a eause af embarrassment to the republic , not-en accoHnt of his opinions , but becausehe would in 2 }} probability bs an object towards which seditious men might losk for the purpose of forwardin | their own view ? . If his country wanted him , he would hasten to enter the French territory ; if not . he ghould remain where he was-, in England . M . Veillard then asked if that wssthe language of a pretender , and after passing a- warm eulogium on Louis JNapoleon ,- declared that the Assembly would act weakly and unjustly in making any differepce between him -and the rest of tne Bonaparte family .

      M . Maeschal speke at -some length against the admtssion-of Louis-Napoleon " . M . Feesneau declared that he could not believe that the Assembly-would dismiss from his seat a representative elected-by four departments . He then asked if the Assembly had not the courage to admit the heir of the Emperor Napoleon ? Tremendon 3 uprear greeted tbiB demand . The Pbesibest felt that the representative Ought at once to declare what he meant by so strange an expression . ( Hear , ; hear . )

      M . Fresneau said , that he merely meant to espeak of the glory of the -Emperor . He s&w no reason why he was not , in a Republican Assembly , to express himself freely relative to the Emperor , or any other question , in' conclusion , the hon . representative declared , that he feared no emeute to the cry of' Vive Louis Napoleon ! ' though he should dread one greatly to that of' Vive la Pologne ! ' The best cry of all would be , Vive la souverainctedu pcuple ! General Clement Thojias gave an account of the circumstances which had occurred the day before on the Place de la Concorde , but he added Hothing to what was already known . M . Rspkllik spoke strongly for the non-admission of Louis Napoleon .

      M . Lotis Blasc said that , as a Republican , he must oppose the bill brought in by the government . Shame and execration be on him who attempted to forward his own personal ambition ! But he thought it would be to give a fatal importance to any one to exclude him , when elected by the people , from the Assembiy . The Republic wa 3 now fixed beyond the power of human power to cause it to recoil ; and why fear any mzr . ? Republican Heas would advance eo rapidly that nothing ccu ' . d withstand them , it left free career ; but a mea § ure like that now produced would be a means to impede their progress , by casting a doubt on t&eir omnipotenos . It would be uj > fafr in respect to the Republic to suppose the possibility of Louis Napoleon being Emperor , and as to his being President , it was easy to prevent it , by declaring in the Constitution that there should be no President whatever .

      M . F . Lasieirie spoke againEt the bill for exclusion . M . Ledbu-Rollin- : This question is too important for the Government to allow the discusion to pass over without declaring its opinion . W p have been told that we have violated the sovereignty of the pe < p ! e . Can such a charge be brought against those who founded that sovereignty on the 24 th of February ; 2 nd again , can the opinions of three departments he called the sovsreignty of the whole people ? Certainly not ( murmurs ) . Aljow me to tell you that you are not better revolutionists than the authorsof the constitution of 1703 . The authors of that constitution tell you that insurrection is legitimate when the whole of the principle ia violated .

      Bat has such a thin £ been done ? The sovereignty of the pegple only exists in its eniemlle , and in an absolute macser ( laughter and murmurs ) . If one department were to think proper to elect the Count de Paris or Henri V ., would you not say that department had made a blunder ? It has also been said that the Executive Committee had allowed it to be supposed that the law against the Bonaparte family was abrogated by permitting other members of it to take their seats in the Assembly ; but to that I will reply by saying , that our colleagues of that family have never suffered acy political condemnation . Besides . va 3 the Chamber ignorant of what bad

      taken place in the last few days f A judicial investigation had just commenced , and it has been discovered that money has been distributed , and the house from which that money ha 3 come is known ; wine has also beeD distributed ; cries of ' Vive Napoleon ' have resounded in our ears , and the walls have fceen covered with seditious placards . Within four days , three Napoleonist journals . were established , ^ preparing the way for the candidateiship of Louis Napolaon as President . If the National Assesabk ! thinks that no measures should ba taken in tho face- of avich fact ? > let it declare its opinion—the Execuiiw Corjmittee does it * duty , let the National Asssmbljy 'do tieira . ( Approbation . ) Proscription and Ska as ?< jrs " galv of

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      the people have been spoken pf and these words had , no doubl , their effect on us . Hat we ara now statesmen , and reason must take the place of sentiment . ( Approbation . ) It h&g been said that Louis Bonaparte is a stranger to what is going on . That has been ths expression of eveiy one but himself . Has he come and given his adherence to the Republic ? l wish that these Republicans , who are assembled round the walls of this building , and who allow themselves to be Jed away by generous sentiments , could hear my voice , for I would say to them , ' It is a law oi necessity , but which will be only temporary . ' As for those who have only placed themselves under this standard to work on the old souvenirs of glory agamst the Republic , there is no pity for them . ( Approbation . )

      At the conclusion of the hon . deputy ' s speech , there was a great agitation visible in the Chamber . After gome farther discagsinn , the PRE 9 H > BKT 8 aid . I shall now proceed to put to the vote the questioa as to waether Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ia admitted to take his seat in the Assembly or not . ( Movement of great interest . ) The question being then put , waa voted in the affirmative by a greit majority . ( Immense sensation , which lasted sometime . ) In coneequence of thla vote , Louia Napoleon ia admitted to lake his seat , subject however to prove that he ib a French citizen . The Assembly separated at a quarter past six , in extraordinary agitation .

      FARI 3 ELECTIONS . At two o ' clock on Thursday the result was proclaimed in front of the Hotel de Ville , by the Mayor of | Paris , in the presence of an immense crowd of people , and a great number of the National Guarde , The following are the successful oandidates : —Caussidiere . 14 T . 400 ; Moreau . 126 . 889 ; Goudchaux , 107097 ; Chanearnier , 105 , 539 ; Thiers , 97 394 ; Pierre Leronx , 91 , 375 ; Victor Huso , S 6 . 9 C 5 : Lonis Bonaparte , 84 , 420 ; Lagran&e , 78 , 682 ; Boisel , 77 , 247 ; Proudhon , 77 , 094 . Tbe first four names in the Ii 3 tof unsuccBEBful candidates are as follows : —Thore , 73 , 162 ; Kereausie , 72 . 438 ; Raspail , 71 , 977 ; E . Ds Girardin , 70 50 S .

      BTATB OP PARIS . On Tuesday eveBing great masses of the people assembled at the Porte St Denis . M . Clement Thomas , the general of the National Guards , waa on the spot , exhorting the crowd to obey the proclamatioa of the mayor . One of the mob had the impudence to reply that' the people' were not afraid of the National Guard , and asked M . Thomas what he meant by his conduct . ' Do you not remember , ' said he , ' that I held the candle to you at Bight , before the revolution of February , 'in order to enable you to read the proclamation of Delessert , forbidding atlroupemmu , and how yon csmmented npon the infamy of such an order to the BOTereign people ; and now you come here to enforce a proclamation ten timts more tyrannical than that of Dele > serf . ' The mas was arrested , but was soon after set at liberty .

      Similar crowds assembled on Wednesday evening . A group of Bome hundreds were singing the' MarBeillaise * and other sational airs , and no sooner were they dispersed by the miliiary than they collected again at some short distance from the spot they had been driven from . A censiderable force ef National Guards , Garde Mobile , troops of the line , lancers and dragoons , had been ordered out , and bad been engaged in dispersing the mob till a late hour in the night . The Portea St Martin and St Denis were surrounded by the Garde Mobile , and the passage of carriages and of persona in that portion of the Boule .

      yards wag intercepted by pickets of troops drawn up ia filei across the Boulevard . The number of persons arrested on Thursday night was much more considerable than on either of the preceding nights . Many were afterwards get at liberty , but 132 were detained ia custody . The aUroupemarfs took place as usual , and in iheBame neighbourhood , that of the Porte St Denis ; and it was seriously apprehended at one time the people could not be dispersed ? ithout bloodshed . An attack was made od tbe house of M . Thiers . They vociferated , menaced , scaled his garden gate , alarmed his family , and were finally driven off by the soldiery and National GuardB .

      The attroupementi at tbe Porte St Denia were reproduced as usual on Saturday night . I visited the spot at about ten o | clock at night , when I found the populace collected in a dense mass round tbe monument , with or&tera haranguing them as I have already described on former evenings . At about eleven , however , a movement took place which indicated , on the part of the authorities , some intention of active repression . Troops in considerable bodies advanced in columns by all the streets which debouch upon the theatre of disorder . This manoeuvre was managed so adroitly by the military , that the crowd found itself unexpectedly shut up within a complete crowd of bayonets . It was in vain that individuals attempted to escape ; they were completely blockaded , and compelled to pass the night there . Thia tnarceuvre led to the arrest of 1925-persons , who were immediately marched to the prefecture of police . The chief Bart of the persons arrested being merely curious spectators , were released ofter some hours detention at the prefecture of police .

      Mohhat . —Some of the journals this morning announce that the attrovpements at the Porte St Danis have ceased ; this is not strictly true , for at sieves last night the crowd was 86 great as to obstruct the thoronghfare , and the military made several charges , and numerous arrests took place . On Tnesday the streets in the neighbourhood of the National Assembly wereorowded with military of all kinds . The Plaoe de la Concorde waa completely in the handa of the troops . There were groups of people here and there in the streets , but they were quiet . The troops , however , had cleared the streets several times ia the course of today , at tbe point of the bayonet . A good many prisoners had been taken .

      IMPERIALIST BB-ACII 9 R . A manifestation in favour of J . onis Napoleon has been made at Ardennes , where " plaoards have been posted , calling on the people to overturn t ' ,: e present government and declare that prince Emperor . Mondat . — The chief subject of discussion in political circles , and the source of soriou 3 alarm to the republican parties , is tbe diffusion of tbe spirit of imperialism throughout the country , but more especially in the army . Several regiments have s-houttd Vive l'Empereur ! ' Many more have cried' Vive Louis Napoleon ! ' When the name of Lotus Napoleon was announced from tbe stepa of the Hotel de Ville , the military who were on the Place , raised their capa on the tops of their bayonets in token of exultation . The quay at the entrance to tbe Assembly is daily crowded with 'Invalides' and soldiers of the empire , forming a lane through which tha representatives enter , waiting to salute the first appearance of Prince

      Louis- Brochnres are distributed in the streets at a . nominal price , giving the biography of Louis NapeleoB , ami even describing minutely his personal appearanoe . A cart similar to one of the London advertising vans ba 3 been established , forming a sort of locomotive bureau for a new journal , entitled 1 Napoleon Louis , Republican ' . This is all stuck over with placards and specimens of the journal , the vendor sitting inside and distribnting it from the door .

      BOSAPAKTIST MOVEMENT . At fire o ' clook on Monday evening ( see account of Monday ' s proceedings in the Assembly ) tbe govern - ment ordered strong measures against the crowds assembled in the Place de la Revolution . Regiments of infantry and cavalry , and large bodies of National Guards { sedentaires and mobiles ) cresBed the bridge in front of the Palace of the Assembly , and , forming a junction with those already on the Place , cleared it at the point of the bayonet of the immense assemblage tbat had occupied ic . This measure was so peremptorily and so rapidly executed , that the Place ( the largest and finest quare in Europe ) waa swept clean in five minutes . Having

      cleared the Place , a column of at least 2 , 000 Gardes Mobiles wheeled up to the Rue de Rivoli , and formed about twenty abreast . The order was given to march . The drums beat a charge , and the column moved at the pas accelere ( double-quick time ) along' tbe Rue de Uivoli , and though the Rues Castiglione and La Paix . Having reached the Boulevard , they proceeded in the same order , and at the same pace to the Hotel oftheMiniBtry for Foreign Affairs , and there halted . In the meanwhile the dra goons advanced from the Place de la Revolution by tho Rue Rojale , drivine the people befere them . Numbers of whom shouted , 'Vive l'Erapereur ! and ' Vive Louis Napoleon ! ' Later in the evening other assemblages that to » k place were dispersed without much trouble .

      INFAMOUS TYRANNY . ( The fraternity banquet of 100 , 000 peope , whicn after being frequently postponed , was to have taken place definitively on the 14 th of July , haB been postponed sine die , On Monday evening the agents ot the police made a descent upon the residence of m-Thomassin , the president of the committee , and arrested that citizen . At the eame time warrants were issued against tho other members oi the committee hut they have not yet been execute d , ah the money subscribed for the banquet has been seized , or impounded , including ll . OOOf . deposited ie the Bank of France .

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      ITALY . Calabria . —The Alba of Florence announces an insurrection in Calabria . The insurgents , with the Marquis Gagliardi at their head , bad captured tbe ft * Is of Pi 22 ? , SoiJla , and Monteleone . A Provisional Government was established at Cabatzsra . The inhabitants of the Abruzzi are in insurrection . A letter from Genoa of the 29 ; h ult ., in the Pateia , Btates that tho citadel of Messina is > n the power of the people , as well aa Sorrento and Capua .

      The Cosiempohaseo of the 31 st , publishe s a supplement containing a letter from Naples of the 26 th , the truth fcf which it guarantees . According to this authority the previscei have risen , and tho BaHllicata ha ? taken the lewd . From 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 men are in arm 3 there , not ino ' . uding the cavalry of the national guard , which constitutes an imposicg force . The church bells have been taken down and melted into cannon . Two committees have bee ^ j formed , one of finance , the other of war . Delegates have been sent into the Capitanata and the Tew ^ di

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      Bari , to organise insurrectionary movements . Others are gone to Salerno for the same purpose , and othera into Calabria , where a provisional government has been established , and which has declared the dethronement of Ferdinand . THE WAR IN LOMBARDY . Letters from the head quarters of the Sardinian army dated the 6 th , state that Radelak / s force had re-entered Mantua , with a great quantity of booty collected from all the villages they had occupied . It was aaid that they were moving baok to Verona , and no doubt existed of large bodies of men having been passed in the nights of the 4 th and 5 th in the direotion of Isola della Scala . Charles Albert , it is said , baa now determined on occupying the lines of Rivoli-of crossing the Upper Adige , aad turning Verona on the north .

      WAR IN SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN . The Coloose GiZBME of the 10 th inst ., annonnces that a great battle was fought between the Danes and tbe Germans on the Cthinat . in whioh the latter were victorious . The battle took place between Gravensteinand SoBderburg , and the contest was most fierce . The Danes were driven back . to Dappel and Sonderbnre . The battle beaan at daybreak and lasted till nightfall . General Wiiangbi , commanded in person . The Danish forces are given at 16 , 000 and were supported by a well kept no fire from their gunboats . Two of these were sunk by the fire of the Prussian troopa , and 120 Danes are reported to have found a watery grave . The loss of killed and wounded on both aides is reported to be very consi . aiderable .

      INDIA . DI 3 T 0- RBASCES ] N MOULTAW . Lahore , April 25 .-The news from Moullan savours oi war , There has been a fight between our political agents Anderson and Vans Agnew , at the head of the Khalea troops and the Moultanees , in which the former were defeated . Botn Vana Agnew and Anderson have been severely wounded A detachment of the Maharajah ' s troops , under Deena Nauth , Jeft yeeterday ; and her Majesty ' s

      lOtb , Sh , 73 rd , and 50 th Native Infantry , Wheeler ' s Uoim Campbell ' s Troop florae Artillery . » Dd Aus . tin s battery , are under orders for irarm diato servico . It ia said that Moultan is in a very disturbed state . Brigadier Campbell , C . B ., assumes the command of the column , which ia quite ready . The fort of Moultan coat Runjeet Singh 2 000 meD . TheDewan Afoolraj of Moultan has broken off allegiance to the Lahore government . M . Vans Agnew is shut up in a' Gurree' with 500 meB , and great fears are entertained f or his safety ,

      Letters from Malta to the 3 rd inat . mention the receipt of intelligence from Lahore , announcing that the accouDt of the French revolution had produced there an extraordinary sensation , and that seditious or revolutionary rnovtrnent ^ had broken out on different points , They had exploded with so much violerce in some districts that the British authorities were obliged to adopt strong measures to suppress the revolt .

      UNITED STATES . MBBTING * IN FAVJUR OF IRELAND . The Boston Pilot , of May 20 tb , oontaini reports of immense meeting ^ holden in Kentucky , Maryland , South Carolina , Connecticut , Cincinnati , Boston , New York , in furtherance of the cause of repeal . The meeting in Kentucky was called by the following handbill : — Volunteebs fob Ieeland J—Irishmen , tho hour for the redemption of your nalice l&ad Js corns ! Yon * blethers in Ireland » re preparing for the fMd , and we mu « t join them quickl y . I sin authorised by the New York Republican Committee to offer the following bounties to volunteers : —Fifty acres of the best Irish land , for over , to every soldier ; seventy-five do ., to every

      eerjeant ; one hundred do ,, to every commlBsioned officer , who shall enrol immediately , and serve the entire war of independence in tho first bri gade of 10 , 000 men , now getting ready at Now York to embark for Ireland . This land forme part of the estates of tbe ' abscotoe landlords of Ireland , ' and of such landlerds as oppose the people ' s freedom . The absentee preperty amounts to eight millions of acres of the richest lands in the world , which , at twenty years purchase , nro worth one hundred and twenty millions starling , or six hundred millions of dollars I Here are prizes for the brare ! Attend this evening at the court-iionse , and hear further from TEOHA 8 MoOMET , Secretary , in connection with the Rep . Com . Louisville , May 3 rd , 18 ) 8 .

      After exciting speecfce 3 a considerable sum was collected , and a number of volunteera were enrolled . The meetines at the other places named ahove wero of a similar character . By the arrival of the Caledonian we learn that a split had occurrtd in the Democratic caucus held at Baltimore , the majority nominating General Cas 3 , of Michigan , lato-military secretary , aa candidate for the President , and W . O . Butler , of Kentucky , for the Vice . The vanquished have issued an order for ameoting at Utic 9 , oa tha 22 ad , where opposition candidates will be proposed . FKIGHTFDL STATE OF THB OREOOtf .

      Acooants hare arrived from the American settle ' menta in Oregon , where all is cenfuaion and bloodshed between the whites and Indians . Four powerful tribes have united and commenced a deadly war against the AmericaHa .

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      Liverpool , Mondat , Junb 12 . —The " annual Conference of this body commenced its sittings this day , io . the Brunswick Rooms , Hunter-street- The morning was occupied , as on previous occasions , in tbe receipt of the credentials of the delegates , and in other preliminary business . Thia having been done , the Conference was formally constituted , and shortly before three o ' clock Mr Frederick Green , a member of the Central Committee , was called to the chair , in the absence of the President ( T . S . Duncombe ,

      Esq ., M . P . ) Mr T . Barratt ( the secretary ) then read the following address from the hon . President : — Over-Norton , Oxfordshire , June 10 , 1818 . Gektuhen , —I deeply regret that tbe stnte of my health preveDts mehaviog tbe honour and the pleasure of preBidiag over jour deliberations this ytar . Apart from the peraonal gratification it would have afford'd me to have met the delegates ef the United Trades , I feel that the present position of public affairs , in this and in other countries , is oae cf extreme difficulty , end tbat tbe enlightened and cordial union of all claasts is more than ever imperatively required to enable you to avert dangers

      of great magnitude . Representing , as yoe do , a large hody of tho iudustrioui classes , your decisions will naturally exercise considerable Infiaence upon tbe setUoment of many questions which now agitate society ; and it therefore behoves j cm to be cautious as to the course you may resolve to adopt . Looking at the gravity of the crisis , I can nssure you that nothing but tbe cause I have assigned would have prevented me from attending your Conference ; but as tbat is Impossible I am confident tbat you will require no apology for my requesting your attention to a few points , to which , had I been able to attend , I should bave felt it my duty to allndo .

      I perceive by the Annual Report of the CtntrM Committee , that although tho past year hasbeeu one of un < paralleled depression in the commercial world , and , as a consequence , that larjB numbers of workpeople have been deprived of employment , —yet , in despite of these unfavourable circumstances , the total income ot the Association la greater thon it was in the previous year . I cannot bat regard this fact as indicative of tbe Association having acquired a firm hold upon the confidences and support of tho trades , it is cf the utmost importance that tbe future msnsgemeht of its efiUira should maintain and extend tbat feeling of confidence . If the principles and objects embodied in the constitution

      continue to be advocated and carried out in the same conciliatory spirit , which has bo for characterised the pro . eeedings of the AseoolatioD , there can , I apprehend , be little c&uae for doubt as to its ultimately tffecting many bentficial changes for tbe trades . Tke list of cases of dispute between masters and men , settled by moons of mediation alone , proves , that if this coarse be prudently pursued , acd the Association properly supported by those wheso interests it undertakes to protect , it will become the general arbiter of all such disputes , and its dcclBionB be regarded with respect by both parties . I should much prefer this kind of voluntary action andarbltration , to tbe appo i ntment of any Labour Boards by Act of Purliament .

      In that respect , and also with reference to tbe proposal to establish a minimum of wages by law , I distent from the recommendations of the Central Committee , contained in the business paper ; I think that all government interference is calculated to cripple tbe inde . pendence and self-reliance of the people , and I know o ! nothing do valuable aa a substitute for thtse qualities . It is questionable , also , in my mind , whether it would bo expedient to insist npon employers providing workshops , in all cascj , for their workpeople , I admit the many and gross evils arising from the 'Middlemen' systom ^ but I fear that any attempt to remedy it by

      hglslatlsn wenld be attended with so many difficulties , that it noul ' d practically turn out a failure , and la your desire to check competition , you might check employment at tbe some time . Capitalists finding themselves , as they would conceive , most unjustifiably interfered with , in the application of their own resource ? , and in tbe management of their own nfhirs , might throw tbe whole &u > inessof employing tbe people into tbe bands of the gorcrnment , and the working classes be converted into the slaves of the government . In addition to this , it Bppears to me tbat the tm > departmeets of the Association provide quite sufficient duties for any one committee to perform , and that , if well discharged , they would snporsede the neoessity for any other measure .

      I approve of useful ' public works , and of the appointment of a Minister of Labour ; but , as a whole tbe proposed addition of the ' Labour League' to tbe existing organisation seems to mo inexpedient . I admit , however , that there is considerable weight in the suggestion , that it may induce tbo 3 e trades , who are not yet prepared to join us , to aid the Association Id carrying on an agitation for such improvements in the social condition of the labourer , Q 3 depend upon Parliamentary sanction , and , therefore , while I feel it to be my duty to state my opinioDs frankly , it rests with you , after having heard my reasons , to decide how far the propoBala of tho Central Committee will promote the . objects we all have in view .

      In other respects it affords me sincere pleasure to state , tbat I cordially approve of the alteration ) wbich tbe G ntral Committee inttn 3 to submit for your considerate-b Having , while health and my other avocations permitted , given close attention to the practical working of the Association , I am bound to aay , that the results I anticipated from a division of the business into two departments , have not been realiged , and therefore I think that the time has arrived when on amalgamation Of the two branohes has become desirable , and may ba carried

      out in the mode proposed by the Central Committee . Should this be also the opinion of the Conference , I should recommend that the constitution of the Board of Management should be amended , and that instead of tbe whole being annually elected , one-third oalj thai ) retire annually , but each retiring member to be . re-eligible . Considering as I do , that costinulty of action , anda thorough knowledge of all the factu connected with ench particular c&se , aren : ore necessary in tbe conductofyour t-. ffairB than Euch qualltits are in the first commereial bouses .

      Conne cted with this subject , I can say , that my ixperience Icudsme to rely less upon written laws thaa upon the honesty aied knowledge of those rrhoh&ve to administer them ; aDd aa I always at previous Conferences made my acceptance of tbe office of president conditional , and dependant upon my approval of your rules , and of the gentlemen selected to be my colleagues , I feel that tbero is a greater necessity now than ever for m ; adhering to that resolution . Enfeebled , as I am , by protracted indisposition , I ought , perhaps , to act upon the advice of my friends , and rotire from the honour

      of your presidency ; but I feel so deeply and so warmly attacked to the great principles of which jour Assecia tion is the advocate , that , bo long as it shall please God to give me life and strength , and that it is jour pleasure that I should bo numbered in your ranks , it will be my duty to remain , olwajj bearing in mind the condition I have prenouBly staUd , that I approve of those who are to be associated with me in the direction of your affaire ; and , while on this question , I may as well remark that I consider every change , which iBuot clearly justified by the proved incapacity of the individual , is a Iubs to the entire Association .

      Individually , I beg to express my entire confidence in those who have hitherto managed your affairs , and to express mv hope that they may bo again placed in a position to render their services to tbe association to which tbeir acquired experience , and above all , their 23 al and honesty , so well entitle them . In conclusion , gentlemen , I feel that I have , very imperfectly and cursorily glanced at but a fen of tho leading points upon which you will have to deliberate . Permit me , however , to repeat , that my most anxious thoughts and warmest ijmpathies are with you , ana those whom you represent . Tbe organisation of labour , and tbe im > provetfiOut of the condition of the labourer , 1 b the great question of the age . The National Association has manfully put itself forward in the attempt to solve- the

      difficulty ; and , whatever may bo its ultimate fate , it will not have existed in vain , if the snrae zeal , perseverance , dec ! disinterestedness , continue to mark tbe conduct of its members and officers , which they have hitherto displayed . In these days , wbcnthroneBsre crumbling around us , and when the people of various countries are trying their bends at the mnnufaoturo of now constitutions , let It be our pride to show that , with existisg privileges and improving institutions , ^ ca n , in a peaciful , legal , constitutional , and self-relying spirit , croato a public oplnion , and establish a system in tbe land of our sires , tbat shall secure to every man ' a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . ' More than this you have no right to demand ; with leas ,, you ought not to remain satisfied .

      That your deliberations may be marked by wisdom , and tend to advance tbe happiness and prosperity of your order , is , gen tic men , now as ever , the sincere wish of jour faithful friend , Tat'MAB S , Doncombe , President . To tho Delegate ! oi tho United Trades , in Conference asssrablod at Liverpool . This arldreBs waa rec « ived with l&ud cheers , and od the motion or ' Mr Leneoan , seconded b y Ms IssauwooD , it . was unanimously resolved that the address of th& President be printed for circulation among the members . Mr Greek said that he felt extremely aorty that the protracted illness of their hon . President pre-7 ented him from beinc ; present . 13 e felt regret , because h&knew that Mr Duncombe felt a vory deep interest in the welfare of that Association , and not

      only in ita interest , but also in all questions affeciing the prosperity of the working c ' asses . It wa 3 , therefore , ho had no doubt , a deprivation of a severo oharaofcar to Mr Dunoombe hiniael ' " , that he was not able to be present . But be&ides this c ause for regret , which ho waa certain all present felt as deeply as he did , the preeent waa a crisis in tho history of labour whiob it would require the v ? iseat heads and the most experienced judgments among them , to grapple with . Their hon . President , possessing as he did a large amount of experience , had ho been able to attend , would have been of invaluable service , in the discussion of the vanouR important subjects which the Central Committee , in the exerci-e of their duties , bad felt it necessary to bring before the Conference for Ub consideration . Theso were bo fully set forth in thebuaineas paperiu the hands of members , thatitwasnotnecessary for him to-advert to them far .

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      thcr than to say , tbat che Central Committee had not introduced any subject , and proposed noalteration which did not appear to them absolutely rf quired by present circumstances , and as fceing indispensable to the permanent elevation of the working classes . It would be for the GWefence to say how far these proposed were calculated t 9 improve the condition of their order . lie would only repeat , that he felt an onerous and important doty had devolved upon him in the absonce of their bighjy respected President , and he trusted to their kind iEdnlgence in its discharge , The Dex t business to be brought forward was the annnal report . Mr T . Barrati then read the report , from which the following are cxtracta : —

      The year through which we hava just passed has mos 4 sevaraly tested its oapabilitirs and its stability , and tha manner in which it has borne that test will , we trust , fully satiBfy the Conference not only that the prindplea of the Association are sound , but tbat the machinery by which Us objects are sought to be attained are euch as will meet cldj possible contingency . * * The general depression of tra ' e , and tbe consequent want of employmevt , had the twofold ef&ct of dirai-DinbiDg the funds , and at the same time increasing tho claims upon them , and the Central Committee have thus

      during tbe wb&h year i / ad to contend frith difficulties ot an extraordinary character and most pressing nature ; but tho subjoined summary of the principal occurrences siace the last Conference , we believe , Is sufficient to prove that the Association has surmounted all these dif « ficultitts , wbile the slight Improvement which hat recently taktn place in seme branches of labour baa btea followed by a correeponding improvement ia the affairs of the Association , and offers satisfactory testimony to tbe fsct that the Association possesses tbe undiminiehw confidence of the trade * , who understand its principlci , and have experienced its benefits * *

      In laying before the Conference an abstract of tho leading occurrences of the past year , it is but natural that we should comiRcnco with that portion of tho Abeo . elation which causes it to d : fftr from nil societies hereto « fore established to promote the Intemts of the tradei We refer to tho practice of mediation between master * and men in cases of dispute , in order to kettle by calm reasemng and mutual concessions those differences . nhich , without such mediation aud dispassionate consideration , might lead to protrocled Btrikts , productive of tbe most Injurious eoEsequenciB to botli parties . We ar « p roud to say that tbe past year baa borne nmp ' . e testimony to tho importance , tbe correctness , and tbe beneficial results of its course of action , as the following abstract will show : —

      Tbe report then proceeded to state the names of tha trades , and the leading particulars of euch case , in which the Association had been successful by meuns of media * tion . These cases were thlrty-four in camber , and ineluded the ' eilb-pickere , Manchester ; block . printert , Crajford ; power-loom weavers , Kelghley ; powerTloom . wpaverB , Bacup ; power-loom weavers , Accrington ; crate-makers , Potteries ; chairmakcrs , London ; plum * bers , Edinburgh ; gunmakers , Birmingham ; locksmiths , Willenhall ; jainem , Shifltald ; coopers , Greencclt :

      joiners , NVhitehoven ; heartb-rug makers , London ; shoemakers , Maidetone ; salt boilers , Nortimich ; powerleom weavers , Worrington ; nailers , Mertbyr Tydvtl ; paper-stainers , London ; bricklayers , Ljsn ; mulo epin . nera , Chickonley , near Dewsbury ; cotton-spinners , Hazel Grore Mill , near Stockport ; Bilk-winders , Leek ; woolltn-block printers , Newchurch , near Bacup ; Scotch blanket weavers , ilillbridge ; skinners , Edinburgh ; iron-tin epoonmakers , Birmingham ; nailers , Oriell ; and nailers , Bristol , After briefly stating the promiaent facts of each caSf , tho » epo ? t proceeded !—

      The mere enumeration o ! these success / nl cases of mediation is of itself a sufficient proof of the efficacy of tho system pursued by this Association , and it scarcely needs that any comment should be added by tbe Central Committee to tbe facts thus briefly stated . But wo cap * not help directing the attention of the Conference , and the trades generally , to the important fact , tbat all these vWoricB for labour were obtained at the cost of a few pounds only fcr travelling and o : hcr expenses ; that ths whole of them did net cost tbe amoact which would have attended a strike of two or three weeks in single instances ; and that thu Btrlkes thus prevented by

      rational , temperate , and peaceable means , would , cfter entailing great loss upon both employer and operative , with all tho heartburnings and animosities which are the invariable concomitants of such struggles , most likely have ended as the majority of ths strikes do , in the defeat of the working classes . It is with pride , therefore , that the Central Committee record these instance * of sucoess , in addition to the numerous other caica of former years , as constituting a body of evidence sufficiently powerful to establish the superiority of this Association to all others heretofore instituted tor tbe protection of industry in this country .

      Sibikeb AQ 4 INST Reductions , < sc . —The Central Ccm . mittee have during the year granted support to trades in vfitbstnnding attempted reductions in forty . four cases . It would far txceeJ the limits of a document like this to particularise everj case , or oven to attempt a Jbrief statement of the leading features of eacb , but they present a list of the trades thai supported . TfcccK Sisusi . —The Centre } Committee hare , whereever practicable , continued the opposition ef this AssocUtlon to tbe truck system . During the pnBt year many convictions were obtained . Appeals and Disputed Cases , —In the course of tha year tbe decisions of the Central Committee have been objected to in a few instances by tbe parties concerned . The particulars have been already laid before tbe trades in tke monthly and weekly reports of the Association . The report then briefly stated the leading pointa ' of differencQ in fcwo important cases , namely , the Cray * ford block printers , and the Holjtown miners . " .

      It proceedtd—The ' coustitution of tho Association pro « vides amply for tbe settlement of all disputed by the appointment of a competent tribunal . The delegates . of tha trades in coiferonco assembled are the only proper parties before whom complaints of mal-adminlstratioriof the laws by the Central Committee can be made or aa . thoritatively decided . If the matter is of a proEBing nature , and of sufficient magnitude , tho complaining parties havo tbe power of causing a special conference to bo called to consider the 6 ulject ; and we submit tEat the decision of that body , representing tbe whole ot fhs trades in the Association , and composed it may feepre « aumed , of the most intelligent members ef these trades

      would be more satisfactory , as well as more binding upon all parties , than the dfc ' Bioas of separate meetings caUed together to hear ex parle evidence , given by parties whose interest in tbe matter is certain to give more or le&aon unduo bias to their statement' . The Central Committee will be at all ttmeB ready to submit their conduct to ( ia tribunal of Conference ; they consider themselves to'ba placed in tho position of trustees for the whole of the trades connected with the Association , and while determined to applj tbe funds contributed by them in the most just and impartial manner , will , at the eame iim % be ever prepared to give an account of all tbeir actions to the duly constituted representatives of tbe trades .

      If the working classes would butconBlstently act up to tbe dictates of justice , and carry out the proper forms ef busineB 8 in euch matters , it would materially conduce to tha attainment of the great objects we have in view , and at tho same time prevent much disunion , acrimony , snd loss , wbicb bow takes place in consequence of tho disregard of such forma . In future , we trust that the trades , knowing that the constitution provides , either st the an . nual conference , or by a conference specially Bummrned for » he purpose , the means of properly investigating all disputes , will , when appealed to iodindunlly by parties protesting against tbe decisions of tho Centrul Gjmmittee , deoline to entcrtsin the question in their individual capacity . If we are to succeed at all , it can only be by acting strictly up to the constitution of the Association , and transacting all our business in a regular and straight , forward manner .

      Another topic In connexion with this subject may bo mentioned . It is a point ' ul one . ifany ( rades evidently j > iin tbo Association for the express purpose cither of gaining an advance , or in some wny or other making use oJ the Association to promote their individual interest the moment the six months have expired which is necessary to entitlo them to support . In other caste , wa rt gret to say that several bodits , who in consequence of their connexion with tho Association , and tho support they accorded thtra , have received advances of wagea and been materially improved in their condition , hare never , sinea gaining these advantages , contributed * single shilling to tbe fands : their levies are in arrears . Now , if working men will not aat justly towards- each other , if eveiy trade is to tak « - as

      much out of the fund 3 of tho Asscciatrsn , end ta put as little in as poasibk , it is easy to sco nhere the matter will end . The abort . BijhteduePB and selfishness of ike pariitg who act ia such an inconsiderate and one * aided manner , is the groatcst enemy that can possibly ba mat with to the permanent improvement aad elevation of the order of industry . It is only by . octinj en juat principles and high moial feeling , that wbstantial and enduring benefits san be realised , and it cannot be too often enforced on-the attention tf tha tradec , that thH Association in fast is on assurance cflioe , in the benefits cf which panties can and ougbt only to p % rtic ! p » ta uccording to thoir payments . Privileges end d-jtlesara inseparable . Tho Central Couiattteo have no juaran . teed capital Cr reservo'l fund to fall bacU upon .

      Publication oi a Mohtdij : IUpobt . — The Ocnixal Committee finding tbat by tbe jults of the Associate they were rrquired to iSRua a monthly report of it » pro » ceedings ,. and belug deshcus th ; it the inform a tion respecting its progress stoaU bo put in bo convenient a shape as to enable every nxcmttr to preserve the informal tioa p rruDnently , and to bo ible nt any time to judge for hhn 3 clf by rtfewHCo to the official report , of the comparative poaitioa of the Association , and of the conduct of tho committee with retcrecco to particular caics , resolved at tho close of last . Mar to i-euo a tmM monthly document strictly limiti d to tbo business of tbe Association , The first number was published in D . cember last , and sfter the fourth monthly r-port was iesued , tho Central Committee bad tho satisfaction of mtlsrsg arrangements for Us boiug printed aad pub ! itu < - < l lu tha Isle of Man , with tbo usual newspaper priviLge of circu « luting freely through the post .

      EsiPtorMENT cp Liiiovn . — The Central Committea regret their inability to give full employment to tare trades at work under the eiettr Association during tho past year , in consequence of tho general depression of trado , and tha heavy dtmand on tho funis for thesup * port of turn-outs , ic . We are , however , happy to state , that since tho favourable turn buBinm has lakeu within , the laat few weeks , wo have been mRbiug urrangafieaJs ^^

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      ¦ qfli gtow i m Frightful Scene in Wcmbwell ' s Menagerie . — Stafford . —On Saturday evening , June 10 th , between aeven and eight o ' clock , the company which had aBEembled in WombweU ' a Menagerie , now exhi biting in this town fora few daya , wa 3 thrown into a state of the most painful alarm by the following dreadful occurrence : —In the early part of the morning a lion and lioneas , recently purchased , were added tp the collection , and abcut nine o ' clock , one of the keepers , William Wombwell , nephew to the proprietor , entered the den in which they were placed , and they then displayed so symptoms of ferocity . In the evening , the same keeper entered the den , for the purpose of showing the spectators the command he had over these brutes of the foreot .

      Scarcely had he , however , laid down with them , than the lioness darted up , and , with savage ferocity , seized him by the neck , tearing the soalp off the back part of his head , and frightfully lacerating his neck with her fangs , Daring this time the lion had thrown himself across the body of the unfortunate map , as if to completely overpower him . The shrieks of tbe spectators were piercing and most heart-rending , and instantly a rush was made to the entrance . Another keeper , seizing a piece of iron , instantly tnada ior the dec , and , with much effect , struck both brutes orer the head . They rushed from the wounded keeper , who was then removed . Ilia demise is momentarily expected . The Bight has had a serious effect upon several who formed the com *

      pany . PoisoNimi at a Public Dinner . —Since WednesdayJastjgreat excitement has existed at Northampton , in C 9 DBequence of the sudden illness of twenty out of about sixty highly respectablo persons who attended a public dinner at the New Hall , in Newland-street , which followed the ordination of the Rev . G . Nichol * son , B . A ., aa the minister efthe Ring-street Dissenting Chapel , in the room of the Rev . T . Milner . The viands were of the usual substantial kind , and before tho cloth waa removed , some of the gentlemen were seized with sickness and vomiting , while others were taken ill at a later period of the entertainment .

      Oneof them , Mr Cornfield , an accountsntin the town , expired at five o ' clock on Thursday morning . Tho dimier was provided by Mr JYflDMin , a townsman ) at whose house tho whole of the cooking utensils have been seiz . 'd by orderel the magistrates . The inquest has been commenced , and a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased made , when a slight appearance of arsenic was detected , but it required a longer time to complete the analysis . The inquiry is adjourned . Six other individuals remain in a very critical state . The coek , a man named Runde ] , is in custody ,

      Allkged Murder near Mitcham . —Seven Persons Poisoned . —During the last fortnight , Mr W . Carter , the coroner for West Surrey , has been engaged investigating , at the Old King's Head Inn , Beddington Corner , situate midway between Mitcbam and Carsbalton , a most remarkable case of alleged wholesale secret poisoning , by which the lives of no fewer than seven persons were placed in imminent peril , and one of whom , we regret to say , baa since died . The unfortunate party was a lady , named Mrs Elizabeth Johnson , aged Bixty-two , who resided with a Mrs Cook , on Beddington Common . She appeared to bave possessed property , but ot ' this or her relatives not the least tidings could be elicited . Mrs Cook , v « ho ia the widow of an officer , took the house in question last Michaelmas ; the deceased accompanied her , also Mrs Cook ' s daughter , two

      female servants , and a footboy . A young man , named George Chamberlain , frequently vibited the house as a suitor to Miss Cook , greatly to the annoyance of the mother , who disapprovsd of his visits . On the 12 tli ef last month some angry words lack place between them and the famiJj , and the two lovers went out . The remainder of the family stayed , and , after taking dinner , pui tome by for the deceased , who came home fihortlj attcrwarda , and having eaten , was seised-with a Tfomit , whiehcontinued until the time of her death .. Upon tasting a peculiarity in the dinner , she comp lained of it . Sub ,-sf quently , deceased and the othsi parties , oxceptiBg Mrs Cook , sat dorca to tea , and ucre all taken ill , which favours the supposition that tbe poison must have been in the sugar . Mo traces of poaon having been found , an open verdict was returned , andtbe police wero ordered to further investigate Me attain

      A Rustic Courtship . —At a rustic Kerry making , Roger waa seated facing Patty , enamoured of her beauty , and stung by the arrows p t the little god , hfl Only ventured bia passion in sly looks , now and then touching ratty ' a toe with his hwfc under the table : Patty , cither fearful that the purity of her hose aight bo soiled , or dotermined to make the youta express a passion which ha seemed so warmly tc , feel , at length exclaimed with spirit- ' If you , joveme , why tell me so , but don't dirty my stock' . pgsi '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1475/page/7/