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      ' Srn , —It is now three years and a halt since I was sorely afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , the suffering from which induced me to try all the proposed remedies that extensive medical experience could devise , without obtaining any satisfactory relief from pain . During one of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , observing that ho had in some severe cases taken them himself , and they proved very successful . I instantly adopted his advice , and to my joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate , and a few boxes restored me to health , since which I have had no return of the complaint . I trust you will give publicity to my case , that suffering humanity may know how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease . —I am , Sir , your obedient humble servant , Michael Nasmyth . " Jlhe above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , which aftord speedy relief to those amicted with gout , rheumatism , lumbago , sciatica , tie-doloreux , pains in tho head and face , aud all anulaaous coiuulaints .

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      ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS , GENERATIVE INCAPACITY , AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE . Twenty-fifth edition , illustrated with Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings on Steel , enlarged to l'Jli pages , price 2 s . fid ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . . ( id ., in postage stamps . THE SILENT FRIEND ; a medical work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system , produced by excessive indulgence , the consequences of infection , or the abuse of mercury , with observations on the marrried state , and the disqualifications which prevent it ; illustrated by twenty-six coloured engra vings , and by ' the detail of cases . By R . and L . PEIVRY and Co ., 19 , Berners-strect , Oxford-street , London .

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      ^^^^^ J ^^^^^^ y ^ - fects of neglect , either in the recognition oTfl ! ^ ^ the treatment , are shown to be the previli . no * 0 ° r in in the system , which sooner or later will 2 " = ? & virJS of the forms already mentioned , and entail \ - "h oZ most frightful shape , not only on theindiviflii . ri ' v in its also on the offspring . Advice for tho trwS / M C diseases and their consequences is tendere . l ; ,, « " * hes » . which , if duly followed up , cannot fail in effect ! ' * ^'' on " This part is illustrated by seventeen coloum ] » T uro ' Part the 1 ' ourth "" Saving , , * Treats of the prevention of disease by a simple ¦> iby which the danger of infection is obviated i ? ' ? l' 0 ti simple , but sure . It acts with the virus u ] iem : ( a » tion is destroys its power on the system . Tliis « ., „; , ' - > and of the work should be read by every voiinrr m nt P » n into life . ff m 4 U ««« % Part flie Fifth Is devoted to the consideration of theDutioso ^ i « , tions of the Married State , and of the causes wS , ? ® - the happiness or misery of those who have cntcre , l ¦ to bonds of matrimony . Disquietudes and jars bcton " ned 3 traced to in ¦

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      TRY ERE YOU DESPAIR . HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . CURE OF ASTHMA . Extract of a letter from Mr . Benjamin Mackie , a respectable Quaker , dated Creenagh , near Loughall , IrelacJ , dated September 11 th , 1848 . Respected Friend , —Thy excellent Pills have effectually cured me of an asthma , which afflicted me for throe years to such an extent that I was obliged to walk my room as night for air , afraid of being suffocated if I went to bed ty cough and phlegm . Besides taking the Pills , I riibW plenty of thy Ointment into my chest ni g ht and moniin ; :.-( Signed ) Benjamin Mackie . —To Professor IIoitowAr . CURE OF TYPHUS FEVER WHEN SUPPOSED TO BE

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      FRANCE . The TIepublicax Prisoners . — "We read in the Ere l \ ov . tclle : —• The health of the prisoners at Yincenn . es is excellent . Each one has a separate chamber , leading into a large circular room , where the gendarmes are posted . Martin , better known by the name of A ' . bert , has devoted his leisure hours to the education of a young bird ; Qufcniin has for a companion a turtle dove ; Raspail has brought up two fowls , which , by their noise ana familiarity , rendered a visit to his chamber llOt Tery flowers

      pleasant Barhes cultivates some fine : ms loom is that formerly occup ied by M . de ^} ^ - s bishop of Troves , imprisoned by Napoleon for ins lidelitr to the Holy See . M . de Boulogne , « tain « *» captivity , covered the walls of , his room with religU painty which reraain . ? - , fifn br fte rooms now alluded to were occupied in 1830 by the ministers of Charles * . ; ma ^ ficent «« are to b seen from the windows . Hitherto the pmonen were not permitted to conimamcate with each other , tut two days back rhat interaction was removed , as the necessities of their common defence rendered a conference indispensable . '

      The correspondent of the Times writes : — 'It appears that some of the prisoners confined at Vincennes , under a charge of conspiracy on the 15 th May , have refused to proceed to Bourges for trial . Those who so refuse are the most important amongst them ; they are Raspail , Blacqui , Barbes , Quentin , and Sobrier , Caussidiere , Louis Blanc , and Hubert , will probably be iried par contwnace . The last mentioned is " believed to be still hiding somewhere in the capital , as he has lately addressed a letter to one of the journals , which was dated the day iinm&diaielv preceding its publication . '

      Persecution * of the Citizen Proudhon . — On the 14 th the Assembly took into consideration the demand for authorisation to prosecute M . Proudhon , when M . Proudhon spoke as follows : — * 1 have been given to understand that in reply to the demand to pr . ' s ? cute me on account of two articles in the Feuple I should address myself at the tribune to the subject of the responsibility of the President of the Remiblfo It is now a settled

      question . To those who desire the Sepubhc and to those who da not , the President is responsible . I do not insist then on this point , I come to the accusation . 1 am accused of attacks against the constitution , of exciting hatred and contempt against the government , ami of attacks against the President of the Republic I have sot attacked the constitution . I voted here against the censtitution . li wai my right as a representative , and having exercisiii rti ' is risrht I have alwavs defended the

      constitution , both within and without these walls . In thz articles incriminated I defend it against the encroachments of the executive power . Is it more true that I have attacked the government ? Does not the National Assembly form part of the government ? I have always defended it . I have sustained its preponderance in the government . Is this to attack the government ? The Assembly has gone further in this respect than I . By its conduct on the vote of M . P = rree it made an appeal to insurrection . ( Exc lamations . ) When you say the Ministers were distrusted by the Assembly , you authorised me to say the executive power did not merit confidence and should not be obeyed . I have not

      aiiactdJ the Prmimt of the Rgjmblie , but obJj certain pretensions . When Marshal Bugeaud and II . Leon Faucher speak of the eternal enemies of society , it is well known whom tbey would blacken , bnt they are commended . But with the Socialists it is a different matter ; when they 9 peak of re-actionnaires they attack societies , they provoke to civil war . It is the President of the Republic , against whom any attacks have been directed . They know this well ; and I am proceeded against because I am an aggressor against the citizen Louis Bonaparte , and not as the man who provokes to civil war . 1

      am proceeded against on this Jatter charge , because the punishment is much more severe ; but , as the President of tbs Republic is not irresponsible , I have a ri g ht to canvass his public acts . ' He then went into a review of ceitain parts of the conduct ot the Presidest of the Republic and the Ministry , of the concentration of the military power in the hands of Gen . Changarnier , and concluded by saying that he was on ? of those men whom they killed and respited , but did not punish , and appealed to the army to weigh well and judge between the accusation against him and his observations .

      The report of Hie committee authorising the prosecution was adopted by a large majority . Citizen Proudhon has received notice of another prosecutionfor thefeuilletons published inhispaper , La I'euple , resj > ecting the events of June . The Bourgeois-War against the Hepubhc . —All the bonnet rouges , and all flags with Montagnard and Socialist inscriptions , which had been attached to the trees of liberty in Paris , have just been removed , by order of the Prefect of Police . The beastly Times exult 3 over the persecution of the Republicans after the following manner : — * Owing to the active exertions and energy of the police , and the convictions by the tribunals of the

      principal speakers , there is not a single club now open in Paris , with the exception of the Parliamentary clubs , but which are , of course , quite a different thiuj altogether . The Minister of Jhe Interior deserves much credit for destroying these hotbeds of sedition . The orators at those places are either imprisoned or in concealment to escape the sentence pronounced against them . The sedition and blasphemy which some of them had previously proclaimed in placa of public resort , they wen ; forced to utter in secret . Information was given that one or two of the clubs had established their head-quarters in the suburbs , and the police actually discovered a party ie full conclave . There

      appeared , however , no legal pioof against them of having met to discuss political questions , and , not having : given a satisfactory account of themselves , the panics were arrested as vagrants and taken eff to the Prefecture . There , however , they indignantly repelled the term ' vagrants , ' aud forgetting their position , declared they had assembled for the purpose of discussing political subjects . They were consequently convicted on their own confession , and imprisoned . They are to be prosecuted for a violation of the law on secret societies . ' [ Is not this horrible ? But it is the natural consequence of ' moderation . ' Miserable peoples , when will you learn that there is but one proper way of dealing With scoundrels ? V

      More Persecution of the Republicans . — II . Patureau , the provisional mayor of Chateauioux . having attempted to organise a popular manifestation , under the pretext of planting a tree of liberty , contrary to the wishes ef the Prefect on the subject , has beeu suspended from bis functions , to- , gether with the municipal council , which had assumed the title of Republican Council . The Prefect lias established a provisional municipal commission . M . Sonnard , a physician , and MM . Serignac and Mestier , barristers , were tried before the Court of Assize of the Seine on Thursday , for a seditious speech , delivered by the Doctor on the 26 th of October , at the Ciub of the Redoubt . They were found guilty , and the Dactor was sentenced to imprisonment for one year , and to pay a fae ofl , OOOf . MM « Serignac and Mestier were sentenced to imprisonment for two months .

      The governor of the prison of St . Pelagie fcras arrested on Thursday . More Persecution of the Republican Press . —The printers of tie journals the Rights of Man and the Red Republican have been sentenced to pay a fine , one of 200 and other of 100 franc 3 , for having published those papers without having made the deposit required by law . M . Felix Malteste , printer , was convicted before ihe Paris Court of Assize , on Tuesday , of having p rinted an address entitled The Electoral Propaganda , ' emanating from the association called La Solidarite Republicaine , without having made the declaration prescribed by law . He was sentenced to pay a fine of 2 , 000 f .

      Italian Affairs . —On Tuesday M . Ledrn Rolling interpellated : Le Minister of Foreign Affairs on the intention of the government towards Rome and Tuscany . M . Dcoum de Lhays having ; stated , in reply , that the French government did not mean to acknowledge the Roman government without first ascertaining that it approved of its acts , and that , besides this , the government was anxious that the Pope should be placed in a position suitable to a temporal prince and the head of the church , M . Bac proposed the following motion : — 'TheNational Assembl y , persevering in its de deration of the 25 th May last , passes to the order of the dav '

      A Bhqrt discussion ensued , when JL Bae , findinc the feeling of the Assembly to be against him ; withdrew his motion , and the simple order of the dav was carried . The Council of Revision has rejsctea the appeal of the murderers of General Brea , and directed that the uw should take its course .

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      The Court of Cassa . km re > c * d » K . »' « ™ apptal of MB . B » P » I . % S' % Z tS Sf t £ 5 SSS ^ 3 s- be " g ^ vS&zps uneously to interfere in the States of the Pope , and fnT uscancy . The jonrney of the Piedmontese General Baia , who has left Turin for Naples , passing through Florence and Rome , is said to be m connexion With this plan Of intervention . Should , the intervention take place , it is said t > . at the English and French fleets will take up their position at Leghorn and Civita Vecchia . '

      The Constitution-net says , that this news needs confirmation , but it is generally believed in Paris that the intervention has been fully determined on . On the 1 st of March 10 , 000 troops will be concentrated in and round Bourges . They began to move thither on the 16 th . Dissolution op the Assembly . —We announced , in our second and third editions , that the motion of M . Lanjuinnais for the eariy dissolution of the Assembly bad been finally adopted . The consesequence of this vete is , that the present ' National Assembly' must necessarily close its labours within a period varying from eighty to ninety days , and that the Legislative Assembly , ' which is to succeed it will probably meet within the first fortnight of the month of May .

      Celkbiiation of the 24 th of February . — In the Assembly on Thursday the Minister of the Interior had presented a bill relative to the celebration of the anniversary of the revolution of February . By this bill it was declared that the ceremonies on * the 24 th of February would be a mere service for the dead , leaving the period of rejoicing to the anniversary of May 4 , the day on which the National Assemb ' y first met . The bill was at once referred to the Committee of the Interior , with an injunction to send in a report in the course of the sitting . Some articles of the electoral

      law were then adopted , after which M . Babaud Laribiere ascended the tribune , and presented the leport of the Committee of the Interior on the bill mentioned above ; the Committee declared that , in general , it approved of the views of the government , but still insisted on having both February 24 th and May 4 th considered as fete days and national holidays . M . Leon Faucher persisted in the bill which he had presented ; the Assembly , however , approved of that of the Committee , which was adopted by 490 votes to 99 .

      Disturbed State of Lyons . —Accounts from Lyons of the 19 tb , state that that city is in a state of great excitement . The military authorities have , however , adopted energetic means to prevent an outbreak . A number of arrests have taken place ;

      GERMANY . ( From the Morning Chronicle . ) BERLIN , Feb . 12 . —The Prussian Elections . —The total results of the elections for the Second Chamber are now ascertained . According to the moderate jonrnals , there is a majority of between twenty to thirty in favour of the Constitutionalists . According to the calculations of the Democratic press , the numbers are so balanced a ? , to render it impossible to i&iersans which is in the minority , la fact , in order to be able to judge of . the turn matters are likely to take in the Second Chamber , we must wait until the discussion upon the

      address . In the meantime , it is indisputable that the Lift has retained almost all its original force and unity by ths re-election of its most active and persevering members , whilst many of those who formed the nerve and strength of the Right have been excluded . The approaching struggle—and a fierce struggle raust ensue—will be carried on in the Second Chamber , and not in the streets . Ten able orators or debaters are , therefore , of more importance to the interests of the Government , of order , and national prosperity , than ten thousand ' bayOUe'S . The Left may be kept in check by the eloquence and firmness of its opponents ; they cannot be overcome by any other force .

      Three points of discussion are already pointed out as those upon which the adverse parties are determined to try their force . These are—1 st , ' by the grace of God ; ' 2 d , nobility—abolished by a party which has baen re-elected in full force ; and , 3 d , the Fir . -it Chamber itself , against which Tename , V- aldeck , Rodbertus , and the whole demagogue Left have sworn an eternal hatred . The official notice , calling on the deputies of both Chambers to assemble on the 26 th inst ., at eleven in the forenoon , in the White-hall of the

      Palace , appeared on the 16 th , putting an end to the doubts which had for some days prevailed as to whether the dav of meeting would not be adjourned . AUSTRIA . —The G ^ a lz journals state that sixty soldiers recently broke into the residence of the editor of one of the local journals ( which had censured Windischgratz } , and wounded him so severely that bis life is despaired of . In revenge , the populace dragged from his horse the captain under whom the military rioters served , aud very roujhly handled him .

      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . The Hungarians are not yet conquered . Up to the 6 th inst ., Kossuth and his parliament were still in Debreczin , as busy as ever in fabricating bank-notes and in nsaking miltary preparations . Dembinskiisnow the commander-in-chief of all the Hungarian forces , which , according to all accounts , are very numerous , particularly on the banks oftheTheiss . The Deutsche Reforme of Berlin ( the journal which , during the Vienna insurrection , received by fur the most authentic and the speediest intelligence of the proceedings ) hints very plainly , in its , evening edition of the 12 th inst ., that the Austrian ministry are desirous of treating : with the ' rebels , ' and that at no distant period the faithful Croatian ^ and their Ban will be again declared outlaws .

      It is asserted that Russia has offered rewards for the capture of Kossuth , Bern , and Messaros , who are accused of fomenting disorder in Poland . Notwithstanding reports to the contrary , the fortress of Esseg is not yet in the hands of the Imperialists . On the contrary , it appears that the Emperor ' s troop 3 have merely taken the town of Esseg , but that the citadel remains still in the hands of the insurgents , who did considerable damage by

      bombarding the town . The Austrian troops are vainly endeavouring to protect themselves by temporary fortifications from the hail of balls and shells which it is stated are continually pouring iu . Nor have tbey been able to surround the whole of the citadel , the northern road being still in the power of the Magyars , who can thus receive provi sions and reinforcements . General Nugent s corps has been ordered to join the besieging Aus . trian army at Esses .

      According to letters from Pesth , Count Lazar and Baron Nidersperg have been sentenced to ten vears' imprisonment for having taken part in the Magyar insurrection . It is said that General Dembinski , who is now at the head of the Hungarian army , passed a nigh * -, on bis way from Paris , ' in the same town ( Kreismark ) with the Austrian General Schlik , who would , in all probability , have shot him without mercy had he known he had such a neighbour . The Breslauer Zeitung publishes a letter from Hungary , containing a detailed account of General Bern ' s victory at Hermannstadt , where he defeated the Austrian forces nnder General Pucliner , who intended to surround Bern and his

      Hungarians . The same letter contains an account of another defeat which the Imperialists suffered at Zibackbaz , on the banks of the Theiss . The cannonade was heard as far off as Czsgled , and some of the fugitive Austrian dragoons came to Pesth . It appears that the Imperialists endeavoured to burn the biidge which crosses the Theiss at Zibackh&z , and were opposed by the Hungarians , who forced them to fly from the field . The Austrian bulletins are silent on the subject of this fight , which lasted above six hours .

      SAXONY . —The second chamfer is displaying every day more and more its democratical tendencies . On the 9 tb inst . it voted , by a large majority , and in opposition to ministers , the recall of all the Saxon ambassadors in foreign countries and in Germany , with the exception of the one in Frankfort-on-the-Maine , and the replacing of them by consuls . HAMBURGH . —A congress of working men was opened on the 10 th inst . The congress resolved to forward an address to the National Assembly in Frankfort , arid to each of the governments of Germany , requesting advances oi money for the establishment of common , workshops and formation of working-men ' s associations .

      At the recent congress of working men , held in tms city , u was stated that working men ' s associations were malting much progress in Saxony and in Saxe-Altenburg , and that some' association work-

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      — == " shops' had been established therein . Nearly all the members of the congress broached communist doctrines , and urged the necessity of breaking up capital ( in other words puttinedown capitalists ) , in order to render labour free . — Daily News , . r . K . ^^ .. J . « ... i ; . lTtiiil

      SPAIN . General Cabrera . —Af ter having been wounded in his late action with the Christino forces , General Cabrera issued a general order , announcing that it wafi not his intenton to relinquish the command of the army , and directing that all reports should continue to be made to hint in the usual manner . A letter from Cabrera , written subsequently , and of so late a ( late as th e 9 th inst ., has reached London , and contains the gratifying assurance that his recovery proceeded so favourably as to justify his hope and belief of being able once more to resume active duty as earlv as the 12 th or 13 tb .

      MONARCHIAt AND MILITARY MODESTY . —It appears that Narvaez will not give up power without a pension . I hear that it is the intention of his friends to propose in the Cortes that he be allowed an annuity or pension o { two millions of reals a year ( about £ 20 , 000 ) as a tribute of gratitude to the pacificator of Spain . Bat this is not all . It IS added , that his friends are anxious to obtain for him the title of Prince . If the Cortes approve of these

      measures , of which there seems little doubt , Queen Christina will come iu with a claim also , and demand that her annual pension of three millions be capitalised for twenty years . The modest request would amount to this , that the country should pay over to Queen Christina a sura of sixty millions of reals , to be given to her immediately in Three per cent . Bonds , at the rate of twenty or twenty-one per cent ., which will amount to the enormou 3 sum of three hundred millions of reals , or three millions

      sterling . A letter from Catalonia says : — 'That a bloody engagement took place in Pont and Arr aentera on the 5 th inst ., between the columns of the Carlist Villela and the Centralista Baldrich together , against the Queen ' s troops , commanded by General Quesada ; the action lasted four hours . The Queen ' s troops lost fifteen men killed , and thirty wounded . Baldrich had a single combat with a lancer of the Queen ' s troop 3 , and killed him on the spot . ' Nine soldiers were shot at Cuenca on the 8 th inst , for desertion and Mining a rebel force .

      HOLLAND . The Dutch Chambers were opened oa the 14 th by the King in person . GLORIOUS PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY IN

      ITALY . Opening of the Constituent Assemuly at Rome . —The session of the Roman Constituent Assembly was solemnly opened on the 5 th inst . The deputies marched in procession from the Capitol to the palace of the Chancery , the old hall of which had been fitted up for their reception . At one o ' clock the Ministers took their seats , and the Senior Deputy having been called to the chair , M . Armellini , Minister of the Interior , addreased the house , saying : 'Pius IX , an historic name , entered on a glorious path , that of nationality , founded on the ruins of democracy . Succeeding , to a pontiff who was detested , warned by passed events ,

      educated in the world , and n » t in a cloister , where bigotry and not religion is professed , Pius IX . could not reraain insensible to the exigencies of the times . The amnesty , a quasi-liberly of the press , the creation oi » municipality , tllfl COIlSUltS and the constitution all presaged that Pius IX would reconcile bis temporal power to the requirements of mankind . But Pius IX was not sufficiently imbued -with the importance of his mission . At every concession he desired to halt , The nations cried forward ! forward ! Scruples alarmed him . He regarded as sacrilege the liberty of the laity surrounded as he was 6 y diplomatists and reactionnaires . He wished to retrace his steps , and waited only the

      opportunity . That opportunity he found in the war of independence . The allocution of the 29 th was the first step of discord between the prince and the people . The struggle commenced between constitutional and ecclesiastical principles . A man without gefiius , he had not understood the constitution . Every ministry fiecarae impossible by reason of the antagonism of the two principles . And yet , after his flight , the revolution proceeded but slowly , and was only fully proclaimed after the protests and orders of the Pope issued from the country of an enemy . The task of the Provisional Government was arduous , but it heeded not the menaces of conspiracy and intervention . It had with it the people . The ministry met all the difficulties and triumphed .

      You are the living evidence of its efforts . The nationwill know how to preserve its conquered rights . ' The minister then entered into a detail of the acts of the Provisional Government , and said : — 'In case of peril , we have 30 , 000 men under arms . Such is our work as to the interior ; as to the exterior , all our communications are broken off . We have the sympathy of the Tuscan people . The Sardinian government has treated to our satisfaction . To all menaces we reply by preparing for war . You sit amidst the sepulchres of two civilisations—the sepulchres of the Italy of the Ca ; 3 ars and those of the Italy of thepopes . Build , then , on these sepulchres , the new edifice , and inaugurate your immortal labours by two names , ' Italy and the people !''

      On the calling over the names of the deputies , the Prince of Canino answered by ' Viva Rebpublica !' During the sitting General Garibaldi proposed immediately to proclaim the republic , and was seconded by the Prince of Canino ; but was opposed by Sterbini and other members , who declared that whatever was done in that Assembly ought to be the result of mature and deliberate discussion . THE POPE DEPOSED ! THE REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED !!!

      The National Assembly met on the 8 th at one o ' clock , and , after some routine business had been transacted , the grand question of 'What form of government should be adopted for the Roman States V was entered on . The debate was characterised by grave and earnest eloquence , and lasted through the night , when finally a division took place , and 134 rotes against twenty decided that Rome should be once more a commonwealth . The twenty in minority advocated an amendment deferring the question to the meeting of the great Italian constituent body . In the middle of the night the result was forced on the notice of the slumbering citizens by the simultaneous pealing of all the steeples in Rome . The decree is couched in the following terms :

      Art . 1 . The Pope is declared divested both in point of fact and in point of right of all claim to temporal power . ' Art . 2 , Full and adequate guarantees shall be provided for the Pontiff's independent exercise of his spiritual supremacy . 'Art . 3 . The government of these states shall be of a strictly democratic nature , and the glorious name of Roman Republic is resumed . ' Art . 4 . Our relations with the other states of Italy shall be based on reciprocity and goodwill , as befits our common nationality . ( Signed ) Galleti , 1 President of the National Assembly . ' Decreed at Rome , Feb . 8 , 1849 /

      While I write ( two o ' clock ) the ceremony of proclaiming the Republic is going forward in the Capitol . Severe measures are anticipated with respect to the continued absence of many large proprietors and men of rank , who forget they have a country . The following proclamation has been issued at Rome , dated the 9 th : — " Romans— -A great act has been completed . The National Assembly of your legitimate representatives having assembled , the sovereignty of the people being recognised , the only form of government thatcouia be propsr for us was that which made our fathers great and glorious . This the Assembly has decreed , and the Roman

      Republic bus been this day proclaimed from the Capitol . Every citizen who is not an enemy to his country must immediately and loyally adhere to this government , which , originating in the free and universal vote of the representatives of the nation , will follow the paths of order and justice . After so many ageg , we again possess a country and liberty ; let ua prove ourselves worthy of the gift which God has sent us , and the Roman Republic will be eternal and happy . 'The Ministers of the Republican Government , C . E . Muzzareui , C . Annellini , F . Gaicotti , L . Mariani ,

      P . Sterbini , P . di Campeuo . ' The Constituent Assembly has voted the following address to the Tuscan people : — « The Roman Republic to the Tuscan People . —At the moment of pronouncing the great word of liberty , we nave looked about us to ascertain from what side would first arrive a generous response . We doubted not that you would cause the voice of affection and concord to be heard . At the same moment you have accomplished a great work , turning towards Rome an expectation of hope . The two revolutions have shown that the Italians are brothers by their detires

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      B —n—i — ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ *¦ * ' and destinies . The ancient calumny is effaced . Italy supports her children by the same sentiment , REVOLUTION IN TUSCANY-ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT We announced in our last , the cowardly flight of the Grand Duke . The announcement of bis flight was followed by immense agitation in every part of Florence . The generate was beaten , the national guards and troops were called out , and the chambers were hastily convoked . Meanwhile , however , the clubs issued a manifesto , convoking the populace who assembled in great numbers , and proclaimed a Provisional Government , choosing Montanelli , Guerazaiand Mazzoni as its chiefs . nna . brinies . The ancient calumnv is effaced

      , The multitude then proceeded to the chamber , and rushin g , into the galleries compelled the members assembled to acknowledge and confirm the Provisional Government . The dubs proclaimed the deposition of the Grand Duke , and declared Tuscany to be part of the Italian Constituente , to ba disposed of as the Roman Assembly shall hereafter decide . - After the sluing of the Chamber of Deputies o the 8 th inst ., at which the Provisional Government chosen by the people-was confirmed in its functions , the Senate , in its sitting ot the same day , approved all that had been done by the Chamber of Deputies . A _

      __ .. „ . „ . . _ In the Chambfir of Deputies , Montanelli , in the name of his colleagues , accepted the mission which had been confided to them . On leaving th . fi Chamber the members of the Provisional Government went to the portico of the Latizi , where they severally addressed a numerous assemblage , declaring that they accepted so difficult a duty from deference to the wishes of the people . Frpm thence they proceeded to the Old Palace , in the midst of the most enthusiastic acclamations of the crowd , and with military honours paid them by the Civic Guard . All the bells of the city were

      ringing . , The Provisional Government , by Ji decree , dated the 8 th inst ., has appointed the Avocat Mordeni , Minister of Foreign Affairs j Professor Marmocchi , Minister of the Interior ; Romanellii Minister of Justice ; Franchini , Minister of Public Instruction ; Mariano d'Ayala , Minister of War ; Adami , Minister ofFiaancesand Public Work s , fcach of the members of the Provisional Governm ent will sit for one week successively as President of the Council of Ministers . The following proclamations were published at Florence immediately after- : 'The People of Florence . -Considering that the flight of Leopold of Austria , is a violation of the constitution , and leaves the state without government ; considering that the first duty of the people , the only sovereign , is to provide for the urgency of ci r cu instances , and actof the sister provinces

      ing as the representative , notnmates a Provisional Government in the persons of citizens Joseph Montanelli , F . D . Guerrazzi , J . Mazzoni , who shall exercise the presidency in turns ; and the people confide to them the high direction of political affairs , and also , in the name of Italy , Tuscan honour ; subject to the c ondition that the definite form of government for Tuscany , shall be established by the Constituent of Rome ; aod that , in the mean time , the Provisional Government shall unite with and attach itself to that of Rome , in order that the two states , in th e eyes of Italy and the world , may henceforth form only on e . February 8 tb , from the Place of the People . —For the Pcop'e , A . Mobbiki , President of the PeO » pic ' s Club ; G- B . Nrccowm , Vice-president o ( ditto ; G . B . Cioni . Vice-president of ditto ; Dragomanni , Secretary of ditto . '

      Letters from St . Stephano , of the 11 th February , published jn the Piedmont Gazette , state that the Grand Duke of Tuscany was still in that place , and that he bad formally forbidden the publication of the proclamations el toe Provisional Government . The English war steamer Porcupine and the English frigate the Thetis were at anchor in the roads , where tbey were placed at the disposal of the Grand Duke . Four hundred soldiers of the Communal have set out from Leghorn for Florence with two cannon . The governor opposed their landing , declaring he would only obey upon receiving an order from the Provisional Government of Florence . The Tuscan Provisional Government has issued the two following decrees : — < Florence , Palace of the Provisional Government ,

      Feb . 10 , 1849 . < The Tuscan Provisional Government considering that one of the taxes which weigh most heavily on the people is the tax upon salt ; considering that a project for the reduction of that tax has already been presented by the General Council , on the proposition of the Minister of Finances , Commerce , and Public Works , decrees—The price of white sa't , taken at the manufacture at Volera , shall be reduced , from the 1 st of March , 1849 , from twelve to eight quattrini per pound ; the tax of- one quattrino per pound , which is levied for the benefit of the hospitals and charitable asylums , shall be continued . '

      ' The Tuscan Provisional Government . —Fellow citizens oHght not to abandon citizens , nor brothers their brothers : Considering that the flight of the Sovereign has reduced to poverty numerous families , decrees as follows : —All the citizens who belonged to the service of the Prince will continue to receive from the public Treasury their salaries until the Government shall have found means of arranging their position . ' The following proclamation has also been issued : —

      ' Florence , Feb . 10 ' Citizens—The country was abandoned to itself . It was in that position of circumstances that the Tuscan Parliament and people entrusted us with the security of the public , and we are determined to keep it intact . Let all good citizens , then , give us their aid , for whoever , either by his speech or by his actions , shall endanger the public safety or excite to civil war , will be regarded as a traitor to his country , and treated as such . ' The following decree was issued on the 10 th : —

      1 The Provisional Government ; of Tuscany , Conside . ing that the form of government of Tuscany , as a part of Italy , is to be determined by the Italian Constituent Assembly ; that meantime Tuscany cannot !> e left without a Legislative Assembly really representing the country , decrees : — 1 1 . The General Council and the Senate are abolished . ' 2 . The legislative powers are concentrated in a single Assembly , composed of representatives of the people elected by direct universal suffrage , and in the Provisional Government . ' 3 . Laws may be proposed both by the Legislative Assembly and by the Ministry . ' 4 . The Assembly shall be composed of 120 representatives , elected by departments in proportion to population .

      ' 5 . The elections shall take place m the communes , and the votes shall be cast up in every department . ' 6 . Candidates for the representation must be 25 years old or upwards ; electors must be 21 years and upwards . ' 7 . Women , persons declared by the tribunals incapable of managing their own affairs , strangers , or persons sentenced to punishments not within the competency of the tribunals of first instance , or f o any punishment for fraud , robbery , and similar chimes against property , are neither eligible nor electors . 8 . The Assembly is convoked for the 15 th of March 1849 .

      < 9 . A bill for the immediate organisation of the Italian Constituent Assembly shall be speedily presented to the Assembly . 1 10 . The Minister Secretary of State for the Department of the Interior is charged with the execution of the present decree . * ' Given in Florence , Feb . 10 . « Gueruaki , President of the Provisional Government . Mormocchi , Secretary for the Interior . ' Accounts from Florence of the 13 tb inst ., state that on the preceding evening an immense

      multitude endeavoured , amidst cries of ' Long live the Italian Republic , ' to plant a tres of liberty on the Square del Popolo . Gaerrazzi harangued the mob , and prayed them not to proclaim any form ot government until the deputies elected by Universal Suffrage should have fully discussed the question . Cries of 'Long live the Republic' prevented his words from being heard , It was determined , however , to postpone the planting of the tree of liberty until daylight . The troops had taken the oath oi fidelity to the Provisional Government , and had placed a red ribband in their button-hole . They afterwar is fraternised with the people .

      Thk'Neapomtan Assembly . —The report of disturbances at Naples on the occasion of the opening of the Assembly has been contradicted . but there was a good deal of popular excitement . The people in the tribunes cried out frequently . * Courage , courage , courage . ' Intelligence to the 7 th init states , that the con . flict between the chamber and the government had become flagrant . A member of the chamber , had

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      by individuals whom he identified as d . sguised agents of the police . GENOA —A d emonstration took place on the 11 th inst . at Genoa , in favour of the Italian Constituante . The rallying cry was « Live the Constituante of Montanelli ! * Live Mazzini !' VENICE . —The Venice Gazette of the 3 rd contains a notice , inviting the deputies of the province of Venice to assemble in the Ducal Palace on the 9 th tot despatch of business . The Austrian balloon scheme for the bombatdtnent ti Venice has Utterly failed . INDIA . MORE GORE AND GLORY . CAPTURE OP MOULTAN . The following summary from the Bombay Times conveys the main features of this important intelligence . ' Moultan has at length been captured , after one of the most obstinate and gallant defences on the part of the enemy ever recorded in our annals . The city , after having been battered and bombarded by nearly a hundred and fifty pieces of ordnance for a week , was taken on the 2 d . The fort was expected to be stormed on the 7 th instant . The Bombay troops joined General Whish on the 21 st

      December . The besieging army now amounted to 15 , 000 British trjops , the allies amounting to about 17 , 000 ; or 32 , 000 in all . The artillery amounted to about 150 pieces , of ordnance , of which nearly one half were of the largest calibre . On Christmasday , and the day following , the force changed ground ; on the 27 th , the troops advanced in four columns to the attack * and , clearing the suburbs and driving in the enemy on all sides , established themselves within five hundred yards of the walls . Batteries were now constrneted in every direction , and on the morning of the 28 th a terrific cannonade and bombardment commenced . On the 29 ih , the heavy guns were battering within eighty yards

      of the ramparts . On the morning of the 30 th , the principal magazine in the fort blew up with a te- - rific explosion . —nearly 800 , 000 lbs . of powder are reported to have been stored in it—blowing a vast column of dust a thousand feet up into the air . The destruction it caused all round must have been tremendous . A mighty conflagration , supposed to be that of the principal stores , was now spreading in the town . £ 50 , 000 worth of * grain were afterwards found to have been destroyed . The enemy ' s artillery slackened their fire , but still continued unsilenced . On the two next days the cannonade continued ; shells were thrown sometimes every minute , sometimes at intervals of ten minutes , and

      fearful salvos were from . time to time discearged from the heavy batteries . A furious cannonade having been kept up all the previous night , on the morning of the 2 d a column of Bengal troops , commanded by Colonel Franks , consisting of her Majesty ' s 32 d and the 49 th and 72 d Native infantry , pushed forward to a breach near the Delhi Gate . Here they found the enemy determined to oppose them to the last . The breach , besides , proved impracticable ; so the troops retired , and mayed round to the opposite s de of the town , where the entrance of ( he Bombay column bad already been effected . The breach stormed by them had been much more complete than the other , and the enemy defending it were driven off at the bavonet ' s point . The Fusiliers

      entered first , and speedily placed their standard within the walls of the town . The Bengal column followed them , and the city pf Moultan , which was captured about three p . m ., was before sunset filled with British troops . The fire from the fort , which had for a time slackened , was meanwhile renewed . In the course of the night a mine was sprung on us which occasioned some mischief , Moolraj secnvd determined to maintain himself to thelasf " , and showed no sign of fear amidst all Ms reverses . On the morning of the 3 d , the cannonade was again resumed by us and the Dowlut Gate , the last hold of the enemy , destroyed . Large quantities of pillage were being collected , and the bankers were said to have offered £ 30 , 000 if we would leave their establishments alone .

      Jan . 20 . —Government , if it expected to be able to send home news of the fall of the fort of Moultan , has been disappointed . On Ihe 7 th thfe Citadel had not been taken ; it was being mined , with the object of blowing the counterscarp into the ditch , and then taking the place by storm .

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      The MonsioxiTES . —These people are increasing in numbers rapidly , both in the neighbourhood of Camden and Somcrs Towns , and are intent , in the spring of tho year , to emigrate and coloniso in California . They have . arranged to hire the use of four or five vessels for their own immediate conveyance to the Western world , not being desirous of intermixing with persons distinct from their own sect . On their arrival in the settlement above-named , they intend to pursue their route to the " Yalley of the Saltwater Lake , " enter upon farms , and encourage agriculture . They " hold all thinga in common" among themselves , and arc strictly bound by the tics of fraternisation and socialism . Many have disposed of their furniture , and tho leases of their houses , to raise money for the voyage .

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      ^ been basely attacked , and wounded in three places , THE NORTHERN STAR . _ " — Febbvahy 2 ^ 18 ^ 2 - h P . B nh aielv ^ tUcked , and wounded in three places , ^^^^^ J ^^^^^^ ^ - fects of neglect , either in the recognition oTfl ! ^ ^ the treatmentare shown to be the previli 0 in

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1511/page/2/