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      ^ Kberrv to know , to utterand to * r > e freely accordtftefl * ** „ above all libertxes ^ -itaios . « ^ ZZh over-the roar of battle terminated ~ f ^ combatants altering in their gore-the ' ** T&e vanaaisbed alike ceasing &om the « # * i- ! then comes the Vulture ' s turn . Then & ® * £ L the ' field of honour' the obscene bird

      # *; riot on the human spoil ot war . Jborms , ff ? l ey int a few hours previously , embodied physical fbi fl mental pride , become the passive victims o 1 fer afnlf and the fox ; but above all , hovers the * * , ^ and above aU Vnltures , the Vulture-King . Voltare , * , . g ^ fe ^ ] n Scarrion-courtier 3 ^^ tom ; until betw een a ^ d among them the ^ oS of fle * » devoured , tlie last draught of ^ drainw . ^ ^ moment w uh Liberty . Van-S n no fair fight , bnt deceived , betrayed , over-^ " iJLl M « L tortured , done to death by

      f ° ndtnife , by blackest treachery and tbnlest ? ° " ^ h ? sto-g le 5 ( for the lime being ) ended , she f £ her fcTfam at the mercy (?) of every ££ i bloodsucker ! Ah ! how tame were those m creatu res when Liberty was yet erect , lier hand her sword—how merciless , remorseless , now ffsta isin ^ dast ! Behold ^^ ~ from ^ if ti e-headed eagle of Eussia to the obscene Vulture f Trance crowding to the banquet of death , digging f n the ir talons into the flesh of the heroic dead , wv n « their hideous beaks in the yet quivering

      W of their victim . But despite tneir norna reveis , who moum murdered IdBEBxr have this consola-* . ^ thoug h she may be slain ten thousand times « T '" slie descends to the grave 'in the Bare and Lain hope of a glorious resurrection . ' Thongh wtom *» be sealed ever so surely , and armed assas-L watch ever so uaceasiagly , yet shall she sud-Cly and when least expected , rise to life and glory Irii' with more than her ancient power—with the , Mirer ( let us hope ) to confound her enemies , and ntierly extirpate her foes . Monday last , the 10 th of May , Paris witnessed the

      fete of the Eagles—rather , theteastofthe Vultures . Jhey wereof all colours , and of all kinds—military , daicil , legal ; soldieri , priests , employes , cut-throats , to ioands , ° iinpostors—barpieB of every description . Jlore over , foreign Vultures gathered from afar—Bussian , Austrian , Prussian , Spanish , and British ! Yes , a maw of the titled and the wealthy Vultures of t iisland—creatures that prey upon the labour of Britain ' s sons and daughters—that make bare the" home and desolate the hearth of the . workman—wfiosg wealth is the measure of the people' ^ p oye ^ . sywhosB sirowanceistbe guage of . the people ' s ¦^ basetoent , —

      these flocked to the French Capital , to-. tesbfy their hatred of Freedom , and their admiration of successful Crime . They soswarmedinParisthatthehotelscouldnot hold them . They were so lavish of their (?) money , that they gave , family by family , scores , and even hnireds , of francs for standing room to witness the solemn sham and monster mockery . Above all , towered the Chief Vulture , the * Prince President , ' gorged to the fall with the flesh and blood of unhappy Trance .

      It may 1 ) B doubted whether the world s history records any exhibition of barefaced imposture and triumphant crime more offensive , more infamous than that of-which the Champ de Mars was the theatre m Monday last . On that day , on that now desecrated plain , there gathered from sixty to eighty thousand men armed to the teeth and bedizened with all the ' pomp , pride , and circumstance employed to mask the true and hideous character of the soldier ' s trade . For what did they assemble ? To ifnisfer to the vanity of a perjured and truculent traitor , U > insult their enslaved and terror-stricken

      conntnmen , and to Taunt before outraged earth and ieaven their own shame as panders to a tyrant , their ora infamy as assassins of their country ' s freedom , ponttlea there were some who unwillingly took part in the pageant of the day . It is reported that amidst flie vociferations of the cavalry , and the less ardent cries of the infantry , the artiUeryaien were dumb , and refuse 1 to join in the slave-shout of Yive

      VEmpereur . All honour to them for their Bilent protest in the teeth , of that inarticulate , Imt most Hgnficant demonstration , no wonder the usurper shr ank from clutching at the crown . Miserable miscreant , the hoar for which he had long panted cametile prize , in pursuit of which he had waded through a much crime and villany was within his grasp , jEt he dared not realise hia vile ambition . He may Jtt dare and do ; but if so , the throne will be but a

      stepping stone to the scaffold . As usual , Priestcraft brought the aid of Fraud and Idseliood to snbserve the aims of Force and Brigandage . The Archbishop of Paris , at the head of eight hundred priesfo , went through the blasphemous mockery of blessing the * eagles , 'and making Heatent itself a party to the rain-glorious elevation of "ifi blood-dripping tyrant . Tha worst days of priestl y despotism never witnessed a more unblushing avowal of the natural and necessary alliance of J ne soldier and the nriest—the assassins of ¦ ^*^ " ¦ abwwv i # dul 4

      • »» va v ** w OM * Uy ^/ X way and soul ; and the mutual support given » each other by lay and clerical tyrants , flavin ^ sprinkled the standards with 'holy * « er , he announced that they were * sanctified by tta blessings of heaven : ' « The Go » of peace , of * nom we are the ministers , k also the God of armies , inere has always been a religion in combats !' AEtomshing circumstance ! the Church which ffiiJK" •? -, * « & ¦ " *•*»« _ ** ^ my m . — —* — - —••• - « i « M 6 iiuiu unity knowa how to

      Jy shed its own blood , and has even a fwwr of that of the enemy-the Church has always J * *¦*« [ benedictions for the soldier , for his « 2 J « 4 / brfc * standards . ' Not at all astonishing , J ^ e know that the < peace ' -preaching of the Church ^ P ocray ; that the mkdon of'the Church' has S ^ ll 5 V earttl ail ( i g °° d wffl t o men , ' ^ hatred , and persecution . The soldier and the Si ?? " ^* H C 0 Dfesae 9 » ' together , wragh differently' an therefore it ; ¦ «» # ( . JLhi .

      1 ? ' *»» " » * k pat , the soldier and the t ** t hold out their hmds to tach other : Beading 5 ? X / 8 **^ « f h'P « laudations A * e glorious service to the cause of public peace ^ December massacres ; noting his sveonhanttp JjM m addresang Boxap ^ aaaffiS fit Pr ^ f"w < % X ™ Sor a great and Uh wmV iSS * T * ' ^^ «* Ration , ^ e Archbishop is weU aware that BuwpaSb is < £ SehL £ f / "W- a tyraut > a i « ttS 5 . t -rl 9 audacifcy to "peak of this S S . of wdwaneu as the chosen of Provi * C «? CSt 80 Q Of m Glm& ! The mosk & ? r f ?! I of 'the Church' would fail to rival

      « a or ? T * ? P" ™* the inherent , irreclaimable Jears , , raft " Itisno ' . as eighteen hundred Soldier * i betweeu ^ Church and the State , the Si ana ttlB Priest , Humanity is scourged , cruci-OiOtnT COcdemne d to wear the martyr ' s crown of toosttr * sentence fr ° m ilie Archbishop ' s address *»» sS , ? l Oted : t Whence comes it that those mur-Df EutoT Were he ? rd in the to ™ * France and b W& ^ ddenl y hushed V If reaUy ansioas d ha , c « j . ""^ to P ^ ' «* B ^ ence of " ^ nSS * ^ K ^ voice of agitati 0 Q » let hta ^ J ! h Ul !> 1 Iewl y' * 1 Ied gaveB where repose the NdowlrL ? eremb ! rmassa <* es . Let him inquire

      ^^ thor rv - ^ Jatuer ^ - children , deprived S ^ not L hEmS l , tlxeir nMad Protectors . But SftSJ ? * . " ^*« A « P imagines . S eshoutS il , | of r , ? men > the cri es of children , ^ ters w ! u tepuHique , pealing over the waste 5 * th ? tS f bp 5 Of living martyrs-bearing ?^ devoS TVwamP Cayenne their S ? CSj £ J S K ™^™**! Cause . That HHd f ^ :, l fettered Patoots , those cries from their

      lC >? Bonapakie has given peace ^ . l ) y ' hisevPr'I "taMstaig peaCe , the iS ** andrl ^ > assures a fature w » r of re-8 * aeisJ ^ S ^ ^ d tha ttoo atno distant 5 Owing tfae whirlwind , and he shall reap S ^ eSlj ^ lOth ofMay asthedayon 4 ^ ^ ned t ? ^ at it 3 dose Bonaparte was Ues 5 H ' andtr aCCO ? nfcforthis ? The army 4- « **» iS SSW - Were at Ieast ^^ ent . 6 aud conTSS T their attitude thattold ° f em True , they submitted to the

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      force , well knowing that a solitary cry of « Vive la mspublique' would have been answered by avollev of musket ™ or a . discharge of grape-ahot . They came m their thousands to see the Show , ' just as they might have thronged to see the principal actor guillotined . But from their lips came no cry for' the Empire The crosses , bcyonets , mitres , eagles , and fte rest ofthe « properties , ' mummer ies , Ind tornfoolenes-ecclesiastical and mUitary-failed to evoke even the slightest enthm- ' asm ; consequently , Bona-5 £ X a 8 Sumption of the Pwple was postponed m Let the reader turn from the revelries of blasphem ing priests and blood-stained brigands , to contemplate the direful picture of hundreds of the noblest sons of France , torn from their families , and

      use-vuest telons stopped to that . mortal helL denominated Cayenne . Of these unfortunate but heroic patnots some sixteen hundred were embarked a few days ago . The condemned originally exceeded that number , but some , influenced b y the agony of separation , from country and kindred , consented to buy theirpardon by taking the oath of fidelity to the usurper . Sixteen hundred refused grace upon such terms , and as the pardoned were separated from the doomed , the latter shouted—again , and yet again—Fire laBepublique ! Consider and admire the dauntless

      virtue ot these noble Frenchmen ! Imagine and pity the despair of their relatives ! Alas for France , her glory blighted—her victories reversed—her best and bravest in chains or exile—her children the prey of brutal bandits , and soul-crushing priests ! And all this misery , wrong , and humiliation , the work of a perjured traitor and bastard tyrant ! Is there not some chosen corse , Somehiaden thunder in the t tores of Heaven , Ked with uncommon wrath , to blast the man Who owes Us greatness to his country ' s ruin ? L'AMI DU PEUPLE .

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      FRANCE . 3 ) ISB ? lI 2 iL OF THE EAGLES-THE MUMMES £ T ? £ CHAMP DE MARS-NOBLE CONDUCT OP ARAGO—THE YICTIMS OF TYRANNY -ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OP BARBES TYRAm This ceremony so long talked of and so eagerlv expected of distributing theeagles to the army , took place onMonday in the Champ , de Mara . Thus , the 10 th of May , destinea by the framers of the constitution of 1848 to be the goal of Louis Xapoleoa ' 3 magistracy , has found him lifted to a culmination of power out-topping the sovereignty of the legitimatekmgi 1 of France , and inaugurating a new epoch of ^^ S ^* " " ^ mogni 8 ed a 8 a Atast multitude , more curious to witness the show than attracted

      by enthusiasm , gathered from day-break on the grassy ramparts , shaded by elms , which flank the Ion * parallelogram on thesideofthelnvalides , and on the onpoaite side towards Grenelle . The immense area stretching for two-thirdslof a mile from the front of the EcoleMilitaire to the Pont de Jena , held the 60 , 000 military actors in this pageant , and was surrounded by five times that number of spectators . A multitude , outnumbering the population of ,-ome ofthe largest capitals of Europe , was orammed mtbe stands ofthe amphitheatre erected for the occasion , or stood densely massed on foot on the borders of the square unobstructed by these temporary buildingB . All round the square from space to space , were planted masts , from whose topa streamed broad tticoloured pennons , white halfmngt high they bore a shield with the cypher of LouUKapoleon , adorned with a group of flags of the national Cnlours

      , mo stands were simUarly ornamented , every column which supported the awnings being surmounted by a group of tricolourefl banners . J Theend ofthe Champ de Mara furthest from the river , is whnl ! tt f % a- - ntury > an ? - ?? U 6 ea as barR » cks - T ^ whole front of Oui immense building was masked by the Ugnt and elegant theatre of structures erected for the President , his court , and the great bodies of the state and their families Before tnecentre of the fagade rose pre-eminent 3 ? . « * of tbe Pres dent- This magnificent paviUon , whose floor was on alevel with the first story , formed an arched portico , fifty feet in height , and the same number Iwtl ? n m * , ^ It as hun inside with crimson velvet , sprinkled with gold stars , and ia front curtains of Tlf » ^ Z'ft ? 5 terial ^ Io ° P back with goW cords , lfle architectural decoratrons of this tribune were covered with symbols of the empire . Above , in Hi * i » niMnf tha

      entablature ofthe arch , shone the grand cross of the Legion ot Honour , supported on either hand by winged Victories , woups of banners spread from the ipandrils . The sidepieces were adorned with two stories of Corinthian colamns , supporting gilded eagle 8 , witb . niches between , filled with trophies , and surmounted by the cypherof " L . N . " A broad carpeted staircase , which widened at each of its two Janding-places , and was adorned on either hand with three statues , representing Force , Justice , and Victory , descended into the champ . Upon the crimson-velvet curtain were embroidered the President ' s arms . The shield bore a spreadeagle upon a field azure . Sound the escutcheon ran a cotd oF eagles , suspending the grand cross of the legion of Honour betweenltwo branches of oak and olive , with entwined stems , the whole surmounted by a casque with vizor barred and white plume . The tricoloured flagfloated over the tribune , above whose roof towered the dome ofthe edifice of Louia ¦ TTrtl fi

      «¦ mm — ' — -w ^™«^ **« v V mm ^^ Wh f fif ^~ l \ j Contiguous to the central tribune reserved for the Pro . Kdent and his suit were four others , two of which , on tbe left , were occupied by the family of the President consisting of the sons of Jerome and Lucien , tbe Princess Matilde , SiSS ™ ' y . ! . *^ " !^ " ? of the min » tew , marshals , admirals , and other high dignitaries of the state . The two corresponding boxes on the right contained the diplomatic carps and their ladies . Next to this central group , on either side , were long galleries , containing the senate , the Corps , Legislatif , and the Council of State , all of whom ap . peared in full costume . The other constituted bodies , which appeared officially by deputations , in tbeirrespeetive uniforcai , were ranged in tbe same portion of the building . There were the judges of the various courts in their sauare

      caps and robes , the learned bodies , with the Institute at their head , the oivil engineers , the masters of tneEcole Poly technique and St . Cyr , the consistories of the various religious professions not Catholic , the staff of tlie National Guard of Paris , and the staff of the army and navy . These long galleries , furnished each with seats for 720 persons , were flanked by spacious pavilions , each with accommodation for more than 400 , which were taken possession of by the families of the great bodies of the state . Two other lateral tribunes , detached from the building and advanced before its wings , contained more than 1 , 200 employes in the different branches of tue administration . Under the gal-Snl ? hAT ate / ? Orps fcsWatif were mures of graduated benches descending into the arena , and open to ^ f ^^ Z& t ^ l ^^^ ^ mxit the greater part of whom were forei ' *

      gn military officeriT In the Tribunes of Honour were remarked-The Duke of Cleveland the Marquis of Charioarde , Viscount and Vis-£ ? "& $ S& sflf ^ yAlfred »«* Lord andLady Grey , the Earl of Sheffield , Visci ,. _ at and Lady Pollincton Lord Vernon , Lord and Lady Poltimore , ViscoLt and Lady Dillon , Lord and Lady Lilford , the Conntesq nf VWtrT i ^ aL Burghersh , Sir Frederick Adam , Sh " ° lSlr& tS Bury , Lord and Lady OaBulston , Lord Sman CnS Cadogan , Colonel Torrens , Colonel HoywS ' CanS Arthur Hardinge , Colonel Lord George Paeet SfiS Cartwright , Lieut-Colonel Russell , OaptSSSS S 5 K de Ros , Streatfield , ; WiUiam 9 , ts . eamBmme > »*™ Y > The English red coats blazed conspicuous , and contrasted with the green uniforms of Russia . The simple white bernous of the Arab sheik wa 3 8 et off by tneX sion of gold embroidery spent upon the many-coloured dresses of the north . Among the long lines of tribunes extending on the sides of the vast Equate , that of the municipanty towards the Invahdes was the most conspicuous :

      Here were couecieu we preieci 01 the Seine , the municipal council and the prefect and commisgiQnerg of po uce . * Tho troops were drawn up on either side of the sauare ia two lines , facing each other , the infantry on the right as you entered from the Pont de Jena , and the cavalry on the left . The line of nfantry was ranged in battalions the cavalry by squadrons in close columns ; Between these two lines , and at the distance of one-third of the whole length of the Champ de Marsfrom the President ' s tribune stood a vast altar raised on a broad base , and shaded by a lofty canopy , the central object of attention : The fifty steps of this structure were crowded with three hundred priests in their albs , who assisted at the maas . The attillery closed the Champ de Mars on the side of the river leaving in the direction of the Pont de Jena an opening for the passage of the Prince and his suite ; The deputations ofthe different corp 3 of the army and navy were ranged in the void space between the Hoes and the Ecole Militaire , under the direction of staff Officers ofthe 1 st division ofthe army of Paris :

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      , — Tbe President set out from the Tuileries on horseback shortly before noon . He was accompanied by his uncle the Prince Jerome , by General de St . Anaud , Minister of War General Hagnan , Commander-in-chief of the army of Paris ' , Marshals Reille , Harispe , Excelmans , and Vaillant , with their aides-de-camp . Particular orders had been issued that no officer Bhould be allowed to join the cortege without a special invitation . A strong escort of carabineers hemmed in the calvacade from the crowd who lined the way . About twenty bronze-faced Arab sheiks , wearing scarlet scarfs over their white bernouses , and with long guns slung behind them , caracolling upon fiery steeds ofthe Elysee , were not the least attraotjve feature . Louis H ' apoleon rode a superb black horse , with gold housings . He looked ancommonly well , and maUBged bis steed well , which chafed and pawed admirably . v Bonaparte reached the Pont de Jena punctually at noon . His entrance into the Champ de Mars was

      announced by' a salute of . twenty-one giing , and by acolamaturns which were drowned in the peal ofthe artillery , a ) irst he galloppeddow n between the lines ; acknowledging , by repeatedly taking ; off his cooked hat , the chorus of acclamations uttered by tbo troops . When he reached the foot of tbe staircase leading up to bis tribune , he dismounted and ascending , saluted , by taking off his cocked hat , the ministers and high dignitaries , who came forward to meet him down to the first hnding-plaoe . He then took his seat in the arm-chair set for him . At the back of this platform , where Louis Napoleon was seated , were set the stands of colours to be distributed . The top of eaoh flag-staff is sur-TnhTt mh gUte ^ * ith w , iDg 8 di 8 P M about a foot in height . The model is exactly that of the empire . The distribution of the colours then commenced , aiid was ovetin about a quarter of an hour . The President then took off his hat , and read from a paper tho following speech : — &

      bowiera -ihemstory of peoples is in great part the history of armies On their successes or oa their reteraes depends the lot of emulation aud of the country . Conquered , they arc followed by mvasion or anarchy ; victorious , by glory and order . For this reason , nations , like armies , bear a roligious veneration towards those emblems of military , honour , which sum up in them S past ofstrugRles and of triumphs . The Roman eagle , adopted by tbeEnperorSapoleonm the beginning of this century , was the most Unking signification of the regeneration and grandeur of Franw . It disappeared in our misfortunes . It wag destined to return irhen France , recoTercd ftom her defeats , mistress of herself should SBem no longer to repudiate her own glory . SqHiersi-Resume , then , these eagles , not as a menace against foreign countries , but as the symbols of our independence , as the souvenir of an heroic epoch , as the badge of nobility of each rcgimenti Resume , then , these eagles , which have so often led our sires to victory , and sweav to die , if need , there be , to defend them .

      This speech was no sooner uttered than all the colonels extended their right arms towards the Prince , and exolaimed , 11 Nous le jurons ! " "We swear it . " The President walked up again to his seat , while the colonels , shouldering the standards , descended the steps together , and walked towards the altar . This structure was about eighty feet high from the top of tho ground to the gold oross that surmounted the dome . The high altar was placed upon a raised platform , twenty-five feet high , immediately under the dome . The priests , who were about 300 in number had been occupying themselves before the President ' s amval on the ground , in walking in procession about the alar , upon the Bteps of which they preseatly settled , like a flock of birds . The Archbishop of Paris in his rich goldembroidered cope and mitre , descended the stepsfromthe high altar , attended by his grand vioar and clercy , to wi i

      enreB . anaing-piace on the staircase , while the colonels with their standards , remained grouped at the foot of the steps . He then preaohed a discourse , the length and rheotnc of which , accompanied bv animated gesticulations , contrasted strongly with the * brevity and sedate gravity of the President ' s speech . After the conclusion of the archbishop ' s discourse the mass was said , the host was raised , guns fired , drums beat , trumpets sounded , " the troops presented arms , and the officers uncovered . After the mass the benediction was bestowed upon tho colours ; a salvo of 100 guns was fired again the drums beat and the trumpets blew . Then , by all the bands together , forming an orchestra of 1 , 000 performers , a magnifioent piece of sacred music was performed . The standard-bearers advanced separately , knolt on the ground , each with the eagle in his hand , and the archbishop ke the

      spo following prayer : — " Keceive these standards sanctified by tbe blessing of Heaven ; may they be the terror ofthe enemies of the Cbmtian -world , and may God , for the honour of his name and glpry . give you grace that securely and unscathed you may pierce the battalions of your onemies . " Thecommander-in-ohief then set his troops in order to file off , and the colonels of regiments returned with their colours to the head of the troops and the deputation . Im - mediately after the Prince mounted on horseback , followed by hw staff , and the filing off commenced . It was rather mow than half-past one when the filing off commenced , and before three the whole manoeuvre was finished . Eaob regiment , as it passed before the Prince , cried " Yivt VEmpmur I" There was only one exception to this rule , but that was a highly important one . None of the artillery regiments cried at all . Their silence caused a deep

      sen-nation . r Another eye witness says : — " I can vouoh for thia-thai some of the regiments , and I especially noticed some Hussars among the number , were silent . Others shouted but feebly . ' Another writer says : — " The President ' s reteption by the troop 3 was cordial in the extreme—by the people it was frigid , " And another says :- « One might have expected that the 400 , 000 persons , witnesses of the scene that bad passed in the Champ de Mars , would have made the city re-echo with their enthusiasm , and that some private individuals would have set the example of an illumination . Nothing of the kind . " Oa Messing the colours , the Archbishop of Paris said :-

      Prlnca and Soldier « , _ The God of peace of wkom we are the milusters , , is alio the God of armies . That is why our place , the place of religion , is marked out in this warlike ftU . There has always been a religion in combats . 'With the Jewish people it was Goa who directed battles , who formed tha great captains , and who inspiredthepropheU with the most warlike accentB . The Romans placed tnsirgods by the side of their eagles at the head of their legions . Con » tantiBe achieved his greatest victories under the standard of the Cross . Our most valiant kni ghts , before proceeding to fight against the infldels , had thenuelvas and their arms Mossed by th « Church . I do not sDeak of the flair nf Mm nia Mnniinko - *;„ £ n ,, «

      longs went to rewire from the hands of religion at the altar of St . Dems before their warlike expeditions ; the remembrance of that Will naturally occur to every mind . Artonuwngcircumstance ! The Church , which preaches peace to all ; the Church , whose holy army onl y knows how to Bhed its own blood , and has even a horror of that of the eneray , _ the Church has always had abundant benedictions for the soldier , for bis arms , and for his standards . The explanation of this myitery is not difficult , and it is the whole meaning of this great solemnity , at once military and religious .

      Peace ib the design of God : It is the object towards which human societies proceed when they follow in their regulav course the jinnciples of justice and inspirations from on high . War is only legitimate on condition of its securing peace . Armies are in the hands of God as the powerful instruments of pacification and public Right requires force to make itself respected ; but , in its turn , strength required right to remain itself in tbe providential order . Peace is therefore always the object in view ; war is sometimes the means ; a terrible , but , alas ! a necesBary one , from the effect of the paesions which agitate the ( vorid . That is why God has approved of it—that is why tho prophets apply to it the words sanctificate bellum—that is why the Church has for it woras of benediction , of encouragement , and almost of loveand why now , as in the past , the soldier and the priest hold out their hands to each other . The soldier and tho priest , both placed under the austere laws of discipline , having at heart the same principles of conduct—a love of duty , above all things , and the spirit of derotedness , even to the sacrifice of his life—work together , though differently , to procure , by calming dewn the passions , the triumph of justice in human nature .

      What glorious services to tbe cause of public peace have been rendered by the glorious army which comes to-day to bend its head before the Majesty on high ! Whence comes it that those murmurs which were heard in the bowels of Prance and of Europe are suddenly hushed ? Why are the menaces of civil war and of anarchy , which threw society into consternation , disarmed ! Who has arrested this work of dissolution , which was making such rapid progress ? It is a firm and resolute will , supported on one hand by the national voice , which forms bis right , and on the other by an invinciblearmy , which forms his strength . And now , bail to you , glorious standards , symbols of so many victories Our pontifical heart , which has never ceased to beat with the strongest feelings of patriotism , is moved at again seeing yeu . Their glory effaces from our eyes the former misfortunes of the country . O Prince ! whom the will of a great people has placed at the head of its destinies , we can understand what these heroic signs must say to your heart .

      Prince , look less at the past than at the future . Peace may be spoken of when when possessed of such valiant armies . Tour eagles twill have a vast field of fli ght from the heights of the Atlas to those of the Alps and the Pyrenees . Providence destines you for a ereat and holy work . Remember that , in order to build the temple ? God preferred Solomon to David . Continue to rebuild in peace that society which has been to deeply shaken , buildin g it up with one hand , while the other holds tbe gloriOU 8 $ W 0 rd . of France . OGod , sovereign master of war and peace , Thou whocausest plots to be dissipated , calmest tempests , andbreakest , when Thou wiliest , the sword drawn for the combat-gui eonteris belfa—come and bless these standards ; imprint on them tbe striking signs of Tby power and holiness . In seeing them let courage be animated and ascend to its celestial princi ple ; de ccslo forliMo at . Render them only terrible to the enemies of the public peace , and to the nations , if any there still be , jealous of our glory and prosperity , , and whomajattemntto disturb them . Let them be for our valiant

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      soldiers a protection and assured pledge of victory ; vklorice certct fidwia . Let them contain in their glorious folds pence and war , for the security of the good and the terror of the wicked ; and , under their shade , let France respire and be for the happiness ofthe world the greatest and happiest of nations . A few accidents ooourred , one of which some may think rather ominous . A seaman had been charged with putting the new tricolour flag over the entrance of the Ely see . As he was yesterday ip the act of doing so he slipped , and fell to the ground . He was killed on the spot . ' A priest had his skull fractured from the kick of a horse . It is rumoured that a number of persons were arrested on Sunday . < The grand fete given by the array in honour of the President , took place at the Ecole Militaire on Tuesday night . There were 15 , 000 persons present . Rather than swear fealty to Bonaparte , Arago , the great astronomer , tendered , in the following letter , resignation of his post as Director of the Observatory . :

      10 THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC INStRUDtTON . '' '" ' TV ™ . - ' ^; - % */ Mci * toiH : ft *! : * fo ^ .-Monsieur It Mimstre , —The government Kas'itself admitted that the oath prescibed by the Art . 14 of the , Constitution ought not to be required from members of a purely Bcientifle and literary body like the Institute . I cannot say why the Bureau des Longitudes , an astronomical academy , in which ,. when a vacancy occurs , an election ensues to fill it up , is placed in another category . The simple circumstance would perhaps have sufficed to induce me to refuse the oata : but considerations'of another nature , I confess , have exercised a decisive influence on my mind , - ' Circumstance ! rendered me , In 1818 , as member ofcthe Pro $ 8 lonal Government , one of tbefoundsrs ' of theRepublic . As suc&iiid-l glory in it at present , I contributed to the abolition of all'poUtieal-. oatUs . At a Inter period I was named by the ConaUtHont&sembly president of the Kxecutive Committee ; my aoteciat&ifevlasinamed-Bituation

      are too well known to tbe public for .. me toJhHye need to mention them here . You can oomprehendjIabnsiBiir ^ ei ' Ministre , that in presence of these reminiscences mycongvence has imposed on me a resolution which perhaps the director ^ oT the Observatory would have hesitated to come to . I had always thought that by the terms ofthe law an astronomer at the Bureau of Longitude was appointed for life , but your decision has undeceived me . I have , therefore , M . le Ministre , te request you to appoint a day on which I shall have to quit an establishment which I have been inhabiting now for nearly half a century . That establishment—thanks to the protection given to it by the governments which have succeeded each other in France for the Ia 3 tforty yoare—thanks , above all , may I be allowed to say , to the kindness of the legislative assemblies , in regard to mo—has arisen from its ruins and its insignificance , and can now bs offerad to stmnxers as a model . Itis not without a urn .

      foucd sentiment of grief that I shall separate from so many fine instruments , to tbe construction of which I have mere or less contributed ; it is not without lively apprehension that I shall behold tho means of research created by me passiog iato malevolent or even inimical hands ; bat my conscience has spoken , and lam bound to obey its dictates . I am anxious that in this circumstance everything shall pass in the most open manner and in consequence I hasten to inform you , Monsieur le Ministre , that I Bhall address to all tbe great academies of Europe and America—for I have long had the honour of belonging to them—a circular , which will explain my removal from an establishment with which my name had been in some sort identified , and which was for me a second country ,-. . I de . Bire it to be known everywhere that the motives which have dictated ray determination have nothing for which my children can ever blush . I owe these explanations , above all , to the most eminent lavanswho honour me with their friendship , such as Humboldt , Faraday , Brewster , Melloni , &c . I amanxiouB , also , that these ill lustrious personages may not be uneasv ¦ concerning ? the print

      change which tlm determination of mine will produce in my existence . My health ha 6 without doubt been much impaired in the service of my country . A man cannot have passed a part of his life going from mountain peak to mountain peak , in the wildest districts of Spain , for the purpose of determining the precise figure of the earth ; in the inhospitable regions of Africa , comprised between Bougia and the capital of Hie Regency ; in Algerian corsairs ; in the prisons of Majorca , of Rosas , and of Palamos , without profound traces being left behind . But I may remind my friend that a hand without vigour can still hold a pen , and thai the half-blind old man will always find near him persons anxious to note down his words , Receive , Monsieur le Ministre , the assurance of my respect , * Fb . Abago , ) In presence of this noblo protest Bonaparte quailed , an accordingly has instructed tho minister to make a speoia , exception in favour of M . Arago , who will be permitted tfi retain the direotion of the Observatory without taking the oath .

      Tho oath has been refused by M . de Laboulie , ex-reprosentative ofthe council general of the Bouches-de'Rhpne ; M . Pepm Barbut , ofthe courioil-generalof the GardY Mi Monet , ex-representative of the council general of the Sarthe ; MM . A . Qiraud and La Devansaye , of the Maine and Loire ; MM . Deachamps and Voisin , of the Seine Inferieure ; MM . Legendre , Versau , and Moisan of tiie Eure : and M . de Toqueville of the Manehe . The " Assemble Nationale" throws out an intimation that the remains of Eousseau and Voltaire will be removed from the Pantheon . The Pluton steamer , left Toulon on the 4 th wi th 312 political prisoners for Algeria , among whom his M . Miot , ex-repreaentative of the National Assembly .

      A lettor from Lyons of the 7 th inst . states that the politioal prisoners remaining in the iort of La Vitriolerie , in that city , were removed thence during tbe night of the 4 th , and embarked in a steam-boat on the Rhone , to be transported to Avignon , and subsequently by railway - to Mar-Bellies , wnero a ship is waiting to convoy them to their ultimate deatinatioa . Accounts from Beauvais of the 6 th inst ., state that six teen political prisoners sentenced to transportation have been sentenced to the Fort of Bicetre . A mission of Jesuits for Cayenne has been organised by tho government ; three have accompapied the political convicts to their destination , and three more are about to

      follow . The government has granted them a house and lands in Cayenne . An attempt has been made by Bartes and a fellow prisoner to effect an escape from the fortress of Belle-Isle . The plan , it seems , was well laid , and a boat was to take them off in the middle of the night . Whether discovered by accident or otherwise is not stated , but as soon as information of the fact reached the authorities , the Greenland , government war steamer , proceeded from Lorienfc to the spot . The captain had a long interview with the commandment of the fortress . An order was issued that day that no boat or vessel should be allowed to leave the island by night , and by day should be submitted to the closest Borutiny .

      GERMANY . Berlin , May 7 . —The Second Chamber to-day discussed the project of law , transmitted to it by a royal message , concerning the future organisation of the First Chamber Tho project of the government , the propositions of the committee , and all the amendments were rejected , The Empress of Russia is expected here daily . She will be accompanied to the frontier by the Emperor , who will then proceed to Vienna , thenoo to Prague , to visit the ex-Emperor of AuBtria , and afterwards come for a few days te Berlin . Extraordinary preparations were made on the road from St . Peteraburgh to Warsaw , for the journey of the Empress , A gentleman who came a littlo in advan ^

      of the imperial train describes the spectacle along the whole line as extraordinary . The road , for 400 English miles , was repaired and swept by hand , every stone being removed , and at every post station 176 horses were kept ready harnessed , that not an instant might be lost . twn * caft er ?? r ? f h 8 3 rd inst , the powder magazine in luVut . t ? ODlssber S » 8 blown up with an explosion that shook the houses of the town , broke the glass of the windows , and damaged the roofs of many . The magazine itself was completely levelled with the earth , and most of the buildings of the fortress are more or less injured . Thtee persons were killed .

      SPAIN . Madrid , May 4 .--The S Duke de Vallahermoaa , who daring SSKSS ^ . 1 the panish arabassador in Paris - has die ' Uoi n ?" ' P ated ' foe greater part of the newspapers £ Is te ; aiwsttssj ! -A hgp ^ PJ&stefrL aras $ ? raUa = ss ? sa 5 £ S been conceived by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ? Her Majegty s admen have recommended her to make , Madrid too hot to hold any person but those who will bow the knee to the Baal of despotism . Lists of those persons who are to be proscribed are already handed about Madrid « The Hungarian chieftain , Shlesinger , who ' with some & K ^^« - ^ V * M

      WEST iNDIES . Jamaica . —The intelligence from this ialand is to the 14 th ultimo , and is of a most unsatisfactory oharaoter Trade de pre 3 ! 7 " ' "" V ^^^ SS ^ X SANDWICH ISLANDS . According to correspondence ftom Honolulu , there is a movement on foot to change the government of the S ^" wich Islands , and to establish a republic . Private advice from Caufornia indicate the same purpose , and inform us that arrangements have been for some time in progress to carry the movement to asuccessful issue BRITISH AMERICA . Late accounts from Newfoundland represent the gale as having been very disastrous to the fishinir vessels in that

      vicinity . An immense number of vessels are known to nave been wrecked , and hundreds of the poor seamen who escaped , with their livea ' are in a very destitute condition .

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      CONSPIRACY TO CRUSH THE'STAR OF ^ FREEDOM . ' During the last'fertn ^ htl-have received ^ namijertf letters , together witli information from various sources , from which I learn that there exists an organised conspiracy on the part of Mr . Jones and his misled followers , to effect ( by any and every means , however vile , ) the destruction of thiB journal . I should have hesitated to have taken publ notice of this dastardly combination , but for the receipt of the following communication : — „ _ _ „ „ Pit Bank , Oldham , May llth , 1832 . Mt Deak SiB . -On Sunday last a meeting of South Lancashire delegates assembled in the Co-operative Store , Royton , near Oldham , to take into consideration the bestmeanBof oreanisbut the scattered elements of Chartism in this part of the country . After

      transacting mucu of tUe business for which the meetinc was caUea . Mr . Hougbton , the delegate from Stockport , said , that he had a re . solution to propose , with which he did not agree , and with which a mnjonty of the Stookport Chartists did not agree , but as the said ™ 1 U 10 ? t £ f ? T o ? rel £ up 0 ^ at , * oftheir Jneotings . be should move :- < That the Chartists should support the "Star of Freedom , " and the "People ' s Paper . '" $ tcr some 4 ouS 8 \ on , it was decidad ,-that no vote should be taken on the matter then , but that it should be left for the Manchester Con . ferenee to dec . do Whether you and your papei ¦ ehwM to cntiM or not . Mr . Grocott , of Manchester , said , he bad watched you for many years , and knew you to be an enemy to Chartism ; thaUon since he had told some of the Vnchelte ? Coartists so , but they would not believe him then , but now thej would bBhevehim when his ( Mr . Grocotfs ) opinions had come t 5 pass . Mr . Hill , the delegate for Stalybridge , said , that should tha

      jaancuester uonrerence turn out a failure , it would just suityou , aa you would not hesitate to strike a dagger anywaere to kUl Chartiro . . One of tbe delegates said Mr . Le Blond had denied having any thing to do with the Star of Freedom . ' Mr . Grocott said , lq Blond would deny or say anything . Something was said of emrioving a county lecturyr ; Mr . Kydd ' snama was mentioneaas aproper person , but as he is one of your ' Btaff , and having , as aomeof them said , bean a writer in Mr . Oastler ' s ' Home' for Protection , he was prepared to write far any party for money . Now . 8 ir . as manyoharges were made against you , in your absence , I think it my duty to inform you of what is going on . After the meeting was over , I took occasion to express my disapproval of denouncing a man , who was not present to defend himself ; but all I trot for my trouble was being called an enemy to the Charter , &c . I deplore the difference between jjou aad Mr . Jones . I have no desire to see the gap between yoitoade wider , but as a friend to .

      Dotn ot you , ana as a tnend to ttft Charter and fair play , I neither can , nor will , throw the veil of secrecy over such language as I beard on Sunday last . Some may blame me for this communication , but it is truth , and who will dare to say thattruth shall not be r ? 7 , TTT Yowb , very truly , lo » . o . Harney . Thomas Shabpe Iongbottoh . Having read the above at tbe request of the writer , I have no hesitation m declaring my oonviction that the statements are true , so far as relates to the proceeding * of the delegates . ' ( Signed ) J . B . Hobsfat . l , Royten , May 12 th , 1852 , The above came to hand only this morning , Friday , May Hth . My comment , therefore , must be comprised in the fewest possible words . As regards Mr . Grocott , he is simply a foul-mouthed calumniator ; fortunately , in his own locality he is too well known to be capable of doing much mischief . As regards Mr . Hill , should the " Manchester Conference " prove a failure , the fault will mt with the person , who regardless of the risk of failurehas urged on the

      Confe-, rence , not for ; the purpose of serving the cause , but foe pushing his own private speculation . I beg to apprise Mr Grocott and Co ., that , while I hope , for their own credit , that tho men who will attend the "Manchester Conference will have too much sense to commit themaehea to a oourge which would beasridiculousas tyrannical , that nevertneless , should they do bo , it will not be in their power to ¦• oruau ; ' tbe •¦ Star of Freedom ; » nor will any dta £ or conspiracy be able to prevent this paper from holding its position as the chief organ of Democracy . Measaa Grocott ami Co ., may assuro themselves that they are not the people-that they are not the Democratic parfv . FrJn SSf i ltl ° - 'l ^ , ^^ to tha paX coafideS tsatthe verdict will be in ^ Z

      support of thisT ^ m t , tbe confusion of its enemies . Such miserable backstabbera ZfifMtfsl ^ XXtt a ^ a'asss sstrasse the opportunity to defend themselves , if they dare . I would recommend them , in the meantime , however , to have a care what they say , for I have friends who will not fail to apprise me of such dastardly conduct ; and who , disgusted at the conduot of such as Mister Grocotfc , ara taking the matter of the «« Star of Freedom ' s" defenca into their own hands . May 14 th , 1852 . o . Jviuii HaRNet .

      P . S .-In answer to the friends at Oldham , I beg to saj that I have not yet issued a reply to the last" Circular " of that pure Democrat who parades under the very Da « mocratic style and title of " Ernest Charles Jones , Esq ., of the Middle Temple , Barrister at Law , and of HardwUt Lodge , & 0 ., &C , &o ., &o ., Sto . ko . " Nob having a beeging box at my command I really cannot afford to print and distribute circulars every week . I have been waiting for * further accumulation of falsehood ! to demolish them in a lump . I shall now wait another week to take note o ( tu « Crushers .

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      In 1790 the average consumption of wine in Great Britain ana Ireland was two bottles nine-tenths per head In last it was one bottle three-tenths . P aa ' ^ J * 51 The Duke of Northumberland is reported to ^ ¥ nfoi ' tributed £ 10 , 000 , as a memberof the Carlton cff « Sd securing Conservative candidates at the . dissolufiBMrPar . hamenfc . /* r # r i "'"' At Preston , hat week , Rieard DawhuMtj' ^ 'Leriiiib **; whilst practising the feat Of throwing a dmHiM i aiured his spm 9 so seriously that he diedi u a WWurs , V-iv . ¦ -..

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      UNITED STATES . OUR AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE . ^ FUGITIVE SLAVE-LAtf-A COLOURED CITIKn 5 CT ^ T ~ E ; miuSIASTI 0 BECEPTION OP fc-OSSUTE AT BOSTON . (¦ From our own Correspondent . ) Tft ., »„ ,. il « , ,. , New York , May 1 , 1852 . goodly numhpr ° Ieavcs our sbore 8 for Liverpool , and belie / e S 4 CX *? She haS eDgaged ak ° ady ; No one of ^ JJt ? or » } \ iTei and fifty before she saiIff * tion-if ° veSv exc ?^ dep"ts b * her tf 9 P ecialdeaigna ' Island and hia ' famify Oovernor Gregory , of the Bahama tion ° tniinf mi 'g ?* «* *« « d the . tie ., beenthe "beginning of Z ^ ? . communication , has upon human %££ fcg -l ^ at atrocious libel

      terday a coloured citizen of ffi&A L 7 b <*> reyes . name Ereas Smith , who had for ySX been T 7 )™? ' H respected in that place , was arre ed bv tl'i * ?* named Bidgeley , upon an allegation Sltfo ( sSfiwlX slave , and the property of Mrf F . Stansbury ^ fffi imor » A crowd collected , and nature would have her way nS ofthe Whigs and the infernal compromise ; SmitU did ™? l . ke being thus hunted like a wild beast , aSh £ & £ manifested sympathy ; but no actual violence , £ ? " £ empted beyond the efforts on the part of Smith to JJoapJ the fangs of the human hound ; At that moment Kidffl tue omeer , drew a pistol and shot the poor fellow through . ^ M - P fel 1 a lifeless oorPse » and the mworeant escapea the righteous vengeance that assuredly awaited him . out

      lortbe protection afforded him by the Unionists of Shrewsbury , by whom ho was hurried into the railway tiam , and arrived in Baltimore yesterday morning . A . a inquest was held before deputy coroner Fisher , yesterday when a sort of special verdiot was returned . The pooc teiioir has left a wife and two children , and the Governoe ?„» i ? ylvani , » already sent a state officer with a f 5- d , emand for the surrender of Ridgeley , by the Stata SW tO take his trial in the f ° ™ » State for the hBTftn ° / - V 7 llf ? l m L er How lon « is fchi 3 blood 7 traffic to «™ n 2 tmued ? , The Abolitionists are indeed gaining 'mnnnT * S ™ of these martyrs will raise tha SSt ^ SSS ^ - ^ l [ belty > and no sham 3 oStinh ° ^ 0 WS t ' ^ hour what brawls the S }^ " ' Quest on wUl embroil the union in : thafeoetiial ^'

      For v « m ™ r l daily reiving fresh * ill i ^ lor years it has been tbe praoticeto seize aJ iresnegroea who may enter the ports of South C imprison them until the departure . of t 8 * wwt Britain has . repeatedly and earnest . ' i : against these outrages . Under Mr . Ad '' » ° n , the justice of her claims wereack ' General Jackson ' s , they wero in eii tuen . tho question has hung by thi cently , when Hon . H . B . Mathew / isauamas , was appointed Consul a * with reference to the settlement ' Mgll 8 h SUbioCt haa hnon tsaUr

      Consul has remoastrated in vs ' to overrule the treaties of tb ot Massachusetts once unde of her coloured citizens to p Carolina , but was not pe action—her distinguished' j { Hon . Samuel Hoar ) havii ! by intimidation , and evei j-ii his refusal to leave . We \ : u Consul will bo treated wi \ , a Kossuth arrived at Bostc rr -s re ceived with much enthusiaf > ,

      Kossufch concluded a niori , tlCauent addreaa by saying that he entrusted .= of his country ' s liberty to tho people of Massa . > His speech was almost every moment interrupted i" ou . &s , and a more etttnusia 8 tic assemblage never met ia * . aneuil HaW Qmi , W ira ban . quefc . to Kossuth took place on tha 30 th ult . The procession formed at the State House , at six o clock , and proceeded to Faneuil Hall , the galleries of which had been for several hours erowded with ladies . AH the highest officers of the state were present / togetner with a large number of senators and representatives , and other distinguished citizens of this cifcv ; About 900 sat down to the table . " .

      The Hon . Henry Wilaon presided at the table , and de « clared the purpose of the banquet to be to pay a tribute of respect and admiration to the rightful Governor of Hungary . After a number of toasts and speeohea , Kossuth was an . nounced , and on rising . was received with tremendous plaudits , gentlemen dapping their hands , and by the waving of uaH- ' virchiefs by the . ladies in the gaWeties , He spoka ex' Hously , and with all his usual eloquence , for , « vo- ivf * rs . He said that Hungary would never mora . aled by , yKing . When she became free of Austria she , vvould be a republio , not only in name , aB in France , but a . epubhe in reality , Kossuth has accepted invitations to visit Salem , Lowelli &o « dro . .,. - ,. ¦ ¦; > . . . - .. :

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      ? 0 L . 1 . No . 2 . LONDON SATURDAY MAY Ih IXS ? PBICE *» to ™ cb . ha ! fpknwy , nwwvii i Pttiumiai i lfiai au , loq / j . ol . m ™ shmiuge p «' amutev .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1678/page/1/