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      VT 5 HC&—IMMUTABLE , UNIVERSAL , ETERNAL a . PEOPLE S PAT ^ Y ' -WHO SHALL A fOUMIT ? a- ™? the li " ner . -T to know , to utter , and to argue freely accord-J » S * toK * aboreall libsrties .-MaTON . 1 ! * a letter fr « m Mr . Eogehs , of Bristol , inserted in f . jaV ' s Star cf Freedom / recalls attention to the > 1- ci rrcspondence between the Chartists of Bristol -t \ } Ir . T . S . Duncombc , M . P . The points of the f ?( : c ^ rresposdcnce—io briefly recapitulate them—TVC *^ _ # ttt __ . i — — t T >_ t . a . ^ t i . _ 2 . * . ~\ T _ at Bristol wrote to

      number of Working men Mr , "Oancoaibe on the 31 th of March last , to congratulate y on LIs restored state of health , as announced in i ;«| retiring address to the Committee of the' United Trades' Association . ' They appended to their words c pongratulation , the expression of their conviction , that ! & ¦ Dancombe was the only man to call into ex-^ eace a ' real People ' s Party , " for the purpose cf ' tf ? . Ki \ n * sach a Radical Eeform of our Represcnta-* tc System , as the exigencies of the times demand . ' Mr . DuSCOMBE , in his reply , stated that he had {)' 05 C ., ved , with regret , the political apathy and indifitirence upon most important and pressing questions which has pervaded the classes , formerly tbe jggst prominent in urging those questions upon the - ? nation of the Legislature . '

      \ ir . D uXCoiibe added , 'I agree with you that the Mtient is the most favourable time for the formation of a " People ' s Party / ' But in order to entitle you to T-ist designation , it must he based upon such a foundation » 3 will enlist the sympathy and support of all classes , especially the working classes , without dictatins as to the use that may be , or must be made of political power . It should seek to diffuse that ¦ nower to the largest practical extent ; and thus entrust

      tbe . nation with the contronl and regulation of its own affairs . ' Hr- Duscombe went on to say that eo such party existed at the present time . He added , « As a uradical step , I advise a peaceful , but earnest agitation , for a simple residential suffrage , in connexion with the ballot—shorter parliaments ; no Property Qua l ification for representative ' s , and a more © pal apportionment of members , accordiug to population and property . ' in a suggested petition he farther elucidated his -views in the following terms : —

      To tie HonounJile the House of Commons in Parliament a-erabled : — Wethe undersigned , being daeply impressed with the conviction : ' sat it is essential to the contentment of the people and thegood jon-rniaent of the empire , that the representation ofthe people in to ^ r Honourable llosse shouli be fall , fair , and frse , earnestly : < : ay—Tiat your Honourable House will take into its early consideration , ihf justice as iveUas the policy of extending the suffrage to ilaMt miles , u'icjnricted of crime , and unaided by parochial riief . who ha * e been resident for the period of twelve months in ; nv tor-jusi ; , city , or county ; that elections may be taken by ballot aijheoption of any constituency demanding its protection ; that ; liere shall be no property qualification fur members ; that a more ejus ! apportionment of representatives , according to population jad property , be established , andthafcone-third ef therepresentai-ts , si de ^ ed , retire annuall y for the purpose of re-election or

      iismiisal . The Bristol Chartists passed a resolution on the 13 th of April , recording their ' unabated confidence in the justice of the People ' s Charter in its entirety , but bespeaking « calm and deliberate consideration ' for Mr . Duxcombe ' s propositions . There appears to have been some further commuuicausa , not published , on the part of the Bristol Chartists . On the 21 th of April Mr . Dukcombe sroie a rejoinder in which he reminded Ms correspondents that he had not thrust his views upon them , lut that , on the contrary , they had sought his advice , which he had tendered in all honesty of purpose . } . ir . Du-VCoMusfurthcrremarked ,

      lifcss tut surprised me to find that a small number of persons iarsiiiseaaj-ertiuacious opposition to the policy 1 recommended , al ii : jsviublic character has been assailed .

      ^ After some severe comments upon the past procee dings of Chartist Leaders , Mr . Dujscombe

      addsi us ! tusj should still endeavour to prolong a f actitit us popularity , andtadfcjvuortotraaeonand lire by exciting the passions , and 35 fcyingiij « niheignor . inceof those who are under their influence , is jm : o rt wondered at , however much it mav be regretted . I did aoi txptct that such persons would approve of the policy I proposed . . wan ; the work done - They want to Uve by paid agitation . Whether tirewiriung classes generall ; take my advice or not , as to the circse tu be pursued with respect to forming : i People ' s I'artv , at all events I hope ihey will immediately button up their breeches' pocaris aEd no lunger uc duped into the support oi men who are only r-ibliq : them and tktir families of their hard earnings , in seekin " : ia : nliieh time has proved to be unattainable , and obstructing , as % a--he ' a- power extcads , the progress of the popular cause .

      The only po'nt of which I had any doubt , or was disposed to mo . < fa > in the petition , is Uie term cf residence . I find that sbc months : s wrfwred by many . I thought that twelve months , with easy and instant right ti registration , might be more liberally interpreted , iai tJic exact time net insisted upon so strictly as it would be in the cast o : the shorter period . I am , however , quite willing to consent uat the qualification shall be six months' residence instead of : welve , ifyou deem it preferable . On all the other points in the Vfridoi ! , my cphriun remains unchanged . The above is as fair and faithful a resume of the correEpondeuce as the nesessary limits of this letter will permit me to give . It is easy to perceive that Mr . DukCombe must

      save written his rejoinder under the influoace of irritated feelings . The cause of that irritation may be looked for , not in tli 9 proceedings of the Bristol Cbartists , Lut in the unfair and malignant criticism of a party ever ou the look out to manufacture * political capital , ' by insinuation , denunciation , and all the miserable arts of political disingenuousness . _ Mr . Rogees very properly recounts the noble services rendered h y Sir . Dpscojibe to Democracy and Humanity . Those services must be fresh in the grateful recollection of the people . Of course no length or kind of service in the Past could justify or

      excuse dishonesty in the Present . If satisfied that **«• - Dgscombe really designed to deceive the people , and sacrifice them auew , to promote personal ambition or class interests , no one would be readier than tUe writer of these remarks to raise the voice of earning and condemnation—warning to the people , and condemnation of him who would mislead them , int , having the most perfect faith in the purity of - ^ Ir . Duxcombh ' s patriotism , and his earnest desire to bring about the emancipation of the working classes , I , for one , must decline to treat him as a renegade , ' or an enemy to the popular cause .

      But not tiie less must I express my decided conwction . thatMr . Duscokbe commuted himself to a grave political error , ia proposing to substitute his Eew-fangled scheme of representation for those clear and well-defined ' principles an-1 provisions , of which he was th 8 noblest representative , ' when Chartism icas a powerful element of popular opinion , exercising influence both within and without the Legislature . ' " Without discussing the several points of Mr . Bux-COMBE ' s Programme , it is sufficient to protest against

      that clause relating to the Franchise , the conditions of which , if adopted , would exclude from the exercise of the Suffrage those victims of a system whose * ery pauperism furnishes an argument ia support of their claim to hgisl&tWe power , without which they can never hopo for salvation from tbe evila of onr unqujtous Social System . As to the optional ballot awl the enriou 3 substitute for * Annual Parliaments , ' they edmit of no comparison with the corresponding points' of the 'People ' s Charter .

      Here I must observe that I cannot tell woat i 3 to » gained by the adoption of Mr . Duxcombe ' s K Heme , or the proposition of « S partacus' to go for Juiuooa Suffrage only , Binking all details . To f « opt either course would be to unsettle all that has j * a determined not merely hy Chartist Localities , « uy the enlightened conclusions of wise andfaithful formers who preceded the Urih of the document dominated the People ' s Charter . That measure sebtm ? P erfflcl » 6 at » m ° sfc assuredly , no other fiftSr re P reseQ tation concocted during the last mw JF **?! haa eo nearly approached the embodijP / P ^ beal justice for each and for all . CW ™* wneededisnot any BqTjstituteforthe hSh ' A *?" * S ood and t ™ meh should come naad-S ^ e tbe causo of Chartism out of the latanc ^ P " ^ ^ adventuier 3 and Political Charrir ? wllose object is not the eatablislimfinf : nf th *

      *~* SSt § ratificafion of theU" ° * n Paltry and C ££ P ! ^ ' ? T Pmea » not * at the ^ SS ^^^ ble butthatit is not attainable aadiiwT- ^^ dently assume to be its only pure ^ patnofac adTocates . The triumph of CharSsm * £ ! ££ " , * ** ? CrOtchet 8 ' «* aS « etounite ^ inWot 7 ^ on ' ^ -1 trust still J ail ? ^ p P ^ of ^ DTOCoMBEto form aPeople ' s ** &' aS 5 n a 1 ? arty must ^ based u P ° f 0 BE - Ht U ? M ? ^ sympa thy and support of ^ HisTPlS ?* ' Dukcosibb ' s good flense ?» * ove ? £ r ° ^ tal ^ anicinfluence tliat - > Con 1 nwhiltf ' wmdictate toWmtheonly Hiffl ftesupwBtnlcttlreo { ^ eoP ^ s

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      J « J A f 7 ?? ' . ^ - ' sPartyis conclusively deteimined by the pitiable exhibition of which the People s Instate , Manchester , has been the theatre . If Derby , Russell , and Cobdejt , had combined to hatch some scheme desi gned to lay bare the absolute-disorg anisation of the Chartist Party , and the corresponding presumption of two or three self-sufficient intriguers , those arch-enemies of democracy could not have devised anything more conducive to that end thau the so-called Conference . ' Never , nacethe history of Chartism commenced , were our !!? " !! £ i ? i ! f a 8 th ! miser attempt

      ^ L , ^ ^ of these half-dozen 'Delegates' to give lawsTo a body which ere now has numbered its millions but , judged by the constituents of these Delegates ' would now appear to number not so many units as it once did thousands . Fortunatel y for the character of Chartism , there are yet men enough in the country who take an active part in the cause to repudiate the acts of this precious 'Conference . ' Could anything be more disgraceful than that Chartists should submit to this mock-Brummagem Bonapartism ? The ravings and the antics of these pure patriots , so read y to vote themselves and their

      nominees place and pay , would call down upon Chartism the crushing weight of universal ridicule and scorn ; but that there are those in the country who are numerous enough , and honest enough to give the lie to these wretched caricaturists of Democracy , these worst enemies to Chartism , and the welfare of the people . Let every democrat read the report of the ' Conference , 'judge , determine , and act accordingly . This is no time for compromise . There can be no terms kept with those whose avowed aim is to degrade every Chartist to the level of bull y and dupe—bully towards all other persons and classes ( even if they adopt our principles !) and dupe to the most barefaced system of knavery ever devised hy the dealers in political chicanery , delusion , and humbug . L'AMI DU PEUPLE .

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      TO THE EDITOR OP IffiS STAR OF FltEEDOM . bin , —As a constant subscriber to all your writings , and a 3 a sincere Democrat , I cannot but feel a deep interest ia your wlfare , as well as of that cauBe with which your naiao has been furso many years identified , and to which « JS . ¦»* *« y «« *> ve held aloof from taking that prominent part which I formerly took in the DemoKo cauee , chiefly on account of the miserable bickerings in ourrukfl ; and I should still have been Latent to " ema a in statu quo , were it not for certain statements whioa an . pearediuthe " Star" of Saturday last , which I have reld with fechaga of deep sorrow . * ««» o » eau «™ rT i > iT ? were tid of 80 rae of the main causes of discord and disunion , and that we had once more got our own Journal into mil tried and trusty fanck-all would go on merry as a marriage bell »_ and that the old brigade would take their places , and " fall in" as before

      ana march lorward in the good old cause with the brotherly feeling and hearty good will of former days . JuoVff , then mv regret at beholding an attempt to renew this suicidal conflict on the most flimsy pretexts , thus splitting us up wto powerless and contemptible fragments , to the great delight of our enemies , and the bitter disappointment of the « good men and true" ia the Jforthem districts ? mere is no use mincing matters Thp tima hna a * rived to speak out , and I , L JS ^ ffSm £ my feehngg but the feelings of hundreds of DemooS with whom I have conversed on the subiect to which I refer . I have met them in groups talkingtfover ¦ a ! have been stopped in the streets by scores , inouS « Sf what ' s up now ? Are we going to have SAckup * Well , I also say , « This work will never do we cannot afford it ; it must be put an end to by some Z £ » S

      a similar view to Messw . Shack eton . Wilcock and VmSa at the late West Riding Delegate Mee ingrSdfate the doctrine that we are to be Chartists and notSZore , as , from the beginning , we have uniformly held ujthe Charter aa a means to aa end-Social Reform . The L hta of Labour , in the fuUest and most comprehensive sen " e being our ultimate object , Depend upo ? ufM ? tS £ , neither cliques nor coteries will be allowed to take the name of Demooraoy m vam , hthy called delegate ) or any tldng eUe . The good sense of the people wilf soon settle that matter . * I should have thought that the last attemnt tn opt « n i Manchester Conference would have ' SaLnfnfto certain gentry m that locahty ; but , experience seems lost on some people . The whole affair is too precipitate . It is placing the " cart before the horse . " I had hoped that the of

      recognised organ Democracy , for years past , having got again into tbetrne track , the onward road Of Democracy , that thousands who , like me , had thrown it up on account of its short comings , would again renew their support , and that from that point , and the facilities thereby established for mutual communication , we mi ght once more become a united body , and renew Freedom ' s battle . Besides , hare we not an Executive Council in existence—certainly not so well supported ou account of our present disorganised state—bat still they are the only legitimate and properly elected head of the Democratic party . Men who deservedly possess the confidence of the people . Let these men call ai Convention when they find themselves in a condition to do so ; which , as I understand from their weekly addresses they are desirous of doing ; let a programme of future opera turns be laid down , and a systematic plan be adopted fo

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      raisin ? the necessary funds Let us have done with factious feelings and ' bi « nanism , " and I will warrant you we sbTll soon get into a healthy position . I doubt not there are thousands looking quietly on who will give their eheerf-il support when something of this kind » attempted in a kindly amnt » not to " conciliate ! the middle class " but to rene ^ v old friendships among ourselves . I have nothinF to say on tins vexed question of : newspaper rivalry Both parties are recognised by the people . " There w room encuga for both , " dme a-head ! The most amusing v Tt oftuefiffau ' isin friend Longbottom's letter . It appears from that , that some of the Lancashire delegates have found out that you are no CHnUt , and that my friend Ky < id ia nobody , because he has fought Labour ' s battle in old m ™

      Dick s penny paper Oh dear ! oh dear ! Tell that to John West , old veteran , Ben Rushton , of Halifax ; Martin Jude , of JewowJc ; to the men of Iludderofield , Leeds , Bradford and the Chartists of the West Riding , who put him forward as the chosen , of Democracy at the West Biding election . The - men of the north" will w . quire soine stronger proof tlmn the assertion of my funny friend Grocott , who was a fellow collegian of mine at Kirkdale caol , before they will resign their confidence in you or Mr . Kydd . ¦„ ,. , „ , ,. I am , your Bincere friend , ^ S lSr «™ w nnE .

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      T / ie Ltgilimisls against the Usurper— ChangMnicr and Zamon ' ciere refuse the oath—Ominous Pronunciamento—Growing unpopularity of the priesthood—The Proscription—The coming judgment , ( From our own Correspondent . ) The Fete des Aigks , or , as you , Mr . Editor , have more properly denominated the recent monster humbug , the " Feast of the Vultures , " is already forgotten in the interest excited by the now attitude taken by the extreme Royalists ; by the letters of the banished generals ; and by the antioath-swallowiug movement now snreadine far and wide .

      The London papers will have apprised you of the miserable termination of the fetes , and the dissatisfaction of the sight seeking multitude so lamentably . " taken in " by the shabby display of fireworks—typical of our "Prince President , " who has gone up a rocket , but will csme down a stick . " Will " —he has even now commenced his descent . - His selfglorificatjon on the 10 th was the last of his tinsel triumphs . The terrible silence , the unconcealed contempt , on the part of the people , must have been to him as the handwriting on the wall . Never shall I forget his haggard care-worn look , the expression so palpably proclaiming a mind ill at ease , a spirit consumed by anxiety , and the prescience of coming retribution .

      The . Count de Chambord-the miserable heir of the effete Bourbons-has afc length taken ground against his mffiannval at present " in possession . " Alarmed by the evident advances ot Bonaparte towards "the Empire , " tbe Count de Luambord has though it necessary to demand of his aaherents that they abstain from filling any office or place of trust , it en gagements or promises , contrary to their principles , are required from them . " He repeats the worn-out humbug , that the principle of which he is the representative , can alone restore to France her liberties , peace , and happiness . But lest there should be any mistake as to the intentions of this shadow of Royalty , he take 3 care to impress upon hia followers that in case of need they must aid . the existing government to " crush anarchical and socialist doctrines . " Ifc as true now as ever , that that these royal impostors , lefritimatfl or bastard « for-ffel ;

      nothing and loam nothing . " They still ding to the ridicul ous traditions and are as far as ever from comprehending the new relation of governments to the proletarians and tillers of the soil . The government , whether Bonapartist , Legitimist , or Eepublican , that dare not grapple wtb this much abused socialism , neuertain what it contains of truth and justice , irrespective of systems or persons / and proceed to put into execution all that itcontainsof the just and the true , that government , no matter its name , its force , its means of corruption or coercion must fail . Doubtless France will see her liberties restored—will enjoy peaco and happiness , but no thanks to the Count de Charabord any more than to the bastard Bonaparte . If his mock " majesty " is wise he will let France alone , and oontent himself with his present position , not so bad a , one considering the misfortunes inflicted by his race upon this country .

      But this manifesto of the prescribed Bouvnonia not unimportant . Doubtless a good many Legitimists will pvefer the sweets of office at any price to exclusion therefrom , arid rathey than be debarred from sharing the publio plunder , will enter into any engagement with the usurper , and bolt any number of oaths ho may require them to swallow . But , on the other hand , there must bo many who will remain "loyal" to their convictions . To givo the devil his due , a Legitimist will usually be found honest and conscientious , compared with an Orieanist or Bonapartist , and all refusing to swear fealty to the tyrant must weaken his position and accelerate his fall . _ Still greater sensation than that caused by the now position of tho Legitimists has been excited by the letters of tbe Generals Changarniev and Lamoriciere . A . s you may not have spaco for those letters in full , permit me to note a few passages . Ohangarnier's letter is ddtod " Malines , the lOwi of Map . " You may be Bure the date was not a matter of accident .

      After reminding the Minister of War of hia ( Changarniev's ) semoes , he prooeeds : — Louis Napoleon Bonaparte haa frequently attempted to make me &wewe from the straight line which I hnd traced for myself , anil to induce me to lund myself to his amoitious designs ; he has many times-very many times , offered and caused to he offered to me , not only the rank of Marshal , which I should have filledin the eyes ofl'ranee without being thought to degrade it , but another military dignity winch has never been revived since the fall of tho Empire . He proposed to endow it with enormous pecuniary advantages , but which , thanks to the simplicity of my mode of life . I arrogate to myself no merit in having refused . Perceiving at last that personal interest had no influence over my conduct , he attempted to act upon me by representing himself as resolved to prepare the way for the triumph of the cause of monarchy , to which be believed me at . tached by predilection .

      After remarking that this last artifice also failed , and after denouncing the aets of iniquity and violence associated with the coup d ' etat , the-General concludes as follows :-The only French journal which meets my eyes here has just in , formed me of tho decree wMch prescribes the form ofoathtobe taken by allin the service of the army . A paragraph , evidently drawn up wzth referenco to the generals under proscription , allows them an interval of four months . I require no such extended period for deliberation on a point of duty and honour . This oath required by the perjurer vibo failed in Ms attempts to eoirupt me I refuse . CaurairaiEB .

      Changarnier ' s revelations contain nothing new—that is , nothing but what was generally believed long since . But they confirm that belief . They prove the unceasing perfidy and long meditated tveaBon of the Usurper . Europe will not fail to oontrast Changarnier ' a revolatious with the blasphemies of the Archbishop of Paris , who ascribed Bonaparte ' s acts to the inspiration of Heaven ' . Inaome respects the letter of Lamoriciere is even more telling than that of Ohangarnier , as the following extracts will show : — TO THE MIMSTEtl OF WAE . General , —Torn from my home , thrown into prison , proscribed in contempt of the laws , I did not believe you would have gone so far as to ask me for an oath of fidelity to the man w ' rtose power , usurped by violence , Umlgmintaintdbyforee . But a document emanating from your department contains a paragraph which evidtmtly applies to the generals who have been banished , and imposes on them the obligations of tho oath . Two months ate allowed to those who reside in Belgium to renlv to this summons . r '

      I hear it said on all aides that the oath is not binding towards a person who has not kept his own . Widely as Hiis doctrine U nonused I reject it—delay I do not require—the Oath I refuse . How must the Usurper shrink on reading these withering words ! _ Yes , it is true , thousands who have taken the oath will abjure it the first favourable opportunity . As a matter of course , the Bonapartist journals are furious . Lamoriciere is described as a mere ignorant soldier and a most incorapotent general . As to Ohangarnier , his hostility to the Republic , hia brutal coercion of the Republicans , hia Quixotic proposal to invade England , with many more delectable maUers , are rehearsed by Granier de Cassagnac ,

      and other writers of the same stamp . De Cassagnac , as is well known , will stick at nothing ; I am , therefore , not surprised to find that already , he has been denounced as an infamous calumniator , by Mole , whose name he had cited as that of a witness to the truth of certain charges against Changarnier . "Altogether this is a very pretty quarrel as it atauds . < The AfticauganeralB' revelations and denunciations proclaim the villany of Bonaparte ; while the oounteraccusations levelled at the generals will at least serve to remind the people that these men of the sabre , also helped to destroy the Republic . The Future will do both parties justice . Perhaps the most remarkable and ominous event of the time is the wide-spread refusal of members of tta Clnnncila

      beneral , Municipal Councillors , Judges , and other functionaries to take the oath prescribed by Bonaparte . A mere hat of the names of the persons composing this formidable opposition would oocupy far more space than you could ° 5 O . | £ natural consequence , alarm and confusion pervade the Councils of the Elysee J 2 S ! ? vfreD ' , ' ! W « i" and willing tool of the tyrant , has been despatched to Vienna on a " confidential mission ; whether to propitiate the northern powers by explaining away anything offensive in the "feast of the eagles , or to get at the secrets connected with the recent movements of the autoorat-time will tell T ? 30 e n ulheJ a ? u a mass wa 8 ^ ebrated at " the Chnrch of St . Mstache , to * the purpose oi tlessing four liists of Louis NapohJon ; which busts were subsequently stuck up in the New Central Market . There disgusting fooleries excite the ¦?« «? - «?« s . en ble A 0 rtl 0 U of the population . Every day ^ the Bemle priesthood become more and more

      un-The proscription of the Republicans continues Scarcely a day passes but numbers are arrested or driven from the country . Thousands of families , deprived of their natural p W ! u ?{ . aw *! n a .- 8 tat ? of the mo 3 t deplorable distress . But little attention is given to the proceedings of the corps tyufafc / . It would seem , however , that even that despicable body is exhibiting signs of life , anything but agreeeble to the master of the state . The ' progress

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      When he falls , he falls like Ludfe , Never torise : igain . * "" ¦ " « ' ¦» Usss ^ A fo « , ^ rray has been sent t 0 ^» m . ifc is supposed Thn r M 0 VEMENTS OF THE AUTOCRAT SKSttSlSMSkK sSSJJyVlSK enade i gvand tattoo executed by aniTh ee visi ? s tn thn a p C 0 Uple . of dozen of cxfcra dr ™ 3 , publ eiy fevo ^ ISL oT f ' f orded tlle Vienn * fin . « eS , A ^ JS WZfU '^ f th ° ImPe - Queen of Hanover ™ J ^*^ J ? l $ * ™*

      GERMANY . ' " The Ilanoverian Cabinet has announced in fie Chamhpr several important modifications in the ConaSut on > omSk Instead of the 2 nd article , according to SK S ascends the throne in virtue of a patent , tfTl i h , jS o he o Constitution is stored , " the term , o the S le of 1846 being considered inconsistent with the prinoinle « f ffaK ^ r ** other chailges arecoS - A number of police a / jents of various German State * have lately been sent to Frankfort and its neighbourhood to watch the proceedings of several persons aL ed to be is ^ zis ^ have lately awived on " ** From Austria we learn that the Ban Jcllaohich haa found t ; n 2 T ryt 01 - MU 8 a P'M'amation , prohibiting ho unftSSffiS 1011 ama among the pcople su ^ ected to

      ITALY . tese h W- p nt S from Tu , rin ' , received at th * Pinion tese Legation , Pans , state that the entire Cabinet had ten dered its resignation to the King , who had ohareed tt fonSctlofi ! ' Pre 3 ideDt ° fthe »**« MX ! S . Bma , May 10 . ~ The papal ' authoritica u » boU-thattho » &r r th - , ' ial of Edward Mtt ™ y WS ' nSS rsear lity > The fate of the condemaed maQ *

      UNITED STATES . OUR AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE Immense Immigration during April-Extermination of the fongines-Slaughter of Indians at "Happy c * Z '' - homuh at BuHker-MIl : Eloquent Speech atid&iSastie Demonstration-Robbery of Lwlfs Treasurer ( From our own Correspondent . ) i » ii ^ . New York . Mav 5 18 ; i 2 By the British andHorth American steamshin Asia tha fleetest of the royal line , I send you a summary J he chief events that have transpired on this side since the sailing of the Arctic on tho 1 st inst .

      During the month of April , just dosed , nearly thirty WnS i mmigrants >™ » -iv ed in this po ! t of which a full half have come from the port of Liverpool the r « . mainder are thus distributed : _ From Ireland ( of cou ? se a S W&feWiarf-Sr o ; Italian ports , 6 ; Spanish port ' . 2 ; effgresS H Sf na ;?' ? ; and different ° tivr ports , 85 . JJ ° ' h « da » Pf * y ^ whites Vent down to a place rathe . inappropriately , called " Happy Camp , " where SfJ ™ 1 l 8 ed B aorow » carae the KlamahKiver , collec ting miners on their way up , and on the moraine of tha 12 th

      surrounded two lodges at the Indian ferry , and shot all the men , several squaws , and destroyed the vancho . Tho game scene was enacted at Indian Flat , two miles abovebut one escaping , and ho was wounded . Some thirty or forty Indians were killed , and two whites wounded , one bad e . The squaws and children wore left in Scott ' s IS' mwm om tlleir hard fate and begging for On Monday last , the 3 rd instant , Kossuth was enthusiastically received by the people of Charleston . Ihere was a grand demonstration at Buuker-hill , where the Hungarian eehvered an approbate speech , alluding in eloquent terms to the Marty rs of liberty , who had fallen on

      tnat memorable fiele . He said lie was proud of his country , andoftUo notoo manner in which her people were now behaving . Greater and nobler yet in its present sufferings , than when it bore up against a world in arms , and raised its country s name higher in its very fall than it stood ever in its brightest days . The responsibilities of my position ( ho continued ) well guard me from easily believing what Iwarmly wish . I weigh calmly every incident . Butjoyisso communicative that I cannot forbear somuchto say , that lliave reason to be proud of my people , and bow with profound veneration at its name . The tidings I receive , entitle mo to gay : — " lounglSero in Vienna ' s old walls-they maycBt rage and pour the embers of thy fury over mv ueonle ' s head

      —thou mayest raise thy scaffold and people thy dungeons with thousands of new victims , and drain the life-sweat of ray people and whip it with the iron rod of thy unparalled tyranny . « I defy thce to break my people ' s highminded spuut-foolish boy ! Thou mayest torture ray family—break the heart of my old mother—murder my sisters , and send forth thy assassins against him who , with m-tated but honest generosity , once save thy crown . Thou mayest do all that thau canst-tby days are numbered —thy power is sailing , and my country must be free . "

      air . HojmK , Ivossuth ' s treasurer , was robbed between . Newark and Springfield , of nearly ' 100 dollars ; it was his all . lie is a worthy man , and his loss excites substantial sympathy , lesterday , the 4 ih of May , Kossuth , actompailied by Governor Boutwell , visited Cambridge , Harvard College the Observatory , and Mount Auburn , and dined at the resi ' dence of Professor Longfellow . lie msdo no public speeches . Later Intelligence . —The Fianklin steam ship from , Isew lork , arrived at Southampton on Thursday , tho 20 th inst . Henry Clay , the celebrated Whig statesman , was apparently at tho point of death . Ho had very strongly warned his countrymen against intervention in Europe . Kossuth had met with a ^ good reception in Lowell , and largo subscriptions raised . Mr . Feargus O'Connor had arrived in Now York , and had taken up his quarters at the Irving-house .

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      FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . The time lias now arrived when the Democracy of England should if ™ ? i on ^ etemtaed effon t 0 accomplish their freedom . Kcmcmuer , that these men are enduring the horrors of banishment , from their native land on account of their having been engaged In a struggle for their country ' s liberty , it may be they did not adopt the best means for such a glorious object to bo realised ; but we ought not , fov one moment , let this deter us from making the attempt . As ire have now what might be termed a new government , and one ttmtis in no way concerned with their exUe , why should not we at once ask them to restore ouv suffering brothers to tha irt ! ° / their . birth ? If a deputation of London Chartists , or any flS , » nS «? m v > < so ? baucea t 0 wait u P ° n tliree w four in . dependent members of the House of Commons , and ask them to form a deputation to the government upon the matter , we think , if earnestly taken up , good would be the result . ' With reference to Ellis and others , we think that as one arim . ment against the motion on the previous occasions , was the coupling of his name in asking for the liberation of Frost , Wil . w ? SVi ? Jones , it wouia notbe politic to ask for his liberation With theirs . We think our obiect attainaMo ; nnd . whpn . onnnm

      plulled , then wa can ask for the liberationof others . When Colonel inompson was down here just before this sessisn opened , we asked mm to present a petition , or make a motion for their release . He f « « . « . m r fias ter he visited us a S 5 an < l after putting us to the trouble of getting up a requisition to the Mayor , or to convene a meeting , he said , in reply to some correspondent , he ™ , ao nothing m the matter . When questioned , he said lie would do all in his power to procure their release , having said ia a letter he would do nothing towards it . These are the men who thifr « * f ecrtlt ] Lot < 1 Derby and his followers , because of their enmity towards Democracy and Free Trade : and these are the men who betray those who , to promote the success of Democracy , are bold enougli to confront a long and weary imprisonment , llns appeal , we trust , will not be made in vain . Never mind former JwS ? ? ment 8 ; i . * us try again-now-at once . If we make not the ettortat . once , let us remember , then , that we are on the eve of a general election , and it should be made a point in the choice of mm ™ . at t ^" . movC l or vote for the fetation of Erost , Wilhams , Jones , and all the other victims of class legislation . Al candidates rejecting this test , should be scouted as enemies to rtie eo le ' ** g unworthy t 0 hold iu trust the "bertics of

      Joseph Aidikson . George Demaln . Tbohas Wucock . VVitLUM Smith . nVrt , o « h ^? d up iS . coIuran 8 has compelled abridgment ot the above address . We have endeavoured , however , not to omit anything that wa » essential . Our friends , when writing % Me ttxs ^ x'ssg&ttdfe KaKs ^ rSit combe , Hume , and Walmsley , and brought ulider the notice of tte EP&isllsss

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      General Abzbub O'Conkob . - Galijjnani" has a biofnhSS . fH ^ of thia ™ te ™ , whodie dafewdaya % gO , in his mnetietH year , at his residence near iiontarefa . So S * w - ? S ' } - birtb ' and in earfy "f e waa a member of the Irish Parliament . He belonged to the United Irishmen , and formed one of the five members of the Direotory vJop xT as ? ufc in mo Tement that vast association . In 1 Mb the United Irishmen , aiming openly at throwing Off the rule of England , General Hocho ' s expedition T fu dec l , « on * "> however , failed signally , and Arthur O Connor and another member of the Irish Directory came over to the Continent , and had an interview with General Hoche at Frankfort , but it was not that gonerai who attempted the second descent . General Humbert landed on August 22 , 1798 , at Killala , with 1 , 500 men but ft e x 5 ! ° A !* SS ° h ^ I ^ % ^ _ aviD S Allowed from waut of fundHumbert and all hi 3

      s , men were obliged to lav down their anna on September 8 th following Arthur O'Connor , meanwhile , had been arrested at Margate and all his papers seized This . brought to light the Lms ' pondence of the United Irishmen with the Irench Directory and several of the Irish leaders were arros-. ed . O ' Connor before tho day fixed for his trial had ^ nwed ^ cpftnTrt * in esoaping to France , and was yffiS ?! Consul , who gave him the tiiw 3 ?* 5 SS « f 5 S ! 5 « - the French army . He ^ m ^ vS fwXcZ doroet , and was intimate wife ilfe SSrwfiaedi £ meet at thehouBo of MadamS * nfi ^ Ffi " s * 3 fir * , * ° M : de Tracy ' s . He pubiSSM ^ fed . 3 * only bod , M , Daniel O'Connor , ^ d ^ M ^ malw !

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      London Tbmperakoe Lbmtoe . ~ On Monday evening the annual meeting of the friends of the London Temperance League waaheld afc Exeter-hall , Mr . Silk Buckingham presiding . The attendance waB very scanty . The proceedings having been opened with prayer , the Chairman , ad ' dressing the meeting , expressed a hope that the paucity of the attendance would not be deemed an indication of any flagging of the cause . The report stated that after the great temperance demonstration in August last the committee which had the management of it was formed into a permanent body , and the balanoe accruing from the demonstration was £ 470 . This committee had united with other bodies in the same cause , and was now a powerful body for the promulgation of the doctrines of the sooiety . From 15 . Q 0 O to 20 , 000 circulars and tracts had been issued , and this , including public meetings , entailed an expense of £ 100 per month . A considerable number of lecturers were engaged by the society , and some of these gentlemen were of very

      distinguished talent . A plan for registering the names and addresses of the members of the League had been adopted , with a view of annually publishing some interesting statistics as to the progress of the movement : The report expressed a hope that the traffic in strong drink would shortly be brought under the attention of the Legislature by the agency of the members of the House of CommonB in connexion with the League . The committee also intimated an intention of closing , if possible , several low places of public amusement , which had been productive of material demoralisation among the lower orders , and expressed a hope that the members of the association would come forward and assist them effeotually in their endeavours . The report was agreed to to nem . dis ., and several gentlemen , among whom were the Itev . W . Forster , Mr . L . Heyworth , M . P ., the Rev . H . Solly , and Mr . W . Logan , having , in address , ing the assembly , pointed out at great length the social , physical , and moral evils of intemperance , the meeting diapersed after thanking the « bnincan . :

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      == J | JJgJ 1 ___ l « 08 > gATOBDAY , MAY 22 , Ml VR T ^ SZ vllZnr '

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      THE STAR OF FREEDOM AND THE " CRUSHERS . " TO TUB ED 1 TOB OF IHS STAR OP FREEDOM . Dear SiB ,-Tho report of the West Riding Defecate meeting m your last week ' s number , shows a more practical spirit to be prevalent than was evinced some time aeo It we were to go on as some would have us , talking of fral termty and acting antagonism , nothing could come of it but contradiction and stagnaiion . Tho entire impression conveyed by the report of the delegate meeting of our West Riding friends is encouraging to those who would rescue Democracy from obstructiveness , and make it a reocnised advocacy and a popular power . v » a uiaOu

      Speaking for a moment personally , I am indebted to Messrs . Wiicock and Shackleton , for the explanations they were so generous to give in my absence on my account They may assure Mr . Cameron that I neither spoke nor voted against the Charter . At tho time to which ho refers at the meeting of the Parliamentary Reformers my vote was marely an indication that I was willing to confederate with all who were willing to go in the same direction as myself . Why should the Chartists object to this Beemg that so many of us who work for the Charter do so on the same principle , because it is a measure in the right direction ? Many of us go much farther , and seek more comprehensive reforms . We take the Charter by the way nml regret that the Chartists generally do not see farther ! Educated m political sectarianism , they want no more than that . In this narrowness of view they resemble many of the Parliamentary Reformers . *

      Permit me to say a word aa regards the « Star of Freedom . 1 may differ from you on many points—I may not snare your prejudices against tbe " Manchester School "—! H ! Uwrt CTer -w ? " ? ° T re vena 1 ' falso t 0 Chartism , or a tool of the middle class , I have ready a word in vour defenca-I tell them , whoever they are , that they either speak without knowledge , or speak against tho truth . And now that I see disreputable efforts being made by Chartists to put down the "Star of Freedom , " and deny / hearing to thei Editor , who has made so great sacrifices to serve them I thmk it a duty to suspend any dissent I may have , and aid in securing fair play , both for the Editor and the paper Visiting , as I am now doing , many provincial districts , I see more or less of the political supporters and opponents of the "Star of Freedom , " and to such I explain the nature of the late changes , which somewhat contributes to counteract " conspiracy , " and silence calumny . Evervwhere I meet persons who are glad to find their old friend

      Jir . jiarney at the head of affairs , and all agree that the bear is conducted in a manner likely to do credit to Democracy , and to advance it . Every writer is canvassed Ur . Kydd has friends everywhere . Mr . Bell ia not so well known where I have been sojourning . Mr . Massey is the subject of expectation on the part of many intelligent persons , poetical and otherwise . "JSpartecus , " who always writes better things under that name than under his own , is sure to bo read as the Hotspur of your columns . Indeed he is so pertinent , chivalrous , and fiery , that I think it greater intellectual pleasure to differ from him than to agree with him . Believe me , to be yours faithfully ( and when you ate denied fair play , yours decidedly , ) Tho Admiral Kelson , Northampton , IStfa May , ^ S ^

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      the grossest tyranny that we , as professing Democrats and RepHbhcans abhor ; viz .: —shackling the " liberty of the press . " I very much fear that these very anxious Chartists , instead of making the « People ' s Paper for the People s good , " it will be the " People ' s Paper for the poople s harm , " and the sooner this little paltry upstart tyranny is put an end to in tho " People's Camp" the better . If the promoters of the "People ' s Paper " (?) chooso to give half , or all , their profits , it does not prove their sincerity a bit the moro . God knows , I would not throw any doubt or any hindrance in the way of establishing a paper for the benefit of the cause of Democracy : but when one reads—an edict— " a decree , " adopted by a Londoii council recommending one particular paper as the organ—as the only paper for the movement—I must tell ,

      IO THB EDITOR OF TUB STAR OF FREEDOM . Dear Sir . —Having this moment read the " Star of Freedom . " and"Reynolds ' s Weekly Newspaper , " with the " People ' s Paper , " (?) and read and re-read with astonishment the mean and underhanded manner the promoters _ of the " People ' s Paper" (?) attempt to stay the circulation of all others that may bo started to advocate the rights of the down trodden people , I am at a loss we are all at . a loss—in a downright " fix , " to know the meaning of this " . preference" of a paper that has but iust made ita appearance " Iteynolds's " has now reached its 92 nd number ; it is the same now in principle as the first . « iS v * a ^ ° Fre , ^ ™ ' numbera two , and so does the People ' s Paper . (?) Why , in the name of Heaven , is the said People ' s Paper " to be tbe organ of Chartism more than any other ? To me and all I have talked to on the subject in Brighton , this is not only an impudent assumption of self-conceit in the promotersbut a piece of

      tins sapient board ot dictators , that we , in Brighton , do not , nor will not , submit to such a Napoleonic decree . The more " Reynolds ' s , " the ; more > l" Stars , " the more " Peopie s Papers" ( but better than tho last , ) that we can get . so much will we gain on the enemy—so much more intelligence of the people will be ranked on our side . What has Julian Harney , Gerald Massey , Linton , Kydd , or Bell done ; whero is their treason , if any ? I have known them as " good men and true" in times gone by only by their deeds . I have known them to have been the same patriots through good and evil report . " Why , then , this petty little , mean , and dirty feeling ? " Let ua hail every advocate to our cause—let us give hearty welcome to every harbinger of our glorious principles . One thing more and 1 h doneThere

      ave . is one mau yet we must get in the movement ; not only get him there , but keep him there-James Bronterre O'Brien—the man who in the first Convention represented more constituents than any other . Aye , and the man who haa enlightened more than any other , tho people of this country to a juBt appreciation of thoir rights , and a full and clear developmen t of their wrongs , one who has gained the title of tho schoolmaster , and the poov man ' s guardian . I ask , in the midst of all these bickerings why can ' t you , the " people , " give O'Brieirthe editorship of another " People ' s ' Paper . " I have worked for all Democratic papers without fee or reward , and will do SO Still . I am , yours fraternally . u- ^ i n , „ , „ „ NathanielMorling . Brighton , May 15 th , 1852 .

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      IO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Sir , —Deploring , as every true Democrat must do , the lifference between yourself and Mr . Jones , I , nevertheless , eel it a duty incumbent upon me to state what are my pinions relative to your public career as an advocate of he rights of the people . My knowledge of you commenced n 1838 , when you established the Democratic Association n Borraondsey , and of which I was a youthful member . t ou have been continually before the public ; and I , having lontinued in the Chartist ranks to the present time , have aken great interest in your proceedings ; and I feel bound iO say , that they have been consistent , and of great ad . rantage to the people ' s cause . I reid with great interest rour able articles in the "Star of Freedom , " and trust hat you may be eminently successful in establishing it is one of the organs of the fast-increasing Democratic mrtion of the community . Make what use you please of this humble expression of ny esteem for you , and believe me , yours fraternally , „ . _ , - J . M . Mathias . 80 , Broad-streot , Ratcliff , London , May 17 , 1852 . TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Dear Sib , —At the close of Easter week I received the aroular , announcing that you were once more to be the prinsipal editor of the " Star . " Having admired you for many fears , for the bold and fearless manner in which you have idvocated the cause of tho poor and the oppressed of all iountries , I feltajpleasure in having once more an opportulity of porusing your writings every week . I , therefore , leterained to take the " Star . " . The threat of certain small parties to " crush" the Star of Freedom , " is ridioulous ; and to attempt to do it would be the last degree of folly . I remain , yours fraternally , . L . Skbtchley . . ?•»• —Sir , —As you are the advocate of iustice for all , it is necessary that you should know the condition of all . I shall therefore send you an account of the state of trade , and tho condition of the people in this district , in a few weeks . L S . [ We shall be much obliged by our correspondent ' s communications relative to the condition of tho people ;] The following are extracts from a letter we have taken at random from a mass of suoh correspondence : — « , t lr ° al 11 oaQ to su PP ° f t it , beoause I think it is the best Democratic paper I have seen yet . I entirely agree with its views on all the movements of the present " I hope your paper will succeed as a worthy pioneer iu the cause of progress . I see you are said to be bought by the middle classes . I wish to God you and many more were bought to write what you are writing in the " Star , " we should soon get our rights ; but they may tell that to the marines—the tailors , at least , will not believe them . " " Paisley , May 16 th , 1852 . James Hatchard . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1679/page/1/