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      . jjCE ^ -nUflJIABLE , TCttVERSAl , ETERNAL jHE MANCHESTER ' COUP D'ETAT . ' th * libenv to know , to utter , and to argue freely aceord-Give B 1 nsdenre , ab 0 TeaU fiberties . _ MiLTos . ^ aE ' tiine has arrived for every man , calling himf i Chartist' or 'Democrat , ' and who lias at heart hi honour and character of the People ' s cause , to , jc out and repudiate the acts and sentiments of a % t « t numerous , Imt not thele 3 s mischievous set of

      Lrsoai ' f ° rs 0 in 8 time P s have been doing E ^ . be st to hnry the last vesti ges of Chartism in the j l ve popular contempt . Inspired by selfishness , ? ^ ted ffit h conceit , these men hare laboured to ^ d er the cause they profeSB to advocate , both hatefnl and ridiculous . Had they been hired by the enedes of Democracy , to make the name of Chartism a j , ve . fford of reproach , they coald not have hit upon « jiy scheme so well designed to effect snch an end as jjjlinock Conference at Manchester .

      It i 3 i > ot the first time that Chartism has been Imaged by 'Chartist demonstrations' — demon-^ tions not of strength but of weakness . Of all jafh exhibitions , that which was made last week , in iJanchesternras the most pitiable . Even the previous conclave which met in the same town more than twelve months since , was respectable by comparison , for , although the'Delegates' on that occasion numbered only eight , the one half were men of name and dent , and though they laboured in another direction to render the name of Chartism ridiculous and despicable , they were influenced by no worse motive than that which inspired the chief concocter of the recent farce—worse it would be difficult to find . The aim of both parties was the gratification of their own selfish ambition , no matter at what cost to the

      Democratic cause . There is a striking similarity between the two abortions to which Manchester may claim the questionable honour of having given birth . Both were convened in violation of the principles of Democracy , and the rales and regulations previously acknowledged l \ the conveners . Of both it was affirmed , that they represented the intense desire of the Chartist Party it remodel its policy and laws . Many an address , appeal , and flourish of trumpets preceded the advent of each . It was in both instances a repetition of the jnouctain in labour bringing forth its moase . Curiously enough , each Conference contained the

      immortal number of eight 'Delegates . ' The one rep -esented the' policy * of compromise and subserviency jo middle class interests—the other has been seen to championise the policy' of antagonism to everybod y and everything—the smashing policy . There is this to be said in favour of the first , that it , like Judas , had the decency to commit suicide—and , ' smashing ' itself , did no further mischief . The second has shown itself of a more 'impenitent' character . Persevering in its usurpation , it concluded its smashing career by attempting to organise a triumvirate of stipendiary philanthropists , duly authorised to levy 'ttackmatt upon all who have not the sense to Intton up their breeches pockets .

      The projectors of last week ' s ' Conference' will , of course , raise a howl against those who comment upon their failure , and will not scruple to denounce all such as ' exposing the weakness of the movement ;' but the reader will not fail to remember that from { he first I accurately predicted what would be the result of the attempt , if persevered in , to convene a Conference not sanctioned by the great body of the Chartists . M y reward was a tirade of abuse , kept up week after week , and intermingled therewith the

      most vain-glorious , assumptions of the unprecedented (!) strength of the Charti 3 t party . In the ' Friend of the People' of March 6 th , I wrote these word * , 'The convening of a Conference at Manchester , or elsewhere , at this time would be most impolitic . It is morall y certain that such a Conference would be miserably attended , would in fact be little , if anything , more than a combined meeting of Delegates from a few places in Lancashire and Yorkshire . '

      Has not my prediction been fulfilled ? Ten weeks dapsed between the writing of that letter and the meeting of'Delegates . ' During that time Quintus Curfjus , turned showman , has been hanging away at Ms big gong , inviting all the fools in the fair to come aad see his extraordinary leaps ! The result , aka ! has not rewarded his perseverence . Perhaps ile rattle of the begging-bos acted as a counter aarm to the sonorous eloquence of the big gong . Bight Delegates , representing six places , assembled at Manchester on the 17 th inst . The ' members' for

      the world ' s metropolis were elected by some hundred and fifty persons , or two hundred at the outside—one of them received abont seventy votes . The Halifax De legate was the elect' of twenty-two persons , spectators included . It is reasonable to imagine that the other Delegates were elected by similar fractions ; and it may be fairly inferred that the Delegates who took part in the memorable 'Stubge Conference , ' at Birmingham , out-numbered the constituencies of &e Manchester statesmen—the constituencies of the lelegates who assembled at Birmingham numbered fondreds ofthousands .

      The speeches of the Manchester'Delegates , ' and tii » correspondence read , shewed the fallen and miserab ' e state of the Chartist movement . To regenerate and to reorganise this movement , the delegates resolvet : — 1 st , ' Thathenceforth all payments be free and voluntary . ' ' 2 nd , 'That the Association be governed by a paid ¦ kxecutiveof three . ' 3 rd , To adopt the policy of antagonism towards all « ther reformers /

      4 th , « To make the "People ! Paper" the organ of the Chartist body . ' Imast briefly examine these several propositions , W , as my * friend' Mr . Fboxn calls them , « laws . ' It is falsel y assumed that the old system of payment constituted a Property Qualification . ' I * ould thank these worthy legislators to enlighten me as to the existence of any institution , or any state of society , that ever existed , founded upon the principle wey have tried to sot up . For advantages conferred there must be some adequate return on the part of the reci pients of those advantages , and this holds good of all institutions from a Village Benefit Society to an Empire . The * rave if you like' principle

      supposes that the burden will have to be borne by the conscientious and zealous who may not be in a majority . Be that as it may , whatever can be urged in favour of voluntary payments , more might be urged in kvour of no payments at all ; at least , this one fact , that money is obtained , and in course of being obtained , for the 'People ' s Paper , ' on the ground that the > qif of its profits shall go to the movement . The proprittor and friends of that paper proclaim that its success Ins been without parallel . This , if true , would be quite refreshing to the triumvirate , as they might rest assured that they would receive , as they ought ( and much gaod may it do them ) their due share of the

      enormous proSts naturally consequent npon ' enorpious success . ' Under such cheering circumstances , U is superlativel yjiuiculons , to say nothing of the inteovenience , to make even a voluntary contribution . Such an idea can only be adequately expressed by the popular adage of ' setding coals to Newcastle , ' or as now may be more appropriately expressed , ' sending gold to the diggings . ' The question may be finally settled by submitting the voluntary principle to a test ^ hichiis principal exponent cannot hesitate to adopt . There can be no doubt that thepaltry sum of threepence Tery inadequately represents the value of the

      A eop ' . 5 ' 6 Paper / and that multitudes are eager to ^ H ^ ithamuch' larger sum , U only permitted , to act ° « tlu voluntary principle . Let the proprietor ' try it % ' and he may assure himself that he will find many c tasistent supporters among those whose acute feelings ffe very sensitive on the subject of cash payments , ' V ^ lio have a strong affinity of sentiment to the " ^ b-coloured repudiationists of PenBylvania . j **¦ Paid Executive may or may not be a wise regaa bou , bnt itis one that should only be entertained by ^• fgates representing the Chartist body , and tmveued b y proper authorit ———

      y . rm * * I— j " j , * . V ike the alteration in the system of payments , ¦ Hinpl y an act of usurpation , compared with which Dem tioa of ** House of Commons is just and ftes e * ! H ? worill J Bosaparte and his gang , Pav l ortny legates proceeded to vote , place , and asL . ~; 10 DS themselves and to those whom they thatu ~ ouldlie tiww instruments . I understand »• • Legwe has had the good sense to decline

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      the proffered ' honour ; ' and it is to be hoped that Messrs . Robinson and Gammage will , for their own sakes , follow Mr . Crowe's example . Mr . FiNLENhaB alread y taken to the road . It is a pity , for that unfortunate young man has a genius for rant which would gain him honourable distinction were he to take to his fitting sphere—the boards of a penny theatre . Bear witness the following dash of the sublime . let them pass such a law , and they would strike terror into the hearts of the tyrants , and those traitors and scoundrels who talked of Chartism being dead . M ^ A fl 4 * 1 * ^•** . aa . _ - « .

      The ' law' in question was the resolution to substitute voluntary for compulsory payments . Imagine the tremor of the ' Earl of Derby on learning that that resolution was carried ! Even Nicholas must have shook in . his shoes ! I can respect and admire the fervour of a young man inspired by enthusiasm and lofty sentiments , and whose words correspond to the requirements of the time . But this mouthing rant of Finlen ' s is simply nauseating , and infinitely below the eloquence of 'My name is Norval , ' and kindred effusions . Such is not the kind of man to rouse up and re-rally the earnest , deepthinking , experienced , working men of Lancashire and Yorkshire : True , he may do for the work of his real mission , which is not that of organising the Chartist ? , but to canvass for the 'People ' s taper , ' and ' cadge' for the ravenous begging-box .

      The ' policy of antagonism' adopted and proclaimed with snch gusto by the ' Delegates' is already in course of being repudiated by every sensible Chartist . When that policy was adopted towards the Atiti-Corn Law League , those who were parties to it had faith in the power of the working classes to achieve their own emancipation of themselves , and by themselves , and in advance of the triumph of the Ltaguert . They were mistaken ; and circumstances forced them to make formal renunciation of that policy ; Shortly afterwards the party at the bidding of one man completely tacked about , and gave their support to those whom they had previously opposed , / never shared in that Jim Crowism . JBut now that the Chartist party ia in no position to fight and win , I will not give my sanction to the new wheel about , ' demanded by our -would-be dictator .

      Every Chartist possessed of self-respect , every man really anxious for the triumph of Democracy , is bound to repudiate the sentiments of Jones and Cockeojt ; sentiments worthy of Bill Sykes , or a ganff of' smashers , ' but utterly disgraceful in the mouths of Chartist' leaders' (?) If anch men are recognised as Chartists' it will bo time for ever / man worthy of the name to eschew a title whioh , under the leadership of our would-be Bonaparte , will come to be synonymous with all that is ruffianly and infamous . The name of Chartist must be saved from this last , worst . degradation . Collectively and individually Chartists must speak out , and declare to the world that they have no share iu the suicidal policy of the ' smashers . ' The resolution , declaring the ' People ' s Paper' the organ and tfce only organ of the Chartist movement proclaims the real object for which the Conference was convened . The proprietor of that paper saw , as well as other people , that the ' Conference' would bB a miserable failure in point of

      attenaance , out he cared not for that if only pliant enough to vote him a monopoly of Chartist journalism . Indeed it was better for him to have seven delegates than seventy , for the seven were morally sure to be bis partisanB . While if there - 'had been seventy , or even onefourth of that number , his selfishness would have encountered opposition , and most probably a majority wonld have declared against a bare-faced attempt to destroy all journal bat his owhi . Is it not monstrous impudence in this mushroom adventurer to decree , through his instruments , that no paper but his o wn shall have existence , aa an organ of the Chartist body ? Let it be well understood that the'Delegates' resolution ia directed , not merely against the 'Star of Freedom , ' but alio against such journals as the 'Leader , ' Keynolds ' s Newspaper , ' and the ' Glasgow Sentinel . ' This is a ' nw' to be spuraed and spit upon by every friend to a Free Press—by all but the veriest slaves of absolutism and blinded dupes of an infamous ambition . ' .- ~ ' - ¦

      Here I must pause . In my nest I wuTdiscuBB the course to be taken by those true and earnest Democrats who desire not their own aggrandisement , but the attainment of the People ' s Emancipation . Onr duties are twofold . We must purse Democracy of the impostors who bring discredit upon our cause . But we must do more—we must to work , and what remains of the Executive must set the example . Let every locality—let every Democrat—forthwith pronounce and repudiate the sham Conference—the triumvirate , and their master , theOicniOB ; and let all prepare for a new and earnest effort to rastore the movement to its pristine vigour , and give battle , under the old flag , to all the enemist of Political asd Social Justice .

      L'AMI DU PEUPLB . P . S . —At the moment of going to press n lengthy and most important communication has come to hand , in which is detailed the eighteen months' intrigues and underhand conspiracy of the prime concoctor of the Manchester eou » d ' etat . In our next we will publish it to the world .

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      FRANCE . HerHUts persecution of the Families of the proscribed R 4 pub ~ lieant—Cauagnae in a "jLx "~ -Licrease of the Ifon-Jurors—War agaitul the Prat—Bribina the PrietU—More Amstt-Al gerian " Glory "—Important Resolution of tht Northern Powers { From our own Correspondent . ) . . [ , . Paris , May 26 , 1852 . A new atrocity has just been perpetrated by the infamous de Maupas , Minister of Police , doubtleis with the sanction , and very probably by express command , of his execrable chief—the traitor-President ; A largo proportion of the vast numbers transported or imprisoned for resistance to the coup d ' ttat are married men . The condition of their

      bereaved families may be easily imagined . In fact , no pen can . describe , no tongue can adequately tell , theanpalHnff misery into whioh innumerable families have been plunged by the loss of tWt natural guardians . For their relief a number of humane persons had opened a Bubfloription , and xnoertam of the eafet and other places of public resort , boxes were plaoed for the receipt of donations . Will the readers of the " Star of Freedom" credit the fact , that within the past few dayB all these boxes have been seized by tha police , and that the persons who have interested themselves to obtain subscriptions have been peremptorily forbidden to continue their praieworthy mission on pain of incurring the displeasure of the police , and risking the doom of those victims whose unhappy families had excited then * compassion ! Hunger and ancrnish for tha wiuna

      onme for the male , and prostitution for the female children of th « exiles—behold thB sentence passed upon these unhappy beings by the " defenders of the family , " the » saviours of society ! " You will hardly be surprised to learn that an order has appeared in the " Moniteur " announciuij taat persons rr-Jl be no longer allowed toapproaoh the President , to deliver petitions to " his Highness . " The " Moniteur" speaks of " accidents " to be avoided ! Ah ! who can wonder that a particular kind of " aooident " is ever present to the min d of the tyrant ! Come it slow or come it fast , the hour of retribution welcome . The red right hand of vengeance will yet punish the desolator of so many haplesB women and children

      In my last letter I stited that Mold had given "the lie direct" to Granier de Caasagnao , relative to bis ( Molfi's ) knowledge of Changarmer ' 8 designs against the President . Of course the worthy (?) and " ready " writer could not escape the unpleasant duty of putting forth a rejoinder . This was looked forward to with considerable interest . The expectants were doomed to disappointment . True there was something in the shape of a repl y to Molft—but such a reply ! First , Monsieur de Cassagnac intimates that he is insulted and aggrieved ; next , he mysteriously hint * that a certain personage who is deeply interested in the matter conld ( if he would ) testify to the truth of his ( Cas-• agnao ' s ) romance , and , lastly he consoles himself with the refleotion that "there is a still more Bimple and sufficient manner of answering Count Mole—that if to tell him that he has a very bad memory . " This may be amply "sufficient" for the illustrious

      Granier ; but , strange to say , it is voted by the public at large a most insufficient and cowardly rejoinder . The beBt of the joke remains to be told . This «• hired bravo" has not merely failed to win the applause of his worthy maBter —he has positively incurred that master ' s diBpleaBure , Why so ? Because , by underrating the exploits of the African generals , he has thereby given mortal offence to the soldiery . His first article was literally torn to pieoen in thoso cofei wher e the officers of the army " most do congregate , " tud his rejoinder has elicited from the same persons shouts f derision . The nnceaaing and nauseous glorification of the warriors of "the Empire" is exciting a general feeling of disgust among the heroes of Algerian raztias . This feeling has found veet in words on the part of a certain de la Pierre , a sub-lieutenant of Chasseurs , who has refused the oath , and given his reasons in the following terms : —

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      mem jg ? s » , ja « % trasft . ss The other day the Minister of PuMio Works assemble the functionaries of his department , and flw > nw ? them with a long harangue previous to adnStSSSe Si ? and took occasion to lecture the engineers , many of whim SiTut a ™ » -r , ytbe '™ r 8 ive doctrines" " these late years . " The employes of the ministry of finance , and the General Pott W , together with tke heads of the police , have all swallowed the oath ! and after such a manner u amply proved that ihwTOnMwS ^ ue *

      Km «? ' ? b 6 C ° h 80 ling t 0 Soul 0 ^ - Unfortunate y for him there is another story to tell ? Every day bring * tidings ofa new shoal of non-jurers . A long catalogue ff the names of sub-prefects , mayors , members of the councils general , An ., &e ., who have refused the oath , is at present before me . The list includes Benjamin Delessert , late member of the legislative body ; Doctor Chomel , one of the most celebrated professors of the College of PhysicianB , Who , by refusing the oath , has coasequently resigned his professorship ; M . Baie , ex-questor of the Legislative Assembly Odillon Barrot ; M . Oscar Lafayette , ex-ropreaentative , has refused the oath as a captain of artillery , and consequently loseB his commission ; two captains of Chasseurs have also refused . The Duchess of Orleans has written to her partisans , urging them to use thoir influenoe to prevent aa many aa possible taking the oath

      . A subscription aefc on foot for general Changamier goes « L ? ! ngly > Many rich people have put down their name 4 , for lar S « sum 8 - M . Pourtalea has given £ 400 . farni D , g ? " to the Press constitute a considerable item in tho week ' s news . The journals " warned " ( that is , threatened with extinction ) during the past few days , include t ^* » T f « ^ Pas ? , ^' li ' " the " Conciliates de 1 ' ? ir f > . i "Progres , " andthe « ' Gazette de Laneuedoo . ? . A » trictg watch is kept over the Belgian journals . Their seizure at the Frenehpoit-office is a matter of almost daily occurrence .

      Wholesale bribery of the priests is one of the means employed by Bonaparte to maintain his tottering power . It appears from the budget that the government proposes to I S ? « nn i * P end of tiie Archb ! shop of Paris from 40 . 000 fr . ™ X * i those of fourteen archbishops from 15 , 000 fr . to 2 U , 000 fr ., and of sixty-five bishops from 10 , 000 to 12 OOOfr . It also propqBesJto increase the stipends of the vicars-general by oOOfr . to improve the position of some of the lower clsriry , to increase the allowance to the Chapter of St . Denis , and to grant lSO , O 00 fr . for increasing the choirs of cathsanus .

      Numerous arrests have been made iu the banlieue , at Boulogne , Montrouge , and Clichy , in connexion with the publication of seditious bulletins . An emeute has taken place at the Ecole de Saumur , a military establishment for training oavalry officers . Some of the scholars took to singing republican aonga , and the others legitimist ; so that the battle lay between ; " Vive Henri IV . " and " La Belle Gabrielle " on one Bide , and the " Marseillaise _ and the" Girondins" on theother , while the cypher of Prince Louis Napoleon was trodden under foot . General Ramhon , having put down the row by calling in some troops , punished the refractory youths by eigth days' of arrest . He then wrote . a report of the affair to General do . St . Arnaud , who sent back orders to increase the term of arrest up to a month .

      M . Isidore Gent , the brother of the barrister , and exrepresentative of that name , now undergoing at Nouka-Hiva the sentence of transportation passed upon him by the Lyons court-martial last summer , waa condemned to five years' imprisonment by the mixed commission , His sentence has been commuted into banishment . M . Gent has been removed from Belleisle , and- sent , together with another political prisoner , M . Claudius Brun , to Havre , to be embarked for England . The court-martial at Moulin a has pronounced sentence Ot death against five individuals accused of insurrection in December . The acocused have escaped , and were condemned in default of appearance .

      Another of those " expeditions , " utterly unprovoked , and so dishonourable to the name of this oountry is now in course of being carried out in tho Little Kabylia ( Algeria ) , under the command of General MacMahon ; Slaughtering the natives , seizing their cattle , and destroying their crops , these are the triumphs bo vaunted of by the "Moniteur , " there are tho rehearsels that propare the French army to savagely slaughter their own fathers and brothers , as witness the December massacres . Heckeren , the envoy-extraordinary . who was too late to find the Autoorat at Vienna , has gone after him to Berlin . That he will meet with a very cordial reception in that city , is not at all likely . It is now beginning to ooze out that French affairs occupied the chief , almost the entire attention of the Cnr and the Kaiser at Vienna .

      The oourseto be pursued by Russia , Austria , and Prussia , in tha event of " the Empire" being proclaimed in this capital , has engaged the most anxious consideration of the Triune despats . The mere change from the title of " President" to that of " Emperor "—the Emperorship for li fe —would be permitted under certain conditions ; but an hereditary Emperorship would not . The "three powers " could not recognise Louis Bonaparte as the heir of his uncle , nor could they permit him to transmit the Imperial dignity to his heirs or successors . To recognise him as the continuator or founder of a dynasty " is precisely what cannot , and shall not , be , " " So long aa a Bourbon is found whenever a French Crown is spoken of , it ia to him it appertains ; any one else assuming it would be an usurper ; that such usurpation , lasting as long as tho lite of the perion , may be to a certain extent admitted aa a fact to which the Powers submit ; but to deduce from it

      a right of legitimate transmission ia impossible . " Suoh it reported to have been the decision of the two Bmparors at Vienna , and the substance of confidential communications between the cabinets of Busiia and Aua < tria . That the Prussaian king and cabinet will " say ditto " there cannofc be the smallest doubt . So , you perceive , Mr . Editor , in spite of the resurrection of the eagles the horizon of our would-be emperor is not txaotly cloudless . " Better an usurper , and assassin the master of France , than that the republic—tho true republio hould live , even though tho said ' cut-purae should don the purple . " Thus say the Scythian tyrant and his crowned ¦ atellites . But , they add , "Never shall he enter our holy ourole and become one of us . '" Emperor " by courtesy " our Souhugue may be ; but if he aspires to more "there will , ( as Hotspur gays ) be bloody noses and oracked orownB . " go muoh for legitimate and bastard despots . " A pla » ue on both their houses !"

      MOVEMENTS OF THE AUTOCRAT . Nicholas is described as " much changed" from what he was six or seven years ago , being stouter and paler ; he has also rrown bald and grey . On quitting the Emperor FranciB Joseph , he embraced him most affeotionately , and laid in French , " ItwoUeot that I am thy friend through life-unto death . " a On tho eTening or lUo 131 U , tho Qxue oamo over from Potsdam to Berlin . The next morning there waB a grand military matKBUvre xvitli 30 , 000 troops . When the officers of tho Potsdam garrison wore presented to him ho addressed them as follows : ' « How I rejoice to be at length once again among you . You know my sentiments , and that I have always been jour faithful comrade . ( The Emperor is nominal colonel of a Prussian regiment . ) My whole heart

      was with you during heavy times . You have Btood the proof ; you have remained true as you have always been . I appear among you unohanged , as you are unchanged ; let us remain always good friends , and stand faithfully by one another . Will you promise that ? " "Yes , Burely , your Majesty , " was the unanimous response . " Well , I accept your pledge , and rely upon yon ; it is agreed ; we remain for ever what we have hitketo been , good friends and true comrades . " The Ciar has been exerting his influence for tha lettlement of theZollverein affair . He has sont a note to Bavaria , Wurtemberg , and Saxony , disapproving all 3 teps which might lead to the formation of a third group of German States , not headed by one of the great powers , because such a union would offer a now field for foreign intrigue aud internal democracy . He desires that the Pruilian programme for the re-construction of the Zollveroin may be received with conciliatory feelings , and no political

      dissension arise out of commercial questions , beoause the recomolidatiqn of the German thrones is dependent on the preservation of unity in all respeots . A banquet of 400 covers took place on the 21 st in the White nail of tho Royal Palace , at Berlin . The Czar , wearing a Prussian uniform , lat between the Queen and Sing , the latter , with the royal princes , wearing the dreaa of Russian generals . The King of Prussia , vising from the table , gave the following remarkable toaet : — " Iu my own name , in the name of my army , and in the same of all Prussian hearts , I drink to the health : of hit Imperial Majesty ofKuMa . God preserve Mm to that portion of his world which He baB given him for an inheritance , and to our epoch , to which ke is indispensable ! " The Emperor replied " God save your Majes ty ! " and a little later rose and said , " I drink to the King of Prussia and his noble army . "

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      M . de Heckeren , Bonaparte's agent , who missed the Ciar atVienna , arrived at Berlin on the 19 th , and at onco applied for an interview with the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia . The emperor takes groat pains to flatter the Prussian military and strengthen their contempt for civilians ; nor can ho fail to exert an immense influence . The Empress of Russia arrived at Wiesbaden on the ovening of the 23 rd . ^ tf ^ f c ^ aM ^ - ^ Bfc- ^^^^^*** " ^ " ^^™^^^^ " ^^^^™^^^^^^^™^^^^^^ " ^^*^^™*^ ^^^^^**^**^*^*^™^ . ™™*

      ITALY . CASE OF EDWARD MURRAY . Roue , May 20 th . — -The government still maintains the profoundest silence respecting the fate of Edward Murray ; but it has been divulged that he is now in the fortress of Spoleto , a celebrated rooky position and place of detention for oonviots . No notice having been taken of Mr . Consul Freebbrn ' 8 last communication or of the petition to the Pope , signed by British residents in Rome , Mr . F . haa again , applied to the Cardinal Saoretary of State , for a eopy of tbe iudioial proceedings against Murray , the sentence passed upon him by the ConBulta Tribunal , and the place of his present confinement ; . ¦

      TUSCANY .-A letter from Florence of the Hth , in the " Opinione" of Turin , states that the bronze tables bearing the name 3 of the TuscanB who foil in the battles of Montanara and Ciirtatone havo boon taken away from the Churou of Santa Croce by order of government . JfAPLES . —The arrivals of the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael of Russia has caused great sensation in this city . The principal streets having been repaired jusfc how , and all the beggars having disappeared , Naples looks quite gay and happy .

      SWITZERLAND . PREPARATIONS FOR CIVIL WAR IN FRIBOTJRG . Tho government of Fribourg has determined to take every legal precaution in anticipation of the designs of the Sunderbund party in the canton . Several companies of the rifle brigade and a battery of artillery have been oalled out , and the civic guard is consignee . Bsrnb , May 23 . —The greatest excitement prevails in Fribourg , M . Charles has been arrested . He has beea removed to Fribourg for greater security . Several more arreBtB have been made , both in Fribourg and the neighbourhood . A . collision , to morrow is greatly feared .

      AUSTRIA . The Vienna " Imperial Gazette" contains in its official columns a statement in which , after acknowledging the urgent necessity for restricting the public expenditure as far as possible , the government announces its intention to regard frugality as an especial duty . Tho ministers have submitted the expenses of the several bureaux to a striot examination , and announce reductions to the extent of 14 , 268 , 290 florins , exclusive of a saving of 2 , 600 , 000 florins on the military budget . It is singular that this announcement should be simultaneous with the appearance of the Emperor in tb . 9 market as a borrower .

      GERMANY . The Prussian Chambers were prorogued on the 19 th of May . A letter from Darmstadt states that the punishment of death has been re-established in tho Grand Duoliy of Hesse . A letter from Wiesbaden states that a number of foreigners , employed in the Dieberich cigar manufactory havo been ordered to quit the country within twenty-four hours , in consequence af their having been found to be engaged in political intrigues .

      SPAIN . Although the ministry continues by its journals to assure the public that they havo no intention to make any organio changes , yet the language of their supporters in political oircles , and the known bent of the President of the Council , are at variance with the declarations of their scribes ; everybody continues to look upon the coup d ' etat as a thing that is only temporarily put off . Mendizabel has published a manifesto to the country , whioh has been widely distributed and eagerly read . He protests against the country being obliged to follow in the wake of France , and that Godoy ' 8 conduct should again be imitated .

      TURKEY . Insuuuectios oj-ihe Arabs . The "Courrier de Marseille " publishes a lettor from Bagdad of the 9 th ult ., which states that an insurreotion had broken out in that province . The communications were intercepted , and the mails could not be forwarded but with an escort of 100 or 200 horaemen . The Arabs are masters of tho country from Mosul to the Persian Gulf .

      UNITED STATES . Candidates for the Presidency—Eossuth ' s MovemenU—Auttrian Hi-humour—Mr Ftargus 0 Connor . Our American Correspondent ' s letter having by Borne accident failed to come to nand / wo are under the necessity for this week of borrowing from tho American journalsnotable , the " New York Tribune , " of May 11 th . Perhaps our correspondent considered a lettor unnecessary , for we see the papers are desperately barren . The question of the Presidential election ia beginning to absorb the attention of the rival parties . On the 10 th of May an enthusiastic meeting took place in New York , at which tho nomination of Mr , Fillmoro was carried . Up to the 11 th inBt . Kossuth was in the State of Massachusetts . He had been addressing the factory workers of Lowell , and was received by them with muoh enthusiasm . His latest visit , of which we have any notice , was to Concord , where he was handsomely treated , and received 500 dollars .

      It is earn that Chevalier Hulsemann ' s note to the President previously to his departure from Washington contained a courteous farewell , complimenting him upon the friendly personal relations always existing between them , but intimating that the conduot of the diplomats relations of the United StateB by tha Secretary of State—CBpeciaUy ae regards Austria , and himself as her high representative —had not been of a character to commend itself to his Imperial Majesty , and was wanting in tho attributes of neutrality and comity whioh had always heretofore marked the relations between the two governments . Mr . Henry Clay still survived , but his strength was gradually declining . Destructive fires had ocourred at Cleveland , Boston , Providenoe , Baltimore , and New York . The " Tribune" Bays , on authority , that Mrs . Gold-Bohmidfc ( Jenny Lind ) will leave New York for this port on the 29 th inst .

      The " Evening Post" says of Mr . Feargus O'Connor : — Tlili eccentric gentloman , whose arrival in the Europa we have Announced , has be « n reported in tha . EngliBh newspapers to be hi . eane . We should think , from soae of his earliest proceedings in this country , that the report is not far out of the way . He strolled into Stewart's Btore on Friday , as we are informed , and , chocking a haadaome young woman among tho purchasers under the chin , » 8 ked how she would like . a moustache 1 He was ejected from the premises , and afterwardareturned , but did not renew an ; of his wild tricks ; Itjis said he left England without the knowledge of bis friends , and that they will come after him by tho next steamer ,

      LATEST NEWS .-ARRWAL OF THE BALTIC . Livebpool , May 20 . —By the Unitod States' mail steam ship Baltic , Captain Comstook , which arrived in the Mersey shortly before eight o ' olock this morning , we have advices from New York to the 15 th inst . The screw principle of propulsion has aohieved a triumph in the case of the Great Britain . This vesBol left the Mersey on the 1 st inst ,, and notwithstanding very unfavourable weather , which rendered her sails nearly usoless , sho accomplished her passage in thirteen days five and a half hours . On tho 12 th sho ran a distance of 301 miles in twenty-four hours—a speed hitherto uuattaiued by Borew steamers , KoBsuth addrossod between two and three thousand Boston Hungarian bondholders , in Faneuil Hall , on the 14 th inst . In the course of his remarks he stated that there were now twenty millions of bondB bearing his signature , and that , whoa lie came baok from Europe they would be good .

      WEST INDIES . metms in Jamaica—Alami ny ' Prevalence of Small Pox-The Yellow Fever—Eartliquaket . Latest intelligence from Jamaica reports an anti-slavery meeting in the pariah of St . George , at which resolutions on the depressed state of the country were agreed to . A meeting of the black and coloured inhabitants of the parish Of St . James was rIbo recently held , at which a mo 3 t earnest address to the Britiah people was unanimously agreed to . Tho address sets forth m true colours the awful state of destitution throughout the whole island , and energetically appeals to the British people to render them assistance in tbeir hour of need .

      The Bmallpox w . aa spreading in the island . In the parish of St . Anne , where it had only been prevalent one or two weeks , there were upwards of 4 , 000 oaseB . The greatest destitution prevailed , and in many instances poor persons have died for the want of assistance and medical care . m In Demerara there had been , however , a great deal of sickness , and tha yellow fever , faugh somewhat abated , was still pursuing its deadly career . }\ th of April a shook ° f an earthquake waB experienced at l ) emerara , but no damage was done . On the same day , as we learn from the Barbadoes papers , the islands of 8 t . Vincent and Grenada , several hundred miles distant , were visited with similar concussions .

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      AN ADDRESS TO THB DEMOCRACY , AND VINDICATION OF THE 'STAR OB FREEDOM . ' Bat tles are won by the Press as well as by the *« i ' j " *"' ^ res 3 * ^ weapon we are called upon malLi ii- in fightin S our battle of fche Present , and ! in Wrff V ? peo P le for tke development of theW gn and glorious destiny in the Future . The Press b our only weapon wherewith we can sever the fetters which enshackl e Mind , and break the heart-eatfe ? 8 " ll-d « st' -oyinar manacles of Ignorance and

      _ . but it ; h n v ? ord , may top the Upas tree of Error , ous roo ts ¦ tw re nn . tliat CBB destr ° y P oisra-^ The Sto , i hve ° the hearts ^ ™ o £ ? siili ^ and experience-it has wrought T ^ ZtSs and has many grand changes yet to accomplish w 2 believe that a true People ' s Press wXmeedal SSL * 9 trium P ° P ° P ^ « overeUy ; Tuffi working classes of this

      country have SVr no re-Presentation in the Press . Few are the Wiors for ifw ™ ,. ? - found amon S the daily and weekly o £ our Enghsh papers . The working classes-those who 7 won the wealth of the world , who have built ud We power of all other classes-they have no Press BiWa ml 0 Or t ! lree excep « ons , auffer in mournful vSV h £ 7 Wh ° have toiled and 8 uffewd , to coin hwi V * ° } her /> 8 nd who have heroically shed their j oodfor the freedom of others , are mute on their ow account , and the world cannot understand their jamb . Pleadings . They grope in darkness , and yearn utter 7 ' ' their a 8 P irations have no fitting

      Of Ma ^ m - f ° Engl 3 ndis mflinl y iD the iDtere 8 fi tniST tes ' and is conducted by the men who markPt t ^ f ' - f sel 1 ^ eir brain in the literary Themen wJr ? ^ ? ant afc the hi « best P rice ' the Si I Sh ? uld be the creators and directors of naUs flm P fr- aeSfc destinie 9 ' missioned t ° ^ d the hoodUt fwl " * "W *• are de S radin S th 6 ir ™ n-IckY »\ £ T ° l Mammon ' are S content to ThPV 11 - Umbs **?* fal 1 from the taWe ° Capital . oSSo T ™ rtal birthright for a miserable mess o pottage . In this comparative dearth , then , of Democratic papers , and champions of popular progress , we ha . 1 the advent of the < Star of Freedom' with hearts fnl , f ° pe ""tottation . Working men , it is time ior us to speak out , for , strenuous and

      unscruff \ ? are bein S made t ( > damage j T ° da ™ this exponent of our Bights and Liberties , and wo must not stand by in silence . Wo have too few bold and sterling advocates of our cause to pernnt one to bo crushed and put down ; and Ioi \ ° \ ^ fell 0 W WOrk iD e ' fair vantage-KT 1 M ; StOT ° f freedom' in Us uphill struggle . We ask of y 0 Uj accordi to the old Engluh wont , to give it a fair field and no favour . ' In order that you might he prejudiced against this paper , innumerable lies have been circulated , the most miserable tricks have been resorted to , and tha most atrocious calumnies have beea fulminated . It has been said by Mr . Ernest Jones—and this without the least foundation—that Mr . Le Blond was the proprietor of the « Star of Freedom , ' and that it was bought up by middle class gold , to beat the noor man ' n

      pence , and to war againBt the poor man ' s interests . If the paper and its principles do not give the lie to this insertion sufficiently and satisfactoril y , we tell you that it is a foul and infamous lie ! Moreover , we tell you that the man who made this assertion , has begged and had more money from Mr . Le Blond , for his own private usob , than that gentleman has kindly advanced to aid Mr . Harney in purchasing an old organ of the People , with the view of helping on our common cause . Mr . Jones has repaid generosity with insult and abase ! So much for his virtuous and indignant repudiation of Middle ClaBB Gold Let any one examine tho ' Star of Freedom , ' and then ask himself if this is the organ of the People ' s enemies ? Does this fight the battle of Despotism ? Is this the advooate or apologist of landed interest or

      moneyocracy ? Is this opposed to the onward and upward march of the people out of the wilderness of their long ilavery ? Is it not rather the stern and unblenching warrior is the cause of tha People \ Is it not the implacable enemy of our . destruction-dealing and destruction-doomed aristocracy ? Is it not the never-ceasing assailant of tha tyrauny of Gold—the supremacy of Mammon ? Is it not the sterling exponent of the Eights of Labour , and essentially the champion of the People ? Let any one make this examination , and we have no fear of the issue . Who are tbe writers in this paper but

      working men like ouraelves ?—men pre-eminentl y calculated to give utterance to the thoughts that are stirring ia the minds of poor men , in the unwritten language of poor men's hearts—men who have beea educated in the ranks of the poor , and who hava earned their right to teach—their diploma—in the school of the People ' s Bufferings , and will Bpeak their convictions with fiery-hearted earnestness , and in language which despots quake to hear . The ' Star of Freedom' is a paper which ought to win the People ' s support : it is a paper for them to acknowledge with pride . It starts up among us at

      a time when all is despondency and darkneBs , full of heart and hope , full of new fire and the old faith , and eager for the conflict . It comes into the battle equipped for political and Bocial revolution , and strong to aid us to enter the city of our rights . We know the writers in the' Star of Freedom : ' they have done and suffered in our cause too bravely to beignored at tha beck and bidding of any knave , or charlatan , or political Sangrado . We have not forgotten that they have given hoBtageo to Democracy in the labour of years We know their lives also to be worthy of the principles they teach , and the glorious banner which

      they battle under . We also hiow the calumniator of tbe Star of Freedom . ' Democracy should not , tolerate men who are bankrupt of credit and conscience . More is known on these points , and , if necessary , may be given to tha world . Working men , let it not be said that a hearty endeavour like this to . establish a veritable People's Paper failed from want of support by you . We have taken the initiative in this matter , and call upon you to help us . Brothers , stand by us , and the Star of Freedom' shall triumph I Wo call upon you Chartists . We call upon you men

      of the Trades . We call upon you Co-operators and Socialisti , and ask your aid in this struggle , for thia is your paper , and the earnest advocate of all and every reform calculated to advance the interests of Labour . We call upon all who are the friends of liberty and the lovers of fair play and truth . We do not ask you for money , for we believe that a paper which depends on the begging box , iB not wanted , We do not go a begging with the Cap of Liberty ia our hands ! We Bimply ask you to give the Star of Freedom' a fair trial , and , if you approve it , then lend us a hand in making it known throughout the

      land , wheroTer Ignorance rei gns—wherever Truth has a friend and T yranny a foe—and wherever Democracy is beloved . This can be done by the aid of hand-bills ; and by the formation of Local Committees which will seo that their respective cities , towns or villages are well supplied and placarded with the weekly contents and other bills . We do not seek to get up an agitation merely to sell this paper , for we can have no interest in prolonging the long suffering and martyrdom of the people , and it is not the rich man gold , but the poor man ' s sympathy and aid which we rel y upon to cany tho' Star of Freedom' to a proud and commanding position , in which it shall defy the assaults of its enemiesand be tho pride and

      , glory of its friends . ( Signed ) Jauks Grasjbt . John Pbihe . Jons Bbzbr , j , b , Lsno . Johr Shaw . J . S . Clarke . D . W . Rum . Augustus Pibrct . H . A . Ivoar . Wu . MitPORD . Gbo . Johnson . J . Koakes . F . Fahrah . 4 ,. Oampbbw . " J . Milhk . w . Bratield . Hbrkt Ross . John Washin « uqn Gbohos Tauor . Wm , Travbr 8 . Aoousiub Dslawhcb . B . Livt . I « aac Wilson , Chairman . Johk Arkoix , Secretary .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1680/page/1/