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      I grand * oirie , coueuting of a tea-party and public meet-. wn fceW on Tuesday evening , June the 8 th , at the ^ it and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham * rtsrt-roid- The primary object of the meeting was to raise . ^ jsfoi the benefit of the Democratic Refugees resident in rnriaod , rod , from the nnraber of friends to the great cause j Democracy present , trie promotera of the design must cons table themselves on a success highly gratifying .

      the Great Hall of the Institution was decorated in anry jtit wd tasteful manner with a -variety of the choiceBt towers and Democratic banners . . ibant 200 persona p rtookof tea , many of whom were jjjiM and Refagee patriots . After tea , there waB a large Edition to the audience ; the gallery was crowded , and tha J ^ r of the hall well filled . Aaong the company present were Louib Blanc , Cabet , _ Vidaad , Colonel Stolzman , Colonel Oborski , and a large jjaober of French , Polish , German , Hungarian , and Italian Byrablicans .

      On the motion of Mr . Bezeb , Robert Le Blond was called 15 the chair , and read several letters of apalogy from absent friends . Among them was one from Ledra Rollin , in which fca said be should have experienced great pleasure in atter .-flng the «»>«! , but , unfortunately , the French Refugees had c onvoked a meeting at exactly tbe same hoar , which he must mend . Another , from Joseph Mazzini , thanked the meeting for their kind invitation , but regretted he was unable to attend . He added , " I enclose £ 1 , my small contribution , towards theExi 5 es' Fond , which the 'Star of Freedom so sobly adrocates . Yonr exertiocs , and those of all English

      friends to European freedom—for the proscribed represents-Jives of that cause—will be remembered by U 3 long after the « ord ' exile' will have been cancelled byonr Republican Iiwi ; and that remembrance will promote English influence imongat the rising nations , much more tban all the protocols csneocted in theda'kuess of your Foreign Office with representatives of dying monarchies and aristocracies , are likely to do . " Other letters of apalogy were read from the Ci tizens Darasz and Bratiano , from Messrs . Coningham a $ Ludlow , the latter enclosing £ 1 ; and from Viscount Gsderich wilh a contribution of £ 10 to the Exiles' Fund .

      These letters elicited great cheering . Verbal apologies were made ic behalf of Mr . T . S .-Duncombe , prevented from attending by bis parliamentary duties ; 6 . J . Holyoake , and Samuel Kjdd , unable to be present , being engaged on a lec turing tour in the country . - - — 7-Waixbr Cooper rose to speak ta the sentiment : — " Succ « 83 to the « S Ur of Freedom , ' and prosperity toall jonrnais devoted ta the advocacy of Truth and Justice . May they unite in one glorious combination to guide the People to the attainment of their political and social rights . " He need scarcely say how dearly he loved the principle

      sbich bad brought them together . "Wi th all his heart he taid—Success to the " Star of Freedom , " . because he belifiTed glorious principles had been advocated in it ; and beans : its editor bad been always reedy to hold out hishaad to the suffering Refugees of every country . ( Cheers . ) And prosperity to all journals devoted to the same noble causebecause he thought that they all assisted in teaching the people thsir rights , and because he thought that when the people understood those ri ghts , they would be able to gain them . ( Hear , hear . ) It was tbe people alone who would erer gain the people ' s cause . He was sick and tired of lookiag to the Aristocracy . If tbe people would do their

      osra work , all they had wished for , and had wished for so ioag , would be effected . ( Cheers . ) But how was it to be jtcjmplished ? By meetings amongst themselves , and by sspponing their own Press . They had not done this before -they had never supported their own Press as they should late dane . There vrere those present who had done so , but u a body the people had not upheld a Press which would have upheld them . As long as they read murders , suicide ? , crim . coni , and other unmentionable ordinary newspaper subjects . they were not tit to be regaided as worthy of possessing their owa liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) There must be meetings , ud harmonious meetings , for the people could never tirance to their rights without unity . There were those who aclaimed there were things in the "Star of Freedom " * hich they did not like—ihere were things in every paper

      jsbieb could not give genera ! satisfaction , and the people uuuk- rep . .-. ;> t . „ h »¦* & ,- ¦ beouueit contained many grand ud datum tinAs- ^ CheenO-the truths of Jnlian Htner . ( LoudChaers . ) They might be roughly expressed , M be honoured the mSn for his honesty- ( Cbeere ) -and Because be not only edvoeated the political and social rig hts w tie people , but { because he was ever ready—and he could not repeat this too often—to hold out his hand to tbe suf fenng refugees of all oppressed nations . ( Cheers . ) He too ( Mr . Cooper ) welcomed the exile , and held out a brother ' s twd to them . It mattered net to him if they were French , dnven from their country by the bastard Napoleon— it mattered not to him if they were oppressed Germans , cr ashed bvtheirnative tyrants—itmatterednot if they werePolish , Italian , German , or Hungarian , —he welcomed them all :

      " Be they Mussulman , Christian , or Jew-To ns it ' s all one if they ' re aoneit and true . " ( Great Cheering . ) John Bezeb briefly responded to the sentiment , and in fts coursa of his address , bespoke the support of the Bntish Democracy for a journal about to be started by the Refugees , to be entitled " Free Europe . " ( Applanse . ) Jcuan Habsbt , who on coming forward wag warmly * pp > uded , introduced the following sentiment : —

      " The Democratic Exiles—we welcome them as brothers , m ftpresentatives of the nations enslaved .. "We proffer to Jcem our heartfelt sympathy , and unite in their aspirations wr the political and social emancipation of mankind . " He felt quite sure there was no one ia tha meeting who did ?« agree with him-with all on the pUtform-in recognising the forei gn Refugees as men and brothers . But it was necessary to understand what that meeting meant by the terms men and brothers . They did sot mean tyrants as men - way were only to be regarded as descendants of Cain , JJ tan to the first murderer ' s infamy . They were mon-« w and were excluded from the circle of their brother-JM . ( Cheers . ) They regarded is men , and regarded Dra" » ersall those patriots and friends of the people

      . , « " *» Hdion tbe platform- ( Hear , hear . ) Bnt they did K »» « ft » 6 ees and exftw u Idton-mm and bie"ran . For mitance , they did cot regard the bastard Bona . tarie as 8 brother , when he was an exile in this country , vuieers . ) Because it was easy to see that the debauchee , *? gambler , the companion of the blackguard cection of a ^ rit « h ariitocracy , the brigand adTenturer of Strasbourg *» 1 Boulogne , the base counterfeit and miserable plagiarist 01 that traitor to Freedom and scourge of Europe , his Uncle , could ha , e nothing in common with them , and his tjjDsequent conduct had justified that opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) ftey did not think such men as Guizot brethren . They entertained no feeling of brotherhood with that hoary lump oi

      Equity Metteraicb ; and not to ran over the long list of taen who would exclude the people from their stolen rights , » s wonld say , they had no sympathy with such exiles as Sosas—( cheers)—because he had been driven from his country , not for his virtues but for h ' u crimes—not for his Hltiotism , bat for his tyranny—not for his lova for humsj % i but for his tiger-like ferocity—bis cruel and remorse 7 oppression of his fellow-creatures . They had nothing i * common with such a tyrant , and he would lay to him ( Boai ) "Take yourself to Paris , where yen will find a meet ia of

      ^• o gse the hero the December muucrM . " ( Ap-Wais . ) Their brothers , the Democratic exflet , they re . ^" ued as the true representatives of the nation . It was ¦* fte recognised ambassadors of France , or Austria , and £ countries who were the people ' s representatives , for J 5 " presented only tyranny , usurpation , brigandage , and j £ * . They were thorough impostors : and he added to 7 ®* - we American Minister- ( hear , hear ) -who , a few days

      JS ; * tha feed in Eshnongers Hall , congratulated that ^ we ood y —(! anghter ) -tbat they had bad amongst tbeir uTfwon the man who Blew Wat T ? ler-the brothel-U »« usMsiH , WaWortb . The Yankee eulogist of that UJjuii mi ght represent the New York usurers of Wallbath " PP er tea *«»»»»* . " * e almighty dollar , cfjL ° *** true representative of Republican America . affiSMi . ' tbey wonld find the re P reseutaK « 8 of the j ^ hb , they must look for them , not at city ( eedi-not in owmng-room at St . James ' fl , not in the gorgeous r ^ onsat theWest End . but in the Ionnlv rf ,. « w •»» fte of

      , ( Great ^ ' P ° Terty-stricken home the poor exile . ! Jmi » . j , t " ^ the 3 e P atriots the y proffered their Wr 5 ' , il mati not be mere Kp-synipathy . They tit . 'V f « fte Uves of their brothers . ( Cheers . ) It was Ktu \ e patriot lea P ed on our 8 aOre * he was safe lnuJ ^ word , but he was liable to death from "kjt efl ' i tlsJl '"" Pi k&y savoured much of a sham—a Siir ? fchre » f « rwithout , withio nought b « t death and !? eninitl 1 !!? ? P 1 Brfnlt 0 toegwenuaari , parliament , Thi s fc T 7 ' . tlutB 0 -p »«><» n was made for the Refugees . People ti , hum 8 n ' ty consequently devolved upoa the ^ 'd ' iifl i J mnst rid the Committee to obtain work and lte 3 MO ° e «!« - They must do more , they must ^ < 5 * ' S ? < mKbinat « "K of tjranu , and must be ? * " ££° ? k 5 * 8 ^ « g « inBtthe des . > even i at ° the go « niment . They must do \} n 2 l r ^ 18 ltU 8 ted ' ftey mnst 8 » e « " pos . r ' ^ St ? ^! eml aid the nations stinggling f 0 r SCt , ^ y ««»* do more , they must labou ? £ * * S ' aTl t ™ , - ^ the B ^ rsality of the all « s mtepittfa , that the people may exercise

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      na ghtful sovereignty . Then they would be in a position to give effective aid to the cause of European Demooraey . England needed statesmen and leaden with the energy of Cromwell . ( " Oh ! oh ! " noise and cheers . ) If those who interrupted wonld let him conclude the sentence he was giving utterance to , they would see they had unneeeisarilj wasted their breath . England , he said , had need of the energy of Cromwell , and the integrity of Hampden—energy devoted , not to self-aggrandisement , but to the public welfare—integrity , not in the cauge of a class , but of an entire people , Tea , England ' s need was a new Commonwealth —( oheett)—for seif-regeneration , and to take the lead in the holy war against Despotism , and in the holy work of promoting the politioal and social emancipation of mankind . ( Prolonged applause . ) Gerald Masset followed in a lengthy and eloquent address , which called forth the entbusiastio applause of the assembly .

      Louis Blaxc ( who , for some considerable time , was unable to address the meeting from tbe enthusiasm and excitement his presence occasioned , ) said , I think it my duty to express to you in your own language , the feeling with which I attend this meeting , and the feeling with wbioh the resolution you have just adopted inspires me ; but I speak English very badly indeed , and I therefore solicit yonr kindest indulgence . . ( Cheers . ) I was told that one of the objects of this meeting was to provide the means of lending aid and assistance to the Befugeesof all nations , andconsequently to roy poor fellow-countrymen , so cruelly , so mercilessly , and so unjustly exiled . In that case I thank you from toe very depth of my heart . You can scarcely conceive how violent , and hew agonising are the sufferings of the exiles in this ocnntrv—Bnffewn ™

      whioh you are now called upon to alleviate . Torn from their families and friends , suddenly deprived of their profession , thrown among men whom they are unable to address m their own language , many of them are in such distress that , but for your sympathy , life would be nothing better than a slow death . ( Hear , hear . ) But what kind of assistance must a republican require or accept ? My fellow-countrymen haTo intelligence and courage . They ask only that right to live by labour , which every human being ought ta enjoy ; and for the purpose of finding employment , tbey rely On the fraternal sympathies of all those wno have suffered , because , wherever the oppressed are born they are the sens of the eame father—they areallof the same country ( Cheers . ) The first French revolution laid down this great principle , and this alone Bhould be enough to cainher

      Franco the everlasting thankfulness oi nil mankind . Remember that in the month of December , 1791 , a French Assembly decided that the flags of France , England , and America should habg side by side in its hall . ( Cheers . ) Remember that at the time when the great British statesman . Burke , was writing against the Prenoh revolution , and trying to excise the British people—that then France declared eernal friendship to this country—that Franco , forgetting Cressy , Poictiers , and Agincourt , courted a friendly alliance with England , in tbe hope that it would bo accepted and perpetuated . ( Great applause . ) Allow me to remind you of a very striking oiroumstance . At the time of tnoTevolntion of February , 1848 , when , in consequence of the false reports spread in every direction by tbe reactionary party—when manufactories were closed—when comit erce

      was stopped—when money was hoarded—it happened in some places ^ that French workmen began in very small numbers , and , stirred up by starvation , to complain ' of the eoapetition of foreign operatives . What . was then the oonduot of tbe delegates of the Luxembourg , who had been eleoted by all the corporations in Paris to represent tho sacred cause of labour ? They protested indignantly , and in the name of tho people of France , againBt this impious compact , and it was with their unanimous support that tho members of the Provisional Government—of which body he who is now speaking to you was one—that proclamation was issued , in which the question was pnt to the-people , "Do you think that the foreign workmen a . re your brethren ? . Tea or no ? " " Yes , yea I" was the immediate and moving answer of all the people of Paris , and itation

      an ag , not in accordance with the genius of France , wis immediatel y atifled . Ikn ° * that there are many in these last daya strongly disposed to believe that tho soul of iranoe was now changed , because they judged of her by the faculty with which she had become tho victim of tbe grossest perfidy of modern times . ( Loud cheers . ) But when violence and fraud triumph , and justice is deposed , 11 ; seems to me that the criminal alone is accountable for the success of the crime . Ought we to reproach France for sanctioning , by its vote , the usurpation of Louis Isapoleon ? I deny that such a vote was ever given . tUreats . pp . ause . ) The impndent returns were fabricated and forged . At the time these impudent returns were made , no one dared to deny them , even in a private letter , for the privacy of letters was destroyed , and a sword was suspended over every man ' Bhead . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been Baid in some quarters , that the usurpation of Louis JUapoIeon had been sanctioned by Universal Suffrage . It is not true that the usurpation of Louis Napoleon has been

      supported b y Universal Suffrage . As regards Europe , it is an imposture . As regards France , it is a calumny . ( Loud thews . ) At all events . France , through Universal Suffrage , would never have desired to give herself a tyrant . For any man to believe that would be to supposa France a nation of madmen ^ Sol France is today what she was yesterday , the victim of violence and murder which Bhall not last , ( iremendous Applause . ) I believe my beloved country has not yet become unworthy of the friendship of a free people . Would you wish to unite nations by an indissoluble tie , do not hesitate to proclaim openly yonr sympathies for the exiles ; for since the uscrpatiou of Louis Napoleon . France is not where he ia-France is wherever they are found who have proved faithful to her genius and who have suffered in her cause . ( Cheers . ) Danton said , in his nervous Blyle , that an exile cauld not carry away his conntry on the sole of "J , i foot—hut he could carry away his conntry at the bottom of his heart . That , gentlemen , is what we have done . —Louis Blanc rtsumed his seat amidst tremendous applause

      . ? v * FX ^ B 0 IIX ( spo ^ e in French ) eaid he found in v haU mlhe aame "ntiments he had often listened to in france . The same light of liberty wsb to be found amongst all tbe people who composed humanity . The happiness of the whole world could only be fonnd in unity . At thia time France Buffered , and Buffered terribly-not only were her men imprisoned , bnt heroic women were oppressed also by a tyrant usurper . ( Cheers . ) Englishmen could hardly conceive what courage and determination Btill existed amongst the French people , and thiB determination would be exercised ini bnugmg about the restoration of the rights of humanity . Iheni was not one single progress that could be obtaintd immediately ; but by union it would ultimately be achieved . —The speaker was lendly cheered .

      EmasxCisM fwho also spoke in French ) said he felt bound gratefully to acknowledge the fraternal greeting he and hu fellow-countrymen bad received . The meeting was right in Supposing that the Refugees participated in their love of liberty . France proclaimed the rights of humanity—France , replete with generous sentiments , explained those principles which tended to liberty , and which wonld , ere long , be trinmphant in everypart of the world . M . Cabet proceeded at considerable length to state the circumstances connected with , the present condition of France , and was warmly applauded . ' Bcunura "Wo BCBiL thanked the meeting for their sympathy for Poland , and showed that , if Poland , as a oahon , did not rise in 1848 , her sons took part in every battle for Freedom . ( Cheers . )

      A Member of the German Working Men ' s Association , named Siam , spoke briefly on the unhappy position of the Befagees , and the errors cemmitted by the Revolutionists in ' 48 . He expressed 6 anguine hopes of the future . ( Anplause . ) v * The next sentiment was then given as follows : — "America-may its people feel that England iookswith anxious solicitude to the time when , united the two nations Bay lead the way to the emancipation of Europe " Mr . O'Brish was requested to speak to the sentiment , instead of doing so , he thought proper to throw the meeting

      into confusion , by giving expression to hostile insinuations against preceeding speakers . He repudiated the sentiment he had been aBkedto epeak to , asserted that nothing could be done for the Refugees until the people of this country first obtained their social rights , and throughout a lengthy and altogether irreleTent discourse , indulged in language whioh for his own sake and the sake of Democracy , we must decline to place on record in our columns . WYaro sorry to add that he was vehementl y cheered by a small but noisy knot of partisans , who evidentl y camo drilled to create a brawl . Mr . Peitib briefly spoke to the sentiment .

      Mr . Bezer proposed , Mr . Leno seconded , and Mr . Shaw supported , a vote of thanks to tbe chairman . It waB nearly twelve o ' clock when the proceedings terminated . "With the exception of the scene just mentioned , the soitt * waa most successful ; and but for that scene would be remembered with unalloyed deli ght , by all who were present .

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      FRANCE . The Tyrant and his tools atiJLdygerhead 8- ~ Extension of the Spy'Syste *~ The : :: $ on-jurors- > Audacious 1 attempt to muzzle the English Press . Pabis , "Wednesday , June 9 th . Granier de CaBgagnac ' a men aces ' against Belgium have produoed an explosion , Where one was least expected . On Saturday ; the « Constitutionnol ' contained a second article by Cassagnac , still more threatening and insulting to the Belgian people than the first . Tho writer affirmed tbat he penned his Ciiatribes mih . tho express aanotion of Louis

      Napoleon , This created immense sensation , in political circles , and on the Bourse . . Next . day appeared in the' Moniteuf , ' a , note comwuhto ^ e from the government , disclaiming responsibility foj p . OaBsagnac ' s articles . Thia excited the ire orthe . Tenownfid Dr , Veron , chief of the ' Conititotionnel , ' who , in the nuraher of that journal for Monday , professed his astonishment at the communicated disclaimer , and in pite thereof professed , his belief that Cassagnac had really expressed the views of the head of the state . ' In answer to this show of spirit on the part of the Doctor , the Minister of Police ,- on Tuesday , sent a ' first warning * to the ' Congtitationnel' for having

      persisted , notwithstanding the ,, communique * of the ' Monitenr , ' in declaring , untruthfully , that Granier de Cassaguac was authorised by the President . Imagine the dismay , the indignation , of the worthy quack— 'A warning , that is to say , a reprimand , public , and menacing to the existence of the' Constitutionnel , 'in the name of the government of Louis Napoleon V . Having made this pathetic opening tho Doctor declares , that ^ yhen the . firsfc article' on Belgium appeared in tho Constitutionnel , ' II . Moc quard , the chef du Cabinet ot the Preaident , Bent for 100 copies of the paper containing that article , and M . Grariier de Cassagnaq / demanded 400 copies of

      the same . He argues from this that he was justified in supposing that the second article on Belgium , which -waa intended to give mpre authority than the first , would notbecpntrarlioted on disavowed , accused of inacuracy or exaggeration , and become the motive of a warning . ' ^ The ^ Moniteur ' : of to-day publishes a second warning ; which haB . been served upon the ConstitutionneP in ' conkquenee of M . Teron ' s artiole of the 8 th inst . The effect of . ' this second warning is to give to the government the power of suspending , and even suppressing , the journal , in virtue of Articlo 32 of the Law on the Press , decreed on the 17 th of February , 1852 .

      M . de Maupas has just issued a circular to the prefects preparatory to extending' the advantages of Police surveillance ' even to the remotest hamlet . There must be everywhere a commissary whose business will be to' know everything , to foresee everything , and to repress everything . ' P . J . Proudhon ;| the well known socialist writer , has heen set at liberty ; having completed the three years' imprisonment to whleh M was condemned by iJuTCourt of Assizesrof . \ tfit 5 $ iaijh '" M . Michelet has refused-to take the oath to the constitution , and has resigned the appointment of chief of the historical section in the national archives , ¦ which he held since 1830 .

      The same course has been followed by a new host of members of the councils general and municipal , and other public officers . The chateau D'Eu was Beized b y the agents of Bonaparte on the morning of the 5 th , in spite of resistance offered by the steward and other servants of the'Duke'de Nemours . An ex-gendarme , nearly 100 years of age , named Heilmann , died a few . . days ago at Colmar . He formed part of the detachment which conducted KoheBpierre and Saint-Just to the scaffold .

      The Strike of the" carpenters of Nantes continues . Several arrests had takenplace , but without having the effect of bringing the strike to a termination . Intelligence from Algiers reports conflicts with the Arabs , accompanied by loss of life on both sides , the Arabs as usual being the principal sufferers . Concerning the ' Union Socialists , ' the objects of which are fully elucidated in another column , the ! correspondent of the ' Daily News' observes : — The Sooialistshere , doomed to mutism , are comforted at the improved prospects of their brethren across the Channel , who have just founded , under tho auspices of Louis Blanc and his compeers , the Union Socialiste . ' Mr . William Conyngham , whose name figures , together with tbat of Mr . Vaniittart Neale , as a trustee of the new Socialist enterprise , is at present inPariB .

      Correspondents ofth English Press threatened with Expulsion . The eorrespondents of some of those English papers which have shown themselves leaBt favourable to the government of Louis Napoleon received invitations to present themselves in the cabinet of M . Latour Dumoulin , director of the department of the press in the ministry of police . Oh Tuesday afternoon the correspondent of the 'Daily News , ' waited on M . Latour Dumonlin . The tenor of his communication was that the French Government had observed attentively since the 2 nd of December the attitude of the English press , and regretted to perceive that many of the London newspapers were not only hostile to

      the present government , but outrageous towards the head of the state . Now , the French government was determined not to allow the person of the head of the state to be treated with outrage and insult , and his name to be dragged through the mire { traine dans la boue ) . It was not only in the letters of the correspondents that this offensive manner of mentioning the peraonof the Prince Louis Napoleon was practised , but also in the leading articles . But in either oase , for . the future , the person of the correspondent would be held responsible , inasmuch as it was only fair to suppose that he furnished the false news on which the insulting appreciations contained in the leading articles were founded . The correspondent was then given to understand that if either the Paris

      letterof the ' Daily JNews , ' or tho leading articles of that paper , contained any expressions outraging the person of the Prince President , he would be considered as the responsible person , and be forthwith expelled from France . ( The correapondent of the Morning Chronicle' and 'Advertiser , ' whom the director also has seen , has received a similar warning . ) The correspondent of the Daily News' protested against this principle . He stated that if the French government made the Paris correspondent of an English paper responsible for whatever appeared in that paper relative to France , it would act neither according to the princi ples of justice , law , nor international usage . It was known that the responsibility could only lie with the editor of the newspaper in England . M . LatouT-Dumoulin answered

      that the French government could not accept the theory of the irresponsibility of correspondents . [ Tliia menace has already been answered on this side of the channel in termB of defiance to the tyrant to do ali he dare . ]

      SWITZERLAND . The " Kveuz Zeitung " declares that whatever may have beau asierted to tho contrary , the London protocol on Switzerland containB an implicit recognition of tho right of the King of PruBsia to re-establish his right in Nouchato ! , sword in band . - ' The Grand-Council of Taasin has resolved , by a majority of fifty-four against forty-seven votes , to secularise public instruction in the canton .

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      BELGIUM . La Nation acquitted , Bonaparte defeated-Noble letter of Colonel Charras—Thi Qeniral Election . { From our own Correspondent . ) BRU 38 EL 8 , June 9 , 1852 . You will be pleased to learn tlw acquittal of your talented and truth-telling contemporary , the Belgian < c Nation . " The trial took place before the court of assige of Brabant , on Monday last , when all the exertions of the toadying ministry failed in obtaining a verdict in favour of t ' ue bastard Bonaparte . The inoviminated articles were two , the one entitled " The Constitution-of M . L .. N . Bonaparte and the political outh ; " the other " The regime of December 2 nd cannot last ; " and were published in the numbers of " La Nation" for 19 th and 25 th of January respectively . The editor and manager having refused to make . known the author of the articles , they wero rend to the jury , and tho verdicts demanded for the plaintiff in accordance with the law of 1816 . :

      M . Funck for the dofonce , was about-to discuss this law , which has beon loft in oblivion , for twenty-two years , and the last traces of whioh had been effaced by the revolution , when ho was stopped by the Prosidont , and desired to confine himself to the question as to whether tho articles in question were or not insulting towards the President of the French Republic . In the course of his address , M . Funck said : — " We have been accused of having exaggerated the acts ascribed to M . Bonaparte , and in support of that assertion they , oito the opinion of Lord Palmorston . ' Truly , a badly chosen argument ; for you have forgotten that for having expressed a favourable opinion on the coup d ' etat of December 2 nd , Lord Palinerston wa 9 ¦ turned out of power .

      If , ; then , you have Lord Palmerston on your side , we have the whole of England on ours . " : ( At three o ' clock the jury retired , and returned to tbo court at a quarter to four , when the foreman , M . Mas , returned the following verdict : — - " On my honour , and on my-conscience , befora God , and before men , the reply of the jury is , on the first ques . tion , no ; on the second , no ; on the third , no ; on the fourth , so-, vro tho fifth , so ; on the sixth , no 1 " The verdict was greeted with murmurs of approbation , which were'instantly suppressed by the gendarmes . The President then pronounced the acquittal of M . M . Ch . Potvjn and Louis Lubarre , who left the court amid the felicitations of a crowd of friends .

      Colonel ChamB has' scornfully refused to take tho oath to the tyrant . The following is aa abstract of his letter to tho prefect of tho Puy-de DCme : " The fugitive to whom the Republic has given a country and who has destroyed the republic ; tho President who swore fidelity to tho Constitution- issuing from the free and universal suffrage of France , and vtho has lied to his oath ; the conspirator who has usurped absolute power by fraud , corruption , and violence ; tho despot who has ruined , DjTnished , imprisoned , deported , and massacred millions , of French citizens to make a constitution and to iniposa it on France . " % After denouncing that monster forgery—the sham election , ho says : —

      " The man of December 2 nd , he who has given the most oymcal example of the violation of sworn faith , exaota oaths ! Truly , such a trait was wanting to the annals of these days . " ° Iteooun (! in »; che indignities he had receivedat the ha ds of the brigands of tho Elysee , he adds : — : "The love of country and of liberty , the-sentiment of national honour alone Bpeaks to my heard and dictates my response . To a government without" name , without faith , without honour , without probity , true m « n owe only eontemptrand hatred . I refuse the oath . For the Repuolloana there is but one course to take , and that I have already tafcen ; it is to hasten with all their efforts the momeiit when France shall burst the fetters which have been imposed upon her , in a day of surprise and of weakness , by a handful of bandits , who pillage the public treasury and dishonour tho banner and tho name of their fatherland . " Lieutenant-Colonel Ciumus ,

      ... „ . „ „„ , " Representative of the People , " " Brussels , May 2 Sth , 1852 . " The elections are hitherto in favour of the Liberals , thirty-two of whom have been elected against twenty-two of the opposition . 6 '

      GERMANY . m , ,. ; . „ Tetrifie Calamity . ihei distrwtsof Mulhausenand Herligenstadt have been visited by a great calamity . The bursting of a waterspout causedI such a . sudden ruo in the waters of the Unstrut ana other streams , that not only is the whole harvest of the present year destroyed , but the fields are covered with stones and sand to such an extent that it will be impossible to bring them into cultivation for years to come . In a S ? r of an ut i the Un » t ™ tro 8 e eighteen feet above its ftSiW . M l , of lifG is notyet k » own ; but iUs SX ? S ° ons ;^ r a" 0 ' *> Dingelstedt eleven bodieshavo been found , and mneteon persons aro missing . In the diatnot of Mulhausen above twenty persons are roported as having been drowned , and between twenty and thirty Lore fvJZ Z * a i haT 0 , sb ? tbe F « no fate . The roods are everywhere destroyed . whole herds ofcattleand sheep have St rtV ud bu , lldlDg 8 ha * e been so completely swept » way , that scarcely a stone of them remains .

      AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . Yesterday , at 3 a . m ., the emperor left for the Hungarian capital . The official telegraphic despatoh informs us that „? nL W . J al Apostolic Majesty ' s solemn reoeption at Buda took place amidst the loud cheorB of the inhabi tantB , [ Bosh' ]

      ITALY . ¦ rpi , i v . „ ftrr ( lrie 111 in y «» e « . lne Venice Gazette' publishes the following sentences , llTnT- ^ M&itar y Cou « 'Martial sitting at " Claire Marchetti , the wife of Moretti , condemned to £ ? i . W ¦ ira Pri 8 ? nnaent and one d « y ' B fasting per week , SjrJS . ? ° n mthe B ' ? ^ gree ; Julian Pemtta , a clergyman , to one year ' s imprisonment in a fortress , for W& 11 P rohlbUed r rk 3 ia his Powwion ; - and John baptist del Menego , a clergyman to the same penalty , for having preached a revolutionary sermon . " v * ™*> *<>* ' Thei aristocracy of birth and mind if still absent from Venice , says a letter from that city , " and it ia well tbat all malcontents should avoid tho ancient territory of St Mark , as it teems with spies and irformtrs . "

      TURKEY . Serajewo , the capital of Bosnia , hag been the scene of a ™ tt rffapa # ? , ^ f WIe the fire w * ™ 2 8 NiMm 8 ™ fef moV fr' ? htful ^ oojtos . Women were violated and houses broken into and pillaged . WEST fNDIES . By the arrival of Royri West Indian Mail uteamer Ornico , 7 •! . & * ' tlle 8 mal ' -P ° * i « still decimating in ? £ * w ; ^ . Pemwwa the yellow fever was declining . All the West India nlands are Buffnring from drought .

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . THE KAFFIR WAR—CONTINUANCE OF ¦ m , n , e HOSTILITIES . H , Jl « nn 5 n . - w ? team ? hi ? P B Company ' s vessel , Hellespont , Captain Watts , arrived at Plymouth on Sunk n Ca P e of Good HoPe . Ihe HeHespont bringi fiftwn dayB' later intelligence ; JmTi , t ? . l ™ [ ei i ^ oughout the Am » tolaB , and had £ 2 £ i b" 0 £ J ° th Waterkloof , where Macomo . is in com-? ff v . « M been J 0 l ? ed b * a larW number of Hottentoti . « . JSi « W ° aB muo > ^ subdued as ever , and fight with VJ ? a £ JSF » T ? nd en ^ eTer - General Cathcart «" d ? bftdLty e d . ° attle ° the Kaffi " " <*

      UNITED STATES . LlwrloK wSSi * iUa . m BhiP Atlantic , arrived at ussvosssi Afi «^ stt siTtnte ^^^ who was expatriated in 1848 , in con eque ' noV of hffi ^ ii ^ iffiifafc **^ - ^'

      sS ^ SSfes ^ SaBSS ^ l ^ p ^ isa ^ s ^ jAi BJT . K 2 3 ? Jw orde " v « wtaS « faBoSSX SSS ^ - ^ ft xas ^ Sffi"J ?« ™ & n h "' der Cher ' s escape . This placed the ma-? » «« n w ? som « w"at unpleasantrand there wn « not ano-«* wthui twrnty-fou * MiieBi He , however , mounted horse , and proceeded to the nearest point , for the purpose of bringing back

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      »' * ' to take charge of Mr . > t 8 w , « , r , who waited for his return nw * r j 1106 promised bad expired , aftpr which he took horse and * r * Z ii 5 * " ° PP 08 ite direction , in which course he is saii to hnva m «« . d ? s fait M his bo " " could carry him , for over one hundred w « n ? n Or 4 lLthe P 9 lnt whcre nts ^ nds had another co&veyaude - itt ' on hnh . t 5 , wa 5 ti ne lernambuco . he ii said to have been taken to ihii ^ rt * Aeorn > on the 22 nd of April > Rnd by * w brougUt ' for reStiorfilm 0 re hM been nominatod m aeTeral PlaoeS advLB K » V ' had reacbed B » ff ^<> - T he miscellaneous had d / s ? rn » j fx tenBive conflagration at Savannah , which Zpi Sell ,,, V S amount » t Property . On the Missis-V ^ SwffiJff been burttt ' with ^ goe » valued at By wf / onhe W P f TO ^ WIOB IN MEXICO . " ¦ telegiShi dSoSS il ? ' 2 through the medium of at Ve ? a cri ;? n t'ffTV ^ Britl sh Vice , CoB 8 ul city of Mexico was in a sute It r "f r repor n th thc given . te of evolution . Details not

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      AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS . m The Executive Council of the Amal gamated Sowetyhare much pleasure in acknowledging the sum of two huudred pounds from the Friendl y Sooietv of Operative Stonemasons in general union , being a donation m aid of the workmen who are now out of employment through the master ' s strike . One hun . dred pounds of this money has been sent hr tha £ 3 £ 2 S . " A 2 E& fctta me ° Mi

      PrOTBciiomst Esiimaibs . —Perhaos tho m « i item in the estimates agreed tobj ZVZ ,. ? ' * " ment is th . estimate that lufflrSffil !!^ { saasffi ^^ jas ^ issss s ^ aa ^^ -W&sats Sl ^^ SSS fhe LB t . rtfll mni L J 1 Tled ; , and t i ia a » P « iori . y of ;^« frn . l ml . w *" ? ° bT 10 US when we "fleet that tbef poorest m « i > would not part with health for wealth bnft that the richest would gladly part with all his wealth for

      Education in iNDiA . -From a Parliamentary p * . ' . p f ? f ! v nt l ° Tue 8 da y > appears that in the season of 1850 there were 23 , 163 students in tho several schools ana ether establishments for education main tained at the public expense in the presidencies of British India . An extract is given from a deBDatoh to the Government of Fort St . Georgo on " Bible J ? ™ " ^ C ^ a cil bf Bdooation proposed that S ? uV hould b ! , cluaed in * h « Btudlea of tha English Classes , attendance on tho Bible class k > m *

      lelt optional . As the provincial achools and thi Madras University were for the eroewal inatrnptS . and the science of Europe , it was SmoSi Z expedient nor prudent in anyway totateSnK such tendenoy had been carefull y avoided ae both the other presidencies , where native education had been successfull y prosecuted .

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      rHE LIBERTY OF THE PT ? tf < 2 omg inflicted upon it by ambitious and i

      »« umg men . u ever there was a time in the history of J ^ mocracy wbioh more than another required the vigilant , watcntuinm and co-operation of itsdiBciplos and advocates , Una is that timo . An unscrupulous attempt is now beine 3 hinhf" m " *!* Deraocracy of Great B » tain by an odiouS S ? If tomtom- A few thoughtless and nnrefleoU « J , J ? 2 , ha . ve . ^ u Muni , by misrepresentation and to f S p . ] 0 I 1 l u th 0 abomination- Old and tried friends to the cause are to be trampled underfoot b y the upatart dictator , and the whole mashinery of the Democratic movement porverted to the purpose of individual aggrandisement and " mbUl ? -J Uh Tl tb 0 Press i 8 «*» de 3 roye " Satin 1 ° com P elle , > on !«!•>¦ of . political excommu ' moation , to confine ourselves to the mental food supplied Dy our- would-bo lord and master , or remain in a state of menta destitution . We have resolved , Cv r " to Ss 0 our voices agamtt this anti-Democratic state of things Ih looking round amongst the couduotors of the publiu ^ ress we know of no one who igBo muohentitled to ouroonatt > nce and support as tbe nroRent o . lifn ^ an , t LJ 13 Jt ¥ teeH

      z " rr t : ^^ e ^ i ^ z ^ m ; - »¦» W . \ u l * w ? » 8 K * wnfl «> lng dovotion with whioa * f *' he has chnmj . ione . 1 the cause of . Freetlom , ou"ht to endear " ; Jh himtooverytroe lover of his species , while his w . rfe and ' % ' S extensive oonnesion with tho Ieadini ; Democrats of Europe , and his intimate knowledgo of Poreinn affairs r , re . pmil nently fit him for tho task of bringing . tog " fir a ^ uS mono common bond ofuniverenl brothorliooil—Uip cnt pressed peoples of nil lande . We hare bo . U iith shau e and indignation tho base and unmanly attemnts ihSh havo been made by unprincipled nua to mJii K cLmtev » rq destroy his usefuW An-3 grieved « ro ve that any portion of the working men of this country should havo

      SO far forgot themsolves as to repay lus long ami faithful services with such blnok ingratitude ns we have lately witnessed .. This conduct , however , we believe to have ro ' ulted from the gross falsehoods which have been so industriously circulated ., And all that is needed is , that tho truth be Known , in order to turn thtf tide of events . In aocordince with these impressions , we li » re set ourselvestbctssk of rescuin ? this to * n from fhe stigma which 1 m been cast upon it , and of doing our duty to the cause of truth and justice , by assisting to extend tlsc circulation of the " Star ot Freedom , " and otherwis ' -vhyword and deed , ruseuinirtlm

      Uemocratio movement fron \ the hands of those wiioaeconduct has disgraced and ilishonbUrk ! its imme . Wo ' ehrnestly call upon every good and true man to come boldly forward and " - aBsist us in this undertaking . Wo-were told that the Star was purchased with middlo-class gold , nnd that its politics would have to be cut to . juit middle-class interests This prediction has failed ; and wolind tho editor writing with the same fearless and" undaunted spirit in faTour or down-troddpn bumtinity , as heretofore . Tho prophet who foretold this , finding his predictions beginning to fail , with ' that reckless audacity for which he haB become notorious then told us to bewaro of the Democracy which was beine taught in its pages , as it was ouly a b ait to deceive ub Had this acousation been brought by a man of character and known patriotism , against some unknown and untried individual , it might , in some degree , bave had a tendency to bias and mislead our tudgment : but . comlno f ™ m ^

      quarter it does , and being launohod against an old , tried , and faithful servant of tho people ,. we troat It with that contempt which it so richly merits . ' "Brother Domocrata , thero is one other subject to which wo wish to draw your attention . Wo-wfen distinctly , on the part of the working «]« uM of Halif «;* to repndinte tho sentiments uttered by tho elect of the 'immortal twentytwo , at the Munchestor Conference . The result of the last public ^ meeting held by the Parliamentary ltefbrmers justifies us m ape . iking this in the name of tbe people . Fournftns of that meeting was composed of workinj ; mm nevertheless , we were out-voted on our own pririeipk-s ' and yet wo bohove every working man in that meeting was ' in favour of the principles of Chaitism , but they were opposed to our antagonistic policy . The samo result toot

      place at iiradtord . The termination of these two meetiura was the ' hand-writing on the wall , ' . warning us that the obstructive policy was at an end . The sentiments which wero uttered by Cockroft at Manchester were not the sentiments of the Demoeratic public of Halifax . We therefore enter our solemn protest against them-a protest in which we feel convinced we shall be joined by the great bulk of the people of theso districts . We likewise repudiate and diNlaim all and evsr , tho acts of tho mock Conference which has lately disgraced the town of Manchester with its ftt ^ ^* !!^ - In oonclu 9 ion . we call upon tho friends of freedom , of thought , aud action , in every town , to follow our example , and show those who would monopolise the right to teach Democratic principles , that there is yet sufficient spirit and independence of Lad toft omee and grapple with Despotism , even when cloaked in thaXh

      oi democracy , and to uphold and maintain the true friends ssc ^ asatf cquaiity « * -. *««—( Signed ) " John Culpan , junr ., Uriah Hincholiffe , Thomas Kioholl , John Hargreaves William Caswell , Samuel W TO f' ? ' . ? uckley . Robert Schofield , Joseph Waterhouse , Francis Mitchell . Sharp Dawson , John Dennis , Ilenry Stansfield , Joseph Bottomley , 5 » me 8 Boothroyd , Edward Lainton , John Swift , Bwia BobwtB , BoD ] amin Walshaw , Charles Croir-S ^ ' / W ^^ P'oni Thomas Boberts , Samuel ? d V ? Dennl 8 » Samuel Bajcendafe , Chrig . V'P " Snwkleton , David Navlor . William Hnrs .

      . lall , William Lister , John Sutolifte , William Drake James Broadbent , Abraham Baldwin , Benjamin ^• Joh n Chaffer , Christopher Barker , "Wo Slw f ? t ° t « j . »«* ar 5 Thompson , ' James Taylor , Joshua Waddington , Henry Spenoer , Benjamin Fowler , Robert Buckle , Thomas ' ciark w oSb ^ h L 1 /' R ° bert Harr 0 b y' James Sh ^ e-SStlM Rhf r l i JoSOph Binn 8 « ' BaIdffin . Willilm ft ?* i » h . Lawson , John Wadsworth William Maude , Riobard Lawson , Thomas LonettSSi ?^ ^? Hff 8 ' J Rmin ' Dawso » J »» ea 6 uS » ' aVld Laff 8 On » Samuel Ma S son « Jota

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      Guand Soiree In Honour Of Fhe "Star Of Freedom."

      gUAND SOIREE IN HONOUR OF fHE " STAR OF FREEDOM . "

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      Debircciive Firm . —A most destructive firo broke out on Tuurday afternoon , at the well-know printing establishment of Messrs Clowes , and Co ., Duke-street , Lambeth . A considerable amount of property was destroyed . Mr . Fbabbos O'Cohkob . —On Thursday two medical gentlemen were appointed to visit Mr . O'Conpor , and they reported to the house , that he is decidedly insane . A Pakit Cbt . —Hearing your neighbour ' s child cry all night through the thinness of the party-wall . —Punch .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1682/page/1/