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      JUSTICE--ISWUTABLE , X'MVEBSAL , EIEBNAL ! BRITAIN'S PERIL . ' Giro me the liberty to know , to utter , and to argue freely accordjng to conscience , above all liberties— Miltos . There is a ; cancerous eril eating at the heart of Britain which , if not arrested in its progress , and that , too , immediately , will eventuate in the mortal doom , anS sickening unto death of this Great Nation . Kot altogether egotisticall y doeB Britain bear the prc ^ nomei of 'Great , ' for to hor most be conceded , even by her . bitterest foes , many of the attributes of national greatness . But few peoples , if any , can

      challenge competition . with . the industry and unyielding toil of Britain's population . They are—to aay the least—second to ; none in mechanical skill , and that spirit of . enterprise and discovery which 13 at the foundation of all national progress . Mistress of the world ' s commerce , Queen of the Isles , and Sovereign arbiter over the destinies of some hundred and fifty millions of souls ; possessed of a plethora of wealth , and commanding a wealth-creating power in mind and muscle—mechanical and chemical forces , nearly equal to that commanded by all the rest of the . world combined—this Island occupies a matchless position , a place among the nations unexampled in mankind ' s history . >

      As great in arms as in arts , Victory has combined with Commerce to carry the flag of Britain over the waters of every sea , and to * the uttermost ends of ths earth . : And , if we will only credit the ponderous platitudes of Hume , the ' unadorned eloquence * of Cobden ; the rhetoric of Geaham , the slap-dash , oratory of Palmersiox , and the thunder of the ' Tunes , ' there is within , this island superabundant proofs of unparalleled prosperity and unprecedented progress .

      ' Tet , ' notwithstanding these . glowing evidences of national greatness , the country is in . danger ! * In danger of what ? ' sneers the political sceptic . . In danger" of DEATH ! . - ^ . . When a nation abandons itself to " the worsEi ^' of Self-Interest , the rich seeking to become more rich , and the poor repudiating all considerations Bave that of their 'bread and cheese ; ' when all ranks combine to ignore the claims of Humanity and the commands of Duty—there is at the heart of that nation , DEATH . Moral . Death has stricken its soul , and its doom is to share—sooner or later—that charael house of Empires , to which has been gathered so many of the once flourishing States of the Ancient World .

      Now , what is Society in this country but a structure of Lies ?—an ' organised hypocrisy ? ' The advocates of the much aggrieved 'landed interest , ' assume that Cora Law Repeal and other changes have wronged the territorial aristocracy—a wrong to be righted only by removing the ' burdens' that now press npon the land . ' I can understand ' the tenth transmitter of a foolish face , ' who has been brought up to believe in the right divine of landlords , almost having faith in the above trash . But Disbaeu What shameless ' hypocrisy ' for a man of his sense and mental endowments , to make himself the

      champion of the poor , wronged landlords 1 ' Burdens on land ! ' Ah ! we ' ll Disbaeli knows that it is precisely his clients who are the great ' burdens on the land , ' and that the shortest way to do justice to Agriculture , call forth the capabilities of the soil , raise the condition of the rural workers , and make us independent of foreign corn , would be to remove those ' burdens . ' The' Manufacturing Interest' is another , and a triumphant , imposture , as shoddy , ' devil ' s dust , ' and the ten thousand contrivances to plunder producers and purchasers , the wide world over , sufficientl y testify . The ' Commercial Interest' is a kindred and a gigantic fraud . Throughout all the realms of buying and selling there is knavery the moBt perfect ,

      falsehood the most profound . Adulteration enters into nearly every article of diet . The child just weaned , the old man on his death bed , the ' beerdrinking Britou . ' the teetotaller with his ' cup that cheers but not inebriates / the happy slave with his 'big loaf / the wealthy dyspeptic with his luxuries , all consume poison in milk , drugs , beer , tea , bread , &c , &c . The child commencing life is assisted to disease , the invalid quitting life is hastened to the tomb , by the privileged poisoners whose only belief is in the Gospel according to Cobden , and who would consider any restriction upon their right (?) of * unshackled commerce' to be the one sole cause that would justify a devolution ! The fundholding interest' is another glorious specimen of our ' glorious institutions / To take from the sweat and blood of

      the wealth-producers as many millions of capital , year after year , generation after generation , as , if rightly applied , would'in the course of a very few years utterly extirpate poverty and pauperism from the land , and to dignify this spoliation with the pretence of ' keeping faith with the national creditor / &c . &c , exhibits unparalleled audacity on the part of the spoliators , and corresponding sottishness on the part of the victimised masses . The Church is but a whited sepulchre , fair to the eye , but within the very rottenness of corruption—a libel upon , a scandal to , the faith of which it is the assumed representative . The Throne was a

      reality when occupied b y an AlFltED or an Edwabd , but now it is a sham—in all but its cost . Have you ever reflected , Ol sapient , many-headed , dwarfbrained multitude , that if you must hare a monarch , a gilt gingerbread figure which you might purchase for sixpence at Greenwich fair ; a doll , very superb , with winking eyes , too , like the far-famed lady of Eimini—Cr imini—which might be had for five shillings ; or an ' acknowledgedhero / or 'heroine , 'from the Thespian Temple in the New Cut , who with unexceptionable crown and robes might be hired for State occasions' on the most reasonable terms '—have

      you ever thought that such a substitute might sumciently grat ify your loyal predilections , and you be the gainers ? . The Parliament—' the collective -wisdom ' —the ' noble Lords / and the ' first assembly of gentlemen in the world '—Here , at least , is to be found whatever of moral aud mental greatness the nation possesses 1 Verdant conclusion ! Of the ' Lords / it is only necessary to observe that the ' noble' brother of their ' order' did them no injustice in denominating their 'house' ' the Hospital of Incurables . ' Of the Commons it is sufficient to say that the offspring of

      privilege , oppression , ignorance , prejudice , bigotry , corruption , delusion , and folly is hardly likely to exhibit other qualities than those which entered into its very constitution . Lastly , the electoral body , ' possessed by devils / that is to say , guided by all the evil influences above named , constitutes the worthy basis of that glorious system of 'British Constitutionalism / which , according to shams of the PAlMERSioif stamp , and hybrid politicians of even a ' more advanced character , is the glory of Europe and the hope of the world !

      And with this ' glory' (!) we , as a people , are content ; content , also , to afford this , and no other ' hope' (!) to the suffering people of other lands ! Heroic , magnanimous Britons !!! ' Support t ! ie dignity of the Crown '—• Uphold the Church '— 'Maintain our glorious Institutions '— ' Keep faith with the National Creditor '— Let the Landlord do what he likes with his own '— 'Free Trade '—* "Wealth for the foremost , and devil take the hindmost '— « Tnree cheers for Cobden , and God save the QUEEX J '

      And the masses who do not devour taxes , tithes , luterest , rent , profits , &e . Surely they are not content ? Yes , but they are . Have they not the ' cheap haP ? Enjoying that , what matters their social serfdom , their miserable wages , their comfortless homes , their uneducated children ? Is not the loaf only 8 ixper . ee , and—if they have the sixpence—shall they not feed aEd make merry , although landless—voteiesa slaves , the ' vilest rabble' Mister Secretary-at-War Bekesfokd ' ever saw V Yes , thoa foul-uionthed aristocrat , thou art not far wrong . A very ' rabble / a cczviUe is that people who will tolerate the existence of such as thee aud thine .

      Two questions , closely allied , at this moment at trading the world ' s attention , most signally p rove the moral death of the British Peopldl allude to the case ofEwABD Mukbay , aud the terrible enmesand cruelties to which the Italians are at tlih moment subjected . . 3 Ei > wah » Mvnwn , an Englishman , a prisoner in the dungeons of tho fci plo-crowned impoator appeals to his conutrymen ! -. «• their protection . He Jlos suffered rLrca j earaor virtura . lie has a « eptenra W «« ttb banoiatr i » er Mm . Va m » ttaaon Lei

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      y epithets ' assassin / murderer , ' &c he protests his innocence , he shows he has not had a fair trial , he appeals [ to his countrymen to procure him justice . ^ They read , yawn , and pass the matter over . A speech of Cobden ' s will excite the interest of many , the « latest state of the odds , ' the « f ouVth edition' of a « best possible instructor / with the important intelligence tha \ , Lerry Whent , at Nottingham Races , has ' won by . a length ' will interest aatiU larger number . But EdwaJU ) Mubbay , who cares for him ? The Cobdenite with his big loaf / and the Turfite with Ms ' favourite / or ' the winner / will each demand , ' Am Imy brother ' slteener . ' " ' *

      And the , same selfish , « jalless , craven , Cain-like spirit pervades the nation at large . Did jever " the fiends of Despotism devise more cruel outrages than those the accursed Austrians are at thiB moment inflicting upon jnnhappy ; : Italy ;? Blood streams _ from innumerable scaffolds , groanBascend from thousands of dungeon-bound ^ etims . ^ otajdaybut Dirings tidings fromliombMd y ^ yflmce ^ land , of multitudes sweptinto prison , of women . fiogged , of men tortured , murdered , ; for what ? Only that they are suspected of hating their country ' s oppressors .

      inose cursed Croats assassinate and then cut open the warm palpitating body of the murdered patriot to see if therein any shreds of ' papers' ho is supposed to have swallowed , can be found ' . These things are printed in the English papers , and the English people are calm , indifferent . Viciobia receives the Austrian Ambassador at her table . Would she dine with a better man , Calcrapi ? MalmesbubyIs handand-glove with the same illustrious personage . aihebsion

      amuses himself by ' -mapping out his kingdom of Northern Ital y / and professing democrats pat him on the back as ' the most able statesman of the day / and applaud his philanthropic prescience ! All the while the British people care no more for Italy than they do for Kamschatka or Japan . What is Italy to them ? 'Let us have cheap bread and more trade / ' Non-intervention and Financial Keform—that ' s the doctrine for a sensible man ! ' 'Am I my brother ' s keeper V

      My countrymen ! My soul is vexed , my heart is sore for you . I tell you that if you were not' sold to the devil ' -of selfishness , if you had not made sacrifice of your ceuntry ' s honour on the altar of Mammon , very different would be your language and your action—your words and deeds . I tell you that if you knew and did your duty , not fer twenty-four hours could the Austrian Ambassador find foot-hold on these shores ; but would be driven from our Boil with the cry ringing in his ears—the cry of an uprisen people— 'War for the Liberation of Italy-Death to the Austrian Despotism S * My grief is less for Italy than for Britain . For

      Italia there is hope—the sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection . But for Britannia ?—Be assured , Countrymen , the NEMESIS of Nations yet grasps her terrible sword ; and if we abandon not this worship of selfishness , if we seek not renewed life through the self-sacrifice enjoined by DUTY ; ' if we feel not for , work not tor Italy—her sons and daughters—so If eternal j ustice rule the ball , So shall oiir country and her children fall , And Britain , in turn , become the conqueror ' s prey ! L'AMI DU PEUPLE .

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      . FRANCE . Bonaparte ' svisit to Strasbourg—Hit reception by Hie people—Lying despatches of the Prefects—The martyr Charltt—The rascally priests—The condemned of Bedariewc—Proudhon ' s new ivork . [ From our own Correspondent . ) Pabb , July 21 . On Saturday morning " Prince President" Bonaparte left Para for Strasbourg . He is now at Baden . Every nourtelegraphiodsspatches are received here from the Prefects to inform the admiring French people of the movements of the mighty " Prince . " One tells us how the " Prince" has "just mounted hia horse , " and another proceeds to state how his noble and sublime feat has been accomplished amid the " unbounded enthusiasm" of the

      nopulation 1 The official despatches describe the universal feeling of the people , wherever he visits , to be one of " frenzied enthusiasm "; but intelligence I have received from private Murces sufficiently proves that the mass of the people would desire to greet him with a " warm reception " of a very different nature . It is undeniable , however , that he is met in every town by an applauding rabble—a circumstance which is not to be wondered at , when we consider the unwearing exertions of priest and prefect . In some of the Catholic districts through which Bonaparte has passed , the brutalised and priestrodden population have been driven to shout in the train of tho infamous dictator , by threats of eternal damnation , just as they were driven to deposit their " ouf in the ballot-urn in December . The Protestants , who are almost allKepulicans , have preserved a

      scornful silence . It would be a very great error to sunpose that the multitudes who flocked into the places through which he was to pass were drawn thither by admiration . I have good reason to believe , that with numbers of these—with the majority in fact—the desire of witnessing a show was just enough to overcome the disgust experienced for the man—no , the Prince . The following letter from Geneva , relative to themarfvr Uiarlet , will be read with interest by your readers : — " The mother of Charlet is an old domestic of a noble family of Geneva . On the news of hi 3 condemnation , M . P . deft ., remembering the services of the mother , repaired to Paris . All his endeavours at the Elysee were useless General Duibur joined him in vain . Their only answer was : —• Charlet is a Swiss ; he must suffer If a Swiss

      was pardoned , it would be necessary to pardon all the Frecch . ' Charlet is French hy origin , but Swis 3 by birth . He was born at Copet , in the Canton of Vaud . The de R . family have concealed from Cbarlet ' s mother the tragical end of hor son ; and even at this moment she is still ignorant of it ; a terrible situation for a mother 1 However , if she has not received that terrible stroke , no thanks to the Catholics of the Sonderbund . A priest , a pretended disciple of Christ , whose mission is to appease human woes , has dared to write to the unfortunate mother a letter , of which I remember the sense , though not the words . After announcing the death , of her son on the scaffold , he adds : — ' The miserable man many time 3 demanded permission to send you his last far well . The authorities refused him that supreme consolation . But what should console his

      poor mother , is his conversion , in faco of death , to the Roman Catholic Church . Yes , Charlet has fulfilled his last duties , and the last wish of the dying man was , that hia well-beloved mother should embrace the same religion so that their souls might not be separated at tho right hand of the eternal father . —Penal , Priest . ' Happily this letter was intercepted . Chariot ' s mother has been spared a great grief , and an infamous calumny which she would bave felt more , perhaps , thnn even the sinister news . I may say it Ioudlv : —Calumny , for Chiulet himself has answered this letter of the priesr . This tims it is a textual copy I send you Before his execution Cliarkt wrote to Citizen Ph . Ch . of Geneva , a poet and his friend , the following letter : — ' My Dear Friend , —I have these lines penciled by a brave man who would be compromised if I mentioned bis name The

      fatal hour will arrive to-morrow or the day after . Embrace all our brothers in Democracy ; say to them that I have strength , notwithstanding the liquids put in my food , to resist the tortures of the priest;—that I die innocent , and without a wish to denounce any one , notwithstanding tho offers of pardon asd of permission to depart with gold ;—that the priest tries , in spite of me , to mnke me kiss Christ , but that I embrace him only as our master in Democracy . Adieu to roy mother , who has taught 115 to die for our brothers . Adien ChsrleL' I have copied this letter from the original , covered with cur tears . I bave seen the coaehnmn who carried it to Chavlet ' s friend ; he is ready , in all circumstance ? , to testify to what I advance . I know him personally as a citizen woithy of all confidence . 0 , woe ! 0 , fury ! But Lope ! The bicod of the martyrs is fruitful !"

      The feeling of indignant rage aroused by th ? assassination of Charlet lias deterred Bonaparte from carrying out his bloodthirsty designs . The " Presse" states that the sentence of the condemned Republicans of Bedarieux will be commuted to transportation . It has been stated ia several of the English and Belgian papers that M . Proudhon was preparing a work , in which fc » attacked tho Mountain . In nnswer to this II . Proudhon i-t sx : t : ca ii « fcS ! c « i-6 kll £ r t * the IaddponJcnuo ' : — *• Tte Wtfc « f « t » ich t *» " sr «» J ? » n 4 bioh will » ppc-ar in

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      a few days , is not written < against ' . my political friends ; I ' confine myself to fdiscussingcWWin systems which ' I have already iL ^ mimmymor b * fa'Contradictions Xconomii ^^^^ fsp ^ iiE ;! : ;;^ :. ^ "¦; . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ , . Thff « fi | &f fchoBelgiansjreturneaiothe . Palace of Laeken on Saturday . ' . ¦ ••»¦ . *¦• ¦¦ ; :- ! : ¦ ' .-. :: vSS ^ S | fefi- ^ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ l ' ; -- " ' ' -. ' ^*** .. —* "" ****^———— — .

      ^ 1 ° * $% M mngw ^ m Italia * Conspirator * - -Reaction m MtHa-Haismpfiug ' s jfrecMs Constitution . ^ "l ^ -On - tfe Utli ^ Heitti ' s monument , at . f . » » was uncovwed with ; grtift ' PQmp . arid ceremony , in JRW ^ f ° ' W ? Wn % . ^ Wiegust and indignation 01 toe populace , _ : " ¦ "/ , v ; . < , : ° , oently arrested at Mantua ' were generally priests . The correspondence w ; th their . London friends was oawied on by g ^ oolour had b ^ wasuej ^ 8 ^ ttf # fcSp Vienna . The ; author of " . ySnity Fair , '" who isTow to TsfiSsssixi s some ™* fine 8 Pecim

      -PRUSSIA . —It will be remembered , that an indietment hasten pending in various stages fora couple of years past ^ ° i th . f H f «*•» P »™ Minister , Hassenpflung . He was first convicted of fraud , appealed , and ; was acquitted , the ffi ££ nn ' i&T ' that ? new indictment be laid for forgery . On this he was also convicted : he again appealed , and the case ended last Saturday by his final ac-(^ Ultvt ll * h ™^ !^ * ° f , ° ? irsfc Ch » n >»> er , which ought to be constituted at the beginning of August will not take place till October afteAhesefsions offi ' proS . 5 a d eS The writers of the "New Gazette of Prussia" are to be prosecuted for their charges made against the government , and such of the contributors who have no residence at Uerlm are to be expelled . Subscriptions have been opened at several German universities for yearly contributions ia support of the professors dismissed at Kiel . i ^ - T R : r General Cnangwiuer left Munich on the 14 th inst . for Gastein .

      HB 8 SE . 0 ASSBL .-TLe- new constitution , which M . mssenpflug has ootroyed in Hesse , is not capable of burking all opposition . Upwards of a third of the members of the First Chamber refuse to appear , whereby the formation of a house is frustrated . Tho Minister is sending courriers after several who have gone to tho baths , and hopeB to induce them , by expostulation or menace , to take their seats ; at the same time nineteen members of the Second Chamber have refused to tak theoaths ; they bave presented a protest to the effect that they cannot swear to a constitution which has not yet been revised and confirmed by the legal authorities . In consequence of this , the Second Chamber , too , cannot be opened , from want of tho requisite number of members .

      ITALY . The Pope "Ihrd Up "—His Law Expenses—Prorogation of the Sardinian Parliament—More Arrests in Venice . ROME . —The official details of the financial estimates show a deficit of nearly two millions . There was a report of the remaining paper money being converted into consols . I ue Cardinal Vicar had spent 60 , 000 dollars on the Newman trial . The " Index" congregation have condemned the " Dietionaire Universel d'Hiatoire et de Geographic . " This work has been -approved by the superior Council of tho University . The prohibited edition is that published in Count Mosti and six other young- men of good families , noted for their attachment to Liberal principles , were arrested on the 13 th inst . by order of the Austrians , at Fossa d'Albero , in the Roman States . . i .

      PIEDMONT . —The decree for the prorogation of theParliamentto the 18 th of November , -was resuin both houses on the 14 th inst . . : . The " Courriere Mercantile'' of the 12 th inst . announces , but without giving any particulars , that some affrays have occurred at Mantua between the soldiers and the citizens . TUSCANY . —A . letter from Florence states that the government has sent General Contri , and Lieutenant Angioletti , of tho Artillery , and Captain Baillon . of the Infantry , into Hungary , to attend the mancouvrea of tho Imperial troops . VENICE . —It is stated in a letter from Venice , of tho 14 th inst , that several more political arrests have taken place in that city .

      SWITZERLAND . The King and the Republic—The Sonderbund Traitors-Switzerland and the Powers . A letter from Basle of July 11 th , in ttie " Post Ampt Gazette , " says : According to a rumour , which , however , requires confirmation , tbe moderate Itojahs . ts of Neufchatel have sent a deputation to the King of Prussia , to Sans-Souci , to supplicate his Majesty , by a formal renunciation of the rights of sovereignty , to put an end to the troubles of Neufchatel , which , beingjby its natural habits addicted altogether to manufactures , is occupied against its will with politics * The " Basle Gazette" contains the following from Freiburg :

      The committee ofPosieux thus concludes the address it had forwarded to the Federal Assembly : May it please the Assembl y to decide that , agreeably to the resolutions adopted by the meeting at Posieux , the constitution of the canton of Freiburg shall be submitted to the votes of the people , in order that the > - may revise the said constitution whenever they please , like tl \ e other cantons of Switzerland ; thatgeneral elections , free from all influence , shall take place in every commune by tho absolute majority ot votes , and by secret ballot , under a president and a board elected by the Assembly . ' The address is signed , in tbe name of the committee of Posieux , by Messrs . Villerefc , counsellor , Giivet , and von der Weid . A petition , demanding the suppression of tha civic guard of Freiburg , was also being signed in the canton . The " Frankfort Journal" of the 17 th iast . quotes the following , dated Berne , the 14 th inst . : —

      It is said at Berne that the London protocol , recognising the sovereignty of the King of PrusBia ovev the canton of Neuchatel but which has not yet been communicated to the . Federal Council , would disappear from the political scene , should the Derby ministry retire . It is added that , in uase Lord Palmerston should re-enter the cabinet , France , who refused to concur in the communication of that act to the Federal Council , would cea * e to be a party to the protocol . I have derived this information from persons who assisted at the Republican meeting of the Gth of July , Tbose suppositions have in a gi eat measure induced the Federal Council to send a deputation to congratulate Prince Louis Napoleon at Strasbur" The decision was adopted by i to 3 . ° It is stated in a letter from Berne of the 14 th inst that General Dufour and Dr . Klein had arrived there , on their way to Strasburg , where it was expected they would have a comerence with the French President on the affairs of Neufchatel .

      SPAIN . Progress of the Reaction—Royalty and Usury at La Grama-Approaching Dissolution of the Cortes . The reaction continues its insane couive . Tho Queen by a decree , dated San Ildcfonso , 11 th inst ., and countersigned by the Minister of the Interior , M . Beitran de Lys , has suppres-ed the journal "El Barcelones . " Some t ' me ago that journal had published a long nrticle , combating the pol tical doctrines expressed by the Marquis de Valdegamas in bis works . Tho local authorities , considering the article to be dangerous and subversive of public order , caused the editor to bo brought to trial . The jury , however , acquitted him . No sooner was the verdict known at Madrid than the ministers met to deliberate upon the incident , and drew up the following

      decree , which was signed by the Queen : — " Whereas an article , inserted in 134 th number of the journal entitled ' El Barcelones , ' and denounced us subversive of public order , has been absolved by the jury , which had only to examine it in the special point of view of the denunciation ; whereas the principles developed by the ' Barceioties' in in the said article , are highly contrary to the bases of society and monarchy ; and whereas the publication of those doctrines in the present circumstances impart to them a meaning . » wl , moreover , create a danger , tho gravity and nature of which require a prompt and severe repression ; the Queen , after consulting the Council of Ministers , and conformable to the Royal decree o tho 2 nd of April last regulating the ri g hts of . the pres .-, has ordered the suppression of the journal ' El Bnrcelones , ' and directed that an account of the measure should be rendered tho

      Cortes . " Thisimpudant , as well as illegal , suppression of "El Barcelones , " has caused universal indignation , which is only heightened by tho insult contained in the ironical phrase always added to the most unconstitutional acts : •?{ An account of this mea wo shall be rendered to the Cortes . ' M . Daniel Weisweiler , the representative of the house of Rothsehild , has passed some days at La Oranja , where he lias had several Conferences with the Ministers of Finance . People aro lost in conjectures as to the probable object of these Conftronoes .

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      It iB afcfll the general opinion that the Cortes will be dis sdlred towards the end of August . ' '

      . ; , ; PQimJGAL . ;„ ...: ; Legitimacy indignant . ' The Portuguese commander , J . da Garaa deCastro , in a letter to tbe " Union , " dated Paris , July 14 , Btates that be has received a protest from the ' ? king , his master , " Don Miguel , against the violence of which he is the victim , and in consequence of which the legitimate heir to the Portuguese crown is about to be born in a foreign laud . This protest , sent to the ' " Union " to be published . for the information of Europe , is dated Langcnselbold , June 18 , 1 ? 62 . It states that Don Miguel has never renounced the rights that Divine Providence has annexed to hi 3 ; person . That , on the contrary , in his proclamation of May . 97 th , 183 J 4 , and his protest made at Genoa on the : 20 th of June , in the aame year , he solemnly claimed all the personal and . political rights which belonged to him by the . fundamental laws of the Portuguese monarchy . ' Now that his dearly beloved wife

      th . e Princess P . . Adelaide Sophia Amelia Louisa -Jane de Lojwenstei B . . V ^ ertheijn ^ RgseB biBrg / Rpphefort ,. » -. about to p ^ esei ( t hin ^^ itb ' ^ "fif ^ fc : bqrn Vchildy ; tfe rene ^ bjsNprptest agtatfit th ' e- ; irresistible Vtofeiioe . of t 6 e \ qw . druW « . alliance concluded at London , April' 22 , 1834 , which alone forced him to quit Portugal . He claims for the prince or princess about to be born , as well as for all his other future issue , the full rights of his legitimate heirs , and solemnly promises in the face of Europe that be will give them that Portuguese education which is befitting for princes and princesses of hiB blood . He wlil " bring them up by the aid of Portuguese tutors , in tho principles of the holy Catholio religion , in the lovo of their absent country , and with the feelings and manners of the Portuguese nation , so that their fellow countrymen may find nothing either in their persons or conduot to recall the fact of their birth or eduoation upon a foreign soil , unless it may be that their hearts will feel more intensely the value of that country from which they are temporarily exiled by a hard necessity .

      UNITED STATES . OUR AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Funeral of Henry Clay—Suicide in New York—Female Brutality in Canada—Fatal Affray at Hobohen—Ilr Townshend ' s Speech . Mbw Yobk , July , 6 lh . The funeral of Henry Clay took place at Washington according to arrangements , on Thursday , Jujy 1 . A gloom overhung the city . Many of the houses , including the public buildings , were festooned with the badge of mourning . Bells tolled , flags were at half-mast high , and minute guns were fired . Ac twelve o ' clock the procession moved from the National Hotel . The funeral car was a beautiful production of art . Tho main body was covered

      with btaok cloth , tastefully festooned at the base , from which hung rich silk tassels . At eaoh corner of the upper surface was the representation of a torch , gilt and enveloped in crape . The dais was covered in a like manner , and was six feet from the ground—the sides of it were ornamen ted with silver stars , and the edges of the structure were trimmed with lace of a similar material . On the plane of this the coffin resteii . The car was spanned by a screw circular frame work , festooned with black and . white silk entwined with Bilver trimmings , which afford a bright relief to the dark black ground . The car was drawn by six white horses , each attended by a groom clad in white . Senators and members of . the Hou 3 o of Representatives followed , attended by their ; officers . General Sootfc , in a suit of black , and officers of tho army and navy in full

      uniform , were in the line . Next came the Mayor and City Councils of Baltimore , and the twenty-four appointed by the town meeting , and tho Mayors and City Councils of Washington , Alexandria , and Georgetown . A large number of citizens , including officers and clerka under Government , brought up the rear . At twenty minutes past twelve o ' clock , the President of the United States , tho Secretary of State , and other members of the Cabinet , entered the Senate Chamber . A large number of tho diplomatic corps were also in attendance . General Scott , accompanied by several officers of the army aud navy , was present . The corpse was encased in a patent metallio coffin shrouded

      in crape , with Bilver handles and mountings , a moveable silver plate over tho face , and a massive silver - plate , bearing the simple inscription of " Hbkrt Cut . ' Following the corpse were the pall bearors and the near relatives and friends of the deceased . Next came the members of the House of Representatives , preceded by their officers . The utmost silence prevailed . All present , including the orowded auditory in the galleries and lobbies , seemed to be deeply impressed with the solemnity of the ocoasion . All being in the places assigned them , the Rev . C . M . Butlor , Chaplain of the Senate , read the 15 th chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians , commencing at the 36 th verse . This concluded , bo delivered a

      sermon . The services wore then concluded with the prayers prescribed ; after which the silver plate covering the glass over the face of the corpse was removed , and the President and Cabinet , Senators , Representatives , Diplomatic Corps , Officers of the Army and Navy , Clergymen and Physicians , and all present , drew near and , amid the most impressive silence , took a last view of the features of the great and illustrious deceased . This over , thu corpse was removed to the Rotunda , and the Senate adjourned . The capacious Rotunda was altogether inadequate to contain the vast multitudo assembled , and the porticos and public grounds were occupied by those anxious to get in to havo tho last opportunity to see all that remained of Henry Clay . Tho United States' Marshal and hia aids

      were present , and after considerable confusion and much trouble , they induced the crowd to approach the coffin in regular order and then file off . The corpse was removed from the Rotunda to the railroad station , escorted by four military companies and a large procession of citizens . At the station there were thousands of both sexes in waiting , and the interest manifested was intense . The coffin was placed in a special car , which was trimmed with mourning , and amid guueral gloom the train departed with the remains of the illustrious deceased . jNlr . Clay has left but three children , all sons . Only one of his family , Thomas , was with him when be died . Ho is tho eldest , and a farmer , residing at Lexington , near Ashland ; Ho is about fifty years old . James Ji . Clay , the second son , our late Charge to Portugal , is a farmer , engagod in heavy business near St . Louis . He is about thirty-six . John , the youngest son , is about thirty years old , and resides at Ashland with his mother . Mr . Ulay has had twelve children , and but three of the number survive him . It is said th ;\ t ho has left a competency for his family .

      Catherine Lockwood , a native of England , 22 years of age , yesterday destroyed herself by taking a vial of laudanum . It appears that some four yearB sines she lost her husband , and within that period has also been called to mourn tbe loss of all her children ; these afflictions led her to the intoxication bowl for relief , and finally to the poisoned cup . Some English writers have had a great deal to say of the brutality of tha Americans . 1 do not know whether it may bo the proximity of our " brutal Democracy" that disturbs the " civilising " results of their much admired oligarchy , 'J : Ic » truly say that I havo never witnessed in the United States such a shocking instance of brutality as was dwplnyed at tho execution of Joseph Henry , a murderer , at Kingston , Canada West , on the 23 th of lust month . There was an immense crowd of people present at this execution , among whom wore a plurality of women , mostly from the country . They appeared to experience the highest posuole gratification ut the sight , andmnnyof them declared themselves loudly to that effect

      Oh Sunday a fatal affray took place at Hoboken between two sots of waitera , one set white , the other coloured . Tho whites were Irishmen ; one of the coloured men was killed in the encounter , and some severe wounds inflicted on both sides , llie quarrel arose from the Irishmen having beer , employed in place of tho blacks , hut being found unsuitable , had been discharged , and tho coloured men reengaged . Aware that you desiro to make your iournalii faithful exponent ol American Democra cy , I send you a speecu delivered in tho Uoujo of Representatives by Mr . Townshend , which you can , perhaps , make room for . Tho speech , independent ol its own merit and the great importance of the snh | oct , wil bo interesting to your readers from the last ol Mr . lowi ' . shvml being onu of your own countrymen .

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      ' A REV 0 I . 0 TI 0 S 4 BT Soldibb GosK . "~ Under this head the ' Auburn Advertiser publishes a notice of the marriage , on the 7 th inst of Mr . Asaph Moiso and Mrs . Cynthia Whittaker . . W . Morse is one of the few surviving soldiers of the Revolutionary war , and is ninety-two years of ago . Having served his country faithfully during the " times that tried men s souls , " ho has now retired to the " shades of private life , tospcud the remainder of hia dayaundtr the soft bliuidiAhmeuts -and smiles of beautv . Mrs . Whittaker was a blooming widow of eighty-two . * Akothhb Gv . Mk . -i Fire at Mostrbal . —A fearful confl . v & S ? l red at Monfeal outbe 8 ih inat ., upwards of MO dwelling-houses hating been coniuraed , covering an extent of twenty acres . The flro was still racing at last account * . *

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      . . - ¦•• ., . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ' < ...... 3 American democracy ; ' ¦ ? - _ ¦ • • ¦ s - ¦' S&ffiECH OF MH . TOWNSHEND OF OHIO , ! ' ON THB ,. .. ; , ' '¦ ¦' .-. ' PRESENT POSITION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTT ; Delivered in the House of Representative * , June 23 , 1862 . - Mr . Chairman , I propose to make some remarks Oft the present position of the Democratic party ; but before Ipro- < ceea to the discussion of that subjeot , I have a word or ? M ° c ? i ' repl > ' tlie gentleman from North Carolina ' ia"L' fctanly ) . The only portion of his remarks referring ; Lw , f £ } vhink ™ ttl > y of notice , is his sneering af- > manHi Othe i fa v that J was born in . England . Since » timnri t « not < * ° <» e Ma birthplace , I have not been acoua-. But ro , ? iS ° T ? , lder jt L a 9 uIl i ect eithtr <> - glory or of shame . < not Invi ii y / hosen th 0 P lace of my birth , I would s fil V ecteda" 9 spot hand the iui uii oub 111 iuo

      , rv .. ! _ . y . »' er . On one was . finM nf v ... « i . J i . — ' » " « o | -. , uu was OHverCrlSi Where ^ thHt fitem old apostle of liberty , ' KinB PhT , t ' oyer "! rew the power of the royal tyrauV , '• 5 & ? fl « a V ° ? 15 other hand was tbe A ™ » " » ° « M ? f '« fh by tlie b ' « hPlace of , Shakespeare . ; Could ! any s ^ t be more suggestive of all that is heroic audglo - - andUnr «! > ? oj 111 ^ tnis an dJbeautifolin thought ; ™ Sf , 11 How much I owe to these associations I andPvm a ; nS v " ll 8 lk ? ' thiltCromwell » and Milton , and Pym , and Vane , and Hampden , are among the chief ; samts in my calendar ; and I cherish something of their iove of liberty , and something of their hatred of oppression , i might add further , that in thit neighbourhood , too , I received my first lessons of religious truth in the place whew John Wickliffe , the morning star of the Reformation , and of civil and religious liberty , lived and preached . Many hours havelspen ^ y / theBtream , and at the Tory spot , where the . ashes ^ f hiH burned bones were cast by the minions of iyranny . ; and superstition . If the imnressions than modi *

      on my mind . had anything to do with forming my character , or inspiring me with the sentiments I now entertain , as I oe leve they had , then what I have said , or may say ,- in be"alt of hHman rights , is but another verification of the oftquoted propheoy—The Avon to tlie Severn runs , . ' ¦ The Severn to the sea , And Wickliffo ' s dust shall spread abroad , Wide as the < vatera be . But that gentleman doubtless ' alluded to the matter to cast a doubt on tbe genuineness of my Republicanism , or as a rebuke to me for presuming to speak of public affairs in the presence of the American born . I think men may understand andappreciate , the principles of . civil liberty , though not born on this continent '; the Pilgrim Fathers were not oenind in this particular , althouch fnreinners liUfi mvaolF

      1 am also reminded by the portrait which hangs before me of another foreigner ( Lafayette ) who understood the advantages of free government , and to whom this country owes her gratitude for effioient nid in establishing the free-1 T *! aU CI ) J 0 y- Pcrsons born within the limits of a monarchy are not necessaril y monarchists . The fathers of the Revolution , Washington , Jefferson , the Adamses , and . «» . I ™ ' - r born undei > the SMno monarchical government as myself . I am far from believing that mea Dornunder a free government , and nho have known no otner necessarily have the best appreciation of the value themselves felt the iron heel of oppression uoon their own neoks , and consequently have , sighed and struggled for H ^ , ' , " - ? 6 m 0 St h W * "" Wand its trul value . ? r * Li I ' f £° *\ H n the fact - th ^ 3 ons and grandsons of those who fought and died to secure the ffi 7 . i 6 nj 0 y . . ? ° m tlle Southcrn States labouring with a zeal equal to that of their fathprs . hut . f ™ a ., nnnn

      site Purpose to extend and perpetuate the cur * of slavery < 1 he true friend of freedom would scorn aliketo bo or to own a slave . But some mea are Republicans from choice , and some are only so by accident . I have the honour to be a Republican from choice ; after seeing and feeling the evils of other forms of government , I prefer that under which I live . The gentleman from North Carolina had the good fortune to be born in a Republic , and is therefore , by accident , what he has not proved he would otherwise have had the sense or energy to havo become . I have only to say further to that gentleman , that my constituents consider themselves abundantly competent to select their own representatives , they certainly will not take the trouble to ask his advice ; and shouid he offer it

      unasked , they will probably tell him to mind his own . business . And for myself , I add , while 1 have tie honour to represent on this floor a hundred thousand freemon , I snail take the liberty to spoak when and how I think proper , without asking permission of any man , and least of all of one who comes here the representatives of whips , and manacles , and slaves . In these few words I trust I have not forgotten what was due to the place or to « entlemen by whom I am surrounded . I Lave no ambition to contend for the palm of blackguardism , especially with one who would have so much tho start of me , and whose unenviable reputation has already reached beyond the limits of our own country . * * * And the Democratic party Irecogniso as the best agency through which iust ideas of

      civil government can be established . Its history proves it to possess the elements and spirit of projr ss , to be the party of the present and future , rather thiia the party of the past . Hence I have co-operated with this party , and worked with and for it , with whatever zual or ability I could command . But the Democratic party is not my owner , or a body whoso measures I am bound in all things to support , right or wrong . It is but a means or agency which I choose to employ , when , in my judgment , I oan , by so doing , best subserve the great interests of humanitv and justice . The Democratic Convention at Baltimore " , composed as it was of the chosen delegates from the

      Democracy of tho wholo country , was doubtless duly authorised to select some person to be tho standard-bearer in the approaching campaign , and , by usage , the Convention was authorised to proclaim to the world what are the common doctrines of the party . I do not understand it to be the right , much leS 3 the duty , of that Convention to publish , as the sentiment of the Democratic party , doctrines which are only entertained by a porticn of the partv . * * * Among the compromise acts is a provision ' that Utah and New Mexico may come into the Union as States , with or without slavery , as they may choo 3 e . Now , Kt it be distinctly understood , that the Democrats of Ohio do

      not consent to that arrangement . They consider slavery to be an evil of such magnitude that they will feel it their duty at all times to use all constitutional power to prevent Us increase . * * * The Convention also agreed to suppress all agitation of this question . Think of it—tho Democratic party poing to suppress freedom of speech , and to permit to remain in eternal quiet the greatest political and social wrong th-. \ t ever existed in this or ar . y other country .- And the candidates nominated by the Convention were evidently selected , not so much for great ability or eminent services in the cause of Democracy as heretofore understood , but mainly and chiefly because " they arc uuoxoeptionably sound on this slavery question . In " just so far as these candidates stand on this compromise platform and are understood to be its embodiment and representa " tive

      s , they fail to represent what 1 understand to ho national and Democratic ground . h > that position I cannot give them my support . 1 protect against all these interpolations iuto the Democratic cree-. ! , and against any such interpretation of Democracy as makes it the ally ot slavery and oppression . Democracy and slavery are directly antagonistic . Democracy is opposed to caste—slavery creates it ; Democracy is opposed to special privileges—slavery is but the privilege specially enjoyed by one class to use another as brute beasts , and take their labour without wages . Democracy i 3 for elevating the labouring masses to the dignity of perfect manhood—slavery gemcis the labourer into the very dust . * * * But that promise to stop agitation in Congress is not nu-rely an empty sound ; it is worse—it is a fraud—a promise made without the ability Or intention of performance . You stop agitation hero ' ( '( would like to see the operation tried . Tho rules of this houso

      are so framed , as every body knows , as to giro to a minority the power to put a stop to all business when they choose . This has , heretofore , enabled slaveholders , always in a minority , to do as they pleased . How munv months did they stave off the admission of California ? " But this 13 a game two can play at . It is a poor rulo that will not work both w .-iys . Docs anybody think debase could bo stopped ? Nobody supposes k . What would become of business , if this Quixotic enterprise of stopping agitation should be attempted ? The pledge is an insult and a fraud lou cannot stop our mouths if you try ; and you dare not make the trial . But havoyou all forgotten the maxim of the man all true Democrats deli ght to honour , " that error of opinion may be tolerated , so long as reason is left free to combat it ? " Only think of men calling tlemsulves . Teffersonian Democrats saying the declaration of independence is merely a rhetorical flourish , and that the Ji-ffmoman Ordinance of I 181 is unconstitutional , and thsifcfiw H- >» ., o

      sion on any subject must not bo tolerated . But I will tell you when agnation will stop . When you can root out al sentiments or humanity and justice from tho hearts of tho American people ; when von can still tho voice of conscience in the south , and keep your own Jons and daughters from dwelling , the carets of your " prisonhouse wbi-n you can hide from view . tl ; e effects of that blighting curse of slavery upon your " soil ; then , uerhap you may hope to stay the sound cfagititkn .. But before you can s op agitation you must , in add tion to everything elm-, render men insensible to a sentiment of national honour and reputation . Some twelve years since , I was a medical student in Paris . On one occas on , whilo we awited our professor , one of my friends , an eloquent youn ;> man , was called upon for a sp < ech . He ro-e and spoke admirabl y of the advantages of a Republican form of government , and he illustrated the good eSccts of

      Democratic government by some happy allusions to tho Lnited St-ttes . When be took his Beat , another student attached to the interest of Charles X , ro .-e to repl y turned to ridicule all the allusions to this country as a nation in which one-sixth of the whole population were in a slate of absolute slavery , chaitels personal to alliutttua ana- pins ' poses whatsoever . My friend who apokc first , roso nnd not being well posted up in relation to our internal affairs ' denied that slavery did exist in the United States that with tho decoration of independence , and all their noble declarations of the inherent and inalienable rights of man the existence of slavery was impcsrible . Looking around ' hu eye fell upon me . lie immediatel y called mo out bv name , introducing n ; e to the class , and demanding that r should have nn opportunity to defend the injured honour " pf my country , by contradicting the foul danders of Lh « legi : tniist who had aspersed her . Gentlemen , that was tho only tune in my life that I felt mm-lf in n li ^ ht- ' IZ * £ 2

      able to speak the French language with fluencr , tft , ww 3 than all knowing that elavm did exst inmat / j oTtE States of this Republic , I mado tha best def « nco I could-. not of slavery , ftfet for the coimu < v-l . v . Btatin that tho

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1688/page/1/