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      FRANCE . The Paris Fetes—the Pretended Amnesiy-r-TlieBanished Generals —Bonaparte ' s Visit to Algeria— "Accidental" Fire at the Tuikries— Wholesale Arrests of WorUnfiMen . trots . oue own cokrespondextv Paris , August 19-th . The Fetes are all over ; they have been a dead failing ; Napoleon the Little is less than ever , and , is not yet emperort I have no doubt but that it was his intention to seize the imperial crown on Sunday , but he shrunk in terror from the attempt , in face of the threats of the Northern Powers and the contemptuous coldness of the people on the day of the fete . Never during the whole time I have been in Paris , have I seen such an universal indifference , even approaching to disgust , as on Sunday .

      The fetes commenced with a religious ceremony in the church of the Madeline , at which Louis Bonaparte was present . When he left the church he was received by the immense crowd that thronged the streets with the most chilling silence . Some zealous agents shouted " Cliapeaux has" and there was heard a few confused anti stifled cries of "Vive Napoleon ; " but they completely failed in eliciting any response from the multitude . The President , on leaving the church , at once proceeded to the Champs Elysees , where the different battalions of the National Guards were drawn up . From the first legion I heard many ,

      indeed almost universal , cries of " Vive Napoleon ? but from the second , which is composed principally of men who , from their position , are quite independent , there came enthusiastic cries of " Vive la Bepublique , " which were taken up by the other legions and echoed vehemently by the mass of spectators , This protest of the National Guards and the people against the imperialist tendencies of the day , appeared to irritate Bonaparte extremely , and no doubt it had its weight in assisting the post-|

      ponement of the proclamation of the empire . The theatres were open gratuitously , and every means was taken to make the Parisians enthusiastic ; but all failed : no enthusiasm , no mirth , nothing but contempt . Between four and six o ' clock , the much-puffed " naval fight" came off on the river , between the Pont d'lena and the Pont des Invalides . This sham combat alone succeeded in arousing the curiosity of the citizens , few of whom had ever before seen a real man of war . All the

      journals had reproduced the programme of the operations of the combat . An immense crowd of people congregated on the bank of the river , from the Pont de la Condorde to the Pont d'lena . The President arrived shortly after four o ' clock , and the combat began half an hour afterwards ; but the ' spectators were woefully " taken in : " they came to see the evolutions of the man-of war , but no evolutions were made ; the " sea combat " consisted merely of a continual fire of cannon and musketry by the ship at anchor in the river , the small boats around it , and the forts on shore , noise and smoke ; that was all . Before the combat was half over , great numbers left , and I amongst them . On passing through the streets my eye was everywhere met

      by imperialist emblems ; N ' surmounted by crowns , eagles , and imperial bees , were there in profusion . The right spirit is awakening among the army as well as among the civilians . I had an instance of this on Sunday . As I passed the Carre Marigny , I saw arrested two Tirailleurs de "Vineennes who had loudly expressed their indignation at the profusion of crowned N ' s . It is undoubtedly the case that the most intelligent soldiers are republicans , and every one knows the influence intelligence has upon the ignorant . The numerous fountains in the Champs Elysees were left uncompleted on Saturday night , the workmen refusing to continue their labours . The republican workmen were not over desirous of contributing to the success of the Bonapartist fete .

      The fireworks were as great a failure as anything else ; the wind and rain effectually prevented the passage of Mount St . Bernard by Napoleon , while the other illuminations would not keep alight . The imperial emblems , such as eagles and crowns , would not light at all . An unlucky omen for Louis Bonaparte No ball took place at the Marche des Inocens , the wind having blown off the roof of the great hall in which it was to have been held . The government agents said it would have been

      dangerous for the workmen to repair the damage . The disappointed Dames de la Halle would not believe this , and spoke of the Chief of the State in terms which it would not be becoming in me to repeat . To appease the indignant ladies they were told that a gunpowder plot had been discovered , by which they were all to have been blown up during the ball , and that in consequence a detachment of troops had been brought up to continue the works . The real truth is , the workmen were determined to leave the ball-room in the same unfinished state

      as the fountains on the Chainps-Elysees . The Prefect ordered all private citizens to iiluminate their houses , but nobody obeyed . The Monitewr states that 1 , 200 prisoners have been pardoned , but these are simply common criminals ; no political prisoners have been released , except a few who were base enough to make the most humble submission . A immense number of decorations have been granted . Generals Cavaignac , Bideau , Lamoniciere , and Changarier , have been definatively struck off the army list . I leam that that butcher of the coup Weta % Canrobert , is about to leave for Algiers , for the purpose of ascertaining if Bonaparte dare venture on a visit to that colony this autumn .

      Gn Friday night a fire occurred at the cabinet of Louis Bonaparte at the Tuileries , The Moniteur states , that by a lucky chance (?) several manuscripts of the Emperor had leen removed to another room the previous day- This " chance" fire has destroyed the accounts of the President , so that that gentleman will not have the pleasure of rendering an account of the public monies . Unfortunate man ! P . S . —The strike of the workers mentioned above has , I have just been told , resulted in the arrest of a large number of them .

      GERMANY . Progress of Reaction—More Persecution . The Federal Diet is said to have resolved to give the senate of Frankfort a fortnight's time for rescinding in its constitution all clauses which exceed the litmits set to popular freedom by the principles of 1815 . The Hamburg artisan Rusczack , -whom the Austrians seized in his own state , and carried off by force to Yienna , has learned

      his fate from the military governor of Vienna . He was first tried by court martial , and without much difficulty found , first , guilty of innumerable treasons ; such as having held secret interviews in Hamburg with Honveds , with the object of organising a new outbreak in Hungary ; sending , as President of the Hamburg Hungarian Committee , an address to Kossuth , then in London ; arranging the escape of several Austrian deserters ; and , lastly , attempting to bring about an

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      understanding between Kossnth and several Austrian officers . For all this lie was sentenced to die by the hands of the hangman . The military government of the city has commuted the sentence to eighteen years' fortress imprisonment . A student of theology at Bonn went in a fit of religious insanity to a neighbouring wood with hammer and nails , ' and , finding a tree in the form of a cross , actually crucified himself . He was found in a state of insensibility by some peasants , who , not having tools for drawing the nails , felled the tree , and carried him with it to the next village . The young man is now in the hospital at Bonn , and out of danger . .

      SWITZERLAND . Rejection of the Posieux Petition—Generous Remission of the Sonderhund Debt—Priestly Intolerance . The States-General , confirming the decision of the National Council , voted on the 9 th the rejection of the Posieux petition by 29 votes against 9 . The national council has con ^ nned- most unexpectedly by a majority of , 63 .. ovW 28 votes the ^ resolution of the , Assembly of States for entirely remitting the , 2 f millions o £ feincs , which form the remains of the war debt due from { he Sonderbund cannons .

      A correspondent of the Revue de Geneve writes from the canton of Schwytz : — " A catholic citizen of our canton , who had long borne arms in Africa , last week fell sick . A priest arrived , and insisted upon the sick man ' s confessing . The latter declined , and as this old soldier did not care for the so cictyjjof priests , all the attempts of the cure remained ineffective . The man died : his body was placed in a sack and thrown into a hole near the gibbet , while hitherto even suicides have been interred in the cemetery . "

      ITALY , Disputes hetween the Roman and French Soldiers—Outlaw in the Romagna — Another Assassination — Death and funeral of Mazzini ' s Mother—Republican Demonstration in Florence —Austria and Parma . Rome . —The extreme heat has the effect of inflaming some temperaments , causing dire disputes between Roman and French soldiers . A French corporal was stabbed by a Roman custom-house soldier a few days ago , on the Piazza di Monte d'Oro , in consequence of a pot-house dispute , arising as usual from the presence of a woman , to whose favour both were pretendants .

      A gang of outlaws , estimated at nineteen or twenty persons , is carrying on highway depredations in the northern provinces , thus keeping up the old-established reputation of Romagna for brigandage . Some gendarmes were recently killed in an ambuscade near Ravenna . Philip Tomassini , alias Calara , was shot on the 2 d at Fermo , having been sentenced to death by the tribunal of the Sacred Consulta " for a murder committed with premeditation and through party spirit on the 18 th of August , 1849 , on the person of Joseph Franchellucci , who was known for his sound principles and his attachment to the Holy See . "

      Piedmont . —Madame Maria Mazzini , the mother of Joseph Mazzini , late triumvir of the Roman republic , died of apoplexy at Genoa on the 9 th . The Italia e Popolo , of the 12 th , gives the following account of her funeral : — " Yesterday evening the funeral of the mother of Joseph Mazzini took place . We cannot describe in words the impression that the sight of the compact mass of citizens , as

      spectators or as forming part of the cortege , made upon us . We will only say , that so numerous a body of citizens never before assembled around a coffin , and that no funeral procession was ever conducted with such order and dignity . We well know that there exists in the hearts of the people a deep feeling of gratitude and sincere affection for the men who have fought and suffered in its cause ; still more that the name of Joseph Mazzini is sacred as that of the exile whom the whole of the

      reactionary party has calumniated , and every policy has marked out for unworthy persecution ; but we were not prepared for such an overwhelming testimony of the veneration in which he is held as was afforded by this immense concourse of people , From five o ' clock p . m . the Strada Nuova was animated by an unusual number of people ; at six o ' clock precisely the procession set out from the Piazza del Chrmine , and proceeded through a dense crowd down the | Strada Nuova , Carlo Felice , Piazza S . Domenico , Strada Guitia . There were present representatives of the Liguarian Association of naval commanders , and six American naval captains stood round the bier , the pall

      was upheld by ladies and women of the people . The coffin was entirely covered with garlands of cypress , myrtle , and immortelles , mingled with tricoloured flowers and ribbons , some brought by the ladies , some presented by the various associations . Nearly the whole of emigration was present , uniting with the citizens in moruning for the mother of an Italian , himself an exile for upwards of twenty years . The evening was far advanced , and the darkness only faintly broken by the light of the waxen tapers , contrasting with the melancholy shadows of the Canipo Santo . The body was accompanied by many naval commanders with their equipages , and all the American

      and English vessels , and one Danish ship in the port of Genoa , hoistedtheirflagshalf-masthigh in sign of mourning and respect . All present , and most of all the working classes , vied with each other in rendering the solemn cortege as imposing as possible . If the heart of our exiled and illustrious fellowcitizen , who has ever loved his mother with such heroic affection and filial devotion , can receive comfort under this heavy blow —if any consolation can temper the bitterness of this terrible misfortune—it will be the knowledge of the extreme sympathy and reverence shown by the Genoese people around the bier of his mother . "

      Florence . —The hipprodrome has been closed by the authorities , in consequence of an anti-Bonaprrtist demonstration . The " Wars of Napoleon" was the piece represented . The taking of the bridge of Arcole , and the 18 th Brumaire went off very well , but at the coronation scene loud hissing was heard . The actor who played Napoleon then dashed his crown and sceptre to the grc- ; . nd , amidst the deafening applause of the audience . The police have ordered the circus to be closed for fifteen days , and have perpetually interdicted the reproduction of the piece . The actor was sent to prison for twenty-four hours .

      Pakma . —The Austrian government has taken a new and important step in Italy . Letters of the 9 th instant from Parma announce that the resolution has been taken at Vienna to deprive the Duke of Parma of the administration of his States .

      SPAIN . Resignation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs . —Difficulties with France . The Madrid Gazette of the 8 th , publishes the decree accepting the resignation of the Marquis de Miraflores as minister of

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      foreign affairs , and appointing M . Bertran de Lis , the minister of the interior , as his successor , and Don Melchor Ordonez y Viana , as the successor of M . Bertran de Lis in the home department . The Heraldo announces that the settlement of the boundary question between France and Spain experienced every dav fresh difficulties . }

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      UNITED STATES .

      OUR AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE . Burning of the Henry Clay Steamer ¦ , on the Hudson—Fearful loss o f Life—The Fugitive Slave Law—American Whale Fisheries — Cholera in Texas — Difficulties loith England-Seizure of American Fishing Boats—Flows ' Attach on Guyaquil . [ pPwOM OUE OWN CORRESPONDENT . ] New York , August 3 .

      The principal event of the week , one which , has almost entirel y swallowed up the miserable fisheries dispute , has been the occurrence of a fearful catastrophe on the river Hudson . The Henry Clay , Steamer , during its progress down the river last Wednesday , took fire , and was completely destroyed A large number of persons lost their lives cither in the flames or in the water while endeavouring to escape . A large meeting was held here the following morning , when the utmost indignation was expressed at the conduct of the captains of the steamers , who , by racing , occasioned the catastrophe , and a series of resolutions

      were adopted , recommending immediate action to bring to punishment the authors of the deplorable calamity . The continual occurrence of steam-boat accidents on our rivers is a positive national disgrace . For the sake of the most childish victory , the men in charge of the steamboats have not the slighest hesitation in risking the lives of the numerous passengers . It is a matter in which Congress should interfere . The crime of the commander of the Henry Clay amounts to nothing less than murder . 1 understand that warrants for the apprehension of

      those in command of the vessel , on a charge of manslaughter have been issued , and that yesterday , Mr . Collier , one of the owners , who was on board at the time , was apprehended . The proposal of Mr . Sackett , in the House of Representatives ' , to make it a capital offence for officers of steam-boats to engage in racing , is the only measure capable of grapling with this systematic destruction of human life . Mr . Sackett ' s motion was , however , rejected .

      In the Senate , on Tuesday , after some resolutions of inquiry , Mr . Summer offered a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the expediency of repealing the Fugitive Slave Law . Mr . Summer signified his intention to make a speech on the subject the next day . Mr . Mason objected to allowing the Massachusetts Senator to speak upon such a topic at " thiflate period of the session . " Of course , any excuse to prevent discus sion upon this iniquitous law .

      Mr . Seward , upon the introduction into the Senate , on Thursday , of a bill for providing for a reconnoissance of the Chinese and Japannese seas , delivered a lengthy and very interesting speech , in which he traced the history of whale fishing , showing how successful America has been in this branch of industry , and how all the European nations has retired and left her the field free . By a letter from Galvestone , dated July 18 th , I leam that the German emigrants who have recently arrived at Texas , have suffered terribly from sickness , chiefly cholera . They have but

      too often fell victims to the fatal destroyer , with the heavens for their covering , and the earth for their bed . The pestilence has ^ followed in their footsteps wherever they have directed their course . At Indianola , where they stood for the first time upon the soil of Texas , it has destroyed great numbers , and appears to follow them in their progress to the upper country . The fishery agitation has very much declined , as I expected it would . I could not bring myself to believe in the possibility of a war between America and ' England . The only danger lies in the chance of a collision between the English and the

      American war ships , now cruizing on the fishing grounds . The former are keeping a sharplook-out for tripping fishermen . The fishing schooner Northern Light , arrived at Booth Bay , Maine , from the Bay of St . Lawrence , reports being boarded by a British cutter , and requested not to fish within three miles of the land—headland to headland , and the line was marked out in their presence , and the schooner Wave , arrived at Gloucester , reports that on Monday last , while lying at anchor near Sable Island in company with the fishing schooner Helen Maria , of Gloucester , a British cutter boarded themand on findin g some

      , fresh bait on board the Helen Maria , seized her , and took her into Pubrico . The crew of the Helen Maria allege that they were not fishing and had no intention of evading the treaty . They had put in for supplies . The intelligence has caused considerable excitement among the Gloucester fishermen . Dispatches from Mr . Webster , were received on Wednesday . They speak confidently of the speedy settlement of the fisheries difficulties . The British interpretation of the treaty is disclaimed , however , so we have to see who is to yield , for yield somebody must ; we cannot have a war .

      The news from South America is very indefinite . Accounts from Gayaquil state that Flores was still some three miles bebelow the city , having been deterred from entering by the French frigate ; other reports say that he had taken the town , and others again that he had attempted and failed

      WEST INDIES . The Royal Mail steam packet Magdalena , arrived at Southampton on Tuesday , bringing the West India mails . oamaica . —In Jamaica , small-pox was virulent at various points , but somewhat on the decrease at Kingston . We learn ( says the Morning Journal ) that in consequence of the alarming spread of the small-pox in this city , orders have been issued to the troops stationed at Up Park camp to keep within barracks for the present , or until such time as that afflictive disease shall have decreased in virulence , or have entirely left us . A similar order , we understand , will be issued to the soldiery m Kingston Barracks , and all communications between them and the civilians will be prevented for the present .

      Martinique . —In Martinique , at Fort de France , yellow fever was making sad ravages . The Spanish Main . —A correspondent says there is much cholera at Navy Bay among the Ameaican steam packets there , also at truces ; the Panama is reported to be very sickly .

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      18 THE STAR OF FREEDOM . August 21 , 1852 .

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      ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC . The Arctic arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday . She brings us news of importance—Washington letters of the 4 th state that Mr . Webster and Mr . Cramptou would be there in a week ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1692/page/2/