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      FRANCE . ( feoji our own correspondent . ) Paris . September 7 . Your contemporary , tlie Morning Advertiser , has been seized by order of the Government All the English in Paris are indignant regarding the treatment of the correspondent of that journal , not so much in respect to the seizure of the journal itself , as the infamous manner in which the letters of the correspondent , Mr . Bower , have been opened in the Po ? t-o ! lice . I understand that that gentleman has been called upon by M . Lntour Dumnalin . who basged him to be more moderate , so that

      he might avoid expulsion . Mr . Bower indignantly showed him a letter he had just received , which had not only been opened , in the Post-office , but impudently resealed with " the Post-office stamp . Dumoulm insisted that " it was the right of every Government to open letters addressed to foreigners , and that in the present instance the French Government had done no more than Sir James Graham , who opened the letters addressed to Mazzini , and openly avowed the act in his place in Parliament . It is no very honourable thing for England that Louis Bonaparte can piead the conduct of one of her minister ? , as a precedent for the committal of one of the meanest of his many

      mean actions . The Moniteur publishes a report from M . Maupas to the President of the Republic , on the extinction of banditism in Corsica . The Comtitatwnel also has an article upon it , showing the fearful state of society in Corsica , which is in every way worthy to have been the birthplace , of not only the eider Bonaparte , but of the still more rascally bandit , this man of December 2 . However , it was not the birthplace of the latter , and the " Emperor" is so far forgotten that a commission has

      been appointed for the purpose of putting down the Corsican bandits . Here we have another proof of the utter heartlessness of Loais Bonaparte . Doubtless the gentlemen of Corsica , who have been endeavouring to acquire greatness for themselves by a little murder and robbery , calculated upon the forbearance , if not the support of the occupant of the Elysee . They cannot , it seems to me , be otherwise than thoroughly disgusted by this determination of Bonaparte to put down weaker competitors .

      M . de Kayvenel , the newly-accredited ambassador to Rome , has not been able to work in harmony with the Commander-in Chief , General Gemeau . I understand that the Pope has been zealously working for the recall of the General , and probably ¦ with success , since I learn that Gemeau has just arrived here . The . unhappy Pope would be very glad to get quit of the French troops altogether if he could . He has no faith in the stability of the present state of things in France , and fears , with reason , that one of these days , French " protection may turn out to mean protection to the Roman Republic , and not to the tottering Popedora .

      Meantime we hasten towards the empire . A pamphlet , by a certain writer , on its re-establishment is daily expected . Petitions , signed by 10 , 997 persons have been sent to the Senate from one hundred and eighteen villages of tlie Meuso , praying for it . It is decided , as I mentioned in a previous letter , that the proclamation of the empire will be delayed until after Bonaparte's return from the south . It is stated positively that the Senate will be extraordinarily convoked towards tlie end of November , when it will take into consideration the " petitions of the people . " On the 2 nd of December the French

      people will be called to vote on a new plebicite , re-establishing the hereditary empire in the person of Louis Bonaparte . The title lie has chosen is ; " Emperor of the French , and King of Algeria . " So be it ! The following is a resume of the opinions or wishes expressed by the Cornells generaux as they have heen daily recorded in the Moniteur : For the hereditary empire in the person of Louis Napoleon and in his descendants , direct legitimate , or adopted , 1 . Explicit wishes for the re-establishment of the hereditary empire , 8 . For the perpetuity of power in the hands of Louis * Bonaparte , 31 . For the stability of the institutions which now govern France , 18 . Who have voted

      expressions of satisfaction , 5 . Who have voted expressions of satisfaction , and promised their support , 21 . The Chantal has not expressed any opinion , and the Seine is not yet elected . The Rue de Rivoli is to be completed before the return of Bonaparte from the south , as he desires to go that way to the Hotel de Ville and to Kotre Dame , on the occasion of his coronation .

      Atthe present moment this journey to the south forms the principal subject of public talk . In certain quarters it is a matter of peculiarly powerful interest . It is said that Jerome Bonaparte ' s son Napoleon has taken every precaution to secure to himself the supreme power in the event of anything happening to his cousin , whom by the way , he does not , in private , recognize as a relation at all . " Old Jerome is quite as anxious as his son to see the President assassinated .

      ¦ in consequence of the patronage bestowed upon the priestly party ^ since the Coup d ' etat , religious communities are increasing to an extraordinary degree throughout France . Cardinal Antonelli U said to have addressed a letter to M . Dronin de Llrays , asking for there-establishment of the orders of mendicants who existed prior to the Revolution . On learning this request M . Aehilde Fould said to de Lhuys : " Alas , mon cher collegiie , we have plenty of beggars already . " Yes , in all truth , there are plenty both of beggars and thieves in the neighbourhood of the Elysee . La P has received second warning in of

      resse a consequence M . de Giraydin ' s reply to the disgusting writings of that vile scribe of tlie Elysee , Granier de Cassasjnac . It is pretty generally believed that all the journals which have still left a spark of independant life will be unceremoniously suppressed . The effigy of the Republic , on the postagre-stamp is about to share the fate of that , upon the coin . It is forthwith to give plact-. to the hang-dog features of the " Prince" President . Whatever Bonaparte may do with the postage-stamps , incidents like tlie following are always turning up to show that he canno : efface the feeling of revenge from the minds of l he people . On Thursday , a hairdresser , named Lanoe , was sentenced to six

      months imprisonment , ana 100 fr . fine for having said : "The President ought to be hanged . With pleasure 1 would myself attach him to the lamp-post with the arixios of his Clique . " ^ The Moniteur contains a decree making the following alteration in the amount of interest payable on Treasury bonds Bonds at from four to five months' date will be at the rate of 1 | per cent , ; at from five to eleven mouths' date , 2 per cent . aud at one year , 3 per cent . Elihu Burritt has arrived here , bringing peace addresses from the inhabitants of London . Dublin , Glasgow , and Edinburgh , to % u French peunie The Ministerial prints make much of this

      circumstance , which' they put in the light of a beirging for P ^ e on the part of the B ri tish people . ' l do not believe the _ : S sk P ° pte have any desire so " to bemean themselves ; that - v rnH

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      whatever folly may be committed by a few sickly philanthropists among them / they desire justice , much rather than " peace , " A dreadful railway accident oceured in the Larrnont tunnel of the Angouleme and Bordeaux railway mi the first inst . Two trains rushed against each other in the centre of the tunnel . A number of workmen , who were in one of the trains , leaped from the carriages and escaped unhurt ,. but Mr . Kenneth Mackenzie , an intelligent young man , son of Mr . Mackenzie the contractor , was killed . The accident was caused by one of the trains having by some mistake got on the wrong line of rails .

      A-funeral service to the memory of that young martyr for Republican freedom , Albert Darasz , was yesterday performed at the Eglise de Notre Dame ties Yictoires . A * gre 4 number of those of his countrymen who are still allowed to remain here were present , aiid betrayed considerable emotion . Many of our French brothers in Democracy al ? o attended . There is published in the Moniteur of this morning , aletter from M . Prilly , Bishop of Chalons , to the clergy of his diocese , asking their prayers for the " great man , the man of God , " Louis 1 km iparte , during his journey to the south . This disgusting effusion is but another proof of the servility of the higher orders of the priesthood to the existing- tyranny .

      M . Proudhon ' s Social Revolution proved hy December 2 , has , it seems to be made more than ordinarily useful to Louis Bonaparte . 50 , 000 copies , with all the passages unfavourable to the C < iup d ' etat expunged have been printed and distributed among the workmen of the capital . At the same time the Government is endeavouring by threats and bribes to get possession of every copy of Napoleon le Petit in circulation France .

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      out as having- been the pay-masters , and five assassin designated as having been their creatures . The house in i ^ the payments were made is specified , and other detail probably transpiue , he government does not take st * ^ hush up so scandalous a revelation . e l The French troops are constantly tormented by the sat" • placards of the Republicans . The magic initials '' L . $ f ' »» i ^ heaia . profanely interpreted into " Liberia Nordica-J ' i Nulla" ( Northern liberty—no liberty ) , and the impe rial e i compared to tjie one placed as a sign over a well-known ' Ko eating-house . The spirit of satire sticks to the Roif !* throughout their misfortunes . l la > lls The Official Gazette of Savoy states that the object of Card Hohenlone ' s visit to Vienna was to obtain the Emperor ' s diation with Louis Napoleon for the removal of General Geiv > llle * Tt was reported at Bologna and Ferrara that military c missions had been appointed to conduct with the " vio-o . " uired by circumstances" the proceedings against the Sjcmb ^* Q the club Delta Fedelta-e-Mistero , who attempted to crea ? disturbances in those towns on the 13 th August . e

      Piedmost . —M . Alexandre Dumas arrived in Turin on tl 30 th ult . He is said to be engaged in a new novel , the scene f which is laid in Savoy . Tuscany . —The Tuscan state trials are proceedin g before tl Royal Court . The substance of the indictment against Gue ^ razzi is , that , while a minister and deputy , he played an in portant part in the meeting of the chiefs of clubs and otlieagitators , which was held at the Palazzo Vecchio on thenin-u of the 7 th of February , 1849 ( just preceding the day on which the revolution broke out ) . That his nomination was agreed to therewhich he ed without hesitation uiere witnoub Hesitation

      , accept or rescrvp ha .. , wmen ne accepted or reserve con senting to form a provisional government with Mazziui and Montanelli , which was to replace the legitimate government - and that at the said meeting the acts of violence were concerted which were executed on the following day . That he ( Gusl % razzi ) made certain declarations in the senate which were openly hostile to the Grand Duke ; ordered armed expeditions to chive the latter from Tuscany , and commanded one in person to oppose the attempt of General Laugier to restore the legitimate government . That he decreed laws for the same purpose , attempted to oppose the restoration of the 12 th of April at Florence abolished

      the Council-general and Senate , and replaced them by one single assembly . That he changed the electora l law aud fundamental principle of election , and attempted as far as possible to destroy the independence of Tuscany . Against liomanelli , the indictment sets forth that he was a minister of the provisional government , and in that capacity aided in suppressing the name and authority of Leopold II . in all public acts ; and in framing the laws of the 22 nd of February and 23 rd of March , which he afterwards executed , by going in person to Arezzo at the head of . a column of troops to suppress a movement which had broken out there : that on this occasion hp

      neglected no act by which he might show his hostility to \ w >\\ archy and his enthusiasm for the republic . Joseph Lami , in the . same indictment , is described as Secretary of the Popular Club at Florence , and accused of having , before and after the 8 th of February , carried on criminal correspondence with emissaries from other clubs , in order to excite a republican feeling been one of the most violent agitators ; taken a prominent part m the troubles which broke out at Siena against the Grand Duke , and been a member of the military commission named for the province of Arezzo . Capeahi , late sergeant of grenadiers , is accused of having excited the people to name the provisional government . Pantenelli , aged 23 , is accused of bavin *

      acted as secretary to the Popular Club of Siena , taken a prominent part in the troubles there , co-operated in the overthrow of the Grand Ducal arms , excited the soldiers to break their oath , and several times declaimed against the Grand Duke . V altancolida Montazio , late director of the paper called the Popolcino , is accused of having , by means of the press , provoked rebellion , the overthrow of the constitutional monarchy , recommended the sovereignty of the people , and the establishment of the Republic . Petracchi is accused of having commanded the expedition to Elba , in order to expel the Grand Duke from that island , and of having attempted , at Boscolungo , to oppose the restoration which had already been effected .

      A panic took place in the Austrian garrison stationed in Leghorn , on the morning of the 28 th , which might have been productive of very serious consequences . It appears that there is an old custom , but fallen into disuse of late years , for trading vessels going out of the port of Leghorn to fire a salute in honour of the Madonna of Montenero , a statue of the Virgin in a shrine on an eminence about three miles from the town . The Madonna is the patron saint of Leghorn , and her protection is considered so efficacious that Tuscan bills of health

      commence by the formula , " We , by the grace of God and the Madonna of Mouienero , " &c . A Russian vessel cleared out of the port early on Saturday morning , and her captain resolved to revive the old observance by firing three guns in honour of the Madonna , which he did in quick succession . Now it so happens that the signal of alarm for the Austrian garrison is the firing of three guns from the fortress upon which they are to concentrate in positions of safety . When , therefore , ' tlie Russian cannons boomed through the stillness of the m orning

      , the Austrian s took it for granted that some mischief was at hand . Guardhouses were tumultuously abandoned , platoons of soldiers from different quarters met on the Piazza d'Anni before the governor ' s palace , the battalions in barracks got under arms ^ those in the fortresses prepared for immediate action , reinforcements were sent to the gates , and messenger were sent to call into the city the artillery stationed without I he peaceable inhabitants when about to open their shops were

      surprised and alarmed at this military hurry-scurry , and the panic spread throughout the whole city , nor did it cease fb * some hours , when the real cause , of the cannonade was divulged . The garrison of Leghorn now consists of abou t two thousand men , under Colonel Merten , and their precip ita tion on tins occasion has been rather criticised . Fortunately none ot tne republicans of Leghorn bethought themselves of making matters worse by an untimely demonstration .

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      66 * - * . THE STAR OF FREEDOM . September 11 , i 852

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      BELGIUM . The Augshurg Gazette states that the Austrian Envoy at Brussels has remitted to the Belgian government an energetic note on the indignities offered to Hay nan a fortnight ago at Brussels .

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      HOLLAND . The French government has recalled its minister at the Hague in consequence of the rejection of the literary convention , with France .

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      The Augsburg Gazdtc states that the Austrian police and customs officers in Silesia have been ordered to keep a sharp eye on the pocket-handkerchiefs of the people . Handkerchiefs in large numbers find their way across the frontier ,. presenting a very orderly and proper appearance to the eye ; but after a first washing a part of their colour disappears , and revolutionary manifestoes and addresses meet the sight . Prussia . —The Berlin review commenced on the morning of the 4 th instant , on the plain of Tempelhof , ; in presence of the King .

      GERMANY . Austria . —A correspondent , dating Vienna . Sept . 1 , says : " To-day the censorship of books commences dejitre throughout the entire Austrian monarchy , not excepting those provinces exempted from the state of siege . The legal establishment of this supervision can add little to the actual inconvenience suffered by the trade and the public , for de / ado the censorship of books has long been in vigour . " A Vienna paper states that a court of inquest will shortly comraencee its sittings for the purpose of investigating the political conduct , during the four last years , of persons enjoying the title of Drivy councillor .

      The accident that happened to the Prince of Prussia on the 27 th was not the only one he had during the military manoeuvres ; on the 25 th the Prince ' s horse , in crossing some marshy ground , plunged into a quagmire and sank up to the girths , and it was not without difficulty that the attendants could extricate it . The accounts of the cholera in Dantsic are very unfavourable ; the last reports show 60 cases a-day , of which half are fatal , an excessively high proportion . In Silesia it has diminished . Private accounts from Warsaw describe the visitation as having been much more severe than would be supposed from the official reports .

      ^ Bavaria . —The Official Gazette of Munich , of the 2 nd , publishes tike text of the treaty of extradition concluded between Bavaria and Switzerland on the 28 th of June last , and now definitely ratified by both powers . It is to be in force for ten years . Its provisions are not applicable to political refugees . ^ Baden . —The Regent of Baden has put an end to the state of sie . o- e iu his territories . Hamburg . —The Wezer Zeitung says : — "We have to

      announce m all seriousness that Herr Munchmeyer , consul of Hayti at Hamburg , has determined to protect the august person of his sovereign against the derisive allusions of our pim , and against all caricatures , printed or otherwise , made public . For this purpose , Herr Munchmeyer has already addressed himself to Dr . H . Merck , Syndicus for Foreign Affairs , representing the injurious consequences which such sarcastic reference may entail on the commerce of Hamburg as well as on the natives of that city resident in the territories of his Imperial Majesty . "

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      SWITZERLAND . The King of Sweden has been making a tour in Switzerland , and been a spectator of the manoeuvres of the camp at Tliun . On the 27 th ult ., M . A . Mieville , the Nestor of Swiss journalism , was borne to his last resting-place . M . Mieville was founder and editor of the Gazette de Lausanne , and for the last half century has occupied a somewhat prominent place on the political stage . Although blind since 1837 , he occupied himself with public business to the last , and died in his 86 th year .

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      ITALY . Rome .- —The clandestine press has lately been hard at work here , as we may infer from the fact of a pamphlet of six closely printed pages being now in circulation , entitled u English i ; ij lomacy and Roman Liberty , " chiefly relating to the imprisonment and trial of Mr . Edward Murray , and the martyrdom of an artillery officer named Giuseppe Viol .-i , who distinguished himself during the defence of Home b y his skilful direction of the large gun called cunnvne-mostro , or monster cannon , in the battery established at Monte Testaccio . With the exception of this publication we have nothing new in the Murray case , save a report that a communication has been forwarded from this

      city to Monsignor Amici , papal delegate in Ancona , informing him that his holiness is disposed to yield to the demands of the British government , and give up Murray , on condition of his quitting the Roman States at once and for ever . With respect to the fate of Murray ' s fellow prisoners ,-it is expected that a few will have to suffer the extreme penalty of tho law . A very extraordinary but not altogether unibumled suspicion is prevalent , that , the priestiy party hud seme of the murderers of Ancona in their pay . A Jesuit , who is well known , and a curate m the neighbourhood of that city , arc pointed

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      Lomiurdy . —Vienna letters state that the sentences i ' the aftair of the Socie e de la Mort , at Mantua , have been pronoimced and submitted to Radetsky . The leaders of the soeiet ) are condemned to death . The Opinione of the 3 rd inst ., qu < f the following from Milan : — " We have had at Milan a 1 * stiange scene . Near the Church of St . Mary , an Eiigli ^ f !' speaking broken Italian and holding in his hand the Italian «»' coloured flag , cried out from a window that that flag' would on day be hoisted throughout Italy , and that , in the meantime , n » ft-ould hoist it himself in Lombarcly . A crowd soon collected J front of ( lie house . The tonnnissiary of police , Siecardi , vain ' , entreated the Englishman to be silent , but the latter , as a tiu son of Albion , turned the deaf oar to him . The gendarm e findin g it impossible to rcstain the mob , called on the com " ' -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1852, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1695/page/2/