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Th * ' rTrscoons formed along the quay * and cut . fall -wniucation fronitIie streets that branch cff the * KJStl » nw * ark of the city . : £ . boar , « aoned Sticat able testnen , was lying off the Light Houf e , nfe which he was immediately placed from tfo-Sravac and two oar strokes pieced him on hoard the Sanw . nMch imm ediately got under weigh , and ^ cJ esred the harbour . * following letter from Mr Mifcjhel ' s brother speared this evening : — icrroi thb riUHiw
to she or , Sttsith Fonr •' clock . —Sir , —I a » k your permission . jjy one fact before the dtiieas of Dublin . Havinp , rtjenih the wtirrtonce ef a friend , obtained an order for - prance lato Eewgtte to see my ^ brother after sen . tjnes nfcu been passed upon him , I went there at three o ' clock , aE <* applied for sdmittanco . I web then told ?? at I could , not be allowed to » ee hia to-day , bat that 1 jfcodd call in the noraing . I have just heard ( four c'dxi ) tbar iie * ras s ^ nce C £ Jried oft in tho prisus - fg , ca ki * wsy to Norfolk lel & nd ., I need say no more , Wjc . H . Hiicsei .. Tie Etentko Frkjouk , published lata on Satnrf ijy evening , contains the following account of the tfepsriore of Mr Mitciel : —
rrerissly as the priioa elosk struct four the eonvlettin drew op at the front entrance to Newgate , and wm iBseilatsly Enrrootdsd by two iquidrons of dr > guor . s , rjader thi command of Col . Harm ! ell and Col . Gordon ' ja s minntes an effiiial , biaring tke warrant ef Mr jOtchererfctao ***' , enttsea the prison , and delivered the UI 53 B to the high iheriff . Tie ffieanted palice ind g-jgoons , with drawn sabres , formed four dtep round the van . The doorway having been opeaed , Inspector Selirood frsve the word at the prison gare ' all is tufty . ' One of the turnkeys then came forth with a handle of clothes , which were understood to be the coavict dress , sal threw it into the van . Precisely at ^ jht si nntea past four the gates were opened , asd Hr jrjjctel came forth with a firm step and firm
demean-^ ar . He wore a brown frock coat , light waistcoat , jai dark Jronser * , and hid lfcjbt glsr .-d cap cpon his head , the hair appearing to be closely cut . 21 s htnd and right leg vera heavily manacled , and Aliened to each other fey a ponderous iroa chain . He tut one quiet , Signified , glance about , and recognising » friend , who cillea out * Mitchey bowed and shoe's binds with him . He was then assisted into the van , accompanied by four or five Inipeotors ef police . The door was immediately banged to , and the cortege moved forward & t s doable quick trot up BoJton- « rreet , , and thence by ihe Circaler-resd to the Kcrtb Wall , where the Shserwater government eteamer was lying in reediieu . Hr Kitcsel having bees placed oa board , the steamer set sail for Spike Island , as is suppose "* , from ¦ whence the martyred ilitchel will be conveyed to Sorfelk
Island , Spike Island , where Mr Mitchel ia now located , ia a convict prison near Core , recently established as a pemanent dspot for persons sentenced to seven years transportation , who are employed at stane breakine , MdinTarionsaTOcationscDDneeted with tbe extension of the buildings , and the improvement of the establishment , As Mr Mitchel ' s term of expatriat on Is fourteen years , he will remain for a shori time only st Spike Island . He is in a bad state of health , from pulmonary affection .
A subscription hsx been already set on foafc for ths trifa and children cf Mr John Mitchel . The ladv is a niece of Sir William Verner , M . P . for tha county of Armagh , and vras married at the early age of fifteen years . Althoa . sh still youthful she is the mother of -four children , the eldest of whom is nine years old . Among ths contributors to the subscription are Mr R . O'Gorraao , « en .. for £ 50 ; Mr T . F . Meagher . £ 50 ; Mr W , Q'Hara , £ 50 . Up to Fr iday night the sum eollected amounted" to nearly £ iQ 0 .
SEIZURE ASB SUPPSE 5 SIOK OP THB 'UNITED IRISHMAN . * At a few minutes to past hoars body of policemen , headed by an inspector , marched np to the office oi the UsrriD Iejszxax snd took possession of all tbe property and effects therein . The large quantities of -the paper made up in parcels for the provincial agents , 25 "well as the copies directed to the regular subscriber * , were carried off by the poliee . This is regarded as a very arbitrary proceeding on the part of tie anthorities . Subsequently the property was replaced
ft appears that Mr Mitchel , some days before his ¦ conviction , had made a deed of sale of his effects , and of the copyright of the Ukied Ieiskuai ? , to two lexdwg members of the Confederation—Mr John Martin , of Longhorne , and the Rev . John Kenyi n , late parish priest of Templederry , both of whom , it is stated , intend to eontinne fie publication ef the Jenraal , ia the same spirit in which it has heretofore been conducted . Mr Devin ReiUy , it is said , is sIeo apart proprietor . On tbe production of this deed of sale , the persona acting for the Crown suspended the execution of the sequestration .
STATE OF LUBLIN . T & a 'fares' mastered gtrecg on Friday night . Afcoot seven o ' clock , divisions marched from the -different staifon-hsnses , and took np their positions in the precincts of Newgate . This attracted an unosnal number of idle hoys , and elicitec * frem them load shouts . At length some' stones were thrown , doubtless by some mischievous . urchin , and one constable was cut under the eye , another on the fore-Bear ] , and others bad their bats broken . The police were ordered-into rack , and to charge the streets , which they did several times . In one of the charges MrDrennaiJ , MrD ^ riaReilly . Mr William Mitchel , and Mr Irwin fan elderly gentleman ) , who were returning from Newgate after visiting Mr Mitchel ,
were knocked down . Mr ReUiy received a blow of a baton on the arm , which hcrt his considerably , and Mr Irwin got rather a severe cut on the back of bis iead . Mr Mitchel was also cut on the back of the ie ^ d , bnt not seriously . The three gentlemen were taken into ths medical establishment of Mr Bark * , of Capei-streef , where they received such attentions as their eases required , and when their wounds were dressed they proceeded to their homes . This was the only casnalty we heard of during the night . At twelve o ' clock the streets were perfectly tranquil . Tie police remained about Green-street np to a late conr . There were upwards of fifty constabulary and metropolitan police stationed imdde Newgate , with a praporfionate amount of arms and ammunition .
The council of the Ir ish Confederation met at D'OIierstreet immediately after the verdict was announced , and the several clubs in connexion with that body held meetinp during the evening , which were attended fey the leading members of the Confederates . Mr Dofffj Mr Meagher , Mr Dillon , Mr Pigott , &? ., ¦ visited "many of the clubs in succession , and addressed the Confederates on the result of the day ' s proceedings . Dublin . May 23 . —The overwhelming excitement crested by tbe extraordinary scenes enacted vesterday , unlike ordinary ebaliitions of popular feeling , remains unabated ; and it woald be bnt shirking the truth to conceal the fact that , beyond Ms own friends and partisans , there prevails no small amount of symtor aiitcnei
patay mr . The precautions taken yesterday to prevent any rash attempt at rescue rn the way ^ to the place of embarkation were most effective and jndicions . There waa , however , some rioting at Seville-place , on the Tforth Strand , where the police were assailed by a mnb . the chief leaders of which , were wemen . One asaion was consDicnoas by her daring . She hurled stones and brickbats with unerring aim at the heads of the constabulary , cursing lustily the cowardice of tbe men of Dublin , in leaving the fighting to tte women . AU the efforts of the police fo effect ier capture were useless , snd she finally escaped in the crowd of combatants . One man had his head laid open by the stroke of a baton , and several of the ringleaders were taken prisoners .
Drams , Monday , May 29 . —There is still an extreme degree of excitement amongst a large proportion of the populatien , who lock upon Mr Mitchel as a patriot and a martyr . Many Romsn Catholics , too , are"deeply discontented at what they consider a * l kht east noon them in the taode of arranging tbe juries in the state trials . I shall mention an Incident illustrative of this feeling . Chief Baron Pigot , himself a Roman Catholic , presided this day ia the Nisi Prius Court . When a jury was abiiut to be ewora , the first person called refused to be swrrn , on thegrcond that he was not qualified to discharge the duties of a joror . Chief Baron . —What , sir , is the ground of your diiquiliScation ? Jaror . —I am s Roman Catholic . Chief Baron - —I am not aware that there is any duonalification in'tbat .
Jnror . —Nor was I , my lord , until Friday last , when Catholics-were exclcded . Chief Baron , addressing the officer : Swear that gentleman on the jury . The oath was administered , and the jnror took his place in the box . The two indictments against Mr Mitchel for sedition , which . were to have been tried in tho present term , have , as a matter of course , been abandoned by the Crowa . Notices have been served opon the two juries which had been struck for the trial of those cases , intimating tbat their attendance will not be required . The Crown has vet taken no step for proceeding *« ith new trials in tke cases of Messrs Smith O'Brien and Meagher ; but it is said they will be tried in the present term .
The Uhitw Iei-bhih newspaper is extinct . It appears that the Crown has folly carried out the sequestration sgainst the property of Mr Mitchel , so itras theprintirg materials are concerned . ^ The fn ' y goods returned on Saturday were certain fixtures claimed by the landlord of the house . AB Mr Mitchel was registered proprietor , the Stamp-office has tbe right to reject any other persens seeking to register themselves as his successors . Bnt already a newjcnrnal , or rather the Ueited Ibishhait revived , « acnonpced . Cgyc . -will perceive by the following fislraordin ary notification : —
TEE UNITED IRISHMAN . TO TEE MOPEE OI BEtASD . Jotm Kitchjl is B captive in tea bands of ecr eneraiea SUoSje , ryp « 5 snd newspaper sacniufr . f aro la the bsnd » of loe police—the Exited Isishju * 1 « st aa end , fcirt , icfcr another , seiae , wg are acxiooJJy preparing to
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restore . It j ^ a s .-onagjse ^ canget together the necessary material & f a r . ewspape > , the United iBlgBHMf will taaln sppssar und « tha sovereign title , style , anet dignity of theTsiBB F £ toH \ to sustain the principles , and accom-P'iib the intentions of the illuitriouB man who is taken from amongs * . u » . Inthii case we but rSjchargel onr cltftr unty to oar country , andto hltn , - Sut > 5 criberB w > the Ukited Ibisbhak shall be sup . pii d with the larsn Feiok as soon as possible , and any nme that may intervens shall be allowed them in the term of subscription . T . Devih ReaiiT , Jomr Miaror .
AEWVAl , OP JOHN UltCHBI , AT SPIKE ISUKD . An extraordinary edition of the Cork Exahinkb published on Sunday evening , contains the following : — 'Jnevvwelthat bronghtJohn Mitchel to Spike arrived in the harbour at an early hour to-day ; and before it dropped its anchor , the martyr-patriot was landed on tha island , and handed over to the custody fif the governor . He was brenghfcon shore , from the vessel , bv two of the Dublin police , and two marines Shortly after his arrival . Captain Atkins , of Water park , the inspector of the Penitentiary , gave orders that a separate room should be provided for him , and that heshonld not be interfered with for this day ; but that , on to-morrow , he would be obliged to wear the convict dress , and be treated in all respects as an ordinary convict . '
REPEAL ASSOCIATION , Mat 29 . The weekly meeting of this body was held this day in Conciliation Hall . The meeting was more crowded than on ordinary occasions , in the expectation that reference , would be made by soma of the speakers to tbe proceedings of the past week . Mr Bosks ( barrister' having beea called to the chair , proceeded to refer tothe trial of Mr Mitchel . He declared that the loathsome Whigs—the loaded dice Wbies—( hisses )—had cast aside the mask , and proclaimed us practically as if they had written it on the walla of the city , that they had suspended the constitution Mr Galwst , baring charged the government with jury packing , moved the following resolutions : — 1 . That in the lste case of the Qaetn v . John Mitchel , the jury f elected to tit on tbe trie ! of the accused mts packed , from the known noMctl opponents of the p ? L loner .
2 . That , therefore , the verdict ef that jury is no evidence of Kr Mitchel's guilt . 3 . That punishment basrd upon that verdict is an act of arbitrary power , and a blow struck , through the medium of jury packing , at the lives and liberties of Irishmen . i . That , under the circumstances , it is the bonnden duty of Ireland to adopt the family of Mr Mitchel as it ' s own , and to pr » vide fer their comfort and education , the public expense , during the absence ef thst gentleman from thl & . country . 5 . That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be pre . sented to Mrs Hitchel , accompanied by an expression of sincere condolence on the part of this association . '
Mr O'Cosszii seconded the motion , and said , that on the following Monday , or that day-fortnight , he hoped he should be able to lay before the association a course of policy fc-r its adoption which would be approved of by Mr William Smith O'Brien and all classes of Repealers . ( Hear , hear . ) The learned gentleman next attacked tbe government for convicting and transporting Mr Mitchel by a packed and partisan jury , and concluded by stating , tbat any Irish K-man Catholic shsuld spit in the Attorney-General's face if ie dared to tpeak to them , as he had spat in all their faces when be excluded them from the jury-box , and considered them unworthy of belief on their oaths . ( Cheers . )
One or two other speeches having teen delivered , to the same purport , at five o ' clock the week ' s rent was stated to be £ 12 . New Reading o ? the Fel ^ kt Bin ,. — -We have been informed that Mr flagh Maguire , who was arrested aad committed te prison on the 17 th ultr ( for having in bis possession a copy of Smith O'Brien's speechin tbe House of Commons , and a espy cf the National Guard Declaration , is still detained in Cavsn gaol , notwithstanding that bail to any amount has been repeatedly offered for Mm . We are also informed , that since his confinement he has been
treated as a common felon ; that he bas been obliged to submit to have his hair cat , and to pnt on the felon ' s dress . Had we not these facts uponthe best authority , we could not believe so gross an outrage would have > been ventured npon . The excuse which Mr Helmes , ths stipendiary magistrate , has offered for not acccepting bail is , that the' Authorities'in the Castle are bo occupied with other matters , that they have not had time to consider it , and that until be receives their instructions , Mr Maguire must remain a prisoner , and fee treated as a felon
I—Natios-PROTE 3 T . ANT BEPEAL ASSOCIATION . TJobMK , Tuesdat . EvEHiKQ , —A meeting of the Protestant Bspeal Association was held this evening in the Maiio H * * i Abber-street ; The hall and galleries were dmsely crowded . Dr Nbttal was called to the chair . He said they were assembled that night to tell tho government that tfcey were determined to reped the disunion that had hitherto existed between the Catholic and the Protestant , ( Loud che rs . ) They were not contested , snd they ought not to be contented with the present state of the country . The minutes of proceeding at lastmestlng were read , About 800 members were admitted , including 100 Orangemen , making the total number of members admitted 1 . 500 . Several resolutioni , denouncing the "Onion and the English govtrnujent , were adopted .
Mr IaiiAKD , barriettr , delivered a lengthy and elequent speech . Spealdcg of Mr Mitchel , he said , it was as palpable as the face of noon-dey that that man had not betn tried , but prejudged—he had not been found gUll ' . y , sentenced— ( loud cheers)—and he ( Hr Ireland ) arraigned the whole proceedings as a judicial assasaination . ( Loud cheers . ) He called upon the Protetantf of Ireland to come forward and resent this infernal and diabolical act of aggression en the liberties t , t the country . ( Cheers . ) Tbe meeting , on dispewla ^ , eheersd loudly for Mitchel .
MEETING AT BTJNBOYNE . On Monday evening a public dinner was held in Danbsyne , Atont IOC persons sat down to dinner . Many of those attended as deputations from the Confederate Clubs of Dublin ; but the msjerity of the company was composed of the small farmers and landholders of the district . Mr Simon R . Praz » r , of Bafelin , occupied the chair . Amongst the speakers was Mr Doheny , from Dublin , who delivered a brilliant speech of which the heroism of poor Mitchel was the theme . Amongst the toasts were the following : — The Chaibk » k . —I will now proceed to give the health oi one of the traveit men that Ireland ever gar « birth to— ' the hesJrh of the martyred patriot , John Mitchel . ' ( Loud and P-ng contiaaed cheering . ) the health of theHereine
The Chaiekak . proposed ' , Mar / Mitctitl , ' end in doing so detailed & scene , of which he was witness , in the prison of Newgate . Mrs Mitchel had visited her patriot hosbaned—after some words calculated to cheer his spirits , she as if by intpiration exclaimed , ' No matter , John , the day will come that they will pay for this ; if necessary , dls _ for Ireland . ' ( Loud cheerini :. ) It was unnecessary to say more to malse the toast be received as it deserved . The entire company rose , and received the toast with the most enthusiastic cheering . TBE IHVOLATIO . V OT ZOBS JntCHBt—APPEAL TO THE CHARTISTS O ? BK 8 LAKD—LAST ECBNE 3 OF THE TBiOEDr—HEEOEU OF TBE KABTTB AW > TBBBOa OF HIS BSUTAL EKEMIKS , ( Fromour own Correspondent ) Dublin . 29 th May , 1818 . The woof is wove—the thread isspnn .
Ay . indeed ! To the ETERNAL INFAMY of England , and the ETERNAL DISGRACE of Irel : md . a braver and a batter man than Wallace , or Washington , of Emmett . or Tell , is now & & o ] QC 8 u , st to Saxon tyranny , and for loving his country , and pkading for his starving countrymen , John Mitchel is a chained convictj pleoghin * tbe ocean wave on his me ' aneho ' y way to Norfolk Island . Chartists ! lovers of liberty ! honest . Eag'ishmeu I What do you say to this ? Do yon blush at your name of Briton * , or do yon spurn nil sympathy—all connexion—all community of soulof tboueht , ef feelbfC , with those monstrous men who have sgain violated every law of liberty , and honour , and justice , and humanity , that they might
be ' revenged of Ireland . Chartists I Britons ! will yon rest on your oars , and , without a murmor , see the brave Mitchel banished from his native land for thinking and Haying , even aa you do yourselves , tbat tbe blessings of liberty and equality are the right of all , and that the poor eon of labonr is as good and as valuable as tbe pampered child of luxury and wealth . Britons ! Englishmen!—aronseyou . Yon were barn in a land , once great , glorious , and free ; you now ' live , and move , and have your being' under the crnshiBg sway of a corrupt and a villanous government . Will you submit to it ?
Are yon satisfied at the fate of poor Mitchel ? Will yon not hold council in yocr towns and villages , and tell your tyrants that they are MURDERERS , and deserve the MURDERER'S doom f Will you not do this ? You ought to de it . John Mitchel was one of yourselves—not by _ birth , indeed , bpt in thought and feeling—in Mb aim and objects—ia his hopes , his yearnin gs—his struggles for right . Ee fell glorionslv , no doubt ; bnt still he is a victim . Do yon feel that he deserved & nobler fate ? If yon do , eavse ; and let it sob go forth thst the aonest people 6 f England , even hy silent implication , sanctioned the weoxo put upon John Mitchel and
Ireland : I cannot write to-day . My heart is foil ; my eyes , as I think on what we are , and what ws might bs , are snffosed with tears . A week szo , we were ghves ; but we had a hope within u ? , snd a guiding ttar before ns . To-day that hope is crashed , and the glowing light of tbat ' bright particular star' is eclipsed— periaps gone down for ever . Yet no ; even in' tha Efi'dindea of Korfolk Island , that Western Iumirary will shine resplendently » and the trail wh > ci it left here behind ^ irradiate t & afc field oa
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which Mitchel ' s wrongs will be avenged , tke last £ * me-for Ireland- played—play 5 a ahd w 6 a , "" if lost forever ! . The Dublin journals will furnish ample records of the trial and conviction of poor Mitchel . I need not , therefore , gay much on this memorable subject-I do not mean to say he had not & fair trial—yet I never heard a man speak ( and I have spoken with tnoasands of every creed and party en tne matter ; who did not agree that John Mitchel was a martyr to corruption , and perjury , and injustice . Nobody is _ hardy enough to assert that he had any chance ot fair play . Every device—every stratagem was used to insure a conviction . Not only was every Catholic juror in the Catholic city of Dnblin struck off onoeremoniousjjr from the * chosen twelvb ; ' but every Presbyterian was similarly excluded , nnd every
Protestant , too , from whem a fair , and henest , and impartial verdict conld ba expected . Those 'retained' were men * fit and proper' for the business 1 They were men , net of moch respectability , but on them Lord Clarendon , and the Attorney-General could depend—and their Confidence was not mis placed . Their ' good men and true' knew what was expected , and they performed their work to tbe entire satisfaction of their employers . Last week will be long memorable in Ireland . It was a perilous , a trying time . Dublin was like a city oa the . eve of an insurrection . But there was no chance of such a contingency , after all . ' John Mitchel was let go as if he was the lowest pickpocket or street vagrant , and Ireland , for tbo pre seat , h more trampled , beaten , and bnJJied than ever .
On Friday evening , Mitchel was pronounced * Guilty . \ The streets about the Court-house exhi bited a stirring , and yet a gloomy aspect . Peop ' e knew he would be found guilty , and yet they could scarcely believe their ears when the fatal werd ran through fcheerowdi It waa then about sis o ' clock . Ths evening was soft , sunny , and delightful . IJalf thepopulation of Dublin was crammed in the vicinity of Newgate . In Capel-street alone thwe could not be less than 30 . 000 persona thronged together . When the news ef Mitchel ' s being convicted was declared , tbe scene became terri 6 c . The yells and hooting * of the vast crowd showed their hatred to the government , as well as their sympathy for the 'felon . ' Tbe large parties of police , stationed at the various points about the Court-house , formed themselves into solid
bodie ? , drew their batons , and prepared for conflict . A single lancer , with a leathern letter pouch , might be seen galloping from the Castle towards thediffsrenr barracks , and in half an hoar 10 , 000 soldiers ' were under arms in this city . It was a moment of intense—nay , painful , anxiety . None could tell the moment when a body of pikemen woold inarch . »• Newgate , or when a blue rocket from Cork-hilt would announce the presence ef an insurgent host at the Castle walls . But all passed away . Next morning ' s sun shone brightly on the British fla « and if a stray beam could penetrate ihe gratin & if of the cells of Newgate , it would find John Mitohe ' . & fettered captive—a hopeless , yet not repining , slave . Early on Saturday morning , tbe streets near Newgate were again alive with people . The police were still more c ffensive and insulting than on the preceding day ? . Everybody , not on ' particular busi nesi' or friendly to the ' powers above , ' was rudely
thrust back from approaching the Courthouse Still the patience of tbe crowds did not desert tbem . Under a broiling sun , men , women , and children siswd w ' lhe-nfc flinching . At eleven a ' clook , the judges ( Baron Lsfroy and Chief Justice Moore ) took their seats on tbe bench . John Mitchel was called forth . He stood there , fearless as ever , pale , sallow , and delicate looking , yet a scowl of defiance in his fine eyes and undyin ? hostility to the '• ' enemy , wa « imprinted on his haughty brow . It was a melancholy , yet a glorious , scene . There stood Irdand in the person of John Mitchel , and there sat England in the shape of a wigged and ennined judges There stood tbe two hostile natiors , after a struggle of sevea hundred years , fresh for tbe combat still—the one ruthless and rapacious as ever , tbo other abating not a jst of the stubborn , indomitable , undying spirit of hostility of her malignant rival , There they stoodbut again England was the victor—Ireland was crushed once more , and John Mitchel was sentenced-to
'FOURTEEN YEARS TRANSPORTATION BEYOND THE SEAS !!!' The scene now enacted in tbe courthouse was never equalled before , and will never be forgotten in Ireland . Mitchel arose . Hia eyes flashed terribly on the quailing jndges . ' Hear me , ' he cried , ' I am convicted by parti ? an jndges , a perjured sheriff , and a corrupt jury . I do not regret the part I have acted . I defied the Lord Clarendon and the British government to drag me here . I knew they would do it . I knew the fate that awaited me , but I was prepared for it , and I do not regret it , Bnt is the struggle over ? Is the British government secure bow that I am immolated ? They are not . The fight is but b ? gun . The Roman hero who when bin hand was burned to cinders , said , that three
hundred others were prepared to take his place , onlj spoke what I feel at this moment . I will go , ; But others will come , andl tell my foes that one , two , three , nay , three hundred better memare prepared to take my place to . morrow . ' As he ottered the latter words , the ' convict' looked into the eyes of his friends aronnd the dock , and a scene ensued which beggars description . T . F . Meagher , Michael Doheny , and several others jumped forward with r . wild cry , ' Yes , yea , ' they shouted , Bravo , Mitchel , yon Spoke the truth . Here we awear to do as you did , and Bellow lives in the struggle for the land ' s freedom . ' The judges trembleo . on the bench . ' Take that Than from tbe bar , ' cried Baron Lefroy . The friends of the 'felon' rushed forward to arasp
his hand . " The police rushed to the rescue , thinking that tbe game was tip , and that the ' rebellion' had commenced within the walls of Green-street Courts house ' . It was now a terrific moment . The bustle of tbe police in personal conflict , with Mitcbel ' s friends—the cries of the Sheriff and tbe Court house functionaries—the cbeere of the Mitchelites and the screams of . the ladies in the galleries , formed a strange and appalling uproar . Baron Lefroy actually ran away trembling from the bench , whilst his brother judge grasped the railing as if he was ' about to faint away- At , last Mitchel was dragged , by a subterraneous passage , to his cell , and in a few moments the clanking of irons told tbnt ihe best and bravest of tbe pretent generation cf Irishmen was a fettered captive !
In three hours after he was already shaven and equipped for conveyance ^ to tbe transport waiting in Dnblin harbour . At four o ' clock he was placed in the ' black caravan , ' and escorted by a few dragons , driven rapidly through the city down to the north wall , where two armed bsats were awaiting to convey Mm to the Shearwater frigate , lying in Halpin ' s Pool . On his arrival at the pier he was hurried on board , one of those boats , from whence he was transf erred to the transport , and within sight of his dear Dahlia , poor Mitchel was sent' below . ' Immediately the vessel sailed , the English flag firing from her mast-head , and onr hero was on hia watery way to Norfolk Island .
It ia gratifying to find tbat Irishmen have spirit enough still to do their duty to the bereaved family of poor Mitchel . Subscriptions to . , a _ considerable amount have been already effected , and it ia expected that such a sum will be raised as wili maintain Mrs Mitchel and her six little children , in that way to which they are entitled , until the period of the ' convict's ' slavery will have expired . Lord Cloncurry , with hia usual generosity , has sent the munificent subscription of one hundred pounds to this National Fnnd , through the hands of the Very Rev . Dr Spratfc , of the Carmelite Convent , Whitefria ' rs . It is hoped tbat few of the liberal party of Ireland , whether of the * Old' or * Younc Ireland' section , who can at all afford to assist in this good work , will refuse to
testify their gratitude to poor John Mitohe ] , and their abnorrencs of the vile government to whose malignant schemes he is a martyr . I dare say the Ukited Irishman will appear no more . Poor Mitchel had scarcely set his foot in the transport on last Saturday , when his office was entered by the myrmidons of the government and the printing materials , presses , books , & i „ belonging to the establishment seized on for the crown . His dweiling-honses too , at Ratbmines , and every penny * worth , clutched in like manner . AU is gone ! But Ireland will not see John MitcheFa family pine in poverty . Wealth shall lie theirs . Alas ! Alas ! if gold conld restore our hero from the irons of the Saxon , we soon should' look upon his face again . '
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Miss Smith won Mr Jones by her cursning . He was a very timid young man , and very bashful , so after two or three letters had passed between them , she wrote another , and the artful creature spels her Christian name with two R ' s , so that it read thus — ' Marry Ann Smith , ' and the ponr creature took the hint and did marry Mary Ann Smitfe ; Foetus * — A certain philosopher was accustomed to say , 'The favours of fortune are like steep rocks , only eagles and creeping things mount the summit . ' Yodng Women are Beautipdi ,. — ' What ia it that comes after women ? ' * It ' s the fellers , to-be sure ; they are always arter the young women . — I nat will do/—American Paper
, , Lamabtikeasd Btkon . —Lamartine was always an avowed admirer of Byron ; and when that great bard died , leaving his' Childe Harold' incomplete , Lamartine resolved to write another canto , and He Pernkr Chant du Pelerinage de H & tldvi & a favourably received by all lovers of the two poets—the great majority of readers in Europe . . Caution to Gills . —The young men fell on their knees before you ; but remember it is but as tne ini fantry before cavalry , that they reay conquer and kill ; or as the hunter , who , & nly on bended knee , takes aims at his victim .
In consequence sf the disfranchisement of Yarmouth , by which the ' Member ' s Plate * is lost , tho races have bsen abandoned this year . Daring the eighteen years of Louis Philippe . s reign , fifty . getec journals were obliged to discontinue publication * Their writers and contributors were sentenced , ia the aggregate , to an imprisonment 01 M 4 ) vearc .
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j [ p ^' FRli ^ CH REPUBLIC . . PROCEEDINGS OFTI 1 E , NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . . The Assembly was chiefly occupied on Thursday with the decree proposed by the Executive Commission , defining the powers of the"latter . It required , first , rhat its mnnbers ebonld be exempted from sitting in the Assembly ; and , secondlv , that they should be entrusted with the entire safeguard of that I " ?* J ^ r ) members oi the Executive Comminaion
signified tieir intention of resigning iba body if the decree were nyt adopted by the Assembly . It was agreed tbat the attendance of the members of tbe Executive Commission in the Assembly should only berequirtd » hen explanations were to be demanded , and then on tbe express requisition of at least forty membtrs . but that part of tbe project which entrusted tho safeguard of the AsseniWy ^ to the Executive Commifion was rtje- " * d by precisely the same majority . The safety and freedom of the Assembly is entrusted so the president and questors .
C 0 KDITI 0 N OF THE LABOURERS . On Friday ihe Ascembly rnoteded to discuss the B t 5 n of a d ' ereu . brought forward by Citizen Waldeck R'iusseau , to inrtitnteah inquiry into the condition of the lab wing classes throughout tbe Republic ! Tho committee had fully approved its principle , and resolved that such an inquiry fibonld be opened in every district under the presidency of the justice of the peace , assisted by a commission , composed of an equal number of operatives and masters delegated by their respective classes . The commission is to inquire into ihe nnmber of operatives of both sexes engaged in every . brunch or indostry , of the children under sixteen vears of age , of the apprentices of both
gexes employed in manufactures , & c , and mention their aue , the terms of tbeir engagement ; the resources afforded by each district , the condition of its manufacturing establishments , the state of the salaries ; the agreements usually entered into between the operatives and masters ; the average duration of the works annually ; tbe supposed cause ot the prosperity or deterioration of each branch of industry ; the esatence , condition , and results of associations . either araons the operative ? , or tha operatives nnd masters ; the influence over private industry and labour of w » rks executed in prisons , hospitals , « fcc . ; the means of increasing the production and insuring the pn < gref sive development of consumption ; the
number of provident institutions in each district ; the state of instruction and oi ' moral and professional education ; the condition of existence of the operatives , as respects their dwellings , food , and clothing ; tbe situation of the agricultural interests ; the works that might be undertaken with a view to afford employ » f nt to tbe unoccupied labourers , dro . Ths com-( n ^ sioners are to be appointed in tho course of the we * k following the promulgation of the decree , tho inquiry is to commence immediately afterwards , and hi terminated in a menth . In Paris the inquiry is to becarrkd on by tho Committee of Labour of the National Assembly .. The decree was adopted , after a abort discussion .
trial nv joar , The Minister of Justice next presented a project of a decree for the reorganisation of the jurv . rlitbertu , fee said , none v ? ere admitted to form part » f the jury , except-electors and tbe class des capacity . The . iiftniense , mans of French oitizans were twsaquently . excluded . The Executivo Committee bad directed him to eujbrait a decree to ' the Assembly , in vir ' tne ff which all" French ' citi ' jieriB , thirty y .-Drsor ' oge , wer ^ efetilled to exercise the functions of jurymen , with' the exception , only of judicial offices ,. military men in active serrioe , citizens who can neither read nor write , tieryanlH . bankrupts , in * dividuals condemned for robber * , 'swindling , abuse of confidence , &•• , Septwgeri ? . riana snd labourers may , at their r ^ ueat , be exempted . The list of the jurymen is o be drawn up bv tha Mayors and posted up at the galea of the churches and municipalities . ZEBl'ETUAL BltilSXUZNT Oi' THE OBLBAOT TiillLI .
The l ' nusinEHT n ? xt announced tint the Orleans Ftt'jiily Banishment Bill was tbe order of tho day , It consisted of the following fcrtscles : — 'The entrance of the territory of France and her colonies interdicted for ever to the elder branch of the Bourbons , by the law of tha 10 th of April , 1832 , is equally interdicted to Louis Philippe nnd his family . M . Veiis thought that the discussion on the bill should be postponed until tbe result of the judicial inquiry , now proceeding , should bo known . ( ' l $ o , ni , ' from several members on the left . )
M . Laurent wa * opposed to the enactment of a law of perpetual and hereditary proscription , inasmuch as it was contrary to justice and tho liberal spirit of modern democracy , and to the principles he bad at all tirm s professed . He accordingly moved 'hit the decree be thus modified : — ' The entrance of the territory of France and her colonies , Aleeria included , ahal I be interdicted to the members of the two branches of the Bourbon family , until the pacification of France and the general situation of Europe shall permit the cessation of that prohibition . '
M . d'ADBtswARD sa ' d that ho had heard the word reaction mentioned in the course of the discussion . Tfie Assembly had witnessed the demagogical reaction ; where was the other ? He , however , confined himself to propose the suppression in the article of the words' for ever . ' M . Viouebte , who next rose , said , that the law repealing the banishment < if the Bonaparte family was only temporary and conditional . Hero loud expostulations nroee on all sides , arid ' . Mi Jjsrome Bonaparte having ascended the tribune , observed , that be felt the greatest reluctance to como forward on such an occasion , but he could not help protesting against the expression * temporary . ' used by M . Viguerte . IVo member of the Assembly should presume to say that one ol hia colleagues sat In it only in virtue ofa temporary right . ' " ' M . VmrjERTS having consented to withdraw the word ' temporary . ' " '
M . Jerque Bonaparik declared tbat he considered himself a mere citizen , like M , Viguerte , and like bim amenable , if be conspired , to the laws of tbe ountry . ( Bravo . ) M . | Dncoux objected to the assimilation of the Bonaparte and Orleans families . The former , he said , represented the tradition of aplorious period of French ; history , and nothing ehe . M . Ducoux then moved tbat the d . cree be voted in the form presented by the government . The discussion being closed , and none of the amendments supported , the president was preparing to put the decree to the . vote , when fifty-two
members demanded the division . The operation immediately commenced . . The representatives who were of opinion to adopt the measure left by the door on the right of the president , giving their name as they passed to an officer of the house . The opponents , consisting of the Legitimists and . members of the Bonaparte family , walked out by the left door . M . Odillon Barrot , and about fifty or sixty others , abstained from votinp . During the scrutiny , M . Lamartine , Arago , Mario , Gamier Pagesi and Lf dm Rollin entered , tho hall , and shortly afterwards M . Louis Blanc , who had absented himself for some days . The followinB was the result of the ballot : —
Number nf votes ... ... . „ 698 Absolute majority 345 For the banishment 632
• Agam » t it ... 63 Majority —569 Tho decree was accordingly adopted , and tha names of the voters were ordered to ba printed in the MowTEnn . : . The proceedings of the Assembly on Saturday were not of general interest , with the exception of the followin !* .
XMPiOVifEST OH THE ZAND . M . Monireuil ,- developed his motion relative to tbe expediency of applying a sum-of 300 , 000 , 000 . r . to reclaim unproductive lands in France and to colonise Algeria . M . Flocon , Minister of Commerce , informed the Assembly that a project nearly similar , but more complete , was preparing in his department , which would be th . rely submitted to the Assembly . After abme further conversation , the proposition was taken into consideration and referred to different
committees . Mokdav , May 29 . —Extraordinary precautions had beeu adopted for the protection of the Assembly from an appreheBuion that the operatives about to bt > discharged from the national workhouses would makea demonstration * An immense force occupied the neighbourhood of the palace , and the thoroughfares were interrupted along the quays and in the adjoining streets , where a lew groups only were stationed , quietly discussing the questions at the order of the day . At two o ' clock M . Senard , vice-president , took
tte chair , and shortly afterwards M . Falkws was called to the tribune to present a report of ths Committee of Labour on tha National Workhouses . The committee had resolved to propose to the Assembly to substitute piece- r ? ork for the day-work , to open special credits in tbe Ministries of Public Works , Commerce and Agriculture , and . of tha Interior , to construct and repair departmental roads , & o ., and those operatives who had . not resided more than three month * in Paris , and were actually destitute of means of existence , should receive passports and be allowed travelling expenses to return to their
families . The Assembly then fixed the discussion of the report for Tuesday . M . Basiidb , Minister of Foreign Affairs , next ascended the tribune , and announced that Belgium and Spain had formally reoognised tho French Republic . M . Tascherbau followed , and addressed some questions to the Minister of Public Works , relative to the arrest of M . Emile Thomas , Director of the National Workhouse . M . TnEtAT , the Minister of Public Works , said that on the 12 th nit ., tho day he waa called to the ministry , he had applied to M * Emile Thomaa far the return of the number of the operatives employed in those establishments . That document had been GOUBtanllv promised him but he bad neyer been able
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to obtain it . Finding it impossible to procure an x'ffluisl : nnd . exact-returh , " 'h " e had appointed a committee to inquirejnto the matter , and M . Emile Tiwnias navmg repeatetedly apprised him of his personal tears , and told him that he foresaw the moment when kiweryices should be requited by ingratitude ^ violence and perhaps the logs of life , he ( M . Trelat ) bad thought proper to send Jiim oat of the way , and confidedio . nim . an honourable mission to tbe departments of the Gironde and the Landes . ,-. ' . ' M . Tasohbreau , who followed , invited the minister to declare wiutsher the measure adopted towards MThomas assailed hie honour and character , 'the minister returning no reply , M . Taschereau observed that it was evident he wished to leave bim exposed to an accusation derogatory to his reputation . Tke Assembly afterwards pasaed to the order oi the day .
The president here rose , and was preparing to read a letter . addressed by Prince Louis Napoleon to tho National Assembly , when cries of ' No , No I ) re sounded op all sides . , The Assembly , on being consnlfed , decided b > an immense majority that the letter should not be read . The discussion then opened on . the project of a decree relative to the relations between the National Assembly and the Executive Committee . A lengthy and noisy discussion ensued , in which LedruBoliin took part , and was met with consider * ble opposition and interruption . Tho Assembly broke np in confusion . TrosoAr , Mat 30 cb . —Tins day tbe discussion opened on the project of the decree relative to the National Workhouses .
Mr Souvbbie , the first speaker , called on the Assemblytoadopt prompt and entrgetio measures for the protection of the operatives anxious to return to their work . M . Joannot , who followed , recommended an intelligent re-organisation of the National Workhouses , and opposed , as cruel and despotic , the expulsinn from Paris of workmen who have not resided more tban threo months in the city , proposed by the Committee . M . Benmst next read a speech in favour of the necessity of employing the operatives in fieldworks . M . Pelmtibr , who followed , protested against tbe statement of M . Souverte respecting an alleged indisposition on the part of the operatives to resume their work .
M . Tbbhst , Minister of Public Works , said , that on the following day he would submit to ihe Assembly a series of bills to enable the government to create labour on different points of the Republic , and thus afford employment to the real operatives . The Assembly afterwards voted , without any opposition , the four articles of the bill . A discussion on tbe biil regulating the relations between the Executive and the legislative powers occupied the remainder of the sitting .
¦ ABREST OF BlAKO . rjI , Blanqui was arrrested at six o ' clock on Friday evening , at No . 14 , Rue Montholon , and taken to Vincennes . He bad kept his pursuers at bay for the last twelve days , and it was supposed that he had at last contrived to escape to Belgium , Another important arrest has been made in the person of Flotte , who had hitherto escaped ihe vigilance of tbe police .
democratic banqobt . Wo find the Mov / wg in tbe Comusbcs : ~ 'It appears that a banquet is abou t to bo aiven in honour of MM , Albert , Barhea , and tbeir fellow prisoners . If we aw rightly iuioroeri , lhis banquet w . vs decided upon on -Thursday svening ; . It is to take place at 3 fc Maade , not ? Ar from the fort of Vinoeunos . The tickets aro to bo 25-j , ( 5 sous ) each , and the guestp are to content themselves with wine , bread , and cheese . The getters up of ( h ; e manifestation reckon upon a gathering of about 150 , 000 guests . * On Monday tkera was a very formidable mooting , i . p to numbers , at tho Port St Dania , and the humbler operatives had their pronvsed dinner at five sous a head , nt Saint Maude . The speeches were of a ver ) violent character . RE-OEOANISATIOK OI 'ME ' CLUB HARDES . '
The * Club Barbes , ' which had been closed sinco the 15 ; h nit ., was reopened on Thursday night , at eight o ' clock , in the Rue de Crenelle St Honore , in the presence of more than 300 members , and of Be veral visitors in the galleries . Tbe objects of the meeting were the reorganisation of the officers of the club , and the course to be adopted during the ensuing elections , Tbe presidency of the club was award * d bj acclamation to Citizen Armand Barbea , and ihe honorary vice-presidency to Citizen Qeaau , both prisoners at Vincennes . Citizen Lamieussens was unanimously elected vice-president . TheClnbPopulaireoftbe Sorbonne has opened a subscription for a sword of honour to Gen . Courtais , and inuited all tbo democratic clubs to follow its example . LOOTS BLANC .
Some of papers stale that the Procurenr-General of the Republic has found such strong evidence against M . Louis Blanc , for participation in the affair of th ' 16 th of May , that he was about to demand authority from the Assembly teput him on biatrial , buthv bas been formally interdicted by the Executive government , THE NEW CONSTITUT'OS . The committee of tbe National Assembly on the constitution adopted two . important resolutions in its sitting of Saturday—viz ., it resolved that there should ba a single president and a single chamber ,
and tbat both should bo elected by the universal fluffra ^ e of the nation . The committee is divided on the question as to the duration of the office of president and of . the chambers . Some of the members wish to fix both at three ' years , while others think that , for the tranquillity of the country , the elections of both president and legislature should only take place once in four yeaw . There are a great number of important points not yet considered ; but still it is thought that the committee will be in a position to make its report te the Assembly by the end ot June .
JIKrBMOr / SAyFAIE . M . Emile Thomas , late director of the national workshops , was obliged to resign that post on Friday night last , and was sent off poat for Bordeaux , in charge of—at least accompanied hy—two police agents . His reported arrest created great excitement . The Mommur , and other organs of the government , assert that M . Thomas has merely gone to Bordeaux on a secret expedition . Public riimeur , supported by a letter written by _ M . Thomas himself , shows that the mission , if it exist al ! , is a forced one —t bafcM . Thomasleft Paris in the charge of gendarmes—that be was not allowed to communica'e
with his family or friends—and that he was ignorant of the mission upon which he was sent . The affair is altogetker ' a very mysterious one . „ On Saturday and Sunday evening the working classes were evidently in a state of great excitement . Immense crowds of them congregated in the neighbourhood of the portes St Martin and St penis , at the Palais National ( Riya ! , ) and along the Boulevards , They discussed the affair of M . Thomas with great animation , and many of the orators delivered violent invectives against the government for their conduct to the man whom they declared to be ic pert des owners . The excitment was so great that several battalions of troops and National Guards were kept umler arms all night ..
DISTURBED STATE OF PARIS . Paeis , Monday . —The excitement which reigned yesterday evening in the guart ' er St Denis and St Martin seems to have been prolonged through a part of the night . A report was current this morning that two patrols of from twenty to twenty-five men each had been disarmed in the Rue St Denis and Rue St Martini and that an efflcer had his epaulettes torn off . To da / every measure is taken to ensure tranquillity from any interruption ; on all points of the
capital considerable forces are , stationed ; . seven batalions of tha Garde Mobile under the ordera of General Tenipourearo posted in front of the Hotel do yille .. Tbe workmen , brought back to sentiments oi peace and of submission to the authorities , have eonfined . themselves to naming delegates , who are to proceed to the Assembly with a petition , but not accompanied by tbeir comrades , and which petition they are to place in the hands of one of tke representatives , who will be their organ before the As serably .
During the whole of to-day she park of Moneeaux boa been crowded with tho workmen . At Vineennes too there is a large assemblage . Tho Pubssb mentions amongst the alarming reports circulated in Paris , that the ' conspirators' were manufacturing twenty-foar gun carriages-. in the Faubourg StAn ' . oine to be mounted by canaoacarrjing eight pound shot . This story was seriously told in the lobby of the National Assembly . The-same paper states that a man was arrested in one of thegallsries ol tho National Assembly on Mon . day ; & n being searched , firearms were discovered on hia person ; aud also > that M . Bade , who had been appointed Commandant of the Cavalry ot the Garde Mobile , has been arrested . The night passed over without any outteeak .
The agitation which pervaded all classes cannot be adequately described ; nothing like it has been witnessed since February , and it is even , in some respects , more serious than at that period . Some of the papers atdte that the celebrated George Sand has banished herself from Paris to avoid arrest . It ia said that she waa one or the depositaries of the secret of the attempt on the National Assembly on tho 15 th of May .
LYONS . The Courbier de Lions states that the municipality of the faubourg of that city called la Guillotiere , has ordered the following changes to be made in the names of the streets . The place Louis XVL , and three streets which bore names of Malhesherbes , Troncbet , and de Seze , are to be called places Robespierre , Rue Marat , Rue Saint Just and Rue Barrere . The names of Crequi , Vendome , and Dugnesphn , are to bo replaced by the names of Danton , Hecnot , ana Couthon . In CODBequence of this decision , ten mombera of the cobhoU aaye giyen in their r esignation
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THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTION . -GERMANY . OPBMNO np TUli PKUSSIAN DIET . At noon on ( he 22 nd ' olt ., hia mujfsiy the King of Prussia opened in person the Assembly of States of the Prussian ' Constitution , in tne wllito bal 1 o { thePalaee , ' THE NEW PRDSHAN COKSnTUTION . The rrojt-et of the new constitution , as submitted by the King to the Assembly , consists of seven chapters and eighty-four articles , of which the following are the principal t—
chat . i . AH the territories of the Prussian monarchy In their preernt rxwn « fo « , wltb the exception cf a portion of the Grand Duchy of Poa > n , for which a upcoisl reorganisation la under conolilerjtion , constitute the Prussian doranias belonging to the German confederation . The confines of ( his territory can only be changed by a law . chap , ii . —ok the biohtb of pbossiaj * crria'Em . All citizens pre equal in t ^ e eye of ihe law . P . r'Otin ! liberty of the citi ? .-.. u is guaranteed . No c ! tiz : ncan be arrested except in tho form prescribed by low . Confiscation ot property is abolished , Pi-iratft proper's can only be appropri » 'c 4 by tho state when for tbe common weal , and at a funr . Intemnificat'on . Freedom of confusion . Separation of civil rights irom from * rellgtou ! confessions . Liberty of tho press . Censorship ' is totally and eternally abolished .
AfiaemblaiMii of unarmed eitiz : n « for peaceful diecusilon are allowed . Tbe right of petitioning 1 b open to all Tbe secrecy of letters ie inviolable . In extraordinary casta , such at war , & c , special laws are es « tabllshed .
CHAP . in . —THB KIKO . Tbo person of the King is inviolable . His ttlnlatoW aro responsible . All tbo acts of tho King rrquire , to be countersigned by one of the mtnist ' . rs ta show their responsibility . The PX 3 cuttve power appertains to the King alone ; Tbe King la commander-ln-ablef of the army , and makes nil tbe appointments . Tbo King has fho right of appoin ; in £ all the rlvil fnnctionarle * , of conferring title * of nobility and of distinction . _ Tho King has the right of convoking rind clestn * the cham . bers . The Crown is h < -r ? alt * ry in tbe male branch ae . cording to the right of primogeniture and tbe agnatic succession . The King Is of ago at eighteen . cair . ir . —TDE hisibtebs .
The ministers can be arraigned for neglect of duty by the second Chamber . Tnoy have a vote in' each . Chamber ; tbey may command tbe attention of tha Chamber , Each Chamber may demand the presence of the ministers .
CfUI » . V " . - —THS CffiUDBSS . Tbo legislative powi ; r ia executed in common by the King and two Chambers , The consent of the King and tbe Ciiamben is requisite to erery law . The first chamber consist * of tbe princes of the royal bouse as soon as they bare attained their eighteenth year , and of , at most , sixty members who most have reachld their forieth year , and have a yearly income of not under eight thousand dollars ; their seat is hereditary , Tbe second Chamber i 9 to consist of 180 members . Tho members of tbe sscond Chamber are elected for four years . They mast hare attained tbeir tnlrtieta , year , ' . '"'' Mo one can ho a member of both chambers . The sittings of both chambers nre public . v CHAF . —TBE COURTS OF JCDTCATnUE . Tfce judges are appointed for their hfotlice by tho King .
CHAP . VII , —FIHANCE . A budget for the expanses and revenues of the state for catfi coming yar most bs presented baiorehand . Thqclauses in tha projected con-titution respecting the throne and first chamber haw excited great diasatisfaetiofl . Copies of the Co » nti < usinrj wero burnt by the . peoplean the ei ' eniogof the 23 rd tilt .
SOUTHERN GERMANY . It appears that tho late flwturb . inoeg at Men / z ore for tho ' present ended , though ^ rcar . nniweiity still prevails . In the « ttir"c of the Coystituont ABasmbiy nt Frankfort of thu 23 rd nit ., a detailed report of those lhuietitablo events waf eiven to ihe Assembly by Mr Zi % the ult . a Radio *] member for Menta . In conclusion he made a moiion about puttine ti stop to military despotism , and ordering ths Pru-sian troops to evacuate the town and citadel . The Con « sdtuent Assembly declined d ^ cu ~ S < in <; the motion , but voted a coromheion to be appointed to inquire into tho facts of the care .
THB Hl'tMWiY EMPJJB 0 R . On the 21 st ult ., a manifesto to his people , signed Fordinand . ' was posted in the streets of innsprucft , ( Tyrol ) , declaring that he had sought refuge among them from anarchical faction , and in particular danouncine tbe Academical Legion of Vienna . : The end of this no one can see . The Austrian empire ia , to all appearance , goinu to pitc-s . ITALY . HORRIBLE MASSACRE AT NAPLES BY THE TROOPS AND THE LAZZARONI .
Letters from Naples , of the ] 5 . h ult .. stale that a difference between the King and . the cbambor led to a breach of the peace , in constqutnee ot « t ioh the troops were called out . The national guard ynmediatcly raised barricades in tbe streets , and a combat ensued . . After a time tho fighting ; became general , musketry and grape-shot being discharged . The popular party were overpowered and horribly . ; ' mag * aacred . v It appears that oh Saturday , tho 13 ! h , jn the mornim ?) the deputies were assembled in the . SaHe de Monte Olivette , in preparatory session , to njodify the form of the oath to be taken at the opening of parliament . This oath waa in these terms .: — ' I swear fidelity to . the King . and the constitution of
29 th January . ' The deputies were opposed ^ tp this forni , hecHuso it was not in ciHson » rco wit , ^ the concesiioDB of 3 rd April . Saturday and Sunday pasaed in negotiations . In tbe evening , at eleven •/ clock , it was announced that the King would not modify the form . The deputies , to the number of eighty ,, met , declared themselves in permanence , and sent a deputation to the King to . treat as to a modification . ' The Kin ;? refused . The national guard went in great numbers to Monte Olivetto to persuade the debutiea to persevere . About midni'ht , another deputation was sent to the palace , when the King demsraded time . A modification of the oath was tien proposed , in which a reservation of the rights conferred by the decree of the 3 rd ot April should be made .
The King pretended to accept this , bnt the chamber learned that tho troous had , meanwhile , , been ordered out , and , force being thus resorted to , all conciliation became impossible . Soon after midnight the national guard commenced constructing ^ barricades . At half-past one the generate was beaten , and at two , the troopg—infantry , ctVitjry , and artilleryissued from their barracks and occupied the spaces around the palace , the castle ,. and the market . '' Tho King , being informed' of the construction of , the barricades , ordered the soldiers to withdraw , and consented to the parliament b , lag opened without any oath ; the formality was to have taken place with explanations on the subject of the statute .
The national guard , however , refused to toyfer the barricades , except on the condition of the abolition of the Chamber of Peers , tbe surrender ef the fortresses , and the removal of the troops from the capital . This being declined , the troops were again trdered out , and the squares of the palace and other places were covered with armed forces , including a great-quantity of artillery . At nine o ' clock , the Swiss troops were drawn ont aronnd the castle . At half-past nine , there was aa apparent movement to retreat ,, but about eleven o ' clock a musket was discharged by ncoident , when the national guard , believing itself betrayed , commenced firing .
The Swiss and the other troops thraopened a murderous fire of musketry by b ; itta iona ,. and the artillery commsnc ' ecV a mnrdjrous discharge of grape _ ; the conflict , infaefc , b oamo general . At the bamoadeaof San Fernando ard S » n Bndgida the National Guards sustained a tire of musketry , and arti lery for three hours without yielding an . men ol ground . . On the COTOHlfWment , tbe ^ lower orders ^ emed disposed to " take . the side ' of the National Guard , but
beingofered by the King , and the troops tlif privj « lege of pillage they took tha-other side . Doors an * sates e-f shops and private houses were soon forced * and a general piliaea f > nd massacre commenced to cries of ' Viva el Re ! ' Tbe signal of attack waa given by three guns from , the fort , when the red flag was raised . Unheard of atrocities , were perpetrated by thelaazaroni and the troops . They rushed into the private houses , and massacred the inhabitants without dis * tinctien of age or eex , flin-int * the bodies of their victims from the windows . In one house were shot
a fatkr , mother , and four children . Othtn vioams were dragged alive through the streets to . be butchered , struck as they w * nt aton ? , insulted by tne agents of thepQlice and the soldiers , who wraPf" ™' them to « ry 'Vita el Re . ' Whan tbey refused they were pstcked in the face by the wutfB ot the bayonets . Tho , royal guard mnrderwI twoL «» " « the Marqnls Vaawtoun his osm pala * K fte father went B & k . ' mad . The palace was sacked . Tho emissaries of . Dal Carettp . and according to jaw accounts Del Caretto himself , wore emRDyerj m coadine on therabblo to these seta of atrocity . So . veral persons known to entertain liberal opinioni were dragted from their housesand shot . The massacre continued for eight hours . Thehoapltajs were filled with wounded . In one Swiss regi . ment alone there ^ ere 800 killed and wounded , of which thirty wereofficera . Government waa proceed , ing to disarm the National Guard .
The aspect of the city was deplorable . It seemed to be converted into one vast tomb , r ' The correspondents of the French journals say that the French admiral , Baudin ,, expressed tho greatest indignation afc ' the conduct oftheKhg , and announced that treaties and the law of nations having heeii violated , by the Neapolitan government , ho would give one hour to stop the disorder and guav & ntes tho inviolability ot persons and grapetUes
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03061848/page/7/
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