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VOL i. No. 1. M0OB, SATURDAY, MAY », 185...
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THE POLES ASD RUSSIA. TO THE EDIIOB OP T...
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GARDENING CALENDAR. KITCHEN GABDES. As t...
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FRANCE. BONAPARTE AND THE WOEKISO CLASSE...
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Royal Mamonette Theathe. -" The Arcadian...
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• 1-herttoknow , toT 1 ttert an ltoa gaefrceI |^ pra . If & Sg ^**?? ""** j | | » H * ffSSSe outlawed mass ^ l ^ d . { jceHce to " ^ ants to Senatorialhonours , who , ^ cW ^ ievmasUra ^ wider the titie of Protec-^ Sl ^ rFree Trader , Tory , Whig , or Radical , have sn * ^ . ^ the s ame aim-that of prolonging the i & t ^ Lm -withaUita iniquities , political and ^ STUnpholdingtue supremacy of idlerssyba-* T * . Sla bour-suckers , to the hitter cost of the toil
« i « fl enslaved millions . ^ , 7 ' enslaved . ' Ifthehodies of the poor are not > n . ntopahUe auction , as in Cuba and Carolina , p - Lslavement is none the less real . He whose ^ TvTt the mercy of another is a slave . He whose S & thepr ^ of another is a slave . The KepreiXures of a fraction of the people enact laws by ^ vRfhe entire people are taxed , disarmed , subjected fXaalties for various offences , including even the l ? 5 of death . To be subject to such legislation , ? X atvoice orparticipation therein , is to be subject fSf ^ y and usurpation , andto tamely , apafteti-^ FSJdt to snci despotism , Jis to proclaim one-^ jfrtnlty of themostshamefulservility . .. m &&** * " >«¦ i * system works ' not 6 wh ° , Su t . ^ vantages of 'Our Glorious Institutions . ' The SSSSUy rffta State , an office which should ^ VablbY the wisest , worthiest and best , is the H i n filled * Y ™ ° . ' ... tj .- reieoinjr
mo-^ PTS be apattern ofvirtne and good ^ i ^ ut S ^ rfJtSts th at ~ thanta (?) to the Hereditary £ 52482 * « such ruier there h ^ be en f ^^ Tthe reTerae-persohificationB of the . lowest 3 Srf « S * bmt & propensities . ^ W S S ^ and emolament attached to the Court is filed j ? Se avaricious orneedy aristocrat ,, ? r « ardof tSncracr Lords andlaaieainwaitfo & gold-sucks , 8 £ ** ^ d all are , supported m £ ***&* S ^ on and waste , attheexpen 8 eofthetax-ndden ? C-es Of the situations in connexion with the \ £ rcbr , onlythemost . menialarefiiledby persons SSffletothera nk of the People , and those perourtiers
Sre tbeir position to the ' interest' or c . See dless to observe that no mere worlang man , fe U possessed of the most god-like powers , is ever Sea to the Peerage . The honours (?) of Heredi-Lxoooledomarenot bestowed upon the People . Sleood things of the Church , the snug berths in Xlonies , theofficerships in the Army andNavy , Appropriated chiefly by the Aristocracy , partly I > y ^ middle-class , to the utter and complete exclusion rf the veritable People .
Thus 0 > ad begins / but * worse remains behind . ' The l 5 Ii 3 jsmonopolised by a class who can show no charter Z their monopoly , but that of theft and violence . Tk immense revenue derived from the soil , and ihof itself would be sufficient to bear all the Ornate charges of the state , including adequate lisriaon for the education of the people , the sustenbfen o ? the unfortunate and afflicted , public works , sad national improvements , is appropriated by those iriomake it their boast and pride that they impose mon others their share of labour—the toil which no
fojv of men can shirk without injustice to their Box men . A cunningly-devised system of credit aid exchange invests the wealthy with the power to caiunually add to their wealth , the power to make at > aey grow money , leaving the wealth-producers no alternative hut social serfdom or death . Did ever ite worst of tyrants devise a system of serfdom more gtter , more abominable , than that to which the enpneere are subjected by their victorious masters . The * Times' admits that the operatives have been
Je atea by the immediate pressure of want , ' and ite— 'It is quite true that capital has out'starced imar , or h other words that money has got tlie better t fkiuitry . But this consequence teas absolutely inersi-Wr . Jf labour and capital areeuer brought into colli ' m wider sucft conditions of society as exist among j , capital must needs work its will with labour . ' >" eed more words be added to prove the unhappy { osition of the wealth producers prostrated at the set of triumphant Mammon , ~ the gagged , scourged bves of wealth and power ?
Dasi & sa as long as 'the existing conditions of Sxieiv' continue , money will get the better of indusbj , and capital will work its will with labour . But fee conditions must be changed , set aside , abso-£% reversed . The thin ? created must ha made sfervientto its creator , capital must be made to do feiwrk of labour , instead of tyranising over and catling upon labour . How can so glorious a revo « Km be effected ? Not by any sudden and violent eatlirow of the existing system , but by mse and tastlegislation . Such legislation , however , is
iml < sbh while the House of Commons continues the njrcantative of a mere fraction of the people . The t = i of ' oar glorious institutions' are simply barbasts , mischievous , or ridiculous ; bat the House of Caamons , as at present constituted , is the monster aisance and chief bulwark of all the iniquities of feasting ( political and social ) system . Its reformibiolute root and branch—thoroughly democratic sfornj , is tJiQ prime necessity , the great work to f & h every true patriot is bound to devote himself , bit and son ! .
The People ' s duty in the forthcoming General Elects the all-important question of the hour , compared *™ which all other questions sink into absolute aaanjness . Granted that a too general apathy flails over the land , that is only the more reason % week by week , day by day , every good " Democ « i should thunder into the ears of the masses to ; ja » e off their slavish torpor , come forth , and acquit temsdves like men . It is not yet too late to sumthe of
^ n sons labour from field and factory , irorkl f } s and mine j to summon them to confront both s % s and candidates , and demand of both , I ^ kce ior ah . Let no one say the people cannot £ 39 ved . Correspondence , public and private , shews f = that , at least a few—an enlightened and ^ eous few —are already moving . Let them ;^ rve , mul they vnll not fail to rouse the soul , and i ^ m ore send the life-blood coursing in streams of
? % ough the veins of the mighty People—mighty , ^ Qble , when thoroughly aroused to life and action . _ H the working men throughout the country note , $ &? , and emulate the patriotic conduct of the men ^ Tower Hamlets . The election of "WILLIAM ;^ tos would be a victory worth any labour , any ^ fce . And the election of twelve such men jj ^ be th e doom of the Existing system . Imagine ^ earnest Democrats in the House of Commons , ^ * bs » would take care that no dodging should ^ al their * catching the Speaker's eye , ' no . ^ ' ^ di onid reduce them to silence , no etiquette $ 7 ?* them thundering the naked truth in the ears
sr * l nts » usurers , placemen , and adventurers ; ^ n ot the the speedy triumph of Democracy bo ^ M A People ' s Party in support of such men : " „ ,, N ecessity , spring into being , and like ' $ H £ ^ S frJl-anned from the brow of ^ th * ^ - ' ^ t o ^ Q asstKne the potency , and ex-4 >« ai . ? 0 wer to compel the false Legislature to > vl 5 siTe to the popular-will . % ff ^ * £ Newios not elected , the battle % ' ^ ln leen fought m V 3 * ' The WC ( m ^ B and ' & S labour will have been unveiled and
vindi-.,. * a % Hastings , and in the presence of an > i uf } otherwise obtainable . But the battle ^ ja t lost , what then ? It cannot be that the ' - ¦ ' * i $ \ ° - the Towfir Hamlets wil 1 eit down con-¦ ¦ ' ¦ i ; n . ^ ^ fcat . G ood sense and manly pride , ^ Virt * Patriotism , will dictate organisation ,
^' n « sncil preparation as must ensure ^ ? not fiabmt future . "What may-what "; - "L !?? j lhe Tower Hamlets ; may-let me ^ "C" . Ee elsewhere , everywhere . If funds " UC . lasc 4 d m ft ™ to contest the poll , at least ^ Wni ^ ndidates feke the hustings , defend , $ h ? r ™* " 2 ^ 5 of the people-the entire 3 5 i 45 nT f A- leam that tbe Democrats of the t' ? 5 - \ t ° 5 , ^ o ^ Khiro propose to take tbis
^ ubJ * so resolve - W possible , every ' " i :, i IteiS , ^ n w imparfaunt dxstxiet slioaLd ^ W-Sh ^^ ate or candidates ; but if ^^ o ' ¦ at ¥ & t Iet Wakefield witness once : - ? ^ tb | p ;^ mg . lbe S 0 U 3 of La ^ urs from all " " a ja , 'l 4 fg ' to nphft their toil-seamed hands , ^ i ^^^ p- ^^ " ^ ^ fteSSf ^ ° Torlfsllire W £ re eTCr *« e * w » s cause , no onc part of the
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country enjoys a monopoly of political virtue . Many a gallant battle has been fought in Manchester , Birmingham , Nottingham , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dundee , & c . ; and surety the old spirit yet survives . Let , then , the old banner be again unfurled , and all who love Freedom , and would lend a hand to promote her triumph , rally under its ample folds . M & POF toe People—inheritors of suffering and oppression—it is for you to determine if you will leave to your children the sad heritage bequeathed by your fathers , or if instead thereof you will confer on your successors the rich inheritance of freedom re-won , and Justics re-established . If worthy the name of men , you cannot hesitate as to your duty . And Hie first step an enlightened sense of duty must
enjoin is to show , to testify , to-make evident , that you resent and repudiate the a ^ fbgant claims of a fraction of the people to make lawlfor you , laws disposing of your labour and your . lives . Xou will best do ^ o ^ hv gafherh ^ ' in yoj | dii ? n . sands around each Hustings , by exeicising , a ^ Hras possible , your right of Sufltage , by giving your voices in favour of candidates of your own selection , and by proclaiming to the world , that any assumption on the part of representatives of the privileged minority , to perform the functions of Legislators for the nation , will stamp them as impostors , usurpers , and violators of the People ' s Sovereignty . I must add a few words concerning the tyrant Kosas .
On the evenings of the 29 th and 30 th ult , the reception of Rosas at Plymouth was made the subject of question and answer in Parliament . The Earl of Malmesbury and Mr . Disraeli , anited in iechrivg that the Government had not given orders for official honours to be paid to the ex-dicator . They admitted , however , that a Treasury Order had been sent to the Custom House Officials at Plymouth , directing that the baggage of Rosas should be passed' with all the consideration due to the eminent rank and station which he lately occupied . ' « This , ' said the Foreign Secretary , ! ' was almost a stereotyped order used in the case of all foreigners of distinction arriving in this country , Indeed ! Was such an order issued pre «
vious to the arrival of Lo ^ ns BlAKC , LeDRU RoLiin , Joseph MazzinIj and Louis Kossuth ? Certainly not . By « foreigners of distinction / 'hislordship' must mean those royal visitors who occasionally inflict their unwelcome presence npon the country , such as 'His Royai Highness the Count D'Aguila , Lord High Admiral of the Neapolitan fleet ; ' at present the guest of the Naval authorities at Portsmouth . The friends to Freedom and Humanity are unrecognised by the Government , whose compliments and courtesies are reserved for blood-reeking tyrants and the scions of royal rascaldom . Mr . Disraeli while stating that , ' no orders had been given to the heads of Departments at Plymouth / added that , he entirely approved of the conduct of those officers ] ' Be approves
of Queex Viciobia's representatives paying homage to Sawsex Beasb ! ' O ! ehame I where is thy Slush V Coupling the reception of Eosas with the Prime Minister ' s denunciation of the Press , for its strictures upon the French usurper , it is impossible to come to any other conclusion than that our Tory Ministers have a natural sympathy with savageand truculent tyranny , all the world over . Such men should have a fiosis to rule them , ft is reported , as a verified fadfc , that on the' tyrant ' s flight from Buenos Ayres , there was discovered at his quinta / . or country seat , o collection of hitman sMl $ , < labeUed wilft the nanws of thdr / ormer owners . ' Ihe addition of certain heads of departments' to the ex-Dictator ' s collection , would be a fitting and right worthy sequel to the Plymouth reception . L'AMI DTJ PEUPLE .
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VOL i . No . 1 . M 0 OB , SATURDAY , MAY » , 1852 . ^ JSEZZSEZET '
The Poles Asd Russia. To The Ediiob Op T...
THE POLES ASD RUSSIA . TO THE EDIIOB OP THE STAB OF FREEDOM . Mr dear Sib , —The subjoined contains an answer to caluomionsassertions of the "Augsburg Universal Gazette , " reproduced by the " Times . " As these affect both the character and mission of the Polish refugees , it is for US a duty to give to their refutation as much publicity , if possible , as the slander had obtained , for which we invoke your help , requesting you to insert our answer in your valuable columns . Yours , truly and fraternally , S . WoRCfili . TO THE ED 1 TOE OF THE ALWEMEINE ZEUUNG . Snv-We learn from the " Times" newspaper of April 28 th , that yoor Posen correspondent informs you of the dismay said to be prevailing among tbe Poles of that province , on at count of the news hawngreached them that the referees bate beenledby despair to the resolre of throwing themselves into the arms of Itussia , and of imploring an amnesty from the Emperor Nicholas . This neirs
is utterly false . Tbe persecution to which the body of the Polish emigrants is subjected , is by no means recent , and could not , therefore , hare produced such effect When , twenty years ago , the Poles passed en masse into esile in quest of a soil on which to freely work oat the restoration of their country , they knew fUU weU what hardshi ps they would have to encounter , and , Strang in their faith , they did not shrink from them . Persecution did but steel their hearts , invigorate their energies , stimulate in them the spirit of self-sacrifice ; and it was from among the emigrants that at various epochs sprung those numerous martyrs who conveyed to the country words of hope and salvation . It was the whole body of the emigrants who hasttned to fulfil their duty at the expense ot their own blood , whenever an opportunity arose to fight , arms in hand , the enemies of their fatherland . Nor have the recent events in Prance altered , in any way , the feelings and convictions of the refugees , whilst the addition to their body , since 1818 , of about 2 , 000 younz members , has hut rejnvemsed it . This body of refugees has never gi « n itself up todes $ air ; it has never disgraced , nor ever will disgrace itself , either by imploring or accepting an amnesty ; and if among its members there hashappened to be a vile renegade whowishes to
sneiter his mfamy under the signatures of numerous accomplices , none ofthose to whom his character and antecedents are laiown will be surprised at it As to the present views , tendencies , and efforts of the body of Polish refugees , they are well known and appreciated by the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Posen , as well asof the most remote provinces of Poland . They are too well con . vinced vTthe perseverance of the refugees in keeping to their post , and in the final accomplishment of their mission , to be either fnghtenea or discouraged by their present condition , while they , on the contrary , endeavour , in as much as in them lies , to alleviate by material assistance . Even the events of France , far from lessening the hopes of our nation , have exercised a salutary influence by strengthening , among the Poles , that very old belief of theirs , " that upon their own efforts depend the salvation Of their fatherland . " Keither time , space , nor prudence allow us to enlarge upon that subject As members of the Central Committee of the Polish Be . mocratic Society , of abody known , by name at least , to your readers , we feel confident that these few words will be safiicient to find ere . ( fence among the unprejudiced . ( Signed ) AlBEET DABASZ , STANISLAUS WoRCEfcl , London , April 29 th , 1 S 52 . Astos Zabicei .
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GARDENING CALENDAR . KITCHEN GABDES . As the princ ' pal summer crops are now planted , attention will be requisite to keep up a proper succession of vegetables . To do this requires some lorethought , audit is scarcely possible to lay down rules for guidance , considering so many circumstances arc involved —the wetness or reverse of particular localities , and the texture and capacity of soUs for resisting drought , are , however , theprJUCiDal causes which require consideration in keeping up a continuous supply ; such information , we neednotsay , is only tobe obtained on the spot by actual experience . Lettuce , Spinach , and Badishes should te sown frequently , while teas and Broad Beans must be pat in to meet the demand ; frequently hoe between these crons and stick Peas before they get too tall , another crop of Scarlet Huu .
ner Beans may be planted , and succesrional crops ot Cauliflowers WalahercnBroccoli , and Cabbage . See the young Celery gets a EOod supply of water and plenty of air , checks arc c « remeiy hurtful to vegetables requiring tobe quickly grown ; hoe between the « o » s of Onions , Parsley , Carrots , and Parsnips , and this is the best season for sowing the principal crops of Bed and silver ifeef , Salsafv and Scorzonera ; as they frequently run to seed when sown earlier Assist by waterings the newly planted crops . See the Tomatoes are getting properly hardened off to fee transferred to spare palines or open parts of the garden walls , next month . A feir in so me places may be tried on a warm , sloping bank . Sow Swett and Bu * Basil , with Sweet , iLujorani in geufle heat for transplanting ' and make a sowing of those kinds of herbs required to keep up the regular supply . The first rain there is , let the herb compartment be put in order .
DAEDX FHUIT GARDES , Apricots shonld be frequently gone over , to destror a small grub which coils itself among lbe leaves . Uisoud carclnll y , first taking offall the foresight shoots , and the nest tune thinning out what is not wanted for wood . A slight thinning of the young fruit should be made , FXOaiSIS FLOWFJ 1 S . As soon as the weather is favourable Dahlias should be planted out on rervrich and well-prepared soil . It -will be advisable to cover theia with an inverted flower-pot if the nights appear at all likely to be frosty ; the main supports should also now be placed to them ; if deferred till a later period , the young fibres arc apt to be injured . Take care and extract decaying petals from Auriculas ; and tboach going out of flower , see that _ they do not want for the requisite " at ; ention , particularly be mindful of regular watering . Pisks — If not already done , these should have neat sticks put to them , and the shoots thinned according to the strength of the plant . We would advise a few oyster shells to be placed round the roots : these will b ; equally beneficial as to Carnations and Picotces , preventing avo rapid evaporation of the moisture , as well as keeping the roots covered when water is applied . \\ eed Ranunculuses , but do not stir the soil between the rows . Attend to Tulips as directed last weeli . Ac— Ctirdmr ' s ChwMc .
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FRANCE . BONAPARTE AND THE WOEKISO CLASSES ^ THB "TIMES" CORREBPONDEST , AND THE CO-OPERATIYE ASSOCIATIONS-RUMOURS OF INSURRECTION-THE TYRANT'S «« CLEMENCY . " •; ' From our own CortupoMtM )* Paris , May 6 th . ThaPfesidentistohavahiB / eteonMonday , bis grand ' distribution of eagles , his fireworks , and his monster balk For all true Republicans , whatever their shade or colour , there is no anniversary at present save the 4 th of May , which was kept in their hearts if there was no official ceremony , The proclamation on that mehioraWo occasion of the Republic , is a date that will mark its history , despite the inflinoerity of the adhesion of the majority . Deeply are the
people of France to blame for having allowed themselves tobe so wretchedly deceived by charlatans and tricksters , let it , however , he * leason and a warning to taeni . forthe future ^ that when they have'the power in their bauds they keep it . ' "" .. LouisNapoleoais playing with the working elasBesa deep and artful game . He is professing to be their friend . Many are deceived by him , atid though the educated and thinking working men are to a man opposed to his usurpation and tycanny , ' tha ignorant aud unreflecting are inclined to support him ,. . They are taken in by the fact that a certain amount of money is being devoted to public works , and : hence there is in certain trades a factitious prosperity . A friend of mino went down a few days back to the Faubourg St . Antoine , and here he found a general prevaingfeelingagainsttbepresentsystem . butstillalaree
number who were inclined to accept the government as long as they had work . There is however one large section of the working classes which is more than ever opposed to every form of despotism ; I allude to all those connected with literature in its various branches . All literary men , save the unprincipled , who sell their pen to tbe highest bidder , printers , compositors , paper-makers , vendors of journals , are full of hate for the Arch-Imposter . They are mercilessly . thrown out ot employment , left to starve , and to struggle with the world as best they may . The result is natural . Always Democratic , the printers are more than ever convinced that they , like all other trades , can only prosper in a free country . The superior class of workmen—necessarily better educated than their fellows—cabinet-makersboot and'shoe
, makers , carpenters , furniture makers , and masons , are still as Democratic as ever . It is among porters , casual labourers , the men of the falls , where physical strength is everything and mind nothing , that Louis Napoleon r & cruits his working class supporters . With regard to . the infamous lies of the unprincipled Irishman , who writes the Paris Correspondence of the " Times , " whose ignorance is only equalled by his impudence , no man should be guided by what he says . He does not profess to write what he thinks . He writes up to the ideas of his paper . With regard to his remarks relative to Co-operative Associations , they are written with his usual bad faith . He said little relative to Co-operative Associations previous to the 2 nd of December , when they were , to a certain extent , flourishing . He dared not . They
were making progress . I , myself , was for a long time in the ^ habit of dining at an Associative iJestawant , and of taking my coffee at an Association . At tbe Restaurant I could have a dinner of soup , three courses , and half a bottle of wine , for about a shilling , which cooked far 163 S Well , would have cost me in the Palais Royal twice as much ; while my cofiee , for three pence halfpenny , was far superior to the ordinary cup of coffee at 5 d . and 6 d . Besides , one had the satisfaction of speaking to men , instead of sjares , with whom , no matter what our seeming social station , we were on an equality , and who would have refused a fee as an insult . But now associations are next to impossible . To belong to one is to be marked , at the first movement , for Cayenne Every stumbling block is thrown in their way by the police . They are tracked , ' watched , persecuted . In the provinces they are all dissolved , in Paris in a great measure ;
How can associations prosper as they should do , without power to organise , to meet , to discuss without having an organ to promulgate their ideas ; and yet this truculent and insolent knave , whose sole thought is to be on as good terms as possible at the Elysee , comes forward in hia correspondence , and warns hia gullible readers of the failure of associations , and tbe consequent downfall of Socialism . The persecution of Republican workmen is carried to a frightful extent . The cabarets , Restaurants , an & Quinguettes of
the barriers are infested by a mob of spies , who are on the look out for all those who express an opinion in favour of Republican opinions , or who utter a word that can be construed into disrespect towards tho President . They are at once arrested and condemned to fine and imprisonment . They have no mercy shown them . Everything is being done to prevent the working classes from coming up to the / e « of the 10 th . Passports are refused to all of known democratic opinions , while none are allowed to come up who cannot show money enough to keep them a fortnight in the capital .
It is very widely rumoured tbnt the democrats will have their fete or the 10 th ; meaning that they will rise in insurrection behind the traitor army , and dispute their return to Paris . I do not believe this . Every democrat I know , denies any such intention . I believe the OrieanistS are so exasperated that they would wish to provoke a movement , but I have no reason" to suppose that very many will join them . The people have their own affairs to attend to , without fighting the battles of a family , which , however hardly used , has never been their friend . The " Gazette" of Languedoc has just been tried by tho Tribunals for an article in which the President ia lightly spoken of , and his policy severely criticised . The journalist was accused of having provoked civil war , & e ., and endangered the safety of the State . He has been acquitted , and on retiring from court received a popular ovation . The celebrated Arthur O'Connor , one of tho chiefs of tho United Irishmen and a member of the Irish Directorydied
, at his chateau of Bignon , inthe Loiret , on the 23 rd of April , in the 89 th year of hia age . The financial world has heed startled by a considerable fall in the four-and-a-half per cents . Some time ago the Czar sent instructions to Paris to apply to the French treasury for the reimbursement of the five per cent , stock of which he is the holder . This amounts to two millions sterling . It is now reported at the Bourse that five per cents , representing a capital of one million aterlin * have been sold out for the Emperor , and that the reimbursement of the remainmg million sterling has been demanded at the ministry of finance , the term of dolav for making the latter demand is , as you are aware , extended by the decree of conversion to the I 4 fctx of this month . This step on tho part of the Russian go veanment seems by no means an improbable corollary to the notoriously unfavourable view taken by the Czar of Louis Napoleon's ulterior aspirations to the . £ mpire .
Still the report is so much credited as to alarm many residents here . They affect to believe that the cries of the oraskea soldier , on tkeir return from the Champs de Mars , will be so insulting as to provoke the people beyond all bearing , and that a conflict will be renewed like that of June . You , in London , know better than we do here the intentlon of the democratic party . Hero we dare neither meet , nor correspond , nor write , while there , though tracked enough by the connivance of our hrutai Whig and Tory governments , you can speak ont , you can meet in safetv . But here such is not the case .
A friend of mine , a staunch democrat , writes to me thus : — " Louis Napoleon is , for tbe present , too firmly seated to be overthrown . He is pleasing the thoughtless , uneducated , and careless among the workmen . All tbo little shopkeepers are with him , becavso they heliere in his stability . His advisers , his Senate , his camarilla , bis Parliament have no existence apart from him . Wore Louis Napoleon dead , the army would stand motionless awaiting the event . The triumph of the real Republic would be certain . Draw your own inference !" M . Qnentin Bauchart has Just returned from a tour in tho provinces , professing to be a tour of clemency . He had the fate of 8 , 020 Republicans to inquire into . He consigned 1 , 043 to transportation , and set 1 , 377 at liberty ; while he allowed l , 0 i 7 to return from exile . They call this •' clemency" " amnesty . " Let us examine how they have carried out their pretended amnesty . In the first ' place ,
the condemnations were kept up against every member of a secret society—against every well-known Republicanagainst every man who remained firm to his principles . Tho reporter says : — "I maintained the condemnation against all those who refused to pledge themselves to be faithful to your person and { government . None were pardoned , but those who declared that they accepted with gratitude the pardon granted them by the Prince Louis Napoleon , and solemnly engaged never again to act with the secret societies . " Does Louis Napoleon think , that when public men , statesmen , senators , generals , & c , show utter disregard for their oaths , that the peasants and workmen , with wives and children calling for them , who , to save themselves from transportation , ask pardon , will not , when the day comes , avenge themselves ? They had all previously sworn tobe true to tho Republic , and the words of the report absolve them , beforehand , from all blame if they break their present engagement , which " frees them
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from the impious imprecation which had been torn from them with a dagger before their eyes , in the dark . All this is very fine . But the oath to be true to liberty , todefendthe sacred cause of Democracy is an oatbfrom which no subsequent declaration can absolve them . And thus these " pardoned men" have a fixed residence appointed , with the Cayenne before their eyes , if they leave it with a pass-port pompously indicating that they were persons pardohed by the Prince . , _ ., ... - . M . Gnstav Verdun Lagarde , one of the exiles oUhe 2 nd December , has just died at Brussels . He has left 100 , 000 francs to found a school of Agriculture in his department , the Lot et Garonne . This is one of the men sent to perish in exile by Louis Napoleon . . . , All the prisoners whose condemnations were maintained returned to prison , crying aloud " Vive la ftepuhliqite ! One thing is worthy of remark . —Those who most violently opposed and oppose clemency are the Orleanists and Legitimists . This should be a warning to the RepublicansAll are alike .
. . _ -Frt « , balls , dances , continue in rapid succession . The gang of adventurers who are at the head of affairs , and who Hip so largely into the coffers of the state , are spending money in the most reckless manner . Yesterday , dinner at the Luxemborg ; on 4 he 8 th , ball at the President of the Corps leowfotii / e ; baH and / e < e at the Champ de Marrs , . on the 10 th and 11 th ; grand ball in a few days on the occasion of the marriage of that consummate scamp roue liahnde Persigny with a grand-daughter of Marshal Ney . ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE . Some leading Legitimists and Orleanisf . have refused to take the oath of fealty , so also have ih \ unals of commerce at Erreux and Thiers . About 250 political prisoners under sen \ . f * . * nsP ? f tation were embarked on the Requin , at Ct . n the -oth ult . and on the next day 150 more left by i ! , r «
, Lieutenant-Colonel Mouton , on half-pay U " 'ifantry regiment , who has been for some time con ; / bt . i . o for political reasons , was last week sent to Brest , under an escort of gendarmes , to be transported to Algeria . # Incendiary fires appear to bo upon the increase in tee departments , especially in tbe Loirefc and Haut Rava . In many recent instances large tracts of wood have been conawaed , aud . villages have been halfdestroyed .
GERMANY . Berlin . — The Legislative sitting on the 28 fch ult ., in the Second Chamber was an important and decisive one . The President of the Council presented a royal message , which demands from the Chambers tho abrogation of Articles 65 and 08 of the constitution , and that from the Vfcn of August the formation of the First Chamber shall depend solely on the King . The agitation caused by the reading of this message was so great that it was impossible for some time to hear what the different speakers said . The impression that it produced was such that tho proposition to change Articles Si ? and < 32 ot the constitution , with a view to placing further restrictions on the vote of the budget , was rejected by a large majority .
ITALYNAPLES . —Death has taken away another of the wretched instruments of the Neapolitan government . The too celebrated president of the Criminal Court , Navarra , died on the 22 nd ult . His sufferings were -extreme . He first sniffed blood inj' 99 , from which period he had shown a savage satisfaction in condemning political offenders . The Neapolitans look , upon his painful death as a visitation of divine Providence . It is generally believed that Morelli , another perverfcer of justice , will be , appointed to the post of Navarra , and then the state trials will be again resumed .
PIEDMONT . The " Piedtu / mtese Gazette" of the 27 th ult . gives the following account of a terrible explosion in the powder manufactory , at Turin . It toojarpfaqe at three-quarters past eleven a . m ., at tho moment when the workmen were going away . The explosion was caused by the spontaneous combustion of a mixture intended for mining powder , contained in an open vat . This was observed by tiro men \ tho were on duty at the machines , and they saw the fire communicate itself to two graining cylinders , which contained together 5 , 000 kilogrammes , thence to a mixture of . 2 , 000 kilogrammes ready for graining , and , lastly , to 3 , 000 kilogrammes spread out to dry in the open air . The explosion of this mass set fire to a small magazine containing fine gunpowder , and to another containing 10 , 000
kilogrammes of mining powder . Meanwhile a sergeant , named Sacchi , seeing that the largo magazine , containing 40 , 000 kilogrammes of gunpowder , was in imminent danger , boldly sprang forward , and snatched an ignited blanket away , which would undoubtedly have caused the magazine to explode , had it been left there a few seconds longer . By this time succour arrived , and the fire engines began to play . The Duke of Genoa arrived on the spot , and gave the necessary orders to Major Delia Rovere , of the royal artillery , who accordingly assumed the direction of the necessary operations . The King and the Prince de Carignan also arrived shortly after , animating the men by their presence . The number of persons killed was fourteen , and twenty-one were wounded . They were crossing the canal at the time to go to their meals , whey they were overwhelmed by-the fragments which fell in all directions .
EGYPT . According to a letter from Alexandria dated tho 22 ud , received in Paris , the Turco-Egyptian difference is settled , Abbas Pacha submits to the Tanzlmat , but is allowed right of life and death for seven years .
INDIA . THE EXPEDITION AGAINST THE BURMEESECONFLICT WITH HILL TRIBES-GREAT HAIL STORM-EXECUTIONS . Bombay , April 3 rd . —The force destined for Burmah , after many delays and apparent changes of purpose , has at length got under way , and while wo write ( April 2 nd ) has probably all , or nearly all , arrived at Moulmein , its appointed place of rendezvous . By the time this reaches the English reader the work of destruction will probably have been completed , and Rangoon and Martaban , and not improbably Prome itself , be in ashes . Our extreme north-west frontier continues to be disturbed—as highland borders are always apt to be—by forays of the hill men . On the llth a force of about 2 , 500 men , consisting of the
1 st troop 1 st brigade Dorse Artillery , under Captain Baldwin ; head-quarters and 600 men of her Majesty ' s 32 nd Regiment j a wing of the 29 th Regiment Native Infantry ; the whole of tho G 6 tk Regiment Native Infantry ( Goorkas ) , the 15 th Irregular Cavalry , and a company of Sappers and Miners , left Peshawur under Sir Colin Campbell for the Eusufzlie . On tho 20 th they are said to have been attacked by the enemy : the fighting is stated to have hare lasted three hours , when tho hill men were beaten off . Tho loss is said to have been considerable on both sides—100 killed and wounded ; wo have no further particulars . India is itself generally tranquilsettling indeed into a stato of somnolence as tho hot
weather draws on , Betwixt tho ICfch . and 25 th ult . there seems to have been a series of atmospheric disturbances all over the country . Hail fell at the former of these dates at Randy , in Ceylon , about the size of beans ; near Bangalore , and in the Deccan near Hydrabad , the hailstones were in the latter case the size of small oranges , about two inches in diameter , oval like an egg ; and hailstorms were frequent , and rain almost universal OVOr the north-west provinces and tho Punjaub . The Bombay newspapers continue as warm as ever on the subject of tho corruptness of tho subordinates of the secretariat , and the extreme misconduct of government in connexion with Tjavoda affairs .
The Criminal Sessions , which commenced on the 18 th , closed on the 23 rd . Tho calendar was heavy ; two of the prisoners were convicted of murder—one , a Malay , had stabbed several people , one of whom died of his wounds ; the other , a sepoy of the marine ; battalion , shot a low caste man at Sion Fort , who had abused him grossly , and immediately surrendered himself , . confessing the act , which ho would not allow to be criminal , as ho said tbo man deserved death for abusing a soldier while on duty . Both were executed on Monday last , on a new drop , the first used on this sido of India , on tho European piau . A married women , of 22 years of age , at Poonah , nursing an infant , has just been convicted of murdering a child , five years old , by cutting its throat from car to ear , for tho sake of its ornaments , valued at IS * . She has been leftfor execution .
THE KAFFIR \? AR . By tho sbip Agincourt , wo have received intelligence from the Capo to tho 10 th of March . Sir Harry Smith was to have taken tho field on tho Sib , inst . in person . A considerable number of Burghers were expected to join . He had heard of hia removal , but it had not altered his plans . The news from King William's Town is to the 27 th of February . The British were waging a war of devastated , buraig the villages and destroying tho crops of tho Kaffirs . A considerable number of Kaffirs and Hottentots had been slain . . r—'
Amuval Op Merchant Snips I.\ The Thames....
Amuval op Merchant Snips i . \ the Thames . — On Monday and Tuesday . 3 C 1 vessels of all classes arrived in tho riysr , and were entered at the Custom-house . Of t his number 100 were from foreign and colonial ports . The re * mining 192 vessels were colliers and coasters .
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UNITED STATES . OUR AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE . KOSSUTH'S PROGRESS-PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS-INCREASE Ot MORMONISW , < fcC (^ rcoi our own Correspondent . ) „ ,. „ . ¦ New York , April 21 , 1853 . lo day the royal steamship Africa will leave this port ior Liverpool , and as my last was forwarded by the Boston « ^ er } T 7- . , . recei ™ rem * of a full week ' s „« , £ ! \ intoll'genco and occurrences , " -those awful '7 ZtV ° you 7 aoild « m Spring Rice , whom your arieto-Scte oTtSsrsl ^ MoateagIeerewhlle voS /^ nrrP ° ^ en ^ nustb ° g ^^ youv read ers , and i ^ rnStt I WI " 8 iv ° . him credit for not making ¦ more prominent than the occasion ma , desorve , any incibn ?^ Sfn H' £ S / najr , tranSpire on t } <* S " he ItLtlc , but judge as a denizen of your own , the Woi > or imnort of In the first place , then , sir permit be to disabuse the British public of a fallacy that has been loudly ' proclaimed ^
by a certain portion of the Press here , that Louis Kossuth has sunk m the estimation of our citizens , or that there are in reality less zeal and genuine enthusiasm , if you will than when he set his foot first upon our shores , it is true that we have moderated the form of our expression , but only to take a more tangible and substantial shape ; and the groat Magyar " is not far out when he " calculates" that the " almighty dollar" he has twitted us about , will yet work wonders oven for him and his countrymen . So much , by way of preface , was due , in order to bring fairly out a grand and admirable display which the people of Trenton and Jersey City have made , throwing into utter insignificance all the displays which perjured presidents or pampered ecclesiastics have made to impose on the oredu * lity of mankind . Here , there was a voluntary homage to the real nobility of nature—there , you have , at best , but a hypocritical submission to a forced ovation . And 1 feel quite assured that the people of this republic will respond with all the earnest zeal that characterises their nature tO the sentiments which the noble Kossuth uttered both yesterday and the day before
Persecuted , " said he , " at Trenton , on Monday , by Christian ' emperors , who arrogantly claimed my life , I , a Christian tooi was protected by a noble Turk against the blood-thirstiness of Christians . Bat Mahommedaii hospitality wasconverted into a prisohhy UlHSUan diplomacy , and strange to eay , the first exiled Governor of Hungary restored to its ancient iiidepeudenco , was thrown back » prisoner to fav Asia , into the" noighbonrhood of that very place whence more than a thousand years ajto the first chief of the Magyars started in lead of his'peoplo t " 6 seei ; a neW home in Pannoma . And ^ still move wc-aflerfn ) , tbe Star Spangled-Banner , of America went orer to Asia to take , in spite of all despots , out of his prison , the exiled Magyar ; and he who one day before had emperors forhisjjaoler , was the following day a free man , because the RepHbhcan flag waved over hUtund , and the yowog Eagle o £ America was hoyenng over bim . Ho was still an esile , poo * and powerless , but the stars of America cast- a lustre of
iiupB arouna mm , and millions of different climates , of oitterent races , hailed the powerless exile with a spontaneous outburst of sympathy and confidence as never yet a triumphant conqueror was hailed , and despots began to tremble at this shout as if they smy already the forecast shadow of their approaching doom . And thus came tho poor exile to your shores * tne harbinger of the expectations of all who are oppressed , and look for consolation up to the high-soaring Eagle of America , In coming to America I was entrusted to hear with mo tho pvayers and expectations ot Europe-in leaving America I must bear an answer with nie millions look for that answer with anxiety ; one wordless than upon what we may with certainty rely might cause despondency ; one word more might cause incalculable misfortune . I go out m quest of danger with m much longing as erer a lover in quest of hu bride . Were it my danger alone , y 6 u would see a cheerful carelessness upon by brow ; hut where the Wood
, where flu ! future of nations is at stake , there is an immense responsibility ; I must calculate every chance , and weigh every elexa cave ? V ° ? mwtahe on my part can bo the ruin of millions . Therefore 1 plead no more ; it is the verdict which I claim . If you feel and think no more as you felt and thought four months ago , well ; disclaim the manifestation of your sympathy . A mournful sigh may slip from my lips , still I will bear it with manly heart ; But if you still feel and think as . before , then I entreat you most fsrvently , act accordingly , don't delay to do what in your generosity you intend to do ; remember that the hour is running fast and the judgment draws near , lien should prepare in time to meet tho opportunity which every moment's ebanco may briny . There is no anguish like that expressed in the words , 'Oh . hadl been
prepared . ' " The timely declaration of the direction in your country ' s future policy would alter the combination of our enemies—the withhold ing of that declaration would strengthen them—your private aid would enable me to accomplish our preparations and to maintain that which already is done—tbe refusal of your aid may leave unprepared to profit by whatever opportunity . " It will bo a sad fate to see America forsake tho triumph of Freedom and . Republicanism on earth , and look ewelessly at the continual encroachment of all overwhelming despotism . There would be a doom for all your humanitv—for your own future , also , in that carelessness . Still , I declare before God and man , even that sad fatality would not make us falter in oar resolution to die or be free . ' ?
It may answer very well for your Press in Europe , as a large portion even of our own does , to burke the speeches and cushion the numerous assemblies which are made and held in reference to tho cause of Hungary ; but not all tho scribes in the universe could now undo by tbeir writings the deeds that the Magyar has achieved by his eloquence : lie is soon to quit our shores ; but ho will ' have left behind him— A name—a word of fear , "Which tyranny shail quake to hear . 2 vothing could exceed the enthusiasm of the people of Sow Jersey , while Kossuth yesterday described how ,
The unnamed demi-gods of tho Hungarian peoplo fought like heroes and died with a smile on their lips , and tyrants trembled and the purple seat of despotism qunked . Then came Russia and treachery , and I am an exile and my country is fettered with heavy chains ; but wo are not broken . ( Applause . ) That is my story , and that is all for the past , and once more I will lead my people and my people will follow me inthe high face of heaven to fight over the battle ior freedom once more . ( Applause . ) But we would have / airplay , and we would have something more sharp than our nails to faght with- ( applause ) -for fatherland and humanity . And fair play will assuredly bo secured whenever the struggle comes , for Russia will this time find that intervention , like war itself , is a game " that were tho people wise
fcmgs would not play at . The Miscellaneous News I have to forward by this opportunity must be compressed , liko our bales of cotton are , into the smallest possible compass . That grand source of almost endless debate , the printing for Congress , has been settled by a compromise—the joint committee having given the Senate work to the Republic , and tho Assembly work to the Union . Nice job , altogether J About 100 , 000 dollars a year for each—fat , as your compositors term it , and no great trouble : for example , tho President ' s message , which is in every postmaster ' s hands throughout the union , ready for issue when tbo electric telegraph announces that the document is first received in Congress , is really not delivered by the printer to Congress itself until some days afterwards .
Beyond the passing of the Printing Bill , there has been nothing done . in . Congress since the last steamer sailed worthy of notice . Many petitions have been presented . for an incveased allowance to tbo Collins lino of steamers , but as yet without effect . It is , however , looked upon as a contest between this country and England for maritime supremacy , and there can bo little doubt the vote will alU « mately be obtained . The ([ distance between St . John's , Xewfoundland , and Galway in Ireland , is only about 1 , 650 miles ; from New York to Liverpool the distance is more than 3 , 000 . Now , tho telegraph from Galway to London being announced for completion this year , the authorities of Newfoundland have granted thirty years' exclusive privilege to H . B . Tibbatts and associates for working a submarine telegrapafor fortyeight miles , and the remainder by land . Thus , an ocean steamer may make the voyage from noint tonointinfiva
days , and by tho telegraph london and New York , or even New Orleans , will be brought certainly within half tho present distance as measured by time . The Mormons are making great headway . Almost inconceivably so . Without the addition of a cent to any man ' s taxes , tho total Amount received in 1851 was more than double that of 1850 , and the territory now extends a distance of 350 miles in one direction , while companies are being formed for carrying settlements both east and west . Amidst tho large mass of material work which America has to accomplish , you will wonder to hear of a publication issuing from our Press here , more adapted to the mysticisms of the old German school of philosophy and the
Kantean metaphysics , than to tho work-a-day world which ia pressing , crushing , and jostling all onwards " to California or Connecticut . " But a Mr . Henry James has come out with a work of tho character I have described , aud for your perusal I forward some extracts that may probably be read with interest in Europe , whenever you have space to devote to their insertion . You will . see that the writer maintains " the essential life of man to bo identical with the life of God , or , in utter words , tho power which nature obeys is the same which constitutes the essence of humanity , God ( says be ) is in truth essential Man ; he dwells in every soul of man as in his solo tabernacle ; a veallv infinite power vivifies man , and forms his vital solf-hood . ' "
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Royal Mamonette Theathe . - " The Arcadian Brothers ; or , tho Spirit of Punch ' was the title of another-when aro wo to have the last ^ -burlesque upon tho eternal" Corsican Brothers , produced on Monday at this mimic establishment . The brothers m the present version are-Mr . Punch of London , and M . Charivari at Paris . The latter has been lulled under tho direction of French despotism : tho brother feels the pang m the orthodox manner and determines to avenge him . The revenge , wo arc informed by tbe bills , anticipates actual occurrences by five months . Punch persecutes the despot by making fun of him , and eventually , when things in Paris are at their worst—for the Emperor —jays him low for ever with ono stroke of the pen . Such is the material of the piece . "With regard to tho acting , all we can say of tho President is . tbat he is more steady on his
legs than ho deserves to be ; that M . de Morny is very appropriately wooden ; and that the great Scribe is within sight of tho audience for at least half an hour without being seen to write a drama—tbe only unnatural trait which we noticed throughout . For tho rest , tho indefatigable M » Hugo Tamp was announced as the author ; and our friend M . Albany Brown announced the piece for repetition , amidst most hearty symptoms of satisfaction . We should not omit to mention that the piece was written in verse , and was sufficiently satirical with regard to the President and his doings to gratify a very patriotic audien ce . Br . jir is May ! -On Sunday afternoon the north western portion of the metropolis was visited with a heavy storm of wind and rain . Between the showers the wm Ml £ largo flakes for some minutes . fl lvu ia
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08051852/page/1/
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