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i THE NORTHERN STAR. June 14, 1851.
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I The Northern Star. June 14, 1851.
i THE NORTHERN STAR . June 14 , 1851 .
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t-KA . MJB . \ Y 1 What may he ternml tho private rehearsal of the . ijiiecepwcft which will > hortly have C « i he performed in nrabl ' pnM ' c—the tiehate an inn revision of the constiluidon-tion—came off on the 6 . h inst . in lhe bureaux of las las Assembly « ith closed doore . It is ytrobabb-Ifaat that very neatly all that can he said for and against kk nua measure which will be brought before the Assembly * My shortly was said on that occasion . The result of lhe 'the voting , incomplete onl y in one instance , may Kuidsuidc us in forming an estimate of that on the de-Siat < hate which will soon take place in presence of the
rpub' public within the walls of the Chamber of Representtatiitatiws . In these fifteen sittings , all held at the samsame moment , tbe members of each parly who sspo' spoke expressed their opinions without any more reiser serve than will perhaps be observed on a *« M m >[ 1 - jsob solemn occasion . Several of the Le _* iiin > i » t > declared iths that thev would not vote for the revision unless it we were effected in the iuterrst of the monarchical pri principle , as understood by them ; and they bo do doubt gave a foretaste of whit they intend to do
ag again bv swelling the numbers of lhe advsiiaries i > t re > rsvisfonofany kind . S . » uie ammigsi tlitiu alio iu « k thi their position on the ground of divitis right . The M Mountain maintained the necessity of the repeal o = th the law of tbe 31 st of Slay ss the indispensable prelii liminary to any sort of revision . The President of th the Republic was also roa 4 e the object of severe co comment , and the speech at Dijon was especially al alluded to by the former Minister of the Republic—111 M . de Falloux . He was warmly replied to by M . L Leon Faucher .
The repeal of the 45 tb article , which interdicts tl tbe re-election of the President , was proposed , and si supported by several members , particularly M .
Bineau . Tbe following ia tbe resume of the' Constitut tionnel ' : —* The number of voters , as ascertained ] by tbe definitive ballots , does not much exceed 550 . . A considerable number of members , belonging for 1 the most part to tbe Legitimist section , and some > o the Orleanist parly , abstained . In the fourth committee , for instance , M . Jules Tavre , who carried his election over M . de Kerdrel only by right of seniority , was indebted for bis nomination to the -votes of MM . Creton , and de Larochejacquelin , and to tbe abstaining of MM . Jules de Lasteyrie , De Remusat , and Changarnier . General Cavaignac
succeeded in tbe 12 th committee over M . Bineau , in consequence of the abstaining of a certain number of members , among whom we remarked M . Thiers . 31 . Charamaule was returned over Count Hole in the 14 th committee , in consequence of tbe abstaining of M . Barchou de Penliouen . The choice of fourteen committees is alone known . The election of the lath was adjourned to Saturday . There are nine of tbe commissioners returned in favour of the revision , with different views , viz , — MM . MoutaIernbert , Moulin , Dufour . deToequevttle , Berrever , de Corcelles , de Broglie , de Melon , and
Odilon Barrot . Five of the commissioners are absolutely opposed to any revision , viz , —MM . Jules Favre , de Mornay , Charras , Charamaule , and General Cavaignac . The revisionists obtained only a soajjritj of sixty votes . The presence of so many Moatagnard members ia tbe commission is calculated to tender tbe discussion more violent , and to delay their resolutions . The Red journals already sing victory . This neither surprises nor disquietits . The question at its first appearance presented itself with difficulties which appeared insurmountable . "We are new confident tbat these difficulties will diminish every day . '
Since the above was written M . Baze has been elected commissioner by the loth bureau , which adds another enemy to revision . On Thursday last II . Leoa Faocher presented in tbe Assembly a bill for continuing to the government , until June 1852 , the faculty of suppressing clubs . Murmurs from the Left made known the democratic objections to the bill . The minister read the statement of motives , and insisted upon the necessity of not allowing those nests of agitation and anarchy to be re-opened , unless they wished w have to contend with an armed
insurrection . ( Murmurs on the Left . ) He demanded ur-, gency for the bill . The demand was opposed by il . Pierre Leroux , who said tbat by consenting , the Assembly would only merit anew the reproaches of the President by acceding with alacrity to the measures of repression proposed by his government , while they retarded his projects of justice and relief towards tbe suffering classes . ( Various movements . ) M . Chaper said that he was present at the banquet of Dijon , and tbat M . Pierre Leroux had misquoted the words of the President . ( Fresh noise . ) Urgency was adopted .
Lamartine administers , in the' Pays , ' a dignified rebuke to tbe republicans for applauding tbe speech of General Changarnier , as if those representatives who had confronted tbe real dangers of May 15 th and June 23 rd had need of the patronising assurance of a military officer that they might deliberate in peace . One most needs blush for tbe republican assembly that , in its anxiety to be re-assured against imaginary count d ? etat , conld with
enthusiasm catch at the sort of order of the day which closed a speech fitter for a camp than a tribune . Humiliating and deplorably puerile are these prostrations before a military uniform , which denote an entire absence of the masculine virtues and severe dignivy of men who honour military talent and courage in the field , bat who respect in themselves the character of citizens and representatives . Sucb is the substance of this deserved reprimand .
Tubsday . —The committee on revision met to-day to constitute itself . The Duke de Broglie was chosen president , and M . Moulin secretary . A subcommittee , consisting of MM . Baze , Charras , de Melon , de Corcelles , and Dufour , was appointed to examine the petitions for revision . The committee of the budget adopted to-day a resolution which has been long threatened . It proposes the suppression of the grants to the Italian Opera , and to the Odeon Theatre . It has also decided on a redaction of SOO . OOOfr . on the aid to refugees .
M . Eugene Forcade , Editor of the ' Mestager , ' and distinguished by the virulence of his attacks tipon tbe Elysee , was tried to day for an article attributing an order to the Minister of War for the marching of several regiments on Paris . He was condemned to three months' imprisonment and 500 francs fine . The gennt was acquitted . "Wsdnesday . —The following proposition was yesterday laid on the bureau of the assembly by M . Cre'on : — 1 . Tbe Assembly expresses a wish that , at the expiration ofthe Legislative Chamber , a Constituent Assembly shall be convoked in order to proceed to the total revision of tbeconstitulion of 1848 .
2 . In expressing a wish for the total revision , tbe legislative Chamber understands tbat the powers of tbe Assembly of revision shall be unlimited , and that that Assembly shall definitively establish tbe bases of the government and of the administration of the country . In consequence the National Constituent Assembly shall be in the first place called on to decide between tbe republic and the monarchy . 3 . Ia the event of the republic being confirmed , the Assembly shall decide whether the Legislative power shall be delegated to two Assemblies ; and whether the chief of the executive power shall not be elected by the two Assemblies united . ' 4 . In the event of the monarchy being adopted , the Assembly shall draw op and promulgate a conatitational charter , the observance of which shall be
sworn to by tbe Chief of the State on his ascending the throne . The Assembly shall then proceed , in the plentitnde of the powers which shall have been delegated to it by the French people , to point out the person who shall bs invested vrllh the mouaicbical power to transmit it hereditarily . *
GERMANY . . A letter » toed "V ienna , May 30 th , says : — « There U no news from Olmutz of a definite character , though , trom the importance of tbe subjects likely to come under discussion there , the eves of all Gernan , are turned in that direction ; and not a step Will , or can . be taken at Frankfort till tbe result is known . GeneralH ^« . « deed , fnrnbbestbeonIy eabject of interest . He is one of those uafortunate gentlemen who are always getting thems fSS
that , tVIing himself much distressed tbat no inrita tion from tbe court to Olmntz bad reached him he * thought proper to go without one ; and the next day it was whispered tbat tbe hero had received rather a summary order to return . The reason given for this is tbe soreness of feeling between bim and tbe Russian General , Paskievifch . The public , interested in Austrian affairs , will doubtless recollect the sharp correspondence that took place between these warriors daring the Hungarian war .
Now that the Diet in Frankfort is really opened , and its deliberations begun , tbe' unanimity or majority' question is beginning to be the subject of most Mruuaied discussion in the German papers . The journals in Aha Austrian interest are the attacking
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partirs . They endeavour to throw ridicule on the idea oi a minority of stuill states obstructing what tlifly call ( he national policy of the fatherland . Hesse Cassel , though a small state itself , is foremost in fighting the battle of Ausiria . This , under present circumstances , is easily accounted for ; if , however , thc vein which the unanimity voting g ives to the small states were abolished , all thesi ; states would be obliged to act as H .-s » o Catsel is aeilng now : that is , they would be obliged to i » iace iheiusetva * immediately nnderiht . prot « ci < ir * hi | iof * » great power , —ei ther of Austria or of 1 'rttssia .
TIib revival of « ha provincial and district diets simply by a government edict continues to lift ihfc eu < rtt » iug subject of conversation in paiuu' & l circles it Yisriin , and , as far as lhe new press latv ( which is in * ( at ) v , iii safely permit , of public discussion . This rerisal is said t « he merely tcui | iurary and provisional ; that iu atueiijiiiicy has arisen from the fact that this yimeiude orduuny , which divides l ' rnssir iu ' . o parishes , ami | ir » viilc 8 the sufficient local » uib ' . » riues , lus m . . been carried into effect , and that the class and cia « itlsd Iucmiuq tax al > MiVn \ e \ y requ res iiuue such authority as the provincial diets to tit-. !> roui ; tit into operation .
buppiiMug , however , all this to be true , why was not the temporary renovation of these diets submitted as a motion from thc government to the Chambers whilst tbe Chambers were sitting . The Chambers were compliant enough to the will of the cabinet , and had the measure been carried by tbfcro , it would have at least been so far constitutional . But iis postponement till after the Chambers were prorogued , and then its realisation by virtue barely of a government edict , shows pretty clearly both tbe spirit which diciated it , andHbe purpose in view . Fresh instances of resistance to the new ordinances convoking tbe provincial diets occur daily , several of the Presidents having refused to take any part whatever in them . The Conservative press also has declared itself decidedly opposed to the measure as clearly unconstitutional .
M . de Westphal , Minister of the Interior , published , on tbe 15 th of May , a rescript , by which he restores the old system of representation by circles . This rescript makes some stir , but to comprehend its import it is necessary that one should understand the organisation of circles in Prussia , their position before and after the revolution of 1848 , and the changes which the rescri p t of Mavlatb has introduced into them .
The circles have almost as much territorial importance in Prussia as the sous-prefectures in France . Each circle is governed by a landratb , and by tbe side of this functionary is placed a kind of representation of the inhabitants of that circumscription with a deliberative voice on some , and a decisive vote on other administrative local concerns . This representative council of the circle is especially consulted respecting the distribution of the taxation .
Until 1813 this representation of circles was a feudal organisation ; it was composed of three orders—knights , burghers , and peasants . Such was the law that everywhere the knights had the majority , but the other two estates were subject to the law of itio in partei that is to say , they could demand that each of tbe three estates should vote separately in cases where the interest of one or the other too evidently preponderated . The revolution of 1848 seemed to have for ever destroyed all feudal organisation in Germany . Still more , when the Prussian government had recovered sufficient strength to octroy to the nation such a constitution as seemed to it good , it yet
thought itself compelled to declare in article 4 , "There shall no more be any privileged classes . " After having octroyed a constitution , the government likewise octroyed a new organisation of circles and their representation , abolishing at the same time tbe old privilege of estates and establishing a representation of people and interests . It is this new organisation that M . de Westphal has just abolished anew before it has once been put into force . According to the rescript of the 15 th of May , tbe old estates of tbe circle are to be
assembled provisionally to regulate the new income tax ; but no one is deceived as to the meaning of the resuscitation of the old feudal body ; and if one would cherish an illusion on the subject , it would not be possible with the jubkerfl' cries of joy sounding in his ears . Ia the re-establishment of the old estates of the circle , this party sees a commencement made for the reinstatement of the provincial estates , and the abolition ofthe constitution , with its representation of the people and of interests .
This latter means of resistance by a minority of the burghers and peasants against the majority of knights exists no longer , for tbe ministerial rescript ordains that to the sitting of thc revived representation of circles shall be applied the 18 th article of tho law octroyed June 3 rd , 1850 , which knows nothing of the regulation itio in partei , and makes the decision tarn upon the absolute majority . The minister goes still further . He has anticipated and provided for the possibility tbat the burghers and peasants may withdraw in a body from the estates of the circle ; in tbat case those present , be their numbers great or small , will have full power to determine all questions which may arise .
DENMARK . According to a leading article in the Augsburg AUgemeine Zeitung , ' Baron Pechlin ' s return from St . Petersburg , and Count Mohke ' s return from Paris , both unexpectedly , have caused it to be supposed that the plan of succession lately put forward by tbe Danish government , and according to which the young Prince of Gluckaburg , a child of seven years old , is to be proclaimed heir to the united monarchy , bas met with so favourable reception from either the Frentft or Roman cabinets . The retnm of Baron . Pechlia was so little expected , that the Minister of Foreign Affairs , M . de Reediz . bad but just left Copenhagen , on his way to Warsaw , when he arrived .
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIiV . The Flensbnrg correspondent of the ' Copenhagen Post' says , that in the sitting of the ' conference on the 31 st nit ., the Holstein notables put in a protest against the organic project of law supported by the government ; tbe Danish and Schleswig notables replied by a counter protest ; and it was rumoured that ia consequence the Holstein notables intended withdrawing from the conference .
BELGIUM . The President of tbe Chamber of Representative * has addressed the following letter to tbe members of tbe Chamber : — ' Sir , and Honourable Colleagues , —The Cabinet bas acquainted me tbat the modifications which ought to be introduced in the projects of law submitted and to be submitted to the legislature , do not permit bim to resume immediately tbe works which made bim desire that the Convocation of the
Chamber of Representatives should be delayed for a certain time . Therefore , availing myself of the latitude left me by tbe Chamber at the time of its prorogation I deem it advisable to fix the opening for June 23 rd . In consequence I have the honour of requesting your presence at the Palais de la Nation at two o ' clock on the 23 rd of this month . The following subjects have remained on the order of the day : —The law on petitions , tbe law on naturalisation , the budget of ways and means .
' Accept , Sir , and Honourable Colleagues , the assurance of my high esteem , 'The President of the Chamber of Representatives /
SPAIN . On tbe 1 st inst . M . Bravo Murillo , President of tbe Council , accompanied by all his colleagues , communicated separately to tbe Senate and Chamber of Deputies the Royal decree proclaiming the opening of the session of the Cortes for 1851 . The Chamber of Deputies proceeded ) nnder the presidency of its senior member , M . Certazar , to elect Us President . Tbe number of votes was 199 —M . Mayans , the Ministerial candidate , obtained 165 votes ; M . Olozaga , the Opposition candidate , 28 ; and M . Pacheco , candidate of the Puritans , 2 . Four blank tickets were found iu the urn . The Moderate Opposition took no patt in these preliminary operations .
It is stated tbat a deputation of three Portugese officers of the revolted garrison of Elvas presented themselves to the Spanish Captain-Genera at Badajoz , requesting his co-operation to put down tbe government at Lisbon . The Captain-General applied to the government at Madrid for instructions . The reactionary movement at Elvas is confirmed by Badajoz letters , which mention likewise that it took place in consequence of Count Das Antas , the
new commander in the Alemtejo province , a Septenv brisas or ultra-Liberal , having sent two officers of bis own political creed to assume the command of the garrison . It is said tbat tbe mutineers have forwarded a communication to Marshal Saldanha , to the effect tbat tbey bad joined him for the purpose of overthrowing tbe Thomar Administration , bnt that n vras never contemplated by them that the S ^ pcembnstas sbould . be called into office ot act . ve service . It is likewise said that the troops at Esetremoz had followed the example set by
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those at Elvas . Baron Rezende , a former aide-decamp of the late Emperor Don Pedro , ia supposed to head the insurrection . These letters also intimated tbat the movement of Elvas would probably be followed at Oporto , where the troops were placed under the commaml of Uaron de Bomfin , who is little liked by the army . Tho ' Kspana * observes , that although the
fortidcatuMis of Klvas had suffered considerably at the time of the retreat of the army of Masseiia , when part of them was blown up , yet the place is still tho most important in Portugal , being stronger mil than Badajoz , to which it is contiguous . All the . tow * tlie jr / wwiwaent of Lisbon can dispose , of would not be sufficient to reduce it . The Espana ' adds that , shortly before the insurrection of Saldanha , a branch of the Central Revolutionary Committee of London installed itself at Lisbon .
PORTUGAL . It appears by the last accounts from Portugal tbat the effervescene in the public mind at Oporto was such , that the French consul has demanded a ship of war to be sent there for the protection of his flag and of the French residents in that city . In cinsequence , the French government has ordered the Narval steamer to proceed there forthwith . It is said that the majority of the Miguelite peers have refused to accept the conciliatory decree , restoring to them their privileges . Only four , it is asserted , will enter the House of Peers by virtue of Saldanha ' s decree .
ROME . The ' Croce di Savoia , ' of Turin , quotes letters from Rome of tbe 2 nd , stating that General Gemeau has insisted upon the removal from Rome of Colonels Resta , Freddi , Nardoni , and Altai , of tbe pontificial . service . This presentation has caused , it would appear , great astonishment among the members of tbe Sacred College .
ADVANCE OF THE AUSTRIANS INTO THE PAPAL STATES . Telegraphic advices from Rome of the 2 nd of June received via Vienna announce the advance of Austrian troops into the Papal province of Spoleto . The intelligence is official , being confirmed by the' Wiener Zeitung' of the 7 th inat ., which mentions the movement as in course of preparation .
The 'Ltthographirte Correspondenz , ' also an official medium of publication , adds that the movement has taken place in conformity with a convention passed between the Austrian , French , and Papal governments . We cannot but receive this explanation with great suspicion . We do not hear of any diminution in the immense army which the King of Naples has assembled at Capua . Rome is exactly midway between Capua and Spoleto .
THE IONIAN ISLANDS . SUSPENSION OF ALL MUNICIPAL LIBERT * AND LAW BY SIR HENRY WARD . Sir H . Ward , during the last few months , secure in the approbation of all his acts by the Colonialoffice , and fortified by tbe resolution of the House of Commons not to grant a commission of inquiry into the causes of tbe universal dissatisfaction prevalent amongst all classes , bas proceeded from one unconstitutional act to another , until—losing all decency of reserve , and dispensing any longer with the vain mockery of pretending to rule the Ionians by the regulations of a constitutional authority—he has assumed every function of the state to himself , or the offices under his own immediate authority , and rules the Islands as despotically as ii he were their Czar by birthright .
The functions of tbe Legislative Assembly being abruptly suspended at his will , the Senate , chosen by himself , have power to issue ordinances , which until tbe meeting of tbe Assembly , have tbe force ol laws . This privilege , originally intended to be used only in exceptional cases of urgency , Sir Henry Ward now avails himself of it as an ordinary means of government , and directs the issue of ordinances one after the other which completely abrogate all the arrangements of the Ionian constitution . Tbe judges he suspends , or shifts from island to island ( a
removal equal to banishment ) at bis pleasure ; tbe act of petitioning against his line of policy is set down as sedition ; so much so , that numerous persons of the first rank and wealth have been held to bail for petitioning ; and the notaries who attested the signatures or marks of the peasantry and others who wished to express their opinions although they could not write , have been suspended from tbe exercise of their functions I A crowning act of tyranny has just been put in force by one ot these government ordinances , which is most monstrous .
The Constitution provides tbat if any of the municipal Councils exceeded their duties at any time , he may , with the consent of the Regent or Ionian officer appointed in each island by the Senate , and therefore by tbe Lord High Commissioner , who appoints the Senate suspend the members of the Municipal or District Councils from their functions . ThO Council may appeal to the Assembly ; but pending the appeal , which Sir Henry takes care shall not come on by keeping the Assembly always in a state of prorogation , the suspension remains in force . Tbe quibble on which Sir Henry Ward founds his measure is as follows : —He prorogues the Assembly ; his Residents , by bis direction ,
suspend the Municipal Councils , who , by offering to petition in their individual character , have , as he says , exceeded their office ; and then Sir Henry Ward argues that because their appeal cannot be heard , as tbe Assembly is not sitting , therefore , that the business of the district may not remain in abeyance , the Municipal Council must be regarded not as dismissed but surrogated : whereupon he causes an ordinance to be issued empowering the President to re-appoint other persons of his own choice , in place of convoking tho electors of the district to exercise their right to a new election . This last instance of the singular interpretation ofthe constitution by Sir Henry Ward bas alarmed
even the most tranquilly disposed , and has roused into remonstrance the most moderate portion of the liberal party , from whom , indeed , in many instances Sir Henry Ward himself has not been unwilling to seek advice . A protest , on this point , signed by the most eminent and influential men of the country , and members of the Assembly , bas been forwarded to the Lord High Commissioner . The protest is very temperately , but firmly , worded , and the names are those of tbe most eminent , wise , and influential citizens in the countrymen such as in England would be considered the heads of all parties united in one common remonstrance against a manifest violation of the constitution .
IMPORTANT FROM THE CAPE .-THE KAFFIR WAR . The screw ateim ship Sir Robert Peel , arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning at about eight o ' clock , from the Cape of Good Hope , which she left May 2 nd , arriving at Sierra Leone May 19 th , and sailing May 20 tb , St . Vincent on May 26 th , and sailing again the same day . It has brought home several passengers from the Cape and Sierra Leone , and a mucellaneous cargo , including some more beautiful animals for the collection of the Earl of Derby .
The following is from tbe monthly summary of operations on the frontier given in the Cape papers : —* Our last summary reported tbe Commander-in-Chief to be on his return to King William ' s Town , from an expedition in person to Fort Hare , —accompanied by Colonel Mackinnon and the second divi . ston , —which had been undertaken for the purpose of intercepting the Kaffirs moving on Fort Hare . This expedition consisted of a aeries of movements ' from tbe 18 th to tbe 20 th of March , amongst which was tbe repulse of the enemy , about 2 , 000 strong on the 19 b , and their flight into Atoatola mountains , mentioned in our last summary . On the 15 th instant , Colonel Mackinnon , with 2 , 500 men ,
including 100 C . M . R ., left King William ' s Town , for a patrol of six days . On tbe 16 tb , be divided his force into two columns ; the left commanded b y Colonel Eyre , 73 rd , taking tbe left bank of the Quibegha River ; the right , under Colonel Mackinnon ' s command , taking the right bank of tbat river . Captain Robertson having been sent forward with a portion of Armstrong ' s horse to reconnoitre , a skirmish ensued , in which Ensign and Adjutant Fletcher , of tbe 73 rd , fell ; and Captain Morris , of the levies , was severely wounded . The columns were several times attacked , but the enemy was always repulsed with considerable loss . At five ,
p . m ., Lieut . Colonel Eyre joined the ri ght wing , bringing with him 145 head of cattle . The loss during the day amounted , on our side , to one officer , one sergeant , and four rank and file . The estimated loss of the enemy is put down at 150 men . On tbe 17 th the patrol returned to Fort White . On tbe 18 th a supply of slaughter cattle was thrown into Fort Cos , and the troops began their return march , but met with no opposition . They reached King William ' s Town on tbe 19 th . In his official report Colonel Mackinnon speak ! hig hly of the conduct of the Cape Mounted Rifles , who have fully justified the confidence placed in them . To complete the account of this expedition we resume with the 21 st of March , when the
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second division , commanded by Colonel Mackinnon , maJcbed witb his Ex cellency at daylight on For Cox and thence to Fort ^ hite . A detachment having been sent on to scatter some stragglers , the enem show ed in greet force , and a general engaSen t commenced . In this affair the Governor mentions with much praise the conduct rf the mounted levies , who dismounted and gallantly at-35 The Kafflraontoot The enemy's fl , « was turned by an eminence being gamed by she 73 rd and detachment of the 6 th . Up to this point
thirtya seven Kaffirs had fallen , and several stand of arm had been taken . The enemy was pursued into the bush by the men forming Colonel Mackinnon s division and were totally routed . The troops reached Fort White two hours after dark . A day ' s rest beinir required for the men , no movement was made till the 23 rd , when , at three o'clock in the morning , they moved towards Fort Wiltshire ; 1 000 head of cattle were captured on the banks oftbeK eiskamma ; four men were killed and six wounded on our side .
On the 28 th of March , on the north-eastern frontier , there was a successful engagement with the Chief Morosi . No casualty occurred on our side and the enemy left 200 dead on the field . From the Tambookie country an account has also been received of a victory gained by Captain Tylden , Royal Engineers , in which the enemy 4 , 000 strong , was put to flight , leaving 300 dead on tbe field . The following was published at Cape Town on tbe day when the Sir Robert Peel left : — 'The frontier post arrived in Cape Town , at one p . m . yes terday , bringing the latest intelligence from the seat of war . Our advices from King William ' s Town are so late as the 23 rd , and ftom . Graham ' s Town the 26 th nit .
Communications from Butterworth had been re . ceived at head-quarters on the evening of tbe 23 rd , showing that the Chief Kreili had committed himself with the war party—and bad been personally engaged in conflict . Another patrol of eight hundred men bad been ordered out , for the purpose of foUcRiagup the lata awecwaw against tbe enemy . The remaining remount horses from Cape Town bad arrived safely , and were being distributed . The disarmed Cape Mounted Rifles were being re-armed and equipped ; the corps would amount to 260 men , which with 150 of Armstrong ' s horse , would enable the Governor to dispatch a strong force across the Kei—against Kreili if necessary .
Tone continued to send useful information , and reported that Mr . Gilfillan ' s commando ( Civil Commisioner Cradock ) bad marched from Shiloh on the White Kei , and severely handled Mapassa ' s Tam . bookies and some of Kreili ' s people , and were proceeding to sweep off their cattle . By reports ' from all quarters the Kaffirs were becoming heartily tired of the war . They would not be allowed to rest in tbe low countries , and , being driven to the Amatola Mountains , they would experience much suffering from the cold .
Information had been received through one of Kreili ' s great councillors , tbat the Gaikas cannot hold out much longer—tbat thirty of their great men had fallen , and that tbey could not count their inferior victims—tbat tbey are coming in—one man with four or five women , and two or three bead of cattle , & C . The Gaikas were in perpetual alarm , driving their cattle hither and thither , to the great injury of the milch cattle and calves .
A correspondent , whose information has hitherto proved to be well founded , states that he had received intelligence that Kreili bad endeavoured to oppose tbe Burghers and other forces at tbe Imvani , and bad been completely routed with considerable loss , having narrowly escaped with his own life . He had retired to tbe ' Great Place , ' and had called on the Fingoes in his country to join him ; but without effect .
Kreili , after his defeat at the Imvani , had been coquetting with tbe Missionary Station at Butterworth—desiring them to remain there in safety , & c , probably with a view to making out a case in his own defence , should matters continue to go against bim . Mr . Renton , a minister of the Scottish Secession Church , who had been deputed to visit and inspect tbe missions of tbat church in South Africa , had been very ill received upon his arrival at Graham ' s Town . The following particulars are related in the Cape Town Mail , ' which had been received from their correspondent at Graham ' s Town , dated the
Sth of April;— ' On Saturday evening ,. « scene of no very creditable character occurred in this town . It was known that the Rev . Mr . Renton was in town , and tbat he and Mrs . Renton had taken up their quarters at an Hotel , in Bathurst-street . As soon as it was dusk , a crowd assembled , and having constructed a rude transparency , showing the inscription , ' Extermination of the Rebels , ' and also made up a figure to personate the reverend gentleman , they paraded the streets with them for several hours and eventually remained in front of the hotel , where they proceeded to burn the effigy , and also several tar-barrels . Had it not been for the interference of
some of tbe respectable inhabitants , it' is to be feared much mischief would have been done . At this period of the evening some two or three stones were thrown , which broke as many panes of glass in the windows , Previously to the assembling in front of the hotel , the mob bad visited the house of Mr . Tudbope , having been informed that Mr . Renton was there , and had broken several panes of glass and one of the panels of his front door . After leaving M'Kenzie ' s hotel they went to the Rev . Mr . Smit ' s , bnt there did no damage . About twelve o ' clock , tbe crowd dispersed , and quietness for a time reigned in the streets ; but about two o ' clock ,
on Sunday morning , a number of persons again assembled , and demolished about twenty-five or thirty panes of glass in Mr . M'Kenzie ' s house , by throw , ing stones through the windows , which also did contiderable damage to the property within . The state of popular feeling runs very high against the missionaries said to be at all concerned in the events which have taken place at tbe Kat River , and of this the above may be considered as an index . On Monday the authorities were employed in investigating tbe affair , and many depositions were taken , but we cannot learn tbat any measures were adopted to prevent a recurrence of the disgraceful scene . '
UNITED STATES . The cholera has broken out in the west , and some deaths have occurred . No apprehension is enter tained of its becoming general . It is a very singular fact , which has only come to light within a few daye past , tbat the large slaveholders in South Carolina are almost without exception opposed to secession . The noise and clamour have been made by men scarcely owning any slaves at all . I must confess I was much astonished at learning this fact , but I draw from it the conclusion tbat tbe movement in tbat state it not one of the property holders , but of the demagoalies .
It is stated that there bad been a great riot at Hoboken , opposite the city of New York—a favourite place of resort in the summer . The Germans , it is said , were there in great numbers , celebrating one of their fatherland holiday ! . Excessive drinking led to difficulties ; a fight ensued , and great injury was done to individuals , as well as to property , before the affray ceased .
CANADA . The session of the Canadian parliament was opened on the 22 nd ult ., by the Governor-General , Lord Elgin , after the ceremony used in England upon such occasions . His excellency delivered the speech from the throne in the English and French languages . I t was general and guarded , and tbe address in answer to it excited very little debating in the house , and was carried without discussion .
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On Thursday last were opened tbe restored gallefies of the Louvre . Everybody knows that for years some of these splendid halls have been occupied by masons' ladders and heaps of mortar . At hut thc result of these labours is presented to the public ; and the magnificent rooms emerge richly clothed from tbe tangled and chrysalis web of scaf . folding and rubbish . The President was there , surrounded by ministers , generals , members of the institute , artists , and a crowd of the ornamental sex .
He spoke , but his discourse steered clear of all political allusions , and dwelt upon the fine arts , which be felt it was one of the important features of his mission to encourage and foster . The ceremony took place in the great square hall , where lovers oi the divine art have so often gazed with marvel on the immense Cana Marriage of Paul Veronse , and was prefaced by a speech from M . Leon Faucher . After the President had replied , and complimented the artists upon their courage and perseverance , be proceeded to bestow the commandershi p of the Legion of Honour on M . de Nieuwerkerke , the director , and inferior grades upan some other artists . The Salle des Sept Cheminces followed , with its
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magnificent frieze ; the gallery of Apollo , closed for fifty years , was restored to tbe public eye ; and last , the incomparable vista of pictures stretching away to the Tuileries opened its magical perspective , with a pure and equally diffused light , now streaming in from tbe roof . A burst of applause from the numerous spectators hailed this noble sight . A wealthy Englishman arrived at Aix-Ia-Chapelle a few days since with his family on a trip to the continent . As he bad made the same journey several times before , he was satisfied with the assurance that his English Ministerial passport required nothing more than the vise of the Belgian Ambassador . With this he arrived at Aix-la-Chapelle . Two police agents examined his pass , called him out of the carnage , and told him be couid not be allowed to proceed farther into Prussia
till he had procured the signature of the Prussian Consul at Malines . In vain tbe Englishman re ferred to his frequent former journeys , his ignorance of any new passport regulations , and undertook to obtain in Cologne tbe very best' legitimation . ' All was useless ; his family was sent on by tbe train , but he was kept by the police at tbe station . It happened that the next train brought tbe Prince of Prussia , who was on his return from England . The English gentleman without hesitation introduced himself to his Royal Highness , and explained bis position . The prince immediately invited him to take a seat in his train ; an offer , of course , thank * fully accepted . As he took bis seat , the Englishman appeared not to know whether to laugh or to be angry at tbe great contrast the sudden and extraordinary politeness of tbe police agents presented , compared with their former behaviour to him .
The * Piedmontese Gazette' of the 3 rd inst ., an . nounces that Queen Maria Adelaide was safely delivered of a Prince during the preceding night . Tbe Royal infant was christened on the 3 rd inst . in the Chateau of Moncalieri , and received the following names and title , Charles Albert Ferdinand Marie Eugene , Duke de Challais . The Queen-Dowager and Prince Eugene of Savoy Carignan held him at the baptismal-font , in the nane of the Duke and Duchess of Genor . The King of Sardinia has named Baron James de Rothschild , of Paris , a Knight of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazare . The Pope solemnly officiated in the church of St . John of Lateran on Ascension Thursday , and bestowed bis benediction on the French troops drawn up in the square .
It is stated that the negotiations pending between tbe Holy see and Sardinia relative to tbe ecclesiaatical question are not likely to terminate in a favourable manner . A duel took place on Saturday morning last at Versailles between the Prince de Canino and M . Rossi , the son of Baron Rossi , who was assassinated at Rome . Tbe duel was caused b y M . Rossi having lain in wait for the Prince , whom he struck in tbe face . After two shots exchanged severally at thirty paces and at fifteen paces , a profound expression of regret was offered by the Prince of Canino that he should have been supposed to sympathise in an act which he regarded with the utmost horror and disgust , and both parties shook hands .
An order has been issued for tbe Cbristian subjects of the Porte to serve in tbe Sultan ' s navy , a measure which had cansed great dissatisfaction among the Christian community . A letter dated Constantinople , May 25 th , says : — Mehemet-Ali Bey , one of the youngest sons of Mehemet Ali , late Viceroy of Egypt , bas arrived in Constantinople , and been well received by tbe Sultan . He will remain here to complete his studies . A letter from Aleppo says : —Youssonf Bey , who was civil governor after tbe revolt in this city , and who is considered as the richest and most powerful Arsih in the country , has just been arrested by order
of the Governor-General Mehemed Pacba ; he is to be sent to Constantinople , where an examination into his conduct will be instituted . This arrest bat produced a very salutary effect on the Arab population , and takes from them any idea of again disturbing the country . Youssonf Bey was the intimate friend of Abdullah Bey , who played such an important part during the disturbances , and it was thought bis immense riches would shield him from any proceedings . The imperial government , hewever , appears to be determined tbat , without distinction of rank in future , every one found guilty of being concerned in tbat insurrection shall meet with tbe punishment which be merits .
A duel with the small sword took place on Monday last , in the Bois de Boulogne , Paris , between Pierre Bonaparte and M . Nieuwerkerke , director of the Museum . The latter having been wounded in the thigh , the combat was closed , and the requisitions of honour declared to be satisfied . The' Voix du Proscrit' of the 7 th inst ? contains a democratic manifesto , signed by Mazzini , Ledru-Rollin , Darusz , and Huge , painting the progress of Europe towards republicanism .
The impunity oi crime in Spain exceeds all belief , ft is now ascertained tbat in one province alonetbat of Lerida , in Catalonia—the number of unhappy prisoners who have been put to death on the road , without form of trial , by their respective escorts , on the plea of attempting to escape , exceeds 467 , ever since 1848 , up to the 31 st of last March . Yet the' Clamor Publico' was recently fined - £ 200 for censuring the murder of nine of these unhappy victims .
A bloody collision has taken place between tbe sailors and Austrian troops stationed in Hamburg . Six men have been killed and a great number wounded , and tbe Hamburg Senate sits en permanence in consequence . A private letter from MontpeIlierofthe 6 th ' . inst ., states that a clandestine manufactory of gunpowder has been discovered at Pazenar . All the utensils used in the preparation of the gunpowder were seized by the police . Two persons who were at work at the moment were arrested . Negociations are said to be entered into between Holland , and Prussia , for a railway with Holland .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 14, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14061851/page/6/
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