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TRANCE . The directors of the ' _Socialiste' of Dijon has been sentenced to imprisonment for ihree months and t <» pay a fine of 1 , 000 francs for havmg published a seditious libel ; and the director of the Peuple' has beea _sentenced to imprisonment for sis mouths and to pay a due of 2 , 000 _fraucs for a similar offence . The chief editor oi the ' Courtier _Republicain' of _Langras has been sentenced to imprisonment for six ' months and to pay a fine of 2 , 000 francs for having published a seditious libel . Intelligence has been _received from Moiuhelaird ( Doubs ) , naar Besancon . staling ihat a strike has taken place amongst the watch and clock _maUeis of that town . No disturbance had , however ,
_occurrcd The ' directors of the ' -Journal des TJehats , " Can-Stitutionael . '* Presse , ' ' National / ' Siecle , ' Evenemeat' and' Republique' were on the 29 th fi -ed 200 francs each hy the Police Court of Paris for having published advertisements of foreign lotteries . The _con-ieauence of this conviction is that M . _Armand Berth and the other directors will be , under the new law , deprived of the electoral franchise . The three _judges composing the first chamber of the Tribunal »> f _Premiere Instance have just published their , _judgment in the affair of Allai :. It is of very great length , for it embraces all Ihe details of the _pretended conspiracj as revealed bv him , and
the _proceedings connected with it in the sittings of the Permanent Committee af the National _Ass-mldy . _These are _followed _1-y an account of ihe examination of witnesses , showing the impossibility of the facts stated by Allais , and also his owii confession of its being an invention . There are long details a 3 to the character of Alla ' s _, showing that be had been dismissed by _othsr _coramissaries for false report * , and was even in May of the present year prosecuted by tbe _Procureur of the Republic of the Tribunal of Chartres for a calumnious denunciation , and on this occasion M . Ton actively endeavoured to screen his agent , whose guilt , say the judges , appeared to be demonstrated .
Al . Creton ' s motion for the repeal of the laws affecting the Bourbons has beea adjourned . The fraction to which M . Creton belongs is very much annoyed at this result , wbich tbey ascribe to a manoeuvre contrived between M . Dupin and his political friend ? . Some members of tbe Mountain are believed to be equally disappointed at the adjournment of the motion , as it for the . present defeats their object of _dividing the parliamentary majority . One of them is said to have expressed a wish for the success of the motion , ' as io the event of any insurrection while the Princes were in France , the first thiug to be done by the Republicans would be to seize every member of the Royal Family . "When there are no longer any princes there would be r . o monarchy ia France .
M . _Guizot has published new editions of his Life of Monk' and' Life of Washington . ' Ia the preface to the new edition of the ' Life of Washington' M . Gaizot says : — ' The morel redact , the more I am _convinced tbat the Republic , a noble form of government , is the most difficult and the most perilous of governments . It is that which requires , from Providence , the most favourable and ths rarest circumstances , aud from _society itself the greatest accord , tbe greatest prudence , and virtue ; and it is tbat which , even at such a price , imposes on society the greatest triab and compels it to undergo tha greatest risks .
France undergoes at this moment , as * an unexpected experiment , and with a constitution which would introduce trouble -into the best regulated society , that form of government whicb America _received by its free choice , of its natural inclination , and by the unexampled situation that Heaven had created for it . Is the Republic , produced as it has been with us in February , 1848 , destined to be the same as the Republic of Washington ? Tbis is tbe question debated now . Tha Republic has been singularly favoured . In spite of its origin , opposed as it was to our taste , men of sense and of worth without distinction of banner have stood by it as a rampart for their
common defence and for that of society against the mutual enemies of both . It is in the name aud interest of the order it has destroyed tbat the Republic still las ' _s . It had no claim to such a chance . "Will it profit by it ? Will it know how lo practice with perseverance and energetic policy of conservative and social reconstruction ? France wishes it may be so . To prevent each day society from perishing is not sufficient to found a government . Society must be delivered from the daily fear of perishing , and the prospect of a long and tranquil existence must be opened to it . I speak not of liberty nor of glory ; still I hope tbat France will not learn to do withont either .
In the preface to Monk M . Gaizot gives an extract of a carious letter from . Richard Cromwell to Monk fifteen days only hefore the restoration of Charles II . ' That , 'says Richard to the General , ' you may he pleased to exercise your credit when parliament meets in ray favour in order tbat I may no longer be subjected to debts which neither God nor my conscious , I am sure , regards as mine . For , I have this confidence in you , tbat if I judge myself as little worthy of great things , you wiU not judge me deierving of complete ruin . ' The correspondent of the Times' is as usual full of reports as to ' treasons , seditions , and conspiracies , ' He says _;—
' Telegraphic despatches , received from the department of Ardeche , state that some disturbance , similar to tbat at Bourg St . _Audeol , was attempted in the small town of Argentiere , which has a population of about 2 , 900 , on the occasion of the arrest of a Socialist agent who had been implicated in the _lale affair . The person in question was arrested by the gendarmerie acting under the orders of the Sous-Prefect . He absolutely refused to accompany that functionary unless in irons . Every attempt was made to dissuade him , but of no avail ; and at length they were obliged to eratifvhim . As ' he
passed through Argentiere a mob of some hundreds attempted to rescue him . The _Sous-Prefect drew his sword and the gendarmes unslung " their carabines , and appeared determined to execute their warrants against all comers . On seeing that these preparations were in earnest tbe mob fled in all directions , and the ' martyr in chains' was conducted to Privas without any' further molestation being offered to the authorities . This district of the Ardeche , being the nest of Socialism , has given much trouble lately , and there is some intention of placing the department under martial law .
'Ten persons have been arrested at Gesnes ( _Meuse ) for having excited the mob to resist the induction of a schoolmaster lately appointed to the _csmmnne . ' The more exalted portion of the Mountain in Paris are endeavouring to introduce the demagogues of the provinces into masonic lodges in order to conceal their proceedings from the authorities . A few evenings since , at the moment the ' Thaboristes '
were deliberating on the terms of their circular , a number of revolutionists were received in a lodge at _Montmartre _, which had previously been gained over to the most advanced Socialism , and in wbich it is proposed to receive several of the ancient editors and directors of the' Voix due People . ' In a day or two other lodges are to proceed to similar receptions , which will have the effect of completely Changing the character of the masonic institution , if ihe elder brethren do not resist this invasion of
the vandals . The inferior conspirators wbo cannot think of entering masonic lodges , tracked as they are in all the localities in which they endeavour to establish their clubs , now meet in isolate parts of the suburbs with videttes placed round them . All these precautions , however , do not prevent the police from knowing what takes place in this new Champ de Mai , in which the cold weather is beginning to make ravages notwithstanding the ardour of conviction of the conspirators .
_< On tbe otber band , tbe majority of an old Legitimist club , not being ahle to re-open their former rooms , think ef banting the police by opening a ca fe , to be called the Cafe National , nnder the direction ef a limonadier Legitimist pur sang . It will be placed at the botton ofa courtyard , and frequented only bj the initiated . Tbis is not all . They expect to be able to form brigades , to be composed by ten men , each commanded by a chosen chief . The men of the brigades are to kHow all their chiefs , but not each other . The organisation is thus similar to that of the demagogic sections . " All theseendeavours are known to , and roost likel y will be defeated by , the police . ' The « Evenement' reports that the Society of the Dix Decembre is being reconstituted !
The club of the Passage de _l'Opera , where specalatere meet before end after the Bonne , is to be closed , and tbe crowd of persons engaged in stoekobbing who throng the _pamgea of the Opera , will
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be henceforth prevented from assembling there . A measure , itis said , has been taken in compliance wiih the request of the shopkeepers , who com . plain that ihe circulation and access of purchasers is completely stopped by the swarm of speculators in the Chamber . The report of the committee on the credits demanded for thc expense of the levy of 40 , 000 men ij rot popular . The Buonapartists complain louldy of the inuendoes which it throws out against the President of the Republic , and say that , from the beginning to the end , M . de Remusat appears to assume that Louis Napoleon has some concealed intentions .
The discussions in committee were long and very violent , especially on the subject of the formation of an array of observation . Tbe members of the committee opposed to the views of tbe Elysee disputed the right of the President of the Republic to make war , or even to form an army of observation , withont the previous consent of the Assembly ; and declared that , even under the restoration , Louis XVIII . and Charles X , never assumed any such extensive power _, as was proved hy what took place previous to the Spanish expedition of 1823 . Itappeared that Gen . de la Hitts did not defend the prerogative of the President , in regard to this matter , with the warmth and vigour expected of him ; and that Louis Napoleon has expressed his dissatisfaction . It is probable that the affair will he made the pretext for getting rid of Gen . de la Hitte , and for introducing M . de Persianv into the Cabinet .
From the turn in the affairs of Germany it is likely that the ministry will withdraw the demand for 40 , 000 additional troops . The Chamber was not in a very willing mood to grant the surplus , and _peacs being maintained beyond the Rhine , it will be impossible to prevail upon them to do so . It is said that tbe _Legitimists have coalesced witb the Republicans to procure a modification of the electoral law , and ofthe law on the press . On the
part of the Legitimists , MM . Dufougerais , _Nettement , and Laboulie have presented a proposition relative to proceedings against responsible editors of journals . According to this proposition no re _.-ponsihle editor can be prosecuted for an article published in his journal , unless it is unsigned , or has a fictitious signature , in which case be is to be responsible , not only for sucb breaches of the law , but also ior any offences wbich may result _Irotu the publication of the article .
Tbe man named Nestor _Pcullain , who was some time since arrested on a charge of meditating an attack on the President of the Republic during his visit to Strasburg , has just been condemned to two years' imprisonment for swindling several persons in thai city . He will , it is said , he shortly brought to trial before the Court of Assizes of the Aube , on the charge of intended assassination . The old Viseomte _d'Arlincourt , who , in his young days , when Louis XVIII . was King , was chief of tbe novelists of the cryin _** school , has recently eschewed novel-writing , and become devout , and , as the most _acceptable offering he could make to the Church , he published a series of libellous attacks
upon all the chiefs of the Italian Liberal party , which Tie called ' Italie Rouge . ' He thought he could indulge his malace with impunity , as those whom he attacked were exiles , none of whom were resident in France . Unfortunately for his lordship among the persons libelled was the Prince of Canino , whom the Vicomte endeavoured to connect with the assassination of Rossi . The son of Lucien _Bu-maparte immediately repaired to Paris and commenced an action for defamation against the Viscomte , who , however , never ventured to put anything like a plea of justification on the record , but endeavoured by every means in his power to sbirk
the contest . The action came on for trial on Tuesday , when the Court gave an elaborate decision , to the effect that , as great _allotvauce ought to be made ¦ u favour of those who treat of contemporary history and of men who gave up their public lives to discussion , so ought writers be held only responsible for attacks calculated to wound individuals in their honour and private character . Under all these circumstances , they thought that such a fine as would mark condemnation of the violation of the line so drawn would be sufficient satisfaction for the plaintiff . The Court then condemned M . d'Arlincourt to pay 300 francs fine , with costs , and to have the judgment inserted in a certain number of journals .
GERMANY . It appears that the belligerent powers have at last found a way out of their difficulties without fighting , or aoy open concession to each other . There is every hope that the moat dangerous point of the crisis is past . Though received at first with some incredulity , it is confirmed that the Elector of Hesse himself has , from motives that may be here * after more closely examined , made a proposition that must be almost equally agreeable to the Cabinets of "Vienna and Berlin . It is , tbat the troops of the Confederation should ba withdrawn from his territory , leaving him to settle the Constitutional dispute with bis Chamber and people . For this
purpose he will himself return to Cassel at the head of 2 , 000 or 3 , 000 troops , and restore matters to what they were before this lamentable outbreak . But these concessions from the resisting party may be preferred to the occupation of the land by the armies of the rival Powers , neither of whom care so much for the interest of the little Principality as fer their own relative positions in Germany . The Austro-Bavarian troops withdrawn , Prussia has no pretext for continuing her forces there , and they may be withdrawn without the awkward apology of a retreat on strategic reasons only . The proposition of the Elector was of course made first to the Frankfort Assembly as the regular organ to be
consulted , was approved hy that body , and its general acceptance of it sent to ' Berlin just in time to reach M . von Manteuffel before he left for Olmutz to attend the free Conferences . The Elector has a full right to demand the withdrawal of the troops , and tbe demand open ? a door of escape to both Powers from a situation tbat was becoming both threatening and dangerous . It is also known that the condition of the troops was getting worse and worse every day . No magazines of provisions had been prepared ; the roads are almost impassable ; Austrian paper money is in no repute in Hesse * or any where else ; the means of existence , were hecoming problematical .
The measure will be popular in Hesse : nay , the satisfaction at getting rid of requisitions , quarters , and other blessings of an army of occupation known only to the ' untaxed foreigner' ( all whose possessions , his patience included . ) are taxed in some districts to an extent tbat would drive Kent and Surrey into a rebellion ) , will reflect some degree of popularity on the Elector himself . Even the Constitutionalists , his opponents , are delighted with his decision , and have accepted it as an advantage . They will hail the withdrawal of the troops of both Powers
as a blessing ; in tbe first flush ol tbeir joy they have even circulated an address of congratulation to the Elector , expressing their hope that he will make his entry into Cassel as soon as possible . Whether the reconciliation is to bs purchased by the sacrifice of M . Hassenpflug is a point as yet only supposed ; hut it is by no means impossible . It is rumoured that after so much agitation and obloquy his health requires repose . It may be easily imagined tbat the Elector ' s decision has not taken either Berlin or Vienna by surprise .
The Constitutionalists are not pleased with the turn of affairs . They say that M . von Manteuffel is gone into the * enemy ' s camp ; ' tbat Prussia is betrayed ; and tbat a final concession will crown all the previous surrenders . The evacuation of Hesse by the Federal troops bas commenced . Nevertheless we are informed that the Prussian troops at Cassel and _Hersfeld are still being reinforced from Westphalia and Baden . The funds had risen slightly at Vienna , Berlin , and Frankfort in consequence of the possibility of an amicable settlement of the pending difficulties by the conference at Olmutz .
The Conference between the Austrian and Prussian foreign ministers , at Olmutz , appears to have terminated amicably . The Hesse difficulty had been previously disposed of , and on the Schleswig Hoistein question , Prince _Swanzenbers made several concessions . Plans for settling tbe questions , connected therewith , and for tbe reformation of the Germanic federation were discussed and agreed to be submitted first to their respective sovereigns , and then finally discussed at free conferences . These arrangements have , it is said , subsequently received the sanction of both courts , though troopi continue to be moved ia various quarters , and the tone of letters , from Berlin , is still warlike . Dresden is mentioned as the place of holding the free conferences .
SARDINIA . Signor Pinelli bas again been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin by seventy two votes out of 118 . Tbe 'Opinione , ' of Turin , Bays : — 'The inbabi tuts of the village of Sedilo , in the province of _Ora-Utio ( Mud ol Sardinia ) , headed by their major , a
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few days ago attacked the tax-collector of the province and the light dragoons who escorted him . The latter defended themselves for some time , but were ultimately obliged to retreat , after having spent all their ammunition . It is feared that the tax-collector and two dragoons , wbo are missing , bave fallen victims to their duty . General Alberto delta Marmora has left to-day for Sardinia , with full powers to restore order and enforce respect for the laws . '
ROME . The correspondent of the 'Daily News' says- — M . Louis Napoleon ' s gorgeous account of the _spledours of French arms and French diplomacy , in this part of the world , may sound very well at Paris , and suffice to gull those deputies whose gullibility , or bonne foi ( to give it a more delicate appellation ) , lays them open lo the effects of such astounding assertions ; lint for us at Rome , who have been spectators of the disgraceful course of French intervention from the very _begiufiing , and its subsequent deplorable results to the detriment of the lives , _propertiesi and liberties of Roman _subjects in general , it can only appear a shamefully barefaced statement , or an
excessively ludicrous and ironical one , on the part of M . le President , when he dilates upon the glory acquired in Italy by the French army , the destruction of _demagosjism , the restoration of the Pope , and the support afforded to his liberal intentions by the representatives of the French government in Rome . Any of these _clauses , save the last , one might have passed over , since Frenchmen csnnot be expected to form impartial judges when their own military reputation is atstake , nor can they know to what an extent dema _^ ogism has increased here , instead of diminishing , by their meddling ; the restoration of . the papal throne may likewise be , according to their _peculiar ideas of glory , a subject for congratulation ; but to
talk of their supporting liberal intentions , or to accuse the Pope of entertaining any , is really fro ? fort . The organic laws upon which the President lays such stress are mere pieces of mockery if regarded in the light of liberal institutions . The intention of concentrating all power in the hands of the government aud denying nil share of it to the people or their representatives , is evident throughout that Mr . Hely , Dr . Achilli _' s brother-in-law , whose arbitrary expulsion from the Raman States I mentioned in a preceding letter , has made application at the Foreign Office , in consequence of which an inquiry has been set ou foot here as to the cause of his expulsion , the police authorities replying , in
the most cavalier way possible , that he was never forced to leave at all , and that he might have reminded in the country had such been his wish . This denying the affair in toto is a most barefaced proceeding , especially as Mr . Hely ' _s passport , vised only for three days , and even laying down the line of route to be taken by hira , forms a sufficient document to the contrary . But the police is a slippery office to have anything to do with iu this country , as poor Signor Piccioni has full opportunity of experiencing , now that he lies in gaol , after having been nearly murdered by the sbirri , with the probality of being sent to the _gallies for having assaulted them ; forsooth , it is the old story of Sidrophel over again , tbe beaten one becomes the beater , and tbe lawyer makes a good job out of it .
The sbirri , after having formed a guard of honour to M . de Montalembert , have afforded a similar piece of service to the advocate Grazioli , who diid on Monday last , and whose funeral took place at the church of San Lorenzo , ia Lucina . As this advocate was one of the most merciless of the council of censure he was detested by the whole city , and it was apprehended that his dead body might ba hissed along the _Corso if carried without the escort of the sbirri . As it was , he did not escape the insult prepared for liim by some wags , who sent a _fellmonger to his palace with a cart , under pretence that there was a dead donkey to carry away ; tbe poor carter accordingly went in all simplicity , and inquired for the beast that had died the day before .
SPAIN . An account of tbe receipts and expenditure of the public revenue for the first six months ef the present year was distributed to the Deputies on the previous day . It appears by this account that the receipts amount to 2 , 867 , 051 , 875 reals , aud tbe expenditure to 2 , 760 , 189 , 6 S 7 reals ; the balance in the Treasury , on the lst of July , being 215 , 531 , 530 reals .
SAXONY . The extraordinary committee of the First Chamber has rejected the government proposition for revising the old constitution of 1831—an extraordinary circumstance , showing this Chamber to be more conservative tban the Cabinet , for the former , in fact , rejects all reforms , even those which the latter regards as requisite and congenial with the spirit of the times .
TURKEY . By the Levant mail , we have received Constantinople journals up to the 14 th . They prove the falsehood of the reports of the poisoning of the Sultan and the escape of Kossuth , for no later account than the 14 th could have been received when these reports were published in the German journals , and the silence of the Constantinople journals ia conclusive on the subject . Tbe differences which had arisen between the Prussian Consul at Damascus and the authorities of the town had been settled in conformity with the Sultan ' s orders , by the latter expressing their regret to the former in tbe presence of the Prussian residents and the cor _^ js diplomatique : The _« Llovd ' s ' of Vienna , of the 23 rd , says : —
' A letter from Constantinople , confirms what we have given respecting the flight of Kossuth , viz ., that it was an invention . The day of bis pretended flight , Kossuth was at Kurpahia in his bed , ill of typhus fever . A medical man of the garrison had been ordered by Solyman Bey to attend hira . '
THE DISTURBANCES AT ALEPPO . Austrian Lloyd ' s steamer , tbe Asia , whicb arrived at Trieste on the 25 th ult ., brings the intelligence that the disturbances at Aleppo have been completely suppressed , but after Borne 6 erious fighting . This intelligence says , that after three day ' s fighting , tbe rebels were routed , leaving 500 killed . The Governor-General had seized Abdnllah-Badelsi and fifteen of the ringleaders . The military lost seventytwo men . We have received the following account from a correspondent : — 4 Aleppo Nov . 8 .
' Referring to my last communication of the 29 tb ult ., I now beg to add that up to the 5 th inst . a certain agitation has continued to be apparent throughout the town , and we have constantly been on the qui vive , but still always respected by the insurgent party . On tbe 5 th , the Pasha having received considerable reinforcements of troops , caused Abdullah Beg and some other chiefs of the old _Jannissary party to be arrested , and immediately began to attack with artillery the suburbs of Bankussa , Kurlek , and Babilnerab . On Wednesday , the 6 th , and the morning of the 7 th , the town was bombarded from the castle and the barracks . Great Havoc has been committed on a part of the town , and on the insurgents , who defended themselves with much obstinacy during two days , but succumbed at last , and were crushed
without mercy ; the three above-mentioned suburbs were reduced almost entirely to ashes , with the usual accompaniments of pillage and revengeful violence . Tbe triumph of the troops is complete , and a great many arrests are being made among the Musselmans who took part in the late riots . The attack having been exclusively directed against tbe revolting suburbs , I am happy to say that not the slightest damage has been done to the quarters inhabited by the Christians , Jews , and Europeans . All these quarters were , moreover , guarded by troops , arid even by citizens belonging to tbe party of order . The insurgents were too busy in their owh defence to think of doing any further mischief , and providentially we have passed through the fierce and sanguinary ordeal unscatched .
« We cannot yet ascertain the number of . dead among the insurgents , some of whom effected their escape from the town . To-day all is quiet ; all posts are in the hands of the troops , and a rebel or a dis orderly person is nowhere to be seen . Commerce is of course suspended , and will long suffer from tbe effects of the late commotions . ' ,
INDIA . The first Bod of the East Indian Railway was turned on the 31 st of October . Apprehensions were entertained of disturbances along the Punjaub frontier , from Kohat southward . Lieutenant Pollock and past of Kohat force proceeded to reinforce the troops , when the disturbances were suddenly and seemingly unaccountably quelled . The latest advices state that the danger of an insurrection was over .
THE INSUR RECTION IN CHINA The province of _Kwang-si i _, a » present the theatre of a serious outbreak , bat whether on the nwt of the unsubdued tribe * or of the banditti who _££ u _lftVf * _* y * _« rfy wcertiined . _Tawo if at doubt , _bowoTOf i _tbti tup body _«
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men is in actual rebellion against the Imperial antborities , over whom they have obtained some important advantages . Recently , they haye taken the chief City of the Ho district , a place of great commercial importance bordering the province c-t Kwang-tuug on the north-west , the city being situated ou a _navigable branch of the Canton River . It is even stated , on Rood authority , that tbe rebels , 2 , 000 strong , have penetrated into Kwang-tung , and are wi . hin 100 miles of _Cat-ton city . The leader , who is named Li-ting-pang , has _assumed the title borne by the highest Tar ' _ar-geueraleand displays banners inscribed , < Commissioned
, bv _Htaven to exterminate the Tang ( tbe present _Manchu ) and restore Ming , the former Chinese dynasty . ' He is said to have under his command 50 , 000 men in all , wliich is probably an _exsggeralion . He and his fellow chief , Tsau , are Mid to assume great slate , and move about in Chansi wan four bearers . After a successful attack on _Kongninn , in the district of Sz-h * ui , the pawnshops were rifled , and 20 , 000 taels of silver were extorted from a rich inhabitant ; after which , ahout a hundred _cookshops were set up to provide lotd
for the band . It is further repoTled , besides some persons ot importance bavins : fallen in the fight , that the governor of the " province , and the chief magistrate of Woo-chau _, have committed suicide in despair ; but these " reports also require confirniation . The province contains many independent tribes _, who have never owned subjection to the present dvnastv and some of our readers may remember
that the fact of their being in arms against ( he government in the beginning of last year was spoken of as causing move apprehension _^ nd military preparations than tbe much agitated city question . The measures adopted by Sue for its suppression , or rather , perhaps , their want of nccess , have brought hira into disgrace , and caused him the loss of four steps ; and it is said two commissioners have been specially delegated from Pekin to examine into the state ofthe two Kwang provinces , and adopt such measures as they may find requisite . These commissioners are reported by the Chinese to be _A-Iih-tsung , a President of the Criminal Board , and Keying .
NEW ZEALAND . By an arrival from New Zealand we are in possession of a file of the ' Wellington Independent ' ( Port Nicholson paper ) to tbe 3 rd July . The colony appears to be tranquil , but the papers are filled with complaints of the Colonial-office , and with discussions about a constitution . A despatch had been published in which Earl Grey promises that New Zealand shall not be made a convict station . It will be remembered that the
settlers expressed themselves strongly on th : s point when a rumour once got abroad that convicts would be landed on the islands . A very strong feeling prevailed on the subject of the appointment of a ' Judge of the Supreme Court for the settlement of Otago . ' This appointment is said to be a mere Downing-street job . It is unhesitatingly declared that no judge is wanted at Otago , and that the revenue consumed in maintaining one would be much better expended on schools , hospitals , bridges , roads , or public improvements .
AMERICA . The ' New York Tribune' says : — 'A serious disturbance took place at a public meeting iu Boston , held on the evening of the 13 th inst . in honour of George Thompson , the celebrated political agitator in England , and the zealous advocate of Abolitionism in this country . The meeting was summoned by a call signed by William Lloyd Garrison and others , for the purpose of congratulating Mr . Thompson on his arrival in tbis country , and of expressing sympathy
with bim in the various reformatory movements in which he has been honourably distinguished since bis last visit to the "United States . After a speech by . Mr . Garrison , the appearance of Mr . Wendell Philips on the platform was the signal for the commencement of a general tumult . He attempted to address the audience , but the noise and violence increased to so great a degree , that he was unable to proceed . Other speakers endeavoured to make themselves heard , but without success , and at last the eas was shut off and the assemblv broke
up amid the greatest confusion , Mr . Thompson's notoriety as an Abolition advocate has caused strong prejudices against him in the minds of a portion o ! the community . They resent his interference , as a foreig ner , with the affairs of this country , and are inclined to take tbe . most decisive measures to prevent . 'him from speaking on the subject of Abolition , lt is not probable that he will be able to withstand the current of public feeling , or to gain access to an American audience , without disturbance . Comment from us on this disgraceful treatment of an eminent foreign philanthropist is unnecessary .
The Nashville Convention , for the' purpose of considering the peculiar interests of the South in relation to the Union , adjourned on tbe 18 th ult . The report of the Convention , after receiving various amendments of the ori ginal draft , was made to embody a series of resolutions expressing attachment to the Constitutional Union , declaring the doctrine of State Sovereignty with power to reserve and delegate authority , and recommending the South not to go into National Convention , but to elect candidates for Congress with a view to the preservation of Southern rights .
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BOSTON LAW FOR SLATE CATCHERS . We have been watching with interest for the issue of the Fugitive Slave Bill , recently enacted in the United States : —and have been amused and instructed by tho reports brought over by the last mail of the first attempt at its application in Boston . That _theTuritans of New England would assist in outraging humanity by giving back to slavery the man or woman who had fled to them for protection , wo had no suspicion : but wo feared—as did most persons living at a distance—that government would be compelled to execute tho law , and that collisions , ending in confusion , bloodshed , and unappeasable exasperation between the north nnd the south , would ensue . The slave-hunters have
however , been foiled with their own weapons : —and the history of the " _doublings" which they have had to encounter gives a dignity to the incidents of farce . Knight and _Hughes , men ofa race peculiar to America , who buy runaway slaves as certain speculators in England buy bad debts , at low prices , undertaking the risks and costs of recovery—appeared in Boston in chase of a man named Crafts and his wife , alleged to be fugitive slaves . As the new law compels the Stato to give them up—a "Vi gilance Society , established for the protection of persons so circumstanced , laid a plan of action to defeat the body discounters . First they _advisad Crafts and his wife to fight it out—procuring the assistance of two or three hundred free blacks in
case ot necessity . A number of lawyers in the city , however , helped them to improve on this plan—and take a more pacific courso . They undertook to bring the new law into successful conflict with older laws . Crafts waa desired to remove his bed into , his workshop , so as to constitute that his " castle ; " and notice was served on the local commissioner appointed to adjudicate under the bill , that his attempt to do so iu this case would be followed by process against himself on the ground of an unconstitutional appointment . The marshal received notice that if he broke open the door of _Crafts ' s " _caBtle , " for the purpose of arresting him , ho would be proceeded against on the ground that the process was of a civil , not a criminal ,
nature . These combustibles duly laid—tho train was next conducted by a variety of lines against thc southern hunters themselves . Early © n the morning of their arrival , thoy wero served with notice of an action for slander at the suit of Crafts , —and obliged to find hail to appear in defence ! Later on the same day , that first difficulty having been got over they were served with a similar notice at tho suit of his wife ; and again had to run about in search of bail , —rendered more difficult by the now increasing feeling of the publio . Thus passed the first day : —the interest of the game deepening with every move . Next morning the sport was early up . A orowd of persons gathered in the street ; and when the gig of the slave-chasers oame out , thoy had reason to be dissatisfied with tie warmth of their reception . To escape annoyance they drove rapidly across one of the bridges leading into the suburb of Cambridge in
, —forgetting their hurry to pay the toll . At ni ght they _thrank back tO their hotel ; and were beginning to cool themselves in its shelter , when an officer entered with a summons to them to answer a charge of evading the toll . He was followed by another , with & summons to meet a complaint of furious driving . By this timo tho town had entered thoroughly into the fun , —and tho negroes began to feel confidence that the lawyers would win the game . Our hunters grow cautious , as they thought _, * and as thoir gig had brought them many disasters , next day they waived its dignity , —and , lighting their cigars , sauntered arm-in-arm _to the police court , to answer the oharges against them and pay their fine * . On their way they were met by a policeman , who took them into custody for smoking in the streets , contrary to the city regulations , —and carried them before the »» yor . That _dignitary doUined them wm hours
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—and then inflicted tho largest fine which the law allowed . Leaving the court to return to dinner , the unlucky men abused the mayor , the city regulations , and the good folks of Boston with plenteous oaths : —greatly to the amusement of a long train of followers , black and white , ragged and respectable , who waited on their _progress . The evils of tho day were not over . "Whilo drinking hot punch and speculating on the wisdom of retreat , an officer of police served thorn with a summons to answer , next morning , a charge of profane swearing in the public streets . This " broke the camel ' s bick " The profits on their venture were already _« onc ' in fines and costs . So , they packed up their _fu""' _^ * and the night train carried them across _theDordera of New England , —Crafts and bis wife bciw > left in thc undisputed sovereignty of their " castle "—Out of * m incident that threatened to end tragically tho demurs Bostonians have _extraotod , as wo have said , n hit of excellent farce . second vil . .. . . . iaw , .. : nfl _. _. _i- j n , „ 1 __«'» ABf . -Sno which the laW
The disappearance ofthe "first and - lains" brought the drama to a premature conclusion - —had they survived these last two summonses , the lawyers would have raised several questions got up to givo the law a previous possession of the slave himself , —prosecutions for debt , for having arms in his house , and so forth , -to raise , in fact , tho point of precedence on behalf of the Stato criminal law against the law of delivery and extradition , and to exhaust the patience and purse of the slave-hunters . Whether or not such an experiment , if commonly followed , could be marie to take out the string from the _Furtive Slave Bill , —itis clear that it would destroy the abominable system of middle-men—ruin the speculators in run-away slaves . The incidents narrated are a new proof that no law can be executed against which the moral sen _30 of the community is thoroughly aroused : —and altogether the affair _aflords another curious illustration of American life and manners .
Blair's Gout And Rheumatic Pills.—The Following Testimonial Is Another Proof Of Tlie Great Efficacy Of This .Medicine :—
BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . —The _following testimonial is another proof of tlie great efficacy of this . Medicine : —
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127 , Hew _Jiona street , jjonuon . October 12 th , 1850 . Sm _. -In acquainting yeu with the great benefit which I have experienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHGUMATIC 1 _'ILLS _, I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion ofthe public who may be similarly afflicted . Ahout twenty years since I was first attached by Rheumatic Gout in my hands and feet . I had previously been subjected to every variety of climate , having served m tanatla in the 19 th Dragoons , and in Spain , under Sir John Moore , in the 18 th Hussar ? . I always procured the best medical _siid , but without obtaining any essential relief , and my _sufferinss can he appreciated only hy those who know _somethins of this disease . It was during one of those that
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IMMENSE SUCCESS OP TIIE NEW & ICDE OF TREATMENT . As adopted by Lallemand , Ricord , _Dislandis , and others , of the Hopital des Venericns a Paris , _a-. 'd nut . uniformly practised in this country by WALTER DE ROOS , M . D ., 85 , Ely Place , Holborn Hill , London * , author or THE MEDICAL ADVISER , 144 pages , an improved edition of which is recently published , written in a popular style , devoid of technicalities , and addressed to all those who are suffering from Spermatorrhoea , Seminal Weakness , and the various disqualifying forms of premature decay resulting from infection and youthful abuse , that most delusire practice by which the vigour and manliness of life are enervated and destroyed , even before nature has fully established the powers and stamina ol the constitution .
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AND GLANDS . "HE ROOS' CONCENTRATED U _GUTTLE VIM ( or Life Drops ) is as its name implies a safe and permanent restorative of manly vigour , whether deficient trom long residence in hot climates , or arising trom sohUry habits , youthful delusive excesses , infection , & c . It will also he found a speedy corrective of all those dangerous symptoms , such ns pains and swellings ' In the bones , joints and glands , skin eruptions , blotches and pimples , weakness ofthe eyes , loss of hair , disease nnd decay of the nose , sore throat ; pains in the side , back , lonis , dbc , obstinate diseases of the kidneys and bladder , gleet , stricture , seminal [ weakness , lm of memory , nerveusness , headache , giddiness , drowsiness , palpitation of the heart , indigestion , lowness ef spirits , lassitude and se-» eral prostration of strength , & c , usually resulting from
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eencrally , whether resulting from impruJence or other . ge'i _* - ' <» ¦ ; _-. " _, f „ . „„ .,... „ , „ , . - » . . Generally whether resulting from impruJence or other wise , whieh , If neglected , frequently end in stone 0 f the bladder , and a lingering death ! It is an esta . blished fact that most cases of gout and rhematism eccw . rin" after middle age , are combined with diseased urine , hoff necessary is it then , that persons thus afflicted should attend to these important matters . By the sain ,, t'irv action of these pills on acidity ofthe stomach , they correct bile and indigestion , purity and promote the renal _cations thereby preventing the _formntion of stone , and _" tablishing _? forlife a healthy performance ofthe functions ° _^ _CSd with directions . Ac , at Is . _IJd „ 2 s . Dd „ h all edicme Vendora
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DK . BARKER'S Compound Indian Extract , for Secret Debility , and Impediments to Marriage , is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility , irregularity , weakness , consumptive habits , and debilities arising from mental irritability , local or constitutional weakness , generative diseases , ic . It is a most powerful and useful medicine in all cases of syphilis , or any ofthe previous symptoms wliich indicate approaching dissolution , such as depression of the spirits , melancholy , trembling of the hands or limbs , disordered nerves , and inward _waitings . The fine softening qualities of the Compound Indian Extract is peculiarly adapted to remova sueh symptoms , and gradually to restore the system to a healthy state—even where sterility seems to have fastened on the constitution , this medicine will warm and purify the blood and fluids , invigorate the body , and remove every impediment .
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fiN THE _FKEVFiNTION , CURE , AND \ J General character of SYPIIILUS , STRICTURES , Affections of the PROSTRATE GLAND , VENEREAL and SCORBUTIC _ERUPTIONS of the face and body , Mercurial excitement , & c ., followed bj a mild , successful and expedi tious mode nf treatment .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07121850/page/2/
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