The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-22 00:00:00

ADVICE TO THE ELECTORS OF

FRANCE.

M. de Cormenin has issued the following man
festo to the electors of the French Republic, under
his usual pseudonym of " Timon" ;
" Liberty of conscience ; liberty of association ?
Yes or no ?
"Does liberty of conscience interest the Catholics ?
Yes. And the Protestants? Yes. And the Jews?
Yes. An the philosophers ? Yes. And the Pha-
lansterians ? Yes. And the Templars ? Yes. And
those who believe ? Yes. And those who do not be-
lieve ? Yes. And those who no longer believe ?
Yes. And those who will believe ? Yes. And, con-
• •
sequ4ntly, everybody ? Yes.
" And when, in a free country, the conscience of
our priest is oppressed, is not our own oppressed also ?
Yes.
" And when ours is oppressed is not yours op-
pressed in like manner ? Yes.
"Does belief of association interest the operatives?
Yes. And the agriculturists ? Yes. And the in-
dustrial classes ? Yes. And the commercial classes ?
Yes. And the members of the clubs ? Yes. And
the St. Simonians ? Yes. And the Feurrieristsl
Yes. And the Mahometan Dervishes ? Yes, And
the Catholic Capucins ? Yes. And the Romish
Jesuits ? Yes. And the brothers of the Christian
doctrine ? Yes. And the Sisters of Charity who
take care of the wounded of February ? Yes.. And
those who are desirous of associating ? Yes. And
those who associated yesterday ? Yes. And those
who will associate to- morrow ? Yes. And, conse-
qUently, everybody ? Yes. • • - •
" And when our associations are oppressed, are not
those of everybody else, past, present, and future,
equally oppressed ? Yes.
" Where liberty of conscience is oppressed, is there
any real liberty ? No.
" Where liberty of association is oppressed, is there
any real liberty ? No.
."
Do not tyranny and despotism exist under such
tirctithstances ? Y . •
" Does it matter whether the'oppression emanates
from the decrees of the High Chamber of Louis XV.
at the solicitation of Madame de Pompadour—from
those of the Convention, at the solicitation of Danton
from those of the Empire, at the solicitation of For-
talis—from the orders of the day of the late Chamber
of 1845, at the solicitation of Martin and Hebert ?
No.
"Is it not always tyranny ? Yes.
" Warning to the Commissioners of the Govern-
ment at Lyons and Avignon ! Warning to all the
electors of the French Republic !

" TIMON."

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WRESTLING.—The annual /de of the Cumberland
and Westmoreland Wrestling Society came off in the
large room at Highbury Barn yesterday, and drew toge-
ther, notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the
weather, some 2,000 spectators. The wrestling this
year furnished a rich treat to the lovers of that manly
sport, and was of a character far eclipsing that exhi-
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interest and anxiety by the beholders, as the issue of
each contest, as it were, trembled in the balance, and
long and loud were the plaudits accorded to the victorious
athletes. The first contest was between men of nine
stone, or light weights, for a silver snuff box ; eighteen
persons contended for this prize, which was carried off
by William Walker, a Cumberland man. Next followed
one between men of eleven stone, or middle weights,
for a gold watch ; forty-two men contended, and
James Whitefield (a Cumberland man) came off the
winner, after a severe struggle with Halliwell (of
Westmoreland). Halliwell and the two next best men
each received a silver snuff-box. The final contest was
for a silver tankard, value twenty guineas, for which
sixty men of all weights competed. The real battle, in
this instance, lay between J. Banks (of Cumberland) and
J. Robinson (of Westmoreland); the former belonging
to her Majesty's Horse Guards, and the latter to the
Foot Guards. The tankard was won, after a warm and
doubtful struggle, by Banks; the three next best men
receiving a silver snuff box a piece. There was also a
leaping waters for a silver snuff-box. The prizes Here
five; and there were four competitors. Peter Sherrin
was declared to be the victor, having accomplished
seventeen yards one foot. After the termination of the
sports, a considerable portion of the company adjourned
to another part of the premises, where a grand banquet
took place, and the various prizes were duly awarded.
The whole of the proceedings passed off most pleasantly,
and happily without any accident occurring.
SINGULAR ATMOSPHERICAL PHENOMENON.—There
appeared lately in the west of Stirlingshire a phenomenon
somewhat of a strange character, which, at this period
of wars and rumours of wars, excited no ordinary degree
of prophetical fancies among the preternatural. Towards
the setting of the sun, there was distinctly observed a
sort of mist or cloud gently ascending the brow of Ben
Lomond. assuming a pyramidal form, increasing in
length, as it approached the top of the Ben. On reach-
jug the top, it stretched to an immense height—still
maintaining its columnar form, and giving the Ben the
exact appearance of a burning volcano. The appear-
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