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Insupportable to the people : he announced at
tame time his project of marching, to Sammie, where
the garrison and the deem, cceording to him, were
eager to join his troop, and to second his resolution.'
The men who accompanied Bonbon answered ly dif-
freest cries to the proclamation of their Chief : there
was beard a mixture of ' The charter for ever,' with
The Emperor Napoleon 11. for ever,' sad Pre la
Republique.' Berthon left Thonars and proceeded
towards Sanante ; on the way he had the mein sound-
ed is all the villages; the peasants decked tog,-
thee; the proclamation was repeated, money dis-
tributed, and by these manasseres the troop re-
ceived an addition of about two hundred poor
wretches; it was about 230 strong when it arrived at
the bridge of Fouchenx, half a league from Sanmar.
At the first news of the march of the rebel chief, all
the civil and military authorities of Sumer had as.
sembled ; the pupils of the school, the erring, the
national ;Hard beaded by their respective eseounaod.
ers, the Sab-prefect, the Mayor, and all the members
of the civil tribunal, went ont of Saunter amidst cries
of Vire le Rai!' and marched against the rebels.
They met them at the bridge of Foucheoz I the Mayor
thought it his duty to go alone to meet them, and
with a courage the more laudable as it was inspired
by the desire to prevent the effusion of blond, and wee
not wi nout personal danger. he presented himself I
alone to General Bertbou and demanded the reason of
his march. Berthon answered, he only desired a pas.
sage into Sanosur, and that he guaranteed the town,
from all kind of pillage and violence. ' Yon cannot
obtain this passage with the signs of rebellion which
you bear,' answered the intrepid Magistrate. ' I trill
force it,' replied Benison ; and at the same moment
man in Lis suite held a pistol to the Mayor's breast
' Yon may kill me; you will have a crime morel
answer for.' The firmness of the Mayor bad its
feet ; it was sight ; neither party'could ascertain this
force of the enemy. Berthon retired, threatening
shortly to return and to make the town repeat its Its*
'Wanes. The men whom Berthon bad sedated by
looney, and to whom he had promised speedy MA
powerful reinforcements, no sooner saw him tarabeek,
than they dispersed sod returned to their homes.
Berthon bad only ten or twelve men when be appeared
again before Thonars, ribich, having bad time to re.i
cover itself, closed its gates against him. Berthas
the:. resolved to fly with all spec!, and itis ascertained
that, having procured the dress of a peasant, be is
now wandering among the woods and mountains with'
the sole object of avoiding the active search that is
making for him. Nine or ten pecans, who were
part of 0 I Berthon's troop, have also bees tr.
rested; among them is an ex-colonel. It is hoped
they will be all taken." •
Though this conspiracy is thus Bated Ite be sup-
pressed, it cannot be doubted that
.11i4 *Pit of dis-
affection to the present system of government is
very extensive in France, and ready In horst forth in
_raTions quarters and on various MCMINN. Even Paris
itself is far trans-heleg quiet. Ie that capital as well
as in tkurriaces, ou;-1,atiewam:swert that Jesuit
Missiaaarieve for

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fro'm toy existlagtaw, the sooner the law is repealed the
'hotter. In the mean time, it is a consolation to find
by the Ter:Hely question, that the law has provided a
moody for the abuse of the Magistrates' power to re
fuse a license. If the power of withholding *IV
mu" witlkont palpably just cause, lay with the
kiaiistrate; and no punishment was annexed to the
abase of the power, there would exist in our laws
an instance of injustice equal to any arbitrary practice
in any country in the world. We do not now speak
of the Interest of the publican who may suffer from
the corruption or caprice of Magistrates. We shall
come to that by and by. The first public injury
which may arise from the power we are opposing is,
the undue inflneace it may have on elections for Mem-
bers of Parliament. An intimation may be given to a
Publican who has a vote in a Borough, or fur a
County, that if he does not go the lifixisterial side of
the Ihrithqs, he shall lose his licence. This has been
done, in a county where the majority of the Magistrates
were rank Tories ; an innkeeper was solicited to give
his rote to the Ministerial candidates, for a seat for
the county. Ile declined doing so, from conscientious
and patriotic motives. The sign-post was pointed to,
-and this question put to him—" How long, tbeo, will

that hang there?" Thus, the poor man's sign-post
was made the finger-post to the Ministerial side of ;he
Jinstings; and, unless he was independent, or willing
to meet ruin, in the conscientious discharge of his
-duty, he must obey the implied mandate. We need
eat pursue this part of the subject further. It is
plain, how greatly publicans and innkeepers may be
intlttenced in giving their vote, or interest, in elec-
tioneering matters, where there are Magistrates lean-
ing to Ministers, and, withal, not over and above dis-
honest. But the public health way be injured by the
power in question. A majority of Magistrates may
combine, to force the beer of a brewer open the public.
If they have never dune so, that is not enough ; for, it
is 6t that they should not have the power of committing
so great a public wrong. But if no injury could be
,ulicted open the public by this unjust exercise of
parer, the individual's property does claim, and
shoold have the protection of the law. A publican's
property, and evea the bread be and his family eat, is
at the mercy of Magistrates, If the power we speak of
is legally in their power. Many an individual has
been ruined by his, license being taken away ; and
who knows how often this has bees the result of bad
motives, such as gratification of revenge, or self-in-
Awes*? No character, or conduct, on the part of the
A►lican. can secure him from this danger, if the al-
leged wend* exist. In the ease which gave rise to
these observations, the prosecutor was proved to be a
ass of unimpeachable character—and be was almost
ruined, by the refusal of his license—and, indeed, that
must be the case, almost nisi lly, when publicans
or ianksepers lose their licenses. We do net contend
that there should sot be a power to takeaway Hemet,
this bur

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meth. I says
Intelligence. we are assured, was received in tow.
this day, stating that secret despatches from St. Peters-
burg bad reached Vienna on the 21st or 22J ult. im•
porting that orders had been given fur the march of
the Russian troops against the Turks."
Faari►ony, Fen. 21.—We lean from Cassel, that
the person who poisoned the Prince's valet-de•ebambre is
discovered ; he is arrested, and is•said to have declared
that betook his victim for another person, on whom he
wished to revenge himself, but that be had no deAgas
against the sacred person of the Electoral Prince.
A Rcquithrlen to the High-Sheriff for a Meeting of
the Owners and Occupiers of Land, in Cornwall, to
consider the distresses which press on the Agricul-
turists, and of the speediest and most effectual remit-,
dies for the same, is now in coarse of signature
amongst the yeomanry, to whom it is confined.
A Petition for a Reform in the Representation of
the people, and for relief of the Agricultural Interest
from the present oppressive Tythe System and unren-
seeable Taxation, was agreed to at a most respectable
meeting at Tavistock, on Friday last.
A Correspondent at the Cape of Oood Hope informs
as that Mr. Oliver, the Spy, is now at Cape Town, in
an official situation we believe, where he passes by the
name of Jones, and where the police find employment
in the morning in tearing down the pasquinades that
are stuck up against the walls by night. to celebrate
the deeds of this obnoxious instigator!—(Leeds Mer-
carry.)

An abstract of the population of Ireland, according
to the late census printed by order of the House of
Commons, makestheentober of souls In 1821, in

Leinster, • 1,785,702 Connaught, - 1,053,919
!hunter, • 2,00.3,363
Ulster, - 2,001,966 Total in Ireland, 6,846,949
The enumeration of several mastics in 1813 is also
given I and it is carious to ob that the lacrosse
of popalatios has bees beyond proportion greatest I.
the disturbed cooties. The popnlation of Cork
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col:style 1813, was 523,936. In 11321, it is 702,000.
But the most extraordinary i is that of Lime-
rick; 111 1813, it was 103,865; in 1821, it is
214,286, that is, it has more than doubled itself in
eight years. Does not this last prove too much ?
EXTRAORDINARY OCCUIRINCS IN Yoßx.—On Mon-
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday evening last, between
the hours of six and tea, no less than•eleven hnodred
sad fifteen paupers, consisting chiefly of the wives and
children of soldiers pee abroad, were relieved at the
mansion-house, in this city, and passed forward on
their road to dab" south. Oa Moaday there were
645; on Tuesday, 186; and on Wednesday 285.
Cauriox..--On Howley, asthma men were going to
their work in the parish of North Handballs, they
found a tub of contraband spirits, of which they drank
so freely, that one of them named Thomas Tsplin, was
brought home ill, and died the nest moraieg. He was
a man of sober habits until he yielded to this unfortu-
nate temptation.
Lawns CORN MAUR?, Pas. 26.—0 W Red Wheat,
3!.; New ditto, V. 4s. to V. Bs.; White Wheat,
2f. Its, to 31. per fulter.--011 Cake, 10i. 10a. per
1,000.

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• Sean time been zealously ens• span alleged and proved irregular conduct I. t
the pi•Osao go old ragiras!— .siseai of the Heap. Bat dui cause eloauld be dr,
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tune's liberty, as well as w.lit.tiz be ma& tun
al affairs, it could not be ex. --`44'l"--.-"-- ilitier.
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