The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-06-13


dent who prevented the report of NJ. Laftte's
speech, and suppressed the documents for several
days.
The police continues its prosecutions Of the
press. In Voiz du Patple has ceased to appear
The COMBINATIONS of M. Langraud, its conductor.
amount to some ten Thousand francs fine, and
three years and half Imprisonment The people
are calm, and there is less prospect than ever Of
an attempt at resistance. They will wait q little
longer Some Of the Paris journals quote with
expressions Of horror the advertisement in the
New Orleans papers Of one w b. Rourk, of Lou
isiana Ii is an advertisement, in regular form, of
blood hounds trained TO catch negroes 50 long AZ
the trail is fresh Charge, ten dollars for each
capture.
The news has reached here of the death of
Tao-Kwan, Emperor Of China. His oldest suryi-
wing son. Se-hin, has succeeded him on the throne.
This gentleman is but nineteen years of age, and
in excellent health that he has the prospect of
long reign before him. His father seems to be
deeply regretted by all the journals Of Paris,
which devoted good deal Of space to the defunct
on Tuesday morning. The fact that there was no
session of the Assembly on Monday and the alb
sence of all other news, may account for this ex.
cessive grief
letter from Vienna represents t&o seople as
very backward to vote for the members Of the
municipal council. Not more than one-tenth of
the voters had been inscribed This asionishes
and displeases the Government papers, which rate
the people soundy for not using the right OF suf-
| frage. They forget to mention that the council
has no importance whatever, the city being still
| in state of siege.
The first vote in the Commons on the bill for
the abolition Of the yce-royalty in Ireland showed
a large majority in its favor. The vote stood
ITO TO IL.
law for the regulation of the system of public
instruction has been passed in the Lower House
of Belgium, with such conditions as to excite, to
high degree, the wrath Of the Catholic clergy.
The bishops and archbishops have laid before the
Senate petitioner, to give it its proper name,
protest-against the enactment Of the law But
it is not probable that the protest will produce
any effect. Belgium presents a state Of things
worthy Of study. Though there are only few
thousand Protestsnts in the whole kingdom, the
Catholic clergy have been sDcnessiyely driven
from the Cabinet, chased from public employments,
and deprived of the direction Of education, which
had been in their hands time out of mind. The
secret of this is that the absoutist tendencies of
the Catholic clergy are too great to be tolerated
even in Catholic Belgium.
GERMANY.
The Congress called by Austria at Frankfort
has done nothing. The situation was a very awk-
ward one for the Austrian Euvoy, who found
himself surrounded, on the first day, by his old
allies, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Saxony, but not
one of the powers of the Prussian Union was there
In despair, he adjourned the Congress until some
thing should be heard from Prussia. No meeting
has been held since
The Congress at Berlin has accomplished more
than this hut has not established anything firmly.
The two Hesses, Dessau, and the Meckleuburgs,
will most certainly retire. This result is attempted
to be disguised by the Prussian Court which gives
out that these powers have not finally decided,
and that their places in the College of Princes will
be kept open for them. The other parties to the
treaty of May 26th agreed to two measures which
| note as the only ones of any Importance: 1. The
formation Of Provisory Government Of the Union.
This is limited to duration of six weeks, when
the parties will decide whether it shall be contin-
ued. For this short time, M, Manteuffel, of Prus-
STA, is to act as Minister of the Interior, and M.
Schleinitz as Minister of Foreign Affairs. They
tion of the College of Princes to the Council of
Administration for the Government of the Union
of North German States. The advantage in this
is that the votes of the College will be decided by
the majority of voices while ia the Council unan-
unity WAS necessary
The different parties to the Union are free TO 90
80 che co1s~>-~ ~ p~~-heort, tn send. They
will all either 20 or send. Negotiations may
therefore be expected to commence In q day or
two at Frankfort, where something new may be
patched up or return made to the treaty of 1915.
This last is most probable.
Nothing eifectual will be done for the establish
ment of Germany on solid basis, until the people
clear away all this rubbish Of princes and kings
PIEDMONT.
The conduct Of Archbishop Franzoni, of
Turin, is the prominent topic at present in Pied
mont This ecclesiasic was 30 outraged at the
abolition, by Sicardis law, of the ecclesiastical
courts and the right of converts and churches to
shelter criminals from the pursuit of Justice that
he issued circular TO the priests, requiring them
to refuse to appear or testify in any civil court
without the permission Of the bishop of the diocese
This was organizing a revolt against the law of
the land The Government attorney cited the
archbishop to appear and answer to charge made
against him. the citation was neglected The
judge Of the court then offered the archbishop to
visit him at his palace, and examine him there,
but the archbishop refused to open his doors. No
other course was left open to the Government
than an arrest in due form, which WAS accordingly
made. This energy of the Government has filled
the people of Piedmont with joy, but the priest
hood consider the archbishop martyr, and have
commenced, after their fashion, q war on the |
Government. Their way Of carrying on the cam |
pagn in this the churches are hung in mourning |
and relays of priests keep up, from morning till |
night, the doeful chant of iapacnlis lin chains)
This weeping of the whole fraternity may have
the same effect on King Emmanuel, as the never
ceasing tears of David Copperfed's acquaintance,
Mrs. Gummidge had on the good-hesrted Peg
gotry. "she's always crying for the old unn
would he say before giving up.
Second only In Importance to this conflict be-
tween the spiritual and temporal, is the bill pro-
posed, on the 18th, by the Piedmontese ministry,
for the suppression of all existing estates in tail
and majorats, species Of trust estate In tail for
the oldest son. This will pass the two Houses.
1t is fatal blow at the nobility, which cannot long
subsist under system Of equal division Of prop
erty among all the children, or even Of free
alienation.
These two attacks, one on the priesthood and the
other on the nobility, show that the march Of
Piedmont is slowly in advance. little more
speed would be advisable.
THE COURT AT PARIS.
When the people Of Paris burnt the throne of
Louis Philippe on the place Bastiile, they did so
TO symbolic what seemed to them true, that the
NERVOUSNESS, nepctism, corruption, and spirit Of
selfaggrandixement, inseparsble from a throne,
had persisted before the anger of an outraged ma
ton. They did not inseaA 50 Sreak petty spite
against half dozen gilded sticks, and four yards
OF red velvet This bonfire was we'll enough. II
should have been, however, pledge Of the revolu-
tionzers to destroy the pedestal Of the throne ALSO
N hal rate MI Mi an
devised by the monarchy for its support, and re-
quiring q monarchy for its own permanence
Why drive of Louis Philippe, and leave untouch-