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Whole No, M1". ee NEW YORK, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1848. TNGHLY INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE ¥YROM THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE. The Attempted Rev: ny and the Frenc! {10m the Paris Kéforme—M. Flocon’s paper.] * * * * * * * tudion in Paris of the pers of the 16th of Ther no longer then any discussion, even a vio- leat oue—it was a revolutionary declaration; it was a full. We deeply deplore that the manifestation in fa- of Poland should have led to so serious an ineideut, which will neither serve the cause of our brethren of North, nor that of the Freneb revolution ‘The Na- | Assembly retired; groups directed their course ds the Hotel de Ville to instal the new govern- ment, The attempt bad at the first succeeded, but about six o'clock the Mayor of Paris, in a second rit- tingof the Assembly, declared that the guard at the Ho- tel de Ville. inereased by the beating of the rappel, had overcome the movement, and that the chief of the fac- tious, Barbes, Sobrier, and Rasps had been arrested, hen, the prisons are again to be opened. Poor ©! Poor revolution! way the noble hearts of ple and the fortuneof France spare us from civil [From the Paris Journal des Débats } | What adsy! What a terrible day, full of sorrow, but aiso ful of grandeur! Let us uot, hewever, lose conidence. Liberty received fora moment a frightful | wound. which one might have believed mortal; but the | hanu of the peopie, of the veritable people, was imme- | don the wound--it stopped the blood ing—and last evening, liberty was saved, d France is still mistressot herself. A frightful crime | been committed. Wesaw the body of the Nutional | ‘islature invaded by ins rgent bauds; wesaw terror | and its abominable flag dominant in the midst of naked swords, aud of a tempest of savage cries. But let us hasten to say that the crime immediately called down the chastisement; that it drew forth from every street, ry house, every pavement, and every breast in our city a universal and irresistible ery of execration and justice, In aninstant the whole town was covered | with legions,armed for order and liberty transported with ardent enthusiasm and legitimate anger; and anarchy, which raised its hideous head for an hour, was humbled to the dust, Some moments after having becn ox- pulsed by a sacrilegious invasion, the Assembly crea- ted by the universal suffrage of the people resumed its dvliberations under the protection of the National Guard, aud again seized, with a stronger hand than liberty which had just been torn to shreds. France be reassured; let all France rely on Paris; and at the same time that she will hear of the criminal attempt committed against her representatives, she will learn the striking reparation which was obtained for it; and let her declare, as the Constituent Assembly has done by acclamation, that the National Guard of Paris has merited well of the country. [From the Paris Union.] ‘The day which has just past will be recorded in_the history of our revolution. During more than three hours, anarchy reared its head ; during more than threo hours, the majesty of the nation was violated and insulted in the persons of its representatives. A band of factious men broke into the National Aesembly ; masses, blinded, deceived, and exasperated by culpable tribunes, violated that palo, in defiance of the protec- tion it ought to have received from respect for the laws and the aucred title of those whom it inclosed. ‘This ix more than a great scandal. it is a crime of Léze- Nation, which God has permitted us to witness, But the genius of France was awakened. Good citizens marched to the succor of their menaced country. One hundred and fifty thousand citizens came hand in hand to support the common weal, and victory re- mained with the cause of order. Thanks be rendered to the National Guard! It has saved Paris aud France from the horrors of anarchy, and has deserved well of its country, and a page in her history. [From the Paris Univers} We write in naste, quite agitated with the great and terrible scenes which have passed before our eyes. We have seen the National Assembly delivered up by treason, invaded, violated, and dispersed, and an hour afver order re-established in its power aud sovereignty by the spontaneous co-operation of the citizens. ‘The National Guard of Paris has not only saved the re- buthas saved civilization, which was at one nt iu the power of the barbarians. ‘The repre- ke atatives af the people were worthy of their mission. ‘The émeute kept them during three hours under the coup of its violence, It could not wrest from them a vole, nor even a sign of sympathy. They only replied by the majesty of their silence to the threats of which they were the object. Victorious, they will know how, sve doubt not, to give to their outraged dignity the satis- faction it demands, and which the interest of the country exacts, without making liberty expiate the crime 6f factions. The guilty are in. the hands of the National Assembiy—it will punish them—it will pun- ish all, for they have committed the greatest of crimes ; their triumph would have been the signal for civil war in Paris, and in all France, but it will only punish them. Itis not a hope that we express here—it is a profound conviction, Tho National Guard and the imbly had only one ery—* Vive la République des es gens !'—that is tosay. Long live order in ‘This day. so frighttul up to the moment at onal Guard, the Garde Mobile, and the army. acting with one heart and a a single man, dis- persed the factions—this day will be a happy one; it Wall have shown the demagogues their profound impuis- sance; and it will, atthe same time, make known all the infamy of their projects. It is another respite which God accords us on the brink of the abyss; at five o'clock all was lost—at the present hour all may be saved [From the Courrier Francais.] The 15th siay belongs to history—a sad day! It pr foundly grives the true frienés of the republic. Th majesty of the national representation violated; a fu- rious aultitude overwhelming the voice of the men of heart and good sense who endeavored to advise them; men misled by ambition, or by the fatal passion of usurping the tribune; and filling the salle ir yociferations—sueh is the heart-rending had before our eyes for néarly & f which we feel—we whose lives = h thei y & to che democratic eause—is itapossible for us to lay God wateh over this noly cause, and it beyond and above the attempts of some always k madwen, [From the Paris National.) To the people is due all our sympathy, all our con- currence; but to those who usurp its name and sove- reiguty only to ruin its interests, and compromise the Torm of government it has chosen for itself, is due the reprobation of tue whole country, No reaction! no anarchy! ought to be the motto of every true citizen. for upon it depends the safety of Frauce. That which the nation wills, it wlll maintain against every anarchi- cal orreactionary attompt. It has willed a truly demo- cratic republic, not axepublic in mere name, decorated with the trappings of an antiquated monarchy. The peopic will not be deceived. he moment it saw its work threatened with a species of violent surprise, it flew to its support, and, in a manner, created it anew. What we hail with the greatest joy is. the victory gained by the people, the people which comprises one univer- val body of the citizens. For those who, by a criminal fraud, endeavored to eloak a real conspiracy, under the manifestation of the noblest and purest of senti- monts, # just punishment has already bad its com- mencement in the indignation of that same people whom they wished to deceive and make their tool, ‘They will ‘tell you that they were yesterday conquer- ors, They tell you a barefaced falsehood. ‘The people was victorious in the victory of the laws it had made, of the governinent it had chosen for itself, of that holy republic which is formed of its entire self. The repub- lic triumphed yesterday, as it ever. will triumph, over guilty aberrations. But it it not enraged in its tri- umph, or surprised at it, because it feels that its strength is invincible, It triumphs only with grief for those excesses which it has been forced to repress, May there lines, written in haste, convoy to our bro- th in the departments, the sentiments which ani- mate the entire population of Paris; and let that cry, which isin ail hearts, as it is in all mouths, whieh is as much the cry of patriotism as of necessity, resound’ from one end of France to the other—“ Vive la Repub- ligue!” [From the Paris Commerce.) The cause of orderand liberty is once moro savéd, Yesterday was a day of vietory—to-dey must be s Ay of justice, Let us hope that justice will be impartially done, that it may reach the culprits wherever they may be fount; but we hope also that it will be administered with clemency, for, let it be recollected that clumency is a proof of power. The Closing Scenes in the National Assembly ‘on the 15th of May. RVENING SITTING. Immediately after the representatives had left the chamber. ing developement of forces made their appearence around the building. Considerable num- bers of the Ist and 2d legions and of the garde mobile entered the hall with their arms. and caused the people to leave it. When the whole building was completely cleared, acertaia number of the representatives re- turned, and after some little delay proceeded to hold a sitting. All the tribunes were occupied by the national guard, wad loud cries of “ Vive UAssembiée Nationale rose from all sides, ‘The scene, in fact, was the very re- | verse of what had taken place during the day. M. Lamartine soon after appeared, and the greatost enthu- | sinsm was manifested. A number of the national | guards who were occupying the space below, rushed | forward to meet him. and even some of them kissed his | hands. He was in fact borne in triumph to his place. M. Cerbon, ono of tho vice-presidents, took the chair about seven o'clock, Genoral Courtais appeared for a moment at the entry of the hall. but the chilling reception which he met with caused him promptly to leave it. | A Member—Our first duty is to declare that the Na- tional Assembly is not dissolved Several members attempting to speak together, con- siderable confusion arose, | Tur Mixrsree ov Justrer—Citizona, the government isin permanence, It is determined to take the most severe and the most efficiont measures to avenge the shameful attempt committed on the national represen- tatives, and to restore order and calm, (Hear, hear ) , ‘Tne Mixierer or Conmence-—I recommend the As- sembly to abstain from everything which thight look like anger. and to leave to the government which the Assembly has formed to act as thedignity of the Assom- ‘ bly and the great interests of the country demand. licity is evident ! neendiery propo- M. Benrven supported the view of the question taken by the Minister of Justice. tioaal Guards :—The first duty of the National Assem- bly. which by the aid of your bayonets will be able to the National Guards, who have merited well of their couatry. (Great applause, and the roll of the drums.) M. Lamanvine—I join thera together: form but ove guard for the defence of liberty. (Cheers.) a been moved with indignation at the scandalous scenes which have taken place to-day, in this place. (( heers, wanted to plunge the country in mourning! But, perhaps, it is fortunate that the scene of to-day has united: let us form only one body, whilst this pre- tended government goes to seek a place which will give of the government proclaimed by you two months back, to meet the Executive government, who are all, am. (Great applause.) You, citizens, will recognize only that government—you will ‘obey the brave com- no! If it be Courtnis. we will not have him! A bas Courtais! A bas Courtais!"’) At such a moment, the your head. in the street, on the battle-field itself! (Long continued cheers.) Let us go to the Hotel de tive Committee !””) e MM, Lamartine, Arago, Ledru-Rollin, Garnier Pagis, hall, followed by some of the representatives. Several members here ebserved that it would be im- tional Guards, A roll of the drum here called the National Guards, A Member—I demand that Gencgal Courtais be de- clared 4 traitor to his country. decision of the court before which he is to be tried. We must merely authorise his being placed on trial. Barb From: all sides—Yos ! yes! his comp sitions ! The Presionxt—The citizens Courtais and Barbis, only by the authorization of the Chamber. Several Voices—But that is not the case with respect with an inviolable offixe. The Assembly, on the proposition of M. Luneau, de- ‘The Presipent had to announce that the executive committee invited tho Assembly to join it at the Lux- ‘The Assembly dueidea that on the contrary the exe- cutive committee should come to it. vested General Baraguay d’Hilliers with the command of the forces charged to the protect the National As- M. Juzes Fave announced that the executive com- mittee had invited the Assembly to proceed to the Lux- gteat number of National Guards round the building, he conceived that it was useless for the members to deputation to ask the executive committee to come to the Assembly. ficient. M. Bernvex—It is enough for the Chamber to havo been violated for us not to quit it! (Hear! hear ! ) mand authorization from the Assembly to bring to trial two of its members, the citizens Courtais and After a few remarks, this authorization was granted. M. Garnier Pagt's and M. Arago here returned to the M. Garsier Pacrs—I wish to render to the Assembly an account of the measures taken by the executive certain agitators intended making some attempt. and we gave positive orders to have troops placed about the When we knew that this building was menaced, three of us came here, and two went to the Luxembourg, and we learned later in the day that a factious crowd had invaded the hall of deliberation, we ordered the forces guard at once responded to our call. At present, our duty is to provide for the necessities of a severe repress tody. (Hear, hear.) The right of meeting is sacred. but the clubs who deliberate in arms. and who speak sovereign of the country—the clubs shall be closed. (Loud applause ) We wish to huve the Republic hon- of “Vive la Republique France wants nothing else —we wish to have a reat fraternity, and not a fictitious people, in giving it order and work. (Great applause ) M. Leon Favcner suggested the propriety of pub- had resumed its liberty and its sovereignty. Agreed to, his right arm bound up in linen, and was received with great applause. Citizens (suid he). having been in- come here to render you an account of the execution of your orders. The authority of the law is cstablished. livered into the hands of justice ; and now I deliver back into yourhands the command with which you not think I could properly guard it, unless it was con- firmed by the executive committee. and was loudly cheered. M. Gansinn Pacys—In reply to what has fullen from decreas :—‘ In the name of the French people and of the National Assembly, the Executive Committees de- commander-in-chief of the National Guards of Paris. (Unanimous applaure.) the bud. The men who had betaken themselves from the capital, from the departments. and from avowed unanimourly by the people of Paris, M. Cle- ment Thomas has rendered us an account of the gene- restore order; my colleague, M, Ledru-Rollin, and my- self have provided for justice taking its course. One devotedness to the National Assombly. Between us and them, it is for life—for death! (Loud cheers.) communication that had, he understood. beon receiv- ed, demanding reinforcements for the Hotel de Ville? tel of the civil list in the rue de Rivoli? (Yes, ) M. Manix—At this moment a strict search is being M. Luseav—I wish also to know— At this moment a violent tumult was heard outside aod ted by M. Larochajaquelin and another r, Was pushed fnto the chamber by a great num- his clothes were torn. He ascended the tribune amidst os agitation. M. Lasantine rose and said, addressing the Na- deliberate in security, will be to.pass a vote of thanks to Numerous Voices——And to the Garde Mobile! The immense majority of the inhabitants of Paria h beat of drums.) Shame to the wretched madmen who taken place. (Tremendous applause.) Let us be way under their ‘Woe are all going, in the name Idoubt not, animated with the same sentiments as I mander of the National Guard ! (From all sides, “ No! place of government is not in the council, but at Ville! (Cries of * Vive Lamartine ! and Marie, the Executive Committee, then left the possible to deliberate in the presence of so many } out of the hall, and they at once left the place. Other Voices—No! No! Let us not anticipate the Other mombers—We also demand the arrest of He made here, in the tribune, most being representatives of the people, can be arrested to Blanqui, Raspail, and Sobrier ; they are not invested clared itself to be in parmanence. embourg. (No! no! The Paxsipzxt—I have to announce that I have in- sembly. (Heat embourg. as considering it more sure, but sccing the quit it. He should suggest the propriety of sending a A voice—No! no! a message is M. Ponratis—As Procureur General de Paris, I de- Barbés. (Movement) Chamber and were warmly received. committee. From the morning, we were aware that Assembly. These orders were not properly executed. from thence issued orders to the armed force. When to be concentrated on this point, and the national sion. The persons who conspired are already in cus- openly of attacking in this Assembly the veritable est, firm, and moderate» (Continued applause ; cries one. We want to satisfy the real necessities of the lishing @ proclamation, declaring that the Assembiy M. CLement Tuomas appeared in the tribune with vested with the command of the National Guard, i Everywhere the factious have been arrested and de temporarily invested me, (Cries of «No! no!) Ido At this moment M. Lamartine entered the chamber, the last speaker, [ have only to propose the following clares that the citizen Clement Thomas is nominated M, Lamantine--The sedition has been nipped in this Assembly to the Hotel de Ville. have been dix- ral result of the measures which have been taken to word more. From every side the people protest their M. Luxeav wished to know what was meant by @ Did the National Guard occupy at present the old ho- instituted there. at the left-hand door, and M. Louis Blanc. supported tional Guards. He was exceedingly pale and vis BLanc—What bas taken place to-day is ex- traordinary. | pray you to be well convinced of what is passing in the country. I wished to rpeak to the people—with a profound conviction, with the dignity of one of your colleagues. 1 am deeply grieved at seein; that you iuserted in your regulations a clause which seemed to place the people under the weight of a suspi- clon. (Violent murmurs and cries of * order, order !"") [cannot but persist with respect to Poland in the sen- hich th ple have manifested. (Cries of redoubled.) veral Voices—What, you think it nothing that an attempt has been made to install a provisional govern- ment! M. Lovts Buaxc--The French people accords all its sympathies to the suffering of oppressed nations, Several voices here called to the President to prov. continuing. (Great agitation.) M. Lovts Biane continued to speak in the midst of the most violent exclamations. We heard him say :— * T awear to you, on my honor, that I had nothing to do with the scenes of this day, and that | even express- ed my disapprobation of the demonstratio Numerous Golces—You are alache! Speak not of honor! You are thoroughly heartless. » M. Louis Blane was then obliged to leave the tri- an M. Marrast—Citizens,! have to inform you of what has passed under iny responsibility. (Hear, hear.) 5 o'clock a considerable crowd assembled at the Hotel de Ville, and surrounded it. They forced their way in, because there were not sufficient forces there prevent them. They seized on the prineipal hall. and proclaimed a provisional government. Other factious men followed, and proclaimed a second provisional go- vernment, The National Guard arrived. and in its turn became masters of the building. Several indivi- daals were arrested and amongst the rest the citizen Albert, representative of the hs al government, (Sensa- members of the last provision: tion.) I did not consider myself authorised to detain prisoner a representative of the people, and so set him ut liberty. ‘The Chamber must now decide. M, Laxoniw demanded that authorization should be given also to proceed judicially against the citizen Al- bert. After a short discussion this was agreed to, the Mi- | nister of Commerce (M. Flocon) being the only person who stood up against Tho Presinent then proposed a decree, declaring that the National Guerd, the Garde Mobile. and the army had merited well of their country, and that the National Assembly thereby passed them a vote of thanks. Adopted. The Presivexnt—Nothing now remaing but to close the sittin, A Voice—But we ha manence, M. Monrrevit—It is uscfal that the National Guard, after having protected us xo ually, should watch over the Executive Committee sitting at the Luxem- bourg, and preparing important measures of public safety, | propose that the sitting be brought to a close, bet hat we meet early to-morrow, (Hoar, hear.) decided that we are in per- eo two Vive the Exeeu- | t | free fatherland, eople, and one of the | The sitting was adjourned to the next day, at ten in | | the morning. | | ‘The Assembly then rose, at a quarter past nine. he members as they went out were received by the | | National Guards with loud cries of « Vive I’ Assemblee | Nationale!” to which they replied by cries of * Vive la | Garde Nationale!” “Vive la Garde Mobile !” | The Proclamation of the French Governmen “Citizens—A ‘crime has been committed against the | | National Assembly. Some factious men have attempted to violate the sovereignty of the people. In presence of this attempt your representatives remained culm and firm; the majesty of right has triumphed over brute | force. The Assembly, for an instant disturbed. has | sumed its labors, . It sits in the midst of you still great, atill strong. ever. ready to insure the triumph of the | Republic, and to realise for laborers the just hopes which the revolution had given to them. Crime is van- quished. The National Guard, the Garde Mobile, the army. all the forces of Paris and the banlicue, drove b fore them the insensate conspirators. who masked their plots under the name of Poland. Citizens !—Your vie: tory is hallowed, for the blood of your brothers has not heen shed. Remain still armed at your posts ready to defend, as you so well have known how to do, the Re- public against anarchy. The men who have sullied the temple of the constitution henceforth belong to | justice. Justice is in action; the government is vigi- | lant, and the culprits are in custody. Have faith in the future, for the future has never been wanting to those who have fidelity and courage, and your fidelity and courage have been put to the proof,”’ Signed by the Executive Commission, Pants, May 16, 1848, The Constitutionnel says : “ M. Trouvé Chanvel, who has just been appointed by the government to the post of Prefect of Police, was Mayor of Le Mans at the time the Duke de Nemours passed through that town, and was immediately removed from his_situation, in conse- uence ofthe bold bute pe ioh he finde on the occasion. M. Trouve Chauvel, who is an old Republican, has lately filled the office of Commissary General in the departments of the Sarthe, the Maine et Loire. and the Mayenne; he has been able, by the vigor of his character and the probity of his conduct. to main- tain pence, good order, and confidence, in those de- partments. He was unanimously elected to the Na- tional Aseembly, by the department of the Sarthe.— ‘The choice of the Executive Committee cannot fail to be generally commended. M. Trouvé Chauvel is al- ready instailed at the Prefecture, and M. Caussidivre immediately offered to put him au courané with all the affairs of the office.”? Important from the German States. FRankrort-ox-THe-Matne. May 14. The disturbances in this place still continue, and persons who have rendered themselves personally or politically obnoxious to the multitude, are visited night. ly by them, and then, when they have been hooted and groaned, their houses are attacked and the windows smashed in with stones, These scenes of outrage oc- curred last night at the Palace of the Diet, the residence of the Austrian ambassador, at the mansion of one of the senators of the city, Herr Harnier, and at the house of Herr Kaester, the burgomaster. The last named person, I am told, was so assailed because he has rendered himself disliked by his workmen. The bur- gher guard. or patrol of citizens, attempted to prevent the mob from breaking into the palace of the Austrian ambassador. In this attempt many of them were se- verely injured; one stabbed with a knife; another, the proprietor of the Hotel de Russe, knocked down with a stone; and finally the mob triumphed, dispersing the patrol, taking from some of them their guns, and casting them in the river Maine. As it is believed that other and greater outrages may occur to-night, the guards are to be doubled. and I hope that the force exhibited may be sufficient to prevent a repetition of these scenes. It is supposed that the discontented operatives of Frankfort have been the ringleaders in these acts of violence. The following is a copy of the proclamation under which has been convoked the mecting of the working classes which took place this day:— “Brotnen German: “Freedom presents its beneficent fruits to every one. Are the laboring classes alone to be debarred of their enjoyment? Freedom is justice; and even for the la- boring classes the hour of justice has struck, Let not the sound of its chimes fall upon listless ears! The operative classes constitute the very marrow of the peo- pi —they are in point of fact the people; for without labor there cannot be life, nor people, nor government. To all, then, who labor, our appeal is addressed. shal your strength; keep the step; confederate. ‘The isolated individual can do nothing for himself, and nought of general benefit for others. It is in union is to be found the strength of all, and by means of that strength we can gain the object that we desire. When any one trade takes up a position for itself alone, it by xo doing separates itself from its brethren; but when all who labor ave combined together there is then con- ferred upon each particular trade the confederated strength of all the rest. The object of our union (re- rein) is @ clear comprehension of the general cir- cumstances of all workmen; a distinct understand- ing of the matters peculiar to each particular trade; consultation as to the means by whieh thexe peculiari- ties may be regulated; consultation as to the mode in which the laboring classes may participate in those pop- ular rights which haye been won in the recent revolu- tion “ The right of combination is now under the protec- tion of the law; aud none now can presume to inter- fere with the exercise of such a right. “ Brother Germans! your future fate—the futurity of the people. isin your hands. All you who labor, be your condition what it may, regard now the circum- stances and state of the operative classes as your own; congregate together for the foundation of a German working classes waion. “You are all called together to the first meeting. which takes place on Sunday, 14, at 3 o'clock, I’ M.. in the Town Riding School ‘This proclamation brought together, at the appoint- ed hour, about 4.000 persons, when a Wiesbaden work- man took the chair, The result of this mecting was the establishment of an operative elub, or workman union, which is to be governed by a co: poxed of a representative from each trade. of this union is to redress the peculiar grievant working classe. es of the When it ig known that every work- man, # native, has a vote fora member of Parliament, and that he has aright to carry arms, aad that in every respect he is on a political equality with his richer neighbors, it seems difficult to discover what can can be the peculiar grievances of the working ¢lass in Germany. The only intelligible one put forward by the speakers to-day was, that as a class they have not a representative in Parliament. They them<elvos consti- tute the majority of voters—they could elect workmen if they pleased. They do not do so, and then they claim an exclusive right to have a vote for a represen- tative of their own, and of course a vote for the repre- sentative ofother clarses. There was a solemn service in all the churches of Frankfort to-day, at which prayers were offered up for the new German Parliament. ‘An advertisement appears in the papers of this morn- ing. summoning a meeting of the members of Parlia- ment for Tuesday next, at three o'clock. in the Hall of the Emperors, the place usually occupied by the mem- bers of the Committee of Fifty. The mecting of Tues- day is a preliminary one, but in which it is not expect- ed that any matter of public interest will be transact- ed. All that it is supposed will be done will be the formalarrangement for proceeding with business on the following Thursda; I have before now alluded to the jntense interest which has been excited as to the opefing of the new Parliament. | could not perhaps afford a more striking proof of that interest, than by the translation of the following notice, which appeared in the Heidelburg pa- per, Deutche Zeitung, of yesterday morning. and is copied into the Frankfort papers of to-day. The sug- gestion contained in it, | have not the least doubt, will be acted upon universally :— . SAN APPEAL TO ALL GERMANS. “The ‘opening of the parliament in Frankfort is fixed for the 18th of May. The undersigned, therefore, Venture to suggest that thore should be brought into operation a which must have occurred to many as wellasthemsolves, After the great battle of the people at Leipsic, fires were lighted on ev- ery mountain in Germany, as testimeny that the yoke of foreign despotism had been shaken off, A mightier day than that of Leipsic approaches. The Ge have to celebrate the commencement of the unit, their ative laud,that first and most indiapensable con- dition of internal and durable freedom. On our Kais- eretuhl will.on the evening before the 18th of May.a fire be lighted up. Let the same be done one very height, where the German accents are heard, from the North- ern ocean even to the Adriatic sen. The axcending pil- lars of fire shallshow that rman people receg- nise the awful importance of their new Diet—they shall present the emblem of the spirit that animates th people ; those flaming columns shall also be as a warn- ing to the men to whom a most sacred deposit is now confided, that the people are wakeful and watchful, | and that what is required is not only a powerful but a | KER RMU (Signed) = * Orro Wrn “ Kare Mr “ Hetdelburg, 12th May, 1848." Upon the dispute between the Dict sitting at Frank- ‘ort and the Committee of Fifty, a correspondent of the Frankfurter Oberpostants Zeitung writes thus : “ S$rurroanp, May IL pm the marked feeling with which percons here e the account of the proceedings at Frankfort, it may readily be surmised what universal interest has | | been excited by the dispute which has arisen | | between the Committee of Fifty and — the Diet. It is regarded by many as a most Inmentable circumstance ; aud those who most regret it are the adherents of monarchical power, whilst on | the other hand the radicals rejoice over it, and seek to | | convert it ax much as possible to. their own purposes, | It isin truth, impossible to conceive how persons | should endeavor at the present moment to take up a | position which at another time, and under far more | faycrable ciroumstances, it was impossible to main- tain. How can the last two months be so easily for- | gotten? Itis a bad beginning—it is one that gives a | mort unwelcome shock to the most ardent champions of the monarchy—it is a commencement that threatens | to influence the future. for who can be cortainMot any- thing. when that which was supposed to bo a solid | foundation, and had been won with such difficulty, | disnppears from beneath his feet? Are we doomed again to hear those awful words—« It is too tate.” In my letter yesterday I referred to a rumor which had reached me respecting a secret mecting of the com- mittee of fifty, and the consequent retirement of more than one member of the Diet. I have not succeeded in KF per tra not able to yive it @ positive contradiction, as | have | not seen the member of the committee who could give King or the government the acts they should p me a positive assurance on the subject King Louis, of Bavaria, it is stated, positively will not visit Afschaifenburg this year. last accounts mention that it was so crowded with troops there was no longer any room for them in the barracks, and they had to be quartered in private houses. The ‘object for which they were professedly collected was to put down the viotators of the forest laws in the neighboring vil- lages. ‘The distauce, however, of Afschatfenburg from Frankfort is not great, and in case of necessity soldiers sould easily be marched from one point to the other. A letter from Munich, of the 12th of May, refers to the disaatisfuetion generally felt in consequence of the most of the deputies to the German parliament having which, if itcan possibly be true, will excite feelings in sevér: had along conference with the king before their de- parture for Frankfort, “It is feared from this ” remarks the writer. of Bavaria to maintain an isolated position of its own, and that its deputies will be more anxious to forward a dynastic than one common general German interest. Such a policy could alone give oceasion to the unsheath- ing of the sword of civil war. and perhaps of plunging all persons and parties into a deplorable anarehy.”” T have read the description, in the Hue and Cry, of , brother Jesuitism, thinks all means right which the | worse, a th xome of the political fugitives, It appears to me that the authorites. in despair of catching them, have por- | trayed them in such a manner us to render them ridi- culous, Take, for instance. this doscription of two of the runaways. “Otto Henchlinger, 23 years of age, thin, fir hair and beard, and fresh complexion—never looks steadily at any person, and is of a vory fantasti- cal appearance.” “Bauer, 21 years, stout make, pale face, and black hair; may be easily recognized by his impudence and brutal behaviour.” Schlooffel. the German student at Berlin, and the champion of the working classes in Berlin, has been condemned to six months imprisonment for that which | was designated a political, but, in reality, a blasphe- | mous libel. Instead of attempting a defence, his speech | was a sories of libels upon the king and all the autho- rities. He is a contemptible fanatic, but it is observed by a person writing from Berlin, that his influence | with the ignorant was so great as to render his incarce- ration necessary. ‘The Deutsche Zeitung mentions, on the authority of | 8 correspondent in Frankfort, that Austria is, in Gal- licia, about to follow the example of Prussia in Posen, and to institute a national Polish government for its jvets in that province. The Deutsche Zeitung also states, that at the meet- | ing of the Protestant Synod in Heidelberg. on Wed- | nesday, the most amicable spirit was manifested by the | professors of the different sects, and that all agreed in seeking for a complete separation of church and State. A letter from Prague gives the following account of the state of that place as the capital of Bohemia:— | he terrorism of the Czechen has begun. Three hundred young fanatics, clothed and armed as in the time of Ziska, constitute a corps. They call them- | solves Swornoszt, and only wait for the signal from the ‘National Committee’ to strike a blow. Hundreds of them are thus always ready for action. In Tabor, Newhaus, &e.. there are similar corps, and there cer- tainly cannot be less than 20,000 such Ziska cham- pions in the country.” apAherson writing ‘from Manhetm, May 12, remarks hat — “Although the stato of sioge is declared to bo at an ond, still the holding of public meetings is prohibited. We cannot consider that the government is justified in adopting this course, because yhen it is admitted that the town is no longer in an exeeptional state, the lnw should be permitted to resume its usual course,” The twentieth number of the Deutschen Zuchauer was seized by the government, and its editor thus ex- presses himself :— “We enter our solemn protest against this act, and we call upon our fellow-citizens likewise to protest against it. We warn the government to abandon the,, path which they seemdetermined upon pursuing. Tho'| violation of right is at all times dangerous; but at a | period of movement and of agitation its only result | can be the destruction of those with whom it has orig'nated.”” A letter from Stuttgard, May 11, mentions that there nover was a finer prospect for an abundant harvest in Germany than in the present year. On the preceding day the price of the loaf was lowered. and the market was so well supplied with potatoes, that, comparing their price with what it has been for some years, they were sold at a very cheap rate. “ Beatin, May 15, « We, Frederick William, &e., havo resolved that the deliberative assembly of the Prussian constitution shall, after the conclusion of the elections of the deputies, chosen according to the basis of the new electoral law of the Sth of April, be opened on the 22d of May, in our capital and residentiary city of Berlin. We hereby summon the elected ropresentatives of our faithful people for the 22d of May instant; and charge our Minister of State to make the further requisite ar- rangements. “FREDERICK WILLIAM. reigned by the Ministers.) (Count “ Potsdam, May 13, 1848 Great excitement continues to prevail respecting the return of the Prince of Prussia. A deputation of the Berlin students has waited upon the minister Camphausen, and another, from the burghers, upon the ister Von Schwerin, to protest against the recall of the Prince of Prussia, as a measure calculated to en- danger the peace of the capital. M. Camphausen pro- mised to submit the protest to the King. Similar addresses have been presented from Cologne, Dussel- dorff, &e. Frankvont-on-rne-Maine May 15. This city was, as I had wnticipated, again disturbed last night by the same mob of persons who have as- sailed the palace of the Austrian ambassador, of other members Diet, as well as of the respectable inha- bitants. ‘The preparations, however, made to encoun- ter and defeat t were more happily arranged than on former evenings. All passed off quietly during the day, yesterday, in Frankfort. It was not until about ten o'clock at night that there were heard in the streets the cries of drunken men shouting out “ Vive la Republique.” ‘The street in which they collected is that in which the Diet assembles, and as it was feared | that the same place might be attacked again, the patrol ordered the crowd to disperse. This was refused, and as the mob was momentarily increasing in numbers. the drum was beaten for the National Guards to turn out, In less than twenty minutes there could not be loss than 2000 men. assembled. and all under arms, The mob, however, stili maintained their position, A charge was made vpon them, and in an instaat they were dispersed. leaving 20 prisouers in the hands of the guards, Of these, eight were found to have received bayonet wounds, The remafning 12 were lodged in the guard-house, where they await examination by the authorities. All the pris are mechanics—shoe- makers, tailors, &e., and but four of them natives of Frankfort, It is hoped that this act of rigor upon the part of the authorities will put an end to the cha:ivaris, by which the most distinguished persons in the town have been insulted. and which have always been accom- panied by a destruction of property. In the letter forwarded yesterday I gave an extract from a journal to show the feeling that has been aroused by the dispute between the Diet and the Com. mittee of Fifty. The following extracts bear upon the same point :— « Danwsrapt, May 14. “The much talked of protocol of the ambassador from this pince to the Diet has produced a most pain- ful impressioh here. It is een admitted that Herr Von Lepel has not only proved that he is unfitted for the position to which he has been recently appoint- ed, but that he has by his act utterly forfeited the pub- lic estimation which he once enjoyed. * * * In the approaching parliament its members cannot but perceive in this incident a demonstration of what they have to hope and toexpect in certain quarters; | and through it. too, they may learn what they have to | do to protect Germany against the mancuvres of a | objects of interest. | eockade. g this report to an authentic source, and! am themselves the position in Germany that the Parisians on this occasion been occupy as regards France, and dictating either to the orm, or the course of policy they should pursue. ‘This is certain, that should there be another collision between the Berlinese and the troops, the great probability is a far greater loss of life in Berlin, with a different result to that which was obtained in March, As to the state of mercantile affairs it still continues to be most lamentable Railway shares are declared to be absolutely unsaleable, and no money to be raised on any species of security without the payment of sia wil! ie enormous interest. A correspondent of the Frankfurter Journal, who writes from Stuttgard, May 13, mentions a very curious circumstance with respect to the King of Bavaria, Bngland far different from those which this letter- writer entertains, The correspondent of th “that an attempt will be made on the part furter Journal, it is to be observed, is a great admirep aninsurrectionin B of Herr Strauss, and he is indignant that such a writer should have been defeated by a pious Protestant. He even affirms that the King of Bavaria entreated of the colleague of the gentleman who had been elected to re- sign his seat, in order that there might be a new elec- tion; but (saya the correspondent) Pietism, like its end sanctifies, and thus was this noble proceeding on the part of the King inoperative! Thus the writer, who thinks it was improper for Protestant laymen and clergymen to exert themselves te defeat Strauss—the infidel author—conceives it was a noble, becoming, and kingly proceeding on the part of a monarch to inter- fero with an election, and to render void the popular vote ! ‘Thoso who have heard overmuch about undue in- fluence at elections will be astonished to learn what are the notions of a free constitution entertainod by free-thinking German, Affairs in Poland—The War of Races. Annexed are extracts of despatches from the French charge d'affaires at Berlin, relative to the condition of Polan: March 20.—The statesmon of Prussia are inclined to | give up Polish Posnania, which costs more than it pro- duces March 21.—The popular party wishes for the re-or- ganization and independence of Poland, and desires that Prussia should immediately take a part in this work ; that Pomerania should be given up and made the basis of this reconstitution; that Prussia should take into her service the Polish Legion, which may have been formed at Posen. The Poles are the most lively he students take the lead in effusions. The poles have resumed their national ‘They do not wish for disorder, or for the im- mediate triumph of republican democracy; they only desire that Prussia may employ herself in the regenora- tion of Poland. A deputation from Posnania is come to petition the king to proclaim the, re-es!blishment of the kingdom of Poland, and place its head of a Prussian Prince. March 25-The King of Prussia has resol ing all consequences rather than accept of Poland, and thus declare, without war against Russia; and in this sen the address of the Poles, but leavin, raise volunteers. Neither | without having a pret: tray by organi cither Poland or Ita March 29.—The w t Poles are of opinion my should not be France; but that t! confined to a fleet ix these patri March 23. pon by tle of vocation \s answe them at liberty to sig not @ermany will, w their territories to be od armed bodies moving upon mong the Prussians and cor of an overland ar- even accepted. from » required should be .ving on board troops ready to be landed. oryski, who arrived yesterday at Berlin, is sa received a verbal Assurance from M. Lamartine, (at succor should be sent to Poland by sea, if Prussin would do the same by land. ‘The good understanding between the Germans and the Poles is uot durable. ‘The liberal Germans are desirous of contributing to the reconstruction of Po- land, but the people have an invincible dislike for the Poles, whom they call barbarians, April 1.—In Upper Silesia, the peasants of Polish ori- gin are devastating and destroying the habitations Prince Adam Czartoryski was not received at Berlin | with any mark of popular interest. eratic party has evidently the supremacy. April 3.—The Poles in the Duchy of Posen are treat- ing the Germans with the most brutal acts of violence. ‘A war between the two races appears to be inevitab‘e- April 4.—In Prussian Poland, affairs are plunging ra- pidly into a frightful chaos. The Germans, who are in all parts armed, have burnt the Polish flag, and, in the Sclavoni: districts, imprisoned the agitators. The peasants are rising against their feudal lords, are mas- creing them and driving them away, protesting against any return of the Polish system, which they regard as the re-establishment of the equestrian order, In fact, the Polish insurrectionary party is composed exclusively of the Polish gentlemen and burgesse: ‘This party is in arms, and marching along the frontier, announcing their intention of immediately crossing it. Prince Czartoryski has lost all his influence over his countrymen, whose violent conduct at Berlin hus alienated from them all the sympathy of the Germans. April 8.—The Polish peasantry wre opposed to the re- constitution of Poland, There is a revulsion against it, in the whole body of the Germanised peasants in Upper Silesia, and in great part of Posnania, They trample the cockade under their fect, and threaten with a Jacgnerie the gentlemen and the returned eml- grants. The intelligent Poles hope and wish for the reorganization of their counrty; but only through the means of negotia If the’ Prussian government gcants more than it has lately done for the Duchy of Posen, thy will be a massacre d@ la Gallicienne of the gentlemen by the peasants. April 14.—The whole of the armed German popula- tion no longer confine themselves to the defensive, but are preparing an aggression against the reorganization ef Poland, and the entire body of the peasantry are ready to make common cause with them. ‘To a war of races will tollow a war of castes, and then will come a war of man to man. Thus will the nationality of Po- land bo annihilated at one blow. Apri -The Poles are sending deputation after deputation to Berlin, urging the preservation of the Prussian organization. ‘he conduct of the Polish emissaries proves too evidently the total change of spi- rit that has been made. They labor incessantly to ex- cite the clubs of demagogues, to seduce the workmen, to destroy all internal order, and to overthrow tl government. They boast «f having don Paris, and exhaust themselves in uttering declat fall of hatred against the members of the Freneh ernment, he Polish peasants in Russian Poland make common cause with the Russians, April 19.—The Polish emigrants ar means to drive the ciubs of ultra dema workmen of Beriin into insurrection. April 21 he people of Berlin feel convinced that the interests of the Polish nation are incompatible with their own, If France disturbs or threatens Germany on account of the Poles, there will be an alliance be- tween Prussia and Russia, and these two powers would be able to annihilate Poland befor. a French army could pass the Rhine. April 22.—The Prussian government has interdicted the Polish emigrants from entering Posnania. They may either return to France, or go to Cracow. The French envoy has made a strong remonstrance against this decision. April 27.—The Poles of Posnanian origin will be au- thorized to go into the Duchy of Posen, and those of Gallician origin to Cracow, Those of Kussian origin must remain in the German territories, None will be ing all possibie ogues and the sent back into France. The Germans are persuaded that, to reorganize Poland, would be to aid France, and place themselves between two fires. The Sclavo- nians are incapable of doing anything alone, The Poles must be considered only a4 an element of disor- ganization in the service of Fi April 20.—A new manifesto by the students of Berlin cunning, concealed, but obstinately determined revo- lutionary party; and how, in despite of that party, | they may make their country great, free, powerful.aud prosperous. The warm blasts of revolution now blow | over the hills and the valleys of Germany; and now | stand the people of Vienna, of Berlin, and of other | towns, ready for action, but waiting until they see | their native land obtain its full and well-secured | rights, It is under the favorable influences of a most happy crisis that eur national parliament meets and consults. With prudence and with boldness it will act; and we are sure will be careful that the German | people be not exposed to the danger of losing their | prize of the glorious revolution; that such a prize | all not be swindled from them either by old dip! watists or their new assistants, who are acting in per- | fect concert with the ultra-montanes and concealed | Jesuits. The German nation possesses now four great avourities both for the presentand the future. These are, the liberty of the press, the right of petition, the right of meeting, and the right to carry arms. It is impossible to rob a people of its freedom that knows how to make a proper use of these. * * Wehave now something else to do than to bow the knee before a make-believe German Emperor, as if he were & second Providence. and as if the futurity and happiness of Germany were dependent upon any one man, Our politien! clubs in city and country districts, it is now plain, will be of the utmost importance, as they will at all times be at the command of the German parliament, and will best know what the necessities of the times require" “Wirsnanes, May 4. © Tho eitizons hero are signing, in vast numbers, an energetic protest against the protocol. The Diet falls into # grievous mistake if it suppose it can thus delude | the German nation and bring back the old system, ‘The people are on the watch alike to defend thom- selves against the assaults of anarchy as against the | efforts cf Jesuitioal reactionaries, and woe to thoo | through whose crime should be caused the shedding of | one drop of blood in the battle for nationality. The | quiescence, the apathy and endurance of Germany are | at an end? | A letter from Manheim mentions that though the town has been but a few days relieved from a state of siege, it already begins to feel the good effects of the relense it has experienced. In Baden-Baden the num- ber of visitors are on the increase. although up to the present moment they are lamentably, small, as com- pared with former years. Great apprehensions are entertained for the preser- vation of peace in Berlin, should the ministry, in despite of the demonstration of the 12th ot May, per. severo in the determination to recall the Prince of Prussia, There can be no doubt but that the Prussian ministyy are placed in a diMeult position. It they recall the Prince of Prussia they provoke an émeute in Berlin—if they do not recall him they expose them- | selves to unpopularity in other parts of Prussia, which | have @ great objection to the Berlineso assuming to against the Poles of the grand-duehy of Posen has ap- peared. The Emperor of Russia at’ present keeps the Polish provinces in restraint as much by the support of the inferior classes as by force of arms. April 30.—The scenes at Cracow have exasperated the Prussians of all opinions against the Poles, They will be excluded from Berlin during the elections May 1.—The most decited animosity against the pervades all classes, and a crusade against them is preached in all the clubs. The volunteer corps which were armed and organized for the army of Schleswig are now ready to march into Posnania to the support of the Germans, It is no longer the Poles who are the objects of pity. but the German vietims massacred at Cencow. It will be # long time before Germany will do anything for Poland, and to wndertake anything for the restoration of Poland would be an attempt upon | Germany. The Poles themselves cannot be of any ser- vice to tis, ongaged as they are in tearing each other to May 3.—War is spreading in Posnania, On April 30 Mieroslawski was attacked in his camp at Miloslaw by & very superior Prussian force, but remained master of the field of battle, From all information, gathered with the greatest care, it appears certain, first, that the pro- vocation was given by the Poles both in Posnania and in Cracow; secondly, that their disorganized bands and their chiefs, who are generally unknown, cannot any- where stand against the German troops; thirdly, that it is one of the plans of the promoters of this war to in- volve France in it by compromising her name ; fourth- | ly, that nearly the whole of the German nation takes | cause with the governments which represent it against the Poles ; that 150 or 200 Poles coming from France to Cracow, and expelled from that city on April 25, ar- ived at the gates of Berlin, where they were disari it to Magdeburg or Menden with passports In the duchy of Posen the: for France, tween the races, in which the Scalvoniun race is likely to porish miserably. May 4.—The cause of Poland, after the revolution at is open war be- Berlin, seemed to have gained strength, and would have done so as fur ax depended upon the Germans, who wished, in all good faith, to re-establish Poland as a but- wark against Russia; but they calculated without che Poles, and without taking into account the antipathy which exists betweon the Selavonian and Germanic races, This antipathy is not derived from prejudices or from routine, but has ita souree in the elementary qualities of the two peopl mental and moral constitution which is tly opposite bases. The Poles have shown themselves in 1848 what they have ever been. ‘The political vices which brought in the decline of their state in the 17th, and its dissolution in the 18th, century, have spontaneous. ly been displayed in all their meetings, Under all the divisions of thelr territory, The utter impossibility of forming any combination between the Germanic and Polish elements has again received the sanction of perience, Undoul ly many sud grave wrovgs have a on the | The Polish demo- done by the Garmans. pirtion- larly by the peroas wh are ia ths emoloymeas of thy crown, and pariap) without even exesptiag its sell But this mec m> change iaths wall lished resulta meray will not dv ary hing fo politica! reconsivastion of Prtaat, tf Revass #hoatl Fesoct to arms, Goemuay will not Lystiny bay eats ree of Rassia, to wom sity will lays ths tee of erasing ity of Patra ll, wa S iasviteyy ose moy be thy iss [f Peauce doer ny rperm't the Ruiner toe will Austria eve eemousr on somten PB. soy Pa atnit the Rursiare into Cracow the vin noe 1 May 6. iil war i¢dsolating ths whole aacd, ot Prussian Poland. Missodawski hes booked uo his camp, and is comnencing a war of partisans. Hoh I tims gone over thy Ravina feon war of races is about to be added a we communion, a war of castes ors. Ty the of religious Mivrolaw iki wishoa to try arin, which can navee ancseod ; and he relies mach more Upon an armsd minifsitation at Paris in favor of thy Poiss, ant to which he iy inoes- santly exciting the scudents, Th» real objact of the Polish Dict at Breslaw, is to arm Prasis agsinst Rua sia. and France against Peassia; wad, besides th an imple war in all parts—z social war, avd, still logical and politica! war. |. May 7.—Mierolawski has dociared himself gensrallis- | simo of the republic of Poland. The war is being car- ried on with inyetoracy, organised by the democratic party alony, In Galicia, the people remain pertina- ciously attached te the Austrian system. If the iusar- rection breaks out, the signal for the Jacquarie w.il be given. On the first acts of aggression by France upon Germany, Poland perishes. One only means remains of saving Poland, and that is, by calming men’s minds, and repressing everg attempt with the strong hand. In these days France cannot save Poland by any other means than negotiation. Mierolawski, after having captured Buck. has pillaged. burnt, and abandoned it. Tho exasperation of the population of the Gorman duchy is at its height, May 9.—In Posnania the war has assumed a frightful character. On neither side is quarter given or asked for. Tho most violent among the Poles—and among them, Couat Christian Ostrowski—have unanimously agreed that at the first sigual of hostilities the peasants of Gallicia shall massacre the gentlemen, and throw themselves into the arms of the Russians. Italy. In the Turin Chamber of Deputies, M. Palluel, de- puty of Savoy, wished some explanation respecting the Feports that Fraaco had given orders for Its aruy om tho Alps to cross the frontier, These reports had pro- duced the greatest uneasiness in the minds of his con- stituents. The Minister of Foreign Affairs replied, that he was happy to say, that in consequence of the rumors in circulation, he had written to M. Lamarting upon the subject, who had assured him of his ardent desir to continue and te promote the best under- nments of France and Sar- snch troops would pass the (called for by the Sardinian cabinet ; dinia un we shali not call for it,” continued the minisver, I neh army will not enter Savoy.” This expla- | nation was doomed highly satisfactory, We find the following in the correspondence of tho Presse :— ho 12th was in astate of the groatest agitation, A revolution appears imminent, and the greatest efforts aro maida to offoct it without a collision, Tho parties in presence are the de- moeratic party, which wishes for the tadependence of Lombardy, and the party’ which, hy uniting Piedmont to all the swallor States, wishos to form the kingdom of Upper Italy, The latter party hias the most friends at its command, ant hns, therefore, hitherts wan the most signs of success. A very imposing manifestation was to have taken place om lan journals of the 13th make no mention of Massa and Carrara have decided on uniting themselves to 2th, but the Tuseany, Russia. St. Pererssunan, May 6. By command of the Emperor, the sum of 6.000.000 rubies was transferred, on the 2d of this mouth, from the reserve store in the vaults of the fortress of Peter- Paul to the vaults of the credit expedition, for the pur- pose of augmenting the rendy cash of the treasury of that expedition, which has been diminished in coase- quence of the payments for the purchase of the public funds for the transfer capital payment of the gold washers from 30,000,000 to the amount of 1,140,000 ru- bles. From the official scrutiny and revision of the state bonds lying in the reserve store vaults of the Peter-Paul fortress, it appears that aftor the deduction of the above sum of 6,000,000, there still remains the sum of 109 588,595 rubles 19 copecs silver.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, May 13. Authentic intelligence from Russia states that many soldiers who had quitted the service had re-entered it. In the extonsive possessions of Prince Gallitzin alone, their aumbers amount to 400 men. The merchants of Moscow have placed 50,000,000 silver rubles at the dis- posal of the Emperor ; the various provinces, at vast Sacrifices, have offered to furnish horses and provisions; almost all the influential and wealthy Russians who are abroad, are returning to Russia. Yesterday evening the family of Prinee Gallitzin arrived here from Paris, on their road to Russia, The Russian nobles are flock- ins round their monarch more than ever, and there is no longer a doubt that preparations for war are being made on an extensive scale. Meantime M. Von Magen- dorf continues the assurance that the Emperor enter- tana most pacific intentions. The report that the Emperor had left St. Petersburgh for Riga is incorrect. His majesty i still a¢ St. Petersburgh, and held grand review a day or two before the railng of the steamer.— Coogne Gazette. The Augsburg Gazette states that large bodies of troops have lately passed the Niemen, near Kowno, to reinforce the Russian army under Rudiger and Schac- hoffsko, which already amounts to 30, cond corps had marched on Wilna. The guards toned around St. Petersburgh have received orde: march on the 13th. Large bodies of troops were disposable in Little Russia and Kiew, particularly cavalry. “ Milan on tl the it, Placencia. The declaration of Piacenza in favor of its union with Piedmont, which we mentioned yesterday, took place onthe 10th ult.; the number of votes was as fol- lows 37,000 for the union with Piedmont ; 60 for ion with Lombardy ; 800 for the union with the Pontifical States ; and 10 for the union with Parma. On the result beiag known, the town was illuminated, and the event saluted with 60 guns. Parma and Mo- dena are on the point of declaring their junction with Piedmont also. The provisional government of Parma, in a decree of the 8th ult., orders registurs to be opened in all the parishes of the State to receive the votes concerning tha ultimate destiny of the late Duchy, and at the same time recommends the junction with Pied- mont as the best course, Bank of England. An account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Viet. cap. 32, for the week ending Saturday, the 13th day of May, 1848. IssUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued... ., . £26,364,000 LA sets Debt. ties BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors’ Capital. £14,350) “Gove a << 438,076 Public’ Deposits’ (in- cluding» _Excho- quer, Savin Banks, Somnus sioners of National Debt, and Divi- dend’ Accounts)... 3,442,607 Other Deposits 9,756,433 Seven Day and Bills. . 1,101,270 £31,291,886 £32,291,886 Views of Affairs in Eurepe, by an Engiish Editor. (From the Liverpool Mail. May 13. The Constituent Assembly of France has met, and hos had its first quarrel, as we expected, much after the mauner of Conciliation Hall, in Dublin. We have not heard of any blow being struck; but these will come nu good time. ‘he Assembly has chosen a Speaker who is to con- tinue in that arduous office for one month only, a pe- riod of punishment sufficiently long for human endur- | ance, and nearly ample enough for the oxistence of the Assembly iteelf, | Io this new constituent body M. Thiers, a historian, & man of undoubted talent, formerly a prime minister, | and addicted to popular opinions, has no place. The Provisional Government have taken considerable pains | to exciude him. Poor old Beranger, the poet, was returned, but he was | so much ashamed at being classed with Lamartine, the Leigh Hunt of Paris, that he begged to be excused, and was allowed to resign fiddlers, dancing masters, ix true, but do not shine. ‘The clubs in Paris are their | masters, and as the members of these clubs are all mas- | ter tailors, instead of being journeymen tailors, they are | busy in cutting out new work for France. They have | A that the Poles and the Italians shall be taken der the special protection of France—the former to ored to their ancient nationality, aud the latter eodom—a word they do not understand—a condi- tion for which they are totally unfit Meanwhile Pope Pius IX. has declared war against Austria, ‘This is uncommonly farsieal,. Itis like Lord John Russell offering to fight Tom Cribb. But the Pope is to be pitied, although he be the author of his exations, The poor man isin jail. Neither he ‘ardinals, bishops or priests are allowed to pass the portals of tl ernal City. Ax an ecelesiastic he | is professed! but as a temporal prince | js actually dethroned, not as in former times by an in- | vading aud military despot, but by his own subjects, | his own people, his own children ! This is a blow at the Popedom which never was struck before, and it reveals secrets of no ordinary importance, What Austria will do is a problem. Her efforts and ‘etions. much depend upon the policy pursued by Wrance, Ifany French legion shall pass the Rhino or the Alps, all Germany will unite as one man against the invader, and Russia will come down in awful force to settle the contest. We believe, as we have always believed, that a repub- lic in France is an impossibility. If an honest and economic republic can be established there—the people of France inade happy, industrious. and contented,— republican institutions must supplant’ monarchieal ones over the whole surface ef Europe. But inasmuch aa we do not think this desirable or possible, we must re- turn to the moral and physical force of antagonist go- vernments and nations, ‘The success, the conquests, and the glory of Napoleon are now historicsi events. They cannot be repeated. The French people egs