The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-03 00:00:00

GERMANY.

DISCOMFITURE OF A RE-ACTIONARY COUP
IrETAT AT VIENNA.
AUSTRIA.—The following is a more detailed ac-
count of the late disturbances in Vienna than that
published by us yesterday :—On the morning of the
2fith of May the appearance of the following procla-
mation took the citizens of Vienna by surprise :
To the University Legion,—ln a manifesto of the Empe.
ror, dated Innspruck, May 20, received yesterday by minis-
ters, and published in yesterday's Wiener Zeifung, and in
the despech to the minist re which accompanies it, our be-
loved monarch expo saes a conviction which must give pain
to the loyal inhabitants of the capital:—That our &audit
cal factir n supported by the Univeraity Legion which has
been misled by foreigners, and a few disloyal burgesses and
National (Nardi, has sought to deprive the monarch of free
action; and that Vi' non has so far forfeited its immemorial
character for loyalty, as to compel the Emperor to quit it
with the pierpose not to return until tie has been fully con-
vinced it has resumed its former sentiments. Along with
this intimation of the imperial resolution we have received from
all parts of the empire protests em'na'ing from diets, repre.
sentative chemises., towns, corporations, and public meetings,
in which men of all ranks took part, against the merrier in
which *comparatively small part of the population of the
capital extorted from the minister* assembled it the imme-
diate neighbourhood of the monarch, new concessions which,
to use the worts of the manifesto above alluded to, were
neither sanctioned by, nor asked for, in the name of the
Austrian people, but taken by armed violence." The pro-
tests of the provinces repudiate in the strongest language the
assumption of some corporate bodies in the capital to speak
in the name of the nat.on, and unreservedly wive utterance
to the wish that on account of the conduct of the Senate of
the Unisersity, and of the University Legion, the Diet man
assemble not in Vienna, hut in some one of the provincial
capitals. The ministers hove sought ter more exact informs
tient respecting the proceedings of the U. iversity Senate and
.he University Legion, and have ascertained with satisfaction
that many lawless excesses, attributed to the legion by the I
public, have peen committed by a few persona, most
of whom had nn right to be enrolled in it ; and
that resolutions which it was incompetent 'or the aca-
demic body to pass, which usurped the functions of govern-
ment or stimulated to lawless tumult, have been rejected by
the majority of the students with indignation. Unauthorised
intruders have too often disgraced the name of student. But
upon the University legion as at present constituted in its
present isolation, stets a degree of public odium, which
deserved only by a few of its members, render. its confine'
*nee, apart from the rest of the national guard, incompatible
with public tranquillity.
The students in Vienna. the general inhabitants, and the
government, owe to their prince and their fellow-citizens
such guarantees as can alone restore the honour of the city,
tarnished in the eyes of Europe. by the belief that the
monarch is not safe, and that the Diet cannot assemble
among therm We all cling with loyalty to our prince, and
en:inept), desire to keep him among us. We will all labour
to regain the good opinion of our Austrian countrymen,
shaken by the misdeeds of a few We honest citizens of
Vienna will give security that disloyalty and tumult shall
not again rear their heads, and that the representatives of
every district will be welcomed as guests and brother.. To
this end his Majesty's government rely on the co-operation
of the citizens of Vienna, and of the University legion.
These considerations have induced ministers to re-model
the University Legion, which in its present separate organi-
sation owes its existence to a ministerial order of the 20th of
March, 1848, and to determine the (Wowing means for car-
rying its re-construction into effect—tat. The University
Legion, as an independent detachment of the national guard, is
dissolved, and i. s members will be incorporated with the guard.
2nd. Every teacher, doctor, or candidate, who is a member
of the legion and hound to serve in the national pined, will
cause himself to he enrolled in his own district within eight
days. 3rd. Matriculated students, not denizens of Vienna,
may or may not, according to their pleasure, seek to be en-
rolled. 4th. It they desire to be enrolled they must take the
necessary steps within eight days. fith. Those stu-
dents, who with a view to devote themselves entirely to
their studies, decline being enrolled, must deliver
up their arms at the town arsenal within 24 hours. 6th. The
university buildings, the Polytechnic School, and the
Academy of the Arts of Design remain closed till further
orders. 7th. Individuals who have been enrolled in the
only. rity legion, and yet are neither teachers, doctors, can-
didates, nor matrieal eted students must, if they would
escape the rigour of the law, deliver up their arms at the
town arsenal within 24 hours. 8.11. Compensation will be
made to all parties &beerier up their arms for any cost they
may have incurred in repairing them. 9. The commandant
of the national guard is charged with the execution of this
ordonnance. —By order of the Council of Ministers—
ALDEKT COUNT MONTECUCULI, Lord Marshal.—Vienna,
May 1548.
Our Vienna correspondent states that the actual minis.
tern have adhered throughout to the principles of the
15th May; but that Montecuculi, who issued the above
proclamation in their name, was endeavouring to
overthrow them, and had a list of new ministers in
his pocket ready to produce as soon as his attempt
was crowned with success.
The Allyemeine Oesterreichisehe Zeitung (the only
Vienna newspaper we have received for two days)
is printed on a half sheet, and only in part filled. It
contains the above proclamation, and a narrative of
proceedings from the first appearance of the document
on the evening of the 26th till mid-day of the 27th.
Every fact of consequence in this narrative will be
found in the abstract of it, which we subjoin.
This proclamation caused a tremendous excitement
among the students and the citizens at large. The
city, which after the lath had remained tranquil,
was lull of tumult. The gates had been
shut and occupied by the soldiery at an
early hour, and thus all communication with
the suburbs was cut off. By half-past 9 a.m. the
University buildings were surrounded by a crowd of
national guards, citizens, and operatives. The exas-
peration against Montecuculi was loudly and bitter.y
expressed. A e.,r.sidc.:lble number of armed :tutients
were tweemlNed in tnc senate-hotwe. 'their ccunte-