The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-17 00:00:00

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N 0.459.) LONDON, T lIURSD AY EVENING, FE8.17, 1848. [3d.

was destined to take place on that spot. At the moment the
students were reaching, in the most peaceable manner, the
bureaux of this ministry, which is situated near the buffs:-
logs of the old academy, which touches the church of the
Jesuits, two detachments of gendarmes, on fort and on
horseback, commanded by a captain of the name of Bauer,
who, it is said, is indebted for his rapid promotion to the
Countess of Lindsfeld, issuing from two adjacent streets,
fell, without the least warning, upon the students, and
charged them with their sabres and bayonets. Two were
seriously injured, and, as several persons had sought a refuge
in the ball of the academy, the gendarmerie broke in the
door with the butt-end of their musket, and mortally
injured a poor workman, belonging, it is said to the atelier
de yeiature, who was crossing the passage. He died three
hours after, and this event, which soon became public,
greatly. tended to increase the exasperation of every class of
the citizens.
The memben of the municipality then assembled, and it
was decided th.t they should immediately wait upon the
king, to demand justice for such deeds. It was about one.
The first hourgmestre, M. de Steinsdorff, was requested to go
to the castle, accompanied by the members of the munici-
pality. The king had been out the whole of the morning,
and they were obliged to wait his return. When the king
returned, M. de Steinadorff applied to the aide-de-camp,
praying him to make known to his majesty that the mem- ,
bees of the municipal corps were desirous of obtaining an
audience. He received far reply, by the side de-camp, that
this demand had greatly displeased his majesty. " Return
again to the king," replied the bourgmestre, " and tell him
we heist upon having an audience,"
TM Mde-de camp, M. de Seyfried, appeared a short time
Ow, sad told the municipal body, who had been waiting
far upwards of two hours, that his majesty, who was going
to set down at table, would consider of it afterwards. The
magistrates then went to their royal highnesses the
Prince and Princess Leopold to beseech them to intercede
with the king. The prince and princess meet graciously re-
tuned the demand, aaaurisg them of the deep sorrow they
Mt for the events which had just taken place, and, followed
by the magistrates, immediately waited on the ktng. It is
mid the princess went down on her knees three times to be-
seech the king to revoke the ordonnance whirls cloud the
university for a whole year, and to give at least this just
satisfaction to the inhabitants of the capital ; but the king
was inexorable, and dismissed the deputation with these
words : " I must consult my council, and to-morrow I shall
make my will known to you." The people who were at the
gates of the palace, waiting to know the result of the inter-
view, could read in the faces of the members the [enure of
their temonstrances.
The whole town was noon apprised of the answer of the
king, and the inhabitants, ind,gnant, repaired in a ma",
about seven o'clock, to the Place Caroline, in the centre of
which is placed the obelisk, and which opens into the Rue
du Bar, in which is situated the residence of the countess.
The entrance of the street was defended by a regiment of
lufantry, and the house by a detachment of gendarmes. The
mewl, which has never yet been armed, then fell on some
wood palings, broke them, and used them as arms to attack
the troops, which would moat certainly have been worsted
bad not the gendarmes come up to their assistance ; they
wounded (our persons, who were carried into the neighbour-
ing houses.
The snivel of a detachment of cuirassi• n noon drove
back the people, and they then took possession of the • guar,.
and intercepted, the passage of every street leading into it.
The croed then assembled before the police, and broke all
the windows of the house with the paving-stones, after hay-
ing secured themselves by barricades made with brewers'
drays. This attack was the last of that evening. I must
add that the municipal magistrates, leaving the palace, went
to the Hotel de Ville, where they conferred with the Minis-
ter of the Interior, who had gone there at the desire of Lola
Montes, to announce to them, on the part of the king, the
University would be re-opened at I.oster. This message
was ill-received, and the minister was informed, in p• remp•
tory terms, that it was too late, and that the University must
be re-opened immediately. This answer was accompanied
with expressions which cannot have been very agreeable to
Berke, end which I refrain from repeating.
FEB. Ilrn, 9, s..u.—The whole population of Munich
Is already in the streets. The greatest agitation prevails on
all sides. In fact, it is reported, that those peers of the
kingdom who ere now present at Munich, aro about to
wait upon the king, with the municipality, and that three di -
minds are shout to be presented to his majesty. lit, Th,
Immediate removal of the Countess of Lansfeld from
Bavaria; 2nd. The re-opening of the University; and 3r,1.
The chastisement of Captain Bauer, the author of the mile
fortunes which occurred yesterday. The result of thie step we,
goon known; and it is reported that the king has promised
that in one hour the Countess of Lsudsteld shall have left
Munich. At this intelligence the people ran to the Rue du
Bar, to witness her departure; but every issue was occupied
by the military, and it was not without the greatest difficulty
that three or four hundred persons succeeded in getting into
this street. It was easy to perceive, from the windows op-
posite those of Lola Mantes, that she was as yet unacquainted
with the decree which had just been issued against her, for
she appeared at her window, and was afterwards seen playing
In the court with her dog.
But let me abridge my long recital. On a sudden the
Mint door is thrown open ; a small American carriage, well
known to belong to Lola Monte., issues from the gate, and,
irryig full drive through the passage formed by the in-
reaches the top of the street. After a moment of
super, the people follow her traces, but soon return ; and,
breaking is the doors of the house of Lola Mentes, begin to
destroy it. On a sudden, the king, whose presence was far
for being expected in that place, makes his way through the
crowd, enters the house without been recognised,
and is immediately struck with several stones which
were thrown at the windows. Some officers pere
esiving the danger he was expand to, gather round him,
end expose their own lives to protect his. He then seizes the
arm of Count Bothmer, one of those officers who was the
flat to fly to his succour, and orders to go and announce to
the people, who then filled up the streets, that the university
sheaki be re-opened that very day. Criesot joy and vitae' they
eseended on all sides, and the people, on the appearance of
the king, struck up " God save the King."
P.S.—Prince Wallerstein, who offered his resignation on
the day before yesterday, will most probably be kept in
office, but it is to be presumed the other ministers wit be
replaced.
Lula Montes, who left here at eleven o'clock, endeavoured
to re-enter the town by another gate, in hopes of reaching
the royal palace and of seeing the king once mere, but in
vain • she was obliged to take a final departure.
We read in another correspondence, under the date
of Feb. 11th :
At this time, when political movements agitate the popu-
lation of so many capitals, it is necessary to make it clearly
understood that no democratic passion, no revolutionary
thoughts, have caused the insurrection which has just occur-
red at Munich. The movements which have taken plate
here have been marked by very serious incidents; the
military have been under the necessity of acting. We hear,
from undisputable authority, that ten persons have been
wounded and two killed. Carts have been overthrown to form
barricades; the hous t of the police has been invaded by the
people; all its windows have been broken; but these excesses
sprang from one sole cause, and as soon as the object of the
public irritation was removed, all was restored to its habitual
state of tranquillity.
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FURTHER EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

Our Paris letters of last evening have arrived.
The conflict of parties, arising out of the imprudent
and, as it now appears, impotent menaces of M.
Guizot and his colleagues, has shaken sot ety to its
centre, but has not produced any real alarm. The
public is awakened to the assertion of its rights
against doctrinaire despotism, but no fear is felt.
Talus, Fan. 16.—New Leon, 75 IS ; Three per Cents., 74 30 ;
Time, 117 ; Four-and-Half, •—; Poem 99 50. Belgian Fiver
1940. 99 ; do. 1812, ; De. Foar-and.a-Halt, 921. Naples Renteii,
9430. Roman Loan, 941. Treasury Bends, 41. Bank Wares, 3190.
Rankings en London, eight, 25 SO.
Raitara es.— Paris and Orleans 1187 30; Parts and Rouen,
Rouen and Havre, —; Avignon 'and Marseilles,— ; Strasbourg awl
Bile, I'6 21 ; Centre Vierson,— ; Atrdens arid Boulogne, —; Bor-
deans, CG 23 ; North, 540.

Letters from Turin, to the 9th have, been received.
They are filled with reports of the public rejoicings
which followed the proclamation of the constitution.
To give these details would be merely to reproduce
what has taken place in other Italian cities, as a con-
sequence of the reforms which have signalised the
last few months.
The Florence journals of the 9th say that govern-
ment has distributed 11,000 muskets among the civic
guard. A further supply of 5,000 bad arrived from
Toulon, and 1,000 from Piedmont. These, with other
supplies, will place nearly 40,000 muskets in the
bands of the people.
The Journal de Frankfort, under the date of the
Italian Frontiers,3rd February,says that the measures
recently adopted by the government in Lombardy
have not had the effect desired. The decree of the
31st ult., ordering all arms is the possession of pri-
vate individuals to be delivered up to the respective
podestas, under pain of the holder being brought be-
ore a court martial, has increased in a high degree
r• the exasperation against the Germans ; and the most
gloomy apprehensions are entertained, which had been
laugmented by a report of a collision with the
Piedmontese on the frontier.

TEE MINT.—The Queen has been pleased to con-
stitute and appoint the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, the
Master of the Mint, William Cotton, Esq., Commisasry-
General Sir Edward Pine Coffin, and Colonel Win. Nairne
Forbes, H.E.I.C. Bengal Engineers, to be commissioners
to conduct an inquiry into the Royal Mint, and
has empowered and commanded them to inquire into and
report upon the constitution, management, and expense of
the Royal Mint, and to suggest such alterations as may ap-
pear to them to be required to insure the economical and
satidactory execution of the duties belonging to that ate-
blishnumt