The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THVIIIIDAY, 11,30 a.m.
The vote of the chamber last evening, after the de-
parture of the mails, has proved to be another blow to
the cabinet. The question was the continuance of the
arbitrary power of the chief of the government over
the press—in a word, whether the press was to bo
placed under the regular operation of the law, or to
be left at the discretionary power of the chief of the
state, as it has been since June 24. The government,
through the organ of the Minister of Justice, insisted
on the contiuuance of this suspension of the
liberty of the press, declaring that it was essential to
the safety of the country. On the division they only
obtained a majority of 8 votes in a house of 681.
Thus 5 votes would have turned the teals spinet
them, in other words suppressing the vote of
the ministers themselves and their immediate
secretaries, the majority was actually against
them. This circumstances has produced a new pines
of the ministerial crisis. Yesterday afternoon it was
decided that the status quo should be maintained until
the constitution be declared. The position is now,
however, scarcely tenable, and conferences were again
held last night with the purpose of altering the mi-
nistry so as to make it stand for the next fortnight.
Nothing, however, has yet been decided ; various
offers had beta made, several have been peremptorily
refused, and none definitively accepted. General
Cavaignac has, it is said, invincible repugnancies to
receive into the government members whom he be-
lieves to have recepred the republic on compulsion.
l It is not impossible that the despatch of this evening
may bring to you something definite on this subject.
M. Lahore, on whom Gen. Cavaignsc'a sole hope
for a satisfactory alteration in the cabinet rested, has
definitively refused accepting office. The ground of this
refusal is that he will not unite in the same govern-
ment with any but men chosen from the moderate
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Pa•
The sway of the clique of the National is drawing to
a close. The vote of yesterday end Saturday, and the
refusal of M. Doreen, are not the only prognostics of
its decline. A meeting took place last night
at the Rue de Poitiers, under the presidency of Gen.
Baraguay which was very numerously at-
tended. The question discussed was the candidate-
ship for the presidency of the chamber, the election
for which is to tre.e place on the 17th. anions
names were proposed, among which were MM. Dnpin,
Vivien, and Lacrosse. Finally, M. Leon Faucher, in a
speech which received general approbation, proposed
M. Dufaure. M. Berryer in a few words gave the
adhesion of the legitimists to this proposition, and the
candidateship of M. Dalian was voted unanimously.
Several of the journals of this morning affirm that
M. Marie, minister of justice, has publicly announced
that the interdict laid upon several of the journals will
be removed to-day.
The Madrid mail has not arrived in Paris to-day.

GERMANY.

SANGUINARY AND SUCCESSFUL INSURI
TION IN VIENNA.—FLIGHT OF THE EM,
PEROIL—MURDER OF THE MINISTER OF
WAR—THE DIET EN PERMANENCE.
An announcement of the following facts, received
by electric telegraph, appeared exclusively in a late
edition of yesterday's Express.
BRESLAU, OCT. 7.
When I left Vienna by the first train yesterday
morning after posting my letter, all was quiet ; that
is to say, there was no sign of an emeute. During
the latter part of this day, however, alarming reports
have been circulating in this bustling town, based, it
would appear, not only on the non-arrival of he
Vienna train, but also on some statements made by
parties connected with the railway. Those statements
were to the effect that a courier by special engine had
brought to Oderburg the intelligence that an insur-
rection had broken out yesterday afternoon in Vienne,
and that great excuses had been committed.
Late this night the statement alluded to was folly
confirmed, although no train arrived. An insurrec-
tion in the Austrian capital has set military against
military, national guards against national guards,
and citizens against citizens; the Minister of War has
been assassinated, or rather, perhaps, has fallen a
sacrifice to popular revenge ; the weak, but still in-
triguing Emperor has again taken to flight, and his
capital, arsenal and all, is in the hands of the victori-
ous insurgents, whilst his imperial powee is at pre-
sent exercised by the ainstituent assembly. So much
for the general intelligence, and now for the details.
During some time past, the democrats had been ac-
tively
.engaged in propagating amongst the military
the principle of fraternisation with the people. Their
labours were not unsuccessful,
.particularly amongst
the German grenadiers in garrison in Vienna. This
fact was not unknown to the authorities, and it was
accordingly resolved to stud two grenadier battalions
out of the capital and to forward them to Moravia, in
order to incorporate them with the army preparing there
to make en attack on the Hungarians. This contem-
plated removal of favourite troops for the purpose of
being opposed to a party for which (as stated in a
precious letter) all the popular sympathies are en-
listed, created considerable discontent, particularly in
the suburb of Gumpendor, in which the barracks of
the grenadiers were situated.
Early in the morning of yesterday (the 6th) a
small number of national guards, accompanied by
some members of the " academic legion," quietly pro-
ceeded to the station of the Northern Railway and
broke up a portion of the line, in order to prevent the
departure of the grenadiers. When the two batta-
lions arrived at the station, and their officers per-
ceived the work of destruction on the line,
they ordered the troops to prooeed on foot to
Ganserndorf, whence they would be despatched fur-
ther. By this time the national guards had greatly
increased in numbers, and when they heard the order
of the commanding officer, they immediately opposed
its execration, and .topped the passage of the troops
by. the erection of a barricade on the so-called Tabor-
bridge. It should have been stated before, that by
command of the Minister of War, the grenadiers
were " escorted" by several squadrons of cavalry.
The bridges over the Danube were taken possession
of by the now ueembled populace, and the grena-
diers were openly invited to place themselves under
the protection of the people. This invitation the two
battalions accepted. The bridges were then partly
destroyed, and the escort of cavalry retired. Be-
fore 10 o'clock an imposing body of troops (princi-
pally from Gallicia and Bohemia), plentifully provided