The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1848•

cabriolet was filled with piles of the list of candidates, drawn
M.
by thei fielegaearse utes workmenotend at
whicht Luxembourg.sihe w
of 20 workmen. president,
',Ore at once distributed to the
workmen, who went off almost immediately after to their
respective ',miens to place in the urn these printed lists.
We read in the PresPe :
A decree of the Provisional Government, dated April 12,
inserted in the Bulletin des Lou, as No. 229, opens to
H.
Ledru-Rollin Minister of the interior, an extraordinary
credit of 600,000 f. for extraordinary expenses of public
safety. The decree is not preceded by any preamble what-
ever. We shall not attempt to supply that silence, and we
shall confine ourselves to a single observation. The opening
of this credit involves the suppoeition tht the sum of
932,000 f. set down for the same purpose duriang the present
year, by the law of August 8, 1847, has been completely ex-
hanged. How comes it to pwa that this sum of 932,000 f.
has been expended before a third of the year has elapsed ?
Does the fault lie with M. Duchies' or M. Ledru-Rollin ?
Will it be necessary, in order to ascertain that fact, to wait
for the revelations of some Revue Retrospective?
The Provisional Government has decreed that the
import duties on sago, when brought in French
vessels, shall be 10f. the 100 kilos. from India, 20f.
from other places out of Europe, and 30f. trom the
entreptits : if by foreign vessels, 40f.
up to two oclock, as we are informed by. a
person who visited the Mairiee, there was but little in-
dication of any movement or excitement among the
electors. At that hour, however, the numbers ap-
peared to be on the increase.
It was calculated that, at the hour of closing the
bureaux last night,not above a third of the entire num-
ber of electors had voted. MM. Louis Blanc and
Albert and their partisans bad distributed before-
hand, among the operatives, printed lists; but these
voters generally, to their credit, formed lists of their
own ; and it was remarked that upon their bulletins
there were but few of their own class. The bulletins
delivered by the bourgeoisie contained invariably the
names of at least four operatives. The delivery of
votes will oease at 10 o'clock to-night ; but the result
of the election will not be known before Wednesday
evening or Thursday morning.
1 am informed that the directors of several lines of
railway have demanded of the government the fol-
lowing conditions of their dispossession:
1. For the companies having lines completed and in opera-
tion, and producing a not profit above tour per cent., five
per teat. stock producing dividends equal to the net profit of
the last year, increased by one-third.--2. For lines at work
and producing a net profit of from three to four per cent.,
the reimbursements of their capital in five per cents. at par.
—3. For companies whose net profits are below three per
cent., reimbursements of capital in four per cents. at par.-
4. For companies whose net profit is nothing, or below three
per cent, reimbursement of capital in three per cents. at
par.— O. For compaeies too recently in operation to
calculate net revenue, reimbursement of capital in five per
cents. at per, with a bonus of one third to those who hive
not borrowed, and without a bonus to those who have bor-
rowed. The state in each case taking the liability of the
losas.-6. To companies whose lines are in construction, end
whose realised capital assures their engagements, reimburse.
I ment of capital in fir. sat par, with a bonus of one third.—
, 7. For oompanies not able to fulfil their engsgements to the
L state, reimbursement in fives at par without a bonus.

pose the national development by these subversive ten
clench*, which the majority of the nation con-
demned. The chivalrous wamor addressed a few words
of pees and reconciliation to his misguided countrymen,
but they refused which his prudent counsels, and the
generous proposalhe made ts them. He was therefore
compelled to return. He remounted his horse, and, at the same
moms, t, he was na
ffstrerously shot at and mortally wounded
by three balls, two which entered his back, and the third
passed through hh head. Exasperated at seeing their chief
assassinated in so cruel and perfidious a manner, the troops
furiously engaged in combat with the rebels, who:were forced
to take flight, leaving a great number of dead upon the field.
foe troops pursued them and encountered a second band of
insurgents, commanded by Struve. These they
satso also
ked
and completely routed, and had not night ian
' would not have ceased to pursue them. The official report
state* that the troops had only 35 wounded, 20 of whom were
soldiers of Baden and the rest of the grand duchy of Here.
They had not a man killed.
A letter from Carleruhe of the 21st says:—" Struve
and Weisshaer, who had taken a position near
Weisenthal with a troop of 1,000 men, suddenly fled
20 Hessians 'and 15 Baden men were wounded. A
deserter of the 2nd Regiment, and one of the 4th,
were killed. The rebels suffered considerably ; a
waggon filled with the dead had entered Gandern ;
Willich and another chief were among the slain, and
eight wero made prisoners."
The republican bands continue to overrun the fron-
tier portions of the grand duchy. A letter from
Schaffhausen states that the republicans are stationed
all along the road between Engen, Blomberg, and
Stiihlingen. The diligences between Mile and Stockach
are stopped, and that between Schaffhausen and Aran
was rifled of 4,000 florins. Messrs. Venedey and Spatz,
the two delegates sent by the Frankfort committee of
fifty into Baden, have issued a proclamation at Lens-
kirch to the inhabitants of Baden, in which they state
that all their attempts to bring the republicans to
terms of peace have failed, and they therefore call on
all well-minded people not to join in an enterprise
which is disturbing the internal peace of Germany.
A letter from Offenburg, of the 20th, says that the
inhabitants of that town were divided—one-tenth for.
the republic, andthe other nine-tenths for the present
order of things.
FRANKFORT.—The senate of this town has pub-
lished a proclamation in which it announces the
proximate creation of notes of the Chamber of Fi-
nance to the amount of two millions of florins.
PRUSSIA.—A letter from Cologne of the 24th,
states that a great meeting to have been held there
on that day would be postponed. It was expected
that the elections, which are fixed for the let of May,
would not pass over without some disturbances.
AUSTRIA.—The only news from Vienna, from
which we have dates to the 20th, is, that the Em-
peror had accepted the resignation of Count Taffe,
Minister of Finance, at his own request.

treat them with a culpable leniency. He seems to have I
forgotten that they were condemned pirates—in fact,
twice condemned—and utterly unworthy of confidence.
The very arrangements of the convicts on board a
transport facilitate projects of mutiny and conspiracy.
On the night of the 3rd of January they broke loose, and
arming themselves with pieces of timber commenced
the attack. The crew was thrown into a state of inex-
plicable confusion. We do not see that any signal
was given to rouse the passengers or warn them
of their 'peril. The captain was frightened, and lost
all presence of mind. Nothing was done to oppose
the mutineers, who had now:seised upon the arm chest,
which had been most negligently left open. The !ewer
crew ran up into the rigging to save their lives ; and
the few Beret), ans who attempted to do their duty were
[ overpowered and thrown into the water. Amongst
I these were the captain and Mr. GILL, the third mate,
whose gallantry was worthy of a nobler field and a
better fate. Had there been half•adozen persons on
board with equal pluck, so far as we can make out
from the accounts, the dreadful catastrophe might
have been averted. It is a curious trait, that after Mr.
GILL was bound and almost cut to pieces, a sort of
superstitious fear prevented his assassins from throw-
ing hint overboard, as they had done many others
without any ceremony. As he lay on the deck dying,
five of the convicts stood over him as a guard, cutlass in
hand, and unable to look upon his mangled form, they
covered him with a blanket till he was dead, and then
took courage to touch him and throw him into the sea.
We sincerely hope the Straits government will mark
their appreciation of the courage displayed by this
gallant youth: it is of the utmost importance that
such a spirit should be fostered in our navy.
We need not recapitulate further. Some of the
wretches have been retaken; hut half at least have
eecaped, and, even should they be taken, their
punishment can afford but little compensation to the
families which have lost their supporters, and the
merchants or underwriters who have lost the cargo.
This is the third vessel which has been sacrificed in
this manner. We say sacrificed, for it is really nothing
Aces. The General Wood has shared the fate of I
the Freak and the Harriet Scott. Surely then is aJ
terrible culpability somewhere. To what purpose do
we keep up such a naval armament in the Chinese
and Indian seas, and incur such vast expense in expe-
ditions to put down piracy, in those waters, if catas-
trophes like these cannot be prevented? Apart
from the circumstances growing out of the mutiny, two
obvious mistakes were made—these wretches, doubly
convicted, ought never to have been sent from the
country : they should have been summarily dealt
with at Hong-Kong. They bad merited death, even
according to the humane provisions of European law,
and the lives and property of men ought never to
have been again placed at their mercy. The fact is,
oar criminal jurisprudence is becoming a mere
farce both abroad and at home: even the interior rats s
of Asia, who, in common with our home malefactors,
reap the advantages of its mistaken mildness, laugh at
and misinterpret a leniency, the motives for which
they cannot comprehend. The experience of Mr.
BROOKE—given in his recently published journals—is
entirely in accordance with our views in this matter.
He does not hesitate to avow his conviction that
severe measures—or "hard knocks," as he calls them
—are the only arguments that &pirate can be brought
to feel the force of. Our punishment should be mo-
dified according to the habits and ideas of the race to
which it is applied; but such terrible incidents as the
one we are considering should warn us that in the
case of pirates severity is not only just but humane.
Having occe—twice—convicted men of crimes worthy
of death, what right can we have to place innocent
unarmed people at their mercy ? But, if this argu-
ment could be over-ruled, what, in the name of all
that is sane and politic, could induce their being sent
on a long, intricate voyage--through seas swarm-
ing with fellow pirates—in a vessel unprovided with
any means of defence, without a single soldier to guard
them? Half-a-dozen men would have been quite
sufficient. It is said we have them net to spare, our
stations in the East are so thinly garrisoned. This
argument is good against sending them at all, but
not in favour of sending them without escort.; If our
authorities will continue to try experiments with
altra-depravity, the public ought not to be called
upon, at least in their private capacities, to bear the
risk. It will come to this in the end —if not stopped
in the way we suggest, that is by dealing with the
convicts at home—that merchant ships will refuse
the service altogether ; and this is the best thing they
could do under preeent circumstances.
The editor of the Straits Times throws out a sug-
gestion that the underwriters should refuse to insure
any vessel used for the conveyance of convicts with-
out a military guard. We venture another, that
passengers shall take care not to entrust their
lives amongst such perils, and that merchants
should decline to venture their goods with-
out being satisfied of their being well pro-
tected. It is a question for them, as well as for
the underwriters—more especially for the native
merchants of our eastern ions, the great ma-
jority of whom being Mohammedans have a con-
scientious objection to insurances, and therefore take
all the chances of the voyage on their individual re-
sponsibility. We sincerely hope that this dreadful
calamity will not be suffered to pass by " unim-
proved." It will be of small utility that we wreak
our vengeance upon the captured culprits, if we do
not put it out of the power of any similar band of
deeperadoes to repeat the atrocious tragedy in the
future.

pelves to their defence in case of attack by Austrian
ships of war, without, however, provoking such attack.
With respect to mercantile ships with the Austrian flag,
it is the intention of the government that they shall be
allowed to pursue their voyages without molestation. But,
as it is possible that Austrian ships, or others under cover of
' the Austrian flag. with the pretext of trading, may be fitted
out as privateers, to molest the ships of his Majesty's sub-
jects, or those of the Italian states allied with ours, the com-
manders of the royal ships are directed to eacertain that
vessels hoisting the Austrian flag are really in the merchant
service, and used for traffic only, by the examination of the
papers on board, or by any other mode they may deem ne-
cern iry. Should there appear reasonable grounds of suspi-
cion that they are privateers, such vessels will be conveyed
to one of the po ate
rts of the st, for te ulrior decision of
the competent tribunils.—J. B. OE/ah/t, Consul-General.

SPANISH DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE.
The following diplomatic correspondence will be
read with interest:
TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY LITTON AULIVEB.
Foreign-office, March 16, 1848.—Sir,—I base to recom
mend you to advise the Spanish government to adopt a legal
and constitutional system. The recent downfall of the King
of the French and of his family, and the expulsion of his
ministers, ought to indicate to the Spanish court and govern-
ment the danger to which they expose themselves in en-
deavouring to govern a country us a manner opposed to the
sentiments and opinions of the nation ; and the catastropne
which has just occurred in France is sufficient to show that
even a numerous and well-disciplined army offers, only an
insufficient defence to the crown, when the system followed
by it is not in harmony with the general system of the
country. The Queen of Spain would act wisely in the pre-
sent critical rate of affairs, if she were to atrengthen her
executive government, by widening the bases on which the
administration reposes, and in calling to her councils some
of the men in whom the liberal patty places contidence.-1
have, &c., Raman/Wes.
TO MB EXCELLENCY THE DUKE DE SOTOMATOIL
Madrid, April 7. 1648.—5ir,-1 enclose for your excel-
lency the copy of some remarksannot but which Lord Palmerston has
lately addressed to me ; and I c express to you all
the desire which I feel that the government of her Catholic
Majesty should deem it fit to return without delay to the
ordinary forms of the government established in Spain, by
convoking the Cortes and by giving them explanations cal-
culated to efface the impressions occasioned both in the
kingdom and abroad, by the arrest and apparent intention
to banish several citizens (amongst whom are to be found
some of the moot distinguished members of the Cortwho
up to the present moment have neither been tried nor ac-
cused of any offence. Your excellency will, lam sure, per-
mit me to remind you, that what especially distinguished
the cause of Queen Isabella from that of her royal competi-
tor, was the promise of constitutional liberty inscribed on
the banner of her Catholic Majesty. It is certain that that
circumstance powerfully contributed to obtain the sym-
pathy and support of Great Britain in favour of her
Majesty; and consequently your excellency cannot be sur-
prised at the sentiments which I express here, supposing even
that the general situation of Europe and the universal ten-
dency of public opinion did not prove most clearly that at
present the firmest guarantees of a throne are to be found in
the national liberty and in the enlightened justice which are
dispensed under its authority. I avail myself of this OCCaliOs
to renew to your excellency the assurance of my highest con-
sideration. H. L. Butwza.
THE DUKE DE KOTOMETOE. TO Hit. BULWER.
Foreign-office, April 10.— Sir,-1 yesterday received,
after two days' delay, a note from your exceilency, date d
7th inst., and enclosing a copy of adespatch of Lord Palmer-
ston, dated the 16th ult., relative to the internal affairs of
this country. That note was already known to the govern-
nient of tier Majesty, because it had appeared in substance
and by anticipation in an opposition journal, published
at Madrid, under the title of the Clamor Publico,
which, judging from this fact, has the advantage of being'
yore Acquainted with the diplomatic despatches which
excellency addresses to the Spanish government
before they reach their destination. Setting aside the ul.e-
rior commentaries and the inductions which such a grave
and significative circumstance presents to me, I shall content
myself with telling you what my duty prescribes to me on the
subject of the communications which you transmit to me.
At th dte of lech March last, when Lord Palmerston sent
you his da mpa•ch, the Spanish Cortes were sitting; the press
was completely free, and the government of her Majesty had
adopted a line of conduct full of kindness and conciliation,
which its enemies and its adversaries themselves were com-
pelled to admit. What motive could therefore induce the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of her Britannic Majesty to make
himself the interpreter of the feelings and the opinions of thia
country, and that in an unfitting tone, when speaking of the'
government of an independent nation, to recommend the
adoption of legal and constitutional measures, as if such was
not the conduct followed in Spain—to allow kimself to ad-
vise it to modify the bases of the administration, and to ad-
mit into the councils of the crown men belonging to such
,ra such a political opinion ? Certainly the minister of her
Britannic Majesty is not, in sl•ch a work, the best possible
judge of the character and habits of Spain, where order and
institutions are growing up, since foreigners take no active
part in the management,of public affairs, and have to su-
oort no determinate part. Tho present cabinet, which has
Merited, and which still merits, the entire confidence of the
Queen and the Cortes, and which since its accession to power
has governed conformably to the constitution and to the laws;
this cabinet, I say, cannot see without the most extreme sur-
prise the extraordinary pretension of Lord Palmerston,
which leads him to interfere in this manner with the
internal affairs of Spain, and to support himself on
inexact and equivocal data, and the qualification and
appreciation of which cannot in any case come
within his province. The government would have
much ti my to completely justify its past and present con-
duct; but it does nut consider itself called on to do it with
regard to its sovereign and the cones, and in no way at the
instigation of a foreign influence, which in itself would be to
commit an offence against the dignity of the government and
the independence of the nation. All the legal parties in
Spain unanimously reject such a humiliating pretension;
and the Spanish government, in now doing it, is undoubtedly
the legitimate representative of the general opinion of the
country. What would Lord Palmerston, what would your
excellency yourself eay, if the Spanish government were to
interfere and pass an opinion on the administrative acts of the
British cabinet, and recommend a modification in the regime
of the state, or if it were to advise it to adopt more effica-
cious or more liberal measures to alleviate the frightful con-
dition of Ireland ? What would he say if the representative
of her catholic Majesty in London, were to qualify so harshly
m: your excellency has done, the exceptional measures of
repression which the English government prepares against
the aggression which threatens it in the midst of its own
states ? What would he say if the Spanish government
were to demand, in the name of humanity, more considera-
don and more justice on behalf of the unfortunate people of
I Asia ? What, in fine, would he say if we were to reminu
him that the late events on the continent give a salutary
lesson to all gov.rnments, without excepting Great Britain,
and that consequently the administration of the state should
be given up to the illustrious Peel ; to the skilful man
who, after having conciliated the general opinion of his
country, has kaown how to merit the sympathies
and the esteem of all the governments of Europe?
He would say—what the Spanish government has
a right now to say—that he does not recognise the right
of any power to offer observations, which he rejects as
offensive to the dignity of a free and independent nation.
Animated by sentiments suitable to Spanish dignity, and to I
every government which respects itself, the cabinet of her
Catholic Majesty cannot avoid protesting in the most ener-
getic manner against the contents of the despatches of Lord I
Palmerston and of your excellency ; and coasidaing that it
cannot retain them without being wanting in dignity, it re-
turns them enclosed, and at the same time declares, that if
your excellency should at any other time in your official
communications on points of international rights, go beyond
the bounds of your mission, and interfere in the particular
and private affairs of the Spanish government, it will con.
eider itself under the painful necessity of returning your
despatches without further remark.

FRANCE.—PARK.—M 0 NTSO YARDS OP Ig4B.
The Gazette des Tribususus gives the following account of
the Montagnards, some of whose recent proceedings have
attracted a good deal of public attention " The Monts-
guards, whose effective force, somewhat variable, amounts to
from 400 to 500 men, were formed at the Prefecture of
Police, the first of them having been that small knot of re-
publican combatants who, headed by H. Caumidiere and
M Sobrier, took possession of the hotel on the Qum den
Orferres, in the midst of the struggle of the 24th of
February. The organisation of this corps has never been
regular, neither have its uniform and equipments. Tee
Montagnards, without joining any other corps, and it must
be slid without consenting to submit to the severe rules
of discipline, placed themselves at the moment of danger with
praiseworthy devotedness at the disposal of the Prefect of
Police. They have, however, acquitted themselves with zeal
and iutelligent energy of the difficult missions entrusted to
them. As a proof of their want of discipline, it may be
stated that a few days ago, in consequence of a misunder-
standing with the staff, the company of the national guard
which was to have taken the post of the Prefecture of Police
waspiehindttime ; and when they did arrive the Montagnards,
who had previously done the service in conjunction with the
national guard, refused to allow them to enter the hotel. The
captain, seeing that their force was considerable, withdrew
his men in order to prevent a collision. On the two following
days other companies of the national gourd were also re.
fused admittance to the hotel by the Montagnards, a refusal
against which they energetically protested. On Tuesday,
the day on which the rappel was beaten, several individuals
were arrested fur distributing communist pamphlet. or utter-
ing communist cries. These individuals, who were pro-
tected from the vengeance of the crowd by the national
guard, were sent by the commissaries of police before whom
they were taken to the Prefecture of Police, same of the na-
tional guard escorting them. On reaching the Hotel of the
l'refecture the Montag lards, who occupied all the entrances,
refused to allow the national guards to enter; they required
that the warrants for detaining the accused should be given
up to them; and they then selected certain of the prisoners,
saying that they knew them, and would answer for them. In
vain did the national guards insist on being allowed to place
the men in the custody of the regular authorities; they were
resisted and threatened, and when at length they retired,
the prisoners were set at liberty without any other formality.
On being informed of these circumstances the prefect, M.
Cauesiiliere, assembled the Montagnards, end expreated his
indignation at their c induct. lie told them that no one
should be allowed to set himself above the laws, and that
they must submit to the usual rules of discipline. He added
that they should leave the Hotel of the Prefecture forth-
with, and be lodged in the building formerly occupied by
the lostitut des Jeunea Aveugles. At this some mur-
murs of discontent were heard, whereupon the prefect
declared that they should not be allowed to oppose his
orders, that discipline should be respected. and that they
must obey willingly, or he should be obliged to employ mea-
-1 tares to enforce obedience. On the same day, the ?dents-
gnards evacuated the Preficture, and went to occupy the
building prepared in the Rue Saint Victor. It was, how-
ever, arranged that twenty of them should do the service of
the hotel, in conjunction with the national guard and the
garde republicaine. On Thursday, the Prefecture was
guarded by the Montagnards and the garde republicaine, the
national guard being at the review. On Friday, a company
of the let legion, under the command of Captain Moise,went
to the Prefecture to take possession of the post. On arriving
they found the Montagnards in arms ranged before the
vestibule, sad barring the passage ; and their chief declared
that his men would not allow the national guard to enter
the interior. Captain Medea represented in vain to the
Muntegnards teat, as an old soldier, he must, in obedience to
the orders he hail received, occupy the post of the Prefecture
in spite of all resistance. He then made an appeal to the
volunteers of the garde republicaine, who were present at
but took no part in the conflict. 'lam an old soldier,' he
said, ' as republican as those who prevent me from entering
—a better republican, perhaps, for I was the companion and
friend of the four Screens de la Rochelle, who proved the
sincerity of their convictions by the loss of their heads on
the scaffold. I appeal to you, young citizens—l have an
I order, and I must perish or execute it.' The garde re-
publicaine cried as one man, Vine la narde gationale!
Enter, brave captain!' This put an end to the conflict, and
since the national guard has done the service at the Pre-
fecture, in conjunction with the garde republicaine and the
Mentagds."
M. JUarLEs FACIE.—We read in the Gazette de
Lyon:—" A somewhat amusing scene lately occurred at the
Club de l'Orgue. A member, is speaking of the candidate.
ship of Jules Fevre, author of the famous circulars of Ledru-
Rollin, announced that the said citizen had written, that if
he were to be nominated representative in several depart-
ments he would beaten to choose the department of the
Rhone, in which he was horn, had numerous friends, and
had rentered his first services to liberty. This declaration,-----
so
flattering to our department, was hardly terminated when
a person present rose and announced in his turn that on the SCENE IN THE TUILERIES ON FEB. 24.
previous evening, in one of the principal clubs of Saint M. Emile de Girardin gives the following persona.
Etienne, he had heard read a letter from H. Jules narrative of the events which took place in the palace of the
Fevre, in which he declared that withou: hesita- Tuileries on Feb. 24, the day of the abdication and flight of
lion he would choose the department of the Loire. Louis Philippe :
This declaration led to a debate, in the course of which M. Emile de Girardin was passing before the Hiltel dee ,
the piton 'peaking offered to prove his assertion. A Affaires:Etrang4res, when the accidental discharge which
third citizen then rose and announced that he had arrived lighted a revolution took place. On Feb. 24, at 7 o'clock in
from Valence, where he heard the same declaration of pre- the morning, he had gone through the streets, and had, by
ferenee professed for the department of La Drome. A roar personal observation, satisfied himself of the grunt, of the
of laughter from all parts of the club greeted this burlesque situation ; he then determined to go to the Tuileries, and ar-
incident." rived there at 8 o'clock, after having scaled several
SARDINIA.—ALTERATION IN THE SARDINIAN barricades. He demanded to seine to the King;
FLAG.—The following notice to mariners has been issued by General Rumigny requested him first to see M.
the Sardinian consulate ?—" London, Sardinian Consulate, Thiers, who was at the head quarters of the Ca-
April 18, 1848.—Sir : I beg to communicate to you, for the roused with MM. Barret, de Remusat, Duvergier d'Han-
information of the members of Lloyd's, the following ex- ranee and Lamoriciere. M. de Oirardin went there
tract of • despatch from his Excellency the Minister of and convinced them that the situation was more grave than
Foreign Affairs at Turin, dated the 7th of April, 1848: they imagined. From the head-quarters he went back to
' While passing the frontier of his states, hie Majesty, deal- the Tuileries—a proclamation was got up hastily, but where
rous of manifesting distinctly the important and sole motive was it to be printed ? There was plenty of artillery, but no
which led the army under his command on the territory of printing-office. A printing press and types would in that
Lombardy, ordered that the flag hoisted should be the Italian moment have been worth more than ten cannons and their
GERMAN Y. tricolor, with the escutcheon of Savoy in the centre. His ammunition. M. Thiers implored M. Merruan and M. de
Majesty has ordered that the same flag shall be heisted on Girardin to compose and print as quickly as possible at the
the mainmast of his ships of war; which, however, are to printing-offices of the Constitutiontut and the Prone the
DEFEAT OF THE REPUBLICANS. retain also in nationalal place at the stem the blue national proclamation which had been prepared, and which an-
DEATH OF BARON VON GAGE RN. flag. As the merchant vessels are to adopt the same nounced the formation of the ministry of Thiers, Barrot,
flag, in the way pointed out, I have the honour to acquaint Duvergier, and Rimusat, and the dissolution of the
BADEN.—Baron Von Gagers, the leader of the you Ntfmiath,
cothmemuniute ytu fact for o r information, and in order that chamber
to the authorities of the port in At the same moment that M. de Girardin time out of the
German movement for reform, and prima mover in y—which ?on reside. I have thehonour to transmit to you also Tuileries MM. °Mut, de Broglie, and d'Haumonville ar-
the assembling of the preparatory assembly at Frank- the instructions given by the Admiralty at Genoa to the offi- rind there on foot. The were not received. Seconds I
fort, has been treacherously shot, whilst endeavour- whichdg his Sardinian Majesty's ships of war, by are hours. To go from the Tuileries to the Rue Montmartre,
ing to bring the republicans to views of peace, We yo will observe that they are *trietly enjoined to offer craving thirty barriers, required mere than thirty minutes.
gave an account of the fate of Gagers, and the defeat no molestation to the merchant vessels of Austria (Signed) The proclamation of M. Tillers is composed and printed. It
J. B. HILTH, Sardinian Consul General. To the Secretary was in vain to attempt to post it up; it was hissed at, and
of the republicans, in a late edition yesterday. The of Lloyd's.—lnstructions to the following effeet have been immediately torn down. M. de Girardio, judging by this
details of the affair are given as follows in the Frank- given to the officers commanding the ships of war of his fact of the gravity of circumstances, took upon himself
fort Journal of the 23rd : Majesty the King of Sardinia, and have been officially to compose immediately the following proclamation :
Lieut.-General Osgern undertook the command of the communicated to the Consul-General in London " Tuileries, Feb. 24, 1848 ;11 o'clock in the morning
troops of Baden, and went to Schliengeu, on the leth, when The state of hostility in which his Sardinian Majesty's Abdication of the King ; sal the Duchess of Orleans;
intelligence arrived that the insurgents had occupied Gan- government finds itself with respect to his Majeety the dissolution of the Chamber gen amnesty and returned
dens. He personally reconnoitered it during the night, and Emperor of Austria, renders it necessary that es inten- with all despatch to the Tuileries. He info. rmed Marshal
on the 20th, at 4 o'clock in the morning, the recoil was tions with respect to maritime emergencies should be made Bug. aud, at the head-quarters of the Carousel, of what wu
beat. The troops were all en route for Ganders, which at 5 manifest. It is not the intention of his Majesty in this war passing, and then went to the cabinet of the King, where
o'clock was evacuated by the insurgentr,who bad takenup their to avail himself of those rights on the sea which belligerent he was introduced after losing several minutes in attending.
position near the city. As loon as toe general's troops en- powers have assumed to thernselvee. It has not escaped his The King was in an arm-chair, near the window. MM.
tend the city intelligence was brought that the insurgents Majesty's government that the greater part of the efficers Thiers and de Remusat were present ; they were standing
desired to capitulate. The grand ducal commissary was and crews of Austrian ships of war is composed of Italians, near the fire-place.
about to repair to them, when they asserted that they would and that in a war essentially Italian, and waged solely for " What is the matter, M. de Girardin ?" said the King.—
negotiate with none but the general in command. General the purpose of expelline strangers from Italy, it is generous " There is not, sire, a moment to lon, and if the most dui-
Gagern accordingly rode to the outposts, accompanied only not to combat with Italians. The government, there- live meaeures are not now taken, in an hoar royalty will
by a few horsemen. He exhorted the rebels to obey the fore, has instructed the Admiralty to order the com- have ceased in France."
TOWS of the law, and to renounce the civil war, and not op- msndere of the royal slips of war to confine them. 111 eyes were directed on H. de OirudM, es it he had lest