The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-02 00:00:00

DISTURBANCES AT VIENNA.

WITHDRAWAL (SF THE TROOPS.
We have received the following communic
with news from Vienna to the 27th ult :

On the 2eith Montecuculi, with four justices of the
peace and a battalion ofthe Regiment of Nugent, re-
paired to the University, in order to declare it
closed. The students forced them to retire, where-
upon all the troops in the city of Vienne, with
several batteries of guns, took up their positions in the
capital and on the glacis. At the same time the
students brat the alarm, and the outliers came to their
assistance. Every person took arms. The bells rang
throughout the etitire city, and I myself counted
thirty-two barricades,
Montecuculi, with a new list of ministers in his
pocket, endeavoured to overthrow the existing ad-
ministration, which adheres to the principals of the
15th March. However, both he and the troops have
been entirely defeated, almost without a fight, and
with but one man kbled.
On the 27th the military left Vienna, the barricades
being opened to allow them to march nut. The em-
re en's pelece is occupied by; ationalGuards. Neither
the ministry nor the aristocracy are allowed to leave
the city.
Since the foregoing was in type, we have received
the A ligemeine ()oder rcirhis,he Zcilttny of the 27th of
May. It appears, from this jourtial, that on the morn-
ing of the 25th, a ministerial proclamation, signed by
Count Manticueili,unnounced that in consequence of
the lawless proceedings of the University Legion, em-
anating from worthless persons who had eland( stinely
insinuated themselves into that corps, the Univer-
sity Legion woe dishamled ; the legitimate members
were to enrol themselves, within eight days, in tho
troop of the National Guard of the district in which
they reside; twat students who do not wish to enrol
themselves on this condition, may abstain ; that those
who abstain must deliver up their arms within 21
hours. The U. nivet city buildings are to remain closed.
All parties impropeily enrolled in the University
Legion are to deliver up their arms witin 21 hours.
This proclamation excited a terrible indignation
among all classes. The city gates and the suburbs
had been beforehand occupied by the military. At
half-past ten citizens and students thronged to the
hall of the University; the students were armed,
and obviously under the influence of a desperate re-
solution. Ify eleven o'cleek, all the shops
were shut, the principal places of the city in
posseasion of the troops, the National Guard nowhere
to be seen. A citizen who, in pursuit of his avoca-
tions, attempt( d to roes through the gate of the red
Tow: r, was shot by a soldier. " Barricades ! hat ri-
cadre; !" was the cry ; and men, women, and el,Pd:
aided in rei-in. them. The alarm was beat, n, and
the bells rung out. The working classes broke
open some of the gates ; the National Guard !assembled.
At 12 o'clock OF: mounted National Gnarl an-
nounced that the University Legion was not to be
disbanded. The contest was, however, continued
without intermission. At 1 o'clock the soldiers were
in part withdrawn from the gates; and the National
Guards took their place. At half-past 2 o'clock
the whole city was full of barricades. To repeated
intimations that the University Legion was not to be
disbanded, the only answer was, "The soldiers must
leave the city in twenty-four hours, the concessions
of 15th May be secured, and the emperor return." At
half-past five the ministerial intimations of concession
were torn by the enraged assemblages of armed
citizens, students, and workmen. At half-past six
Count Hayes, in his uniform of a National Guard,
delivered himself up as a hostage a'. the Univer-
sity. At seven, Hefner was liberated fro& prison.
The night was passed in quiet ; but by 10 o'clock
in the morning of the 27th the tight began again.
There was no plundering of private property. The
men fought desperately, and the women carcied
provisions to them through the thickest of the fire.