The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-14 00:00:00

fine catholic church, and on the steps of the 7ati
the tired moldier. are lying down. in the straw,
ing their German pipes„ or numbing their thigh,
imagwiabas of black bread. An old woman
serving settuPpe oqt to them. T met oathsitritte
group of Prnistens, soldier liars, in dlirbitmnaii..
arm-in-srm, singing, • their spited helmets ors.'
with plumy lilac, which they had pla_citol
gardens of Briihliterrace. Bee' .1 bog:
dismal Wed . the 'epectitle "from • vdtlak.:: two',
young fellows were returningin triumph !'"Di
through the dark low areh of the Georgen-tom;
found myself at once in the street where the lostrk!
had raged fiercest, the Schloss-aasse. Magma'
through the whole street glittered with (regimes d'
Ong. •
On returning to the Eltadt Wien; I foutal
the carps, dipkmagique, who had all tart N.::
• fogs in the Neustadr, and were, with the
lien. of the English and French ambassadors on
wing to the several countries which they represented'
in possession of all the best quart-re; and the
Spells-seal " was floored with attachés and Promise
officers. Tne latter damped all conversation with
I their victorious presence—none of those, who would
have been worth hearing, daring to niter a *gig,
Poor Pietsch, ,our host, a good-hearted creature,
seemed at hie wits'-end. .All this while the Promiaa

in .
troops, lying their straw on the step. of the Block,
haw', and in the great squares, were at their supple
also, which had to he. sent them by the inhabitants.
No sooner bad }got to my bedroom, which looked
oat on the Elbe, than I heard the sturm-gloeke (the
bell tolling for fire) pealing from the tower of the
Frausokirche, and r saw the signal-light of fire ba*
inig in the steeple of the church of the Cro-s. Pre-
sently the sky was reddened with flame in the direr-
lion of the Post.
MAY 10.
'This morning I returned to the Alt-Astir. • Crows
of the curious were wandering through the ruined
streets. Among these were many faces pale with
emotion, and streaming with teen,. Along the
Ostra alley the lime trees were shattered by
12-pounders, and some stretched their leafy ruin
across the street. Biers were continually meeting
one, with colourless lips peeping from the breathing-
hole in the blankets which c.vered them. Old
women were pulling fragments out of the
barricades for fuel, which they stack into
ba.kets at their backs. Ragged boys were
hunting among the rubbish for flattened bullets; sad
some of the more sanguine "gamins" seemed to flatter
themselves the, should turn up a 12-pounder, The
tower which titiy all the Thurm-haus had a tie.
meadow breach opened near the top. The long ems
venger osrts—carts used for the barricades—riddled
with balls, lay with their wheels sprawling in the air.
Presently came marching by, to the swift and in-
spiriting martial ninsic, a battalion of Saxons, V-
iewed by another of Prussian'', with a squadron of
cavalry and the Saxon mounted artillery. I learnt
they were going to Friberg, probably to
wreak upon that town the same popish.
merit with which Dresden has been visited.
Already the work of reparation here and there was
going on. Paviors were busy with their cads and
heavy.mallete. Masons were standing in the sash-
less windows and mending the ravages of bullets. I
the smoking. ruins of the house which was
=d down last night. Hardly a shop er two here
and there dared to open itself. People passed con-
tinually with bundles of arms tied up and labelled, or
single weapons. I saw several servant girls laden
with these odd burthene. I found presently the ven-
tral point to which these arms were carried—the
great square of the old market before the Ruth-haus,
or town-hall. Here they were laid on the ground in
one great heap. The moat singular variety prevailed
in this collection. Idle groups of soldier', seated on
the ground, were passirg round the specimens, which
they examined with professional curiosity. An air-qua
formed the subject of analysis to one of these part: s.
Crossbows were brought, either out of irony, or ap-
prehension that such being found in possession might
be construed as arms, and bring. down punishment
Pikes lay there, besides pocket-pistols, but the mass
were swords and muskets.