The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-16 00:00:00

The Minister of Justice, llerr Bach, has been ar.
rested. Up to the Bth thy barricades were still stand-
ing. The committee of safety had been incressad to
twenty members, one third of whom were to hold
permanent sittings. The newly elected mum*
council had also declared itself (according to the ie.
'traction of the Diet) en permanence.
Count Anersperg, the military commandant, re.
mains in the vicinity of the city, but he had declared
that he would refrain from all hostilities, unless he wee
attacked. Several soldiers stationed about the Bel.
videre and the Schwarzenherg garden were fired on in
the night and killed. Two companies of grenadine
had deserted Count Anersperg and, oined the people.
The Diet has declared itself a sivereign one, and has
entrusted the formation of a new ministry to
Dobblhof, Kress, and Ifornbnetel. A coneiderable
number of students have arrived inVienna from Gram.
The university was still the head-quarters of the
democrats, and a whole army was lodged there or is
the offices. Judging by the consumption, there ie., it
appears, no lack of food in the city. In fact it is
stated that the peasants are continually flocking into
town with provisions which they make over to the
students for distribution.
The arsenal and all the houses near it, including
the banter, Eskeler's, bear many marks of the obeli.
nate contest which ended in the surrender of that
establishment to the people. In entire streets there
is not a house without broken windows. The bastions
are still in the hands of the people, as well as the 46
pieces of artilb-ry stationed on them. All those gm
are pointed towards the poets occupied by the troop
of Count Auersperg. It is now calculated that the
number of persons killed or mortally wounded on the
6th and morning of the 7th, is about 'JOO, including
the military.
The following placard has been issued by the aca-
demic legion :
Citizens—These are dangerous times. We solemnly urge
the people to 1w caw ions ; we beg of them not to place faith
in any secret document which mar have been, or which may
be, eirculived amongst them. Believe in no placard whisk
is not addressed to us by the Diet itself. The Diet watches,
father like, over us; and so loeg as peace is not secured, we
must trust to it alone.

The Mechanics' Union of Vienna has forwarded an
address to the Diet, thanking it for taking the rudder
of state into its hands, in the present days of danger,
and expressing the resolution to defend it against at.
tacks, from whatever quarter they may come. In a
placard addressed to the members of the two corps of
national guards who fired on the people, it is stated
that only a portion of those corps were implicated in
those events, and the remainder are invited to join
the people. Important papers were seized on the per.
sea of the unfortunate Minister of War, or in his desk.
They show that he was in close communication with
Jellachich. The persons who killed him openly boast
of the act. In fact they can hardly do otherwise,
after the Diet has declared that the deed was only " a
terrible kind of self-aid "—thereby asserting that the
perpetrators were facto pia et seeterati entlem.
The printed lista of the killed give 96 names, in.
eluding that of Prince Sulkoweki, a young Polish
nobleman. It is thought. however, that the number
of deaths is four times the above amount. Not less
than 36,000 guns and several thousand pistols fell
into the hands of the people by the surrender of the
arsenal. The Wiener Zeitung (government journal)
of the Bth announces that the Emperor has gone to
Linz.
The town of Preeburg forwarded on the Bth an
address to the Austrian Diet, informing it that Jella-
chich bad threatened to bombard the place, and asking
for aid. It was resolved, in reply, that a communica-
tion be sent to Presburg and another to the Ban of
Croatia, to the effect that although the present abode
of the Emperor was not known, the government
would beg of him to oider Jellachich to refrain from
all hostilities. This reply to the address of the inha-
bitants of Presburg will certainly not be considered
an over-satisfactory one. General Count Auersperg
has informed the Diet that be will hold it responsible
for the surrender of the arsenal and the seizure of the
arms.
The following is a letter from our correspondent at
Berlin, which, as it is chiefly occupied with Austrian
affairs, we place under this head :
Beaux, OCT. 11.—In so far as can be gathered
from the statements of the journals and the accounts
of travellers from Vienna, it would appear that the in-
introits were j.,'ned by about 1,200 men from the fol.
lowing regiments : —The Grenadier divisionsDentsch
mister, lirabowelty, Ceccopieri (districts of Vienna,
Linz, and Lodi), the Italian Grenadier battalion Major
Loben, the Ceccopieri regiments Albrecht and Wimp-
ffen, and Born:. artillerymen. The force in Vienna
exclusive of these, consists of the Academic Legion,
3,000 to 4,000 men ; National Guard from 5,000 to
10,000 men ; peasants, 5,000 men ; from 20 to 30 field
guns, without equipage or ammunition ; and a few
civic and imperial artillerymen. In this force is not
to be found an able officer, and there are but short
provisions. Money is scarce, but this is remedied by
the soldiers being quartered on the inhabitants. The
cuirassiers, and the rest of the garrison, remained
faithful to the Emperor. They number 6,000 men,
with a good deal of artillery and ammunition; 6,000
men are understood to be approaching from Bruck on
the Leitha, 1,500 from Moravia, 4,000 from Cracow,
3,000 from Prague, 3,000 from Gratz, and 2,000 from
Linz, in all 17,500 men. The whole of the party of i
the right in the national assembly, which s now
scattered in Breslau, Prague, 011mUte, Brian, and
Linz, will join the Emperor. Whilst Jellachich will
send part of his force to Vienna, he will probably
himself remain on the defensive near Ofen until affairs
are settled in the capital. 200,000 Russians are it is
certain ready to "upport the Austrian aristocratic and
military party.
According to my latest intelligence Count Anerspeeg
has declared Vienna in a state of siege. The Diet is
said to be in great fear, and the party of the left,
especially in trepidation, so much so, that it desires to
treat. This is, however, only reported. The Ern-
peror, with Jellachich, Windischgristz, and Stadion
are in Persenbeug.
Berlin is quiet. Herr Von Vincke is to arrive here
to-day to take the lead of the right in the National
Assembly.
The parliamentary majority for General Merl
ministry is increasing.
The Prince of Reuss has resigned in favour of the
Prince of Schiele. The town of Strelitz is said to be
burnt. The birthday of the King on the 15th instant
will be celebrated by the constitutional party, but the
democratic party rill make a republican demonstra-
tion on the occasion, and should we happen to get
good weather (it reins to-day) a conflict is to be
feared. The troops will be consigned to their barracks.
The cholera is again increasing in virulence; 31
new cases are reported to-day.
In Dalmatia an insurrection has taken place, the
scene being the province of Cattaro. The insurgents
had joined a body of Montenegrins, 1,600 strong, and
given battle to the imperial troops on the 28th and
29th of September. The commandant of the district,
Chick, was killed. The insurgents are represented as
1,000

strong.