The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-16 00:00:00

FLIGHT OF THE ELECTOR AND HIS

MINISTERS.

We have intelligence from Cassel of the 13th
at which date the el, c'or and his ministers having
fled from the electorate in the dead of the night, the
peace of the country had not been disturbed.
On the 11th the government renewed its violent
measure, towards M. Oetker, proprietor of the New
Hessian Gazelle, by sending a body of genedarmee to
his printing office. M. Oetker immediately applied
for pro:eotton to the permanent committee of the As-
sembly, who at once ind'eted M. Moller, chief of the
pace, who had headed the gendarmes, for a breach
of the constitution. Muller was prosecuted fera-
-1 with by the Staate-procurator, found by the court
gnil:y, and sentenced to imprisonment. As he pleaded
olness, two policemen were appointed to guard his
room. At noon, on the same day, the printing-offioes
of the Harness, and of M. Hotop, were invaded by
the military, or, more strictly speaking, by the gees.dermal, far the troops of the line bay, not once been
treated with the execution of the decrees. Hessen-
pang, unable to pus over the protest of the 'magistracy
and council of Centel, published, on the 11th, a reply,
extending over two sheets, an account of which is
contained in the accompanying letter of one own cor-
respondent. The town council hes resolved to reply
to the reasoning con•ained in that document. M.
Bodiker, formerly a minister, was arrested on the
10th,—for what offence is not known. On
the morning of the 11th, the permanent com-
mittee of the estates carried their impeach-
ment of Hassenpflug, Hayman, and Baumbach before
the Stoats-gerichtschof, and proposed an indictment
for high treason and abuse of office to be laid before
the Ober-Appellationsgericht. At the same time a
collection of extracts from the constitution, relating
to the duties of the ministers, were printed, and
distributed to the public. Meanwhile the Elector
was entertaining the mini:ten sad the Landgrave of
Hessen-Phillipethal, who had just arrived, at a grand
dinner. General Bauer issued, in the after-part of
the day, an order for the release of M. Muller, to
which no attention was paid ; on the contrary, he was
taken from his room to prison; not, however, until a
medical certificate had bean issued, stating that his
health was such as to offer no impediment to this
proceeding. On the 12th, a number of soldiers were
again sent to the office of the New Hessian Gazette,
to put a stop to the printing. As soon as they en-
tend, the decree of the Upper Court was produced to
the eribeffiser in command. The latter ailed for a
copy, etilidi was furnished to him. He hereupon
soot the writing to General Bauer, soliciting further
instradisan The read it, and expressed
estesishmost. Hs= that the existence of such
a dean, had been unknown to him. His next step was
to NW to the ministry of, justice, desiring further in-
stratione.To this application no answer was returned.
Meanwhile, the standing committee of the estate.,
I heads/ of new sets of violenor, determined to
indite Gen. Baser sad Major-Oeneiral Stark, the
sewed ia eammand, far breaches of the constitution.
Manus were immediately taken, and ea application
was made to the goarralmeditoriat for au order to
imprison the two 'anorak. Lieat-Col. Stehle, chief
of the gendarmes, and plats commandant, upon
leaning the decree of the civil court, declared he
world recall all his gendarmes from the ravioli of
the ministry. He was asked to undertake the pollee
direction, but at once drained. Tito Issas soon-
mike, Da Fels, wit" the day before bad been 1101111111
tea pest in the ministry of the interior, toodsred his
reeissatiou The Elector himself inspected the gmuds
in die montiog. The commandant of the Burgers
wehr Isoned, is the coons of the day, the following
address to his troop
To she erne
aide :e
et ClesseL—ffiese the air/kali= of
the adinasse of the 7th iset..lS bee bon Inquest/7 now
einesd thus the posities of ade asap in relation is Ur ice-
eticallseal authorities bee midergese a ohmage. I feel bound
thunder is drib" la the sashimi meeser, that I gambler
the eadbmasese at.,, meselsaed as sontrary to ear mostitu-
ties and laws sad tbessewe utterly ievelid. Let us ell
vat eel hone in the lesearable and iadapeadent
auks/eel our tribusah, sad is the faithful disparities of
ow hum army, whish re/wallies Its oath to the eons**.
ties, and thew Asa we safely pie through this hoar of trial.
At the rave time I charge sit the niewhere of the Berger-
woke to be pinatas' is all that concern their peculiar
dative, and pordenlarly to do all in their power to maintain
the good understudies:now enistieg between the civilians
and the military. Omuta, Commander.
Towards evening the Ober-Appellations gerieht
decided in full court, and almost unanimously, the il-
legality of the ordinances of Sept. 7, doctoring the
continuous collection of the taxes. The next morn-
ing, the 13th, the decision of the court was formally
announced, and at the same time the proceedings be-
fore the anditorist took snob a turn, that old General
Bener's bout failed him, and be reported himself sick.

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A wireestior 00011, While people were
modals; WIWI tittlikeVertiext step of the
vend*pa to be rumoured that the El r
"Ole suit Pfilettl• The wipes& with all
sdbilbtdes, Sid darian'the-cteßy soff Map be-
W Mare the ma to !rb,Por-
owest weemittee: of the oksmberHsset !toile sat
drew ap a bush ministers fur earryiagialat rtlere•go.
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ansemestres" ref the Elector-4Am*
Hanover on the lath: Hs was followed' nixttnorafog
by Haynes Gad Bsumbach. The state of siege had
been removedAilA4 General Bauer requested to remain
at his post. , The general was atedentood to have &-
Wined. A protlamotion of the Oberbergineister de-
emed the tineiperes7 difficulty which had arisen
through the flight of the Prince, removed by an-
dente:idiot between the civil and military &nth&
Mies.
Our Frankfort serrnpoodent, writing on tte 13:4,
gives us the folios jog sddttionsk iatelligiffee :
Awarding to the amounts teceived to•day from
Camel, the miaister, HassmipSug, was costinning his
mad career with his accustomed rectleseress. Major
Bodiker ' has been deprived of his sword, and planed
under sweet, for not obelirg the Orders of Hopis*,
the Minister of War. Hessen Aug bar deigned to
reply to the protest of the municipal council of Cassel.,
After paying the °Weans a compliment on their Corn-
inittleg no breach of the peace ander the present cri-
tical juncture of affairs, he ecdesvoors to justify the
measures taken by himself, and to prove that they
are strictly constitutunal, and not directed against
the peaceful cities',' of the electorate, but
merely towards the representative Assembly,
and their permanent committee, who have been guilty'
of a gross violation of the constitution. Yet, if the
ministry had mily bad to consider the electorate, they
would not have taken such decisive steps, bat they
bad higher duties and considerations—their oblige-
tie°, towards the Bond I and it was these higher
obligations towards the Bond, which were acknow-
ledged by all the states of the confederation is de
jurt existing, that induced ministers to take whet was
deemed a harsh step.
Tee direction of the police was offered to
Lieutenant-Colonel Stable, who declined it. An-1
other superior officer lila tendered his realguationfl
this is General von Ur/ The printing.offiate of
the .New Hessian Journal and the Kornis*
are stilt strictly guarded by gendarmes. Gwen]
Bauer receives an extra allowance of 125 dollars
• mouthy tor table-money, to keep bim in good spirits,
and prevent his taking the popular side of the ques-
tion.

A military commission had been already sent to
Rinteien, bat as that town eontaiss no garrison, a
company of inhintry was ordered to march thither to
carry out the illedal state of siege.
In the city of Hanau, which belongs to Home
Cased, the magistrates had refused to publish
the obnoxious ordisance of the 7th inst., and bad
returned the drain copies sent them to poet up in
their town, in consequence of which a special com-
mission had been sent down from Cassel. Yesterday
morning, at an early hour, the ordinances were pla-
carded, but they were immediately torn down by the
people. Hanauhadan opportunity yeeterday of making
&peaceable demonstration of itseentiments in the elec-
tion of its burgermuster, which happe&ed to take place
that di r. The liberal candidate, M. Michael, obtained
a complete triumph over the ministerial nominee (the
councillor of state Eberhard) by 48 votes against 18.
The burl/teamsters throughout the whole electorate
refuse to publish the obnoxious decree, and as the
government have not a sufficient smasher of troops to
enforce it everywhere, the sate of siege is virtually
confined to the cepital end a few provineial towns.
The result of the mission of ;Baron Each weer, the
Elector's aide-de-amp, to Hanover is now known.
Its object was to request the nes ot Hanoverian
troops, and a corps of five battalions is ordered to the
frontiers, to be ready to march into the Electorate in
cue elated.

The following pertienlare of the Elector of Hew
Cassel's further progress to Frankfort, is contained in
a Cologne letter of Sept. 14 :
Germany witnesses an instructive drama to-day,—a
word-breaking prime and three traitorous ministers,
streak with shame, flying before the calm dignity of a
firm and law-loving people.
The Efectorof Hesse, with his ministers, Baumbach
and Hainan, Bed to Hanover in the night of the 12th
—l3th, and today set out for this city. We learn
from travellers that the most dasgeroas adviser of the
cabinet, Hassenpflug, was seen yesterday in company
with his wife at Itheda, whither he had journied by
extra post. He was seen this morning at 10 o'clock,
with pale and haggard features, at the railway station,
pretending that he was going to Coblentz ; it fa
more probable that he is flying to Belgium. As he
was recognised by his fellow-travellers, his name was
called out at every eta ion with biases and other
marks of disapprobation. The train had scarcely
arrived at Dusseldorf, when two gendarmes were
called, and told that a person under sentence of a
Prussian curt for fraud was in the train. A traveller,
who had cast many glances at the fugitive, began to
speak to the gendarmes, when Haesenpflag went
up to him and said, " Why are you pursuing
me r lam not following you," was the reply ;
"I am only informing the proper rffioer that
the convict Hamenpflug is in the train." And sup-
pose I am that person P" " Then this man,' said
the traveller, pointing to the gendarme, " will know
hie duty." The officer now called upon Hssseopflug
to exhibit his papers, when a voice was heard, "Take
are, he is a noted cheat." The minister wan com-
pelled to accompany the officer to the police-office in
the city. His luggage was removed from the train,
which motioned its course hither. Later reports
state that he was not imprisoned at Dusseldorf, but
left about four o'clock for Langenfeld, there to await
the arrival of the Elector.

A subsequent letter states that the train which left
Minden at noon arrived at Dee!. at nine o'clock, took
the Elector and his waeistere Baumbach and Har-
man as fa as Langenfeld. One of the chiefs of the
Dusseldorf pollee appeared thus and advised them
not to stayin that uetohbourbood, whereupon they
set out again for Frankfort.