The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-07 00:00:00

FLANDERS and HAYIBURGH MA ..ILS
PRUSSIAN DIET. .
BERLIN, APRIL 24.—1 n the sitting .of the Chree
Estates of the United Diet of
th
23d
of April, a great-. num-
ber of new petitions were prented to the 3d ,c 1 4
estates, chiefly for an extension of the law for th s elec-
tion of deputies.
A. memorial was also presented relative to the ,exclu-
siou of exceptionable persons from the Assembly of' their

Diet.
This memorial fills six columns of the Prussian,. State
Gazette.
KEIL, APRIL 25.—With the increasing prices, )E pro-
visions, the distress of the lower classes has bee male so
great, that the Society of the Friends of the Po or, has
considered some extraordinary resources necesse .ry, and
has therefore assigned 5,000 marks out of the existing
excess of the Savings Bank, to supply the poor • inhales •
tants, with rye, flour, and bread at reduced price
BERLIN, APRIL 2i.—lnvestigations respect tug the
disturbances are continued with great activit y. It is
universally reported that among the persons art 'ested on
the spot there are not only common vagabonds and idle
apprentices, and the like, but also many stud! eats from
the Gymnasium ; a report which we hope
.wi 11 not be
confirmed. For the satisfaction of the citizens who os.e
property has lately received. so much. riu:4(y_a
ait
proper to observe that a commission, consishrigvnef
trates, visits the persons so injured at their. les hougses
where they make an estimate of the loss incurrod.
_Thee
estimates, amounting, upon the whole, to a sbumy
means inconsiderable, are to be made good to t bakers
and other persons from the coffers of the mu_naesp.ahty.
Since this morning the three estates have b ad a. sitting
which commenced at ten o'clock, and is not yea. broken
up. The subject of ts e discussion was the memorial for
the exclusion of exceptionable persons.
The A ssemblies
of the opposition members of the Diet, in the Hotel de
Russie, still continues-, and have latterly been more in-
teresting than the Diet itself.
We hear that a very violent debate took place re-
specting the motion of the deputies, Von Vinki
and Von Bechiratb, relative to a protest in the
journals of the Diet, and the royal answer.
but it seems there is no prospect that the proposal will
be acceded to. The best proof of the political ripeness
of the nation, which has been frequently doubted, is mani-
fested by the dignified conduct of the Diet, notwith-
standing the agitations and the splendid proposals that
have been held outs—Randsurgh Papers, April 30.
STETTIN, APRIL 24.—This morning, a mob of the
lower classes made an attack on the supplies of potatoes
brought to market, and then accompanied by a countless
multitude of women and boys, proceeded to almost all
the bakers shops, seized the bread, and destroyed
the furniture and other articles. It happening
to be the day of the fair, the stalls were
not spared ; those with provisions were plundered, and
msny excesses committed. It was not till the drums
beat to arms, and till the troops assembled at the places
threatened and patrolled the streets, and several of the.
desperate rioters were arrested, that tranquillity was in
some measure restored. A proclamation is everywhere
posted in the streets, the citizens distinguished by
a white ribbon on their arms, act as a guard. The
military were furnished with ball-ca rtridge,and it is
hope that the public tranquillity will not be further
interrupted.
April 25.—The military not being able to quell
the riot, and the soldiers, officers, and general,
being pelted with mud and stones, it was
at length necessary to fire, by which several
persons were wounded and two killed. The violence of
the rioters surpasses all belief. A drummer was at-
tacked by two fellows, and so dreadfully ill -treated that
he died soon afterwards. The perpetrators. unfortu-
nately
.escaped. Some fears of incendiary fires were
entertaleed., so that patrols of the citizens, and military
have paraded the streets during the whole night. This
morning our garrison has been reinforced by detech-
merite of troops and cavalry from Purz and Pasenwalk.
BRUSSELS, MAY 3.—The Chamber of liepresentatives
in the sitting of yesterday discussed the project of law
relative to the reduction of the tolls on the Sombre.
The Senate yesterday adopted the project of law for
regulating the boundaries of the cantons, and opened
and closed the general debate on a project of law far a
supplementary vote of credit for the department of
finances. The Senate then proceeded to the nomination
of a committee for examining the budget of public
works.
The Minister of the Interior, on the 14th of April,
addressed the following circular to the Governor of the
provinces of Antwerp, Leimburg, Liege, Luxembourg,
and Namur. The law for clearing the waste lands gives
the Government and the Communes an effectual means
for relieving the poorer classes, while it serves to
the localities, which shall consent to make use of it,
the certainty of realising considerable benefits. The
law in fact places at the disposal of the Department of
the. Interior a sum of 500,000 francs, for measures rela-
uve to giving a value to unproductive land, and thus it
facilitates the immediate undertaking of useful works in
all them districts which possess property of
that nature. " I believe, Sir," says their Minister,
•° that it is imperatively necessary to direct
the attention of the communal authorities to this sub-
ject,hhforming them that I am ready to advance the
requisite sums to all those which having land fit for cul-
tivation i
should be willing on their pat; to make some
sacrifices n order to employ on the works necessary for
the purpose the pour, who are on the lists of
charitable institutions, and who live partly on alms.
These funds would be distributed by me, as you shall
propose, among the communes of your provinces which
shall be disposed to employ the poor in the manner
pointed out, on the conditions which will be laid before
you.
I believe these works, undertaken and directed in
the manner which I have stated, will be highly service-
able to the communes which shall consent to exe-
cute them, and would, at the same time, give
the most beneficial influence to the clearing of
waste lands. It is, in fact, necessary that
such land, before being brought under cultivation,
should find a shelter for the workmen, and there is no
doubt that the communes will add considerably to the
value of these lands, which may be turned to account in
the production of articles of subsistence.
I hope you will exert yourselves to induce the com-
munes of your province, possessed of unproductive lands,
to adopt the proposals of Government, and that you
will not ier,glect any means which may contribute to
facilitate the realisation of the necessary funds. I re-
quest, as soon as possible, an account of what you have
thought necessary to do in consequence of this com-
munication."
(Signed) THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR.
COUNT DE THEUX.
The Prince of Leiningen left Brussels the evening
before yesterday, for England.
PRUSSIAN DIET.

BERLIN, APRIL 29.—The subject for the order of the
day in yesterday's sitting was the project of law relative
to the expulsion from the Assemblies of the Estates of
persons of exceptionable character. On receipt of this
letter, you will be acquainted with this law, which is in-
sert-d in the Prussian Gazette. The debate on this
subject, on the sittings of yesterday and to .day, was
very warm, but nothing was decided. I will give you
the details to-morrow.
An important member of the Diet, Mr. Hanaman, of
Aix-la-Chapelle, was prevented by indisposition from
attending the sittings. It is hoped, however, that Mr.
Hanaman, whose great activity and superior talents are
unequalled, will be able to attend to-morrow.
We received by the Prussian Gazette the conclusion
of the account of the illness of the Cure of the three
Estates.
APRIL 27.--The assembly of the Second Chamber,
as we have before stated, after a debate which con-
tinued to the end of the sitting, required
a prohibition of the exportation of potatoes, and
using them in the distilleries, till the month of Oc-
tober next, but it rejected the proposal for a petition,
requiring the prohibition for the exportation of corn.
The Prussian Gazette of the 2d of May does not
contain anything of the affairs of the Diet.—Courrier
Beige.
ST. PETERSBURG", APRIL 14.—We have latterly
seen severe punishments inflicted on officers of high
rank. An order of the day of the 7th April, says on
the subject, " Lieut.-General Trischang, commander of
the corps of the Guard of the Interior, who formerly
commanded the whole of the reserve infantry in
the empire, had allowed several important abuses
and disorders to take place in that part of the
troops which belong to the corps in the Caucasus,
in consequence of which a very great number of sub-
alterns died. The Emperor, on being intormed of the
circumstance, authorised General Trischang to inquire
into the circumstances, and report to him. The Ge-
neral, however, made a report to the Emperor, in which
the facts were represented very different from what they
really were. For this culpable conduct he is condemned
by that order of the day to be tried as a prisoner by a
special court-martial, consisting of persons, all of whom
are in the capital with the rank of generals. The order
of the day removes him from his post, and sentences him
to be subjected, as a prisoner, to a vigorous investiga-
tion. Other officers of that division are subject to a
similar sentence.
PEsTrt, APRIL 21.—The price of corn, which had
risen every day, is now declining, in consequence of the
rain on the 17th, which extended over the whole country.
The cold and dry winds had so injured the crops, that
we
were in great apprehension and feared a third failure
of the harvest. We
hear from the Bannat that only
eight or fourteen days of such weather were wanting
totally to destroy the
throughout Hungary, crops
; but now, both there and
favtheemso.
great hopes are entertained of far recovered that
The market town of
by
famine,
.Igalon.te, which had al-
ready suffered severelywa,
rediunce,dwith a population of
12,000 inhabitants,
to ashes on the
whicrrhhelefet
17th of April, by a dreadful efir
hounrclt
a sixth part of the town star.Jr;
of the Protestants, with* its steeple
school, parsonage-house, the town-hall, e ball, the
sine of the country, with alt the stores, and all the
cipal buildirgs, are destroyed. The Pest's Gazette addn;
"It was not ascertained, at the departure of the mail'
how many lives were lost."—Allgernenze Zeitung, May 1.

MADLLE. ROSE CuEar—On Sunday Madlle.Rose
Cheri returned from London with her mother, and soon after
her father and family went with her to the theatre.
Whether excited with joy at his daughter's return, or from
whatever cause, M. Cheri was attacked with a congestion of
the brain, and was carried home, where he lingered till the
morning, and then expired. Madlie. Rose Cheri was to be
married on Thursday, but this is of course put off. M. Cheri
was forty-four years of age.— Galignani.
THE LATE GENERAL BERTRAND.—The remains of
General Bertrand arrived at Paris on Monday afternoon at
live o'clock, by the Orleans railroad, and were conveyed
from the station to the Invalides in a hearse, followed by
four mourning coaches, in which were a priest, a part of
the family of the General, and some of his old comrades in
arms. At the Invalides, the body was received by the
Staff of the Hospital, and carried into a chapelle ardente,
adjoining the Church, where it remained till Tuesday at
half-past eleven o'clock, when the funeral service took place.