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tion of his native land ? Will he fraternize with the
admirers and followers of the man who slandered the
memory of the deceased patriot, and imputed the
basest motives to his every act? If the asscciation,
fouuded by DANIEL O'CONNELL, can no longer be
maintained, it would be far better that those
who still profess the moral force doctrines, who
repudiate an appeal to arms, should withdraw from
public life, than that they should unite with persons
who openly avow their inviolable determination to
involve their native land in all the horrors of an inter-
necine war.

Mr. O'CONNELL declares that " he has his doubts
and fears respecting this new body, and that if he
saw anything objectionable in its proceedings he
would mark his sense of the danger to the people by
leaving the association." What hope, we ask, can he
possibly entertain that the more fiery spirits will, in
the " Irish League," cease to urge the pernicious doc-
trines which they have advocated in the Irish Confe-
deration ? He very properly, in his address, advised
the people " not to listen to the counsels
of those who are telling them to arm."
He told them " that counsel only tended
to distract men's minds, and gave advantage
to the enemy ; that by calling upon the people to
arm the minds of the country were distracted from
that agitation which they could push forward without
the sacrifice of a single life." How can he co-operate
with Mr. MEAGHER, who tells the same people " to
pt arms and prepare ;" who exclaims " a truce to
cheers and speeches, and banquets ; to important re-
solutions that resolve nothing to magnificent displays
that are preposterous deceptions p" What harmony
can be looked for in an association whose principal
leaders are so wholly opposed to each other ? It is
impossible that it could be maintained for a single
month—even for a single meeting.
The opinion of the country is to be taken on the
proposed terms, and the final decision is, we suppose
to be in accordance with the opinions of the majority
of the members of the old association. Mr. O'CONNELL
declares that he will bow to the decision of the
country, whatsoever it may be. It will, however,
greatly depend on the manner in which that deci-
sion is expressed. If those who object to the
dissolution of the association contribute sufficient
funds to maintain it in working order, it will
most undoubtedly still be retained, but if the expres-
sion in its favour is unaccompanied by a rernattance
large or small, that suffrage will be of little. value.
As we have already stated, the question is purely
one of finance. It is the 'emptiness of the coffers at
Conciliation Hall that occasionsf the coalition, which
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Monday, the 12th of June, 1848, might have been
celebrated in history as the most remarkable day of
this remarkable year. It was to have witnessed the
initiation of two great revolutions—one in France
and the other in England. The opening scene of the
latter was fixed for Bonner's-fields, and of the former
for the Place de la Concorde. The great Chartist
meeting was to have been the preliminary to certain
glorious and hitherto unparalleled proceedings.
Among other mysterious announcements it was fore-
told that " the green flag" should float in Downing-
street—an announcement which, not being of the
initiated, is to us yet a mystery. While these mar-
vellous events were transpiring in London, Paris—
but no one ventures to predict what may befal i❑
Paris, there truth is always stranger than fiction, and
the probabilities of an hour are beyond the grasp of
the most audacious prophet. Therefore no one pre-
sumed to say what might happen in Paris, or even
give an opinion as to whether the election of a Bona-
partist Prince to a seat in the National Assembly
might or might not lead the way to the establishment
of a new French Empire, to the restoration of Louis
PHILIPPE, or to the coronation of HENRI, Due de
Bordeaux. The sequel depended upon the success
of the insurrection. The insurrection failed, and like
every such abortive attempt, only strengthened the
hands of the Government it intended to subvert.
And so another memorable Monday passed over.
Floods of rain deluged Bonner's-fields, and the Char-
tists " melted into thin air." The valorous CLEMENT
THOMAS, the hero of the pistol-shot, publicly chal-
lenged all associates in the streets of Paris,
and not a voice responded to the appeal. Dark-
ness closed over both capitals and tranquillity
reigned supreme—the French were at peace, and
London was quiet, save and except in the 'Theatre
Historique at Drury-lane.
These events have, however, again directed public
attention to the banks of the Seine. Paris is once
more the observed of all observers. Sagacious phi-
losophers shake their heads at this new instance of
popular instability, and declare with confident as-
surance that the people, and more especially the
French people, of whose instability even C.X5.118, has
left a record in his Commentaries, are invariably too
" fickle, false, and inconstant," to be capable of self-
government. llence, say they, the speedy dissolu-
tion of the Republic is inevitable, and the downfal
of LAMARTINE and his associates is assured. LA-
MARTINE more especially is considered already doomed.
The world-wide popularity of the Poet-Republican
—a popularity remarkable for its unanimity and en-

thusiasm—has dwindled away almost as rapidly as it
arose, and been replaced by open invective, subtle
inuendo, and covert sneers. LAMARTINE and his

fellow Ministers are now censured in that they did
not, from the first, either put in force, or entirely
repeal, the ldw of proscription against the whole
Bonaparte family. But it can hardly be supposed
that those who are thus ready with their censure

take into consideration all the circumstances, the
peculiar circumstances of the case. Moderation
is invariably more difficult than excess, and LA-
MARTINE, from the very beginning of the Revolution,
assumed one of the most arduous tasks than cats fall
to the lot of man. Had he aspired to the civil dic-
tatorship, that, at one time, he might easily have
obtained. Had he even, as some have ventured to
insinuate, secretly desired the restoration of the

Bourbons, even that might have been possible. Eli

eloquence and his enthusiasm, acting upon a strongly
excited and impressible people, might, under the
impulse of the moment, have impelled them
either way. He might have worked up their
enthusiasm into frenzy into a frenzy of
anarchy or of loyalty he might have en-
acted the part of ROBESPIERRE or a General
Mohr ; but be emulated neither. The interests of
France were more precious in his eyes than were
either the Bourbon family
TINE, and those or ALPHONSE DE LAM
interests, in his opinion, could
only be assured by Republicanism, and conferred by
moderation. Here was his difficulty lty ! To preach
moderation to a people burning with excitement—to
preach of peace and amity to men with their swords
already unsheathed—this was Lassalrum's difficulty.
But he shrunk not from the task,
the principles in which he trusted, he turned
etdo
a deaf ear to the suggestions of ambition, and when
the supreme power was in his own hands, as the chief
man in the Provisional Government, he voluntarily
surrendered it to the representatives of the people.
He surrendered it perhaps too soon. The National
Assembly was hardly sufficiently stable and consoli-
dated to bear the weight of such a burden. If LA-
MARTINE erred, however, it was only through a
punctilious devotion to the power of the people, it
was only from an unflinching adherence to his re-
publican principles. The National Assembly now
rules France, but LAMARTINE is ever ready to ascend
the tribune and lend the weight of his eloquence
to advocate the cause of liberty and peace. On
Monday, in the midst of the general excitement and
dismay, his impassioned voice was heard, in agitated
accents, denouncing any attempt against the majesty
of the Republic. His proposition to pass a law which
should exile Louis NAPOLEON, and thereby prevent
the danger which they feared, was hailed with
unanimous acclamations; and, however unfair such a
proposition might have formerly appeared, it is now
fully sanctioned by the necessity which rendered it
exigent. This recent outbreak, we are inclined to
think, will, so far from confirming the predictions of
anti-revolutionists, only add to the influence of La-
MARTINB and the stability of the Republic.

CITY COURT or SEWERS.—In consequence of the
Whitsuntide holidays, the gentlemen connected with
the above court did not hold their tonal meeting at the
Guildhall yesterday.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The ill-judged attempt of certain parties to make
use of the name of Prince Louis NAPOLEON as a
rallying cry against the Republic has recoiled upon
those who raised it, and has had the effect of renewing
the waning popularity of M. LAMARTINE, and of pro-
curing for the Executive Committee from the Na.
tional Assembly, instead of a mere cold formal vote
of acquittal, carried by a narrow majority, a vote of
confidence, carried by a majority of 569 to 112. In
The Sun of yesterday we gave a resume of the pro-
ceedings in the Chamber, and of the scene on the
Place de la Concorde up to 6 o'clock. It appears that
M. LAMARTINE had just concluded the first part of
his defence of the general conduct of the Executive
Committee (which was listened to with great cool-
ness), and was sitting on the steps of the tribune to
rest himself before continuing his defence, when
General CLEMENT THOMAS suddenly entered and ad-
dressed a few words to M. LAMARTINE, who imme-
diately rushed to the tribune in a state; of great
agitation. The Members resumed their places, the
President rang his bell, and amidst the most profound
silence, M. LAMARTINE spoke as follows :—",Citizen
representatives, a fatal circumstance has happened
while we have been engaged in discussion. During
the time I have been speaking, a shot has been fired
at a National Guard, another at the Commander of
the National Guard, a third at an officer in the army,
and these shots have been:fired to the cry of Vice
l'Empereur Napoleon !'—(Profound sensation.) This
is the first drop of blood that has been shed since the
24th February, and lam happy to say this blood has
not been shed in the name of liberty, but in the name
of the fanaticism of recollections of military glory.
It was not the fault of the Government that this
misfortune has happened. This morning we unani-
mously agreed to, and signed the present decree,
which circumstances now oblige me to communicate
to you at this very instant." 3/.1. LAMARTINE then
proposed the decree of exclusion against Louis NAPO-
LEON, which was carried by acclamation, notwith-
standing the protestation of M. NAPOLEON BONA-
PARTE and M. LARABIT, who, while they professed
their most devoted attachment to the Republic, ac-
cused the Executive of having taken advantage of the
indignation naturally produced by the commission of
an odious crime to carry a law of proscription against
an individual. M. PIERRE BONAPARTE, after de-
nouncing in energetic terms those wretched persons
who had been guilty of shedding blood while crying
" Tice l'Empereur," forgetful of the horror which
the EMPEROR had always entertained for civil war,
and to avoid which he had signed the abdication of
1815, exclaimed, " I have taken the oath of fidelity to
the Republic, and I will never take any other.
With my hand on my heart, I can say that I
have ever been a republican, and when the
moment for giving proof of republicanism shall
arrive, and it appears that it has arrived, I shall be
found ready to quit this bench, and to place myself
in the foremost rank of the defenders of the Republic.
The Republic is inviolable. I will have nothing but
a Republic, and I would rather die than see any other
form of government." As we before said, the result
of the abortive attempt to proclaim the EMPEROR has
been once more to rally all classes round M. Lasi.ssi-
TINE, and to procure for the Executive a vote of con-
fidence by a majority of 457.
The circumstance of the pistol-shot fired at the
National Guard was most opportune for the Govern-
ment. Had they themselves got up the affair as a
coup de theatre, it could nut have happened more
opportunely. Most fortunate, also, was it that the
National Guard had the presence of mind to refrain
from firing, or a repetition of the scene at the Hotel
des Capucins might have been the consequence. There
is the greater credit due to the National Guard for
their coolness and self-restraint, because the shot had
taken effect upon one of their own officers, Captain
FABREGE, of the Ist Legion. The ball passed through
his hand, shattering one of his fingers, which has
since been amputated. Captain FABREGE was close
to General CLEMENT THOMAS at the time, and it was
at General THOMAS the shot was probably aimed, as
he was fired at three times afterwards in the course of
the evening. General CLEMENT THOMAS immediately
ordered the National Guard to charge, and the Place
de la Concorde was at once cleared. There was no
further attempt at continuing or creating any emeute
in the neighbourhood of the Chambers ; but in the
suburbs several persons were arrested crying " Five
l'Empereur."
The following is Galignani's account :
" There was great excitement in Paris yesterday.
At about half-past two o'clock the rappel was beaten for
the National Guard, and a report was immediately cur-
rent that Prince Louis Napoleon intended to go in the
course of the afternoon to take his seat in the National
Assembly, and that, as admission would be refused,
a strong display of force was required to keep his
partisans in check. At this time the crowd in the
environs of the Chamber was not great, but within half
an hour after the beating of the rappel several groups,
consisting of about three-fourths bourgeoise, and one-
fourth working classes, had assembled in the Place de
la Concorde. The crowd was divided into groups, each
of which had its orator, and in one of them was a young
and well-dressed female, who harangued with some
vehemence in favour of Louis Napoleon, not, she said,
as a pretender to the crown, but as a representative of
the people. In the groups, generally speaking, the
feeling was strong for the admission of the now deputy
to the Assembly, but many persons did not hesitate to
declare that they were favourable to pretensions of an-
other sort; whilst others treated such pretensions with
contempt, and asked how any body could be silly enough
to excite commotion for a man who hat twice made at-
tempts remarkable for their weakness and absurdity, to
revive the despotism of the Napoleon age. In one of the
largest groups a well-dressed person said, There must
be no more pretenders; let us show ourselves good Re.
publicans, and shout Vive la Republique!' lie then
took off his hat and raised this shout, which, how-
ever, was not repeated by more than a twentieth part
of the group. The number of persons on the
Place continued to increase, and the discussions in the
groups became very animated ; the opinions, however,
being much divided. In one, a gentleman who resides
in the Rue Monthabor was, in his opposition to Louis
Napoleon, carried so far beyond discretion, considering
that he was surrounded by many persons who had
given unequivocal proofs that they were partisans of
Prince Louis, as to exclaim that the pretender was a
gamin, on which a workman who was near him struck
him a violent blow, and others were preparing to follow
up this brutality, when a citizen exclaimed, 'Shame 1
is this the way you understand the principle of liberty
that you fall like ferocious brutes upon a single man,
because he has an opinion different from your own ?'
The remark produced a great effect, for several work-
men immediately rushed forward to the rescue of the
offender. On the other hand, in a group not twenty
yards distant from the scene of this outrage, a young
man who had spoken in favour of the Prince was set
upon, and the coat almost torn from his buck. Still
more outrageous scenes would probably have oc-
cnrred if the National Guards had not come up and
cleared the place. Immediately round the Chamber
there was a large force of troops of the line, National
Guards, and Garde Mobile, with several pieces of
artillery, and the gardens of the Tuileries were filled
with National Guards. About five o'clock a report of
three muskets having been discharged at General Cle-
ment Thomas, an officer of the line, and a National
Guard, the latter of whom was wounded, became
general; it produced a great impression, but did not
discourage the advocates of tumult. On the contrary,
the groups became more and more numerous in every
part of the environs of the Chamber which bad not been
cleared. In the evening, there were groups on the
Place de la Bourse, in which the discussions ran high,
and also on the whole line of the Boulevards. Towards
the Madeleine the National Guards made several
charges, and arrested many persons who had shouted
Vive Napoleon.' Many arrests were made also in the
Place de la Concorde, amongst them was a drummer of
the Garde Republicaine. The Minister of War was,
from an early hour, engaged in passing from place to
place, organizing the troops, and making arrangements
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night."

The following address from General PIAT has been
extensively posted about Paris :

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wishing. to be in-
vested quitted till the 27th, without
vested with either rank or commandthink, there-
fore, that I have given sufficient proof. If
y profound.
and disinterested devotedness to the Republic. On. this
ground, S0?-30 of those who have foughtp by ic,
side on
the barricades of February, will perhaps liisntyean,ittoatii:noy
counsels. Perfidious seducers are sowiro•
around us, covering their projects under sowing
fame ofn
our fellow-citizen Napoleon Louis Bonaparte -,
under that name which revolts at disorder and
anarchy. Avoid, citizens ! the snares which are
spread for you ; wait calmly for the sovereign
decision of the National Assembly. None but
your enemies can attempt to urge you to such blameable
manifestations. They will be, believe me, energetically
disproved of by our new representative, whom the Re-
public has restored to his country, and who, on March
16. , thus wrote to me from exile—' I have no other am-
bition than that of being useful to my country, and I

believe that I have given a strong proof of this V going
to a distance from it; for I shall always prefer sacrific-
ing the happiness of being in France to the idea of pre-
venting in any degree the consolidation of a Govern-
ment which receives its powers from the free election of
the whole nation.' Vive la Il6,7ubUque.
" GENERAL NAT,
" Colonel of the 4th Legion of the National
Guard of the Banlieue."
The Presse, which is no friend either to the Exe-
cutive Committee or to the National Guards, gives
the following account of these transactions :
" Towards five o'clock the National Guard stationed
near the Pont do la Concorde received orders to clear
the Place. General Clement Thomas placed himself at
their head. Menacing cries were heard against him
even from the ranks of the National Guard. He or-
dered the 'charge' to be beaten, and in a very short time
the Place was cleared, and the armed force occupied the
Rue Rivoli, the ox-Rue Royale, and the Rue des
Champs Ely sties. Some musket shots were fired.
" Six o'CLocK.—Several arrests were made on the
Pont de la Concorde of persons crying Vive Napoleon.'
Among them was a drummer of the National Guard.
An express coming from the Hotel de Ville was
wounded in the Rue do Rivoli by a stone.
"HALF-PAST Six.--General Clement Thomas, ac-
companied by two aides-de-camp, continues passing
the ranks of the troops in the neighbourhood of the Na-
tional Assembly, crying 4 Viva la li6publique.' His re-
ception was marked by the greatest coolness, and several
questions were addressed to him as he passed along by
the National Guard.
" SEVEN o'Ceocx.—Three delegates of the ateliers
natiortaua have just been arrested, who were proceeding
to the Chamber to present a petition to the Minister of
Public Works. They were said to have been seen on
horseback in the midst of the assemblage. They had a
conference with the Minister, after which they were set
at liberty. A captain of the second legion of the Na-
tional Guard has been wounded in the hand by a pistol
shot, fired in the Rue de Burgoyne. A journeyman
carpenter was arrested near the Rue Saint Denis, having
in his pocket 400 francs in gold pieces, recently coined.
Two of the representatives, M. Michot du- Loire t,
and M. Foumentin, of the Pas de Calais, were
also arrested. They were conducted separately
to the Prefecture under an escort of twelve Gardiens de
Paris. On their road they were threatened by a band
of about 100 individuals, but the escort drew their
sabres, and one of them fired a pistol in the air, to show
that they were prepared, and their intended assailants
dispersed.
W hile General Clement Thomas was passing through
the crowds near the Rue Royale, loud cries of Vive
la Legion d'Honneur!' A bas Clement Thomas
were heard. The crowd, however, showed no other
hostility and was easily dispersed. On his passing
through the Rue de Rivoli in the evening, he was
saluted by cries of A bas le Marechal do Logis,
Clement !' Vive la Legion d'Honneurr He immediately
turned back and cried out, Who dares cry out a bas
Clement Thomas? Let him show himself.' This chal-
lenge so foolishly given was not, however, accepter'.
On his resuming his march he was saluted with louder
cries, and he exclaimed, Chargez 77.201 cats canaille.'
The crowd was dispersec., but not without some blows
being given.
" The remark of Clement Thomas about the Legion
of Honour appt ared,to be the general subject of conver-
sation, and ho seems thereby to have lost the respect of
his corps. Late in the evening there were immense
crowds assembled on the Boulevards, rear the Fortes
St. Denis, St. Martin, and, indeed, in every part of
Paris, where animated conversations were kept up on
the events of the day.
4 4 The Minister of War, the general commanding the
garrison of Paris, and other generals, were on the alert,
and visited the different points where the troops were
stationed.
" The Executive Committee'assembled in the evening,
and most of the Ministers welts summoned to attend
them."

The crowd assembled in the Place de la Con-
corde when the National Guards cleared it, proceeded
up the Rue Royale to the Boulevards, shouting
vigorously " Vive l'Empereur! Vive Napoleon !"
hut making no resistance. The dragoons having
cleared the Boulevard, remained there in position.
There were several assemblages of persons during
the night, who raised the cry of " Vive Empereur,"
but they were dispersed by the National Guard
without bloodshed.
These facts, howerer, do not lead us to the conclu-
sion either that the Bonapartist feeling is strong in
France, or that Prince Louis is any party to the use
which has been made of his name by the evil disposed.
The cry of " Vive I'Empereur" has been used
as a cry, and as a cry merely, because
it is a cry in which all the disaffected can
join without compromising themselves. Com-
munists, Orleanists, Legitimatists, and Bonapartists,
can make use of it as a rallying cry to join their forces
to destroy the Republic, each party hoping that in the
confusion they may monopolise to themselves the
fruits of the victory ; but we entertain no fear for the
result. The overwhelming majority of the French
people have so unmistakeably proclaimed their deter-
mination to maintain an orderly and well-governed
republic, that all the minorities united together
would be unable to peril its existence for a single
instant.

Towards 10 o'clock on Monday afternoon several
papers were thrown from a house at the corner of the
Place Beauveau (in the Faubourg St. Honors), on
which were written' "Down with the Republic !
The Regency for ever !" The Commissary of Police
and the Colonel of the First Legion of the National
Guard proceeded to the place, and made a written de-
claration of the fact.
The Memorial of Rouen states, that emissaries of
Louis BONAPARTE have been actively engaged in that
town, endeavouring to corrupt the soldiers and the

operatives.
The Democratic Pac?fique says, Paris is every-
where agitated by the intrigues of the Bonapartists. In
the hope of profiting the Pretender, the noble recollec-
tions of glory and nationality left by NAPOLEON are
explode. They lend to the uncle liberal ideas to turn
them to the profit of the nephew ; and a journal has
appeared, entitled the Republican Napoleon, words
which are as fitted to accompany each other as would
be the words the Demagogue _Louis XIV. The De-
mocratic then goes on to complain that the Bonapart-
ists have taken advantage of the names of the chief
socialists recently elected, in order to make it appear
that an union was possible between Bonapartists and
Republicans, and, as a proof, publishes a letter from
M. PIERRE LEROUX,: in which that gentleman
complains that on Tuesday a man, calling him-

self PIERRE LEROUX, and pretending to be
the recently elected deputy for Paris, bad
at the Butts of St. Chaumont addressed an assem-

blage of 3,000 workmen exciting them to rise in
favour of Louis NAPOLEON. When asked by citizen
PAXART, who he was, the man distinctly stated that
he was PIERRE LEROUX, the representative of the

peoConstitutionnel on the other hand says—lt is
Theple .
rumoured that the men of extreme opinions, who in
their electoral tickets associated with the names of
PROUDHON, PIERRE LEROUX, CABET, and KERUNSAC,
eatt
that of Prince Louis BONAPARTE proposed
to employ that illustrious name certainly
without the knowledge of Prince
empta a
standard under which theysecond a
15th of May. It was their intention to have pro-
claimed the Prince Dictator. The plot was to have
exploded during the night, and they would at once
have marched upon Vincennes to deliver the pri-
soners. If the name of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE had
produced the desired effect, and had assured the
success of the enterprise, the demagogues, furling
their false colours, would have inaugurated anew the
Government of the 15th of May ; and then would
have come the decrees with which we are already
acquainted, the outlawry of the National Guard, the
dissolution of the Assembly, and the ten million tax
upon the rich.
The measure relative to Prince Louis NAPOLEON,
which was read yesterday by M. DE LA MARTINE, is
in the shape of a declaration on the part of the Go-
vernment, in which it is stated that the law of 1832,
by which M. BONAPARTE is exiled, has not been
abrogated in respect to Prince Louis NAPOLEON,
and that the execution of it will be maintained until
the National Assembly shall have decided otherwise.
Had the measure been brought forward in the shape
of a decree it would have had to pass through all
the usual forms required in such cases, but in its
present state no vote of the Assembly is required.
We have received the following communication
from a correspondent at St. Etienne, the letter is
dated 10th June :
The generale has been beaten here since this
morning and the National Guard with the Dragoons
here in garrison are under arms; the cause of all this
excitement is the demand of the miners to work six
days in the week instead of four, as they do now ;
this demand was, of course, refused, as, in the general
stagnation of trade, the mining companies can hardly
dispose of the coals, the result of four days' work, and
would be heavy losers, if six days' pay was allowed
to the workmen.
I am glad to say that at the hour I write, all has
gone off quietly, without any collision; the crowd on
the Champ de Mars is diminished to a few hundred
miners.
Die town is perfectly quiet.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA,

The Wiener Zeitung of the Bth publishes the fol-
lowing official article :
" Several declarations from Bohemia have been ad-
dressed to the Ministry, disapproving of the establish-
ment of a Provisional Government in Prague ; and the
constitutional committee has made the request that the
Provisional Government projected in the national com-
mittee be not recognised, being illegal, and opposed to
the existing constitution. The Ministry has declared
that the presupposition under which the Provisional Go-
vernment was founded was as erroneous as the pr ocedure
itself was illegal ; and cannot, therefore, concede that th 3
Provisional Government shall exercise any power, or
that the union with the Central Government shall be
confirmed.

"The Government President of Prague, Count Thurn,
in reply to the first declaration, pronouncing Ihe Pro-
visional Government illegal, and consequently :null and
void, has inserted an announcement in the Pratale Con
stitutional Gazette, stating that the extraordi nary oc-
currences in Vienna called for the step which had been
taken—that immediately on the formation of the Pro-
visional Government he informed his Majesty the Em-
peror of it—that the position of the authorities is in no
wise changed thereby, and that the responsibility conse-
quently rests solely with the Count himself, and not
with any of the persons placed under him--that he
gladly takes upon himself the responsibility, since this
extraordinary measure, before receiving the sanction of
his Majesty in the constitutional form, can only come
into operation if the consequences of the unconstitu-
tional procedures in Vienna should render it abso-
lutely impossible that the government of the country,
intrusted to the Count, should act only in a strtetly legal
course."

The Allgemeine Zeitung publishes the following
from Innspruck, dated June 6 :
" To-morrow the Provisional Diet, composed of the
deputies of the four estates, will commence its sittings
as preparatory to the assembly of the National Diet. If,
however, we glance at the actual state of things in
Vienna, it seems very problematical whether any diet
can be held th::•re now.

"The Emperor and the Imperial Family are surrounded
by perfectly unexceptionable parties, all who were
formerly accused of too much influence and reac-
tionary tendencies have been dismissed, even Count
Bombellis; M. Von Wessenberg, who has accepted the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs, is still here, as well as
the Minister Doblhoff. The whole of the diplomatic
corps are also here, save the French Plenipo-
tentiary. Count Stadion, who is spoken of as the future
President of the Ministry, is expected from Lemberg.
The choice would be admirable, if he could be spared
from Galhcia. Today the llungarian Minister, Count
Battvanyi, arrived here for the purpose of arranging the
affairs of Croatia. The Hungarian journals have al-
ready announced the adhesion of the Ban Baron Jela-
chich. This, however, is not so; the Ban lays divided
three main points as the indispensable condition of his
adhesion to the Hungarian Administration—viz., close
alliance with Austria and thereby with Germany; sub-
ordination of the Hungarian Minister of Finance and of
War to the respective Ministers of the whole empire;
and, finally, tho maintenance of the military boundaries
in their present military relation, dependent immedi-
ately upon the Minister of War in Vienna, and not upon
the Hungarian Ministry. How far these propositions
will be approved by the Hungarians is very dubious."