The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATjURDAY EV.ENING, OCTOBER 21, 1848.

VAIGNAC, must necessarily be for the benefit of
the Young Republic and for the security of
the New Constitution, from the difference of
the tone in which their names are mentioned
by the Socialist journal, called the Refortne, and the
Moderate organ, called the Bien Publique. While
the latter affords them a cordial and unaffected wel-
come, the former enumerates them together as the
nominees of General LAMORICIEBB, and cries out
with an expression of sarcastic and sardonic abhor-
rence—Merci ! The deduction from all this cannot
be less manifest to the population than it will be en-
couraging and consolatory. It was essential, indeed,
after the bloody and melancholy days of June, and
prior to the inauguration of a Republican
President, that the more distinguished and
unblemished politicians of the old riginee
should exchange the grasp of fellowship with those
members of the new regime who were most conspi-
cuous for their sincerity and moderation. To employ
the cant but expressive term of the day, it was neces-
sary that they should fraternize. Without some
direct movement of the kind, the Constitution would
have been built up upon quicksands, and the Presi-
dent would have bad to commence his Government in
the face of doubt, ill-will, and reservation. Thanks to
the decision of the Cabinet and of the Assembly, the
requisite measure has been accepted; and the
participation of the present provisional power
between such men as CATAIGNAC and "%Try's",
as Mims and Dimino', as FILESLON and
Lissomeisos, affords a solid and splendid guarantee
to France of the consolidation and permanent security
of her young Republican institutions. ' No wonder
that in the presence of this guarantee the repre-
sentatives of the nation expressed their confidence in
the Government by a sudden and brilliant. Majority I
No wonder that almost immediately afterwards,
as a conclusive manifestation of their confidence,
they abrogated the decree which has so long main-
tained a state of siege over the capital!
i Everything, we should imagine, must tend to im-
press upon the convictions of the ultra-Democrats the
futility of their mad attempts to propagate the prin.
ciples of insubordination. The People—and by the
People we mean the vast mass of Moderate Repub-
licans—have twice disclosed to the Terrorists their
enormous superiority both in strength and numbers.
First of all they revealed their physical superiority
by trampling out the fires of rebellion under the iron
hoofs of war in the very midst of the great city of
Paris, and in spite of the gigantic barricades and the
preternatural cruelties employed defensively and
offensively by the insurgent rabble. Subsequently
they have demonstrated their moral superiority by
blending together the honest Republicans of the
Veal. and the Lendestain in open defiance of the
sentiments entertained by the ultra-Democrats.
Events such as these cannot fail to assure the Pari-
sians, and not only the Parisians but the thirty-five
millions of people who inhabit France, of the solidity
and durability of the Republic and the Republican
Constitution. Hitherto it has been asserted by those
who have secretly reserved their allegiance for one or
other of the fallen dynasties, that the Republican
was strictly and essentially a mobile, intermediate,
temporary, fugitive, and perishable furm of govern-
ment. In. answer to this assertion, and in refutation
of this charge, the true and patriotic Republicans, no
matter whether they be of the re:We or of the
Lesdemaia, need only point to the successive epochs
which have marked the history of their country since
the Revolution of February—the seventeenth of
March, the sixteenth of April, and the fifteenth of
May, the conquered barricades of June, and the
modified Ministry of October. By these events it
will be seen whether or not there is durability
in Republicanism. Since the complex machinery of
civil society was first commenced there is not on
record any comparable triumph on the part of a
Monarchical Government—a triumph over such an
appalling succession of difficulties within an interval
of such marvellous brevity. Having accomplished so
much, the Republicans of France have now only to
crown their labours by the judicious selection of a
great and patriotic President.

to the one-tenth part of the total expenditure,
and the victualling is also equally moderate.
If the experiments carried on at such considerable
loss in our dockyards were cut off, if the number of
flag officers, a small proportion of which could ever
be required for active service, were reduced, or at
least no new promotions made until the list had been
reduced by at least one-third of its number, the full
complement of seamen might be retained with_
out any complaint at the heavy outlay
thereby required. There are many portions
even of the naval estimates that may
judiciously be reduced ; but it is not the number of
our ships in commission, or sending vessels on foreign
service weak-handed, with what are termed their peace
complements only. Behold the naval force which the
Autocrat of Russia now maintains in the Black Sea,
ready at a moment's notice, to move into the Mediter-
ranean, to attempt to restrain the expression of Euro-
pean feeling, perhaps, to assist the Neapolitan tyrar,6
in crushing the Sicilians—and ask was it prudent or
sagacious to suffer the Bellerophon to proceed to take
the place of the Superb in the Mediterranean with
only her " Channel service" compliment of 650 men,
at a time like the present;4ll:m such stirring events
are occurring on every side, during which it may be
impossible to preserve our neutrality, or to avoid in-
terference—while hundreds aye thousands of well-
trained seamen are literally starving in our ports for
want of,employment? Most assuredly not; the voice
of public opinion-will speedily proclaim, that it is not
that description of economy that is desire` by the
.British nation. We find that it is reported that,,one
'or'two ships are to be placed in commission, that
however is but a report and may be correct:. or _ not.
The paying off to _which 'we have alluded;-and the
sending the Bellerophon to the Mediterranean with a
deficient complement, are, however, unforttmately but
too true, and cannot be denied. _

commenced relanding the corn which had been
shipped. Scarcely, however, had fifty sacks been
taken from her when the attention of the rioters was
called off in another direction. Another English
vessel, The Brothers, whose cargo was complete, was
getting under weigh when a number of the populace
boarded her, and clewing up her sails, hauled her by
means of a hawser up to the bridge, where they made
her fast. The crew offered no resistance. Some
police officers and National Guards assembled on
the spot, but they were not in sufficient strength
to prevent the riotous conduct of the workmen.
The rappel was afterwards beaten, and the National
Guards turned out in great numbers. At, two
o'clock, two strong detachments of troops of the line
assembled on the Place des Pilotes, and the Custom-
house officers were also armed. All the English
vessels in the port struck their flags by way of pro-
test against the violence of which they had been the
object. Order was afterwards re-established. The
Brothers and the Bee have put to sea. Several arrests
have been made. Stones thrown by the rioters struck
'lame of the National Guards whilst clearing the
approaches to the bridge-of the old dock, and two of
them were slightly hurt. Measures have been tuken
to prevent further disorders."
PARIS BOURSE—FrusAT, OCT. 20.
TIEREE o'CLooa.—We have to record another heavy
fall at the Bourse to-day—a fall accounted for partly by
the unfavourable state of the Treasury account, but
principally by the gloomy view the moneyed interests
take of the future prospects of the country. The ap- ,
proaching election of a President is so serious an ordeal
for the Republic, that it is not to be wondered at that it
should create uneasiness. The worst of the affair is,
that it cannot be postponed without creating another
Ministerial crisis, as the Government appears- to be
quite as determined to push it on as the club of the
Rue de Poitiers to stave it off. It will be seen that
the Railway Shares, and especially the Orleans and
Rouens, suffered a heavy depreciation. For the Ac-
'count, the French Three 'per Cents. have declined 5e.;
the Five per-Cents. have declines 25c.; and the Loan, 25c.
For Money; the Three per Cents, have fallen 20c.; the
Five, per. Cents. 80c. and the Loan 15c. ; BOUS du
Tpllsor are at-22 discount ; Bank of France Shares have
fallen 301.1 Belgian Bank Shares nut quoted; Five per
Cents. have again fallen per cent.; Spanish Active are
at 13i ; Three per Q,nts. have fallen i per cent. ;
Passives not quoted; Roman has advanced per cent.;
Rothschild's Receipts not quoted; Exchange on London
(30 days), 25f. 40e. ; ditto (90 days), 251. 22ic.
Railway Shares for the Account, settling of 31st of
Oct.:—Orleans have fallen 27f. 50c. ; Northerns 3f. 75c.;
and Nantes, lf. 25c. No 'others are quoted. For
NsMooocr.nt ehy
eachnOs ;anßdosuternassb7ufr.gsioc2.f.;
and Versailles remain the same as yesterday. The others
e
are not quoted.
sel2Bordeauxn;sth aavr
e falleni
andie s'V2
Nantes,i fr.l ° 5
nOl
. 25c. each; Havre'
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Ocr. 20.
andN Northern
2 li.
rtehern of
France, 61/9—lteues and Havre, 71/Ai—Sambre

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The curiosity of the flaneura of Paris was much
excited, and their attendance at the sitting of the
Assembly yesterday was early—notlthat there was
any great political question coming on for discussion
—not that there were any Ministerial explanations to
be listened to—not even that anything could be
learned as to the state of siege, • for the state
of siege had been raised the day before,
Why, therefore, were they so assembled ? To see 3
newly-elected Member take his seat! and who was
the newly elected Member ? M. Louis MATHIEU.
Did any of our readers ever before hear of M. Lours
MATHIEU ? We will engage for it they never dii,
What, then, was the attractions in M. Louis MATHIEU
which drew all the flaneurs of Paris yesterday to
the :Assembly ? N. Louis MATHIEU, the Mem-
ber for Gaudeloupe, is a jet black woolly-
headed Negro, per eaeg—"a genuine Guinea
Nigger," as Jonathan would phrase it, an
exaggerated specimen of his race, and it was to
see the " darkey " take his seat, that the flaneura
were assembled. Having been admitted to the As-
sembly as a Member, the Hon. Representative of all
the ignorance of all Guadeloupe (the Hon. Gentleman
can neither read nor write), took his seat at the
extreme left, among the Red Republicans.
At the commencement of the sitting a Bill was
introduced by the Minister of Justice for the trial of
offences of the press. By this. Bill persons accused
of offences through the medium of the press can be
prosecuted before the assize courts, by direct citation,
and at three days' notice. The remainder of the sit-
ting was occupied by the discussion of the &h chap-
ter of the Constitution.
The Club of Representatives of the Rue de Poitiers,
in its sitting on Wednesday evening, discussed the
important question of the prorogation of the National
Assembly, and the election of the President of the
Republic. AL DE RANGE expressed an opinion that
the Assembly could not be prorogued as yet without
serious inconveniences, as it was at present
the only real Government ; that the executive
power could not effectively act alone, as its infiu •
ence was weakened by the -.prospect of a
Although it is our anxious desire to witness the new and permanent Government. M. DE ST. PRIEST
adoption of a(wise and prudent system of economy
thought that a gerieral with. 60,000 troops and
in every devartreent of the public service, to see the National Guard. .would be able to overcome any.
those reductions in the national expenditure carried
seditious attempts in Paris. AL Fatszimau was op-
into execution by which an oppressed and impover-
_posed to the prorogation, and withed that the Assem-
ished people can alone sustain the enormous burden
My, after having voted the Constitution, should con-
there are certain points in which the feeling, praise-
of taxation under which they are ground down, yet
fide itself to the electoral law and the budget, and
worthy in itself, may be carried to too great an then leave it for another legislative Assembly to un-
eztent,
dertake the organic laws. The election of the Pre-
extent, and incalculable mischief may be occasioned
sident would come on with the new Chamber. The
from a desire to effect a paltry saving. There is a Anne FAYE; Bishop of Orleans, remarked that fir
consideration that should be deemed paramount to all
others, that should never be lost sight of by our several weeks past the National Assembly had AUSTRIA, lIUNGARY, BOHEMIA,
statesmen and financiers, when calculating regained its popularity by important votes, and
AND POLAND.
the thought that it would be well to act upon the
amount required for the due performance of the pub- decree by which it was decided that it should Our intelligence from Vienna is to the 15th,
lic service, and ascertaining in what respect the All was quiet at that date. Vienna was occupied
itself vote the organic laws. The presence of the
same may be rendered more tolerable. The first by 80,000 armed men, and the Hungarians, who
representatives in the departments appeared to him to question to be resolved is, whether the desired , were encamped in the neighbourhood, amount to
be desirable to meet the approaching crisis. M. DE ~. ,
reductions can be effected without in any respect ao,ouv men. The armies of AUERSPERG, JELLA.- LAROCHEJAC4UELIN alluded to underhand agitations
endangering the national honour, or the national t CHICH, and WINDESCHGEATZ Will, when united, amount
in Paris, and viewed with apprehension the r safety. There is no Briton, however humble histo 98,000 men.
of aprrogation. M. POUULAT called thep oastpteenc-
rank, or unceasing the toil by which alone he can The head-quarters of JELLACHICIL are at Schon•
tion of-
the meeting to what was going on on alt
provide his family with the mere necessaries of brunn. The villages of Penning, Hetzendorf, sides as to the choice of a President of the Republic.
Ebers-
existence, that would consent to see his country dorf, and Gumpoldskirchen, are occupied by the
According to him, it was of the highest importance
degraded from the proud position she has acquired ' understandinglmperial troops. AUERSPERQ has established his
to an as to
and maintained through so many years, and with so that the club should come
the candidate it would support. The resolution on head- quarters at Ingersdorff, on the line of the
vast an expenditure of blood and treasure,
Gloggnitz Railway. this point was postponed till the next meeting, and
or to witness the desecration of its soil
The Hungarians are encamped at Schwacha, a
the club adjourned in considerable agitation.
by the footsteps of an invader, if the The Committee on the Constitution of th
village situated about a mile from the Danube, and the
e National calamity could be averted by any sacrifice, or Assembly has determined to recommend that the Viennese have determined to sally forth and attack
by any increased exertion on his own part. The
Assembly should not fix any day for the election of the Croatians as soon as the first cannon shot ex-
most strenuous financial reformer qualifies his de-
President of the Republic, but that, as it was a purely changed between them and the Hungarians is heard.
mends for economical reductions in the national ex-
administrative act, the naming of the day of election On the 12th the signal for the rising of the Land-
penditure by adding, "so far as may be consistent should be left to the Executive Government. Mar- sturm was given at Gratz, and the country people are
with the due efficiency in the several departments of shal BUGEAUD has announced himself as a candidate flocking into the town in crowds to assist the Vien-
the public service.
" There is no desire on any side nese. The whole of St is also has pronounced in
for the representation of Charente Inferieure. yr
that economy should degenerate into meanness, or favour of Vienna.
Paris
that temporary savings should be effected, that might It was rumoured in the diplomatic circles of
According to the Austrian Lloyd's Journal, 3,000
yesterday that the Franco-English mediation in Italy possibly cession a vast additional expenditure on aSteyerer had reached Vienna, and 6,000 were at the
has been abandoned in consequence of the events at
future dao y.
foot of the Sommering. Even the military in that
Vienna. It is said that M. DE BRIGNOLLES SALIS
' The navy is, perhaps, of all others, the branch of part of the country were in favour of the Diet.
the Sardinian Ambassador, has got an answer to that
the public service which it is most essential to People were coming from Marburg and Cilly. At effect from the French Government, and that the
maintain in an efficient condition. Its achievements
English Government has given a similar notice. This Linz also preparations were making to support the
constitute the pride and glory of our country. We
Diet. Addresses of adhesion and support were
report, taken with the fact that clothing for 20,000
claim for ourselves the empire of the seas, and the
coming in to the Diet from all quarters.
national chorus, "Britannia rules the waves," has men, and 20,000 tents, have recently been sent into
ever found an echo in the heart of every Englishman. The rising of Styria completely cuts off the com-
Piedmont from Lyons, has given rise to the belief
munications of JaLLACHICH with Croatia ; and should
that Kin CHARLES ALBERT is about to renew h ' •
g ostili-
ill be
We would not see the national flag—
he be worsted by the Hungarians retreat w
ties against Austria.
" The flag that braved a thousand years
surrender.
impossible, and he will be compelled to _
Al. ETIENNR ARAGO, Director-General of the Post-
The battle and the breeze,"
The Poles in Lemberg, and in fact all throughout
office has published a note to explain why be still re-
degraded, or its lustre tarnished. It has descended '
Gallicia, are actively at work in furtherance of their
mains in his functions. He had (he says) consulted
and General BEM are
to us from our ancestors without stain, and we will, in
cause. General DWERNICII
his friends and they were of opinion that it was the
Polish
like manner, transmit it honoured and immaculate to , .
busily engaged in organizing a strongarmy.
duty of sincere Republicans not to abandon the posi-
posterity. We regret however to observe, under
There appears to be no lack of money. Latest ac-
thetion3 where they could aid the cause which triumphed
has actually
head of "Naval Intelligence," during the past
counts state that General Dwzniercxr
February 24, to allow them to be taken by the men •
on
week proceedings which, if persevered in, may well
h. 8 000 Poles.
of the counter-revolution. lie says that his friends joined the Hungarian army with' 8,000
described
make us tremble for the maintenance of our maritime
T-I,lf state of ;Vienna on the 14th is thus
recommended, in proportion 'of ten to one, his ret ' - •
supremacy. We find that since the lath instant no
by -Austrian Lloyds's:—
less than seven vessels of war, mounting in the ing his post. lt should 66 remembered that 'M. "
"The appearance of the Hungarian. army is ex-
whole 136 guns, and manned,by 1,350 seamen, have receives no "salary, except his 25f
ETIENNR ARAIIIO y,.
a petted with increased anxiety and disquietude. Why
been or are announced to be paid off into ordinary day, which he has as representative of the people. it remains stationary is an enigma. soon as it
As
' immediately
discipline, their hardy crews, now in the highest state of The _Men Public announces that AL DR LAMAR, strikes the first blow, 100,000 men willh
iminceitement
discipline, about to be cast loose upon the world, and TINE is preparing a new work, entitled " Histoire de advance to the battle from the city.
their Ceroeaxts are on
suffered to seek in a foreign clime, and under a strange la Revolution de 1848, et de la Fondation de la R - is indescribable.. The out-posts of
and in many
fain Maria-hill line near Schinbrunn, .
flag, the employment which they cannot obtain in their publique."
places thirty yards -do not serate them from
. the
own country's marine, under the cherished ' • The ifoniteur, under its official head, contains the citizens.r •eachother, making grim
union-jack. hey are opposite
the first
.Is this right or as it should be ? Can we afford to decree adopted in the National Assembly, taking off faces, and ready to fire at each other at the sig-
send so many of our most useful men into the service the state of siege. nal. Jellachich-has his left wing on the heights
posted
out as far as St.
of other nations whence they cannot be obtained Intelligence from Algeria has been received by the of the Vienna wood, and it stretches_Baumgarten, Lainz,
when the exigencies may arise that would render Labrador steamer, which arrived at Toulon on the Veit. The Thevillages of Ideliitzung,
by his troops,
their assistance truly valuable ? Is it, after all, a real 15th from Algiers, with the mail and 227 passengers.
andP the Tensing,
National are
Guardsa occupied
have been deprived
economy to discharge our tried and experienced The news from the colony is of no interest. The of their arms. He has also demanded the dis-
sailors, that in a brief period they may be replaced vote of 30,000,000 francs towards colonization was armament of the National Guards in the other vil-
by new, three of whom would not be equivalent to the subject of general conversation in the three pro. lages. It strikes us that it is the object of Jellachicb
one of those who are so recklessly cast away ? A vinces, and had produced the best effect. At Oran and Auersperg to make sure of a passage for their
d b I the
cheaper both above an e o
landsman may be obtained perhaps for a few shillings preparations were being made for the reception of
trtownPss,aicnrocsassetheb Danube,
I falling out to their disad-
cheaper in the month than an A.B. seaman, but his the new colonists. The country was perfectly quiet- vantage, so as of
to bae ablea e
to
form a large army near
maintenance and clothing will cost just as much. The On Thursday the populace at Havre rifled two Brunn, and then act in concert with Windeschgratz.
difference of expenditure in the wag(s of a crew of English and two French vessels of their cargoes of The Lichtenstein and another large
palace have
tl beene
raw and undisciplined recruits, and one consisting provisions. The National Guards were called out, a prepared to receive the wounded
intired of false alarms, case of
of thoroughly-trained sailors, would be very trifling conflict took place, and fourteen on each aide were "The students were growing
the Diet, con-
and on the 14th issued an address to
(not perhaps equal to the salary of some sinecure said to be severely wounded. espublica '
eluding with the ' Videant conaules ne
,r, ,
office that might easily be dispensed with), and yet The Journal du Havre gives the following account &c d d'decision to be taken."
how eman ing some
how different would be the services of these crews in of this etriute :
_Valid's of the 13th gives the following description
a period of difficulty and danger. It might change "We yesterday mentioned that the Prefect had of
given
orders to the aspect of the town :
the event of a day, the fortunes of a nation, and yet the Custom-house here not to allow "The commerce and industry
further hut all
it is wilfully cast away, in order to effect some caonnyoessionliexbpobrtation of corn and potatoes, but this
at a stan d- st 1shopsl
, areas alla men capable of doing anything
paltry saving—to enable the Chancellor of the Ex- of weakness, could not
at once an act of illegality and
r under arms ; and instead of the usual gay.ap-
a e be maintained, and this morn- but serious
chequer to state that a few thousand pounds have ing a counter-Order was received and the sh' t pearance of the streets, we meet nothing
The ave-
been cut off from the amount of the estimates for were resumed. This, we regret to sap, has
s
countenances, and swords and muskets.
ad barricadesli
y, as been
ment in many of the streets is torn up!
the wages of our seamen. attended with some acts of violenceon the part ofwhich have
our working classes who are to be found at every available point, lt is not the amount of sailors' pay, or their are usually peaceable and into regular for-
well disposed. Large crowds assembled, and been strengthened and built up maintenance and support, that swells our English vessel, the Bee,lying• an tresses . •
f b s they are in many instances
alongside the quay, , in the au ourg
Here shots are cond.
naval estimates. That pay does not amount was boarded by a party of men who immediately sanounded by wide trenches.

nually interchanged between the workmen and the
advanced posts of the Croats. This excitement was
raised almost to delirium by a procession holding to
the view of the people the mangled corpse of a stu-
dent found murdered in the Schwarzenberg Garten.
It was carried through all the streets and into the
Diet, where one Member is said to have lost his
reason from the effect it produced upon him. The
people swore with drawn swords and tears in their
eyes to take a terrible vengeance."
Baron REESEY, who was appointed by the Em-
PEROR President of the Hungarian Ministry, and who
is now a " prisoner of state" in Vienna, has, made the
following official declaration :

"On the $d of October I was summoned to the
State Chancery (where I also found the Minister of
Finance, Kraus), two days after I had refused the
situation of Esterhasy, because Bathyany would not
countersign it, and likewise the office of Minister of
War. When, on the 3d of October, I was invited
by the State Chancery to appear at the Ministerial
Council, I was informed that his Majesty had ap-
pointed me Ministerial President of Hungary, which
his Majesty was empowered to do till Baron Vuy
should be commissioned to form a new Cabinet, in
order that no delay might take place in public
business.

ings erected for the winter drill of the regular garri-
son, outside some of the gates, they proceeded
tumultuously to the spot with loud shouts, declared
by some to be menaces, and by others to he rivets
of fraternization. Captain Schultz considered them
in the former light ; he, therefore, warned them
to retire, which being refused, he came to the
charge and advanced against them. Upon this
the whole band made a desperate rush, and over-
powering son:e ten or fifteen guards wrenched ft.,*
them their arms and pouches. Whereupon Schultz
sounded a retreat, and retired a few paces under a
storm of stones, accompanied by several shots, then
halted, fronted, and gave the order to fire, which was
obeyed so steadily that the assailants soon lost several
killed and wounded ; and as reinforcements were ap-
proaching they quickly took to flight, or hoisted white
cloths in token of submission. News of the conflict
having spread through the city, the generale was
sounded throughout. all the parishes, the troops were
ordered into and confined to barrack, and orderlies
were dispatched to the brigades cantoned outside,
to hold themselves in readiness. Fortunately, how-
ever, the assistance of the military was not required
at any period of the day, but firearms were de-
livered out to the constables, who, in order to secure

them from being attacked individually, were with-
drawn from their ordinary beats, and either kept in
readiness at their respective stations or added by-sec-
tions to the Burgher Guard. The state of excite-
ment prevailing in every quarter was intense, and a
general collision between the populace and Burgher
Guard was anticipated by all excepting those who
knew the origin of the conflict, and felt convinced
that the question, not being political, would, terminate
1)3, the Burgher Guard continuihs to hold together,
and by their opposing a revolt which had its origin
-in infatuated mischief; and, which cOnliconly lead to
-general' plunder, and the interventioe 'of the powerful
army which is collected round -the town—an army
'Consisting of not less than.4o,ooo combatants, with at
rent 120 pieces of artillery. Towards evening the
bodies of the workmen killed outside the town were
paraded, bleeding and half naked, by their comrades
through the streets, evidently to excite" popular pas
-
'sloes, and were first carried and deposited in' the
court of the Palace, whence they were, however,
speedily removed, and where they ought never to have
been admitted. Emissaries of the workmen at
the same time scoured the town, seeking
to induce the general body to join in an
attack upon the Arsenal ; but this having
failed, although it appears they collected about
dusk in large numbers near the gates, the men
collected in the Ross-street, and vigorously set to
work to throw up barricades,, which they effected,
and posted themselves, mostly well armed, in this
position, Towards eight P.M. several battalions of
Burgher Guard having occupied the bridge, and
drawn up close upon the adjacent streets, a plan
of attack was decided upon by' Rempler, and Major
Vogel's battalion rushed to the assault, which suc-
ceeded fully, as previously stated. In the mean
time a large mob of desperate men proceeded to
attack and plunder the house of. Schultz, who had
commanded in the morning conflict. Their inten-
tion of immolating this citizen was, however, pre-
vented by a battalion of Burgher Guard, who sum-
moned them to retire, under penalty of being fired
upon. At length, out eleven P.M., complete
quiet was restored, and the rioters dispersed,
conveying with them the dead bodies, or leaving
them to be conveyed to the usual recep-
tacles. Strong detachments of Burgher Guards
and armed constables continued to occupy the barri-
cades, bridge, and quarters most exposed to riot,
whilst patrols traversed the streets in the parts prin.
cipally inhabited by the workmen. Early this morn-
ing a second attempt was made by the populace to
attack Schultz's house, but were again repulsed ; he
and his family having in the meantime been induced
to withdraw. Such is the outline of this affair up to
the present hour. Apprehensions are, however, en-
tertained that there will be a renewal of outbreak this
afternoon. The working classes are in the most vio-
lent state of excitement, and menace a general insur-
rection. They assert that the Burgher Guards were
the aggressors yesterday morning, and that their
comrades were murdered. They are, of course, en-
couraged by some of the leaders, who are desirous to
make use of this exasperation for political purposes.
Vienna is held out to the people as a worthy example
to follow. Though not directly political, as above
stated, the events of the moment' are de-
cidedly connected with politics. The minds
of the working classes have been utterly de-
moralized by political orators and emissaries. Their
passions have been inflamed day after day by sedi-
tious placards and addresses. They have been taught
to look upon themselves as sovereigns, as lawgivers,
or rather as masters of the law. They have been
taught to despise all authority, to tread all legality
under foot, and to consider the will of the licentious
lawless rabble as the laW of the land—under the spe-
cious denomination of the sovereign people ,The
seducers and tni3leaders of the Tower orders never
suffer on these occasions—their courage is in their
tongues, not in their hands—they show themselves
before combat, hide themselves during the struggle,
and then re-appear afterwards, either to preach peace,
if revolt fails, or to profit by ihe blood spilled, should
it succeed. Such was the case yesterday. Meantime
the bugles at this moment, one P.M., are sounding the
alarm. Strong detachments of armed constables are
proceeding to the different stations. The troops are
kept in hand, and there is a gloomy expectation that
the day will not pass without some desperate attempt
being made to produce a crisis."
The Chambers met on the 16th, and passed the
preamble of the Constitution. Upon resuming the
debate M. Jung and others proposed as an amend-
ment to substitute " make known hereby the follow-
ing Constitution, resolved upon by the representatives
of the people," in lieu of " We, Frederick William
King of Prussia, make known and declare that we,
in conjunction with the representatives of the people,
chosen in virtue of the electoral law of the Sth of
April, and convoked by us, have agreed upon the fol-
lowing constitution, which we consequently and
hereby promulgate." M. Jung moved this amend-
ment by declaring that the word vereinbaren (draw-
ing up by common accord) clanged monstrously on
the ears. It was a sort of navel- string (sic) connect.
ing the new birth with the old body. Rivers do not
vereinbair (amalgamate) with rocks—they rush over
and follow their own course, in the same way that all
civilized people of Europe rush forward, unmindful of,
and without intermingling with, obstacles. Right
must ever remain right.
General Pfuel—Gentlemen, the result of the above
amendment will be to establish that the Crown has
no right to consent to or reject the propositions of
the Assembly. It is my duty to protect the Crown
in the most decisive manner against such pretensions.
The Chamber resolves, and the Crown weighs and
determines whether such resolves shall be carried
into effect or not. That is the true constitutional
law.-- (Bravo from the Right, hisses from the Left.)
A long discussion, which occupied the whole sit-
ting, followed, when a division being called for, the
amendment was negatived by a majority of 106.,
The Assembly then proceeded to ivide upon the
following amendment of M. Reel :—" We, Frederick
William, &c., &c., make known hereby the Constitu-
tion, which has been determined upon by the repre-
sentatives of the people in conjunction with us." This
was carried by a majority of 284 to 43, and will form
the preamble of the Constitution.
On the 15th, being the anniversary of the King's
birthday, his Majesty received the congratulations of
the authorities of the city and of a deputation of the
members of the National Assembly, at the Palace of
Bellevue. The commander of the Burgher :Guard,
who also attended on the KING, addressed the follow-
ing speech to his Majesty :
" For the first time I have the honour to congratu-
late your Majesty on the return of this happy event, in
the name of the armed citizens of Berlin. It will also
in future be the pride of the' Burgher Guard to offer
prOteption to the Constitution which is being settled,
and to assist in maintaining public order. This true
sense of duty will be the safest guarantee that the
rights of your Majesty and of every one will be de-
fended. The best gift I can present to your Ma-
jesty to-day is the assurance that the Burgher Guard
is inspired with this sense of duty."
On this this his MAJXSTI replied in the following
words I

" As soon as I heard of the consequences of this
manifesto I requested permission to resign. I was,
however, forced to countersign it, because I had ac-
cepted the post. I declared, in signing it„ that I
was signing my exile from my native land.- -Never,
theless, having been so long in the army, I was
inured to obedience.

" After countersigning the manifesto,_ I
_sent
special messenger to his Majesty, to hand in my re-
signation. I received the gracious reply—that my
resignation was accepted, but that- I mast•attend to
my official dutiei till Baron kVuy should have re-
turned. I repeat that, having been arcuitomed to
subordination from my youth, I-consilettd—titat
could not disobey his Majesty in this command. As
soon, however, as I learnt the -decidad..disappro-
bation which this manifesto called forth, I not only
demanded my immediate dismissal, but-requested
that his Majesty would be pleased to" rescind the
manifesto.

"I declare, in fine, that I am-not in league with
any party at the Court. I have not been in connexion
with the Archduke Francis Charles, nor the Arch-
duchess Sophia, nor was I presented to them on this
occasion. I did not come its contact with the Privy
Council. I have sent the memorial in which.' re-
quested the rescinding of the manifesto to the Parlia-
ment in Pesth. I heard accidentally that Jellachich
was in the vicinity. I visited him as a friend, for I
have known him well since the year 1827. I was with
him only about ten minutes in the Knights' house.
(Signed) "REESEY."
In the Diet during the sitting of the 14th, Presi-
dent Smolka said—" Some members proposed yester-
day that Selinger should be sent with the deputation
to the Emperor, because he is on a good footing with
Prince Lobkowitz, having been his tutor. As the
sitting was, however already closed, we took upon
ourselves to allow him to accompany the deputation
in the hope that good consequences may result from
his mission." The decit,ion on this subject was adopted
by the Diet. Smolka then said—" The first depute •
tion sent to the Emperor has returned. I call upon
Herr Peitler to give us an account of his mission.
Peitler—The deputation, with an address to the
Emperor, left Vienna on the 11th and reached Briinn
on the 12th. There having learnt that the Emperor
had gone on to Sellowitz, we followed him. We
were ushered in to an audience chamber
in which were Archduke Francis Charles
and Prince Lobkowitz. Schmidt, after a few
preliminary remarks, gave the address from
the Diet to Prince Lobkowitz; and after
the reading of an answer in substahce the
same as the manifesto of the Bth, the Archduke and
the Prince retired without giving the deputation an
opportunity to make any further remarks. Lobko-
witz gave the assurance, however, that -the military
would make no attack, and that his Majesty was ex-
traordinarily rejoiced at the expressed confidence of
the Diet. Schmidt, by order of the deputation, sent
a written application to the Emperor and to the
Archduke, but no answer was returned. At an early
hour next morning their Majesties journeyed further.
Several false rumours have been spread, and I will
here rectify them. As we came to Sellowitz there
was a great confusion there, so that we were obliged
to wait an hour in the ante-chamber, as the guard
showed themselves to be rather indigant, but it was
not the fault of the Court. On'eur departure, Count
Lanansky informed us that there had not been a single
room ready for our reception. The delay before
the audience was owing to the fatigue of
their Majesties on account of their journey. With
regard to the Emperor's return to Vienna,. i,t may
not so soon be expected, as his Majesty is under the
impression of the death of Count Latour,, -besides
being surrounded by soldiers. It is moreover. lucky
that he has not gone to Prague. Prince Lobkowitz
gave the assurance that the military would not attack.
When he was asked whether the Emperor had said
so, he answered that he had not—it was his own
opinion. With regard to the Ban, the Prince said that
he only fought against the Hungarians,and that it
depended on circumstances what position he took.
It appears that the Ban has uncontrolled power. The
Diet now hes nothing to reproach itself with,
let what will follow. The Diet has done
all in its power."—The sitting was now
adjourned, and resumed at nearly four o'clock.
Schuselka addressed the Diet on the part
of the committee.—" The most joyful assurances
have been received from distant parts of. the.country.
The town of Steier, in Upper Austria, has sent an
address to the Diet, in which it places itself at its dis-
posal. From Troppau a letter has been received,
from which we learn that in Silesia the peasantry
are ready and only wait for orders. A deputation
from Neutitschein has come to give us the same
assurances, and another with the same object from
Hadersdorf. A letter has beeh received from the
committee of students, in which that body declares
that it puts its whole trust in the Diet; that a hostile
army is disarming the National Guard, tearing down
the national flag, and plundering the environiss
and
villages. All this induces it to declare that
ne-
cessary that something decided should be done. The
Diet is now the bulwarkt o
betweenf
building, which might soon fall. The Diet must
therefore order the enemy of the Fatherland to
isemrs and
anarchy. Every the
moment
depart." delay despotism
Ile d f one of the
Vice-Presidents :
rs or ,
The following letter from the hostile army was at
this moment brought in by Pi

" Head-quarters, Inzersdorf.
" We learn that the Diet has taken steps,e in co
to n-
junction with the Emperor, to bring a
peaceful conclusion. It is also necessary that the
Hungarian army should retire, without which an
action is inevitable, the consequences of which must
be incalculable. The deputy Pillersdorf wishes that
the transpo of provisions should be free to
Vienna ; on trt he other hand, it must be free from

Vienna.
(Signed)

" AUERSPERG.
" JELLACHICH."
The Committee proposes to send a reply to the two
generals.
(This reply, which is the ultimatum of the Diet,
appeared in the Third Edition of The Star last night.)
GOLDMARK proposed that this letter be sent to
Count AIERSPERG, as the Ban is under his orders,
and it is, above all, necessary that the Diet should
address the :legal organ. This answer was adopted,
and according to GOLDMARK'S proposal addressed to
Count AUERSPERG. The Diet then adjourned.
The EMPEROR is at Olmutz.

A letter from Pesth, Oct. says that Generals
ROTH and PHILIPPOWICH, with 57 other officers, had
been brdbght to that place prisoners. of The
rest of the corps, amounting to 7,450 men, after
taking the oath not to take up- arms against Hun-
gary, were disarmed and sent home under escort as
far as the Croatian frontiers. Those who were taken
prisoners earlier are also to be set at liberty at the
conclusion of the war.

PRUSSIA.
RIOTS AT BERLIN.

" I beg you will remember that the Burgher Guard
has received its arms from me." _ _

There were some serious disturbances in Berlin on
the 16th, occasioned by the disorderly conduct of the
workmen employed in making the canal. The
Burgher Guard was called out, and after several in-
effectual attempts to restore tranquillity, the Guards

The spoech-d;ll;red by the deputies of the city
was replied to by the KING as follows :
"Do not promise with words that you will restore
quiet and order in Berlin, but prove it by deeds."

. .
To the deputation of the members of the National
Assembly the KING said the following :
" Remember that lam still King by the grace of
God, and that the authorities which are instituted by
God alone are able to maintain law and order."
This last sentence of the KING contained an allusion
to a resolution which ryas passed by the National
Assembly in one of its latest sittings, according to
which an alteration of the Royal title was made from
" King of Prussia by the grace of God," with the
omission of the latter words, into merely "King of
Prussia."

were forced to fire in self-defence. The discharge
killed five of the insurgents, who then hoisted a flag
of truce, and tranquillity was for the moment re-
stored. In the evening the work men attempted to
renew the disturbances in the streets of Berlin, and
barricades were erected. They were, however, at-
tacked and carried in the most gallant style by the
Burgher Guard, and after about an hour's fighting
the insurrection was completely suppressed. The
following is the account given of this affair in the
Berlin journals t—
" For some days the workmen employed in exca-
vating the Junction Canal, which runs across the
Ktipnikar plain, have been in a state of revolt, and
have committed excesses of various kinds, independent
of having destroyed the hydraulic steam machine,
erected at considerable expense to facilitate the ex-
traction of the waters, in the place of the common
spiral hand pumps. Yesterday these men collected
in considerable numbers, for the purpose of commit-
ting further mischief—some said to celebrate a feast.
Be that as it may, they carried a large red banner,
symbolic of revolt, and upon hearing that a company
of Burgher Guard, commanded by a baker named
Schultz, was at exercise near one of the large bad-

These replies of the KING are considered as in-
;ended to encourage the reactionary party, and have

consequently given great offence. So imprudent
Were they considered by the Ministers that they are
not published in the official journals.
The latest accounts from Berlin are to nine P.M. of

:he 17th, at which time the city continued tranquil.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE.

In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 17th
Venedy moved that the Imperial Ministry be called
upon, under the present circumstances, to take all
German interests in Austria under its special protec-
tion, and to place all Austrian-German troops at the
disposal of the proper authorities, namely, the Im-
perial Diet, and the Constitutional Ministry.

Zell moved that this motion be referred to a Com-
mittee.

Venedy objected to this delay. lle thought that
if the Austrian question were to be decided without
the voice of the National Assembly, it would cer-
tainly fall into the hands of the direct enemies of the
Assembly.—Hia motio❑ was, towever, referred to a
Committee.

Nan werck and- Iteittler moved, "The National
Assembly resolves that the Austrian Imperial Diet is
the only lawful governing power in Austria, and calls,
in consequence, upon the Imperial Ministry to give it,
all possible support."—Also referred to a Committee.
The order of the day referred to a number of un..
important reports, among which was one on the
Westphalian National Debt and Expropriation Ques.
tion, which was referred by a large majority to the
consideration of the Ministry.