The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

BADEN.

The Republicans under liEcitnit have been defeated
lnd dispersed, but not until they had perpetrated one
of the most cold-blooded and cowardly murders ever
recorded in the annals of treachery. General GAGERN,
the victim of these cowardly ruffians, had been in
the .ervice of the Netherlands previous to taking the
command of the Baden troops.

The Frankfurter Journal, under date of the 22d,
gives the following as coining from the best au•
thority :

" Thursday morning, at five o'clock, General Gagern
led his troops from Schlingen towards Kaudern, against
Hecker ; at Kaudern both parties faced each other. A
commissary of the Government again summoned the
rebels to lay down their arms, but in vain. The troops
then marched forward, and the rebels fell back beyond
Raudern, and took up a favourable position. Up to this
time not a single shot hail been fired; they made overtures
to the general to have a parley. He, no doubt, thinking of
rhe importance of the movement, and the effect it might
have on the e•ene hand of raising the o airage or his troops,
and on the other hand of saving an effusion of blood,
advanced alone, and endeavour. d to save the rebels by
an impressive address ; but the only answer he received
was a direct appeal to treason, made, but in vain, to the
troops. The general upon this turned round and
mounted his horse, and the insurgents immediately
opened a murderous fire, the general tieing the first who
fell, struck by several balls. Such was the first act of
heroism on the part of Republican Liberty I The
troops advanced at once against these traitors and assas-
sins, and in about halt an hour the band gave way. 100
bodies remAined on the field, a fifth part being those of
the troops. The insurgents were pursued and entirely
routed. One part of them escaped to the mountains,
another crossed the Rhine. One of their banners was
taken. Colonel Hiukeldy, who had taken the command
of the troops, was not satisfied with the first victory ;
he immediately attacked the second main baud of the
insurgents, and pursued them till nightfall.„
A letter from the Duchy of Baden, under date of
the 21st says,—
" Hecket's band met the Baden troops near Kaudern,
drivingan d asebraicoku s
theeng
insurgents
tstook
and
place,putt whichended
hem to
thein
rout atter a sharp fusillade. A part of the men, armed
with scythes, laid down their arms, asking for quarter,
and saying that they had been compelled by force to
join Hecker. Hecker, from reports, has escaped to the
other side of the Rhine. The Baden dragoons com
mance -
d the attack, and fought with most determined
courage. Much carnage took. place on both sides.
:Hienertil Gagern, who commanded, was left on the
cis ld, which can be easily accounted for, as iu Ilecker'a
band there are excellent marksmen."

A letter from Friburg, dated the 20th, at Right,
in the Gazette du Haut Rhin, says,—

" Hecker's band, having had an engagement with the
troops between Liel and Kaudern, has fallen back on the
latter place with a loss of two cannons, where they have
entrenched themselves and raised barricades, with an
apparent determination to defend themselves to the last.
We do not, however, vouch for the correctness of this
information."
A letter from Frankfort of the 22 d, says,—
" The death of Lieutenant. General Gagern is no
longer doubttul. This officer undertook the command
of the troops of Baden, and went to Sch Hagen on the lath,
when intelligence arrived OM the insurgents had occu-
pied limier% He personally reconnoitred it during

the night, and on the 20th, at four o'clock in the morning',
the revel! was beat. The troops were all en route
in-
for
Kaudern at five o'clock, which was evacuated by the
surgents, who had taken up their position near the city.
As soon as the General's troops entered the city, intelli-
gence was brought that the insurgents desired to capitu-
late. The Grand Ducal Commissary was about to
repair to them, when they asserted that they would
negotiate with none but the General in command."
General GAMIN accordingly rode to the outposts,
accompanied only by a few horsemen. He exhorted
the rebels to obey the voice of the law, and to
renounce this civil war, and not oppose the n atiohnc al
development by these subversive tendencies, wih
the majority of the nation condemned. The chival-
, roux warrior addressed a few words of peace and
reconciliation to his misguided countrymeD, but
they refused to follow his prudent counsels, and the
generous proposals which he made to them. He
was therefore compelled to return. He remounted
his horse, and at the same moment he was traitors,
ously struck and mortally wounded by three bell
two of which entered his back, and the third passed
through his head. Exasperated at seeing their chief
assassinated in so cruel and perfidious a manner, the
troops furiously engaged in combat with the rebels,
who were forced to take flight,
leaving a great num-
ber of dead upon the field. The troops pursued
them, and encountered a second band of insurgents
commanded by STRUVE. These they also attacked
and completely routed them, and had not night set
The
in they would not have ceased to pursue them.
official report states that the troops had only 35
woundeil, 20 of whom were soldiers of Baden, and
the rest of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. They 13d
not a man killed.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MA IN E.
THE DIET, APRIL 21.—At the sitting of the 9th,
the Committee of Fifty were occupied with the fol-
lowing proposition for a Committee :
the
" Will the High German Diet place immediately
exercise of the executive power which has devolved oree
a
it by the Federal Constitution into the bands of thre
e
persons, who are to take upon themselves, up to the
period of the establishment of a definitive e,xecittl/ef
federal authorityert
, the chief direction of the affairs o
rmanyGi generally, particularly such as relate to the
army—not only for the safety and integrity for
Of G
as regards foreign powers, but also in case of need 0
fa
naa,
preventing anarchy at home, and for establishing et
diplomatic relations with foreign states in the name
t he German Confederation?"
The Committee came to the conclusion that they
the
could not adopt this proposition, but they passed
following resolutions :
" 1. To invite the Diet to proceed immediately W the
election of a commandant or federal chief (a cafe Ipro-
vided for by the Constitution), and to entrust hill' with
the chief management of all military affairs.
d t°
" 2. To invite the Diet to communicate as quickly 65_
possible to the Committee what bad already been done t°
prevent the dangers threatening from without, eil,
wards the concentration and preparation of all necesseri
mea "
3. To
nominate a commission to act jointly wit
be
Diet, with the view of ascertaining how they could °tra!
teed, as promptly as possible, in establishing a celland
l
point for diplomatic relations with foreign powerg',- of
that they make a report to the Committee of the resut
this negotiation."
On the 20th, at the meeting of the Diet, °el
read the resolutions above communicated to the t"•
sembly by a letter from the Committee of Fifty.
order
The Prussian Envoy announced that, in s.
effectually to enforce the Danes to evacuate Scbleo
wig, the Prussian troops destined for the duchy lithe
been considerably increased, and placed unctr.,,ce
command-in-chief of Lieut,General the •"/-
RADZIWILL. asked
The deputy of Prussia, as also of Hanover, bif
for the opening of the National General Asse/xl-;
to be deferred from the Ist to the 18th of Aisf'
account of the delay, rendered indispensable, for
tPt
e
preliminary operations of the elections. ?joy ?joy
Governments supported this proposition, basing °la.°.
demand on the ground that it was necessal w f
Assemblies should not be opened when deputiei
the more considerable states of the Confederation Wei"

absent. Ogg
The Diet reserved to itself the power of ,
immediately the day when it would receive fad)°,
information, which would arrive in a few days.
On the proposition of the special cotntnissi°°'
named at the last sitting, the Assembly delegated II
special envoy of the Confederation to England, f°r
the purpose of defending the interests of the Con-
federation as regarded the dangers which threatened
German commerce and navigation, by reason of the
attempts on the part of Denmark to incorporate itself
by force with Schleswig, and for the purpose of
ascertaining, on this occasion, whether purchases
could not be made there of war steamers, and on
what terms other states, which had hesitated to
allow to the Dia an unlimited credit for the purpoo
of war steamers, will now give way and consent,
reason of the decision come to by the Committee °
Fifty, which has removed all scruples on this beg/d.
Bavaria, the Grand Duchy of Baden, as also Breulel3'
have consented.

BAVARIA.
The Bavarian Government, on the 17th April'
proposed to the Chamber a project for a volor.lb
loan of seven millions of florins, the whole of 1"11-;c
is to be applied to the war department and to pu`:
works. For this purpose there will be an euill.lits°,
of bonds of 20, 50, and 100 florins, bearing an I,l'—f,r
rest of from 5 to 6 per cent., to be reimbursed in I°'
years.

SWITZERLAND.
In the secret sitting of the Swiss Diet of the /4;1,
inst. the question was discussed whether the o
mand of Sardinia, that Switzerland should advin-
-30,000 men into Lombardy, and a reserve of 20,E
to the frontier, should be complied with. A'ftbe
somewhat stormy discussion the Diet referred
matter to a committee, which was to present sa
report on the 17th. A negative answer will jet.
probabilitybe given, and be approved by the the
No
ire
great sympathy is felt in Switzerland fo
King of SARDINIA, and though it WAS emit trill be
100,C00 men against the Sonderbund, it vvlP
difficult to raise 30,000 fora foreign war.
An extraordinary courier left Coire (canton nfljtihost
Grisons) on the 6th, for Berne, to inform the A.
that a strong body of Austrians purposed forcing 1—
Engaddi pass above Chiavenna. yoked
The Grand Council of Berne has been co —.60
for the Bth of May. No less than sixty-three pro)
of law are on the order of the day for discussion. •
DENMARK AND sCHLES G-

HOLSTEIN.
N
RENDSBURG, APRIL 21.—This forenoon an englig;
ment took place between the advanced Posts 00
Altenhof. A corps of 1 ~500 Danes marched rod
Eckenforde, and attacked the free corps statl°o-
- under the command of Major Von i"lc-600
BERG. The free corps were only from 400 °vitt)
men strong, and were attacked by the Danes: I Of
their mounted artillery, supported by their 'l3l the
the line. Victory declared itself on the part %fa'
Germans, the Danes were driven back to °"'",ere
forge by an attack of bayonets, but our trool).; of
unable to pursue them, as we had neither inhp7 be
the line nor artillery on our side. If the reP°r; 90
accurately given 11 men have fallen, and abotz"bied,
wounded. The loss of the Danes must have d°ll-
ours.
Many of the corps which belonged to th"e2l4"
posts had arrived only on the previous evening' ;ell.
had
Theraeffa
ceiirv,e(tl therefore, may
be
oretireberfeograersdl
superior a
peri: a rnpurr°oo-f of
the great bravery of these corps.
The decided approach of the German tro°oll3o
two
wo
Rnuosslioann rgeergbiemdeenlzed. This morning W", ~n(1
burg. e
e ‘
It is believed that the attack will be h
f
rT,,,hemEarmcpebedrorouFtraonfeitigepoaso
,
" The Emperor Alexander
from Friedrichstadt, for the present position °
t
Danes is so well covered by turf-moors and tll:the
d
annerosks that it will not be possible to niai,
-
attack en face. the
A letter from Kiel of the 21st of April sil,'":otel'
Provisional Government has this day receive° Zito!)
ligence from London, according to which the 13'00
Cabinet does not consider the proceedings nt-
as a declaration of war against Denmark, and TV
consequence maintain a preliminary neutrality era to
notices in the Danish journals of the 19th tie
concur in this statement. tiss°
ELSINORE, APRIL 19.—This evening the Isla'
ships lying at anchor in the roadstead have beep
embargo upon by the Danish ships of war' no an'l
Another letter from Messrs. A. VoN D"— doted
Co. to the Hambargh Assurance CornPanY' 4.0
Elainore, April 19, ten o'clock at night, 5/131