The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-08 00:00:00

BOHEMIA.

A Provisional Government has been established in
Bohemia, and a Sclavonic Congress convoked at

Prague.
"Let not (says the Cologne Gazette) the importance
of these facts be overlooked ! The fatal hour for the
dissolution of Austria, as it has hitherto been constituted,
has irrevocably struck. It must become Sclavisch, or it
must cease to exist. To prevent the former, to prevent
German lands from being under the sway of hostile
tribes, Germany and Hungary must unite. No one can
say that in a very short time province will not be up in
arms against province, and man against man."
The Cologne Gazette further says :
"To appreciate these events, it is necessary to recall
certain facts. When the Bohemian deputation waited
upon Archduke John of Austria, at Innspruck, his part-
ing words were, 'lam a Bohemian prince.' The Empe-
ror himself dismissed the deputation with the words
Take our greeting to our good city of Prague, and say
that it will give us pleasure to pay it a right early and a
long visit.' The consort of the Archduke Franz Carl
was dressed in the national colours of the Czechs ; and
finally, 'the counsel of Count Thun (now President of
the Provincial Government of Bohemia) found a ready
ear. _ _

" On the 26th and 27th May barricades, rose in the
streets of Vienna ; on the 29th, Bohemia declared her
independence from German Austria ; and on the 300), a
Selavonic Congress is opened at Prague."
The usually quiet streets of Prague are thronged
with deputies and deputations, and the jaunty colours
of the Hungarians, Bohemians, Croats, and other nu-
merous tribes, each speaking a different dialect, mingle
gaily together. A letter from Prague describes the
scene as most animated ; but who, it adds, can say
that they will not soon have drawn swords in their
hands?
The same letter says:—

"The programme of the Central Committee of the
Congress has appeared, and allows us to cast
a glance into the tendencies of that assembly.
The first clause points out the necessity of a
league, defensive and offensive, between all
Sclaves. It is only by a people's league, by the
constitution of Austria to a confederate state (Bunder-
staate) that she can re-acquire her lost strength. By
the free union of tribes, constitutional liberty and hal-
lowed nationality would be guaranteed, as on the other
hand additional splendour would accrue to the Imperial
Crown, even should a portion of the empire be lost.
The second clause discusses the bases of this VoMsbund
or people's league. The key-stone, as it were, is the
preservation of every distinct nationality. A people's
diet is proposed to be held, oven at Vienna, where
each nationality would be duly represented. The Mag-
' yars of Hungary are called upon to put aside all
their own internal dissensions. After expressing
sympathy with the Slavonic tribes without the Austrian
dominions, namely, the Poles and the Sclaves in Turkey,
clause the third urges a literary intercourse between
all Sclavonic races. Clause 4 treats of the position of
the Sclaves in the German Parliament. They never
will allow Austria to occupy a subordinate position under
another Power. Between the Emperor and the Aus-
trian people there shall be no other organ than their
own Parliaments. ' The Sclaves never will recognias
the decrees of the Frankfort Diet as binding.' Clause
5 proposes that a deputation shall wait upon his Ma-
jesty the Emperor, to inform him of the resolutions of
Ithe Sclavonic Congress."

ITALY.

LOMBARDY.

The Turin papers, of the 3d, state that after the
battle of Goito the German troops remained in obser-
vation on the right of the Alincio, near Mantua ; that
no attack took place; and that all the enemy's forces
were concentrated at Mantua.

Colonel FELLEMBERG, an Austrian, who had gone
to Milan to assist in the late re-actionary movement in
that city, has been arrested.
The Prince EUGENE of Savoy, Lieutenant-General
of Piedmont, has issued an ordonnance for the annex-
ation of Piacenza, in which he makes certain de-
crees as to the laws, the liberty of the press, and the
customs.

NAPLES.
A letter from Toulon, of the 31st May, says

" We arrived at Toulon, after having called off
Naples, where Admiral BAUM/4 put on board us the
famous ROMEO and his two sons, and two Neapo-
litan deputies, whom we landeded yesterday at Civita
Vecchia. They intended to go to Calabria, which is
in full insurrection. This we learned at Pizzo ; we
saw everywhere the royal troops disarmed, and the
inhabitants ready to march on the capital. On the
day of our departure from Messina 1,500 Sicilians
passed the Strait, with ten pieces of cannon, to assist
their brothers of Calabria."

SICILY.
The Patria of the 31st May announces that the
citadel of Messina is in the hands of the people.

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND
NEWCASTLE RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A special meeting of this company was held to day at
twelve o'clock, at the Loudon Tavern; Mr. Wilson
Ffrance in the chair.

The only business tran.,acted was the approval by the
shar,hold,:rs of a Bill for the dissolution of the company,
and the increase of the number of directors to sixteen,
in order to carry out the business incidental to the wind-
ing up of the affairs of the concern, all of whom were
formally empowered to act in ccincert for that purpose.
According to the Bill, no further calls will be male ex-
cept for the purposes above•mentioned, and no further
liabilities will be incurred by the directors.
The seal of the company was affixed to the Bill, and
thanks having been voted to the Chairman and directors,
the meeting separated.

ENORMOUS SALMON.—A salmon, upwards of 321 b.,
was captured at Newburgh on Friday morning. It was
acknowledged to be the finest caught in the Tay for
many years.