The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-25 00:00:00

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LONDOI4, SATURDAY. MARCH 25, 1848

Government is expected to do a vast deal in the
was, of legislative innovation, and yet the Ministerial
time is monopolised by the Opposition. A Parlia-
mentary session, like everything mundane, is only
temporave. " Hansard," like every printed volume,
has (annually) its finis. In the road of Reform, the
legislators come periodically to a halting place, just
as a traveller on any railway necessarily arrives
now, and then at a terminus. There must be no
misapprehension in this particular. Whatever the
ehspms of the _lnferno may be according to the lively
imagination of DANTE, the House of Commons at
least is not a bottomless abyss. Its profundity is
being perpetually sounded by the multitude. The
plumb of Public Opinion is dropped intermittently
into its depths.'rts oepaeity can be measured as easily as
that of On shallowest fish-pond in the United King-

dom. There are intervals of rest in the great work
of political advancement as there are in all the dif-
ferent and manifold labours of humanity. In this
respect, if in no other, it is sufficiently manifest that 1
the Popular Movement is not Perpetual Motion.
A Parliamentary session, therefore, being of this
abbreviated character and her MAJESTY'S advisers
being looked upon as responsible for the accomplish-
ment of extraordinary measures of improvement
within the compass of that legislative interval, it
becomes essential, both in justice to the
nation and to the Cabinet, that the few
nights appropriated to the projects of Government
should not be frittered away in frivolous or miscel-
laneous discussion. If we only call to recollection
the enormous innovations expected—nay, required—
of our Administration now-a-days ; if we remember
that for the accomplishment of these innovations the
Ministers have expressly pledged themselves to the
empire, first in the inaugurative address of the
SOYEREIGN, and subsequently in the political and
financial statements of the Prime Minister; and if,
with these considerations, we bear in mind the re-
markallle but still notorious fact, that there are very
seldom more than two-and-thirty nights in each
session—namely, the Mondays and Fridays—
reserved especially for the furtherance of
the Ministerial propositions ; we shall see the neces-
sity of the position of the Government. Knowing that
the energies of the Government are thus restricted in
regard to the time allotted to their schemes of ad-
vancement, and knowing also that the profoundest
attention must be bestowed upon those schemes be-
fore their acceptance can be at all recognised as
advisable, it is clear that every assistance in the way
of debate should, in common fairness, be awarded to
the members of every existing Government. No
matter what political party may be in the ascendant,
no matter what may be the peculiar complexion of
the Cabinet, no matter whether it be a Russell
Cabinet, or a Peel Cabinet, or a Melbourne
Cabinet, or a Lincoln Cabinet, or a Clarendon Cabi-
net, a Parliamentary session cannot by any possibility
commence without a very comprehensive and intri-
cate programme stretching itself out before the ruling
Administration, revealing erasures, interpolations, and
propositions, in a state of rather embarrassing com-
plexity, almost all of which have to be settled before
the period of prorogation, and for the settlement of
which there are scarcely thirty-two intermittent
evenings!
Impressed with a singularly disagreeable con-
viction of the inconvenience resulting both to the
nation and to the Government -from the still
further curtailment of the time allotted to
himself and his colleagues—a curtailment aris-
ing in many instances from the thoughtless
egotism of individual Members—Lord Joust Rus-
SELL yesterday evening endeavoured to impress
upon the House the necessity for allowing the whole
of the Monday and Friday evenings to the measures
introduced by the Cabinet, The necessity we will
acknowledge is at all times great—it is becoming
now rather imminent. The session of 1848 is ad-
vancing, and an enormous amount of business
(enormous, when considered in relation to the
number of Government nights still due,) re-
mains almost uncommenced on the hands of
her MAJESTY'S advisers. The Easter vaca-
tion is rapidly approaching. Whitsuntide
will soon follow. Then comes grouse-shooting and
the prorogation. It is absolutely essential, therefore,
that Parliament should bestir itself betimes, and that
it should act with more than its usual circumspec-
tion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has not only insisted
upon this exigency ; he has reduced the rather en-
tangled series of Ministerial measures to something
like a consecutive catalogue, and has announced the
order in which those different measures will pass
before the consideration of the Legislature. On
Monday the Income-tax Bill will be proceeded with
and carried through immediately ; then will come
the Jewish Disabilities Bill, which will be
hurried through Committee and a third read-
ing as quickly as possible ; then the Health
of Towns Bill, already carried through a second
reading by the Chief Commissioner of Woods and
Forests ; then the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland)
Bill, which may possibly be referred to a Select
Committee, then the Relations with Rome Bill;
afterwards the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill;
and ultimately a renewal of the Mutiny Bill—
all requiring time—all requisite, and all to be
accomplished on Mondays and Fridays. We doubt
not that the precise posture of the Ministry being
comprehended the House will be considerate.

In the annals of chivalrous and devoted loyalty
the name of Hungary is conspicuous. What the
gallantry and enthusiasm of the Highlanders caused
Scotland to be to the STUARTS—what the fervour of
LA ROCHEJAQUELIN rendered La Vendee to the Bour-
bons—what the Asturias were to the fallen monarchy
of Spain,—such was Hungary to the house of
Austria—the last refuge from impending ruin, the
forlorn hope, the only friend in adversity. When
MARIA THERESA ascended the imperial throne, and
found herself nominally the Empress of vast and
powerful dominions, but in reality without a sup-
porter or a friend; rejected by her people, deserted
by her allies, and threatened by powerful and am-
bitious enemies, in her destitution and despair she
turned to her Hungarian subjects. She stood before
them alone in her hour of necessity, as a Sovereign
demanding their support, as a woman soliciting their
protection. Her appeal was answered by one spon-
taneous burst of enthusiasm, which re-echoed through.
out the whole of Hungary. " Moriamur pro rege
noero r such was the answer of the Hungarians
to her demand ; such was the fervent
ejaculation which attested their chivalrous devotion,
which resounded as a watchwoid throughout the
' land—such was the rappel that summoned the whole
[ nation to arms —such was the battle-cry that
animated them to the victory—" Moriamur pro rege
nostro '—an exclamation now become immortal,
which will for ever commemorate the desperate
gallantry and chivalrous devotion of the Hungarians.
We are irresistibly reminded of this historic episode
by another interview which has recently taken place
between the representatives of the Hungarian nation
and the Imperial Sovereign of the House of Austria—
an interview singularly different from the one of
which it reminds us, yet equally, or, perhaps, more
honourable to the Hungarian people, and equally
favourable to the real interests of the Austrian
Monarch. In this interview the language and de-
meanour of the Hungarians was manifestly
imbued with that spirit of loyalty which is
the peculiar characteristic of their nation ;
nevertheless, it would seem that they have now
adopted as their watchword the solemn and sublime
" Mourir pour la Patrie," of the Girondins in place
of their own more energetic, but perhaps less patriotic
exclamation.

decided on the course which it was essential for
them to pursue. A declaration of their opinions
was drawn up in the form of an address to the Da-
mon, which a deputation of the Diet proceeded to
convey to Vienna, in order to present it to his
MAJESTY. The morning after their arrival in
Vienna, being all arrayed in their national costume,
they formed into procession, and proceeded on foot to
the Palace, being greeted on their way by the hearty
acclamations of the Viennese. They were received
by FERDINAND, and with a resolute boldness almost
amounting to audacity, save that it was tempered
with a deferential and loyal respect, they set forth
their demand. Premising that their allegiance to
the sovereign house and their duty to the fatherland
rendered an expression of their sentiments neces-
sary under present circumstances, they plunged
at once in medial res, and declared that for
three hundred years the development and even
the very maintenance of their constitutional existence
had been a continued struggle. " The cause of this,"
said they, " was that your MAJESTY and your royal
predecessors did not pursue a constitutional course,
and consequently could not be in harmony either
with the independence of our government or with
our constitutional existence. Hitherto this cause has
impeded the development of our constitution ; and we
are convinced that if the same course be pursued for
the future, and the Royal government be not in har-
mony with our constitutionality, the throne of your
MAJESTY, and the monarchy itself, which by virtue
of the Pragmatic sanction, is linked to us, will be in.
volved in inconceivable consequences, and our father-
land suffer the most severe detriment." After
enumerating various contemplated alterations in
the system of taxation, and other less im-
portant matters, they proceeded to declare the
great object of their demand—a responsible national
Government, of course subservient to the Imperial
authority, but otherwise only controlled by the ma-
jority of the representatives ; in fact, an executive
Government almost entirely similar in character and
constitution to our own. The following are the firm
but respectful terms in which they set forth their

A recent traveller along the banks of the Danube
has published some interesting details of the mani-
festations of a dawning spirit of nationality among
the Hungarians. He has told, for example, of their
anxiety to revive the use of their native language,
the beautiful Magyar, in place of the foreign tongue
of Germany, and, moreover, of their occasionally
affecting an ignorance of the correct idiom of the
latter language, in order to manifest their genuine
Magyar origin. Again, of their tending towards
monopoly in their desire to "protect" native industry
and encourage only Hungarian manufactures. These
and numerous other incidents, however trivial in
themselves, we regard as both' interesting and im-
portant, from their being evidences of some smoulder-
ing sparks of Hungarian patriotism and indepen-
dence. Those sparks have now been fanned into
a flame by the breezes recently wafted from the
banks of the Seine. The half awakened spirit
of Hungarian nationality has now been thoroughly
aroused and incited into action by the shock of that
social earthquake which, commencing at Paris in the
overthrow of Louse PHILIPPE'S throne, reverberated
throughout the whole Continent, causing the most
firmly established dynasties to totter, and rousing up
the most inert people from the long sleep of servility
and supineness. Hungary hardly required such an
incitement; Hungary instantaneously responded to
the appeal, and in a manner perfectly in accordance
with the loyal character for which it is remarkable,
and with the independent position which it is ambi-
tious to assume. There was no tumult, no insurrec-
tion, no rising in arms, no clamour for a republic.
The two Chambers of the Hungarian Diet assembled,
and, after considering the necessities of the kingdom,

desires :
"We are convinced that the laws which shall be
enacted for the development of our constitutional exist-
ence, as well as for the intellectual and material weal of
our nation, can only obtaia life and energy if for the
administration of the same a national Government,
independent of every foreign influence, be called into
existence, which, in conformity with the constitutional
basis, shall be a result of the majority of the people.
Hence we regard the transformation of the present col-
legiate system of government into a responsible Hun-
garian Ministry as the main requirement and essential
guarantee of all reform.
" Thus and in this wise have we regarded our convo-
cation.

" A perfect understanding with your Majesty to
accomplish our great task is our resolve and purpose.
This is expected from us by our fatherland, it is
looked for by millions of people, and we are impelled
to it by our instinctive and unshaken faithfulness and
devotion to your Majesty's royal house.
"Your Majesty, events are in the hands of God ; we
implicitly rely on the protection of Divine Providence,
yet we deem it an imperative duty to remind your Ma-
jesty of these things, in order that your faithful flange.
rian subjects may not be taken unawares by the porten-
tous future. For the immediate relief of the requisite
measures of reform in a constitutional manner, we shall
confidently look on the present sitting of this Diet; and
we are apprehensive that the customary transactions
connected with the Diet, and, in consequence of the
collegiate system, the tedious negotiations with the Go-
vernment, should untowardly delay your Majesty's pa-
ternal views, and disappoint the just expectations of the
country.
"Therefore, with unshaken loyalty and firm confi-
dence, we beseech your Majesty to ponder upon the
momentous circumstances of the case, and to delegate to
the Diet plenipotentiary organs of your royal will, who,
in conformity with the existing laws, shall be members
of our high offices of state, namely, of the Royal Go-
vernment, as individuals who, possessing the confidence
of your Majesty, shall be empowered constitutional
organs of the Executive, and shall be personally respon-
sible for the execution of the laws in prescribed form."

The EMPEROR acceded to this demand, and forth-
with nominated and appointed a responsible Hun-
garian Ministry, and the deputation, filled with joy
at the happy result of their mission, returned to
communicate the gratifying intelligence to their
countrymen. Before leaving Vienna, however, they
presented a gratulatory address to the Viennese, in-
forming them of the concession which they had ob-
tained, and calling upon them to sympathise and
rejoice with them. " Henceforth," say they " there
will be a responsible Hungarian Ministry, chosen by
the majority of the national representatives, who
shall conduct the affairs of Hungary, under the
control of a free press, and, through it, by enlight-
ened public opinion. Henceforth the bond which
unites us all beneath the sway of our beloved
Monarch is not that of general servitude, but that of
universal freedom, which is now secured to all and
for all permanently and irrevocably. Brethren, we
shall be one in liberty, strong in union, mighty in
co-operation ; every link will be cemented by mutual
good-will, genuine confidence, and universal
love to the highly-venerated house of our So-
vereign." So terminated the mission of the Hungarian
deputation—a termination which must not only
diffuse satisfaction throughout all Germany, but must
tend to inspire hope and confidence to all those who,
anxious to promote liberty and yet preserve peace,
are now watching the revolutionary movement with
mingled exultation and alarm. As we have already
said, in the interview between the Austrian Monarch
and the deputation, both parties acted in a most noble
and honourable manner—the deputation in respect-
fully insisting upon their rights, the Monarch in
frankly and cordially conceding them. When MARIA
THERESA addressed herself to the Hungarians, it was
to demand their co-operation in obtaining for her her
rightful prerogative and privileges : in this recent
scene the position of the actors was reversed, it was
now, the Hungarian people who came to demand of
the Austrian Monarch his co-operation in the obtain-
ing of their just prerogatives and privileges. But in
both instances the result was similar. The same
hearty concurrence which the Hungarians had for-
merly yielded to MARIA THERESA'S solicitations, their
own now obtained from FERDINAND; And, as in the
former case, their earnest loyalty won for the
Hungarians an enduring celebrity, so, in this in-
stance, his cordial liberality must redound greatly to
the credit of the Austrian EMPEROR.
Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived.

The Gageta announces that the Spanish Charge
d'Affaires at Paris had notified to the Foreign
Minister of the Provisional Government that the
recent changes which had taken place in France
would not interrupt the amicable relations between
the two countries.

The advices from Naples in the Lege Italian of
Saturday, announce the expulsion of the Jesuits from
that city in accordance with the popular will. The
indignation against the " holy" fathers was general
and nothing but a promise to leave Naples saved them
from summary vengeance.
It was feared at Naples that Messina was still a
prey to the flames of civil war. The Government,
however, had sent a special messenger to stop the
further effusion of blood by the proclamation of the
new constitution.

PISSIF.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1848.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

It appears from the National that the bishops, the
Jesuits, and the old parti-pretre are intriguing to
procure the return of members of their party to the
National Assembly for the avowed purpose of bringing
that body, and through its means, the whole French
nation in subjection to a sacerdotal tyranny to be es-
tablished under the mame of Republicanism. They
are," says the National, "about to form com-
mittees, clubs, over which they will inscribe
in letters a foot long, a Here we are revo-
lutionary; Vive la Republique,' but from which
will be returned to the National Assembly
as they hope, Monseigneur the Bishop of LANGRES,
Monseigneur DE ST. BRIEUC, or some Monseigneur
of that sort.

Miscellaneous

" The republic, after these returns, will be soon
caught. That which Louis PHILIPPE, assisted by
M. GUIZOT, was unable to do,—they, these priests
alone, will do ; they will dupe liberty ; and whilst we
give to Europe liberty as it is enjoyed in France, we
shall only have for ourselves Liberty as it is
enjoyed in Belgium." The National then pro-
ceeds to warn them that the old clerical edifice
rests upon rotten foundations, that it was
propped up, by royalty, and must fall, and that
if they are buried in its ruins they have none to
thank but themselves. The article concludes by an
energetic appeal to the young priests to emancipate
themselves from the tyranny of the bishops, and to
take care that all ecclesiastics returned to the Na-
tional Assembly shall be honest country curates.
The acts of the commissioners of M. LEDRU
are exciting great discontent throughout the country.
M. EIdANTIEL ARAGO, the Commissioner at Lyons, has
by a decree doubled the taxes paid by the people of
Lyons. 'This decree appears in the Sentinelle de Lyons
of the 21st, which thus goes on to describe the other
arbitrary acts of the commissioners :
" Orders have been given at the barriers of the town
to prevent the exit of money, which, for some days past,
has, it is said, been leaving the town in large quantities.
The employes of the octroi are ordered, in fact, to visit
and search carriages of every description, and the com-
manders of the posts of National Guards have received
instructions, in case of necessity, to aid by force of arms.
A resolution adopted by M. Arago, and placarded yes-
terday throughout the city, decides, in fact, that any
person quitting the city will not be allowed to carry
away a sum in coin amounting to more than 500 franc.,
unless he can show the employment he is going to make
of it, and that he has the permission of the authorities.
If that justification cannot be made, the sum retained
shall be exchanged for an equal amount in notes of the
Bank of Lyons."
Serious disturbances took place at Bordeaux on the
20th. On that day accounts arrived that M. CHE•
VALUER, the Commissioner sent into the department
of the Gironde by the Provisional Government, was
superseded, and that M. DE LATRADE was appointed
in his place. The news created a great sensation
throughout the city, where M. CHBVALLIER had
made numerous friends, in consequence of the mode-
ration and spirit of conciliation which he had shown
to all parties. At the Bourse the sensation was very
great, and the merchants congregated there at the
hour of business went in a body to protest against
" this strange intervention of a new man in the affairs
of the department directed hitherto by an agent
whose character for wisdom and moderation had
obtained general approbation." M. CREvALLIER
received the deputation, and informed those forming
it, that, as he was previously aware of their inten-
tions, he had communicated with the Central govern-
ment on the subject by way of telegraph. The de-
putation then retired, but the excitement among the
people, instead of diminishing, greatly increased.
The neighbourhood of the Prefecture was filled with
crowds of people, and their appearance was becoming
every moment more and more threatening. At length
M. CHETALLIER appeared on the balcony, and at-
tempted to speak, but his voice was not audible in
the midst of the cries of " Viva Chevallier—ei bas 1.
provencal 1" M. LATEADE then attempted to speak,
but he was received with such volleys of abuse, that
he was instantly forced to retire. The excitement then
became so great that the people could no longer be
restrained. A crowd attacked_ the gates of the Pre-
fecture, which in a very short time were burst open,
and all parts of the building were instantly filled with
the mob, which searched every corner for M. LA.-
TRADE. Fortunately for that person he had found
means to escape by a back way just as the front gates
had been burst open. M. CUEvALLuat and the Mayor
of Bordeaux then appeared at one of the windows
looking into the court of the Prefecture, and an-
nounced the departure of M. LATEADE. The news
was received with thunders of applause, and the
crowd, satisfied with the triumph, consented, after a
short delay, to quit the building. Great apprehensions
were felt of a renewal of the disturbances in the course
of the night.

The Government plan for making advances on
deposits of goods and merchandise is generally ap-
proved ; it is thought to be an approach to our system
of bonded warehouses and negotiable warrants.
A credit of 500,000 f. on the revenue of 1848, is
taken by the Government to be applied to the repair
and preservation of the 18 palaces, galleries, museums,
and establishments kept up by the Monarchy. An-
other credit of 250,000 f. is taken for the expense of
building the temporary hall of meeting for the
National Assembly.
The Court of Assizes of the Seine is about to enter
on the trials of the persons arrested during the attacks
the Amiens and Rouen
olinnetsh. e railway stations of

The Patrie states that a Republic has been pro-
claimed in the Duchy of Luxembourg, but not in the
city itself, which is under the guns of the fortress.
The news is official.

477,177,093 87
D'ARGOUT,
The Governor of the Bank of France.
" Paris, March 22,1848."
BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 24.
Tatum o'CLocx..-A very general fall took place
to-day, particularly in the French Rente, which was
offered from the beginning of business. The Three
per Cents are 21. lower, closing at 48f. ; and the Fives,
2f. 50c. lower, the last quotation being 68f. ; the latter
were even at one moment of the day done as low as
67f. 50c. There were several causes assigned for this
decline ; first that the news received from the depart-
ments was not favourable, disturbances having taken
place in various points ; next, that the financial position
of Paris and other important places is becoming more
and more deplorable ; and, thirdly, that the telegraphic
news from Berlin-if true, for many doubted it-
was of a nature to bring down the German mar-
kets, and afterwards re-act on many of the Paris
bankers, most of whom ;transact considerable business
with Germany. Towards the close of the day a slight
improvement appeared visible, but it had not time to
produce much effect. Bank of France Shares are 50f.
lower, closing at 1,600 f. ; Belgian Fives (1840), 2f.
lower, at 65f.; French Four per Cents. If. lower, at
59f.; City of Paris Bonds are 151. lower, at 1,0001.;
and Piedmont 5E lower, at 825 f. Railway Shares are
also lower ; but they held up on the whole better than
the Rente. Orleans have fallen 151., closing at 680 E;
Versailles (Right Bank), 101. at 1151. ditto (Loft Bank),
71.50 c., at 107 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Lyons, if. 25c., at
3981. 15c., and 3011. 25c. Nantes, Northern, Bale,
Marseilles, and Havre, are all unchanged, at the re-
spective prices of 3351., 340 f., 87f. 50c. 275 f., and 2221.
50c. Roman are sf. better, at 4301.; and Strasburgh 2f.
50e. better, at 345 f. Bens du Trisor are quoted with
32 per cent. loss. French gold is still at 60f. the thou.
sand ; the English sovereign is worth from 26f. 60c.
to 27f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. MAac 24.

Boulogne and Amiens 714—Dutch Rhenish, 1/2—Namur
and Liege, 2%—Northern of France, 31/4—Orleans and
Bordeaux, 2WI —Over Yssel, 3:dis.—Paris and Lyons, 1%
—Paris and Rouen, 153/4—Paris and Strasbourg, 11,41—Rouen
and Havre, 81/2—Sambre and Meuse, L.

A levy of recruits has been ordered throughout the
Kingdom of Poland.
The chapel of the Tuileries, which was uninjured
during the occupation of the Chateau, will be opened
for Divine service on Sunday next.
The Journal des Debao publishes the following
letter, addressed from Lyons, on the 18th inst., by
the Commissary of the Provisional Government to
the Minister of the Interior :
" Notwithstanding the continual rumours and the
alarming reports propagated, but which have no
foundation, I think I can answer for the maintenance
of tranquillity and order. Nevertheless, the financial
crisis is alarming."
The lifoniteur publishes a decree of the Provisional
Government, establishing a police force, under the
title of " Guardians of Paris." Their duties will be
similar to those of the London police—they will not
be armed ; they are to be sufficiently numerous to al-
low one for each space of sixty houses. The expenses
are to be paid by a tax on all proprietors or tenants
whose rent amounts to more than 401. a year.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

PRUSSIA.

Accordiug to the lastest accounts tranquillity con-
tinued undisturbed in Berlin. The Prussian States
Gazette publishes the following proclamation :

" To MY PEOPLE AND TO TRH GERMAN NATION.

" Thirty-five years ago, in times of imminent danger,
your King addressed himself to his people, and his con-
fidence in them was not misplaced; your King, in alli-
ance with his people, preserved Prussia and Germany
from ignominy and degradation.
" At this moment when our fatherland is menaced
by the most fearful and immediate danger, I address
myself with confidence to the German nation—among
the noblest branches of which my people may with pride
include themselves. Germany is a prey to fermentation
at home, and threatened with danger abroad from more
quarters than one. Deliverance from this twofold and
urgent peril can arise only from the cordial union of the
German Princes and people under one guiding hand.
This guidance I take upon myself during these times of
danger. My people, who shrink from no danger, will
not desert me, and Germany will join me with confi-
dence. I have this day adopted the ancient German
national colours, and have placed myself and my people
under the resucitated banner of the German empire.
From this day forth the name Prussia is fused and dis-
solved into that of Germany.
" The Diet, which has already been convoked for the
2d of April, in conjunction with my people, presents the
ready medium and legal organ fur the deliverance and
pacification of Germany.
" It is my resolve to afford an opportunity to the
Princes and States of Germany for a general meeting
with the organs of this Diet on a plan which will be
proposed without delay.
" The Diet of the Germanic States, which will be thus
provisionally constituted, must enter boldly and without
delay upon the requisite preliminary measures for avert-
ing dangers both at home and abroad.
" The measures at this moment urgently called for
are—

The Bank of France has published the following
returns of its position up to the evening of the 22d

"1. The institution of a general popular Federal
army.
" 2. A declaration of armed neutrality.
_ _ _

" This national armament and this declaration will
inspire Europe with respect for the sacredness and in-
violability of the territory which boasts the German
language and the German name. Unity and strength
alone will be able in these days to maintain trade and
commerce in our beautiful and flourishing fatherland.
" Simultaneously with these measures for averting
impending danger, the German United Diet will delibe-
rate on the regeneration and the foundation of a new
Germany—an united, not an uniform Germany—an
union without diversities—an union with freedomd.

instant :
State of the Bank of France, to the evening of
the 22d of March.

ACTIT. f. c.
Silver in coin and ingots
Silver in the Branch Banks
Bills due
Bills and acceptances in Paris
Ditto in the branches
Advances on coin and ingots ....
,903,300 00
Advances of French public effects
Due by the branches, by their notes in
circulation
Rentes in reserva
Rentes, disposable funds
Buildings and furniture of the Bank
Interest in the Algiers Bank
Interest in the National Discount Bank 200,000 00
Effects on sufferance or to be reimbursed 2,104,274 15
Cash to be received from the sale of renter
to Russia
Expenses of administration
Miscellaneous

"The general introduction of genuine constitutional
legislation, with the responsibility of Ministers in all the
several States, open courts of justice, trial by jury in
criminal cases, equal political and civil rights for all re-
ligious persuasions, and a truly popular and liberal ad-
ministration, will alone be able to accomplish this
great end.

" FREDERICK WILLIAM.
" COUNT ARNIM.
" VON ROHR.
"COUNT SCHWERIN.
"BORNEMANN.
"ARNIM.
"KUHNE.

" Berlin. March 21, 1848."
Count VON ARMIN has been confirmed in the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and is still President of
the Ministry pro tern.
The civic authorities have announced by proclama-
tion that the solemn interment of their brethren who
fell in the late contest, and the maintenance of the
families of the deceased, will be undertaken at the
expense of the city of Berlin.
The Prince of PRUSSIA, has, it is said, left Berlin
for England.
By a royal decree, dated the 20th inst., his
MAJESTY has approved the return, gratis, of all pro-
perty pledged at the Royal Loan-office for the value
of five dollars or under.

The Cologne Gazette, of the 22d instant, announces
that at one o'clock on the 20th the Poles confined in
the new prison of Berlin had been set at liberty. "They
proceeded in triumph to the Palace," says the corres-
pondent of the Gazette. " The crowd which ac-
companied them rent the air with their vivats.
The people unyoked the horses from the carriage of
MIEROSLAWSKI and dre w it to the Palace. Ladies waved
handkerchiefs from the windows. MIEROSLA WSKI
held in his hand a black, red, and gold flag, and
saluted the people as he passed. When the cortege
reached the Castle-square, the KING appeared at the
balcony.
The Swabian Mercury of the 21st instant states
that the domain of Prince METTERNICH, the celebrated
Castle of Johannisberg, has been sequestered by the
Government of Nassau, as also its extensive wine
vaults. The Prince, it appears had not paid excise
duties for the last 33 years, from 1815 to 1848, and
the ducal Government was determined to claim the

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ttons arising therefrom, and which these constitutions I from the Ministry, and had appointed as Minister,
demand in order to be truly beneficial. STUBE, the Liberal Deputy of Osnaburgh, who, for
"Brethren, we shall be one in liberty; strona• in
refusing to abet the tyrannical measures of King
union; mighty in co-operation; every link will be ce-
mented by mutual goodwill, genuine confidence, and ERNEST in the beginning of his reign, had been im-
uni versal love to the highly venerated house of our .prisoned for several years. On the 20th the Kirov
Sovereign. issued the following proclamation :
" Brethren, you have felt that our cause is the same;
the reception which you have given us will be indelibly " Hanoverians !In answer to many representations
impressed upon our hearts—the response to our call will which have reached me, I have already abolished the
be re-echoed from the remotest valleys of Hungary. censorship of the press, permitted the publication of the
"Brethren, we thank you ; we respond to you by
a proceedings in the Estates, recognised the right of asso-
viv at for the weal of the Imperial House, for universal ciation, granted the desired amnesty and restoration of
liberty, for the fraternization of all the people of Aus- rights to all who have been condemned for political
tria in mind, feeling, and interests. offences—a cencession which I now by these presents
" Given at Vienna, March 17, 1848. expressly declare—and with regard to several other
" The Deputation of the Hungarian Diet." points promised further consideration and legislation
VIENNA, MARCH 17. but I can do nothing more until the Estates of
The deputation of the Hungarian Diet arrived here on the Kingdom are assembled, with which view I have
the 15th for the purpose of presenting to the King the given orders that by the time they meet all necessary
preparatory measures shall have been taken.
" representation adopted unanimously by the
In particular. I will, under the now essentially
two Chambers on the 14th. It was receivt d
with due formality by his Majesty on the altered position of all Germany, lay before the Estates
morning of the 16th. The remarkably fine and hand- proposals for a change in the constitution of the country,
some Hungarians, dressed in their splendid national whichchange shall be based upon the responsibility of
the Ministry to the country, and upon the union of 00
costumes, repaired in procession on foot to flofburg,
royal treasury with that of the country.
and were greeted•with the warmest acclamations of the
multitudes as they passed through the streets. " I exhort you all to wait calmly the development of
The following address was then presented to his Ma- events, and to avoid the disturbances of legal order.
jesty "Hanover March 23; ERNEST AUGUSTUS.
"May it please your Majesty,—The all important ,
events which have been recently developed render it our
imperative duty at once to give our mind to the demands
which our allegiance to the Imperial house of your
Majesty, our legal relation to the whole Monarchy, and
our duty to our Fatherland, call for.
" A retrospective glance at our history brings to our
remembrance that for the space of three hundred years
our constitutional existence, as commensurate with the
requirements of the times, could not only not be
developed, but that the very maintenance of the same
demanded our most strenuous exertions. The cause of
this was that your Majesty did not pursue a constitu-
tional course, and consequently could not be in harmony
either with the independence of our Government or with
our consitutional existence.
" Hitherto this cause has impeded the development of
our constitution ; and we are convinced that if the same
course be pursued for the future, and the royal Govern-
ment be not in harmony with our constitutionality, the
throne of your Majesty, and the monarchy itself; which,
by virtue of the pragmatic sanction, is linked to us, will
be involved in inconceivable consequences, and our
fatherland suffer the most severe detriment.
" Your Majesty has convoked us for the purpose of
introducing reforms. We have recognised herein the
fulfilment of our long cherished wishes, and have com-
menced our work with cheerful alacrity.
" We have resolved that upon the basis of a general
taxation we will share those public burdens of the people
which formerly were defrayed only by the public admi-
nistrative committee, and will be equally responsible for
the reimbursement of the additional expenses of the
Diet.
" We have resolved to effect the abolition of immunity
of urbatial relations by indemnity, and hereby equalis-
ing the interest of the people and of the magistates, to
consolidate the throne of your Majesty by augmenting
the weal of our Fatherland.
" The alleviation of the military, billeting, and hos-
pital burdens we regard as a primary duty.
" We consider the political and administrative co-
ordination of the royal cities of the free districts us
subjects demanding immediate attention, and further
consider that the time has now arrived for the people to
be partakers of political privileges.
" That effective measures be immediately adopted for
the renovation of manufacture, commerce, and agricul-
ture, is in justice expected by our Fatherland.
" But our constitutional existence demands deve-
lopment
in a radical representative system, our
intellectual interests demand 'support based upon free-
dom.
" Our system of defence demands a radical reform
conformable with our national character and the general
interests of the various classes of the inhabitants in
town and country. This imperatively calls for the
adoption of immediate measures to consolidate the
dignity of your Majesty's royal throne, as well as the
security of our fatherland. The computations and re-
sponsible manifestation of the income and requirements
of the Hungarian States can be no longer postponed;
for thus alone shall we be able to discharge our consti-
tutional duty of defraying the expenses of the splendour
of your Majesty's royal throne, and of conserving the
general expenditure of the country ; thus also shall we
be able to discharge our other official legal duties, the
result of which cannot fail to be favourable.
" Several of these questions naturally involve an
equalisation with the hereditary Provinces, because of
divers mutual interests, for the furtherance of which,
while reserving our independent national rights and
interests, we will gladly lend our aid.
" We are also convinced that the laws which shall be
enacted for the development of our constitutional exist-
ence, as well as for the intellectual and material weal
of our nation, can only obtain life and energy if, for the
administration of the same a National Government, in-
dependent of every foreign influence, be called into ex-
istence, which, in conformity with the constitutional
basis, shall be a result of the majority of the people.
Hence we regard the transformation of the present col-
legiate system of government into a responsible Hun-
garian Ministry as the main requitement and essential
guarantee of all reform.
" Thus and in this wise have we regarded our con-
vocation.
" A perfect understanding with your Majesty to
accomplish our great task is our resolve and purpose.
This is expected from us by our fatherland, it is looked
for by millions of people, and we are impelled to it by
our instinctive and unshaken faithfulness and devotion to
your Majesty'sßoy al House, for we are convinced that thus
alone can peace, tranquillity, and confidential intercourse
be so firmly established in our fatherland, that no unfore-
seen events or impending storms may shatter or con-
found us ; and, under such a guarantee of peace and of
contentment alone, will our combined energies acquire
that unanimity and solidity upon which your royal dy-
nasty may depend at all times and under all circum-
stances.
"Your Majesty will now, however, agree with us, that
for the attainment of this desirable end, peace is indis-
pmsably requisite, and that our mutual relations must
be calm and perfectly undisturbed.
" In this respect we cannot fail to be deeply pained at
the indications of disturbances which have appeared in
various parts of the United Provinces, which linked to
us by virtue of the Pragmatic sanction, and the magni-
tude of which has been fearfully enhanced, by the un-
forseen development of events that hare taken place
abroad.
" We will not sadden the paternal heart of your Ma-
jesty by entering into details of these circumstances, we
will not dwell upon the sensible effects which are already
experienced in a financial point of view; but the sense of
faithfulness and the responsibility which devolves upon
us compels us to speak with boldness that the real origin
of these manifest evils, and the main origin of our
unprogressive state in the world, lies in the na-
ture of our administrative system. We are firmly per-
suaded that your Majesty will find the securest pro-
tective measures against any possible
.misunder-
standing, the most convincible unison with your
faithful people, the most heartfelt co-operation of
the diverse provinces of your country, and thereby the
most unshaken support of your royal throne and
dynasty, if in all its governing relations it be sur-
rounded by those constitutional institutions which are
imperatively demanded by the requirements of the times.
" Your Majesty, events are in the hands of
God ; we implicitly rely on the protection
of Divine Providence, yet we deem it an imperative duty
to remind your Majesty of these things, in order that
your faithful Hungarian subjects may not be taken un-
awares by the portentous future. For the immediate
relief of these apprehensions, for the immediate intro-
duction of the requisite measures of reform in a consti-
tutional manner, we shall confidently look on the present
sitting of this Diet, and we are apprehensive that
the customary transactions connected with the Diet,
and, in consequence of the collegiate system,
the tedious negotiations with the Government should un-
towardly delay your Majesty's fraternal views, and dis-
appoint the just expectetions of the country.
"Therefore, with unshaken loyalty, and firm confidence,
we beseech your Majesty to ponder upon the momentous
circumstances of the case, and to delegate to the Diet
plenipotentiary organs of your royal will, who, in con-
formity with the existing laws, shall be members of our
high offices of state, namely, of the Royal Govern-
ment, as individuals who, professing the confi-
dence of your Majesty, shall be empowered con-
stitutional organs of the Executive, and shell be
personally responsible for the execution of the laws
in prescribed form. These persons further must take
part in the proceedings of the Diet, state your Majesty's
royal pleasure to the Diet, give the requisite
elucidation and explanation of the Government,
especially in financial matters, and to effec-
tually promote the solution of impending questions,
that the wholesome laws which are to be enacted may
be the more speedily proposed for your Majesty's
royal sanction, and by their aid, in the uncertain
and ominous state of present circumstances, the peace
of our fatherland be secured, confidential in-
tercourse :consolidated—upon the basis of this
that wholesome power, both moral and physical, be de-
veloped, in which your Majesty amid all the con-
tingencies of the uncertain future, may find the most
unshaken confidence, and your royal throne the most
sure protection."— Wiener Zeitung, March 17.
RESPONSIBLE HUNGARIAN MINISTRY.—The result of
this address to his Mjesty has been fraught with the
moat important events. His Majesty was pleased to ac-
cede to the nomination of a responsible Hungarian
Ministry, who were immediately appointed, tend the
deputation of the Hungarian Magnates and States to
Presburgh, with all speed, to convey the welcome in-
telligence.
—Wiener Gazette, March 17.
Letters from Coblents state:—" On the 21st of
March Prince METTENICH arrived at the Castle of
Rheineck, near this town. A detachment of infantry
has been sent thither by the military authorities of
our fortress. The Prince is the proprietor of a ruin,
the Castle of Winneburg. At the top of the tower
the coat of arms of the Metternich family has been
placed. About a hundred people left Coblentz, to
tear down the arms of the oppressors of Germany,
which they succeeded in doing during the night. A
Frankfort some riots took place, on the report tha
Prince METTERNICH had arrived there."

LOAIBARDY.

HANOVER.

Private letters from Milan, of the 18th instant,
state that the Milanese, on hearing of the revolution
at Vienna, had sent a deputation to the Governor to
demand the liberation of the political prisoners
and the institution of a National Guard, pro-
mising, in case this was granted, not to molest
the Austrian troops. On the refusal of the
Governor, the whole population took arms ; men,
women, children, and clergymen, set about erecting
barricades. The Hotel of the Polic• was carried by
storm and burnt, and a Provisional Government in-
stalled under the presidency of the former Podesta
Casati. At Brescia, a similar movement broke out
on the same day, and the insurgents made a prisoner
of the Austrian General. The entire province of
Bergamo was in revolt.

The Opinione of Turin, of the 20th, publishes the
following news from the Novara, dated the 19th
Milan is insurged, and in a state of siege. The
gates are closed, and the battle rages within. The
people have made themselves masters of five pieces of
cannon, and the report of artillery was heard up to
eleven o'clock last night. Five thousand Lomellines
are on their way to Milan to assist their brethren."
The same journal adds, " At half-past six P.m., we
learn that the Government is in the hands of the
Milanese ; CASAT is president, and the tri-colour
waves on the Government Palace. Yesterday all the
functionaries had abandoned Milan. The centre of
the movement was in the Broletto. The gendar-
mery and firemen fraternized with the people.
The Hungarians have shown themselves friendly to
the people, who cried, " Viva l'Unghena." The can-
nonading of the Castle began yesterday at five, and
lasted till eleven P.M. All the public edifices are in
the hands of the people. The Comasina, Valtellina,
and Bergamo, are said at this moment to be in
open insurrection. It is said, also, that the
Swiss corps franc: have crossed the frontier,
and that the VICEROY has been made prisoner
near Brescia by a battalion of Italian grenadiers.
We learn from Vigevano that the Hungarian
cavalry took part with the Milanese ; for,
having received orders to prevent the entrance
of the country people, they allowed them to
enter in shoals. Last night, at eight, all the
tocsins of the villages on the Piedmontese frontier
were sounding the alarm. The insurrection is gene'
ral at this moment throughout the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom. Other letters confirm that the
vice-royal palace is in the hands of the people/ and
that the papers, furniture, &c., had been thrown int°
the court to be burnt. The Guards, who had tried
to resist, had been massacred or dispersed." The
King of SARDINIA, immediately on receiving the
intelligence from Milan, assembled his Ministers, and
a long consultation took place. Several estafettes
soon after left the War-office with orders for the
formation of three corps of observation on the fron-
tiers of the Ticino and Po, and the organization of
volunteer corps at Chivasso, Casale, and Novi.
The Risorgintents of Turin publishes, from a
journal printed at Milan in opposition to the autho-
rities, on the 18th, at the commencement of the
movement, the following demands in the name of the
people of Lombardy :
" 1. Abolition of the old police, and organization
of a municipal one. 2. Abolition of the law of
blood, and immediate liberation of political prisoners.
3. Provisional regency of the kingdom. 4. Imme-
diate freedom of the press. 5. Convocation of the
Communal Councils to elect the Deputies of the
National Assembly, to be convoked without delay.
6. Civic guard, under the orders of the municipality.
7. Neutraility and subsistence guaranteed to the
Austrian troops. Meet on the Corsia di Servi at
three. Order and firmness !" The Ritorgiment°
announces that RADETZKY, BOLZA, and Tonitssanr,
were, at the date of the last accounts, shut up with
some troops in the Castaletto at Milan. "Great effer-
vescence," adds the Risorgimento," reigned at Turin°3
the 19th, in consequence of the news from Atilan•
Thousands pressed forward to sign their names to.,
the list of volunteers that were opened at the Cafe del
Giardino Publico. A deputation was sent to the
Ministers to express the desires of the multitude, and
the answer was, that all volunteers who would repair
either to Chivasso, Cassale, or Novi, would be jinni"
diately armed at those places. A battery left tie"
celli on the 20th, acconspanied by the 14th Regiment
of Infantry."
A commissary of the French Government arrived
at Leghorn, on board the Leonidas, on the. 14th. It
is believed that he will set out for Florence, and
thence go to Rome.

The moment the rising i❑ Lombardy became
known at Turin, King CHARLES ALBERT convoked a
Cabinet Council to consider the expediency of march-
ing an armed force to the assistance of the Milanese•
A letter from Turin, of the 19th inst., states that
it was the Archduke REINIER who was arrested et
Brescia, and that when the mail left Milan, the
Austrians were making terms with the insurgents for
the evacuation of the city.

The KING, on the 19th, officially notified to the
Burgher guard that ha had dismissed FA.Lcliz

The Patric of Thursday evening states that the
insurrection at Milan has been successful. It does
not, however, say on what authority it gives this
news, which is not of a later date than the account
given in the supplement of the Risorgimento of Turin.
The following is the account of the Patric :—" A
very sharp and sanguinary conflict took place
between the people and the Austrian troops. At
two o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th the insur-
rection was victorious. The Archduke REGNUM
the Viceroy, had fled, but he was seized by the
people at Brescia. The Austrian authorities capi•
tulated, after having been able to obtain only
one condition, viz., the retreat of all the Austrian
troops from the Lombardo- Venetian territory. The
tri-color flag has been hoisted in all the towns of
Northern Italy."

BAVARIA.

ABDICATION OF THE KING-THE CROWN

PRINCE PROCLAIMED.

Munich, says the Aug sburg Gazette, was yesterday
(the 18th of March), in a state of great excitement.
Some nine or ten thousand men occupied all the
public places and thoroughfares. An immense crowd
is in the streets, asking the motive of this unusual
display. People speak of a coup-de-main, planned by
the aristocratic and ultra-montane party, for obliging
the KING to appoint a co-regent. The citizens went
to the Minister of the Interior to charge him with a
message, assuring the KnrG of their loyalty. It
was resolved that the Town-hall, where it seemed a
popular meeting had been convoked, should remain
closed during the whole session of the Diet. Some
people affirm that money had been distributed among
the lower classes for the purpose of creating a riot.
A telegraphic dispatch has been received by the
French Government, announcing that the King of
BAVARIA had abdicated, and that the Caowls Paiacx
had been proclaimed King.