The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1848,

CUICH to the rank of Civil and Military Governor of
Hungary infuriated the population to a state of wrath
such as defied all further restraint. It was
an appointment as insane in its defiance of public
opinion as the granting of the Ministerial portfolio of
Justice to M. HEBERT almost immediately before the
downfal of Louis PHILIPFE. It required no in-
spired tongue to announce to the multitude that the
virus of absolutism had not been cleansed from the
blood of the Government, but that, on the contrary,
that virus lurked there, gathering together its latent
influences, and preparing to assert its old predomi-
nance as soon as an opportunity was discoverable.
Vienna saw as clearly as Paris did in 1791 that
royalty only assumed the mask of generosity to
enable it to tarry in safety until the arrival of that
moment so long hoped for, the moment of royal retri •
bution. The consequences of all this lamentable
blundering have been tremendous. At a signal more
significant than the banquet of February the people
rose on Friday, the sixth of this present October.
They rose—not as insurgents, not as rebels, not as
marauders, but as revolutionists. Their sign:ll was the
departure of the troops from the capital as auxiliaries
to the Croatian army of JELLACHICH—that army
which had been organized to tread out the
fire of freedom under the iron heel of
war in the hot and melancholy ashes of
the Hungarian nationality. Instead of allow-
ing the soldiers to proceed to the railway with-
out obstruction, the National Guard of the suburb of
Gumpendorf resolved to deprive the Ban of Croatia
(now the Governor of Hungary) of that assistance.
A barricade was thrown up close to the Tabor Bridge
on the highway, leading to Ganserndorf; and there,
in the midst of enthusiasm, the Grenadiers fraternized.
with the Academical Legion and the National Guard
from Hundsthurm. Possessing, as they now did, a
great numerical force, as well as the fervour
of successful revolutionists, it is not surpris-
ing that they routed the Nassau troops
after a brief encounter, killing and wounding a very
considerable number of their opponents, and shooting
the General BRED; the commanding officer. After
the conflict on the road to Ganserndorf, there was a
lull, but a lull as treacherous as the lull before a
tempest. An accident as deplorable as that which
occurred before the Hotel des Capucins, in February,
awoke the storm of the population, and brought at
once to its height a revolution which might other-
wise have been procrastinated. A few shots were
exchanged between two detachments of the National
Guards—the one fighting for the EMPEROR, the
other for the people—and the consequence was, that
a desperate battle soon began to rage in the Stephans
Plata. Those who were in favour of the Govern-
ment were driven into the Cathedral of St. Stephen's,
and were massacred on the floor of the sacred edifice
—the colonel of the regiment being butchered upon
the steps of the high altar. Then it was, that, mad-
dened by the triumph of their arms, the rabble re-
sorted to deeds of atrocity, such as are happily seldom
paralleled, bombarded the garrison of the arsenal,
and dragging forth the unfortunate Minister of War,
Count LATOUR, from his official residence, assas-
sinated him with a ferocity as brutal as that ef
savages, and as fiendish as that which we might attri-
bute to demons. He was kicked and beaten about
the head with adzes and hammers, his throat was cut,
his clothes and orders were torn from his body, and
then, naked, mutilated, and still [palpitating, he was
hung up by the neck to a gibbet, where his limbs
were riddled by musket balls, fired at him throughout
the day by his murderers. The assassins of LATOUR
seemed to emulate the assassins of LAMBERG, and the
remorse of crime, as in most revolutions, descended
upon the capital to sadden the hearts of the citizens
in the hour of their victory.
While the revolution of October was thus ripening
in their vicinity, while civil war was raging in the
streets, while the SOVEREIGN was flying in consterna-
tion from his palace, the supreme authority of the
Austrian Diet asserted its existence, and decreed that
the national representatives should sit in permanence.
STROBACEI was no longer recognised as their President.
FRANZ SMOLIE was elected ou the instant as his
successor, and the Diet resolved at once upon those
measures which the emergency seemed to demand
most imperatively, to the end that order might be
restored, and the law rendered above all things trium-
phant. In the first flush of the intelligence, it is alto.•
gether impossible to estimate the real importance of
this revolution—this revolution, whose days were al-
most as cruel as those of September, and whose results
are nearly as decisive as those of February.

The observations of Mr. Sergeant ADAMS on the
case of THOMAS BARKER, a respectable young man
who was tried at the Middlesex sessions on Wednes-
day last, and acquitted on the ground of insanity,
are well worthy of the attention of the humane and
charitable, of those possessed of means sufficient to
enable them to mitigate the sufferings, and to provide
for the pressing wants of their less fortunate fellow-
creatures. Of the many afflictions to which the human
race are subjected, there are none of a more painful
and humiliating character than the mental alienations,
the extraordinary delusions, by which men in the
possession of health and strength, of intellectual
and physical power, of all that can render life
desirable, are so frequently seized and reduced in
a moment beneath the level of humanity. Such
persons, although their friends may be enabled to
provide for them all the comforts and enjoyments
of which in their fallen condition they are sus-
ceptible, must at once be considered objects of the
deepest sympathy. How much more lament-
able, however, is the condition of those who
are possessed of no private fortune, but who previous to
the attack of the malady under which they may be
suffering bad earned for themselves a moderate com-
petence by their own honest industry. Such persons
are indeed worthy of compassion. Unless their friends
are in a position to undertake considerable expen-
diture, they must be classed as pauper lunatics, and
deprived of the humble and moderate comforts which
they had previously enjoyed. Their situation must
be, in every respect, wretched, without any ray of
light io enliven the gloom by which they are sur-
rounded, without one mitigating circumstance to
lessen their misery. The immediate friends and rela-
tives of the sufferers are also worthy of compassion.
A man, perhaps earning by the most unceasing exer-
tions a sum barely sufficient to support his family
with the strictest economy, no extraordinary ex-
penditure can be encountered, no extra sum sup-
plied to a single member. Under such circum-
stances, a wife or child, a father or a brother, may be
seized with the mysterious malady. The expenses
of a suitable asylum cannot be defrayed out of the
humble profits that can be realised, and the entire
family are compelled to submit to serious privations,
unless they consent to see one of their body reduced
to the degraded condition of a workhouse pauper.
Surely something should be done to rescue innocent
persons from so painful and humilating a condition.
Surely those possessed of riches could find no more
beneficial employment for their superfluaus wealth
than in alleviating the sufferings of such parties.
In the case to which we have alluded, a report of
which appeared in our impression of yesterday, the
prisoner had maintained a highly respectable position
' and held situations in some of the most respectable
houses in the metropolis up to the period of his ill-
' ness. About twelvemonths since, however, he had been
attacked by small-pox, and from that time to the pie-
sent had exhibited unequivocal indications of insanity
to such an extent as to induce his medical attendant

to recommend that he should be placed in an asylum
for a short period. It was, however, thought that a
long sea voyage [Eight restore his health, and a pas-
sage was accordingly taken • fur him to
Sydney, where a brother was settled who
would receive him. Another brother in this country
had exhibited the most fraternal disposition towards
him, but from having a large family, could
not afford to pay the amount required for his main-
tenance in a private establishmc nt. On the day when
the act with which he was charged was committed
he left his brother's house very lightly clad, and came
to London by the North-Western Railway. He then
wrote a letter at a neighbouring coffee-house, and
took a carpet bag belonging to another gentleman.
Medical and other evidence was submitted to the
jury of various delusions under which he had la-
boured since his recovery from the small-pox, and the
jury at once acquitted him on the ground of in-
sanity. The Learned Sergeant, whose con.
duct on the occasion was worthy of the
highest approbation, spoke " of the dreadful

want of an asylum for the reception of lunatics who t
were one or two degrees removed from pauperism ;" a
want which, from the knowledge which he had him-
self personally acquired, was the source of more pain
to his, feelings than could be imagined; and stated
" that in his judicial character many very pressing
cases had occurred where such an asylum would have
conferred the greatest possible benefit;" and after
mentioning several cases of great hardship, as well to
the unhappy victims themselves as to their innocent
families, added, " It was a lamentable fact that, not-
withstanding this country abounded with institutions
of almost every description, yet there was not one
which applied to these unhappy cases. There was,
it is true, Bethlehem Hospital, where there was a
fucd for incurable cases, but at that establish-
ment the patients were discharged every year,
for if that were not the rule, the place
would soon become an asylum. If all the cases
which had come under his judicial notice were to be
put into a calendar, they would constitute such a list
as would at once prove how necessary it was that an
institution of this description should be founded."
We believe that it is only necessary to direct the
public attention to the subject to have means adopted
for supplying a remedy. Sergeant ADAMS is a trust-
worthy witness, whose great experience and position
Entitle him to the fullest credence. We hope that
his statements will not be lost sight of, but that some
steps may be speedily taken for the establishment of
an asylum for those labouring under mental inca-
pacity, whose friends are unable to defray the ex-
penses incidental to their maintenance, and affording
a reasonable prospect of a cure.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The proposition for issuing paper money on landed
security, was on Wednesday rejected by the As-
sembly, by a majority of 578 to 210. Afterwards i
M. XAVIER. DURRIEU brought forward a motion to
the effect, that in n o case, not even during a state cf
siege, should the Government have the power of sus-
pending the publication of newspapers. This propo-
sition,
which was warmly supported by M. VICTOR
HUGO and M. SARRANS, was opposed by M. MARIE
and M. SENARD, on the part of the Government, and,
on a division, it was negatived by a majority of nine
only, the numbers being for the motion 336, against
it 345. This is, perhaps, the most severe blow that
the Government has yet received, and some
modification in the Ministry would ap-
pear inevitable. General CAVAIGNAC has, it
is said, sent for General BEDRAU, to whom he has
offered the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, which M.
BASTIDE has held provisionally since June. MM.
GOUDCHAUX and SENARD will also, it is said, retire,
and MM. DUFAURE and VIVIEN are spoken of as their
successors. •

M. THOUARD, who on Tuesday attacked M. Bea-
TIDE in the Salle des pas Perdus, spat in his face, and
threatened to poignard him, has been committed to
the Conciergerie, to take his trial for having assaulted
a representative within the precincts of the Palace of
the National Assembly, and for having endeavoured to
compass the death of a Minister.
M. GOUDCIIAUX, the Minister of Finance, has ad-
dressed the following letter to the Reforme :
" Your number of to. day contains an article which
I cannot allow to pass unanswered. You ask whe-
ther it is true that, before the elections for the
National Assembly, and with the object of obtaining
the votes of the adherents of the Central Society of

the Banque Inunobiliere, I promised to propose the
creation of bons hypothecaires. I formally reject this
charge. I did not in any way intrigue to obtain the
votes which carried me into the National Assembly,
and if I sought them it was not at the price of the
abandonment of an opinion which with me has never
varied. I have never avoided a single opportunity of
making it known. On the 16th June, that is to say,
from the first day that I entered the tribune, I de-
clared myself the enemy to all paper money, under
whatever denomination it might be. Since that day,
on several occasions, I have repeated that declara-
tion. An opportunity is about to present itself, and
I shall avail myself of it to express once more on
this subject the convictions which I have felt all my
life."

M. PBOUDEON has distributed at the Assembly an
amendment conceived in the following terms I--
" In case the universal suffrage should not give an
absolute majority to one of the candidates for the
Presidency of the Republic, the definitive nomination
shall be made by the people of Paris."

M. JULES FAYRE, the writer of the celebrated
circulars of M. LEDRU ROLLIN, is at present suffering
from brain fever of an alarming character.

The intelligence of the success of the insurgents at
Vienna has excited a great sensation in Paris. The
Government immediately dispatched General REY to
the army of the Alps, with orders that the army
should hold itself in readiness to act at a moment's
notice. The intelligence from Vienna was brought
by M. BERNARD, the Secretary to the Austrian
Embassy.

There are various rumours as to Micisterial modi.

fications. The negotiation with M. DUFAUEB has
failed, and General BEDEAU refuses to take office.

M. TRIERS has been actively intriguing to preyent
the formation of any Ministry, and it is said that
General CAVAIGNAC has determined to resign, in
which case M. ARMAND MARRAST will, it is conjec.
tured, be appointed President of the Council.
_ BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, OCT. 12.

THREE O'CLOCK.—The accounts from Vienna created
considerable ser.satiou at the Bourse to-day; and the
Rentes opened considerably lower than yesterday's
closing prices. Foreign politics have, however, not so
much influence on the French funds as domestic affairs;
and as it is believed that the Moderate party is likely to
come to an unders!anding with the Government, both
Rentes and Railway Shares continued steady during the
day. Fur the Account, the French Three per Cents.
have fallen 35c.; Five per Cents. have fallen 10c.; and
the Loan sc. For Money, the Three per Cents. have
fallen 10c.. Five per Cents. have fallen 5c., and the Loan
Bons du Trfor not quoted; Bank of France Shares
have fallen 15f ; Belgian Bank Shares are at 645; Bel-
gian Five per Cents. remain at 78; Spanish Funds not
quoted; Roman has fallen I per cent.; Rothschild's Re-
c. ipts not quoted. Exchange on London (30 days),
25 45; ditto (90 days) 25 221. Railway Shares for the
Account settling of 15th October—Northerns have fallen
If. 25c., Murierlias 21. 50c. Strasburgs are the same
as yesterday. No others quoted. For cash, the Ver-
sailles (Left Bank) have advanced 2f. 50c.; Orleans,
2f. 50c.; Roueas, 21. 50c.; Marseilles, 21. 50c.; Nantes,
21. 50c.; Vierzons, 3f. 75c.; Basles, If. 25c.; Bor-
deaux, Northerns, Strasburgs, and Lyons, remain as
yesterday.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Ocr. 12
. . •

Boulogne and Amiens, 5 %—Northern of France, 61i•
Orleans and Bordeaux, z% —Tours and Nantes, 1%.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived.
The Espana says, " According to the communi-
chaatsi obne se
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discovered
yesterday, it results
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treme parties appear amalgamated. Amongst the
myll'ad proceeded
throughout with the greatest energy, adopting effi-
cacious measures to render powerless the enemies of
tranquillity and public order. Extraordinary precau-
tions had been taken at the Castle of Monjuich,at the
citadel, and at the other forts, although, as the conspi-
racy was discovered in time and the greater part of
the conspirators have been arrested, there was no
cause for the slightest fear. Patrols were passing
both v‘ithin and without the place during the day."
The Fomento of Barcelona, of the 3d, states that
the conspiracy was got up in concert with the clubs
(i. e., emigrant clubs) of Perpignan and Thoulouse,
and that the parties received orders both from
CABRERA and AMETTLER. It says the plan was to
deliver over several fortresses in Catalonia to
CABRERA, and to get hold of Montjuich, which
having been effected, a heavy contribution was to be
levied on the city of Barcelona, under threat of
bombardment. It does not state who were the par-
ties arrested in consequence of the discovery of this
plot, but says that the measures of the authorities
were taken in secret. Four battalions of Cacadores
R ere brought to Barcelona,
and many persons were
arrested, which was done so quietly that the public
in general knew nothing of what was going on, but
flocked in great numbers to ,the yearly festival of
Sarria on the Ist and 2d, as usual. The principal
arrests must have been made on the night of the Ist.
The Fomento adds that three battalions of infantry
had left Barcelona, their presence there not being
necessary.
Letters from Algesiras and the Cadiz papers speak
of a conspiracy having be€n discovered there,of which
the Moderado account is, that it was intended to get
possession at first of asum of public money amount-
ing to 9,000 or 10,000 dollars! which was cowing

escorted by a detachment of the Ceuta Regiment,
some of whom had been gained over—to set at
liberty 200 political prisoners who were in the
Tolomo, not far from Algesiras, the soldiers that
guarded them being in accord with the insurgents—
to assassinate the military commander, General
LARA, on his way to Tarifa—and to move off to the
Serrania de Ronda, where a favourable reception
was counted on, and also en the co-operation of 25
carabineers stationed there. Colonel GUERREA is
SSW, by the Comercio of Cadiz, to have directed the
plan from Gibraltar ; and he, with a person named
GARVALITO and a Colonel ANDIA, were to have been
at the head of it.

A letter from Valencia, in the Clamor, dated the
instant, speaks of one hundred and thirty Car-
lists having entered Moncada the previous night, and
carried off some money and a prisoner. Moncada
is only one league from Valentia. The Carlists had
entered Segorbe, without any opposition on the part
of the inhabitants, and carried off twenty-five uni-
forms of the civil guard from that place.
MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 6.—Three per Cents., 19i
buyers, 3.16 sellers ; Five per Cents., 10 cash, and
sellers at that price after the close ; Coupons, 6
sellers ; Passive Debt, 31 buyers, sellers ; discount
on Bank notes, 2 per cent; Exchange on London,
48 25.

" Seven o'clock P.M.

" An Executive Committee, consisting of Members
of the Left, is appointed. N. Lohner moves an ad-
dress to the Emperor, demanding the formation of a
new and popular Cabinet with INlcssrs. Dobhloff and
Hornsborstel in it; the removal of Baron Jellachich
from his governorship of Hungary; the revocation of
the last proclamation against the Ilungarians, and an
amnesty for those implicated in the riots of that day.
The House accepts the motion, and sends a deputation
to the Emperor.

" llalf-past Seven r•Al•
" Resolved, to appoint M. Scherzer Provisional
Commander-in• Chief of the National Guards of
Vienna and the suburbs. Resolved, to put a stop to
the combat against the garrison of the arsenal. Re-
solved, to instruct the military commander, Count
Auersperg, to prevent the interference of the military.
" Eight o'clock.
" Resolved, with acclamation, to serve out fresh
ammunition to the Academical Legion. _ _

" Nine o'clock.

"Resolved, to instruct the directors of the Southern
Railway that they will not be allowed to convey troops
to Vienna. _ _

" Half-past Eleven o'clock.

" The deputation returns. The Emperor will con-
sider about the address, and promises to appoint a
popular Ministry, with Messrs. Dobhloff and Horns-
borstel in it. _ _ .

" Twelve o'clock at Night.
" The arsenal is reported to be on fire. Resolved
,o entreat the people to desist from the combat.
" 3 o'clock A.M.

" Resolved, to inform Count Auersperg that it was
his duty not to obey any commands but those of the
Diet."

" SITTING OF THE DIET OF OCTOBER 7.
" Resolved—That the new Provisional Committee
shall at once enter upon its functions.
" 10 o'clock A.M.

"Information received of the Emperor's flight
from his Castle at Schonbrunn. The House appoints
a Committee to inquire into the truth of this state-
ment."

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* after 11 A.M.
M. KRAUS, one of the Ministry, ascended the
tribune, and said—
"An hour back one of the guards of the Palace
handed me a sealed letter, which contained a maniF
festo from the Emperor, in nearly the following
language I have done everything that a Sovereign
could to do good; I have renounced the absolute
power left me by my ancestors. In the month of
May I was forced to quit the palace of my fathers,
and afterwards I came back without any other
guarantee than my confidence in my people. A
small fraction, strong from its baldness, has urged
things to the farthest extremity. Pillage and murder
reign in Vienna, and ,the Minister of War has been
killed. I have confidence in God and my right; and
I quit the neighbourhood of my capital to find means
to afford assistance to my oppressed people. Let
those who love Austria and her liberty rally round
the Emperor.' M. Kraus added, that a note from the
Emperor invited him to countersign the manifesto,
but that he had declined, preferring to refer the
matter to the wisdom of the Chamber.—M. Bribil
proposed to name a Committee (two members for
each province) to decide on the manifesto. The
Committee was at once nominated. M. Borosch
proposed, in the name of the Committee, that M.
Kraus should enter the Ministry. This was adopted
unanimously. The Committee decided :-1. That
the Ministers Hornbosk, Dobhloff, and Kraus should
treat all affairs, and make propositions to his Majesty
to complete the Ministry. 2. That a proclamation
should be addressed to the people, and a memorial
sent to his Majesty on the events of the day before.
This was adopted. The President read a telegraphic
dispatch, in which it was announced that 1,200
workmen of the neighbourhood wished to arrive.
The committee proposed not to permit them. The
following proclamations nave been issued by the
Diet :
" The Diet, informed of the painful events which
have fallen on this capital, has assembled, and ad-
dresses itself with confidence, to the population of
Vienna, in order that it may second it in the accom-
plishment of so difficult a task. The Diet, in ex-
pressing its deep regret at a barbarous act which has
caused the violent death of the Minister Latour, ex-
presses the firm hope and resolution that from this
time the law alone will reign. The Diet has declared
itself en permanence; it will adopt all the measures
required to secure order, and the security and liberty
of the citizens, and will be careful to assure the full
and entire execution of its resolutions. It will address
itself at the same time to the Monarch to recommend
him to remove from his councils Ministers who do
not possess the confidence of the country, and to re-
place the present Ministry by a national one. The
Diet places the safety of the city of Vienna, its own
inviolability and that of the throne, and consequently
the prosperity of the monarchy, under .the protection
of the National Guard of Vienna.

(Signed)
" FRANCOIS SMOLKE, Vice-President.
" In the name of the Diet."

" The Minister of the Interior has just addressed a
notice to the National Guard to announce to it that
the Deputy Scherzeo is appointed Commandant of
the National Guard of Vienna and the neighbour-
hood, and expressing a hope that the National Guards
will obey him and maintain public order.
" The Diet announces that it is at this moment
taking measures to remove the troops from the city,
and to obtain a general amnesty in favour of all
persons, military or civil, connected with all that has
taken place up to this time.
(Signed) " P. SMOLKE."
" NOTICE.—The Diet has resolved to invite his
Majesty to form a national Ministry, enjoying the
confidence of the people, in which shall be included
the Ministers Hornbosk and Dobhloff, and that as
an indispensable condition of the re establishment of
order, the Diet has, at the same time, expressed
the wish to his Majesty that the manifesto of the 3d
instant, which appoints Baron Jellachich Royal Com-
missioner of Hungary should be withdrawn, and
that a general amnesty should be granted to every
person,
either civil or military, for all that has taken
place up to this day. In consequence of this his
Majesty has given an assurance to the Diet that he
will form a national Ministry, of which the above-
named Ministers shall form a part ; adding that he
will concert with the new Ministry all the measures
necessary for the welfare of the monarchy; and his
Majesty has expressed a hope that the people of
Vienna will energetically contribute to the establish-
ment of social order.
(Signed) " F. SMOLKE.
" The Minister of the Interior announces that the
Ministry has resolved to energetically maintain tran-
quillity and legal order, and invites the National
Guards who desire to second it to adopt white scarfs
as a distinguishing mark. The Ministry has seen
with the most profound grief National Guards and
citizens fight against:each other without any plausible
reason.
" The Diet has adopted the following resolution:—
The directors of the Northern Railroad shall re-
ceive orders not to admit any soldiers in the trains.
This resolution shall be transmitted to 011rnutz and
to Brunn.' (Signed) " F. SMOLKE."
The following from the Zeitungs Halle, is the latest
from Vienna :

"A terrible event has occurred on the square of
St. Stephen. An attempt being made to sound the
tocsin, the National Guards (black and yellow) op
posed it. Firing ensued, and a Captain and several
National Guards were killed. Three o'clock—Grape
shot has been fired ; a shot has just entered the house
in which lam writing. The pioneers have made an
attack on the Hof and Graben, and been repulsed by
the National Guard, who captured twelve pieces of
cannon. Barricades are being erected on every point.
The National Guard fights with heroism. There are
a great number of killed and wounded. half-past
Five—The Minister of War, although surrounded by
a deputation of the Diet, with the Vice-President
Scnolke at its head, has been massacred and hung
up to a lamppost. Seven o'clock—The Arsenal is
attacked; a dreadful cannonade is going on. Four
o'clock, morning cf the 7th—The cannonade lasted
the whole night. The Arsenal has just capitulated."
The same journal adds.:—

" The garrison surrendered under the condition
that the Arsenal should be occupied.by the students
and the National Guard. The people were imme-
diately armed. the Diet has named a commission to
act as executive power ; it is composed in general of
tl- e members of the Left. Last evening, at eight
o'clock, the Diet determined to send fresh ammuni-
tion to the legion. At midnight it was announced
that the Arsenal was on fire. At ten o'clock it was
declared that the Emperor had quitted the palace of
Scbmnbrunn ; at half-past ten the Minister Kraus
announced that the Emperor in departing had left
behind him a proclamation, in which he says that he
quits Vienna on account of its tendency to revolt, and
that he would adopt in another spot the necessary
measures. M. Kraus refused to countersign it, de-
claring it appeared to him unconstitutional. The
Diet has again assumed the constituent and executive
power, and has decided to send commissioners into the
provinces to carry there that resolution. All Vienna
was armed, but, with the exception of some agitation,
everything was quiet. The Bourse was closed on the
6th and 7th."
The Breslau Gazette publishes the following :
" BRESLAU, OCT. 7., TEN AT NIGHT.—The
evening train had brought neither passengers nor
mails from Vienna. All the intelligence we have re-
ceived from Vienna consists in an extract from the
private letter of a merchant at Ratibor, received, if
we mistake not, from a postmaster at Agram or Ga•
zendorf. We have not seen a copy of this letter, but

state what we have heard.
" Yesterday, in the afternoon, different battalions
were to leave Vienna fq Hungary. The people

endeavoured to prevent them, and destroyed the
bridges. A detachment of pioneers and six
guns were sent to effect and protect the passage of the
troops. Three of these guns were seized by the people
after a portion of the regiment Deutschmeister
had joined the people. The rails as fur as Gaz,:ndorf
were torn up. The Minister of War, Latour, was
sought for by the mob for a long time in vain, but
at last he was discovered in his own house, disguised,
and attempting to escape. lie is reported to have
received the blow of an axe on the hack of the head,
and then to have been dragged out and hanged. In
the same manner a General Breda is reported to
have been shot (according to an Austrian officer,
there is no General of this name in the army). The
military is said to have been driven out of the town,
and to have assembled on the Glacis before the Schot-
ten thor."

The Silesian Gazette publishes the following letter,
dated Ratibor, October 7 :
" The train from Vienna has not arrived, the rails
having been taken up as far as Wagram. From a
letter which a messenger succeeded in carrying
across the Danube at great ri:k I learn the follow ing :
Vienna is in open insurrection since yesterday
afternoon at two P.m. The origin of it was the
departure of troops to join Jellachich, and which was
opposed by the National Guards. A battle ensued
between the Black- and Gold party and the democrats ;
National Guards fought against National Guards, and
a portion of the regiment Deutschmeister joined the
democratic party. Count Latour, who was compelled
to fly from his official to his private residence, was
cut down, hewn to pieces, and then hanged upon a
lantern by the men on duty at the principal guard-
house. Colonel Klein, who commanded the pioneers
at one of the bridges, was shot. Thousands of
peasants, armed with guns and scythes, ate pouring
into the faubourgs. No one knows what has become
of the Emperor.' "