The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-24 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.
FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR.
The Preussische Staatsanzeiger of the 21st inst.
contains the following important information from
Vienna of the 18th inst.:---

His Majesty the EMPEROR with the EMPRESS
drove last evening about six o'clock through the
town in the direction of Mariahilf. He was cheered
by the people, and returned their salutations. It was
thought he was going to Schonbrunn. An empty
imperial travelling-carriage followed an hour after-
wards in the same direction, and four more tra-
velling.carriages, with six horses each, fol-
lowed about nine o'clock. It became then evident
that the Imperial Family had quitted Vienna. Early
in the morning this event was announced by posted
bills, containing a manifesto of the Ministry, who had
before tendered their resignation, but who, at the en-
treaties of the EMPEROR and the University, had
consented to remain in office ad interim. The Minis-
ters stated that a merely verbal communication had
informed them of this sudden departure, for which the
EMPEROR'S health was given as a motive, and that
Innspruck had been fixed upon as his residence. They
added, that the Commander of the National Guard,
Count ,Hoyos, accompanied by Count WILCZEK, was
already gone after the EhiPEROR, with a view of in-
ducing him to return.

During the day it was found necessary to close the
National Bank, the rush upon it being too violent for
business to be properly transacted. Small parties are,
however, admitted, and the payments of the Bank have
not been suspended. _

The following is a copy of the Ministerial procla-
mation .

" This day, about nine o'clock in the evening, have the
Ministers been verbally and most unexpectedly informed
that his Majesty the Emperor, from motives of health,
with the Empress and the Archduke Francis Charles
and his Royal Consort, and three Princes, have left the
capital and proceeded in the direction of Innspruck.
"The undersigned Ministry, being ignorant of the
reasons and details of this journey, feel it their duty to
bring the same to the cognizance of the inhabitants of
this capital.
" The Ministry have likewise thought it their duty to
send the Commander of the National Guard, Count
Hoyos, as a trustworthy man, to his Majesty with the
urgent request to dispel the apprehensions of the people,
either by the Emperor's return, or a statement of the
reasons which make it impossible. The same urgent
request will be laid before the Archduke by Count
W ilczek.

" The Council of Ministers are, moreover, fully sen-
sible of the duty they have to fulfil at this important
moment—namely, to devote their undivided care and at-
tention to the interests of the country, and to act on
their own responsibility as circumstances shall demand.
Whatever information the Ministers may receive re-
specting this event, they will at once faithfully and
completely publish. If direct commands or communi-
cations from the Monarch should reach them, they will
likewise publish them.
" Vienna, May 17, 1848.
" PILLERSDORF. " LATOUR.
" SOM lIARUGA. " DOBLHOFF.
" KAUSS. " BAUMGARTNER:,
The Preussische Staatsanzeiger contains another
Vienna letter of the 18th at noon, in which it is said—
" The news of the Emperor having left Vienna has
thrown the town into the most violent excitement. The
whole of the inhabitants have unanimously voted for the
Emperor and fur the maintenance of a constitutional
monarchy. A few ill-advised youths tried to revolutionize
the suburbs and to proclaim a republic. The National
Guards had great trouble in saving them from being
torn to pieces by the enraged multitude. Everybody is
eager to restore order. A deputation is going to com-
municate to the Emperor the general wish for his return."
It is a strange coincidence that at the very time of
the EMPEROR'S departure the official organ of the
Court, the Wiener Zeitung, was concocting a leading
article on the utter impossibility of such an occur-
rence. The article, which was most awkwardly
published on the morning of the 18th, runs as
follows :

" We understand the Central Committee of the Na-
tional Guard intend to request Ministers to retain their
posts. We trust that the Ministers have a proper sense
of their own position, and will not consent to anything
of the kind. So striking a proof of the want of public
confidence as the Ministers have had on the night of the
15th inst. will not allow them to remain under any con-
ditions whatever."

The article proceeds next to advert to England,

where a change of Ministry is accompanied by a
similar change in the SOVEREIGN'S household, and
hints that the Emperor of AUSTRIA would do well if
he followed this example :
" Those who surround the Emperor have wilfully
misinformed him of the true character of the rising of
the 15th. They stated that rising was against the
Monarch; that he was no longer sate in his own capital.
We will speak frankly. The time for whispers, innuen-
does, and tergiversations is gone by. The Emperor's
departure would be like the flight of Louis Philipp. His
last day at Vienna would be the first day of the Republic.
It is not only the Emperor's interest, but it is also his
duty, to remain at Vienna."
The object of this article is not very clear, unless it
is to frighten the people of Vienna with a threat, the
execution of which the writer thought improbable, if
not impossible.
The Wiener Zeitung also contains a severe but
just article on the contrast between the words and
acts of the Fors. In the report of Field-Marshal
RADvrzicy to the Minister of War, the Count says--
"In conclusion, I must call the attention of the
Minister of War to a very peculiar fact—namely, at
St. Lucia, the enemy's men were treated by the
POPE'S Swiss troops. This is singularly at variance
with the amicable assurance made by his HouivEss,"
concludes this article, " this Prince of Peace, instead
of reconciling contending parties throws oil upon the
fire ; then surely it is high time that the words
spoken by HUTTRN and SICHINGEN, three hundred
years ago, were carried into effect. The ecclesiastical
and political reform of Germany will never be com-
plete so long as a dependent relation subsists between
us and Rome."