The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

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,rthele,-:s, the signal for a bloody conflict.
ssau (Polish regiment) fired three volleys, which

uy cheers and quick dis awn the
National Guards, the Students, and the Grenadiers. The
Nassau infantry was soon forced to retire, and on being
charged with the bayonet their retrograde movement be-
came a downright flight. General Bredy, their com-
mander, was shot. After routing the government troops,
the insurgents marched from the suburbs into the town,
where they placed their guns in the middle of the Univer-
sity-square. At one o'clock a party of the insurgent Na-
tional Guards were attacked on the Stephans Platz by a
party of loyal National Guards, who stood by the go-
vernment ; but after a short fight the latter were forced to
retire into the Cathedral of St. Stephen, the doors of
which they then barricaded from within. But the insur-
gents battered down the doors, entered the church, and
dislodged their antagonists, whose leader was killed on the

very steps of the altar.
After this the tide of insurrection rose to a very uncon-
querable height. The rioters entered the. War-office be-
tween the hours of five and six, seized the cannon and
arms deposited in that building, and captured the Minis-
ter of War, Count Latour. The wretched man was con-
ducted into the street, and then he was murdered with
blows from axes and sledge hammers. The people tore
the clothes and orders from the bleeding body, and hung
the naked corpse on a gibbet, where it remained sus-
pended for a whole day, during which the National Guards
with musket balls. Count Latour's papers were

seized and brought to the University.
At half-past six o'clock there was but one place of re-
fuge left for the troops and National Guards who sided
with the Government—that place was the arsenal, famous
for its glorious trophies from the Turkish wars. The
people surrounded the arsenal, and demanded from the
garrison they should give up the arms which it cont,,:
: a combat commenced, in the tour

tne garrison swept the Rengasse with grape and
canister, and killed and disabled a great number of the
insurgents, whose fury increased after each unsuccessful
attempt to gain possession of the building. The com-
mittee of students sent several flags o f truce summoning
the gars icon to surrender, but the bearers were shot dead
on the spot. The people then commenced bombarding
the arsenal, and the firing continued all the night through,
till six o'clock on the morning of the 7th, when the gar-
rison surrendered. Those among the popular party who
were not provided with weapons were then armed. The
number of killed and wounded is said to be very great.
In the midst of these scenes the Emperor and the other
members of the Imperial Family left Vienna at about
four o'clock p.m. on Saturday. The were escorted by
5,000 cavalry, and took the road towards Lintz.
All letters from Vienna state that General Latour met
his horrible fate with the noblest resignation and dignity,
smiling contemptuously upon the fiends who tore him
from his house and condemned him to the ignoble death
they merited themselves. Liberty, liberty !—these men
make your name accursed ! The events of Vienna will,
of course, influence the affairs of Lombardy and Hungary.
Both will, probr.bly, be declared independent. Austria,
we fear, will fall into shreds, and verify the predictions of
those who foretold this catastrophe long since.
The latest accounts from Vienna state that the people
were terribly alarmed at the consequences of the late in-
surrectionary movement. The intelligence of the march
of Baron Jtllachich on the capital has filled the democrats
with terror, as they justly tremble for their fate should the
victorious Ban pour the vials of his wrath upon their de-
voted city. The number of those killed in the late com-
bats was 97. It was rumoured in Vienna that Kossuth,
at the head of 60,000 men, had marched against the
ban. The Oesterreichisehe Zeitung has a letter from
Trieste of the sth inst., which states that intelligence was
received on the previous thy in that town, by a steamer
returning from Dalmatia, of a fearful insurrection which
took place in the district of Cattaro. The insurgents of
Zuppa, it was reported, together with 1,500 Alontene-
grines, gave battle to the Austrian troops on the 28th and
29th ultimo, who, as they were only 600 in number, and
did not think themselves equal to combat against a supe-
rior force, amounting to 3,000, retreated in forced
marches. A collection of tithe is said to have given rise
to the insurrection.

FRANCE

The candidates for the French presidency are Cavaignac,
Lamurtine, and Louis Napoleon—the latter is expected to
win—The quondam Hotel Wigram is being fitted up for
the Prince, who says little and hopes much. The resig-
nation of the General was talked of ; he has consented,
however, to remain as a warming-pan for his probable suc-
cessor. Five of the ministers are expected to resign ;
General Bedeau, M. Dufaure, M. Havin, M. Fould, and
M. Vivien, are mentioned as about to take office ; the
names of the deserters are Senard, Recurt, Marie, Bas-
tide, and Vaulabelle. The tinkers of the constitution
have all been turned off, except a few first-rate hands;
the article is wanted in a hurry, and is promised by the
end of the month, when France is once more to know
what are her principles. A scheme for coining paper
money chargeable on landed property has been repudiated
by the Chamber. In a debate on the freedom of the
press, ministers had a majority of only nine-345 against
336. _ _ _ _ _

The admission of MM. Dufaure, Vivien, and Freslon
into the cabinet, has already caused a serious division
amongst the Republican party. M. Ducoux, the Prefect
of Police, has forwarded his resignation, in an angry letter,
addressed to General Cavaignac, and his example has been
followed by several municipal councillors, M. Ducoux has
been replaced by M. Gervais de Caen. The Moniteur
states that the new ministry have resolved to raise the
state of siege, and to transport the insurgents of June to
Algeria.
The assignees of Louis Philippe have been ordered to
pay his debts, and to make an allowance for himself and
his family. Is M. Guizot to have nothing for keeping the
LUILLOLI s 'mug iruiti VIAWaI• :

It is proposed to build another suspension bridge over
the Niagara, opposite Queenston, in Canada.
At the present time only 17 prisoners for debt are con-
ned in all the various prisons of Belgium.
The battle of the 24th ult., at Valencze terminated in
favour of the Hungarians, the troops of the Ban of Croatia
having retreated in confusion.
In Hungary, all bishops appointed by the sovereign
immediately perform every part of their functions which
relates to jurisdiction, before they have been confirmed
by the Pope.
The German poet Freiligrath, who had been charged
with having published a poem exciting the people to re-
volt, was tried and acquitted at Dusseldorf, on the 3rd
instant, and received an immense number of nosegays
from a crowd of his admirers who attended his trial.
The Roman correspondent of the Daily News says of
the Eternal City :—" Every hotel is closed up here.
There is not a single wealthy stranger in Rome. The re-
sident nobility have moved off to the mountains round
about. Most of the foreign artists have left months ago
in despair of employment."
Mr. Green made another ascent (his 201st), from the
Hippodrome, in Paris, on Sunday. He was accompanied
by four persons and a monkey, the latter in a parachute.
When at a certain height the cord was cut, and the para-
chute gently descended on a house in the Champs Ely-
sees. Mr. Green and his companions continued their
voyage and descended near Corbeil.
The Grainpus frigate brings nearly two millions of dol-
lars from the west coast of Mexico and South America.
The amazing mineral riches of those countries are daily
developing themselves; and, through all the vicissitudes
of commerce here, a profitable trade has been carried on.
From the Brazils, there is nothing very encouraging; the
low exchange (22d. per milrea) precludes all profits on
goods. General Rosas has now definitively refused to re-
ceive our ambassador, Mr. Hood ; and it is high time that
some step should be taken with regard to the River Plate
trade. The Mexican government has proposed a reduc-
tion of 50 per cent. from the duties of the tariff of 1845.
NEW EXPLORING EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA .—We
learn by the last. papers from Sydney, that Mr. Kennedy,
who accompanied Sir Thomas Mitchell in his last expedi-
tion intodhe interior of Australia, and who afterwards so
5u... essfully explored tL. 'bout
to at rt on another expedi
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the seat of a new colony, if so--it will form a valuable
depot for the shipment pf horses to India. His instruc-
tions are to proceed with his party in the Tam O'Shanter
to Roshingliam Bay, in the parallel of 18 deg. S., and if
ready, under convoy of her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake,
to travel thence by land to Princess Charlotte's Bay and
Cape York, keeping the .most convenient distance from
the coast. After communicating with the Rattlesnake,
or Bramble, at Port Albany, near Cape York, and receiv-
ing a supply of provisions to be forwarded by the govern-
ment in four months' time, the explorer will move down
the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, to the water
Plaaetts, to ascertain whether this is the estuary of Lich-

.d's river Alit

tion of the I

, and, if so, to follow it up to thejunc-
From the junction of the Lynd with

the Flinders, ascertaining its source, and from it to con-
nect the journey with Sir Thomas Mitchell's discoveries

in 1846, by the Bellyindo, or some other convenient point,
and thence return is to be made to Sydney. _ The party

will consist of twelve persons, under the direction of L.B.

ly, Esq., namely, Mr. Hall, the young naturalist,
:companied him in the former expedition. Mr.
, who came out four years ago as a gardener, and
whose knowledge of colonial plants is said to be consider-

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Id Harley, the aboriginal native who was
employed on the last journey. The equipment for this
party is to consist of 27 horses, 250 sheep, 47501b5. flour,
sugar. 196 pounds of tea, 3 pounds pow-
s of shot, and sufficient ammunition to
ity. The instruments
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