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than under such a regime,

arious revolution of

rovisional Government is distributing an immense
of muskets among the newly-inscribed National
throughout the whole of France.

Guards

The insubordination in the French army is becoming
,ily more threatening. The soldiers everywhere claim

—, and presently they will no doubt claim the right
of election as well as that of the veto. At Cambray a
portion of the sth Regiment of Light infantr.
. .

:own, insisted t

which is

hat certain officers' in

file regiment should be removed. Their conduct became
so riotous that thirty of the ringleaders were arrested and

,rried to

;ether for the pul

gendarmerie, to the citadel, but in the way they
rt in the hope that the people or their
,panions would rise and come to the rescue, but the
vational Guards having taken part against them, they
vere at last safely 1°4%1 in the citadel, where they still

The prisOners

I the esc

of public credit in France has rendered it necessary either
to impose new taxes or to reduce the expenditure of the
state. The Government, far from attempting to do the
latter, is greatly increasing the public expenditure by
adding largely to the army, and to supply the deficiency
in the revenue, it is imposing taxes which threaten the
owners of property with ruin. All the four direct taxes
—on land, houses, persons, and furniture—are increased
_ _
ner cP- and

ent., by a single decree, and thus the amount of
taxation on real and-personal property is raised to at least
25 per cent. on its full value. According to an account of
the taxation of France, contained in a volume of Travels
published within the last month, it appears that the first
of these four taxes—the tax on real property amounted to
£6 5s Od. on a farm letting for £4O a-year ; that the

10d. on every window and door; and the tax on furniture
equal from £2 to £3 on every £lOOO of furniture. By
the decree just issued. all these taxes are increased 45 per
cent., so that in the aggregate they will amount to a bur-
den of at least 25 per cent. on the full value of every
man's property.

IMPORTANT FROM LOMBARDY

An extraordinary
Turin, announces ti

following particular
left M"

an at five o'c

supplement to the .Risoryinsento, of
Le revolution at Vienna, and gives the
from Milan. The viceroy having
lock on the morning of the lith, like

a fugitive, escorted by 500 Hussars, met at Cassano, with
the courier who was the bearer of the latest news from
Vienna. The following proclamation was posted up at
Milan on the 17th :

" The president of the imperial government hastens to
announce to the public the contents of a telegraphic des-
patch, dated Vienna, 15th instant, received at Zilli on the
--r:e ' Milan yesterday evening-. His imperial

ay, and at

and royal rnajesty has decreed the abolition of the censor-

ship, the speedy publication of a law on the press, and
a convocation of the German and Sclavonic States, as also
the central congregations of the Lombardo-Venetian
kingdom. The assembly will meet, at the latest, on the
3d July next.

(Signed)

" HARTI."

On the 18tri, M. Cassati, chief magistrate of Milan,
went at the head of two or three thousand persons to de-
mand the liberation of the individuals arrested in the
course of the latter months. The demand having been
refused, the magistrates retired, and immediately the peo-
ple assembled on the squares, and hoisted the tri-coloured
flag of Italy (white, red, and green). Several streets
were unpaved, and the tumult increased. A traveller, who
left at two o'clock, saw several pieces of artillery drawn
out, with lighted matches. At a short distance from Milan
he heard the report of cannon.

PRUSSIA

The struggle has ended, and has been succeeded
by universal joy, caused by the formation of a new
ministry and the establishment of a Burgher Guard. The
past is forgotten, and the. King is incessantly cheered
whenever he shows himself. No private property has been
injured, and the people exhibit no spirit of revenge ; they
even praise the bravery of the troops, and creered them as
they left the town with flying colours and the music of
their military bands. The " United German Fatherland"
was enthusiastically proclaimed by the citizens. The only
political motive in the late dreadful excitement was the
King's backwardness in taking the lead in that movement.
The old Imperial colours are worn along with the Prussian
white and black. Thousands and thousands thronged on
the afternoon of Monday towards the Palace, and. with
one voice, all at once began to sign the German Te Deum,
" Now let us all praise God." The bodies of the fallen
were carried to the churches in solemn silence, under the
intonation of the celebrated popular hymn, " Jesus, my
Redeemer, lived'," the King, bareheaded, like every one
else, seeing them pass from the balcony. The enthusiasm
of the inhabitants of Cologne when this news arrived from
Berlin on the 20th was indescribable. The great Imperial
standard (black, red, and gold, with the double eagle) was,
with the sanction of the Archbishop, hoisted on the top of
Cologne Cathedral, and is now proclaiming to the Ger-
mans on both sides of the Rhine the regeneration of
Germany.

BERLIN, MARCH 19,

At seven o'clock this morning the following appeal from
his Majesty the King to the inhabitants of Berlin was
published

"To MY BELOVED BEELINE as.—By rry patent of convoca-
tion this day you have received the pledge of the faithful sen-
timents of your King towards you, and towards the whole of
the German fatherland. The shout of joy which Freeted me
from unnumbered faithful hearts still resounded in my ears,
when a crowd of peace-breakers mingled with the loyal throng,
making seditioas and wanton demands, and augmenting in
numbers in the same proportion as the well-disposed w thdrew.
As their impetuous intrusion to the very portal of the Palace
caused a just apprehension of sinister views, while insults were
thrust upon my valiant and faithful soldiers, it was absolutely
necessary to clear the court-yard by the cavalry at walking
pace, and with their weapons sheathed. Two guns of the in-
fantry went off of themselves, without, thanks be to God !
causing any injury. A band of wicked men, chiefly consisting
of foreigners, who, although searched for, have succeeded in
concealing themselves for more than a week, have perverted
this circumstance by palpable lies. to suit their infamous de-
signs, and have filled the excited minds of many of my faithful
and beloved Berliners with thoughts of vengeance for supposed
bloodshed ! and thus bate become the revolting authors of
bloodshed themselves. My troops, your brothers and fellow-
countrymen, did not make use of their weapons till forced so
to do by several shots fired st them from the KOnigs.strasse.
The victorious advance of the troops was the necessary conse-
quence.

" It now, rests with you, inhabitants of my beloved native
city, to avert a greater evil. Acknowledge your fatal error—
your King, your truest friend, conjures you by all that is most
sacred to acknowledge your fatal error. Return to peace.
Remove the barricades which are still standing, and send to
me men filled with the genuine ancient spirit of Berlin, speak-
ing words which are seemly foryour King to hear, and I pledge
you my royal word that all the streets and suuares shall be in-
stantly cleared of the troops, and that the military occupation
shall be confined solely to the most important buildings, to the
Palace, the Arsenal, and a few others, and even to those places
only for a brief space of time. Listen to the paternal voice of
your King, ye inhabitants of my faithful and beautiful Berlin,
and forget the past as I will forget it, for the sake of that great
future which, under the peace-giving blessing of God, is about
to dawn upon Prussia; and through Prussia upon all Germany.
" Your lovinig Queen and truly faithful mother and friend,
who lies suffering on a sick bed, joins her heartfelt, tearful
supplications with mine.
" Written during the night of the 18th-19th of March, 1848.
" FREDERICK WILLIAM."

The King of Prussia has published an address "to his
people and the German nation," in which he says that
Germany is threatened with external danger from snore
than one side, and that safety can only be attained under
the direction of one, by the complete union of the German

people and princes.
This diroction.T taKe ilrort . riyself (continues the ad-
dross' duripgf. these times of danger. My' peot•le, who