The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

PRUSSIA

Accounts from Berlin state that not only was the city
perfectly tranquil, but the King was more popular than
ever he had been. His Majesty started for Potsdam on
the morning of the 25th, where the magistrates and the
inhabitants treated him with great enthusiasm. The pub-
lic could scarcely be prevented from taking the horses
from the King's carriage and drawing it themselves. The
King addressed the people and the officers of the Potsdam
garrison, and returned to Berlin about noon. The at-
tempts to establish a republic in Prussia have all signally

A letter from Berlin in the Dusseldorfer Deitung
speaks of the critical position of affairs with regard to
Russia. In consequence of the seizure of the Petersburg
despatches at Kiisnigsberg the Russian Anibassador, Baron
Meyendorf, has been instructed by his court to leave
Berlin and has taken his departure with his family and
the rest of the legation. This almost amounts to actual de-
claration of war. The 2nd regiment has consequently re-
ceived ,orders to march to the frontier. Almost all the
liberated Poles have left Berlin for Posen. They are all
provided with arms, and according, to their statements
(which, as members of the Polish Propaganda, must be
pretty correct), all the Poles now in England and France
would join them at Posen to assist in reconquering Poland.

Hopes are entertained of raising a Polish army Of 40,000
men in the Grand Duchy of Posen..

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The Danes are arming their sea defences with all speed.
The King has declined to allow Schleswig (a duchy which
has been attached to Denmark from time immemorial)
to pass over to the German Confederation, though it is to
have " as much provincial independence as the nature of
the case admits." The Danish Government shrinks from
extremities to the last moment, but the inhabitants are
prepared to follow the first appeal of their King. The
Schleswig-Holstein insurrection has met with little favour
at Hamburgh, though things look very black. A letter
dated Hamburgh, March 28th, says The Danes pre-
pare for war, and the German Confederation having taken
the quarrel up, a complete panic reigns at our Exchange.
It is feared that the Danes will blockade the Sound and
Belt, and seize all German vessels. All shipments from
the Baltic must, consequently, cease immediately, as also
from Denmark and Holstein. 12,000 Danes are said to
be preparing to march into. Schleswig. Several vessels
on their way through the Belt have not been allowed to
pass, and have gone back to Lubeck. All the seamen in
merchant vessels in Denmark will be pressed ; a good
many have already deserted their vessels to enter the
navy

The " Belgian Legion," composed of Frenchmen, 2000
strong, invaded Belgium on the 29th ult., and -were op-
posed by the advanced guard, composed of 200 men and
25 artillerymen, on which the legion pressed forward with
colours flying and drums beating a charge. For a few
moments their fire was brisk. Several prisoners were
taken, i.11(1 apong.,tll..hp,_lpg fiLeofAchlo:3z;"l"iiii ifive or
six wounded. When the main column of the Belgian
troops arrived, the defeat was complete, and the invaders
fled in disorder across the French frontier. This is a
downright attempt at invasion by the French republic,
though denied : it is called a return of Belgian operatives
to their own native country, but in reality it is an irrup-
tion of French soldiers ; and at this moment there is an
armed force of 6000 men, the majority of them French-
men, assembled on the frontier, preparing to enter Bel-
gium with the hope of annexing it to France. The in-
vading army has been enlisted, mustered, and organised
in Paris, and drilled there. They have been carried by The war with Mexico is said to have cost Jonathan five
special trains, which in France are obtainable only 11 hundred and seventy millions of dollars.
Government. But the result of this first encounter will A liberal newspaper, without being subjected to the
probably stay the enterprise of the marauders, censorship of the press, has made its appearance at Cra-
cow—it is called the Morning Star.
ITALY. The Duke of Brunswick has placed his dominions at the
We learn by the Florence papers of the 21st ult. that a disposal of the German Confederation, in favour of an
revolution took place at Modena on the 20th. About a empire of Germany. The military have been given black,
hundred youths on that day sallied forth with loud cheers red, and gold cockades and flags.
for independence, the revolution of Paris, and that of A rumour prevailed in London last week, and wan cir-
Vienna. The Hungarians and the pioneers refused to act culated in many of the papers, that Warsaw had been re-
against the people; the dragoons alone fought desperately. duced to ashes, and many hundred Russians murdered.
The Duke, at the time of our account, was vainly trying There is, however, no truth in the report.
to conciliate the people by concessions. The same papers The packet-ship New World, on Thursday morning;
announce that Venice, Trieste, and Padua were in open brought one day's later news from Nei, York than we
insurrection on the 19th. received by the steamer. The Senate at Washington, had
Our letters from Naples state, that a collision between adjourned, having ratified the treaty with Mexico by a
the authorities and the lazzaroni took place at Naples on vote of 58 to 15. The injunction to secresy had not been
the 15th inst. removed.

Don Carlos, who for some time has been inhabiting A Copenhagen correspondent of the Literary Gazelle
Genoa, has suddenly quitted that city. says that a short time ago Herr Anderson was presented
The Prince of Savoy is at the head of 15,000 regular with " the order of the white falcon" by the Duke of Saxe
troops and 7000 volunteers. He has arrived at Corteggio. Weimar ; and a few days since " then, order of the white
General Sonnan has marched upon Pavia, of which it is star " was presented to him by the King of Sweden,
said he is master. through his ambassador at Copenhagen.
The D‘bats, referring to the warlike proceedings of the EXCUSABLE SACRILEGE.—A reward of 500 dollars has
King of Sardinia and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, recom- been offered in the Roman Gazette, for the robber who
mends the King of Naples to follow their example, and go broke open a chest, secured by three locks, in St. Peter's,
with his subjects in their desires for the liberation of Italy. and took out of it the skull of St. Andrew. The crime is
The Debats sees that such is the best chance for the denounced as a dreadful sacrilege, and such, perhaps, it
Italian princes preserving their own thrones. may be legally considered ; but it is not altogether with-
Venice has separated itself from the Austrian Govern- out excuse ; for the rogue who coveted St. Andrew's skull
ment, and formed a Provisional Government. The sol- had evidently no head of his own.
diers and employe's are permitted to depart without inter. The Madrid mails of the 25th state that on the 24th the
ruption. Count Zichy answers, at the risk of his head, Queen, while promenading at the Prado, was nearly upset
for the maintenance of the conditions imposed by the Pro- from her carriage. She jumped lightly out, and, was not
visional Government. The arsenal and the fortress are hurt. There were rumours concerning the arrest of some
in the hands of the people. members of a club, including an Irish priest. It was in-
tended, it was said, to have got up a republican move-
Trent and Tyrol are said to be in open revolt : Lodia
and Cremona have triumphed, after being partly burnt by, ment in the capital itself. The Infanta had not arrived at
the enemy. Pavia and Brescia have expelled the Austri-
San Sebastian on the 25th, but was hourly expected.
ans. The garrison of Pizzi-Ghettone joined the insur-
A curious emeute occurred at Christiana, in Norway, on
gents, and was captured by the Milanese, with 17 pieces of the 15th and two following evenings. The editor of the
artillery. The duchies of Parma and Modena have united Morgenbiad, in some remarks on the French Revolution,
with Piedmont and Lombardy. The Duke of Modena is called.upon the Norwegians to arouse themselves to action.
a prisoner. On the 21st, when the news of the move- The students came in the evening and saluted him in his
meat at Milan reached Rome, the people proceeded to the house with groans. Some friends of the editor's made a
palace of the Austrian Embassy, and tore down the impe- counter demonstration ; ;from words they got to blows,
real arms. The Ambassador fled. The King of Sardinia and on the third evening a serious affray commenced, and
is at the Mead of his army. The Milanese have blown up the military were called out. Several prisoners were taken.
the bridge of Lambro to cut off the communication. THE WANDERING COURTEZAN.—SenoraLoIa Mentes,
Venice is in full insurrection. The Grand Duke of Tus- after having been again insulted at Frankfort, arrived at
cany proclaims, in his turn, that the hour of the complete Mayence on Tuesday. The hotel where she took up her
resurrection of Italy has struck. Not only has the Duke residence was immediately surrounded by a great multi-
commanded the enrolment of volunteers, but he is march_ tutlo of people, and the civic authorities found themselves
lug all his regular troops towards Lombardy. The Ri- induced to call upon her and request her to leavethe town
a sorgimento of the 26th ult. announces that the Sardinians quickly as possible, a steamer for Rotterdam justbeing
regiment of Pinerolo and the cavalry regiment of Piemonte ready to start. The lady at first refused; but, seeing that
_ Reale entered Milan on the 25th, amidst the most enthu the request would probably be changed into a command,
siastic demonstrations of applause. she obeyed, and embarked at once for Rotterdam, whence,
A letter from Paris, on Monday, announces the entry it is said, she intends to visit England.
of the Piedmontese troops into the Lombardo-Venetian
territories. The Austrian troops at Milan, on the 21st
ult., being in want of provisions, offered to treat, but the
Podesta replied that he would listen to no terms until they
should have evacuated the citadel. The conflict then be-
came most murderous. The Austrians had about 700
killed and wounded, whilst the Milanese only lost 250
men. Eventually the Austrian army evacuated the town,
and now no longer occupies Lombardy. The retreat from
Milan, which commenced, soon became disordered, and
ended in absolute flight. The soldiers harassed, in dis-
order, and without food, had the greatest difficulty to
force a passage through a country of which the whole po-
pulation had risen against them. General Radetzky was
obliged to abandon to the Milanese the whole of the
wounded, all his ammunition, and a great portion of his
baggage and artillery. A regiment of dragoons, which
was cut off from retreating by the insurgents, was obliged
to surrender, and lay down its arms. The battle had
lasted six days, and the resistance was of the most obsti-
nate kind on both sides. The Austrian army having now
retreated from Lombardy, appears to concentrate at Ve-
rona, on the line of the Adige.
On the 20th ult. all was quiet at Milan. 'The Milan
correspondent of yesterday's Times doubts that any regu-
lar Sardinian force has passed into Lombardy.
Advices have been received from Naples to the 22d,
bringing the important intelligence that the King of
Naples has abandoned his Sicilian sovereignty. The Ne-
apolitan troops were about to, evacuate immediately the
fortresses of Syracuse and Messina. King Ferdinand de-
clares, in his proclamation, that he has been forced into
this measure, protests againsj it, and appeals to the Powers
of Europe

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

It is said that Government will not resist the enactment
of a statute enabling Irish barristers to practise at the En-
glish bwr, and that such a measure will be introduced very
soon.

LIBEL.-At the Denbighshire assizes, last week, an
action was brought by Mr. Barnwell,. head inaster,of the
Rutbin School, against Mr. Rees, the editor and pro-
prietor of the Carnarvon- and Denbigh Herald, for an
alleged libelous attack contained in a letter in that paper
of the 6th December last, signed " Anti=Severity." The
letter complained that " in a public grammar school not
a hundred 'miles from an assize town, the .pupils were
made to kindle the fires ; that they were not allowed to
have a fire in the school-room till so late in the season as
the 19th November ; and that each had only for breakfast
and supper three pieces of bread and butter, averaging
four inches in length and half an inch thick." The jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £25.
LIBEL ON THE BISHOP OF EXETER.-At the Exeter
assizes, on Monday, a case 6` The Queen v. Latimer,"
excited considerable, interest. It was an indictment pre-
ferred by the Bishop of Exeter against Mr. Latimer, the
proprietor of the Western Times newspaper, for a libel, in
which the bishop was called a brawler and a " consecrated
and careless perverter of truth, and one who does no
credit to the mitre, which he is paid £2OO a week or
thereabouts to wear." The affair arose out of an attack
made upon the Duke of Somerset by the Bishop of
Exeter, in the House of Lords, relative to a new chapel
which the duke had built.' Lora SOinerset, the son of
the duke, at a public. meeting at Totness, enaracterised
the bishop's statements as falsehoods, and it was in corn;
meeting on this meeting that the article had appeared.
The right rev. bishop appeared himself in the witness box
to give ex idence on the subject. The jury brought in a
verdict for the deiehdant, which mind great rejoicings.

The army of the Caucßaist7u-sB—iBsitAo.be diminished, and has
received strict orders to confine itself to the defensive.
Schaniyl has established a regular estafette service with
-Constantinople, in order to obtain the eailieat intelligencO

It is, indeed, a most disastrous time." It seems HORRIBLE MURDER.—The Longford Journal records
iai the Duchy of Holstein belongs to the German Con- the murder of Michael Donohoe, aged 73, a farmer, at
federation, but that of Schleswig does not ; and the King Fostra, who had made an agreement some time ago with
of Prussia has no legal authority over the latter. • his own son to let him have the farm on certain ,terms.
It was reported in Berlin on Thursday last, on good The son complained of these terms on various occasions,
authority, that the King of Prussia had ordered Count and particularly after his marriage, and it is supposed
Donhoff, his minister at Frankfort, to lay the Schleswig- that, in order to relieve him of the burden, some of his
Holstein question before the Diet without delay ; his Ma- friends attacked the deceased on the night of the 26th,
jesty himself baying only taken precautionary measures in fractured his skull with a hatchet or hammer, and, in a
conjunction with the King of Hanover and the Duke of word, murdered him. The verdict of the coroner's jury
Brunswick for defending the Duchy of Holstein in case of was wilful murder against some person or persons un-
an attack by the Danes. The 10th corps of the Federal known.
army, consisting of 24,000 men, with a reserve of the same A SERIOUS COUNT IN THE INDICTMENT.—Our readers
number of Prussian troops, were held in readiness to pro- are aware that " reasonable" fine and imprisonment, are
tect the sacred fatherland. Letters from Frankfort of the punishments attached to sedition. It is, however,
Friday announce that the Diet had already commenced very confidently stated that one count in the indictment
its deliberations on the proposition of Count Donlioff, and to be preferred against Messrs. Smith O'Brien, Meagher,
add that the decision of that body could not be doubtful: and Mitchel, charges them, under the 37th Geo: 111., Ist
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Vic. 91, with endeavouring to seduce her majesty's forces
By the Victoria steamer, Captain. Dickenson, which from their allegiance. In this case (if convicted) they
arrived, at Hull, on Sunday, from Hamburgh, we have would incur the punishment of transportation for the
received the subjoined intelligence : term of their natural lives, and certainly with the cordial
" HAMBURGH, MARCH 31. concurrence of all her majesty's loyal subjects, whether
" A Prussian courier passed through this town on the in Ireland or in England.
evening of the 28th, bearing a letter from the King of A PARADOX.—A return just issued of the amount of
Prussia to the King of Denmark, reminding his Majesty stocks transferred from England to Ireland, and the re-
that from the time of Christian I. in the 15th century, the verse, in each year_from 1837 to 1847, both inclusive, gives
successive Sovereigns of Denmark had recognised the the total as £83,945,742 stock transferred from England
ancient stipulation that Holstein and Schleswig never to Ireland in that period, and £6,193,879 stock transfer.
should be separated, upbraiding him for his present inten- red from Ireland to England. It would thus appear that
tion of separating them without their consent, and de- in eleven years £7,751,863 has been added to the capital
daring that he should consider the landing of a single of Ireland, and realised in the public funds. Who has all
soldier—a Danish soldier—on the soil of Schleswig as a this money ? Why is Ireland starving amid so great
declaration of war.
,isio„,,i C.:„„,,,,,,,,„.,,t,,,,.......Ltb,,,....-}i with desgatOes for plenty ?—become interesting questions for the statesman
= " This ruing. three couriers from the Holstein, Pro- and political philosopher.
mg the immediate march of the promised contingents.-`
at %Pi Day, a priest, belonging toßirmingham, preached
"KIEL, MARCH 29, 1 F.M.
°me,. and in his sermon, said—" Should foreign inva-
"We learn that the island of Alsen is surrounded by sion or.domestic conspiracy deprive Pio Nono of the old
Danish ships sent to seize the estate of the Duke of patrimony of St. Peter, Ireland will be proud to furnish
Augustenburg, which is there situate, and also to protect a new abode of the popedom, a new central focus of fer-
and remove the few Danish inhabitants of the island." vent Catholicity. What Avignon was, let Dublin be !"
The following is an extract from a private letter from Numbers of Irish workmen, driven from France, are
Hamburgh, received by a highly respectable firm at now arriving at Dublin, in a state of the greatest destitu-
Hull : - tion. It is said that Smith O'Brien, on landing at Bou-
" None but British vessels can get chartered for the logne, met some of his countrymen on the pier, waiting to
Belts or the Baltic." be conveyed to the British coast. " Go, show yourselves
at Conciliation-hall," said he " and ask the gentlemen
there if they will not take arms now for the French equa-
lity."

THE IRISH LANDLORDS.—At the Repeal meeting, on
Monday, Lord Miltown stated that, in the county of
Mayo, two gentlemen of large landed estates, hearing that
the Society of Friends were looking for ground, for the
benevolent purpose of employing the people, competed
with each other in making offers of their land. One
offered his -to the society, merely on the condition of
paying all taxes upon it ; but the other went further, for
he not only offered his land without rent, but undertook
to pay the poor rates upon it, if the society would under-
take to pay merely the county cess. Such was the state
to which the gentry of Ireland were now reduced ! A
gentleman, one of large fortune in the county, had lately
been obliged to sell his carriage and horses to pay a sum
of £1,500 due upon his estate in poor rates,alone, and had
since been obliged to fly the country altogether to avoid
arrest.
SAVAGE AND FATAL BRUTALITY.—TWO farmers, next
door neighbours, near Rathdrum, county of Wicklow,
having quarrelled, one of them, with a party, attacked
the other, broke the old man's skull, and left him stretched
beside a wall weltering in his blood. A sister of the vic-
torious party got on the. wall, raised an immense stone
therefrom, and with all her might sank it down into the
old man's chest and heart. His old wife, long after, hob-
bled out to see what was done ; they saw her, and came
at her with a spade. She raised up one arm, which they
slit from the wrist to the elbow. She then raised the
other to defend her head. This they broke in pieces,
then gave her two dangerous cuts in the head. One son's
skull was broken ; there are little or no hopes of his re-
covery, he being quite delirious ; tha others are all man-
gled, such as broken arms, lips cut off, and teeth knocked
out with facks.
Romtsu LIBERALITY.—The papish journals of this
country all harp on the same string—that civil liberty is
only compatible with Popish rule. On looking over the
new Papal constitution, therefore, we naturally looked to
see these respectrble or questionable authorities confirmed.
We searched narrowly, hoped long, found nothing, and
incurred disappointment. Found nothing !—by no means !
We found much. It was comprised in a few words, but
to the manner the signification was " as Ossa to a wart."
It was neither more nor less than this. Behold the Papal
spirit which ensures equality of freedom to every man
who breathes within the Papal jurisdiction :—" THE PRO-
FESSION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION IS INDISPENSA-

BLE AS A QUALIFICATION FOR THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL
AND POLITICAL RIGHTS." We can scarcely believe what
we read. What r Civil rights not to be extended to the
man whose religious opinions are at issue with those held
by the head of the state ? Oh, Dr. INVIIaIe !--2-is it in the
Btatc3 of tho church that no man shall possess'a vote who
is not impressed with the convictions of the Sovereign of
those States ? In much bemoaned Ireland, papists have
not only such votes, but there, as in England also, they
are eligible as candidates. Popery—and Popery only—re-
fuse these rights.