The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

PRUSSIA

An extraordinary edition of the Cologne Gazette informs
us that at the adjourned afternoon sitting of the democra-
tic remnant of the National Assembly on the 11th, it was
resolved-Ist, to draw up a memorial of the events of the
last few days ; 2d, to impeach the Ministry ; and 3d, to
refer the measure of the refusal of taxes (stener-verwei-
gerung) to a commission. It was said that the English
and French Ambassadors had proceeded to Potsdam, and
entreated the King to go no further.
A 'royal decree was issued on the 12th, by which the
King dissolves the Burgher Guard. This decree produced
a general consternation throughout the city, and a com-
bat between the military and the Burgher Guard seemed
inevitable. In the National Assembly, the decree created
the utmost sensation, and it was at once determined to
pass the following resolutions :—" 1. That the dissolution
of the Burgher Guard is not to be considered a lawful
measure. 2. That every civil or military officer who as-
sisted in carrying into effect that measure is guilty of
treason to his country. 3. That Government shall be re-
quested forthwith to withdraw the order for dissolving the
Burgher Guard."—A ministerial order decreeing the dis-
armament of the Burgher Guard was issued ' • but as the
greater part of the Burgher Guard determined not to sur-
render their arms, great excitement prevailed through
Berlin, and in the afternoon the city was declared in a
state of siege for two miles of its circumference. All clubs
and political societies are dissolved. No person is allowed
to carry arms except with the permission of the police.
All public meetings are prohibited.
On the 13th instant crowds of persons filled the streets
erlin, but the only violence used was in the shape of
words. The populace seem unwilling to be the aggressors
in action, but many placards had been posted during the
day, which were rapidly torn down by the soldiers. A
proclamation was issued on the evening of the 13th by the
commandant, stating that the troops had directions to fire
on all persons who assembled in groups or crowds and re-
fused to disperse. All was quiet up to a late hour at night.
The Frankfort Assembly has taken part against the
King of Prussia. _
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Silesia and Rhenish Prussia are in a ferment of dissa-
tisfaction. Open rebellion is said to have broken out at
Breslau.

The mission of the ex-President of the National Assem-
bly. M. Grabow, to the King, to ask the withdrawal of
the decree removing the National Assembly from Berlin,
had been unsuccessful. His Majesty referred him, as well
as others who came to mediate, to his ministers. To M.
Grabow his Majesty is said to have uttered the following
words :—" I know that my crown is at stake, nevertheless,
I am firmly resolved not to yield."
Private letters from Berlin of the 14th of November,
inform us that a special meeting of the deputies was beld
that day at the Hotel de Russie, to consider the expedi-
ency of giving way. The general opinion of the members,
however, was decidedly adverse to so " dishonourable" a
measure. The city was tranquil, but it was feared that a
formidable attack was being prepared on the part of the
Parliamentary party.

Up to the evening of the 15th inst. tranquillity had not
been disturbed at Berlin. On the morning of that day
the disarmament by force had at last been resorted to,
after the prolongation of the term for delivering up wea-
pons had proved vain. The patrols who carried out the
order for searching the houses for arms did not meet with
any active resistance. The National Assembly met at
11 o'clock in the morning, in the " Köln Rath Haus."
They were, however, expelled by the troops ere they had
time to commence their deliberations.

lUSTRIA

Marshal De Walden is left in command of Vienna, with
thirty-five thousand men. Courts-martial are busily at
work with the antidote of "powder and lead," as the
official announcement has it. Blum, one of the members
of the Frankfort Assembly, has been shot. Many other
executions have taken place, and several of the rebels
have fallen by their own hands.
Piince Windischgratz and Baron Jellachich have
marched into Hungary with the main body of the army.
Pressburg has capitulated; they are advancing upon
Pesth.

The accounts received from Vienna announce the
arrival of the new Ministry from 011uditz, MM. Stadion,
Prince Schwartzenburg, Bruck, Helfert, and Bach. They
immediately proceeded to the head-quarters of Windis-
chgratz, at Hetzendorf, to urge him to take milder mea-
sures. Little change had taken place in the condition of
the city.
Advices from Cracow in the Kolnische Zeilung, dated
the 13th instant, state that the Emperor of Russia had
sent an energetic note to the Hungarian Ministry, calling
upon them immediately to withdraw their troops from
the Austrian frontier. in case of their non-compliance
with this demand he would be obliged to march part of
the army quartered at present in Moldavia and Walachia
to the assistance of his neighbour, and thus to put a check
to the daily increasing anarchy. _

THE REVOLUTION AND THE ROMISH HIERARCHY.—
At a meeting of the Bishops of the Austrian dominions
recently held at Salzburg, an address to the Diet at
Vienna was agreed to, containing the following demands :
--1. Freedom of the Church to organise herself; free
communication on the part of the Bishops with Rome,
among one another, with the inferior clergy, and with the
people; freedom of ecclesiastical education ; the abolition
of the placet. 2. Liberty for the Church to exercise her
influence; that is, over the educational establishment, in
the cure of souls, the collation of benefices, &c., &c. 3.
Liberty to administer the property of the Church without
the interference of the State.
PIUS IX. AND THE GERMAN CATHOLICS.—A brief has
been addressed by the Pope to the Archbishop of Vienna,
exhorting hi'm to oppose the spread of German Catholic-
ism to the utmost of his power.

RAVAGES CAUSED BY THE BOMBARDMENT OF VIENNA.
—The foubourg of the Jagerzeil, the most beautiful in
Vienna can no longer be recognised. Abode 200 houses
have been totally destroyed by tho flames, others have
been partially destroyed, and very many others have been
pillaged. The same is the case in the other suburbs, es-
pecially those of Lichtenthal, Landstrasse, and Thends-
thum. The interior of the city has not suffered to the

same extent. Two fires only were occasioned by the
rockets thrown into the city on the 31st. The magnifi-
cent hall, however, in which the democrats and German
Catholics generally held their sittings, has fallen a prey to
the flames, and now presents nothing but a heap of ruins.
It is said that 6,000 persons were killed during the late
insurrection. The number of civil persons who fell at the
attack of the lines is above 800, besides which a great
many wounded died in the hospitals. To this must be
added about 200 who fell on the fith ult. The loss of the
military is yet more considerable, especially among the
Croats, some hundreds of whom were destroyed during
the storming of the Rurgthor, which was taken after
three repeated attacks.

ECCLESIASTIC CONFEDERATION IN GERMANY.—The
assembly held at Wittemberg in the latter end of September
has published the result of its deliberations, which is the
proposal to found a federal Church Union, comprehending
all the communions which retain the symbolical books of
the Reformation—that is, the Lutherans, the Calvinists,
the United Protestants, and the Moravians, with all their
various modifications. There is to be no interference
with the varying creeds of these different communions, or
with their church discipline and their relations to the
State ; the only object being to establish between them
all, divers as they are, one federative bond of union.