The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-16

| lEtly, WIN lllteHIgeHce Oh an important victory
| said to have been gained by Radetzky
Great apprehensions We're entertained in Vienna
| IN consequence of meeting of operatives which
was to have been held ON Sunday last The news
of the ridiculous failure of the Chartist attempts
| London, arrived in Vienna on Saturday, and SO in
spirited the burg hers. composing the National Guarc
that they turned out IN suah force as to render any
attempt hopeless on the part of the operatives tc
create an Smeute.
| The basis of the new Austrian constitution ha.
just been published. 1t is as follows:
All the provinces are constituted into one body
with the exception of Hungary, Crotia, Sclavona,
| Siebenbergen, and for the present. the Italian pro-
vinces The division of the empire shall remain as
1t exists at present. The person of the Emperor is
| sacred and inviolabe. The Emperor has full
power over the land and sea forces, and the right
OF making war or peace. Treaties of every de-
i scfpuon With foreign powers can only be made
with the sanction of the two houses of Parliament
The attribute Ut mercy and the right of bestowing
rewardsbelong to the Emperor but mercy cannot
be extended to the Ministers without the sanction
of the Parliament. The laws are to be admins
tered publicly IN open courts by verbal pleadings
| and trial to be by jury The judges will be ap-
pointed for life. All projects Of laws to be pro-
| posed, as well asRnctioned, by the Emperor. The
| Emperor will assemble the Parliament annually,
and he must call them together at stated intervals
He has the right to prorogue and dissolve them
Freedom OF religion, speech, the press, petition and
public meeting is granted to every citizen subject
to future laws. Entire liberty of conscience and
religion. The free exercise of religious worship is
accorded to all Christians and Jews, All citizens
equal in the eye Of the law, and every citizen
shall be tried by his peers. The responsibility of
the Ministers will be regulated by the Diet The
legislative power is in the hands of the Emperor
and the Diet. Two houses of Parliament are to be
constituted The qualifications for members of the
upper house are birth and large landed property,
and they are to be nominated by the Emperor.
Mo, nf Tho boco b.
all classes, in order that every interest may be re-
presented. The two houses have the power to
projectlaws and receive petitions All laws require
the sanction of both houses, particularly those re-
latingt the expenditure, taxation, finance and the
sales of public property. A law will be framed for
the organization of the National Guard. The law
of election is only provisional, and will be settled
by the first Parliament. Amendments of the con-
stitution can only be proposed-by the Diet"
The Austrian Government has ordered the
Jesuits to quit antz. This step has given con-
siderable satisfaction, even to the Roman Catholic
population.
ITALY.
LoMBARDY.-The report of the. capture of Pes.
chiera by the troops Of Charles Albert turns out to
have been unfounded. Charles Albert made brisk
attack upon the fortress, and was, it would appear
from his own account, compelled to retreat by the
Austrians.
The Opinione of Turin, of the 18th, gives further
particulars of the capture of she powder magazines
of Peschiera. The Milanese did not succeed in car
ryng OFT the gunpoWder, for large body of troops
being sent from the garrison they had only time to
throw part into the water and to blow up the rest.
They had to retire afterwards, and barrcaded them
selves In Castelnuovo, which they defended for a
long time. Theysthen cut their way through the
enemy, regalned the steamer, passed the night at
Assisa and returned to Iesenzano the next day
Official information from Venice, of the 14th,
confirms report that body of volunteers, attacked
hyro Of bod
obliged to retreat to Vicenza where large body of
" Crusaders had arrived. The town is barricaded
and well defended, precauton against attack.
Advices from Udine, of the 9Th, announce that the
Austrlans who were on the IsOnZo, and occupying
the line of Goritz, had been ordered to march i'm
mediately upon Trieste, which was menaced by the
troops stationed in 1stria and Dalmatia, who had
all declared in favor of the Italians.
The Pdtria Of Florence, of the 18th, says: "The
Ausrlans have retired within the line of the Mncio
have regained courage, and fight with fury. 1t
is of no use to deceive ourselves-the war will be
long and bloody. 1t is war to the death-a war of
Spaniards against Moors-of Greeks against Turks
The Pdtrsa contains letter from Ferrera, dated
the 18th, which says the affair under Mantua was
favorable to the Pedmontese; and that the Austr-
ans lost 5000 killed, wounded and prisoners.
Letters from Rome, of the 10th, say that NJ. Cor
belli had left Rome for the headquarters of the COM
bined army, with a view of establishing more
strongly the league between the Italian soveregns
NApLEs-The greatest enthusiasm prevails in
the cause of the liberation of Italy, and numbers of
volunteers are daily enrolling themselves to proceed
on the Holy Crusade against the Austrans in Lom- |
hardy. Gen. Pope is to command them.
DENMARKsAN HoLsTEIN.
The accounts received from the Continent tend |
to complicae the unfortunate events which have |
occurred in Hosten and Schleswig, with regard to
the misunderstanding at present existing between
these Duchies and their sovereign, the King of |
Denmark as well as to threaten the pedce of El- |
rope. The whole of the German confederation is |
by the injudcious first act of the King
of Prussia, and are called upon to take up arms |
against Denmark. On the side Of Denmark
tual collision has taken place, except between the
Danish troops and the insurgent Scheswlg Hol-
seiners. The Danes landed under cover of their
ships of war, and after a sharp struggle (for the
blood of both nations is thoroughly rousedl succeed
ed in routing their opponents, and making them
selves master of the Duchy On the 10th inst.
fierce battle was fought near Flensburg, in which
the Danes, having decided superiority in num-
bers, as well as in their cavalry and artillery, the
Schleswig Holstein army defeated and COM
PEELED to retreat towards Rendsburg. The Hol-
seiners 10 900 strong, retired on Bau from Flens-
burg, dslodged by the preparations for lombard |
ment from the harbor, which full of Danish |
gunboats: but the Danes came in superior num-
bers, and drove all before them, despite stubborn
resistance Two German regiments We're almost |
and the killed on each side We're more
than 2000; $50 insurgents were taken prisoners
After their victory the Danes pushed southwark, |
and entered Scheswig at O'Clock in the morning
of the llth The Danish troops in Scheswig are
now 10000. The Prussans remain on the Hol-
stein frontier, increasing their numbers. The force
now amounts to 5000 infantry, to which will be
added some cavalry so that altogether this con.
tngent force, when concentrated in Holstein, will
amount to about 10000 of all arms
Correspondence from Rendsburg of the 18th inst.
mentions a report that a skirmish had taken place
at Windebye, and that forty Danes had been made
prisoners. The Danes had moved the greater part
of the troops which they had concentrated to
schleswg. amounting in all to 5000 men, to Dan
nevirke, at distance of half German mule from
on the Rendsburg side. On the 18th inst
the King of Denmark, escorted by two squadrons
of dragons and of cuirassiers,, arrived at
from Flensburg, and passed his troops in
review but returned to Flensburg in the after
noon The Danish troops are said to be commanded
by Gen. Won Hedeman. A flag of truce, sent to
the Danish quarters by the Prussian Col BONN, IS
stated to have brought a reply that the lrusslan