Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-05-05

,.hh,n he wns again instigating 10 rise to bring
about a massacre in Gallicia, indignant at his
uaef,aco., hung him up on a tree in front Of his
ho,,se. which they afterwards set on fire. Tho
Archdukc John the head Of the Liberal party.
has set out for Frankfort, with the expectation
Of Being elected Emperor Of Germany. The
Provisional Government Of Venice had forbid
den the steam packets of the Austrian Lloyd's
from entering the harbors Of the Republic, but
the steamer Archduchess Sophia, which had
touched there, was allowed to depart.
In Germany the distress seems on tho in
crease, on account Of the failures Of several en-
inent banking houses, which, creating great dis
tres among the operatives, renders the security
Of the yArions potentstes Of Germany highly
precarious In Prussia, the great movement for
a Germanic Confederation is politically suspend
ed from these causes, and BY the alarming dis.
pute between Prussia and Denmark respecting
the Duchies The insecurity created in the
Baltic trade by these hostilities that Is, BY The
occupation Of Holstein by Prusian and other
German troops, and the absolute certainty Of
Danish retaliation unless the dispute is compos.
ed, have raised the frcights To that quarter Of
Europe enormously, and all the yexed question,
Of the rights Of neuirals in carrying enemy,
property, 20 ably treated by the late Mr. Wheat
/ on, the celebrated American Juris-consult, have
| been suddenly revived after an interval Of more
than 80 years Mr. Colquhoun, the Consul.
General for the Hanseatic towns in London, and
Mr. Willnk, the Vice.Consul at Liverpool have
declared it necessary to notify to shippers that
Hamburg will preserve a perfect neutrality;
that there is no danger in shipping good, in
Hanseaiic vessels, and that there is no reason
whatever to believe that any interference will
take place in Hanseaiic navigation Whether
the Danes will be guided by this opinion in case
Of open rupture IS another question. At pres
ent the views Of the Emperor Of Russia with re-
gard 10 this question, in which by right Of the
Duchy Of Oldenburg the Emperor Is directly
interested as one Of the contingent heirs to the
Duchies, are not at present known. Time has
: scarcely been allowed to concentrate the requi-
site forces in various parts Of the empire 50 as to
enable the Emperor to crush any attempts TO
revolutionize Poland, which it is positively as
serted Prussia is fornenting, or to collect such
force on the Lithuanian frontiers as may repel
, aggression on that side, or even make an inruad
on Prussia for the purpose Of fayoring Denmark
A short time must solve these conjectures, as
COCO Prussan troops are already in Holstein,
and ii is positively asserted that the Prussians
have crossed the Elder which divides the two
, Duches, and have taken possession Of the
Schleswig villages. Now, respecting Holsiein,
the most perplexing doubts may be started ~
, specting its Danish or German sovereignty but
with regard to Schleswig It is indisputably Dan
ISL As neutrality-suspicious. is British ground
We, therefore, view this undoubted act Of az
erosion on the part of Prussia with deep sole.
itude and alarm, considering the interests and
: feelings involved in the quarrel The Prussisn
courier bearing the diimGftaa to the Danish
n cornell. passed thronghsAltona on the night q
' the 9Th inst, on his way TO Copenhagen 1t 1
e said that the Dance have evacuated Appenrads
Il A note of Count Arnim to the Danish Minister