The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-07

while the force at the Arsenal had been increased,
as likewise at the principal gates. General Wran-
gel had his head quarters In the palace, the gates
OF which We're closed. The soldiers were fur
niehed with three days provisions, and good SUP
ply of cartridges. The streets were crowded du.
ia the day with people from the country around,
20 join in the approaching fray. The whole of the
streets leading from the Sehut ZEN Haws were oc-
cupled by bodies of workmen, armed and ready
to fight
Towards evening the streets became somewha
clearer, and 1t was evidently not the intention OF
the leaders of the movement to commence hos.
tilnes. Many families were leaving the town.
The E,heimische FOLKS Halle says that lntelll-
gence was received at Berlin on the 1lth by tele-
graph, that Bre slau was in instruction, and that
the palace of Count Won Brandenburg there had
been burnt down. This was considered untrue
by the Cologne Ga-etie.
The C, mmunal council OF Cologne has sent an
address TO the National Assembly, declaring thai
the king has no right to adjourn or dissolve the
Diet witlo that body's consent Up to the eve.
nlpg OF the 18th, though no actual collision h i'd
taken place, the utmost excitement prevailed. Gen.
Wrangel lad extended the time allowed to the
Burgher Guard to deliver up their arms, and there
was some indication that the government shrank
from the adoption of rigorous measures.
The people maintained system of passive re-
slstance. No arrests had taken place, and the
troops were Eecomng wearied with lncessant
duty. All placards had been torn down by the MI
litaty, except one, which was allowed to remain;
and this was address to the citizens, urging
them to wait patiently the decision of the pro-
vlnces and should they not fly in arms TO the as
slsance OF the capital, recommending the people
not risk the blood property of 400 900 inhabi-
taDts of Berlin for ID, 900 Of ungraeful provin-
Gals
When the accounts were leaving Berlin, procla
nation had just been issued by the town COM
mandant, General Thumen, declaring that
the people to the proclamation of General
Wrangel, and the insults offered to the troops,
notwithstanding their iorbearance, tie military
should at once fire upon all persons who attempted
resistance, or persisted in semblng remaining
together after being summoned 10 Withdraw.
Gen. Wrangel has under his command at Berlin
26 battaions of Infantry, IL squadrons of cavalry,
and lS batteries of artillery, all Is 600 men, with
GA field pieces. There are, ALSO within a short
| distance OF the city, and prepared to advance
ments of cavalry, and II field batteries, with SO
| guns.
The Breslau journals of the 18th of November,
contain not word OF the rumored outbreak there
on the 18th.
At Treves, on the 18th, meetings of the electors
of the district Of the democratic cause, and of the
]andwehrverien, adopted addresses In support of
the National Assembly.
AT Dusseldorf, the Communal Council and the
Clubs. as well the of the citizens, have de-
clare in favor OF the National Asse mbly, and ad
dresses of support have been forwarded to Berlin.
Austria.
The last news from Vienna, announced its capt
tulatlon and the entrance of the imperial troops
The number killed during the siege Is now said
to amount to 5000, by far the greatest loss being
on the side of the imperiallsts.
The population arrested with arms IN their hands
are to be enrolled in different regiments. They
are confined in the arsenal, and strictly guarded.
Marshal Weldon has been appointed Governor
of Vienna, as Prince Wlndshgratz Is to comm and
the army against Hungary. He is the same Off
Ger who distinguished h.mselfby his lntrepldlty
in Lombardy, and made himself remarkable by
his aconic epstles to the Venetian republic.
Some military executions have taken place
Krieslaer Ulmayer, writer of democratic and
exciting placards, has been hanged
The poet Kaiser is to share the same fate, and
Captain Braun. of the National Guard, who for
mery served in the army, has been sentenced to
be shot,
The commander of the Academic Legion, Aig-
ner, has committed suicide.
The principal leaders have not yet heen taken.
A blacksmith, who took prominent part in La
tours murder, has been arrested
A body of sc, 900 men still remain in Vienna
The Emperor has decided upon fixing his resi-.
dence at Prague. The report is probably un-
founded.
An imperial decree, countersigned by Baron
Wessenburg, has been forwarded to Vienna,
authorising the reconstruction and completion OF
the cabinet, which is thus composed
Baron Wessenburg, Presidents Prince Felix Sch.
warzenburg, Foreign Affairs; M. Kraus, Finance
M. Maver, Industry M. Breda. Justice; M. Bruck,
Commerce Gen. Buckner, Education; General
Back, Interior
1t IS affirmed that the Cabinet has submitted its
programme to the Emperor, and has made certain
conditions Of most liberal nature, the sine qua
non of accepting office.
Almost all the above mentioned are popular men,
who have risen by the force of their own ability,
and who utter liberal and constitutional sentiments,
from the experience IN affairs.
| Robert Blum, the Frankfort deputy, has been
tried secretly by court martial, and shot, The
| official organ does not state who were his
judges, the precise nature of the charges, nor the
manner Of defence, SO that 1t 10 inferred no wit
nesses were examined
1t is impossible to describe the gloom which this
execution has east over the capital. The subdued
tone OF conversation in the cafes and other places
of public resort; the mysterious whisper the sus-
picious gance-all betray the public uneasiness.
| Arrests frequent, numerous, and secret are the
established order of the day. 1t has also been
reported that Messenhauser, the commander.ln-
chief OF the Vienna National Guard, has also been
condemned and shot; but this has no. been con-
firmed. All parties, lmperiasts as well as demo-
Gratis, feel that the execution OF Robert Blum is an
event of which the results may be already, to a
certain extent. clearly foressen. Whether Win
dischgratz, In this execution, and inEthe subse-
quent ones, acted entirely on his responsibility,
! is of course all impossible just now to say Blu t
| il may be remarked that constant communl cations
| are kept up between Schonbrunn and Olmuz, aud
it is scarcely possible that the fate of man like
Robt Blum, prominent member of the Frank
fort Assembly, the deputy of an important COM
mercial town, and one of the heads Of the power
full political party IN Germany, should not have
been made subject of delberatlon at the Impe-