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were the members. The crowds demanded that
red flag, crowned with Phrygian cap of liberty,
should be hoisted on the grand balcony Of the
town hall
At five o'clock, on Friday morning, the 18th, the
drums of the rebels beat the rappel in the Croix
Rousse; at O'Clock the barricades were COM
menced at o'clock the military present at the
Veterinary School we're surrounded and disarmed
at 10 o'clock the battle began, and from that hour
until sunset the musketry and cannonade did not
cease to carry terror and death through the streets
of Lyons.
Such terrible scenes the Seine was not destined
| TO witness.
At the moment of the battle violent storm broke
over the city of Lyons and terrific peals of thunder
responded to the firing of the cannon
/ PARIS June l8.-The professor of barbados,
who commanded that of the Conservative DIES .arts
ct Meters, was arrested on Sunday. The police
seized the revolutionary insignia the red cravat and
| belt, he wore on the 18th.
| M D'Alton Shee departed for Brussels in the
evening of the 18th, under the name Of stoker of
the Northern railroad, whose costume he had bor-
| rOwed. The Socialist ex-peer actually performed
that dsagreeable office. The former questor Of the
National Assembly, NJ Degoussee, and several
friends Of the Constitution, F" were passengers in
| the same train.
! The counting-house of M. Ledru Rollin, at Fon-
tsnay-aux- Roses was also searched, and found to
contain arms, ball, cartridges, gunpowder, and war
like stores of every description.
The accounts received from the departments, an
nouncing the maintenance of public tranquility and
the complete defeat of the insurgents at Lyons, pro-
duced considerable effect on the Bourse to-day,
in raising the price of public securities The five
per cents opened at 87f Soc, rose to 88f &c., and
closed at 81 f. 90c.
The decree of the President of the Republic sus-
pending six Socialist journals was notified to their
editors on Saturday. Those journals were, lie
Peupe, La RepubAqe Democratiq,H ct SociaIe, La
Vrae RepubHque, La Democratique Pacifgue, La Re-
torme, and La Tribune Appended to that decree
is order of the Minister of the Interior directing
Gen. Changarner TO establish military posts in the
Offices of those journals.
Madame Cavaignac, the mother of the General,
was attacked with cholera on Monday, and remains
in dangerous state.
General Bachelor, one of the most distinguished
veterans of the empire, and devoted friend of the
President of the Republic, died in Paris on Satur-
day.
1t appears certain that the expedition to Italy was
to be reinforced by from 5000 to 1000 men, under
the orders of Gen. Juan Zabala, who, his arrival,
will take the commend of all the cavalry.
The Papal States.
The Concordia, of Turin, of the l4th inst, quotes
the following letter. dated Civta Vecchia the llth:
''On the 10th the Elk batteries of siege opened
continued. Garibaldi made frequent sorties. 1t
was reported at Civita Vecchia, on the 1lth, that
the column of Colonel Matt had attacked and de-
feated the Spanish troops. Ancona obstinately re-
sisted"
We read in the Piedmontese Gazette of the l4th
instant, under date Rome g.
''It is said that the French are constructing
cred way Their artillery has opened breach be-
tween the gates of St. Pancrazzio and Portese. 1t
appears certain that the foreign Consuls have pro-
tested against the bombardment of Rome for the
sake of the monuments General Oudinot, on the
other hand, possibility of carrying the city
without damaging them. Ii being feared that Gene
raj Ondinot would cut off the supply Of provisions,
the Municipality had informed the Romans that
there abundance Of wheat in the public stores,
until the end Of July.
"The new envoy of the French Republic, M, de
Corcelles, arrived at Civita Vecchia on the llth."
The Milan Gazette Of the 18th instant states that
the losses of the Romans, since the commencement
Of hostites, amounted to about 1000 killed, wound
: ed, or prisoners
The President Of the Roman Constituent commu-
ncated TO the Assembly on the 5th, despatch
from the Prefect Of Fermo stating that the garrison
Of Ancona had made sortie, in which they killed
or wounded 500 Austrians, with the loss Of only SO
, wounded and Z killed
| Ancona still resisted on the Sth after Is days
: siege.
Lombardo- Venetian Kingdom.
The Risorgimento of Turin Of the l4th inst. con-
tains the following, dated Venice the 9th:
"We have lived here two days in hope that the
Hungarians were marching to deliver Venice, and
that they had actually reached Trieste. II was also
rumored that the ministry was changed in France,
and war declared against Austria. The reality is,
that Venice is abandoned to her own resources. The
preparations for attacking the city advancing at
San Giuliano and Malghera. The report Of artil-
lery is constantly heard in the direction Of Brendolo
Chioggia and Cavarzere
"The following are the terms proposed by M de
Bruck:
al. A general amnesty.
$50 The recognition of the public debt Of Venice.
"'3. The institution Of a civic guard
"4. civil and military government
as. The reinstatement Of all functionaries in the
Offices they held previous to the 22d Of March.
"'6 Al public officers 10 be native Italians, to the
| exclusion Of Austrians.
az. The non-payment Of the land tax during a
. year
"0n these conditions the Imperial troops were TO
occupy the city and forts. The Venetians refused
to accept them, lest the Austrians should not keep
! their promises when once masters ofthe city,"
Austria and Hungaria.
The Vienna Zeitung Of June 18th publishes an
official bulletin Of the victory which the Ban Of
Cr,atia has gained the Hungarians. II APP
pears that the Ban left Ttcl early on the 5th June,
and marching at the head OF eight brgudes, horse
and foot, advanced to the Roman entertainments,
where he proceeded to dispose his troops in advan-
tagcous positions. On the 7th an Hungarian army
Of l3 baitaons horse and foot and three batteries
came down upon him, and an engagement ensued.
The Austrian artillery aid great execution in the
: Hungarian ranks much so, indeed that the I'm
perlast General Oetinger was enabled to make a
cavalry attack, break through their line Of battle
and cause the precptate fight Of the dismayed
: Magyars. Two OF their battalions were literally
c cut TO pieces The Hungarisns had 500 killed and
300 dangerously wounded: most OF the latter were
sacrificed to the passions of the infuriated Impe-
riaIsts In short, the loss Of the Msgyars. as
G given by the Wiener Zeiiung, is no less than 1900
killed, while so wonderful were the manruvres OF
= Gen. Oettnger, that only hoo Imperialists were
n killed and ten or twelve wounded.
The Austrian and German papers have Of late
o circulated some dreadful rumors OF the destruction
n Of the cities Of Nashua and Eperies by the Rus
c SANS. Our correspondent is enabled TO contradict
4 that statement. The towns still in the hands
a | ~ tho nd pof a -.