The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-07


the report of the deputation to committee of thirty
members to be chosen by the sections of the chambers
In order that speedy report may be made respecting
the measures necessary to be taken for carrying out
the constitution - This decision of the Assembly may
be set down the rejection of the claim set up by the
respective princes Of Germany for suspending veto
with regard to the constitution.
At the conference of the German plenipotentares at
ed their determination to uphold and promugate the
constitution as voted by the National Assembly
The penipotentiaries Of twentyeight German go
venments agreed and signed reply to the Prussan
note of the 4th of April by which they and the
ments they represent assent to an unconditional ac
ceptance Of the constitution Of the German empire
voted by the parliament and to the hereditary supre-
macy being conferred on the king OF Prussia. The
whole of the German States have thus agreed the Ger
man Kingdoms alone hold back. No doubts at
Frankfort but that the penipoentiary Of Saxony will
soon sign the joint declaration of the German govern
ments.
Several of the Austrian members of the National As
semby have already left Frankfort in obedience to the
order Of their government.
The Progress of the schlesvvIg War,
The Chamber of Commerce at Hamburg had pub.
.Areeably modification from l. B. NJ Consul, General
day 2h Apr the blockade of the Elbe weser and Iahde
the ports Of the boekaded rivers after having aseer
s ws M pas" ser sa hi the al
with the Royal British Mails shall pass provided that only
Since the sth ut nothing of the least military i'm
portance had taken place in the Sundewitt The Ger
man advanced posts are at Nude where the Danes
in possession of the entrenchmens but their principal
forces have retired to Alsen.
The German troops and the Schlcswig -Holstciners
are now on the Jutland frontier. Considerable rein
forcements of troops from the interior of Germany
continue to pass through this city and Altoona for the
Duchies
i Hamburg letters and papers contain further
particulars OF the at Eckernforde in which
the loss of human life is asserted to have been
great though positive statement of the number of
the Danes missing has come to hand OF prisoners
there are no less than 05O officers sailors and marines
an nj hp Dun sb milis
try deterined to all available in their
power to make up for the Eckernforde disaster
On the 18th the important intrenchments ON the
Duppelcr heights were stormed From Ugh. to 915h.,
A. M. the Germans played upon them with their light
light artillery. The Danish superiority in weight of
metal exposed troops to considerable loss About
10 A. NJ, two columns of Bavarians and Saxons were
formed to assault the heights. They moved rapidly
and steadily up the steep and broken ascent the summit
OF which was crowned with breastworks and cannon
Notwithstanding the incessant firing made lanes
through their they carried their point aumbcr
OF prisoners were made and the captured
turned against the enemys ships in the Bay of Alsen
and their ntrenchments the island The retreat of
the Danes was effected in utter disorder The Danes
and their conquerors rolled in confused mass to-
wards the bridge Of boats which connects Alsen with
the MAN, TO prevent Alsen being also carried by Storm
the Danes fired upon their troops This accustomed
the taking of greater number of prisoners by the
vctors but added considerably to the loss by killed Ind
wounded on both sides. When we take into account
that the combined German and scheswig iosten
troops did not exceed As 600 and the Danes posted
in the strong position the Duppeler heights number
ed 10000, the affair must be admitted to be highly
credable to the former General BONN, who is further
north with 10000 Schleswig Holsteners, endeavored
but in vain two successive days to induce the Danes to
give him battle near Holding
Affairs I'm Prussia.
The first distinct to the requistion issued by
Prussia to the Of Germany has been given
by Ausria 1t is total refusal to join in the
renee of states asked for by Prussia and denial of the
right Of the Frankfort Assembly to- elect an at
all and it declares that that body having contempla
ted Its task of drawing up the scheme of constitution
has at last openly declared The answers Of the other
large powers arc still waited for.
The tone of the various German journals is gloomy
and responding They consider the refusal of the king
fatal the best form of the German unity and fear
that it will give impulse to the democratic movement.
The position of the King of Prussia is unparalleled
If he holds firm to his refusal of imperial crown he
is menaced with republic.
The government have seized another occasion to
evince their anti German policy They have refused
to recognise deputation of the Schcswig- Holsten
Assembly who arrived at Berlin to express the salts
faction Of the Duchies at the imperial election having
Schleswg had waited couple of days for an answer
from Count Arnm to their application for audience
Foreign Affairs that the king could not receive the
dcputation SUCH but would be happy to give them
audience private individuals and them at dinner
The deputation wrote at once in answer to Count
Arnim declining to divest themselves of their official
character by being presented to the King in private
capacity and left Berlin to return to Schleswig
The central committee has decided by majority of
four against three in favor Of Waldecks motion for the
suspension Of the state of siege
Turkey and Russia.
The Cologne Gazette publishes letter from Jassy, of
the Goth Of March, which states that the relations be-
tween the Russians and the Turks becoming every
day more hostile. The Turks appeared to expect a
war.
According to letter from Constantinople, in the
.4ugburg Gazette, the populations Of Turkey
customed ZEAL their being districts which offered to
supply double the contingent demanded. At Bucharest
there almost every day collisions between the Rus
sian and Turkish soldiers and the luminosity even cx-
tended to the superior officers On the other hand the
Russians arming with vgor. Their forces in the
Danukan prncipalitcs amount to VI 900 men, and a
Vienna journal says that the Russian minister had de-
manded from that the period fixed for the
cuaton of the prncpates by the Russians should be
prorogued to the LIST of May,
ukase Of the Emperor Of Russia, dated the 3lst Of
March, orders the ordinary levy of troops for s4o in
minated by 18th June. Eight men to be taken in
every 1000 inhabitants. The ukase says that the
Emperor has resolved, account of present circum
stances to maintain large portion Of the army on
war footing
Affairs I'm Egypt-Insult to Americans.
1t is stated from Alexandria under date the 7th Of
April, that Abbas Pacbs has given some hopes that
when the barragc Of the Nile and other great works at
present in course Of construction are completed he
will think of the railroad between Cairo and Suez; but
French influence is still against it. The Vice.
roy's finances in very low state and the pay Of
the troops is more than twelve months in arrear.
Swarms Of ocusts have made their appearance in
parts of the upper country and the Delta; but the
greater portion of the crops being ripe, not much
damage Is feared In the upper country, however,
Constitution had sailed for Malta, and the native
soldiers and watercarrers who had nsuted the boat
still unpublished, Notwithstanding the
monstrances Of the American Consul In consequence
of the last advccs from England, crops had fallen
Stocks getting short, but the produce would
in Freights were unprecedentedly low.
The exchange on London 9S1a piastres per pound
sterling
Affairs I'm India-The Victory of GOOjerat.
Dispatches in advance of the overland mall which
left Bombay the 17h have been received by express
from Marsees. They contain full particulars of the
decisive victory achieved the Sikhs the 21t Of
February last brief announcement of which arrived
by the last mail. On this occasion, doubt be
tertaned Of the decisive character Of the success the
enemy having been completely routed with the loss Of
his guns, ammunition and camp equipage.
Lord Coughs army, which amounted to nearly 25 900
men, with 100 guns, encamped the GOTH in order of
battle within four miles Of the enemy whose force
estimated at GO 900 men, with 60 guns They occupied
the ground around the village Of Goojerat in position
we'll chosen the nature Of the country permitted
The British army moved to the attack early the
morning Of the 2st in line nearly three miles from
right to left. The action began with heavy cannon.
ade in which the artillery did such execution that the
enemy's guns were speedily slenced The infantry
then advanced. driving the Skhs before them in the