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    March 25, 1848. THS NORTHERN STAR. 7 '.

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    REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA. OVErVTHBOYf AND I...

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    eetsery in ordir that an elect few mi gbt enjoy ths blessings of life ; that the eartais a vallej of tears asdafield of never-ceaiing trials ; that God distributes unequally tie favours He accords to His children ; that the fatal lot of the mass is patient repugnant labour , longsuffering , aad resignation . It . ft ctpltal which causes at this moment the financial crisis , which ehaekles credit , paralyses industry , and arreiti commercial ir * n * act £ ons ; alarmed capital—unproductive and parasite capital—which Iiolds at its mercy the industrial «» 4 tee workman , which deflects from them the largett snd purest parts of their labours , which hides ill If , contracts and reduces itself to nothing , and throws confstioa into the whole social body . Sow , shall we suffer acj-iosgcs- s fceudfalof cowards to araiRT . be sources of

    labsur and national prosperity % Shall we suffer a few moi , of whom , the majority ere not eren Frenchmen , to hold in their hands the fate aad destiny of France ! Shell tro allow their rain terrors to weigh go heavily opoa the progress ofthelibertiu of the world ? No . And lei no one zautake the import of these words ; neither the lives nor the fortunes of these men rna the slightest Sanger . If selfish interests , by fear erby calculation , reduca the people to the last extremities of hunger , tbe people endure it rather than trouble public crder , or make an attempt upon the ri ghts or the property of any oae . The psopla desire neither vengeance nor re-action . Let tbea these pusillanimous and cowardly men keep what tbey have aeqaired ; but let us no longer leave in their hands that power which they hare bo badly used . t the

    Sociey , in gaartnteeiB ^ ri ghts of labour has taken ths rule of a social providence . It requires a civil list in harmoay with its fresh wants . Let us take away from the intermediate agents and unproductive idlers , the great profits that they are r « aMag dally , to the detriment of all , upon production and consump ion . Let us make over to the state , which is the association of all interests , the monopoly of the great industries ; the monopoly of hanks , of roads and communications , the two great levers of commerce , the monopoly of assurances , the monopoly of all colonial produce , & c . In these measures only is safety , and a remedy . A law of later date * onW regulate the indemnities toba accorded . The asEenbly enthusiastically voted that an address should be tent to the provisional government , engaging it to create a National Bank .

    The Republican Society of the Faubourg St Denis bas resolved that . tbe government shall be invited to take such measures as it may judge proper , to cempel all proprietors to place in the National Discount Bunk the sir months advance that they are in the habit of re--celving from their tenant * and lodger * . This measure , applied to the proprietors of about 60 , 090 houses which exist ia Paris , would produce , at the rate of 1 , 000 francs for each house { mtwir . tfBt basis ) , 60 , 000 , 000 francs . The interest of this sum would ba handed over to tbe bank cl the invalides of labour . This resolution will be com--munic & ted to the other clubs , who will be invited to

    support it . The society has also resolred that tha go . vernment should ba invited to press the execution of the law of 1834 , which reg , uirei' " from proprietors the forma . tion of pavements in their houses . This measure , being applicable to about 4 , 800 houses , will produce immediate work for those who are in want . This resolution , like the preceding one , will be communicated to the other -clubs , who will ba invited to support it . The society afterwards decided that every man who might wish to present t . * Tn « elf at the elections should make knows his profession of faith before the 25 th of the present month .

    . DISCOVERY OF A TBAITOK . The correspondent of the Mohnisg Chboszcxb supplies the following extraordinary statement : — 'AnaSair has come out here to-day which is likely to create no small sensation among the Republicans . A parcel of letters was fonnd among the papers of M . Gabriel Delessert , the late prefect of police , written by a person of the name of Delahode , who it turns out was a spy of the police under the late government . This man Delahode had con . trived to acquit e a considerable degree of influence amonn- the republicans . lie was in possession of all

    their secrets , and even occasionally wrote in the Refoshe , one of their principal organs . So great was the faith placed in him , that after the abdication he was appointed by the provisional government secretary to one of the most important commissions . The letters found are to the number of 500 . They go back for some years , and the last is written as late as the afternoon of the 23 rd of February—that is to say , the second of the three glorious days . In this last letter he informs M . Delesiert that he has at last induced the republicans to make a stand in the streets : that the most ardent

    republicans were that evening , at eight o clock , to he at the Port St Martin and the Port St Denis , and if he would send a party of Municipal Guards at that hour he might seize the while of them . M . Delessert acted , it appears , on this information . He sent the Municipal Guards at the hour appointed , but they arrived nine minutes before the hour fixed , and the " republicans consequently escaped from falling into the trap . On discovering this correspondence , M . Causldiere , the republican prefect of police , who was himself one of the persons denounced , and who had been on intimate terms with Delahode , had him taken into custody . In the evening a party of

    ardent patriots , who had access to the prison , took him oni , and carried him before an extemporaneouslyformed military tribunal , which soon fonnd the culprit guilty of treason , and sentenced Mm to be shot . It -s-as vrith difficulty that some of the National GntrJs prevented them from carrying the sentence immediately into execution , but ultimately they allowed him to be taken back to prison , on the promise that he would be speedily branght to trial before the regular tribunals . Pabis , Mosdat , 5 P . M . The situation of Paris to-day is curious . The Bank of France continues closed . Tbeprivate bankers decline to pav cheques except foroOOf ., or its multiples , that is to say , 1 , 000 :., 1 , 5001 ., & c , inasmuch as they have not specie , nor smaller notes to make up the differences .

    The money changers are most of them closed , and the few that are open are unsupplied with silver , the stock they had before the suspension of the bank having been exhausted . There is some gold to be had at the rate of 2 fr . per 20 f r . piece , or 10 per cent , premium . Private families and individuals in these eireum-stances , are obliged to obtain their daily supplies of necessaries of all descrip tion on credit . There are difficulties , however , which credit does not surmount . For examnles , the post-ofiice ; the postaje of letters must be paid ; the post-office I need not say gives no credit .

    THB TABI 5 CARPESXEES . A deputation of the carpenters of Paris repaired on Sunday to the Hotel de Ville to offer their adhesion to the provisional government , and demand the liberation of three of their companions condemned for combination in 1 S 45 , and who were still lying in prison . 'Citizens , ' said the speaker of the deputation—On the 25 th of February , the day after the victory o the people , 100 of our comrades proceeded to theprison of the Madelonnettes . Tbey were armed ; all resistance was useless ; tbe gates were opened , and shortly afterwards one of the prisoners , in whose fate we interecede , threw himself inta the arms of his comrades . Nevertheless , they considered such a proceeding blameable ; the

    prisoner was taken back te his prison , and the ests hiishment left in charge of these who had taken possession of it . Hi . Harrast , the Mayor of Paris , applauded their noble conduct , and promised to recommend their petition to the attention of the government The Mqsi-T 2 cr of Monday publishes a decree ordering the immediate liberation of the prisoners . THE EX-HI 5 G * S CBEBITORS , The tradesmen and . creditors of the ex-King and Ptoyal household meet to-day to discuss their present prospects ; it is rumou red that their undischarged claims are heavy and largely in arrear .

    TR & . TEKS 1 SAH 05 . A deputation of Belgian democrats presented a complimentary address to the provisional government on Monday , with the national Hag of Belgium . _ The inhabitants of Roumelia , residing in Paris , also offered to tbe provisional government , on Tuesday , the expression of their liveliest sympathies for the French Republic . THE MOVEABLE GUABDS . By a decree of the provisional government the Minister of War was authorised to place at the disposal of the ceneral commanding the moveable National Guard , the articles necessary for their immediate equipment .

    On Wednesday the failure of two banking-houses was announced , Lehedeux and Cjmpany , and another which I will not name , because there appears to be some hope that it will be able to go on . In tne metal trade the most considerable failure was Wat ot M . Lavassifi : e , vrho did a very extensive business with England ; but there are several others ot interior importance .

    The National Discount Bank commenced its operations on Monday . Six hundred accounts h ' ave already been opened , and yesterday there were 800 additional applications , which are to be decided today . On Mondav the amount discounted was nearly a million of francs , and yesterday l , 200 , 000 f . It is thought that the establishment will have a powerful effect in restoring public eanfidenea . The Minister of Finances has presented a report to the provisional government , from which we take the following extracts : — With the view to enable the manafeefurera to

    dispose of their mtrehandises for money , there shall be established at Paris and in the departments general warehouses , where the manufacturers and traders Shall come to deposit tbe raw materials , the goods , and ma . nufartured articles of which they may be the proprietors . Ia exchange for their deposits , theyahall receive acknowledgements Extracted from a register with blocks . ? his rec « ipi , indiesting the saleable value of the article , properlj valued , shall vouch the property , and will be transferable by endorsement . The bearers of receipts of the central bsmhouees will be allowed to deposit them as a guarantee at the discount banks . Marked with the stamg of the Republic , and representing a solid , tangible , and easily realisable value , those receipts will be regarded ss equivalent lo a second endorsement . Convinced tb * t this vitality rivan to atticles of value now

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    paralysed will pewerfuUy contribute to reanimats industry , commerce , ' and consequentl y labour , I have tha honour , citiztni to present you the following decrea : — Art . 1 . There shall be established iu Paris and in the other cities where a want may be felt , general -warehouses , where merchants and traders may deposit the raw materials , goodi , and manufactured articles of which they are proprietor * . 2 . Theie warehouses may in case of necessity be established by the commiciionera of the government on the demand of the Chambers of Commerce , or the Municipal Councils . 3 . There shall be delivered to depositors receipts marked , first , with the stamp of the Republic ; second , with the stamp of warehouses where they hate been deposited . These receipts , extracted from registers , with blocks , transferring the property deposited , will be transferable by endorsement .

    They sball be liable to a duty not exceeding one franc ten centimes 4 . The warehouses shall ba placed under the guar , dianship of the State .

    KBWS 7 K 0 U P 0 LAXD . The Paris papers say . that letters from the frontiers of Galicia state , that a general insurrection in the whole of Austrian Poland is on the point of breaking out . THE FOBTHC 0 HING ELECTIONS . In the department of the Seine , the names of the candidates in the Republican interest are almost all agreed on . The first in the list are the eleven memhers of the provisional government , and eight out of the twelve deputies who in the last chamber

    represented the several arrondissementa of Paris . Tli 8 clubs have resolved to add to these a student from each of the great schools , namely , a student from the Ecole Polttechmque , one from St Cyr , one from the Ecde dcBroit , and one from the Ecole de Medicine ; each to be selected by their companions . The club * are determined that the remainder of the thirty-four shall be industriels or ovvriers . Some other candidates have ventured to offer themselves who have not the advantage of club support . M . Cauchois Lemaire , and M . de Rovigo , the son of Savary , Duke of Rovigohave offered themselves . On the other hand ,

    , the clergy , on the invitation of the Archbishop of Paris , have selected two candidates who will besttp ported by the whole influence of the church , namely , the celebrated Abbe Lacnrdaire , and the Abbe Deguerry , cure of St Eustacbe . General Lawoestire has also made an appeal to the electors as an old foldier of the empire , and M . Chenier , advocate , has also issued an address , founding his claims on the reputation of the two poets of the revolution , of the same name , who were his uncles .

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    Revolution In Austria. Overvthboyf And I...

    REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA . OVErVTHBOYf AND IL 1 GHT OP MSTIERKICH . Viehra , March 9 . I have just learned a fact of the highest importance , which has produced here an immense sensation . On the proposition of Prince Metternieh the Supreme Council of State has pronounced the dissolution of the Hungarian Parliament . The Hungarian Chancery was convoked to day to devise means of executinf that measure , which may ba attended with the most fatal consequences . The Chamber of Deputies , assembled at Presburg , has voted an address to the Emperor , in which the whole system of policy of Prince Metternieh is openly condemned . The Chamber of Deputies of Hungary recommends His Majesty ' to surround his throne with constitutional institutions in accord with the ideas of the age / and demands those institutions for the whole empire . The Chamber of Magnats has fully

    concurred in the address . Instead of acceding to the desire of Hungary , to the exigencies of the times , and the population of the empire , Prince Metternieh has resolved to play his last stake , and decreed the dissolution of the parliament . Every day couriers are despatched to St Petersburg . The Bourse is in a state of the utmost consternation , and the Exchequer will soon be drained , notwithstanding the Russian lean , which must soon be exhausted . Even the population of Vienna , formerly socslm and impassible , is in the greatest-agitation , and loudly calls out for reform .. We are here on the eve of a catastrophe . INSCRRECliOH IN VIENSA . On ihe 13 th , the day of the opening of the legisla ture at Vienna , a large number of students , headed by their professors , proceeded to the chamber , in

    order to present a petition in favour of various reforms . Immense crowds soon collected ; the military were called ont ; their muskets were loaded in presence of the people , and extraordinary measures were taken to prevent disturbances . Soon after the opening of the Diet , Prince Montecuoli and several of the deputie 3 , accompanied by an immense crowd , proceeded to the palace with the address . The crush of spectators at the opening of the Diet was enormous . A great number of welldressed peop le thronged the hall , exclaiming that the petition of the estates did not go far enough . ^ The peasantry were crowding the str . ets , anxious to Ieam ' whether the constitution was ready . '

    Towards evening affairs became alarming ; all the shops were closed , tbepalace of the stages was entered and ransacked , and the arsenals were literally besieged by tha people . In the nick of time , however , the hmperor expressed his readiness to make popularconces ons , not , fce-xever , before numerous persons werekilled and wonnded . The intelligence that Metternieh had resigned ; that the two unpopular archduke ? , Lewis and Albeit , had been disgraced—in other words , deprived of their functions ; that the Counts Kolowrath and Montecuoli had been entrusted with the formation of a new ministry ; that liberty of the press had been conceded , and that a national guard had been ordered to be organisedspread like wildfire amonest the population , ( no longer tbe populace , ) and called forth the most extravagant demonstrations of joy . On the nisht of the 13 th and 14 th Vienna was brilliantly illuminated .

    The Emperor has given permission to the students to take arms , with the view of preserving public tranqnillitv , and has , moreover , appointed a committee , composed of the members of the states andof the class of citizens , for the purpose of deliberating on the measures necessary to be taken under existing circumstances Prince Metternieh has taken to his

    heels . It is said that Ms residence on the Keenweg has been demolished . According to some accounts during the insurrection nineteen persons were killed and fourteen wounded . According to others , the number slain on the 13 th amounted to nearly 300 persons . On the Uth all the troops ( says the Zeitukgjhat > e , of Berlin . ) received orders to quit the city . The 'disiraced' Dnke Albert was commander-in-chief

    of the army- Ten students were killed by the military . On the Mth perfect order prevailed in Vienna . Private letters received in Paris on the afternoon of Sunday , supplied further particulars of the revolutionary movement at Vienna : — The artists of tbe School of Beaux Arts ought likef heroes . Metternieh has fled from Tienna , loaded with universal execration , Amosgst those driTen from the capital , are the Empress-Mother and the Princess Metternieh , who showed themselves much opposed to the revolution of France . They were in the constant habit ot offering up public prayers for the preservation of Austria from the revolutioaary poison . The Redemptorists and the Jesuits , who were particularly patronised b y them , were also sent away . M . Pilat , the old and'intimate secretary of tbe Ei-Arch-duke Chancellor , - who

    was to Metternieh what M . Genie was to Guizot , bas been also obliged to leave . AU the paid officials are also -one . M . de Jarke , one of the writers tent from Berlin to spread the doctrine of tbe system ef legitimacy , bas fled . The Emperor , kept in subjection by bis minister , and long in a kind of childhood , wept as a child who received the impression of some extraordinary event without being able to understand it . After Metternieh , the Archduke Louis is he whom the people most execrate . He had been the right arm ot his brother Francis I ., and upheld tbe policy of Metternieh to the least point . He is hiu 3 en , fearing the popular vengeance . Every one knows at Tienna that to tbe Archduke Louis , Metternich , Fiquelmont , and Prince Munich de Bellinghsusen , are to be attributed the massacres of Tarnow , and since , those of Milan ,

    AXOTHER ACC 0 UXT . Private letters received in London from Vienna , wittOstend , this morning , dated on the evening ef the Mth , leave no doubt of the truth of this intelligence . They state that the Archduke Albert , the Commander of the city , ordered the troops to fire on

    a procession of students , who were about to present a petition , on the 13 th . instant , demanding the same reforms as those conceded in other parts of Germany . Many were killed and wounded , and amongst them many were spectators . The people , irritated at this mass acre , then rose and compelled Prince Metternieh and the Archduke Albert to resign : The troops were also forced to evacuate the Arsenal , which was garrisoned by the Burgher Guard . In short , at the hour that the post left , Vienna was in the hands of the citizens , on whom the task of maintaining order had devolved . Reports were circulated in Vienna of serious riots in the neighbouring country . Several factories had been burnt , and it was even said that tbe Palace o Schoanbrunn was in flames .

    All business was at a stand still

    2 UBTHEB . DETAILS . The intelligence received this morning from Vienna , says ( the Paris correspondent of the Trass , ) is of the most serious nature . The accounts are bat meagre as to details , but the result proves that acompleterevolution has been effected in the Austrian rapital . A conflict on the Mth between the people , led by the students and citizens , and the military has compelled Prince ' Metternieht . fly . There has been bloodshed on both sides , but the number of killed and wounded is not stated , the mrector of Police , M . Seldnizky , has been expelled . Thehouse of Prince Metternieh was sacked by the mob , and the Grand Dukes have withdrawn into private life . The military have left the city , which is under the protection of the Civic Guard and the students . The official Gazette of the 14 th contains

    a notification of the concessions the Emperor » compelled to make to the necessities of the hour . His Majesty consents to arm the students , an d expressea a hope that the citizens will co-operate wittttsni in

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    maintaining public order ; he trusts that a fresh proof ofiis paternal solicitude will bo recognised in this measure , and that tranquillity will be re-eatablishedbyit ; if it is not , he will , though with regret , ba obliged to authorise the troops to use their armsi There is a discrepancy between the official

    afcount and the intelligence of the Zmtuhgshali . e . If the city is already in possession of the citizens , the orders to tho military coma too late . , . Subjoined are all tha details receiyed in Pans of the movement in Vienna and Berlin . The ZsiiuHasHALLE of the 17 th inst . contains , the following , dated Vienna , tha 13 th : — Oar capital is in open revolt . All tbe inhabitants have riienln amais , and the Btuaents bave joined thotrrban Guard . Tha crowd matches on the villa of Prince Metternich , situate on the Rennwee , and destroyed it . They theace repaired to the hotel of the State Chancery , preceeded by the students . The most exaggerated demands were here made by the people , and a stranger , having presented himself on the balcony , declared that the imperor would Immediately satisfy their wishes ; that his Majesty had every confidence in the loyalty of tbe inhabitants of Vianna ; that the Imperial government had been lone engaged in preparing laws for the

    better admiol ' tration of the country ; and that the people would be agreeably pleased with the timely and paternal intentions of the Emperor . In the mean time the troops had deployed , and platoon firet were heard in different directions . Some even say that tbe streets were swept wi th grapeshor , At tbe hour of post tranquilUty was not yet restored . It was said that many persons had been killed and wounded . The emeute was dreadful . C ries in favour of a constitution and freedom oftho press was uttered . Tbe crowd was particularly compact in tbe afternoon . TheAulic Council of War had adopted all the necessary measures . The gates had been shut , in order to separate the city from tbe suburbs , and fie Bourse wmained closed . I have heard that tbe depu . ties ot Presburg were the promoters of the movement . The students harangued tbe workmen , and prevailed upon them to join in it . At half-past four o ' clock p m-. the troups upon the Judenplata firod , when eis men w * rs killed . The revolt had then reached its height . The commander of a detachment of soldiers was compelled

    by the people to dismount and give his horse to a student who waa wounded in tbe head . The milltarj were everywhere hissed and booted . A troop of artillery wsg obliged to unscrew their bayonets on tho intinio .

    tion of the crowd . All the shops were cloiod . It was apprehended that the people of the suburbs would inTade the city during the night . The presence of the Urban militia excited everywhere the greatest enthusiasm . The watchword is , * The Censtututlon and Freedom of the Press . * Petitions to that effect have been already signed by 20 . 000 persons . The rails have been taken up on different points , and the communications interrupted .

    March 14 . 8 p . m . The people attacked the hotel of tbe police . Near the Prater the troops fired five volleys . At ten o ' clock the students were armed . Metternieh and Sedlniaki have retired . The people are marching against the Custom-house . A new era is open for Austria . At tha meeting of tbe a ssembly of the States tbe students and the burgesses presented petitions for reform . Those petitions were received , but the reply to their demand was adjourned . This displeased the people . Crowds were formed . The troops marched from their barracks ; shots were fired , and popular exasperation was raised to the highest pitch . Prince Hetternlch quitted Tienna , and the students and burgesses having bjea armed , order was restored . It is not doubted but that the demands of tbe people will he taken into consideration , and that the Austrians will enjoy the same privileges as the Germans . At half-past one o ' clock it was announced that the Emperor had declared the formation ef a National Guard , to be commanded by Count Mayero . All the Princes of the Royal PatnUy who have rendered

    themselves unpopular have retired into private life . Universal joy prevailed , aad tbe city was illuminated . The patrols ef the Ciric Guard were everywhere received with loud cheers by the people . The most valuable cloth was presented to the students and burgesses to convert into scarfs , and flowers and laurels were thrown down from tbe windows . There were ten of the students killed . The Stock-Exchange was closed . ANOTHER ACCOUKT OF THE VIENNA INSURRECTION ,

    The students had presented a petition to the Diet for unlimited freedom of the press , and Count Montecuoli , the Marshal of the Diet , assured the multitude'tbat the States would not be wanting in tbeir duty , but would use every endeavour to procure from the Emperor the required concessions . This assurance appeared to satisfy the people , when suddenly a large military force was seen advancing . It consisted of cavalry and infantry , the rear being brought up by a strons detachment of artillery with several field pieces , and was under the personal command of the Archduke Adelbert . His Imperial Highness addressed a few words to the assemblage ,

    exhorting them to disperse peaceably ; but his admonition produced no effect . The order was then given to fire and charge ; and the result is stated to have been that some twenty persons were killed and about ten times that number wounded . Among the former were fifteen students who were in front of the insurgents ; snd immediately after the volley an influential citizen stepped forward , and , dipping Ms white handkerchief into the blood that had been shed , fastened it to his walking stick , and exclaimed — ' Be this the emblem of our future liberty ! ' A coup de theatre and a sentiment both eminently French had an effect that would not have been

    looked for upon the usually sober-minded Germans . The meb . now swelled to the number of 20 . 000 men , rushed upon the troops , and whether by mere physical force , or by reason of a lukewarm resistance on the part of the military , of whom a large proportion are said to have been Italians , succeeded in driving them back , and even in capturing some ef the cannon . The Archdukes Adelbert , Charles , and John were in great personal danger , and one general officer was dragged from his horse , on which a wounded student was forthwith placed , and paraded through the streets in great triumph . Meanwhile the rebellion had spread in every part of the town , and where attempts were made to repel it by military force the soldiers were soon driven back , or did not

    make great efforts to oppose the popular commotion . A strong party of tbe lower classes had , during these events , marched out of the town to the villa of Prince Metternieh , which they completely demolished , and several other country houses and town residences of the members of the Cabinet suffered considerably by tho violence of the excited populace . At about nine o ' clock in the evening comparative tranquillity was restored ; the whole garrison had left the town and taken up bivouacs in the Prater and outside the ramparts ; it waa known that the three Archdukes who had commanded the military evointions had left Vienna for different parts of the

    Austrian dominions , and that a travelling carriage and four waa waiting at the back gate of Prince Metternich's palace for the purpose of conveying the ex-Minister to his estates either in Bohemia or on the Rhine . An hour later a great multitude again assembled before the imperial residence , when suddenly a gentleman , not known , came out from its gates , and declared , in the name of tbe Emperor , in a loud and distinct voice , that his Majesty had cheerfully granted all the demands his subjects had made— 'full liberty of the press , a more extensive representative constitution , publicity of all proceedings in the courts of law , trial by jury , and , finally , the dismissal of the whole Metternieh Cabinet . '

    Accounts to the evening of the loth announce that the Emperor had published a decree abolishing the censorship of the press , and establishing a National Guard .

    HEROISM OF THE PEOPLE . It appears that the ramparts and gates were bristled with leaded cannon—the people rushed ( unarmed ) en masse to their mouths , and shouted , ' Who dares to fireuponus , yoar unarmed brethren ?' On the ldtb , the people erected a gallows in the front of Metternich ' s palace , and inflicted capital punishment on the effigy of its most unpopular proprietor . This exhibition continued during the entire day , nor did the authorities dare to check it . A royal decree was published on tbe 16 tb , announcing the abolition of the censorship , —the establishment of a National Guard , —and the convocation of the States Deputies . ' Vienna , March 15 . —* We leam that bands of robbers and discharged workmen are committing

    depredations in all quarters ; scarcely any attention ib paid to the Sovereign ' s concessions , and all who have property quake . Count Musch-Bellinghausen is . Lr a time , entrusted with the Foreign Department . ' Another account from Vienna speaks of the restoration of quiet and order in the Austrian capital .

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    PRUSSIA . SUCCESSFUL INSURRECTION IN BERLIN . By a decree of March Htb , tho King of Prussia had convoked the Prussian Diet for the 27 ch of April . Berlin , March 13 . Today a serious riot took place , in which , we are sorry to say , blood has been shed . The refusal of the City Council to present a petition agreed upon by upwards of 2 , 000 young men , acdjthe fact that the Lord Chamberlain had , in the King ' s name , declined to receive a deputation from the fJouncil itself soon became known through the city . Above 20 , 000 persons in a short time collected in the Park , and called for their favourite speakers to address them . The

    multitude remained assembled , hurraing and singing till a late hour . Towards evening the Linden Strasse ( the most fashionable street in Berlin ) was crowded to excess ; but from want of arms among the people , and their quiet and peaceable conduct , nobody anticipated any serious disturbances . No lamps were broken , and no confectioners' shops plundered—the usual demonstrations here under such circumstances —and every hope was'entertained that things would pass off quietly . About dusk a strong military force was drawn up in front of the Palace , and numerous patrols of Lancer * and Foot Guards marched through the Linden Strasse and the adjoining streets . The troops were continually reinforced ; a detachment of the Rifles was posted in the arsenal ; and several regiments formed throughoat the whole length of the Linden Strasse . Either from curiosity or worse

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    motives , an immense multitude had collected in front of the Palace . Several officers exhorted the people to disperse , and when this admonition had not the desired effect , the Lancers charged . One individual was killed ; the number of wounded was not ascertained , bat the number must hare been considerable . A student came to the Newspaper-hall with a serious woundlin the back of hia head , and declared that while passin g quietly to Frederich Strasse , a L , v rode fl P t 0 him aDu inflicted tho wound . A child had its abdomen laid open by a com » de sabre . Ia tbe Grunen Strasse the bridge was drawn up , and by means of a large quantity of old timber a barricade was formed behind it iu the Jager Strasae . An attempt was made to plunder several gunsmiths ' shops , but only nine or ten brace of pistols were procured . Towards midnight tranquillity was restored .

    ANOTHER ACCOUNT . AtHhe hour I am writing ( ten o ' clock in the evening ) strong detachments of troops occupy the corners of every street and the different bridges The delegates of the city having refused to a- 'opt the petition which had been draws up and signed for presentation to the king , an assembly was announced for the evening to take the matter into consideration . At an earl y hour a large multitude assembled , and it was suddenly reported that some arrests had been made , and that the government purposed preventing any public demonstration bj armed force , "At this moment a gensdarme made his appearance and was received with hooting * , and compelled to retire towards the guard-house , near the Brandenburg . gate ' j v crnvrd followed him , and surrounded tbe guard-house . The officer on duty sent for a reinforcemeut , and some detachments of cavalry and infantry came , driving back the people . The cavalry at the same time cleared the square near the castle

    . The not began to assume a more serious aspect , and the cavalry made repeated charges in which some blood waa shed . From what I witnessed I cannot approve of the conduct of the troops , aa they unnecessarily made use of their arms in dispersing the people , The disturbance was most serious in the vicinity of the Palace and near the Peter's-place , from which the people were driven towards the Gre ? n-street , where a barricade was thrown up . On other points the pavement was taken up and atones thrown at the soldiers . Many arrests have taken place . All the public offices , such aa the Arsenal , the Bank , the Seehandlung , < Sjp ., were occupied by strong detachments of troons . Guns ready for action were kept harnessed all day in the barracks . _ . March 14 .

    To-day proclamation * were extensively circulated exhorting the population to peaceable conduct , and at the same time , desiring all dealers in arms to

    deposit their guns , swords , « feo ., in the Royal Arsenal . A gentleman named Held was , together with his wile , dangerously wounded in the head and face while returning from a party to their house in the Friederich Strasse ; and the son of Rucker , the celebrated poet , is mortally weundtd and not expected to live through the day . Aix-Ia-Ckapelle , Friday evening , ten o ' clock . This moment , just as tho mail is starting , an express has arrived from Berlin , bringing the melancholy accounts that the scenes of the 13 th had been repeated , with much greater violence , during the whole night of the 14 th , and on the 15 th the whole garrison was put into motion , and , from all the circumstances , it may be concluded that much blood has been shed . A subsequent communication by the Electric Telegraph furnishes us with an extract from a private letter from Hamburgh , in these terras : —

    A severe conflict has taken place between the troops and the people at Berlin , and many of the latter have bo * n killed or wounded .

    Berlin . March 16 th , 3 , p . m . The King is wavering . He has already conceded the institution of a Burgher Guard , which was included in the constitutional reforms demanded by the people . The Ministry have refused to act unless on the solicitation of the Burghers . The aimed police manifest every disposition to conciliate the people . The petition for the abolition of the censorship of the press is granted by the King . A deputation of two hundred students hag waited on the Prince of Prussia to demand the withdrawal of the troops , and to inform him that in case of refusal they would instantly arm , and resist them in the event of their attacking the people .

    A collision has taken place between the military and the civilians . Some barricades have been erected , and the bridges have been drawn up . The soldiers have charged several times , and many have been wounded , and some killed . The Berlin burghers are now fully aroused , and it will be very extraordinary if moie decisive results are not ' obtained this evening . The Cologne Gazette quotes the following letter of the 15 th from Wittgenstein : — ' On the 9 th , numerous bodies of the people paraded the streets of the town of Laasphe , hissing and shouting to the burghers to join them . They soon began to demolish the houses of several persons employed by the seignory of TYittgenstein , they being odioua to the people . On the next day bands of peasantry entered the town , pursuing the chief director of the forests , but whom they could not catch . They afterwards went to the Castle of Wittgenstein , and forced the Prince to grant them extensive forest rights . The

    same excesses have been committed at Bczteburg . Some soldiers were marched in on the 15 th . Tbe Pbussian State Gazbttb of the 29 th and 20 th gives no details of the conflicts between the troops and the peo | la of Berlin on the evening of the 18 th , nor of tbe issue of the struggle ; but it announces the Impor . taut fact that a new Ministry was formed on the 19 th , and it also contains a whining appeal from tho King to the inhabitants of Berlin , from which we gather that the troops still occupied all the public buildings and strong points of the city , but that tho insurgents held their barricades . Other partsofPrussia ore likewise disturbed , from Koenigsberg we bave nccounts to the 14 th instant , by which we . learn that the tranquillity of that city had been dMurbed . The president oftho police was about to arrest Sfif . Riepp , Jacobi , and Dinter , for having composed the address to the king . The measure was nst taken , but the people were very dissatisfied . The prohibition

    to piny 'Masaniello , ' and sing tho ' Marseillaise , ' increased the irritation . At a meeting of the Ressourco M . Kosch declared he had been interrogated by tho police as to what had occurred at tbe former meeting , and read a letter prohibiting political discussion . One hundred students Immediately went Into the streets before the place of meeting , and cried 'live the Ressource . ' They then went to the police aad broke the windows with pavisg stones . They obliged a piquet of the military to retire ; a squadron of cuirassiers then came up , and dispersed them witb their swords . Tbe generate was beaten . The soldiers wounded some persons not . engaged In the tumult . Letters from Breslau state , that on tho 16 th some of the population having waited under the windows of some papular deputies to greet them , a troop of cuirassiers attacked them , and wounded several . TUB BKUL 1 N INSUnEECTISN .

    It was at nine o ' clock on the morning of the 18 th that this patent convoking the Diet was made public , At 10 o ' clock he recoived the members of the common council of Cologne , at the head of which was Herr Von . Wittgenstein , who explained the situation and the wishes of tbe town and province in simple words , The King an . swered minutely , and in a friendl y manner , Jand referred at the end of his discourse to the patent . At a later psrlod the King received a deputation from the town council of Berlin . A large crowd assembled between one and two in the afternoon in front of the palace , on the side of the Breiten and Bruderstrasse , aad they began to cry outfor the withdrawal of the troops from the palace , expressing their joy at the concession of the King by shouts , vivas , and hurrahs . The King came out on the balcony , and was greeted by an immense shout of joy . The crowd was immense , aad it pressed on In front of the palace t ? welcome the King , Seeing thorn approach somewhat closer than was thought advisable , a staff

    officer of cavalry rode forward to make them retire ; and as 5 t seemed evident that ho was about to bo vielently treated , a detachment of cavalry immediatBly advanced to support him , At this moment two shots were fired , though from what quarter they came it was impossible to say . The movement on tha part of the people then became general , and tbe attack OU the troops beCOmO general in most of the streets . By degrees , as the fighting continued , arms were obtained by the population , and soon the combat was engaged with arms on both sides . The people defended themselves behind barricades , and continued the attack from the roofs of the houses . Tha chief sc « nes of the combat were the Friedrich and K'dnigsstadt , and the space intervening betwaan . Most blood was spilt in Friedrichsstrasse , Leipzlgerstrasse , and Kb ' nigsstrasse . It was in them that most barricades were erected , and the most active exertions were made from the houses on both sides , Tho infantry thundered in vain against seeeral of the barricades , and it was

    found necessary to employ cannon , loaded with giape . During half the ni ght the city was illuminated . Many superior officers were killed , because they afforded , by their dress , a better mark for those who fired from their houses . The subordination which characterises the Prussian troops more than any in Europe ,, kept them , at first , wall together , and , but later , some corps refused to fire , when they we * e notall & ekedby the otllsens . During the whole night the alarm bells were rung . Tho military force at Berlin is estimated at 20 , 000 men , brought together from the neighbouring garrisons . It was against this mass of military that tbe multitude , at first unarmed , began to fight . The students , who had taken arms , were most active in leading forward'the

    bands of people which succsBSively oppoiod the treops . The prison was forced open , and the prisoners set free . On the l ? th , the city had quite a warlike aspect . The pavement In all the streets had been torn up ; vast heaps of stones of all sizes , which the people threw from the windoweand roofs on the soldiers , impeded the woy , and rendered walking impossible . Here and thero were immense barricades of stones and earth piled np to a great height , especially in the Froderichs and Konlgstadt . On themornirjfr of tbcliith a proclamation from the King , pp . peared , addressed to his ' belovedBerlinesc , ' and which we give below , in which the shots on the Scblossp latze were ascribed to a mistake . The King would forget and forgive all , and expressed a wish that

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    tbe citizens should , on their part , do the same . At eleven the triops were all withdrawn from the streets , to the great joy of tbe people . Ho more firing occurred witb the exception of that whieh took place in sign ot joy , and the people moved in great masses through the streets , collecting in vast numbers oa the Suhl issplatze . Here the King showed himself again at the balcony o < the palace , from which he addressed the people , exhor . ting them to peace and quietness , expressed bis trillingness to set all prisoners free , and wag resolved to grant an amnesty to the city guards for the part they had taken iu the affair .

    The loss oa both sides was immense , and the streets of theFriedrichsstadt were covered in the forenoon with numbers of dead aud wounded j such also was the case in the Kdaigsstadt , where , during the previous evening about eleven o ' clock the combat raged most . At about two o ' clock in the afternoon ( says a correspondent of the Cologne Gazbtt *) , I saw a number of citizons with bared heads , leading a large waggon in which were laid the bodies of most of those who had fallen in the Friedrichsstadt . Thi « procession , s ! n lng the chorus of 'Jesus mein Zuvtrsicht , ' arrived a t the palace where it was received in deep silence , which was only broken by calls for the King again to appear . Hs did not do so thf n , however , but shortly afterwards be camo outon the balcony above the entrance of the palace , and said that he entrusted the peace and guard of hh pilace to his faithful people . Tho dead bodies wore then borno through the inner court of the palace and tbe LUBlgarten or plea , sura garden , to a neighbouring church .

    The armamentof the people was Immediately proceeded with . They crowded to the arienal when arms were distributed instantly . In the evening tbepalace was guarded by the Schutz » n-gildo ( a kind of civic guard . ) Tbe damage done to large psblic and private buildings was immense . The house of the interim finance minister . KUhne , was stormed by the people . The royal foundry aud the military exercUo house at the Oranienburger Thore were reduced to ashes , and the artillery barracks at the same gate was much damaged , and partly demolished .

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    REVOLUTIONS IN THE GERMAN STATESTHE RUSSIWJ AIXIfcKCK . Rumour says that a secret alliance has been entered into between Austria and Russia , and the recent loan , and the advance of 60 , 000 men to the Galician frontier , under the orders of Prince Paskewitch , seemingly confirm it , and a universal cry has been raised in Germany against an alliance with the Czir .

    We are too well acquainted with that power ( gays an appeal widely circulated in the Prussian journals ) , Which SO Willingly Interferes between German princes and their people—whose ley Ireath freezes life awaywhose friendship entails more embarrassments than even war itself . Already are Germans , from tbe Dwins to the Nova , pining beneath its yoke j our rivers have their sources in its dominions . Russia has not forgotten that her eagUs once settled upon tbe pinnacles ofKonigsberg . Tbe friendship of Russia has ruined our prosperity , and thirty years ago robbed us of the reward of our victorias .

    Is oho to end by trampling into annihilation ths blossom , ing germ of our national existence ! Is she once acre to render Germany ' s straggles for freedom the laughingstock of the world , and for ever to exclude US from the councils of civilised aad ennobled nations . At the recent meeting of fifty delegates from the different states at Heidelberg , a , resolution to opnose any alliance with Russia was unanimously adopted .

    A GERMAN REPUBLIC . A short time ago a meeting of distinguished delegates from different countries assembled at Heidelberg , in order to discuss the basis of a national German parliament . It is now announced that the second and deciding meeting wilt be held at Frankfort on the 30 th inst . or following day . Apropos of the former meeting , it appears , by a letter from Constance , in the Cologne Gazette of the 15 th inst ., that the greatest excitement was produced on the 9 th inst . at Stokach by the unfounded report , that the delegates assembled at Heidelberg had declared in favour of the establishment of a German Republic . Immense crowds assembled and vehemently declared their readiness to fight and die for the republic . The peasantry in the neighbourhood were getting all their sickles duly ground . It is stated that in Rudolphzell the authorities were driven out of the town by the . ' demagogues . ' A ' peasant war' is expected .

    Advices from the Lake of Constance , up to the 11 th inst ., say that the whole country of Oberland , the Black Forest , Baaz , and Ilougan , is in movement , It ia no use talking of waiting for a month , say the inhabitants , till the meeting of the German Parliament , for we are not sure of the next minute . But the word of order is German Republic , and it exerts its magical power . The party of tbe movement , as well as tbat of the re-action , will , ere long , be driven to extremities . The cry ot to arms is the general cry to rally . An assembly is to meet at Offenburgon the 19 th inst . Delegates of every commune have been requested to attend , and the inhabitants of

    other German countries will als » be admitted . It shoulu seem that the agitation in favour of a Republican form of government has been very general , and has extended to many places hitherto unsuspeeted of ultra-political sentiments . Among these are Carlsruhe , Constance , Manheim , Nuremberg , and the Duchy of Nassau . At Neustadt , on the 11 th , a body of 5 , 000 or 6 , 000 persons assembled in the Haardt . carrying in procession a golden flag , on which was inscribed 'Reformation of Germany . ' Iu all these movements the peasants are incited to attack the property and privileges of the landlords .

    SAXONY . Serious riots occurred at Erfurt on the 14 th inst . The house of an obnoxious brewer was totally destroyed , and the houses of other persons were greatly injured or pillaged . The military at last fired on the crowd , and ten persons were hilled . Several collisions with the military took place , and numerous persons were wounded . New and more serious riots took place at Dresden on the 15 th of March . The troops refused to fire on the peple . The civic guard cleared the streets . The ministry announced that no extraordinary Diet is to be convoked on the 20 th of March .

    BAVARIA . From Munich all accounts describe the monarch ' happy as a king . ' He seems immensely popular , and his late proclamation has quite nndone all the mischief caused by his connexion with Lola . He has just declared that he desires peace with France , without reference to her form of government ; but that , in case she attempts aggression or extension of frontier as regards Germany , Bavaria , faithful to her duties , will shed the last drop of her blood to preserve the independence and integrity of' Father * land . ' In the meantime all her citizens are enrolling as soldiers . The students of the Polytechnic School , the clerks , and shopkeepers , have applied for leave to take up arms , and this request is not confined to Bavaria , Here all the world are soldiers . There is news from Munich to the 17 th . On the 16 th a large body of persons assembled before the

    palace , where they thought Lola Monies was to be found . The windows were broken , and barricades were formed . Several persons were wounded in endeavouring to get into the palace , which was guarded by soldiers . They then went to tbe royal bunting-seat of Furstenweid , to look after Lola Monies , who , profiting by the twilight , had taken refuge there . Thinking she was concealed in a house of tho Burgerstrasse , where she had before bean found under a sofa , they went to search it , but could not find her . At night , the generals was beaten ; some of the doors of the palace were forced open ; the chambers were entered , and the desks and account-books of some of the offices thrown out of the windows . The rioters set at liberty the prisoners , and it was supposed they had a collision with the gendarmes , as some firing was heard . The troops arrived about eight o ' clock , and restored order . At half-past nine the magistrates

    announced that the Countess de Landsfeld had arrived at Carlsruhe , and had left that place for Frankfort , but these contradictory statements were not credited by the people . At half-past ten the disturbances had again conv menced . THE INSURRECTION IN WURTEMBERG AND BADElN .

    The rising ot the peasants in Wurtemberg and Baden is gaining ground . A letter from Stuttgard , of the 11 th , says : — Travelers who have just arrived here from Hachingan state , that the whole of tbat principality was up in arms , and that they demand abolition of all taxes . The Duke has sought safety in flight . Another letter from Stuttgard says : — The Duke of Hechiugen has this moment arrived having fled from his dominions . The whole of the Wurtemberg © btrland is in a state of revolution . No less than seven castles are reported to have been burnt down last night .

    The Carlsruhe Gazeise says : — Large bodies of peasantry are scouring the country , carrying fire and destruction along with them , A letter from Heidelberg , oftho 10 th instant , says : — We live in disastrous times , and proofs of great social disoider are visible around us . A persecution of the Jews hoe commencedlu our Oberland . MMuhlneim the house of the mayor , who endeavoured to protect them , has bsen pillaged , in the eastern districts matters aro warse still . A war of annihilation has broken out against the landed proprietors . On the very ground where , 300 years ago , the peasant-war raged with such fury the same scenes are being renewed , The beautiful country seat of the Prince of Leiningen , which he had built at great expense after the model of Windsor Castle , has been reduced to ashes . Additional troops haye been ordered to the theatre of these depredations .

    The insurrection of tho peasants in the Odenw & ld and in the mountainous parts of Baden and Wurtemburg is fearfully on the increase . A republic has been proclaimed at Constance

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    ( Baden . ) Troops have been sent thither ; and it is expected that the treops at Manheim will be sent there also . OLDENBOURG . The Grand Duke of Oldenbourg has at last issued a proclamation , in which he promises his subjecte a free representative constitution , unlimited liberty of the pres ? , and his utmost endeavours to create a German parliament . Tho liberty of tho press has been declared m the duchy of Oldenburg . HOHENZOLLERN .

    A very serious movement took place , on the 11 th of March , at Fcihingen , capital of one of the little principalities of HohenznIIern . A popular assembly took place in tho vicinity of the castle . Several demands wore addressed to the government , which cmceded them eagerly ; but tho people would not leave before each parish had received the official decree which conceded to them the reforms they claimed ; all the functionaries who were not natives of the principality were driven awav . HANOVER . A serious conflict has taken place between tha

    students and the police at Goettingen ; several students were severely wounded , and tho whole UnU versity , professors as well students , have solemnly declared to tho government at Hanover , that if the most ample satisfaction was not granted thev would all leave the University without delav . A deputation from various States waited on the King on the 18 th , to enforce the claims of the people in various reforms . His majesty , after hearing several of its members , asked time for consideration ; but the delay was objected to , as altogether needless , and in half an hour the King ' s reply was made known to them . This important document grants , first , freedom oi the press ; secondly , the convention and public deliberation of the Stairs ; thiroly , an amnesty for all political offences . Nor wen ? the rest of _ their demands rejected , although the Royal reply , in that respect , is less specific , and therefore less satisfactory .

    LUBECK . The free town of Lubeok , the only one which remained aileat , has decreed a free press . In several parts of German Luxembourg the French republican flag has benn hoisted , and the authority of tho Grand Duke ( King of Holland ) set at nought .

    RUMOURED PROCLAMATION OF A REPUBLIC IK LUXEMBOURG . ' A morning contemporary gave the following letter , on Wednesday , in a third edition : —I learn at this moment that a revolutionary movement has taken place at Arlon , chief town of Belgian Lnxercbonrp The Republic , it is said , has been proclaimed , and the French flag hoisted . A letter from Ettelbruck . in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , dated the 15 th inat ., ; Btates : — ' A peasant of our neighbourhood having : cried 'Vive la Republique ! " the Governor , M . deLafentaine , caused him to be arrested . The people in its turn apprehended the son of the Governor who commands the Gendarmerie , and carried him off prisoner , with twelve of his men , to Ettclbruck .

    CASSEL , The people having risen to demand reform and finding the elector deaf to all entreaties determined to have recourse to force . With this view they blockaded his palace , and he , seeing that their demeanour waa most threatening , attempted escape by the gardens ; he was detected and taken back by a blacksmith of herculean powir . This worthy carried him to the drawing-room , the door of whieh he locked , and put the hey in his pocket . He then walked up to tbe Elector , and insisted on his complying with the people ' s demands .

    He received a decided refusal ; upon which he raised his brawny arm and with one blow shattered a marqueterie table to pieces ; then , shaking his M in tho Elector ' s face , he exclaimed , 'But you shall , or you do not leave this room . ' Tho Elector yielded to the powerful reasoning of the smith , and promised compliance ; but the latter would not trust him , and compelled him then and there to write a proclamation , wherein he ' willingly accorded his people ' s just requests , ' and thereby saved his land and life . He cannot get a Ministry , Messrs Da Trott and Lotz having declined the proffered appointments to the posts of Foreign Affairs and Interior .

    SAXE WEIMAR . In Weimar the people , never having petitioned at all , beseiged the Ducal Palace . Tbe Grand Duke promised them a free press , jury , & c , whereupon they dispersed ; but next morning many of the workmen , again repaired to the Palace , broke the " windows , and refused to listen te the Grand Duke . At

    this moment a party of Jena students arrived and demanded the ( dismissal of the Ministry . Five of the students having forced their way to the private apartments , coolly informed him that his speaking would be to little purposes , but that if he would dismiss the Ministers , they would pacify the people . This he was compelled to do .

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    BELGIUM

    Brussels—On the 10 th tbe city was thrown into momentary effervescence by the assemblage of some 300 workmen in front of the King ' s P . ilace . These poor people were men jout ot work , and principally connected with those whose industry is affected by tbe labour of prisoners in the centi al gaols . The articles preduced by the latter being sold at ths cheapest possible price , almost that of prime cosi , renders a fair return to operatives nearly impossible . Th * assembly of the 16 th was conducted in the most orderly manner , and was totally dive * ted of all political colour . Three or four delegates were selected by their comrades to present a petition to the King praying for employment .

    An important discussion arose , on the 18 th , in the Chamber of Representatives , on the occasion of the presentation of a petition from Ghent , in favour of parliamentary and financial reform , and the declaring of public functionaries ineligible to the chamber . Ruhoubbd * Ihvasion' of Belgium— The Ikdependance of the 18 th states that a band of 1 , 800 men led by a man named Ernest Gregoire , has assembled the French frontiers , and openly expressed the intention of entering Belgium in order to proclaim a republican government . Gregoire has taken upon himself the title of ' Commandant de la Compagnie Beige . ' Two individuals supposed to belong to the band attempted , a few days ago , to seduce some of thegarrison at Menin . They were , however , discovered and arrested . The government has made extensive preparations on tho frontiers to repel the * invaders' if they should attempt to realise their plans .

    SUSPENSION OF CASH PAYMENTS . The following is from our correspondent of March 20 ch : — -This afternoon the government presented a bill empowering the great banks of Belgium , the ' Banque de Belgique' and the ' 8001616 Generale , ' to suspend cash payment for bills above twenty-five francs . The bill gives legal currency to notes of the former bank to the amount of ten millions of francs , and of thelatter ( the most important in this country ) to the amount of twenty millions , in all thirty millions of francs .

    HOLLAND , The revision of tho constitution is decreed . DENMARK . A numerous popular meeting took place on the 13 th of March , at Copenhagen , for the adoption of a petition calling for electoral reforms . This petition , with 2 , 000 signatures , will bo immediately presented to the king by a special deputation . SWEDEN , The news of the Paris events arrived at Stockholm on the 10 th of March , and produced there an extreme excitement . They have stirred up fresh hopes on the part of the partisans of Reform .

    RUSSIA . ' St PuwRSBraon , M ^ rch 11 . —The Emperor has given instructions to the Minister of War to place the troops on a war footing , Ilia Imperial Majesty feels bound to adopt this step by the terms of existing treaties with other . Powers , and , in the event of a necessity arising , tor affording nil tho protection in his power to the claims of legitimacy against

    the destructive advance of revolutionists and anarchists . 'i'he Emperor of Russia has issued the iollowing ukase to the Minister oi' War ;—In tho west of Europe events havo transpired which manifest the sinful design of subverting legal authorities . The alliance of friendship and the treaties by which Russia is connected to the neighbouring powers , impose upon Us as a sacred duty to fake timely measures for placing a portion of our troops upon a war footing , that , in case circumstances should demnnd it , a firm front may

    be opposed to the direful spread of anarchy . In pursuance of this we command our Minister : —• 1 . Immediately to organise the reserves belonging to tho divisions specified In a separate order . 2 . To thin end immadlately to call iuto active sofvic * those privates who aro bound to form the reserve corps , but who are on furlough for a given or for an Indefinite period , in governments to be hereafter named . 3 . The assembling of these troops shall tuko place im . mediately afttr this ukase shall have been published ia the circles , and shall terminate , without fail on the 1 st ( 18 th ) of April next . Nicholas .

    SPAIN . . ^ An insurrection is expected to take place in Barcelona . Bv letters from Malaga of theftb instant ., we learn that nothing could describe tbe effect produced in Spain by the news of tbe French revolution . It was atoBce that of astonishment and admiration . The arrival of the papers caused indescribable sensation ; they were literally torn from the distributors . They were commented on with unexampled ard 0 nn PORTUGAL . The Princes Joinvilleand d'Auraale arrived on the 12 th at Lisbon . Portugal is quiet , but fears are entertained of a renewal of intestine discord and confusion , ITALY .

    Rome , March 8 rn . —Nothing is talked of but the French farce of Louis Philippe ' s disenthronement ; and the only domestic matter that I can send you is the new song , which is heard everywhere , in ' thea . tres , concerts , Btreet'comew , with accompaniment

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25031848/page/7/