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to transform my _sadness into joy and happiness I fear that some of yoa mey think that I should return to _Aljeiia and revive _treuble * . This is impossible , and can never happen . Do not doabtwhatl say on thU subject , any _m-rn than you wonld doubt if I were dead , for I place myself among the number cf the dead . My _esle desire i * ta go to Mecca and Ihdiua , there to study Bad _aflore < _Jwi to _ _rriy last _fcour .
THE NATIONAL GUARD . The _arrains ofthe national guard , as that body is re-constructed by the Jaws proclaimed by the provisional government , proceeds -with activity . It appears hy a report of the Minister of VY * 3 r , founded on the inven _* _drit-5 _of 4 he various arsenals , that there are at present disposable for this purpose abaut half a _mirien of muskets and swords , which united with tho _= e _alreadv-distributed ia 1 S 30 , will form a total of 1 , 500 , 000 arras . P- -. su , Sunday 5 p . m . —The _altroupemcnts and processions , the flagB aud banner ? , and the plnnting of the trees of _liberty have been incessant all day . A maniefstation was made in favour of Poland . About 30 _OOOmerafcer ? sf the clubs and popular societies accompanied to the Hotel de Vi !' e , apartof the Polish emigrants , who went to bid adieu to the provisional Eovernment , and to ask for arms .
The _Iflis-bearer , who was a Polish noble , Was ad-Bitted with a deputation , and addressed the government . The members present replied that tho French themselves had need of all ihe disposable arms , and _cipres _^ ed their regret at being unable to comply with the demand . M . _I . _amattine siid : — The French government _fetls for the situation of yonr glorious bnt nnhsppy country , ' said the minister . The French _government has never ceased to express its sympathy for Poland . It has never ceased to f . el the obligiMou iaiposd upra it by the fall of so
manythousands of your noble countrymen in the ranks of the French army —( I _rr-iotefrom a bri _. f note made on the Spot)—Y _«> u de-ire aid in yoar _pres-ent undertaking ; hut with all our desirs for the _indepinrence and _hsppinssR of Poland , our duties restrain us _wiiniu limits which we cannot pa « s . "We _cherish the hope tbat Poland will he independent and fre ? , ar . d wo _shill bo happy to concur ia her attempts to secure _iIk-so blessings ; tut the time for and the mode of _displaying our _regard for her muft bs left to u _* . I shall add that a peaceihle movement will advance yonr c » _tise more quickly and more effectually than an appeal to arms .
Paris Monday Morning . —The provisiosal government , after a great deal of _hesitation , has at length determined to postpone the elections for the National Assembly for a fortnight : —
FH . EVCH REPUBLIC . LIB _7-STT . —ECU 1 L 1 _TV—rSiTLRNITT . The provisional government hav . ni ; taken cognizance of tho _decree which a _« j -urns to tha 5 h of April ths elections of the National Guards , the information communicated by the eommhsaries in tbe departm _? ntp , and also the opinion of tbe Mayor of Paris , and _considding that it would be materially _impossible tn maintain the day originally fixed for tbe general _tdeetions ; on the report of fhe Minister of . the _Interior—decrees : 1 . The general elections of t _' ie _represent-jf _^ s of the people wiil take place on _Sunday , the 23 rd of April . —2 . The assembly _w-. l ! meet on the _4-h cf _ilay fullo _* ing . Done in Council of Government , Paris , March 26 1818 . ( Signed by tbe membtrs of tbe government . ) The provisional government has addressed a _proclamation ti the French people in reference to this postponement . After stating that tho information received showed that it wis impossible to carry out the elections at tae time _orkinally fixed , the
_proelannuon says : — It is nnw for yon . citizens , to complete tha generous ¦ wo rk which yon have andertak n . The republic is fouuded ; no intrigue , no sealtlts 3 attack can prevail against it ; the peap _' _e wills It . Ic _wi'l know _hoir So _defoca that which it bas known valiantly to conq . -- . er . L ? t it be _j / _rgimsed on a large basis . Let tke _future cou-6 ti _: u :: cn carry into our institutions , ar . d into the laws , the great _principles of our revolution . Let yo » ir choice pt spare the reign of liberty , _iqaali-. y , and fraternity . _Thanbs to yonr assistance , cvt _' z -ns , the _provisional government has been _aole to tbis day to tear the burden of public affairs . It does not wish , it canno ; retard
the hour nhen it will have io deposit tha power in tbe hands of tiie sovereign authority , which ii alone capable of ans-veriEg to all the wishes cf Frine _? , aud alone sufficiently STong to direct the de-tinies cf the _Hepublie in the pa-hinto which the magnanimcES impulsion of the p _> ople has launched thc-m . Do not then Jose time , citizens , in discussing opinions and own . Let these , by their virtue ? , by their light 3 , by _ihtir purity , Ly t > _ e love ti ih . ir eountry , ba Hue representatives of the people , and Europe will salute the r . ew Assembly _nith the _ssrne enthusiasm with which the revolution _wli'ch the _people have made has been received , and -. vhich _eugcndtK the most _powerful of _propagandism —that which is inspired by admiration !
The Committee of _2 _* ation ? l _Dsfrnce had ordered the formation of a camp of 90 . 000 men at D jon . "Mass was on Sunday celebrated for tbe _first time , sir . ee tbe revolution , in the Tnileries chapel . The patients of the Civic _ilo-pital were in the gallery which tbe ex-roval family occi-pied .
_DEPAKTCBS OF CEESI 45 DEMOCRATS . A large b-ciy ot Germans , calling _themrelves the first detachment of the _Germsn Democratic Legion , left- Paris on Saturday for _Geinnny .
THEWtKKJ . _iG _CLASSES _« F FHASC 2 ASD EXGLAND . An address has been received by M- Louis Blanc from the Executive _Committee of Great Britain , for tbe protection _ofindusfry , and for the organisation of _agriculture ! and icanufactui in » labour , of which T- S . _Dunct-mbe , E * _-q ., _M . P .. is the president , congratulating the French people on their late victory , and txpra = _sin _? . i desire to have a lesgne formed between the _working classes ofthe two countries to forward their mutual interests . It dee ' er _^ s that the prevent is ths hour for action ; tbat the organisation of labour is essential to the well-being ofthe working
man in both count-ies ; and concludes by calling on the French , now that they bave the opportunity , to maintain that principle firmly , a 3 being the deathwarrant of tbe s vFtem of oppression which has hitherto existed . [ Thisaddress _hasalrcudy appeared in our columns . ] On Sunday trees of liberty -were planted in various parts of Paris _; one at the angle of the Rue Daphot snd the Rue Ric _' iepanse ; another on the Piace de Notre Dime de Loretie ; a third at the angle of the Rue Chateau Landon ; and a fourth opposite the Chateau d'Eau .
THE BU 0 _SAFAKT-S . Napoleon Boonap = ne , son of _J-.-rorse , ex-King of _"Westphalia , has jnst addressed to ihe _citizens of _Corsica a circular , fa whieh he says he shall consider it an honour to represent thera in the National Assembly _, lie _terminates bis address in these words ; — "Inlovingihe Republic and _devotinz myself to its _Eervice , I obey _Xapoieen , who , frora tbe rock of St Helena , where the hatred cf kings had bound him , foretold that , ' before fifty years , Europe wonld be R _? _P"biican or Cossack . ' Thanks to _Gr-d and to tie French people , it is the Republic whieh _triumphs !'
THE I 7 ALIA 5 D ? M _? CKAT 3 . A very numerous deputation oi the Italian Association went on Monday to the Hotel de Ville . M _Muzzini _, tbe president , read an address , expressing their sympathy for tbe _Provisional Government , and announcing thatthe association had been deSni lively constituted . The object cf the association , which , he said , wa- * preached or _foreseen by all the great Italian ? , from Arnold of Brescia to _Machiavelli , from Dante to _Napohon , was the _politiealjunity of the Peninsula , the complete emancipation , from the sea to the Alp ? , of tbit land , the _foundation of a compact and strong nationality , which might , for the welfare < f the world , take rank in the confederation of nations , and bring to tbe con mm task tbe inspiration and sincere _devotedness , the thought and action of twenty-four millions of free men , brethren , and _associated in one Bingte national belief , ' God and the people '—in one single international belief' God and humanity . '
, M . Lamartine expressed the sympathy of the provisional government in the cause of Italy . He _s-ad : — _Amongst the plori . as names which you hive _mentioEed , there is one alone which I _rej roach you with having called to mind , In _censcqcence of the signification which is commonly attached to the name of Machisvel . ( Cries of 'Yes , yes ; he is eut of place . ' ) Efface henceforth that szme from yonr titles of glory , and substitute for it the pure name of Washington ; that is tbe one which should now be proclaimed ; that is tbe cams of modern _liberty . It is no _longtr the name of a politician or of a _conqueror that is required , it is that of
a man the most disinterested , the most devoted to tbe _people . That is the man required by liberty . ( Cries of _'Yts _. yes ; bravo , bravo . ') Tbe want of tie age is a _European Washington ; that of the people peace and liberty , ( Renewed acclamations . ) Ths independence of nations in . the choice cf the internal regime which is best suited te them , is the standard of the French Republic , wbich we wish to wave on both sides of tbe Alps and Pyrenees , and on both bank _3 of the _Khine . Neither fear , nor complaisance , Dor even a feeling of predilection _tkell make ns swerve irom this principle . Out love for Italy is disinterested , and we have ko other ambition bnt to see her ss imperishable er-d as great as the soil which she has rendered eternal by her nsiae .
Loud _crie-j of 'Vive Lamartine 1 Vive le Gou-Temement Provifoire ! Vive la Republique ! Paeis , Tuesday , 5 p . m . —In _constguenca of the intelligence of the Xing ot Sardinia having marched into Milan , and of his having been proclaimed King of Sardinia and lombardy , and the other news received from the ItaPan frontiers , the provisional government has ordered that 35 , 000 troops shall he immediately concentrated near _Vienre , in Daephiny . Paris is tranquil . * The _poliee were most active in the detection and arrest of malefactors . "THE _tPASlSH DrilOCRATS .
The same day several hundred Spaniards made a striking demonstration in favour ofthe principles _proclaimed by the republic . They went to the Place Vendime , with the French and Spanish flags Joined together . On arriving at the colomn , M . Tolosa , in a few words , ex ; _reused enthusiastic admiration at tbe _Ririces rendered bv the Fisnci to iDnfanitj _* ,
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The Spaniards then went to the Hotel de Ville , where they _vkre received by M . de . Ltmartine . M . _Salas , after -stating that the cry of * Liberty , Equality ' Fraternity' hsd _creatsd a great sensation in Spain , expres 3 ? d a hope that that country would soon enjoy the benefits ofa government of the people by the _pesple . The flif _* s ofthe Spaniards and workmen wero crossed , and , the ranks of both bodies breaking up . the Spaniards and French mixed together , " arid warmly _emferaeed each other .
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GERMANY . PRUSSIA . _PKOCLAHiTISH TO ill _PCOFLE , AND TO THE GEB 1 IAI "
PEOPtE . Thirty-five yearB _ojto , in times of imminent _dansjor , your Kin » addressed hinmlf to hi 3 poonle , nnd hi * confidence in them was n « t misplaeed . Your King , nllicd with his people , _rescusd Prussia and Germany f . ora igH * miny and degradation . At this mom _.-nt _, when our fatherland is menaced by the most fearful and immediate dar-per , I address myself with confidence te a G » rman nation , among tbe noblest branches of which my people may with pride include _themselvas . Germany has been seized with
fermentation at home , and is threatened with danger abroad from more quarrels than one . Deliverances from this twofold and urgebt _paril can arise only from the cordial uniun of thc _German prince- ? and people under ene guidance . Thi 3 guidance I tike upon myself during tbese times of danger . My people , who do not shriek from _danger , will not desert me and Germany , but will join ra : with _confidence . I have this day adopted the ancient G _.-rman national colours , and have plac * d my . self and my people under the venerated banner of the Gf ? rm _« n empire ; Henceforrh _Prusjis is dissolved in _Germany .
The Diet , which bag _slraady been convoked for the 2 nd ef April , in _conjunction with my p- ople , presents tha ready medium ind legal organ for the deliverance and pacification of Germany , It is my resolve lo afford opportunity to the Princes and States of Gtrmany for a general meeting with the _organs <> f this Diet , on a plan which will be propoundtd without delay . The Diet efthe Germanic States which shall be thus provisionally constituted shall _ooncart openly , and without d * lay , upon the requisite preliminary measures for avrting dangers , both at homo and abroad . Tae requirement ! at this moment urgently called for are—I . —The institution of a general popular federal army . II . —A declaration of armed neutrality .
This _national aimament and tbis declaration will inspire Euroj _» with respect for the _sacredncsa and inviola . _bility of the territory which boasts of the German langna _» a and the German name . Unity and strength alone w 11 be able in these days to maintain trade and co-amerce in sur beautiful snd flourishing fatherland . Simultaneously with ths regulations for averting _impending- _danrer , tbo _German United Diet will deliberate on the regeneration and the _foundation of a new Germany , a united , not a unifoim Germany—a union without diversities—a union . with freedom .
The gsncral introduction of genuine constitutional _legislation with resp _3 _n--ibility of Ministers in all in dividual States ; open courts of justice , trial by jury in criminal cases , equal political aod civil rights for all religious professions , and a truly popular and _liberal Administration alone will be able to accomplish this great end . _Fsedebick William , Bosheiunn , Codnt Abnih , Aenim , Yon R < he , Kch . ne , Comer _Scbwebin ,
TIIE late _kevolutios . Ifc is impossible to describe the heart-rending scenes of tbe evening cf the 10 th , much less those of the night preceding . The cannons roared ; the fire of the troops was _unceasing ; and not _fatigfied with this mode of attack upon the populace , haEd crenadi s were hurled amongst the living masses . Every house , from the roots of which the insurgents attacked tbe troops , wa 3 cannonaded . The society of sharpshooters increased in _numbsr _? , separating themselves and picking off the best _rfficers of the troops . _Colonels , majors , captains , fell one after the other . The _insuriients had no lesder — no man on whom they relied ; they bad not even a _flarj . One _eom-uon _sentitnant inspired them , and wns made to supersede chiefs and discinline . The fiihting continued until the morning . The troops were worn out , without having forced a single position .
I was struck with the skilful manner in wbich the barricades had been formed . Some were of sacks of flour , others of oil-casks , _wine-ca-ks , and furniture of _ailscrt ** . The alarm tells ram ? , and tbe people ran thronah the streets with screams Bot unlike the war-whosp of North American Indian ? . An immense military force , consistin ? of infantry and cavalry , with artillery , opened their fire in the streets , volleys of _muskotry alternating with discharf . es of grape and _emitter . The firing continued from . three in the afternoon for almost the whole _n-ght . It was bravely stood , and smartly roturcrd by the citizens . Student ?
from tbe Universities of Berlin , Breslau , and Halle , were their leaders . The battalion of Rifles of tht Royal Guard ( consisting chi < fly cf students serving for one year , and of natives of the canton of _Keufchatel ) _j » : deu with the people . Tbeir mHn ' _cTou _^ fire , chiefly directed _sgainst officers in tbe opposite ranks , proved ofthe greatest service to the _cirzecs . The members oft he Berlin shooting clubs ( _Schufzengilden ) —excellent marks-men—also tod : an active part in the conflict . The citiz-. ns were posted in favourable positions , protected by immense barricade ? , and took _deliberate aim from the windows . When powder was _venting , stones , or otker heavy substances were thrown from the roofs .
There was _cossiderable loss on both sides , hut that cf the soldiers was greatest . The number of officers killed or wounded is said to be enormous . _Ivow , a _= s to results . We _Einstnot consider all settled . One thing is cer ' -ain — absolute monarch y is at an end in _Prussia . The blood of the Berlin martyrs will bear its fruits ; it will have suoplied tke baptismal font of a _p-eat revolution . From the Vistula to the llanche we can reckon upon the people having freedom , and the whole of Germany will be as a living barrier against the incursion of the barbarian .
runinrR p . \ niicuiiARS , I have had gieat difficulty in ascertaining the amount of loss on eithei side . I counted 180 , but I am jatt assured tbat 267 bodies were buried to-day , _bssides thase who were buried by their friends . The number of wounded among the citizens is stated at 500 . Tbe troops are said to have lost S 00 killed and as many wounded . This disproportion of killed to wounded of the _mili'ary is accounted for by the fact , tbat the Germans are _excellent shots , and are well acquainted with thc use of the rifle . Numerous instances are related of personal prowess in this respect ; one weuld choose the eye ; another the third button ot the cta , for bringing down his man , and the result was in every case fatally precise . At the old Town Ilall , where the struggle wa 3 terrific , one man is said to have killed _seven'een .
Some idea may be formed of the desperate character of the conflict , when you bear that the women made their flat irons red hot to throw among the so . 'diers _, tbat every possible m ; s ? ile was hurled from the tops of the houses , and that boiling water was copiously supplied for that _purpo 3 e . In one instance in a street through which it was supposed tbe troops would pas ? , the owner of the house had prepared a quantity of vitirol .
LIBERATION OF THE P . _M . ES . The King having granted a full amnesty to all political offender ? , the people proceeded on the morning nf the 20 th to liberate the Poles . _Mit-ro 3 lawski , Dr Licbelt , and others entered an open carriage , which was dra w n by the people from the prisen to the palace . _Microslawski and Liebe't carried colours of thc German empire . The advocates who defended the prisoners at their trial , bore the Poli- h flag , all tho _* _ther liberated prisoners followed on foot . The cortege passed through the _Frcderich-strasse and ' unter den Linden , ' a body of students , with
drawn swords , escorted the _carriage . Doctor Liebeic harangued the people . IIo thanked the inhabitants of Berlin , and expressed bin sympathy for Germany . Mieroslawski said a few words in French . A voice from the crowd shouted out to him , ' If you eee the King , make him give his word of honour not to call in the Russians . ' The windows were thronged with ladies , who threw wreaths of flowers upon them as they passed . In the little street close to tbe palace a workman got into the carriage . He said he was a Pole , and had ' remained concealed at Berlin ever since the last insurrection . He was crowned with laurels . _Mieroslawski embraced him .
The cortege arrived at the palace , the King presented himself on the baleony fer some moments , when Count de Schwerin harangued the people , expressing a hope that the Poles would acknowledge the magnanimity of the King by continuing their attachment to Germany , TVSERAl OP THE _VJCIIM 3 . Berlin , March 24 . —Early thia morning the funeral of these citizens who fell on the 18 t . li and 19 th took place witb peculiar solemnity . All the houses were hung with black cloth , and with the national banner and colours , which were likewise hoisted upon the castle . A notice was issued that the _obsequies of the military would not be distinct from that ofthe burghers , but that no officers or soldiers who followed should arms .
carry " The procesfion set ont at seven o ' clock in the I morning . It was opened by a division of the Schutz _^ rg _ilde and the students , followed by a choir and deputations from the various districts ofthe Burgher Guards , with muffled drums heating the dead march , then followed the funeral cars , decked with novrers and garlands . The number of coffins was 187 They were separated into divisions of ten by banners covered with crape or the national flag . A train 0 . Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy followed immediately after tke immense line of coffins ; the mourners came next , and then all the military officers present in Berlin , and the _Aides-de-Camp of his Majesty , < tc . The Berlin vocal choir , and largo bodies of woikmen and companies , each under the _Kspectiw habeas of its guild , followed _»] an _» _tai 9 rt
interminable train , which was closed by the armed Burgher Guard . The number of persons , all dr « sed I in deep _mourniasr . must have amounted to at least 10 , 000 men . When the solemn cortege arrived at the Palace , each division of coffins halted _beneath the balcony . HU Majesty and the Queen iramediate ' y came out , accompanied by several Aides-de-Camps and the Ministers . A Bolemn funeral chant _, was now sung . The mournful procession then continued ita imp-wine course . AU tbe coffins defiled Blowly befoie the high persons , who steed uncovered for three hours on tha balcony . Tears fell from every eye , and the countenance of the King especially evinced the most intense emotion . An immense grave had been dug in the churchyard of the Invalids , in the form ofa crosf , in the centre of which was raised a platform _fortlusa who tfficiated . Into these four subterranean Btreets the coffins were lowered _sids by si e .
_SXTRAOKDIVAET _DEMOSSTItATION IS BEHLIS . At ten o clock on the 21 st _u _' . t . tli 3 Minister , Count Schwerin , assembled the students in the Aula ( hall of state of the University ) . They entered it in a body , many of them carrying arms in their hands , and were _rrc-ived by Count Schwerin and the Rector , and Prorectnr Mullerand flecker , both of whom wero armed . Count Schwerin addressed the students ne follows : — _GENTLEsiEif , —His Majesty the Kin ? thinks It his dut y to inform you , _vtho have so brilliantly shone in _thes-i davs of glory , of the line of _progreas which ho _proposaB
to follow . It is His Majesty's intention to take tho lead of Constitutional German--. Ho will have liberty and a constitution . Ho will originate and form a German _Parliament , and he will head the progress of tho naiioB , The King relies on the protection ofthe people . Is not this your opinion ? ( ' Yes , yes , ' repeated by a thousand voices . ) The Kiucr , _wearing the Girman colours , will appear in the _streeta of this town . He wishes the _» _tudeuts to Barround him in a body , Qent _' . emen , iaa ) God bless tha German King ! ( Stormy _npplauee . ) _Gentlemer , we are His Majesty ' s responsible ministers , but it i * t , le King who _animates us . HU thought is progreas ! Hithought is liberty ! God bleBs the responsible _ministers !
A student proposed a vivat for Count Schwerin , the friend of the people , and after some words of tho latter , tho students left tho Aula , cheering violently . They are all armed , and form four different corps , which they call by the names of their favourite professors—Dive , Decker , & r . The lecture rooms of the University serve as rooms for _mestinjs and for the armed guard of students . The rector and the professors sent last night a variety of refreshments to the students in charge of the University building . 80 , 000 copies of a national sons ' ( " Vulkslied , ') have been distributed among tbe people , and copies of the same are being sent to other towns of Germany . The King appeared at half-past tm near the winding stairs of the _Palace-yard . His Majesty was on
horseback ; he wore the uniform and helmet of tbe 1 st _resiment of the Guards , with the German colours round his arm . lie was surrounded by the Princes and Ministers , who woro the same colours . Bis Mijesty waa received with , enthusiastic applause . Turning to the people , 'It is , ' said the King , ' no usurpation of mine if I feel called upon to save German liberty and unity . 1 swear , by God , that no Prince shall be dethroned by mc . But German _unitVj and liberty I will preserve . These must be protected by German faith , and grounded on the basis of an upright and truly German constitution . ' This speech wa 3 violently cheered , and so great was the crowd that the King and his party c uld but very slowly proceed . Tbe procession was headed by two generals witn the German colours round their arms . After them came three Ministers , two privates of thc Civic Rifle Brigade , and the Civic Counsel _^* - ' , Mr _Gleicb , who bore the tricoloured German
flag-He was followed by tbe Kme , surrounded by his Prince 3 and generals . Tbe King stopped in the Palace-square tu address the people , and-proceeded next through the streets leading to the Palace . Handkerchiefs were waved from all the windows , accompan ed by loud cheers . The civic guards in charge of the Royal guard house presented arms and the King said , ' I see you here on guard . I have no words to tell you how 1 thank you ; believe i
I am truly proud that it is ray capital where so po . verful en opinion bas _manifested itself . Thia day is a great day . It ought never to be forgotten . It is deei . sive . G . nttcmen , you carry a grand future within you , and when after year * you look _bsek upon your life yon will , I am sure , think of this day . The colours I wear sre not my own ; I do not mean to usurp anything with them ; I want neither another Crown nor another dominion . I viant lihrrty ; X _will have unity in Germany ; I went good ordtr ; I twesr it before God . ( Here tho _Kiue raistd his _rij-ht hand to Heaves ) I have done
notbiDg lutwhathBS often happened in tbo history of _Gtimaty . It hes often teen the case that , when disorder prevailed , mighty princes and dukes have como forward ; that they have taken tha banners in their hands and led the nation . I believe that the hearts of Princes yearn towards me , and the will of the nation supports me . ilaikmr , gentlumen , I ask it of _you—tnkeit down in writing lhat I nill not usurp anything!—that I claim noihing , excipt Gtrman liberty and unity . Tell it to the f tudents of other universities . I am heartily sorry that tbey are not all here in one body \'
Breslau —The disturbances which took place on the 16 th ult ., dnrlnp which a division of the Cuirassiers fell upon the oifending multitude , has had the mest direful consequence . As the general in command lefused to supply the burghers with arms , the district association resolved that every man should arm himself as he best _cc-uld , and _repair at sis ih the evening to an appropriate rendezvous . In the brief space of one hour every gun shop was cleared of its arms . The students had their weapons sharp _, enedby tae knife grinders in Ihe streets , and everybedy put on the black , red , and gold cockade and ribbons . The liberaticn of the _brothers Hoffman , _who were imprisoned for high treason , was forcibl y effected .
_Maech 21 . —The excitement whieh prevailed yesterday increased with the approach of evening , and numbers of workpeople , armed with axes and other weapons , arranged themselves under one banner . They took possession ofthe Lower _Silesian Railway station , _seized the lotter-bags , and demanded information respecting the letters _addressed to the commandant , Count _Brandenbury . This being refused , the dissatisfaction increased . At tbe request of the principal burghers . Edward Count Reishenbaeb , and Sernran , May and Pelez , mechanics ,, wera constituted deputies of the people , and last night issued a _proclamation , which has happily succeeded in allaying the excitement . —Uamwv . qii .
AUSTRIA , Viessa , March 19 . —Fukeeal of the Men who FKti . os the 13 th and lorn . —At twelve o ' clock the whole of the National Guard , including the Corpse ? Students , and the Burgher Aliii' . _ia , assembled for the purpose of paying the last honours to the heroes who fell on the 13 th of March . All Vienna _displajid the most solemn sympathy . The procession , which was immense , was closed by a number of ladies dressed in deep mourning . ; In the midst of this innumerable throng , which proceeded in profound silence , were eight funeral car ? , surrounded by tho comrade . ' , relatives , and friends of the deceased . The corps ot the University and the Burghers , attended the bodies to their last home , in the Sebmfclz _^ _-r Friedhof .
By letter , under date March _22-i J , we learn tbat Prince Metternich had arrived " at the castle of Rheinbeck . His domain , the famous castle of Johannisberg , has been sequestered by the government ofNastau . The cellars are richly stored ; they are put under seal . By letters from Em 3 , we hear that thc Duchess of _Orleanswas living there incomplete privacy . Besides her two sons she had but few persons with her , amongst whom was the Count de Mornay . The Ercperor Ferdinand has published an amnesty liberating a number of political prisoners , which he expects will put an end to everything like popular disaffection in the several states of his empire , including the ' L ' ombardo-Venetian kingdom I " It ia too late !!
Hanover . —Our old friend King Ernest has granted all the concessions demanded of him . The hatred against Russia , and the dread of her interfering to put down popular ir _^ titutions in Germany , were hourly increasing . _Fhankfort-on-the-Maine . —In the sitting ofthe German Diet on the 10 th March , the following propositions were adopted : — The German Diet declare that tbe old Eagle of Germany , with the words' German ' _Csnfederation , ' and the colours ofthe old banner of the empire of _Germany ( black , red , and gold ) , shall be adopted . The arms and colours of the Confederation shall be hoisted over tbe federal fortresses . j
BOHEMIA . Pra g ue , March 20 . —Numerous bodies of tho National Guard are constantly patrolling the streets to preserve the peace ofthe town . Yesterday , a deputation proceeded by special train to Vienna , to urge the immediate necessity of important measures in compliance with the popular will . Although the censorship of the press has been abolished , a National Guard formed and recognised , and , above all , a constitution granted , the people are unanimous in demanding further concessions , and the peace of the country depends wholly on the degree of success which may attend the embassy now sent to the Austrian capital .
ABDICATION OF THE KING OF BAVARIA . The long-expected and twiee-announced abdication of the King ot Bavaria haa at length taken plaee . The abdication of the King is dated 20 th March . King Ludwig , who thus abdicates in favour of his sod , was bora on tiie 23 _lJj August , 17 S 0 , and is in hia
62 nd year . Hc succeeded his father on the 13 ch Oct ., 1825 , and has therefore reigned rather more than twanty-t wo years . The new King , ' Maximilian IL , opened theBavanan Diet on the 22 nd . A few minutes before the arrival of the Kine _, his Queen , Maria , appeared at a tribune above the thnme , accompanied by the Princess _L-iitpoId . We give the following extracts from the King ' s speech : — In order that every r » m . mbrance of former dipsen-Sions may disappear , I have resolved to grant an amnesty for all political offences and transgressions , I have taken _mensurra which shall bo _lepnlly submitted to the States of the kingdom without dolny . They are : —Responsibility ofthe Ministers ; liberty of the pr _. S 8 ; election for tho Chamber of Deputies ; speedy arrangements for the representation of tho palatinate ' - , abolition of ground rents ; and projection of a new legal code .
It is my intention to _ebolish lotteries as far as tho state of the receipts of the kingdom in theso _troublssome times will admit of ; inevtrycase these t 8 C » ipt 8 will be replaced by others in the nrxt budget . I havo likewise commanded a constitutional reform In the administration of tho Landwi . hr , for the purpose of _» ffecting a general armament of the people , in eonformity with tho necessities of tho timon . Tho commotions . of the times and the immense interests of our Fatherland demand a _cloa-r union of all tha Grrman _States . I have lost no timo in _taking measures for concerting the representation of tha people . At tbe Confederation wo havo entered upon a new era In our public life . It is commanded by the spirit which pervades Europe . Let our motto be , 'Liberty and Law . '
The speech has excited great enthusiasm . In numerous German papers patriotic poems are published , with the notification that their appearance hitherto was prevented by the censorship . Saxoxv . _—Theltranquillit y of the city of Dresden was troubled on _theJlSch . The people collected in the streets in great _ntimrers , demanding reform . The National Guwd _endeavoured to restore order and ocoupied the approaches to tbo principal market place , and the _adjoining streots . The circulation over ihe bridges was intercepted by the troops of the " line , and other bodies of the same forco wsre held ready in their barracks incase of need . Notwithatandisg these precautionary and preventive measures , the disturbances were not _altogether appeased . A new ministry was formed , _composed of hi . Braiin _,
fur Justice : Van der Pfordten , for the Interior and Foreign Affairs ; and Georgy , Finance ; some of the appointments are provisional . This new Cabinet has announced that an extraordinary Diet would be convoked for thc 20 th , and that it had agreed witb the King on the following measures . - —Abolition of ths censorship ; a law on the liberty of the _prese , with an abolition of the system of caution-money ; esta blishment of the jury system , and reform in the pro _Ceedinss ofthe _couvisof justice aB far a _3 _reuards publicity and oral evidonce ,- reform ofthe electoral law ; _recognition of the riaht of association ; legal _regulation of ecclesiastical afftirs in a spirit of tolerance and equality ; energetic co-operatio n for a radical reform of the Germanic Diet , with representation of the people , & _3 .
_Tflr . _RISIKG 3 OF TIIE 1 _'BASANTS . The peasants on tbe domains of Prince Hohenlohe . have destroyed several chateaux . In ' one instance they sciz-: d the owner , who had sold them corn at a high price durine the famine of hi ; t year ; they then appointed one of their bndy as judge , while another aoted as clerk ; the landlord waa tried , convicted , found guillty , and sentenced to refund to each peasant the difference between the present price of whoafc _, and the price at which hc sold it ; he was then allowed to depart in peace . Io the Duchy of Baden also tbe peasants have committed some depredations , ' and have burnt and pillaged the houses of Prince Linar / ge ' sagent , and another at Maricnhohe . The pea ? antry are ou ' the move' in tbe neighbourhood of Munster , and they have already destroyed some seignorial residences . Revolutionary circulars are freely distributed throughout Westphalia , and landed proprietors are literally taking steps to ' save their bacon '— i . e . their haniF .
ITALY . THE PAPAL _CONSTITUTION . We have received an pxfcraordinary supplement , or ' flying-sheet" of La Lego- Italiana . of Satutday ( tho 18 ' . h » lt . ) , whieh _contains a formal proclamation of tbe _na . v Roman Fundamental _Consi-kulion by His Holiness Pope Pius IXThe _College of Cardinals _ichasen by the Pope ) is to be constituted a Senate , inseparable from tho same , and two Deliberative Councils for the forma tion of the laws arc to bo established , _consisting of tbe ' High Council' and the ' Council of Deputies ' The judicial tribunate are to bo _independent of the government , and no extraordinary commission court * are ta he in future established . The National Guard is to be considered an institu-ion of the State .
The Pope convokes and prorogues thc Legislative-Chambers , and dissolves the Council of Deputies , being required to convoke a new Chamber within three months , which will be the ordinary duration af the annual session . The sessions are to be public . The _mf-mbersof tho Senate nre to be appointed by the Pope for life , and their number is not limiter _* . The _qualification of a senator is tho age of thirty years , and the plenary exercise of civil and political rights . Tbe Senate will be chosen par preference from the prelates , ecclesiastics , miniBterc , judges , councillors of stats , consistirial lawyers , and tho possessors of an income of 4 , 000 scudi per annum . Tho Pope will appoint the President and VicB Presidents .
The second council will be elective , on the numerical basis of oiie deputy to every 30 , 000 souls . The electors are to consist of thegonfalonieri ( mayors ) , priors , and elders of iho cities a : d __ _commun ? S th . ; possessors of a capital of 300 scudi ; the payers of direct taxes to the amount of twelve scudi per annum ; tbe members of the _colleses of t \ w \ x faculties , and the titular professors of the universities ; the members of the Councils oi Discipline , the advocates and attorneys _practicing in the collegiate tribunals , tbe laureates ad honorem in tho State universities , the members of the Chambers of Commerce , the heads of factoriesand industrial _estiiblis-hments , aDd the heads of scientific societies and public institutions assessed for certain amounts . The qualification of a deputy is the _possesion ofa capi . tal of 3 000 scudi , or tho payment of taxes to the amount of 100 scudi per annum , and the members
of colleges and _professors ofr _^ _universiticf- , < _fce ., will be _eligible ex officio . The i rofe .-sion ofthe Popish _religion is indispensable as a qualification for the exercise of civil and political _rights , li distinct electoral law will regulate the elections of the deputies . The persons of tbe members of both Councils are snored , as far as tbe r votes and speeches are concerned , but it appears that the _privi'eges of freedom from atrest on civil and criminal process are limited to the actual _sissiin aad a month before and after . All laws aid new taxes mu 3 t be sanctioned b y these two councils and assented to by the Pope ; but the Councils are not ta be allowed to propose laws which may _effect ecclesiastical or mixed _i . _ffiirs which may be opposed to the canons and discipline of the church , or which may tend to vary or modify the present statute . They are also forbidden to discuss the ' _religious diplomatic relations' of the Holy See to foreign countries .
The _discussion of financial matters exclusively appertains to the Council of Deputies . The sum or civil list appropriated to the endowment of ths Pope » nd the College of Cardinals , and to ecclesiastical purposes eorerally , as well as to the expenses of the corps diplomatique , the Pontifical Guards , the main _teiianes ot the A po ; tolieal palaces nnd museums , ai . d various other purposes , is fixed at 000 , 000 scudi per annum , ine ! ud _ng a reserve fund for contingencies Tho c . inon . « tribute ? , and duep , amounting to _thennnual sum of 13 000 scudi , are to remain at the entire dispesa ! of the Pope . The Ministers are responsible for thoir action ? , and have a right to speak in both Councils , whether members or not . The session of _£ he Chambers will be suspended by the death of the reigning Pontiff _. but the new Pope must convene them a month after his _elt-ction . The Ministtrs are to be confirmed and replaced by the Sacred _Coll-ge _.
.. REVOLUTION JN LOMBARDY . We announced in our third edition of last weeh that Milan had revolted against Austria . It appears tbat a dreadful insurrection of the Milanese population broke out on the 18 th ult . against the _Austtian government . Thepodesta ( mayor ) , at tke head of the revolted people , presented hirtself at the police office , and tendered to the local authority the following claims : —The abolition oftho police department , its attributions to _derolve on the municipality - , freedom of tho press ; a national guard , _dependent
upon the municipal body ; annullation of the late martial kw , and immediate release of all political offenders ; a provisional regency _; neutrality of Austrian troops , whose subsistence would be meanwhile assured by the Italian nation . These demands having been , of course , rejected , the struggle began ; many streets wtre unpaved ; and we are _assured that the garrison , not being able to re-establish order nnd subordination , retired to the citadel , where they expect reinforcements from various _quarter , in order to operate with a force xi 25 , 000 or 30 , 000 men .
The _Semapaorb ns Marseille *! , of the 23 rd nit ., contains the following : •—At Milan , on tbe 18 : h ult-, the people , armed with sticks , seized on tbe military post at tho Pulaee ofthe Governor , and some ofthe soldiers wero killed , Thetricoloured Italian banner was hoisted on the palace . Ths municipal body nnd thc Archbishop harangued the _vietorious people from the balcony ofthe same palace , but their 6 peeebe ! could not be _heurd in consequence of tho confusion . Barricades were subsequently construct d in the streets leading to the palace , as far ns tho bridge of St _Damions . Tho first carriage that _sorvod to form a barricade was tbat of tbe _Yice-pronidcnt of the government , General O'Donnell . The streets wero ia an instant unpaved . Not a _Bolder was to be seen . _Accord _, ing to the Conoobbia , the people captured the artillery which had been planted In front of the cathedral and palace . The _barrleades were completed during tha night of the J 8 tb , and en the morning of the 19 th , tbe fusillade
and cannonade com moused and continued ti e v . hole day . A Croatian regiment wan partly destroyed by p rojectiles thrown from the windows end roofs of the bouses .
rR 0 GRE 93 OP T ! IB _HEVOLUTION IK _LOMUARnT . The Kins * of Sardinia ' s proclamation , announcing his intention of siding tbe Italians , ia in fact a declaration of war against A _* _igtria . A private letter addressed from Milan to Nsvara , dated tbe 23 i _' d , at noon , says , ' Our holy cause has triumphed ; the God of armies has favoured our enterprise Milan is at leDgth delivered from iis oppressors , 8 . 000 of whom remain prisoners in eur hands ; the swrrd of Radetaky is among eur trophies . The cannonade from the fortress was
suatiincd till four o clock this morning , when unexpectedly the _Austriaas made a sortie . As they issued forth , cur bnwe tirailleurs made a horrible massacre of these Germans . The dragoons , who formerly indicted such havoc on our _people in the streets , are our prisoners ; In the castle , which is in onr hands , we found thero tho correspondence ot Radetsky , whicii throws a curious light upon tho late transactions . The castle is filled with wounded . Bolza and Torrecani , the late Minister of Police , are among our prisonors ; The former attempted to escape with false passports . "
'All Lombardy is up in arms— 'Long live the bravo Milanese !" According to other accounts , whicii have claims to accuracy aud authenticity , tho A . iisti'iana have lett 1 , 000 dead and 4 , 000 prisoners in Milan . Tbe almost impregnable fortress of Mantua bad been feized by the people during the insurrection in that place , favoured by tho defection of about a third ofthe garrison , which consisted if Italian troops . At Mantua the tricoloured Italian flag waa unfurled . Padua , Reg ; no , and Modena , rose as one man . Nothing could repress the enthusiasm of the _Boloynese , who crossed tho frontier , and inarched upon Modena . A _Piedmostese regiment was at _Caategeio .
The Au » tiiin and Russian ministers at Turin had demanded their passports _. The popular risin « s in Parma and Modena have resulted in tht flight of tbo Grand Dukes of those Duchies , which are noir revolutionised . A revolution has take place _in-Piancenza , The _OrisioNE of Turin , publishes the following news from the Kovara _, dated the 19 th ult .: — Milan ia insurged , _and in n state of siege . The gates aro closed , and the battle rages within . Tho people have made themselves masters of five pieces of cannon , and the _n-pott of artillery was heard up to eleven o ' clock last night . Five thousand Loiuollines are on their way to Milan to assist _thvir brethren . The same journal _adila , 'At half-past Bis , p . m ., wo learn that the (
jovernimnt ie in the hands of the Mil _& nese ; Casat ib president , nnd the tricolour waves on the Oovernmtnt Palace . Yesterday all the functionaries bud _nbondoned Milnn . Tho centre of the movement was in the Croletto . The gondarmcry and firemen fraternised with tbe people . Tho Hungarians hava shown _themBtlvas friendly to the people whe cried , 'Viva lUvghem . ' The cannonading of tho Castle began yesterday at tive and lasted till eleven p . m . All the public edifices are in tho hands of tho peopio . The Comasina , _Yultol . lina , snd Bergamo , ara said at this moment to be in open insurrection . It is said , also , that the Swiss corps francs have crossed tho frontier , and that the Viceroy has
bean made prisoner near Bre 3 ? ia by a _buttalion of Italian _grenaOAerB . We learn from _Tijevano t _* a » t tlio Hungarian cavalry took part with tho Milanese ; for , _having received orders to prevent the entrauco of ths country _psople , tbey allowed tbem to enter In _shoais . _Last night , at eight , all the tocsins of the villages on tbe Picdmonteso frontier were _sounding tho alarm . Tho insurrection is general at this moment throughout the _Lombardo-Viine tian hingdom . Other totters confirm that the viceroyul palace it in the bands of the people , and that the papers , furniture , & c . had boen thrown into tho court to ba burnt . Tho _Guwds , who had tried to resist , had been massaored or dispersed . '
According to tho Turin journals of the 22 nd , the _fiJiJing between tho people of Milan and the Austrian troops had continued during tho days of the 19 : h , 20 th , and 2 bt . Tho people had at _< _aat obtained possession of all the principal points o f the town , and were , when tka last accounts Mt , engaotd m -v . - _tackinu the castle . The same journals also iinnoiince that Modena had risen , and tbat Parma r > nd Piacenza were in full insurrection . The following aro the details given : — On the 19 . h _fighting was still going on , the people being principally engaged in _endeavouring to _reduce the casile , which was supposed to contain _aboai 8 , 000 or 0 , 000 men . The inhabitants were in great want of atamunitiop , though a certain supply had bieii sent from _Jlovara ; thsy _possessed not less than 00 , 000 muskets .
B . idles of _peasants were flocking in from tho neighbouring towns and villages . At the abovo date Pavia hud not risen . A parly of Austrian cavalry and Hungarian artillerymen , oh their way from Puna to Milau , with six pieces of cannon , wero attacked by tho people at Blnasco , and tho cannon t » kon . The Austrians flod , but the Hungarians cried 'Vival'ItaliaV Thepartyfrom Binasco then proceeded to Milan , and wero joined on their way by several thousand men frem Lomclly , armed by Count LUta andthe _Maicfuia of Erha , On _entering the city , they _fi-und the people in possession of sis pieces of cannon , which they had taken from tho Austrians ou the Viazzi del Daomo ; t _'« o fi _frutinsr was going on in tbe streets , and great number * ncro constantly arriving to aid the people , but reinforcements wore also coming in . to thi other party , _Tao thousand _Gceocso were c-n thtir way to Milan .
A body of Swiss had forced tho Porta Comasina . and dislodged tho _Ausfrlans from that post . They had brought ammunition and provisions , and wero proceeding to join in tbo attack on the caBtlo , The chiefs of tbo movement , at Jlilan , are thc following persons , who have constitutad thcrasolves a provisional government ; _—Cusati , tho podesta ; _Bagglero Settimn , of Milan ; ItoBsi , of Alessandria ; Delia Croc <) , of Yigevano ; and _Guiseppe Avogadro , On the 20 th ult . tho troops had sucecedod in driving
tho people from the Broletto , which had been up to that time the centre of ihe movement at Milan ; but on the morning of tho 21 st ult ., tho insurgents bad regained their ground , and forced tho troopa to take refuge in the castle . _Itadelzky then offered to treat with the provisional government , but received a decided negative , on any terms but unconditional surrender . The people bad at lost gained possession ofthe powder magoz ' no . Th . y had succeeded ia placing a piece of cannon on the tower of San _Celso , The magnificent marblo spire of the dome is in ruins ,
Tho inhabitants of Bergamo and Brescia had driven ont their garrisons , and were matching on Milan , General O'Donnell had been rsado prisoner by the people . Tho intelligence of tbe arrsat of tho viceroy at Brescia was gaining ground _.
1 _UATEU AND IMPORTANT . Twenty-one thousand volunteers , with arms and ammunition , had arrived from Rome , Tuscany , Sardinia , Genoa , atd Switzerland . Pavia and Raggio had brohen out into open insurrection .
INTERFERENCE OF SARDINIA IN FAVOUR OF TUE ITALIANS . Letters frora Paris reoeived in L ondon on Tuesday morning by extraordinary express , announce the entry of the _Fiedmoatese troopa into the _Lumbardo-Venetian territory . EVACUATION OF MILAN BY THE AUSTRIANS _.-ENIRY OF TIIE SARDINIAN TROOPS . Theentry of tho Picdmontese troops into Lombardy is fully confirmed . . _, It appears that tho _AiiBtrians retired at their approach , and finally evacuated Milan , whieh the _Piedmontese entered , under the command of the Duke of Gen . a . Tho Austrians retired upon Mantua .
La Lio \ Itauava of tho 22 ad ult ., which wo have just received from Genoa , makes the foUowing _. _triumpbant announcement : — - Milan is in the hands of the people , and the Austrians occupy the suburbs without the city . ' Volunteer corps wero marching to the assistance of the Lombards from all parts ot theSardinian territories _# , he greatest sacrifices being cheerfully made by the ardent youths , who are prepared to shed their life-blood for the emancipation of Italy . . Free corps , organised in Switzerland , are pouring in fram all parts , to assist in the expulsion of the _detected Austrians from the Italian peninsula . COO students of Pisa , and 3 , 000 men of Placentia , were _arming for the same expedition .
On the 20 th Mantua was in the hands of the people . The Austrian General was arrested , and the troops retired into a small fort . In the whole country from Bergamo , Lecco , Menaggio , and Paltzzo , the insurrection was complete . We have accounts frora Como to the 22 nd , which state that the struggle waa over , The barraoks of St Francisco had surrendered to the inhabitants , who immediately tock arms and proceeded to Milan . At Lecco tbe troops bad surrendered without loss of blood , and all the cities , from Vtrona and Mantua to Lecco , had signally defeated tho Austrian garrisons . One hundred and fifty Italian soldiers , including four officers , deserted the foreign service , and joined their fellow-countrymen .
BELGIUM . iiThe correspondent of the Cnwiicm says . — In some of my late letters I mentioned that a formidable movement w & b apparent among the Belgians re . _sident In Paris , thatthe walls of the metropolis were covered with placards from the Belgian Republicans , and that a meeting had taken plaee In the Champs _ElyEess , for the avowed purpose of organising a body of mtn who would proceed to the _frontier , and , if possible , penetrate into B » Igium and rouse their countrymen against the established monarchy . On Thursday and Friday evening large bodies of the _Revolutionists loft hero by tho Northern Railway for tho frontiers of Bel . _gium . During the day they had shown themselves In all parts of PariB . They paradod tho streets with flags displayed , and drums beating , aa if to attrnot reeruits . In the evening- ihty proceeded to the railway station jn regular procession , and with their officorB at their head , moot of them being armed . Atthe station a large crowd assembled to witness ihe _scono , who cheered them
on their way , ahoared for t-hs suet-ess' of the Bdghn _Ka . publl _* , and forced the _inhabitaa-s of tue streets in tho neig hbourhood efthe railway nation to illuminate . I am not able to give tho number oi th » ao now , but it must havo bean very considerable ; for , on _« ach day , they filed several trains . _Yosterday morning , another large body took its doparturo by th * railway for the same _deRt ' matlon , and with the B & _ma object ¦ tba only differ _, cneo being , that this second p & rly was not armed , with the _esoaption of their offiocrs . To show how _littleconcealment was made about tho _whols matter , I need only mention thnt on the placards nnd ( lags wore tho words Vine la _ItcpuUique Beige ; and that their ordinary shouts wero , A baa Leopold , A bus Louis Philippe , A basle gendre : and that these flags , _thsse placards , and these cries , were to bo heard ia every part of this capital during the last two days .
March 26 th . —On Tuesday last , the commissioners of tha French provisional _government in tho Department f iuNord , M . Delesclase , formerly editor of the Jor / _RNAS ns CnABiEK , t , in Belgium , and _afcorivards of a _Valcncionnos paper , arrived front _Lills quite unexpectedly at _Guievraia , _& nd exposed to the B-. _lgian authorities tho designs of the so called _Belgian Legion . Tho Belgian authorities were _nlsoawsre of tbe Intentions of the legion . A regiment of infantry and a strong detachment of cavalry were sent to Guisvrain , and wera joined by ten or twelve thousand _armsd peasants , who long before had informed the government of their intention to _reuist the invasion of the legion , and who , about
a _fortnight ago , weie to be setn patrolling through tho fields . The chiefs of the logion had arranged thatthe trains should stop at Valenciennes , the last town on the French territory , irom which they would enter Belgium on foot , by cross roads , intending to incite tbe fortress of _Jlons , and tho other garrisoned places on tbeir route to the capital . Their hope wag _frustrated . The three first _traios , containing about l 200 to 1 , 500 men , instead of stopping at _Valenciennes , proceedid directly into GuUvr » iri , notwiit . h & tarjding tho crie _^ and _curce 3 ofth e legion . As soon as the trains enmo iu view of the Belgian soldlary , about a hundred people jumped from the _H-flggOUS .
The train ran directly into tho Cuievrain station , _around whioh the troopa Und formed a square , behind which the _armod peasantry wero stationed . They closed as soon as the trains had _cniertd . Tho nrmy of Republicans , half froz ; n and hungered fr om having travelled all night , stepped from the trains , and were _reeehedby the gendarmes , who txamined their passports one by ono . About ninety Frenchmen and Germans were sent back to France by the waggons which had brought them . Those whose _pasipons wero not in duo form , or who had _nong , were brought by tho polica to tho next town ,
where they remained in custody . Four of them had arms In the waggons wero _fouivl cartridges / pistols , _sabi-es , proclamations , and a _banner with tho inscription , ' Appel aus BtlgfcO . ' Yestf _i-. _* 3 _j- , at noon , a second truin-arriTed at _Yalencionneit , wi ; h about 800 men , eom « maudod by a 5 f . Julius Fosses , « ho is well known to many of the English residents iu _Belgium . On _learning what had happened in the morning to the other trains , ho declared that ho would await tho following trains before entering Belgium , _Otbfr trains , it is said , aro _ezp-. _otcd on another lino of railway , via Lille . The same precautionary measures have been taken there .
The president of the Domcera ! ie society in Ghent , an advocate of the name of S pUtehorn , has been arrested in Courtray , on hid return from Pari ? . Charges of high treascn are , it is said , to ba brought against him . Another lawyer , a M . Janpin , was al 3 o arrested , but set at liberty again . He went to Liile , where lie will await a better opportunity _forentjiingUelgium . The detachments of _thefDslgian Legion contained in the oucceeding trains escaped the fate of their comrades . The trains stopped at _Valenciennes ; snd about 3 , 000 of the Republican forces are at present distributed in the French villages waiting for a favourable moment to cross the _frontier . A slight disturbance took place on Sunday evening in Brussels . Several _pe _.-sotii wore arrested . HOLLAND .
On Friday a _serioiiB disturbance took place in Amsterdam , originally provoke ;! by the convention of a public meeting in the Place du _Paluis , for the dis _. cussiou of certaia grievances complained of by the working classes . The government had issued a proslamation against the meeting , but without avail —the Uivic Guard wa 3 called tue and succeeded ia partially restoring order , but at eight o ' clock in the evening , the hour of post , the greatest uneasiness still prevailed .
DENMARK _, cruxes of _Mwisrnr at _coteotagAiY . — _PROVlsiONili _GOVERXME . _NT I . N IIOLSTEIS . By the Hamburg _BoRSEX-ilAiiLE , « . f the 24 th ult ., we have news trom Kiel to the 21 th , and from Copenhagen to the 21 st . The arrival of tha _Sohleswig-IIolstein deputation in Copenhagan excited au intense seusatiai _.- . On the 20 th a meeting of citizens w _^ s held in thc Casine , snd addressed by M . _Enidt , councillor of state . Theresnlfa was an address to the lung to dismiss his ministers , and t ' ae _adoption of resolutions for the guidance of new ministry . The resolutions declared that tha lung had a right to retain tho German provinces ia subjection to his crown by forte , and thatthe Danish
people cannot consent ie this separation ; thatthe Danish peopio pledge _themselves to _co-operate ia maintaining the union ; that an incorporating po « h ' _-ieal union of the D . inisii and German provinces is indispensable . Thc resolutions passed unanw mously . Between 10 , 000 and 12 , 000 citizens accompanied the bearer of the address to the palace . Tha old ministry was forth _nricb dismissed , with the solitary exception of M . Bardenfl _: th . Before this news reached achleswig , on the 23 rd ult ., the King of Prussia s proclamation , in which allusion is _mada to separated territories inhabited by Germans wha may wish to be _re-incorporated into the Germanic confederation had hetn received . The municipal council forthwith voted 7 , 000 dollars to arm the _citizjiis : and , on the 2-ltb , a comm / _us _' ton for eight hundred firelocks , was sent to Hamburg . Tha town was illuminated on the night ofthe 23 rd The deputation to Copenhagen reached Kiel , on ita
return , on the afternoon of the 23 rd ult ., with the news of what had occurred ia that capital . In the course of the afternoon a provisional government : wa 3 appointed , consisting of Prince Frederick of _Augusunburg-Noer ; Count itevontlow , of Treota ; M . _Beseler , ot _Schleswig ; and M . T . Schmidt , o £ Kiel . It wis proclaimed at _^ midnight . Tha military joined the people , and the commandantplaced 150 firelocks at thc disposal of the provisional government , On tho morning of the 24 th , a detachment of troops was sent to Rendsburg , where they found the German fi -g already waving . Afc Rendsburg , Eckerfende and _Gluckstftdti as at KW , ihe soldiers joined the people . At Altona , oaths 24 th , a meeting of the citizens , 'held in the rid . ing school , acknowledged the _provisional government . In the morning of the 2-ish a Danish courier passe . l through Aitona , charged to carry first to Ha _« novel-, aBd then to Bariin , a request for military assistance from the King of Denmark .
_Uajibubb _, March 25 , _—Ilolatein has declared it * self independent of Denmark . The King of Prussia haa approved the declaration , and haa promised to support it to the ntraoBt of his power , Flswoub , March 22 . —Both . ' at Copenhagen and at our castle active pre _•_ -au \ tions for war are being made .
SWEDEN . Thc French revolution has produced upon Sweden tho wonderfully effect inatautane » u ? ly of reminding her government of the wishes of that people . Ilis _Majesty has summoned the members of tho 1 Constitutional Committee . - ' , ' ' and has expressed io th «; i his urgent desiro that they would immediately eloborate a constitutional project , which should do equal justice to all , and satisfy the reasonable demands of the nation .
ItUSSIA , HEP . lBTEn _ATTSMPI TO SHOOT THE TI ' _ttANT _KtCHOLiS . ' The Aix-Li-CnAPELLE GiZETTE says that a private letttr irern St Petersburg !! of the 10 th states that the greatest confusion prevails in the city , that the Emperor was shot at in the street , and that the ball p ierced his hat . His Majest y immediately returned to tbe palace , and adopted the moat menacing measures of defenoe against the city .
POLAND RISING . —WAR AGAINST RUSSIA Poland is to rise like a pliocnix from her ashes- * we make no rash conjectures , we quote one of the _leading journals ofthe Prussian kingdom , the Cologne _GiZMiK , a journal wbich _has ever advocated the welfare oi Germany . _Ifcsays : — If wa look carefully at our position towards foreign _statos nothing Is move certain than lhat- wo shall shortly be in open war with ltussia . One month hence , at the latest , we must bo in the field , The will of tbe German people hss pronounced itself ia favour of tbe _ra-establiBhment of Poland . Prussia will havo to give up a portion of her _territory to attain the great object—* an intermediate kingdom between Germany and Russia . This movement has already commenced , A provisional committco has already been formed at PoBen for the regencratlou of Poland , with the sanction of the Prussian authorities .
POLAND . Posen Maroh 20 . —All the shops are closed . Tha Poles have published a proclamation , andthe Polish flag wares in the bazaar , Aa yet the military havo taken no steps . The whole of Posen and its environs ia In a state of excitement . The _uisiutbaucea _ave increasing , and the _baaaaf is densely thronged . The troops aro _bivouacking and the artillery has armed ,
If Prussfa i 3 to make o sacrifice of territory , it most be understood that it does so with ths _certainty of attaining tho desired object . Posen must not bo given up with a chance of its falling into tne hands of Russia _^ PrusBia and Germany cannot remain _Btrangers to the _Russian-Polish war , Tho words in the royal proclamation of the 31 st of March , recommending a federate army and an armed _neutrality , aro equivalent to a call to _avms , This is plain language , unadorned by rhetorical _effimons . but speaking to the point ; and , it we ara tcKit £ i _Bkeslau Gazette , 150 . 000 _RmiMim already close upon the Polish frontier .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01041848/page/7/
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