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FRANCE . THE ELECTIONS . THE AKJlr _VC-TUTU FOR THE _SOCIALISTS ! ! ! Paris , Sukd ay . —To-day the elections have commenced here and in the department of the Seine generally and everything is perfectly quiet and orderly . ' La Liberie / a Bnonapart 1 st journal , announces that an immense majority of the army voted for Socialist candidalp . s .
( From Tuesday ' s * Chronicle . ' ) The Socialists and ultra-Republicans are voting for the list of Red candidates with extraordinary unanimity . The list of candidates issued under the auspices of the committee of the Hue de Poitiers , and the oiher committees which have raited with that committee in recommending candidates , are torn by the CluhbistS and ouvriers wherever they can lay their hands upon them , and some of tha streets are literallv strewed with them . Sergeant Boichot , of the 7 th ' Light Infantry , whom the government
lias had tbe folly to incarcerate at "Vincennes , because lie was brought forward as a candidate by the Socialists , is getting a vast number of votes , and the impression is that he -will be returned . In voting for him the electors declare that they are protesting against what tbey call the imperial demonstrations recently made by General Changarnier , and his im--prudent conflicts with the National Assembly . On the whole , the impression here to-day is tbat success in the elections will fall generally upon the moderate Republicans , with an infusion of the Socialists .
With respect lo the army , the opinion is that it -will show a stronger preponderance towards the Republicans than was at all looked for . This is attributed to tbe arrest of Sergeant Boichot . I have already told you that the votes of the garrison of Paris were Iu favour of the Socialists . The' Peuple ' of to-day gives the result of the votes in the garrison of St . Omer , where there are forty-eight soldiers who are natives of the department of the Seine , aud who consequently vote for Paris . Oat of these votes , Boichot is at the head of the list ; but the numbers , either _because they are suppressed , or from an error in the impression , are not given . The
second on the list is M . _Ledrn-RoUin with forty Totes : Then follows Felix Pyat , thirty . eight ; Bac ( Th . )" . thirty-eight ; Lamennais , thirty-seven ; Considera-. it , thirty-six ; Lagrange , thirty-six ; Pierre leroux , thirty-six ; Proudhon , thirty-six ; Ratier ( Ed . ) _, ihirtv-six ; Savary , thirty-six } Thoie _, thirtysix ; Greppo , thirty-five ; Herve , thirty-five ; Madier de Mr . mjau , thirty-five , & c- General Cavaignac has only thirteen votes ; GeneralLamoriciere , thirteen ; M . Dafaure , nine ; M . Lamsrtine , seven ; M . Odilon Barrot , five ; _U , Leon _Gaucher , three ; General Changarnier , one ; Jerome Napoleon , one ; M . Thiers , one .
The'National' says that letters from Perpignan announce that eighty soldiers of that garrison belonging to the department of the Gironde , have voted for Ledru Rollin . The * National' also states that letters : from Algeria mention that the soldiers have voted for the candidates of the Extreme Left . It also adds that the ballot was suspended in some regiments that had voted in a sense displeasing to the superior _effice-s . Thi Socialist papers complain that 300 soldiers cf thi 14 th Li ght Infantry have been prevented from _vott -g , in consequence of their _determination to vote for _Socialist candidates .
Tae - National' complains that the government ha * _prevented a great portion of the army from TO ing , and disenfranchised the Garde Mobile altogether . Paris , Monday . —The elections are proceeding to-day with the same calmness as yesterday , and there are contrary opinions as to the result . It is said thai M . M . Ledru Rollin , Lagrange , and Sergeant Boichot are sure to be elected for Paris . M . _Proudhon and M . Pierre Leroux have also a good _chance .
The accounts received from the departments state that there the elections are also passing without disturbance , bnt that the Socialists are likely to return mare numbers in the southern departments than was at first expected . One of the representatives ofthe department of the Drome ( a republican ) , who arrived in Paris this morning , states that he went io his department for the purpose of looking after his election interests , where he considered himself sure of success , bnt that on his arrival he found the Socialists so strong that all hope was at an end * The Socialists , having discovered that he was at Valence , the capital of the department , attached the house where he was living , and he had the greatest difficulty in escaping . Similar accounts arrive from several other departments . It is said that M . Annand Marrast will not be returned either for Paris or his own department .
Tivo soldiers of the _49 th Regiment cf the Line , 5 n garrison _atCbsdons-sur-Saone , were placed under arrest for soma breach of military discipline , when about 400 of their comrades went about the streets , showing 'The la Scpullique Democratigue et Sociale . ' The rioters were subsequently transferred to Bourcaneuf . The majority of the 45 th Regiment of the Line , in garrison at Bordeaux , have voted for the Socialist candidates . The ' Estaffette' publishes the following returns
of the vot- s given to the Socialists by the 30 th Regiment of the line , in garrison in Paris—997 votes : — Theodore Bac , 459 ; Boichot , 981 ; Cabet , 519 ; Charrassin , 662 ; Considerant _, 449 ; D'AIton Shee , 577 ; Demay , 498 ; Genider , 497 ; Greppo , 487 : Herri , 698 j Ilizav , 849 ; Lagrange . 429 ; Lamennais . 429 ; Langlois , 492 ; Lebon _, 799 ; Ledru Rollin , 807 ; Pierre Leroux , 798 ; Malarmet , 349 ; Montague , 795 ; Pend ' igueri . 799 ; Prondhon , 787 ; Pyet , 749 ; Battier , - "" 59 j Ribeyrolles , 559 ; Savay , 707 ; Thore , 5 b 7 ; VJdal , 671 .
The following are the votes given to the Socialist candidates by the 28 th Regiment of the Line , garrisoned in Rouen : —Theodore Bac , 97 ; Boichot , ex-Eergeant , 105 ; Cabet , 90 ; Charrassin , 96 ; "Victo Con-Sider _. int , 78 ; D'AIton Shee , 101 ; Demay , 101 ; Genider , 95 ; Greppo , 95 ; Hervi ; 95 ; Hizay , 96 ; Lagrange , 100 ; Lamennais , 103 ; Langlois , 93 ; Xebon , 94 ; Ledru Rollin , 101 ; Pierre Leroux , 91 ; _IMadierde Mnntian , 96 ; MaL-rmet , 97 ; Montague , 93 ; Prediguier , 95 ; Proudhon , 93 ; Pyat , 93 ; 3 Rnttier , 103 ; Ribeyrolles , 94 ; Savay , 96 ; Thore , 98 ; Vidal _, 98 .
More Persecution . —M . Madier de Montian , the younger , a Socialist barrister , was sentenced on "Wednesday by the Court of Police _CorrecttonneUe of Paris to six months' imprisonment , and to pay a fine of 100 francs for having violently resisted a magistrate in the execution of his duty at an electoral meeting . A Second Lieutenant of the 8 th Legion of the National Guard of Paris was sentenced on "Wednesday by court-martial to ten years' imprisonment for having joined in the insurrection of June . 3 f . _Dacbene , tbe editor of the ultra-democratic paper , 'Le People , ' was arrested on Saturday , in fulfilment of divers judgments against him , involving , in all , five years ' imprisonment and 12 , 000 francs fine .
PBOGRESS OF _SOCIALIS-U TH THIS AuMY . —A letter from Bordeaux , of the 11 th inst ., states that a lieutenant of the Garde Mobile , in garrison in that city , having at a Socialist banquet cried 'Vive la Republique _Democratique et Sociale / was placed Tinder arrest . Some privates of his company having made an attempt to rescue him , were imprisoned . The remainder ofthe battalion raised the most seditious cries , and it became necessary for the Prefect to proceed to their barracks at the head of five companies of tbe 45 th Regiment of the line and the General commanding the division to reduce the battalion of Mobiles to obedience .
Twenty privates of the 18 th Regiment of the Line , in garrison in Paris , were marched from the capital at an early hour on Sunday morning last , in consequence of their well-known Socialist p rinciples . A second detachment was under orders to march on Honday for a similar reason . At Chalons-sur-Saone , on the 11 th inst , the garrison made a grand Socialist demonstration . '; All the soldiers and _oflicerg paraded the streets , crying out 'Vive la Republique Democratique et Sociale / They then went to their barracks , forced open the gate which had been shut , and liberated some of their comrades , who had been incarcerated for political causes .
At _Bom-ges , whfre some officers cf the 42 nd took _ttrepart ofthe accused there , seven officers ofthat regiment have heen placed on the retiring list . Regiments who were about to vote in a hostile sense are said fr » have heen stopped ia the exercise of the right _laTfiSledittihem . ¦ - ¦ ¦••
X . EOX _FAVJCHE & KICKED OUT ! In the Assembly on Monday there was more confusion _^ and uproar than has been known for a long time . M . llaillard questioned ministers as to a telegraphic despatch addressed to the . prefects by the Minister of the Interior . This despatch announced theresult ef the vote of Friday ; the names of the representatives who had voted against tie order of the day being given , M . Maillard ,
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amidst a great uproar , compared these to . _Jh . E famous electoral _bulletins which bad been disavowed ; and asked was there not a connexion between those bulletins and the * ' telegrapbic despatches he
had mentioned . ' .-j _i - The Minister of the Interior said be bad only performed an imperious duty by acting as : he bad done . It was ; of the u tmost necessity to remove the anxiety which had been felt in the de-P Marquis read a letter from Beauvais ,. stating that he had beenannouucea _" , in a letter _witfen thzther as having voted for , when he had in truth voted _against , the order , of the day . M . Faucher again explained ; " upbffwhich M . Lagrange ascended the tribune , and said that , according to the arrangement made bv the Minister of the Interior , the Garde Mobile would be unable to vote . It was , he said , upon a body on which they had showered _praiSfiS that they now cast this affront . But they had done more ;
they had dared to say that , but for the vote of Friday , the scenes of June would have been renewed . " It is you , " continued M . Lagrange , —** you , who foment disorders . " _(* ' Bravo , bravo , " and great tumult , which lasted some time . ) M . Goudchaux got up'to complain of the despatches sent by the Minister of the Interior into the department of fheYonne , and read a letter which Stated that in all the departments the electoral cause had heen lost to the opposition by this manoeuvre . He called npon the Assembly to put in force against the ministry the article of the constitution which punishes with imprisonment for a month , and a fine of 2 , 000 f ., all those who have fraudulently manoeuvred to influence the election .
An ordre dujour motive in that sense was then proposed . A Voice— "What , has the government nothing to say ? The Minister of the Interior again rose to explain , but was scarcely heard amidst the noise of cross questions that succeeded each other . M . Baraguay d'Hilliers proposed the simple order ofthe day . After some further discussions the Assembly proceeded to vote ou M . Maillard ' s proposal , which was thus worded ; " The _National Assembly , blaming the despatch of the 12 ih of May addressed by the Minister of the Interior to the prefects , passes to ' the order of the day . " The result was for , the proposition 519 ; against its !!!
The Moniteur announces that at the rising of the Assembly the Minister of the Interior placed his resignation in the hands of tha President of the Republic . .
CENTRAL GERMANY . In the sitting of the German Parliament , of the 10 th instant , a letter was read from the President of the _Regent ' s Cabinet , Baron Gagera _, informing the house that the Cabinet had submitted a programme to the approval ofhis highness the Regent , pointing ont the measures which the Cabinet advised with respect to the disturbances which , had been occasioned by the attempted execution ofthe _constitution ; that the Regent had objected to the programme , and that the members of the Cabinet had , consequently , resigned . After an animated debate , in which a motion was made to send a deputation to the Regent , the following resolutions were moved * by M . Reden , and adopted hy the ' Assembly , with a majority of fortyone votes : — ¦ •' - ' --
¦ Wh ereas the resolutions of this house , ofthe 28 th of A pril" and the 4 th of ; May "instant , claim the _let » al co-operation ofthe people for the execution of the constitution . of the empire , and this house having in the said resolution summoned the Governments , the Legislative Assemblies , the districts of the individual states , - and the whole of the German people to assist in effectuating the constitution ; and Whereas the resistance of certain governments against-the constitution , and against the sympathies of the German people for the same , has , in some parts of Germany , led to . attempts at forcible oppression ; and considering the effect of such measures ,
which , equally reprehensible with anarchical movements , have disturbed the peace of the empire , and threaten still further to disturb it ; and considering the provisions of the law of the 8 : h of June , 1848 , by which the Regent alone is entitled and bound to preserve the said peace ; and , finally , whereas the provisional Central .. Power is legally entitled to the executive in all affairs concerning tbe safety and welfare of the German Federal States , and to the ebi » f command of the whole ofthe armed power , ' and legally bound to use every means within the said limits to preserve or restore the peace of the empire ;' —the German Parliament resolves , viz .:
—4 The gross violation of the peace of the empire of which the Prussian Government has been guilty by its unauthorised interference in the kingdom of Saxony shall he repressed hy all available means . ' Public tranquillity and safety shall he preserved , hut the endeavours of the people and their representatives to execute the constitution of the empire shall be protected against constraint and op . pression / It was next resolved to send a deputation to the Regent to urge him to form a Cabinet which would undertake to execute the above resolutions . The deputies returned after a short absence- and made a report , from which it appeared that the Archduke had received them with something like a _snetr , and that his reply to their petition was both curt and evasive . The house resolved to refer this report to the Committee df Safety .
The Congress of the German political clubs terminated its labours at Frankfort on the 8 th instant , by issuing two proclamations , one to the German nation and the other to the German army . The former sets forth that the moment has arrived in which life and property must be risked for the freedom of fatherland ; that the constitution voted by the representatives of the people had been disowned by rebellious governments , and that all persons should arm in defence of it . The latter proclamation asserts that the more powerful princes of Germany are rebels tothe will and to the law of the nation , and are endeavouring to make German soldiers participate in the rebellion , and fig ht in the cause of Russian despotism . - -
FRANKFORT , Mat 12 . —Vice-President Reh opened the sitting of the German National Assembly at half-past nine , a . m . An address from Nuernberg was read , declaring adherence to that body . The members then proceeded to the election of a preaident , when the choice fell , on Reh from Darmstadt . The President , Reh , then expressed the conviction that now more than ever it is the imperious dHty of all to resist the two enemies of Germauy , ' reaction and anarchy' ( at this latter word hisses from the left . ) Several motions were rejected or withdrawn ; on the other hand , that of Backhaus was carried by 163 votes against 142 ; two declining voting . It is as follows : —« ¦ -
• The Imperial Assembly resolves : —1 . That the collective armed power of Germany , inclusive of the Landwehr and the National Guard , te solemnly to bs sworn to the constitution a 3 ' finally decreed . ' 2 . The temporary central poweris summoned to execute without delay what is requisite thereto , in so far as the proper steps havenot as yet been taken spontaneously b y the individual states . '
PURE MILITARY TYRANNY ESTABLISHED IN PRUSSIA . Rerun , May 11 . — -The despotic { humour of the government ia looking daily more serious , and pregnant with more dismal results . ' Their ' Staats-Anzeiger * last night-proclaimed _theocfroymenf of a law , which places the whole of Prussia in the hands of the military force . To give an idea df the reach of tbis ordinance , it suffices to quote a single article . The highest military authority , in a district is
empowered on his own responsibility , not only to declare tbat district in a state of siege , but to suspend all the main liberties of the subject , such as inviolability of domicile / freedom ef the press , right of assembly and so forth . Therefore- while / this decree has the virtue ' of law , difference , between Prussia and Turkey is purely geographical ; for , politically ! no Turkish Pacha has a more extensive privilege than is here assigned to the chief moustache of-a Prussian district .
SUPPRESSION OF THE SAXON INSURREC-: : - _^ Tim . _7 ., ;; . / v '; _.- _., The combat in the streets of Dresden lasted all day long on the 7 th » The 'roops gained some considerable advantages in the afternoon of that day , for when they were almoBt overcome with fatigue , and on the " point of retreating" from the attacks of the insurgents , they were reinforced by a fresh battalion of Prussian Grenadiers , who continued the engagement _pAl factory near the Zwingerm » then taken by a detachment of the Saxon troops , while the corner house of the _Ostra-alleywas carried by
the Prussian Fusiliers , of which the Tirailleurs _advanced to the booths behind'the General Post _, office . On ' the left wing of the battle the military acquired possession ' , of the Neumarkt , the Frautengassp _, the Mbritzstrasse , arid of Pirna and Rampestreet , whilei there ' iwas a deal , of smart skirmishing on the promenade , _^ . near : the _v shambles and near . _\ h & _Gewaadhins . . The _hottcit combat took place near . the ; . Hotel de Saxe and the Hotel de Rome , _i and ' oh' the _-- Neniaarkt _^ at -the entrance of f the ; : _Morite-gasse _^ i Thef artiilery
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operated here , and was followed up by a bayonet charge of Prussian and Saxish battalions . The loss of -tiie troops- , was . comparativel y small . Their strength was _re-inforcen in the morning oi tbe 8 tb by another battalion of Prussian foot . Dresden-, May 9—After a dreadful night , in which people have been shaken up out of their sleep by the tolling of the deep bells from the church towers over the river , with alarms of fire , and _Inconstant discharges of cannon and musketry , at ten o ' clock this morning we hear that the soldiers have won'the town . The firing stopped at half-past nine . - ~ ~
The greater part of the insurgents , and with them the triumvirate of the provisional government , have escaped . Their last hold in the town was the large square of- the old market ; and from thence they made good their retreat early this morning through the Friberg gate towards that town , seven leagues on the S . W ., dispersing the pickets of cavalry , which were posted to intercept fugitives . Friberg furnished the insurgent cause with many of its sturdiest adherents , sending a volunteer corps of excellent marksmen to the aid of the citizens . Dresden , and the country about for twelve miles , has been declared under martial law . General Yon Schirodingis appointed military commanderin-r-hief .
The Austrian colonel , Prince ef _Sehwarzburg-Radolstadt , was murdered , with his servant , by the Prussians , who stormed the Hotel de Rome . They were both despatched by bayonets . - May 10 . —This morning I returned to the Altstadt . Crowds of the curious were wandering through the ruined streets . Among these were many faces pale with emotion , and streaming with tears . Along the Ostra alley the lime trees were shattered by _12-pounders , and some stretched their leafy ruin across the street . Biers were continuall y meeting one , with colourless lips peeping fromthe breathing-hole in the blankets which covered them .
INSURRECTIONS IN THE RHINE PROVINCES . A letter from Elberfeld of the 8 th inst ., in the « Dusseldorfer Zeitung , ' states that riots , of a very serious nature took place in that city on the 7 th and 8 th . Elberfeld was the meeting-place of the Landwehr from the manufacturing districts of Rhenish Prussia , when that formidable bod y of militia consulted about the steps to be taken , and , resolving to obey the dictates of the Frankfort Cabinet , refused to assemble and listen to the commands of the Prussian ministers , Brandenburg and Manteuffel . Large bodies of troops of the line were consequently sent
to Elberfeld to reduce the Landwehr , but it appears these troops used very little speed , for they had not arrived there on the evening of the 7 th . In consequence of some misunderstanding between the Landwehr and the municipal authorities , the former captured the Mayor of Elberfeld , M . Von Carnap , who , however succeeded in making his escape after a short confinement . The furious crowd then proceeded to demolish the Casino . The night passed _zmidst the greatest excitement , and when the post left , on the morning of the 8 th , the various companies of the Landwehr , fully armed and organised , had taken up their position near the railroad terminus to repel any advance of the troops that might come by railway .
The great meeting of the deputies from the town councils of the Rhenish province was held on the 8 tb , in the noble ball of the Casino in this cit y , The deputies , after a long and animated discussion , agreed to a declaration to the effect that they acknowled ge the German constitution voted by the Frankfort Assembly as binding ; that during the conflict originated by the Prussian government , they will take the part of the National Assembly ; that they urge all the inhabitants of the Rhine land , particularly all persons capable of bearing arms , to express their determination to abide by the decisions of the National Assembly ; that that assembly be invited to take immediately all necessary steps for . giving
unity and strength to the opposition of the people to tbe counter-revolution , and a / so to order the troops ofthe empire to swear to observe the constitution . The declaration , moreover , expresses the determination of the deputies to the meeting to do all in their power to carry out the constitution in their respective districts ; calls for the dismissal of ministers and the convocation of the chambers , without any change in the electoral law ; denounces the calling out of the landwehr , as an unnecessary and dangerous measure , and concludes by asserting that , if the declaration of the deputies to the meeting does not meet with proper attention , the greatest dangers will threaten the fatherland , and even Prussia , in its present constitution ,
It may be added here that the entire declaration was agreed to all hut unanimously , and amidst enthusiastic cheers ; and that the concluding sentence was understood to allude to the probable separation of the Rhine province from Prussia , in case the government persist in its present anti-German and anti-liberal system . The meeting W £ s , perhaps , the most important ever held iri Cologne . The board of alderman of Cologne have refused to distribute arms amongst the members of the dissolved civic guard . It was resolved on the night of the 10 th , at a meeting ef the landwehr and the reserve , not to obey the summons ofthe government which have called tbem out . It was also resolved to solicit public subscriptions for the purchase of arms . Intense excitement prevails in Cologne .
At Dusseldorf , on the night of the 9 th inst ., there was an alarming insurrection . Barricades were erected in numerous parts of the town . During the night and early on the morning of the 10 th , the troops succeeded in dispersing the defenders of tbe barricades , and in becoming masters of the town . Several lives were lost on both sides . . The insurrection in Elberfeld continued up to the 10 th inst ., on which day tbe Committee of Safety issued proclamations setting forth that the insurgents were fighting in the cause of liberty and order , that property should be held sacred , and that any civic guardsman "who refused to take part in the contest should be compelled to give up his weapons . The wealthy citizens are . invited to contribute towards the providing of the insurgents with firearms .
The-Mainzer Zeitung states that a large meeting took place at Mannheim on the 8 th inst . A battalion of foot was marched up to the meeting , and the word to fire given . The order was obeyed by the sergeants only the privates grounded arms , and it was found necessary to withdraw the battalion . The town council of Dusseldorf has declared itself enpermanence ; has denounced the proceedings of the military authorities , and protested against the publication of martial law as well as against the suspension of certain journals .
THE INSURRECTION IN ELBERFELD . May 9 , —The report of cannon is ringing through our town ; it will be a dreadful night ; it is the landwehr fighting with the line— -for the first time soldier against _Boldier . The cause of this , of course you know , is the course of policy pursued by the King of Prussia .. The order for the landwehr of this district to as . semble for their enlistment on the 10 th ( to-morrow ) arrived here on Sunday morning—just one week after the news bad arrived of the dissolution of the
Berlin chambers . It came like a spark into a mine . On the same day there assembled about 2 , 000 landwehr men , who marched in a body ; to the burgomaster of the town , to declare that they would not serve as tools in the hands of a ministry , of traitors to the sacred cause ot German union and liberty ; that they would riot help to overthrow the German parliament and constitution , but to uphold it ; they declared that they would not be enlisted , and that if one soldier entered the district of Elberfeld for the purpose of forcing them , they would repel f orce by force . This was the state of affairs , when , on Monday evening _, the report was spread that soldiers were to arrive by the railroad from Dusseldorf . The
landwehr , all armed , hastened to therailway stations , but ; no soldiers arrived . The bnrgpmaster » who was induced to go to the station also , in order to take measures for preventing , the arrival of troops , was hissed and attacked by a mob , who forced him to take refuge in a " clubhouse ( the _Casiao , ) where the , mob ' smashed every window . They were'driven back by . the burgerwehr . ( civic guard . ) Yesterday passed off quietly ; To-day about noon the report spread that i troops were coming from Cologne and Dusseldorf- and _this ' _report , was true . There was a great deal of
excitement m the town , groups conversing in the streets , and crowding to the railway station the landwehr did not show themselves ; it was reported they expected succour from all the neighbourhood and would defend themselves . . Nobody , however , seemed to think of _aserious resistance . At first there arrived some troops of lancers and two cannons , then a battalion > . of _^ infamry . _^ _These had no - sooner marchedinto thetown and taken position at the Town Hall , than barncades were ; formed in every direction . " Iwas convinced the' military _^ had ' riven dp all idea"iifiM *» Sb . t _forcmg the ; barricades they had allowed to be built ; almost under their eyes
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when , all of a sudden , I heard the roar of , artillery _, and soon after the fireof musketry , . '¦ : -, Nine _o'Clock , A . M .-Not one barricade , has been taken . The first attack ' proved , the uselessness of the struggle . It . was the barricade at the _burgomaser s bouse , consisting of the handsome furniture of this unfortunate _gentlenaan , which _was first at . tacked . In the first few moments a cap am of the infantry was shot through the heart and a private Soug h the head , aiid several wounded ; the cannon proved ineffectual . The attack seems to have been given up soon ; but shojs were exchanged , till four o ' clock in the morning , whPn , the troops left Elberfeld the town is now in the hands of the landwehr-. So to ' the 13 th this important' manufacturing town was still entirely in the bands ot the insurgents ,
nearly all of whom are red republicans . Large contriburtons of money are levied on the manufacturers , many of whom are held as hostages for the due payments . Amongst others in this unenviable position is the brother of Herr van der Heydt , the Mmister of Finance . Armed and unarmed democrats from the neighbouring towns of Solingen , Grafrath , and other p laces have gone to the aid of the _insurgents , who , it appears , are determined to hold out to the last , and even to make an attack on Dusseldorf , which is now fully in possession of the troops , and in which martial law ; according to the provi . sions of the new royal ordonnance ( the one pubshed afew days ago in Berlin ) , has been proclaimed . The landwehr continues on the side of the insurgents
io . Elberfeld . , „' ' ,. , _j It was expected that the troops of the line would commence the attack on Monday , the 14 th , __ and General von Groben has threatened the town with a bombardment . The committee of safety has issued a proclamation , threatening all persons with pun ishment who shall violate the rights of property for private purposes . Amongst the most resolute of the insurgents are a number of working men who were imprisoned some time ago for an attack on the manufactories and who were released at the commencement of the outbreak . Immediately on leaving the prison they shot one of their comrades who during the trial had , they said , played the informer . The insurgents are hourly receiving reinforcements . .
DISTURBANCES IN WESTPHALIA . The last news from ; Westphalia are such that there can be no doubt this ancient Prussian province will follow the example of the Rhenish provinces . Even the landwehr of the Mark has refused to be enlisted , and the more than ridiculous attempt is being made to force them by the regiments of the line . The meetings of magistrates at Paderbom , Munster , and Miuden , have adopted the Cologne resolutions . The town of Warendorf , in Westphalia , is beiug
blockaded by four battalions of the line , horse and foot , which were sent there from Munster ( the capital of Westphalia ) on thelltb . to reduce the refractory landwehr of that place . The gates of Warendorf are closed against the soldiers , but no collision took place up to the time the post left . A most determined insurrection is feared in the Westphalian city of Haram . A letter from Berlin , in the 'Kolner Zeitung ' , states , that the Brandenburg Manteuffel Cabinet are prepared to go to all lengths against the insurrection of the Rhenish provinces , and of * Westphalia . '
DISTURBANCES IN SILESIA . The - Kolner Zeitung' contains letters from _Breslau of the 7 th inst ., from which it appears that the capital of Silesia was on that day the scene of some desperate riots . A large meeting had been convoked in the vicinity of the town , but it-was repres-Bed by order of the government authorities of the province . Another meeting was held in another place , and at its conclusion a body of rioters , who
had attended the meeting , proceeded to the Town Hall , in order to induce the Burgermei 9 ler to convoke the magistrates . Large bodies of troops ; were posted in the different squares , in the face of whom the people constructed barricades , Some bayonet charges and some discharges of musketry ensued , and it appears that the disorders continued up to a late hour of the night . A proclamation of the Commanding General declares the city of Breslau and its environs in a state of siege .
Later accounts state that trail quill uy has been restored . The loss of the troops is officially set down at four killed , and seventeen wounded . Amongst the former are two officers .
INSURRECTION IN BAVARIA . May 7 . —Neustadt and Spire are in open insurrection ; barricades have been erected . The Prussian troops were unable to enter Spire . The Bavarian soldiers have rejected the officers , and have made common cause with the people . Worms , May 11 . _—Ludwigshafen was taken in the night by the insurrectionary national guard of Worms , Ostbof , and Frankenthal , under the command of Colonel Blenkner ; the troops , who were quartered there to the number of 100 , and 400 men sent from Spire to recapture it , made common cause with the insurgents , and . swore fealty to the constitution . They were all sent off to Neustadt , where the army of the people is collecting . Reinforcements arrive from all quarters .
The report that the fortress of Landau was on the evening of the 9 th inst ., in the hands of the people , and tbat a mutiny in the garrison had occasioned its surrender , is now officially declared to be untrue .
. . ¦¦; ' - .. - BOHEMIA . PRAGUE , Max 10 . —Martial law has just been proclaimed here and in the immediate district around . The principal parts of the city are barricaded and occupied by the troops . The press is suspended , and the political authorities placed under the control of the military . The prevalent feeling among the inhabitants is rather tbat of surprise than irritation . The members of the Slovanska Lipa ( already well known in the days of June ) , _Gantsch and Rott , have been arrested .
THE WAR IN HUNGARY . A letter from Vienna , ofthe 5 th , mentions that Jellachich had been cut off , and had taken refuge in Esseg . ffidenburg is said to be taken by the Hungarians . ( From the - Times . ' ) We have received our Vienna papers and letters of the 8 th inst . They contain news of a defeat which the Austrians are stated to have suffered , though the locality of the alleged battle was not sufficiently established at Vienna on the 8 th . Our correspondent's summary of the details of sundry combats , of which rumours were afloat , warrants the conclusion to which he has come—viz ., that the defeat of the Imperialists must have been very severe , no matter where it took place . In our former
number we mentioned that General Welden _s headquarters were at _OBdenburg ; the hulk of his army was then at Presburg , and another corps occupied Altenburg . The positions of Altenhurg and ( Edenburg are connected by a succession of entrenchments along the banks of the Lay tha , and this position enabled General Welden to prevent the Hungarians from crossing into Austria . An attack upon Presburg would , have been both difficult and dangerous . It appears now that the Hungarians took a circuitous way round Presburg , and _^ cr ossing the Danube on several points , attacked the two Imperialist corps at Altenburg and ( Edehbnrg . A murderous fight is stated to have taken place at each of these points , and the only certain news we have of these engagements is of their result . The . Imperialists suffered severely . _, _\
Tbey were forced to retreat from their positions . Altenburg and ( Edeuburg were occupied by the Hungarians . It would appear that ' there is now nothing to prevent the latter from faking possession of Vienna , if . the capture of the Austrian capital agrees with their plans . _i ; We learn from the Banat , that the Austrian General Rukowina , having given orders for another levy from the German district , of ' the Banat , the inhabitants refused to obey the order , and eventually sent their young men to -the Hungarian army . At Criariou , in the Banat , the Imperial colours were torn to pieces ,: and the / Hungarian tricolour hoisted in their stead . "
Vienna , May _^ . —Concerning the entrance of the Russians , we now learn the following from Mes * tek , on the 7 th of May : — « On that day , 25 , 000 Russian infantry and 8 , 000 cavalry - entered Ostran , two German miles off , and _wereipartly furthered by the railway to Hungary . Two columns inarchedyesterday through _Saissnsch to Jablunka . ' .. " .
THE RUSSIAN INVASION . ¦ One hundred and six thousand Russian troops , under the command of Prince _Paskiewioz , _ihclusiYe of 23 , 000 cavalry , -are ori their way and partly on Austrian soil _^ -17 , 000 entered ori the 4 th ; ' _^ _The- ; following day 22 , 000 men and 11 , 450 horse s also passed throughCracowi On the 8 th , "; 15 JO 0 O : mencrossed the frontier-at Tarnogrod _; and 26 , _000-atBrbdy , with 9 , 800 _^ horses ; - Ori : the 9 th ,-17 , 000 enteredWolo _* sezyz , and on thelltb . 9 , 000 were-18 follow at _Hussyatin _.- These- are-exclusive of the two * large corps destined for Transylvania . ' :: The >> General * Rndiger anJ'Techeodajeff are under . Paskiewios , _- ¦ - '• _"'
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MILITARY IN _^ _RMCWON _^ N _^ BADE _^ . - PROCLAMATION OF THJi Rh . PUBLIC . It was officially -announced i _^ _Fr _^ _kfort , on the 13 th inst . that four battalions of _B-gn _^ ooi _J stationed at Rastadt had revolted , killed five of the r officers , and proclaimed the republic . The _wf-irgente are _complete masters of the fortress , as well is oi all the military stores . ... . . A battalion has also revolted in Lorrach , killed tne colonel , and joined in the republican movement . It is asserted that OfFenbur _^ ' is also in insurrection , and that a general republican movement all through Baden may be expected . RUMOURED INSURRECTION IN _VIENJTA . * Le Temps' announces that a formidable insur-. _renfcion broke out at Vienna on the 10 th inst . " ____ ...,-... - ~ .-r . xT
THE WAR IN SCHELSWIG-IIOLSTEIN . Hambur , Mat 9 . —The news received last night Of a battle being fought the ¦ ¦ day before yesterday near Fridricia , is confirmed officially by thl 3 morning ' s train . It lasted seven hours , from nine in tbe morninguntil four in the afternoon . The Danes were attacked bv the Schleswig-Ho ' steiners between the villages . of Bjert and Gudsoe . The assailants are now encamped within gun-shot of that fortress . It is espected that Fridricia will not be able to stand a siege , the works being so extensive that it would require a much more numerous army to defend them than the Danes can muster . - ¦¦¦
ITALY . THE SIEGE OF ROME . ( From the-Times . ' ) Private letters from Terracina , of the 29 ih __ ult . announce that at an early hour on that morning a Spanish squadron appeared before that town and summoned it to surrender . The authorities instantly _suhmitted . The King of Naples entered the town a few hours afterwards . The Spanish troops gave possession of the forts , with the usual formalities , to tbe Neapolitan troops which accompanied the King . His Majesty _commanded that the Spanish marines and artillerymen should take their place in the column of march immediately after his person and before his guard . The town remained perfectly tranquil .
The -Comere Mercantile' of Genoa , of the 5 th inst . has an account of the attack upon Rome , which , generally agrees with what we have already communicated to our readers from different sources . We find it mentioned in this account that Garibaldi was the hero of the day , and received a slight wound , which , however , did not prevent him from taking an active part in the remainder of the action . After the French had retreated , they sent to Rome for surgeons and physicians , who "were readily allowed to go ; all the wounded French remaining on the field were carried into the hospitals by the Romans , It is also stated that tbe latter have made 300 prisoners . On the part of the Romans the loss amounted to twenty killed and 100 wounded . The
following proclamation was issued by the Constituent Assembly *— 'Valorous Citizens" !—You have ratified our decree of resistance with your blood . By _en--countering yesterday the French forces , you have deserved well of the country . Let the tombs of the fallen be the altars of our Republican faith . But our enemies are not yet destroyed ; to-day , perhaps , or to-morrow , they will attempt a new attack , and we shall be to-morrow what we were yesterday . What if our enemies increase ? Our courage and our constancy will increase also . Your brethren of the provinces are already on . the way to divide glory and daneer with you . The citizens of Viterbo have already joined us . Let us persevere . In Rome you defended Italy and the Republican cause of the world . '
By various acts ofthe Triumvirate , the citizens are invited to bring their silver and gold to the mint , and accept treasury bills in return . The _French residing at Rome are placed under the protection of the nation , and any insult to them will be considered treason against Roman honour , In the case of an attack by the enemy all the bells of the city are to sound the alarm . The town is considered in a state of siege , journals suspended , and a military commission instituted , as well as a central commission of barricades .
The following bulletin was issued by the Minister of War , Arvezzana . — ' Rome , April 30 , 8 p . m . — About 10 a . m . a part of the French division vigorously attacked our troops , on the point of San Pancrazio , and the enclosure which surrounds the Vatican ; Our brave republican soldiers have confirmed , by their deeds , that they are worthy sons of the _Brutuses and Scipios . The enemy was repulsed on every side . A new Brennus challenges you . Will you belie your origin ? This soil has witnessed innumerable acts of the loftiest heroism . People , ye are born free } ye have been lords of the world ! Will you accept the chains of slavery ?— The exact detail will be given to-morrow . •—Giuseppe
Avezzaka , the Minister of War . '—The following 19 . from '' _CalignftniV Messenger ;'— . We have received the following from a correspondent at Rome , on whose correctness we can rely , dated the 1 st : — 'Yesterday the city gates , within gunshot of St . Peter ' s , were attacked by the advanced guard ( 5 , 000 men ) of General Oudinot ' s force , and , after a severe conflict , were repulsed with great loss on the part of the French ; they lost about 1 , 5000 men , comprising 345 prisoners , amongst them thirteen officers of rank . It is superfluous to say that the French fought with great bravery , but they were met by men of equal courage , and the conflict was desperate . The Romans defended the barricades with
about 3 , 000 men and an immense number of the citizens , including women . The Romans had a reserve of about 10 , 000 men , troops and volunteers , who were not allowed to act , in order to he kept fresh for a renewal of the attack , which is expected hourly . The Romans have lost eighteen officers and about 210 men , some of them belonging to the most respectable families in Rome . General Oudinot must have been deceived , as he calculated on a reactionist party in Rome that does not exist . It must be admitted that the Romans have not much republicanism in them , but they are unanimously op
posed to the restoration of a Kovernment of all Cardinals and Jesuits . Reinforcements are hourly coming into the city , so that if the attack is renewed the loss of life and destruction of property must be immense , as the city will be defended street by street The French prisoners have been treated with the greatest humanity , and surgeons and provisions haye been sent out bythe Romans to the French camp . The Romans , who sympathise with the French , are astounded at this unexpected attack from a Government of Republicans , - and a people whom they have never offended . '
( From the'Daily News . ' ) Rome , May 2 , —The French seem to . have got quite enough of Roman intervention ; and are in full retreat to their ships . The government consented to send them tbe prisoners , as they had a battalion in Civita Vecchia under durance , which they restored on receipt of their , own people . We are not likely to see them again , as the National A 8 seinhly in Paris is now enlightened sufficiently as to the 'factious , minority' . supposed ; ill along to manage Rome . This factious gang is now composed of nearly 50 , 000 fighting men , who have come up frorii -Viterbo _. Fivoli , and all the neighbouring townsto the rescue of the capital . I really do not
think that an army of 100 , 000 men could force its way mta'Rome just now . Every part of the town is bristling with cannon , and blocked up with , ponderous barricades , and as to pluck there never was seen such enthusiasm . The women alone are enough to make the town too hot for foreign invadersmost of them have put on the breeches arid shoulder a firelock , pike , or long cutlass . Piles of paving stones are ticketed for their use ' armiperle dome , ' but they will not confine themselves to mere projectiles . . _'' . . It * was curious to see the mob breaking into
the Spanish Embassy Palace , where they understood arms were to . be found , the said arms being a lot left there by _Olivares in the time of the Spanish Armada , and being matchlocks of a very grotesque character ; but every thing in the shape of a weapon is in request : now . Air the ' villas and pleasure grounds round Rome witbinguri shot from the walls have been levelled to the ground to prevent shelter for the enemy . , ,. I veril y believe that if it were necessary the Romans would not hesitate to blow up St . Peter _' _abasiliiBai : . _- <
The Neapolitan troops are-said to be at Albano , and are expected to-morrow . God help the poor wretches 1—for as sure as they come within range of the -Roman firelocks , their , business is done . Itis _saidthey are ten : or twelve thousand strong , with King Bomba _ini-person as their general ; a great number of Roman riflemen are _parti-jularlv _anxiWB to get a good - ' sight' of that _fopular individual . Thefuneralrites for the slain in ths late battle took pice _^ _tdlday . The bodies ( before being . earned to the various churches where mass was S ; - _?¦• , % ; *» _$$ y _w-re _' placed ori _' thW'toV of the _St _£ _, _ft _™ W _$ , and _. panuled thiis _^ to fhe foot of the Capitol . _vAutoneUUa carriages have been _found , and were burnt at noon- ; amid immense execration . ' , ( , _- /;!'' . > ~ _- ; . y ¦¦ _'^ _. . . .. ; . .. , ., .- _.,..,.. _,., i _^ _fefe _# ™ . _* _. _Gavai ' are the " life and soul of tne * _popub » uprising . * * - _* Ajk _irariferise-Winner
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of the clergy have joined iri the ra > _iks and encourage the masses . Spaniards may come m well as Lazzaroni , but' few , few will part where many meet ; and the myrmidons of despotism will learn what it is to come into collision with regenerated freemen . - _,, , L \ _. May 3 . —The King of Naples , who has good correspondents in Rome , is in a most desperate fi . v or rather 'funk . ' He is some ten or twelve miles off , with ten or twelve thousand followers , and has halted , perfectly astounded at the ., defeat of the French and the announcement that there are 50 000 musket men ready to greet him in that Eternal City . The upshot of the affair will be an immediate advance of some 20 , 000 Romans to cut off his retreat , and put the whole of tbem to tbe - ( i . i . „ _« u * n « hnvp . mined in . the ra _^ KS and en _.
sword . The ardour ofthe population is something terriwy awful , and the spirit of old Rome is evoked from its grave of centuries , ( From the * Morning Chronicle . ' ) Thursday , May 3 . —Yesterday some partial engagements took p lace with the retreating French troops between Monterone and _Pola , about half _, way to Civita Vecchia . They were pursued by Garribaldi ' s division , but towards evening orders were despatched by telegrap h to desist from active operations , as the government of Rome wished not to make war on the French Republic , but to confine itself strictly to defensive measures . Accounts
received from the French prisoners speak of the feel _, ing of their troops as very favourable to the Romans , the men being heartily disgusted with the work they have in hand . We are now in momen . rary expectation of the arrival of the Neapolitans , Meanwhile , the preparations for a vigorous defence of the city against all assailants have not been interrupted for a moment . The gates are now either blocked up or made nearly Impassable by formidable entrenchments in front and rear . We improve in the art of constructing barricades , those last made
being a great advance on the first essays ; there are many beautiful , specimens to be seen in the region of the _Quirinal , for example ( in the Via della Quatro Fontane particularly ) , and in the _Corso , close to the Piazza del Popolo . _Salid mounds of earth carefuHy laid down , ' faced with paving or other stones , sir feet in height , with ugly trenches in front of the same depth , would certainly present considerable obstacles to the passage of troop 3 i and if resolutely defended , perhaps insurmountable . There is a commission of barricades , with an engineer , to organise
the system . It would be a great mistake to suppose that there is any want of arms in Rome _; a Dutch speculator , M . Bouquier , has lately brought the government 4 , 000 muskets , besides other supplies . These and other measures may be held to place us out of all danger from a coup de maim a regular siege would be a costly undertaking , and I do not think either French or Neapolitans—not even the Spaniards , if they should come ( though they once sacked Rome)—will have the courage to commit the barbarous atrocity of an effective bombardment .
Last nig ht there was a famous row in the _Corso , the only thing approaching to one I have seen during my stay in Rome . Most of the cardinals' carriages had been used up for a barricade in the nei ghbourhood of the Roman Chancery ( where the National Assembly now sits ) , but three er four remained , which were finally disposed of on this occasion . They were drawn in procession along the Corso as far as the barricades , attended by an immense concourse of persons of all classes , shouting clapping hands , and chanting patriotic songs . Clustered round each carriage was a group of National Guards and enfants du peuple , hacking and'hewing
away with axes , Bwords , and pickaxes at the fabric which was once consecrated to the use of some member of the Sacred Congregation . The work of demolition having beencompleted , the fragments were borne off to the Piazza del Popolo , in the midst of which _, a handsome bonfire was speedily kindl ? d , by way of euthanasia for the relics . What will _Exeter-hall say to this ? The scene would have delighted the orthodox men of the old school , the abhorrers of the Scarlet Lady and the abominations of Babylon , and have warmed Iters . Ptamptre and Newdegate , sir Culling Smith , and the rest , to the very cockles of their hearts :
A manifesto , just issued by the commission of the barricades ( composed of the deputies _Cernuschi _, Cattabenini , and Caldesi ) , says : —* General Oudinot promised to pay for everything in ready money . Well ; let him pay them for the tapestries of Raphael which have been pierced by French bullets ; let him pay the injuries—nay , the insults , which have been inflicted on Michael Angelo . Napoleon , at least , gave shelter to our _masterpieces at Pang , and in this manner Italian genius obtained in the admiration of foreigners a compensation for the wrongs of conquest . But not so to-day ; the French government invades our territory , and pushes its extraordinary predilection for Rome tothe point of wishing to destroy it rather than leave it exposed to the impatience of the terrible Zucchi _, and tothe menaces of Eadetzky and Gioberti . both distant tbis
week from the Tiber . General Oudinot is the most important of our enemies . The Republic owes them gratitude . Do you know why i Because , whilst the Imperialists are occupying , without _striking a blow , the Alessandria of Charles Albert , it is a rare g lory for Italy that the Roma ofthe people repulses honouiahly the Republicans of France , whom a villanous government launches against you , characterising you aB robbers and assassins . And the Popes ? Let us preserve for their memory the balls which will solemnly celebrate the anniversary of thc pontifical encyclical letter . Enough . Let us say no more of kingdoms and triple kingdoms : let us think now of the barricades : let us think of our honour , which we ought completely to vindicate . Rome , like _Scscvola , has placed its arm on the burning brazier , and sworn . The three hundred of Sca _* _vola routed
Porsenna . The history of Rome is not yet finished l * Fjmday , May 4 . —Yesterday afternoon , it seems some of the Neapolitan troops were observed in the neighbourhood of Velletri , a place about twenty miles south-east of Rome , and this morning a reconnoissance is being executed in that direction by light troops and cavalry sent forth from this beleaguered city . Fresh feelings of anxiety have been awakened here by the news , which has come to us from Paris , that the Spanish government has finally resolved upon sending a corps of 12 , 000 men here to be commanded , it is said , by the primero matador , Narvaez , the sanguinary , in propria persona . It
is not that we set more value here upon the Spaniards , as combatants , than upon the Neapolitans , but the former are such thorough barbarians in everything relating to war , that there is no knowing to what atrocities they might proceed , and the reunion ef three hostile armies against Rome , with f resh reinforcements , it may be , to the French , would darken the prospect considerably . It is not forgotten that in the days of Charles Y ., and in the hottest days of Popish bigotry , a Spanish army was found capable of giving over the Eternal City to fire and slaughter ; and it is believed that the modern S paniards are quite capable of imitating the conduct of their ancestors in that respect .
I send you the following proclamations , as the . best evidence I can adduce of the spirit prevailing here , for I must say that public feeling seems to be fully up with them - — Romans ! a body of the Neapolitan army , having passed the frontier , threatens to move towards Rome . Their intent is to establish the Pope as absolute master in temporality . Their arms are prosecution , ferocity , ; and devastation . The King , to whom Europe has decreed the name of boraharder ofhis own subjects , hides himself in its ranks ; and the most inexorable , amongst the conspirators of Gaeta stand around . Romans l W « have conquered the first assailants ; we wiil conquer , the second , The blood of the ; best of the Neapolitan patriots , the blood of our brothers of
Sicily , weighs upon the head of the traitor King-God , who blinds the , perverse * and " g ives strength to the defenders of . the right , " chooses you , 0 Romans ! for _their ' _averigers . May the will of God and our country be done J In the name of the rights . which , belong to every country—in the name of the duties which devolve upon Rome toward ! Ital y and Europe —in the name of the Italian _n-others who have cursed that King , and those Roman ' motbers who will bless the defenders of their children—in the name of our liberty , our honour ' and our conscience—in tbe name of God and tbe people , we will resist . We will resist , soldiers _^ people , capital and province . Let Rome _beia' ' ' _lable as eternal justice . We have experienced »« iri order to conquer it suffices not to fear to * " Long live the Republic ! ¦¦ - - ¦"¦ ¦ ; 'TheTriumvirs— Armellini , Saiti , Mazzu "' « Rqme _^ May : 2 i 849 '/ ' ;
; . ,. It has been ascertained to-day that the Neap ° »' tariadvanced , posts ' are -at Genzano , three ot »« J miles . _inearer- / Rome than Velletri . The Pwv thickens . ; ' . •*¦•"• ' : ' * ; ' ( _Vohtfcued _, to ihi _Seventh P « g _< _- )
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19051849/page/2/
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