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      - ' ' . . ' FRANCE .: . ; " THE ELECTIONS . THE A « MV VOTIXG TOR'THE SpCIAXISTS ! ' ! Paris , Sc :- * da . y . —Tol ' day theelections' . have , coin-, inenced here and in the department of the Seine ge nerally and everything is perfectly quiet and orderly . =. ; . . . -. . 'La Liberie / a Bnonapartist journal , announces that an immense majority of the army voted for Socialist candidates .

      _ ( 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 Rue de Poitiers , and the other committees which have muted with thit committee in rec ommending candidates , are torn by the clubbists and oucriers wherever they can lay their hands upon them , and some of the streets are literally strewed" with them . Sergeant Boichot , of the 7 th " Light Infantry , whom the government

      has had the folly to incarcerate at Vincennes , because ne was brought forward as a candidate by the Socialists , is getting a vast number of votes , ' andthe impression is that he will be returned . In voting for him the electors declare that they are protesting against what they call the imperial demonstrations recently made by General Changarnier , and his imprudent conflicts with the National Assembly . On the whole , the impression here to-day is that success in the elections will fall generally upon the moderate Republicans , with an infusion of the Socialists .

      "With respect to 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 the arrest of Sergeant Boichot . I have already told yon that the votes of the garrison of Paris were iu favour of the Socialists . The' Penple ' 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 , and who consequently vote for Paris . Out of these votes , Boichot is at the head of the list ; but the numbers , either becau-e they are . suppressed , or from an error iu the impression , are not given ; The

      second oathe list is M . Ledru-Rollin with forty votes . Then follows Felix Pyat , thirty-eight ; Bac ( Th . ) , thirty-eight ; Lamennais , thirty-seven ; Considerant , thirty-six : Lagrange , thirty-six ; Pierre Leroux , thirty-six ; Proudhon , thirty-sis ; Ratier ( Ed . ) , thirty-six ; Savary , thirty-six ; Thoie , thirtyax ; Greppo , thirty-five ; Herve , thirty-five ; Madier de Monijau , thirty-five , & c . General Cavaignac has only thirteen votes ; General Lamoriciere , thirteen ; M . Dufaure , nine ; M . Lamartine , seven ; M . Odilon Barret , five ; M . Leon Faucher , three ; General Changarnier , one ; Jerome Napoleon , one ; M . Thiers , one .

      The' National says that letters from Perpignan announce that eighty soldiers of that garrison he * longing 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 bad voted in a sense displeasing to the superior tffice . -s . The Socialist papers complain that 300 soldiers cf ths 14 tb Light Infantry have been prevented from ioti ig , in consequence of their determination to vote icr Socialist candidates .

      The ' National complains that the government has 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 Bald that M . M . Ledru HoUin , 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 , but that the Socialists are likely to return more members in the southern departments than was at first expected . One of the representatives of the department of the Drome ( a republican ) , who arrived in Paris this morning , states that he vent to his department for the purpose of looking after Ms election interests , where he considered himself sure of success , but that on his arrival he fonnd 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 , attacked 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 . Armand Marrast will not be returned either for Paris or his own department .

      Two soldiers of the 49 ih ' Regiment of the line , in garrison at Chalons-sur-Saone , were placed under arrest for some breach of military discipline , when about 400 of their comrades went about the streets , Shouting 'Pise to RepuMque Democratiqw , et Socide . ' The rioters were subsequently transferred to Bourganeuf . The majority of the 45 th Regiment of the Line , in garrison at Bordeaux , have voted for the Socialist candidates . The ' Estaffette' polishes the fol owir > g returns

      of thevot s given to the Socialists by the 30 th Regiment of the line , in garrison in Paris—997 votes : — Theodore Bac . 459 ; Boichot , 9 S 1 ; Caber , 519 ; Charrasan , 662 ; Considerant , 449 ; I ) 'Alton Shee , 577 ; Demay , 49 S ; Genider , 497 ; Greppo , 487 Hervi , 69 S ; llizay , 849 ; Lagrange , 429 ; Lamennais , 429 ; Langlois , 492 ; Lebon , 799 ; Ledru Rollin , 807 ; Pierre Leroux , 79 S ; Alalarmet , " 349 ; Montagne , 995 ; Pendigueri . 799 ; Proudhon , 787 ; Pyet , 749 ; Ruttier . 759 ; Ribeyrolles , 559 ; Savay , 707 ; Thore , 567 ; Vida ! , 671 .

      The following are the votes given to the Socialist candidates by the 28 ih Regiment of the Line , garnsonedin Rouen : —Theodore Bac , 97 ; Boichot , exsergeant , 105 ; Cabet , 90 ; Charrassin , 96 ; Victo Consadetmt , 78 ; D'Alton Shee , 101 ; Demay , 101 ; Genider , 95 ; Greppo , 95 ; Hervi ; 95 ; Hizay , 96 ; Lagrange , 100 ; Lamennais , 103 ; Langlois , 93 ; Lebon , 94 ; Ledru Rollin , 101 ; Pierre Leroux , 91 ; Wadierde Nb-ntiau , 96 ; MaWmet , 97 ; Montagne , S 3 ; Prediguier , 95 ; Proudhon , 93 ; Pyat , 98 ; Ruttier , 103 ; Ribeyrolles , 94 ; Savay , 96 ; Thore , 98 ; Vidal . 98 .

      More Persecution-. —M . Madier de Montian , the younger , a Socialist hamster , was sentenced on "Wednesday by the Court of Police Correetionnelle 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 . M . Duchene , the 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 bancs fine . Pb . cgb . ess of Socialism in the Army . —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 Repnblique Demoeratique et Sociala , ' was placed under arrest . Some privates of his company having made an attempt to rescue him , were imprisoned . The remainder of the battalion raised the most seditions cries , and it became necessary for the Prefect to proceed to their barracks at the head of five companies of the 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 principles . A second detachment was under orders to march on Monday fer a similar reason . At Chalohs-snr-Saone , on the 11 th inst , the garrison made a grand Socialist demonstration .. All the soldiers and , officers paraded the streets , crying out 'Vive la Repnblique Demoeratique et Sociale . ' They then went to their barracks , forced open the gate which bad been shut , and liberated some of their comrades , who had been incarcerated for political causes .

      * v *^ Parses , where some officers of the 42 nd took toe part of the accused there , seven officers of that regiment have been placed on the retiringlist . Regiments who were about to vote in a hostile sense are ^ d to have be enstopped in the exereise of ^ ht invested in them .

      - , .. - . LBOS 7 & 0 CHER KICKED QUTl In the Assembly en Monday there was more confusion and uproar , than has been known , for a long time . M . Maillard - questioned ministers as to a telegraphic despatch addressed to the prefecti : by the Minister of the Interior . This despatch announced the result of the vote of Friday ; the names of the representatives who had voted against the wder of the day being riven , M . M aillard ,

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      amidst a great uproar , cpmpatedXthese : to . s _ t . be famous electoral / iullctmsw ' b ' ich'had | een disawwedi and asked was therji ; noVf a ^ connexion , between ; those bulletins and J . be telegraphic 'despatches Be . had mentioned . " : " -: £ ' •^ v- - # S \ - v £ :. ' - - , i . •> = The Minister of the Interior said he had only performed an imperious duty by acting as he had done . It was of the utrridst riecessityfto remove the anxiety which had been felt inthe departments . . ,., ' j % _ f ^ f' j -j ¥ M . Marquis , read a ' letter ' frbinJBeaiivai 3 ,. stating that he ' had beehanriounced , in a letter written thither , as having voted for , when he had-hi truth voted

      against , ; the order off- the day ; * M . Faucher again explained ; upon which . AI ., Lagrange . ascended the . trib ' un < £ * ahd said thaC according to . the arrangement made by the Minister of the Interior ,, the Garde Mobile would he unable to vote ' ., It was , he said , upon a body on which they had showered praises . that they how cast this affront .. ' But they had done more ; they had dared to say that , but for the vote of Friday , the scenes ef June wouldbave been renewed . " It is you , " continued M . ; Lagrange , —' you , who foment disorders . " (* ' Bravo , bravo , " and great

      tumult , which lasted s me time . ) # - M . Gbudchaiixgot up to complain of the despatches sent by the Minister of the Interior , into the department of the Ydnue , and . read a . letter which stated that in all the departments the electoral cause had been lost to the opposition ' by this manoeuvre , He called upon the Assembly , to put in force against the ~ mihistry the article of the . constitution ] . which punishes ' with imprisohment for a month , and a . fine of 2 i 000 f . iall those who have fraudulently manoeuvred to influence the election .

      An ordre dn jour 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 scarcelyheard amidst the noise of cross questions that succeeded each other . - " M . Baraguay . d'Hilliers prop-Jsed the simple order of the day .. - . ., ' , - _ ¦ '• - ¦ , ;• ' " After some further discussions the Assembly , proceeded to vote on M . Halliard ' s proposal , which was thus worded ; " The NaHonal 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 it 5 ' ! l .- ' . ¦ - . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ jri , . . . ..:. - . ' .

      . . The Monitmr announces that at the rising of the Assembly the Minister of the Interior placed his resignation in the hands of the President of the Republic . ; : . ^••' ¦ "'

      CENTRAL GERMANY . ; „; In the sitting - of the German Parliament , of the 10 th insfantj a letter " was read from the' President of the Regent ' s Cabinet , Barori G ' agera , informing the house that the Cabinet had submitted a programme to the approval of his highness . the Regent , pointing out the measures which : the Cabinet advised with respect ; to the disturbances which had been occasioned by the attempted execution oi the 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 by the Assembly , with a majority of fortyonevotes : —

      ' Whereas the resolutions of this house , of the 28 th of April and the 4 th of May instant , claim the legal cooperation of the 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 th of June , 1848 ,

      by which the Regent alone is entitled and bound to preserve the said peace ; and , finally , whereas the provisional Central Poweris legally entitled to the executive in all affairs concerning ; the safety and welfare of the . German Federal States , and to the chief command of the whole of the armed power , ' and legally bound to use every means within the said limits to preserve orrestore the peace of the empire ;' —the German Pa-liament resolves , viz .: — ' 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 be repressed by all available means . ' Public tranquillity and safety shall be preserved , but the endeavours of the people and their repre * sentatives to execute the constitution of the empire shall he protected against constraint and

      oppression . 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 bad received them with something like a sneer , and that his reply to their , petition was both curt and evasive , - The house resolved to refer this report to the Committee of 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 « ets 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 to the will and to the law of the nation , and are endeavouring tomake German soldiers participate in the rebellion , and fijht in the cause ofRussian despotism . .

      TRAUKFORT , "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 president , when the choice fell on Reh from Darmstadt . The President , Reh , then expressed the conviction that now more than evcr . it is the imperious duly of all to resist the two enemies of , Germany , ' 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 16 S 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 , is solemnly to be sworn to the constitution as finally decreed . * 2 . The temporary central power is summoned to execute without delay what is requisite thereto , in so far as the proper steps have not as yet been taken spontaneously by the individual states . '

      PURE MILITARY . TYRANNY ESTABLISHED IN PRUSSIA . Berlin , May 11 . —The despotic [ humour of the government is looking daily more serious , and pregnant with more dismal results . Their . . « StaatsiAn- ' zeiger'last night proclaimed theoc / Vo ]/ me ? if of a law , which places the whole of Prussia . in the hands of the military force . — To give an idea of the reach of this ordinance , it suffices to quote a single article .- - The highest military authority '• : in a district is

      empowered on his own responsibility , notonly to declare that 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 ; fori politically , no Turkish Pacha has a more extensive privilege than is here assigned to the chief * mousi tache of a Prussian district .

      SUPPRESSION OF THE SAXON INSURRECTION . Y The combat in the streets of Dresden Iasted ; all daylong on the 7 th . The troops gained some : considerable advantages in the afternoon of ; , that day , for when they ^ were almost 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 . A factory nearthe ^ Zwinger wa , sthen taken by a detachment of the Saxon troops , while

      the corner house of the Ostraralley wia ' : carried" by the Prussian Fusiliers , ' of which the . Tirailleurs ad . varied to " the booths behind . the General Postofilce .. On the left wing- of . the battle the military acquired possession of the Neumarkt , the Frautengasse , the Moritzstrasse , and of Pirna and Rampestreet , while there was a deal of smart skirmishing on the : promenade , i-nearV'the i ahambles and near ' . heGewandhaus .. The holteit-combat-took plice " hear the ' Hotel de Saxe-and ihe Hotel de Rome , and on the Neumarkt , at the entrance of the Moritz-gatsc . The artillery

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      operated here , and , was follpwediup by . v a bayonet charge of PrussiaSlnd ^ Saxish ba ttalion ' s . ^ The loss of the troops y ? as ^ comparatively small , [ pen * strength was re-iaforceel in tliejmorning of , the ; 8 lh by another battalion of Prussian-foot . \ $ . ' ' ¦ ' ¦ Dresden , May 9 . —After a dreadful nighty in which peop le have been shaken , up ,, put of their . sleep by the tolling Of the deep . bells from the church towers over therriyer , witrr ' alarhis of fife , and by constant discharge s of cannon andfmusketry ,- ; at ten o'clock this morning we hear ^ that the soldiers have won the town . The filing stopped at half » past

      nine . -, •;• ,- ; . : . .--. The greater part of thei insurgents ,. and with them , theHriumvirate ^ escaped ; - Their' last ; hold ; in ^ the' ^ q ^' n . ' 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 SAY . ' , ^ dispersing the : pickets '¦¦ of cavalry , which were- posted' to ^ intercept fugitives . ; Friberg furnished' ; the iriaurgent cause with many of its' sturdiest adherents , sending' a " , volunteer corps ' . ' oi excellent rdavksraeri to the aid of the citizens ^ ¦ ¦ . Dresden , . and , the .. country' about , for . twelve miles , has been . declared under martial-law . General Von Schirndingis appointed military commanderin-chief .: - ' ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' -. << - ¦ .. ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - •! . ' ' ' -sr ; . v .-, v .-. .. ' . ; ... , ; .: ¦•; ;¦ -. ' ¦ '

      The Auslnan colonel , Prince af Schwarzburg-Radolstadt , was , miirderedy w'ith his servant , by the Prussians ' , whoi stormed the Hotel ! de Home ; . They werebqth despatched by bayonets . " . ; ¦' . . ' . .. ' ' :. _ May 10 i— -jbii 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 . pouhdersj and some stretched their leafy ruihacrbssthe street : Biers were continually meeting one , with colourless lips peeping from the breathing-hole in the blankets which covered them

      INSURRECTIONS IN THE RHINE ^ PROVINCES .. ... . . . . . A letter from Elberfeld of the 8 th inst ., inthe ' ' Dnsseldorfer Zeilung , ' state ' s . thafriotsof a very seriousnatiire took place in that city oh the 7 th and 8 th . Elberfeld was the meeting-place of , the Landwehr from . ' the ' mariufac ' turing ; districtsof \ Rhenish Prussia , when : that formidable body . of militia consulted about the steps to be taken , and , resolving to obey the dictates . of the- Frankfort Cabinetj refused to assemble and listen to the commands of the Prussian ministers , Brandenburg and M an teuffel . 'Large bodies of troops of the line ' were-consequently . sent

      to Elberfeld to reduce the Landwehr j but it appears these troops used very little speed , for they had not arr ived there oh 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 , howeverj succeeded in making his escape after a short confinement . The furious crowd then proceeded to demolish the Casino . The night passed amidst the greatest excitement , arid when the'pbst left , onthe morning of the 8 th , thV' various companies , of the Landwehr , fully armed and organised , bad 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 th , in the noble hall of the Casino in this city . The deputies , after a long and animated discussion , agreed to a declaration to the effect that they acknowledge 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 , particur larly all persons capable of bearing arms , to ' express their determination to abide by the'decisibns of the National Assembly ; that that assembly be invited to lake immediately all necessary steps for giving

      unity and strength to the opposition of the people to the counter-revolution , and . also to . order the troops of . the empire to swear to , observe , the constitution . The declaration , moreover , expresses the determination of tb < j 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 but 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 wss , perhaps , the most important ever held in 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 of the government which have called them 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 the barricades , and in becoming masters of the town . Several lives were lost on both sides . " The insurrection in . Elberfeld continued tip to the 10 th inst ., on which day the Committee of , Safety issued proclamations setting forth that the insurgents were fighting in the cause of liberty and order , that properly 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 meet , ing " took pbee 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 bat . talion . ' . ""; . ' , The town council of Dasseldorf has declared itself en permanence ; Las . 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-rfor the first time soldier against soldier . 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—juat one week after the news had arrived of the dissolutiori of tlie Berlin chambers ; It came like a spark into a mine . On the ^ same day there assembled about 2 , 000 landwehr men ,, who . marched '; ' in ' abody 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 of German union and liberty ; that they would not help to overthrow the German parliament and constitution ; but to uphold it . ; they declared that they ' would hot be' enlisted , ' and ^ that ' if one soldier entered the district of Elberfeld for the purpose , of forcing them , they would , repel force by force . This was the state of affairs ,, when , on Monday eyeningt the report was spread that soldiers were to ; arrive by the railroad from Dusseldorf . The landwehr , all' armed , ' hastened to the ' railway stations , ' but no . ' soldiers arrived . '; The . burgomaster , who was ihduced'to . go to the station also ; Unorder to take riieasurea " for :, prevehting ^ th ^ Vafriyal , of troops , ^^ was " hissed ' and . attacked iby ' a , niob ,. yho forced hiin : to take refuge in av elubhouse lthe Casinowhere the mob

      , ) .. smashed ; every . * window . They . were , driven , back bythe burgerwehr' ( civic guard . )< v . Yesterday passed" off . quietly / ' To-day abbut 3 ; noon the report spread ' that troops were coming from Cologne and Dusseldbrf , ' and this report was true . -There was a great . deal . of excite , meat in the town , ' groups conversing in ' the streets , and crowdingto . the railway . Btaiion . ; ' the . landwehr did not ^ shbwitheinselyes ' ; it . was reportedrtheyexpected . succour .. from , all ' thej . nei ghbourhood and would defend themselves . . Nobody , however ge ' emed to think of a serious resistance . '' At first' there arriyed some troops of lancers and ^ two cannons ;; then aba ?^? n ^^^ W / ^ These ^ Had ^ sboner % ? %% ^ V ^}?** . ^ d- ^^ n ^' positioh at the Town Hall , than'barricades ; werejformed : ih every direction . ' I was " convinced ' the militSry had wven up all ! dea of that night forcing the barricades they fladaUotved to be built almost under their eyes

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      wuehJalVbf a siidden ^ l heard ^ the roarV p f artillery aud sobn " ^^^ thelfirc of musketry , S . ^ "' i Nine o'Ciock , A . M . T ^ Not one barricade lias been takeifci The ; nrst attack' p roved : the uselessneps of the strug > lei , ' It writhe barricade at theburgomaster ' s house , consisting of the handsome furniture of this -unfortunate-gentlemanv / which was first at fackea . ' In the first few moments a ? icaptain of the infantry was shot' through ; , tbe hearty and a private through the Head ; ana several wounded ; the cannon proved ineffectual ;? The ; attack seems to" have-been given-up ; soon ; -but sbo ' . 3 , , were ; vexchanged till four o » clock * « . iK . the ' 'mo ' rning ,. whin . : the , troops left Elberfeld ; the " town is now in the hands of jhe . kndwehrA Up to the 13 th [ " this important .. manufacturing

      town was still entirely in the hands . of theinsurgents , iiearly ' all . of whom are red . republicans . Large contributions of money are levied on the manufacturers ; many of whom are' held as hostages ^ for t he due payraentsi > 'i'A ' mcn ' gst ' othersin . this . unenviable position is tlie brother of Herr van der'Heydt , tlie'MihisterofFinarice ; Aruiea and nharmed democrats from the . neighbouring towns of . Sbliiigen , . Grafratb , and other . places have gone to [ the aid of the . insurgents , who , it appears , are determined to hold out to the lastj and even- to raakeian attack on Dusseldorf , which is now fully'in possession-of the troops , and in which martial law , according ; to the pro visions of the hew royal ordorinah ' ce ( t ^ ie' one pubshed a few days ago ' in Berlin ) , has been proclaimed . The landwehr ' continues on the side of theinsurgents

      in ' Elberfeld . ... .,, . . . < :. */ .-x . \ - ' ^ 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 pirn ishrhent 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 atthe . commencensent of . the outbreak . Immediately ' on leaving the prison they shot one of their comrades Who during the trial had , they said , played the informen' The ; insurgeats are hourly receiving ; ' reihforceinents .. ' '"'" . .. / : '' . ¦¦ ¦¦¦' . > :. •' ..: ' . : ¦;

      ¦ ,. 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 refuse d , 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 Paderborn , Munster , and Minden , have adopted the Cologne resolutions . The town of Warendorf , in Westphalia , is being

      blockaded by four battalions of the" line , horse and foot , which were sent there from Munster ( the capital of Westphalia ) on the f Ith 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 West , phalian cityofHamm . Aletterfrom 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 . , , . , ¦

      . DISTUaBANCES 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 repressed by order of the government authorities of the province . ; Another meeting was held in another place , and at its conclusiohabody of rioters , who

      had attended the meeting , proceeded to the Town Hall , in order to induce the Burgermeister to con ' . vok ' e 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 ftappears 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 . ¦¦ -.

      Lateraccounts state that tranquillity has been restored . The loss of the troop * 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 . r Worms , May 11 . — -Ludwigshafen was taken in the night by the insurrectionary national guard of Worms , Osthof , and Fraiikenthal , under the command of Colonel Blenkrier ; 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 array 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 that a mutiny in the garrison had occasioned its surrender , is now officially declared to be untrue .

      BOHEMIA . PRAGUE , Mat 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 that of surprise : ;' th ' an " irritation . The members of the - Sloyatiska Lipa ( already well known . in . the days of June ) , Gantsch arid Itott ,. have been arrested ..

      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . A letter from Vienna , of the 5 th , mentions that Jellachich bad 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 ' oh the 8 th . Our correspondent's summary of the details of sundry combats , ; of . which rumours werie 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 ( Edenburg ; the . bulk of his army was then at Presburg , and another corps occupied Altenbiirg . The positions of Alfenhiirg and ( Edenburg are connected by a succession of entrenchments along ; the banks ot the Laytha , 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 X rircriitous : way round' Presburg , '' and , crossing the ^ Danube ^^ pnj Seyeral points , attacked the . two Imperialist corps at ^ AItehburg : and ( Edenbiirg . . A murderous fight is stated to have taken place at each of these points ; and the only certain news we haveof these engagements is of their result . The Imperialists suffered severely ;

      They were'forced to retreat from their positions . Altenbiirg ' and ^( Edehburg ^' we ' re . occupied by , the Hungarians . ' )[ It ' wbuld ' appear . that there is now nothing to prevent the . latter from taking possess ou of Vienna , ; if . ; the . capture of the Austrian capital agrees : with their piansi .:. : ; <¦ ¦¦ ^ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ , ' Welearn from the Banat , that the Austrian General Rukowiria ; ' having given''birderV for another levy from the German district ; of the Banat , the inhabitants refused to obey the . order , andjeventuaily sent their youhg ' raen" to . the Huhgarian army ; At Criihou , in the Banat , the Imperial colours were torn to ; pieces ,, and the Hungarian tricolour hoisted in their-Bteid .-. ;¦ ¦ ¦ i :- ; :-:.-:- ^ :, . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' : ;•> .: -y . 5 ,::, ; ¦ -. ,-

      '¦ jYrENNAjjiMay 9 . —Concerning the entrance ot the Russiansi . we : now learn the following from Mes- ' tek i on , the' 7 th of-May s- ^« Oh thaV' iay ; 25 ; 000 Russian infantry ; and . 8 , 006 cavairy" entered'Ostran i two German miles off , ahct we ' repartly , furthered uy the ' raUwaytOiHungary : . , Two columns mafche ' dyesterday through Saissusch to Jabiunka . . '' -. ¦ ¦¦ .

      ; : .: THE : RUSSIAN EVASION ; ,, :, ' - ^ J ™^^ f «; thbusand ; R ^ ian troops , ^ l ^ t . comma * d .. ° fJPnnce ' Paskiewicz , inclusive of 23 , 000 cavalryrare ; oh ; their . way ; ahd partly 6 ri Austrian soil . ; 17 ; 0 T ^ entered . on theith : The foi . h » wing ^ ay ; 22 , 00 p ; men : andia 50 : hor ^ ^ gh ^ rac o ^ - ^ n-tl ^ m . ' lSiOOO ^ hi ^^ ^ ro ° iei-, at Tarnpgrod and 26 000 , atBrodyVwi ' tJi ; ^ ' , ^ es . ; ptf the 9 thyrl 7 , 000 eht ^ redwS sezyz , and on the Ilth 9 , 000 were to fdll 6 w ^ at Ssyatm These are exclude of the two largewrns destined for Transylvania . The Generals RuS and Tscheodajeff are under Paskiewicz . S

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      MTITTARY INSTJRRECTiON IN - -BADEN . — mmmmm oF the republic . It wasofficiaiiy anhounced | in : Frankf < vrt , on the 13 ch - ins | j ; m four battalions . of- Baden trow statiohedat Rastadt'had rcvolted r hilled five of the r officers , and proclaimed' the republic . The insurgents are completi masters of the fortress , as well ts ot all " tlie military stoves . / I AJbattalioh litis also-revolted m Lorrach , killed the colonel , and joined ia ' the republican movement . It is asserted that Offenb ' uiv * is also .. in insurrectionV-affd ' - ' tKat ^ -Wneral" " republican " movement all through Baden may be expected , n ? . v * ; "¦? ; (] r ~ -TX ^" r * , TTn ^ ^ -tta m TW TtAllRM .-

      RUMOURED INSURRECTION'IN' VIENNA . " ¦ '•"' Le"Teinp . s' announces "tliatT formidable insurrection broke out at Vienna on the 10 th inst . ¦ ;; .... ' : THE . WAR IN SGHELSWIG-flOLSTEik :: Hamburg , Mat 9 .-Thericwsreceivedlast night of a battle being fought the : day ^ before yesterday near Fridricia , is confirmed officially by this morning's train . It lastedseven hoursj from nine in the morning until four in the afternoon . The Danes Were attacked by ihe Schleswig-Holsteiners between the villages of Bjeft arid Gudsoe . 'The assailants are now encamped within gun-shot of that 'fortress . - 'It is expected that . Fridricia willnot 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 ... , ^ ,.. ,, -, _ -- ? : ''• * ^^ itaiJy : "" * ¦ ¦ ¦ "" ; " " ' -

      ' THE SIEGE OF ROME . ; ( From ' the ' Times . ' )' . .. Private letters from Terracina . of the ; 29 th _ ult . announce that ' at an early ^ hour on that morning a Spanish ' squadron appeared before that town and summoned it to surrender . The > uthorit : es instantly snlimitted . ' . The King of Naples'entered the town a few : ' hbbrs . ; aff ' erwards . ' The Spanish troops gave possession of the forts , with the usual formalities , to the / 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 : ;' " ' : ' - 'V ' v' - " ; ' . ¦ . '' . ¦' '' . ' .. '•'' : '

      ; The . ' Corriere Mercantile of . Genoa , of the 5 tb inst " ' nas ' 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 . riot prevent him from taking an active part in the "'' remainder of the action . After the French ; had fetreated ^ . the }' , sent to Rome for surgeons and physicians ,, who were readily allowed to go ; , all the wounded French , ; remaining on the held were carried into the hospitals by the Romans . It is also stated that the latter have made 300 prisoners . On the part-of-vthe Romans the loss amounted to twenty . killed and 100 woumded . The

      following proclamation was issued by the Constituent Assembly : —* Valorous Citizens . '—You have ratified our decree of resistance with your blood . By encountering yesterday the French forces , you have deserved well of' the country . Let the tombs of the fallen be the altars of our Republican faithi 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 ilory and daneer with you . The citizeus of Viterbo have already joined us . Let us persevere . In Rome you defended Italy and the Republican cause of the world . ' ' . " .. ! . ' ¦ ¦ . " ... - . ¦

      By various acts of the 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 hy 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 Paricrazio , 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

      Avezzana , the Minister of War . '—The following is from ' ¦ Galignani ' s 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 ol the . French ; : they lost about 1 , 5000 men , comprising 345 prisoners , amongst there 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 arid an immense number of the citizens , including women . The Romans had a teserve of about , 10 , 000 men , troops and volunteers , who were not allowed to act , in order to be kept fresh for a renewal of the attack , which is expected hourly . The Romans have lost eighteen officers and about 210 ' hisnr . some of them belonging to the most respectable families in Rome . General Oudiribt

      must have been deceived , as he calculated on a reac tionist 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 government of all Cardinals and Jesuits . Reinforcements are hourly coming into the city , So that if the attack is renewed the loss of life arid ; 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 have been sent put by the 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 seeiri to have got quite enough of Roman intervention ; arid are in full retreat to their ships . The government consented to send them the 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 Assembly in Paris is now enlightened sufficiently as to the ' factious minorit y' supposed all along to manage Rome . This factious gang is now composed of nearly 50 , 000 fighting men , who have come up from Viterbo , Fivoli , and : all the neighbouring towns to the rescue of the capital ; - ; I really do not think that an grmyot 100 M 0 men'could force its

      way mto'Kome just now . Every part of the town is bristling with cannori | and blocked up with ponderous . ; barricades , ' , and ^ asi to ' pluck there never ^ was seen siich ehthusiasm ' . The women alone are enough to make the town too hot Jor foreign invadersmost of them have put on the breeches and shoulder a firelock , ; pike , or / long , cutlass . Piles of paving stones , are ticketed for their use' armiper le donne , ' hut'they will not confine themselves to mere proje ' eiiles . ; - \ . 'It was curious to see the / mob breaking into the

      Spanish Enibasijy Palace ; where they ' understood arms were '; to be found , the said arms being a lot left . there by piiyfares in the lirae = Of the Spanish Armada , and being matchlocks of a very grotesque character . ; but everyfthingin the shape of a weapon lsjin request : now . . All the ^ villas and pleasure grounds round Rome within gunshot frorathewalls have been levelled to the ground to prevent ' shelter for the enemy . ' I yerily believe that "if it were necessary the Romans would , , hbt hesitateto blow uu St . Peter ' s basilica . ' • ' --- ; - ¦ - «'

      The Neappjitap . ^ opg . ; are ; ^ bg at Alhg and . are expected -to-morrow . .. Goduhelp the poor wretches l for as sure asthey come within range of ^ Roman firelocks , 'their- businesses-done . It is ^ ' ^ y ^ ;;^" T : twelvethouSarid 8 tr ( mgVffith ; ^ : Bomba iitperson as ^ their ' genefaiyiS number 'Of'Roman ; riflemen ; are ^ arLular v aSut ibo ^ Sv ^ ^^^ njnrthe' ^ ate i battie laS eS ^ ' ^ ^« lw « wu ( before ; being gm ^ o ^ he ^ wmns . ^^ St £ " ? r ^ « Placed ori tthe . top of the fnS >? o ^ " S ^ ^ - Paraded >; tyU / to ^ he S ^^^^^ ' ^^ o ^ Wi ' scarriages have been ' ^^^' were burnt at hooDV ^ amidimmenseexe : Padre Ventura and P . Gavazzi are the life and soul ot the popular uprising . An immense number

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      of the clergr have join ed"in the ' ra >; ks and encourage tlie ' masses . Sp aniards may . come as well as Lazzaroni . but'few , : few ' will part where many meetV- ' andithe myrmidons ' of despotism , will learn whatit is to corae into collision . with regenerated freemen . ¦ ¦ -: ; : ¦ ' . ¦ ^ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' , . , , May 3—The . King of Naples , who has good correspondents in Roine'Jia in a ' most desperate fix , or rather 'funk . ! . He h some ten or . twelve mdes off , with , ten or twelve thouian . d followers , aud 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 them to the sword' " '' is = of the clercV' have joined m the ra

      ea-. . ... . . : ^ The ardour of the population something ternbiy awful , and the spirit of . old Jlome is evoked from its grave ' of centuries . ; r ( Frora ' the ' 'Morning Chronicle . ' ) Thursday , May 3 . —Yesterday some partial engagements took place with the , retreating French troops ' between Monterorie and Pola , about halfway to Civita Vecchia . They were pursued by Garribaldi ' s division ; but towards evening orders were despatched by telegraph to desist from active operations , as' the govfirnmentof Home wished not to make war on the French Repub'ie , but to confine itself strictly to defensive measures . Accounts received from the Fj-ench prisoners speak of the

      feeling 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 . moraenrarv expectation of the arrival of the Neapolitans , Meanwhile , the preparations for a vigorous us / ence 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 Qnatro Fontane particularly ) , and in the Corso , close to the Piazza del Pepolo . ' Solid mounds of earth carefully laid down , faced with paving or other stones , six

      feet in height , with ugly trenches in front of the same depth , would certainly present considerable obstacles to the passage of troops , 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 go . verhrhent 4 , 000 muskets , besides other supplies . These and other measures may be held to pkcaus out of all . danger from a coup de main , a regular siege would be a costly nrinertakirig , and I do not think either French or Neapolitans—not even the Spariiards . 'if they -should come ( though they once sacked Rome)—will have the courage to commit the barbarous atrocity of an effective bombardment .

      Last night there was a famous row in tne Corso , the only thing approaching to one I have seen during my stay in Rome . Most of the cardinals' car . riages had been used up for a barricade in the neighbourhood of the Roman Chancery ( where the National Assembly now sits ) , but three er four remained , which were finally disposed ol on this occasion . They were drawn in procession along the Corso as far as the barricades , attended by an int . mense concourse of personsof all classes , shouting clapping hands , and chanting patriotic songs . Clustered round each carriage was a group of National Guards and enfants du veuple , hacking and hewing

      away with axes , swords , and pickaxes at the fabric which was once consecrated to the use of some member of the Sacred Congregation . The work of demolition having been completed , the fragraems were borne off to the Piazza del Popolo , in the midst of which a handsome bonfire was speedily kindlfd , by way of eittJtanasia for the relics . What will Exeter-hall say to this ? The scene would have delighted the orthodox men of the old school , the abhomrs of the Scarlet Lady and the abominations of Babylon , and have warmed Messrs . Plumptre and Newdegate , Sir Culling Smith , and the rest , to the very cockles of their hearts :

      " A manifesto , just issued by the commission of toe barricades ( composed of the deputies Cennischi , Caltabeuini , and Caldeai ) , 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 master-pieces at Pari ? , and in this manner Italian genius . obtained in the admiration of foreigners a compensation for the wrongs of conquest . But riot so to-day ; the French government invades our territory , and pushes its extraordinary predilection for Rome to the point of . wishing to destroy it . rather than leave it exposed to the impatience of the terrible Zucchi , and to the

      menaces ot'Radefzky and Ginberti , both distant this week fr © m the Tiber . General Oudinot is the most important of our enemies . The Republic owes them gratitude . Do you know why ? Because , whilst the Imperialists are occupying , without Striking a blow , the Alessandria of Cbarles Albert , it is a rare glory for Italy that the Rome of the people repulses honour ably the ' -Republicans of France , whom a villanous government launches against you , characterising you as robbers and assassins , And the Popes ? Let us preserve for their memory the balls which will solemnly celebrate the anniversary of the 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 Sea :-vola , has placed its arm on the burning bmkr , and sworn . The three hundred of Sesevola routed Porsenua . The history of Rome is not yet finished ' . ' FfliDAV , May 4 . —Yesterday afternoon , it seems some of the Neapolitan troops were observed in the neighbourhood of Veiletri , a place about twenty miles south-east of Rome , and this morning a r ? - conhoimnce 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 cqme 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 lnala & vr Narvtiez , the , sanguinary , in pvopria pen-ma . 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 of three hostile armies against Rome , with fresh reinforcements , it may be , to the French , would darken the prospect considerably . It is not forgotten that in the days of Charles V ,, 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 Spaniards are quite capable of imitating the conduct of ¦ ¦ their ancestors in that ¦

      respect . - . •> ' . I send you the' following proclamations , as lift best evidence . I can adduce of the spirit prevailing here , for I ' must say that public feeling seems tote fully up with them ' : — . ' . "" ,. ' •• ¦ - ' . ^ Romans 1 a . body of the ^ : Neapolitan army , having passed the frontier , threatens to move towards Rome . Their latent is to establish the Pope as absolute master in temporality .- Their arms are

      prosecution , ferocity ' ,-arid-devastation . The King , to ; whom Erirope has decreed ' the nkrae ofbo fl * harder of his own ^ abjects , - hides *' . himself in i < 9 ranks ; . arid the most iinexorable ' " amongst the conspirators ^! GaetaVstand around ... Romans ! W have conquered the firstiassailants ; we will conquer the second .. The blood- ' of the best of the Neapolitan patriots , : the blood of our brothers ot Smuy , weighs upon tW head of the traitor » God , who blinds the ' perverse ; and eives streng-J

      to the . defenders " of ; , the right , chooses you . " Romans ! for . their avengers . May the will of w £ and our cou ' ntry : be done ! ¦ In the name ol tw t . 'ghts . . which belong to every country-in the naffe of the duties which . devolve upon Rome toward Italy-and ^ Europe '—in-the name of . the ¦ BJJJ mothers who have cursed that , King , and » ° Roman mothers who will bless the defenders of w * cbildren—in the name of our liberty , our bono ^ arid out conscience—in . tiie name of , God f " j ; peopIe ,. we will resist . V . ' We will ^ resist , solw } people , capitafand ; provmce . Let Rome ueJ , tbilt lable as eternal ;; justice . ? We have experienced in ; order to conquer . it suffices not to fear to Long live the Republic ! : vr '; The Triumvirs ^ AnMELUNi , Saffi , ll ^

      •^^ Roine 7 May 2 , 18 i 9 . ' '; . ' . ' , Vofl 00 !> " ilt . h ' as'bee n aacertained to-day that the h ^ tan advanced posts are at'Gerizano , three w , miles nearer Rome than Veiletri . * ue * thickens . ( Continued w the frmti ? a F- >

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19051849/page/2/