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      w CTSiB ry ia orfsr that an elect few might enjoy ihe birtB . jpgs oiUfe ; ttat the earth Is a valley of tears asifciield of jwYer-cESjing trials ; that Goi distributes sGSquallj ^ favours He accords to His children ; that \ li 3 fatal fc of iht mass is patieut . ^ epujrnEiit ISvioux , long-^ gerins , and resignation . It . is capital 'Which , causes at tbis moment the financial crisis , which shackles credit , paralyses industry , and arrests commercial traoMDuons ; ateroKd cspi ' &l—unrrrfuctlve and para-Bite capital—which holds at its mctvy the industrial and t&e workman , which deducts from them the largest ana p urest parts of tbeir labours , which , hides i s It , contracts ani reduces itself to ne'hing , and throwg confoiion into the wfiola social to 3 y . Sow , shall we BDffcr edv longer a handful of co « arSs to <^ raia the sources of we

      labeur and national prosper ^ ? Shall suffer a few E 61 , of whom , the majority ere not even PrenctaeD , io ! d ia 'heir bsnflg ths fa ' e and destiny of Prance 1 gjjSll we allow their vaia terrors to weigh so heavily upon the progress of thelSsernes of the world ? So . And Jel no one raiitake the import of these words ; neither ¦{ he lives nrr tfce fortns ^ s of these meu rus ttie slightest gsnger . If selfish interests , bj fear er by ¦ calculation , teiaca the people to tie last extremities of hung ; r , the peop le fccdurs it rather than troublepaMic « rfier , ar jaate * attempt upra the rights or the property of any ose . Titoge . ipie desire neither Tengeaaceaor re . action . iet tVivn tHtsR pEsillanimous an-5 cowardly men keep ¦ cbat they hare aspired ; tut let us v . o longer leave in ? heir hands tbatpowvr which they haie so badly Hsed ,

      SorisT , in snaranteein * the rights of labour has taken ths rula of a social providence . Itreqnires a civil list inharm nny with its tre-h wants . Lr ;< as take away from the intirmedwW agents and unproductive idlets , the gjeat profit ? tka : they are realising daiiy , to the detrija £ Ht o f all , upon production and eonsump ion . Let us mate over to the state , -which is ths sssv-ciatien of all iatere 1 * 5 . the monopoly of the great industries ; tbe iconi po ) ¦ si banks , of roa « 3 sand commnaicationa , the two great levcis of commerce , the msnopoly of assarfinc& 3 j "tha monopo ly of all cc ' -onial produce , < tc . In these measures only is safety , nndaremedv . A law of later date would resn 1 at » the indtmnities to be accorded . ThB asseHiblj enthusiastically ro ^ ed that an address skould be sent to the pT-OTi-icsal government , engaging it to create a Nations ! Bank .

      Tfce Republican Society of the FanbonrgS : Denis has resolved tb&t the porenimf nt shall he invited jo take Each measures as it may judsje proper , to compel all proprietors to p ^ ce in the National Discount B ink the gii months advance that they era in the habit of re-C € iving from lheir ten- n s and loflcers . This measure , Sf plied to tbe pr&prirtors of aboni 6-J . C 09 notices which exist in Paris , would produce , atth rate of 1 , 000 francs foreach honss ( minimum basis ) , 60 , 000 , 000 franc 3 . The Interest of this sum wonlibe Uandtd orer to the bank « t the tivrati < fes at labonr . This res . Indian Kill he

      communicated to the o-h # r c ' ubs , who will be invited to 6 npport it . The Foe e y tas also resolved that the government should be invited to press the ix-cu ; ion of the law if 1834 , which rcqaire /" from proprietors the formation of pavuroents in their houses . This measure , biing applicable to about 4 , S 39 houses , will produce immediate work for tho = e who are in want . This resolution , like the preceding one , will bacotimunieated to the other clubs , who will ba invited to fuppcr : it . The society afterwards decided that ev * ry Hi an « ho might wish to present feimself 3 t the elee ions should make known his profession of faith before the 2-5 ia of the present month . SIEC TEBT OF A TKAITOK . The correspondent of ihe Mcbnlng Chkonicls supplies the following extraordinary statement : —

      ' An aiSiir hss come out here to-day which is iifcelv to create no srnail sensation among the Repnblicanst A parcel of letters was found amons the papers of > f . Gabriel De ! e > s = rt , the late prefect of police , written by a person of the name of Delafcode , who it turns out was a spy of the police under the late government . Thia man Dilahode had contrived to acquit pa considerable decree of influence amon ; : tho republicans . lie was in po-session nf all their s ? orets . and even occasisnaily wrote in the Refqswe , one of tbeir principal organs . So great was the faith placed in hint , that a'ter tbe abdication he was appointed by the provisional poverncent secretary to one of t ' -e mo ? t important comin :- « ios « . Tie letters fonnd are to tbe Burner of

      500 . They so back for some year ? , and the last is written as ' ate as the afternoon of the 23 rd cf February— than h t-i say , the second of the three e ' orious diy 3 . In fnis " last ie ' . ier he inurms M . Dcte tert tbat he has at last induced the republicans to make a stand in tbe streets : that ihe most ardent repob ' icaM were that evftning , at eiulit o ' clock , to be at ! hi ? Port S 5 Martin and xbe Pors Sv D ^ cfe , awl If he would send a party of Muu-cipal Guards at that hour i : e might s ^ ize th e wh ears , on this information . lie sent tbe Municipal Guards at the hour apj-oinled , but iker arrived nine minutes beiore the hovr fixed , and the republicans cens-quenlly esraped from falling into ibe trap . Oa disawerin ? this cotre ? poi ; dence ,

      51 . Ciusidiere , the repnblican prtfectof police , who was him .-elf one of the perions denounced , and who bad been on intimate terras with D = iahude , had him taken into custody . In the evening a party of ardeat pafri > ts , wuo iaJaecG « tu the prh'OH . tOOkhlm out , and carried him before an extemporaneoaslyformed miiit .-irr trihunal . which soon foacd the culprit guiitv of t- "Pa > on , and senenced him to be shot . It wi ^ with difficul ty that iomc of the National Gntr ' . a i-reveeted them from carryitg the sentence immediately into execution , bat ultimately they aiio =-ed him to b » taken hack to prison , on the pK ) - mise that fae woaid be speedily fcrsuglit to trial before the regular tribunals . Pabis . Mo > day , 5 p . m .

      The situation of Paris ta-day is curious . Tbe Bink of France continues closed . Tne private backers decline to pay ch-: q ; ie * ex- -cpt foroQQ 7 .. or it- ? multiple ? , tbit is to siy , 1 . 000 :., 1 , 500 ' ., &o , inasmuch as they hare not specie , nor smalJer nots = to make up the differences . The money chingera a e mo ? t of 'h ^ m closed , and the few that are open are unsupplied with silver , the stock they had before the suspension of the bank bavios been exhausted . There is some sold to be had at the rate ol 2 fr . per 20 f - . piece , or 10 per centpremium . Private families and individuals in there cir .-um-tances , a'e obliged to obtain their daily supplies of necessaries of ali description oh credit . There are difficalue 3 , howeyer , which credit does not surmcan :. For examples , tke pest-rfiice ; the posta-e of letters mubt be paid ; the post-office I need cot saj gives no credit . THE PJ . BI 3 CAB . P 2-VTEE 3 .

      A deputation of the carpenters o : Paris repaired on Sunday to the Hotel de Ville to offer their adhesion to the provisiostl noverEinenr , asd demand the liberation of three of their companions condemned for corabination in ] 6 i 5 , and who were still lying in prison . ' Citizen ? , ' said the speaker of the deputation—On rte 2-ith of Fr ' rruirv , the day after tbe victory of Iht people , 100 of our comrades proceeded to the prison of the Hidclonuttt-s . Ttey frere armeU ; all resistance was u ; e ! = ; = ; the pat = s were opened , and shortly afterwards one of tne p hocerf , in Trho ^ e / ate we interecede , threw > .: in ; elf into the arms of bis comrades . Nevertheless , they c Jii-Idereii such a procseding blameable ; the prisoner was taken f > = ck to hi ? prison , and the es * a tlUlit 3 ? iiv Ifcft ia charge of these who iiad taten po 3 SiS * Eion of it .

      M . Marra = t , the Slayer of Paris , appbne ' edtbeir noble cor . duet , and promised to recommend their petition to tne attention of the government . ^ Tbe Mo . vi t « cr of Motday publishes a decree ordering thB imjnediate liberation of the prisoners . the is-ia : G ' s creditors . The trades ucu and creditors opHie ex-King and Eoyal honieliold meet teday to dis :-a-: 3 their present prospects ; it is rumoured that their undischarged claims are heavy and largely in arrear .

      FBATEHNISAIIOU . A deputation ot Bi ? : gian democraU presented a complimentary addres 3 to the provisional goverament OD Monday , with the national flag of Belgium . _ The inhabitant of Ronmelia , residing in Pans , also offered to the provisional government , on Tuesday , the ix . -. r ssion of their iivelkst sympathies ^ or ihe Frencii R-jpubiic .

      THE JIOVEABLB GtTAEDS . Bv a dec-ee of the provisional government the Minister of War was authorised to place at the disposal of the sreneral commanding the moveable rational Guard , the articles necessary for their immediate equipment . THADF . On We-Jrr ^ av ihe failure of two bailKini-uOUEe 3 kss announred , ' Lehedeux and Company , and another which I will notnatnr , because there appears to be some hope that it will be able to eo on . in the aetal trade the most considerable failure wastaat ot M . Lava-: ee , who did a very extensive business Bith England ; tut there are several others ot interior' importance .

      TL < National Discount Bank commenced its operations oa Monday . Six hundred accounts have already been oper . ed , and yesterday there were 800 additional applications , which are to be decided today . Oil i . Way the araonntdzsconn ed was near y a mil'ion of L "uks . and yesterday 1 , 200 OOOf . It i > thought that We establishmen t will have a powerful effect in restoring pnbHc confidence . The Master ot Finances has presented a report to tfeprovffonal t " ^ rnment , from « Thieb W 8 take the following extracts . '— A ,. W * thSv-ew toeQt Wethe manufacSiirers to dupoie of Jht ; r m . rctanfiise * for mocey , there shall be esx ^ Srf a ; rar : san 3 5 a ^ de ^ t mm Beneral TOK j ^ Stt =: s : ^ 3 ^ tarS l la txunaDge for tte r dep , > J . , ockE > M ^ owUa ^ aenta «; r « : ed f . oa a ^ rf ^ artide > Tcursciipj . iadicaliD E tbe saleable v ^ propir 3 j vsined , shall vouch the propei *» f r : c . . . ipta oi

      the central WLreaoases wia he aUowed to l ^ ^^ tb ( j £ s a gaarEatee at the dUeonnt bssks . Marke . , ^^ . stamp tf the R-p-jblic , and repreientinff a Bolio ' g fc _ tie , acd essiiy realisable v&lue , those JcCtiptS Will i ^^ j garded as eqniTalent to a second endorsement , t ^ rT icccd tint skis ritaL ' ty girsa to articles of ta ' . ue no . v

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      paralysed will pewtrfally contribute to reanimnte in . ' dustry , commetce , and conBiquently labour , I have the , honoar , citiz n * to pressnt you the following decree : — Art . I ... There shall bs established hi Paris and $ n the other cities whtre a . want aay beftlt , gentral w - j e ; houses , nhere m ^ rchanis and tracers may depot ' i ^ tbe raw materials , koo 3 f , and manufactured artit jeg o j which they are proprietors . 2 . These warehouses may in case of neceBs 5 ' £ y bo established by the commissioners of the pover JIEent on the demand of the Chambers of Commerce , or . ^ the Municlpal Conncils . 3 . There Bhall he delivered to depositors receipts marked , first ,. wit-h the « tes » p of the Ee- ^ nb lic ; areood , with the stamp of warehouses where th >; y have been de . posited . These receipts , extracted from registers , with blocks , transferring the property deposited , will be transferable by endorsement .

      They shall be liable to a duty not exceeding one franc

      ten centimes 4 . The warehouses tba'l be placed under the guardianship of the Sta * e . SSWS FR' -lt POLASB . The Pans papers say , that letters from the frontiers of Ga'icia state , that a general insurrection in the whole of Austrian Poland is on the point of breaking out .

      THS rORTHCOMlSG EL ? CTI 0 N 9 . In the department of the Seine , the names of the candidates in the Republican interest arc almost all agreed on . The firet in the list are the e'even members of the provisional covernmont . and ekbtout of tbe twelve deputies " ? ho in the last chamber represented the severalarrondissemcnts of Paris . The clnf > 3 hare resolved to add to these a student from eaeh of the jwat . * ehooH namely , a a ' un ' ent from the Ecole Polyfcchniquc , one from St Cyr , one from the Eeole dei ) roit , and i < ne from the Ecqle de Medecine ; each tob ? selected by their companions . Tbe club ? are determined that the remainder cf tbe thirty four shall be industriels mouvrkrs . Some other candidates

      have ventured to offer themselves who haye not the advantage of club support . M . Cauchois Lemaire , and M . de Raviso , the son of Savarr , Duke of Rovipo , have offered themselves . On the other hand , the clergy , on the invitation of the Archbishop of Paris , have selected two candidates who will besnp parted by the whole inflaence of the church , namely , the celebrated Abbe Lacordaire , and the Abbe Desuerry , cure of St Eustache . General Lawoestine has also ' niade an appeal to'the electors as an old soldier of the empire , and M . Cheuier . sdvocate , has also issued an addrpss , foandinp his claims on the reputation of the two poets of the revolution , of the same name , who were his nncles .

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      REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA . OVERTHROW ASD FLIGHT OP METTERMCH" . Vienna , March 9 . Ibavpjnst learned a fact of the lushest importance , which has produced here an immense sensation . On the proposition of Prince Metternich the Supreme Council of State has pronounced the dissolntion of the Hungarian Parliament . The Hungarian Chancery was convoked to day to devise means f executing " tbit mea'ure . which may be attended with the most fata ! cosspquenoes . The Chamber of Deputies , assembled at Presburg , ba ^ voted an address to the Emperor , in which the whole system of policy of Prince Metternich is openly condemned .

      The Chamber of Deputies of Tlungary recommends IIi < Majesty ' to surround his throne with constitutional institutions in accord with the ideis of the age , * and demands those in * titnt oas for the who / e empire . The Chamber of Magnats has fully conenrred in the address . Instead of acceding to the desire of Huneary , to the exigencirs of the time . " , and ? h / i population of the empire , Prines Metternich has resolved to play his last stake , and decreed the di « "lntinn of the parliament ., E ?« ry day couriers are despatched to St Pesersburp . Tbe Bourse is in a state of the utmost consternation , and tbe Exche qaer will ? oon be drained , notwithstanding the Russian leap , which must soon be exhausted . Even tfce population of YUnna , formerly socslm and impossible , is in th » areatestngitatior , and loudly calls nut ftr reform . We are here on thB eve of a catastrophe .

      IXSrjBRT . CIIOS IS YIEXSA . On ibe lo ' . h , tbe day of ihe opening of the legislature at Vienna , a large numbar of students , headed by their professors , proceeded to the chamber , in order to present a petition in favcur of various reforms . Immense crowds soon colle 2 ted ; the military were called out : their mvislse-s were loaded in presence of the people , apd extraordinary measures wf re taken to MVV' nt disturbance ? . Soon after the opening of the Diet , Prince Monte-< 5 iK-li and several of the riepnties , arenrapanied by an immense crowd , proceeded to the palace with the airdrpss . Theernsh of spectators at the opening of the Diet w ° » enormons . A sreat number of w \\ dre « pd people throcted the hall . exclaiminJ that the petition of the estates did not gs fir enouzh . The peasmtry were crowding the str ets , ai ^ xious to learn ' Whether the constitution wss rendy . '

      Towards even i ng affairs becarae alarming ; all the shops were closed , thepalace of" the sta ' es wa 3 entered and ransacked , and the- arfenr-h were literally bs ? ieaed by the people . In tbe nick of time , however , the tmp ^ rnr expressed bis readiness to niike popnlar con .-e s " ons , not , lo-Tever , before numerous pe'sons were billed and wojnded . The intelligence that Metfernica b ^ d resigned j that the tvo unpopular archl ' ufces , Lewis and Albeit , had been disgraced—in other words , deprived of their functions ; that the Coun-s Ko'owratb . aod Montecuoli had been entrnsted with the formation of a new ministr- ; that liberty of the press had been conceded , and that a national guard had been ordered to be organisedspread like wildfire amonsst the population , ( no longer the populace , ) and called forth the most extravacant demonstrations of joy . On the pk'ht of the 13 h and 14 th Vienna was brilliantly illuminated .

      The Emperor has given permission to the students to take arms , with the view of preserving public tranqniility . and has , moreover , appointed a committee composed of the m ? mbersof the states andof the cla ' s Of citizsB ? , for the purpose of deliberating on the measures necessary to be taken under existing circumstances Prince Metternich ba 3 taken to his heels . It is said that his residence on the Rennweg has been demolished . According to some accounts during the insurrection nineteen persons were killed and fourteen wounded . According to others , tbe number slain on the 13 th amounted " to nearly 300 persons .

      On the 14 th all the troops ( says the ZEiruxGnUBB , of Berlin . ) received orders to quit the city . The ' disgraced' Date Albert was commander-in-chief of the array . T . n students were killed by the military . On the Hib . perfect order prevailed in Vienna . Private letters received in Paris on thenfteruoon of Sunday , supplied farther particulars of the revolutionary movement at Vienna : — The artists of the School of Beans Arts ou » ht likef heroes . Htttenrch has fl ; d from Vitnna , loaded with universal execiation . Amongst those driven from the enpita ) are tbe Empress-Hotel r and the PrincegB Met te : nich , who showed themselves much opposed to the revMutiGn of France . They were in the constant habit ot offering up public prayers for tbe preservation of Austria from the revolutionary poison . The Eedcmptori = ts and the Jesuits , who were particularly patronised

      by them , wore also sent away . M . Pilat , tbe old and intimate secretary of the Bi-Arch-dake CbBncellor , who was to UelUi-nieh what H . Gunie was to Guizot , habeen also obliged to leavf . A'l the paid officiate arc alsa C me . M . de Jarke , one of the writers tent from Berlin i-j spread the doctrine of tbe system of Iegitimaej , has flsa . The Emperor , kept in BuVjcction by 1 is minister , and Iong ia a kind of cbildhood , wept as a child who received the impression of eotne extraordinary event witheut being able to understand it . After Metternieb , th > Archduke Lonis is he whom the people most execrate , He had been the right arm of his brother F . ancis I ., andnpheld the policy of ifetternich to lhe least point . He is hid k-n , f- adng the pcpular venaeaBce . Every one kno is m Vienna that to the Archduke Lou !* , Metternicb Fiquelmont , and Prince Munich de Bellingh 2 u ? en , are to bs attributed the massacres of Tarnow , and since , tLo = e of Milan .

      ANOTHER ACCOUNT . Private letters received in London from Vienna , v a Ostend , this mcrning , dated on the evening of the li . h , leave no doubt of the truth of this intelligence . They state that tb . 8 Archduke Albert , the Commander " of the city , ordered the troop 3 to fire on s procession of student ? , who were about to present a petition , on the 13 th iastanr , demaading the same reform as those conceded in other parts of Germany . Many were killed and wounded , and amongst them masy were spectators . The people , irritated at this massacre , then rose and compelled Prince Metternich and the Archduke Albert to resign . Tfce troops w ( T 3 a ' so forced to evacuate the Arsenal , which was garrisoned by the Burahee Guard . In short , at the hour that the post ktt . Vienna was in the hands of the citizens , on whom the task of maintaining order had devolved .

      _ Reports were circulated in Vienna of serious riots in the neighbouring country . Several factories had teen burnt , and it -was even said that the Palace o Scbcenbrunn was in flames . All business was at a stand still .

      FURTHER DETAIL 3 . The intelligence received this morning from Vienna , sajs ( thB Paris correspondent of the Tuna , ) is of the most serious nature . The accounts are bat meagre a . to details , but to "f }?«»» * £ a complete revolution has been effected in the Austrian capital . A conflict on the 13 * between he people , led by tbe students and citiaetfl . aud the military has compelled Prince ' Metternich t » fly . There has been bloodshed on both sides , but we number of killed and wounded is not stated , lne Ui-Jecior of Police , M . Seldnlzky , has ken « pd ed fhehonse of Prince Mett . raich was ™ £ * W - $ L mob , and the Grand Dukes have withdrawn into private life . The military have left the ci-y , which is under the protection of the Cme Guard and toe students . The official G « etik of the Hth contains a notification of the concessions the Emperor 18

      compelled to make to the necessities ot tne nour . u « Majesty consents to arm the students , and expresses g sire that the citizens 7 ? i » w-operate Witt tHem m

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      raaintaiDing public order ; he trusts that a _ fr * -sh proof of hi 3 paternal solici ' . ude will be recognised in this measure , and that tranquillity will be re-e ^ tablisfeedbyit ; if it is not , he will , though with regret , b £ obliged to authorise the troops to use their arms . There is a discrepancy between the official ancount and the intelligence of the Zeitukgshallk . It the ci ^ y is already in possession of the citizens , the on'er 3 to the military conm too late . , Subjoined are all the details received m Pans ot the movpment in Vienna and Berlin . The Zeitungshille of the 17 th inafc . contaias the following , dated Vienna , the 13 th : —

      Oarcspital is in open rsrolt , All the inhaUtantBhavB risen In amass , and tbe students have joined th * Urban Guard . The crowd marched on tbe villa of Prince Metternich . situate on the Rtnnwegr , and di-strojed it . They thrncerepaired to the hotel . f the State ChanCCrji preceeded by the students . Tbe most exaggerated demsnds were here made by the people , and a stronger , haTinf ? presented himBelf on the balcony , declared tfcat the emperor would immediately satisfy their wishes ; that his Majesty had ev ^ ry confidence ia ths loya ' . ty ol the tababitants of Tianaa ; that the Imperial government bad been lone engaged In preparing laws forttie bitter administration of the country ; end that the pe » - pie would be agreeably ; . leas ? 4 with the tim ly aud paternal intentions of the Eaiperor . Tn tbe mean time the troops had deplojf d . and platoon fires were heard in

      different directions . Some even say that the streets were sw . pt with grapeshot . At the hour of post tran . quiliity was not yet restored . It was said that many persons had betn killed and wounded . The « nw « H « was dreadful . Cries in favour of a constitution nnd freedom ofthepreBB was utti-red . The crowd was particularly compact in the afternoon . The Aulio Council of War bad adopted all the necessary measures . The gates had been shut , la order to separate the city from tho 6 U 0 urb 8 , and the Bourse remained closed . I have heard . hatthe depu . ties ot Presburg were the pr moters of the movement . The students hnrongued the workmen , and prevailed upon them to join in it . At half-past four o ' clock p m ., t ! ie troups upon the Ju ( 5 enplatsfired , when sis men wf ra killed . The revolt bad then reached its height . The commander of adeiachment of soldiers was compelled

      by the people to dismount and give his horse to a student who was wounded in the head . The milltarj were everywhere hissed and booted . A troop of artillery was obliged to unscrew tbeir bayonets on the intimation of the crowd . All the sbops were cloesd . It was apprehended that the people « f the suburbs would invade the city during the night . The presence of tbe Urban militia excited everywhere the greatest enthusiasm . TJ'ewa'clivrord U , "the Canstntation aD < 3 Freedom of the Press . ' Petitions to that iff . ct have been already signed by 20 , 000 parsons . The rails have hsen taken up on d : ff « rent points , and the communications Interrupted . March 14 , 8 p . m .

      The people attacked the hotel of tbe police . Near the Prater the troops fired five volleys . At ten o ' c ' o <; k the students were rrmed . Metternich and Sedln- ' zki havo retired . The people are marching against the Custom-honse . A new er . x is open for Austria . At tho meeting of the assembly of the States the studentB and the burgesses presented petitions for reform . Those potitans were received , bat the reply to their demand tpbb ajourned . Thia displeased the people . Crowds were formed . The troops marched from their barracks ; shots were fired , and popular exasperation wa » raised to the higbeBt pitch . Priuce Mettornich quitted Tienna , sn-1 the students aad burgesseB having b en armed ,

      order waB restored . It is not doubted but that the demand * ofithe people will be taken into consideration , f . nd that the Austrians will enjoy tbe same privileges as ths Germans . Ac half-past one o ' clock it traa annonnC' d that the Emperor had declared the formation of a Na'ional Guard , to be commanded by Count Mayero , AH the Princes of the Royal Family woo have rendered themselves unpopular have retired into prirate life . Universal joy prevailed , aad the city was illuminated . The patrols ef the CWc Guard wtre < very where received with loud cheers by tbe people . The most valuable cloth was presented to the students and burgessos to convert into scarfdj and flowers and laurpls wsro thrown down from tbe windows . There were ten of the students

      lulled . The Stock-Bxchance was closed , ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF IHE YISSNA INSURRECTION , The students had presented a petition to the D et for unlimited freedom of the Dress , and Count Montecuoli , the Marshal of the Diet , assured the mnltitnrie ' that the States would not be wanting in their duty , but would use every endeavour to procure from the Emperor ike required concessions . This assurance apppnred to satisfy the people , when suddenly a large military force was seen advancing . It consisted of cavalry and infantry , the rear being brought up 07 a stronu detaehment of artillery . with several field pieces , and was under the personal command of the Archduke Adelbert , His Imperial Ilighness addressed a few words to the assemblage , esliortin ? them to disperse peacpably ; but his

      admonition produced no effect . The order was then given to fire and charge ; and the result is stated to have been that some twenty persans were killed and about ten times that number wounded . Among the former were fifteen students who were in front of tbe insurgents ; and immediately after tho volley an influential citizen stepped forward , and , dipping hfe white handkerchief into the blood that had been shed , fastened it io his walkina strck , and exclaimed — ' Be this the emb'em of onr future liberty ! ' A coup de theatre and a sentiment both eminently French , had an effect that would not have been looked for upon the usaally sobor-minded Germans . The roeb , now swelled to the number of 20 . 000 men , rushed upon the troops , and whether by mere physical force , or by reaBon of a lukewarm resistance

      on the part of the military , of whom a large proportion are said to have been Italians , succeeded in driving them back , arid even in capturing some ef the cannon . The Archdukes Adelbert , Char ! e ° , and John were in great personal danger , and one general officer was dragged from his horse , on which a wounded student was forthwith placed , and paraded through the streets in great triumph . Meanwhile the rebellion had spread in every part of the town , and where attempts were made to repel it by military force the soldipr 3 were soon driven back , or did not make great efforts to oppose tbe popular commotion . A strong party of the lower classes had , during these events , marched out of the town to the villa of Prince Metternich , which they completely demolished , and several other country houses and town residences of the members of the Cabinet suffered considerably by the violence of the excited populace . At about nine o ' clock in the evening comparative

      tranquillity was restored ; tao whole ^ garrison had left the town and fcakea up livouacs m the Prater and outside the ramparts ; it was known that the three Archdukes who had commanded the military evolutions had left Vienna for different parts of the Austrian dominions , and that a travelling carriage and four was waiting at the back gate of Prince Afetternich ' s palace for the purpose of conveying the ex-Minister to bis estates either in Bohemia or on the Rhine . An hoar later a great multitude again assembled before the imperial residence , when suddenly a gentleman , not known , came out from its gates , and declared , in the name of the Emperor , in a loud and distinct voicp , that Ma Majesty had cheerfully granted all tbe demands his subjects had made— ' full liberty of the press , a more extensive representative constitution , publicity of all proceedings in the courts of law , trial by jury , and , finally , the dismissal of tke whole Metternich Cabinet . '

      Accounts to the evening of the 15 th announce that the Emperor had published a decree abolishine the censorship of the press , and establishing a National Guard .

      HEROISM OF THE PEOPLE . Ifc appears that the ramparts aud gate 3 were bristled with lraded canaqn—the people rnahed ( unarmed ) en masse to lheir mouths , and shouted , * Who dares to fire npon us , your unarmed brethren ?' On the 15 th , the people erected a gallows in the front of Metternich's palace , and inflicted capital punishment on the effigy of its most unpopular proprietor . Thi 3 exhibition continued dming the entire day , nor did the authorities dare to cheek it . A royal decree was published on the 16 tb , announcing the abolition of the censorship , —the establishment of a National Guard , —and the convocation of the States Deputies .

      Vienna . March 15 . — ' We learn that bands of rob bers and discharged workmen are committing tiepredaMons in all quarters ; scarcely ai ; y attention is paid to the Sovereign ' s concesaions , and all who haye property quake . Count Musch-Bellinghausen is . fratime , entrusted with the Foreign Department . ' Another account from Vienna speak 3 of the restoration of quiet and order in the Austrian capital .

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      PRUSSIA . SUCCESSFUL INSURRECTION IN BERLIN . By a decree of March 14 th , the Kins of Prussia had convuked the Prussian Diet for the 27 th of April . Berlin , March 13 . Today a serious riot took place , in wMcla , weare forry to say , blood has been shed . The refusal of the City Conneil to present a petition agreed upon by upwards of 2 , 000 young men , andjthe fact that the Lord Chamberlain had , in the King ' s name , declined to receive a deputation from the Council itself soon became known through the city . Above 20 , 000 persona in a short time collected in the Park , and called for their favourite speakers to iiddress them . The multitude remaiaed assembled , hurraing and singing till

      a late hour . Towards ereaing the Linden Strasse the most fashisnable street in Berlin ) was crowded to excess ; but from want of arms among the people ^ apd their quiet and peaceable conduct , nobody anticipated any serious disturbances . No Iamp 3 were broken , and no confectioners * shops plundered—the usual demonstrations here under Buch circumstances —and every hope was entertained that things would pass off quietly . About duak a strong military force was drawn up in front of the Palace , and numerous patrois of Lswera and Foot Guards marched through the Linden Strasse and the adjoining streets . The troops were continually reinforced ; a detachment of the R fks was posted in the arsenal ; and several regimenta forded throughout the whole length of the Lindea Stime . Either from curiosity o ? wpr&e

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      motives , an immense multitude had ' cbilestfed in front of the . Palace . Several officers exhorteil ta " e people to disperse , and when this admonition had not the desired effect , tha Lancers charged . One individual was killed ; tho number of wosnded was not ascertained , but the number nmgt have been considerable . A student came to the Newspaper-hall with a serious woundHn the back of his head , and declared that while passing quietly to Prederich Strasse , a uancer rode up to him and inflicted tbe ^ Sund . A child had its abdomen laid open by a cmwdTsaVn In the Grunen Strasse the bridge was drawn up , and by means of a large quantity of old timber a barricade waa formed behind it in the Jager Straase . An attempt waa madp to plunder several gunsmiths ' shops , but enly nino or ten brace of pistols were procured . Towards midnight tranquillity was restored .

      ANOTHER ACC 0 UMT . At tho hour I am writing ( ten o ' clock in tfce evening ) strong detachments of troops occupy the corners of every street and the different bridges . The delegates of the city having refused to a opt the petition which had been drawn up and signed for presentation to the king , an assembly was announced for the evening to take the matter into consideration . At an early hour a large multitude assembled , and it was Buddenly reported that same arrests had been made , and that the government purposed preventing any public demnn 3 tration by armed force . At this momenta gensdarrae made his appearance and was received with hootings , and compelled to retire towards tbe guardhouse , near the Brandenburggate . The cr .- > wd followed him , and surrounded tbe guard-house . The officer on duty sent for a reinforcemeut , and some detnchmeHts of cavalry and infantry came , driving back the people . The cavalry at the same time cleared the square near tha castle .

      The riot began to assume a more serious aspect , and the cavalry made repeated charges in which some Wood waa shed , From what I witnessed I cannot approve of the conduct of the troops , as they unnecessarily made use of their arms in dispersing the people . The disturbance was most serious in the vicinity of the Palace and near the Peter ' splace , from which the people were driven towardB the Grejn-street , where a barricade was thrown up . On other points the pavemt-nt was taken up and stenes thrown at the solJicr 3 . Many arrests have taken place . AH the public offices , such as the Arsenal , the Biuk . the Seebandlung , &c , were occupied by strong detachments of troops . Guns ready for action were kept harnessed all day in the barracks . March 14 .

      To-day proclamations were extensively circulated exhorting the _ population to peaceable conduct , and at tbesamo time , desirinsall dealers in arms to deposit their guns , swords , &c ,, in the Royal Arsenal . A gentleman named Held war , together with his wi / e , dangerously wounded in the head and facn while returning from a party to thoir house in the Friederich Strasse ; and the son of Rucker , the celebrated poet , is mortally waunded and not expected to live through the day . Aix-la-Chapelle , Friday evening , ten o'clock . This moment , just as the mail ia starting , an express has arrived from Berlin , bringing the melancholy accounts that the scenes of ( he 13 th bad been repeated , with much greater violence , during the whole night of the 14 tb , and on the 15 th the whole garrison wasput into motion , and , from all the circumstances , it may be concluded that much blood has been shed .

      A subsequent communication by the Electric Telegraph furnishes us with an extract from a private letter from Hamburgh , in these terms : — A Bevere conflict has taken place between the troops and the paoplo at Berlin , ancl many of the latter have bom killed or wounded , Berlin , March 16 tb , 3 , pjn . The Kinp is wavering . He has already concedet the institution of a Burgher Guard , which was included in the constitutional reforms demanded by tbe people . The Ministry have refused to act unless on the solicitation of lhe Burghers . The aimed police manifest every disposition to conciliate the neople .

      The petition for the abolition of the censorship of the press is granted by the King . A deputation f > t two hundred students has waited on the Prince , of Prussia to demand the withdrawal of the troops , and to inform him that in case of refusal they would instantly arm , and resist them in the event of their afcraclring tha people . A collision has taken place between tho military and tbe civilians . Some barricades have been erected , and the bridges have been drawn up . The soldiers have charged several timea , and roany have been wounded , and some killed . The Berlin burgfeers are now fully aroused , and it will be very extraordinary if moie decisive results are not obtained this evening .

      The Cologne Gazette quotes the following letter of the loth from Wittgenstein : — ' On the Oth , numerous bodies of the peoplo paraded the streets of the town of Laasphe , hissing and shouting to the burghers to join them . They soon began to demolish the houses of several persons employed by the seignory of Wittgenstein , they being odious to the peeple . On the next day bands of peasantry entered tbe town , pursuing the chief director of the forests but whom they could not catch . They afterwards wept to the Castle of Wittgenstein , and forced the Prince to grant them extensive forest rights . The Biime excesses have botn committed &i Bczteburg . Some soidiers were marched in on the 25 th .

      The Prusbi&n State Gazette of the 19 th nnd 20 th gives no datuils of the coinicta between the troops and the peo ; . le of Berlin on the evening of the 18 tb , nor of tbe issue of the struggle ; but it announces the itnpor . tan t fact tbat a new Ministry was formed on the 19 ib , and it also contains a . whining appeal from tho King to the inhabitants of Berlin , from which we gather that the troop * still occupied all the public buildings and strong points of tbe city , but that tbe insurgents held their barricades , Other parts of Prussia are likowiso disturbed . From Kcenigsberg we have accounts to the 11 th instant , by wblch wo leara that the tranquillity of that city had been di * turbf d . The president of the police was about to srreat JIM , Riepp , Jacobi , and Diater , for having composed

      tbe address to the king . The measure was nc-t taken , but the people were very dissatisfied . The prohibition to play 'MasanieUo , ' and sing tba Marseillaise , ' increased tne irritation . At a meeting-of tho Rs 8 aource M . Kosth declared he had bten interrogated by the police as to what had occurred at tbe former meeting , and read a letter prohibiting political discussion . One hundred students immediately went into the streets before tbe place of meotiDg , and cried ' Live the Ressonrcs . ' Tht-y then went to the polico and broke the windows with pavi-. g stones . They obliged o piqust of the military to retire ; a ? quailron of cuirassiers then earoo up , and diapersed them with tbeir swords . The generate was beaten . The soldiers wounded some persons nut engaged in tho tumnlt .

      Letters from Breslau state , that on fhs ICth somo ai the population having waited under the windows ofsniad papular deputies to greet them , a troop of cuirasslMa attacked them , and weunded several , . ¦;¦«

      IBE BEBIIH INSOaSECTISM . It was at nine o ' clock on the morning of tho 18 th thst this patent convoking the Diet was made public . At 10 o ' clock he received the members of the common council of Cologne , at tke head of which was Herr . Von Wifccgenetein , who explained tho situation and tbe wishes of the town and province in simple words . Tbe King answered minutely , and in a friendly manner , | and referred at lbs end (> fhig discourse to the patent . At a later p : riod the King received a deputation from the town conneil of Berlin . A large crowd assembled between one and two in the afternoon ia front of the palace , on the aids of tho Breiten and BruderstrasBti , and they began to cry outfor the withdrawal of the troops from the palace , expressing their joy at the canccBaion of * the King by

      shouts , vivas , and hurrahs . The King came out on the balcony , and was greeted by nn Immense-shout of joy . The crowd v , « as immense , and it pressed on in front of the palace te welcome the King . Seeing them approach soraewuut closer than was thought advisable , n staff officer of cavalry rode forward to make them retire ; and as it seemed evident that he was about to be vielcntly treated , a detacbonent of cavalry immediately advanced to support him . At thia moment two shota were fired , though from what ; quarter they came it was impossible to Bay , Tbe moretaent on the part of the people then became general , said the attack on tho troapa became general in most of . " the streets . By degreeB , as tho fighting continued , arms were obtained by tlie population , and poon the combat -was engaged with arms on both sides . Tho people defended themselves behind barricades , and continued the aUack

      from the roofa of the houses , The ehl < £ seines of the combat were the Friedrieh and Kb ' nigsstadt , aad the space intervening betwesD . Most blood was BpUt in Friedrichsstraeso , Leipzigerstrasse , and KdnigsstraBse . It was in them that moat barricades were erected , and the most active exertions were made from the houses on both sides . The infantry thundered in vain against several of the barricades , and it was bund necessary to employ cannon , loaded with giape . During half the night the city was illuminated . Many superior officers were killed , because they afforded , by their dress , a better mark for those who fired from their houses . The subordination which characterises the Prussian troops more than any in Europe , kept them , at first , vfell together , aud , but later , some corps refused io fire , when they were notattacked by tbe citisens , Duiing the whole night tbe alarm bells were rung .

      The military force at Berlin is estimated at 20 , 000 mon , brought together from tho neighbouring garrisons , It was against this mass of military that the multitude , at first unarmed , began to fight . The students , who had taken arms , were moat active in leading forward the bands of people which successively opposed the treops , The prison was forced open , and the prisoners set free . On Ihe J 9 tb , the city had quite a warlike aBpecf . Tho pavement in all the streets had been torn up ; vast heaps of stones of all sizes , which the people threw from the windows and roofs on the soldiers , impeded the way , and rendered walking impossible . Here and there wero immense barricades of stones and earth piled np to a great height , especially in the Frederichs and Konlgstadt . On the momta g of the 19 th a proclamation from the King , ap . peered , addressed to his ' beloved Borlinese , and which we give below , in which the shots on the ScIiIosb ; platze were ascribed to a mistake . The Kinjr would forget and wlvo all , and expressed a wish that

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      the citizens should , on thtir part , do the same . At eleven the troops wera all withdrawn from the streets , to the great joj of tho people . No more firing occurred with tho exception of tbat which took place in sign of joy , and the people m red in gr . at masses through the Streets , collecting in vast numbers on tbe Scbhssplatze . Here the Kin ? showed himself agRin at the balcony of the palace , from which he addressed the people , exhorting them to peace and quietness , expressed his willingnesB to Bet all prisoners free , and was resolved to grant ia amnesty to the eity guards for the part they cad taken in the affair ,

      The loss on both ewes was immense , and the streets of the Friedricbsstadt were covered in the forenoon with numbers of dead and Troundea ; such nlao was the case in the Kbnigsstad » , where , during tbe previous evening about elevea o ' clock the combat raged most . At about tfro o ' clock in tbo afternoon ( says a correspondeat oi tbe Cologne Gazetts ) , I saw a number of cltizons with b : » red heads , leading a largo waggon in which were laid the bodi ' -B cf most of those who had fallen in the Friudrichsstadt . This procasaion , sin-lng the chorus of 'Jebuamein Zurtrdicht , ' arrived at tbo palace where it was received in deep aiienee , which was only broken by calls for the Kinj again to appear . Us did not do so then , however but shortly afterwards he came out on the balcony above the entrance of the palace , and said that be entrastod the peace and guard of hia palace to Mb faithful people . The dead bodies wore then borne through the inner court ot the palaoe and the Idistgarten or pleasure garden , to a neighbouring church .

      The armamentof the people was immediately proceeded with . They crowded to the arsenal when arms were distributed Instantly . In the evening the palace was guarded by tho Schii ' zen-gilde ( a kind of civic guard . ) The damage done to large public andprivato buildings was immense . The house of tho interim finance minister , Kiihne , was Stormed by the people . The iv > yal foundry njd tho military exercise house at the Oranienburger Thore were reduced to ashes , and the artillery barracks at the same gate was much damaged , and . parti / demolished .

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      REVOLUTIONS IN THE GERMAN STATES . THE RUSflAS ALLIANCE . Rumour says that a secret alliance has been entered into between Austria and Russia , and the resent loan , and the advance of 60 , 000 men to the Galician frontier , under the ordere of Prince Paskewitch , aeeminnly confirm it , and a universal cry has bsen raised in Germany against an alliance with the Czu . We are too well acquainted with that power ( says an appeal widtly circulated in the Prussian journals ) , which so willingly interferes between German princrR

      and their people—v / hoae Icy Ireath freezes life away vrhoBe friendship entallamore embarrassments than even war itself . Already are Germans , from tne Dwfna to the Neva , pining beneath its yoke ; our rivers hava their sources in its dominions . Russia has not forgotten that her oagleB once settled upon the pinnacles of Konigsbtrg . Tbe friendship of Russia has ruined onr prosperity , aod thirty years ago robbed us of the reward of our rictoriea . Is she to end by trampling into annihilation thsbloseoin . ing germ of our national existence ? Is shs onco aore to render Germany's struggles for freedom the laughingstock of the world , and for ever to exclude us from the councils of civilised and ennobled nations .

      At the recent meeting of fifty delegates from the different sta ' 63 afc Heidelberg , a resolution to oppose any alliance with Russia was unanimously adopted .

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

      Advices from the Lake of Constance , up lolne lltk inst ., say that the whole country of Oberland , the Black Forest , Baaz , and Housan , 13 in movement . It is no use talking of waiting for a month , say the inhabitants , till the meeting of the German Parliament , for we are not sure of the next minute . But the word of order is German Republic , and it exerts its magical pawer . The party of the movement , as well as tbafc of the reaction , will , ere long , be driven to extremities . The cry of to arms is tho general cry to rally . An assembly is to meet at Offenburg on the 19 ch inst . Delegates of every commune have been requested to attend , and tho inhabitants of other German countries will als ? be admitted .

      It should seem that the agitation in / avour of a Republican form of government has been very general , and had extended to many places hitherto unsuspected of ultra-political sentfm 8 ntsi Among these are Carlsruhe , Constance , Manheim , Nuremberg , and the Duchy of Nassau . At Neustadt , on tbe 11 th , a body of 0 , 000 or 6 , 000 persons assembled in tho fl . iardc . carrying in procession a golden flag , on which was it-scribed 'Ilt-formation of Germany . ' Ia all these movements the peasants are incited to attach tho property and privileges of the landlords .

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

      BAVARIA . From Munich all accounts describe the monarch ' happy as a king . ' He seems immensely popular , and his late proclamation has quite undone all the misch ^ f oaused by bis connexion with Lola . He has juat declared that he desires peace with France , without reference to her form of government ; but that , in case she attempts aggression or extension of frontier as regards Germany , Bavaria , faithful to her duties , will shed the last drop of her blood to pre . serve the independence and integrity of' Fatherand . '

      In the meantime all her citizens are enrolling as soldiers . The students of the Polytechnic School , the clerks , and shopkeepers , have applied for leave to take up arms , and thia request is not confined to Ba-T / iris . Here all the world arc soldiera . There is news from Munich to the lfth . On the IGth a large body of persons assembled before the palace , where they thought Lola Montes was to be found . The windows were broken , and barricades were formed . Several persons were wounded in endeavouring to get into the palace , which was guarded by soldiers . They then went to the royal hunting-seat of Furstenweid . to look after Lola Montes , who , profiting by tho twilight , had taken refuge there . Thinking she was concealed in a hou 3 e of the Burgerstrasse , where she had before besn found under a sofa , they went to search it , but could not find her .

      At night , the gtturaU was beaten ; some of the doors of the palace were forced open ; the chambers were entered , and the desks and account-books of some of the offices thrown out of tho windows . The rioters set at liberty the prisoners , and it was supposed they had a collision with the gendarmes , as some firing was heard . The troops arrived about eight o ' clock , and restored order . At half-past nine the magistrates announced that the Countess de Landsfeld had arrived at Carlsruhe , and had left that place for Frankfort , but these contradictory statements wero not credited by the people . At half-past ten tho disturbances had again commenced .

      THE INSURRECTION IN WURTEMBERG AND BADEN . The risin ? of the peasants in Wurtemborg and Baden is gaining ground . A letter from Stuttgard , of the 11 th , says : — Travellers who have just arrived here from HechingeB state , that tho whole of that principality was up in arms , and that they demand abolition of all tuxes . The Duke has sought safety in flight . Another letter from Stuttgard says : — The Duke of Hechingon has this moment arrived , having fled from bis dominions . The whole of tbe Wurtembcrg Obirland ia in a state of revolution . No fess than seven castles are reported to have been burnt down last night . The CAELSRunB Gazette says : — large bodies of peasantry are ocouring the country , carrying fire and destruction along with them .

      A letter from Heidelberg , of the 10 th instant , says : — Wo live in disastrous times , and proofs of great social disorder are visible around ub , A persecution ef tho Jews has commenced in our Oberland . At Muhlheim tho house of the mayor , who endeavoured to protect them , has been pillaged . In the eastern districts matters are wuvae fltlll . A war of annihilation lias broken out against tbe landed proprietors . On tho very ground where , 300 years ago , tho peasant-war raged with such fury the aamo scenes are being renowud . The beautiful country seat of tbe Prince of Lelhif gen , which he had built at great expense after the model of Windsor Castle , has been reduced to ashes . Additional troops have been ordered to tho theatre of these depredations .

      The insurrection of the peasants in the Odenwald ndin the mountainous parts of Baden and Wurteniburg is fearfully on the increase . A republic has J ? een proclaimed at Constance

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      ( Baden . ) Traops have been sent thither ; and it is expected that the troops at Afanheim will be sent there also . - 0 LBENB 0 TJRG > The Grand Duke of Oldenbourg has at last issned a proclamation , in which he promises his subjects a free representative constitution , unlimited liberty of the pres . « , and his utmost endeavours to create a German parliament . # The liberty ot the press haa bsen deolared in tho duchy of OldcntoiTr .

      HOHENZOLLERN . A very serious movement took olace , on the 11 th of March , at Feihingen , capital of one of the little principalities of Hohenz ^ llorn . A popula * assembly took plaoe in tha vicinity of the castle . Several demands were addressed to the government , which conceded them eagerly ; but tho people would not leave before each oarisn had received the official deorea which conceded to them the reforms they claimed j all the functionaries who were not natives of the principality were driven away .

      HANOVER . A serious conflict has taken place between the students and the police at Goettingen ; several students were severely wounded , and the whole University , professors as well students , bave solemnly declared to the government at Hanover , that if the most ample satisfaction was not granted they would all leave the University without delay . A deputation from various States waited on the King on the 18 tb , to enforce the claims of the peo

      ple in various reforms . His majesty , after hearing several of its members , asked time for consideration ; but the delay was objected to , a ? altogether need ! e 38 , and in half an hour the King ' s reply was made known to them . This important document grants , first , freedom ot the press ; secondly , the convention and public deliberation of the States ; thirdly , an amnesty for- all political offences . Nor were the reBfc of tbeir demands rejected , although tbe Royal reply , in thai respect , is less specific ? , and therefore less satisfactory . LUBECK .

      The free town of Lubeok , the only one which remained silent , has decreed a free press . In several parts of German Luxembourg tha French republican flag has . be ^ n hoisted , and tha authority of the Grand Duke ( King of Holland ) set at nought . RUMOURED PROCLAMATION OF A RE .

      PUBLIC IN LUXEMBOURG . A morning contemporary uave the following letter , on Wednesday , in a third edition : —I learn at thia moment that a revolutionary movement has taken place at Arlon , chief to m of Belgian Luxembourg . The Republic , it is said , has been proclaimed , and the French flag hoisted . A letter from Efctelbruck . iv the Grand Duchy o £ Luxembourg , dated the 15 th inst ., [ state 3 : — ' A peasant of our neighbourhood having cried ' Vive Ia Republique V , the Governor , \ t de Lafentaine , caused him to be arrested . The people in its turn apprehended the son of the Governor who commands the Gendarmerie , and carried him off prisoner , with twelve of his men , to Ettelbruck .

      CASSEL . The people having riaen to demand reform and Ending the elector deaf to all entreaties determined to have recourse to force , With this view they blockaded his palace , ana he » seeing that thoir demeanour was most threatening , attempted escape by the garden ?; he was detected and taken back by a blacksmith of herculean power . This worthy carried him to the drawing-room , tha door of which he locked , and put the key in hia ppeket . He then walked up to tbe Elector , and insisted on his complying with the people ' s demands .

      He received a decided refusal ; upon which ho raised hia brawny arm and with one blow shattered a mar « queterie tab ' e to pieces ; then , shaking his fist in the Elector ' s face , be exclaimed , ' But you shall , or you do not leave this room . ' The Elector yielded to the powerful reasoning of the smith , and promised compliance ; but thela'trr would not trust him , and compelled him then and thtre to write a proclamation , wherein he ' willingly accorded his people ' s just requests , ' and thereby saved his land and life He paunot get a Ministry , Messrs De Trott and Lo ' z having declined the proffered appointments io the posts of Foreign Affairs and Interior .

      SAXE WEIMAR . In Weimar the people , never having petitioned at all , beseiged the Ducal Palaco . The Grand Duke , promised them a free press , jury , &c , whereupon they dispersed ; but next morning many of the work * men , again repaired to the Palace , broke the win * dows , and refused to listen ta the Grand Duke . Afc this moment a party of Jena students arrived and demanded the . dismissal of the Ministry . Five of the students having forced their way to the private apartments , coolly informed him that his speaking would betn little purposes , but that if be would dismiss the Ministers , they would pacify the people ,, This he was compelled to do .

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      BELGIUM . Brussels . —On the 16 th the city was thrown into momentary efferrescence by tbe assemblage of some 300 workmen in front of tho Kins ' * Palace . Tliesa poor people were men j , out ot work , and principally connected with those whose industry is affected by the labour of prisoners in tbe central gaols . The articles produced by tho litter being sold at tha cheapest possible price , almost that of prime cost , rewders a fair return to operatives nearly impossible . Tlio assembly of the lGth was conducted in tbe most orderly manner , and was totally divested of all political colour . Three or four delegates were selected by their comrades to present a petition to the King praying for employment .

      An important discussion arose , on the 18 tli , in the Chamber of Representative ? , on the occasion of tha presentation of a petition from Ghenti in favour of parliamentary and financial reform , and the declaring of public functionaries ineligible to thecpamber . Ri'moubbd 'Invasion' op Belgium . —The Lu > b « pendasce of the 18 th states that a band of 1 , 800 men led by a man named Ernest Gregoire , has assem « bled on the French frontiers , and openly expressed the intention of entering Belgium in order to proclaim a republican government . Gregoire has taken upon himself the title of Commandant de la Com * pagnie Beige . ' Two individuals supposed to belong to the band attempted , a Sew days ago , to seduces some of the garrison at Menin , They were , however , discovered and arrested . The government has made extensive preparations on the frontiers to repel the ' invaders' if they should attempt tu realise theit plans .

      SUSPENSION OP CASH PAYMENTS . The following ia from oar correspondent of March 20 th : —This afternoon lhe government presented a bill empowering the great banks of Belgium , the ' Banque de Belgique' and the ' Soctete" Generate , ' to suspsnd cagh payment for bills above twenty fire francs . The bill gives legal currency to notes of the former bank to the amount of ten millions of francs , and of the latter ( the most important in this country ) to the amount of twenty millions , in all thirty mik ions of francs .

      HOLLAND . The revision of the constitution isdcereedi DENMARK . A numerous popular meeting took place on tha 13 th of March , at Copenhagen , for the adoption of a petition calling for eleotoral reforms- This petition , with 2 , 000 signatures , will be immediately presented to the king by a special deputation .

      SWEDEN . The news of the Paris evects arrived at Stockholm on the 10 th of March , and produced there an ex * treme excitement . They have stirred up fresh hopes on the part oi the partisans t >( Reform . RUSSIA . St Petbrsburgh , Makcii 11 . —The Emperor ' has given instructions to tho Minister of War to place the troops on a war footing . Ilia Imperial Majesty feels bound to adopt this step by tho terms of ex « iating treaties with other Powers , and , in tho event of a necessity arising , for affording all the protcc * tion in his power to the claims of legitimacy against the destructive advance of revolutionists and anar * Cflista . The Emperor of Russia haa issued the following ukase to the Minister of War : —

      In the west at Europe events havo transpired which manifest the sinful design of subverting legal authorities . Tho alliance of friendship ana tho treaties by which Russia Is connected to the neighbouring powers , imposo upon ub as a sacred duty to take timely measures foe plnoiag a portion of our troops upon a war footing , that , in case drcuraetances should dcropnd it , a firm front may bo opposed to the direful spread of anarchy . In pursuance of this wo command our Minister : — 1 . Immediately to organise the reserveB belonging to the divisions specified In a separate order ' . 2 . To this end immediately to call into active servlea those privates who are bound to form the reserve corps , but who are on furlough for a given or for an indefinite period , in governments to bo hereafter named . 3 . Theassembllng of these tioops skull tska plflCO im « mediately after this ukase EhaU have bsen published ia the circles , nn 4 , shall terminate , without fai l on the 1 st lSibjiof April next , Nichoiab . ¦

      SPAIN . . ' Aii insurrection is expected to take place in Barcelona . \ ,: By letters from Malaga of the 7 » u instant ., weieana that nothing could describe the effect produced io Spain by the news of the French revolution . It ; WfiS atORCothat of astonishment and admiration . The arrival of the papers caused indescribable enaation ; they were literally torn from the distributor . They were commented on witu unexampled ardour . . _

      " PORTUGAL . The Princes Joinvilleand d'Aumale arrived on the 12 th at Lisbon . Portugal is quiet , but fears are entertained ofi } renewal of intestine discord and confusion , ITALY . Roars , Mabch 8 in \— . Nothing igtalked of bat tho French farce of Louis Philippe's aisenthronement ; and the only domestic matter that I can send yea is the new song , which is heard everywhere , in thea * tres , concerts ; street'eornm with acoompanimeaS

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1463/page/7/