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Fasces.—The Assembly on Saturday completed the revision of the project of the Constitution, and voted its ensemble by a majority of 739 against 30. M. Dufaure, Minister of the Interior, then rose and moved that the Assembly should withdraw into its Bureaux for the purpose of ap- pointing a Committee to concert with the Government the public solemnities which shall attend the formal proclamation of the Constitution. A Com- mittee of fifteen was accordingly named for this purpose, one from each bureau. The Moniteur has since published the decree of the Assembly fixing Sunday the 12th instant for the promulgation of the Constitution, and prescribing the ceremonies. In Paris, the proclamation is to be made on the Place de la Concorde, in presence of the National Assembly, the members of the Executive Government, the great corps of the state, depu- tations of the National Guard, and the army and the entire population. A credit of 100,000 francs is to be opened in the Ministry of the Interior to defray the expenses of the ceremony, and a sum of 600,000 francs is to be distributed on the same day among the indigent classes in Paris and the Departments. The Constitution is to be proclaimed throughout all France on the Sunday following. The apprehension of some undefined misfortune which prevailed for a day or two last week was renewed in a very aggravated form in the early part of this week. The Funds fluctuated violently, descending 5 per cent below their last week's prices. The alarm seems to have been created by rumours of intended outbreak in case of Louis Napoleon's election to the Presidency; though by what party, and with what hope of advantage, does not appear. A reaction towards confidence commenced on Wednesday, and the gloom seems to have passed away. This result was hastened by the Minister of War's announcement in the Assembly, on Wednesday after- noon, that he would allow a reduction of the army, by the 55,000 men whose yearly term of service is about to expire. The approaching election of the President of the Republic nearly excludes all other topics from the French papers. General Cavaignac's chance is generally spoken of as improving. The Times correspondent confirms the remark of the traveller whose letter we quoted from the Morning Post last week, that the event will depend greatly on the votes of the Legitimists; and he states as probable, that that party will abstain from any vote. If they do this, the absolute majority required by the Constitution will hardly be obtained by any candidate; and in that event

the choice will have to be made by the Assembly, who will elect Cavaignac without hesitation.

A banquet, under the title of "the Confederation of the People of Eu- rope," brought together about 800 operatives, at the Baniere Mont Par- nesse, on Sunday last. The admittance was 1 franc 50 centimes each. M. aiedru-Rollin, who was expected to preside, did not make his appear- eltetee; and his absence caused great disapprobation and clamour. There 'was no member of the National Assembly present; and M. Lacham- ,baudie was called to the chair. The object of the banquet was ex- pressed in the following terms—" A confederation of all nations is the completion of the French Revolution in Europe. The present fraternal banquet is intended to carry this object into execution." But few foreign- ers responded to the appeal, and the meeting was composed of French Socialists. Among the toasts drunk, were the following—" The abolition of wages "; " The Democratic and Social Republic "; " The Lombardo- Venetian Nation, and success to its glorious enterprise"; " To the heroism of the Democrats of Vienna"; "Universal fraternity." But the distinguish- ing feature of the feast was the following toast by M. Saint Just—" To the men strong, courageous, and valiant in the cause of humanity: to those whose names serve as a guide, a support, and an example to the degenerate beings: to all those whom history calls heroes! . . . To Brutus, to -Catiline, to Jesus Christ, to Julian the Apostate, to Attila! . . . To all the thinkers of the middle age! . . . To unfortunate thinkers! . . . To Jean Jacques Rousseau, and his pupil Maximilian Robe- spierre!" This enumeration of names was received with a triple salvo of applause, and was encored. The banquet concluded with the " Marseil- laise " and the " Chant du Depart," sung by the entire company.

A letter from Pau, of the 2d instant, gives these particulars respecting Abd-el-Kaden-

" The town of Pan was this morning in movement, in consequence of its being reported that Abd-el-Kader was about to leave the chateau where he has resided since his arrival in France, for the residence selected for him by the Republic- Amboise on the Loire, about mid-way between Blois and Tours. Shortly after noon, the Emir left the chateau in an open carnage: he wore his usual white cos- tome; and appeared pale and melancholy, noticing but little the salutations and marks of respect paid him by the spectators. He was accompanied by no mili- tary escort, but the carriage was surrounded by a troop of gees-d'armes. The women, children, and suite of the fallen Emir, followed in three diligences. During his residence at Pan, Abd-el Kader has scarcely stirred out of his room. Easy of access, and affable to those who had real occasion to see him, he chafed at being made an object of idle curiosity."

AUSTRIA.—Prince Windischgratz has conquered Vienna, and now oc- cupies it with his victorious troops. Our narrative, last week, ended at noon of the 29th October, when a deputation was in search of Prince Win- dischgratz with proposals of surrender. The Prince refused to alter the terms of his manifesto of the 23d, but agreed to suspend hostilities for twelve hours, while the besieged held a last deliberation. The deputation returned and summoned a meeting of the Town-Council; which was at- tended by Messenhauser, the commander of the Academic Legion, and some members of the Reichstag. Messenhauser declared that he and the chiefs under him were ready to hold out if the Council decided to do so; but the situation was nearly desperate. The troops were in possession of the suburbs to the foot of the glacis, and the walls were incapable of gene- ral defence against escalade. On the question being put to the vote, it was resolved by three-fourths of the Town-Councillors, that the defence should cease. Messenhauser and his National Guards, with the chiefs of the stu- dents, set about carrying this resolution into effect; and it was announced to Prince Windischgratz. It would seem that a disarming had actually com- menced on the 30th; but that the sentinels on St. Stephen's then an- nounced that the Hungarians were advancing in full march from Brack, and were driving in the outposts of the besiegers. General Bem, the-com- mander of the workmen, who formed the largest body of the defenders, had protested against the surrender agreed on the day before, and he and they seized on the announcement of the Hungarian advance to renew the con- -Bien This was done on all sides, with greater activity than ever, and even with some partial successes; but after the first surprise the Imperial troops drove the workmen back and resumed all their advantageous positions. On the 31st, the Municipal Council would seem to have endeavoured again to carry out the stipulations of the 29th. White flags of surrender were hung out on the bastions and from the houses; and the Imperial troops advanced, not expecting treachery, but not unprepared for it. The accounts are confused, and discrepant in details, but they concur in stating that a slaughtering fire was opened on the troops as they advanced towards the signals of submission. This so exasperated Prince Windischgratz that be ordered a bombardment of the city and an attack by storm on three of the South and South-eastern thors or gates. The library in the castle, several public buildings, and two churches were set on fire. The Burg Thor was carried by the troops, and a short but bloody fight began in the streets. The defenders being still, as on the 30th and 29th, divided amongst themselves—some only of them for fighting, more for yielding—the success of the besiegers was rapid, and before midnight of the 31st the greater portion of the capital was subdued. On the 1st instant, the contest was still continued at detached points by a body of workmen and students; and the most Nurth-westerly parts of the city were not mastered till dawn of the 2d. These last frantic con- flicts were waged between some students and Croats: some of the former were thrown alive from the tops of the loftiest houses, and hardly any re- ceived quarter. The fire in the palace was extinguished without much in- jury to the books or archives; but it is said that the church of the An- gustins was destroyed. On the 2d, the submission of the whole city was complete. All the gates were closed; all communication with the suburbs was prevented. Prince Windischgriitz proclaimed, that in consequence of the breach of capitulation, the conditions which be had at first agreed to were null and void; that the Academic Legion was for ever dissolved, and the National Guard disbanded for an unlimited time. All newspapers and political associations were suspended; all assemblages of more than ten persons forbidden; and a strict search was ordered for concealed arms.

It would seem from a proclamation of Prince Windischgratz, that a corps of 20,000 Hungarians did cross the Leitha and advance towards Vienna, -on the 30th October; but the Ban was despatched against them with 18,000 Croats, and a superior force of guns and cavalry ; and that he engaged them with success, and drove them back across the frontier.

The interest of Austrian politics now centres again in the Emperor at Olniiitz. On the 26th of October, Baron von Wessenberg sent a de- spatch to the Austrian Ambassadors at all the German Courts, containing this passage-

" The late events at Vienna have in Germany been partly viewed in a wrong light. In order to form a more correct judgment on the subject, attention ought to be directed to the following points. -" The military operations which at the present moment take place under the walls of Vienna have but one object,—namely, the suppression of anarchy and the reestablishment of legal order. It has never entered the thoughts of the Em- peror or of his Government to retract the guaranteed liberties, or to realize the chimera put forward under the name of reaction by the anarchical party, mach less to conquer for one of the Austrian nationalities supremacy over the rest. There is no strife of nationalities—no change of the monarchy into a Sclavonian Austria, as the German press believes or pretends to believe; but a combat of order against anarchy, of legal authority, without which no government can exist, against terrorism, of preservation against destruction. We cannot but denominate it a confusion of ideas, a misconception of facts, if another meaning be given to this combat.

" The revolution has put on a German dress. The German colours have he- come the colours of the anarchical party. The liberty, the greatness, and the welfare of Germany, the protection of which the Emperor of Austria considers his special duty, are not to be opposed by force of arms; but the measures of his Majesty's Government and army are solely directed against that faction which uses those colours and those objects for its own pernicious designs." The Diet of Bohemia would seem to be in some alarm at the high. handed success of the Imperial General. A letter from Prague, of the 28th October, states that the Bohemian deputies had commissioned their colleagues at Olmiitz, Palacky and Pinkas, to make representations to the Emperor against the manifesto of Prince Windischgratz; of which the second and third paragraphs are, in their opinion, unconstitutional. They likewise expressed an opinion that the National Guards of Vienna should be reorganized as soon as a general disarming of the inhabitants shall have taken place, and that no measure of extreme severity should be carried into execution unless it become indispensable.

There had been serious troubles at Brunie. On the 30th October, some of the people rose against the Imperial troops; the Landsturm was organized; 4ind the people demanded a general arming and a despatch of assistance to the Viennese.

GERMANY.—The indiscretions of the King of Prussia, and the events at Vienna, keep Berlin in a state of semi-revolutionary excitement. On the retirement of General Pfuel, the King commissioned the Count von Bran- denburg to form a Ministry. The Count being known for his devotion to the old Absolutist regime, this step of the King threw even the moderate of the Assembly into astonishment. The Assembly met on the 2d in- stant, and after stormy debates resolved, almost unanimously, to send the following address to the King- " In consequence of the information that the Count of Brandenburg has been commissioned to form a new Ministry, the National Assembly, in its sitting of this day, has resolved to send a deputation to your Majesty, in order to inform you that this step on the part of your Majesty has occasioned the greatest anxiety among the people, and that it threatens to bring unspeakable misfortunes upon the country. During several past weeks ominous reports respecting the views of the reactionary party have alarmed your Majesty's faithful people. The nomina- tion of the now retiring Ministry had not tended to weaken the effect of that re- port. A Government under the auspices of the Count of Brandenburg, without any prospect of obtaining a majority in the National. Assembly, or of gaining the confidence of the country, will undoubtedly bring the excitement to a head, and produce melancholy results for your Majesty's capital and country—results which will remind one of the fate of a neighbouring state. Your Majesty was not well informed by your former counsellors respecting the situation of the country if they concealed from you this danger for throne and country. Upon that ground, we supplicate your Majesty, in a manner as respectful as urgent—and your Ma- jesty's heart has always beaten for the welfare of your people—to afford the coun- try, by the appointment of a popular Ministry, a fresh guarantee that your Ma- jesty's views are in unison with the wishes of the people."

A deputation of twenty-five members, chosen from all parties of the As- sembly, bore this address to Potsdam. During the whole night of the 2d, the populace assembled round the Parliament House, and awaited the King's answer: the Burgher Guard surrounded the building with a pro- tective cordon: great excitement prevailed, but no violence was done. At noon on the 3d instant, the deputation returned, and made its report to the Assembly.

President Unruh narrated the circumstances of the interview. On a- at Potsdam and demanding an audience, the officer in wailing declared that ever since the mouth of March his Majesty did not receive any deputations except in presence of his responsible Ministers. Subsequently, the officer stated that his Majesty had just received a telegraphic despatch from the Ministers begging of him to receive the deputation. This interview was then granted, and the address read. No answer was returned. Three members of the deputation found, how- ever, the opportunity to speak to the King; and his Majesty observed, that, in ac- cordance with the constitutional system which he was anxious to carry out even in the slightest details, he did not think proper to communicate any answer in the absence of the responsible Ministers; but he added, that he had ordered them to come to Potsdam by the first train on the morrow, in order that he might confer with them.

D'Ester then rose and said—" I am under the necessity of adding something to the report of the President. When the deputation banded the address to the King, his Majesty moved away without giving an answer. A member of the de- putation, Herr Jacobi, then addressed his Majesty, and said, We have been sent here not only to hand the address to your Majesty, bat also to give you in- formation respecting the true state of the country. Please your Majesty grant us an audience.' TheKing, however, turned away, exclaiming, 'No.' Thereupon Herr Jacobi said, 'It is the misfortune of kings that they will not hear the truth.' His Majesty then left the room. President—"1 must confirm the statement of Herr d'Ester; but I may add, that at a later period of the evening, his Majesty privately declared that he did not give an answer because he did not think it constitutional to reply to the ad- dress in the absence of the responsible Ministers." Some other members of the deputation then stated that the majority of that body told Herr Jacobi that he had no right to speak as he did.

Jacobi—" It has been said that I had not the right or the mission to act as I did. It is not quite correct that I made the observation immediately after the address had been banded to the King: I waited some time, but as no one swke, I stepped forward and made the remark stated. It has been said that the King did not consider that he was entitled to give us an answer then: but there is a great difference between giving an answer and granting an audience; and we, your deputies, were justified in requesting an audience, and as no one else saidanything I was justified in speaking."

After some violent speeches, the sitting of the Assembly was adjourned for a time. At three o'clock the King's formal reply was received. It was countersigned by Kiehman, and contained this passage-

" We will not, therefore, withdraw the appointment of Count von Bradenbnrg in consequence of rumours and apprehensions which, as stated in the address of yesterday, are prevalent, but which are not justified by any act of our Govern- ment." ITALY is again in a very unsettled state. The events at Vienna have incited the Lombards once more to raise the standard of insurrection. Como, only two hours' drive from Milan, is np in arms; so is the moun- tainous district between the Lago di Garda and di Como, called the Bri- anza. The hills about Bergamo are reported to swarm with Italian gue- rillas; and the Austrians are reported to have been beaten on many points. Mazzini issued a proclamation, from the valley of Incelvi, on the 29th October, calling on the Lombards and Venetians to rise in aid of the ‘, Central Junta of Insurrection." This was its style- "' God and the people;" War on Austria; 'Long live Italy, one and free.' Such should be our cry; let it be repeated from town to town, from village to village. Say to Europe, that Italy rises and will not again fall. Let the tocsin announce the extermination of the barbarians, and the insurrection of the people; let all priests and cures preach a crusade. Light fires on the hills, in order that the vallies may know what is going on. Two fires shall be the signal of combat, three of victory. Divide the enemy in order to destroy them more readily; pre- vent the rallying of detached corps; wherever an Austrian detachment may he, attack it surround it with barricades, and shower down stones and boiling water on their heads; fight them with muskets or with knives; strike their chiefs; cut down trees; tear up roads and destroy bridges; place yourselves in ambush, and strike wherever an opportunity offers."

The Venice Gazette of the 23d contains a decree of the Provisional Go- vernment instituting a Hungarian legion, composed of all the Hungarian soldiers and citizens now within Venice. They are to wear a Hungarian uniform. The preamble of the decree assigns as a reason for this measure, that " Italy and Hungary ought to make common cause, as they both have the object of obtaining national independence." The same journal pub- lishes a bulletin announcing that, on the 22d, four hundred men of the battalion of Chassenrs of the Site, under the command of General Amigo, left Treporti, protected by three pirogues and two gun-boats, to attack the position of the Cavallino, occupied by about 250 Austrians, with three pieces of cannon. After landing without opposition, protected by the fire of the pirogues, the fort of the Cavallino was taken, with two pieces of cannon, a good deal of ammunition, and other provision. The Austrians were pursued till they passed the Piave.

WEST IaniEs.—The West Indian steam-ship Eagle arrived at South- ampton on Saturday; sent home for repairs. It brings interesting news from some of the islands.

In consequence of the Negro revolt at St. Croix, the King of Denmark had ordered M. Hansen, late Governor of the East India Danish settle- ments, to proceed to the Danish West Indies, to reorganize the government of the island. He was to ratify the emancipation of the slaves, and to make suggestions for simplifying the administration of the government of the Danish possessions, for reducing the number of officials and their sa- laries so far as circumstances would permit; in fact, for a general reorgani- zation of the colonial government. He was also to investigate, in con- junction with the judicial functionary who was to accompany him, the conduct of the late Governor-General and his subordinates, with reference to the late insurrection. A brig of war, with a military force of 400 men, was to accompany him to enforce his authority. All reports and sugges- tions appertaining to every branch of the service belonging to the colonial administration were to be sent in future tot the Minister of Commerce, in- stead of to the respective boards; and the Minister was not to decide on

anything without previous arrangements with the Ministry. - The steamer Avon arrived at Southampton on Wednesday night; and has brought regular news of later date. The Jamaica advices come down to the 8th October. Sir Charles Grey had then quite recovered from his accident, and returned from Highgate to Spanish Town.

Papers to the 6th October from Demerara announce the receipt of a de- spatch from Earl Grey, which had made a sensation. It instructed the Governor thus-

" In the event of the Combined Court persisting in the refusal of supplies, you will conform strictly to the terms of the Civil List Ordinance, and pay the charges en{,bat list in full from the fends which will still be at your disposal; throwing on -the Combined Court the responsibility for the interruption of all those services which will be left without a provision.

UNITED STATES.—The Hermann arrived at Cowes on Sunday evening. The only news of interest is the announcement by the New York Herald that formal negociations are in progress between the Spanish Government and the United States for the cession of Cuba to the United States. The Herald thus closes an article on the subject-- " This question, we have no doubt, will create a great commotion thoughont the country, and produce a multitude of conflicting opinions in different parts of the Republic. There is a large party in the North hostile to any such acquisition; but in the South and South-west we are perfectly satisfied that the cession of Cuba to the United States would be hailed with unanimity and acclamation. That island would add materially to the power of the United States; and there are commercial and manufacturing interests in the North sufficient to neutralize, if properly developed, all the hostility of the fanatics and others, who might unite in attempting to defeat such a magnificent acquisition as that rich and valuable island.'