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    THE WAR IN HUNGARY . Vienka , August 18 . -The papers sav little about the great event of the day . The ' " Presse " hints thatihe war has been brought to a termiaaUon by Pasbewitchs diplomacy rather than generalship 'Llovd hears that on the Hth , at New-Arad , the Hungarians held an assembly of the Uiet , which Georgey , upon the proposal of Kossuth , Mras appointed dictator . Bath Lloyd' and the ' Wanderer' report from good sources , that Kossuth , after having resigned the head place in the government to Georgey on the 11 th , fled to Bel

    grade , accompanied by Bern , on the 12 ih . The c Wanderer 5 adds that Georgey , having submitted on the 13 th . sent commands to the garrisons of Peterwardeia and Comorn to follow his example and lay down their arms . Arad had already surrendered . Another report describes the Hungarian government as having retreated to Orsowa , aid mentions a proclamation of Kossuth declaring this . The Schutt seenwto be the place where warlike Magyarism is most active at present . Here the troops of Klapka seems still to hold the same threatening iront towards Presbnrg . "Neutra has been abandoned by the Magyars .

    The transportation of the Ban ' s troops acrgss the Danube was effected on the 1 st . On the night of the 7 th , tbe corps sustained some loss before the lines of Perbss , within which there were 4 , 000 Magyars . On the following day these were abandoned and occupied by the Austrians . Pancsova was evacuated without resistance . The unfortunate Major Le-nar , hurgermeister of Pancsova , whose daughter had proved such an object of attraction w the captain ef the Deutchbanater regiment , whom Jellachich ordered to be put in irons after his defeat at Hegye * , on a charge of treason , was shot by sentence of court-martial .

    _ Bern , in his last battle , got a heavy fall , and hurt his shoulder . Ilis watch , which he left in the jungle under Temesvar , is now in the hands of General Haynau . A considerable magazine of arms was found at Lippa . If Tamesvar had not been relieved by Haynau shortly , disease would not have left a man there alive . Oa the day of the Austrian commander ' s arrival , 120 men of the garrison died . The re-occupation of Raab by the Imperialists has been already officially announced in the ' Wiener ZsituBg as follows : —

    ' Raab was occapied by the Anstnan troops on the 15 tb . The burned bridge at Abda was replaced , and a squadron of hussars , left behind in the city , was expelled by a division of imperial cuirassiers . All preparations were made for a general assault , but the ensmy retired , without accepting battle , to Com-jrn . '

    It doss not appear , however , that a regular direct conimuuication has been yet re-established with Pesth . The Magyars still maintain their ground in the Schutt , and their outposts are in Bos . Deneral Czorich was in Presburg on tbe 16 th , and the battalions sent sudienly into the Schutt defiled before him . These troops , however , were presently countermanded and sent to

    Raab . A B 2 rlin correspondent writes , on the 21 st ult .: — ' Local politics have lost their interest in the presence of the last Hungarian events . We have reaeived here irom Russia and Warsaw fragmentary intelligence concerning the last movements of Georgey , which may be woven into the following Connected narrative .

    Georgey was , on the 2 nd ult ., in the nei ghbourhood of tie continence of the Hernad with the Theiss . As we see from Kossnth ' s letters , he had orders to join the army on the Theiss and Maros . Paikiewiicii , however . having occupied Debreczin on the 2 nd ult ., Georgey had no other road left but that of Nyiregyhoza and Nagy Karoly ; and if possible be would form a junction with Bern at the foot of the mountains of Transylvania . In the meantime Nagy Sandor , whose mission it was to

    keep Paskiawitch in check so as to facilitate Ge ^ rgey ' s - «« age southward , was attacked by the Russian ar-ay corps under Rudiger and that under Capr-aaow , together with detachments commanded 6 y Generals Bebntow and Gillensehmidt , aad beaten in a blo&iy battle , the details of which have just appiRrtd in a Russian bulletin . Georgey had in the meantime passed , with forced marches , to the east of Debreczin , from which he was only thirty , five wersts distant the day after the battle . So far , the Russian bulletins .

    The Knrier Warsawski' helps us to a ttep or two mare in this strange journey . When the Hungarian leader neared the mountainous basis of Transylvania he learned the fate of Bern ; who ; after various encounters with Lnders and Srotenhielm , had turned towards Eermannstadt , and received before Henr . annstadt and in the streets of that city a severe defeat on the 5 th ult ., at the hands of the Russian General Hasfort , and was then , by reinforcements despatched long before from Kossuth ,

    enabled to reach the Maros , which he crossed at St . Ivary , and from thence reached KJausarburg , from ¦ whi ch place be made his way to Arad . But on the 6 tU he was overtaken at Grosscheuren by Luders , and defeated in a blood y engagement , which lasted twelve- hours . His troops being pursued , dispersed amon ? fe mountains . Georgey , followed on his right flank stiil b y Rudiger , left Grosswaradein , as be had done Debreczin , to the ri ght , and so came to Vilagos on the 13 th .

    A ietter from Vienna , dated August 21 st , states , that BOtwithstanding the cessation of hostilities in Hungary , after the news of Georgey ' s surrender , a fresh regiment of infantry left Warsaw to join the army of Pa > kiewitch . This countenances the general opinion expressed by persons in Warsaw , who have good opportunities of information , that the most iron coercion is meditated towards the Hungarians , and that Hungary will be reduced to the abject state of servitude in which Poland lies prostrate . I met latterly with a young Polish sqnire , or count a 3 he was titled , who was on the point of reterning to his estate . A friend asked him if there was much game on his property . HiB answer was striking : Game enough , but no guns ; I am uot allowed to keep a gun ; we are eaten up by rabbits and all sorts of vermin . ' Conceive the

    noblesse of a whole kingdom not allowed to shoot over tiieir estates—not allowed to keep a gun ! The Hungarians are now on the point of being trampled tipon by the same abominable tyranny ; and the nobie Magyars will be crushed into serfs . The w ) io ! e nation will be disarmed ; and the iron police letwork of the Czar will he nailed down over one of the finest countries in the world , and one which has proved itself the most deserving of the blessings of freedom . A great free nation has been extinguished ; a charter of 800 years has been torn ; and the destructive inundation of Russian power creeps like the lava from a volcano through the Carpathians into the rich basin of that virgin land , burning and burying all before it , until it settles down into a cold , stony , sterile tyranny , which will take aaes to decompose into a soil fit for the growth of fresh freedom and prosperity .

    The Ost-deutsche Post , ' coniains two documents of importance , if authentic . One is a proclamation of Kossuth laying down his offia of governor , and the other an address of Georgey to the Hungarian nation . Although the date is wanting to both no internal evidence militates against their genuineness . KOSSUTH TO THE RATION . After the unfortunate battles , with which God in these last uays has afflicted this people , we have no longer any hope of being able to continue our struggle of selfrdefence against the great mi ght of the united AuMriass and Russians , so as to achieve a successful resnlr . Under such circumstances , the

    salvation of the nation and the security of its future , can only be expected from the general who stands at the head of the army , and according to the clearest conviction of my mind , the continuance of the present government in office , would not only be nseless to the na ; ion , but even harmful . I therefore make known to the Hungarian people , that inspired with -hat jure feeling of patriotism , which has guided my every step , and devoted my whole existence to the fatherland , for myself , and in the name c ; t !•<« whole ministry , I retire from the government , and I invest with the supreme civil and mili . 'ary power , General Arthur Georgey , for as long as the nation , according to its right , dispose not

    otherwise . I- expect from him , and make him , therefore , before God , the nation , and history , responsible , that he exercise this power according to his best strength for the saving of the national and political independence of our poor country and its future preservation . . May . he love his fatherland with the same disinterested affection that I do , and may he be more fortunate than I have been in founding the prosperity of the nation . I caa serve the fatherhnd no longer usefull y by action . If m > death could do the country good , i would lay down my life for it with joy . The God of justice and grace be with the nation . —Lows Kossdth eoenwr . BA&THa . i . oHO va SzEMBBB miwster of ft .

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    wuriur ; Sebastian Bukgvich , minister of Justice ; Ladislaus Csangi , minister of public works ; Michael Horwath , minister of worshi p . GE'JRGBY TO THE NATION . Citizens , —The provisional government exists no more . The governor and ministers have voluntaril y retired from office . Under these circumstances it becomes necessary to establish a mili ' ary dictatorship , which , together with the chief civil " power , 1 provisionally assume . Citizens , —Whatever can be done for the country , under these adverse circumstances , I will do , either in war or in the way of peace , as need shall require ; in all cases , however , I will ajt so , that the sacrifices which have been borne may be mitigated , and that persecutions ,

    cruelties , and murders , may cease . Citizens , —The state of things is extraordinary , the laws of fate are crushing ; ia such a situation calculation beforehand is not possible . My only advice and wish is that you should retire , quietly to your habitations ; and that you should not mix yourselves up with resistance and battles , even when the enemy is in possession of your town ; for you can , according to the greatest probability , only obtain security for your persons and property by remaining quiet in your homes , and attending to your civic occupations . Citizens ! Whatever fate God , in his inscrutable decrees , destines for us , we will resign ourselves with manly resolution to bear , upheld by the inspiring consciousness that the true ri g ht can never , through all eternity , be lost . Citizens ! God with us . —Arthur Gburgey . KOSSUTH'S CORRESPONDENXE WITH BEM . The following letters , found in the travelling caleche of Bern , which was captured at the battle of Schassburg , and written by Kossuth to the commander of the army in Transylvania , have been given to the world in the « Oesterreschische Correspondents . ' They appear to be only a small fraction of the documents which fell into the hands of the Austiians on that occasion , but they are replete with interest , and throw much light not only on the war , hut upon the character of the man who has been its soul—Louis Kossuth .

    The first of these letters was written by the Governor to Bern on the day after he issued that celebrated proclamation of the 27 th of June , calling upon the people to unite in a general crusade against the invaders . Georgey , after the capture of Buda , had taken command of the army in the north , and was at this moment retreating before Paskiewitch through Miaknlcz to Waitzen and Comorn . Kos . suth contemplated this retreat without making a stand as a fatal mistake , pregnant with ruin to the Hungarian cause . He mentions particularly in his proclamation the advantages for defence presented h y Erlau , and urges the landstaroi to build barricades there . Anything to stay the Russians from

    reaching Pesth before a decisive blow could be dealt by Klapka on the army of Haynau . He therefore determined at once to abandon the defence cf Transylvania , to bring Bern with his whole corps to Grosswaradein , and appoint him commander-in-chief of the Hungarian army . This abandonment to Paskiewilch of the whole road from the Dukla to Pesth , without striking a blow , was the origin of disagreement between Kossuth and Georgpy , whom the governor had not long before appointed Minister of War . He now sent Georgey his conge , appointed Messaros Minister of War , and Dembinski Commander-in-Chief of the forces , Bern not being able to disengage himself from Tranvslvania .

    In all these letters of Kossath are stamped the qualities which distinguish the greatest men . He sees instantly the thing to be done , and sets about the doing of it with an irresistible energy of will . He works with the spirit of a man who sees at hand distinctly the event , which others cau only vaguel y surmise . To save the country this must be done ; if this is not done we are lost . ' Such is his language . Clear of eye , strong of will , indefatigable in work , just in purpose , of a loving tender heart . Nothing about him strained ; plain in speech and straightforward in dealing ; with an utterance full of fervour when he harangues the multitude , full of ease and even at times humorous and plavful when he writes

    to a friend . His style is pregnant with genius . Each transition brings a fresh mood , which clothes itself in the most apt language . He stops to make an arithmetical calculation . of the impossibility of furnishing Bern with the bank notes which he asks for , with all the exactness that could be demanded from a senior optime . Then he flashes out about Bern's suspension of the constitution . Now he is fretted by the dissensions of the generals in the Banat , when all must be as one or we arc lost : ' 1 but if we can only achieve the concentration of our forces , we will beat the Russian and Austrian corps , one after the other , and conquer the ireedom of the world . '

    THE GOVERNOR CF THR LAND TO LIEUTENANTFIELD MARSHAL BEM . Lieutenant-Field-Marshal , —The corps-d ' armee of Georgey overmatched has retreated without battle to Miskolcz . The generals , chiefly out of fear of being crushed and dispersed by the enemy ' s cavalry , 18 , 000 strong , -will not lisk an engagement ; their idee fixe is to unite with or . r main army , and they ' reflest not that thereby they bring the Russian army about our ears here , and leave us no time to deal a decisive blew against the Austrians , so that we shall

    fall bptween two fires . I announce this to Lieut .-Field-Marehal , in the firm conviction that , we can only be saved by a rapid concentration of all our forces ( which will then be placed under your command-in-chief . ) We shall have the Russians in a week at Pesth ; still worse , we shall have them in the rear of our army . We will do what is possible . I await news from you most anxiously . ( Signpd ) Kossdth , Governor . Pesth , June 28 , 1849 . ' Pesth , June 28 , 1349 , at night .

    'Lieut . Field-Marshal , —Your letter , dated Klausenbure , 23 rd , has just reached me . The intelli gence it contains concerning the Russian invasion in Transylvania wa 3 already known to me . The death of Colonel Kisz , at Cronstadt , has pained me deeply . I regret to see that the Lieut . Field-Marshal cannot come from Transylvania into the Banat . Great is the danger there too , as it is , in fact , everywhere . Now come eur heaviest days . May God bless our endeavours , for truly we need it . In the Banat there is perpetual squabbling among the commanders . And yet without order , coherence and union we are lost . For the Bacs-Banat , since the Lieut . Field-Marshal cannot come , we have

    arranged thus . There are three corps d armee ; 1 . The one formerly commanded hy Vecsey , now by Guyon , 2 . The Bacs corps of Perczel , now commanded by Toth . 3 . That which you , Lieut . Field-Marshal , were to lead tbere in person , in compensation for the auxiliary corps sent you to Deva , commander of the corps Banffy . Head commander of all the army corps and divisions assembled in the Bacs-Banat , Lieut .-Gen . Vetter . Other contentions I have settled ; but Col . Banffy appeals to your order to serve under no one but you ( on the supposition that you are coming in person ) or Gen . Perczel . I have sent him the necessary instructions ; but I beg that you will also have the goodness , Lieut . Field-Marshal , on your part , to inform the military commanders detached from your army that , so long as

    they are separated from that army , they must regard as their commanding officer the person who is so appointfd by the government . In the present instance this is General Vetter , since you are prevented from coming yourself . I must sincerely and openly declare my opinion , that if we can concentrate our forces rapidly , rapidly mind , the country is saved ; if not , it is lost . My heart bleeds to say it , but I do say it with the firmest conviction , that if this were done quickly I would be ready to give up whole provinces , yea , four-fifths of the whole land , to see our forces concentrated with rapidity . For so we shall beat the enemy , and the enemy beaten , the provinces are our ' s again ; but the army scattered the nation is ruined , and the provinces avail us not a jot . Therefore it were my wish , that you come with your whole force to unite with the other

    corps , and took the comraander-in-chief ; so shall we heat our enemies in detail , one after tbe other ; and conquer the freedom of the world . If this is not practicable , then I fear that within a fortnight we shall have a catastrophe . Meanwhile , I will delend the country to the last man . I have just summoned the whole Hungarian people to arms . The order has been despatohed to Grosswaradein to get ready m the course of this and next week the two batteries , and to send them to you imroediatelv , as I promised . Whether they were to be horse or foot « j , « "w-w wv w ** UUIHV VI IUUV

    batteries I know not . But I believe that a foot battery is better to-day than a horse battery in a couple of weeks , for who knows how long Grosswaradein may be ours ? I beg you not to forget to despatch immedia tely instruetions to the Banat about the command-in- chief of Lieut .-General Vetter over the troops there—it is most urgent : else all will be chaos there . And commend me to your friendly sentiments , which I hi ghly value . ' L . Kossdth , Governor . ' 4 General Georgey has been attacked at Raab by § 0 , 000 men , and an immensely strong tatttiery . and

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    WBiPMWMMBMWM ^^ " ^ — mm — ' * ' * " ~ "" ' ' repulsed . In consequence of this the plan that he should advance against Austria and the lower armies concentrated here is become impossible . Hence the resolution has been taken to leave a strong garrison in Comorn , and concentrate the whole arm ) lower down , so that the Transylvanian , the Deutsch-Banat , and the upper army , together with the corps of Visoczsky , should draw towards- Szegedin , and unite with the Bacs-Banat army . I bave to add that the Russian army has sent a strong detachment across the Theiss at Tokay , of 8 , 000 men , and according to other accounts , of 20 , 000 , and that these are to-day at Nyiregyhaza . The intention of this

    movement seems to be to occupy the country between Debreczin and Grosswaidein in your rear , and cut you off from the upper > army . To hinder this must be at present our main task , and for this purpose the above-mentioned concentration has been resolved by the government . It is midni ght . At this moment tbe minister Csanyi , Lieutenant Field-Marshal Kiss and General Aulich start to take Georgey the decisive order for the concentration of the troops on Szegedin . I may add confidentially that the seat of the government will be also removed thither . Perseverance and hope for the victory of our just cause . ( Signed ) L . Kossuth , Governor . ' T HE G OVERNOR OF THE LAND TO GENE RAL

    L . F . M . BEM . I hasten to inform you that the battle fought yesterday before Raab has turned out unfortunately for us : our troops were obli ged to evacuate Raab . So much the more urgent is the necessity for you , L . F . M ., and your brave troops , to unite with us 5 if this junction can be speedil y effected , the country is saved . Buda Pesth . The Governor . K « sstjth . ' . 'The governor of the land to L . F . Bem . 'Pesth , July 4 , 1849 .-The course of action adopted b y Georgey during the last days bespeaks the intention of operating with the corps d' armee under his command upon his own bottom , and independency of the government . After the battle lost at Raab it was his opinion that the government should transfer Us seat , without loss of time , one ;

    more to the other side of the Theiss , as he could hot answer for their security in Pesth for twenty-four hours . Under such circumstances , as governor of the country , I conceive it to be my imperative duty timely to transfer to a place of security the moveable property of the state , and particularly bank , ammunition , military clothing , arms-manufactory . &c . ; but to keep the seat of the government as long as possible in Buda-Pesth , The reports upon the march of the enemy to Grosswardein appear to be not quite exact . Nevertheless , Visocky lias received instructions to cross the Theiss on the 7 th . Meanwhile Perczel will pass that river , with nearly 10 , 000 men , to-morrow . There was a bloody battle before Comorn on the 2 nd . It lasted from nine in the morning till late in the evening , when the enemy , completel y defeated , fled and was pursued by our troops .

    ' In consequence of this , the government is still at Pesth , and hopes not to be obliged to decamp . Meanwhile , myself must , for a time , take up my abode in Czeeled . Of the main army 20 , 000 men abide as garrison in Comorn , and while these keep the enemy busy , the remainder will withdraw atrainst the Russians , and in connexion with the army of the Bacs-Banat , hold as base of the next operations of the war the line of the Theiss and Maros . General Kmeti goes from Stuhlweissenburgh to Pacs , crosses the Danube with the help of a boat-bridge which has been floated down thither from this , and puts himself in communication with the army of the Bacs-Banat , in order to strike a decisive blow at

    Jellachich , and raise the siege of Peterwardein . Arad is already ours , and that Temesvar follow soon , should be our united aim . Visocky and Desswffv have bad agents for procuring intelligence . They never know where the enemy is . The last report is that he crossed the Theiss at Polgar . If this be confirmed , we will fall upen his flank with 180 , 000 men . This is a compressed sketch of our operations . Let me know , L . F . M ., what is going forward in Transylvania , and what we ore to expect there ; and please to send me reports , if only short onesi daily by tbe way of Deva-Banga , Mezo-Tur , Szolnok , and Czegled . Louis Kossuth . ' 'Czegled . July 9 , 1849 .

    1 1 hasten to inform the L . F . M . on the state of the war here . Cnmorn has remained occupied by from 18 , 000 to 20 , 000 men to hold in check the Austrian army , or at least a great part of it . From 20 , 000 to 24 , 000 men are on the march from Waitzen towards Hatvan . General Perczel has the chief command here over two army-corps , hU own , which we have newly formed of 10 , 000 men and ihe corps of Visocky and Desewffy , 12 , 000 men . The first of these is to-day at Abody , and the second at Tortel . They proceed according to circumstances across the Thei ? s , or along it upwards , when the army moves on from Hatvan . Powerful columns o ' landstrum are at Nagy Ivan , Karezag , and Paspoki .

    The Russians , who crossed the Theiss and marched on Debreczin , were 15 , 000 strong ; but they have withdrawn again to join their army at Miskoluz , which consists of 15 , 000 more . The Austrians are marching on Buda , and yesterday their outposts were in Borosvar . The bridge between Buda and Pesth is broken down . The government is going to Szegedin . In the Bacs-Banat , General Vetter commands : under him Guyon . He has been reinforced hy 6 , 000 veteran troops under General Kmeti , and has orders to fall on Jrllachicli . He is , moreover , to raise the siege of Peterwardein , and take

    Teraesvar . The commander-in-chief of the forces is General Messaro 3 , with Dembinski at his side as general quarter-master . This is the state of things , L . F . M . I look at the future full of trustfulness , but under the condition of a smart energetic milK tary authority being at tna head . 1 offer to you herewith , L * F . M ., the command in chief of all the Hungarian armies , and beg your speedy answer whether you accept , under what conditions , and whether you consider Transylvania sufficiently secured duiing jour absentee . I request your answer at Szeaedin . L . Kossuth . '

    ' TO GENERAL HEM . ' Szegeden , July 16 , 18-19 . ' I have received your valuable despatches of the 8 th and 9 th of July , and hasten to assure you tbat for the present Transylvania has nothing to fear from the Russians as yet on the side of Grosswardein and Debreczin . I have set the upper corps d ' armee under the command of General Perczel , and placed 12 , 000 new troops at his disposal . With these 24 , 000 troops he has marched from Cz-gled to Szolnok , ready , according to circumstances , to cross the Theiss , or to threaten the Russians on the right bank . At the same time we caused an immense levy of iandsturm of the brave Camanians , at St . Apia ,

    not far from Ivard&zag , under Colonel Korponay ; and for the covering of Grcsswardein we provided with two battalions of infantry , two divisions of hussars , and eig ht guns , strengthened by a partial recruitment to the amount of 9 , 000 men , in the camp at Paspoki . The consequences of these movements was the rapid retreat of the Russians from Debreczin , and their evacuation of the whole line of the Theiss ; so that the left bank of that river is completely free from the enemy , and the right bank is also in our hands . Gen . Percz ° l is to-day in the camp at Szolnok and A bony , with the intention of covering the right bank of theTbeiss , and the space of land between the Danube and Theisstogether

    , with Szegeden , as well as , according ( o circumstances , to operate on the flank and rear of the Russians , who sweep with their main force towards Hatvan , and from thence to Peslh and Wailzen . The Austrian general , Ramberg , entered Buda on the 11 th , with 6 , 000 men , hut seems to have retired again . After we have destroyed the fortifications of Buda , no regard will be paid to the occupation of either of these completely untenable places . Nevertheless we would have fain remained in Pesth ; but , in order to do this , I should bave had to bring up and concentrate the Theiss and Danube army , and thereby to evacuate regions out of which I could stamp armies with my foot after lost battles , while Pesth offered me no

    resources whatever . Therefore I have establishe it as a principle not to make the operations of the war subservient to the security of the seat of government , but to suit the seat of tbe government to the requisitions of the war . I know that it is better so . Today we are at Szegeden , next week perhaps we 6 hall be at Arad or Grosswardein , which I should prefer to any other locality . As for myself I am on the point of goingfrom village to village to pick up volunteers , for I wish to form a new reserve of 30 , 000 men , and to command this reserve army in person .

    fn a month I believe that I shall have the 30 , 000 men . General Vetter has begun to take the offensive towards Jellachich . The brave Guyon has beaten Jellachicb , who is fled to Titel . Guyon pursues him to-day , while General Kraeti relieves Peterwardein to-day . Meanwhile , Colonel Banffy taking up bj forced marches the columns in Ecsca Lucacsfalva and Arada * z , is speedy towards Peilass , and will try to take Titel before Jellachich can get there although he will hardly succeed , I think , and Titel will again be a hard nut for us . —Vedremo . Ihfi toons aad their leaders m wliant , The upper

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    carried out immediately . The remonstrances of Sir W . Wynii , Lord Westmorland , and Colonel Hedges bave , it is admitted , principally contributed lo the removal of this difficulty .

    FRANCE . Saturday , Aug . 25 . —The ' Republique' publishes the following letter , dated London , August 21 , addressed by M . Ledru-Rollin to the ' Journal des Debats ' : — ' ' Monsieur le Redacteur , —I call upon you to contradict the infamous calumny which you have extracted from a departmental journal , the ' Cbarente Inferieure . ' You say that I was in intimate relation with a liberated convict at Saintes , who pointed out to me such citizens as had amassed a certain fortune by their labour , in order that they mig ht be despoiled of it . 1 really cannot conceive that political hatred and baseness can go beyond this .

    Paris , Monday . —The' National' announces this morning that the president of the republic has asked and obtained the hand of his cousin , the daughter of the Queen of Sweden . Matters are not , however , so far advanced as the French journal would lead people to believe . There is no doubt that Louis Napoleon has asked , and that negotiations are going on to obtain , the hand of a lady who would bring a dowry of four millions of francs , but nothing has been concluded as yet . The attempt to obtain a

    Wurtemburg princess failed , and this second attempt may fail also , and visions of connubial happiness vanish further in the perspective . In either of these channels , whether through Wurtemburg or through Sweden , the Russian sword weighs down tbe balance , and it becomes daily more evident how devoted to Russia the president and hi 3 immediate entourage have become . It is well known , and has been said in this correspondence , that General Lamoriciere assisted , in his official capacity , at a grand review and ceremonial in commemoration of the

    surrender of Georgey . This mark of sympathy has not been held sufficient , and an autograph letter of the president ' s , congratulating the Emperor of Russia on his success , was sent off yesterday from the Elysee , the bearer being M . Fialin de Persigny—one of the most reactionary councillors of Louis Napoleon , whom he unceasingly pushes on to the empire . That France should have refused her support to Hungary ij easily explained when we see the eagerness with which every occasion is taken to flatter the Emperor Nicholas . The Opinione Publique ' quotes a mot , which characterises curtly , but well , the conduct of the government , which has last issued from the revolution of February , ' Loui 8 the XV . is

    absolved . ' As it was with Poland so it is now with Hungary , and already one can see that the HuDgarian struggle will again be characterised as a Polish one by the friends of Austria , who pretend to see the result in the surrender of Georgey , the pure Hungarian , whilst Dembinski and Bem , both Poles , still hold out . Until the motives of Georgey ' s surrender are more clearly defined , it is useless to make deductions which would probably be ill-founded . Meanwhile tbe position of Count Teleki , who is now in Paris , is most awkward , for lie is the accredited agent of a power which , it is feared , no longer exists , and it is impossible to say at this moment whether he is a plenipotentiary or an exile .

    The 'Assemblee Nationals and' CourrierFranqais , ' both the determined opponents of M . Dufaure , have been the journals that daily threatened a ministerial change . Two days ago the former announced a Mole ministry , of which it gave the names . Yesterday the latter said tbat the Mole ministry would be inaugurated at the meeting of the Assembly in October . The ' Constitutional' yesterday denied any change in the cabinet .

    Paris , Tuesday . —M . Victor Grandin , a wellknown member of the Legislative Assembly , and formerly a member of the Chamber of Deputies , and who , besides , is one of the most extensive manufacturers of France , died in Paris , yesterday , of cholera . M . Cerclet , one of the former secretaries of tbe Chamber of Deputies , and General de Gueheneuc , brother-in-law of Marshal Lannes , the Duke of Montebello , died on the previous day of the same complaint .

    Paris , Wednesday , —More Tyranny . —The Abbe Chatel , a socialist ) was tried yesterday before the Court of Assize of the Seine , and acquitted , on a charge of exciting the military to insubordination . A National Guard named Philippe , who was chief of Battalion of the 8 th Legion , dissolved after the insurrection of June , 1848 , was sentenced , on Tuesday , to one month ' s imprisonment , for having illegally worn the uniform of his corps at the manifestation of the 13 th of June . Another , a sapper of the 5 th Legion , was condemned to eight months' imprisonment for having carried a carbine on the sam « occasion . A brigadier of the Artillery of the National Guard , arrested on the 13 th of June in the

    Conservatoire des Arts with two packages of ballcartridge in his pockets , was sentenced to two months' imprisonment . M . Robilliard , editor of the ' Revolution Democrati que et Sociale , ' was sentenced on Tuesday to three years' imprisonment and 4 , 000 francs fine , for a seditious article , entitled ' Messieurs les Royalistes , Fire First . ' M . Bareste , editor of the ' Republique , ' was sentenced on the same day by default to 500 francs fine for neglecting to deposit in the office of tbe Attomey-General the number of that journal of the 16 th inst . —M . Mare Dufraisse , a representative of the people and editor of a paper has been sentenced , by default , by the Court of Assize of the Dordogne , to a year ' s imprisonment and 2 , 000 f . fine .

    Letters from Rome of the 21 st ult state that a note was presented on the 19 th b y the French Minister to Cardinal Antonelli , containing a solemn and pressing admonition to the Pontifical Government againstthe course that has been adopted Wvhetio . We road in the'Assemble © National © : '— 'Meetings of Montagnards arc held every ni ght in the populous quarters of Paris . On Saturday night more than 800 agents wore on foot , and at three o ' clock in the morning the police had received the accounts of all those nocturnal sittings . ' A pamphlet , entitled ' Petition demandant PAppol au Pouple , ' has just been seized , by order of the President of the Republic , and ; i prosecution has been commenced against the author and printer .

    ITALY . ROME . —A letter from Ferrara of the 14 th states lhat the corpse of the female , which was said to be that of Madame Garibaldi , who had perished from fatigue and privations during her fli g ht , hss been examined , and recognised to be really that of the fugative chief ' s wife .

    ( From the' Daily News . ' ) August 19—Two edicts of great importance are expected to make their appearance to-morrow , and are , indeed , stated to be already printed , but the strictest secrecy is enjoined upon the subject , and the printers themselves are threatened with impriaonment if they make afy revelations . Oudinot is satd to have made the strongest opposition to the measures in question , although uselessly , but as exactly the same thing was said when the value of the bank notes was diminished , one can hardly suppose tha the opposition is sincere ; for how , otherwise , could the cardinals carry any point actually di « .

    agreeable to the commander of 30 , 000 or 40 000 men in possession of the capital and a great part of the stale ? The first of these edicts orders the disbandment of the Roman army , the Pope considering that it was eternally disgraced by siding with the people when the Swiss fired from the Quirinal last November , and declaring tbat his faithful Spaniards will suppl y the few troops necessary for his service : he second is a sentence of exile and perpetual banishment against the triumviri , the deputies , the provincial prefects , and , in fact , all the agents of the late

    Republican government , besides the immediate dismissal from Rome of all forei gners who have not been domiciled there for more than five years . With respect to foreigners , I may mention that seventy or eighty Lombards , who had enlisted amongst the carbineers , onthe entry of the French , after having been kept in uncertainty for more than a month , were dismissed and sent down to Civita Vecchia two days ago , in order to be embarked for Genoa . The Sardinian consul , however , refused to vise their passports , so that they remained in the predicament , and will probabl y be packed off to Corsica or Algiers .

    Garibaldi ' s arrival at Venice appears to be fully confirmed , and it is reported that he will be made admiral of the Venetian fleet , a position for which his consummate knowled ge of seafaring matters renders him well adapted . Garibaldi has been blamed by some for not rather choosing the kingdom of Naples as bis centre of action , where he had but little to fear from the royal army , and might have aroused the sympath y of the liberal part of the population but he doubtless considered that there was no hope for the south of Ital y whilst the centre and tbe EtTmi tbehand 8 Ofh 08 tileand p- ^

    A religious , as welt as political , revolution appears to be unavoidable . The celebrated Padre GavaSi i ! reported to have turned PrjtMtint / iId pSSvi ? tura a man whose reputation as a iheologian aId S - ° St 8 T- him r influence * « £ » Uy , a said to be m a fair way of following the ex « ¥ * In ft * few who baye uanr * \ ZJfc

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    army ( ha ! r- « that subject I shall have much to tell you ) is still at Comorn-. On the 12 th it had a great battle without result , is still in the entrenched camp , great loss on both sides , but the enemy ' s much the greater—particularly in cavalry . ' # * * * The following appears to form part of an earlier letter from Kossuth to Bern : —• Thereis one circumstance for me , for you , and the whole country extremely afflicting and pcinful . General Georgey wrote from Comorn on the 2 nd of July : —• ' The battie of Raab is lost . The enemy outflanked us towards Bicske , for I cannot , in the face of 60 , 000 men extend my line so far from the point d ' appici . The enemy will , within forty-ei ght hours , be in Buda . The ijovernraent will do well to think of seeming the stores , bank , &c . '

    According to ' Lloyd , ' the surrender of Georgey was so utterly unexpected that at first it was looked on as a snare ; and Rudiger demanded that the Hungarians should destroy their ammunition , which , upon Georgey ' s command , was immediately done . Not until then did the delivery-up of arms take place . Georgey is reported to have set out , accompanied by General Scblick , for Comorn , where he was to have a personal interview with Klapka

    concerning the surrender of the fortress . It is even rumoured that the Hungarian general 13 already at Presburg , and that he will make his appearance at Vienna to-morrow . It is asserted that Klapka has declared himself resolved to hold out Comorn . Meanwhile Guiloy , the Minister of War , has appointed a term for the surrender of the garrison , beyond which they will no longer obtain the same favourable conditions .

    The Constitutionelles Bktt aus Bohmen' offers some remarks upon Georgey ' s submission which are worth quoting : — 1 Georgey already some weeks ago gave up the cause of the insurrection for lost . This explains the frequent dissensions between himself and the Hungarian government . He was chosen in spite of tbese views dictator . As such he declared that the only way to save Hungary from further devastation

    was to make immediate submission to Austria , and entered forthwith into negotiations with Paskiewitch . He required an amnesty embracing all the officers ; for himself he made no conditions : Paskiewitch rejected all conditions . Georgey at last agreed to send a courier to the Czar , who should bespeak an amnesty for tbe officers , in return for which he promised as dictator to procure the surrender of Arad , Peterwardein , and Comorn . '

    According to private intelligence of the 16 th from Teraesvar , the Ban had reached that fortress without firing a shot . The Magyars had everywhere thrown away their arms . On the roads and ' in the villages ; arms , and all sorts of soldiers' gear , are found . From the Agram papers we learn that after the Magyars had left Pancsova and its environs they concentrated at Orsova , not to offer battle , but with a view of collecting at Adakale , and retreating to Turkey . A Magyar emissary had been seized in Servia . Letters to the Sullan were found upon him , the purport of which was to request an asylum for Kossuth and his adherents in the Turkish dominions . The individual was conveyed to Belgrade to be examined .

    RENEWAL OF THE WAR—HUNGARY NOT . YET CONQUERED . Accounts from Vienna , dated August 22 nd , state that the feeling of joy which the news of Georgey ' s submission , and the prospect of the immediate termination of the Hungarian war spread in the capital , were beginning to be succeeded by misgivings , which are not lessened by the protracted silence of the government concerning this mysterious event . Up to the above date nothing official had been uttered on the subject beyond Haynau ' s telegraphic despatch . All the rest was gleaned from bulletins out of Warsaw . On the 22 nd , the reports from Hungary took a fresh turn . The party which propose to carry out

    tbe war are said to he in by no means so weak and subdued a state as was at first imagined . Dembinski has taken the chief command , and a considerable part of Georgey ' s force , tbat refused to lay down arms , is united with the corps that retreated before Haynau . ^ With these forces Dembinski is concentrating his position towards Transylvania , and is resolved not to give up the war without risking a decisive battle . None of the other leaders had followed Georgey ' s example . Neither the Comorn nor Peterwardein garrison thought of surrendering and Klapka , Vetter , Guyon , " Perczel , and others of equally heroic temper , were resolved lo die sword in hand rather than surrender unconditionally .

    A letter from Presburg , of the 21 st ult ., alludes to an engagement that had taken place on the 18 th between Raab and Comorn , which lasted two hours . Since then , a violent cannonading had been heard in that direction , so that Klapka cannot make up his mind , it appears , to give in .

    ( From the ' Times . ' ) Our Vienna papers and letters are of the 23 d Ang . They inform us of the capture at Arad of M . Kos . suth ' s bank-note press and the staff of his Ministry of Finance . It is also officiall y asserted that Prince Paskiewitch was preparing to transfer Georgey and his disarmed troops to the custody of the Austrian Comtuander-in . Chief . The exact number of the cannon which Georuey surrendered was 138 . To prevent a famine in Transylvania , a decree has been published which orders a temporary suspension of the duties on corn and provisions , when imported from the Danubian principalities , and the Turkish Commissioner in the Principalities has been solicited to license the exportation of provisions from the nrovinces under Ms care .

    Vienna , August 23 . —The following official account appears in the < Wiener Zeilung' respecting the new position of the araies : The head-quarters of General Haynau were on the 18 th still at Temesvar , those of Jellachich at Uj-pecs . Arad was occupied by the first corps of Schlick , which had thrown out a strong advanced post towards Lippa , and was m communication with Vilagos , where the . Russian army corps , commanded b y Gen . Rudiger , was encamped , having been joined again by tbe division of Gen Paniutin . The reserve corps , the Walmoden cavalry , and the third corps , all under Prince Franz Li chtenstein , had advanced to Lugos , on the way to Transylvania , and there split into two columns , one of which marched to Facsit , while the other , much stronger , took the road to Cavansebes , whither the

    Hungarian forces , under Vecsey and Gujon , had retreated on their way toOrsoiva . The second corps , before Comorn , had , on the 20 th , reached the heights above Acs , and re-established communication with Stuhlweissenburg , which was entered on the I 81 I 1 without resistance , by the brigade of Jablonowski . Couriers from Teraesvar have alread y reached Vienna by this road . Raab is occupied by the brigade of Teuchest , while the brigade of Melzer is advancing from Janoshaza towards Sameg , dispersing the single bands of insurgents which jet show themielves here and there , and take refuge in the Bakony wood . The troops of Klapka have retired to Comorn . Their commander proposed an armistice till he should receive confirmation of the surrender of Georgey . The Russian colonel , Issokow , had been at Comorn .

    ' GERMANY . BADEN . — -Mannheim , August 22 . — -Andreas Schmidt , of Blumberg , formerly a lieutenant in the Baden service , was placed to-day before the courtmartial , charged with having been concerned in the late treasonable insurrection . From a defect in the proceedings , the court-martial ( mivabile diclu !) handed over the case to the civil tribunals . Freiburg , August 21 . —The soldier , G . Kroraer , sentenced to death on the 20 tb , was shot this morning near the town . Rastadt , August 21 . —• Backof , an artillery quarter-master , has been sentenced , not to death , but to ten years' hard labour at Bruchsal .

    BADEN . —The ' Cologne Gazette' of Aug . 26 informs us that an amnesty would be proclaimed on the 29 th inst ., the birth festival of the grand duke for a great part of the insurgents not seriously coral promised ; and , further , that from this day no more summary executions would take place , as the drum head court-martial would then suspend their labours . Kinkel , as was rumoured , would be spared . More MuRDERs . —The Deutsche Zeitung' has letters from Rastadt of the 25 th ult ., stating that

    four persons , who were guilty of taking an active part in the Baden insurrection , were tried , condemned , and shot at Rastadt on the 28 th ult ., viz ., Zenthofer , gunner , and Lenzinger sergeant ' natives of Baden ; and Lieutenant ' Bernigau , and Jansen , natives of Prussia . Niewski , a Pole , was tried and condemned on the same day ; his execution was to take place on the 26 th ult . M . Niewski acted as major of the polish Legion during the revo lution in Baden .

    PRUSSIA .-Berhn , August 22 The intelligence conveyed of the Danes having consented to deliver up their prisoners without restriction , is confirmed . The exchange will take place forthwith consequently the main objection to the installation of the Commission of Administration on the part of Prussia is removed , and th « formality win aUO h . e

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    the papal cause now abandon it , declaring that the priests by their intemperate conduct are paving the way for the return of the Liberals , in the same manner that the zeal of tbe Republicans defeated their own end . Rome , August 20 . —Though no direct hostility exists between the French diplomatists and Piu IX ., matters are very far from being arranged . The Pope , I am told , positively refuses to recognise as

    his soldiers all who have borne arms against him ; on the other hand , the French have reorganised all who were willing to continue in the army . The three Cardinals at the head of the government have declined to receive the Roman officers ; so what is to become of the 3 , 000 Roman troops here , eventually , it is hard to say . Many think that they will be sent to Algeria or Corsica , and there be subjected to a thorough military training . — Times .

    SARDINIA .-The treaty of peace was communi . cated to the Chamber on the 19 th ult . Accounts from Turin , of the 22 d , state that the grand funeral service , which was ordered in honour of Charles Albert , has been suspended , as it was feared tbat it would be made the occasion on the part of the ultra-republican and war party to create a disturbance . VENICE . —The ' Soldaten Freund ' publishes a letter from the artillery officer Uchatius , who first proposed to sabdue Venice by ballooning . From this it appears that the operations were suspended for want of a proper vessel exclusively adapted to this mode of warfare , aa it became evident , after a

    few experiments had been made , that , as the wind blows nine times out of ten from the sea , the balloon inflation , must be conducted on board shi p ; and this was the case on July the 15 th , the occasion alluded to in a former letter , when two bal . loons armed with shrapnels ascended from the deck of the Volcano war steamer , and attained a distanca of 3 , 500 fathoms , in the direction ef Venice ; and exactly at the moment calculated upon , i . e ., at the expiration of twenty-three minutes , the explosion took place . The captain of the English brig Frolic , and other persons then at Venice , testify to the extreme terror and the moral effect produced on the inhabitants .

    More Atrocious Murders . —A letter from Vienna , dated August 21 st , says : — ' A detestable act of butchery has been committed by the cowardly savage who commands tbe Austrians before Venice . On the 15 th , fifteen Italians , habited as priests , were taken by an Austrian picket as they were crossing the frontier , near the Panta Maestra , from the Roman into the Venetian territory . They were dragged before a court-martial and then all shot . There is no proof given that these Italians were not really what they affected to be . They were said to have been Austrian subjects . But they were suspected of being some of Garibaldi ' s followers , who attempted to escape from the Roman States in his disguise .

    ' Tbe general of cavalry , Gorgowsky , who has been entrusted with the chief command of the Austrian troops before Venice , has established a fresh battery at Campaidone , from which he is bombarding Marano , where many houses have been , burned in consequence . ' The ' Concordia' of Turin , of the 23 d , stales that Garibaldi has ( written from Venice to his mother , in order to tranquillise her fears . On his arrival at Venice he was obliged to keep his bed for a week . He has , says this journal , been named rear * admiral of the Venetian-fl ; et .

    CAPITULATION OF VENICE . The' Venice Gazette' publishes in its official par 6 the proces verbal of the capitulation of Venice , which took place on the 22 nd ultimo , in the presence o £ General Goizkowski , Baron Hess on the part of Austria , and three commissioners on the part o £ Venice . The surrender takes place according to the terms of the proclamation of Radetski lately published —that is , unconditional surrender . The officers who have fought against Austria will be allowed to leave Venice , as well as all foieign soldiers of whatever rank they may be , and certaia civic functionaries and persons , of whom a list was ? to be furnished by the Austrian general-in-chief .

    TUMULT AT MILAN .-August 19 . —A disturbance which , though of no great moment ia itself , was particularly deplorable undtr the circumstances , occurred here last night , after the conclusion of the ceremonies in celebration of the Emperor ' s birth-day . I think it proper to place the facts before you , in case they should be misreprc ? sented or exaggerated by the French or other papersl It appears that a milliner , whoss shop is at the north-west angle of the Piazza del Duomo , ot Cathedral-place , chose to make her loyalty more conspicuous during the day by the exhibition of a large flag in black and yellow ( the Austrian colours ) ,

    with the inscription , ' Viva Francesco Josefo . ' This had the effect of drawing a good number of tha rabble about the spot , many of whom testified their displeasure by groaning and hooting ; and towards evening the demonstration of a row became so menacing that a party of soldiers was sent to the place , to keep order and disperse the crowd . la doing so they were , or thought themselves , obliged lo make use of force , and I regret to say that several persons were wounded , and it is even said one killed . This unfortunate event has excited no small sensation in Milan , and the more from the irritable state in which the public mind remains after the occurrences of the last two years .

    It is impossible to go further in retrograde path 3 than the Austrian government is doinc at Milan . The Mamelukes whom Mchemet All destroyed would have acted otherwise than we find the sbirri of Radetski acting at Milan on the 22 nd ult . We have recounted the riot which took place consequent oa the exposition in the windows of a house otill-fame of an Austrian flag . The wnfortunates who showed then- detestation of the symbol of their tvntnnv were taken up and bastinadoed . The men " in tha public squares of Milan , and the women in a retired place ins fact is not upocryplml-it is on tha tuitli of the 0 fi 101 . 1 l gazette of Milan . When suck is the conduct of Austria with regard to Italians , can it be hoped that less barbarism will be 1 howd with regard to the Hungarians .

    AMERICA . By the arrival of the Cambria from Boston , we have the following : — New Youk , August 14—The feeling in favour of the recognition of the nationality of Hungary was increasing , and the excitement was considerably heightened b y the despatches from Rome relative to the treatment of the Americau consul by the French soldiery . The President Attacked with Cholera . — General laylor has actually set out on his lour , aid

    when last heard from was at Pittsburg . He intends to cross over through Western New York , visit New England , and return b y this city to Washington ; His friends were at first in some apprehension lesfc he might take the cholera , but , as the davwas fixed , he took his departure from the seat of government ! While I write this we have despatches by tele , graph announcing General Taylor has had two attacks of cholera , and ia alarmingly ill . We hava gr at ears about hn recovery . In c ase of hi , death Mr . Filraore will be our president .

    The most exciting question now beforetbe cabinet is the trestment of our charge at Rome , whose dosoldtr A V 10 lale ? by - " frora s ° me F'enck uch HPn f ? - wiU be landed ; End tw « P ° P " lar f lin a ainsttheFrenchrepublic t an ™ 1 ' a i ° beh 8 iled with acclamation , if an ample apology is not made us . Our local news is somewhat interesting . It is nL / Sv K *^ ° lera ison the d <* " « n tl is city . The deaths last week were -everal K ^ iTJTJ ? «•• « * P-edinV S Sunday the cases about fii £

    were y . Z ™ JJJ they were nearly doubled , and to-day there K shght decrease of cases and a diminuJn ofdeaths the 89 th 7 ear / v " ^ Alb 6 rt ****> '* the 8 Jih jear of his age . He was a native of SX ? ' Sr land - He ^ atcd to the Unite * f * fn m t , V A l ' ? aired Elaine , and was a volu nteer in the American army . For a time he tam * fc the French in the Harvard Universitv HeTremX to Virginia , engaged hl business , acquired ZS ? and was eventually sent to Congresl He w £ 25 t ^ Z \^ ri&ihL ^^ ^

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    to consider the subject of Assize PrOsecu tiSfJJ uggest some means for diminishing ftS # appears that tho annual number ofpSSXffi , J 5 York Assizes from the West Hiding . duS E , ? r W , 193 . 170 , and 187 ; and the average costof eaofi prosecution ln those years was £ 48 V , JwaC *« Us ., £ 44 l 9 Si ) JE 6 ! 8 s and £ 58 * £ SSSfctK B ltft - 0 f G 52 fcet below the rfdgo ' of £ hill , which it pierces so straight that on a clear das one- gan see through from eitW end C C *

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    3 " ^ . THE NORTHERN STAR ; September 1 , 1840 .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1537/page/2/