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AtrannA. AND Hussealer.—The quarrel between Austria and Hungary is further complicated by the revolt in Vienna. However, we give the military news first, as the two armies were left in a critical position by last week's acoounts, and the matt* striking news is a sequel to that from Hun- - gary.

The Ban has suffered a cheek, and been compelled to retrograde. He marched out of Stuhlweissenberg and attacked the right wing of the Hun- garian army; commanding the Cuirassiers in person, and charging at their head. A skilfully-masked battery opened its fire on the dense ranks of his horse before they arrived at their opponents, and they were compelled to reth e in confusion. The Hungarian Hussars charged in their turn, and a hand to hand melde ensued, which lasted from eleven in the morning till five in the afternoon. General Mogg, who commanded the Hungarians, displayed the greatest skill and coolness. At six o'clock the artillery ceased playing; and the Croatian army withdrew slowly in an Easterly direction, leaving the field to the Hungarians.

The Oesterreichische Zeitung mentions the arrival of the B-in of Croatia at Raab, with an army of 20,000 men, and 33 pieces of artillery. The approach of this army to the confines of Austria, and the direction of their march being from Raab to Wiesselburg, and consequently on the high road to Vienna, is important.

By an Imperial decree, dated the 3d October, Baron Adam Recsey had been commissioned to form a new Hungarian Ministry, and had undertaken the commission. By another decree, the Diet was dissolved, and all its acts passed without Imperial sanction declared void. By a third decree-

" We hereby place under the command of our Ban of Croatia, Sclavonia, and Dalmatia, Lieutenant-Field-Marshal Baron Joseph Jellachich, all our troops in Hungary and the adjoining lauds, whatever be their distinction, National Guards, Volumaries, or others.

" Until peace be metered, martial law is declared in Hungary. Our Ban of Croatia, Sclavonia, and Dalmatia, is hereby appointed Commissary Plenipotentiary of our Royal Majesty, with full and unlimited powers, that he may act as circum-

stances may require, as the representative of our royal person. * *

"We exhort our Royal Commissary to proceed to the full letter of the law against the murderers and participators in the murder of our Royal Commissary Count Franz Lemberg.

"Given at Schenbrunn, on the 3d October 1848.

• (Signed) " FERDINAND. (Countersigned) " ADA31 BECSEY, Prime Minister." The accounts from Pesth vary. Some announce that capital to be in a state of complete anarchy; but all agree that every preparation was being made for the defence of the city; and a proclamation was issued, signed by the civil authorities, calling upon all capable of bearing arms to proceed to the camp, each man taking two days' provisions with him, and armed in the best manner be could. This appeal was responded to by the whole populatioa capable of bearing arms. On the 1st instant, the two brothers Counts Odeon and Eugene Zichy were hanged as traitors, in the Hungarian camp. They were discovered to be in secret correspondence with the Ban. Letters from the Archdutchess Sophia were found upon the person of the former, a brother-in-law of Prince Metternich.

The news of another insurrection in Vienna arrived yesterday. The insurgents had been successful, and the Emperor had again fled from his capital. The following narrative is chiefry from the Times. Great excitement prevailed in Vienna on the 5th instant, in consequence of the publication of the Emperor's proclamation against the Hungarians. Public opinion had already been put on the alert by the concentration of large masses of troops in the vicinity of the capital, and the ferment was still increased when it Was staid that the dissolution ef the Hungarian Parliament, the appointment of Baron lellachich to the Lord-Lieutenancy of Hungary, and all the other mea- sures contained in the late proclamation, were but the links of a chain which WU to bind Austria down to what she was previous to the days of March. It was whispered at first by the demagogues' and afterwards loudly protested, that the military, and especially the German Grenadiers, were in favour of the popular cause. Early on the morning of the 6th, the Grenadiers were ordered to march and join the expedition against the Hungarians. They did not, indeed, refuse ra quit their barracks, but they were forewarned of their march and its object, and had communicated with the corps of National Guards of the suburb of Gumpen- dorf; in which their barracks were situate, and with the Academical Legion, from both of which they received a promise that measures would be taken to pre- vent their departure. " Such measures were indeed taken. Early in the morning of the 6th, a small number of National Guards, accompanied by some members of the Academic Le- gion, quietly proceeded to the station of the Northern Railway and broke up a portion of the line, inorder to prevent the departure of the Grenadiers. When the two battalions arrived at the station and their officers perceived the work of de- struction on the line, they ordered troops to proceed on foot to Ganserndorf; whence they would be despatched further. By this time the National Guards had greatly increased in numbers; and when they heard the ord 'r of the commanding officer, they immediately opposed its execution, and stopped the passage of the troops by the erection of a barricade on the so-called Tabor Bridge. Orders were given for the storming of this barricade; and the War-office being aware of the mutinous disposition of the Grenadiers, several battalions of cavalry were in- structed to escort them. But the Grenadiers crossed the bridge, scaled the bard. cade, and fraternized with the National Guards. The latter destroyed part of the bridge, thus preventing the cavalry from interfering. Regiments of infantry were then drawn up to reduce the insurgents, and to enforce obedience to the commande of the Goeerument; and the artillery arrived at ten o'clock, when the rioters were summoned to surrender. This they refused to do, for they had meanwhile been reinforced by the Academical Legion. The parties stood thus opposed to one an- other, until a body of workmen proceeded to seize a powder-waggon and four guns, which they effected without any opposition from the artillerymen. But this act of the insurgents gave nevertheless the signal for a bloody conflict. " The Nassau Infantry fired three successive vollies; which were answered by loud cheers and quick discharges from the National Guards, the students, and the Grenadiers. The Nassau Infantry was soon forced to retire; and on being charged with the bayonet, their retrograde movement became a downright flight. General Brady, their commander, was shot. The Government troops had twenty killed; the insurgents five. There were many wounded, but their number had not as yet been ascertained.

"After muting the Government troops, the insurgents marched from the sub. nrbs into the town; where they placed their guns in the middle of the University square. The gates of the town were guarded by detachments of students and National Guards; the tocsin was sounded; and a central committee formed for carrying on the war.

At one o'clock, a party of the insurgent National Guards were attacked on the Stephens Platz by a party of loyal National Guards, who stood by the Go- vernment; bat, after a short fight, the latter were forced to retire into the Cathe- dral of St. Stephen's; the doors of which they then barricaded from within. But the insurgents battered down the doors, entered the church, and dislodged their antagonists; whose leader was killed on the very steps of the altar.

"One of the city-gates, the Burgthor, still remained in possession of the Go- vernment troops. Three companies of sappers and miners, with four guns, entered this gate at three o'clock in the afternoon. They were at once attacked, and totally muted, in spite of the grape and canister which they fired from their pieces. Many of them were captured, disarmed, and confined in the University buildings. Formidable barricades were constructed while this fight was going on. The old fortifications of the city were occupied, by the artillery of the National Guards.

"After this, the tide of insurrection rose to an unconquerable height. The rioters entered the War-office between the hours of five and six, seized the cannon and arms deposited in that building, and captured the Minister of War, Count Latour. The wretched man was conducted into the street, and murdered with blows from axes and sledge-hammers. The people tore the clothes and orders from the bleeding body, and hung the naked corpse on a gibbet; where it remained suspended fOr a whole day, during which the National Guards riddled it with musket-balls. Count Latour's papers were seized and brought to the University. "At half-past six o'clock, there was but one place of refuge left for the troops and National Guards who sided with the Government—that place was the Arsenal, famous for its glorious trophies from the Turkish wars. The people surrounded the Arsenal, and demanded from the garrison they should give up the arms which it contained. They refused. A combat commenced; in the course of which the garrison swept the Benngasse with grape and canister, and killed and disabled a great number of the insurgents; whose fury increasedafter each unsuccessful at-. tempt to gain possession of the building. The committee of students sent several

flags of truce, summoning the garrison to surrender; but the bearers were shot dead on the spot. The people then commenced bombarding the Arsenal; and the

firing continued all the night through, till six o'clock on the morning of the 7th, when the garrison surrendered. Those among the popular party who were not provided with weapons were then armed. The number of killed and wounded is said to be very great."

In the midst of these scenes, the Diet assembled, and took active mea- sures to influence events. Some members of the Left met early in the forenoon of the 5th, and demanded of President Strobach the prompt con- vocation of the Deputies; but he considered events not sufficiently im- portant for that step, although several leading members of the Moderate party had already departed in alarm for Prague. The Diet assembled of its own motion; elected Smolka President, in place of Strobach; and de- clared its sitting permanent. Iu the evening, it elected a Committee of Safety, with executive power, whose • decrees should be signed by the Minister of State Hornbostl. A deputation was appointed to carry an ad- dress to the Emperor, demanding the formation of a new and popular Cabinet. with Messrs. Doblhoff and Hornsbost1 in it; the removal of Baron 4ellachich from his Governorship of Hungary; the revocation of the last proclamation against the Hungarians; and an amnesty for those im- plicated in the riots of that day. At eleven at night,: the deputation from the Emperor returned with his answer. He would form a new and popular Ministry, which should in- clude Doblhoff and Hornboal; and would consult with that Ministry on the measures necessary for the welfare of the entire monarchy. The last clause was deemed an evasion. It was resolved that the Committee of

Safety should at once enter on its functions; that instructions be given to the military commander, Count Auersperg, to obey no orders but those of the Diet; that despatches be sent to the Southern Railway, and forwarded to Olmutz and Brunn, to bring no more troops into Vienna, and that orders be issued to supply the Academic Legion with ammunition.

The Emperor and the other members of the Imperial Family left Vienna at about four o'clock a.m. on the 7th. They were escorted by 5,000 cavalry, and took the road towards Lintz.

At ten in the forenoon of that day, the Minister Kraus formally an- nounced this fact to the Diet, and produced a sealed proclamation which the Emperor had forwarded to him. In this document, the Emperor said he had done all that a sovereign could do: he had renounced the unlimited power which he had received from his forefathers; he had been obliged in May last to leave the castle of his late father; he had come back without any guarantee, and in full confidence, to his people. A small but auda- cious party, however, had gone to extremes in Vienna; murder and rapine bad prevailed in that city, and the Minister of War had been assassinated. He trusted in God and his own good right; and he now left the vicinity of his capital in order to find means to bring aid to his oppressed people. Kraus added, that he had "refused to countersign this unconstitutional and threatening proclamation." It was resolved, that the House should invest itself with both the deliberative and executive powers; and that this resolution be communicated to the provinces by special commissioners. A vote of supplies in favour of the three Ministers who remained was unani- mously agreed to.

ITALY.—The war in Lombardy threatens, in rumours which grow thicker and more positive, to be quickly renewed. "We are given to understand," says the Standard of Tuesday, "that an agent from the King of Sardinia came to this country a few days ago, and with funds, commis- sioned to purchase 100,000 stand of arms (percussion-guns, if the quantity can be immediately furnished); and that if the whole quantity cannot be readily obtained in Birmingham, it is anticipated that Lord Palmerston will direct the deficiency that may be found to be supplied from the stores in the Tower." The Marseilles papers announce that the Sardinian Consul is giving large orders for all sorts of munitions of war to be sup- plied with unwonted despatch. It is stated that General Cubieres, who was Minister of War during the Thiers Administration, and was dismissed the army along with MM. Teste, Pellapra, and Parmentier, has offered his services to the King of Sardinia, and that there is some idea of placing him at the head of the Piedmontese forces.

Fueson.—The debate in the National Assembly on the mode of electing the President was brought to a close on Saturday. The amendment of M. Grevy, to reserve the supreme power in the Assembly and have only a Ministerial Executive, the Ptesident of which should be removeable at the pleasure of the Assembly, was rejected, by 643 votes to 158. The amendment of M. Flocon was withdrawn, and the question took this shape, on the motion of M. Leblond- "The President of the Republic is nominated by the National Assembly, by ballot, and by an absolute majority of votes."

The debate which ensued was brief and uninteresting. On a division, M. Leblond's proposition was rejected, by 602 to 211.

The speeches of Monday's sitting were again uninteresting. At the commencement, several amendments were proposed, with the view of modifying in various ways the mode defined in the project of the con- stitution for electing the President. These were all rejected; and finally, tam 43d article, declaring that the President shall be elected by universal suffrage, by ballot, and by an absolute majority of the persons voting, was carried, by a majority of 627 against 130.

On Monday the dulness of the political debates was relieved by a per- sonal incident. hi- Anthony Thouret had moved an amendment on the law regarding the election of the President, which would exclude from the office all the families who had ever reigned in France. MM. Woirhaye and Coquerel opposed the amendment: it was unworthy of the country to fear a family, or a "pretender." M. Lamm deprecated the amendment, as itself exaggerating the importance of "pretenders"; the attempts already made to exclude Louis Napoleon from the Assembly had resulted in his election by five constituencies. These repeated allusions called forth Louis Napoleon himself: he ascended the tribune, and with a hesitating and unconnected manner, "in the name of the three hundred thousand electors who had twice honoured him with their suffrages, he disavowed the appel- lation of 'pretender.'" At this point he stopped and hesitated: he appeared inclined to go on, but at length, greatly disconcerted, he descended from the tribune amidst marks of general surprise: the German accent, the confusion, the vagueness and inanity of the words spoken, had a marked effect on the Assembly; and M. Anthony Thouret rose, and, in a tone of contempt which was not even disguised, said, that after the few short words they had heard, he was quite satisfied that his fears from the pretender were exaggerated, and that his amendment was needless; he therefore withdrew it. (Loud ap- plause.)

The Committee of Legislation, on Saturday, confirmed the judgment of the Finance Committee on the projects of MM. Tare and Proudhon, to establish a paper circulation called the "credit foncier." The Com- mittee of Agriculture and Commerce approved of the proposition; the other Committee rejected it, but in doing so did not intend to condemn the principle of a mortgage bank. The proposition of MM. Turn and Proud- hen was rejected, because it required that the paper should have a forced circulation. The Committees of Finance and Legislation have approved a proposition of M. Wolowski for the organisation of a mortgage system similar to that of Germany and Poland.

The election of the Councils-General throughout France has com- menced, and afforded some remarkable reactionary indications. One department only, of the North, has returned a President known to be a Republican; and his return was only effected by the third ballot. His Opponent, M. de Hapland, a well known Legitimist, lost the election only by a small majority. In the Pas de Calais, an Ex-Deputy, a Conservative, I8 elected President. The same has taken place at Angers, and in the Seine Inferieure. But the most significant fact is the result of the election for the department of the Eure. There it was considered that the claims of M. Dupont de l'Enre, the Nestor of the Assembly and the object of uni- versal respect, would be predominant, and that he would have been re- turned almost unanimously; but the Duke de Broglie, ex-Minister of Louis Philippe, has been returned.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Advices have arrived from Cape Town to the 5th August. On the 17th July, Pretorius appeared at B!oem Fontein, at the head of 400 horse, and summoned Major Warden, the British Resident, to surren- der. De stated that he could bring 1,200 men to the attack. Major Warden's whole force consisted of fifty-seven men, including sixteen re- eFuits, with forty-two others, civilians, leaders, and drivers of waggons, and eighC deserters, recently pardoned. He was encumbered with about two hundred women, children, and helpless Natives, who had fled to the village for Protection.He was further informed, on authority which he relied on, that, should he reject the terms offered to him, Pretorhus could bring tigainst him a force of not leas than 1,000 men. He therefore accepted these terms--" That he should retire beyond the Orange River, unmolested,

with all public and private property belonging to British subjects; Pretcahlit himself furnishing a certain number of waggons for this purpose. The Natives to retire to their respective homes or tribe; and the Native chital be informed of arrangements."

All this had been carried into effect; and British authority, for the moment, has been expelled from the Northern side of the Orange River." Sir Harry Smith had reached Worcester, on his way Northwards.

WEST lermas.—The following resolutions, stopping the supplies, we* passed in the Jamaica Assembly on the 24th August, but did not reach England till the end of last week.

"That this House lament that Ministers, notwithstanding the evidence sub- mitted to them, and which must have carried the Conviction to their minds of the critical position of this island, have not thought lit to recommend the adop- tion, by the Imperial Parliament, of any measure calculated to affoni adequate relief to this colony; but that the propositions emanating from her Majesty's Go- vernment are, in the opinion of this House, illusory. "That with this conviction, the House deem it incumbent on them to call upon the Home Government to relieve the colony from the maintenance of the Execu- tive and Judicial establishments, and of institutions for the detection and punish- ment of crime.

"That this House deem it necessary to declare the inability of this colony to raise the customary amount of supplies for the year 1849; and their determina- tion to raise no supplies for that year beyond a provision for the public debt, un- less they are enabled to make adequate retrenchment in the expenditure of the island."