Vienna was comparatively calm on the 8th instant. The military
had wholly evacuated the town, and were encamped near the Belvidere, which commands the immense open plain or glacis surrounding the inner city or citadel of Vienna. The number of killed has not been fully ascertained; but 90 dead bodies have been laid out in the chief hospital, 86 of whom were National Guards, 3 women, and 1 priest.
The people show little care about the second flight of the Emperor, whom they consider a traitor to the cause of constitutional liberty. "Many instances of duplicity in the conduct of the Emperor are quoted," says the correspondent of the Times, "and his late dishonest behaviour is thought likely to lead to the overthrow of his dynasty. The people of Vienna are fully aware of their dangerous position. They are forewarned of their fate by the Emperor's farewell proclamation, in which he says—' I leave Vienna in order to find somewhere else the means for the liberation of the sub- jugated population of this town.' The Viennese interpret these words by asserting that a hostile attack upon their city is meditated; and they are preparing to repel it." On the 7th the Diet decreed—" That the Ministers Dobblhoff, Horn. bostl, and Kraus, for the guidance of affairs, and for regulating and insuring the success of the new elements, are to lay before his Majesty, as soon as possible, a list of the new Ministry; and to stand in continual communica- tion with the Diet. Also, that a memorandum be presented to his Majesty in reply to his manifesto, informing the constitutional Emperor of the ac- tual state of affairs, and assuring him of the immutable love of his people." Their decree concludes thus—" People of Austria! Europe is looking upon us in admiration (Bewunderung), and history has noted down our ele- vation to liberty in its most glorious pages. Let us obey the laws—remain true to the constitutional Monarchy and to liberty. God preserve Austria! '
There is no later news of the Emperor.
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