The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-12 00:00:00

at at Lord °Wm bemuse he certainly fills Ti?y
short of Lord CIZORGE BENTINCK u a ducal leader.
If parties are to be led by dukes, we eso but little
reason why the monopoly should be further restriclod.

Tits plans of such generals as the Hungarian, un-
known in their own war-office, cannot easily transpire.
We are Id therefore to conjecture them from facts
fragmentsrily transmitted, or which reaching us
through the distorted intermedium of Austrian bul-
letins are chiefly valuable for their admissions. In
oar Saturday's notice of the combined attack now
makii gnp n Hungary from so many quarters, we
gave the imperialist, prematurely credit for having
"weed bark OEOR4ET'S left witg from the Raab to
the Danube. It proves, however, still to extend
up to and beyond the Bal +ton Lake along
the Bakoryer Wald in advance of the numerous
ewe/ popitions which cover Pesth. With the ex-
ception of this retrogression, less marked than we
had assumed, and notwithstanding the attack of
;0,0011 Imes Tithing with 200 pieces of cannon, at Old
and New Sully, GEORGES'S line remains unchonged
and intact thut is to say, extending along the Wang
and through the centre of the Schutt Island at Bee
and 'Megyir.
In the north, PASKIEWICH has penetrated beyond
Katchau, without resistance, nolo as at Tokay, from
which he is said to have driven 4,000 Magyar., with
40,000 Res inns. lint this is strongly doubted. In
Transylvania, one Rankin column has been allowed
to &deluxe on Bia'riz, another without material
mesh= upon Croustadt. In the south, the impe-
rialist Bobadil, JELLACHICII, beaten at O'Beecs, is
driven, arts r boasting of his advance on Thereeianople,
to take refuge at Bove, behind the entrenchments of
St. Thomas, on the Baczer canal.
Two deductions may be ma4e from these fact.,
both as hitherto regards the result of the combined
attack on the Hungarians, and the system of defence
adore dby them. D
i the first place, it is idle to sup-
inee that this coincident falling back, north, east,
and west, of 200,000 men flushed with the indisputa-
ble mammas which enabled them to clear their terri-
tory, at the West of this campaign, without any
attempt at serious resistance, can be anything but
a loran gie combination.
There is something startling in this silent retire-
ment of a formidable enemy which reeds NAPOLEON'S
Remise rempsign, and must improve the imperialist
seasick, as they advance through a wasted temtore,
with a painful augury of the resistance to be expected
when the concentrated hate of these coteentring
boots at length finds vest in figh'.
Though much may be urged is disparagement of
the mategv which abmdened, without a blow, the
external defences by which Hungary is naturally
girded t and though it is difficult to understand why,
mime from political matives,llemnineet should at. en
earlier period have neglected to occupy the position
of Daigle, it most still be admlted that the following
advanta2e. result from the system which appears to
have 11 en adopted.
In the first place, the truly warlike Magyar race,
'umbering tome five millions out of the thirteen which
coastimte the Hungarian population, inhabit princi-
pally the banks of the Thrive of that portion
tithe Ihisube and the intermediate territory situate
within the more confined limits to which the Magyars
have passively allowed their operationa to be circum-
scribed. Both JILLACUICIT and Wixom-n(3E4re,
after a triumphant advisee, were auneessively de-
feated as they penetrated into the districts more
densely peopled by the ManlirS. The productive
lands within this circle are still laden with the super-
&handset harvest of two years, which, in conseqnence
of political tenable., did not find in Austria their se-
cuetnined nutlet. Without this circle the more un-
grateful soil is utterly denuded by the Hungarian• as
they retire, so that even eight days ago, whilst
abusdases reigned, and we Isar even waste prevailed,
wain the Hungarian lines, a pound of meat was
worth no., a fowl 20e., and a pound of bread sold fir
a fabulous price at the imperial head-quarters.
&madly, from whichever aide the imperialists ad-
vance, they must weaken their effective strength by
the f roe detached to cover strong places, whether
artificial or natural, in their rear, and to keep open
thole communications. And lastly, within this nar-
rowed circle, the Magyars will more fully enjoy the
benefit of their concentric position, because one
army will be not only on paper nearer, but panti-
e:ally better able to yield assistance at any point
most seriously threatened by the external ring
of its assailants. We are enabled, at least, to
my that the ltungarians abroad are full. of coufidence
in the isose, molding sufficient caution he exercised,
and rothieg be adventured by their generals.
It is to be remarked that of four points at which
the Hunearians have been attacked, on one GURGEY
&Bat k. d, aid then retired unbeaten, until pressed
beyond the p tint at which it appeared to have been
intended that he should recede. Here, at Sadly, the
Hungarian army fiercely showed its teeth, and easily
frustrated the effort of WORLODICTU and Pariarrie
to sever its line. Six hundred wounded are admitted
to have been brought into Vienna. Was Pres-
burg then no longer safe ; or were its hospitals
oeergorlie d? The Ban JELLACITICR, who ridiculousiy
sdvaneed with 90 pieces of cannon to 10,000 men,
was so well defeated at trßeeees, so to be forced to
admit that he most now writ the success of the
northern armies. Hence, on two aides out of the four,
the Fmperer and the Ban are brought to a stand still.
In the north PASKIEWITCR has penetrated toe easily.
What hasbecorne of Demme:n(l's thirty thowand men?
It is highly improbable that the main body,as ported,
shou'd have struck into the hills westward, watered
by the Oran, though these have undoubtedly been oc-
cupied by some Magyar forces. Oa the other hand,
what is become of BIM ? Ban having left in Teen-
cylrania a sufficient force to oppose the Russian
inroad in th quarter, is sacertainid to have entered
the itanat with an imposing force. What his become
of thee fore: ? Has not DEMBINSKI'S main army
taken back beyond Tokay, on the Theiss, to join the
reserves at Debreezic ? and is it not there awaiting
the jonction of lines forces? If some of these con-
nties should be realised, we would rather stand
in the shoes*, DEMBINSKI than of PASKIENTITCIT; and
at least, from looking impartially at all aides of the
question, may conclude that much has yet to
be determined by the event before the
intern ;1 government of Austria will have
the opportunity of enforcing thr ugh conquered
HunAery tl,cse retinas which the Times had yester-
day the effrontery to assure an that all Hungarian
ntimers suited to as
; that is to say, the
suhstituticn of centralisation for local privilege and
municipal franchises, the exchange of its elective
magistracy foe a magistracy appointed by the cam
rills of Vienne, the illiberal prototype of that
Prasilen re cabinet whcse semi-official organ
began euhancttisaVy an article to this effect the
oth-r day:—
" I wish that I were King, and above all King of
Freels. I would give the people a constitution con-
taining these two articles i—lst. The King governs;
2ad. Toe people obey. I would puaish the anarchists
ea this principle, that it is better that ten innocent
'bald suffer than one guilty should me tpe; and as
for wiErx. I would hang him up dire by the heels
vitA his lend in an anthill."

DENNIMLIC AND THE DUCHIES.

We yolterday gave amounts et the defeat of the
German., And kv• since neeived the following from
ear cone -pondeat :

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SCHLESWIG, JCIT 7:
NesNs has just reached us of a severe fighting which
took p are on the night and the morning of yesterday,
star Fredericia, between our own and the Danish
incr. The meet vigorous exerions of our troops
sera to have been rtquired far keeping in possession
lar field of battle.
The Danes had transported on their ships during
the night of the sth and e..h instant, suddenly from
fehnen, the brigades Nlolske and Schleppluell, and
Sam Jo :and the brigado of General Rye, and con-
*wed to enter the forth se. Consequently they made
*out 3 o'clock in the morning a sortie with 23 batty
ces (225100 men). The SoLleswig Holstein generals
WA only It battalions to oppose th.ra (12.000 men).
The whole Danish force attyked our left wing to-
wards the north of the fortress, Here they only
Sand the let and 2nd infantry and the 3rd rifita to
tiopve them.
Mete !I•ree battalions &easel the advance of the
ferny f>r an hour. They suffarod, lismever, se-
wr.ly, aril were several limes surrounded and nearly
Nail-ed. They succeeded, however, at last to effect
Weir r. trat, fighting and disputing their ground
wit': the utmost vigour.
Tie too besieging battnries which had been newly
trued were, of cows:, abandoned after the guns had

b:en spiked. The camp meanwhile had been alarmed
by tho roaring of tho cannon. General Bonin imme-
diately attacked the Danes with Bre battalions at
band.

The fighting thus was fixed, and on several points
the Danes were obliged to retreat into the for..r.ss.
The forces of the Danes, however, proved to be too
overwhelming in numbers, supported as they were by
the batterits of the fortress besides; General Bonin,
therefore, resolved merely to defend the positions in
the villages in the neighbourhood of the fortress.
Our reports are dated from Bredatrup, at about •
mile's distance from the fortress. The Danes then
left off from any further attack, and retired into the
fortress. The loss on both sides is not yet stated. It
seems to have been cotukerable on our aide; that of
the Danes is, however, said t.) be still greater. Ono
piece of field artillery was lost by us. Fifty four
Danish prisoners have been transported to 'faders-
leben.

BELGIUM.•—•BRIASEL4' JCLT 11.—Tho minister
of the interior laid before the chambers a prject of law
for a general life insurance company, to be established
under guarantee of the state, and, under direction of
government. Its object is to secure a provision in
times of sickness, old age, or distress, for the working
classes and mechanics, in order to obviate the neces-
sity of their being obliged to have recourse to public
charity. Every person who hes attained the age of
18 years may make regular payments or instalmeets,
whereby they can secure au annuity, commencing at
the age of 63, 60, or 63, such annuity varying from
2 lir. to 1,200 fr., according to the amount of instal-
ment, &c. The payment* are to be made monthly: a
wife, by c =pent of her husband, may secure a pension
fur her old age. Payment must have been made two
years before an annuity can be obtained, except the
artisan is incapacitated from work by unforeseen sick-
ness. The adoption of this project of law, with some
mxlifica,ione, will secure t..) Belgium the honour of
taking the !cid among the nitions iu establishing an
institution of this nature.