The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

TO TRI EDITOR OP TEE EXPIIIIIE.

Bis,—The Vienna papers, at a loss for news favoar-
able to the Austrian arms, have again had meatus, to
calumny. They state that after the storming of Ofen,
all the officers of the garrison were murdered by the
Housed., and the unarmed Croats put to the sword.
This statement is utterly without foundation; such a
barbarous act as is ascribed to the Hungarians sullied
ITaynau'a character when he conquered Brescia, but
not the chivalrous Oorgey. That Percsel was out by
Keichanin at Pancsova, is equally untrue. Letters,
direct from Semlin, dated on the 23th ult.' say
nothing about it, and do not even confirm the state-
ment that Semlin has surrendered to the Hun-
garians. A statistic of the Hungarian army
attributed to the late Minister of War (Metearos), is
evidently a mere compilation from the newspaper..
No reliance can be placed on the stories that the Hun-
garlan army numbers nearly 400,000 men, one-half of
them Poles, and one-fourth Italians and Frenchmen ;
that there are 160 generals and 270 colonels, sad
ginner trash. Next week I hope it will be in my
power to furnish your readers with an authentic list of
the Hungarian superior officer, as well as an official
account of the Hungarian armed forces.
I would willingly contradict, if it were possible,
the atrocity reported to have been perpetrated by the
Anstrians at -Freeberg—l allude to the flogging
of Madame von Oudrarusky, a Hungarian lady of
ample fortune, good family, and, what is more, unsul-
lied reputation, whose son is favourably known in
many of the est circles in Loudon. It is with a
feeling of the abhorrent regret that we Hungarians
see our enemies sinking into the lowest degree of
moral degradation, and discrediting the common
'civilization of Europe. But it is from the Vienna
papers that we learn she has been flogged at Freeburg,
en pursuance of a sentence pronounced by a court-
martial, " for having had a secret understanding with
the insurgents." The Austrians are the publishers
of their own shame. After such a barbarous act, is
it posaible that any one can dream of Hungary being
conciliated by Austria?
It is untrue that the Russians have advanced from
Dukla to Kaabsu, and bombarded the latter town
because it dared to resist. They have only crossed
the northern frontier of Hungary at one point, viz.,
at liradish. I feel it incumbent on me to contradict a
rumour circulating, and accredited in the diplomatic
circles, that M. Deak, the late miuister of justice, is
getting up a counter-revolution against Kossuth,
and that he has already won over several oomitats.
Living for years in close intimacy with both of these
men, whom I can with pride publicly call my friends,
I know too well Desk's open and loyal character, as
well as the sincerity of his sentiments, expressed to
me in 'September and November last, of the re'
,wing
dynasty, which he designated as "perjured and per-
fidious,' not to consider myself entitled openly and
positively to declare that Deak will never make a
single step towards the support of that dynasty. The
friends and agents of Austria are incessantly spread-
ing. reports of dissension prevailing in the Hun-
garian camp; but why do they prohibit
the circulation of the Gazette of Peak published
without any official surveillance or control? They
fear that the real state of things in Hungary should
be known, as much as they fear the Hungarian arms.
A fair estimate of what credit is due to the Vienna
papers may be formed from their self-contradiction
relative to Boa. So long as the Austrian only kept
possession of B6s, its occupation was represented mot
the highest importance; now that Bee, "in conse-
quence of strategical motives," has been abandoned by
the Austrians, and occupied by the Hungsrians, it
has lost all its military consequence in their esti•
mation. HUNGARY.