The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-08 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES,

AUSTRIA.

Vienna journals of the 31st ult. have been received.
General PaaczEL, who 'has' been reinforced by
, advanced on the 25th to
distance of Buda-Pesth that fears
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were entertained that he might enter the town. JaLLA-
cnicu on the 26th advanced to meet him, and Prince
WINDISCiIfgIITZ joined JELLACHICH, having advanced
his head-quarters to Kio. PIIRCZEL on the approach
of WINDISCEIGRATZ commenced his retreat, where-
upon WINDISCHGRATZ returned to Buda, leaving
JELLAcmcn to pursue PERCZEL. JILLACHICH con-
tinued his march to Zolnok, where he found PEaczEL
determined to give him battle. An engagement
ensued, in which JELLACHICH was defeated, with the
los's of several pieces of cannon, and ;compelled to
retreat Upon Pesth, pursued by the victorious
Magyars, if we may believe the Allgemeine Zeitung
of the 2d, which declares that Pesth was menaced
.by a Hungarian army.
Letters from Prague state that RADSTEZY has
demanded large reinforcements for the army of Italy.
In the Austrian Diet, on the 30th ult., M. Scud-
EILKA proposed that, in consequence of the abolition
of the penalty of, death, no further executions should
take place, especially as it was to be hoped that a
general amnesty would shortly. be accorded. The
matter was-ordered to be taken into consideration on
a future day. Several paragraphs of the Bill on fun-
damental
rights were adopted.

.PRUSSIA.
Intelligence from Berlin to the 3d inst. had been
received. It is said that the British Ambassador has
,received from his Government the order to protest
formally, in case the King of l'aussu. accepts the
Imperial Crown.
The opening of the Chambers will, it is said, be
postponed to the Isth of March.

The German Parliament on the 3d instant voted
(after an animated debate), by a majority. of 242 to
206, the seventh section of the Bill for guaranteeing
FRANKFORT. •
the Constitution ; that section runs as follows :--
"In case of war or of an insurrection the provisions
of the Bill of fundamental rights respecting imprison.
ment, domiciliary visits, and the right of holding public
meetings,
may be set aside, for a limited time, by the
Government of the Empire, or of any single state, but
only on the following conditions:-Ist. The order to
that effect must, in each case, proceed from the entire
Cabinet of the Empire or of the single state. 2d. The
Ministry of the Empire must obtain the sanction of the
Imperial Diet, and the Cabinet of the separate state
that of its Legislative Assembly, if they be sitting at the
time; should such not be the case they must be con-
voked on the expiration of a fortnight, in order that the
measures taken may be submitted to their approbation,
otherwise those measures cannot be continued. Further
provisions will be contained in a law for the Empire.
With-respect to the proclamation of a state of siege in a
fortress, the existing legal enactments remain in force."
The following clause was added to the foregoing
one by the decision of a majority of 222 to 206.
" It, pending urgent danger, in case of war or insur-
reetiou the mai efficiency of the magisterial power, or