The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-18 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.
Accounts have been received from Vienna of the
10th. On the previous day a bulletin had been pub-
lished from Prince WINDISCHGRATZ with news of the
operations of Field Marshal Lieutenant Count
Scunicx, whlt; it is stated, fought a battle on the 4th
instant with the Hungarian General MESZAROS. The
Hungarian forces consisted of 18 battalions of foot,
23 pieces of artillery, and 800 hussars. They met
the Austrians between the city of Kaschan and the
heights of Paroza, and were completely defeated. The
Austrians took 10 cannons, 6 waggons of ammunition,
1 standard, 200 muskets, and 40 horses. They cap-
tured likewise two Hungarian officers and 300 pri-
vates. A chest, containing 10,000 ducats, fell into the
hands of the Imperialists. General MESZAROS was
all but surrounded. An Imperial officer would have
shot him, but the pistol missed fire. The bulletin
adds that the combat was furious, but that very few
of the Austrians were killed or wounded.
General WELDEN announced the surrender of a
great number of Austrian troops in the Hungarian
army, who quitted their quarters at Neusatz and
joined the Imperialists at the Roman encampment
near Kaacz.

In the Carpathians, General GRETZ, in order to act
in concert with Field-Marshal Scamcx, proceeded on
his march to Kremnitz and Schemnitz, after the cap-
ture of Silein, on the 2d instant.
On the 10th another bulletin was published, which
says that after the victory of Kaschau, the Hunga-
rians were pursued, and experienced considerable loss
in their retreat, both in guns and men. A case be-
longing to MUSSAROS was captured, containing papers
on the Polish affairs.
The accounts from Pesth were to the Bth. Several
of the Hungarian Nobles had been arrested by order
of WimpiscaGEATz ; among them were Count Louis
BATTIITANT and Count ANTON SCAPARI.

PRUSSIA.
The elections were proceeding on the 13th at
Berlin with great activity, the regulations of the

state of siege having been suspended to enable the
public meetings to be held without restriction.
The ill-timed prosecution of those Deputies who
voted for the refusal of taxes has produced the effect
which might naturally have been expected. They
are considered as martyrs of freedom, and their re-
election is all but certain.

The Judge TEMME, who is at present under pro-
secution for his vote in the Assembly, has been elected
by Neuss as representative to the German Parliament
at Frankfort, and will be returned to the Prussian
Assembly by several places.
The following is stated to be the programme pro-
posed by the Central Democratic Committee for the
adoption of the Liberal Members who may be elected
to the Berlin Chamber.
" 1. To protest, from the first day of meeting of the
new Chamber, against the dissolution of the ex-Cham-
ber, and against all acts in opposition to the decrees of
that Chamber since the Bth of November. 2. To de-
clare the new Constitution to be null and void. 3. Im-
peachment of Ministers and liberation of all political
offenders. 4. To demand of the Crown the ratification
of all acts voted by the ex-fraction Unruh. 5. To set
aside the first Chamber, and to declare the second a con-
stituent. 6. To recommence the debates on the new
Constitution, precisely where those on the old one were
interrupted."
The primary electors of the rural commune of
Nessin, near Kohlberg, have addressed a petition to
the KING to request the solution of doubts which had
been raised in their minds by some pamphlets which
had been secretly sent to them, and said to be sent by
order of his MAJESTY. They ask if the KING was
constrained by his Councillors to dissolve the As-
sembly, and to promulgate the Constitution of the sth
December ? It' the KING wished to divide property,
and to give it to those who had none ? If, according
to his MAJESTY'S wish, they were at the elections to
listen to the great proprietors, and elect only persons
of that class ? _ _

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To this address the KING has given the following
answer : _ _

"With respect to the decree of the sth of December I
can give you the following reply :—I dissolved the Con-
stituent Assembly by my own free act and will, but ac-
cording to the advice of my ministers. I was compelled
to take that step by that Assembly itself, inasmuch as
the majority of the members did not comply with my
summons to continue their discussions at Brandenburg,
and by their illegal resolutions were bringing the nation
and the Crown into extreme danger. I could not allow
the misconduct of those members to withhold from the
people the enjoyment of the liberties I had granted them,
and to prevent the return of peace and order, the want of
which had so long injnred the welfare of the country.
Having dissolved that Assembly, I have of my own
accord secured to my people the rights and liberties
I had granted by a Constitution. The revision and pos.
sible improvement of this Constitution will be undertaken
by the Chambers about to be chosen. When order
shall thus have been restored and the authority of the
laws re-established, I hope to God that the Prussian
people will enter on the path of increased prosperity and
renown, and that the blessing of a regular and strong
Government will promote the prosperity of the whole•
people, especially that of the poor and destitute, whose
position I am most anxious to improve. Those, how
ever, deceive you and do not deserve your confidence who
tell you it is my intention to rob the present holders of
estates of their property and divide it among the poor.
By such means no one would be relieved, while law and
justice, which it is my sacred duty to maintain, would be
violated in the most shameful manner. To your
question whom you are to choose and send as deputies
to Berlin I can give no decided answer, and I hope that
my faithful people will be able of themselves to elect
worthy representatives. But I will not withhold my
advice from you. Let your choice fall upon men inspired
by a real love for their native land, who have gained
respect by the uprightness of their dealings, and who
have exhibited by deeds a warm sympathy for the ne-
cessities of the poor, aad who possess the intelligence
and will to promote the welfare of the State by their
legislation. Choose such men wherever you find them,
whether they are proprietors or peasants, whether high
or low; but beware of those who flatter you with hopes
which can never be fulfilled, who sow discontent and
hatred among you, and make those suspected whom you
have all your lives known to be honest men."
There has been an emeute at Charlottenburg in
consequence of the police having forbidden the hold-
ing of a political :meeting. Au attempt was made
to hold the meeting, the military were called in, and
several of the people were severely wounded by
sabre cuts before they would disperse.