The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-04 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY

AUSTRIA.

_The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night]:—
VIENNA, DEC. 28.—Count Welden has just re-
ceived an army bulletin from Field-Marshal Berger,
from which it appears that General Puchner, coming
from Hermanstadt, and Field-Marshal Ruckawina
from Temesuar, succeeded in joining the army
under Count Leinengen, front Transylvania, and
Lieut. Berger Bierlei at Alias. These combined
forces succeeded, after an attack which lasted several
hours, in surrounding the fortress of Arad, which was
defended by 15,000 men. After an obstinate resis-
tance, in which the fortress and city sustained great
damage, the garrison was put to flight, with the loss
of many dead, and above 200 prisoners.
According to the fifth bulletin from Prince Win-
dischgratz, the Imperial troops had 15 killed and
wounded. Among the former was Lieut.-Colonel
Haileg. Sixteen of the enemy's artillery deserted to
us. The Imperial troops also took four howitzers and
a 12-pounder. The taking of the fortress of Orad is
of immense importance ; it is now ocoupied by the
Imperial troops, and furnished with provisions sup-
plied for six months. High commendation is given
to the valorous conduct of the troops.
It is a remarkable and interesting fact, that while
the Austrian troops are subduing Hungary, and while
the most deadly haired and ferocious warfare is
raging l.etween the Hungarians and Transylvanians,
a deputation of Hungarians and Transylvanians,
resident in Vienna, have waited upon the Emperor at
011mutz, in order to
Pay their homage to him.—
Vienna Papers, Dec. 28.
We have also some accounts of the movements of
the Imperial forces in Siebenburgen, which, if we can
trust the bulletin, they have swept clean from the
Magyars. Count Nugent, with 12,300 men, pursued
the fugitive rebels (it is not said when he beat them)
to Janoshaza, and re-established the communication
of his corps with the moveable column of Lieute-
nant-Colonel Anthann. This shows that Colonel
Althann's corps was once cut off, a fact too unim-
portant to be mentioned in a bulletin.

The reports from Klausenburg, in Siebenburgen,
are• of the 13th of December. Lieutenant-Colonel
Urban drove the Magyars all through Siebenburgen
to the Hungarian frontier, near Nagy Banya. He
found that the Magyars had burned all the Romanic
villages on their road, and he cut down thirty-two
Roman men whom the Magyars had gibbeted. The
bulletin states that Colonel Urban's party killed
150 Hungarians and captured GO. After pursuing
the enemy to the frontiers of Siebenburgen, Colonel
Urban returned to Klausenburg by forced marches.
No reason is stated for his doing so. All this hap-
pened in the last week of November, almost a month
ago. It must have been a hard matter to get up the
report, as perhaps the communication waa interrupted
by the very Magyars whom Lieutenant-Colonel
Urban had so gallantly driven from Siebenburgen.
The defeated of a bulletin are apt to be exceedingly
troublesome. _ _

" In reference to Venice
The Wiener Zeitung says,
the following has been inserted in the Gazetta :
" The Government, by a decree of the 30th De.,
cember, has commanded that the Romish division
which is on military duty here shall be sent home.
The poverty of the Exchequer is not the sole cause of
this measure, for the unfortunate auxiliary troops are
perishing from the Lagan fever, and the air of their
native island can alone save those who are suffering.' "
VIENNA, DEC. 27.—The Wiener Zeitung of this
day contains the state of the Exchequer for the
month of October, 1848. The results are, current
receipts, 6,649,273 1 ; of these, the principal are
direct taxes, 2,071,134 fl.; indirect taxes, 3,957,158 fl.;
other receipts, 620,981 fl. The current expenditure
amounted to 11,376,923 fl., which, after deducting
the receipts of 6,649,273 fl., leaves a deficit of
4,727,650 fl. This deficit is occasioned chiefly by
the non-payment of the usual receipts from Lom-
bardy, Venice, Hungary, and Transylvania, which
are estimated at 4,969,000 0.