The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-26 00:00:00

GIBRALTAR.

Accounts from Gibraltar are to the 16th.
Sir R. WILSON left Gibraltar on the 12th instant,
in the Polyphemus, for Malaga, where he was most
graciously received by th,? authorities. The new
Governor, Sir R. W. GARDNER, landed and was
sworn into the government o❑ the 14th, 36 hours after
the former left.

Two steamers were about to be sent to destroy the
boats of the Moorish pirates, from whom the Poly-
phemus rescued the brig. The EMPEROR having
replied that he had no authority over them, Mr. RED-
MON'S claim on the Government of Morocco, which
Sir C. Narmit was sent here to enforce (17,000 dol-
lars), the EMPEROR left it to the arbitration of two
merchants of Gibraltar, Messrs. COWELL and Ross,
who reduced it to 10,000 dollars.

G E Al A Y

AND

E NORTHERN STAT ES.

AUSTRIA.
Accounts have been received from Vienna to the
21st inst.
The -Vienna Gazette, of the 18th, states that Mar-
shal WELDEN has published a bulletin declaring that
a dispatch had been received from Marshal NTJGENT,
stating that the garrison of Essegg had capitulated
on the 14th, at nine in the morning. The fortress
was immediately occupied by the Imperial troops.
In it were found 614 pieces of cannon of every size,
2,000 quintals of gunpowder, considerable stores,
and 34,000 florins. Marshal WELDEN has also pub•
lished the 43d bulletin of the army of operations in
Hungary. From this bulletin it appears that General
GLASEW had driven the enemy from Altarad. After
an obstinate combat, the batteries raised on the right
bank of the Marot against the fortress were de-
stroyed, and '23 pieces of cannon taken. Altarad was
then bombarded from the fortress. Marshal SCHILK
had joined the brigade of General GOaTI, and taken
up a position near Torna to attack the insurgents in
flank. Mrshal SCILLTZIG had taken up position near
Miskoloz, with a considerable body of troops.
The same journal states that large masses of Rus-
sian troops are moving from the interior of Russia to
the frontiers of Gallicia, and to Moldavia and Wal-
lachia.

The Breslau Gazette states, in rather a positive
menner, that the town of Szegedin, situated in the
heart of Magyar Hungary, has surrendered to the
Imperial army, which has levied a war contribution
on the inhabitants of half a million of florins. The
• Ban JELLACHICH had his head-quarters at Szolnok,
and every preparation was being made to strike a
great blow. Accounts to the 12th instant had been
received at Pesth, from Debreczin. MESSAROS was
still Minister of War, and KossuTH more fanatic than
ever. .illesAaos has written to Prince WINDISCII.-
GRITZ to say that he would defend himself to the last
extremity, and would die rather than surrender.
Since the proclamation of Prince WINDISCIF.
GRATZ on the subject of sending supplies
to KOSSUTH, 60 vehicles, containing mili-
tary stores, proceeding towards Debreczin,
had been seized. No official accounts had been
received from Transylvania. It was reported at
Vienna that the capture of Cronstadt by the Szeklers
had been attended with scenes of horror, such as could
not have been looked for in our day. Another report
speaks of the capture of General BEM, and of the de-
feat of his corps. The University of Pesth will, it is
said, be transferred to Tyrnau, and its superior tri-
bunal to Presburg.
JELLACHICH, who is out of favour with the Ku
PEROR, is, it is said, about to abandon the Imperial
cause and to rouse the Crostiws and Sclayonians,
with a view to form an independent kingdom. W IN-
DISCUGRATZ, who is himself a Magnate of Hungary,
has protested against the Ministerial scheme of cen
tralization, and declines to continue in the command
of the troops should the Ministry persevere in their
scheme. The Minister Enucs. has been dispatched to
Pesth to pa,,ify him. It is said that the Court of
Olinutz and 180 of the Magnates of Hungary have
simultaneously applied to the Archduke STEPHEN to
act as Mediator in the Hungarian affairs.
It was rumoured in Paris yesterday that fearful
troubles had broken out in Vienna, and that the
German troops and the Croats were fighting against
each other in the street.. The rumour did not, how.
ever, wain extensive crndit.
A letter from Vienna, of the lgth, states that the
Austrian army in Italy had received orders to enter
Tuscany and the Pontificial States.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENTRANCE
OF THE RUSSIANS INTO TRANSYL-
VANIA.

An extraordinary supplement of the Wiener Zei-
tnng, of the 21st, contains news from the seat of war
in Transylvania, to the effect that after the engage-
ment which General PUCHNER had with the
Hungarians at Hermanstadt on the 21st instant, his
communications with the Banat and the city of Carls-
burgh were cut off, and the country around was de-
tasted by the Hungarian insurgents, who made a deal
of booty. which they carried to their head-quarters
at Klausenburg. The devastation of the country
acted at once on the towns which were
held by the Imperialists, and where soldiers and
inhabitants alike were suffering from want of food.
The inhabitants of these towns (for the most
part Saxons) were moreover threatened by the
guerilla warfare of the Szeklers, and they appealed
to the Russian General LUDERS, who occupied the
Wallachian frontier, for his protection. General
PUCHNER, too, cut off as he was from all hopes of
reinforcement, and surrounded by the enemy, was
hardly pressed to call in the help of the Russians, to
save his troops and the population which he was to
protect. General PUCIINER saw the necessity of
attacking the leader of the Hungarians and Szeklers,
General BEM, before that chief's successes could
increase the number of his troops, but he was
too weak to risk the chances of a battle. Though
he had no instructions on this point, General
PUCHNER yielded to the urgent necessities of the
hour. His determination was ripened by the news of
fresh successes which the Szeklers had obtained at
Kronstadt, which town they threatened. The Rus-
sians were consequently sent for to protect the two
cities of Hermanstadt and Kronstadt. This was on
the first inst. Russian troops, to the number of
6,000, entered Kronstadt that very day, and, on the
4th inst. Hermanstadt was taken possession of by a
detachment of 4,000 Russians. The safety of the Saxon
capitals being thus provided fur, General PUCHNER was
enabled more effectually to oppose the insurgent hordes
which pressed him on all sides. Being informed that
General BEM intended to lead the Szeklers again
against Hermanstadt and that that General's

troops were marching from Stolensburg upon Salz-
burg, General PUCHNER directed the march or his
troops upon the latter town, where they arrived early
in the morning of the 4th instant, and where they
found General BEM'S corps, to the number of 9,000
men, with 29 pieces of artillery, in an advantageous ,
position in front of the town. General PUCHNER
ordered a feigned attack to be made upon the enemy,
and he succeeded in inducing General BEM to quit
his favourable position and to pursue the Imperial
troops to the heights around Herrminstadt. A ge-
neral attack was then made by the Imperialists
and the affair ended with the retreat of part of the ,

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FRANKFORT.
THE NEW PRUSSIAN NOTE.

Subjoined is a translation in extenso of the new
Prussian note, alluded to in a recent number of our
journal, and addressed, under date Feb. 16, to the
Prussian Plenipotentiary at Frankfort-on-the-Maine :
In the circular dispatch of the 23d ult., his Majesty's
Government pointed out the way iu which, according to
their conviction, a concordance might be arrived at with
reference to the constitution under discussion in Frank •
fort—a concordance urgently required by the situation
of Germany. That way is the coming, on the part of
the respective governments, to an understanding as well
amongst themselves as with the German National As-
sembly.
The proposition of Prussia had the good fortune to
meet with the almost undivided assent of the allied Go-
vernments ; and the great majority of them declared in
their reciprocal intimations of opinion, as they have ar-
rived here, that they were ready, through their pleni-
potentiaries in Frankfort, to enter upon a deliberation in
common.

Your Excellency is already provided with instruc-
tions respecting the chief points of view of his Majesty's
Government. After the resoluions of the German
National Assembly respecting the constitution had, in a
duly attested form, reached here through the communi-
cation made to your Excellency on the 28th ult. by the
central minister, the Baron von Gagern, his Majesty's
Ministers made it a point of duty to subject them to a
careful examination. I am, consequently, enabled to
forward to your Excellency the opinions and proposals
of alterations resulting from the deliberations in ques-
tion, in order that you may confer regarding them with
the plenipotentiaries of the other Governments, and then
lay them before the Central Ministry.
It is highly satisfactory for me to discover, by your
Excellency's report, that those plenipotentiaries already
agree, in the main points, with the deductions arrived at
during the previous conferences of your Ex-
cellency with no inconsiderable portion of the
plenipotentiaries irt Frankfurt. The Ministry have
laid great stress ou those deliberations, and I
am on that account the more justified in indulging in
the hope that, at some future conferences, and with the
maintenance of the principle enunciated, the joyful fecal
of a comprehensive union and understanding will be at-
tained. Whilst transmitting to your Excellency, by
means of special instructions, these suggestions and
propositions, I have at present to treat of the points of
view which, reeding the arrangement of the important
affair in question, have been, and which, moreover, will
continue to be, the leading ones for his Majesty's Go-
v( rnment.
Ministers maintain, as their chief principle, that the
German constitution can only arrive at a valid conclusion
through the fr e concurrence of the Governments con,
corned in it. Whilst fully claiming that right for them-
selves, they equally acknowledge it to be, as they have
already declared on a former occasion, one for all the
other members of the confederation without exception.
Nothing more sincerely or ardently do they desire
than that the new constitution of the German Confe,le
ration should encompass all the German races with d
strong and cordial bond, and form them into a great
whole. They are thoroughly convinced that the up-
holding of the else cennexiou—one cemented by cen-
turies—between Austria and the remaining portion of
Germany is, for both sides, greatly and indispensably
necessary. They do not desire the unloosening of that
bond, but rather that it be strenthened and confirmed.
In that respect (sic in the original) they fully coincide
with the sentiments expressed by the Imperial Govern-
ment in their dispatch (here communicated) of the 4th
inst. to their plenipotentiary.
Whilst they do not call into question the difficulties
which the peculiar rela ions and requirements of the
German provinces of the Imperial State, in connexion
with those of the entire monarchy, oppose to the con-
solidating of those relations with regard to the future
confederation, his Majesty's Government do not doubt
but that a successful solution may be arrived at; and
they feel that they are justified, by the contents of the
note referred to, in expecting that the Imperial Govern-
ment will set some positive propositions to that effect
before the remaining allied Governments and the Na-
tional Assembly. His Majesty's Ministers will make it
their duty to meet, on their side, such propositions in the
spirit already pointed out.
It is of course upon those propositions as well as
upon the declarations that may be made by other allied
Governments which have not yet spoken out, that the
ultimate determination of his Majesty's Government will
be dependent.
Meantime they consider themselves strictly bound to
speak, from their point of view, respecting the proposed
project of constitution. The situation of Germany re-
quires a speedy decision. All true friends of fatherland
recognise the necessity of at last terminating the present
uncertain state of affairs, and of establishiug a strong
centre of unity on which the weak may lean and around
which the elements of support may gather. It is upon
that point that hangs the prevention of the entire dise
solution of the weaker states, and the destruction of
the still vital elements of internal disorder (ever seeking
for further progress) as well as the repose and peace of
Germany. The satisfying of that requirement cannot
be made dependent on uncertain events, nor postponed
for an undetermined period.
His Majesty's Government will allow no doubt to re-
main respecting the length to which Prussia is prepared
to go towards satisfying that want. They have already
freely declared, through his Majesty's proclamation of
the 18th of March last, that they would devote their
powers to their transformation of the German State
Confederation into a confederate state. They have
acted in that spirit ever since, and they will continue to
do so.

Prussia needs not, on its own account, this confederate
state. Its greatness, its political consistency, enable it
more than most other states in Germany to suffice for
itself, and, in case of necessity, to defend itself. It
seeks no aggrandisement in power or influence. IF,
upon its side, it desires a confederate state, it is for
the sake of Germany, not of itself. The sacrifices which
it brings to Germany, the burdens which it takes upon
itself, it brings and bears for the sake of the community.
It is from this point of view his Majesty's Govern-
ment have examined the project of constitution in ques-
tion. They are of opinion that, in the main, it contains
the principles end the conditions of' a powerful con
federate state—one answering the requiremews ef the
timi s. The proposed alterati ma, which thil communicate
to your Excellency, arise from the conviction that it is
advisable. 1. To limit wore the competency of the
executive of the confederation, but without that c,m-
petency to guarantee to it that it shall be privveriailly
upheld. 2. To secure as much as possible the existence
of the particular states as independent organic mem-
bers and not to limit them further than is neces.ary for
the attaining of the essential conditions for a confederate
state.

According to the conviction of his Majesty's Govern-
ment, a centralisation, which should go beyond a confe-
derate state and lead to a united orw, ought to be alto-
gether avoided, as being neither necessary nor corre-
sponding with the real wants of Germany, and also Its
being dangerous and obstructing to the work of unity.
On the other hand, the Kin .2's Government are also of
opinion that the particular princes and states cannot be
reasonably asked to give up a considerable portion of
their independence, except in favour of a truly strong
central executive, which, through powerful protection,
obtains the sacrifices which it requires.
The King's Government hope that the declarations and
propositions which your Excellency will make in their
name will be favourably rt c ived by the Governments,
and the National Assembly meet with due consideration,
and advance the work of investigation.
In conformity with the prineip!e set forth at the com-
mencement, the King's Government reserve to them-
selves the right of making definite propositions respect-
ing sections 1,2, and 3 of the first chapter, bearing the
title, " The Empire." They are convinced that no ar-
rangement can be made respecting what territories form
the confederate state, until it be first decided what
German countries will enter into it. They also hold the
conviction that the relations of those portions of the
confederation, whose existing connexion with non-
German States requires special arrangements, can only
he regulated when the particular conditions of their ad-
mission—a subject which must remuin one for further
negotiations—are determined. They hold it to be
strictly necessary that no premature decisions, of a na-
ture to obstruct or exclude the possibility of that union,
be arrived at.

With regard to the chapter treating of the formation
of the supreme executive of the
bcconfederate state, and
I bearing the title, the " Supreme Head of the Empire,"
the King's Government must also refrain from making,
for the present, any express declarations, the more espe-
cially as the decisions of the National Assembly on that
point have not led to any final result. They consider
that that portion of the constitution is dependent on the
declarations and propositions which are to be expected
from the confederate Governments which have not yet
expressed their,opinions. The points of view from which
the King's Government set out have been already alluded
to in the circular dispatch of the 23d ult.
Whilst his Majesty's Government now make these de-
clarations respecting the remaining chapters of the con-
stitution and bring forward their proposals for altera-
tions, they designate thereby the conditions and limits
on and within which they, from their point of view, con-
sider the confederate state as realisable, and are pre-
pared to join it. They do rot deny that the still re-
served explanations of the remaining Governments may
introduce the necessity of modifying the work of the con-
stitution in important points.
So far as future negotiations may give rise to such a
necessity-, his Majesty's Government have only to draw
your Excellency's attervion to the circumstance, that
they have given their opinions respecting the project of
the constitution as a whole; and that in case important
premises, on whbh the whole rests, be removed or mo-
dified, their final declarations tyill be altered and re-
served.

Your Excellency will make these instructions the
ground- of your expsitions %Nith rewire' to the consti-
tuted question; and I prop° wer you to comtnunie4tt, them
to the Pre-ident of the Cen.ral
Berlin, Feb. 16. (Signed) BuLow.
T., the Royal Pienip tentiary at the se-,t of Cie Cen r.!l
Executive, his Excellency the Minister of State,
II vrr
Camphausen, Frankfort-on-the-Maine.

nuwberot killed and wounded is quoted in the Austria.
bulletin as follows : Hungarians killed, 700
wounded and captured, 140. Austrians—killed, 70;
wounded 160. General BEM retreated with his
troops to the city of Muhlenback, which he barricaded,
but which he quitted after being threatened by an
attack of the Imperialists, and retired to Szassvaros,
from which place he was dislodged with some loss on
the 7th instant, and driven upon Deros.