The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-15 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Oesterreichische Correspondent contains the fol-
lowingcorrespondence :—"Pesth, Oct. 6.—Yesterday
afternoon there was a great sensation in Buda- Pesth.
It became known that Count Louis Batthyany, the
ex-Hungarian Minister-President, was to die on the
gallows, as it had been proved by the evidence of
seventeen witnesses, that he had, principally by
means of bribery, been instrumental in compassing
the abominable murder of the Minister of War,
Count Latour. To-day, the 6th of October, being
the anniversary of the murder, was appointed for
Count Batthyany's execution. The gallows was erected
on the so-called Holzplatz; behind the Neugebande.
The Pesther Zeitung, late in the evening received
orders to leave an open space for the sentences given
by three court-martials, which were to appear in
the number of the 6th, and to keep a
press in readiness early in the morning. The sen-
tences of Count Batthyany, Count Stephen Carcly,
and the guerilla chief Fekete, were ready to go to
press when a new order arrived to omit the first sen-
tence, as Batthyany's execution had been put off. On
this °account the Pesther Zeitung could not appear
until noon. Official facts we have none. It is certain
that Grenadiers formed a line up to the gallows, and
that the Count, who had been exposed since the pre-
ceding day, was led out to execution." (It is the
custom in Austria to permit the condemned man
to receive any visits he pleases and to eat and
drink whatever he chooses to command during the
last three days he has to live. This is technically
called being ausgesetzt (exposed), as curiosity
generally induces crowds of people to visit the poor
creature condemned to die.) " From this time the
accounts vary. According to some the Count at-
tempted to stab himself with a dagger, others say
that he tore open his throat with a nail. It is not
positively known whether he is mortally wounded,
but it is an indisputable fact that he is still alive.
Count Stephen Caroly was sentenced to two years'
arrest in a fortress, a fine of 150,000 florins (15,0001.),
and to the restitution of that sum of money which he
had received from the rebel-junto for the formation
of a cavalry regiment. Fekete, a notoriously good-
for-nothing fellow, who after the month of March
was the leader of the so-called Egalite Troop,' and
subsequently guerilla chief, captured an Imperial
money chest, which he did not even think it worth
while to deliver up to the revolutionary Government.
He was executed this morning by means of powder
and ball."

From the statement of the other German papers
there appears no reason to doubt the attempted sui-
cide of the unfortunate Count Louis Batthyany, by
puncturing his neck (in several places) with a needle
(or nail). It was hoped at Pesth that the penalty of
death would be commuted, in the event of the Count
surviving, for his life was in imminent danger from
the hemorrhage which had supervened, and which the
surgeons were making every exertion to atop.
The town of Pesth was much agitated, but no dis-
turbance had taken place.
The following were hanged, on the 6th, at Arad :
Schweidel, Damianich, Nagy Sandor, Vecsey, Torok,
Aulich, Poltenberg, Knesich, and Leiningen. And
the following were shot at the same time :—Ernest
Kiss, Dessoffy, Lagar, and Lauer.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
THE MEDAL roe. EGTPT.—The Lords of the
Admiralty have, we hear, determined upon recom-
mending that medals be issued to the survivors of the
early service in Egypt, and that an official notice to
that effect will shortly appear.
CAVALRY QUARTERS.—AIthough nothing has' been
definitely settled at present relative to the next years'
stations of the cavalry in Great Britain, we have
reason to believe that the following will be the
changes : The 11th Hussars from Hounslow to
Brighton, the 16th Lancers from Norwich to Houns-
low, the Bth Hussars from Ireland to Norwich,
the Ist (Royal) Dragoons from York to Edinburgh,
the 3rd Dragoon Guards from Nottingham to York
(a station, as stated by a correspondent a few weeks
ago, they have not garrisoned for thirty years), the
7th Dragoon Guards to Manchester, and the 13th
Light Dragoons to Birmingham. The sth and 4th
Dragoon Guards are first for Ireland. This infor-
mation must not be taken as official, as various cir-
cumstances may intervene to prevent its fulfilment.
It, however, may be relied upon as far as our present
information goes. The official notification and the
letters of readiness to corps will be forwarded on or
about the 18th of January, and the Irish moves com-
mence about the 15th of April.
THE PRUSSIAN Rrri.E.—The authorities have gra-
ciously given orders for the admission, duty free, of a
Prussian rifle, which Lord Arundel has procured for
the Ordnance Board. This, we suppose, is the valu-
able zeind nadel spoken of lately in this and other
papers, and found so much more efficacious, by reason
of its range, than the muskets and rifles now in use.
We shall be curious to, see whether any attempt will
be made to introduce the weapon into the British
army.
The Secretaryship to the Board of Ordnance, vacant
by the death of Mr. R. Byham, is now a matter of
great competition among certain men of rank and
family connexions. Amongst the candidates whose
names have reached us are Lord Clarence Paget and
Major-General Foi, the Surveyor-General to the
Ordnance. The salary of the office is 1,4001. per
annum.
THE NAVY •ESTIMATES.—The Admiralty have
already begun to stir the departments on the subject
of the estimates for 1850-51. Orders have been sent
to the dockyards from the Director of Works' De-
partment to furnish statements of the establishment at
present borne and in fufure required.
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES.
—We hear from the East Indies that the Gallant
Commander-in Chief Rear-Admiral Sir F. Collier,
C. 8., has entirely lost the use of one of his arms by
the stroke of paralysis he sustained at Hong-Kong a
few months since. He, however, persistsin retaining
his command, as he feels assured his mental faculties
'are unimpaired. The Gallant Admiral had changed
his intention of visiting Bombay, where everything
was prepared for his reception ; he prefers wintering
in one of the ports of China and was to leave Trinco-
malee very shortly for Hong-Kong. Afflicted, and
physically helpless, as he is, it is not at all probable
that he will remain out in so responsible a position as
that of Commander-in• Chief during his full period of
service ; and we should not be at all surprised, there-
fore, to hear of his sudden retirement from active
afloat duties, and his return to England.
STEAM DEPARTMENT.—SOMERSET HOUSE.—There
are reports in circulation to the effect that some very
important changes are about to take place in this de-
partment with the view to economy and efficiency.
Mr. Dinnen, inspector of steam machinery afloat, and
who has been most actively and incessantly employed
for many years in the various branches of marine
'steam machinery, and was appointed inspector of
steam machinery in the last Experimental Squadron,
has been appointed to the staff of the steam depart-
ment of Somerset House, at a salary of 4501. per
annum. This is a most just and well-deserved ap-
pointment. Mr. Dinnen's great practical experience
afloat renders him a most valuable servant.
THE AUSTRALIAN SURVEY.—We have intelligence
from her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake to the 9th of May.
, On the afternoon of that day, Captain Stanley was
about to sail for the northward to pursue his survey-
ing operations. They were to pick up the most
easterly point of the Louisiade, and survey along its
southern shore until they joined the survey on the
coast of New Guinea, where Captain Blackwood, in
the Fly, left off. Thence the Rattlesnake was to pro.
ceed to Cape York, to meet the provision-ship; after
which she proceeds to Arvo Island, to some of the
Dutch settlements at Amboyna and Ceram, thence to
the Coepany, in the islaild of Timos, ultimately
returning to Sydney by the westward, as she did on
her former cruise.
HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP ALBATROSS.--WO stated
a few weeks since that the Albatross, Commander
Farquhar, now at Whampoa, had been ordered to
,Zngland, after taking charge of a schooner, the Aus•
tralia, and navigating her to Sydney. From last ac-
counts there is reason to believe that her Majesty'a
ship bhander will take ore of the schooner, as she Is