The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-21 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

Extract of a letter from Berne, of the 16th :
" The Directory this morning received official in-
formation that Marshal RADETZKY had put a stop to
the measures taken against the Canton of Tessin, and
that the postal and commercial communications were
re-established. Nevertheless, the federal brigade
vvill,remain stationary on the frontier of the Canton.
The Legation of the German Empire in Switz,:r-
land has addressed a note to the Directory, request
ing it to send instructions to the Cantonal Govern-
ments to cause all persons to be arrested who are sus-
pected of having taken part in the murder of Prince
LYCUNOWSILY and General D'AUERSTADT. These
persons are twenty in number, and their names and
descriptions have been circulated. The supreme
federal authority has intimated to the States, who, no
doubt, will know how to make a distinction between
unfortunate political refugees, to whom Switzerland
never refuses asylum, and infamous assassins who
must be universally reprobated. The Government of
Fribourg has incredible difficulty in collecting the
war taxes and duties, and has been obliged to send
companies of chasseurs into the communes of Berlens
and Billens. Other troops have been placed at the
disposal of the Prefect of Romont.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, BOHEMIA,
AND POLAND.
Our intelligence from Vienna is to the 15th.
All was quiet at that date. Vienna was occupied
by 80,000 armed men, and the Hungarians, who
were encamped in the neighbourhood, amount to
36,000 men. The armies of AUERSPEEG, JELLA-
CH IC H, and WINDESCHGRATz will, when united, amount
to 98,000 men.
The head-quarters of JELLA CHICII are at Schon•
brunn. The villages of Pensing, Hetzendorf, Ebers-
dorf, and Gumpoldskirchen, are occupied by the
Imperial troops. AUERSPERG has established his
head- quarters at Ingersdorff, on the line of the
Gloggnitz Railway.
The Hungarians are encamped at Schwacha, a
village situated about a mile from the Danube, and the
Viennese have determined to sally forth and attack
the Croatians as soon as the first cannon shot ex-
changed between them and the Hungarians is heard.
On the 12th the signal for the rising of the Land-
sturm was given at Gratz, and the country people are
flocking into the town in crowds to assist the Vien-
nese. The whole of Styria also has pronounced in
favour of Vienna.
According to the Austrian Lloyd's Journal, 3,000
Steyerer had reached Vienna, and 6,000 were at the
foot of the Sommering. Even the military in that
part of the country were in favour of the Diet. ,
People were coming from Marburg and Cilly. At
Linz also preparations were making to support the
Diet. Addresses of adhesion and support were.
coming in to the Diet from all quarters.
The rising of Styria completely cuts off the com-
munications of JIILLA.CHICH with Croatia ; and should
he be worsted by the Hungarians retreat will be
impossible, and he will be compelled to surrender.
The Poles in Lemberg, and in fact all throughouf ,
Gallicia, are actively_at work in furtherance of their

cause. General DWEENICXI and General BEM are
busily engaged in organizing a strong Polish army.
There appears to be no lack of money. Latest ac-
counts state that General Dwzrancitic has actually
joined the Hungarian army with 8,000 Poles.
The state of Vienna on the 14th is thus described
by Austrian Lloyds's:—
" The appearance of the Hungarian army is ex-
pected with increased anxiety and disquietude. Why
it remains stationary is an enigma. As soon as it
strikes the first blow, 100,000 men will immediately
advance to the battle from the city. The excitement
is indescribable. The out-posts of the Croats are on
the Maria. hill line, near Schinbrunn, and in many
places thirty yards do not separate them from the
citizens. They are opposite each other, making grim
faces, and ready to fire at each other at the first sig-
nal. Jellachich has posted his left wing on the heights
of the Vienna wood, and it stretches out as far as St.
Veit. The villages of fleitzung, Baumgarten, Lainz,
Speising, Pensing, are all occupied by his troops,
and the National Guards have been deprived
of their arms. He has also demanded the dis-
armament of the National Guards in the other vil-
lages. It strikes us that it is the object of Jellachich
and Auersperg to make sure of a passage for their
troops across the Danube, both above and below the
towns, in case cf a battle falling out to their disad-
vantage, so as to be able to forma large army near
Brunn, and then act in concert with Windeschgratz.
The Lichtenstein and another large palace have been
prepared to receive the wounded in case of a battle.
"The students were growing tired of false alarms,
and on the 14th issued an address to the Diet, con-
cluding with the Videant consules ne respublica,'
&c., demanding some decision to be taken."
Lloyd's of the 13th gives the following description
of the aspect of the town :

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" The shops are shut, all commerce and industry
at a stand-still, as all men capable of doing anything
are under arms ; and instead of the usual gay ap-
pearance of the streets, we meet nothing but serious
countenances, and swords and muskets. The pave-
ment in many of the streets is torn up, and barricades
are to be found at every available point, which have
been strengthened and built up into regular for-
tresses ; in the faubourgs they are in many instances
surrounded by wide trenches. Here shots are coati.