The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-22 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA AND BOHEMIA.
The Vienna Gazette of the 16th publishes a tele-
grapic dispatch, received the day before from the
Burgomaster of Prague, which states that the bom-
bardment of the city recommenced that morning,
and was continuing when the dispatch left.
The following letter in the Leipzig Deutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 18th, gives fuller particu-
lars of the progress of affairs between the contend-
ing parties ; it brings intelligence up to the morning
of the 16th :
"On the 13th at mid-day the military had completely
the upper hand, and Prince Windischgratz determined
to restore the communications between the old and new
town. For this purpose he caused the chain bridges
over the Moldsu, which had been broken, to be repaired,
and the barricades on the lesser side to be taken by
storm. In this affair several of the troops were killed,
being shot from the neighbouring windows. The fight-
ing here lasted till six o'clock in the afternoon, when
the Czech party demanded a parley, and hopes were
held out that the students and the people would lay
down their arms. The Czech party, however, required
consequently every idea of accommodation was
that Prince Windischgratz and the military should leave
the city;
abandoned. The rumour was spread on the night of the
13th that there would be a general attack on all the Ger-
man inhabitants of the town. Great fright was caused by
this, and whole families might be seen to fly through the
gates out of the town, leaving their all behind. After
the breaking off the parley the people retired to Pod-
skal, where they concentrated themselves, and where
the ;yagers and hussars followed them, to attack them.
There a terrible slaughter ensued on both sides; twenty-
six hussars were thrown into the Nloldau by the people.
and the battle lasted until the 14th of June, at half-past
nine. On that day General Count Mensdorff arrived
from Vienna, in order to assume the command in chief,
in the hope that as the Bohemians seemed to have taken
a vehement dislike to Prince Windischgratz, the as-
sumption of command by Mensdorff might restore
peace. This was, however, a vain hope; the tumult in-
creased every moment, the fight was renewed, and the
Czech party obtained possession of the town. Prince
Windischgratz then abandoned the town with the mili-
tary and retired to the mountains round the elty, from
thence to bombard the town. The Lorentoberg, the
Marienschanze, and the Ziscaberg were occupied with
cannon; and the Clercentinum, Carolinum, and There-
sianum strongly cannonaded. Such was the state of
affairs on the morning of the 16th, to which date our
accounts reach. Count Leo Thou had becu obliged to
fly in the disguise of a servant."
A letter from Inapruck, dated the 15th, says that
the EMPEROR had been suffering for some days. His
nerves have been greatly tried by the extreme excite-
ment in which he is incessantly kept by the various
reports from Italy, Vienna, Hungary, and Croatia,
and the innumerable deputations and audiences
which he has been compelled to receive and give. It
is expected that the Imperial Family will quit Ins-
but the route is not
pruck in the course of the week,
definitely fixed. It is, however, probable that the
with WESSENBERG and
to
Court and diplomatic corps,
Dommorr, will first proceed Salzburg, while the
Archduchess SorniA and her suite will repair to
Isobel.