The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-13 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

INSURRECTION AT VIENNA, AND
FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR.
The discovery of the intrigues of the Camarilla
with JELLACHICII—the advance of the latter into
Hungary, and his appointment as Lord-Lieutenant
to restore the despotic sway of the EMPEROR in that
country—the horrible excesses committed by the semi-
barbarian Croatian troops whom the Emperor of
AUSTRIA has taken into his pay—the intrigues which
it is known the Camarilla has been carrying on with
the Sclavonian chiefs, in order to obtain the aid of the
Sclaves in repressing the spirit of liberty in Ger-
many, have produced the effects which every one must
have anticipated as the results of intrigues so audaci-
ously, and yet at the same time so clumsily con-
ducted. In vain does the fowler set his snare
in sight of the bird, and the Viennese
plainly perceived that if JELLACHICH were
permitted to conquer the Hungarians there
would be an end of liberty in Vienna. With JEL-
LACHICII and his Croatians advancing from Pesth,
with WINDESGRATZ advancing from Prague, and
RADETZRY from Italy, not only would the recently
dear-bought liberties of Vienna be annihilated, but
all who had endeavoured to secure those liberties
would inevitably fall victims to the vengeance of the
despot. It is not at all surprising, therefore, that the
appointment of JELLACIIICII to the government of
' Hungary, and the attempt to forward to him rein-
forcements of troops from Vienna should have pro-
duced an insurrection in that city of a more serious
character than any of which it has yet been the
theatre. The fight was long and murderous, but at
length the people were victorious. We lament to add
that they sullied their victory by the perpetration
of a horrible murder. Count LATOUR, the Minister
at War (the friend and protector of JELLACHICH), and
who had been moving heaven and earth to send him
reinforcements, was dragged from his house, stabbed
in several parts of his body, dispatched by a blow from
a sledge hammer, and then his lifeless body was sus-
pended from a gibbet for some hours. The EMPEROR
has fled in the direction of Lintz, and Vienna is at
this moment in the hands of the Diet. The following
are the details of the insurrection. On the 6th October,
the German Grenadier Guards were ordered to march
and join the expedition against the Hungarians.
They communicated with the corps of National
Guards of the suburb of Gumpendorf, in which their
barracks were situate, and with the Academical
Legion, from both of which they received a promise
that measures would be taken to prevent their de-
parture.
The National Guards'. from the Hundsthurm as-
sembled at six o'clock on the morning of the 6th at
the terminus of the Northern Railroad, from which
they removed the rails, for the purpose of preventing
the departure of the Grenadiers. The latter arrived
soon after, and the commanding officer, seeing that
the removal of his troops by rail was impossible,
gave orders for their proceeding on foot to Gansern-
dorf, a station on the line, from whence he hoped it
would be possible to effect their conveyance by the
railroad. But this plan too was resisted by the
National Guards, the numbers of which increased
with every minute. A barricade effectually stopped
the march of the regiments near the Tabor bridge.
They were ordered by their officer to storm this bar-
ricade. Instead of doing so they fraternized with the
National Guard, who destroyed the bridge, and
thus prevented the cuirassiers from advancing. The
insurgents were reinforced by the Academic
Legion, when the Nassau Infantry arrived with some
pieces of artillery, and summoned the insurgents to
surrender. The insurgents advanced and seized four
pieces of artillery and a powder- wa ggon, without op-
position. The Nassau Infantry then fired three
vollies at the insurgents, who advanced from the bar-
ricades, charged the Nassau Infantry, and put them
to flight, killing their Commander-General BREDY.
At one o'clock a party of the insurgent National
Guards were attacked on the Stephens Platz by a
party of loyal National Guards, who stood by the
Government, but after a short fight the latter were
forced to retire into the Cathedral of St. Stephen's,
the doors of which they then barricaded from within.
But the insurgents battered down the doors, entered
the church, and dislodged their antagonists, whose
leader was killed on the very steps of the altar.
One of the city gates, the Burgthor, still remained
in possession of the Government troops. Three com •
panics of sappers and miners, with four guns, en.
tered this gate at three o'clock in the afternoon.
They were at once attacked and totally routed, in
spire of the grape and canister which they fired from
their pieces. Many of them were captured, disarmed,
and confined in the University buildings. Formid-
able barricades were constructed while this fight was
going on. The old fortifications of the city were
occupied by the artillery of the National Guards.
At six o'clock in the evening the insurgents, who
were now :victorious upon all points, attacked and
carried the War- office, seized the cannon and arms
deposited in that building, and captured the Minister
of War, Count LaTotia. The wretched man was
conducted into the street, and then he was murdered
with blows from axes and sledge hammers. The
people tore the clothes and orders from the bleeding
body, and hung the naked corpse on a gibbet. Count
LAToua's papers were seized and brought to the
University.
At half-past six in the evening the Arsenal wa3
the only place which remained in possession of the
partizans of the EMPEROR. The people surrounded
the Arsenal, and demanded from the garrison they
should give up the arms which it contained. They
refused. A combat commenced, in the course of
which the garrison swept the Renngasse with grape
and canister, and killed and disabled a great number
of the insurgents, whose fury increased after each
unsuccessful attempt to gain possession of the build-
ing. The committee of students sent several flags of
truce, summoning the garrison to surrender, but the
bearers were shot dead on the spot. The people then
commenced bombarding the Arsenal, and the firing
continued all the night through, till six o'clock on
the morning of the 7th, when the garrison sur-

rendered.
The victory of the people was then complete.
Those among them who had been previously unarmed
procured arms from the capture of the Arsenal.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of this eventful
day the EMPEROR and his family, finding their sup-
porters defeated on every point, left Vienna, escorted
by 500 cavalry. They took the road towards Lintz.
The Diet was sitting the whole time the insurrec-
tion lasted. The following is a summary of their
proceedings

" Eleven o'clock, A.M.
" Several Members of the Left assemble, and send
an address to the President, M. Strobach, asking him
to summon the Members of the House, in order that
the effusion of blood might be stopped. The Presi-
dent refuses to comply with their request. Ile does
not think that the matter is sufficiently important.
Upon this the Diet assembles Without him, constitutes
itself en permanence, and elects another President in
the person of M. Sniolka.