The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-31 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 25th have been received.
Their contents are unimportant.
MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 25.—Three per Cents.
are reported at 18i buyers, and to 9-16 sellers;
Five per Cents., 9i to 3-16 buyers, sellers;
Coupons, 5 sellers; Passive Debt, 8} buyers,
sellers
; Bank Shares, 40 buyers. Discount on
notes, 1;
Exchange on London, 48 90.

A LIBERAL BEQUEST.—The late Prussian Consul
General Chevalier A. C. Giese, who died recently ar
Antwerp, has bequeathed to the Society of Friends of
Foreigners in Distress a legacy of 3004

TUESDAY EVEN I.lSi-G, OCTOBER, 31, 181}:'0.

could be crossed. At the Vienna extremity of the g
bridge the city artillery was drawn up, and on the other 1
the artillery of Windischgratz. At the time appointed
by Windischgratz for tha delivering up of their arms,
the Viennese had made no submission, and Windisch-
gratz immediately ce,mtnenced the bombardment. 'l ,is
took place at nine o'clock in the morning at Nation*
places, and at four o'clock in the afternoon the bom-
bardment lyeame general, the firing continuing without
interroFion; till that time the Viennese had retained
th. it position on the Vient.a extremity of the railway
bridge near Florisdorf, but at five o'clock they retired,
and in order to save themselves from their pursuers,
they set fire to a second large railway bridge (entirely
constructed of wood) as well as the other viaduct.
"Soon after another fire blazed forth in the west of
die city. The traveller stated that at the moment of his
departure this fire and that of the railway bridge was so
fierce that the sky was illuminited far beyond the city.
" Sir o'CLocK. IN Tun EVENING.
" The railway train from Upper Silesia. which has
ju a arrived, has brought us no fresh intelligence. The
'minted news ext(nds to the 24th in the evening.
" Travel era who arrive from Ilatisbon state that the
Hungarigns had attacked Jullachich in the rear, while
the Viennese at the same time made a sortie.
" An eye-witness who was at the railway station at
Klaws(lorf states that Prince Windischgratz yesterday,
at noon, transferred his head-quarters to the palace at
Selionbrunn. To-day the city artillery placed at the
bridges of the Danube endeavoured to repel the troops
who were on this side, but the Imperial troops replied
with so much vigour that three cannon have been dis-
mounted. The first sortie of the Viennese took place
yesterday aiorning at the Nussdorf line, the second at
three o'clock in the afternoon; botli have been without
any result. To-day, at four o'clock, the two bridges of
the Danube have been evacuated, and the Imperial troops
have crossed the river.
" The bridges have been replaced with great speed.
The cannonade continues at the Nussdorf line, and an
inn situated beyond the line is in flames. A second fire
has taken place in the faubourg of Wieden—at this mo-
ment an active firing is heard at Brigittenan:'
The Silesian Gazette contains the following com-
munication from a man of undoubted authority, who
is occupying an official post in the immediate vicinity
of the scene of action :
" FLORISDORE (BY VIENNA), OCT. 24,
Eight o'clock in the Morning.
" lam writing these lines amid the thunder of the
cannon. After quitting Hie zing, which is half a league
from Vienna, and where the Imperial Palace of Schiite
brunn is situated, at two o'clock yesterdaylafternoon, I
was compelled, on account of the blockade of Vienna,
which took place on that day, to make a detour of three
miles for the purpose of reaching the station of Flo-
risdorf. This station is under the protection of the
Imperial troops. Yesterday already hostilities com-
menced, and this on the side of the city; the Viennese
made some sorties, and to-day endeavoured to clear the
Danube bridges, which were occup!ed by the military.
The Imperiallartillery stationed sit the head of the
bridge s fired about twenty rounds, by which the Vienna
artillery was compelled to give way.
" This afternoon the term which Windischgratz has
allowed the city will expire. Ile is now resolved com-
pletely to cut the city off from all communication, and
if possible to take it without shedding blood. He also
expects that the better minded among the inhabitants
will do their utmost to restore order and peace, and
avert the dreadful catastrophe which threatens the city.
The day before yesterday all the diplomatists quitted
Vienna and repaired to Sliezeg, where Windischgratz has
taken up his quarters in the Palace of Sclionbrunn."
" lIALF-PAST FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON.
" The Imperial. Artillery has succeeded in taking
the two large bridges of the Danube, which I have since
visited.

" SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.

" I again hear a very animated firing. It is as,erted
that the engagement has recommenced on one side of
the city."
In direct contradiction to the above report, the
Silesian Gazette contains the assertions of travellers
who state that the Viennese have taken two pontoons
which WIN nrscuo RATZ threw across the Danube, and
remained victors of the sortie. The skirmish is said
to have lasted from early in the morning till the
afternoon, and is also said to have been twofold, in-
asmuch as the Hungarian army attacked JELLA-
cuicx, while the Viennese attacked ‘VINDISCID.
G RATZ. Whether the people obtained any advantage
besides their victory is not stated. The Prussian
Stoat; Anzeiger of the 28th says, that as WlNDiscu-
GRATZ had fixed the evening of the 26th, the reports
of the bombardment of the city previous to that time
must be unfounded.

An extra supplement of the Aix• la- Chapelle Gazette
of the 29th October says :—" By the latest intelli-
gence from Vienna it appears that the fate of the city
is sealed in a most fearful manner. It is true that we
have no direct authentic news, but travellers had ar-
rived in Breslau and Berlin who confirmed the state-
ment that the bombardment of the city had com-
menced." The Berlin Reform says, "Vienna is
standing in flames." The New Prussian Zeitung says
that several leaders of the Radical party had fled ;
the attack must have taken place on the 23d.
The Cologne Gazette of the 28th states that se-
veral skirmishes took place on the 23d, that, at nine
o'clock in the morning of the 24th, a partial bom-
bardment took place which at four o'clock became
universal, the roar of the artillery never ceasing. At
that hour the Viennese were still in possession of the
railway-bridge at Florisdorf, but towards five they
retired, setting fire to the bridge in their retreat, to
prevent pursuit; they also set fire to the second great
railway-bridge, which is entirely of wood, as also to
the other bridge for carriages. At the same time a
conflagration was visible in the west end of the city,
and when the traveller, who reports himself an
eye-witness of the above, left, the flames were so
vivid that the whole horizon above Vienna was a
deep red.
The above intelligence reaches (if true) to seven
o'clock in the evening of the 24th.

FRANKFORT.
In the sitting of the German Parliament of the
28th the debate on the Constitution was resumed.
The following were the results of the day's pro-
ceedings :
" Sec. '2. No part of the German Empire may be
wilted in one state with non-German lands."—Car-
ried—Ayes, 340 ; noes, 76.
AllNAltuz's motion, " Inasmuch as the peculiar
relations of Austria do not admit of the execution of
this section, and of the sections arising from it, the
desired unity and power of Germany shall be attained
in the greatest possible degree, by the intimate at-
tachment of Austria and Germany in the way of an
international alliance formed between the Imperial
Power and the Austrian Government." Rejected—
Noes, 375; ayes, 38.
KAISER s amendment, viz. " The relations of
Austria are reserved for definitive regulation," was
rejected—Noes, 318 ; ayes, 104.
" Sec. 3. If a German land have the same supreme
head of the state with a non-German land, the rela-
tions of these two lands are to be ordered according
to the principles of a purely personal union." Car-
ried—Ayes, 316 ; noes, 19.
Thus the Committee's motions in their original
form, without any others, were carried.

WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA.
Bucharest was perfectly tranquil when the last
accounts left.
The following is the Ministry appointed by the
Caimacan, with the approbation of Fluid Effendi, the
Commissioner of the Sublime Porte :—lnterior, M.
Jean Philippesko ; Finances, M. Alexander Ghyka;
Justice, M. Gregorie Gradistiano ; Public Instruction,
M. Constantine Belli° ; Foreign Affairs, M. Alex-
ander Philippeski ; Provisional Commandant of the
Forces, Colonel Garbatzky. The revolutionary Go-
vernment established at Craiova, the capital of the
lesser Wallachia, had taken to flight, and the province
had submitted to the legitimate Government. The
Russian troops stationed at Weddin had crossed the
Danube, and disembarked at Calafat. They were
going in the direction of Craiova.