The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-25 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

The accounts from Vienns go only to the evening
of the 18th, and are of a very contradictory character.
-In the sitting of the 18th SCHUSELKA announced
that, according to the advices received, the Hunga-
rians had recrossed the frontier, and that M. PIILSKY,
the Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry, had advised
the permanent commission to address itself to the
Central Power to obtain its mediation. He further
reported that the city was prepared for an attack, from
whatever side it might come.

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reside for the present; my paternal heart feels con-
strained to acknowledge the proofs of faithful attach-
ment which I have received from my people through-
out the whole course of my journey hither. I
travelled in the midst of my soldiers because the
country is overrun by evil-minded persons, and my
own faithful people could not everywhere be around me.
"Peasantry of my dominions, have confidence in
your Emperor, as your Emperor has confidence in
you. The abolition of the taxes imposed on the soil,
such as the statute labour and tithes, promised by the
law already published, is assured to you ; and 1
hereby reiterate my Imperial word, which has been
verbally given you several times during my journey.
It is my firm resolve to guarantee your liberties. Do
not disquiet yourselves, my faithful peasantry ; and if
there are men who seek to render the words of your
Emperor suspected in your eyes, consider them
traitors to me and your best interests, and conduct
yourselves accordingly.

" FERDINAND.
" WESSENBEIG."

(Countersigned)
" Oct. 1.5."
The Commander of the National Guards of Vienna
having addressed a letter to AUERSPERG and JELLA-
calcu, exhorting them to retire from before Vienna,
received the following answer from AUERSPERG :
" Head-quarters, Anzersdorf Oct. 17.
" In reply to the honoured communication of the
26th, of the Commander-in-Chief of the National
Guard, I hasten to make the following statement :
In the first instance, you will be pleased to bear in
mind that the present very lamentable state of things
was in no wise called forth by the royal military or
their leaders, but this was done by the inhabitants of
Vienna, and especially by a portion of the National
Guards, which attacked us sword in hand, and thereby
caused the sad catastrophe of the 6th of October, in
consequence of which, and to avoid the further effu-
sion of blood, I deemed it necessary to concentrate my
troops between the Schwarzenberg summer palace
and the Belvidere, in a position inaccessible to the
public. I should have maintained this position
longer but for the difficulties raised by the inhabi-
tants of Vienna against the maintenance of my
1 troops, and their manifold . attempts to wake them
unfaithful to their duty, and which, from their
proximity, I could not entirely obviate, and which
was so odious to the troops that it led to the most
lamentable acts of violence towards the persons who
attempted to seduce them, that I resolved to take up
a secure position in the environs of Vienna, but not
in a hostile attitude. Afterwards the Imperial
arsenal (although it was placed' under the protection
of the National Guard) ' was plundered, and the
people of the lowest order armed, and even a call
it.sued by the city for a general levy of the landsturm.
I am thereby induced to maintain increased vigi-
lance ; for, under such circumstances, it is impossible
to infer that the efficiency of the authorities, in which
I might have confidence, can act legally and inde-
pendently under the menacing inguence of an armed
.protettorial.
" Under this extraordinary state of things, in which
the ruling authority of the State is a responsible
Ministry in name only—but where there is no
Ministry of War whatever—l cannot do otherwise
than in a defensive position await the supreme corn.
mand of his Majesty, which I am daily expecting.
(Signed) ‘‘ AIIESSTERG."
When the last accounts left Vienna, the thunder of
cannon was heard in the distance. This, it was said,
proceeded from the Hungarian army, which had ad-
vanced to Schroechard, two leagues from Vienna, for
the purpose of attacking JELLACHICH, whose head-
quarters are at Luxemburg.
The Breslau Gazette, of the 19th of Oct., says :--
"Travellers who have arrived here to-day assert
that a skirmish took place at eight o'clock on the
morning of the 18th, on occasion of the occupation of
the Belvidere, between the National Guards and the
troops of the line. The Croats bombarded the city
for above an hour. From the IVienerberg they met
with a brisk reply, and then all was quiet. Great
enthusiasm continues to prevail at Vienna, although
there is a fearful accumulation of troops. Win.
dischgratz is at Olmutz with the Emperor. The
French and English ambassadors have, it is said,
succeeded in bringing him to an amicable dispo.
sition."

WINDISCHGRATZ had not arrived before Vienna on
,he evening of the 18th.

BAVARIA.
We have received the following account of the
beer riots at Munich:—

"On the morning of the 18th the disturbances,
which had commenced on the previous day, were re-
newed, and a mob, the greater part of which consisted
of soldiers, went round to the different beer-houses,
smashing the tables and furniture where they were