The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna, dated April 30, says :—ln
a letter of the 27th inst., which contained the official
account of the circumstances connected with Baron
Bruck's death, attention was specially directed to
that part of it in which it was the question of the
probability of a speedy confrontation of the deceased
Minister " with other witnesses and persons
accused." Those persons whose education enabled
them to form an opinion on the subject understood
the official writer to say that Baron Bruck had been
at one and the same time a witness and a person
accused, but the Wiener Zeitung now informs the
public that the compositor committed a blunder
when he united the preposition " mit" with the sub-
stantive " Beschuldigte." In the manuscript the
passage run thus :1--" It appeared probable
that Baron Bruck would soon be confronted
with other witnesses and with persons ac-
cused (mit Beschuldigten)." The inhabitants
of this city are now divided into two parties,
the one of which believes that the late Minister of
Finances was guilty of embezzlement to a very large
amount, the other that no heavier charge can justly
be made against him than that he was too good
natured—too ready to oblige the men with whom
he had been on intimate terms while a merchant at
Trieste. Although a man of rare energy, Baron
Bruck was totally unable to say nay to an importu -
nate suitor, and this weakness was taken advantage
of by many of his designing and greedy acquain-
tances and hangers on. Another of his charac-
teristics was want of due consideration; in fact,
the inconsiderateness of the Minister of Finances
was almost proverbial. In financial circles it is
related that the value of the property left by
Baron Bruck does not exceed 600,000 ff. One or
two of the local papers yesterday asserted that
the analysis of the contents of the stomach of the
deceased statesman had already been ; the state-
ment was incorrect. The chemists commenced
their operations this morning, and it is pro-
bable that the result will be communicated
to the Court of Justice to-morrow. By the Medical
Gazette of yesterday we learn that Baron Bruck
suffered greatly on the 23d inst. from spasms,
violent pains in the abdomen, frequent sickness, and
great difficulty of respiration. During the greater
part of the day the unhappy man gave short though
collected replies to the questions put to him by the
members of his family. To one of them he even
expressed his regret that he had laid violent hands
on himself.

General von Benedek is doing all in his power to
place himself on a friendly footing with his fellow-
countrymen and to win their confidence. Soon after
his arrival at Pesth he called on Baron Gabriel
Pronay, the acknowledged leader of the Lutherans,
and the day before yesterday he paid a visit to
Countess Antonia Batthyany, the widow of the
President of the Hungarian Cabinet in 1848. On
his first arrival in the Hungarian capital the Com-
manding General expressed a wish to become per-
sonally acquainted with all the civil employes with
whom he was likely to be brought in contact, and
they, as a matter of course, waited on him. To
the German employes he said but little, but he
spoke in Hungarian, and at some length, to several
of the Magyars. In his address to his subordinates
General von Benedek said he loved his native
country and its inhabitants with all his heart, but
that in his capacity of Commanding-General in
Hungary he should recognise but two classes of men
—the class that was loyal and obedient to the Em-
peror, and the class that was not. The gallant com-
mander then said that he would, if necessary,
" break the neck" of any of his subordinates
who neglected their duties. The Hungarians
know that Benedek is an extremely resolute man,
and they believe that he will execute to the very
letter any orders he may receive from Vienna.
While the Government is trying to come to an
amicable understanding with the Hungarian
nation, the inferior authorities in Hungary are
doing all in their power to widen the breach between
the Protestants and their Sovereign. M. Zsedenyi
is treated like a common malefactor at Caschau.
He is allowed 11b. of bread a-day, and meat once
a-week. If he can mAnage to make friends with the
physician it may perhaps be ordered " for sake of his
health," that he shall have meat every second, and
breakfast every day ; but at present the spokesman
of the Kaosmark Protestants is in some little danger
of dying of starvation. A person who has just come
from Caschau states that the Roman Catholic bishop
and the chapter wished to visit Zsedenyi in prison,
but were unable to obtain admission. M. Maday, the
clergyman, has not surrendered himself to •the
authorities, but he has sent to say that they can
" drag" him to prison whenever they please. M.
Maday has been deprived of his living by the Impe-
rial authorities. M. Daroczy, the Calvanist clergy-
man in Raba, has been sentenced to pay a fine of 50fl.
or to be imprisoned for a fortnight. The flock have
offered to pay the money for their shepherd, but the
latter appears to have made up his mind to suffer
imprisonment for conscience sake.