Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-08-09
THE OLD WORLD.

flax on Thursday the Cd inst, bringing
European intelligence to the 2lst July.
1t is asserted in the London Times that
the Pope declines returning to Rome at
the invitation of Gen. Oadinot, but will
proceed to Bologna where the Austrians
will take care that he may be received as
supreme pontiff and absolute sovereign.
Rome was' quiet, under the govern
ment of the French. Great efforts have
been made by Oudinot and his officers to
get up demonstrativn in favor of the
Pope on the part of the Romans-but
without success. The Pope's engineers
having been asked to make such dem
onstration, preferred rather to quit the
service, and 80 out of Al resigned, and
all the rank and file were disbanded. Gu
dinot has dismissed all the persons in Of
fee under the Republican Government,
and even under Plus TX. himself, and
put in their places all persons whom he
could find who held Office under Gregg
ry XVI.
The news from Hungary leads us to
fear that the cause Of liberty in that conn-
try must be ultimately crushed. Over
powered by numbers, her soldiery still
stand firm; but without foreign aid they
cannot long hold out against the combin-
ed armies of Austria and Russia. To
give our readers general view of the
origin and progress of the war in that
country, we will very briefly go over
with the events of the last few months.
The first campaign Of the present strug-
gle opened early last winter with the in
vasion of Hungary on all sides by the
armies of Austria under the chief cons
mand of Windischgratz. The Hungari-
ans, unprepared for such an attack and
occupied with internal connections, were
at first everywhere defeated, and city af-
ter city surrendered almost without re-
sistance. But when the Hungarians had
once concentrated their forces, the tide
of victory began to set in their favor and
it soon became apparent that they were
more than match for the enemy. At
this crisis, the autocrat of the Russias
came to the rescue of the Austrian des.
pot, alleging that successful rebellion
on his frontier, conducted in part by
Poles, endangered the quiet and stability
Of his own dominions in Poland. Accor-
dinghy he invaded Hungary with i've dis
tinct armies, numbering in all no: less
than 100000 soldiers. Its against this
formidable force (united to that of the
Austrians, } that the friends of liberty un-
der the heroic Kossuth are contending.
There have been several obstinate battles
between the main Hungarian army, 3d.
900 strong, under Gorgey, and the op-
posing Austro-Russian force of 400, 900
strong under Haynan, with no very de-
cided advantage on either side; though
on the whole the Hungarians appear to
have lost ground since the first battle took
place on the river Raab.
The Emperor Of Russia has issued a
proclamation offering reward of $27, 900
for the head of General Benz, the Polish
General, at the present time heading one
of the Hungarian armies.
On Monday the 2sd Of July, great
meeting was to have been holden in Lon
don in favor of the Hungarian cause, un-
der the auspices of Lord Dudley Stuart,
the we'll known friend Of Poland. Sub
scriptions are being raised for the cause.
Horace Smith, the poet and novelist,
died recently at Tunbridge Wells.
LedruRollin, Arago, and other pros
ecuted members of the French National
Assembly, are in London.
New Developments of the financeering
of Hudson, the railway king, are con-
staDtly being made. .s,.