Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-08-09
FOREIGN NEWS BY THE CALEDONIA.


" one act of the European drama is at
length completed. In other respects there
is this week little news OF interest.
The Capitulation Of Rome.
The termination of the Roman struggle
took place on the Both Of June, when it
was announced by telegraph TO the French
Ministry. The intelligence having been
communicated. in this way, we are, of
course, without any full details. All that
is known is that the Roman Assembly
notified the fact by the following resolu-
ton, and that municipal deputation forth
with proceeded to the camp of Oudinot to
arrange terms.
"The Assembly"-such was the an
nouncement-" ceased defence which
has become impossible, and remains at its
its post. 1t charges the Triumvirate
with the execution Of the present Decree"
Infamous as the whole affair has been
for France, there are few who do not re-
ioce that the idea of further resistance has
been abandoned. 1t now remains to be
seen whether the Romans will remain true
to their leaders, or whether Oudinot and
his counsellors will succeed by intrigue
in destroying their power and procuring
reaction in favor Of the priests. From
Italians, and especially Italians of the Ro-
man States, we must not expect much
Should the triumvirs, however, still be
able to command general support, the diff
ficulties of the French will he Of the most
remarkable character. Meanwhile every
| engine is set in motion, 10 sow dissension
between Mazzini and his colleagues, and
to damage them among those they have ell
evated and preserved. The French press
seduously represent them as faction, ri
ding over the loyal wishes of the popula-
ton, while the leading English newspa-
pers work indefatigably in the same spir-
it by denouncing them, as conspirators"
and " socialists"
OF the events which preceded the cap
itulaton, those which have been narrated
up to the present time do not appear 10
have been very important. The siege
works of Oudinot were carried on with the
utmost caution, and SO great at last became
the Impotence of the French Government
at being kept from their prey, that Gene
raj Bedeau was despatched from Paris to
urge matters to conclusion, and, if ne
cessary, to supercede Oudinot in the COM
mand. Soon after his departure, how
ever, the capitulation was announced and
he was consequently recalled. While the
siege was proceeding, letters were pub
lished in some of the French papers, pur-
porting to have heen written by officers
high in Oudinots camp, to the effect that
the loss already sustained was at least
1900 men, and that it would take, under
the present mode of progress, at least fifty
days more before the final assault OH the
city could be achieved. 1t seems, how
ever, that position was at length gained
which considerably increased the power
of the besiegers, and that five hundred
Romans were killed and wounded on the
occasion. Another inducement toward
the capitulaion was furnished by the re-
turn to Rome of M. Accursi, the Roman
deputy, who had accompanied Lesseps TO
Paris, and who was now furnished by the
French Government with an authority to
pass through Oudinot's lines, and TO enter
the city, in order, doubtless that he might
communicate the fate of the outbreak in
Paris on the 10Th of June, and the way in
which it had strengthened the Ministry,
so as to leave them free to pursue their in
iquitous course without opposition. Prob
ably, also, NJ. Accursi was the bearer of
some hints or promises from Odillon Bar
rot, of favorable kind.
Austria and Hungary.
The friends of Hungary take up the
newspapers each day with nervous hand,
dreading to meet some account of pitched
battle which shall have sealed the destruc-
ton of that country. Up TO the present
time, however nothing very fatal has trans
PRED, although the plans of Russia are
upon scale which continues to denote
that the Hungarians are to be hunted and
subjugated like the Poles. All the &C.
counts received during the past week
come from Austrian sources, and are there
fore, deserving Of little credit, but the
Russians are, by their immense numbers,
encircling Hungary in a net, and it is
quite certain that the conflict is every day
assuming more and more the character Of
a tremendous death struggle. Among re-
cent successes the Aus!rians report that
on the 18th June, Jellachich attacked and
defeated the Hungarians under General
Perezel, at place called St Thomas, Jel-
lachich losing 1000 men and the Hunga-
rians 1000 killed and wounded, and 1000
prisoners, as we'll as all their artillery,
flags, ammunition and baggage. They al
SO say that at place called Szeben the
Hungarians were overpowered by the SUI
perior numbers of the Russians, and lost
300 men, and finally it appears that on the
2Sth Of June, the Austrians and Russians
captured Raab and that the Emperor en-
tered the conquered city. There are like
wise rumors of battle with the Hunga-
rians headed by the BEN, in Transylva-
MIA.
With regard to these several accounts it
is to be mentioned, first, that Jellachich is
notorious, even among the Austrians, for
the utter recklessness of his bulletins,
and that he never yet suffered defeat on
which he did not announce forthwith the
humiliation of the enemy; next, that the
battle at Szeben, in which the Hungarians
are reported to have sustained a loss of
only 800 men, likely, from the moderate
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