The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-06

The European News.


The news from Europe, by the steamship Cana
da, is important and interesting, in extraordi-
nary degree. 1t is Of such character as to make
the heart of every republican, and friend of human
liberty papltate with joy. Despotism and demo-
cracy having appealed to the God of battles, for
tune smiles on the latter, and from every indica-
ton, will continue to smile on it, until the
victory shall have been complete and the letters,
which have been fastened on Europe for ages,
are broken and destroyed.
BY this arrival, it is reported, that the Hunga-
rams not only still hold their own, but that they
have met the combined Austrian and Russian
forces and, after action which lasted sixty-four
hours, completely routed them, the enemy having
sustained loss of twenty three thousand killed !
Information OF this glorious victory reached Lon
don in private letters, and doubt is thrown on it,
because the journals OF Vienna are silent on the
subject But we do not discrcdt 1t on that &C
count, because means may have been taken TO
suppress all mention of 1t in the public journals
That there has been tremendous and bloody
battle between the IIungarians and their enemies,
in which the Hungarians were successful, We
think there is no doubt, but there may be some
mistake IN respect to the loss Of the enemy. In
addition to this, other struggles and skirmishes
have taken place between the opposing forces,
which also resulted in favor OF the Hun
Sarians; and Austria, finding her army so
much weakened by repeated losses, has ordered
fresh recruitment throughout the empire.
If all this is true and we sincerely hope and trust
il Is the great fight, the terrible and bloody strug
gle has commenced in earnest, between liberty and
despoti.m and there is abundant reason to hope
that victory will ultimately be declared in favor Of
freedom. In almost every battle or skirmlsh that
has yet taken place, the Hungarians, animated
with the hottest impulses, and revived and
strengthened by the spirit Of the cause for which
they have taken up arms, have triumphed over the
hirsling .odiery of aespotism, and even succeeded
in impartng their impulses to the forces Of the
enemy, four thousand Of whom, i, Is reported, have
deserted and joined the indomitabe Hunsarians.
Truly, the friends Of freedom throughout the world
have abundant cause to rejoice If this news true.
There generation Of Europe, In great degree, now
depends upon the gallant men Of Hungary, at least
1t will do so as long as LOUIS Napoleon is at the
head of the French republic But there is no tell
ing how soon he will reach the bottom again. The
tenure Of his office Is uncertain, for he has vio-
lated the constitution, which he swore to maintain
in all it- integrity. Having done so, there is no
knowing how long he Will be able 10 susten him
self
The intelligence from Rome, Ike that from
Austria, is contradictory Some accounts state
that the French army, under Oudinot, has entered
the city Of the Seven Hills; others, that all adj
yances and the summons to surrender were re-
iected, and that the Romans announced their de-
termination 10 hold out 10 the last, and TO resist
every attempt to reduce them. If the French have
succeeded in eflecting an entrance, 1t is certain
that they met a determined opposition, and that
they did not accomplish il without dreadful sa-
crifce Of life on both sides. The attack was to
have been made on the sixteenth or seventeenth Of
June, and to the twentieth, intelligence OF the
reported cspituation Of the city had been received
in Paris. Our latest Geographic despatch informs
us ,ha, the attack had begun on the l4ih.
There have been serious collisions, it appears,
between the socialists and the troops Of the 60
vernment in several Parts of France, but the mea-
sures taken by the government to suppress them
were sufficient TO restore order after the efluson Of
some blood From what we have seen of the social
lists. there cannot be any doub, that conspiracy
existed similar to that Of June, 1S4s and that If the
conspirators succeeded, France would now be de-
luged with blood.
The details Of the news, will be found in another
part Of this days Herald.