The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1849-10-17 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE DEATH OF  COUNT BATHYANI.  (Front the Daily News.)  • BERLIN, October 12.—The Hungarian executions have filled all but a few misguided politicians and ruthless generals with horror. On reading the official announcement of the execution of Louis Bathyani by hanging, which appeared in the Abend-bkut of the Wiener Zeitung of yesterday, the public mind was appalled. A painful stupefaction smote the faculties on seeing the dreadful words, " Zual Tode durch den Strang verurtheilt," succeeding a name of such eminence.  It would appear that, notwithstanding this official statement, the Count Bathyany has been shot, and not hanged But what matters the question of hanging or shooting? The great thing is to know that the prime minister of Hungary has been put to death. For what? We are told by a court-martial sentence, "for loosening the bond of the prag• matical sanction." It may be doubted whether a courtmartial is exactly the fittest judge of the nature of that bond: and then for entering into the ranks of the rebels! wee Klapka, or any other- of the forty thousand human beings in Comorn, executed because he entered into.the ranks of the rebels? Here is the most eminent man in Hungary executed on being found guilty, by two or three Officers of the Austrian army, of a political offence of the most refined, and of the highest character. Suppose Warren Hastings had been tried by a knot of generals or captains— gentlemen, the practical nature of whose profession prevent. ed them from going into the political jurisprudence of the case, and shot within 24 hours, instead of that immense apareit, that majestic tribunal, that patient investigation, that agony of advocacy, which made the first statesmen in the realm fall faint as pleaders in his cause—England would have felt as if struck by a sledge-hemmer of despotism. But here, the first man in the land, whether you consider his property, family, or talent, is condemned. While Gorgey lives pleasantly at Klageufurth, and all Comorn is let off, Bathyany is put to death with as little ceremony as if he were a drummer-boy. This eminent political man, whose trial, if conducted with common decency, might have brought forth the whole history of the Hungarian revolution, is got rid of by the readiest and coarsest means. What surer proof can there be of the justice of the Hungarian cause, and of the fear which the Austrian government had of proving public opinion on this matter than their refusing to go into a case which would have formed the justest and most dignified field for appealing to the law and to the opinion of Europe? "Count Louis Batthyany," says the Ost-Deutsche Post "had voluntarily surrendered to Prince Windishgratz. He was one of the members of the deputation from Pesth that waited upon the Imperial Commander-in-Chief, to effect, if possible, a peaceful solution of the struggle against Austria. Since then he remained a prisoner, and his name was scarcely ever mentioned. Suddenly it is upon every lip, and the report is spread that Batliyany is sentenced to die upon the gallows. The effect produced by the report was visible in the countenances of all, and many looked anxiously forward to the morning fixed for the execution; for, although the energetic measures of the state of siege set any great demonstration at defiance, still something unusual was expected, either at an act of mercy or an act of despair. The mor ni ng came, and thedawn broke upon an aassembled multitude of many thousands round a gallows erected on the Holz Platz. A rumour suddenly spread through the crowd that Batthyany had attempted suicide in prison. It proved true- but either the hand of the unhappy man or his energy had failed him. Though he gave himself various wounds, he did not deprive himself of life; he, however, escaped the rope. Twelve hours later, at nightfall, he was led out and shot. As yet it is a mystery what influence procured the substitution of powder and lead for the rope. Common report says, that the wounds in the Count's neck prevented the rope being used. Batthyany, however, walked, it seems, with a firm step to the place of execution and before he fell shouted in a clear voice, • Eoen a hot ~' or, long live my country! A fearful silence pervaded the multitude at this solemn Some ladies, apparently of the highest classes, ene to steep their handkerchiefs in the blood of the but were driven back by the guards." The correspondent of the Daily News says—" I havejuht heard that Paul Nyary has been caught. (Paul Nyary after Kossuth, the most eminent parliamentary man ot the revolution.) This eveniog a catholic clergyman of Memhagges was also allot; and, unless I am misinformed, the same fate is reserved for Csanzi. It is said that an imperial reprieve was sent to Arad for the prisoners destined to be hanged and shot, but so late as to create suspicion that it was merely intended to give a varnish of clemency to the court, without rescuing the victims from punishment."  Da. Acium.i.—The correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Ronne, Oct. 5, says he "can as yet give no satisfactory news concerning Dr. Achilli."