AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

Wellington Independent, Volume V, Issue 427, 14 November 1849, Page 4

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

{From the " Morning Chronicle," July 4.) '- Vienna, June, ' 28.—A letter from Wieselburg states that Gorgey has concentrated his chief force at Raab, where -his head-quarters are. The inhabitants • of the town and the adjacent villages were ■ enjoined to unite their exertions in razing'all houses that afforded advantageous points of attack for the advancing Imperialists ; the proprietors of these houses to receive Written guarantees of indemni--ficatioli. AH the heights and undulations of ground were to be levelled, and a universal provisioning was ordered. These • -notices were published in the form of a proclamation, heralded by the city drummer. It is as follows:— . " As it is now manifest from the extensive military preparations that the enemy and his adherents are bent upon carrying ■ the war into the heart of the country, to the imminent peril ofthe Hungarian Republic, and as this baueful conspiracy must be put an end to coute gui coule, I hereby ordain that the town of Raab, with its environs, be provisioned for the term of one ■year. A scrutiny will be set on foot after tho lapse of eight days, and who ever is found unprovided with the requisite stores will be exiled. As it has further appeared necessary, in the face of so much danger, to reconstruct the defences, in •which not an hour is to be dost, I order the appointment of a commission of competent persons to act with the magistracy, ". whose duty it will be to levy a fortification tax, the proceeds of which will be appropriated to the support of the day laborers. (Signed) "Gorgey. " Head-quarters, Raab, June 23." It is the general belief to-day that Raab has been evacuted without a blow; and is now in the possession of the Imperialists. The evening edition of the Weiner Zeitung gave the prevailing rumours without contradicting it, and the Austrian correspondent of to-day repeats the assertion on the strength of letters received ; but I have no faith in the report my self. If so, the moral effect of the late defeat on the Waag, in depressing the spirits of the Magyars, may not'be overrated. It is known they suffered immensely, the battle being long and bloody. The loss of the allied armies was no less considerable. No fewer than sixty in one battalion fell, to my knowledge, and the Russians lost several officers. Mention has been made of a difference that arose between Kossuth and Gorgey, on the occasion of the receiit visit paid by the former .to Raab. The dispute is ■ ■■said-to ■ havo been caused by the representation made by Gorgey ofthe imposing force of the combined armies, against whom it would be impossible to make head. ' He thought it was even now not •too late to negotiate, and that terms favourable to Hungary might be arranged. ' Kossuth is described as vehemently rejecting all such proposals, and at the same'time making it optional with Gorgey ; to quite the service, upon which they parted, Gorgey highly offended af the imputation cast upon him. Kossuth expressed' his firm resolution to fight it out "to the last man. ■ News has been received of Paskewitch's corps having reacned Caschau. It Avas supposed they would proceed from thence in two columns, one moving forward to the Theiss, the other ih the direction of" Comorn. ' .The ' only official Intelligence of to-day is contained in a few lilies, giving aft account of an " iui.portant" affair at Szabe'n in the Zips 'district, between the vanguard of the Russian General Rudiger, composed of two battalions : and one Cossack Regt., /and the insurgents, who brought two infantry battalions and three squadrons of hussars into the field. The result was, 300 of tlie enemy killed. This -occurred on the 20th inst., aud is the lirst intimation we have of the rebels, under Dembinsky, having shown light. It" is evident, from the present position of Rudiger _ corps, that the Honved must ■have avoided a rencontre hithertoo, and ■retreated to make way for the Russians. ■ General Crabbe stood in Arva on the 19, with 20,000 mon ; and on his arrival, took,some five and twenty marauders prisoners, whom he dispatched to Lemberg. This General then advanced to Neumark, and into the Zips. Frentchin is well garrisoned. The corps of General Benedek has left that town, to take an active part in the operations on the right side of the Danube. It passed through Prosburg yesterday. ,-'"'" The Emperor is at Altonburg, the seat °f. .h'ead-quarters, as announced to you yesterday. The Minister of War, Count Giulai.is with the outposts at Hochstrass. The battle at St. Thomas, in the south, took place on the 18th, and, if we are to credit the accounts, was bloody and decisive. The Ban attacked Perczel and a portion of Bern's troops with such impetuosity, that'3,ooo Magyars were put to the sword. The loss on our side was "upwards of a thousand. Two "thousand of the enemy were made prison .rs, and seventy-eight officers fell into our hands ; hesidesTvhich, several .guiis and much ahimiiniti'on were captured. According t&the.Soldaten Freund'ihe head-quarters ofthe' Bah are now in Kula, "so" that h's co'mmu-hicatiO-is with7Temesv_.r are reopened. 1 ' 'Theriscopel was'occupied, o_i

the 21st, and Sombai* on the 23rd, by our troops. The Bohemians are organizing a corps of volunteers, to be placed at the disposal of tho Emperor. This is to consist of three battalion, of infantry, and one of riflemen. By an Imperial edict the pensions of all officers who suffer the loss of any limb, or who are disabled in the service of the empire, are to be raised to the extent of 200 florins. This applies to the lowest grade of Lieutenant, who in the event of receiving the additional pension, is entitled to the rank next above him. The wounded soldiers are to be rewarded in a like proportion. _ The Emperor has presented the widow of the gallant Hentzi with 1,000 florins out of his private purse, and ordered 600 florins to be added to her yearly allowance. SCHLESWIG-HOLTEIN. Kiel, June 28.—A Russian frigate, besides the Skiold, is at this moment cruizing at the mouth of our harbour. Yesterday a Norwegian brig and a schooner appeared.