STATE OF THE CONTINENT; SIEGE AND CAPITULATION OF VIENNA, RIOTS AT BERLIN; FRANCE; TURKEY, &c.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 294, 24 March 1849, Page 3

STATE OF THE CONTINENT; SIEGE AND CAPITULATION OF VIENNA, RIOTS AT BERLIN; FRANCE; TURKEY, &c.

VrcNNA —The intelligence from Vienna was of the highest interist. It appeals from the German papers, and even from official documents, that the city Uad unconditionally surrendered on the 30th of October last. The attack lasted from the 28th to the evening of the 29th, when a t.uce was agreed upon, which extended till the following day at noon. Then the Hungarians, who had eros-ed the frontier, made an a-tack on the Imperial troops, in which they were assisted by a sortie of the Viennese, but they were completely defeated. Notwithstanding the capitulation of Vienna, which factdoes not seem to admitot any doubt, the latest advices that had reached London assert that AVindischgra'z had advanced as far as the Stephans-Platz, that the Viennese had recommenced the combat, that Kosruih had arrived in the Hungarian camp, and that the city had been bombarded once more on the 31stThese «tateinents, however were vague and confuied. Thfi fol'owint? particulars relative to the events of j the 28 vh and 29th of October are abstracted from the ! Mail:- . , , On the morning of the 29th, a deputation of the Communal Council repaired to the head quarters, in order to induce the General-in-Chief to desist from his resolution in putting the city in a state of *iege even after its capitulation. The Prince, however, refus>ed to comply with the proposal, and demanded unconditional submission. He nevertheless promised that he would not fire any more on the city throughout the whole of that day, in otder that the inhabitants might have lime for reflection: At hilf-past two in theafteinoou the Viennese again opened their fire in several quai%ter<«, but this denionstrntion soon ceased. On the tvening of the 29th, the Communal Council assembled in consequence of the f rince's reply, and called to itt deliberations tin Commander.in-Chief and all the other officers of the National Guard, in order to deliberate whether the city could be any longer defended, and whether it would be advisable to continue the rrsistauce. M. Messenhau^er declared that he was quite raady to continue the defence, if the Couomun.il Council would command him to do so ; but that the potition of the Imperial troops was such as to give the city no poisible chance of an effectual resistance. The Council then proceeded to rote, and the regolution tg submit was immediately caruod by a m 'jo'ity

of two- thirds of the votes. On the same evening a deputation repaired to the Prince to inform him of. their unconditional submission, ami the proclamation above quoted was immediately posted about the streets; The deputation was to entreat the Prince to command the Imperial troops to lend a strong hand to the Communal authorities to offset the difarminent of the city. In consequence of this declaration hostile ities ceased, and on the 30lh the tioops occupied the glacis without encountering any resistance. Oft the same day the inhabitants of ilie suburbs had already lor the moit part laid down their nrms, As early as the 29th, 27 compmies of the National Guard in the suburb ot Wieden, were said to have deposited their arms. It was also stated that the National Guards in the city rep?Ut>d the attacks made by the workmen on the Imperial Palace, and that Genei.il Bftn had been earned wounded to the Hotel de Londres.