FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 463, 9 January 1850, Page 3

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

HUNGARY. Defeat of the Russians.— A bulletin from Dembinski, dated Gyongos, July 24, speaks of a second victory be bas obtained ewer tbe Russians at Godollo, Szanta, and Jasbereny, after having attacked them by surprise in tbe night between the 22nd and 23rd uit. The Russians did not make a stand ; many officers fled in their shirts ; others were cut down or taken prisoners. Two regiments of Russian cuirassiers were nearly annihilated. Tha Russiaus rallied and fought desperately ; but about 9 o'clock in the morning a brilliant cavalry attack, made at Szanta, decided the contest. The Russians left 1,600 dead on tbe field, and lost 18 cannons, besides 2,000 prisoners. All the baggage was captured subsequently in Hatvan and Gyongos, then 14 cannon, 800 prisoners, besides more killed and wounded. Dembinski expected he should be in Waitzen on the following evening — namely, the 25th ultimo.

Cessation op Hostilities in Hunger*. — It is rumoured, from information which reached Warsaw on the morning of the 16th of this month, that the Hungarian Diet had dissolved itself, after surrendering its powers^ to Gorgey. This act was followed by an unconditional surrender to the Russians, on the part of Gorgey, in the name of all persons in arms against the Austrian government. This event took place at-Arad on the 11th instant. The same account gives particulars of the sieges of Temesvar and Karlsburg, and of the second defeat of Bern by the Russian troops under General Luders in the Rothenthurm defile. The engagement took place on the 6th August, when the combined forces of the Russian Generals Liiders and Harford simultaneously attacked Bern, and totally dispersed his corps, taking 15 pieces of artillery, upwards of 1,000 prisoners, and killing or wounding about as many more. An arrangement had been entered into between the Russian Field Marshal and Gorgey, in virtue of which a commission, composed of an officer from each of the three belligerent parties, was to proceed immediately to all the divisions of the Hungarian forces to put a stop to further hostilities. Vienna papers and letters of the 17th instant confirm the news of the surrender of Gorgey and his army. The following proclamation was posted in Vienna on the 17th : — " His Excellency General Haynau informs his Majesty the Emperor that the rebel chief Gorgey, with a large part of his army of 30, 000 to 40,000 men, surrendered on the 13th instant, unconditionally, at Villagos. Vienna, August 17, 1349." It appears that only part, though indeed a large part, of General Gorgty's army surrendered, nor is there any

I r eat on to believe that the o her Hungarian corps will immediately subscribe to the terms, or rather the no terms, which general Gorgey has made for himself and his followers. Nevertheless to all appearances the surrender of so large a part of the Hungarian forces must eventually prove to be a deathblow to the Hungarian rising. Already does the want of Gorgey's troops make itself felt, for we have intelligence — and we htve no reason to discredit it — that Raab is again in the hands of the Imperialists. It is also stated that the Hungarian army in Transylvania was, on the Ist instant, defeated at Muhlbacb and Reussmarkt. The German papers, too, confirm the late news of the occupation of Grosswardien by Paskiewitch, and of Temesvar by Haynau. General Haynau's despatch states that the Hungarian army which besieged Temesvar was defeated after a battle of many hours and utterly routed. General Schlick's corps took 300 prisoners ; the rest of the Hungarian army made a hurried and confused retreat, and the Hungarians destroyed the gun factory which they had established near Temesvar. The Imperialist troops were too much exhausted to follow up their victory. They found the city and fortress of Temesvar in a deplorable state. That fortress was under the command of General Rukowina, who was resolved to hold out to the last before he surrendered to the Hungarians. 2,400 of his men had died of typhus during the siege, 300 were killed by the Hungarian projectiles, and 2,000 are confined to the hospitals.

Surrender ov Hungary. — Intelligence was received on Wednesday at the Russian embassy of the complete surrender of the Hungarians under Go r gey to Field Marshal Paskiewitch. The intelligence was brought to St. Petersburg!) en courier by Colonel Hulans Paskiewitch, son of the Russian general. Gorgey wrote to Count Rudiger and the Pnnre of Warsaw that he was ready to lay down his arms, but only before the Russian arms, declaring that he would fight to the utmost extremity rather than surrender to the Austrians. Marshal Paskiewitch accepted the proposal of submission. On the 14th he left for Grosswardien, where the Hungarian army was to file off with Gorgey at its head. Gorgey hopes to obtain a pardon for himself and a free amnesty for the troops under his*cpmmand, and he has given himself up asjapiolocaust to his country. Private letters state that Gorgey was obliged U) lay down his arms* in consequence of the, Russian general having gained twentyfour hours start of him. Had he been able to effect his junction with Bern, the result would have been materially in favor of the Hungarians^ 1 At the same time news was received that General Luders had beaten and destroyed the army of Bern, near Hermanstadt, and taken 18 cannon and numbers of prisoners, the field being covered with dead besides. Bern bas disappeared, as well as Kossutb, in whose place Gorgey was named dictator. Gorgey filed off with the Hungarian army before Paskiewitch, at Grossvrardein, on the 16th, the arms being all delivered up. Advices from Vienna inform us of the condemnation at Presburg of a lady of rank, Madame Udvarnoky, to three years' imprisonment and a fine of £5,000 for having been in communication with the Hungarians. Madame Udvarnoky is the mother of eight children, and two of her sons are in the ranks of the Hungarian army. She is now imprisoned in the fortress of Thoresienstadt. The Times contains news from Vienna to 25th August. The following is an extract from a dispatch from Field Marshal Paskiewitcd :—": — " Gross- wardein, 16th August. You have been informed of the occupation of Gross- Wardein by the Imperial troops, and the position which they have taken in the Korot. At the moment when they were pushing forward, Gorgey wrote that, actuated by the desire of sparing the blood of his countrymen and putting an end to the war, he was disposed to submit to the Imperial army. As he imposed no conditions, I ordered General Rudiger to admit his submission, and to proceed to disarm the insurgent army. Gorgey, wiu 11 generals, and about 30,000 regular troops, gave up his arms, in fact, on the 13 August to General Rudiger, and constituted himself and his army prisoners of war. He had with him 144 pieces of mounted artillery." The Hungarian Gorgey has addressed the following letter to General Klapka :—": — " General — the die is cast — our hopes are crushed! Our power bas been broken by the bouse of Hapsburg-Lorraine, aided by the armies of Russia. The struggle and the sacrifices of our great nation were fruitless, and it were madness to persevere. General — you will think my actions at Vilagosh mysterious and even incredible. I will explain my motives to you and to the world. lam a Hungarian. I love my- country above all things, and I followed the dictates of my heart, which urged

me to restore peace to my poor and ruined country, and thus to save it fron? perdition. General — by virtue of the dignity of Dictator, which the nation conferred upon me by the (dissolved) parliament, I Buramon you to fol* low my example, and by an immediate surrender of the fortress of Comorn, to end a war of which the protraction would for ever crush the greatness and the glory of the Hungarian nation. — Grosswardein, Aug. 14 — Arthur Gorgey." After the battle of Hermanstadt another took place on the 12th near Muhlenbach, which ended in a tremendous defeat of the insurgents. The Russians captured 10 cannons, several waggons with ammunition aud rockets, all the enemy's baggage, and made 1500 prisoners. During this affair six companies of the garrison ofCarlsburg, with two 12-pound-ers and four 6-pounders, made a sally upon some 600 or 700 of the enemy's troops which bad been left to watch the fortress. It was perfectly successful ; 300 prisoners were made, and many killed and wounded.

FRANKFORT. The letters from Frankfort, received this afternoon, from well informed and influential parties state that the uew Central Diet is about to be convoked upon a liberal system of representation, and that the belief in this circumstance had caused an increase of confidence, which coupled with the termination of the Hungarian war, had operated favourably on the stock markets. — Times, August, 31.

Turkey. — Bosnia, July 31. — The insurgents, to the number of 12,000, have quitted Posvityd, and have arrived at Bibac, where they summoned the Pacha Biscevie to open the city gates ; the Pacha replied that be could do so only by order of the Sultan, upon which the insurgents attacked the fortress. The Pacha has been defending the fortress fur thiee days with his adherents, which do not exceed 300 in number. They have been obliged to have recourse to their cannon, and the Pacha his sent to demand assistance from Bosnia ; unhappily, the government of Bosnia is unable to comply immediately, being obliged in the first instance to procure orders from Constantinople. Mahomed Bey and Effendi Bey have fled to Ostraca, where they have entrenched themselves. A price has been set upon the head of Keric, the principal of the insurgents. An attempt lias already been made to assassinate him, which, however, proved abortive. — Agram Gazette.

Russia. — The war in the Caucasus has been renewed with great activity by the Circassians since they became aware of the Russian invasion of Hungary. Several extensive fortifications constructed by the Russians, fallen into the hands of Circassians, have been destroyed. — Leeds Mercury, Aug. 11.

California — A letter from Washington, dated July 22, states that Mr. N. C. Jones, late secretary to the Mexican Claim Commissioners, would shortly leave the capital, as bearer of despatches to General Percifer F. Siniib, Governor of California. It was understood that these despatches convey very important instructions to General Smith concerning the future government of that territory, President Taylor having resolved to take the responsibili'.y of directing all necessary measures for the preservation of order and the security of the country, in the absence of any Congress in relation to the matter. — Observer, Aug. 13.

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