The relative position of the contending parties in Hungary is
now seen to be the very reverse of what it was at the commence- ment of the war and the steady change which has been effected in favour of the Magyars tells unfavourably for the skill of the Austrian commanders. It reflects unfavourably also upon the posture of affairs in the Imperial city. After Windischgriitz and Jellachich had reduced Vienna to obedience, they undertook to subdue the contumacious Hungarians. The Magyars abandoned their capital, retired beyond the Theiss, and made the dis- tant sceptic laugh at the declaration that there was a plan in that retrograde movement. But it has succeeded. With partial suc- cesses of a doubtful character, the general history of the Austrian campaign has been one of continued failure. Bern has possessed Transylvania. Dembinski has effected a steady advance across the kingdom, securing all behind him, and obliging the Austrians to retreat from post to post. If Comorn, which held out for Hungary, has not been relieved by its compatriots—if Buda, gar- risoned by the Austrians, has not been evacuated in fear of being surrounded—the" intelligence of those events is daily expected. Welden, who has superseded Windischgriitz, writes objurgatory letters to Vienna, exhorting that gay capital to keep quiet and not again revolt ; an entreaty that savours strongly of fear.
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