The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

TILE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRIA.

The following correspondence between the Ame.
rican Char4e. d'Affaires at Constantinople and the .siutriait
Internuneio in that capital relative to the arrest of Martin
Kosida has been published :
" Legation of the United States at
Constantinople, J une 27.
" Monsieur l'lnternonce,—l have the honour to addreat
your Excellency on the subject of a most unfortunate occur-
rence, which I am informed by the consul of my govern-
ment in Smyrna took place there on the 23rd ant., and
u hich 1 very deeply deplwe, inasmuch as it resulted in the
death of a young officer of the Austrian navy, whn Las thus
most probably, without in any manner having Nen the
cause of the unwarranted attack mode upon himself and
his companions in Smyrna, been the victim of the most in-
considerate and unaccountable conduct of the Austrian
consul of the city towards au individual named Martin
Kossta.

" This person, at the present moment incarcerated 04
board the Austrian brig of war Husur, now at Smyrna,
I believe, one ot the Hungarian refugees who had been
detained at Kiutayeh.'Together with others he was per.
mitted to leave this country in Mil, and he proceeded
with them to the United State., where he took the pre-
liminary steps towards becoming a citizen of the United
States—that i 9, lie made a form d renunciation of all alle-
giance to any other power or sovereign whatever, and tc3k
the usual oath of allegiance to the government of the
United States. A few months since M. li.,esta came to
Smyrna from New York, with the skedgn of again proceed.
ing to the United States. In the afternoon of the ::Ist
inst., while seated on the marina of Smyrna, he was
suddenly bet upon by some fifteen ruffian Greeks, all armed,
said to have been employed for that purpose by the Aus-
trian Consul ; and atter having been treated in the most
brutal manner, was thrown into the sea, where a boat was
waiting to receive and conduct him to the Austrian brig
Hueear.

"M. Kossto, on leaving the United States, received it
legalised copy of the declaration which he had ma le thus
ut allegiance to the government of the United State'. .nd
which document, under ordinary circumstances, would re-
commend him to the friendly aid and coasideration of the
American authorities.

It cannot be conceived here th d this individual's tem-
porary residence in the city of Smyrna could possibly ex-
cite the andnotity of the Austrian consul to such a degree
as to cause him to employ a band of armed imitiaas to
attack him at a moment when he evidently bad no rem-
sou to apprehend such an outrage, and to have him cm-
veyed in an ignominious manner on board an Austrian yes.
40 of war.

" It WWI to me, rather, that in case his presence there
incommoded thu Austrian consul, the latter, at the
most, should have called upon the Austrian asthoritio
to require his departure, and not, hy au act of so coura-
geous and inhuman a nature, excite the indignation of the
inhabitants of Smyrna, and, I do not doubt it, also of the
people of the United States.
Permit me, therefore, to intercede with yotir Excel-
lency in behalf of M. Kosata, and to ask, if not out of the
respect due for the government of the Sultan, whose terri-
tory LIS been so grossly violated by the conduct of the
Austrian Consul at Smyrna, at least out of regard for the
government to which he has pledged his allegiance, that
your Exzellency be pleased to give orders to the commander
of the Hussar for his immediate release, so that he may
proceed to the United States.

" I avail myself of the present opportunity of renewing
to your Excellency the assurances of my highest respect
and most distinguished consideration,
"
To this letter the Austrian minister returned the to:low•
iog answer:

" DaltlL TO MR. BILOWN.

" Buyukdere, Monday, June 27.
" Monsieur le Charge d'Affaires,—By your favour of this
day's date you have demanded the toleration of a certain
Martin Kossta, arrested by orders of the Consul-General of
Austria at Smyrna, on the 21st inst.
" I can only attribute, sir, this intervention on your put
to a mistake, as the individual in question is a cativo of
Hungary, and has never ceased to be an Austrian subject,
as results from his declaration mule in prirence of the
consul of the United States at Smyrna. His arrest come•
quently toot place in virtue of the treaties which assure to
my government the full and entire independence of its juris-
diction over all its subjects in Turkey.
" You will easily understand, then, M. lc Charge
d'Affaires, the absolute impossibility of complying with your
request.
" 1 beg you Is receive the assurance of my high considera•
tion. " BRICK.
" To Mr. Brown, charg,": d'affaires of the United States
of America."
Mr. Brown replied in the following letter :
" ma BROWN TO M. BliCeli,
" Legation of the United States of America,
Constantinople, June 29.
" Monsieur l'lnternonce,—I have just received the letter
GERMANY.
which you were so good as to write to me, under date of the
27th of this month, on the subject of the individual named
VIENNA, AUGUST 2G.—ln the Wiener Zeitung of Martin Kossta, arrested at Smyrna, on the 21st inst., by the
this day is published the judgment of the military Austrianam consul.readly convinced, sir, that the means adopted by
tribunal of Vienna in the cases of 22 persons accused the Austrian consul to effect the arrest of the said iodivr
of high treason. If the state of siege 18 really and in dual could net merit your approbation ; and also Ido not
good faith to be put an end to in Vienna and Prague feel myself at all called upon to express an opinion upon the
co the Ist proximo, this may be regarded as a fare. right which you mention es possessed by your government
well bite of the courtsmartial in the Austrian domi- ov‘triar
cannot,
ootwAsoumbj eece.e, in
e denmlse. lf the honour of once
skins north of the Alps--a snap given to remind more addressing your Excejncy for the purpose of re-
ginatinoun subjects of the dog that may again be set uewing the official intercession which I have already felt it
to worry them. But in Austrian-Italy all political my duty to make in behalf of this person ; and, so as to
offences are still to be tried by military tribunals enable your Excellency to better appreciate the basist;:t.ef
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b, therefore, instructive to watch the proceedings of of July, 18.52, 'renouncing his allegiance to the Emperor
each courte. of Austria,' and taking an oath of allegiance to the govern.
Three of the 22 prisoners—Merlicrek, Mayerfy, and went of the United States of America.
Benedetti—are accused of high treason, on the plea " The right of expatriation and of naturalisation
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that, although pardoned in 1850, they in 1852 ob- wrecc;alsnaissetli I
oteireve,oebeytmthmeengtoveranzenttt ofee Aussttroiame
tamed knowledge of the treasonable agitations of' that the ayrrest (without again ;mentioning the mesas
Julian Gaslar (executed some time ago) and did not which the Austrian consul at Smyrna used to effect it)
reveal them; also that they deliberated on the means of the said Kossta, upon the neutral soil of Turkey,
of carrying treasonable schemes into execution, after the u:t of allegiance made by him, will be re-
Benedetti was acquitted for want of evidence, the tgloartdoendly%
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obfeing
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other two condemned—Merlicnek to 15 years' close turalisation, but also, in consequence of my intercession, no
imprisonment, Mayerfy to 15 years' fortress labour want of respect and regard towards my government, of
in heavy irons, the sentence of the latter being so which the impression will be removed with difficulty. I
' far alleviated on account of his delicate health as to would not leave your Excellency ignorant of the preceding
' admit of his working in light irons. The case of facts ; but rather, by communicating them to your Eat!,
lency, relieve myself of all the responsibility which the
Merlicrek ii alleged to be aggravated by his being arrest of Kossta, and the consequences which may grow oat
convicted of having stolen goods from two merchants of it, may leave in the mind of my government and coati.
at Gratz, in whose employment he was, to the value lumen.
of 192 florins. The object of publishing this alleged "It was on presenting this declaration to the Consulate
aggravation is obvious; the guilt of Merlicrek (in ottfotnhetlii;an„tlelde sSatiaPlaiesofsAtamwerasicafuartn=3wlntlti er• ttehiskireli '
this respect) may reasonably be doubted till the cvi- to come to to Constantinople, and to return to Smyrna, who
dance against him is published. he wu to start for New York. Since his arrival at Smyrna
Eighteen of the prisoners (four of whom are he has resided in Turkey under the protection of my go'
women) are accused of knowing and conceal. verument, and it is a pleasure to me to be able to star
ing recent conspiracies against the government thatdel i t histo cietiinsduncattieheasteaulruobeoennt irertn.pmroeacobfabml itch lia
be
by the Magyar emigration under the leadership of is accused—leads him to declare himself always a Hall-
Kossuth. For this, and for collecting gold and garian, and to state that he wishes even to meet his death
money, Joseph Gal is condemned to be hanged—a as such.
sentence commuted, on account of his frank confes- " Your Excellency will pardon me if I thus renew my
sion, to 20 years' fortress arrest' and five of the intercession in his favour. I beg your Excellency to lo_,
,pleased to have him delivered over to the local authority
males tread along with him to fortress labour in Smyrna, to be sent again to the United States. This art
irons for 20, 15, and 12 years. Elizabeth von will be learnt by the President of the United States, Iso
Csepesanvi, for concealing what she had learned of confident, with satisfaction, and prevent the painful and
the alleged complots of the emigration, and for con- extraordinary news of his arrest being again the cause of the
cealment of Kossuth bank notes, is condemned to 18 into notion of those friendly feelings between our respofe
tive countries which I sincerely leave it at heart to retouch e
months' fortress arrest. The rest of the accused are and to cultivate.
acquitted for want of evidence. Such sentences " I beg your Excellency to receive renewed assoraneel
pronounced by rude and cruel military men, after a of my L:gh consideration, &c., ' JoitN P. Bnows. '

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