The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-27 00:00:00

GERMANY

returned.
LEoNFAuCiiER has arrived in Paris; his health
is completely re-established.
The Presse contains a statement to the following
effect :—" We are assured to•night that the two prin-
t cipal clauses of the convention which led to the capi-
tulation of GEORGEY are-1. The integrity of the
kingdom of Hungary; 2. A complete amnesty ex-
cepting for four persons, who however had already
received passports for foreign countries."
The above statement, however, is not altogether in
accordance with the following, which appears in the
Evenenzent :—" Dispatches were received to-day
announcing that the Russian and Austrian armies
have marched to occupy the principal positions suc-
cessively abandoned by the Hungarians. BEM and
KossuTu have taken refuge in Turkey. The dispatches
state that it is intended to demand of the Porte their
extradition, in order that they may be tried by a
court-martial."
The National has the following just observations
on the conduct of the Governments of England and
France in relation to the affairs of Hungary and Italy :
—" \That," it asks, "is to be done now, if Russia,
profiting by her immense ascendancy, acquired in
consequence of our inconceivable weakness, should
turn her attention from the East to Western Europe P
What is to be done if she should now begin to un-
dermine Hungary, Gallicia, and Bohemia, according
to her Sclavonic doctrines, as she has already under
mined Moldavia and Wallachia ? What is to be
done if, meddling in the affairs of Germany, she
should back Austria against the ambitious ascendancy
of Prussia ? What is to be done if we should see the
northern states of Germany quail before such a for-
midable alliance as that of Russia, Austria, Bavaria,
and Wurtemburg ? Why pursue these questions?
Have we not already enumerated enough to give an
idea of the enormous complications flowing from this
Russian intervention in Hungary ? It is an iniquitous
act, fur which we ourselves furnished the pretext by
our illegitimate intervention in the affairs of Rome.
We tolerated this iniquitous act; and here England
too is to blame. And we now suffer in our honour,
our influence, and our renown."
We read in the Patrie—" The differences between
M. DE CIIALLAYE' the French Consul, and the Repub•
lie of Guatemala have terminated in an arrangement
highly honourable to the French Republic, thanks to
the firmness of our representative. After an address
of felicitation voted by the Congress, and expressive
of regret at the differences which had arisen, M. DE
CIIALLAYE again hoisted the French flag on re 15th
ult., and it was saluted with the discharge of twenty-
one guns."
The Debats publishes the following communicated
note :
" Neither Piedmont, nor Austria, nor France aro
ignorant of the preparations which aro being made in
the Swiss cantons, on the border, and the designs of the
refugees collected together on that pcint."
The Wats goes on to say—
" If this grave assertien were true much more would
be known about it in foreign countries than in Switzer-
land itself, where no vestage of preparation of that kind
is seen. Switzerland, in receiving the German refugees,
in spite of their number, has fulfilled a duty of
humanity, which she has endeavoured to conciliate
with the just consideration due to her neighbours.
For that object she caused all the insurgents to be dis-
armed when they entered her territory. Residence
within a radius of eight leagues from the German
frontier was interdicted to the refugees, who were dis-
tributed in the interior by sm&l detachments, placed
under the special surveillance of the police. The arms
and other objects belonging to the German States, which
were in the possession of the insurgents, were or are
about to be delivered up to the respective governments.
The border cantons of the Grisons, the Valais, Teasino,
and Bale Town have no refugees; Geneva has about
200, mostly Germans, who await with impatience the
moment when an act of judicious clemency will permit
them to return to their country. There are amongst
them, in consequence of the foiled conspiracy of Juno
13, some Frenchmen, who would certainly be sent into
the interior the moment that they became a subject of
legitimate disquietude to France. The German leaders
being likely to cause uneasines on account of their pre-
vious conduct, their character, and the great number of
refugees whom they had under their orders, the Con-
federation adopted with regard to them a severe mea-
sure, that of their being sent out of Switzerland. That
measure, which is in course of execution, has only been
retarded by the numerous steps to which it was necessary
to have recourse to procure an issue to those leaders.
As to the other refugees, the Federal Council has not
ceased knocking at every door to obtain an amnesty. It
must be comprehended that it is important to it, more
than any other, to free Switzerland both from the bur-
den which the support of the refugees, the number of
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pense and annoyance. Con:plaints are made of the
number of refugees who assembled there ; and all the
Governments send, as if with emulation, everything
which gives them umbrage at home, in order afterwards
to establish against her a hermetical blockade. The
opinion, that the Swiss are the favourers of the re-
volutionary propagandism, is accredited, which is, on
the contrary, aatipathetic to the immense majority of
the nation. In the sentiments of her ancient inde-
pendence, Switzerland, it is true, refuses to foreign
powers the right of interfering in her internal affairs ;
but she, on her side, does not seek to mix herself up in
the destinies of other nations, without, however, conceal-
ing her sympathy for the cause of true liberty. Swit-
zerland sends refugees nowhere, and she would demand
nothing more than that others would act in like manner
towards her."
• The PRESIDENT of the French Republic must
surely have forgotten that it was entirely owing to
the firmness of this very Swiss Government that
Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE was indebted for his
liberty at the time his extradition from Switzerland
was demanded by the Government of Louis PHILIPPE.
It is true that Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE abused
Swiss hospitality, and nearly involved those who
had given him refuge in a war, by his intrigues and
plottings against neighbouring states, but he should
not judge of all political refugees- by himself—all are
not so entirely self-seeking as Louis NAPOLEON BONA-
PARTE.
The Five per Cents. were quoted in the Passage
de l'Opera at 89f. 40c. There was no business done.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, AUGUST 25.
Namur and Liege, 5%—Northern of France, 34 dis.--
Paris and Rouen, 21 ex div.—Rouen and Havre, 9IA—
' Sambre and Meuse, 2%.
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THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.
The Warsaw Courier publishes the following offi-
cial bulletin from PASKEWITCH, dated Uifalos,
August 14 :
" Georgey, having left Arad with a corps d'armee, in
conformity with the conventions which he had made
with General Rudiger, proceeded to Szellosz, where the
Hungarians were to lay down their arms. General
Rudiger at the same time sent our infantry and cavalry
to Szellosz. On the 13th, at midnight, Georgey ad-
vanced towards our army at the head of his staff. He
repeated to General Rtiager that ho submitted without
conditions, and only solicited as a grace the intercession
of Prince Paskewitch. At four o'clock in the
afternoon the troops made their submission in the fol-
lowing manner:—The Hungarian army was drawn up
in two lines, in c!ose columns, in the plains of the village
of Szellosz. The infantry and cavalry on the two wings
occupied the first line, artillery the second. The infan-
try, alter presenting arms, laid them down, and the
cavalry alighted from their horses, and attached their
arms to the seddies. The men then left the ranks, and
proceeded towarJ the town of Z tranth under the escort
of three regiments of the second division of light cavalry ;
the artillery and baggages were taken away by a regi-
ment. The regiment Jelecki was charged to convey all
the arms to Grosswardein. Eleven Generals, 20,000•in-
fantay, and 2,000 cavalry laid down their arms, and 130
pices of artillery were also given up. Georgey, in ap-
proaching our troops, cried, W hat cannot be undertaken
with such troops I Georgey then deciered that he was
disposed to cause the other divisions of the army to yield.
Shortly alter two messengers Irons the fortress of Arad
presented themselves to General Rudiger, and said they
were authorised by the commander, Derajennowiez, and
by the officers, to propose the surrender of the fortress to
the Russians. Oa the 14th the troops of General Rudiger
took up their previous positions; the advanced guard at
Szimond, and the principal corps d'arinee at Kisch-Jet o,
where he will remain until new orders of Field-Marshal
Paskewitch. The corps of Georgey is proceeding
under escort to Grosswardein."
There is nothing positive in the Vienna journals of
the 20eh with respect to the surrender of GEORGEY.
Some pretend that it was the result of long preview
negotiations with the Russians ; others that the Ern-
i peror of Russia, with his hatred of revolution, would
never have consented to negotiate. The German Re-
form declares that the capitulation was exclusively
military, there being no question at all of a political
convention. Some accounts represent that profound
dissensions had for some time existed between KOSiUTH
and GEORGEY. With GEORGEY sixty superior officers
capitulated, and his force consisted of 15 battalions
of hoevede, 2 battalions of light infantry, a battalion
of the German legion, 3 regiments of hussars, a squad-
ron of Polish lancers, a detachment of engineers, and
70 pieces of artillery. -It is said that KOSsUTII and
GEORGEY have addressed proclamations to the Hunga
rian nation, the former announcing, that in consequence
of the turn affairs had taken, he considers it necessary
to resign his powers to his lieutenants; the second
exposing his reasons for not continuing the struggle.
The Vienna correspondent of the Independence of
Brussels says—
"An eye-witness of the submission of Georgey tells
me that Geerge) 's preposition to yield with his 35,000
men at first excited distrust, aid some trick of war or
treason was feared. He was accordirgly required to
blow up all that remained of his ammunition. This he
did, and the giving up of arms took pleFe afterwards.
According to the same person the position of Georgey
was not so desperate as has been asserted. He was slid
able to beat in retreat, but his ammunition began to be
scarce. The troops of Georgey formed the elite of the
Magyar army, there being among them many regiments
which had abandoned the Austrian army in the com-
mencement ot the insurrection. Tho conduct of Georgey
and his troops is generally praised, and a just tribute ot
admiration is paid to his conduct during the war.
The journals contradict the report of the fortress
of Comorn having been given up, and declare that
General KLAPKA was determined to make a despe-
rate resistance. The correspondent of the Inde-
pendence, on the other hand, says that Elearxes was
disposed to capitulate, but that nothing positive was
known. One of the journals says that in the moun-
tains the Magyars were preparing for resistance.
According to the last news Prince fesseewiTeu was
directing a large force from Arad towards Transyl
vania, to second the operations of General LUDERS.
lii a letter from Warsaw of the 18th, it is stated that
the Magyars had completely evacuated the east of
Transylvania. The Magyars, how ever, had still
15,000 men under BEM, 25,000 at Orsowa, Attract]
had 6,000 or 8,000 at Balaton, and there was about
the same force on the Waag ; but any concentration
of the Hungarian forces was considered impossible.
Of Kossuris nothing certain was known, but it is
said that a Magyar agent conveying a letter from him
to the Sultan, demanding an asylum for himself and
pastisans, had been arrested in Servia.
'The German Reform publishes the two following
proclamations, without, however, vouching for their
authenticity. The first is from KOSSUTH and the
Ministers of the Provisional Government resigning
their posts, and appointing General GEORGEY Military
Dictator; and the other from General GEORGEY, ac-
cepting the office. It will be observed that neither of
them is dated.
" PROCLAMATION OF KOSSUTH TO THE NATION.
" After the unfortunate battles with which God has
visited during these latter days the soil of Hungary, we
have no longer any hope to sustain with success the
struggle for our independence against the power of the
Austrians and Russians. In such circumstances the ex-
istence of the nation and the security of its fate
could only find safety in the general placed at the head
of the army ; but from the profound conviction of my
soul the maintenance of the present Government
will be not only useless, but injurious to the interests
of the nation. I declare, therefore, in the face of Hun-
gary, that I myself—animated with those sentiments of
the most pure patriotism, which has sanctified all my
actions, as I have devoted all my life to the good of my
country—l retire from the Government with the consent
of the whole of the Ministry, and I charge General
Georgey with the sole execution of the civil and military
power, until such time as the nation may think proper,
in the exercise of its rights, to dispose of it in a different
manner. I expect from him—and therefore I rendered
him responsible before God, the country, and history—
that he will dispose of this supreme power to the
best of his ability and the extent of his means
to save the independence and governmental power of
our unhappy country, and to do everything that he
can to contribute to its future welfare. May he
love his country with as much disinterested•
ness as I have loved her, and may he be more happy
than I have been in labouring for the good of the nation.
I can no longer be useful to my country by my acts: if
my death should be necessary I will sacrifice my life with
pleasure to the prosperity of my country. May the God
ofjustice and of mercy have pity upon the nation.
(Signed) " KOSSUTH, Governor.
BSZMERE, Minister of the
Interior.
SEBASTIAN BUKOVIEL,
Minister of Justice.
SLADISLAUSCSANY, Minis-
ter of Public Works.
MICAEL HORATH, Minis-
ter of Public Worship.'
" PRCCLIMATION OF GEORGEY TO THE NATION.

" Citiz The Provisional Government no longer
exist! Tho Government and the Ministers have volun-
tarily resigned their duties. The present circumstances
require a military Dictatorship, which is confided to me,
as well as the civil authority. Citizens, I will do all for
our country that can be done in our present unfortunate
situation, whether it be by war or by peace, but so
that our sacrifices may be alleviated, and that cruelty
and murder may cease. Citizens 1 the events are
extraordinary, and the blows of fate are overwhelm-
ing. In such a situation it is impossible to foresee
the future. My only %Nish—the only advice I have to give
you—is that you will return quietly to your dwellings,
without resorting to arms, even though the enemy should
occupy your towns, for you can only secure safety to
your person and property by remaining quietly at your
hearths, engaged in peaceful occupations. Citizens, let
us bear with manly resolution all that God, in his in-
scrutable decrees, wills that we should bear. We will
preserve the hope that, acting with a good conscience,
and treading in the path of rectitude, our cause will
not be for ever lost. Citizens, God be with you always.
"ARTHUR GEORGEY."
Accounts from Vienna state that already serious
differences have broken out between PASKEWITCH
and HAYRAU. The latter has taken upon himself to
protest against the conduct of the Russian General
towards GEORGEY and his troops, and PASKEWITCH,
in obedience to the orders of the Emperor of RUSSIA
is conducting the negotiations for peace directly with
the Magyar Plenipotentiary, to the exclusion of
Austrian interference.
The Breslau Gazette has the following from War-
saw of the 20th :—" In consequence of the bulletins of
victory received from Hungary, a grand military and
religious fete was celebrated yesterday. A large
chapel was erected in the plain, a "Te Deum " was
performed, and 101 guns were fired. There was after-
wards a grand review. The EMPEROR, the Grand
Duke MICHAEL, the Princess PASKEWITCH, Madame
LAMORICIERE, Count NFSSELRODE, the Ministers of
France, Austria, and Prussia, and many foreign
officers, were present at the religious ceremony and
review."
It is stated in a letter from Berlin of the 22d, that
on the 10th the Russians knew that GEORGEY in-
tended to yield, and they accordingly recommended
General Hav Nan not to disquiet him. This, it is
said, explains how GEORGEY, who was believed to be
in the north, made his surrender in the soutb, near
Arad,