The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-31 00:00:00

" THE GOVERNOR OF TUE LAND TO L. F. M. BEM.

" Pesth, July 4.
" The course of action adopted by Georgey during
the last days bespeaks the intention of operating with
the corps rearm& under his command upon his own
responsibility, and independently of the Governms.nt.
After the battle lost at ltaab it was his opinion that the
Government should transfer its seat, without loss 01
time, once more to the other side of the Theiss, as he
could not answer for their security in Pestli fur twenty-
tour hours. Under such circumstances, as governor of
the country, I conceive it to be my imperative duty
timely to transfer to a place of security the moveable
property of the State, and particularly bank, ammuni-
tion, military clothing. arms, manufactory, &c. ; but to
keep the scat of the Government as lung as possible in
Bude-Pesth. The reforts upon the march of the enemy
to Grosswardein appear to be nut quiet exact Never-
theless, Viseczky has received instructions to cross the
Theiss on the 7th. Meanwhile Perez,.l will pass that
river, with nearly 10.000 men, to-morrow. There was
a bloody battle before Comorn on the 21 It lasted
from niue in the morning till lute in the evening, when
the enemy, completely defeated, fled and was pursued by
our troops.
" Iu consequence of this, the Government is still at
Pesth, and hopes not to be obliged to decamp. Mean-
while, myself must, for a time, take up my abode in
Cz Tied. Of the main army 20.000 men abide as garri
son in Comore, and while these keep the enemy busy.
the remainder will withdraw against the Russians, and
in connexion with the army of the Bacs•Banat, hold as
base of the next operations of the war the line of the
Theiss and Maros. General limeti goes from :itubl-
,veissenburg to Pecs, crosses the Datiebe with the help
of the boat-bridge which has been fl iated dow❑ tiiiiher
from this, and put himself in communication with the
array of the files-Banat, in order to strike a decisive
blow at Jelleehieh, and raise the siege of Peterwardein.
Arad is already ours, and that Teusesvar follow soon,
should be our units d aim. Visoczy and Dese-efiy have
had agents for procuring intelligence. They never know
where the enemy is. The last report is that lie crossed
the Tneiss at Polgar. If this be confirmed, we will fall
upon his flink with 180,000 men. This is a compressed
sketch of our operations. Let me know, Lieutenant.
Field• Marshal, what is going forward in Transylvania.
and what we are to expect there; and please to send me
reports, if only short ones, daily by the way of Deva
lianga, Mezo-Tur, Sz.)lnok, and Czegl,d.

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" LOUIS KOSSUTH."
" CZ Tied, July 9.
" I hasten to inform the Lieutenant Field-Marshal of
the state of the war here. C.,rinern has remained occupied
by from 18 to 20,000 men, to hold in cheek the Aust ian
at my, or at least a great part of it. From 20 to 24,000
men are on the match fr,..m Watzan towards Hatvan
Perezel has the chief command here over two
army corps—his own, which we have newly formed of
10,000 men, and the corps of Visoczky and Desswffy,
19,000 men. The first of these is to day at Abony, at:d
the second at Tortel. They proceed according to circum
sraeces across the Theiss, or along it upwards, when the
army moves en from Hatvan. Powerful columns 01
Landsturm are at Nagy Ivan, Karczag, and Pi-poki. The
Russians, who crossed the Theiss and marched on De-
brecz'n, were 15.000 strong; but they have withdrawn
again to join their army at Miikolez, which consists of
15 000 more. The Austrians are marching on Buda,
and yesterday their outposts were in Bo oivar. The
bridge between Buda and Pesti] is broken down. The
Government is going to Sr-gedin. In the Bacs-Banat,
General Vetter commands; under him Guyon. He has
been reinforced by 6,000 veteran troops under General
Ktneti, and has orders to fall on Jellachich. He is, more-
over, to raise the siege of Peterwardein, and take Te-
mesvire. The commam'er-in-chief of the forces :is
General Messaros, with Dembinski at his side as general
qaarter-master. This is the state of things, Lieutenant-
Field-Marshal. I look at the future full of trustfulness,
but under the condition of a smart energetic military
authority being at the head. I offer to you herewith,
Lieutenant-Field-Marshal, the command-in-chief of all
the Hungarian armies, and beg your speedy answer
whether you accept, under what conditions, and whether
you consider Transylvania sufficiently secured during
your absence. I request your answer at Sz-gedin.

" 1.. KOStUTII."
" SzTedin, July 16.
" Not having any garrison at Pesth, I cculd not leave
the presses for making banknotes exposed to the risk of
being taken by the enemy. It was therefore, ntwssiry
to take them to pieces, and to convey them, though
weighing near 6,000 quintals, to Sx,--gedin, and at the
same time I was forced to do this same with the presses
of Detneexin. It required at least fifteen days to place
them in activity, and during those fifteen days we have
not struck off a Burin. That is the remon why you have
not received any money, with the exception of the
125,000 florins which I sent you on the 9,h from Sz )1-
nok. Ido what I man can do, but lam not a God, and
I cannot cr:,ate. For a year there have been no re.
ceipts, the Treasury is empty, and warl At this moment
I have to provide tor the maintenance of the following
troopsi—

4000
'Transylvania ..•
... 26,000
lA,ertmerywon
Army of Cumorn 450
:00
0
Amy of the South ..• ••• •• 36,000
.. 8 000
Other garrisons and detachments ... 10,000
of the
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of Hussars, 20,000
B: sides the reserve of 18 regiments 165,000
sick, 60,000 men of the .Landstrum, the powder maga-
zit]. s, tounderies, manufactories of arms, 24,000 priso-
ners, &c. I beg of you to have a little patience. I repeat
that I am not a God ; I can die for the country ; but I
have net the gift of creating. In three days the
cashier
will be in order, and then I will send to yout
200,060 florins a week. You demand Beo,ooo florins in
pieces of 30 and 15 kreutzers. I beg of you to remark
that, as we only work with twenty hand-pressfs, it would
take thirty thr, e days' labour to produce that sum, which
is only the tenth of our monthly expenses. And now
f"r something very important. M. Boleses and M. But-
link, Wallachlan refugees, have proposed to me to form a
Wallachian legion. I have accepted in principle, and
have sent them to you for the details. I r, commend
them to you the thing is very important. If you eater
Wall'iebta, CS I IlljUld wish, this battalion should form
ti•e adv,..nced guard. The result would be incalculable.
II things come to that point, I beg of you to say in
your proclamations that we come as the friends 01 the
Twits and Wellachians, to deliver them from the ep.
prestion of the Russians. The Turks are following an
«privoeal policy—we must compromise them. I seo by
the newspapers that you have suppressed the civil juris-
diction—this measure cannot take place without my
consent, unless I d( dare to the Diet that I am no longer
governor. Why do you compromise me, my dear Lieu-
enant-Generai? Think of the numerous embarrassm, nts
which I have, and remember that my friends should not
hie:ease them. I count on your support, and I appeal
to oar conversation at Grosswardein. I have the firm
hope of conquering our enemies if we remain united.—
I am, &c., "L. Kosstnll, Governor."