The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-28 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The following is the text of a despatch addressed
by Prince Gortschakoff to M. de Kisseleff, in reply
to the circular of M. Thouvenel of the 13th ult.:--
" St. Petersburg, 12th April.
" The Duke de Montebello has communicated to
me a despatch which M. Thouvenel addressed to
him on the 13th March. It contains the views
of the Cabinet of the Tuileries on the subject of
the annexation to France of Savoy and of the
county of Nice. The Emperor, my august master,
has considered the subject with all the inte-
rest which its gravity commands. He regards
this cession, freely consented to by the King of
Sardinia, as an arrangement between independent
sovereigns, and ono which, in his Majesty's opinion,
does not sompromise the balance of power in
Europe, provided it be combined, as far as regards
the neutralized territory of Savoy, in such a man-
ner as not to interfere with any acquired right,
attack any legitimate interest, and maintain in all
their extent the principles of the perpetual neutrality
of S wit zerland as proclaimed in:the Acts of Vienna and
of Paris. His Myjesty hai convinced himself with
satisfaction that the French Government participates
in this point of view, as is shown by Art. 2 of the treaty
signed with the Pielmontese Government and by
th declarations made by the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs. The Emperor is pleased to hope,
that the discussion of which the question of the
territories bordering on the Helvetic Confederation
wiil be the object will contribute to bring about an
understanding of a nature satisfactory to all parties.
The Imperial Cabinet will on its side devote its most
serious solicitude, in favour of the maintenance of
stipulations which guarantee the security of a State
the neutrality of which is an object of European
interest. By order of his Majesty, you are requested
to read this despatch to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and to- give him a copy of it.

‘` GORTSCIIAKOFF."

HUNGARY.

We have another confirmation of the duplicity of
the Austrian Government. M. Szemere, formerly
Minister in Hungary, thus writes respecting the
appointment of Benedek .to the command in Hun-
gary :

" It is true that this General is an Hungarian, but only
by birth; he is not so either by mind, by heart, or by his
antecedents. He was born in 1804, and since the age of
14 has been an Austrian soldier ; he has constantly lived
either in Italy or in Gallicia, everywhere fighting against
the people and their national aspirations. In the latter
country he performed the most important part in 1846,
wcicn the Austrian Government gave to the peasants a
reward of 25f. for the head of each gentleman implicated
in the insurrection. It was also he, the only officer of
Hungarian origin who, in 1848, came to fight against
Hungary, making himself the blind servant of the Haps-
burgs to such a point that he did not hesitate to aid
in shedding the blood of his relatives, his brothers, and
his nuntrymen. This is the man who is called on to go-
vern Hungary. I ask you whether this choice of the only
Hungarian general who still shows visibly on his forehead
the wound which he received in the war against kis coun-
try, is a pledge of conciliation, or a defiance and an insult?
General Benedek was of all the Hungarians the last man
that ought to have been chosen. Hungary besides has
eminent men enough, whose names alone would have been
a real programme. I will quote to you the Archduke
Stephen, not for what he has done in favour of Hungary,
but for what he has suffered on account of her during a ten
years' exile ; among the Conservatives I would mention
Count d'Apponyi and Count do Dessveffy ; among the Li-
berals, M. do Deak and Baron d'Ecetcovs, without men-
tioning riany others, who are not all revolutionaary, but
whose names alone would have said all and done all. The
groat political fault of the Austrian Government is that it
knows what men are necessary, but does not employ them."

SICILY.
The following protest has been addressed by the