The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-22 00:00:00

GENERAL BENEDEJI'S ADDRESS.

The Hungarian Magnates have made the follow-
ing reply to General Benedek's Order of the Day,
which appear3d in The Sun of Thursday last :
"The Military Gazette has just published an
order of the day, addressed by General Benedek to
the army placed under his orders, and to such of
his soldiers as enjoy electoral rights. This mani-
festo contains expressions offensive to the honour of
all Hungarian patriots who refuse to recognise the
Constitution of the 28th of February. Thank God !
our country is in possession of ancient liberties, in
virtue of which Hungary has formed, now forms,
and will form, a kingdom distinct and independent
of the hereditary States of Austria. The rank of
Magnate, according to the spirit of our public law,
belongs not only to the princes, counts, and barons
of the country, but also to all the members of the
upper chamber. The expression of ' cowardly
Magnates,' which General Benedek makes use of,
affects all the members of the high nobility, who,
using their constitutional right, feel themselves
compelled to defend their ancient charter against a
new Constitution. It is not our intention to enter
into a discussion on political opinions with the
General, but we owe it to ourselves, as well as to
our brethren serving in the army, and to whom
these irritating expressions are addressed, to declare
that we consider as a coward every Hungarian
Magnate who would hesitate to defend a Constitu-
tion which is the work of the wisdom of our fore-
fathers, and the maintenance of which has cost so
much noble blood. Yes, it would be treason to the
country, if any one, without taking into account the
gravity of the moment or the situation of affairs,
should condemn and stigmatise those who endeavour
to protect our fundamental law. It would be treason
to the country to apply the term cowards to those
who have al ways been ready to valiantly defend
their honour and the country on that same field
where General Benedek himself acquired his
glorious name. This declaration will be our only
reply to the insult, which we repel both individually
and collectively. We are convinced that in so doing
we are the organs of the feelings of all Magnates
without exception."
(Here follow the signatures of nearly 200 Magnates.)

THE RUSSIAN ARMY.—The Patric has the sub-
joined intelligence :—" Recent despatches furnish us with
same positive information as to the military measures just
adopted at St. Petersburg. Three out of the six corps
&armee, of which the active force of Russia is composed,
are placed on a war footing, and all the officers and soldiers
who wero absent on leave have been ordered to join their
regiments at the latest by the 20th inst. Two of the corps
are destined to occupy Poland. The second will be in
Warsaw and in the provinces of Lublin and Podlacia. The
third army has received orders tq quit Velhynia and Podo-
lia, and proceed by forced marches into Poland, and part
have already arrived in that kingdom. Each of these two
corps d' armee will be about 50,000 strong, which will make
the number of soldiers required to maintain order in Poland
100,000. The general opinion is that in a very short time
the other three corps will be also placed on a war footing,
so that the whole army of Russia will be just as though a
war was actually going on. The Russian Government is
at the present purchasing a great number of horses in Ger-
many for the artillery and cavalry, and is also making very
considerable additions to the camp equipage and supplies
of all kinds. From the same source of information we learn
that the persons arrested at Warsaw in consequence of the
events of the Bth inst. are t) be divided into three catagories.
The first will bo composed of the persons the least compro •
raised who will be sent for six months to the fortress of
Medlin ; the second, of the young men,who have been led to
take part in the movement, and who will be incorporated
in the regiments of infantry in the Caucasus ; and the third,
of those who are regarded as the ringleaders, and who will
be incorporated in the frontier regiments of Eastern Siberia.
These rigorous measures will, if carried into execution, pro-
duce a very painful impression throughout the whole of
glirope,"