London, 26 September 1859 

My dear Franck, 

In reply to your letter d.d. Sept. 23 I beg to state: 1) On the 
arrival at London of the N. Y. T. containing P’s declaration, 
which to sign with his name he had not dared,’? I sent the 

a [F. Pulszky,] ‘From Our Own Correspondent. Monday, August 7, 1859’, New-York 
Daily Tribune, No. 5720, 23 August 1859. 

N. Y. T. two letters with a full statement of the case. Simultane- 
ously, I addressed a private note to the Editor in which I insisted 
upon the necessity of exposing the manoeuvres and intrigues of 
the wide-mouthed charlatan.*” We shall, by and by, ascertain, whether 
or not my letters were published by the N. Y. T? 

As to the great London Daily Papers, it is quite out of the 
question to induce them to give publicity to a full exposure of 
Kossuth. The statement, in the first instance, would imply a libel 
case, which to stand the editors are, or at least affect to be, afraid 
of, considering the difficulty to prove such charges of bribery, and 
to summon the witnesses before a British tribunal. In the second 
instance, Kossuth is too unmitigated a humbug to not share the 
secret sympathies of the venal London press-gang. I have, however, 
put down a summary for the ‘Free Press’ (the Urquhartite paper 
which appears on the last Wednesday of every month)” I have 
authorised them, if they think it necessary, ‘to dress the salad’ in 
their own style, and I think myself warranted in supposing that 
the ‘thing’ is to come out this very week. In that case I shall 
forward you a copy. Although circulated among a very exclusive 
public, the Free Press finds its way to all the cabinets and capitals 
of Europe. It is well known at Constantinople. Besides, the 
statement having once appeared in the Free Press, some London 
correspondents, connected with the German press, and more or 
less influenced by me, will find it easier to transplant the thing to 
the Teutonic soil. 

I enclose Asboth’s declaration from the N. Y. T* The turn now 
given to K’s proceedings is, that that ‘illustrious’ patriot attempted 
only to prevent ‘a premature rising in Hungary’, and that the 
clever ‘statesman’ altogether,succeeded in this ‘difficult’ task. 

Some time ago, Urquhart had his correspondence with Kossuth 
(which I alluded to, as you will recollect) translated into Italian, 
and copiously distributed throughout Italy.* 

2) In regard to the wine-affaty, I became informed, soon after your 
departure from London, that my brother-in-law © was not to return 
to Amsterdam before October. I have, therefore, not yet written to 
him on the business. 

For England 1 have till now vacillated between two men, both of 
whom, though in different ways, appear fit for undertaking the 

a K. Marx, ‘Kossuth and Louis Napoleon’. - > [K. Marx,] ‘Particulars of Kossuth’s 
Transaction with Louis Napoleon’. - ¢ A. Asbéth, ‘The Peace of Villafranca and the 
Hungarian Cause’, New-York Daily Tribune, No. 5727, 31 August 1859. - 4 Letters of 
L. Kossuth and D. Urquhart pues in The Free Press, No. 16, 12 May 
1858. - € Johann Car] Juta 

task. The one is a German, without capital, but very energetical, 
speculative, and industrious. The other is an Englishman, who 
deals in French and German wines, a ‘respectable’ merchant, 
although no large one. At all events, he has contrived to get on 
with his wine-business and to rise, in the short period of 6-7 years, 
from very small beginnings to comparative affluency. The former 
candidate would have been exclusively given to the business in 
question; the latter has the advantage of greater means, a settled 
concern, and established connexions. If, as will be decided in a few 
days, the German is, for the present, not yet ready to enter on the 
affair (and I have reason to think so), I shall make a conditional 
offer to the Englishman. You will then be informed of his 
conditions and may decide yourself. 

Yours truly 
A. Williams? 

P.S. At this moment I receive your second letter. I think it is 
already answered by the preceding lines. 

27. Sep. The proof-sheet of the ‘thing’ in the Free Press has been 
forwarded to me.