The Sun. — London, England, 1849-07-23 00:00:00

him as to his 7ation that ha lay night, he L NEWS• 7 . HREE. .i..turclay were vere taken by 000 Americp ian at sid. to The m arket •es were firm► I late accounts ly they are of ica, and other ari d the were, ct to coffee, good, and the he fall of rain ed. Generally rovement had private ship firm what has settlement O was to receive rictions were ,he Argentine three leading ith instant st )f. [urket of Sa• esceedingli securities st r Cents. wet° .0 quiet. 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Y 3RSIT'9 I" 19 34 9 5 95A 8 11-14 81 81? 93), rulu 4 _ '3% 14 27'; 27 p 27 --- 51 3 - 4 10 6 4 , 104 319 ;r4 lon. 6 1 4 so% rE CLOS , X. vat,' ';% 4 .-•• 2534 .•••• 914 ,• •• 04 new i 3% 414 18 1 4 •••- •••• 434 • •• 29 ••" 37U 910., 13 3 11 •••• PA3 11.% 6 - 6 1 / 2 17N %J. .••• .•• 0 ,1 4 ... 16 1 4 24 24 2 3 ( 4 ~ a,~~ ... 13,E 20 1 4 13 3 04. 734 64i 1 6 J) . e ez. '- i .Union. ' t • 9 ; jaurit l° , , st. Nitt Aid dietoot vk a is le. 3aran° Oh; WOW° River St. Lawrence; Porcia, Newfoundland; Dart, Stewart Madeira. 221, Sultana, Africa ; Ipswich , Buenos Ayres ; Cybele, Gerard, Demerara; Frith - Arbina, Bahia for Stockholm; Louvre, Weeks, New "k; Thomas and Henry, Picton; Canopus. Buchman, Galveston for Bremen; Princess Royal, Duquid, Quebec; P rince Edward, Chambers, Quebec; Hym en, thin g , haver Elizabeth, Bell, Rinouski. Arri ved from the itiver and sailed 21st, Himalaya, Longford. Adelaide, South Australia ; Naverino, Page, Adel , :ide , S outh A ustralia; Enterprize, Harrison, Port Ph ili p; Nelson, I f f iln "d, Port Philip; Henry Woolley. Winda s, Mauri -41; Minlaton, Newman, Monte Video; Cato, Fox, St. Vincent's. Sr • ' Queen Pomare, Wiseman, St. John's, New una wick; Pigeon, Hiscock, Halifax, Nova Scotia; ,Clirles Elliot, Harvey, Bermuda. 223, Southampton, ' , / ,,' 4°B e, Bengal; Owen Glendower, Bombay. Sld. 21st, u_ . '" ar aes, New Zealand; GlAphyra, St. Kitt's; Killermont, B ermuda ; Thomas, Quebec. 4PPLEDORE, JULY 20.—The Friendship, Fisher, got al i shore on the north side, got off, and ca me into the harbour with little damage. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 2 I.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Thames steamer, Abbutt, West Indies. eL,tvErtrooL, JULY 20.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Asia, I I 11 Y, Fernando Po; Francis Barclay, Matthews, Islay; 0/ .41 , Kirk, Pernambuco; Euphemia, Finsley, New , r ; e L a ns; A. Z , Chandler, New York; Wolt's Cove, C k e ' l leY, St. Juhn's, New Brunswick. 21st, Pandora, e 'ub, Valparairy); Emma, Williams, Paraiba; Snowdon, ir c k, New Orleans; Hartley, Morrell , dit to ; Aberdeen, bb ar d , New York; N. H. Wol fe, Forbes, ditto; A u d„ 4 ,, n es, Pictou; George, Porter, Richibu cto ; Indepen i:t? Atkins, ditto; Salacia, Montreal. Sld. J ane and h i `Te. La Guayra. 21st The Barkhill, from New found ll that was stranded a t Itamarica, had been got u p , and b e was beating up fur Pernambuco , B t h June—most of rv;W.argo was saved in a slightly damag ed state. WATERFORD J U LY 21.—Wind W. to N.—Arrd. Cal Foran, Trinidad; Phantom , New York ; Lad y Quebec. tl i r e. urcx, J U LY 21.—Wind N.W. — Arrd. Nerio , Quebec, LOSS IS OP THE BARQUE SIMON TAYLOR OFF MARGATE. The Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's vir" l3 _3 deemed it their duty to bring before the Lord wOrs of the Cinque Ports the circumstances under G• le u the loss of the Simon Taylos took place on the thlr.dler Sand, on the 6th of June last; his Grace, with p ti Vrumptitude which marks the discharge of all his the ale duties, instituted the strictest investigation into r el ule and it has resulted in the dismissal of the pilot. eisiohne:Lollowing is the copy of the Lord Warden's de ein 41 % Russell is dismissed from the Brotherhood of ti,,tlto be Port mp oyedW Pilots, his license ELL is f , NGTONorfeited, Whearid s n ever ."4 1 1 e I ." . age, Grace h as di rec t e d an inquiry to be made as to the tt, w °I the pilots, and their e ffi ciency, in order that it u 1 , 4 .2 1 ,:e found inco ' mpetent to perform their duties they us superannuated. 'ARRET NEws.—(THIS DAY.) CORN-ExcHANGE—MONDAY. The letters received this morning irom the leading markets of consumption held in the provinces, state that the d emand for Wheat has fallen off at drooping prices. Spring corn appears to have met a slow inquiry, on som ewhat easie r terms. Our con ti nen tal advices state ii that the Baltic ports are now open for shipments. h l s I!_ a nce, holland, and Belgium, a steady business , been transacted in Wheat, Barley, and Flour ea English leeouot, but without any improvement i n value. Th e 46746 of all articles of grain, including Flour of home PrOduee„ u to our market last week, were very , l w _ . p 8,078 quarters of and Scotland. Th e Y i a 'eve Oats reached u -wPorts from abroad ._,___ do. of Oats;7B4 s a m o un te d from Irelandto he at; 17,207 do. of Barley ; 2 . 8 5 83 do, Seed • 83 do. of ii% ° I Ie• 164 do. of Beans, 2,689 do. of Peas; 73 of Tares ; 10 do. of su u d,, T h •Y seeds ; 357 l ba h rre vi ls h f hup to sacks_ Flour e quantity of ,cos is e in eialtlcirecseisv7eod .car murket to-day stwise, was slightly on . the plied, ere By land carriage and sample, the receipts were I— y swell. The stands were again but scantily sup yet the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was i n a very inactive state, at prices barely equal to th ose obtained on Monday hst, and at which a total cl earance was not e ff ecte d . S evera l v e s sels have re mained on d emurrage for the last ten days. The g en eral quality o f the w_as tolerably good. The supply of Foreign Wheat on Wheats on show this morning offer was not large ; nevertheless, it was quite equal to the wants of the millers (who pur f chased with extreme caution), and the most in qualities might have been obtained at is per full • Fine Wheats were mostly held at prices, but the actual business doing in them was tr i jai ng• No English Barley was on show, but the sup raPoifr abroad was very extensive. All kinds moved tr . heavily at a fall in value of is per quarter. The immediate s were mostly confined to small parcels for aTlreediate use. We were very scantily supplied with b d escription s of Malt, yet the trade was heavy at arely stationary prices. The show of home-grown Oats of this day !es trifling, that of Foreign very extensive. Even the bnest qualities were slow in sale, at a decline in the prices ). Saturday. Very few cargoes have come in since the returns were made up on E e'nbight of fully 6d per quarter. Severe. were on h Beans, either 5 - 0 - Sald heavily, at late rates. Peas • • es progressed English or foreign, acre in full average supply, and sluggish demand, at last week's prices. Flour r ts a dull sale, but not Bed. .. Kent' cheaper. Indian Corn and Meal were much neglected. Wbeat-4 U se it z l l NCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Lin- 44, 55* Norfolk and Ditto,White.,;ie• • • 41s to 50, Oats— Yorkshire an d Malt—Chevalier..... d . 595 to 6 - 5 Dittoc,°llVnhiltt:d...••.: 440 s 48s L Potatoino 1 n s . b . ..,. . F . . e . e . .. 1 17 4 8 s 2 18 1 : Youghal and Cork, are Irish,__ b_oo, . i tel , l i n.; : : : .....•. 3,42 3 : 49, 4: Black. ••• • • • 13 3 17 5 Cork, White ... • . 145 17s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 18s kO, New'"• ............ 23s 25s Beans—Tick ......... 285 33 8 -ew..... Bssi ey 0 . •••• • • • • 22s 25s m _ . . C l . .h a e . l v t l a n l g i e ; :•: Pigeons .. • . 353 39. kt ri nalug ••• • • 23s 25: Peas—Grey ••••• • • • • • 303 33 , •.: • ...... 29527 s 3 284 Maple ........... 32s 34 s 8 %It SUlTfolk olk and Nor - 27. 32. White - ... 25s 2 . Boilers' ....... • • Frown •• • 5 6s 58s Flour—Town-made... 398 44. i rt •••• • • • • 48s 50s Suffolk .. u gsten and Ware 575 555 Stocktn & Norfolk 33s 36 5 SEED. ,Sede•veral Joffe of new Rape, Turnip, and Carraway f ~., 8 sia re on r this me.rning. 11l old Seeds very '',_ tr ansactions took place, at barely stationary prices. T„,„_ a t''s were almost n. , minal , in value. -`l,ll3.,White, per bush. lis to 12s Carra•n•ay ............ 29s 305 , Bed and Green.. • • 1 .nstard, Brown.. • 5s 10., Hempseed, per . quarter 32s 34s Tares White .... ••• .. 55 10., Linseed. Eng.-.owing.. 54s CO* New • • .... ••• • - s — s Crushing P °l4 43 6s Baltic .. .. ... 3•Js 46s -ana '• ' .... •• - - h yt 1 7. per • quarter . • 11 C's 150 s e ea s el e • • • • r • • t 000.._40s 464 ClB ' , T r •lresiEn . : . .(;•;t7) 35a Lims E s 63s nglish .. P .. ' .Bl 105 101 Cs Whi te ........ • • 348 48s Foreign, per ton 610 s 71 Os ?orcign Bed .. •• • . 30s 40, Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ lO s C l Js White •• • • 245 42s Rapeseed, per l as t 321 Os 3 61 Us Tr Its 21s ".°ll " - .. .... .. .. 2.32 snouTurxE . At the cotrespondirg las t total importation of foreign stock into London - at week comprised 4,266 head. to 3,220, and t e tiod in 1848 it amounted be perceived th to 5, i head; lull average a 141°14 1847, 4 - 1 4 the arrival, since our last, has been Ote. Fro SORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. ott -nl Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. h a Zdar ri 283 1,986 ... 313 .. 299 ... 55 hat/Z t l,••••• 143 ... 958 .. 1 ... 1( 6 ... kltw er r g" 24 ... 014 4 4 . ..... ..... .-.... ••• .... •• • '''''' ••• .r. .. .- ... 16 ... _ ? --7 _ ......... q 1 4 e , 421 .. 55 r,.... Total ..... 150 ... 3,026 ••• - • • t b ik ifr ! 356 ... 2,370 ... 59 ... 435 ... --- ;`)erlesiPo:indin..g. °et 950 head have been landed at the northernhe direct Ab •••"''... 9 0more. 656 more. more. 141ess.5 ( 5 )u m t .. Portsarr„ Ir`-'4ll-lolland. By sea, from Ireland , 3 20 . ‘ 113 t or this market have amounted to 120 at in t o h a e .. e l?• The number of foreign Beasts . year ara- O n and e Calves con • a s`Y ,l Market was but moderate, the time of p liv e l y •met ecl• That of Sheep was extensive. Tbehtesite swP,l4skaing, decidedt h e i e quality e i n o f t h e the e p stock p 1 y o f h was _good.home-fedef trades hers this morning. Still, however, t B ed, and Ittetise dead markets were very scantily supplied, buyers was czt, end of both town and country last week's r h ° o 4 4.o st u tt s s li : ruled tolerably firm, effected. ' and at which agood clearance was rfrometved about 1 ,000 Blb. Pro Sellin g t from 3s 10d to 4s per Northern at fully ec ni Norfolk, Suffolk,lEssae and Cambridgeshire, we , w estern th9 from n t ts, :bournadearnedasni, b evot4 and Midland counties 600 Herefords, districts 800 h x B o o , r o t shhohrnrtsahnhdrhHs;omebredshe of y n , Ike. ; from other parts of England 600 The arsons miltebdreOidsti bib. 1111 . 1)1 Y Of Sheep was about 2 000 less than that e daednd fr . om , Scotlan s d on 2 s o b O ly b la c r o g t x s e . : y ast, yet it proved sea to say brisk • • TO- InqulrY, at full prices, the imest old Downs p _ during 33 10(1to 4a a steady, though not 4,. i per 81b ...athatue , t le.IY at extreme quotations. In other breeds only a e Inquiry was in a very inactive state, and i t i h it..ed business vias transacted at late rates. For Calves._. s. Th P e r best Lambs movedoff i n some m it e ea the currencies had a downward tendency. 1 ", r k trade Will ill a very depressed state at last week s prices. i:egrilitlobsi.tol:3l.sink the offal. taftecoerinorßn.i.es..... s. d. to I. d. Second qual. Sheep a 3 4 3 6 Prim e d a rl 7 . 4 3r xe • u • •• 3 0 3 4 Ccarse-weolled ditto 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots . .. 3 6 3 3 Scuthdown Wether 310 4 0 Largo coarse &Zvi: 3 10 4 0 Htte eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Prinut salmi ai m . 11 1 0 a 6 Large Hogs gnom ic c alves • is 3 310 Small Porkers .... 3 g 4 0 Inferior Skee p „.,; a 0 , 25 0 Quarter old Pigs .46 0 21 0 Beast*. TolT___,..,-.:„Fkli Quarter m b5 idt . " .. T ...... 4 0 5 0 sheep, AT IS LIPP C L a2 Y ISv . :I" 1,496 I P l g4 o s, Beasts. l g heep, I 43S 1,93 0 C alves. 1 I Pigs. 117 The arrivals of slaughteredthm7selkildttpeliTrrriljkvvay NEMITGATIa Jun ) Ira limited in the extreme since even the U r in e has been ght, and the supplies of each kind on offer a! e d in the metro aughteae'uni• polis have continued small, .been in priteest dered. Still, however, the .general dettanl Year i c°nai" a very sluggish state, and prices have been vv.itlijeatfficulty 4 okbout supported, if we except those of the SOO carcases of foreign meat have been.dispose At per stone by the carcase, f. s. d. to s. d. Beer,tnferior- ~• • 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. l i d • to a; d. "--- Middling .. •• 2 6 2 8 ---- middling.. a 4 i 2 "---- Prlmelarge .•2 10 12 -- prime .... a a 6 .---- Plllll6 small •• 3 4 36 , Pork, large .. .. .. ~ a 2 ato Veal 0000000 0 ...• .. 3 0 3 81 small .•••• • • • 3 a a 6 Lamb. 4s 0(1 to 5a Od. 4 0 210 31017 MS AND SPITAIMIELDS. Since our last report a great increase has taken place : th e ar rivals of English Potatoes, in excellent condi on. A -• very extensive business has been transacteC talain t at Prices varying from 71 to 818 s per ton. The Vorsign im portations have been liberal, imal , 2,448 —l* 12 bms tfr9D A wkordu ai 3i t9n3 from LiSbol4 THE SUN, LONDON, MON DA Y EVENING, JULY 23, 1849. 273 baskets 2 sacks from Havre; 264 baskets from Calais; 267 baskets from Antwerp; and 20 baskets from Dunkirk. These have sold treely, at from 61 10s to 7/ per ton. The general quality of the Foreign Potatoes has much improved. 130IZOUG13 HOP IVIATUELET. Although it is evident that the fine rains of the past week have been beneficial to the growing bine, the plan tation accounts are far from satisractory. Really fine Hops command a steady sale, at further advanced prices. In other kinds very little business is doing. The duty is called 50,000/. to 65,000/. Sussex pockets, 3/ 10s to 41 12s; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 14s to 4/ 10; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 4s to 717 s per cwt. WOOL. Notwithstanding the large quantities of Wool brought to the hammer during the past week, the advance noticed in the quotations in our last report, viz., ld per lb upon all good and fine qualities, has been well supported. Large supplies have been purchased for shipment to France and Belgium, and, up to the present time, about 28,000 bales have actually changed bands. There is a slight improvement to notice in the demand for English Wools by private contract, and, in some instances, rather more money has been obtained by holders. The imports into London last week amounted to 1,501 bales, from Sydney; 382 ditto, from Odessa; 570 ditto, from Algoa Bay; 900 ditto, from ILimburgli; 650 ditto, from Launceston; 1,241 ditto, from South America; 58 ditto, from Mogadore; 55 ditto, from Marseilles; and 3 ditto, from Ostend. TILLLOIV% Our market is tolerably firm; but we have no further advances to notice in the quotations. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 39s 3d to 395 63, and for for ward delivery 40s per cwt. Town Tallow, 37s 6d to 37s 93 per cwt, net cash ; Rough Fat, 2s lid per Blbs. Shipments from St. Petersburgh have as yet been small. 1845. Stock this day • • .... 12,511 bas Od Tice of Y. C. •• • • [ to 40s Od 1,333 8,995 81 lts46. 1847. I 1848. (_1849. 8,513 7,253 5,956 24,152 415 6d 48s 3d 43s 3d to 39s 3d to 4189 d to Os Od 438 6d 'to 39s 6d 844 537 1,016 1,150 4,261 ! 5,713 9,624 7,566 145 726 843 575 2,151 ! 4,837 8,049 6,245 42s Od 50s 6d 46s 6d 40s Od Delivery last week: Ditto from June 1.. • • Arivals last week • Ditto from June 1 ... Price of Town ..•... 142 s Od TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION -WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth ' s Protest against Russian Interven- Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to The Sun Office, under cover to " The Editor;" or to any one of the members of the committee recently formed to carry out the Testimonial. We, the undersigned, having formed ourselves into a Provisional Committee to afford relief and support to the distressed Hungarian soldiers now at Folkstone, and to collect subscriptions to enable them to return to their own country, earnestly invite the contributions and co-opera don of all parties who, either from sympathy with the Hungarian cause, or on the broad grounds of humanity and benevolence, may be disposed to concur in the object of the committee. The Right lion. Lord Nugent,M.P., Chairman Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P. Francis Mowatt, Esq., M.P. William Scholefield, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Colonel Henry Salwey, M.P. Matthew Wilson, Esq., jun., M.P. James Heywood, Esq., M.P.. Frederick Pigou, Esq. The Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson, M.P. Brodie M. Willcox, Eq., M.P. W. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P. Torrens M'Cullagh, Esq., M.P. R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., M.P. The Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. The Hon. F. Henry Berkeley, M.P. T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. James Clay, Esq., M.P. George Moffatt, Esq., M.P. M. Bass, Esq., MX. William Williams, Esq. James Garth Marshall, Mil, M.P. John Ellis, Esq., M.P. William Pinney, Esq., M.P. Ralph Bernal Osborne, Esq., M.P. ~.312 0 4 Subscriptions already received ... • • A Few Friends, &c., Olympic Inn, Stevenson- square, Manchester.. ... ••• ••• From a Few Friends of the Reform News Room, 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 Lancaster ... John Phillips ... From a Few Friends, &c.,by Mr. James Thompson Leicester ... 1 9 0 Subscriptions from Carmarthen, South Wales, by Henry Cottrell ... •• • •• • A Glasgow Surgeon's Mite ... Subscription received in behalf of the Hungarian Refugees at a meeting held at Glanville's Hotel, North-street, St. John, Westminster, on Saturday evening, July 21, 18 49 .. ... 218 0 J. 0. Kinnear . 0 1 0 A Few Friends who desire the Sovereignty of the People ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 018 6 Mr. Kerr •.. ••• ". ••• .. 03 0 Mr. ArDonnell ..• •.• •• • •• • •• • 0 10 0 A Friend in the Hungarian Cause ... 0 1 0 A Few Friends, White Horse-yard... 0 -9 0 G. N., a Few Friends of Liberty 0 4 6 Nineteen N\ orloten, Enemies of Despotism and Oppression ... 1 11 0 0 2 6 0 14 3 TO THE SECRETARY OF THE MET ROPOLI TAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 18th, in Committee on Suppl,eome useful points were raised, connected with the management of foreign dependencies. They may be reduced to two; the expenses worth incurring, and the treatment of the natives. On the first, there was some sparring, in the instance of Corfu. This island, with some minor ones, was pushed upon the British Government and people, as knowing them to be no thing loth to take anything they could, by the Holy Alliance in 1816. An Indian prince, when he wants to ruin an individual subject, is understood to :make him a present of an elephant The subject dares not get rid of it, and the elephant eats him out of house and home. The same kind of an elephant has been Corfu. There was manifestly an impossibility of getting rid of it ; and there was no end of the ex penses it entailed. One year it was discovered the sea defences wanted increasing ; and another, that there would be no balance of strength unless an equal expenditure were made on the land side. The con sequences were presumed awful, if by some concate nation of the European powers, we were to be robbed of our elephant ; and exactly as this danger was ad mitted, it became necessary to guard against the perils of hostile influences exerted upon the native population. And our mode of conciliating this popu lation, was to send them the roughest of military governors, whom no title could popularly shadow out but one taken from the rudest of Coast of Guinea potentates. And so between arms and policy, we had the enjoyment of our prize. In another foreign dependency, the case is worse ; for it was plainly out-spoken in the course of the debate (or I should not put it here), that from the Isle of France there will be a bill for fortifications on the land side, to hinder the French inhabitants from taking the place without waiting for an attack by sea. How slowly men live and learn ! What reason, for instance, can be given, why the inhabitants of the Isle of France should not by a competent course of British rule, be made to be as devoted citizens of the empire as the Jerseymen ? Is there nothing communicable under the British Constitution and rule, which can balance the recollections of the good old warlike times ? History and De Foe have established, that all the heterogeneous races upon earth are capable of being wrought up into the " Trueborn Englishman." Domestic and commercial interests will always, if cultivated, outweigh the memories of ancient barbarous days. On Thursday came on the Member for Surrey's motion for verifying the existence of "needless places, extravagant salaries, and unnecessary works and es tablishments." Bit by bit, and after many trials, the Conservatives have reduced their motion into a shape which Free Trade stomachs, not without some diffi e culty, could swallow. But it was not fair, after these last had signified their power to accept, that new speakers should stand up and try to insert as much as possible of the old emetic matter. If it had been done a little earlier it would have caused the division to go the other way ; for there would to a certainty have been two votes which would have taken another course. As it was, the motion was carried with the small majority of 71 over 68. In the course of the evening wae the somewhat curious phenomenon, of a division (Incumbered Estates, Ireland) producing a majority of 84 against 0. To the curious and uninformed, it may be ac ceptable to be told, that a motion is expected to be seconded, among other reasons to make sure o' a second teller. But after the mover and seconder have been taken for tellers, it is possible there may be nobody else, as was the case here. On Friday the douse was occupied by a debate of extraordinary irregularity, which under the protesta tion of having nothing to do with either Protection or Free Trade, was in fact a demand for the introduc tion of a fixed duty on foreign corn. What was pro duced for argument from the Conservative benches, might be reduced to the assertion that a duty on foreign corn, within certain limits, would not raise the price abroad. The Chancellor of the Exchequer wisely answered, that when he saw a chance of per suading the people of England of this, he would pro pose it. What was produced in support of the assertion, consisted in asseverations that the fact had been so in certain instances stated, backed by the averment that this proved the principle. In cases of this kind, there are always two things doubtful; first the facts, and then the inference. If a carrier was found stating that he knew by experience that the fewer horses he put on, the faster he drew, the doubts of the audience would be, first, whether there was not some mistake about the alleged facts, and then whether, supposing certain increases of velocity to have been found con comitant on certain diminutions of the team, there had not been some mistake in the general conclusion drawn. The truth in such a case is, that the alleged expe riences in one direction are rebutted by overwhelm ing counter-experiences in another. No man doubts that if there had existed a five or eight shillings duty upon corn, and it were now taken off, foreigners would say, " Here are the English, who have taken off their duty upon corn ; they can consequently afford to give us more, so let us see how much we can get." And no man doubts that to a certain extent they would be successful, but not to the extent of getting the whole duty added to the price. For in each of the supposed foreign countries, the price of corn is regulated by the competition among sellers; and the sellers can no more agree to demand the addition of the whole duty to the price, than they could agree to demand it the day before the duty was removed in England. It was not far want of good will that the sellers did not demand it before, but because those who could afford corn cheaper, were sure to let down the others. And so it will be when the duty is removed. There will in any given place be some increase in the quantity of corn bought for England, and some rise of price is always the case when an increased quantity is bought. But - this will be all; and the thing specially impossible will be that the price should rise to the full extent of the duty removed, which would have the effect of making the quantity bought be the same as before, and consequently be sold at the old price. The notion is like that of the two Kilkenny cats which ate each other up. That a portion of one or both might be eaten is easy ; but that all should be eaten up, is attributing an effect to a cause which vanishes in the process. Two remarkable facts, and worth treasuring, were stated by .a practised Baltic merchant. One, that the quantity of corn imported since the alteration in the Corn-laws, had been greater than before by one third. The other, that when a duty of 465. a load was tak en o ff Baltic timber, the price rose not by 465. but 20,, and so remained for one or two years and then descended ; timber being an article, the supply of which upon the coast, some time is required to increase. In which the important point is to see, that the price never increased, even temporarily, by 463., but by less than half. So that even if it had never fallen lower, the cry of " Do not take off your tax on timber, because the foreigners will get the difference," would have been a fraud. As there was no question before the House, except whether the Committee of Supply should be gone into, there was no division, and consequently no re sult except an expenditure of words that went for nothing ; which probably accorded with the Pro tectionist ideas of prudence. On Saturday the House met, professedly to re ceive a Report. But the introduction of the Hun garian question by the Member for Middlesex re sulted in a debate, which may be considered as one of the most important of the session, and ended in what may be called a universal expression of confidence in the conduct and principles of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In my next I will endeavour to give some details. I am, Si AN OLD your obedient servant, REFORMER. London, July 23, 1849. Total CONSERVANCY OF THE THAMES.—On Saturday the Lord Mayor, attended by the Recorder, several of the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and city officers, held a Court of Conservancy at the Guildhall, Westminster. After the adjournment of the Court, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a splendid entertainment to a large party of friends on board the Corporation barge Maria Wood, at Twickenham. Amongst the company we ob served the Countess Waldegrave and Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave, Lord and Lady Milford, Lady Langdale and the Hon. Miss Bickersteth, Lady Parker, Captain Bruce and Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Leslie Melville and Mr. Hume, M.P., and the M is s es Hume, AIM Cobden,irs.stle lvil and Mrs. Cobden , Mr. Henry, M.P., and Miss Henry, Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Chaplin, M.P., Mrs. Chaplin, and Miss Chaplin, Mr. Dodd, M.P., Mrs. llawes and Mr. Hawes, jun., Mr. Henry C. Hoare, Mrs. Hoare, and the Misses Hoare, the Misses Burnett, the Misses Prater, Col. Brandling, Capt. Johnson, Alder man Sir Peter Laurie and Miss Laurie, Alderman Fare brother and Miss Farebrother, A IdermanWilson and lady, Alderman Copeland, M.P., Mrs. Capper and Miss Capper, Alderman Humphery, M.P., and Miss Humphery, Alder man Sir G. Carroll and Lady Carroll, Alderman Hooper, Mrs. Hooper, and Miss Hooper, Alderman Farncomb, Alderman Hunter and lady, Mrs. and Miss Sidney, Alderman Moon and lady, Ald,rman Lawrence, Mrs. Lawrence, and Miss Lawrence, Alderman Carden, Mrs. Carden, and Mrs. Shaw, Alderman and Sheriff Finnis and Mrs. Finnis, Mr. Sheriff Goodhart and Mrs. Good hart, the City Solicitor and Mrs. Pearson, Mr. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Anderton, and Miss Emily Baxter, Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel, the Controller and Mrs. Saunders, the Under-Sheriff Tamplin and Mrs. Tamplin, the Rev. S. Cattley, Chaplain to the Lurd Mayor, and Mrs. Cattley, &c. The Ministerial fish dinner, which usually pre cedes the prorogation, will take place at the Trafalgar, j is soi from n t teor Commissions settling t uf h o t e rh se thepel s e t c h op tr t oA r o nu ni au t t h si teo ean so r o u e n t ex e , fpor a ro n tec d Greenwich, on S a t ur d ay nex t, th e 28th inst. Her Ma -1 o d t r h t k o: Dublin, Belfast, and Scotland.—Observer. Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colo nial-office from the Governors of Cape Coast and the Mauritius. ''24:tltrtti Wbrittott SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. INDEPENDENCE HUNGARY. MEETING AT THE LONDON TAVERN.-(THIS DAY,) A public meeting was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, this day, " for the purpose of express • ing sympathy with the noble, maligned, and betrayed people—the Hungarians," whose cause has been so often advocated in this journal. Long before the chair was taken the large room in which the meeting was held, and the gallery at the foot of it, were occupied by a numerous and respectable audience. The chair was taken, at one o'clock, by Mr. Alderman Salomons, amidst loud cheers. Amongst the gentlemen on the platform we noticed Lord Nugent, M.P., Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., Richard Cobden, Esq.,M.P., Sir D. Norreys, M.P., R. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P., R. Taylor, Esq., R. Williams, Esq., Murdo Young, Esq., and W. Charles M. Kent, Esq., of The Sun ; Bernal Osborne, Esq., M.P., Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., F. Mowatt, Esq., M.P., W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P., J. A. Smith, aq , M.P., &c., Btc. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he appeared before them today under a sense of the deepest responsibility—a responsibility, however, very much les sened since the debate in Parliament of Saturday last. —(Cheers,) That debate would carry to the country, and disseminate in every part of the empire, facts which probably would have been discredited, had they appeared upon less authority than eminent Members of Parlia ment, and our Minister of Foreign Affairs. This meeting to-day was not ealled for the purpose of upsetting thrones, of disseminating violent doctrines to' excite people against their rulers; but, on the contrary, to speak for an independent nation that had been attempted to be put down by the misrule and illegality of another nation connected with her,. and on the part of a foreign invader.—(Loud cheers.) He would not have taken the responsibility of appearing as chairman this day were tfiis question merely a matter between the subjects of a Government and its legitimate rulers even under op pression. He thought it became the freemen in a free state to sympathise with freemen—(Cheers)—and by a peaceful demonstration such as that to give a spur to public opinion—(Cheers)—and he deeply regretted that a journal which had ever been looked upon as the bude light of public opinion in this country—(Groans) — had not on the present occasion taken that lead in regard to this question which he had fondly anticipated; but he saw this day, in commenting on this meeting, symptoms of coming round to this cause—(Cheers)—and he found in that very journal a condemnation of the opinions that it had all along held.—(Laughter.) He found in the Times a letter from a correspondent, writing from Vienna, in this strain— " The Austrian empire, as such, is even more rotten at the core than you have been led to imagine, not withstanding that you give an admirable delineation of its present and prospective state before the occurrence of the revolution. What is more, such has been the faithlessness with which the Government have abro gated the promises so recently and solemnly made, and so pedantic and offensive is the tyranny of the bureau cracy in general, that, little as you may be prepared for such an intimation, I must in form you that the Moderate and Constitutional party throughout Austria would view the dissolution of that empire, and its re-organization on new and more improved principles, with undisguised pleasure. The success of the Hungarians is viewed by the vast ma jority of the nation as the only possible means of rescuing them from the thraldom in which they are now held; and so far from being considered, as a psuedo -Hungarian. correspondent would have you believe, a republican move ment, it is viewed almost universally as the reverse. A gentleman of the Moderate party who is on excellent terms with the Court, and holds every eminent position at Vienna, frankly assured me that all he blamed the llunga rians for was the false and vacillating position they assumed in their own Parliament ah the outset of the struggle." He thought it right to state this to them in case there might be any one in the meeting who hesitated or doubted that he was right in asking the meeting to come forward to-day, and declare their opinion in favour of Hungarian independence.--(Cheers.) What was the value of opinion? He thought the state of Europe was the best answer to that. It was a duty, therefore, seeing a nation like the Hungarians struggling for their independence, and striving to prevent their liberties being put down by Russian and Austrian bayonets—(Cheers)—that they should come there to-day as freemen, and Englishmen, and as men of high feeling and morality and religion, and pro test against that wholesale slaughter that they saw going un in Europe ; the burnings, and firings, and floggings,—aye, the flogging of females, too—(Groans, and loud cries of " Shame, shame,") and that they should loudly enter their protest, and put the pressure on our Government to interfere in such a manner as to put a stop to such outrages on religion, philanthropy, and humanity. (Cheers.) There was ano.her view of this question, and a very low view, but yet one which in this great metropolis ought not to be struck out. They bad decreed in this country, by the voice of the Imperial Parliament, the freedom of commerce and of navigation ; our interest lay on the freedom of states throughout the world. The freedom of Europe was to us a matter of great concern.— (Cheers.) They might have a partition of Hungary as they had a partition of Poland. He would not detain them longer, but simply read two letters that he had re ceived from noblemen, whose presence had been ex pected at the meeting to-day. (The Chairman here read a let . er from Lord Beaumont, apologising for his inabi lity to attend the meeting, but sympathising with its object, He also read a letter of apology from Lord Sligo. whose Parliamentary duties prevented his attendance, and stated that he bad received similar letters from a number of other Members of Parliament.) He did not know that he need say anything further, be• cause there were many gentlemen present more competent than ho was to give the history of the Hungarian struggle, and to suggest the best course for the meeting to pursue. He would, therefore, give way at once to them, and first of all call upon Mr G. W. Alexander.—(Cheers ) Mr. ALEXANDER then came forward, and was re ceived with loud cheers. He regretted that the task of moving the first resolution had fallen upon so humble an individual as himself, but perhaps the cir cumstance of his belonging to the Peace Society might hare been a motive for placing him in his present posi tion—(Cheers)—and it was as a friend of peace that he appeared upon that platform.—(Cheers.) He felt, as the friend of peace, that they were called upon to give ex pression to their feelings in reference to the unjust and cruel war which was now waging between Austria and Russia on the one hand, and the Hungarians on the other.—(Loud cheers.) When public opinion exercised so important an influence on passing events it was surely of no mean importance that a great city like London should express its opinion upon those cir cumstances to which the attention of the meeting would be called to-day. When he looked to the history of the last fifty years especially to that long war wh ich waged during a considerable part of that period, and which lately the Prime Minister of this country de clared to be wholly unnecessary—(Loud cheers) — when he looked at that he was more than ever convinced that it was the duty of the people of a free country to express their opinions with reference to the desolating scourge—war—and especially when it was waged in a most unjustifiable and iniquitous manner.—(Hear.) Allusion had been made to the tone of the remarks contained in the leading journal of this city. He confessed that those remarks consti tuted another reason for his taking a part in that meeting. —( Hear , hear.) He had read them with disgust and indignation.—(Cheers.) That paper, he was terry to say, appeared to him to have become the bosom and sworn ally of despotism.—(Loud cheers, and waving of bats and handkerchiefs by nearly every one in the meeting, followed by loud hisses.) There was on the part of that journal, and of one or two others which might be named, very great consideration for our ancient ally Austria, but he was sorry to say that he saw in them comparatively little sympathy for the wrongs which were endured by the Hungarians—(Cheer)—there was little sympathy for cities laid waste by Imperial forces, and by hordes of Cossacks.—(Cheers.) But while he deplored, on the one hand, the conduct of some of the leading journals, on the other he had great satisfaction in seeing that the cause was taken up by other important and influential metropolitan newspapers.—(Cheers.) There was besides a j udictous defence of the rights of the Hugarians in the last number of Blackwood's Magazine, and also an able ar ticle, which, though not so extended, is couched in a similar spirit in the Edinburgh Review.—(Cheers.) The resolution which he proposed was to the following effect:— " That this meeting, without compromising individual opinions on the subject of war, regard with sincere admiration, respect, and sympathy, the noble determina tion of the Hungarian nation to maintain intact their just rights and the constitutional independence they have inherited from their fathers, against the tyrannical encroachments of Austrian despotism." —(Cheers.) lie admired the earnestness with which the Hungarians sought to maintain their just rights, although he regretted that they had referred them to the arbitra tion of the sword.—(Cheers.) He hoped that this meeting would induce the representatives of London to do their duty with respect to the Hungarian cause.— (Loud cheers.) He was glad already to see that Lord John Russell did not now qualify the Hungarian insurrection in the same language that he previously did. He hoped that he would be induced Will anybody in the city of London dare to be a party to use the influence of his high position to persuade Aus- to a lean to Russia—(Cries of " No, no,")—either di tria to make peace with Hungary- upon just condition , . rectly, or openly, or by agency, or copartnership with Mr. Alexander cencluded by moving the resolution, and any house in Amsterdam or Paris? will any citizen dare sat down amidst loud cheers. before the citizens of this free country to lend Mr. COBDEN, M.P., then advanced to the front of the money for cutting the throats of an innocent people?— platform to second the resolution, and was received with (Loud cheers.) Why we have had such a project talked loud and prolonged cheering. When silence was re- of. But let such a thing "assume a shape," and I pro stored he spoke to the following effect :—Mr. Chairman mise you that we, the peace party, will have such a and Gentlemen,—l think after this demonstration to-day meeting as has not yet been held in London—(Loud no paper will have the audacity to say that the inhabi- cheers)—fur the purpose of denouncing the blood tants of this great city are indifferent to the state of stained project—for the purpose of pointing the finger of Hungary, or to the objects of those despots acorn at the houses of those individuals who would lend who are making daring attempts to fetter her liberties Russia a loan for such a purpose—(Cheers)—for the and independence.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I appear purpose of fixing the indelible stigma of infamy to that here to day anxious to add my mite of sympathy to person who shall lend money for such an unchristian and that which you are prepared to express for the interest such a barbarous purpose. That is my moral force.— of the Hungarians, and I think it right that I should ex- (Hear.) As for Austria, I suppose nobody would ever explain exactly what my sympathy is, and what my ob. think of lending her money.—(Laughter.) Why she jects are in coming here.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it has been twice a bankrupt within tho last thirty or forty I have one principle more than another firmly years—and her paper money is down to a discount of fixed in my mind, and ono which I think it is not only fifteen or sixteen per cent. Surely then no one will necessary for the interest of this country, but for all ever think of lending her money. But the peace party countries to recognise, it is this, that a separate and inde- throughout the country will do this—we will raise pendent country should be allowed to regulate their own a crusade against every Government to carry on an un affeit sin the way which to them may seem best, without holy war.—(Hear, hear.) Well, don't let anybody talk the interference of any other foreign power of Russian resources and of Russian money. Why, it is whatever.—(Loud cheers.) I make no exception the poorest and most beggarly Government in Europe. to this rule. I include in it the right of the Romans.— It has not a farthing—in last year there was an (Cheers.) I include within the benefits of this principle immense deficit, and this year the expenditure the poorest, the humblest, and most degraded comma- far exceeds the income; therefore, this financial year it nity; for it is no answer to my principle to tell me that will be far worse. Russia and Austria are wretchedly certain countries are not in a state to govern themselves poor. Why, there is not such a gigantic imposture in properly. I say, the fact that a country is not able all Europe.—(Loud cheers.) They talk sometimes as to govern itself properly, is no reason why you should though England and Englishmen were afraid of Russia. go and attempt to govern it according to your own Now, I wish to disabuse all minds as to my notions.--(Cheers.) I come now to the case before us— 'dews upon that subject. I don't come here and I am anxious that no time should be lost, and to oppose Russian advances into Hungary, because I be as I shall not address you lung, I hope I shall lieve that in no possible combination—no accession of meet with little interruptions.—(Hear, hear.) The territory—no conceivable turn of events—can Russia in question before us is that of Hungarian independence. the least degree be dangerous to England. If Russia —(Cheers.) If this had been a question simply be- really take a step to require this country, or tween Hungary and Austria, I should not have appeared another great maritime power, like the United here to-day, nor would it have been necessary, gentle- States of America—(Loud cheers)--to attack that men, for any of us to appear here to-day.—(Cheers.) power only, we should fall like a thunderbolt upon it-- So long as the Hungarians were left to settle their we would crumble that empire into its own dreary fast affairs with the Government of Vienna, they were per- nesses in one six months by the aid of fectly competent to do it, without the interference ot the our shipping.—(Hear, hear.) Russia, a powerful citizens of London. Why, gentlemen, they have, I be- country 1 I will tell you what it is. It has an army lieve, driven the Austrian army from their territories, which it keeps upon paper without a commissariat — and to all intents and purposes, therefore, they stand (Hear)—it has a navy without sailors, and a military now in the position of an independent nation. chest without a farthing.—(Hear, hear.) How long is —(Loud cheers.) So far, then, have they, by their it since we heard that the Russians intended to invade own power, been able to maintain their own indepen- Hungary? We have heard of it four months, dente against Austria. But, gentlemen, my object in during which time the hordes of armed men that were coming here to-day is to protest against an armed inter- threatened might, had they been in ear nest , h ave vention as unjust, as iniquitous, and as infamous as any crushed the countr y had Russia the power of which it that was ever perpetrated by any nation.—(Cheers.) I boasts. What progress have the Russians and Austrians come here to protest against the Russian hordes pouring made? I don't shut my eyes to the peril that awaits on to the plains of Hungary, and Ido so upon the them when they get there, it a country principle I laid down at the beginning. I would pro like England, with the : forces at its command, might test against an English standing army being sent into have gone through the country at this time. I don't Hungary to fight the battle on the other side, speak of fighting the gallant Hungarians. I speak of and I now protest against the English'Government send- the difficulties of the country. Everybody knows ing a standing army of Englishmen to encroach upon the difficulty they would have to encounter — the Theiss and Danube. I come here to protest against for instance, the difficulty of carrying supplies. foreigners being there at all.—(Loud cheers.) And What stopped them was, the want of a commissariat and here, gentlemen, I must say that I have seen the want of money to bring it ; want of honesty on the with some astonishment, in the speech delivered part of those who have to administer it ; the badness of by Lord Palmerston—for I was not in my place in the the roads, and the chance of being attacked by a House of Commons on Saturday, having had a three hostile and indignant people, together with the weeks' engagement to go up the river on a pleasure party poverty of the Russian Government, deters them. with your excellent Lord Mayor—there is no mention All this I trace to the undoubted poverty of the Russian of Russia. I say I have seen with some astonishment Government. The Russian Government were fur some that Lord Palmerston, in making a long speech upon the four or five years engaged in making a railroad from affairs ot Hungary, a great portion of which went to de- Moscow to Petersburgh.—(Laughter.) The country fend himself against what I must say were ridiculously was as level as this table—(Laughter)--and they were unjust charges made upon him in the House of Lords on obliged to go to a banker to get the money quer- Friday, he makes no mention of Russia.—(Hear, hear.) terly to carry on the undertaking. Russia, a In all that speech there is not one word of comment, of strong, a powerful, and a rich country ! Don't regret, or rebuke—not one word of the most moderate believe any such tales as these for the future. Refer disapprobation against the conduct of Russia.— (Cheers.) them to me.—(Laughter.) Now we do not come here Now, gentlemen, that is the whole question— to interfere with foreign countries, or to make a crusade Russian interference. Well, I have told you against foreign finances, until they have violated the that I am not for interfering in allowing our principles of neutrality, and outraged the rights of in- Government to send Englishmen to fight the battle of dependence. Therefore it is that I proclaim these Hungary against Russia, and I come hero now upon the facts, and will proclaim them, and I dare Russian same principle to protest against Russia going to the as- agents here to contradict them.—(Great applause ) sistance of Austria.—(Cheers.) Now, we may be asked, Again, I repeat it, stop the supplies, and do it not only why do we assemble here when we are not prepared to for the interest of Hungary but for the interest of the follow up this meeting by a course of' action highly cal- Russians themselves. Keep them athome,they have plenty culated to aid Hungary.—(Hear, hear.) Well, gen- to do in their own country. There was abundant scope for tlemen, we come here in the _first place to express them to deepen their own rivers, to drain their own mo our opinion that we despise despots, and that resses, and elevate the condition of their own people. This opinion will have the; effect of proving to is what I want them to do, and not to enter upon a crusade the world that we are a free community, with an unoffending people. It is, therefore, from mo despite the efforts of Russia, while it will teach foreign tives of humanity, and the interest we take in the struggle despots not to believe the preaching of a certain of a noble people for its liberties, that we appear here portion of the press, when they tell them that any to-day.—(Loud cheers.) Minister, or any Government in this c nintry can, Mr. OSBORNE, M.P., said that they had heard the by, any possibility, lend its aid to the cause of resolution which had been read previous to the one that despotism.—(Cheers.) That, now, is something, but had been put into his hands ; and in much of the speech then when we have done that, we can do something which had been so humanely and well delivered by the more. I belong to the peace party, though I cannot Hon. Member:of the ociety Suf Friends (Mr. Alexander) claim for myself those views which my friend who pre- he most cordially and fully concurred. There could be ceded me has explained. I am afraid, however, no doubt that, abstractedly speakiag, peace was the if we test those views by the New Testa- natural state of mankind—(Hear, hear)—but he would ment ho is right, but still we have not come here put it to them livinglin a constitutional state of society, absolutely to commit ourselves to his opinions; what we which they did at the present day, if there might nut have come here for is to raise the feeling of the peace be worse evils accruing to humanity and civilization party of this country against this monstrous aggression, than the calamities of war—(Cries of " Hear, hear") and depend upon it we can do it in a most effective and if the destruction of all liberty, and of all civilization, manner. (Hear, hear.) We may be asked, was not a thing more to be reprobated than the ap how can you bring moral force to bear upon pearance of a nation in arms struggling for its just rights? these armed despots? Well, I will tell you. We can —(Cheers.) He at once, although voting and supporting stop the supplies.—(Cheers.) Why, gentlemen, Russia jointly the principle of arbitration, would draw a dis can't carry on two campaigns beyond her own frontiers tinetion between war undertaken for conquest, and without coming to western Europe for a loan. She defensive wars, undertaken for the preservation of the never has done so; she never has moved an rights and liberties of mankind. If in former times this army of 30,000 men without hiving either sub- great English people had quietly sat down before the sidised England or borrowed money at Amster- inroads made on their liberties, where would they have dam. I tell you I have had many opportunities of as- been at this moment? Should he or his Hon. Friend be certaining and knowing the state of Ituasie, having paid standing before them this day advocating the sacred a visit there recently,whea I went a little behind the scenes, rights ot a people fighting for its liberties against despo and I tell you Russia cannot carry on two campaigns in tisin?—(Cheers.) Therefore he took the liberty to Hungarians without coming to borrow money iu say he did in his conscience believe that a defensive Western Europe or robbing the bank at St. Peters- war was a righteous and holy principle —(C beers— burgb.—(A cry of " Question.") Why that must and he could fancy no sight more agreeaule to the spirit be a Russian agent or spy, for that is the question.— of justice, than a great nation struggling for its liber (Cheers.) The Russian party hero and ab. oad would tics against an overwhelming and despotic power.— rather that we sent them swords, cavalries, and bat- (Cheers.) He was not much in the habit of deeending teries of cannon, than that I should direct your :Wen. her Majesty's Ministers—(A laugh)—but be could Lion to the facts that lam now going to refer to.— not agree with his Honourable Friend the (Hear, hear.) I say, sir, Russia cannot carry on two Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, campaigns without a loan. In 1829 Russia was engaged iu the reflection he threw on the Minister in a war with Turkey, and after one campaign she for Foreign Affairs on the late occasion. And he must was obliged to apply to Hope and Co., at Amsterdam, do the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London for 40,000 figins.—[Some interruption took place the justice to say that he did not use the term " insur here.]—Let him alone (continued Mr. Cobden), I dare rection" in a bail sense.—(Hisses and cheers.) Tne say we shall be able to convert him to our principles.— Noble Lord was the friend of the Hungarian struggle; (A laugh.) I have told you that in 1829 Russia was and strange indeed would it have been for one bearing the obliged, to borrow 40,000 florins from Hope and Co. name of Russell—(lnterruption)—and whose blood had to carry on a war of two years with Turkey. In 1531, flowed on the scaff .1d in defence or the liberties of his when the Poles rose in insurrection against Russia, country.—(Loud cheers.) Now, in much that had she could not carry on that war of nine months without been said by the Member for the West Riding he contracting a loan, and only this morning I have seen a coincided, but he must take the liberty to say that paper speaking of that particular loan having been in exposing the weakness of Russia, he had gone contracted, which states that this loan is called in rather too far ; for fore-warned was fore-armed. London the Polish Murdering Loan.—(Cheers.) Although Russia might not be feared she was not to be Well now, gentlemen, I want to know, as a member of despised. Russia purchased five millions of Stock the the peace party, if we cannot do something to prevent other day in this country. Russia or Austria from raising a loan in Western Mr. COBDEN rose to explain. The Russian Govern- Europe again.—(Hear.) Now the issue of the contest ment did not invest a farthing in the Stocks of this coun alone depends upon that. I h av e t o ld y ou that they try or of France. It was a transaction performed by the cannot carry on a war without robbing the bank of St. Bank of St. Petersburgh, in coesequence of tile Ex- Petersburgh, or borrowing money abroad. They have changes having turned greatly in favour of Russia, owing no one in their country from whom they can borrow— to such a large demand for grain in Western Europe. none among all their citizens can lend them a Mr. OSBORNE resumed. He accepted the explana farthing.—(Cheers ) Russia alone enjoys the credit of tion of his Hon. Friend ; but he (Mr. Osborne) asked being wealthy, on account of the deceit of her diplo- the meeting if they thought a power which felt no matists, who are clever, skilful men, and who manage to scruple in overwhelming a country would have any magnify its wealth, but which no one who has investi- scruple in keeping faith with the public fundholder? It gated the means of Russia would believe for a moment- was his firm belief that Russia, to prosecute her im- They tell us that the Emperor has wealthy gold pious and despotic purposes, would make no scruple mines in Siberia from which w e c a n draw any amount of of robbing that bank.—(Cheers.) Let the meeting re gold ; and I believe that is serionsly believed by some member that the whole theory of Russian war was to of the gentlemen at the Government establishment in make the war support itself, as was said by Napoleon. Threadncedleestreea Now, I have been there, and I know Therefore, though he acknowledged that there was a what is the value of these mines. The Russian Govern- nucleus of truth in what had been said by his lion. ment does not work the mines itself—(Here much noise Friend (Mr. Cobden), he would be sorry if any man in arose from the silly conduct of some person at the the meeting should feel that the Russian Empire was to end of the room, who, continuing his noisy conduct, was ejected.) If (proceeded Mr. Cobden) the friends r be thoroughly despised.—(Loud cheers.) Their e t r a c k a e n n t i t l h e of the cause which we have at heart will only be quiet, w ‘ih ou ai ld rm n a o n t ' h a av m e chaire ma it will be impossible for any one to make a disturbance. atitutional struggle n of unless great he eweal thoughtt wealth hear.) I was going to say, for I am anxious power. one in 1848 s tnttiche despotic fame,c(o)t that another to bring out facts, not alone for the present meet- to the Crown of the gar"; and • t 1849 ing, for they are facts that will be listened to else- Ferdinand took necessary oath; was in It was innulisnn2tiutnhgaatirtynweasFeornSinaagnalda succeededp wliere.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I wish to show that another Ferdinand broke the oath which he the monstrous delusion that prevails among the people had sworn to the Hungarian people; and that was of the western world with regard to the resources of the cause of their meeting there to•day.—(Cheers.) It Russia. Now, it does not work the gold mines had been said that that country had a despotic and aris itself, but receives a per tentage upon the work- tocratic constitution ;it was so once, but the real leaders ing of them by others; and the working of of the people were the magnates, who were always anx those mines are not so profitable as other ions to extend the franchise, and to recognise equality avocations pursued in Russia, since it yields but of religious rights, and they had on all occasions resisted 700,0001. or 800,0001. a year. Why, Russia gets ten the guerilla which sat at Vienna, and which never at any times as much as excise on the ardent spirits consumed time gave its consent to the honest reforms made by by its wretched, degraded, and debased population.— the Diet of Hungary.—(Loud cheers.) And what (Hear, hear.) , After the gold mine delusion is dis- was it that opened the eyes of the Hungarian pelled, they tell you that the Emperor of Russia has a Ministers? Why the rising up of those great spirits great amount of specie in the vaults of the fortress of St. which always made their appearance in all countries when Petersburgh. Yes, there is a reserve of specie precisely the occasion arose—be alluded particularly to is man upon in the same way as we have specie in the Bank of Eng whom he hardly knew, in his humble vocabulary, how to land, but it is a reserve of 14,000,0001. to meet a circa- bestow sufficient praise. He meant the great Louis lation of paper money of 40,000,0004 or 50,000,000/. Kossuth—(Cheers, and waving of hats and handkerchiefs) —(Laughter.) And bear in mind that the —a man who embodied in his own person the noble feel present paper circulation of Russia has been ings and aspirations of the great Hungarian people. used to redeem another paper money, which had depre- He had suffered for the cause, and was worthy of their elated from 3s. 4d. to 104 d., or one-fourth; and , indee d, deepest sympathies. In 1836 he was connected with the the Government has depreciated their own paper money, press of Hungary, which was not then free, and he ven• for they have called in their own notes, and paid them tured to publish the debates of the Hungarian Diet. out at 10fd., under a solemn protest on the part of the Fur this crime he, at the instance of Austria, Emperor that there should b e a rese rve of specie was convicted by a summary proc sss, an I was sentenced. in the fortress of St. Petersburgh , to p a y an y demand to imprisonment for three years.—(Cries of that might be made on account of th e notes that had Hear, hear.") He need not tell the meeting s been issued. And yet their tools, their despicable the public spirit of the Hungarians, which rein 133 7 n minions spread a report among the credulous, and say, similar to the public spirit in all countries w herein so place that because the Emperor of Russia has forsooth were oppressed, took him from that Now, what 14,000,000/. or 15,000,000 a in spe c ie, the Russian him in the proud position of beinees:_t ) d t u ti n e g head of the nation is a wealthy one. Now if it goes to war it comes Hungarian people. c t f? y. Kossuth in 184 S? for a loan or robs the bank, and it takes that which ne were the reforms 'similar to the House of Coln more belongs to the Emperor of Russia, or, indeed, to The Lower Chamber, of he was a mera- Russia, than the specie in the Bank of England, and ber, andprivileges, abolished the right which he has as much right to take as the Chancellor mons, abolished w a certain number of de - s' 1 t of the Exchequer would have to come down to the of the peopleth state and to the intignatee, reduce City and take the specie in the Bank of England. There hour m to ount of taxation, extended th quen ce which oa a l l l i e t ? He united are men who know lam speaking the truth. I know it be- the equalized all creeds.—(Cheers.) And cause I was on the spot, and when I travelled there I made consequence what was the it my business to understand the things I am speaking aus s e o ._( t c ha n t eers s ) A 3. have spoken races which constitutedthe • inhabitants of Iluu of.—(Cheers.) Now, I should never numerousal'd even the Jews who formed large p t• f,e which every aor ion o the population had shed their blood in gory, not d the thus of the poverty of Russia if shennhnuadr, gone and violated that principle and h man who admires Hungarian fortitude Only the last month an Au s• and pttriot- trian tyrant who teels interest in the cause of liberty hung a gentleman of that persuasion menus to uphold.—(Cheers.) at Raub. (Hear, hear.) N o w this Louis ism, is bound by every means (Cheor).) These these are my moral me Kossuthwas denounced as an infamous man.— Well, now, I invite ne peace party, not which (Laughter. despotism, llperhaps, be so if it were e might, are the meanst but throughout Europe, where infamous * despotism, to enfranchise only in England, to struggle against gathering in force, to upheld.—(hear, the people, a n d t o co ncede equal rights to persons of they are e are the means by which I invite bear.) These, all creeds; but they took a different view of the matter, of loaning.—(Loud them to put down the system c.eera.) aud hoped that, like another Hercules, Louis Kossuth would strangle on the one side the serpent of' Austria. and would give on the other a deadly blow to tke Russian bear.—(Cheers) That highly imaginative man Jells chich had endeavoured to put down this holy and sacred cause by driving back the peasantry, but some of them, armed with scythes, brickbats, and stones had resisted the attack, and had spilt even their heart's blood in the cause.—(Cheers.) Only the other day a minister of religion was taken by the Russian invaders and whipped and hung, for advocating the rights of the Hungarians. The Reverend Mr. Vimer, who was well known in the city from hiss onnection with the Religious Tract Society was now expelled from the country of his birth, and a price was set upon his head by the AustrianGoverment. The monster, Haynan, had perpetrated deeds which outstripped all the horrors which had been committed by the Huns and all the other barbarians that had spread over ilerope. Why, this Russian tyrant had laid his hands upon the female sex—even ladies at his instance had been tried, condemned, and scourged. While Russia might extend its despotism to Constantinoble, and tyranize in the south, they should not be too sure that war would not bo brought to their own fire sides. (Cheers.) Instead of reading the bulletins of war at their own fire sides it might have reached their very shores.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that something tangible would result from this meeting—not a mere protest by words, but that they would show, by putting their hands into their pockets, that their hearts were engaged in the cause. (Cheers.) They had already shown their liberality by contributing money for the support of people who were dying of famine. He knew of no distinctions of colour or of people, and ho thought they might with equally good reason assist a great people who were struggling with despotism, for he believed that famine which killed men with hunger was scarcely more disastrous than that despotism which ruined the spirit of men, and debased them to the condition of serfs. He would rather be the starving wretch in the west of Ireland than the well-fed slave under the praternal Government of Austria and Russia.—(Cheers.) He appealed, then, to the citizens of London, by the bombardment of Vienna and Pesth, by the apostles of commercial freedom—for the tariff of Hungary was free, whilst the tariff of Aus tria was exclusive —be appealed to them as the lovers of constitutional government—for Hungary had a free Parliament, and the Hungarians were all enfranchised—ho appealed to them as the haters of war, and of the cruelty which flogged ladies at Presburg. (Cheers.) He appealed to them fur all of these reasons, to express their fullest sympathy with the Hungarian cause, and to render assistance to those unfortunate refugees who hail been compelled to come to this country He appealed to his hearers as Christian men to give not only their sympathy but their assistance, according to the best of their means, to Hungary, and show their de testation of the proceedings of Austria and Russia, and concluded with moving the following resolution " That this meeting view with detestation and horror the barbarous modes in which the war now raging in Hungary is prosecuted by the Austrian authorities and Generals, and consider their conduct to merit the indig nant reprobation of all parties." Lord NUGENT, in rising to second the resolution, said obedient to the call from the chair, with pride and plea sure, and he should on . no occasion, in no place, and at no time be speaking the truth, if ho denied that it -was with pride and pleasure that he testified his hearty concurrence, not only in the resolution, but in every word of the speech of the Honourable Friend who had preceded him. He re peated, at any time and in any place, he should be proud to bear testimony to the holiness of this cause; but be fore this meeting, in the centre of this city of London —of that great metropolis of the famous city which was the cradle of English liberty—had formed the im pregnable fortresses of the country in the days of her warfare and her faithful refuge in distress, it would be affectation to say it was with reluctance he came forward as an energetic though humble supporter of the cause which had brought them there.—(Cheers.) They did not come there to declaim, for declamation would be an insult both to the object of the meeting end the spirit which animated every man in it, but to sympathise with the cause of freedom, and to denounce a despotic tyranny that was struggling to destroy the kingdom of Hungary, and driving brave men in a state of hopeless destitution to the shores of our coast. They came there not only to appeal to the pity and charity of the meeting on behalf of Hungary, but to appeal to the Government, and if the Government were slow to respond to the appeal, to appeal to the people who were the masters and teachers to tell them that they must no longer discourage or dis countenance the cause of liberty in Hungary by refusing to recognise the nationality.—(Cheers.) Now the cane of Hungary could be told in a few words. It might be a large word, but h maintained that this cause was the most sacred in with liberty had ever raised her armies against despotism. It had no parallel in the modern history of the world. This was a large word, but he would justify it. A more sacred cause had not occurred since the time when the ancient Greeks, against odds more formidable than in the present instance, overthrew their barbarian invaders. The cause of Hungary, too, was the clearest which had happened in Europe during the course of modern history. If the cases of English liberty against the Stuarts wee clear, he was prepared to show that that of Hungary was a thousand times more clear. We resisted James the Second, because resistance became a neces sity and a duty, the resistance of Hungary to Francis Joseph was still more inevitable. 'The claims of James the 11, being King of the country, was to attack the ancient constitution of England by the assumption of a power to dispense with the law; but the attack made by the Em peror of Austria upon Hungary was that of an Emperor who professed to be what he was not, namely, King of Hungary.—(Hear.) That was an unjust attack upon an independent ,t tie by a foreign invader who was pouring in upon it hundreds of thousands, not only of his own people, but of his hireling allies, who had not even de clared war, and were therefore not within the pale of civilized relations so far as Hungary wes con cerned. The case of Hungary could be told in few words. Hungary was a free monarchy, created by five treaties spreading over a space of 300 years, which had been confirmed by that great inter national party called the great pragmatical sanction, confirmed, too, by England in 1720, and confirmed by the oath taken by the late King of Hungary. The kingdom of Hungary was vested in the House of Hapsburg, by the same force of circumstances that vested Hanover in the pure Crown of England ; and Hungary was as independent of the Imperial Crown as the Electorate of Hanover was independent of this country. The Into Emperor Ferdinsnd, according to the Constitution, took the oath as King of Hungary, but before the im pression of the Imperial lips was cold upon the bold evangelist, he abdicated in favour of a succession who had refused to take the oath.—(Haar.) It was not till the liberties of Hungary were thus me naced, that she took up arms with fortitude, and she rolled back the forces of Austria.—(Hear.) Immedi ately after Hungary established a constitution, abolish ing serfage, guarani , eing personal and civil liberty, and placed at the head of the Executive a man whom, he should think it presumption Ito eulogise a'ter the elegant panegyric pronounced upon him by Mr. Osborne—namely, Louis Kossuth.— (Pro longed cheers.) So much then for the care of Austria What should he say as to the case of Russia?—(Hisses and groans.) Russia, " whose troops," to use the unfor tunate phrase of the Prime Minister, " were lent to sup press an insurrection"—(Hisses)—but he trusted and be lieved that those unha t .py words were not used in a sense declaratory of disapp.obation of the Hungarian cause. Ile wa bound to believe that a man, whose name would be immortal as long as England lasted.—(Cries of " No, no.") Yes, the name of Russell—(Cries of "He is an imposter," and groans and hisses, and partial cheer ing—if not him, then the name of Le)) d Willian Russell. —(A voice: "He has net a drop of blood in his veins), who was a m;.rtyr in the cause of righteous in surrection. He would live in the memories of his coun trymen. But Lord Palmerston justified his dissent from the great Sir William Te m p le in treating the cause of Hungary.—Cheers.) li e mem ber of the Government, whichas the most efficient he rendered rsepetable— (Hear)—be wishe d h o had been permitted to follow the impulse of his genius.—(Cheers.) Troops bad been sent, without a declaration of war, to carry " fire and sword" into an independent state, which he believed he styled appropriately when he called it a gigantic act of piracy—(Loud cheers)—since they were sent without any of those forms which rendered war legal among states. The Russian troops bad been poured into Hungary, who wore liable and deserving to be treated as if they had served under the black flag of piracy on the seas.—(Loud cheers.) Hungary, when thus menacad, migbt have sad to Russia —" With Austria we are ht war, according to all those modifications by which in civilise I times State endeavoured to mitigate the dreadful scourge of war. Though Austria disregards all that forms and mitigations, and shoots our brethren who fell as prisoners of war into their hands. Though Austria scourges our women in the streets—(Shame)—for the crime of not separating from their husbands and not betraying country—whee if Austria carry sword and fire into the bosom of a free state—we have not, and we willposttre their Austria outrage far outrage. We will wage war a e g n ° o u t - bum anity as men of pow , r —as men of velour —as m en When Russia —as men of generosity." C( Jf 300,000 1. pirates, Jinn poured into Hungary a horde an k God she had not dons h try would be justified h h so) —Hungary would ( a t ve been justified in the face of it' she had said, " We shalt the nations, and of posterity; , she measure to be dealt out to pirates; deal out to you declared war ; we ask no quarter from der you quarterhave we will not give you." No, they had "' and h and er anobler course. The Noble Lord adoptad a tag then denounced the conduct of ,the Times in opposing teh cause of Hung ry,and more t specially in publishings lstter from an antyiyinous person, a self-styled Hungarian, who impeached the character o f L oa ' s K ossuth, and who had perverted facts auti truth. Kossuth, who had beers above the greatest temptations, and who had, in the mtdst of war cultivated the arts of peace, of education. and of finan c i a l cre di t; k ept up internal peace in the rage aLd fu , yof for. ign war. But two honoured names —CouW Tel, ki and M. Pulszky—had defended that great patriot ; and since, the anony mous slanderer had slunk int) the silence a branded slam lerer, where ho would leave him. He confessed he had a prejudice against absolute d ,s -potism; but that prejudice was very much increased wh. - n he saw that absolute despotism administered with cruelty. He conft4ssed he had a prejudice against per. jury, against shooting and hanging prisoners of war, amt against the flogging of women.—(Cheers') He dot confess—nay, he boasted—that he e ntertained the , strongest prejudice against Austria which was now under the government of a man, of wnom, to use the prase of Abraham Cowls ,and v which was applied to a y ery different person—he said " There were two sorts of tyranny, a tyranny e x nada . . titula, and a tyranny cx oriels exercitio, a t yranny which arose out of hay ing no title to the throne, and a ty rann y which arose out of wielding the sceptre of Babylon. To your Highness most justly belongs that title of tyrant in both 12325 2 1 AMERICA. Iate LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.-From various S ha O ve U rr l ived poli p ti o c r a r a t u n dmer_ America we South eatitile account, , ; the former of whichto-day of a highly interesting r.nd eveni are in one instance By the arrival of the brigantine e ta s nt character. h Easton, from the River Plate, we have alpvipceos,fCroaptahin city of Buenos Ayres to the 221 of :11ay inclusive; and a t ed e it may be mentioned that dispatches received by this vessel, addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, lead to the hope, if not to the certainty, that at length the difficulties will be overcome which have for so many years disturbed our diplomacy and commerce in the Rio de la Plata. Mr. Southern, we find, had been received at Buenos Ay es by President Roses; and whilst, on the ono band, the intercourse of the diplomatic Envoys with the Argentine Government appeared to be conducted on the most harmonious footing, the Argen tine Government, on the o her hand, courteously con sented to withdraw the decree formerly issued, cutting off from communications with the shore the ships of England and France. We learn, moreover, that on the 19th of May a steamer was dispatched to Monte Video, notifying to Mr. Hood the pacific aspect of affairs; and we are informed that when the Sappho left that gentleman was momentarily expected at Buenos Ayres. The extract from the recognised organ of the Argentine President, in that city, which is appended, will confirm, as it will be observed, the impression that a pacific solution of affairs was not far distant. A private letter from Buenos Ayres states that-dis patches from President Oribe had been received on the 13th of May, by the French war steamer Grondeur. Replies were dispatched on the same day by the same steamer. From Buenos Ayres the mercantile advices state that exchange on England was quoted at 68s. per ounce, and on France 871. The rate per current dollar was 2 11- 16ths. The highest price of doubloons during the, week had been 310; the lowest, 300. Freights to Great Bri tain were as follows, viz :-Dry hides 4/. per 2,2401 b.; salted ditto, 455.; tallow, boxes, 45e.; pipes, 475. 6d. ; wool, in bales, 305.; hair, 355. From Rio de Janeiro we have letters to the 26th of May inclusive ; but the political contents are wholly uninteresting to the European reader. We learn, how ever, the total loss of the United States mercantile steamer Santa Cruz, within one day's sail of the city of Rio. The steamer, laden with a large cargo, was bound to San Francisco, and, after touching at Rio, sailed thence on the 21st of May. On the next day, when only nine leagues from Maxambaia, she foundered, and so quickly sank that the crew had scarcely time to launch the boats ere she disappeared. No lives were l o st, however ; and the boats reached Mangaritaba on the same evening in perfect safety. The Rio mercantile letters state that the market for coffee was dull, and quote exchange at 254 d. to 254 d. From Pernambuco we have also late advices- purely mercantile, however, in their intormation-extending to the 14th ult. inclusive. They were reeeived by the brig Norval, arrived in the Mersey this morning. They state that owing to the favourable weather that prevailed during the few days preceding the Norval's departure the supplies of sugar from the country had increased, but were mostly in rather damp condition. Sales, however, were readily made at the following prices :-White and brown, in cases, 19s. 6d. to 19s. 11d. for the former, and 14s. Bd. to 15s. Id. for the latter; seconds and thirds, in bags, 225. id. to 235. 8.1.; com mon, 20s. 10d. to 21s. 3d.; low, 18s. to 18s. 5d.; and Muscovados, 143. 9d. to 15s. 2d. per cwt., free on board, including 5 per cent. commission. Cotton commanded 4d. s.l6ths per lb.; the receipts had been of small amount. Dry salted hides were q uoted at 2id. per lb. Exchange continued firm at 24d. to 2411. In freights three small first-class English vessels had been taken at 355 . to 375. 6d. for sugar, in bags, to the Channel. Cot ton to Liverpool was scarce; -id. per lb. and 5 per cent. were the last rates given, with 255. for sugar ballast in bags. Several foreign vessels were in port. u nable to ontain employment. td LYCEUM THEATRE.—The favourite comed ian Mr. Frank ra ‘. (r 4 Matthews will take his benefit this evening outlay). 5,534