The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-18 00:00:00

THE NEW GUNPOWDER PLOT.

The portentous announcement with which a con-
temporary frightened the town from its propel ty on Friday
morning lust, bids fair to occupy from hemeterth a promi-
nent place iu the history of remarkable Gangetic On
haw small a basis of probabilities the Times built
up its etory is soon told. On Kosauth's arrival in this
country a Mr. Hale was introduced to hits as the inventor
of a new 'pecks of rocket, which had already been
patronised by the Americant, and used with great
success in the Mexican war. Incited by a very natu-
ral curiosity, lie paid a visit to Mr. Hale 'a factory at Re-
therheeie —a place historical in the annals of lietiou, seeisg
it was from thence the veracious Mr. Gulliver set out apes
his travels—and having carefully inspected tb' rockets, 11.
' Kossuth expressed his general approval of the ieventien,
but suggested some alterations, which iu his opinion would
render them more effective. Shortly after Le went to Ame-
rica, and on his return to England the indefatigable Mr.
Hale again waited on him, informed him that his sugges-
tions had been adopted with success, and requested the ho-
nour of another visit. An acquaiutance having sprung up
in this way, an occurrence soon after took place, which gave
Id. Kdasutb the opportunity of turning it to some advantage.
A Hungarian soldier, a deserter from the A n d.rian army,
called on him seeking charity. M.Kossuth having ascertained
that the man had had some experience in the Austrian artil-
lery, and subsequently in the chemical department of the u-
nitary establishment, thought that he might be suited to the
work of Mr. lisle's factory, and accordingly recommended
him to that gentleman for employment. he man was
taken on, but, in consequence either of his iaattention or
misconduct, was shortly afterwards dismissed ; and it is just
possible that, out of revenge, he rushed to the Home-ottice,
and hoaxed its astute chief with the cock-wel- bull story. of
the " Old House atltotherhithc," and M. liossuttes
mysterious manulscture and accumulation of projectiles.
It must be repeated that this is only conjectere, and may
possibly involve an unjust accusation against a truehearted
Hungarian, but it is tho only one by which even the
shadow of a connection can be traced between the pro-
jectiles of Retherhithe and the proceedings of St.
J obn's-wood. Beyond all questiou, much es the town was
surprised by the formidable fulmination of Friday's Tinits,
there was no one to whomitcaused more uuleigned astonish-
ment than the illustrious exi.e against whom it was di-
rected. In the morning he was inundated with letters of
sympathy and offers of assistance from distinguished public
men to his entire bewilderment and mystificatem and it was
only when, at a later period of the day, he Yew horrible
details of his own plot, set forth in all the dignity of leader
type in the " leading journal," he could understand what it
was which had caused his tranquil cottage to be invaded by
so sudden an outburst of public sympathy. M. Kossuth
must be justly indignant at these pereevuing attacks on
his character, and especially at this last attempt to violate
in his person, the last sanctuary left for exiled patriotism
throughout the whole of Europe. He fully appre-
ciates the shelter and hospitality he has received in
this country, and the terms on which lie enjoys
it, and ie too wise a man, to say nothing of
higher motives, to compromise his gust:diens or himself by
any silly peddling with projectiles at leothethithe, or the
concoction of abortive plots. At the same time he " 'Bates
no jot of heart or hope," o! the ultimate triumpirof consti-
tutional principles ; but firmly believing that " There's a
good time coming" for fatherland, he patiently bides his
time, grateful for the shelter he enjoys in this free country,
and determined to show his gratitude by a total abstinence
from any plots or intrigues which might in the slightest de-
gree embarrass it in its relations with foreign powers. As
for Mr. Hale, the other hero in this little comedy, he
is in the delightful position of a man who " Awoke
suddenly one morning and found himself famous." Inde-
pendently of the handsome and disinterested manner in
which the news has advertised his rockets, he is advised
that he has a splendid action at law against the police
authorities for their violation of the Englishman's castle ;
so that the whole affair is likely, atter the manner of
" Elopements in high life " and Affairs of extreme deli-
cacy." to end by affording considerable employment to the
gentlemen of Nit eettuinster-hall

The folio-icing letter from Mr. Hale, whose father
is the proprietor of the premises at Itotherhithe, is which it
has been alleged arms and munitions of war had been dis-
covered by the police, has been published :
Mr. Editor,—Permit me to forward to you a brief state-
ment of the facts of the case relating to the seizure of
arms and warlike stores at Itutherbithe.
The premises and property alluded to belong solely to
my father (Mr. hale), whose private' residence is at Chet-
sea, and nut to M. Kossuth, as alleged by that despicable
Austrian organ, the Times newspaper. On Wednesday
euning last a superintendent of police (Evans
by name) Caine down to Rotherhithe with live
of six men, and took forcible possession of the premise!, ss
also of a cottage near by, in which use of my father's men
resided, producing, as their authority, a search warrant.
The man hastened immediately up to Chelsea, to inform his
muter of what had taken place. My father then hastened
down to llotherhithe, and, finding three men in possmsion
of his manufactory, demanded their authority. One of
them coolly pulled from his bosom a staff. "Is that
'our only authority ?" demanded my father ; ' because,
if so, 1 shall bundle you all out." They then told
him they were acting under the orders of Superinten-
dent Evans, and that if he (Mr. 11.) went to Wapping, the
superintendent would explain it al:. My father then
hastened to Wapping, but found that Superintendent Evans
was at Scotland-yard, to which place he immediately went,
and upon seeing the superintendent, demanded of him the
reason of the unpardonable outrage that had been van-
mitted (tbr I should have stated that one of the min before
alluded to took away with him two of my father's rakets).
Toe superintendent referred him to Commissioner Mhac.
lie (Mr. Hale) at once sent to the commissioner, nqueetin§
to know the reason of what had taken place. "No answer'
was contemptuously sent as a reply.
My father again appealed to the superintendent,
when he was informed that the Custom-hoose
tan au-
thorities
lb s. ofre gmuonnpotwodebry 'One- vh°ist"prtemMir;esil(adide 1.138• bd uelnreg
the extreme quantity allowed by law within three ini:cs of
Landon), and that a warrant had been obtained to search
them—the superintendent at the same time producing the
warrant, which was distinctly to search I'm cllll"vder...
Mr. Ilale then asked him why he stillretaiucil p c session ut
the premises, no gunpowder haying been found; huh fie
explanation would he get fromlian—white allot'. ,1 or
men we • 41•.• t r
"lately

aasion of the raid premist": and tiny Myst.
allow anything to be talttn from the hullilin. Neat
morning alircats a leader in the samet; w:th

igoorniuy Kodsuth and his i.ditertosts. Now Kossuth, so
for itUal being eouseeted will the premises, has never
them, and knew nothing of the matter till the
T,„„c Fishnet, slavdcreil km, Not or.a ounce of pia-
powder 11111 its the avid no atrial of any k.ud, with
Use exceptive, of roa'atts.
I .!weld here state that my father is a well-known in-
nate, and has ben, for save. yea:. rot, ening .4 in per-
httitni his newly invented wsr-rotket, whiola rotates on
it. eels like a rid.. and curies 111./ 111. k. Atter an outlay
upaardsot 2n,u. tY.,-ind alter numbarkm experiments had
Is en ad.., and these perfectly satisfactory, as can be proved,
an t, undiug that his own c•autry only laughed ut him
(c, ~,• pions, he 94.111 the patent to several foreign powers--
Am, rir.a. Da umark, Switzerland, and others; but havinir
a prat numb, r of radiate by him, ho earnestly appealed
to tits primmest ag.oin rod again to purchase them,
anti also his invention. Ile mat with nothing but disdain
from ill( cu.
Ilwy &ow wise ripen h s ; lace and his property, on the
',tattoo.: of si nrhtog for gunpowder, refuting to allege
11 II 14.11%, I'dr et/1114 au. The rockets in question were ma-
cigar tared upaerdt of thief years ago. The government
have but owl aware of the eiisteuce of his manufactory
(which was loran rly e... 54: to Woolwich Arsenal), and also
uf the fart th.e, he was pos..essed of %Lem, rock« ts, and
toet!.er that tiny II %TO intended by him fur the British ga-
b rem. bt.
,S 4 guspoWdC: was found, and not an arm of any kind,
unapt the rue,ata; L.nl Palrucitton boldly asserting that
semi were foetal, and Sahllbs. of gunpowder, which is a
pro,
Sea men sti4 occupy his premise, and others have been
sent to watch soma premises balonglng to him at Chelsea.
Mr. Ilancomthe intends to make it the subject of inquiry is
the UMW of C./I\O.CM%. My father has determintd, also,
ars* isseae.liately takinu legal proetedings against the
government, and scrun of cut leading counsel will be re-
tain, d toe induct biuside of the trial. I cannot but think
it is a qui stion which will prove of no small moment to the
pra‘tutgfrernmoct. I.ns arc perfectly at liberty to mike
what use you ti .e of 0/11141110Clota, which I hate ,lieched
out iv. great bane. WILLIAM HALE, Jun.
Apra 16, 1801.

THE "TIMES' AND M. KOSSUTH.

TO TES EDITOR OP THE EXP 411114..

Sit:,—MUY I hope that your seine of the injust;ce
done to M. Kossuth by the Times newspaper, will
induce you to give iuseitiun to the accompanying
ktter. I am, Sir, respectfully yours,
MAYNE REID.
14, Alpha-road, Regterpark, April 16, 18,-)3.

[We pohlish Captain Reid's letter, omitting only one
Pr4=14,1
TO THE EDITIM O• TILE TIMM.

WisoM the gods would destroy,
him they make mad." Y..ur doom, then, seems inevitable
for it an utter abenduansinbt of the lass of morality, •
reckless dirac,:rril of tl.c laws of honour, a desperate deb. r-
Initleiils to court the contempt of your countrymen, if
these be symptoms of in .di.ees, then are you mist Indeed—
m4 as moon eau uvnce you. But the gods arc guiltleu of
the act. The d• moms hare done it. Your own vile passions
hare mired you.
Once MST. p•u have wined M. Kossuth—once more you
LUC .bot yoJr vostoncil shaft—sad once more, glancing
hack lion tto pure shield of that gcnt.tra .u's honour,
your possone 1 arrow lots recoiled upon yourself. Un-
maned stands he. Ills e•cutchcon is unstained. Even
per foul ink has not wilts& it. It is pure as ever—spot.
km as the pinions of the soars—as the wing of the ware-
washed allaitioss. . . .

You have mated an abysms of infamy. Into this you
des.gued to drive M. Kossuth. You essayed to push him
from the cliff. Headlong you Twilled upon him ; but,
Wonted by bed passions, you missed your aim. You have
st,iegend .ver yourself, and your intended victim stands
tr.onsphasitly above you.
/NM tne detlar et. ins of the gentleman himself, from my
own personal knowletlae of Leto. 1 pronounce your whulc
statement regeol lug Kossuth and his liotherhithe arsenal,
a web eternised feleehoode. But the oval-blooded audacity,
the harlo•ie ebistolon, with which you have uttered th
false howls, and moment. el upon them, is positively astound-
ing. It is difficult to believe you in earnest ; nod one is in-
timed to Imey you the dupe of some gross deception. But
the palpable soirees that guides your pen will not permit
this charitable construction; and we are prevented from
giving you even the bent ht of a doubt. We have no mite.--
native but to believe you guiity,withdelibergte forethought,
wit:, "malice, prepeue.'
But, sir, if you ant to be suffered to drag innocent men
from the privacy et their heartia—to charge them with
ismemary crimes—to support your Oars.. wait nut a
shadow or eviae nee ; but, upon tl e contrary, to substitute
coarse calumny cud vengeful vituperation—if all thus be
permitted to you with impunity, it is full time that we in-
quire, in what consists Etiglish treedoin ? There are inner
tyranni.s besides that of despotic governments. There is
the t) canny of a licentious press; and, for my part, I would
ratter submit to the rule of the sabre and the knout,
thus live at the mercy of a conclave of dissipated adventu-
rers who sneak around the purlieus of Printing-house-
square. I shall not condescend to repeat the slaeders you
have lately uttered. 1 am saved the necessity of repeatiag
them. The pea and the tongue have already accomplished
this. higher names than mine have endorsed the refute.-
lion. In the House of Commune, Buncombe, Walwalley,
Bright, and Dudley Stuart have nailed the lie to the
wall. I know not what coarse It. liosautli may pursue
towards you. lldubtkes he will treat you with that
dignified silence he hes hitherto observed. Ile can well
afford it. lie need not fear to In silent. lie shall not lack
deft oilers. You may double your staff of recite seribu s,
and arm each of them with us plume plucked from the fetid
wing of the Austrian eagle. Yon will find among the
champions of truth brains as clear and pens as pungeut as
your own • and though you may stuff your columns with
wordy sophistry,l it will be scattered like chaff before the
heaven-born wind.
I repeat it, M. Kossuth can afford to treat you with sub-
lime silence ; but I—who am gifted neither with the divine
endurance nor Christian forboarance of that noble man-1
cannot help telling you the contempt I feel for you and
yours I feel the paucity of language to express; and I
doubt nit, but that every Englishman will experience a
similar difficulty. True, we might get over that, by bor-
rowing a lithe from your vocabul..ry, but I shall not conde-
scend to do so. Even now, I feel that lam sinking the
gentleman, in coming thus forward a second time to call
you to account.
But as the cit:aen of a country by you disgraced—as the
friend of a man by you injured, I cannot submit myself to
silence. When you charge M. Kossuth and other llunga-
rian leaders with a violation of our hospitality I cannot do
otherwise than pronounce your statements false. You pet-
haps do not know how much you yourself are indebted to
the high respect which these gentlemen have for the laws of
English hospitality. But for that, sir, I can enure you
that you would long *nice have been dragged from your
incognito and treated to the horsewhip ; and although I,
for one, should not approve of sue% a proceeding, I could
not deny that you Lan done all in your power to de-
serve it.

But if the laws of our country protect you from personal
chastisement, they also protect the stranger from personal
insult. The hust has duties as well sa the guest, and may
equally violate the laws of hospitality. You, sir, have been
guilty of that violation.
I call upon you, then, to make some atonement for the
wrong you have done—to apologise to the man you have
wronged—to your countrymen, whose honour you have
compromised, whose intelligence you have insulted.
I counsel you to thi course, which you will find the
most prudent. Do not Effect to despise my counsel. Do
not imagine, like Macbeth, that by "becoming worse"
and keeping up a meretricious swagger, you may extricate
yourself from your unhappy position. This, be assured,
you can never do. Powerful. as you fancy yourself, you are
not strong enough is defy public opinion. You are not
omnipotent. You C.IIIUOL annihilate one atom of truth.
The humblest gentleman in England may contemn and defy
you. MAYNE REID.
11, Alpha-road, Regent's-park, April 16.

TESTIMONIAL Ti) MR.. SCUOLEFIELD, M.P.—The
non-electors at B.rmingham have presented to Mr. Echoic-
fisld • massive silver cup; a meeting, presided over by
Henry Hawkes, Esq., the mayor, having been held for the
formal business in connexion with the presentation on Fri-
day evening. At the same time the flint glass-makers pre-
sented the hon. gentleman with a large coloured goblet, of
very beautiful workmanship; a present of three chastely
worked glue goblets and a jug was also made by the glass-
makers of the Staurbrillge district, in consideration (so ran,
the inscription) "ot Mr. Seholefield's advocacy of the
cause of progress ar.d of freedom." Mr. Sehalefield, in a
suitable address, acknowledged the compliment thus paid
to him. In the coon, of his remarks he said—" The non-
electors of this kingdom had become far more powerful
than before. Labour had begun, as they knew, to viadi-
cats its dignity and rights. Thu material prosperity of the
wining Casses, wh.ch all must he glad to perceive, con-
tained within it the germs of their political proiverity and
improvement, which they bad been so long endeavouring
to obtain. Labour, at length, claimed higher pay and
shorter hours—it eh.inted wages which should do more than
give the labouring classes eating and drinking—it claimed
time for something more than working and sleeping—
(cheers)--and toose claims could not hereafter he ignored.
If one could construe present appearances and facts before
them, with anything like correctness, the time bail nearly
come when labour would bo almost able to dictate its own
terms ; and all he hoped war, that having the power which
labour would have to dictate its own terms, it would show
to capital what the intelligence and moderation of the
working claws could do when their turn came in the con-
Get which had nitherto esisted between labour and capital.
He trusted and believed that between those: two: great
int/tests it would become a matter of persuasion and argu-
ment—that labour would convince intelligent capital that it
ought and must be properly paid fur its work. The meeting
was afterwards addressed by Mr. George Dawson, Mr.
John Alfred Langford, Mr. Pickering, and other gentle-
n, chiefly in reference to the large services which Mr.
&hole:field :end his father, had rendered in the struggles of
the penpl.. to-obtain their political rights, as well as in the
prom%irn and advancement of their social welfare. _

Sr mat" IS TIM WE,T.—In several towns in
re the Labourers have Arrnek for higher wages.
A• rata;. e, and So:tti.osult..n rt..etieva of the
c nn r. have been het). atol on gun tI • ctiou.s` volt,
ti.t employers have frenerilly Mild,' an advance in their
wares. A similar applieati..o tr.= the carpenters in Excter
lare:y to be wads shortly.