The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1851.

10,000,000 dots., and the number of persons rendered I the most fervent gratitude for the generous intention of
houeelese cannot be less than 10,0J0, and probably amounts your country and of your government, and the moat re-
to 12,000. sportful appreciation of their nelole conduct toward., myself
The shipping, fortuna with trite d e exception ile& Uhl my com mi panto, which I beg yon will be e, kind to eon-
llay,
storeships full of goods, not take fire; although it was vcy to the government and the people of the United Slates,
its imminent danger.. o together with the humble declaration of mine that 'that-
The custom-house is in ruins, and the inconvenience and ever may be the fate I have to meet, it will he, ev sin
loss of property, but more particularly of papers, which its the moment of my death—after the trust to God, alerey,ing
destruction involves is very great. By the practice of re- chief connotation, that your glorious country, the
ewe
(miring one in every ten packages of goods which arrive to judgment of your wise men as well as the sentiments of
be sent to the custom-house for appraiscment, a loss esti- your people, have deemed the pour Hungarian exile not
mated at nearly 200,000 dollars has been incurred by the unworthy of the ir:eympathy.
buraing of these samples; and by the partial enforcement I may die, but the cause will yet rise—and, with or
of the bonding system on shore a very barge loss has been without me, the battle will be fought eon, more, ehich
occasioned, which would have been saved if the storing met the approbation of great, glorious, and free d. iteltentin
afloat had been permitted to be continued ; now, however, Ainerica. Amen.
there is no accommodation left for any such storage on lout, dear sir, there is yet one thing which I moi., be,
shore. All the ships' certificates of register which were . you to clear of all sniereproelitetionx before yo or e.„enia.
deposited in the custom-house are burnt. The English are meet, that the anonym. given by the Ottoman may
the greatest sufferers by this casualty, as we have no consul be I ully appreciated.
yet who can supply the captains with sailing letters. They Now, I have 119 doubt the thing will het ito
accept a sort of certificate from the custom-house to take • the world as a bents 41t/It 11•!.ep af the Sublime I'
them to the nearest port where an English consul can be would make the world believe that," though po
found. siderations did not allow &a. to restore all !I
The English houses came off, on the whole, pretty well— I exiles to liberty, still it was a cable resolution of • . ,
certainly not worse than their neighbours. Starkey, Bre- :to restrict the 'detention only to eight. individuea, .;,
titers, entire range of buildings is totally destroyed, with a all the rest."
large quantity of merchandise stored; as are also Dickson, De I But no, sir, the CAW is quite different : the pre ,
Wolf, and Co.'s premises. Dupuy, Foulkes, and Co.'s lotion of the Purte not only partakes nothing
of yo-
buildings are uninjured. Nattier, Baines, and Co. have knee, but it is rather the most barbarous, the DPW
suffered nothing worth mentioning. They have a good , man deed amongst all we hose yet experienced here.
substantial brick building, which is uninjured, although all I Before stepping over the threshold of Turkey, t eked
the houses opposite and behind, and most of those in the I if they would give me or not asylum and hospitalit). I ..aea
mine row, arc gone. Glen and Co.'s warehouse, being; them, let me be your guest, or else let me pa., task I may
situated on North Warta beyond the crowded portion of I carry my weary head to more hospitable shuna. „a-
the town, was near a mile. beyond reach of the fire, and • • swered me, be welcome, be our guest ; our hots-- e. i bo
they only lost a worthless iron structure with a few samples. I an asylum to thee : we swear thee protection and carp(
Oodelfroy, Sillem, and Co. lost their house, but no great I tality.
amount of English consignments. D. Gibb's house is also I trusted—l arrested my steps, that I might yet
safe. breeze which swept over the elains of my neighlseirie
No treasure was lost in the fire. A million of dollars in tive land, that I may see the billows of the Dane,
Ithe custonaliouse was thrown into the well ; the bankers with Hungarian tears from Presburg to Orsova.
who were Intent out reclaimed all theirs ; and, on the whole, A few mouths later they gave me a prison in fir Aaa fA
we had no great cause to complain of robbery., The papers, be the asylum wince they hail eworu to me.
no usual, are " down" upon the " Sydneyitcs, and attribute At the sad moment of this change in my fate, the poor
the fire to incendiarism. I must not became the apologist ruins of independent Huneary, my fellow exiles, aetee;
of the Sydney gentlemen. I think their importation ought with few exceptions, demanded the only concession, le -:etze
to be prohibited ; but as to incendiarism, on this occasion my fate.
at leant there is not a shadow of truth in the allegation. I It was refused.
know the painter in whose house the fire originated. I saw At last to 23 of them was granted the permissien • I am.
it break out, and have quite satisfied myself siuce that the company me. So they cause with me. They cata. Nerdy
i house was set on fire by the catching of the calico (our sub. decided, and declaring this their resolution to te. amt.
stitute for painting and paper) with which the walls were missary of the Porte, rather to undergo every
hung, by a candle carelessly, but accidentally, placed too rather to struggle with starvation, than to let me . for-
mer to it by two of his workmen, in the room over the 'Laken, alone.
balcony. It was a noble deed, sir, worthy of the syme y of
I may mention, for the information of English people in- humanity.
terested in iron WPM'S, that this fire has settled their value Now, sir, these are the men who are now dr:a oway
es a protection against fire for ever. Not ono of them stood from my side by force by the Turkish gaverwou
the attack of the fire, and many of them caught from the They protested against this inhumanity, ae vat wa son
heat of the houses on the opposite side of the streets in from the adjoined memorial ; they declared te 'Io,
which they stood. They helped the fire materially by the stay with me without the elighteat aid of ti. Toorae go.
intense heat which they emitted. vernment ; they asked notheig but the perruisa ..1 . ,aro
WEDNZNDAY, MAT 14. my fate; they declared not to submit to the- One oaty.
The lapse of upwards of a week enables ins to speak of fhe answer was—if you don't go 'retie el, will.
the business and future prospects of the place. I feared be set upon the horses and bound up, and carry ::way
during use day after the fire that the city would not recover by force.
from this dreadful calamity. On the Tuesday after the fire Only to five of the whole number is permits- I •
this fear was dispelled by the symptoms of revival which my martyrdom. There have been recur oda, a
appeared. Things began to " recuperate," as the favourite particularly devoted themselves to the eras-..d
p crease here is. Applications for the renewal of to my person, a precaution of necessity, as the
old, and for the making of new leaees, came augment itself acknowledgeol again and aa an,
crowding upon the lawlowers. Frames were begun trian assassins were plotting against my lit,
to be "fixed" in spaces cleared from the burning embers. least to spare me the mortification of elwie,
and everything betokened a determination to set up again. seven. No, it was not permitted ; two even ~,
Ina few dogs , more than 100 wooden houses were in pro- driven away.
gems of erection, a. 1 now the number is vastly increased. On the contrary, I was willing to secret., elo
That the business of the tame received a severe cheek is of tion of the presence of my family, fur tote sae.: ef • , du-
course certain, but there is no danger of the general pros. cation of my children. I intenolea, the refore, t. 31,31 my-
pertly of the place being destroyed by fire. As to the in- self of your government's generous ete r wool ty my
domitable energy of this people, I have so often spoken with infant children, under, or even (if it can't ootlietevise be)
admiration of it under similar circumstances that it would without, their guardian angel, my dear lwlet, et wife. It
h. trite to continue its repetition. It is now a truism. It was explicitly refused.
seems to be the destiny of this place to go ahead, so long, at That is the real state of the question, sir. It is we for
all events, as the gold continues inexhaustible. So long as the sake of relieving the hureleot of my feting, by a weak
this source of wealth continues, it will attract a complaint I dwelt upon these particulars : I will ho or my
large and active population, and it' all the houses fate; but it is that barbarity may not seemed in -lea. ring
in San Francisco burn, as this population must itself meter the mark of humanity, awl that my e oolers
have supplies, and as San Francisco is the es. may not sell for benevolence n deed whielt is the most
eetalolieheol emporium of this country, it must prosper. If shocking cruelty. It is fur that reason tit ot I pray yon
we cannot 'mild houses to resist fire, why, we will burrow would be. so kited as to inferai your any, mimeo, aaout
holes and live in them ; or, in short, we will do anything these, as the real i-sue of your couutry's ge. • roots prepaid-
rather than abandon a place where we make more money tion, as I will also state the, matter before toe palheity of
than we can make elsewhere. This is a reflex of the pre- the civilised world..
dominant feeliug, and it is this feeling that sustains us Now, my dear sir, as the greatest part of my driven-
under so many calamities, and that supports the " recupera. away companions have 010. aled to profit of pour gene-
tire " principle which the Americans are rather vain of n.nri oilier and tuts to _!near.;, in the conitiolem hope. that
upholding. with the aid of taxi. they may yet see au tin their native
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The wick of goods on hand was so large, that although
an immense quantity of goals was burnt, so much remained
on bo•.nl ship that the prices did not rise so high as might
be expected. Articles of immediate necessity even—such
as apparel, were sold at a small advance on ordinary prices.
The principal articles of lumber and other building ma-
teri3l4, flour, barley, &c., have not risen much.
For the next three months little business will be done,
and the market will he dull, as so much ready capital is re-
quired to rebuild the city. Missions to arrive after that
period will meet a good market.
The gold "diggings' are as prosperous as ever. hut
on the heels of our fire one occurred in Stockton last week,
which burnt down one half of that city, the loss of which is
egimated at 2,000,000 dol.. Stockton and San Francisco
hare an ominous coincidence in their fires in point or too.;
and, again, our last lire happened on the anniversary of the
great fire of last year.

lxloved fatherland in it..., 1,...m and independence, it is
my duty to trouble you ‘ome indispensable prayers on
their behalf, which I trui: y,m will feel authorked tO
comply with, &c., L. Ko,...urn.
Protestation of the Ilungarian Offieers in lintabia.
Nous souseii stns, C0M1L.14111,11, volontuires do Luis Koh
Ruth, ancien (Moreno:us el lioutrrie, acertis opts la Sub-
lime Porte, en ordonnaust notro separation, nit 111M:talon
d'excuter cette ordonstance inattendue sans dash
En consideration : Quo nous stticimes cet home illttstro
dam le lieu de son exit et rebpertivement do son iuterna-
tiou en pleine liberte et volontasrument, di:cities a partager
son sort et nes souffeauces jumps' a la fin.
En consideration: quo tl'aprZ:s cel.e la Sublime' i'ortc,
d'areord avec les agcus iliplomatiques ii Autriche. nous a
hien penis de nous juisolie it mitre chef sumlit, et do
raccompagner sans condition, de neslOWS separerjtusqe
au terse do son internatiou.
En consideration, enlist, que nous tons, en soulutitant
la list de l'empri4onnement de Phorame ilisetre, ne ,kman-
dames sependunt jamais none areanehissement individual
en eherchant et trouvant nitre dans la roitosation
male de partager lea malliturs de l'homme de nitre choir.
Nous thiclaroni par la Concur des pr ".out la susilito
ordonstance injuste, cruelle et restrain: aus Bruits des ttens,
en protestant solennellonteut centre %on ex,,eotion, d-''vant
les peoples toujours sen.ibles aux mallseuN, et decant
Popission destiutires.id du monde en declarant
d'outre, que now no sadirons qu'a Is force vice do eons
qui seront eliarge's do l'elfectuation do fordonstance.
Kutallie en itsie Mincure, lot du Nloi. de Mai, 1841,
Lea COSII.AuSoNS VOLENTEittEs 1.0110
ANCIEN CluEVEltNot:il DI: Itoware.

THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.