The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-07 00:00:00

INDEPENDENCE OF HUNGARY,

REFORM ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of this society was convened last night
at their rooms at the York Hotel, Upper Wellington street,
&rand, for the porpoise of coneiderieg in what manner sym-
pathy or aid could be given to the Mengerians in the
struggle neater the invaders of their wintry.
Mr. PROUT, on taking the chair, sail that ever since the
eouseseneeraent of that struggle he telt the deepest anxiety
for the success of the Huorrarians—a struggle on the put of
an iodepeadent country governed by its own laws and insti-
tutions, end holding a comout with a king, the breach of
which by that king was celeulated to lawn or destroy it es
much as if It were violated by the people. (Hear,
hear.) The Emperor of Austria having refused to be
made king at Penh failed in fulfilling his compact, and in
that way hymns a traitor to Hungarian liberty. Not sans
Sed with that, he called upon the barbarians of the north to
mist him in laying waste, with Are and sword, the country
of the Hungarian people. It therefore behoved them es
Englishmen who loved liberty and were determined to have
a hill representathen for themselves, not only to sympathise
with the Hungarians, but to aid them by their purse, so as
busying that repine sad murder whisk it was the object of
thou northern barbarians to carry ea with a view to the
subjection of the Hungarian nation. If they admitted
a Rua-inn autocracy into southern Europe, he did not
think they would much longer enjoy an overland
mail from India. Indeed, sash as advisee would
90 affect this country, geopraphieelly, sontmentially, and
statistically, as fully to justify this geeing in declaring
at once the indepesdenosof the Hungarienaatien. (Cheers.)
Such would, be thought, be a wise curse, is order to pre-
vent the designs of Russia upon Galicia, and ultimately
upon Turkey. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman then alluded
to the interference of Frames in Rome, denouncing it as
unjust, and particularly ro when regarded as an attempt to
issues a church government, a government which ought not
to be tolerated in the nineteenth oratory. The churek
should rest upon Its own merits, whether of evangelical dee.
tfllllllor any other. France, thereforr, was wrong in Nadia,
an army to Ruse for the purpu of upholding chureh
government. What France ought to have done war to have
placid 50,000 men in the north of Italy, and said, "Ws
mean to allow the Italian people to have their freedom "
—(hear, hear)—and 100,000 men on the banks of the Rhine,
and said, "Ss soon as the Russians cues the Hungarian
frontier, we will cross the Rhiae." By sulk a course war
would have been prevented, and the peace of Europe
prese.
Mr rved.
W. °KENN then moved the followieg resolution :
" That it is the opinion of this society that Use Emp ror of
Austria, as King of Hungary, has violated his compact with
the Hungarian nation, and, therefore, that as Englishmen
we publicly declare our deepest sympathy with that people,
and unanimously proclaim our disgust and horror at the
traitorous e induct of the Austrian Emperor in calling to his
seektasse the serfs and Cossacks of Russia far the purpose of
diresalsting with fire and nerd that interesting country,
elestsukag its inhabi'ante, and binding in shales mid slavery
a brave people engaged in the noble muss of maintaining
their civil and religious liberties."
Th. Withal resolution was is and earned um con.
After a unversation, whims was originated by Mr.
Mclntyre, who bore strong testimony alto the anxiety of the
lower classes to join is some great public demonstration
in favour of the Hungarian cues, resolutions went passed
for calling a public meeting, and collecting inbeeriptiaas for
effecting that object. Several sovereigns and hell sovereigns
were subscribed on the moment, and thanks having been
voted to the chairman, the meeting separated.

MEETING OF THE PARISH OF
KENSINGTON.
List evening, pursuant tU public announcement, an
exciedingly crowded rutting of the inhabitants of Ken-
sington took plus at the Prince Albert Tavern,
Oar the purpose of expressing sympathy with the noble,
maligned, and betrayed Haagarisas.
' Mr. Diutronn, of Nut occupied the chair ; and
=Artthou preont were Lord Dudley Stuart,
J. A. St. John, Raq.,W. Birkbeck,
Req., J. A. Nicholay, Req., John Wilson, BK., Capt. Mayne
Reid, of the United States army, P. T. Atkinson, Req.,
James Ward, Req., &c.
The CHAIRMAN having briefly explained the objects of
the meeting, read letters from Lad Robert Grosvenor, M.P.,
Sir B. Hall, Bart., M.P., Mr. Home, M.P., Mr. Wyld,
M.P., and other members of parliament, expressing their
approbation of the objects of the meeting and their regret at
nasuidabl• absence.
Mr. WARD mond the Ent resolution. He said he be-
lieved that, whatever might be the differences of the people
of this country upon other matters, be thought there was but
sae feeling with regard to the struggle of the Hu •
amilaget the people of this country. (Hear, bear.) The po-
sition of Hungary was that chiliadal fighting for their Sher-
d. s. They were fighting for liberties against the Austrian
govemeunt, which had ever violated its compacts with the
H Lapis.He oodre by MOTillitaid as resolution
at
tiot:en.
admiration,greats St
=as detumninstion of the Hungarian nation to maiotsio
Oho jut NON and the unstitutional indepeodenee they had
kabsoltod ftxm their When, against the tyrannical encroach-
Maas of Austrian despotism.
Mr. T. M'CULI.AGB, Y P., seconded the resolution.
He was proud to give his suffrage and his voice, u well as
humble support, to the outrage and constancy of that noble
pools thoMungarians. (Cheers)ign Affairs—(clieen He believed, from the
Wig lord the Smeary of Fore)—
dem to the meanest subjoin of these realms, the pr. ponde-
r's* sontiment of the people of this country was one of
sympathy for the sufferings, homage for the gallantry, and
esteem he the prisciples of the noble Hanguisa nation.
(Renewed shuns) England had already spoken out, and
the echo was to be rased in the same shout for Hungary
that day in the metrt.polls of Scotland. (Cheers.) It was,
therefore, only becoming of him, as an Irishman, on the
pan of his country, to say that they also gave their hearty