The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-15 00:00:00

THE SACRED HARMONIC SOCIET

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TlMEubS'licatioo
SlR,—Seeing several letters in your valuable p being
respecting the Sacred Harmonic Society, I thought,fear
subscriber, I might venture to ask you to bboeti:trheelkeinea
re g
efaFders, my case, respecting the above society.
eruary, I was calleda y gentleman, eking
me tob become a subscriber, , statinby g thatoun there would beg oral
good concert by the end of March to be followed bY tido
others, and that if I would pay two, guineas, it Would
me to five tickets for each concert, and having a largieri falln:b10
I thought the money would be well spent, as it we ,e 0 that
each of my children to go ; so I paid the money. Since est
coaenetie,
time to the present, I have heard nothing about the
but what I have seen in your papers. Moreover, Olt:Agee 76
man told me that the tickets for the last concert sold
,ros.
each, and that if I did not wish to go, the tickets being L.rio.
suei7tit'i
ferrable, I might be able to
yousell with a part to pay for
tion. lam sorry to trouble such a long letter, their
think it quite necessary that others should be Putth°in'. the
I
guard, lest they should be done as I have been.
money ought to be returned. I remain, tours, 86e'Y pot*
Liverpool, 14th April, 1856 of

TRIESTE, April 10.—Accounts from Constantinotrotio
the 31st ult., state that the special law 1'001" be r yiro'
right of property to Europeans in Turkey will
mulgated very shortly. ,i,,, 100,
NAPLES.—The Independaneer of Brussels, of the 10a0
quotes a letter from Turin, stating that the Seatoree,
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toa us, on very competent authority, that the frAollostiertheof
Parma,
erabout to take military possession of the
ma, on the side of Piedmont. We are aWare °fd the
hideous assassinations which have recently disgrace evils
ctoause of liberty in Parma. But is a relief for those,. it
be sought in ti e military of Austria ? justin
not on the contrary, more than robable, that in go
proportion as Austrian policy has prevailed at Pith
has the fire of revolution and anarchy burst fert"„r, bY
fresh power and intensity ? The policy of cocrel,"..,- the
foreign armaments has borne its usual fruits T tile
Duchy of Parma. The wonder, however, is, that jr'very
present conjuncture of European politics—at at the
time that the Italian question has been submitted tools
consideratiou of a general congress of European naciou a
—the Austrian government should dean
fitting one for an act of agression "whin are
The Journal des Deb tpublishes* . a 3 details
believed to be authentic, on the Italian questimt of
says: —The Italian question has been the soklectheY
conversation amongst the Plenipotentiaries, but.arhile
agreed
not entered upon a formal deliberation of it. being,
ithe
effreece as to the indispensibility of great reforms l'
the °co--
selves' • la
plentiepdoteboytiathrieeslatraelidanividgeodveronomecnotrstaitohepwoints, cvliiisced
turn chiefly upon when and how the reforms, reclllther
by them to be necessary, are to be effected • WI ,ciat
the powers represented at the Congress have the ','„ 0,
to impose these reforms on the Italian sovereigeqi_"7oo
sort of moral constraint ; and, in case rernrl?”,aoce
denied, it will be owing to the power of Isi,lisieLtber
derived from the occupation by foreign troor• (if corn'
ought not this occupation to cease, as a means - aeon
pelling the sovereigns to consent to the
demanded by their people ? The Austrian rci„nia„,ress
jonrnals strongly oppose the intervention of thantic" for
in the affairs of Italy, and deny its right to s'' atic
the sake of gratifying Protestant England and schist°
Russia. araeliorteriai

KOSSUTH IN LIVERPOOL

TIRE ON THE CONCORDAT, LAST NIGHT.

4.ll.lCneauth delivered the first of his series of lectures upon
Probable effects on Hungary of the recent concordat
lbw
lea Austria and the Pope, at the Concert Hall, last
biaZt. As M. Kossuth never appeared before a Liverpool
.„:"414 at any earlier period of his residence in England, the
lest Public interest and anxiety were felt regarding his
jie ins
° and his lectures. A large crowd had assembled in
b"Qielson-street, considerably before the appointed hour,
,„tileParPose of seeing the distinguished Hungarian. The
tor available space of the interior was densely crowded—
hull'. galleries, and platform—in every part. We have never,
NW: seen a larger gathering compressed within the walls of
blessucert Hall. Among those on the platform were
lel, 'AO. E. Rawlins, R. V. Yates, A. C. Stewart, T. Thorns
1/4, tn Aiken, J. R. Jeffrey, H. A. Bright, J. Wybergh,
"' e• Channing, Re-v. Francis Bishop, and many
torti:, Whose names, owing to the crowded state of the plat-
wit Was impossible to ascertain. 'When M. Kossuth
ed °Pon the platform, immediately after eight o'clock,
' ghich
rtteived with the most enthuaiast'c and rapturous cheer-
mina wall again and again caught up, so that several
thctscs actually elapsed before silence could be restored. The
cwal thenMken, on the motion of Mr. J. R. Jeffery, by
The'
is, Rawlins.
Nest 'll'innan, in an eloquent address, introduced the
as tiles: of the Concordat, and M. Kossuth, whom he described
nrruptible patriot and the enlightened statesman—
° ahjo goes cart had always, beat with principles of the liveliest
a the purest morality.
uth then came forward, and was received with
rieielallY rapturou burst of alause as on his first appearance.
eeigec_ceded to deli err his lecture on the probable effects of the
I% 7:let upon
Hungary in general, and Hungarian protestant-
lObje Particular. Before proceeding, however, to the main
ts Le prefaced by some opening observations. Ile said
teesilri the first time he had had the honour to address an
%0 in that great town, that mighty link between
lides:ind America. He appeared before them under con-
-1/440_10 disadvantage. Reports originating in the forbearing
ritldlce of the English public, rather than in any merits
aOterth"l .aid appeared, which perhaps had led them to
tt:rat with expectations higher than the poor Hun-
, elite, placed in the awkard position of an English
'Nob a could satisfy. It was no advantage to walk in the
4ote, e',,. great expectations. The English people, with
eib:"ftity than justice, bad done him an honour. How
alsen to that honour was more than be could say. At all
tau-) that sststi night he came to them with a sort of
tarti,, 11 1:1/1 which was owing to an inspiration, the
„Net :),f circumstances, which existed no more.
‘Olis„..ine magic influence of those circumstances,
eZ,InaY have been when the idea of having to address
tlipatisemblies acted upon his soul as the steel acts upon
41-1 calling up by its electric power the spark which lay
)l5 „tile cold stone. (Cheers.) It was now nearly five
tiate-tee he first put his foot on English soil. Nearly five
7Eefull; long time to suffer, and not to despair. He came
le, With no great expectations—a homeless wanderer,
44,41h...4°11nd whether England was the place where he
nels;`'t his tempest-tossed head ; and, as the Sing of Pon-
Ole,„71 said of old, to have fed upon poison, so to feed upon
Llitiais„slad thoughts until it should please the Almighty, in
thbh-millation of:his mercy, to say, "Let there be light" in
tint ligYnnce more. (Cheers.) With such a view, and no other,
%Oetto.'.act his foot upon English soil. Not unacquainted with
%Clung Maxim of this material age, " Every one for himself
Nita Eternal for all," how could he have expected that the
met, ;:aengland would receive one drop of the fallen patriot's
aoest„ine cup of their happiness. The people of England,
4,0, 'Willed otherwise. (Cheers.) The first foot•print of
theeer.lt:harmless wanderer in England was a sign for one of
4PPesZlillltY ebullitions of popular sentiment which only
itepio';: at long intervals. (Cheers.) Execration of the
letra, tiny by which Hungary fell, and compassion for
glesiss-ellugo, were the chief inspirers of that continent.
10 I.llde and tens of thousands came in his way bidding him
4:i good cheer, telling him to hope, to trust, and not to
teemt (Cheers.) At first he looked around with
tlet ...711 astonishment. Then be was led to ask if
&el "a, a not a reyelation, that men were beginning to
,Itatioehat there was a community of destinies in
attlstiC(cbeers)—to feel that one nation crushed was one
of liberty broken, one speck upon the sun of freedom
tlien ..,e lustre feebler for all. (Cheers.) Was it not, he
thoie"'ised, that outburst of a great people's voice, one of
tleek:nders by which the Almighty sometimes reveals his
*he „ P And thousands there were, and tens of thousands,
06:e-echoed his question with a thundering
"it is."
Nal') He did open his heart to the cheering influences of.
emonstrations—but only thus far. Convince fromtim his
Isee''edge of the political position of Europe, that d the e
beloot far off when England must come to blows with the
time incarnation of despotism, he did think that when that
Ito eanle, such ebullitions of popular sympathy might lead
and to remember that a wise and liberal philanthropy was A...test patriotism for a country like England. Would
sb kale him if these considerations fell upon his mind, as
trittaer dew falls upon the languishing plant? Then it was
Nthe voice of such vast assemblies as that acted upon his
tyibpla Steel acts upon flint. He became the mirror of their
*est thica, and they, when pleased with the reflected light,
Negenerous enough to think that it was the mirror which
he the light, whereas, in fact, it came from themselves, and
Oil'ee but the glass which reflected back their own nubility.
ioi 1.11,_.) Then it was that the voice of such assemblies. made
dolt:lac the Conjuror, who called up a spirit to supply his own
dias--,:11eY• became inspired, and made the unexpected
Bat stove
that he could speak English somehow. (Cheers )
those . ' The opportunity he had
%ski, Were times gone by.
40.1`sited came at last. It came and passed. (A voice, " No,
40t. It had passed. His hopes, so far as they rested,
the feelings, but on the active policy of England, had
aless-7. The little den had been dried up by the scorching
1,1%11 bt)f titneseiving expediency. (Hear, hear.) With the
me 'oe jelken his inspiration was gone. Even, curious to say,
11 ealh'ill3 was gone. (No, no.) He did not speak it half so
sitioi -Cc did some years ago, when he first set his foot upon.
laneli,-;°°11. It was not in complaint that he mentioned
th-llga• England was free to do as she had done. She
kc..exaiatress of her own destinies. All he wished was-
14veglost fervently did he wish it—that England might never
the et:en:Won to rue the policy she had thought fit to pursue in
tltOnsh,_ eatncY which had been, and which was not likely to
ite,ol4-tri.;: equal prospects. Yet he declared that his love for
Was equalled by his faith in her future destinies.
Irish ~,,_lll nio native land was what beloved Erin was to the
sltt ruet-s.
IZo dear in her sorrows, her gloom and her
,showers,
ota.e▪ -mm the rest of the world in its sunniest hours.
Litlt he Was of his own existence was he of the future
C' Nkr"; but who could blame the exile if he desired
,Nitepis a sun of freedom rise over his home, and to bask
iiltithigB a little before he died (cheers)? With some
▪ oihritroductory sentences, M. Kossuth entered upon
ele, t,of his lecture. The views he urged, and the
Crew -I,s cy which he enforced them. were the same as
I,luieei,"4ll he brought forward in his lectures upon the
fl,,_London and still more recently, in Chester.
141-'4'n of Hungary, as the bulwark of European
hltto,3,llld religious freedom, he traced from her earliest
Ile argued that this position was of late made
„--bgeti,7 her municipal institutions, and that these in-
‘4ll, o,,,:ust_, and that position, it was the real object of the
a*;,oat recently concluded between Francis Joseph of
Qat and the Pope, to attack. He contended
the Concordat was but a supplement
-MOS tit 7 treaty of 'Verona, and that when
_ ""e Hungarian bulwark was weakened, the
e Marked out in that treaty against the free press
'RV ee constitutions of countries now unfettered would
444,.tt £OllO,. On the ground, then, of her own safety,
be Preservation of her noblest institutions, he called
,t'qltiab,t343, land to lend her sympathy and support in
• hii"l,_"l„g the historic position of Hungary. M. Kossuth
%LI rat concluded his first lecture.
.He was listened
11(1%11 rough with the deepest attention, only broken
by involuntary bursts of applause.
NdSr Chairman called for three cheers for M. Kossuth,
tieWeere enthusiastically given by the whole of the
44e •
meeting then separated.

THE PACIFIC

tO.lll t
tvil, 11e Atrato, whose arrival we have elsewhere alluded
lita- eve recived our usual files of journals from", the
obihol the Pacific. The dates are from Valparaiso
qt. "al9 28; Callao, March 12; and Guayaquil, March
Tll
Irepte,tiews from Chili is unimportant. Preparations
Zeptem Progress for the coming Presidential election in
ntloill„ br and it was supposed that the present adminis-
`4llw; Would be re-elected. The Valparaiso
.and Santiago
4X11,,,1-1, Was progressing, and a further portion was to be
• tim—: al September. The position of mercantile affairs
~tio7,,,•61111:11-qed up •.-
71, tii "Irthe past fortnight the market has been steady,t.
Malpploclerate sales for inferior consumption. In con.toen_°:
411 etha and Pantaloon stuff are inquired for and wa d
Itilecer articles steady, with stocks on hand. Woollens
keLlvith full supply. Silks—market well provided.
Ne---tnarket supplied and quiet. Metals abundant,
thett.in_plates, which are much in demand and scarce.
erp—LyßODucE_Copper in bars 23 dols per ql. on
glikry-Qvith ready sale. The reports of the incoming
kb 'lli are more favourable.
"leara,.._' 'Panama Star gives the following news from
M . Coaiw4--
le Rica has declared war against the Filibusters,
tCosta Joined by the other central American States.
,Ptiblinca requires 9,000 men and 10:1,000 dots from the
!Is., "*;, Walker has also declared war against Costa
ostalt;L marched to Guanacasta, a frontier stattiolitlicoaf
4Y, 1,4a.:_ to meet Colonel Bosquet, of the C
At aief. „ has quite a respectable force. Walkeorsiantends
ohp- Lne steamer at San Juan del Sur, to transport
/4(ket
ii,:nd munitions of war to Punta Arenas. He has
1141 it for 1d,500 men in all, of whom a larg) per centageaj.s.
I,,_rilta, 1.8 utY, owing to sickness. This route to C li
._ _'uttiled Tiet safe. The Costa Rica Government has
Ztti tjw the Transit Company of the existence of war,
s'rret Ir intention to intercept navigation between the
the ,nd lake.
pl r.:Ves up The Walker party at Zarepiqui, thirty-
-4 fOr theS San Juan, seized the last English mail
"lall Jose.