The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-09 00:00:00

THE SUN,

COBDEN to Parliament—thereby considerably swell-
ing the already powerful group of the Opposition.
Possibly the increase thus accorded to the Liberals
may not, however, to the full realize our expecta-
tions. Yet, as a reserve force, will then come in the
returns—both from counties] and from boroughs—of
Ireland. Those returns we count upon as certain in
the vast majority of instances to be earnestly on the
side of Opposition. The Ministry have proceeded
in precisely the right direction to ensure on the part
of the Irish electors the energetic evidence of a
thorough hostility to the Derbyite candidates. Re-
ligious enthusiasm was so maladroitly called into
action against the Cabinet immediately before the
recent dissolution of the Legislature, that we await
with implicit confidence the return of very many
representatives of the Irish constituencies devoted,
heart and soul, voice and vote, to the chief among the
labours of the Opposition, that of endeavouring to
oust from office; as speedily as possible, the members
of the existing Administration.

Taking, however, a retrospective instead of an an-
ticipatory glance at the elections, we recognise upon
almost every side the signs of the happiest encourage-
ment to the Reformers. Awaiting the return of other
Free-trade knights of shires besides Mr. COBDEN, and
satisfied, from a multitude of incontrovertible reasons,
that Ireland will, before many more days have
elapsed, have increased very appreciably the already
formidable ranks of the Opposition, we turn
to survey the triumphs even now achieved
by the Reformers in the return of so many
liberal representatives. If Liverpool has proved
traitor to the interests of reform—not so London.
Everywhere, saving in one solitary instance, we have
observed in the metropolitan boroughs the success of
either Whig or Radical candidates. Westminster,
for example has returned two Liberals to the How e,
of Commons in SHELLEY and EVANS; so has Fins-
bury in CHALLIS and DUNCOMBE ; 80 has Lambeth
in WILKINSON and WILLIAMS; so have the Tower
Hamlets in CLAY and BUTLER; so has Southwark in
MOLESWORTH and PELLATT ; SO has Nary-
lebone in Haan and STUART. Unfortu-
nately Greenwich has selected as the col-
league of the Liberal CHAMBERS, the Derbyite
ROLT who w ill therefore, doubtless, be " made much
of " by the Ministerialists as the only metropolitan
supporter of the Government. The city of London,
however, has rationed . true to its character as a re.
forming conatitueney, by returning together RUSSELL,
DUKE, and • ROTHSCHILD, beading their names not
with that of. Dexbyite, but with that of MASTER.-
MAN--a name respected as one of the moat honourable
thhaev
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bi l)eeernal returnedC ons e rvaftoivr eHs C. among
then tWothLe
Liberals sf ullS,itnwceo
for Lichfield, two for Leicester two for Southampton,
two for Tonnes, two for High Wycombe, and—
besides.. a -variety. of -other- places two (and
those two important men like BRIGHT and GIB-
soil) for the city of Manchester. At Aylesbury
the gain to the Opposition has been two in the
return of BETHELL and LA.YARD ; at Berwick
the gain has been one in the return of STAPLE-
rorr, at Beverley one,at Bewdley one, at Cirences-
ter one, at Gloucester one, at Guildford one, at Hali-
fax onPx at 4ertferd one, at Kidderminster one,
at Maidston® one,- at Reading one, one at Scar.
borough, one at Cediff, and one also at
Totnes:- Altogether, at a rough calculation, about
sixteen. seats gained• from• the -Tories to the side of
the Opposition! Against these, it is true, that the
Derbyites can enumerate one gained at Bradford,
another at Devonport, another (as we have already
shown)' at GreenwiCh, another at Horsham, another
at Lymington, another at-Preston, two at Warwick,
and two at Liverpool. These estimates, however—
though of themselves, suffi,ciently.satisfactory—do not
by any:means-afford a correct idea of the preponder-
ance of -advantage' on the side of those Liberals,
Whigs, Radicals, and Peelites, who are leagued to-
gether in support of free trade, and in strenuous
antagonism to •the quasi-Protectionist Government.
A little longer, and the, extent of this preponder-
ance will become yet more apparent. Of this, as
the consequence of the impending elections in the
aggregate, we rest 'satisfied, a*aiting with implicit
confidence the completion of the new Reform Par-
liament.

Glowing accounts have been proclaimed by the Vien-
nese journals of the enthusiastic and affectionate recep-
tion which the Emperor Jostra FRANCIS experienced
from the people of Hungary during his recent parade
throughout that portion of the dominions of th© House
of Hapsburg. Taking these court-newsman state-
ments cum grano salis haud exiquo, we car, at all
events, clearly understand the anxiety of the Austrian
EMPEROR to ingratiate himself as far as practicable
with the gallant and enthusiastic Hungarian people!
Their magnificent country, if lost to the Imperial
dynasty, would prove a death-blow to
the greatness of the empire, and there is
little doubt that such a peril was within
no distant period imminent, not merely from the
genius and exertions of LOUIS KOSSUTH, but from the
covert intentions of the powerful ally of St. Peters-
burgh. A letter has appeared in the Journal des
KOSSUTH'S Minister of
'Mats from M. SZEMERE,
the Interior in Hungary, in answer to certain pas-
sages in the work lately published by the wretched
GORGE-Y. SZEMERE, finding himself charged by this
person with having offered the crown of Hungary to
the Czar, does not content himself with a formal
denial of the statement, but gives a plain narrative of
the actual occurrences on this point. He asserts that
GORGE' was the first and only person in Hungary to
whom overtures were made by the Russian Com-
mander-in-Chief, and that it was he who first in Hun-
gary responded to these overtures by the offer of the
Crown. In the correspondence of GORGEY sent to the
Government, which had then retired to Szegedin
there was, it
appears, a letter to Marshal PASRE.
ITCH, which contained the following passage
In the interests and with the object of a pacifica-
..

Eon possible to be effected for the kingdom of Hun-
gary, I have communicated secretly to Captain
KnICAROFF, my ideas concerning the manner in which
that might be done." To which passage of his letter
GORGE! added in his own hand the following anno-
tation :—" Let it serve for the information and con-
sideration of the Government that the secret commu-
nication alluded to consists herein, that Hungary
driven to bay would prefer to accept for her king a
Russian prince to an Austrian, and that PAsiaßwiTcu
should put himself on this subject in communication
with the Hungarian Government.—(Signed)—
ARTHUR GORGE!." After GORGET had thus opened
the affair Count Camara BWITHYIaiT and SZEMERE
were sent to enter into negotiations with the Russian
commander, and it was in the character of diplomatic
envoys that they addressed themselves to- raurshal
PASICZNYITCEI. "But," says the writer, "we never
made offer of the crown, although M. GORGE!
d us. -to do so, saying that without
pressed
all negotiation would be vain."
this offer
Hungarywas on the brink of being transferred
Thug
to Russian domination, had not HAYNAU'S rapid
resth,
P
and the battleseoafooSozmegelisdihnan
naendt
of the intrigues
marchTeme from,s
war
r
intervened to prevent th
conducted between GORGE! and
PASKEWITcH. GORGE!, it will be seen, pressed the
necessity of the transfer on the envoys, and were it
not for the retrieval of the
Teineswar, it is
prestige, consequent on the victory of
; of ambition
very doubtful whether considerations
Austrians, strength and
in the mind of
would not have overborne all others
nesses is a hankering after annexation, and Austria
would have found herself deprived of her right arm'
the young EMPEROR
l'elotia-ms of calculating policy must therefore induce
to draw clo3ely, if possible, the
ties between the adjoining countries, and strive by
exhibitions of courtesy and clemency
to draw the
Hungarians into a contented allegiance, and so dispel
any lurking hopes that might be cherished in the
breast of NICHOLAS and his councillors of appro-
priating so rich and enviable a prize.
Were there a similar apprehension with regard to
Lombardy, there might be a like politic display of
august and paternal cor.de3cension, but, according to
all accounts, the state of that kingdom is as unfortu-
nate as ever. \Tholesale arrests are the order of the
I cdoauyn, bespeakingtrywithits o
tbeppdreees
oppressive Government,psdisaatisfactionof
and
ii the consciousness of the latter of the imminence
of its danger. The correspondent of a morning Con-
temporary gives a list of 47 persons taken up at
Mantua, containing the names of clergy, landed pro-
prietors, and persons in the betar ()lassos of society.

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