The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-20 00:00:00

THE SU NI

KOSSUTH IN WASHINGTON.
(From the American Papers.)
The reception of the Magyar has been as enthusi-
astic in the capital as in any other part of the states
he has visited. We give the following extract from
the Washington papers of his interview with Presi-
dent Fillmore ;
THE PRESIDENT AND KOSSUTH.
M. Kossuth, accompanied by his suite, waited to-
day on the President, to whom they were introduced
by the Secretary of State. We do not understand
that the reception was designed to be a very formal
or an official one, but M. Kossuth read to the Presi-
dent a short address, of which the following is a
copy :
" Enlightened by the spirit of your country's in-
stitutions when we succeeded to consolidate our na-
tural and historical States' right of self-government,
by placing it upon the broad foundation of demo-
cratic liberty :
" Inspired by your history when we had to
fight for independence against annihilation by cen-
trali,wd absolutism
" Consoled by your people's sympathy when a
victim of Russian interference with the laws of Nature
and of Nature's God :
"Protected in exile by the Government of the
United States supporting the Sultan of Turkey in
his noble resolution to undergo the very danger of
war rather than leave unprotected the rights of hu-
manity against Russo-Austrian despotism :
"Restored by the United Srates to life because re-
stored to freedom, and by freedom to activity in be-
half of those duties which, by my nation's unani-
mous confidence and sovereign will, devolved

upon me :
" Raised in the eyes of many oppressed nations to
the standing of a harbinger of hope, because the star-
spangled banner was seen cast in protection around
me, announcing to the world that there is a nation
alike powerful as free, ready to protect the laws of
nations, even in distant parts of the earth, and in the
person of a poor exile :
" Cheered by your people's sympathy so as freeman
cheer not a man whatever, but a principle,—
" I now bow before you, Sir, in the proud position
of your great nation's guest, generously welcomed by
resolution of the Congress of the United States, with
equal generosity approved and executed by your
Excellency.
" I beg leave to express my fervent thanks, in my
name and in the name of my associates, who, after
having shared my misfortunes, have now the reward
to share the honour and the benefit which the great
Republic of the United States was pleased to bestow
upon Hungary by bestowing it upon its freely chosen
chief, when he became a persecuted victim of despotic
violence.
" I beg leave to express my fervent thanks, in my
country's name, and also which, amidst the sorrows of
its desolation, eels cheered by your country's genero-
sity, and looks with resolution to the impending
future, because it it is confident that the time draws
near when the eternal code of the laws of nations will
become a reality.
" President—l stand before your Excellency a
living protestation against the violence of foreign in-
terference oppressing the sovereign right of nations
to regulate their own domestic concerns.
" 1 stand before your Excellency a living protes-
tation against centralisation oppressing the State
right of self-government.
" May Ibe allowed to take it for an augury of
better times, that, in landing on the happy shores of
this glorious Republic, I landed in a free and power-
ful country, whose honoured Chief Magistrate pro-
claims to the world that this country cannot remain
indifferent when the strong arm of a foreign power is
invoked to stifle public sentiment and repress the
spirit of freedom in any country.
" I thank God that ho deemed me not unworthy to
act and to suffer for my fatherland.
"I thank God that the fate of my country became
so intimately connected with the fate of liberty and
independence of nations of Europe, as formerly it was
intimately connected with the security of Christendom.
" I thank God that my country's unmerited woe
and my personal sufferings became an opportunity to
seek a manifestation of the spirit and principles of
your Republic
" May God, the Almighty, bless you with a long
life, that you may long enjoy the happiness to see
your country great, glorious, and free, the corner-
stone of international justice, and the column of free-
dom on earth, as it is already an asylum to the
oppressed.
" Sir, I pledge to your country the everlasting
gratitude of Hungary.'
The President replied briefly to M. Kossuth's ad-
dress in substance as follows
" I am happy, Governor Kossuth, to welcome you
to this land of freedom ; and it gives me pleasure to
congratulate you upon your release from a long con-
finement in Turkey, and your late arrival here. As an
individual, I sympathised deeply with you in your
brave struggle for the independence and freedom of
your native land. The American people can never be
indifferent to such a contest, but our policy as a na-
tion in this respect has been uniform from the com-
mencement of our government, and my own views, as
the Chief Executive Magistrate of this nation, are
fully and freely expressed in my 'recent message to
Congress, to which you have been pleased to allude.
They are the same, whether speaking to Congress
here, or to the nations of Europe.
" Should your country be restored to independence
and freedom, I should then wish you, as the greatest
blessing you could enjoy, a restoration to your native
land; but should that never happen, I can only repeat
my welcome to you and your companions here, and
pray that God's blessing may rest upon you where-
ever your lot may be cast."
And here the interview terminated.

AMERICAN WELLERISMS..--." Take care of the
paint," as the city gals say yen a fellow goes to kiss 'em.
" Time is money," as the man said yen he stole the patent

lever watch, Music and drawing taught here," as the man
said ven he was pulling a wheelbarrow through the streets
without any oil ou its axles. " I'm laying down the law,"
as the client said yen he floored his counsellor..
The English and Australian Copper Company have
announced that they have arranged to place a branch of
their establishment at Melbourne (Port Philip) for the pur-
pose of smelting or amalgamating the gold produce of that
colony. The company, although primarily established for
smelting cooper, are empowered by their constitution to ex-
tend their operations to all other metals.
Letters from Glasgow give no further information
regarding the stoppage of Messrs. M'Ewan and Co., but they
state the liabilities at 100,0001., which is rather less than
the sum originally mentioned.
BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM.--The usual half-yearly
meeting of this charity was held at the London Tavern yes-
terday, for the purpose of electing seven children from a list
of twenty-eight candidates. The report, which was highly
satisfactory, stated that the number of children under training
in the course of the year was ninety-seven, and the com-
mittee have much pleasure in' stating that they have now
placed the education of the scholars upon an improved foot-
ing. The total receipts had been 4,053/. Os. 9d., and there
was left a balance in hand of 3421. 17s. 9d. After" a few ob-
servations from the chairman, the meeting proceeded to the
election.

FAITH AND PRESUMPTION.—A correspondent says
" There is a young woman, resident not one hundred miles
from Rockliff, who is ' by the head' on religious matters, and
sbe lately fancied that she was in possession of the degree of
faith in which St. Peter himself failed. She thought she
could walk upon the waters without sinking. A day was
set apart for the performance; many spectators drew to the
spot to witness the miracle ; she was taken into the midst of
the river Eden and there set upon the water, but instead of
walking upon it, she, of course, sank into it. The ferryman
a wag in his way—mace off, affecting to suppose that his
aid was unnecessary. Plunge! Plunge! went the water-
walker ! She soon called for assistance, and was right glad
to take refuge in the boat." It is to be hoped that the
ducking will do good.—Carlisle Patriot.
JENNY LINP.—The New York paper states that
Jenny Lind will return to England in the Atlantic, which
is due iu Liverpool on the 4th February.
UNION BANK Or AUSTRALlA.—Yesterday at a
meeting of the shareholders in this bank a dividend at the
rate of six per cent. per annum was declared, together with a
bonus of 10s. per share, and the report of the directors repre-
sentsss the bank to be prosperous.
CONJUGAL AFFECTION.—A. woman went into an
apothecary's
thea n d otthhee ro
other for
Nfsoirt h
hertwo
cow.
s prescriptions,he
one for her hulahaonpd
in-
quired what
was was the price of them, and the apothecary
replied it so much for the man and so much for the
beast. The woman, finding that.she had not enough money,
reflected for a moment, and said, " Give me, at all events,
In
morrow." cow; can send for my husband's to-

DEATH OF Sin JOHN DEAN
.PAUL, BART.—Sir
J. D. Paul, the first baronet created
in 1821, died at the
by the daughterle was the son of Dr.
of London. He. marriedelreayt,olif'nalll
Hill House, Stroud, aged 77. I
John Snow., Esq.,
Paul, of Salisbury,
181.5, the relict .739 f t'itt:md,auwghho-
I:ofuser, who died in
gest daughter of Bishop Horsley,2nd
died in 1833 ; secondly, in
ter o t
ES::
2J oollfn
Rine i n:pasrodn ,
banker,
pier, BerkeleylB I'?'a-
of St. AsnPli• The deceased baronet is succeeded by his
eldest son by his first wife, now Sir John John Paul, born 1802,
thirdly, in 1844,y0un
Who is a partner of the banking firm of Snow, Strahan,
Paul, and Co. •
ived in
Lord Brougham has arr Paris, ftorn his
the e and Learned
chateau near Cannes. -l•
by her Ladyship,
Baron,
who, according to the last letters receivedintends t !..adyship,
o remain in the
has much improved in health,.
previous to the meeting of
French capital until a few days
Parliament.
The Derby Reporter states that an accident occurred
on the Midland Railway on Monday. A coal train, consist-
ing of twenty-four waggons, was proceeding at.a rapid rate
a little to the south of Wingfield station, when an axle of
one of the waggons broke ; this happened about four wag-
gons from the tender ; all the rest were instantly thrown off
the rails, blockading both lines for several hulls. The
guard's box was thrown over on to the latter, but no person
received any injury.
TAKE CARE OF TOUR. PocKETs.—There is a book
) with the dangerous title of the Pocket Lawyer. We shouldn't
like a book with this title much, for we are afraid that if we
once got the lawyer in our pocket, we should never be able
to get him out again.— Punch.
. The effective military force of Great Britain at the
present moment amounts t? W
130.000 meu. There are, be-
sides, 14 0 regiments of militia in England, ales, the Chan.
nel Islands, Ireland, and Scotland, the staff of which only is
kept up in time of peace ; and 50 regiments of country Yeo-
Maury CAvalry, awl the 911;PeRi9herq' battalions.

LONDuN,

LITERATURE.

LESSONS IN FRENCH. New Edition.
John Cassell.

Fourteen or fifteen editions, of a thousand each,
have already declared the popularity of this re-
markable introduction to the French language. As
among those who aspire to witness the extension of
education among the masses, we cannot, of course,
but rejoice in a fact of this almost unprecedented cha-
racter, evidencing as it does the readiness of the in-
dustrious members of the population to avail them-
selves of the appearance of any really valuable ele-
mentary composition. Added to this consideration is
another, which we readily acknowledge—that of
gratification in witnessing the fulfilment of our
predictions, and the justification of our panegyrics in
reference to this " Series of Lessoes in French." Im-
mediately the publication fell under our notice we
took occasion to commend it to those who
were ignorant of the French tongue, and
who were at the same time anxious to dissipate
the clouds of that ignorance. It is, therefore, we
admit, peculiarly satisfactory to us to witness the ex-
traordinary verification of what we then observed in
reference to the capacity for achieving a success dis-
coverable in the merits of this production. We re-
cognised in it a novelty and a lucidity of a really
admirable description. The manner in which the
very difficulties of pronunciation were obviated by a
kind of phonetic system of explanation, appeared to
us to present advantages of a wonderful kind to such
as were unable to procure tutors for themselves, in
consequence of the restricted nature of their circum-
stances. Portioned out, moreover, in divisions, gra-
dually unfolding the whole of the intricate system of
the language, the lessons seemed eminently qualified
to render apparent to the most mediocre understanding
what must, under any other scheme, have proved exqui-
sitely bewildering, if not altogether incomprehensible.
The writer manifestly placed himself at starting im-
mediately on a level intellectually with the unin-
structed multitude to effect whose educational ad-
vancement he aspired. In this manner he adroitly
introduced himself at the very outset to their confi-
dence by making his words clear to their apprehen-
sion. They have nobly and touchingly responded to
his appeal, and already many hundreds of the poorer
classes may, with truth be said to owe to the author
of this little book the delights of having conquered
the difficulties impeding the acquisition of the French
language. To have accomplished this is surely to
have effected a very beautiful and enviable achieve-
ment. It is, therefore, from an appreciation of the
value and excellence of the work here successfully
issued at a trifling cost to the community, that we
are peculiarly gratified to announce the fact of its
continual republication.

MANUAL OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.

John Cassell.

Encouraged by the public approbation accorded to
his previous volume, the author of the above " Les-
sons in French" has produced a second of a somewhat
mere ambitious, because more comprehensive charac-
ter. It purports on its very title-page to be not
merely a manual of the French language, but a
guide, also, to French literature. Nor is it incor-
rectly so designated. Anexamination of the contents
assures us how admirably the book is calculated to
effect all these advantages for the student in the
Gallic tongue, containing, as it does, a grammar at
the commencement, followed by lessons for advanced
pupils, and then again by exercises, the whole being
completed with a series of examples of an instructive
and entertaining description. The grammar, by the
way, is singularly clear, though constructed
upon a somewhat narrower scale, of course,
than that of Levizac, or that of Yen-
toulliac. Appended to it, moreover, is a manual
of a truly inestimable character to the student, pre-
senting to him consecutively miscellaneous dialogues,
railway and inn dialogues, and most of the idomatic
phrases in the French language. The lessons and
examples with which the work before us is brought
to a conclusion are not the less likely to prove advan-
tageous, as affording means for instruction, from the
circumstance of their being as entertaining as a col-
lection of anecdotes and witticisms. We doubt not
the second of these elementary books will prove
worthy of being a companion to its predecessor.

AGATHA BEAUFORT ; or, Family Pride. By
the Author of " Pique." Smith and Elder, Cornhill.
This is a most attractive book, combining the ro-
mance of foreign tales with the interest of every-day
life. Some of the chief characters are Italian, and
they are ably sketched ; their passionate feelings,
their jealousies, their excitable temperaments, and
their wild imaginations are all shadowed forth with a
masterhand. Agatha, the heroine, is a most original
creation. She is older than are most personages se-
lected to shine in the pages of fiction, but that cir-
cumstance completes the truth and accuracy of the
description. Her pride was, indeed, her greatest
enemy, and proved her ruin. Truly does the author
depict the awful extent to which may be carried that
sin "by which the angels fell." Margaret, the
only pleasing lady, was placed in the most unfortu-
nate circumstances for a young and lovely girl, but
under the influence of high principle, and supported
by reliance in the right cause, she triumphed over
surrounding enemies, and finally was the means of
restoring peace to a distracted family, and happiness
to a deserted home. The following is a description of
the heroine :
" The most faultless model of Grecian sculpture could
scarcely surpass Mrs. Beaufort's features in symmetry and
delicacy of outline, but the brilliant colouring of her
still lovely face had vanished, and the white cheeks and
pallid, careworn brow told of deep mental suffering, an
expression of suppressed pain and restless watchfulness
lurked in her dark lustrous eyes, once radiant in the
proud consciousness of that matchless beauty which
bowed adorers at her feet. Her magnificent hair, which
in earlier days almost swept the ground in its rare
luxuriance, was now gathered under a small simple cap
of white lace, and many a silver thread streaked the
smooth bands resting on her temples, the gown of rich
black watered silk displayed the perfection of her
queenly figure ; lace, and a thin gold chain, encircled
her neck.