The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-16 00:00:00

from the ether side of the Atlantic, even the repose
of the patriot was interrupted after nightfall by the
fervour of his more enthusiastic admirers—serenades
being given to him in the streets of Washington.
A dinner was arranged to " come off" within a few
I days after the departure of the latest dispatches by
the Europa, at which KOSSUTH was to be entertained
as the guest of the PRESIDENT at his official resi-
dence, a sufficient answer of itself to those sinister
insinuations of the enemies of the Magyar, to the
effect that after his interview with MILLARD
FILLMORE, he remained in the hall for some
minutes, looking grave and disappointed. As
yet additional testimony of the admiration with
which KOSSUTH is regarded almost unanimously
by the citizens of the United States, it will be seen,
by reference to the American newspapers, that some
of those citizens had presented to him as a
token of their homage and sympathy a Maltese
cross of gold, containing some hair and a
likeness of WASHINGTON—a gift which calls to
our remembrance the graceful, but somewhat
eccentric, suggestion of a celebrated wit, that the
people of England, by means of a penny subscription,
should in the same way present to him, in a casket,
a beautiful copy of the writings of SHAKSPBRE.
With such evidences of the interest felt in behalf
of Hungary, as far from central Europe as the
United States, we may surely look forward to the day
of its emancipation without any degree of extrava-
gance. With England and America united in this
feeling of ardour in behalf of Hungarian freedom,
KOSSUTH, as the representative of the aspirants
for liberty throughout the European continent,
may await with confidence the hour which is
to sound the knell of the power of northern absolu-
tism. As, preparatory to the arrival of that
great epoch, we regard the progress made by
KOSSUTH successively through this country and the
United States, through the elder and the younger
dominion held by the great Anglo-Saxon race, as in
an extraordinary manner significant and as mani-
festly most prophetic. Could we but witness the

immediate return to office of Lord PALMERS-
TON—as he must inevitably return at last,
and then in the character not of Foreign
Secretary, but of First Lord of the Treasury
—we should regard the moment of European
emgpcipation as almost arrived, and should an-

ticipate the early restoration, as a State, of Poland,
as well as Hungary. Daydreams such thoughts
may have been in times long since gone by,
but merely daydreams they are no longer. Hence,
from our conviction of this, we are awaiting with
the implicit reliance already announced the continua-
tion of that great liberal movement of which the
recent ovations of Louis Koss= on both sides of
the Atlantic have been merely gie commencement.
By personal intercourse with the illustrious leader of
th© ever-memorable rising of the Hungarians, the
English people and the citizens of the United States
have rendered themselves familiar with the
rights flagrantly violated by the Red Em-
peror and the Viennese Camarilla. This they
have done more effectually by listening

themselves again and again to the eloquent revelations
made by Kossurn, than they could by possibility
have done merely aided by scattered reports provided
by the Press, through the combined assist-
ance of Railways, Steamers, and Electric
Telegraphs. The orations of KOSSUTH will, in this
manner, have sown generous sentiments far and wide
in the hearts both of Americans and Englishmen—.
his words tending to prove in the end, we are satis-
fied, as effectual as the fabled dragon's teeth planted
by C ADMU —sprouting up into armed men, if it be
so required, in vindication of the outraged liberties of
Christendom.

It is with no ordinary degree of satisfaction that
we are enabled to announce the safety of a further
portion of the passengers and crew of the ill-fated
Amazon. At seven o'clock yesterday evening eleven
persons were landed at Plymouth who had escaped in the
port life-boat of the unfortunate vessel, and been
picked up by a Dutch galliot in the Bay of Biscay.
As the names will be eagerly sought for by those
who had friends or relatives on board we repeat them
here, viz. :—" Rev. WILLIAM BLOOD, Mr. GILLEY
@LENNIE), Lieutenant GEYLLS, WILLIAM Ations,
second engineer ; IsAAc ROBERTS, boiler maker, and
as fireman ; C. DEUDNEY, stoker; W. WALL, stoker;
G. WEBB, seaman ; WRIGHT, seaman; WINNEs,
storekeeper ; and Helms, boy."

As yet we know nothing further respecting their
providential rescue, or whether any and what addi-
tional information may be obtained with regard to the
fate of any of the other officers, crew,
or passengers, or as to the causes of the
conflagration. As Mr. ANGUS, the second
engineer, who was in charge of the engines up to a
short time before the outbreak, is one of those who
have thus been preserved, we may look for-
ward to having additional light cast upon the
subject, now under investigation before the
directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, assisted by Captain Bracers; repre-
senting the Board of Trade. The question as to
whether the fire bad been occasioned by the state of
the bearings will be set at rest. It will be seen
that Mr. ALLEN, a highly intelligent and ex-
perienced witness, has already given the strongest
testimony on the point, declaring that "it
was nothing of the sort," and that " the engines at
the time were working well." Should he be corro-
borated by Mr. ARGUs, we may consider this part of
the subject finally disposed of, and must look for some
other explanation of the fire. Although in such case
we may never obtain a complete solution of the mys-
tery, there is yet so strong a verisimilitude in the
reasons put for ward by Vice-Admiral COCHRANE
that the most stringent precautions should
henceforward be taken to prevent the wiping
up of oil, tallow, turpentine, or similar articles, with
tow or oakum. Under any circumstances we trust
that the experience thus dearly purchased may be
turned to good account, and that many similar acci-
dents may be Averted through due attention to the
facts and theories elicited during the present inquiry.
There is another matter requiring particular notice—
and more especii illy since the directors did not consider
themselves jusf,fled in making any inquiries in refer-
ence thereto. :Many rumours are in circulation re-
specting the hit xplicable conduct of the Port-Admiral
at Plymouth, Sir Jorarr OMMANNEY, in re-
fusing to serad out a steamer or steamers
to the scene of the disaster, in search of the missing
parties, by whfich many valuable lives might have been
saved. It is said that numerous applications
were made to him to adopt the course which
the commonest feelings of humanity would appa-
rently dictate.. We are unwilling to condemn a
British officirr of high rank, and more espe-
cially one :advanced in years, and who has
seen much service, on light or trivial
grounds. We await, therefore, the explanations that
may be give a ; but silence cannot be maintained,
the popular feeling has been so strongly testi-
fied, and is, we regret to say, so unfavourable
to the Admiral, that it is essential that he should
assign the rees. ons by which he was influenced in re-
fusing his assent to the urgent applications. It must
also be ascert wined whether he acted merely on his
own opinion, o r communicated with the Admiralty. In
a matter of sue la vital importance, where the lives of
so many of he, r MAJESTY'S subjects were at stake,
even the er test dictatorial and self• opinionated
might desire to shift the responsibility off his
own should(rxs and to obtain the directions
of a superior authority. The communication with
Whitehall could have been effected with the utmost
facility. If 'ale Port-Admiral entertained any doubt
as to the, expense—an element which we
may be p.armitted to state never entered
into the calnulation of the French authorities
at Brest, although they were simply dis-
charging the duty of humanity, not to their
own countryynen, but to strangers—he should,
before deciding in the negative, have required
instructions how he should act. The mere omission
would alone be an offence of no ordinary magni-
tude. It must:, then, be ascertained on whom the
blame really rests, whether on
"Ply Lords
on the Admiral,; that the voice of public opinion
unequivocally may be heard clearly and declaring
"
that the guilty party or parties are no longer worthy
of filling the highly responsible positions in which they
have hitherto b een placed.

SHREWSIIM T AND CLIESTHR RAILWAY.—The esti-
mated expense of making this company's proposed branches(
from the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway in
,44 reported by their engineer, j 4,3 Lower Walton .d Norton