The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The navy generally, and a large circle of friends of all
classes, will learn with the deepest regret that our worst
fears for Captain Matson have been realised. By accounts
received from the West Indies, by the Royal Mail
steamer, Parana, we are informed that the gallant,
distinguished, and universally esteemed captain of the
screw-frigate Highflyer has been carried off by the
dreadful yellow fever. This is, indeed, afflicting intel-
ligence. A more skilful, able, spirited, gentleman-
like officer never commanded a ship than Captain
Matson.

The accounts from the Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate,
Captain Halsted, are said to be conflicting ; but it is be-
lieved that no more deaths have occurred on board that
ill-fated ship at Barbadoes.
We have also to report the melancholy intelligence of
the deaths, by yellow fever, of Lieut. Inglis, one of the
Admiralty agents in a royal mail-packet, and Lieut.
Lyster, Admiralty agent on board the royal mail-packet
Great Western.

We fear that many other good and gallant fellows are
yet to be added to the yellow fever obituary.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 18.

The Russian man-of-war Pallas, 50, Captain Unkov-
ski, the Dwina, 22, Captain Beserabsky, and the steam-
tender Vostock, took their departure from Spithead
this morning, at 7.30. The Pallas, on leaving the an-
chorage, saluted the garrison with 21 guns, but this com-
plement was not returned until past 10 o'clock, when
the Russian squadron was out of sight of the battery,
and doubtless very many miles out of hearing. Such
laxity as this did not exist in Portimouth garrison when
Lord Frederick Fitzclarence was Lieutenant-Governor.
The Sidon, 22, paddle steam-frigate, Captain Gold-
smith, having repaired the damage to her engines much
sooner than was expected, steamed out to Spithead this
afternoon, saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe,
the acting Commarider-in-Chief, and then ran the mea-,
sured mile at Stoke's Bay, after which she brought up at
Spithead.
The Pyrenees, prison-ship, arrived at Spithead last
night from the Thames, to embark transports for
Australia.

The Avon steam-tender, called in here on her way to
Plymouth to-day, from the eastward, and embarked su-
pernumeraries for that port.
Mr. Leeke, son of Commodore Sir Henry Leeke,
S.A., Commander-in-Chief of the Hon. East India
Company's navy, is appointed High Sheriff of Bombay.
The salary is about 1,0001. per annum.

PLYMOUTH, J. 17.

This day we have fine weather. Wind N.B.
Sailed the Tortoise, lighter (Wood, master of the Ha-
moaze, lent in charge), with stores for Cork ; the Ro-
chester, Savage, master, with stores for Pembroke.
Hogue, 58, screw steam-guard-ship, Captain Ramsay,
went out this morning to exercise her engines. This
being the first time she had been out of harbour, she sa-
luted the flag, which was returned by the Impregnable.
She returned to the Sound at four p.m.
Vulture, steam-frigate, Captain Glasse, sailed on Sa-
turday evening for Torbay, and returned on Sunday,
and is now in Barnpool.
Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord E. Russell, is off the
port beating ; but the tide being against her, she is not
expected to anchor by daylight.
A great number of merchant-ships, which were here
windbound, have left the Sound to-day. The Edward,
convict-ship, has had to fill up with provisions, and will
no doubt sail to-night.

SHEERNESS, JAN. 18.
Phaeton, 50 guns, Captain George Elliot.—Vice-
Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief
at the Buoy of the Nore, at 10 a.m. yesterday left
here in the steam-vessel Wildfire, tender to her Ma-
jesty's flag-ship Waterloo, and proceeded to the Nore
for the purpose of inspecting this frigate. After sa-
luting, the entire ship's company were put through
their various evolutions at target practice, gun exercise,
beating to quarters, fire alarm, &c. The target practice
was most excellent. Shot, grape, and shell were fired.
One gun was laid with a single shot, which, on being
fired, cut the flagstaff from off the target, and after a full'"""
broadside was fired, with each gun concentrated on
the target, the target was destroyed altogether.
The gunnery, for precision, 164 not been equalled
here for some time. After the departure of
our gallant admiral, arrangements were made for
discharging her powder, shell, &c., which was not com-
pleted until 3.45 p.m. At 4 p.m. she was under
way, it blowing a strong wind at the time from the
north-west. She came into harbour in splendid style,
having at the time three reefs in her topsails, jib
set, fore tack on board, spanker sheeted aft, and her
mainsail dewed up, and anchored off the Black-
stakes. In consequence of the strong wind she wus
not berthed at the Docking Buoy, as intended. If the
weather proves moderate she will be brought down
to-morrow ready for being taken into the fitting-basin to
be paid off. Mr. Joshua Taylor, the Queen's pilot
here, being on the sick list, the Phaeton was piloted in
here by Mr. Millbank, one of our Trinity pilots. The
steam-vessels Adder, from Chatham, and Myrtle, from
here, went to the Nore, in the event of their services
being required, which were found unnecessary.
Immediate arrangements are being made here for
laying down a new screw steam-corvette. She is to be
built on the lines of the screw steam-frigate Highflyer,
of 21 guns, with a greater breadth of beam at her water
line, thereby giving considerably more buoyancy and
greater facilities for stowage in the hold. -
She is to be of the following dimensions :

Feet. in.
Length of keel between the perpendiculars 192 0,
Length of keel for tonnage 165 0
Breadth exrreme 3B 4
Breadth for tonnage 3B 0
Breadth moulded 37 4
Depth in hold 23 11
Burden in tons, 1,267 32-94:
She is to be built with all possible dispatch, and it is
expected the shipwrights will work what is termed job
and task work on her at a certain rate of prices for their
work, as laid down by the Admiralty.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 18.
APPOINTMENTS.
Assistant-Engineer Brice H. Budding, to the Blen-
heim, 60, screw steam guard-ship at Portsmouth.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon W.. 1. Baird, to the Leander,
50, at Portsmouth.
The Rhadamanthus, steam troop-ship, Master-Com-
mander Belam, having taken on board stores at Dept-
ford, came down to Woolwich to-day in order to take on
board a brass or gun metal screw propeller, about 17
feet in diameter, made for service in the Edinburgh, 58,
screw steam-ship, of 450 horse-power, at Plymouth.
The Rhadamanthus will also take round to Plymouth
two paddle-box boats for the Valorous, 16, steam-frigate.

BOND'S ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY.--
a CONCISE VIEW OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, with
Biographical, Chronological, and Historical Notes; and Seven Illus-
trative Maps : designed as an easy introduction to the Rev Dr. But-
ler's " Sketch of A ncient Geography :" w'th the Names of Persons
and Places carefully accented to direct the Pronunciat:on.
By W. H. BOND, of Queen's College, Cambridge:
Fourth Edition. 12mo. With Maps. 4to. 4s. 6d. sewed.
London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.

THEATER ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Farewell Beason or Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager.

THIS EVENING, Jul. 19,

Will be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy of
MASKS AIM FACE j; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by
Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, and Stuart; Mrs. Stir-
linfors, Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett.
After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitled LEO THE
TERRIBLE.
To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and
SETTLED.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 19,

Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON
IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F.
Matthews, and Horncastle ; Mlis F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell.
After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza,
enticed THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, In which Messrs.
F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris,
Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis,
Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear.
To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS.
Sele Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New
Bond-street.,

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIJI.
Iloprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
MIS EVENING, JAN. 19,
Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or,
Uncle Tom's Cabizr—by Messrs. Altred Wigan, Cullenford, 0. Smith,
and Emery ; Madame Celeste, miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey,
and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, the gloriously successful Comic Pantomime, called
NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlftuin Menge Monarch. Principal
Dansense, Mdlle. Anriol ; Clown, Fleamore.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 19,
Will be performed Shakapere's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT
NOTHING. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Kean, Har-
ley, Meadows, J. Vining, Addison, Ryder, and Graham ; Miss
Heath and Mrs. C. Kean.
will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr.
Wright will appear.
pc, conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ-
mas pantomime, entitled RARLEQUJN CHERRY AND FAIR
STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the
singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Iluline ; Pan-
taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq.

ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 19,
Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs.
Compton; W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and
Clifton; Miss Anderton and Miss H. Gordon.
After which, ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen
Nab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes,
with his highly-trained dogs.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence
of Mr. Edward Chatterton.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 19,
And during the Week, the Performances will commence with
UNCLE TOM'S CAIN 's2d time).
After which, Batty's peerless Scenes in the Arena.
To conclude with the successful Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND
HIS HORSE COMRADE ; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted
Men.•

On THURSDAY, JAN. 20, another Grand JUVENILE NIGHT,
on which occasion the Pantomime will be played—flst followed by
brilliant Pieces in the Circle, and concluding with a Laughable
FARCE.
Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven.
Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr.
W. West.

HIGH WATER AT LOND,

SON BRIDGE.

Tram . DAY —Morning 51 rain. after S Evening 23 min.aft. 9
To-Moaaow—Morning 54 min. after 9 Evening 31 min.aft. 10

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19, 1853.
State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
HASTINGS—N.N.E. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SOUTHAMPTONN.*., gentle breeze—foggy.
FOLKESTONE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
TUNBRIDGE-N.W., strong breeze----partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Smoon—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SwnznoN—N., gentle breeze—cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—N., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
Yeamount— N.E., hard wind—partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock :
LIMERICK W., calm—cloudy.
MIILLINGAR— N.W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
FOLKESTONE—N., light air—overcast.

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 19.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
39 highest since noon yesterday.
30—lowest this morning and during the night.
45—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.5.
WIND, S.S.W.—Showery.

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The interesting and important document re-
cently read before the. Members of the Statistical
Societk iv, Dr. WILLIAM. FAR; exhibits in the
elerest'Wthinross and palpable injustice of
theme ow operation. The Learned
Gentleman unsparint, exposed the fallacies and
inconsistencies of al* w b advocated the exist-
: systeilP:torstonding for the equal taxation of
all ihceipts, no" matter' from what source, or in
what manner they might be derived. He also
showed that the entire impost is based on a false
assumption, that it is not what it purports to be,
and that the practical assessment under the Act is
in direct vi4lation of its title !

The original. Statute 5 and 6 Vic., cap. 35,
which, although, originally of limited duration, hag
from time to time been renewed, is denominated
" An Act for granting to her MAJESTY Duties on
f, • ing from property, professions,
tradesp:: • 4ces." The charge is, therefore, not
"—as erroneously supposed—
it 14' on clear and unquestionable " pro-
fits," which leave the original capital embarked in
any investment untouched and unimpaired. The
Ilse of the word " profits," shows that anything
which can be considered in the light of a repay-
ment of capital does not come within the pur-
view of the statute. It implies that the original
source from whence the profits are derived shall
remain in perpetuity. As Dr. FARR points out,
the meaning of " profits" is exactly the same as
"produce," and represents the additional value
which anything obtains within a certain specified
time. According to his definition, " pro-
duce is expressed by the amount of money
which property yields during the year by an
increase of value, or the use of its services."
Any addition to the actual value of the stock or
Property is as much " profit" as the actual money
received for its use ; and, in like manner, any
deterioration from that value reduces the rate of
profit pro Canto.
There cannot be a better illustration than that
adopted by the Learned Gentleman. If a horse-
dealer has a young horse worth 20/ the services
of which, within the year, bring 101. over and
beyond the cost of keep, &c., and that, during
the same time, the value of the animal becomes
351., the "produce," or " profit," will be not
merely the 101. gained by his services, but the
101. plus 15/.—the improvement in value, e equal
to 251. When the same horse has attained its maxi-
mum of value, supposing that it remains stationary,
the " profit " will be exactly the sum received for
its services ; but if the value be reduced, say from
351. to 301., the amount of the diminution must
be deducted from the money for services to show
the true " profit" of the dealer. The wear and
tear of stock must be taken into account before
the nett proceeds of the business can be ascer-
tained.

true statement of the case,
^'-andiv‘row; if this be a
we do not see howlaitcan
pbrecoonrttrioonverteof dt—he
it
the injury inflicted
tax-paying community will
will be at once apparent,
and also the distinct , a
breach of faith" towardi
Some of the public. creditors, viz.,
nttheui hie Let
holders of
terminable and rapidly-
expirino.
Int for instance take the case of an
the holder of
1,000/, per annum in the Long Annuities, which
will expire in the year 1860. If he purchased
that annuity in April 1852, the value or cost
0. price of the annuity Would have been 6,8101 "
-while the receipts dung the 73-
7,750/. It is
manifestly ridiculous to call the
Whole of that su pofis." No, the " profits"
years would be
will be only the balance remaining after replacing
-14.1—Clit Of e original capital invested at the to of the
1 liiu annuity—and that balance only should. be taxed.
4,.. llifi ut4 in place of acting in that fair and equitable
c
,;,,,,Y:',47Aanner, they levy on the Whole amount, on that
-.....:::.--- which is the re-payment of capital—as that which
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is the increase or profit for its use—and thus
violate every principle of justice.

The example is &pally applicable to every de-
scription of income; the merchants', manufacturers',
traders', or professional man's assessed unders che-
clule D. The discrepancy is indeed greater, inasmuch
as a new element must enter into the calculation.
In such a case we should look not merely to the
duration of the income, but also to its
fluctuations, in order to arrive at a correct
conclusion. Thus the holder of 3 per Cent.
Consols has a perpetuity as well as a cer-
tainty. Every shilling that he receives is, there-
fore, fairly liable to the charge. The Annuitant,
however, while he has an equal certainty for a
fixed period, must set aside a certain portion in
each and every year to replace his capital. That
portion can at once be calculated, and the residue
is that on which he could be required to pay. The
merchant, on the other hand, has a precarious
income. A certain, and by no means in-
considerable, portion of his so-called profits,
must be considered as an Insurance Fund
to provide against the risk he is incurring,
not merely of the absence of profit, but of a par-
tial, and perhaps total, loss of capital. No sane
man would engage in trade or commerce, or, in-
deed, in any business of a speculative character,
if he could not get an equivalent for his risk. It
signifies nothing whether he becomes his own in-
surer, or pays another for becoming so. From
his nett receipts there should be dedu3ted, first,
an allowance for the temporary character of his '
income, it being only for such periods as he
shall be enabled to continue in business ;
and then for its precariousness, that renders
an Insurance Fund necessary'. The problem, then,
—and it would be by no means a difficult one to
solve—will be so to divide the receipts, that one
portion may be regarded as the repayment of
capital, and the other as profit that may be ex-
pended by a prudent man, who will, on the failure
of the source from whence it is derived, have a
perpetual income arising from accumulations equal
to that which he has been in the habit of expend
ing.

We, venture to say that any experienced
actuary could calculate the amount fairly
chargeable under almost any state of circum-
stances, and that the people would be perfectly
satisfied to pay according to such calcula-
tions. It is not, as we have repeatedly
stated, the amount of the tax that is com-
plained of ; it is a feeling of injustice that
rankles in the mind, and leads to the earnest and
determined opposition to the impost. If that be
removed, all will be well ; if not, woe to the
Ministry or Government that closes its ears
against the voice of public opinion. We ear-
nestly recommend Dr. FARR'S statement to the
calm and attentive consideration of all who desire
to arrive at an honest and unprejudiced decision.
It may prove exceedingly useful to those who will
have to take part in the discussions that must
inevitably arise before the termination of the
Financial year, which closes on the sth of April
next.

METTERNICH little thought, when he declared
that it was a mere geographical expression to talk
of Italy, that before very long the phrase would
be more correctly applied to Austria as the symbol
of the Viennese Government. Nevertheless it is
so, whatever may have been his anticipations.
The world thinks and talks of Austria as a mere
geographical expression. Its existence as a nation
is known far and wide to be the emptiest of fic-
tions. Every intelligent man in Christendom is
conscious, in its regard, that the name of Austrian
is a Shibboleth with even the more immediate
supporters of the HAPSBURG dynasty. Ask an
inhabitant of Milan—he is an Italian, or rather a
Lombard, not an Austrian ! Ask another sub-
ject of FRANCIS JOSEPH—he is a Pole, not an
Austrian ! Another, and he will tell you that he is
a German, another that he is a Bohemian, another
that he is a Hungarian—none that they are Aus-
trians ! Ask even a citizen resident in T)ucal
Austria Proper, and he will reply that he
is not an Austrian, but a Viennese. The very
name is repudiated, and that even in the suburbs of
Schoenbrunn. For the elucidation of this political
problem, it is only necessary to remember the rise
of the gigantic empire presided over by the family
of RonoLPH—a rise born only from the most fla-
grant and the most lawless spoliation. The truth
of all this is recorded in the pages of her ensan-
guined history—another chapter of which has very
recently been penned (a) by the last of those arch-
traitors to the sacral cause of national indepen-
dence, who have rendered their treason not less
subservient to the interests of despotism than fatal
to the rights and liberties of their fatherland. A
translation of this remarkable work having been
already presented to the reading public of the
United Kingdom (b), it becomes more than ever in-
cumbent upon us to direct the attention of the
community to its predominant characteristics. In
doing so we rejoice that we are enabled to make
immediate reference not merely to the bane, but
also, and almost in the same breath, to the anti-
dote, placing in one scale the cumbrous effusion
of GoRGEY, and in the other the brief but ample
pamphlet of KmEry(c)—pointing out, in fact, first
of all the calumnies, and afterwards their refuta-
tion. Numerous other materials for the future
historian of the War of Hungarian Independence
may even now be examined by the student of
modern annals, or (which is pretty much the
same) by the sympathiser with KOSSUTH and his
heroic Magyars. There is the Austrian Official
Memoir of the contest(d)—in which, of course,
every statement, like a nut, must be taken cum
grano salis. There is the Russian Official Mbmoir (e),
which though far from appealing directly to our
credence, must be acknowledged to be much
more authoritative than the last-mentioned publi-
cation. Against these may be opposed the can-
did avowals of the valiant young defender of
Komorn, (f) and those also of his subordinate
officer, the director of those renowned fertifica-
tions(g). Besides these, a variety of less inter-
esting productions upon the same memorable and
enthralling subject might here be enumerated.
But further allusion to the writers for and against
the leaders of the Hungarians were unnecessary—
the question between the disputants being epito-
mised in the pages of KMETY and the volumes of
GoRGEY. Of the latter chieftain, the brave re-
futer of his misstatements has observed that " lie
vainly seeks with ink to erase the stains
on his armour." What those stains are the world
knows by this time but too well : the stains of
treason—treason, too, the most base—treason to
purchase life, a life bought by the death of his
noble compatriots upon the scaffold, and by the
strangulation of the liberties of his fatherland.
These are the stains upon the traitor's armour,
which he would now erase by the ink of the
calumniator !

How heinous is the guilt of ARTHUR GoRGEY'S
treason may be learnt from the annals of unhappy
Hungary, ever since that fatal morning when the
unholy compact was entered into at Viligos be-
t Ween himself and Field-Marshal the Prince PASSE-
WITCH. How indelible and flagrant is the infamy
of his subsequent misstatements may be discovered
by a glance--a cursory and superficial glance if
you will, for even that would be amply sufficient
—at General GEORG IC3frry's patriotic and sol-
dierly Refutation. It will doubtless startle those
who may have hitherto taken GoRGEY'S military
reputation upon hearsay, to find that his abilities
as a Commander-in-Chief are openly, and, we may
add (in reference to the enumeration of events),
succinctly denied by one of the highest officers in

(a) "Mein.Lebenvounndi
Ungarn, in den Jahren
Arthur Gorgey. 2 vols. Bvo. Brock-
ilialBB44(usb,B).,:Ll:BipylyzB4LiAgi9f.rte."hanluBr(sl2AG.
oct4;
ei in. Hungary 2 v 1 s Bivno .t h Yearseßo gu e , 1118daonnd.
Misstatements
1852.
(c) "A Refutation of some of the principal
in Gorgei's `Life, Sze. ;' with Critical Remarks on his cha-
racter as a Military Leader." By George Kmety. Bvo
pp. 36, Cash, London. 1852.
(d) "The Campaigns in HungaryandTransylvania in the
Summer of the Year 1849." Pesth, 1850.
(e) " Report on the Military Operations of the Russian
Army against the Hungarian Rebels in 1849, from Official
Sources." By H. Von R., Imperial Colonel of the General
Staff of the Russian Army.. Berlin, 1851.
(f) "Der Nationalkrieg in Ungarn und Siebenburgen in
den Jahren 1848 und 1849." Von Georg LlClapka. 2 vols.
Bvo. Leipzig, 1851.
(g) " The Fortress of Somfirom during the War of In-
dependence in Hungary in 1848 and 1849." By Colonel
Sigismund Thaly. 1 vol. Bvo. London, 1852.

the Hungarian Army of Independence. Surprise •
at this announcement will' cease, however, when •
the reader learns—perhaps for the first time—
that all the seven great victories obtained by the
Magyar forces were planned and led by other
chiefs than Gonomr—that, in fact, GORGEY was
absent almost invariably from the field of battle—
at one time brooding in a ruin, at another giving
a merry dance to his staff officers—and that, in
fact, only one of the great movements of the war
can be traced directly to his decision, and that
movement the march upon Ofen, the melancholy
march ending in the surrender of Vilagos Yes :
it can no longer be denied : the seven victories of
the campaign were due to the genius and the he-
roism of others, and not to Gortarr—those seven
great victories which will shine undimmed henceforth
like stars even through the gloom of Austro-Russian
despotism, the Pleiades of Hungary, the constel-
lation lighting the Magyar race at last to the
promised joys of independence. At Branyisko—
the plan of the battle was not GoROEY'S, it was
that of the " Chief of the General Staff "—the
victory was won not by the sword of GoRGEY,
but by the sword of GUYON ! At Hatvan—the
plan was in like-manner that of the " Chief of
the General Staff," and the execution of the plan
was effected not by GoRGEY, but by GASPAR.
At Jsaszeg—the plan of the battle was the plan
of KLAPKA, and the glory of the victory be-
longed not to GoRGEY, but to KLAPKA, and
to Amu]; and to DAMJANICS ! At
Waitzen, again, the plan and the exe-
cution neither of them redounded to the
personal honour of GoRGEY, but each belonged in
part to KIATICA and to DAMJANICS 1 At the de-
monstration before P esth, in April, the " Chief of
the General Staff" once more hid the merit of the
plan, and AULICH had that of the execution ! At
Nagy-Sarlo—as before at Waitzen and at Jsaszeg
—the honour of the plan and execution was equally
shared between KLAPKA and DAMJANICS ! At
the memorable relief of Kom,orn—the plan once
again was that of the " Chief of the General Staff,"
the execution being effected, it is true, on the right
wing by GoRGEY, but on the left wing by KLAPKA,
and. onthe centrebyDAßlJANies Such are the exact
revelations of history—revelations, by the way,
which have been precipitated by ARTHUR GoRGEY'S
ill-considered misstatements. But that to the
crime of treason he has added the guilt of calumny,
he might still have enjoyed the repute of great
military genius among the mass of his undiscern-
ing contemporaries. As events have happened,
however, he himself has been virtually the one to
strip from his name its undeserved reputation.
His dastardly accusations against the dead, and
against the exiles, have wakened the indigna-
tion of those able to refute the charges com-
pressed into the chapters of his autobiography.
KMETY has spoken. KOSSUTH has preserved a
lofty and majestic silence—leaving the vindica-
tion of his heroic career (if vindication it can
for one instant be supposed to require in
any quarter), as NAPOLEON left his to the calm,
and unbiassed, and Fate-like judgment of posterity.
But KLAPKA. has spoken, and THALY has spoken,
./Chißry has spoken—and GoRGEY is beheld now
clearly enough, and painfully enough, in all
his treason and in all his falsehood. As a
military commander even he is proved, logi-
cally proved, to have but small claims upon
our consideration. This is not arising, re-
member, from the spleen of partisanship, a spleen
leading to ARTHUR. GoRGEY'S depreciation. No.
It is simply the Q. E. D. deduced from the
facts of a very recent, and, therefore, by no
means uncertain, chronology. As to the trust-
worthiness of this unfortunate man, what can be said
after one or two absolutely painful illustrations ?
In his " Life," he says in one part, "The division
of KMETY even sent me an assurance of their un-
conditional obedience- in case I should think it
necessary to march them against Debreczin"—
remember Debreczin was the seat of the Hungarian
Diet and of Koss-Imes Government. What says
KMETY himself in answer to this charge ? He
says, " I never sent him any assurance of unqua-
lified obedience against my Government, and
GoRGEY lies shamefully in making such an asser-
tion." Again, GoRGEY says in his autobio-
graphy, "that on the 28th of June (1849) he sent
an order from Raab by way of Szent-Marton to the
division of KMETY, to retreat to Komori], by
Romand and Kis-86r." What says KRUETZ to
this ? Why his reply is sufficiently startling it
must be allowed—" While I was preparing for
the march," says he, "an officer, escorted by hus-
sars, delivered to me an order, dated from Raab, on
the 28th, and in GoRGEY'S own handwriting, to
take my road to Stuhlweissenburg." Another
example of ARTHUR GoRGEY'S inexactitude (to say
the least of it) were surely, after this, unnecessary.
Leave we him then to his guilty obscurity, and
to the gnawing remorse of his lonely and inexora-
ble conscience. For the luxury of enjoying that
remorse under the shadow of the twin tyrannies
of CZAR and KAISER, he has sold as brave a race
as ever drew the blade in vindication of their
political rights, and of their national independence.
He has purchased his own neck by giving up
the heads of braver, and truer, and nobler
men than he, to the rope, and the axe,
and the guillotine. He has dared to
throw a gibe at Louis KoSSUTH in his
glorious and unsullied exile—he has masque-
raded his sneer in French —he has jeered at
his heroic compatriot as one whose withdrawal
from Hungary was attributable to la peur pour la
peau—but history will decide between them,
posterity will reply, nay, not alone posterity, but
their actual and. immediate contemporaries. Be-
tween these men which would the wise amongst
us choose ? GORGEY, protected by Russia and by
Austria—or Kossuni, welcomed, as stranger was
never welcomed before, with the unbought homage
of England and America ? KOSSUTH, the darling of
"aungary, or GoRGEY, the object of her exe-
cration ?

Mr. BRIGHT has been so properly taken to task
and schooled for his ill manners at the Manchester
meeting, that we might almost think his speech
hardly deserving of further notice ; nor would it
be, had he not been guilty of a little disingenu-
ousness in offering up newspapers and truth as
well as the English House of Lords to propitiate
American vanity, smarting under the fiscal lec-
tures inflicted on her Protectionist Ambassador.
We are, of course, deeply indebted to him for
bringing The Sun from the " obscurity " in which
he left it when canvassing for his new joint stock
journal. Notwithstanding Mr. BRIGHT'S inability
then to discover more than two liberal newspapers
in London, one of them of course that for which
he was the travelling showman,
The Sun, it would
seem, has continued to shine, and Mr. BRIGHT
was reminded of its existence by its light reflected
from America---3,000 miles off. It appears that
General CASs, in a speech in the Senate for the
production of the official correspondence between
the Ministers of France and England and the
PRESIDENT, on the Cuba question, took occasion
to complain of the spirit of the English papers,
quoting some very short sentences from three of
them (from ourselves amongst the number), which,
read with the context, would have of course a
very different general aspect. We need not TO-
lunteer a defence of other journals, quite compe-
tent to defend themselves if they need it, and
we certainly need to offer none for ourselves ;
still we cannot refrain from noticing Mr. BRIGHT'S
want of straightforwardness. Being so eminent
for the suavity and gentleness of his remon-
strances with the erring, he took very great pains
to convince Mr. INGERSOLL and the meeting
—(why should he fear they would, for a moment,
think otherwise ?)—that, if called upon by an im-
perative sense of duty to rebuke Transatlantic mis-
behaviours, he would do it in the most modest
and tenderest tones. ELI, not JOHN THE BAP-
TIST, should be his model. "If there was any-
thing that he thought evil he would remark upon
it with regret, in the most friendly spirit ; and
the very last thing he would attempt to utter
would be any comment that should have a ten-
dency to irritate the people of that country."
We must confess we should like to hear the Honour-
able and able Member for Manchester in his new
line of speaking ; should like to see him shedding
his tears
of regret that the cotton-growers not-
withstanding generosity to Manchester,their and