The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-09 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1849,

Uncertainty is still felt as to the probable conse-
quences of recent events at Constantinople. Every
scrap of intelligence, 'whether received from the
Viennese newsmongers, or from the gossipping cor-
respondents at the Dardanelles, is seized with an
avidity sufficiently indicative of the general eagerness
for information. Yet these accounts are found to be
so very frequently at variance, that their authenticity
is in almost every instance regarded as dubious, and
their assertions at the first blush are viewed with
profound suspicion. Doubtful, however, as the
majority of the statements prevalent are, most un-
questionably, we have, nevertheless, obtained within
the last fortnight a series of communications of the
ty.tost unimpeachable exactitude. It is certain, for
example, that the attitude assumed by Turkey,
in reference to the demand made by the Emperors of
Austria and Russia for the extradition of the
Hungarian refugees, is one for the most part worthy
of our deepest admiration. It is certain that the
gallant determination of the Sultan ABDULMESCHID
has not only received the concurrence of the French
ar,d Eng!ish Ambassadors, but that the resolution of
that gallant potentate is in a great measure attribut
able to the immediate encouragement, or we might
even say, to the direct instigation of Sir STEATTORD
CANNING. It is certain, moreover, that if the repre-
sentative of the AUTOCRAT to the Court of the
Sublime Porte has not received his passport, his
aide-de-camp, Prince R&DZIVIL, hurried in dudgeon
and disappointment from the vicinity of the Bos-
phorus upon the rejection of the ultimatum haughtily
transmitted to the CALIPH, at the behest of the CZAR.
lean chile the brave but unfortunate fugitives from
the scene of the Hungarian disasters are still resident
in the fortified town of Widdin, waiting for the deci-
sion of events upon the nature of their subsequent
destinies.
Elsewhere will be found in our impression of this
very evening the translation of what will henceforth
be regarded as a great historical document—the letter
addressed, on the 20th of September, to Viscount PAL-
MERSTON by the illustrious KOSSUTH, now an exile
at Wia din, in the Turkish docuinions. To read
that noble and most touching document without
emeitions of intense respect, and of exquisite
rympathy, would be impossible for any man capable
of appreciating the dignity of misfortune, the glory
of genius, or the pathos of a sublime self-forgetfulness.
In speaking thus to our Foreign Secretary, the Dic-
tate?.., and, alas t whiloin, the Liberator of the Hun-
garians, is remaining true to his own majestic repu-
tation, and is offering the most splendid tribute to
England., the tribute of his implicit confidence in her
generosity. Those who with ourselves have sympa-
thiseel heart and soul with this renowned patriot since
the occasion of his first memorable appeal to the
ci'iism of his fellow-countrymen, will rejoice to find
*so magnificent a recognition of this sympathy
as that here afforded by the leader of
the Hungarians. Alluding to the lamentable and
abandoned condition of his beloved country at this
period of supreme calamity, Louis KOSSUTH ex-
claims—" Will England, once her hope, not become
her consolvtion ?" With Lord PALMERSTON rests the
responsilAity of responding to this inquiry—with
him v.:poses the secret of the result of the interroga-
tion . We cannot but think that the solemn blessing in-
riked upon the head of the foremost man of all England
in the estimation of the nations of the continent--we
cannot but think, we say, that the solemn benedic-
tion called down upon his head by so great and
royal-hearted a man as KOSSUTH, will bring
forth the fruits of a generous policy towards
that herein lace which has through treason and
treachery become the victim of the ruthless soldiers
of Absolutism. "My Lord, may GOD THE AL-
MIGHTr shield you fur many years, that you may
long protect the unfortunate, and live to be the
guardian of the rights of freedom and humanity."
Tli.at gentle prayer cannot be fruitless. It will, at
Feast we are sanguine that it will, prompt the Noble
Lord the Foreign Secretary to an interposition be-
tween the conquerors and the vanquished, to save the
former from the guilt of atrocious crimes, and to
spare the latter from the anguish of an unprece-
dentedly horrible alternative.
On reference to this dignified appeal to the
generosity of England, through the medium of her
magnanimous statesman, it will be seen that a
dreadful propeAition has been
submitted by the
iddin, Turkish Mir.istry to the Hungarian chieftains at
W ar.el to their 5,000 companions. It has
been intiTalated to those children
of and mihs-
fortune , that the price of their preservgatoiroyn the feroe,ty and vengeance of their enemies m
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it instant conversion to Mahometanism.
It has
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teen implied by the bearers of this conditional offer of
protection, that its rejection will be the compli-
ance of Resent!) PASHA and his Ministerial colleagues

with the demand of extradition. How this com-
munication from the authorities at Constantinople
a's's received by hOSSUTH and his compatriots may
he easily conjectured. "My :mower," says this great
man, " dues not admit of hesitation. Between death
and shame the choice can be neither dubious nor
difficult. Governor of Hungary, and elected to that
high place by the confidence of fifteen millions of my
countrymen, I know well what I owe to the honour
of my country even in exile. Eas a ivate
individual I have :in honourable pathven to pursue.pr Once
Governor of a gftserous country--I leave no heritage 1