The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-06 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL

TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES

We are rejoiced to find the contributions to this in-
ttresting Testimonial—this tribute of sympathy and
admiration from England to Hungary—beginning in
earnest to flaw in more freely from all quarters. To
those who have already advanced to aid the .cause
of the Magyars through the medium of the
heroic refugees in this country, we do here again
and again renew, on their part, our cordial expres-
sions of gratitude. Though the Government be
silent, let the people of England speak for them-
selves through the Hungarian Testimonial. Let
each one with a heart that beats with
the love of freedom, proffer at least some
mite by way of evidencing his sincerity. Let every
man who abhors tyranny, whether as exercised over
himself or over bis neighbour, blend his voice,
through the medium of the subscription list, with
those generous persons who have already
eagerly pressed forward into the van of
this benevolent movement. Among the numerous
letters which we have received upon this subject
from all directions (only one or two of which letters
we have been enabled to find room for in our co-
lumns), there is not one in which we do not re-
cognize a sympathy which it is hardly ne-
cessary to say that we, as journalists, most fully
and deeply reciprocate. Some, however, there are
which have singularly touched us, and these (without
depreciating the munificence of other contributors)
have, in several instances, been amongst the
smallest amounts forwarded for acceptance—the
copper and silver scraped together by the honest
hands of toil, and offered, as the Irish
would say, " with a heart and a half!" We thank
them, all and each, and trust that their thrice-laudable,
because early, efforts may act as incitements and as
objects of emulation to those who in heart are
not one jot less generous. Let the progress
of the Testimonial be only proportioned to its com-
mencement, and we shall find no reason for anxiety.
Let us all labour in the common cause, the cause of
Liberty, and let us labour (to employ a fine old sea-
phrase) with a will! and the result will in some de-
gree be commensurate with our aspirations.
At the urgent request of many of our readers and
subscribers we shall reprint—if possible in to-morrow
evening's Sun—the leading article which appeared
in The Sun of Tuesday, in which we first made the
suggestion of the Hungarian Testimonial. Those
who were prevented by circumstances from perusing
that article on the evening of its publication will by
that means be enabled to see in what
,the proposition
originated.

One correspondent signing himself " C. D. J.," of
Kingsland-road, has opened a penny subscription in
that neighbourhood, the sum of which is intended to
swell the aggregate of the Testimonial. His plan is
not unworthy of imitation. As to the inquiry put to
us by this correspondent, he will find an answer to it
in the subjoined sentence :

All further contributions should be transmitted as
heretofore to The Sun Office, under cover, to " The
Editor."

Subscriptions already received :
Lord Nugent ... ... ... ... ......£5 0 0

A Friend, by Lord Nugent ... 1 0 0
Edward Hill 1 0 0
Philo -Magyar ... 0 2 6
From a Few Chartists ... 0 5 1
From a Few Carpet-makers, Borough-road ... 0 3 0
Joseph Collins 0 2 6
Cantabrigiensis... 1 0 0
W. D., a Labourer 0 2 6
F. R. 13. (from a Few Friends of Freedom)... 1 0 0
Edward Clayton 4 12 0
J. 8., Deansgate, Manchester ... 2 0 0
Daleth, Cheltenham ... 0 10 0
Randolph Oxley
Mr. Sandman and a few other of Mr. Oxley's
friends
D. Bertollini ... ... ... 1 1 0
A Democrat ... ... 0 5 0
A. Templar ... ... ... ... 0 2 6
S. W., a Working Upholsterer ... ... 0 1 0
ff. V., ditto 0 0 6
Captain Young
James Stetyer, Ryde, Isle of Wight ... 1 5 6
Philo-Magyar the Second 0 10 0
A Clerk
John Wilson ... 1 10 0
A Republican ... 0 2 0
Baritono
A Few Lovers of Freedom ... 0
.3 9

By Lord Nugent, from Francis Mowatt,

Esq., M.P.

... ~. 5 0 0

A Hater of Tyranny 0 5 0
J. H. ... 1 0 0
J. S. . . 5 0 0
An Old Soldier 1 0 0
Some Friends of Hungary 3 12 4
Friends of Hungary 0 16 0

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Sympathising deeply with the cause of the
Hungarians, and not willing to believe that the Times
represents the feelings of any considerable number of
Englishmen, however it may succeed in misleading
their judgment, I beg to offer you my hearty thanks for
suggesting a subscription for the Hungarians at Folk-
stone, and enclose 51. as my contribution.
Hoping that the subscriptions may become general
enough to show that the moral setae of England is not
asleep.—l remain, Sir, &c., J. S.
London, July 6.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
respunding to your eloquent appeal on behalf
of the Hungarian Hussars who have landed upon our coast
from the ranks of the Russian vassal, Austria, allow me
to express, on behalf of a few friends, lovers of the heroic
and noble Hungarian nation, our sympathy with them
and their cause, and may the day soon come when they
shall have won with their own right hands the freedom
of their fatherland. That they are the champions of ci
vilixttion none will deny; that they have proved them-
selves worthy of the high honour to which they aspire
none will dispute. Justice and truth are with them, and
may they soon succeed in repelling the foreigner who is
attempting to enslave them. Their only crime is the
molt exalted of all virtues—the desire of becoming a
nation of freemen—and, having unfurled the flag of
liberty and progress, they are subjected to hordes of
barbarian serfs, under the sanction and control of that
curse of knowledge, truth, and civilization, Nicholas, the
representative of slavery, absolutism, feudal darkness, and
misery. May the cause of Hungary be felt by every lover
of freedom in this land to be his cause, and look upon
the Hungarians as brothers, and may we be actuated by
an active sympathy on behalf of the noble men who have
lauded upuu our coast, and may they soon return to
their native land, bearing with them proofs of our love
and sympathy; and may they soon join the armies
of their countrymen, and descend -to the battle-
field armed with the knowledge that the sym-
pathies and best wishes of England and of
Englishmen are with them in theii,etruggles. May
their arms never tire, nor their bodierfaint whilst a single
invader is left in the land of their birth, or the body of
a foe curses (by his presence) their fair valleys, or
pollutes the pure air of their mountain homes.
I enclose you the sum of 41 125., collected from a few
friends, for the Hungarian Hussars at Folkstone, and
trust that every town in England will show their sym-
pathy, and through them for their country, and of a
consequence, a hatred of Russian despotism and Austrian
servility in calling for the aid and assistance of the
great monster of the north, the representative of all that
is degrading to the image of God—man, his creature.

I am, Sir, yours most obediently,
EAL
50, West Parade, Fluddersfi, l DdW Jul RyD 5C
18AY TON.
, 49.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
beg to enclose five shillings for the " glorious
men" at Folkstone, wt ich I wish were as many hundreds.
I most sincerely thank you for your notice of them, and
am sure thousands who have neither time nor oppor-
tunity to write have as grateful feelings as mylf.
Wishing them speedily in their own country tose
aid
gallant Kossuth and Bern against the " execrable Czlr,"
I am, respectfully,
July 4, 1849. A DEMOCRAT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Your frequent, appeals in behalf of Freedom,
justice, and humanity, are alike honourable to your
talent, your principles, and your feelings. I am not
rich, and can ill afford to bestow gifts, except to the
poor around me; and my religious principles are against
my taking any part in political contests or worldly wars.
But every mite given to a suffering Hungarian is a voice
in favour of civil and religious liberty; and, as my Lord
and Master denounced spiritual wickedness in high
places, and predicted the final overthrow of all earthly
domination and oppression, I feel justified in lifting my
humble voice against despotism, intolerance, and devil-
ism, whether it be found on our own bench of Bishops,
or in the grasping ambition and cruelties of Continental
despots. Accept, therefore, for the poor Hungarians
the enclosed hall-sovereign.—Yours,
Cheltenham, July 5. DALETH.

TO THE EDICOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,--I trust that your generous correspondent "Can-
tabrigiensis" will consult more trustworthy authorities
than some of the German papers; I am sure, if he does
so, he will cease to identify the Hungarian wits the
" Red Republican" cause.
I,enclose my mite for the gallant Hungarians, and
wish them success in their glork•us struggle—alas
against fearful odds.—Yours, obediently,
July 5,
A TEMPLAR.

. . •
By checking the flight of expectation, we cheat
disappointment of its pain.—Eliza Cook's Journal