The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-18 00:00:00

the it interest in Hungary, by contributieg according to
their means to the relief of flunp,ri-n roqt7P-s. and in
VlrEiettizif it J 1;-. B. rti. Wilcox. m
the ehttirmaii, and the °her directors of the nniosuhir
C .inpany, for their kindness in forwarding, at a price
which c uld not be remunerating, a number of tt:ese
brave men to the Levant, on their way to their own
country; and this meeting further approves and desires
to promote the subscription set on loot for the purpose
of raising a sum of money to be presented as a testi-
monial from the British to the Hungary nation."
He had heard that Baron Rothschild had granted a loan
to the Emperor of Russia to carry on the war in Hun-
gary. If this were so, than he was unworthy to sit in
the House of C mimons as the representative of a liberal
constituency. He hoped, however, that when this an-
nouncement went forth to the world through the public
prints, it would be the means of eliciting a denial from
the Baron.—(Hear.)
Captain REID, an American officer, then addressed the
meeting as follows: Gentlemen,—ln rising to second
this motion, I am placed in a proud and privileged posi-
tion—proud that the eyes of a thousand freemen are
turned upon me with approval, privileged that I am
offered this glorious opportunity of again recording my
sympathy on behalf of the brave Hungarians.—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, it is the third time in my life that I have
stood upon the platform of a public assembly, and pre-
ceded as I have been by orators of eminence and elo-
quence, it would perhaps be becoming in me to apologise
for my inexperience, and resume my seat. But no; a
cause like this would change bashfulness into boldness,
would make even the voiceless eloquent.— (Hear, hear.)
I will not sit down until I have raised my voice in its
loudest denunciation of the oppressor, in its fullest,
sympathy with the oppressed.—(Cheers.) What man is
there among you who could read the barbarous bulletins
of a Haynau and a Jellachioh without feeling his bosom
swelling with a holy indignation?—(Hear)— without
being tempted to exclaim, " Are there no stones in
heaven but what serve for the thunder?"—(Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, it is only a few days since I landed upon
your shores; and I cannot express to you the joy that
filled my heart to find that that sentiment that was run-
ning over my own land like an electric fire, was meeting
with a full response in the hearts of the English nation.
—(Hear, hear.) I found it expressed in the circles of
private conversation, through the columns of the public
press, and on the platform of many a crowded assembly.
I expected as much from the ancestors of the American
race, from the scions of the Anglo-Saxon.—(cheers.)
Gentlemen, it has been said that our sympathy thus ex-
pressed can effect but little good. I do not take this
view of the matter.—(Hear, hear.) The voice of a great
people must ever be listened to with respect, and the
threats of a great people will ever be beard with fear.—
(Hear, hear.) Even now is the cry of your indignation
ringing in the ears of the Russian despot ; it will para-
lyze the hearts and palsy the arms of his hireling mil-
lions. Justly fear the Austrian and Russian that Eng-
lish words may soon be followed by English deeds;
justly fear they that this sentiment may yet express it-
self in louder tones, that it may speak in the thunder
of the cannon, under a canopy of sulphur!—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, although I am a soldier, I am no lover of
war—(Hear, hear)—and gladly would I turn my sword
into the peaceful ploughshare, if I believed that that
time had come upon the earth when men had ceased to
tyrannise over each other.—(Hear, hear.) The sword
drawn in the cause of wrong is as vile a weapon as the
steel of the assassin; but so long as there is a living
tyrant upon the earth, I will hold war to be no evil, but
a great and holy good. " Give us a noble cause," says
the immortal Campbell—(Cheers)—
" Give that, and welcome war to brace
Her drums, and rend Heaven's reeking space:
The colours planted face to face—
The charging cheer!
Though death's pale horse lead on, the chase
Still, still be dear."
And what is the cause of the gallant Magyar—for what
is he contending? For his liberty and his life—for his
country—for his altar—for his God!—(Cheers.) Gen-
tlemen, should these glorious spirits survive the fierco
struggle they will repay you for your generous sym-
pathy.—(Cheers.) A brave man is seldom an ungrateful
one; and a brave people will not be ungrateful. On
the other hand, should they fall, ah! who will there be
to thank you? Then, indeed, may it be truly said—
Few, few shall part where many meet I"
for who will stay the sword of the double avenger?—
(Hear, hear.) Then, indeed, may it be truly said, that
every turf beneath their feet will be the sepulchre of a
soldier!—(Cheers.) But, gentlemen, let us hope that
this result may never be—let us pray that it may never
be; and before I resume my seat I will offer a prayer to
the God of Omnipotence, couched in a paraphrase upon
the language of the eloquent Curran :—May the Austrian
and the Russian sink together in the dust; may the
brave Magyar walk abroad in his own majesty; may his
body swell beyond the measure of his chains, now
bursting from around him; and may he stand redeemed,
regenerated, and disenthralled by the irresistible genius
of universal emancipation.—(Cheers.)
The resolution being carried, a vote of thanks was
passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated at a
late hour.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In an account given in your columns of the
proceedings at the late Hungarian meeting in Hanover-
square, an American, the Rev. James Richmond, is re-
ported to have said that his countrymen " wished the
stability of the British throne."
Now, Sir, I am satisfied that I express the sentiments
of every American when I say that there is not one of
thorn who " wishes the stability" of any throne on the
face of the earth.—l am, Sir, with respect, truly yours,
AN AMERICAN.

August 17, 1849.

THE ROYAL PATENT SUBMARINE
MANURE COMPANY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—Observing in a recent number of The Sun some
excellent remarks on the immense benefits likely to be
conferred on Ireland by the conversion of the •bogs of
that country into various products, as well as for sanitary
purposes, forming as it does a complete deodorizer, and
feeling assured that it must prove a powerful adjunct in
aiding fertilization, I beg to call your attention, and that
of your numerous readers, to another discovery, also of
great national importance.
It has been asserted by some, and imagined by others,
that the sources from which huano or guano is derived
will fail. Without entering into the probability or im-
probability of this matter, not having sufficient data to
guide me, I will assume these sources may fail, yet it
should be borne in mind, that Great Britain is sur-
rounded by an ocean inexhaustible in animal and pisca-
torial matter, which, by encouragement to fishers, may
be extracted therefrom, conveyed to depots, and by a
chemical process converted into a substance equal in
value, and quite as, if not more efficacious, when ap-
plied to the earth, as an agricultural or horticultural
fertilizer, than Peruvian guano, and costing less money.
Fortunately for our country, as England now has,
by the policy of her rulers, been placed under the
necessity of competing with all the world in her
own markets for supplying its inhabitants with food,
a discovery has been made by two gentlemen of re-
search and talent, residing in Budleigh Salerton, in
Devonshire, and is now carrying out with great energy
at Devonport, by Messrs. Byers and Applin, under the
designation of " the Royal Patent Sub-Marine Manure
Company," and also by their appointed licencees. By
their process all the unmarketable fish of the ocean, and
fish refuse of every description, whether caught by the
hook or entangled in the net, are converted into a
manure, and I have authority to say, from a very expe-
rienced and intelligent horticulturist, is equal to, if not
superior to Peruvian guano. It is concentrated and
granulated by a process for which the company have
obtained a royal patent, and may, by moderate expense,
be conveyed to the interior or any part of England. As
the sea near our coasts abounds with fish, by encourage-
ment being gived to fisheries, an abundant supply might
be obtained, not only for the tables of the wealthy, but
as food for the poor. Depots and manufactories could
be established along our shores, and the land fertilised
by an artificial manure superior to any obtained from
foreigners at less expense.
It may not be generally known that vast quantities of
fish, unfit for human food, such as dog-fish, monks, star-
fish, porpoises, sharks, &c., &c., are continually drawn
up by the trawlers on all our fishing grounds, which have
hitherto been thrown back into the sea. This being
observed by the patentees of the Sub-Marine Manure,
created the original idea of combining other fertilizing
ingredients, mostly marine products, and, after many
years of experiments (aided by first-rate chemical talent),
producing under their peculiar patent process, this most
invaluable compost, which, I understand, was first tried
with success on Lady Rolle's estate at Bicton, in Devon-
shire, under the management of Mr. Barnes.
I cannot close these remarks without suggesting to
the capitalists of the metropolis the feasibility of con-
verting into a valuable manure, under the patent above
referred to, the vast quantities of offal fish from Billings-
gate, and the numerous fishmongers from whom it could
be collected, instead of, as at present, daily polluting
the Thames; and in the event of a glut of fish, which, it
not saleable for food, would find a profitable market
opened for its reception.
Wealth is not my pursuit; my object, as a mariner, is
to draw the attention of my countrymen to that element
by which we are surrounded, which is an inexhaustible
mine of wealth, whereon thousands of additional hardy
and danger-defying seamen may find profitable employ,
and who, in times of war and tumult, will hereafter, as
they have done heretofore, carry us through dangers
which have appalled the wisest of statesmen.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
THOS. CURTIS, Commander Royal Navy,
22, London road) King's Lynn, Norfolk,
August 15, 1849

Loss OF THE Rosy YACHT.—On Sunday morn-
ing the Ruby left Kingstown, the weather squally, and
crossed the bay under a foresail. She beat heavily for
some hours, and afterwards filled and went down. The
six men who were on board narrowly escaped drowning,
some clinging to the rigging and others in the water. A
steam-boat picked them all up. The yacht was carried
out to sea with the evening ebb tide and lost.

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.--
Yesterday afternoon, as the Gem, Gravesend steamer,
was stopping off Greenhithe to take on board some pas-
sengers, a man was observed to jump overboard. A
boat was immediately lowered, and in a few minutes the
man was picked up, but being a heavy man, and wholly
unable to swim, he must almost certainly have been
drowned, had it not happened Cult he wore a large
cloak, which being inflated by the wind sustaitled him
until he was picked up.

The Pawnbrokers" Alms-houses, now in course of
erection at Forest-gatQ, West Ham, are rapidly pro-
gressing towards completion. The exterior of the build-
, and, when completed, will present an
mg is of red brick
imposing and unique appearance.—Essex Standard.