The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-27 00:00:00

FRAN CE

At the sitting of the Assembly on Saturday M.
Antony Thouret presented the following proposal,
which will be brought forward in a day or two :
" The undersigned have the honour of laying the
following proposal before the Assembly, for which
they demand urgency :
" Considering that, in the words pronounced in the
sitting of the 21st of November by one of the mem-
bers of the Assembly (M. Segur d'Aguesseau), it was
not possible for those members who wished to protest
against these words, and against their author, to obtain
the right, which belongs to all, of procuring the call to
order, or the penalties provided for by Art. 119 of the
regulations ; considering that it was not even in their
power to obtain the right of mounting the tribune, either
for a call to order, or for the regulations, or for a pro-
test ; considering that the expressions of M. Segur
d'Aguesseau conveyed evidently an outrage against the
Republic, and its glorious founders, the combatants
of February ; considering that it cannot be the pro-
vince of the President to prevent the representatives
from demanding in the tribune a solemn reparation of
such an outrage ; considering that the President's
duty is to insist on an immediate retractation ; con-
sidering, lastly, that a member of the Assembly,
having energetically insisted on these points, was
called to order by the President ; the Assembly de-
clares that the President has not been impartial in his
conduct during yesterday's sitting; that he has failed
in the most important of his duties, in not causing
insertion
of Republic to be respected ; and orders the
of the present declaration in the proces verbal of the
sitting:'

(Signed by 149 Representatives.)

TURKEY:.

KOSSUTII'S ADDRESS TO THE REFUGEES AT
WIDDIN.

The National Zeitung publishes the following tran
lation of the speech which M. Kossuth addressed to
the Hungarian refugees on the occasion of their de-
parture from Widdin :
" Gentlemen,—I am happy to be the bearer of the
greetings and blessings of the good and glorious Sul-
tan.—(Cheers.) A messenger from the great
Monarch arrived here yesterday, bringing the joyful
news that the Sultan has resolved not to listen to
Austria and Russia's demands for our surrender.—
(Groans.) No ; the Sultan has sworn by the
Prophet that he will protect us at any hazard, even at
the risk of the overthrow of his empire.—(Cheers.)
" Gentlemen, it is now certain that we are to leave
Widdin. The war for which we yearn—that war
which alone can liberate our poor country—the war
which hitherto was doubtful—it is now certain. The
question of that war, of its outbreak, I say, is now
but a question of time, and its commencement will be
determined by Fuad Effendi—for such is the object
of his mission to St. Petersburgh. My brethren!
the sun has not yet set ! there are still some rays of
light ! a nobler part remains still for us. The Hun-
garian emigration is of high importance in the politics
of Europe. To deserve that importance is our task—
which, though difficult, is most glorious 1 But do
not fear, my brethren, that we stand alone—as we
did ; that we are disowned, as we were. No, indeed.
We are held up by Turkey, by England, and by
France. Public opinion in England, in the Parliament
and without, has indeed for a moment become doubtful
of us. But why? because some of us have adopted
the Mahometan faith. But what these men did finds
some excuse in the prevailing desire to make prose-
lytes; aad, besides, whatever they did they did as
men, not as Hungarians. As men they will have to
bear the consequences, and not only they but also
certain people in this city of Widdin who urged them
to this step. But that is all. A letter which I wrote
to the Noble Lord Palmerston, and the unremitting
labours of an English friend (Mrs. Thomson) have
served to place the question in its true light, and the
organs of the British press, of all parties, raised their
voice in our favour. Gentlemen, I am enabled to
assure you that England and France are for us,
and that they have declared that, allied with the
Most High Porte, they will fight for the
liberty and independence of our country. In
consequence of these important events the Host
High Porte has resolved to send the Hungarian
emigrants from Widdin to Shumla. Shumla is,
according to my opinion, if not the best, at least the
most advantageous place for the Hungarian emi-
gration, for in the case of a war against Russia and
Austria, we shall be enabled to proced to and cross
the Danube at Rustshuk, and to reach our country,
where hundreds of thousands of kind hearts and stout
arms wait for us to rid the earth from the wretched
remains of a bloodthirsty dynasty, which exhibits the
just curse of an angry God by those atrocious deeds
which in its frenzied blindness it perpetrates against
a poor and helpless people. But if Shumla were
threatened—though, indeed, there is not much fear of
that—there are fourteen British vessels in the Dar-
danelles, prepared to take us to England, wheza we
are sure of a kind treatment, for Great Britaist--,-to
speak with Lord Palmerston, has not indeed orders
and ribands for a murderer like Haynau ; but that
noble country can admire and respect the remains of
a gallant nation which prevailed against and shook to
its foundation the firm and towering stronghold of
tyranny.—(Cheers and shouts of the Turks, ' Bin
jasha Kossuth !"Bin jasha Dembinski!' or `May
Kossuth live a thousand years!' &c.)
When silence was restored Kossuth proceeded—
"l have but a few words to add. To prevent dis-
orders the Most High Porte wishes the emigrants to
forms a corps under my leadership.—(Loud cheers.)
If it is your will, Gentlemen, I consent.—(Cheers.)
But I wish for harmony and order, for without these
our corps cannot exist. That corps is to be a mili-
tary institution, which I will do my best to improve.
To prevent the possibility of any violence on the part
of the Russians, we are to journey by land. To de-
fray the expenses of that journey, the High Porte has
sent me 241,000 piastres, as a Bairam's present for the
emigrants."