The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-18 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL
TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES

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distressed Hungarian soldiers now at Folkstone, and to
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Hungarian cause, or on the broad grounds of humanity
and benevolence, may be disposed to concur in the object
of the committee.
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Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P.
Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P.
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PRIVY COUNCIL AT OSBORNE PALACE (TRU DAY).
—The Cabinet Ministers, accompanied by the Master
of the Horse and the Lord Steward, left the Waterloo-
bridge terminus this morning, at half-past nine
o'clock, by special train for Gosport, where they would
embark on board the Fairy royal tender to the Victoria
and Albert for Osborne, where a Privy Council is sum-
moned to meet this afternoon. The Ministers and great
officers of State with the Clerk of the Council, after
partaking of a dijeuner at the royal marine residence,
will return to town by special train. The Chief Equerry
and Clei k Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget, bas left Osborne
for town in consequence of the accouchement of Lady
Alfred yesterday morning. his Royal Highness Prince
Albert will embark at Cowes for Weymouth on Wed-
nesday morning next, to lay the first stone of the Break-
water at Portland.
MADAME SONTAG.—The rehearsal of the lon-
nambula yesterday singularly displayed in Madame
Sontag oneits of the marked characteristics of genius—
namely, individuality, that which marks the per-
sonal identity of talent. Going over the long
beaten track and the familiar strains, nothing in
her singing or in her acting was imitative, or sug-
gested comparison with her predecessors. The vocal
execution, the pathos, and the dramatic conception are
all her own ; the former brilliant beyond all expecta-
tion,
nd
appearing the
latter
chaste and gentle,
a as if the character had been written for
unstraiaed, exquisitely
the vocalist.

The ilove of woman is gold that is tried in the
fire. The love of man is too often alloyed with baser
metals.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

destitution upon the world. Many prisoners were
captured, tbirty•eight of whom have been committed for
trial, and several inquests are to be held on the bodies
of those who received their death-wounds in the san-
guinary encounter.
As the whole matter must be subjected to legal in-
vestigation, we abstain for the present from consider-
ing which of those parties first resorted to deadly
weapons, or stained their hands in human gcre. We
shall not inquire whether the first shot proceeded
from the Orange or the Catholic ranks. This, how-
ever, is certain, that murder and arson have been
committed, that innocent blood has been shed, and
that the Orangemen are morally, if not legally, re-
sponsible for the consequences that might easily
have been anticipated without any extraordinary de-
gree of foresight. They were the first aggressors
by resolving on an exhibition that has ever been re-
garded as a deep and bitter insult to the Catholic
community, that perpetuated the remembrance of
former discord, and sowed the seeds of strife that
would be handed down from father to son through
successive generations. It is much to be regretted
that the wise and salutary law prohibiting party pro-
cessions of any description should have been suffered
to expire, that so fertile a source of outrage and dis-
turbance should be permitted to exist. We trust that
Government will, even during the present session,
bring forward a Bill for the re-enactment of the
Party Processions Act.

But while we thus justly condemn the
Orange body, their opponents also are worthy of tb•
gravest censure. They should have regarded the
ridiculous proceedings with silent contempt ; they
should have exhibited a respectful obedience to the
law that would have contrasted strongly with the
' intemperate conduct of the others, and obtained the
approbation of all unprejudiced persons. Such a
course would do more to check these objectionable
processions than the most determined opposition, or
the most sanguinary conflicts. Were it not for the
expectation of contests, and of exciting the Catholic
party, the processions would be speedily abandoned.
The Orangemen would not gravely march along
with flags and banners, armed to the teeth, rendering
themselves the laughing- stocks of all spectators, if
no other result were anticipated. Ridicule and good-
humoured contempt would prove more efficient
weapons than guns, or pikes, or all the offensive in-
struments of the riband armoury.
On the present occasion the Catholic party too
readily responded to the Orange challenge. If one
side invited a contest the other promptly accepted
the gage of battle, and came, with all their powers,
resolved on bloodshed. If a deadly contest was not
anticipated, why were such extensive preparations,
such formidable organization entered into ?

_ .
Unless " war to the knife" was expected,
why were fire•arms, pikes, swords, scythes,
&c., &c., so freely resorted to on every side ?
Why were they not contented with shilelahs or
alpeens, the usual instrument of the Irish peasant,
with which he can break his neighbour's head in
perfect love and good fellowship. In this respect
there is but little difference, and all parties implicated,
whether Protestant or Catholic, Orangeman or
Ribandman, are involved in similar guilt, and are
equally deserving of punishment.

" THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY
OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll-
BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven-
tion.