The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-06 00:00:00

HALF OF HUNGARY.

A highly respectable and numerous meeting of the
inhabitants of Cardiff was held at the town-hall, on
Friday, in behalf of this deeply-wronged people, C.
Veehell in the chair, and the following resolutions passed
unanimously, and with great enthusiasm:-
1. " That in the opinion of this meeting the struggle
of the Hungarian people to maintain their independence,
and to vindicate their personal and constitutional liber-
tes, entitles them to receive the warm sympathies of all
classes of the people of England and Wales.
2. " That this meeting earnestly calls upon the British
Government to recognise the independence of the Hun-
garian nation, and to negotiate a commercial treaty with
vindicating not only
that country, that the moral and peaceful support of this
g!-eat empire may be given to a noble people who are
their own freedom, but the interests
of etvilization and liberty against the Camarillo, of Aus-
tria and the barbarians of Russia.

3. " That the foregoing resolutions, together with any
subscriptions that may be obtained, be forwarded to tho
friends of Hungary in London, now acting on their
behalf.

" On behalf of the meeting,
C. VACHELL, Chairman."
The meeting, being too large to be accommodated
within the walb, was adjourned to the front of tho
building.

Mr. HENRY VINCENT, being present, addressed the
audience with one of his soul-stirring appeals. The
effect was electrical, and every hand was held up for the
sacred cause.

The subscription, when complete, is to be forwarded
:0 The Sun office, London.

It is computed there were upwards of two thousand
persons present.

rHE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES, Atm. 4.
Attacks.
n London and vicinity
In England and Wales
In Scotland

Deaths.
75
131
18

Total

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Soeing thAt you publish returns of daily cases
of cholera, I have taken the liberty of sending you the
follovving:—

MERTHYR, Atm. 3.—Total from commencement,
May 25, up to ten o'clock to-day—attacked, 1,492 ;
deaths, 631.
Dow Leis, Atm. 3.—Total from commencement, June
10, up to ten o'clock this day—attacked, 662; deaths, 289.
ABERDARE, AuG. 24.—Total from commencement,
June 24, up to ten o'clock this day—attacked, 231;
deaths, 45. _ _

Total attacked, 2,385; total deaths, 964.
It made its appearance here on Tuesday last, and up
to this time 25 deaths have taken place.—Yours, &c.,
Brynmaur, Aug. 4. C. BURGESS.

VVISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S SOIREE.—Her Lady.
ship's last soirée this season, at the mansion of the noble
viscount in Ccrlton•gardens, was fashionably attended,
notwithstanding the thinness of town, The company

comprised his Excellency the Austrian Minister and the
Coutess Colloredo, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge,
his Excellency the French Minister and Mdlle. De
Llsuys, his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, his Excellency
Mr. Bancroft, his Excellency Baron de Cetto, his Ex-
cellency the Danish Minister and Countess Reventlow
and the Countess Hilda Reventlovv, the Marquis of
Clauricarde, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis
of Headfort end Ladies Taylour, the Countess of Jersey
and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess
Grey, the Earl Granville, Viscount and Viscountess
Canning, Viscountess Villiers, Lord Elphinstone, Lord
and Lady Beaumont, Lord Eddisbury, Lord Dudley
Stuart, Lord H. Vane, Lord Forester, Lady Dover and
Hon. Miss Ellis, Lady Dufferin, the Lord Mayor and
Lady Mayoress, Lady Seaford and Misses Hardy, Mr.
R. M. Mitnes, &c.

If there be foundation for a rumour which yester-
day afforded subject-matter of gossip at several of the
clubs, a recent marriage between a young military gen-
tleman of large fortune and a lady who has distinguished
herself in many ways, of Hiberneo-Spanish extraction,
and now bearing a title conferred upon her by a certain
German monarch, is likely to place the lady in a situa-
tion of still further notoriety. The relatives of the young
military Benstict, who are said to be much incensed at
the alliance' have, it is rumoured. received information
that the lady was previously married in India, that her
first husband is yet alive, that they have been separated
hfoarve tthialeen place orfourtyoears,
annulb the marriage,utthatnole sol
as proceedings
have leave
edings
either party at liberty to marry again. According to
the current on dit a legal investigation is contemplated,
and a warrant for the fair one's capture has actually
issued from the bureau of a west-end chef de police. In-
deed, there were some wbo confidently expected that she
would have been made amenable yesterday, but they
overlooked the fact that the happy couple repaired to
Ireland some days since, for the two-fold purpose of
passing the honeymoon and enjoying the festivities at-
tendant on the royal visit to that country.— Weekly
Chronicle.
ILLNESS or SIR C. ROWAN.—We have received
a communication stating that Sir Charles Rowan,
Chief Commissioner of Police, is in so precarious a
state of health as to cause much anxiety amongst his
friends.
Tim LANCASTER AND CARLISLE AND CANAL
COMPANIES.—Mr. Stephenson, the arbitrator appointed
to assess the claims ©f the Canal Company on the Lan-
caster and Preston Railway Company, for the use of the
Lancaster and Preston Railway from September, 1846,
to May, 1849, has given in his report. The total
amount of traffic over the line by the Carlisle Company
ho estimates at 83,6161. 19s. 3id., from which, deducting
28,0621. 83. Bd. allowance to the Lancaster and Carlisle
Railway Company for working expenses, the balance,
55,5511. 10s. 70., is the sum due to the Canal Company.
' Should the Lancaster and Carlisle take possession of the
Lancaster and Preston Railway on the Ist of August, as
is expected, the Canal Company will be entitled to a
further amount for the additional two months—say the
receipts for traffic over the line, less about 33 per cent.
working expenses.—Carlisle Journal.
/ THE ELECTRIC LlGHT.—Professor Beggs, of the
London Polytechnic Institution, has again lectured
during the past week on this interesting subject, and has
exhibited the light to highly intelligent and respectable
audiences, who were unanimous in expressing their sur-
' prise at its astonishing beauty and brilliancy. On Thurs-
day evening, in addition to the numerous and excellent
experiments with which his former lectures were illus-
trated, the Professor exhibited and explained the new
method of printing in colours by electricity, showing its
applicability to the improvement of the electric telegraph,
inasmuch as by its adoption, autograph letters, draw-
ings, and prints may be copied by the telegraph wire, at
a point several hundred miles distant from the operator.
—The Norfolk News of Saturday, Aug. 4.
The Queen has granted the following pensions
from the Civil List:7.slre. Cureton, widow of Colonel

Cureton, killed in action at liamntiggur, 1501. per an-
num; Mrs. Pennycuick, widow of Colonel
Pennycuick,
. per annum
killed at the battle of Chillianwallah, 150/ -
Mrs. Sarah Austin, the well known translator of Ger-
man standard works, 1301. per annum ; Mrs. Grant,
widow ot a sergeant ot the 45th Regiment, killed No-
vember 4,184 S, by several armed ma-ma, whilst guard-
ing some public money in the charge of Major Phibbs,
paymaster of pensioners, on a car, near Roscrea, in
Ireland (he refused gallantly to surrender the money,
and was shot), 201. per annum; Lieutenant Waghorn,
the active and enterprising projector of the overland
route to India (this is in addition to a pension of
100/. a year conferred on Lieutenant Virsghorn by the
East India Company), 2001. per annum; Mr. William
Sturgeon, Manchester, an experimental philosopher, and
who effected an improved electro-magnetic apparatus,
&c., 50/. per annum.—Observer
ARCEIZEOLOGICAL SOCIETr.—C!IESTER, SATURDAY.
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to the congress, &o.
The proe,Tdings concluded with a public, breakfast.
THE FRANKLIN EXPED ITtIOIN .—Every one will be
concerned to hear that a di'l,atcl, has arrived at the Ad-
miralty from Sir John Richardson,siaet
Sir John Franklin. The expedition
coast from the Mackenzie and Copperruine iriver;rave traversed
theti) e
Esquimau% all dccisred that no white men had made
their appearance. Unfortunately the ice set in unusually
strong. and prevented the txpedition from proceeding
beyond Icy Cove, to the north of Cape liebdul, ju,t as it
wa:: on the point of exploring a most int.resting region.
Thus, f. .r Ow present, all hope is cut off
ot discovering
Ili List voyag:rs. Our only consolation is in the gain to
science, for the search fur Cap-. Franklin has brought to
light many interesting facts respecting the inhospitable
regions of Arctic America.
Fictitious representations of what is praiseworthy
are useful furpreparing the mind o ! miento act in real
life. Yet fiction itself has boundaries, which sound and
sober sensa has a right to. prescribe, Lut which the acute-
ness of,feeling, and the vigour of fancy in men of genius
t are apt to overleap.—Eliza Cook's Journal.