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London, England, 1849-09-17 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1849. j

Sympathy shall do for the Hungarians what has
been undone by treason. England shall by her bene-
ficent influences counterbalance the evil influences cf
Russia. In speaking thus we are only reiterating a
truth which has been articulated by the voice of
thousands. The people of Great Britain have pro-
claimed, and are still proclaiming, their determination
to prevent the extinction of another glorious nation-
ality. As an independent power Poland has been
obliterated from the map of Europe. England wiffir,
nessed, the downfal of that heroic kingdom, and the
children of England wept over the annals of the
calamity. Their tears were soon quenched, however,
by their indignation, and they resolved, as a race
sworn to keep alive the vestal fires of Liberty,
that they would never behold a second
partition. In spite of this, the insatiable
ambition, the greed of empire, the lust of dominion
have prompted the northern despots repeatedly to
make aggressive advances upon every contiguous ter-
ritory. in this manner, for example, we have seen
the AUTOCRAT absorbing petty provinces one after
another; we have seen his soldiers pressing into the
very heart of Moldavia and Wallachia, threatening
the frontiers of Roumelia, and placing his janissaries
as sentinels over the palatial residences of Bucharest ;
we have seen his policy directed perpetually to that
magnificent day-dream of the house of ROMANOFP,
which would enable the Russian fleet to
which would reduce the Caliph SULTAN to a simple
viceroy—
ride at anchor off the Golden Horn—which
would cause the banner of the black eagle
to fly over the dome of St. Sophia, and
would transform the gorgeous city of Constantinople
into the St. Petersburgh of the Mediterranean. As
with the CZAR, so also with the KAISER we have
observed the damnable work of spoliation progres-
sing. While extinguishing the last glimmer of Polish
independence by the annexation of Cracow, the
wicked councils of the Austrian have directed their
energies to the completion of that great work of
miscellaneous robbery. They hare tried to cozen the
Germanic Confederation into the abandonment of the
imperial authority unconditionally to the House of
Hapsburg. They have endeavoured to awe Gallicia
into obedience by the employment of a terrorism
contrasted with which the terrorism of ROBESPIERRE
was humane and magnanimous. They have goaded
on the nobles to the tyrannical domination of the
peasantry, and have instigated the peasantry to wreak
upon the nobles a sanguinary and diabolical ven-
geance. They have placed in the hands of their
myrmidons the weapons of cruelty and assassination,
the torch and the dagger, deleterious drugs and those
yet more disastrous and destructive poisons, slanders
invested with the appearance of official authenticity.
As the crowning ac of their stupendous atrocities,
the members of the Government of Austria have
dared to place a sacrilegious hand upon the in-
violable rights and the immemorial liberties
of Hungary. It is not yet forgotten—nay, we
are bold to aver that it will never be lost to remem-
brance, never until the last champion of freedom is
strangled on the expiring hecatomb of his com-
patriots—how that unparalleled evidence of
treachery calle forth from the race of the Magyars
equally unparalleled evidences of civism, of heroism,
and of devotion to their ancient prerogatives. The
rising throughout the countries of the Danube, the
retreat to the environs of Debreczin, the defence of
Comorn, the campaign in Transylvania, and the
simultaneous victories achieved when the Provisional
Government sounded the charge of battle—rolling
back the armies of FERDINAND to the suburbs of
Presburg, obscuring the renown of WELDEN, of
WINDISCHGRATZ, and of HAYNAU, appalling the Eltl-
rEßou into an abdication, and routing the formidable
band of Croats under JELLACHlCH—constitute a
spectacle more majestic than any that has been wit-
nessed since the Titanic wars of the great conqueror
NAPOLEON. The heart of England leaped up with
exultation at the tidings of all that had been accom-
plished—unaided, except by GOD and their own
valour—by the glorious sons of Hungary. The
mind of England appreciated the justice of the sacred
and unsullied cause of the Hungarians. The soul of
England revolted at the prospect of their subjugation—
a prospect which was rendered only the more probable
when FRANCIS JOSEPH called in to his aid the legions
of the abhorred NICHOLAS. And soon the voices of

the people of England were heard resounding across
Europe, breathing hatred and defiance against
the scourgers of women, the ruthless and pitiless
oppressors of nations. Thank GOD !-if the British
Government remained apathetic in the midst of this
emergency, the British people were true to them-
selves and to their historic recollections.

Hungary has been delivered over by treason, bound
hand and foot, to the mercies of the Austrian EMPEROR,
and of his ally the Russian AUTOCRAT. Yet awful as
is her peril, she is not lost—for she has the sym-
pathy, the love, and the admiration of the great
English people. In this very evening's impression of our
journal will be found another token of that enthusiasm
which NN e have striven, and not in vain, to awaken in
the bosoms of our countrymen. The particulars of
the meeting held this day se'nnight at Norwich would
he sufficient of themselves to show that England
despairs not for Hungary, if we had no other attestation
whatever of that opinion. Other attestations, how-
ever,
we have—the attestations (every man amongst I
us) of our own judgment and of our own convictions.

We feel that there is no improbability in the accuracy
of that rumour to which the Constitutionnel has just
given utterance, n miely, that Lord PALMERSTON
demands from the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Peters-
burgh, in reference to the Hungarian question, the
state quo antebellum. We are not only fain to credit
hut to glory in the declaration that the extradition
from Turkey of the immortal Kossurn, in obedience
to the requisition of the AUTOCRAT, would be regarded
by the English Government as a cases belli. Yes !
thanks to that ennobling and elevating loyalty of
the people of these islands to the abstract principles
of justice and to the inalienable rights of freedom,
we can feel assured that not ours alone, but
every staunch heart in the United Kingdom would
throb with exultation at the prospect of such a con-
summation. For we know—we, the people of Eng-
land know—that, in the language of our illus-
trious Jumus, "this is not the cause of
faction or of party, but the public interest of every
man in Britain." Aye, "of every man in Britain,"
for the cause of Hungary is not only the cause of
England, but the cause of liberty throughout Eu.
rote and Christendom. Again, and yet again, we
tell Lord PALMERSTON, that upon him, and upon him
alone, amongst all the members of this miserable do-
nothing Government, England counts with hope and
with something more than hope, with confidence. It
is befitting that the descendant of Sir WILLIAM
TEMPLE should worthily complete his own lofty and
honourable destinies, by standing forward as the
representative of Great Britain, as the defender of
the violated rights, and the vindicator of the
abused greatness of KOSSUTH and the Hungarians.

I" There is nothing more important in life,
especially in public life, than to have a principle to
guide you." This is the doctrine recently put forward
1 by Mr. DISRAELT, the recognised leader, and incom•
parably the most talented member of the Protectionist
party in the House of Commons, and in its justice
and accuracy we fully and entirely concur. With-
out a fixed and steadfast principle, a public man,
however brilliant his acquirements, and lucid his
reasoning powers, will become a political cypher.
Blown about by every wind, caught by every ad
captandum argument, he will speedily forfeit his
character for consistency. He can never acquire
weight or influence either in Parliament or with the
country, and will be regarded by all classes as
affording a melancholy illustration of the evil results
of vacillation and uncertainty. It is far better
to adopt even an unsound or incor-
rect principle than to be without any.
In the former case there is at least hope of improve-
ment. With matured experience and enlarged know-
ledge, the advocate of an erroneous principle may
possibly be convinced of his former error, and in-
duced to form a more correct judgment; but no rea-
sonable expectation can be entertained of the vacillat-
ing and inconsistent man. To the end of his career
he will pursue a wandering and erratic course, his
hand being directed against every man in turn, and
every man's hand against him. The same doctrine
may be predicated of a great party. If the guiding
principle be kept distinctly in view—if the goal be
never for a moment forgotten or lost sight of, it will
ultimately be arrived at, however devious the paths
into which the pilgrims may wander. Difficulties
may arise, impediments apparently insuperable may
exist, but the object, if steadfastly and perseveringly
pursued, will eventually be attained.
For some time the Protectionist party have been
literally without a principle. The question of free
trade was definitively settled in 1846, and although
it has not as yet been completely carried into opera-
tion, the recent legislation has all tended in that
direction. The abolition of the corn tax has been
followed by an equitable arrangement of the sugar
duties and an improved navigation code. Parliament
has affirmed the great principle that henceforward
taxes will be imposed for purposes of revenue alone,
and not of protection. And " the most complex and
perplexing questions will be decided" according to
that golden rule. The most zealous and in-
defatigable monopolists must feel the inutility
of any attempts to distract or perplex the question,
that has been definitely arranged. The Honourable
Member for Buckinghamshire is too skilful a tac-
tician, too clear-headed and intelligent a partisan, to
persist in playing a losing game, in suffering defeat
after defeat, without breaking new ground and erect-

ing a more auspicious banner, under which his
followers may at least entertain reasonable hopes of
victory. That standard has at length been erected.
A new principle has been enunciated, for which the
agriculturists are henceforward to contend; and we
rejoice to say that it will be accepted by the great
body of the people, being alike founded on justice
and public policy. "Equal taxation and cheap capital"
is from this day forth to be the motto of the
Protectionist leader; and in carrying out
that equitable principle we promise him
the sympathy and zealous co-operation of the indus-
trious classes. What does the most enthusiastic
fiscal or monetary reformer desire but " equal taxa-
tion and cheap capital ?" Is it not the great end and
object of all his exertions ? Does he not desire an
equitable arrangement of the existing taxation,
so that every man shall contribute to the national
Exchequer secundum statum et facultates, according
to his means and the stake he possesses in the
country ? Does he not seek such changes in the
monetary code as will bestow on the nation a circu-

lating medium or currency adequate to its wants and
exigencies—sufficient to stimulate industry, to pro-
vide remunerative employment for every man able
and willing to work, to make availab!e the
real capital that exists in the thews and sinews
of our labouring men—that would afford " real
protection to British industry," not merely to the
agriculturists or shipowners, but to all, without ex-
ception ?

" Indirect taxation" can never be supported by the
man who honestly seeks equal taxation for all ; the
Acts of 1819 and 1844 must be eschewed by him
who requires " cheap capital," and a moderate rate of
interest for all who have tangible security to offer.
We bid, then, Mr. DISRAELI and his associates
welcome, and gladly hail them as fellow-labourers in
the good cause which we have so long and so strenu-
ously advocated. We may not for a time arrive at a
perfect understanding as to the details of the great
questions, or as to the mode by which they are to be
carried triumphantly through Parliament; but so
long as the guiding principles are the same, so
long as equal justice and equal privileges to every
British subject are honestly sought for—so long
shall we be labourers in the same vineyard, whose
duty it is to sustain and encourage each other in our
undertakings.

THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA.—We have authority
for stating that there is no truth whatever in the
paragraph copied from a morning contemporary, to
the effect that Mr. More O'Ferrall had been repri-
manded for not receiving the Italian refugees at
Malta, and that he had, in consequence, tendered his
resignation. We understand that there is not even a
shadow of ground on which to found this paragraph.

ADELPHI THEATRE.---This house will open to-
night (Monday), the company returning from the Hay-
market, where they have been performing for the last
few weeks. Madame Celeste will reappear in one of her
favourite characters, and the orchestra will be still
under the guidance of Mr. Alfred Mellon, who has
recently been engaged at the Liverpool and Birmingham
Festivals.
BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 16.—For some days it has
been generally rumoured that her Majesty, on her re-
turn from Scotland to the metropolis, intended paying a
passing visit to this town. Yesterday morning an official
communication was received by the Mayor, intimating
that her Majesty would proceed direct from Lancaster
to the Isle of Wight, without making any stay on the
way.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, SEPT. 16.—The steam-ship
America, Captain Harrison, departed from the Mersey
yesterday at noon for Halifax and Boston, with the
usual North American mails, and about 80 passengers.
We have no tidings this morning of the steam-ship
Hibernia, with the mails, &c., from Boston on the 29th
ult. The steam-ship Canada, Captain Judkins, which
would leave New York on the sth and Halifax on the
Bth inst., may be expected to arrive in the course of to-
morrow (Monday).

NEWCASTLE• ON-TYNE SEPT. 15.—William MAC*.
donald was brought up before the magistrates sittir:g in
the gaol this morning, and evidence being heard of his
conduct yesterday, the Court sentenced him to be kept
in irons during the remainder of his term of imprison-
ment, about five weeks, and to receive two dozen lashes
with a cat-o'-nine tails. Edward Ranking, and George
Hunter, two others concerned in the riots, were each
sentenced to three months' imprisonment, in addition to
the term for which they are now imprisoned.