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

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LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1849.

The worthy inhabitants of the ancient and loyal
city of Cork must have been taken considerably by
surprise when Thursday's evening breeze wafted the
booming of the artillery to their walls, as the royal
squadron steamed into their splendid harbour, and the
cannon's opening roar announced the advent of the
SOVEREIGN to her long-expecting Island of the 'West.
Yet, notwithstanding the anticipation of their long-
ings by the period of a diurnal revolution of the
sphere, the QUEEN experienced a right royal recep-
tion, unmarred by the bustle of hurry or em-
harassment, and conspicuous alike fur enthusiasm
and for order. The admirable arrangements
which had teen prepared by the excellent taste
of the leading citizens were developed in a manner to
fully satisfy their most ardent anticipations, and a
heartfelt outburst of loyal greeting to their beloved
SOVEREIGN emanated with equal fervour from the
poorest in the throng as from the most prominent
members of the courtly inner circle. The enthu-
siasm was universal, generous, and unaffected. It
must indeed have been a proud moment to those who
ere spectators of the scene, when, amid the thunders
issuing from the brazen throats of war, the
ringing shouts of the vast multitudes who
lined the shores, and the thrilling cheers of
the sturdy tars of England, the most deservedly
Popular Monarch that has ever graced the British
Throne first set her foot on the Irish soil. The little
town which her MAJESTY, on the solicitation of the
inhabitants, graciously directed should henceforth
bear the name of Queenstown, may well be proud of
'
this memorable honour, and e trust that the hopes
which they indulge, that herm visit may be the means
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of accelerating the local
the Government,
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been determined upon by which
would develop the great natural advantages
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important harbour, and extend h
fairly-paid employment to many artizans and la-
bourers, long pining in compulsory idleness, may be
fully and effectually realised. The sincere, cordial,
and truly Irish v; eicome, the " Cead mille fealtha,"
never more fervent or more well-founded, made an
evident impression on the first Lady of the land, and
the exceeding beauty of the scenery of the port and
river of Cork shed a genial glow on the superb
spectacle. The address subsequently presented by
the Mayor of Cork, whose knighthood on such
a momentous occasion is a high and enviable
honour, is entitled to no small commendation.
It expresses a just hope—a hope which, we trust, may
bear its fruit through many a happy year—that plea-
sure and happiness may be diffused among his loyal

countrymen by frequent repetitions of the auspicious
occurrence; that her gracious visit may bear healing
on its wings, and prove the harbinger of bright and
better days for a land now passing through a fearful
ordeal. "We know," it proceeds to say, " that your
MAJESTY deeply sympathises in the sufferings and pri-
vations which your people have undergone, and are
still going through ; and we are convinced that
nothing would afford a - higher gratification
to your royal breast than to mitigate and
relieve those sufferings, and to raise the
moral and social condition of your MAJESTY'S much
and long-enduring, but patient and faithful Irish
subjects. We trust that your Royal advent here will
lay the foundation of a better order of things than has
hitherto existed, be the means of fully developing
the great and varied natural resources of our beauti
ful and fertile country, and that its prosperity, and
the subsequent comfort, happiness, and contentment
of its people will be the glorious and blessed results of
your auspicious visit."
To this touching prayer who will not sincerely
cry Amen ! The annals of the present reign
teem with many glorious records, but the laurels
won by the gallant victories of the East are a fading
and perishable crown compared to the genuine and
undying lustre which will spring from the regenera-
tion of the right arm of the empire. Without pre-
tending to the possession of any extraordinary pro-
phetic power, we may safely predict that the year
1849 will prove the commencement of a new era for
the sister isle ; when peace and industry, and con-
sequent plenteousness, will flourish in the place of
squalor, stagnation, and decay. It will be ever
remembered, with a glow of laudable exultation,
by the good citizens of the chief city of
Munster, that it was their peals of jubilant
loyalty which were the first to hail the sun-burst of
that bright and cheering day, and although " dear
dirty Dublin," to adopt the irreverent phrase of the
facetious correspondent of a morning Contemporary—
a phrase penned with a far greater regard to
alliteration than to truth—may display a pagean-
try of more comprehensive splendour, Queen Vic-
ToarA and her Royal Consort will never permit
the first impression of " the emerald gem of the
Western World" tofade from their remembrance, nor
forget the honest and hearty loyalty of the good and
true lieges of Cork.

Various communications have reached us, not
merely from persons resident in the metropolis, but
likewise from different parts of the United Kingdom
—inquiring as to the possibility of Englishmen, or
Irishmen, or Scotchmen (for members of each of the
three races have expressed to ourselves the same soli-
citude) leaving this country fully armed and equipped
to act as volunteers to the heroic and glorious Hun-
garians. We must be allowed here to answer these
correspondents collectively—reminding them that, by
virtue of the Foreign Enlistment Act, such overt pro-
ceeding are illegal. The recent trial of several in-
dividuals who had fitted out a' steam-vessel, laden
with men, arms, and ammunition, for the pur-
pose of affording assistance to the Sicilians,
was a case in point. To speak briefly,
the application of the reasoning of the enactment
is as follows. England is not at war either with
Austria or with Russia—deeply as those atrocious
despotisms are abhorred by our fellow-countrymen,
they are at present in a position of amity in regard to
our Government—and consequently it is considered
unjust as well as irrational for the Cabinet of St.
James's to behold without interference the subjects of
Queen VicroniA. enlisting soldiers and accumulating
weapons of attack against any state with which her
MAJESTY'S representatives still maintain amicable
relations. Hence the Foreign Enlistment Act was
introduced into, and passed uninterruptedly through,
both Houses of Parliament. Nor, upon considera-
tions of abstract propriety, can the justice of
the law be gainsayed. As a matter of moral
and logical utility the
.arrangement is in
every respect as judicious as that embodied
in the Alien Bill, a measure by which any refugee
may be deported from these islands in the event of
its being proved that he abuses the privileges gra-
tuitously conferred upon him as one seeking shelter
under the protecting shadow of our institutions, for
the purposes of plotting against an ally of the British
Government, or of disseminating pernicious doctrines
through the medium of the evil system of Propa-
gandism. Supposing, therefore, any citizen within
these realms is really solicitors to lend the assistance

of his life to the sacred cause of liberty

among the Hungarians, his only chance will be clan-
destine. To imagine that we, co-operating with the
Committee of Members of Parliament, can employ any
portion of the funds subscribed for the Hungarian
refugees to the end that adventurous Englishmen, or
Scotchmen, or Irishmen, may be enabled to reach the
seat of war by crossing the Adriatic, or by traversing
Roumelia, is singularly to misapprehend the object
of the Testimonial. It should be remembered that
the amount of the subscription, supposing there to be
a surplus beyond the anticipated expenditure, will
under all circumstances be directed in the first instance
to the aid of the Hungarians of every miscellaneous`grade
of society, whether living in London, or scattered
throughout the kingdom. These would naturally be the
first parties whose transmission to the battle-fields of
Hungary would be the object of our solicitude.
And, even supposing all those refugees of the blood of
the Magyars to have been conveyed from the land of
their exile to the land of their nativity, our next
desire would be to witness the departure in
the same direction of the brave but unfortunate fel-
low-countrymen of BEM and DEMBINSKI.
Here it is that we may be permitted to allude at
length, and directly, to the band of Magyar soldiers
in whose behalf we first originated the Testimonial,
the troop of hussars lately resident at Folkstone. We
say lately resident at Folkstone, seeing that these
brave children of misfortune, and we trust we may
designate them prophetically heirs to glory and pro-
spective sharers in patriotic success, are now steaming
up the Mediterranean on their way to Constanti-
nople, and thence to the head-quarters of
the army of liberation. It must not be imagined,
however, that, from the fact of this announcement,
there is no further necessity for contributing more
subscriptions to swell the fund of the Hungarian Tes-
timonial. On the contrary, it should be felt through-
out England that there is now more than ever a
necessity for the increase of this evidence of British
sympathy for the Hungarians. First and foremost
there is an ample reason for all parties to arrive at
this conclusion, in the simple fact that the Committee
of Noblemen and M.P.'s have, on their collective re-
sponsibility, guaranteed the payment of all expenses
incurred in the transmission of these sixty-eight or
nine hussars to the Bosphorus, and onward to the north
of the Turkish frontiers. Seeing a favourable oppor-
tunity for sending the gallant refugees to their father-
land, the Committee pledged themselves that the
necessary amount for liquidating the expenses should
be forthcoming ; and, consequently, for this reason,
if for no other, the exertions made on the part of

those sympathising with the Magyars should be re-
doubled instead of being in any degree relaxed.
Beyond the consideration mentioned, however, there
are numerous others of a wider scope which should
act as additional incitements to the generous popu-
lation of England. The subscription opened is not
so much intended for the assistance exclusively
of any single body of refugees as it is di-
rected to the general advance of the great
cause with which those refugees and other refugees
still in this country are in a particular manner iden-
tified. The Testimonial is a testimonial to express
British sympathy for the Hungarians. Let, then,
the Testimonial be worthy of the sympathy ; let it
be worthy of a free and flourishing nation like Eng-
land, holding out the hand of fellowship to a free but
suffering nation like the Hungarians. Already have
our aspirations been nobly responded to by the rapid
increase of the subscriptions already collected, by the
immense assemblages in the city of London and in
Marylebone, and by the provincial meetings now being
convoked at Cardiff, at Birmingham, and at other
large
towns in various parts of the United Kingdom.
If any supplementary inducement be required to
forward the objects implied in the Testimonial, surely
sufficient may be discovered in the contemplation of
the different spirit of the belligerent; and by the con-
sideration of the extraordinary successes already ob-
tained by the Hungarians.

As to the disposition displayed by the Magyars
and by the united Imperialists—that may be easily
recognised in the different tone of the proclamations
issued by their respective leaders. The hilarious And

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