The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-11 00:00:00

SYMPATHY WITH HUNGARY

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER
NORWICH, MONDAY EVENING.—A large, influential,
and enthusiastic meeting was held this evening to evince
deep sympathy in the Hungarian cause, and to express
their desire to see the independence of that kingdom re-
cognized by the Government of Great Britain, and es-
tablished on such a basis as shall enable its industrious
and intellectual people to clfv,lope the great natural re-
sources of that fertile and fine country, and to consolidate
the political, religious, and civil freedom of a noble
nation. A requisition was got up and signed by more
than ICO of the most respectable citizens of Noreich, and
presented to the Mayor, asking him to call a common
►:all of the citizens of Norwich, to take the above named
subject into consideration.
Some time bafore the hour appointed, haif•psst seven
o'clock, this splendid hall, capable of holding 2,000 per-
sons, was crowdal by Reformers of every degree, Con-
servatives, Radicals, &c, all uniting in ono common
cause. The chair was taken by Anthony Hudson, Esq.
The deputation from the Central Hungarian Committee
consisted of Lord Dudley Stu Irt, M.P., H. Birkbeck,
Esq., and Was. B. Donne, Among those present
we also observed Colonel Money, 11. Bright well, Esq , J.
Sultzer, Esq., &c.
After several resolutions had been carried by acclama-
tion, the meeting separated with much enthusiasm.

FISTULA INFIRMARY.
(THIS DAY.)
A special meeting of the governors of this institution
was held this day at one o'clock, at the London Tavern;
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair.
The object of the meeting was to consider the pro-
priety of altering the name of the hospital from its present
name to that of the " St. Andrew's Hospital." Mr. Bond
Cabbell having made the institution a munificent gift of
land in the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, for the
erection of a new building, which is estimated at the
value of 3,0001. or 4,0001., one of the coLditions of the
grant was, that the institution should henceforth be
called " The St. Andrew's Hospital for the cure of
diseases of the lower intestines."

Some discussion took place as to whether the name
of the hospital should be alttred or no: before the new
building was erected.

Mr. AIASTERMAN intimated, on the part of Mr. Bond
Cabbell, that it was not his wish to have the name
altered until the building was finished. When the
treasurer had 2,0001. in hand for its erection, the land
should be conveyed to the institution.

The proposition and its conditions were accepted.
A cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Bond Cabbell having
been passed for his munificent gift, and also to the
Lord Mayor for presiding, the meeting separated.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. WITHAM, for the Assistant-Judge.)
The September general sessions were commenced this
morning at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, Mr.
Witham presiding in the absence of the Assistant-
Judge. The calendar is comparatively light, and there
are but seventy prisoners for trial.
IVilliam Flottery and William Jones, both sixteen
years of age, and distinguished from the general mass
of youths indicted here for picking pockets, by being
described in the calendar as able to read and write,
were convicted of attempting to steal a pocket handker-
chief from the person of James Pidgeon, on the pier of
the halfpenny steam-boats, at Ivy Bridge-lane, Adelphi.
It appeared that the prisoners, as well as the prosecutor,
were passengers by the boat from London-bridge pier,
and the boys. were both seen trying Mr. Pidgeon's
pocket, and one of them drew out the handerchief and
give it to the other, who immediately concealed it be.
tween his legs. Flottery, however, now denied that he
had any participation in the theft, and protested that he
had never committed a dishonest act in his li"e. Jones
said it was his first offcm..e. He did not put his hand
into the pocket, but the handkerchief %vas hanging out.
lie prayed hard for a lenient sentence.
Neither of the prisoners was known to the officers of
the House of Correction or of the court, and it did not
appear that they were old cff,ndere.

The CHAIRMAN sentenced them to be imprisoned each
six months and kept to hard labour.
'They seemed quite astounded at the sentence, and
wept bitterly, Fluttery continuing to protest his inno-
cence until he was removed from the dock.
The other cases tried this morning were of a very
trivial character.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I read in your inestimable paper of last even-
ing the extraordinary application made to the Lord
Mayor respecting the notorious Wood, and the ap-
prehension entertained lest he should be liberated

ia.ough bribery. Rest assured he is in safe hands, not
at Boulogne but Amiens, the chef- lieu of the Depart-
partment where the offence was committed. The
Procureur de la R6publique will we that justice is
done; and if such individuals as the Duke de Praslin
could not escape, there i 3 no chance for the indivi-
dual in question.

I am, Sir, yours,
A LIMB OF THE LAW.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.-13y the
packct just arrived horn Havre we learn that the sales
of ectton yesterday amounted to 317 bales, and that
prices were firmer. lerrize, from New Orleans; the

EJith, the Jacques, from Martinique ; the Amalie, from
Rio Janeiro; and th 3 Adele-et-Julie, from La Plata,
arrived at Havre ycsterday. The Russian steam-frigate
kinatEchatka arrived here this morning from Madeira.
She will take on board a supply of coals and proceed to
Cronstadt.

THE NEW BELGIAN PROCESS FOR DRESSING
FLAX.—At the monthly meeting of the Royal Flax So-
ciety, in Belfast, some conversation ensued upon the
system of M. de Changy, of Brussels, as illustrated by
samples lately shown by that gentleman, at the Royal
Exhibition in the Linen Hall. Ho states his method to
be independent of steeping in water, and that the rotting
of the flax can be thoroughly accomplished in a few
hours, tho means employed being partly chemical and
partly mechanical. The committee thought it very de-
sirable that his process should be fully investigated, and
to this end samples of Irish flax, in straw and in fibre,
had been furnished him by the society, and by Messrs.
James Boomer and Co., and S. K. Mullholland and
finds, to be operated upon and returned.—Northern
Whig.

CIIOLERA IN WEDNESIMAY, ETAPPORD.
stitr.E.--:From private correspondence that we have re-
ceived, it would appear that the cholera is raging
.here dreadfully. Our c,,rresponclent says, "The cholera
is raging at Wednpsbury awfully; in one dirty square
all the inhabitants (I believe between thirty and forty)
have fell victims to the disease. They are now talking
of camps for the people of the worst localities. It is
our wake, but the Beard of Health have issued a bill re-
questing there may be no crowds, gluttony, or intoxica-
tion. All locks very dull here, and what will be the
end of it God only knows. In our manufactory we
have had two deaths, one of our men, and a youth about
nineteen."

COAL DUTIES IN FEANCE.—We are enabled to
state on authority, that the attention of the French Go-
vernment has been authoritatively called to the unfair-
ness of the rates of duty on the import of coal from
foreign countries into France, with a view to the removal
of the injurious preference which is at present accorded
to Belgium coal. No answer has yet been received, but
the subject is one which cannot bo allowed to skep—
ev en were the coal trade of Newcastle twenty times as
soporific as it proverbially is.— Gutes•head OL4rver.