The Sun.
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hated legions of the boysmortarell of Austria, who would
unite there: to himself against their will, rod who, to .:is
eternal dis„ t'ace, had called in the berbe.rens Cussueks
to help him to do that which he could not do for himself.
The Hungarians were contending for nothing but what
they were entitled to.—(Cheers.) They were conteral-
ing for an independent Diet and Parliament, aid to make
their own laws for the poor as well as the rich of their
own country, without any interference on the part of
Austria—(Cheers)—and it was not until the late Em-
peror had deliberately violated laws that ho and his pre-
decessors had sanctioned—it was not until he attempted
to destroy every vestige of Hungarian nationality, thrit
the Hungarians took up arms.—(Cheers.) The Emperor
of Russia might just as well have attempted to invade
this country when the Reform Bill passed, and poured
his hordes of Cossacks into this island as he was now
pouring them into llungary (Cheers)—giving the
villages of Hungary to the fire and sword, and deluging
the plains of that fertile and heroic land with Magyar
blood.—(Cheers.) But it was said that the
Hungarian cause was a dangerous course, because
there was a number of foreigners in the Hungarian
ranks—that there was a number of Poles, and therefore
to aid the dlungarians was a dangerous experiment.
But the cause of Hungary was the cause of Poland, for
it was because the Emperor of Russia had been allowed
for a time to tyrannize over the Poles, that he thought
he was at liberty to contend against every country where
.the Poles found a home. Restore to the Poles their
Just rights, and then no country in the world would be
troubled with them. But the cause of Hungary was not
only the cause of Poland; it was the cause of every
civilizednatnm on the face of the earth. It was the
cause of country.—(Cheers.) They had got free
trade in this country; but if other countries did not
respond to their system, they would find little benefit
from it. The present depressed state of Poland was a
dead weight on this country, and to reduce Hungary to
the same state matters would be made worse. Bat give
these countries their independence, let their rivers be
crowded with commerce, and their fields floating with
golden grain, then would this country reap the advan-
tage.—(Cheers.) The true policy of this country was,
that wherever they saw a nation struggling fur freedom,
that nation was their friend; and wherever they saw a
nation oppressed, that opprssor was the enemy of this
country. He therefore concluded by praying for the
success of the Hungarians, and destruction to their
oppressors.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then put from the chair, and unani-
mously agreed to.
Mr. NICHOLAY then came forward to propose that
an humble address be presented to the Hungarian na-
tion, expressive of their admiration of their gallant con-
duct in asserting their rights, and their sanguine hope of
their ultimate success.—(Loud cheers.) He was sure
the Noble Lard in the chair would feel proud . in pre-
senting such an address to the two Hungarian nobles at
present in this country, as representing the people of
Hungary. He alluded to Count Teleki and M.
Pulski.—(Great cheering, together with a distinct round
of cheers for these nobles.) Mr. Nicholay concluded by
stating the pride and pleasure he felt in moving the re-
solution, and at the glorious manner in which the meet-
ing had been conducted and brought to a conclusion.
Mr. ROBERTSON, the successor of Colonel Thompson
as the editor of the Westminster Review, then came for-
ward to second the resolution, and was received with
much cheering. He had a view :of the business before
them to communicate which no one had hitherto ex-
pressed or alluded to. He had been reading, that morn-
ing, three Russian documents, which he thought very,
few gentlemen at that meeting could have the :opportu-
nity of perusing, and those documents fully ex-
plained the reason why Russia had allied with
Austria, and had now her armies in Hungary.
—(Loud Cheers.) The Czar Peter, it seemed, had
left a will, addressed to all his successors, in which he
declared that the Russian people were destined, foreor-
dained by Heaven to the conquest of Europe.—(Great
cheering.) This document was an historical fact.—
(Cheers.) There was another document which was also
an historical fact, and that document embodied the
policy, or was rather a memoir of the policy, adopted by
the Russian Cabinet, a copy of which fell into the hands
of Count Teleki. In 1848 the idea of the Czar Peter
was the idea of the Czar Nicholas, and it was in further
ante of this idea that he issued his memorable proclama•
tion. Before advancing into Europe he appealed
to the God of Battles—(Ri=ses and cheers.)—and he
declared that Russia would fulfil her mission.—(Hear,
hear) Ile began with Hungary.—(Shame.) Would
he have dared to begin with Hungary if all the
despots of the continent were not in league with him?—
(Cries of " No," and cheers) Would he have dared
to enter llungary if he had not succeeded in placing his
creature in the Presidency of the French Republic?—
(Tremendous cheering.) Could any one deny that the
policy of France, since the accession to power of Louis
Napoleon? had been a Cossack policy?—(Cheers and
hisses.) If any one doubted that let him look to Rome.
A republican General has gone there picking up the
sceptre of the Pope from a pool of Republican
blood, and offering it to the acceptance of his
H
Holiness.—(Cheers.) The
Hungarians wore now in the
breach for this country.—(Great cheering.) - The Rus-
sians boasted that they would a second time water their
horses in the River Seine.—(Cries of "Never, never.")
They might depend upon it, %bile they had got a Cossack
President over the Republic, it would only be a sequence
that might be expected. Perfids might subdue for a
moment the noble people of the whole continent, but
that perfidy would soon have its termination.—(Cheers.)
It was their hearts, their rights, their liberty, and
everything that was dear to them, that they were ee-
fending that night in the name of Hungary.—(Cheers.)
He would urge the propriety of inserting in the address
a declaration that they recognised the truth, that if
the popular liberties of the continent must live, the
Russian idea must die.—(Cheers.) It was a life and
death struggle between the principle of divine right,
incarnate Hussar, and the principle of the rights of
man incarnate in the people.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Ro-
bertson concluded by a most eloquent appeal on behalf
of the cause, which he said was that of " God and

►iberty," and begged of the meeting to realise the serious
duties of that hour. ae withdrew amidst vociferous
applause.
The resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. HUGGINS then moved a vote of thanks to the
Liberal press for their exertions in this cause, and their
noble advocacy of Hungarian independence.
This motion was seconded by Mr. WADMAN, and it
was carried unanimously, amidst several cries from the
meeting of The Sun.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Noble Lord,
for his conduct in the cbair. and the meeting separated.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS
TIMES.—The military operations in Hungary are
known to us chiefly by the reports of the adverse party,
for little or no reliance can be placed on the loose intel-
ligence of the German newspapers, and none on the
Hungarian bulletins that reach this country. But when
official statements, proceeding from the Russian or
Austrian generals, are found to disclose a state of things
which they cau have no interest or desire to acknow-
ledge, such accounts may safely be followed. We are
now, therefore, the more disposed to believe them, be-
cause it is evident that the plan of the campaign, as it
was begun by the Imperial armies, has been dislocated
by the skill and vigour of the Hungarian commanders,
and that down to the latest dates the fortune of the war
was in favour of the latter. It will be remembered that
we left General Georgey pressed on all sides by very
considerable forces on both. sides of the Danube.
Driven back from the hotly contested lines of Raub
and Acs, he had found a temporary shelter under
the guns of Comorn, and ho still held the left bank
of the Danube as far as Waitzen, and consequently the
valley of the Gran. But Generals Wohigemuth and
Paniutin assailed him on the west; the northern dis-
tricts were crowded with the divisions of Rudiger,
Grabbe, and Sass; General Haynau had crossed the
Danube and marched with the main body of the Aus-
trians on Pesth, which indeed had been already entered
by Ramberg on the 11th inst. Lastly, Paskiewitsch
himself bad moved down from Mikolcz to the capital.
Every road seemed bleckaded and the circle was com-
plete. Nevertheless, it is acknowledged by the Russian
bulletin that out of this trap Georgey has found means
to escape, without any serious loss of men or guns.. 0
the 15th he attacked the Russian outpost at Waitzen,
I.
which was feebly defended. by some Mussulmsn trool s,
who retired. Bat the attempt in this direction
was probably a feint, for though he snbse-
quently repulsed the division of Sass, which fist
cane against him, he seems not to have advanced
eastward, but to have taken up a position before
Waitzen. On the following day reinforcements arrived
from the Russian head-quarters at Pesth, and a sharp
cannonade ensued. Pasktewitsch himself came up, pro-
bably anticipating a general action on the 17th. At
early dawn the Russians attacked and defeated what
remained of the enemy; but it was observed that the
Magyar force consisted chiefly of cavalry; and, in fact,
Georgey had withdrawn in the night with the main
body of his army, and was marching rapidly to the
north. In the south of Hungary the last operations are
most distinctly known, and there the peril is entirely on
the aide of Jellachich, whose situation is one of extreme
danger. In forming the plan of the campaign, it had
been presumed that Jellachich would succeed in taking
Peterwardein, and would then march north, defeating
Perczel, until he met the Russians between Pesth and
Szegedin. He made the attempt, and failed. Peterwar-
dein held out. Twice he advanced up the north bank of
the Theiss, once to O'Beese, and once to Hegyes, and was
repulsed. Subsequently he seems to have been more sig.
nally defeated. On the 12th of July the camp of Jel
lachich was about a league from the Francis Canal, in a
strong position between Verbass and St. Thomas. On '
the 13th a courier arrived with the decoratioes recen
bestowed on the Bann and his comrades in arms
Sbroavteerdeiwginthaetxultretmhee
enthusiasm.
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position near the
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fugitives o fwtehree inato Syrmia.
of Peterward*in bad been relieved,
raised.
It is by no Means improbable that Bern may again drive
his adversariee across the Turkish frontier into Bosnia,
the
inter •
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bi ate,haesnaddi
transported into the dominions of the p
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establish a cause of war.
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intervention of Russia in
Hungary
Ottoman Turkish
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From tradition, from Vpo tcy, and from instinct, there
can be little doubt that the sympathies of the Porte in
this war are with the Hungarians, and the Porte might
become, as of old, by far
their most efficient ally.

OWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—EMEARKATION OF THE
QUEEN FOR IRELAND.—Foar steam-frigates came into
uur roadstead this afternoon with her Majesty's yacht
Vie ria and Albert: they are to accompany the royal
yacht to Ireland. The verse is of the rioyal Yacht Squa-
dron and other yacht clubs are hourly arriving, and a
splendid sight is expected et the embarkation on Wed-
, 11, sday.

THE -JOB AND POSTMASTERS',
COACH PROI3RIETORS', HORSE I;EALERS'
AND LIVERY-STABLE KEEPERS' OF ENG-
LAND PROVIDENT FUND.
scree It general meeting of this soel!;ty was held
nt Ale.,:trP. Tattersall's last arming; Mr. John D,:p.ccal
in the chair.
The CHAIP.IAAN, in opining the business of the meet-
ing, said that a report of the directors hail been pre-
pared, which he would call upon the secretary to read,
but before reading the report he believed it would be
proper to hate the minutes of the last annual general
meeting read.
Mr. W. T.-Clarke (the secretary) accordin&y read
the minutes of the last general meeting, held in July,
184 S, and afterwards the report of the directors, and the
treasurer's account for the past year, to the 30th of Juno
last.

From the report' it appeared that since the last
meeting 6211. 12s. 7d. Conq:i's had been itiv,-.ste4, and
that the total sum now invested amounted to 8,212/. 18,.
Id. ; that two additional life annuitants had b en placed
on the fund, and that three applications for temporary
assistance had been liberally responded to ; -that there
were five life annuitants, whose annuities in the whole
amounted to 106/. 12s. The directors then drew the
attention to those members who were life annuitants, as
affording strong examples of having effectually placed
themselves beyond the reach of want, and who hailed
with pleasure the advantage of this institution, which
they, by being early members of its-dad assisted to es-
tablish.
The report being considered very satisfactory, was
unanimously adopted.
The CHAIRMAN then said that in accordance with the
rules of the society the usual vacancies occasioned by
the retirement from office of four directors, who - went
out by rotation, would have to be filled up at this
meeting.
Three of the directors were then re-elected, and Mr.
W. C. Markham was elected a director in the room of
Mr. Joshua East. Mr. East's re-election was anxiously
wished for on account of his active services, but at his
own request it was deferred till a future occasion; when
he said he would readily take office again.
The thanks of the meeting were then given to the di-
rectors for their constant attention to the interests of the
institution and management of its affairs during the past
year.

The CHAIRMAN, as one of the directors, then rose, and
said it was a pleasing duty to find that the important and
responsible duties which devolved upon himself and his
co-directors had met with their approval, and that no
exertions on their parts should be wanting to carry out
effectually the objects of the society, ,2
auditors The t
Tattersall,hf oarnks o
their
examining the
or thymt
htereee meeting w
treasurer,
snurer re then voted to the
accounts,fo andr to
his
sMr
most
. vßairuhaabli
ed
exertions on behalf of the institution on all occasions. -
A vote of thanks was then given to the medical WE,
cers of the institution.
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said, he was sure they
would not separate without recording a vote of thanks
to the secretary, and awarding him the same gratuity
as last year, as his exertions were well known to
them all.
The motion baying been seconded and carried unani-
mously
Mr. W. T. CLA.RRE (the Secretary) said he was in-
debted to them for the resolution which had been passed
on his behalf ; that in his capacity of their secretary
he felt he had only done his duty, and that his exec tions
were greatly sided by their directors ; that the direc •
tors, as would be seen from the pt.( sent and past reports,
were carrying out the objects of the institution in the
most liberal manner. Ue referred to this institution as
affording assistance in cases where life asshfance did not
to the members personally, and said that they were
now in health, but they might be overtaken by
afflictions, such as paralysis, blindness, insanity, lever,
&e., against which no one could gourd—that the
moment any member was so overtaken by such afflictions,
or was in mcessitous circumstances this institution pro-
vided for him, as well as those who might be de-
pendent upon him ; that the present life an-
nuitants, from untoward accidents and age, were at the
time incapable of supporting themselves, and they now
hailed with pleasure their having been early members of
this society. He finally begged to assure them that his
best exertions would always fe used to promote the in-
terest of the members and of the society.
Mr. DlcKitisoN then proposed a vote of thanks to the
Chairman, which having been seconded,
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the same and expressed
the pleasure he telt on this and all occasions when his
services could be made in any Ray useful; end lie said lie
was truly gratified at the success and growing prosperity
of the society.
There was a very full meeting.