The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-27 00:00:00

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M. E. OSSOTH ON T.HPI A USTRIAS

CONCORDAT.

Last night the ex-Governor of Hungary delivered
a lecture on the Austrian Concordat, at the School-
rooms connected with Spa-fields Chapel, Exmouth-
street, Clerkenwell. Although there was a charge
for admission, the room viis crowded to excess.
The illustrious exile was cheered in the most en-
thusiastic manner as he ascended the platform,
accompanied by a number of his friends.
The Rev. T. E. MORESBY, the pastor of the
chapel, introduced the lecturer by observing that
the illustrious Wan, to whom it would be their high
gratification to listen that evening, needed no in-
troduction to an English audience. (Loud cheers.)
He was sure they would give him a hearty wel-
come. (Renewed and protracted applanse.) It
was necessary, however, for him to say one word
as. to the course of lectures which M. Kossuth was
now about to inaugurate. The place was built for
the instruction of children in the day, and of adults
in the evening. They would attain that object by
a variety of means. They would diffuse a know-
ledge of history, politics, science, art, literature,
and also of social economics, our rights, duties, re-
forms, and progress. (Cheers.) The gentlemen
who had had the arrangement of the lectures dif-
fered in their religious and political opinions. They
were, therefore, in no case responsible for the opi-
nions of the lecturers, nor were the lecturers to be
supposed in any case to favour their opinions.
M. KOSSUTH then came forward, amidst loud
and long-continued applause. After a brief intro-
duction, he gave a very able historical sketch of
Hungary, in relation to Protestantism ; and
showed the services that country had rendered to
the cause of civil and religious liberty. He showed
also the advantages it had conferred upon Europe
by distinguishing between religion itself and the
tyrannical ambition of the Papacy. The Hun-
garian people drew a broad distinction between
Church
.and State, and would not allow the former
to encroach upon the latter. This had led to a

great deal of manly independence on the part even
of the Hungarian Catholics themselve. They had
even refused to become the tools of the Papal See.
In the centre of Europe, Hungary had always
constituted a great barrier to Papal aggression.
Their Diet and their municipal privileges enabled
his patriotic countrymen not only to speak against
tyranny, as Englishuien coulddo inpublic meetings,
but to counteractits i utentions. But this free expres-
sion of opinion had been put au end to by foreign bay-
onets. England looked on, Without saying a word,
While Russiadestroyedthe liberties of Hungary; but
Europe—particularly England—had already suf-
fered retribution for her indifference on that occa-
sion, and would suffer still more. Had Hungary
still been free there would have been no Concor-
dat, no war, no Paris Conferences' and no tempo-
rising, unsatisfactory peace. (Loud cheers.) How
was. it that this feeble, vaccilating Pie Mono had
been able to accomplish that which many of his
ablest predecessors had attempted, but which none
of them had effected ? Because time was when the
Pope and temporal tyrants were at variance ; in
this case they had united for the common object
of the subjugation of the peoples. (Loud cheers.)
Rome never changed in her endeavours to secure
universal dominion ; although, as to the means
by which she sought to attain her ends, she was
perpetually changing. He showed the importance
to liberty and Protestantism of Hungary being
free, by asking his audience to consider what
would have been the fate of Europe if Hungary
had embraced Mahomedanism, instead of repulsing
its aggressions on Europe, or if it had gone over
to the church of which the Czar was the head ?
The fear of Hungary going over to the Greek
Church, or becoming entirely Protestant, had,
whilst sheaves in possession of her ancient freedom,
served as a check to the Papal See, and prevented
it from encroaching, so much as she otherwise
would have done, upon civil and religious freedom
in that country. But the Pope had well chosen
his opportunity to make this advance upon poor
Hungary ; and, in fact, upon Protestantism and
liberty throughout the world ; for where was there
a nation which had been exempted ? (Hear, hoar.)
He concluded by quoting an expression used by
Oliver Cromwell in the House of Commons in 1658
—"Look how the house of Austria is preparing to
destroy the Protestantism of Hungary. You may
say, 'lt is a great way off, and what is it to us ?'
I tell you it is something to you. It concerns the
religion of you all, and all the best interests of
Enilaud." (Loud cheers.)
The second and concluding lecture is to take
Place next Wednesday, in the same rooms, and at

the same hour. M. Kossuth has announced that
he will then go into the details of the Concordat,
and explain the position of Protestantism in Hun.
gary. Last night he was listened to throughout
with the most profound attention, and warmly ap-
plauded very repeatedly. The lecture was a mas-
terpiece—full of choice and instructive historical
allusions—abounding with facts which Englishmen
ought to ponder, stated.with that elegance, carnest-
nes dignity, and ability for 'which' the
illustrious
lecturer is so deservedly celebrated, and of which
a brief paragraph necessarily conveys no idea. •
As the lecture will probably be repeated in several
places, we abstain for the present from giving a full
report.

FRAUDS ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-
WESTERN _RAILWAY COMPANY.

LITERPOOL, March Pai•sonnage, corn-
penFation clerk in the Liverpool establishment of the
goods department of the London and North-Western
Railway Company, was this day brought before J. S.
Alarn.field, Esq., stipentliaty police•magistrate, on re-
mand from Monday last, charged with defr4uding the
company.

Mr. blenkinsop appeared for the prosecution, and 1
Mr. Brotberton defended the prisoner.
Mr. James Henry Butler, merchant in Liverpool,
stated that in February, 1854, he ordered a pair of globes
from Mr. Wyld, in Loudon, at a cost of 121. 18n. The
g'obes were forwarded by the London and North-Wes-
Urn Railway Company. Toe globes were not delivered
to the witness, as being damaged on the way, he refused
to receive them. WitnCss threw the globes on Mr.
Wyl l's hands ;• but befori—doing so he mad,- a claim
against the company for 131. 3s. 61., being 121. 18n., the
value of the globes as charged in the invoice, and ss. 6d.
for carriage. At Mr. Wyld's request the witness did
not prosecute the claim against the company, as Mr.
Wyld stated in a note to him that he 4Mr. Wyld) had
settled, with the conopsny in London. Witness never
got anything from the company, and never ha-I any
parson named Winter in . his • nployment. A receipt
shown to this witness, purporting to be given by W.
Winter, is not in the handwriting of any one in the
witness's employment; and, so far an witness knows,
there is not another James Henry Butlee carrying on
buninain in-Liverpool .
Mr. Henry Horne, of the .firm of Chaplin and Horne,
carrying agents fur the. London and North-Western
Railway Company, proved that he settled a claim with
Mr. Wyld in London with respect ti two globes da-
maged in course of transit from London to Liverpool.
The settlement was made at the Great Glebe, in Lei-
cester-square, by payment.of 51,, made in June, 1854.
Mr. W. S. Fricker, chief clerk at. the Waterloo sta-
tion of the railway company's. establishment in Liver-
pool, said the prisoner was a clerk in the company's
service, and bin duty was to investigate and settle
claims. Mr. Riclisird Salter was the cashier, but he
had run away. The last time witness saw Mr. Salter
was on Thursday last. Witness knows prisoner's hand-
writing, and, on being shown a book; said it is a book
of accounts-kept between the prisoner and the cashier.
It has been kept partially by the prisoner and par-
tially by Mr. Salter, the cashier. When any claim is
made against the company, the prisoner had to inves-
tigate it, and he had to hand in a voucher of the cir-
cumstances, which vonchr would be transmitted to
London to the audit board, and if the company were
liable, money was sent dawn_ to .pay it, and it would
be the duty of the prisoner to pay the money. On
reference to a book containing a register of such vouch-
ers, witness finds it stated.that Mr. Butler's claim was
foriwarded to London on the 14th of March, 1854.
The receipt referred to as having been granted by W.
Winter is partly printedand•partly written. , The writ-
ten 'part is in the handeriting of the prisoner. It is
dated in April,-1854.'
Another case was that of Messrs. Thos. Edgley and
Co., in which a claim of 91. 3s. 2d. had been made on
Messrs. Chaplin and Horne for the delay of four cases of
lint transmitted to Messrs. Kirk and Furcisa Mr.
Genige Hitchin, a clerk with Chaplin ,aud. Horne, paid
71. to Mr. Thomas Edgley in Settlement of *his claim.
This was in December, 1854; A receipt for the full i
amount of 91. 3a. 2d.. purporting to have been granted
by a person named Harrison, as payment of that claim,
bad been presented by thio prisoner. Ne,,person named
Harrison was in the employmont of Messrs. Edgloy'and
Co.
After the particulars of the cases had been gone into
as to entries in books and other. details, Mr. Blenkinsop
which was agreed to.
applied for a remand till Friday,

We regret exceedingly to announce the premature de-
mise of Mrs. Alexander Mackinnon, after
to a still-born child, on Tuesday last. giving . birth
" M. Chappuis's daylight vefiectors," says theßui/der,
" are well known to be devised upon eound principles,
and to answer their purpose. The recent improvements
consisqin using silver plated surfaces instead of leaf sil-
ver, and that of metal instead of glass for the silvering.
Some of the reflectors are also contrived to obviate and
soften the dazzling effect of refracted light, which is done
by filling the reflected surface with numberless concavi-
ties and convexities, and thus diffuse the light at different
angles. In the gas reflecwrs, the former mode of using
copper-plated surfaces is done away with, and a cons.
bination of crystal with silver plated copper is used in
such a nianneras to exclude air from the silvered sur-
face 1 ;- and, at the same time, permit the glass to expand
when heated. Many thousands of these useful articles
have been sold within the-last three or four years, and
.. a great addition to comfort obtained in numberless. in-
atikaginit". .
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