The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-10 00:00:00

KOSSUTH.

The Paris Presse publishes the following reply to
the calumnies on Kossuth which, emanating from the
forgery department of the Austrian Chancery, have
been transmitted to the journals which are organs of
the Austrian Government, and are now in the course
of publication in France and in this country :
" The Government has not permitted Kossuth to
pass through France ; the Canstitutionnel is not sa-
tisfied with this refusal; it insults the noble exile, it
reproaches him with having usurped power, and with
only making the most miserable use of it. In this,
the Constitutionnel only repeats what was said by the
official journals of Austria at the time of the breaking
out of the Hungarian insurrection. Lossuth, ac-
cording to their accounts, was only an ambitious
man, a fanatic, a petty lawyer, and an insignificant
journalist. The great monarchy laughed at the ef-
forts of this scribbler, of whom the valiant
marshals of the empire would only make one mouth-
ful. The bombarder of Prague, Prince de Win-
dischgratz, was chosen to bring to reason this
drole, and the handful of wretches whom he had
fanaticised by his ideas of nationality and indepen-
dence. The first bulletins of the campaign ex-
hausted the vocabulary of contemptuous terms for the
insurgents, and of glorious epithets for the imperial
army. The occupation of Buda and of Pesth in No-
vember, 1848, was considered as the termination of
the war. ATe Deum was sung. The revolutionists
of Kossuth had, it was said, vanished at the
approach of Windischgratz, and Hungary
was more than ever united to Austria.
The news was every day expected at Vienna
of the total dispersion of the bands who still
infested the country, and who were vigorously pur-
sued by the faithful subjects of the legitimate sove-
reign. The stupefaction was consequently great when
it was known that these bands had become regular
armies, having as much discipline and more valour than
the imperial army, and that Windischgratt had been
obliged to fly, leaving in the bands of the rebels a great
number of prisoners and military stores of all kinds.
The invincible marshal was recalled, and this superb
bombarder, who admitted none but princes in his staff,
and who kept up an almost royal court, was obliged
to retire into Moravia, to an estate mortgaged to M. de
Rothschild. There was then a short cessation of hostili-
ties, which Kossuth admirably turned to account. The
preparations which he made, the order which he esta-
blished in every branch of the Government at Co-
morn, at Cronstadt, and at Kaschau, the pecuniary
resources which he organized, and the enthusiasm
which he awakened were truly prodigious. Five
armies, forming an ensemble of 180,000 men with
an artillery of more than 300 pieces of cannon,
three fortresses of the first rank, and a great number
of second and third-rate ones, all well supplied with
warlike stores,—such were the elements which this
man, endowed with fabulous activity, placed at the
service of his country, which was struggling for its
independence. It marched from victory to victory,
until the moment when Austria, beaten, ruined, and
discouraged, was reduced to the degree of humi-
liation of confessing her weakness before Europe, by
appealing to Russia for assistance. Indelible disho-
nour, which henceforth made of the imperial army
the advanced guard of the Cossacks against the liberty
of Europe I This is what the Constitutionnel calls
making the most miserable use of power.' As we
shall have at some future day to return to the affair of
Hungary, we shall now no further insist on it. Our
only wish, by these few remarks, has been to show
what there is unjust and inconsistent in the manner
in which the friends of the Government treat an il-
lustrious man, whose misfortunes ought at least to
have sheltered him from insults. Besides, of what
avail is it to defend Kossuth against a journal who re-
proaches him with not having kept. himself in the
back ground, like Bern ? The Constitutionnel ought
to know that there is a good reason for Bem not show-
ing himself—he is dead."

OPENING OF THE ITALIAN
OPERA IN PARIS.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)
This elegant theatre, the first notes of which are
the signal for the commencement of the season of
music and fashion in Paris, will open its doors on
Tuesday evening next; and, as the reader will
perceive from the list of leading artists given below,
withal, company worthy of all its ancient renown. In
addition to Mme. Barbieri Nini, and other brilliant
talents not yet heard in Paris, every musical realer
will be charmed to hear that Mr. Lumley has suc-
ceeded in obtaining the celebrated Guasco, described
as beyond all question the first tenor in Europe.
The theatre is to open with Lucrezia Borgia,
in which Mme. Barbieri Nini will make
her abut, supported by M. Graziani, an im-
portation from Italy, also of distinguished reputa-
tion, as Gennaro. The orchestra and chorusses,
re-organised under the experienced supervision of the
able musical director, M. Ferdinand Hiller, are in
active training, and promise, it is said, to do credit
to the new maestro. The troupe is composed as
follows :—Soprani Mmes. Barbieri Nini, Sofie
Cruvelli, Fiorentini, Corbari. Contralti—Marie
Crurelli,. Ida Bertrand. Tenori—MM. Guasco,
Graziani, Calzolari, Pardini. Bassi Lablache,
Belletti, Ferranti, Fortini, Lorenzo. With such a
programme there can be no doubt of a brilliant and
successful season ; more especially when coupled with
the fact that the number of foreigners daily arriving
in Paris to pass the ensuing winter is almost beyond
example.

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understand it to be, must therefore have proved a
tolerably Successful one, as there could not have
been fewer than 4,000 people in the Hall, not
taking into account the number of disappointed
ticket-holders, whose clamours for admittance,
after the Hall was 'choke full, were both loud
and long. Long before eight o'clock, the large
area and galleries were crowded to excess, even stand-
ing room was at a premium—every one being anxious
at any sacrifice of personal ease or comfort, to obtain a
view of the Bloomer. The appearance of the lady,
escorted by a young gentleman, one of the speculators,
as we understand, was the signal for a tremendous
burst ornoise—it is impossibl© to call it peering.
from all [Arts of the hall. tier dress was of course the
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