The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-28 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

A letter from Hamburgh, of the 233, in the Inde- I
pendance of Belgium, says :—"A grave event has taken
place amongst the Austrian corps d'arinee in Holstein.
Many of the regiments composing it consist in great
part of Hungarians, and amongst them are many
young men of noble families, who are compelled by
the Austrian Government to serve as simple soldiers.
In spite of the disasters drawn down on unfortunate
Hungary by the revolution, these soldiers cannot
repress the hatred which animates them, or their
desire for a new revolution. The presence in England
of the ex-Dictator Kossuth, and his violent diatribes
against the Austrian Government and dynasty,
have greatly contributed of late to excite the sen-
timents of hatred of the Hungarian soldiers, and
an armed revolt, of which the consequences
would have been incalculable in the north, has been
on the point of breaking out amongst them ; but it
has been prevented by the active surveillance of the
superior officers of the Austrian battalions. An agent
of Kossuth and of the revolutionary propaganda of
London, the Hungarian Count Potocki, who com-
manded a regiment at Comorn during the revolution,
was arrested the day before yesterday by the military
authorities of Rensburg ; he had arrived from London
by way of Paris under a false name. In his posses-
sion were found proclamations exciting the soldiers
to revolt, and printed copies of the last public
speeches in England by the ex• Dictator. It was
generally stated in the town that many officers (the
number is said to be nineteen), and a great number
of non-commissioned officers and soldiers have also
been arrested at Rensburg, for having been ac-
complices in the projected revolt. There arrests
have been principally effected in the Schwarzenberg
regiment, which is almost entirely composed of Hun-
garians, and which is at present in garrison i❑ the
fortress of Rensburg. It has been ascertained that
the agent of Kossuth, aided by another Hungarian,
Ruschak, and who has also been arrested, had suc-
ceeded in organizing the revolt. In a strategic point
of view the spot was well chosen. In possessing
themselves of the fortress, the conspirators calculated
that they would receive the support of a number
of the dismissed officers and soldiers of the army of
Holstein. A new insurrection in the two Duchies
would have opened a vast field to the revolutionary
exploits meditated by the European propaganda at
London. During the last three days the electric te-
legraph has been exclusively occupied in transmitting
to Vienna the dispatches of the Austrian Commander-
in-Chief; even those of the Stock Exchange could
not be sent. On receipt of these deplorable news at
Vienna, General de Ramberg, an aide-de-camp of
the Emperor, was immediately sent cff to examine
the affair, and he has already arrived at Altona."

THE EARL OF CARLISLE ON ME.
CIIANICS' INSTITUTIONS.
The foundation-stone of a new mechanics' institu-
tution was laid on Tuesday at Burnley, in Lanca-
shire, by Mr. C. Towneley, of Towneley Park, amid
much rejoicing by the inhabitants, who made the day
a general holiday, and assembled in large numbers to
witness the proceedings.
There was a large and influential gathering at
Towneley Park, including the Earl of Carlisle, as
Chancellor of the duchy ; the Earl of Sefton, as Lord-
Lieutenant of the county ; Sir J. P. Kay Shuttle-
worth ; the Honourable Colonel Scarlett ; Mr. Patten,
M.P. ; Mr. Heywood, M P.; Mr. Hey worth, M.P.;
and a number of influential gentlemen in the neigh-
bourhood. In the evening a tea party was held in
the school-room of Salem Chapel, opposite to the site
of the new building. The tea-drinkers subsequently
assembled in the chapel, where they were joined by
Mr. Towneley and his noble guests. In the course of
the evening, ?Ir.Towneley, as chairman, called on the
Chancellor of the Duchy to address the meeting.
The Earl of CARLISLE then rose and spoke nearly
as follows :—Mr. Chairman, Ladies,sand Gentleman—
I must really begin by thanking you, which Ido
from my heart, for the very generous reception which
you have given to one who is as yet a stranger to
the town of Burnley. But you, sir, have just car-
ried me back to Yorkshire ; and it is certainly true
that across the hills which rise above your town
I have had many opportunies of addressing
audiences upon many similar occasions, in
some of those valleys which, like your own,
are distinguished alike by the beauties of their
natural scenery and by the busy hum of human in-
dustry—(Hear, hear)—and I feel that in coming be-
fore a Lancashire audience we are no longer living in
the times so eloquently referred to by a late speaker,
when the names of York and Lancaster signalised
different factions and different parties—(Hear, hear)
—but now, on the contrary, in our happier era, either
your red rose has paled, or our white rose has blushed
into one ; common colour—(Cheers)—and instead of
contending for rival causes, or for opposing dynasties,
we may now only try to demonstrate which has the
greatest number, which has the best supported, which
has the best conducted mechanics' institutions.—
(Hear, hear.) I have had many occasions hereto-
fore, and very recent ones too, for remarking upon
the singular elasticity of these mechanics' institutions
—I
_mean their adaptation to the varied aspects of
our society. Scarcely a month ago I attended a
similar meeting in the city of Lincoln, an old and
picturesque-built town, the capital of the most agri-
cultural district in England, the towers of whose ma-
jestic cathedral look down from their lofty perch upon
a wide expanse of reclaimed fens and level corn-fields.
Well, among that rural population, under the shade
of that old cathedral, a thriving mechanics' in-
stitution has been established ; and now I
find myself in Burnley, one of that cluster of
communities and busy manufacturing towns, which
stud this district of England like the broad brazen
knobs on some old belt. It may be true that their
names are not surrounded with the halo of classical
or romantic association. The names of Bolton, and
Blackburn, and Bury, and Bacup, and Burnley—
(Loud applause followed the mention of each name)
—welcome as their pronunciation seems to be to some
of your cars, yet they have not the imposing and pic-
turesque sound either of Thebes, of Corinth, or Argos,
of ancient Greece, or of Padua, of Mantua, of Verona,
of medieval Italy; but they have at least this point
of comparative advantage, they are not marshalling
their inhabitants into trained bands to batter down
each others' walls, to assault each others' citizens ; but
their contention—if contention there is—ranges them
as rivals in the pursuits of a peaceful industry ; and
if they are ever at strife with each other, it is upon
the great field of honourable enterprise, where all the
laurels which are won serve both to reward them-
selves and to enrich the whole community. Now, in a
place and district like this I consider a mechanics' in-
stitution to be a most appropriate appendage, and
therefore it was with great pleasure that I found myself
enabled to take part in the auspicious proceedings of
this morning. And when I sly it is an appropriate
appendage I feel that I understate the truth—it is a
must desirable, almost an indispensable one, because I
have referred to the nature of the pursuits which are
followed here es being peaceful, and useful, and ho-
; nourable ; hut at the same time we must not forget
that primarily and in themselves they are conversant
with only what is material, with the way, to use a
homely phrase. of making money—(Hear)—and that
they may have a tendency, if unchecked and un-
balanced by anything in au opposite direction, to in-
jure and enchain, and beat down some of the more
delicate tastes and some of the loftier aspirations of
the human mind.—(Hear, hear.) Par be it from me,
in Lancashire, or anywhere else, to speak slightingly
of cotton—(Laughter)—but you must feel that
coton and calico, though they make admirable stock-