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REPRESENTATION OF lIERTFORDSHIRE.--Mr. C.
W. Pullen, of Youngs Bury, is a candidate for the represen-
tation of this county, in opposition to Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton. In his address to the electors, the new candidate
attributes the social order which has been maintained in
England, in the presence of anarchy abroad, to the timely
concession of Parliamentary Reform, and to the alteration
in the corn-laws ; and we learn also that, although opposed
to extreme or violent changes, he is prepared to support a
well-judged measure for extending the constituency within
such limits as experience may have shown to be necessary.
Mr. Pullen avows that his faith in free trade is undiminished,
and he shows that it has conferred great benefits upon the
people at large by increasing the foreign trade of the country.
He refuses to delude the farmer by inciting him to hope for
the restoration of protective laws, but invites him to con-
fide in something better—in his own energy, and in the
justice and generosity of the great class of landowners, of
whom he is one.

THE PROPOSED FINSBURY PARK.—Considerable
progress has been made within the past fortnight by the
authorities of the Woods and Forests, in surveying the site
of the new park, and also in collecting information required
to be obtained previous to an estimate being made of the
necessary outlay for compensation, &c., and for taking the
preliminary steps to bringing in a Bill for making the park
next session. It may be mentioned, as showing the neces-
sity of a park for the inhabitants of the northerndistrict of
the metropolis, that in Islington alone the population, which
in 1801 was 10,000, has now risen to 95,000, and
. some
other parts within the borough of Finsbury the
increase is
hardly less remarkable; so that though the newpark is
being marked out on the margin of the suburbs, iotfmtahye
few years be expected to be in their c!ntre. We may state
further, that the Docks Junction Railway, which was at
first intended for goods only, now brings 130,000 passengers
pwoeseekdl weekly
park
the
near s t
ii
go station
bnuerayr the southern
this
number, b boundary alrayr-ge
as i
pro-
posed
may be expected to be greatly increased when attracttiyise:
wc)iindisposed that
place of resort is provided for the toil-
search of healthful recreation and pure air. sands
The King of Hanover remains so
he cannot receive his ALl:listen en any bu4ijaetic

KOSSUTH.
The preparations for the reception of the Hunga-
rian patriot in London are going on as favourably as
could be desired, and, judging from the amount of
subscriptions received, and the degree of enthusiasm
displayed, there is every probability of the demonstra-
tion being of a most effective character.
At a meeting of gentlemen interested in the object
last evening, Mr. Thornton Hunt in the chair, the
committee of arrangement presented a report embody-
ing the following recommendations : —" That the order
of proceedings in marking the arrival of Kossuth be
as follows :—That an address be presented to Louis
Kossuth ; that a procession be formed to welcome him
on his arrival in London ! that Kossuth be invited
to a banquet, to 1)2 given to him in the most spacious
place obtainable ; that a permanent committee be
f„rnaed to collect a public contribution of funds for
the cause of Hungary, to be placed in the hands of
Louis Kossuth on his return from America to Eng..
land." These recommendations were unanimously
adopted._

Mr. FETTLE (the secretary) reported that he bad,
by the instruction of the committee, attended a meet-
ing of the German Agitation Committee the preceding
evening, one of their members (Dr. Strauss) having
on their part expressed a wish to be informed of the
nature of the intended Kossuth demonstration. The
address which it was intended to present to Kossuth
had been laid before them end approved of ; and Dr.
Tausenau, one of their members, a friend of Kossuth,
promised to give the deputation every facility in his
power fur obtaining an introduction to Kossuth.
They were further informed that the object was to
get up an English demonstration ; but if foreigners
chose to join ;in the precession, they would not be
prevented doing so. At the same time, no delegates
from any foreign body would be recognised, as much
for their own sakes as to give the demonstration due
effect on the Continent. Were foreigners admitted
to the committee it would only give an excuse for
foreign powers to say that it was merely a plot got up
by foreign refugees.
Mr. T. HUNT, the chairman, stated that the corn.
mittee appointed to obtain the use of a suitable
building for the banquet were not yet prepared to
report. They had some idea of obtaining Drury-lane
Theatre.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN read an extract from the Progresso
of Turin, a letter from a gentleman who had met
Kossuth after his liberation at Genoa, and to whom
the Hungarian hero had expressed himself as follows:
Whether I go, in the next week, to America,
to France, or to England, or to whatever other region,
my friends may be certain that I shall be guided in
my selection by a lively sense of those duties to which
my life and energies are consecrated."
Mr. LESLIE announced that the West•end Shoe-
makers' Society had come to a vote placing at the
disposal of their committee whatever funds they
might deem it necessary to contribute to this demon-
stration.—(Hear, hear.)
Some routine business was transacted, and the
meeting adjourned.
The following address to Kossuth from the Port-
reeve of St. Clear has been sent to the Mayor of
Southampton for presentation :
" To Louis Kossuth, late Governor of Hungary.
" Sir,—lt is with feelings of cordial gratification
that I greet your approach to the shores of England,
after the sad vicissitudes that have hitherto marked
your noble career in the cause of liberty, and the in-
Irancour of despotism, its satellites and, ad.
*hulas (including that of the present rabid I rench
President and his minions in power), that has added
to the littleness of your fall. To express to you
here the meed of admiration due to you were super-
fluous in both hemispheres, the public voice of fame
attests it, that of posterity will confirm it, and hail
your name as a guiding star of the world's destiny.
Suffice it, therefore, that one of the number who had
the honour to solicit the interference of the English
Government for your liberation, now seeks permis-
sion to felicitate you on your arrival in this country,
and to express his earnest prayer that the time is not
far distant when you may be restored—notwithstand-
ing the malignity of banded despots that still pollute
continental Europe—in triumph to bless your native
land. In any case you will not have lived in vain;
your glorious example will have its due effect.—Be-
lieve me to remain, your most faithful and devoted
servant,

"Ikon WILLIAMS, Portreeve of St. Clear,
Carmarthen, South Wales.
" Oct. 4, 1851."
A number of ladies and gentlemen have been seen
about the streets of Southampton with rosettes in
their bosoms and coats, formed of the Hungarian pa-
triotic coloured ribbons, scarlet, v. bite, and green.
The Countess Pulski, the celebrated Hungarian
authoress, has arrived at Southampton.
The Southampton corporation committee appointed
to conduct the management of the banquet to Kos-
suth, met yesterday, and settled the programme of the
toasts to be given at the banquet. The usual loyal
toasts will be given, due homage will be paid to the
virtues and genius of the most distinguished guest at
the banquet, the illustrious Magyar, Kossuth ; the
duties of national hospitality to the politically op-
pressed of all nations will be enunciated ; and the
constitutional Governments of Great Britain and of
the United States will be recognised as alike opposed
and inimical to republican tyranny and imperial
despotism.

THE MESSAGE BALLOON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—.lt would appear by the information obtained
respecting the descent of a message balloon in Glou-
cestershire, that some thoughtless person has played
off a hoax upon much too grave a subject to be so
treated—the fate of Sir John Franklin and his com-
panions.

- That Sir J. Franklin was not supplied with bal-
loons is, however, very much regretted by those who
have some knowledge of wrestation. Had he been
provided with, and thorougly instructed in the mode
of inflation of substantial balloons, suited to the pur-
pose of conveying a message some six or seven hun-
dred miles, under a condition of a strong gale blowing
from northwards, it is quite likely that, out of a
number set free, one would, with a message attached,
have been picked up on the continent of America by
somebody engaged in the fur trade. Message bal-
loons of sufficiently substantial material, properly
varnished, might have been made in large numbers, at
a cost not exceeding 25. 6d. per balloon. The inflation
might have been accomplished by hydrogen gas in a
❑early pure state, obtained by the decomposition of
water, as practised by Mr. Stephen White ; the fuel
necessary for the purpose could at the same time have
afforded warmth for the crew between decks.
Should another searching expedition be sent to the
north, it is hoped it will be supplied plentifully with
the necessary aerostatic means of dispatching south-
ward a message when it may be deemed advisable to
send off information for the chance of its being found
and reaching England.—l remain, Sir, yours, &c.,
October 13, 1851.

NAUTICUS.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Chatham transport
sailed yesterday from Spithead with a company of
Royal Sappers and Miners for Bermuda.
The royal yachts Victoria and Albert and Fairy,
are
eeCxappetcatiend LtoorrdetuA hu
rndoltpothsisFpitozrctlarfreonncie,LGiv.elirp.ooo.l,
to-
night.
The Admiralty telegraphed to the Comm ander-in-
Chief at this port yesterday that the report from
Gloucester relative to the Franklin balloon was a
hoax. This official information was speedily dissemi-
nated throughout the port by the kindness of the
P
10, is hourly expected at this port
Port-Admiral.
t-
The A
hanger,m i r al.
from the coast of Africa, and the Sidon and Retribu-
tion from the Cape of Good Hope.

T
E ~EARCII FOR SIR JOIIII FRANKLIN.—At the
meeting of the Edinburgh Town Council on Tuesday, Bailie
Dick pressed the Lord Provost to send a memorial to the
Lords of the Admiralty as to the propriety of sending another
vessel in search of the missing vessels of discovery in tho
Arctic regions. The Lord Provost had been assured it would
be too late to send any vessel in the present season. In the
view, however, of reminding the Admiralty as to the pro-
priety of sending out a vessel early in the spring, he.had Jr
objection that the matter be remitted to his committee. He _
should put himself in communication with the relatives of
the officers in London and elsewhere, and would prepare
such a memorial as would have the desired effect.

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BLACKIVOOD HOUSE.—NAREOW ElICAri FROM
FlRE.—Blackwood House, Lanarkshire, the seat of William
Elizabeth usual.
E. Hope Vere, Esq., has had a narrow escape from fire. On
the evening of the 6th, the family had ,retired to rest as
Abuouoptethvreeere o'clock
aw k
theockoe by a
following morning Ladyghe
strong
smell of
burn-
ing, which seemed to proceed from the large drag-room
•win
immediately below her ladyship 'a room. On armid
household, and mking an inspection, it was discovered that
the main beam of the floor of the drawing-room was nearly
burnt through, having caught lire below
the grate, and been
ignited from another smaller piece of wood.
the fire was happily extinguished, ln a short time
orderly a manner that, although and in so prompt and
as-
sembled in the house, many of a large party were
danger they had escapedthem were unaware of the
until
fast table. From. the 't • informed of it at the break-
si nation of
the room where the fire
originated, nothing could have saved the house from total
destruction had it not heeu arrested in the first stage.—

ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, be-
tween eleven and twelve, a young man of respectable ap-
pearance attempted suicide by throwing himself from the
tunnel bridge into the Regent's Canal. It appeared that he
was in company with two other men, and before they could
stop him he jumped on to the bridge and threw himself into
the water, at the same time wishing them good bye. At•
sistance was at once at hand, and he was conveyed on shore
and restoratives applied, happily with succbss.

We understand that Mr. N. T. Hicks, whose per-
formance of Mazeppa has attracted such crowded audiences
at Astley's Amphitheatre for about 300 nights during the
past and present year, concludes his engagement at that
house this evening, when he will join the highly-talented
corps dramatique at the Marylebone Theatre, at which house
his first appearance is fixed for Alonday nett•