The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-24 00:00:00

KOSSUTH ON GARIBALDI AND

A FS TRIA

At a soiree, held by the Garibaldi a,natnittee in
Glasgow, on FricLy night, the nllo wing letter frurn
M. Kossuth was read :

" London, Dec. 20. lBs'o.
" Robert 41.1‘Tear, Esq , Secretary, Garibaldi
Fund Committee.
"Dear Sir,—l beg to thank the committee of the
Garibaldi Fund for inviting me to the soiree to be
held to-morrow on the occasion of closing the fund.
To my sincere regret I am prevented from attend-
ing the meeting, but most heartily do I concur in
the homage of admiration which I expect the
meeting to pay to Garibaldi, the glorious liberator
of Southern Italy. Never surpassed by any one in
heroism, rarely equalled in civic virtue and
patriotic self-abnegation, his name will shine with
imperishable lustre amongst the noblest, best, and
greatest of all ages, while he most assuredly is the
great man of our own age. I beg to congratulate
both the committee on he success, so well deserved
by their earnestness ofp rpese, and the subseribers
on the liberal spirit which they displayed in re-
sponding to the appeal. This spirit, however, is
nothing new to me. I had the good fortune fre-
quently to enjoy the privilege of public and private
friendly intercourse with the people of Scotland in
general, and with the citizens of Glasgow in particu-
lar. I know how true and earnest they arc in the
sympathies for the cause of liberty. With them
these sympathies are not a matt-r of momentary
ebullition, but are a matter of principle, of strong
conviction, of correct reasoning, and comprehensive
views—a matter of the head not less than of the
heart. Neither can I have the slightest doubt that
although the proceedings of the Garibaldi Fund
Society shall have been closed with this soiree, the
people of Scotland will not abate in their determss
nation to closely watch the phases and interests of
the Italian question, and to bring the weight of
their opinions to bear on the policy of the British
Government when required. I regret to say they
have occasion to be watchful even now. To be sure,
most wonderful is the progress which the cause of
Italian unity and independence has made within
the last year. But the end is not yet by-and-bye.
Austria still stands in arms on the Mincio. Her
impious foot is still planted on the neck of fair
Venetia. Unless that foot is removed, unless Aus-
tria is thrown out, Italy is not one, and her inde-
pendence is not worth one year's purchase. I shall
say more : to have the Italian question definitively
resolved, it is not enough to throw out the Austrian
from Italy, she must be thrown out in a manner
that will leave her powerless, even to go there
again. Europe is sick of those hand-to mouth
diplomatic trickeries of antiquated craft, which
solve no problem, decide no question, and only
leave to posterity the curse of everereeurring
disputes about aggravated uncertainties. The
.politicaln problems of the age require sole.-
ot!. Europe wants not armed truces
which drain uselessly the life sweat of
nations. Europe wants peace, which only the
rule of right founded on liberty and contentment
can give. Europe wants secure tranquillity, which
only the satisfaction of legitimate national aspira-
tions can give. In the way of that peace, of that.
tranquillity, stands the House of Austria. Her
very existence as a first-rate Power is a source of
eternal discord, troubles, wants, revolutions in
Europe. Good for nothing on earth, she forms the
great European nuisance, without the removing of
which there can be no peace, no tranquillity in
Europe. The removaPof that nuisance is an im-
perative desideratum and a logical complement of
the Italian question. lam not wanted to enlarge
on this truth. It is perfectly understood in Scot-
land, and is inseparably blended with the instincts
of the people of Scotland. Lately yet, when the
Garibaldi Fund Committee first issued its appeal,
the very first contributor who sent in his pound
sterling to the fund, sent in another pound for
me. That pound was, at my request, added to the
Garibaldi Fund. I regret not to know from whom
it came, as I should like to give him in public
my thanks. I allude to this fact as presenting
an appropriate evidence how, in the opinions of
the people of Scotland, the cause of Italy is insepa-
rable from the cause of Hungary; so much so, that
whoever wishes Italy to be independent, must wish
Hungary to become independent. Such are the
opinions of the people of Scotland. But the
opinions of their Government are not in keep-
ing with the opinions of the people. They (the
Government) have nothing to gainsay against
the Italians doing as they may with the King
of Naples that was, and with the Pope, whose tem-
poral power is going, going, gone ! And so far so
good. But as to Austria and her rule over Venice,
that is different in the opinions and aspirations of
the British Government. Still nervously clinging
to the long exploded antiquated prejudice (which
at all times was a prejudice), but which, to day, is
a prejudice scarcely fit for the nursery tale ; still
clinging, I say, to the antiquated prejudice that
" Austria is necessary to England," the English
Government, while advocating the principle of
non-interference, actually do in every possible
manner intermeddle with the natural logic of the
Italian question as far as Venetia is concerned ;
they use persuasion, menaces, threats to prevent
Italy from emancipating Venice; hostile, most
decidedly hostile to the national aspirations of
Hungary, they set themselves up as keepers and
protectors of the unmolested safety of that great
European nuisance, which answers to the name—
Austria ; they go so far in their fond, one might
almost say amorous, solicitude for that old decripit
sinner, as not only to fly into passion on her ac-
count, not only to forget that calm, dignified
civiiitysein diplomatic intercourse, which gives
authority to the strong, but they actually take
upon themselves to act the police for Austria,
watching the doings of the Hungarian emigration
in foreign countries; nay, while a few years ago
England did not shrink from a great war rather
than allow Russia to invade the Danu-
bian Principalities, at this moment (unless
I am strangely misinformed) the Eng-
lish Government approves of the
menace
of Russia to occupy those principalities in case
there would be reason to believe that some little
mischief might possilaly come from that quarter
against the safety of Austria's usurpatory rule over
Hungary. Really there is urgent occasion riot to
relax in watchfulness.—l have the honour, to
remain, dear sir, your most obedient servant,

" KOSSUTH."

RAIL WAY INIELLIGENCE.

The railway, intelligence of the week is again
unimportant. At a meeting of the Dundee and
Arbroath a dividend was declared at the proposed
rate of 6 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of
£1,984. The traffic in the past half-year has in-
creased by £2,293, notwithstanding the prevalence
of unfavourable weather. The expenditure has
been augmented by £447 only. The proposed ap-
plication to Parliament of the Caledonian, Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, and Scottish Central Com-
panies for power to amalgamate will be opposed by
the Government. The works of the Cheshire, Mid_
land have been formally commenced. The line
will begin near Altrincham and terminates at
9.
by T r aii:
Northwich, and will be guaranteed 4 per cent, by
the Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. At a
meeting of the Welland (Canada) it was stated
that, otving to the unusual financial depression iii
the province and the consequent difficultyi in
ing money on Canadian undertakings, a Consider-
ableeart"
able debt remained due to contractors and others
e the
the opening of the line iu the autumnex cu of 85
, agreement.
rh
rolling stock has been taken in lion
principal creditos, but has been placed at the dis-
posea lt
roafffitch e
returnscom pan company
haveunder
a special
continuously increased
since the spring, when the railway was placed in
Iworking condition. It is proposed to raise £ft2,sooof
the Namur and Liege anid7lkolc,ns
by the issue of new bonds at 85. At a
f 'nee
it gwas
resolved to appropriate half-yearly
rent payable by the Belgian, 21 from the
ent on the
Ist of January, together h Government and I:nag
surplus arising
on the Mons and Manage Railway
from the proceeds ofswliets of stores and land
on the 31st of
towards the compensation incurred by the accident
May,entral durin the month of November lB5B. The traffic receipts of the Illinois
Central
an-
nounced to haveg been £48,000 against £47 are
,000 is
the same period of 1859, and £31,000 in 1858. The
land sales amounted to £37,000 against £7,000 in
November, 1859, and the total sales in 1860 are
expected to exceed £200,000. The second section
' of the Pernambuco line has been opened, but with-
outapproval of the Government, which is
the
expected, to be shortly obtained. A
statement issued the directors that the approval
of the Government had been granted was conse-
quent upon the agents of the contractor having for-
warded them an erroneous transcript of the
telegram on the subject.

r,
SHIP FROM CHINA.—The clipper ship Ballarat,
which sailed from Shanghai on the 10Lh of September last,
bound to London, was off Plymouth at 8 a.m. on Friday
last. Captain Jones, her commander, communicated with
Mr. Willcocks, the agent for the owner, D. Dunbar, Esq.,
sending in his despatches by one of our pilot cutters. The
Ballarat has a valuable cargo of 3,200 bales of cilk. She
was off the Lizard on the 20th inst., at noon.—Westet
Morning News.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD;•
The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending Dec. 22, was 2,296, of which 485 were new

eases,