The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, iONDON, THURSDAY t:E VESING! MAV lir 17, 1800:

Horse Guards, which ignores capacity and post.
pones merit to money. Jobs as gross as that of
the appointment of Cteneral Grey have been done
before ; but never certainly in a manner which
showed so utter a disregard of the feelings of the
army of the country.—Daily News.

THE .HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION
AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.

A special festival in aid of the funds of this
charity was held last evening in the Albion Tavern,
Aldersgate-street, with the intention of forming a
special fund for extinguishing a mortgage debt of
upwards of £B,OOO, which had tended to impede
the usefulness of the charity. The chair was occupied
by Sir John Pakington, and the attendance was
very numerous.

After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had
been given from the chair, and duly responded

The CHAIRMAN gave the toast of " The
Church," remarking that no less a sum than £l,lOO
had been derived through the exertions of clergy-
men in aid of the charity during the past year. The
Rev. Canon Wordsworth replied, and expressed the
happiness he felt in believing that the above sum
was more than had been raised through the appeals
of the ministers of the, Church during any previous
year. He adverted to the nature of the disease, to
alleviate which the society had been instituted, and
to the success of the treatment received by the
patients in the hospital, so that not only was every-
thing possible done to administer to their comfort,
but several cases existed in which • this disease,
viewed as incurable, had been demonstrated curable.
He referred at some length to one particular case,
which had fallen under his own notice(and testified
that the directors and supporters of the institution
were doing a great and a holy work. The Chairman,
in next proposing the toast of " The Army and
Navy," referred to a letter that had been received
from a dragoon, who had shared in the Balaklava
charge, who had. been an inmate of the hospital,
and bore testimony to the kind treatment he had
received within its walls. The speaker considered
the aspects of the times to be such that it was the
duty of Government to take all possible care to
strengthen our armaments and increase their power.
He hoped, however, that 5) far as Europe was con-
cerned it would be long before their services were
required. He begged leave to couple with the toast
the name of Alajor-General Downing. The latter
gentleman replied, and returned thanks for the
army, and Captain Halstead, R.N., shortly replied
for the navy, and expressed the hope that if this
branch was called into active service it would be
found as proficient as it had shown itself on pre-
vious occasions.

The CHAIRMAM next rose to propose the
toast of the evening " Prosperity to the
Consumption Hospital" —and appealed to the every-
day experience of all hearing him of the prevalence
of the fatal disease, and the necessity and corre-
sponding benefits of such an institution. The
greater number of the other hospitals in London ex-
cluded patients labouring under this disease. Pay-
ing a high tribute to the estimable character of
metropolitan charities, and remarking that no less
a sum than £BO,OOO, as he had been informed, was
collected within the London Tavern towards their
support, he did not wish to attribute neglect to
any of them when he said that they excluded con-
sumption patients, as, from the peculiar lingering
character of the disease, it might be said they could
not afford it. During the year preceding the past,
667 patients had been received into the hospital,
while during the past year 972 had been admitted
and many discharged in both years with favourable
symptoms, if the disease in its insidious nature had
not been entirely removed. The outdoor patients
in the year 1858 were 3,971. During the past year
they amounted to 4,647. The financial aspect of
the institution was satisfactory. The income de-
rived from annual subscriptions had increased
from about £3,000 in the preceding year to
£3,832 during the past year, being an
increase of fully 20 per cent. The donations
had, however, fallen off in the sum of £1,659, mak-
ing a deficit of £9OO in the total income. The latter
source of income must be expected to fluctuate,
while the stability of the institution dependedprin-
cipally upon the latter, and the directors wish, con-
sequently, to increase the former, on which they
can depend. At the same time he did not think a
more curious statistical account could be produced
than one showing the deficiency of the reliable in-
come compared with the ordinary expenditure of
London charities. The reliable income of the pre-
sent institution was £3,000, while the annual ex-
penditure reached £B,OOO. A similar deficiency was
common in other charities, but the available means
was also forthcoming. Presiding lately at the an-
nual, festival of the Orphan Asylum, £B,OOO was
raised in the dining-room. Another sum of £26,000,
he believed, was raised on a similar occasion in sup-
port of the London Hospital. When confidence was
felt in the direction of the institution the public
supplied the means. Ile.trusted that the means of
improvement and of dispensing blessings would
always be at the command of the present institu-
tion, and that the opportunity of studying the fea-
tures of this disease, which had hitherto baffled the
skill of the medical profession, might be placed
within their reach. Alderman Salomons proposed
the health of the chairman in a neat speech, to
which the latter replied. The sum raised on the
occasion was £1,722.

THE ROYAL LITER.I.I?} FUND.

The list anniversary of this institution was cele-
brated by a dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern last
evening. The Lord Bishop of St. David's presided
on the occasion, supported by Viscount Stratford do
RedeElie, Viscount Dungannon, the Right Hon. J.
Napier, Mr. A. Russell, M.P., Mr. Monckton
MT., Mr. Briscoe, M.P., Mr. Philipps,
M.P., the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster, the
Rev. Cliencellor Williams, the Rev. C. Merivale,
the Rev, R. Whiston, Mr. Bereeford. Hope, Mr.
Motley, Mr. R. Bell, Capt. Sherard Osborn, R.N.,
Professor Huxley, Dr. Guest, Messrs. H. G. Bohn,
0. S. Venables, T. Page, C.E., M'Lean, C.E., P. C.
Hard wicke, G. Cruickshenks, Sampson Low, Bent-
ley, Hurst and Blackett, and others.
About 100 gentlemen in all were present. The
healths of her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the
rest of the royal family having been given from the
chair and cordially received by the company,
Mr. BEBESFORD HOPE proposed " the Houses of
Parliament," taking occasion to pass a high eulo-
gium upon the deceased architect to whose genius
the nation owed the splendid edifice in which the
Legislature held its &Liberations.
Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, in ackno A/ledge
ing the toast, observed that it was extremely pain-
ful, when they had met to promote the interests of
literature and shed some consolation over the mis-
fortunes of its professors, to be reminded by the
course of passing events of the days when this coun-
try had to contend for everything that was dear to
her. Our streets were filled with volunteers ; im-
mense demands were made upon the public resources
for defensive armaments; all for what? We were
told that universal good feeling prevailed between
the sovereigns of Europe, and yet from some cause
or another, upon which he would not dwell, the
whole of the continent was thrown into a state of
uncertainty. Every one apprehended he knew not
what danger, and nations were obliged to bear the
burdens of war in time of peace. Never was there
a period in which this country was more sincerely
desirous for the preservation of peace, more dis-
poeed to respect the rights of nations, or more anxi-
ous to cultivate the good will of all her neighbours.
He trusted that the stout hearts of the people of
England, the high character of their Sovereign, and
the blessing of Providence would avert from us all
danger. But if war should unhappily come upon
us he doubted net but that our arms would be
crowned with as brilliant victories as any that had
yet employed the pen of the historian. (Cheers.)
The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN, in giving" the Army
and Navy," said he was not one of those who be-
lieved that innocence and righteousness were al-
ways endowed by Providence with sufficient power
to protect themselves from lawless violence ; and
he could never believe that physical strength
should be employed only in the cause of robbery
and wrong, and not in putting down the wrongdoer.
(Hear, hear.) It had been said that " Hearts of oak
are our ships," although, after recent discoveries it
hardly held good of our gunboats. (A laugh.)
Capt. SHERARD OSBORN briefly returned thanks.
In proposing the toast of the evening, "Prosperity
to the Royal LiteraryeFund," the Chairman expa-
tiated on the pleasures and advantages of literary
studies. With respect to this institution, he re-
marked that it was one of its noblest characteristics
that it practically levelled all the barriers of inter-
national prejudice, regarding the men of letters of
every country as funning one great brotherhood, and
one body, of which, if any of the members suffered,
all the others must buffer with it. (Cheers.) If he
this had felt any doubt of the excellence Pr
institu-
tion, as a channel for the relief of distresset:
literary
i
men and their families, he would have been satisne_
by an inspection of the records which had been sub-
mittcd to him. The Royal Literary Fund united
all possible claims to the public favour, in its ma-
nagement as well as in the amount and manner of
the relief it bestowed. To many of those who re-
( ceived it that amount was of inestimable value, coin-
ing at a time when it might save the sufferer from
elespair and misery, and allow him time perhaps to
c. ellect his thoughts, and the material for eomefresh
terary enterprise, which would render him again
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Royal Literary Fund was entitled to general ap-
proval and -support.
The toast having been very cordially accepted,
Mr. G. GoDwIN, on behalf of the committee, read
a list of the donations, amounting to between £7OO
and £BOO.

The Right Hon. Mr. NAPIER then proposed the
health of the right reverend chairman, which was
duly acknowledged by his lordship, and
Lord DUNGANNON proposed the health of the
clergy, as a body who had done much for tho pre-
servation of literature.

Mr. MONCKTON MILNES, M.P., gave the toast o_
" Prosperity to the Literature of the United
States," which ho observed was most interesting to
ourselves as a reflection of the British mind, and as
tending to perpetuate the intellectual communion
we still enjoyed with those whom he would call
our fellow-Englishmen on the other side of the
Atlantic. He referred to the last romance of Mr.
Hawthorne as an example of the freshness and ori-
ginality with whieh an imaginative American
author could treat the classical traditions of old
Europe; and in the graver department of history
he instanced the works of Mr. Prescott and Mr.
Motley, which related the most important events in
the old world with an entire freedom from the pre-
judices besetting most other writers on such themes.
Mr. MOTLEY, author of " The Rise of the Dutch
Republic," briefly replied. He would only venture
to recal once more an old and time-honoured truth,
never more, as he trusted, to be forgotten—that
America and England, although politically severed,
were united for ever by the strongest of all bonds,
those of a common language and a common origin.
(Cheers.) No man was worthy of a place in the
republic of letters who would not do his best to
strengthen that tie. Writers in English, address-
ing as they did so many millions of people, almost
equally distributed on both sides of the Atlantic,
had the privilege of appealing to the noblest and
widest public that ever existed in the world. He
hoped it would not seem inappropriate if he there
expressed his hope and his earnest conviction that,
before long, an international copyright law would
be enacted, making this vast republic of English
letters one and indivisible. He believed it was the
sincere wish of American writers that those Eng-
lish authors whose genius had so long instructed,
delighted, and charmed so many readers beyond the
seas should receive in America not only that praise
which could not be withheld, but their just reward
—and he believed that legislative action in Ame-
rica would soon complete the measure which had
been so generously proffered by the United King-
dom, so that the commonwealth of English litera-
ture might have not only one language but one law.
(Cheers.)
The company soon after this dispersed.

HUNGA_RE

, A letter from Pesth, dated May 10th, says :
It is new generally known that the seven Hunga-
rians recently appointed by the Emperor members
for the newly-organised Council of State have re-
fused to accept their nomination—a result which
took no one by surprise here, but which caused
great disappointment at Vienna. So little had
people there, in official quarters, been prepared for
a negative in the present instance that it was
thought gratuitous to ensure the previous consent
of the nominees. One of my friends chanced to be
present when Baron Eotvos, with a lively expres-
sion of dismay and amazement, learnt his appoint-
ment from the official Vienna Gazette. Austrian
statesmen, however long they may be misusing the
resources of our country, will never get a clear
insight into the wants, or ajust appreciation of the
rights of its inhabitants. Though it was obvious
to every Hungarian that the Imperial behests of
the 19th of April had fallen short of even the most
moderate of our demands, the wiseacres in power
did not or would not know it. General Benedek,
too, seems to have come down to us with views
very different from those which he has been taught
during the few days of his stay here. The haughty
and all but threatening tone of his first proclama-
tion strangely contrasts with the meekness of his
demeanour since he has heard many an unadorned
word of truth, and has met with a reception akin
to rebuke. The day after his arrival he called on
Baron Pronay, who bluntly told him that the Pro-
testants meant to abide by their chartered rights,
As they have done until now. On the 30th
of April he attended the requiem for Count
Szechenyi, and returning from the church, if he
noticed the cheers then resounding in the streets
of Pesth, he must have had some difficulty in
making out a single exclamation for Benedek
or his " Kaiser," whilst thousands and thou-
sands shouted the names of Kossuth and
Szechenyi. When, on the 4th instant, the
general visited the colleges of the university, and
addressing several of the students asked their
name, birthplace, &c., one of them, a native of
Szigetvar, replied, " I am born on the spot where
the immortal Zrinyi died for his country." Not
much of a compliment to the face of a man who but
half a score years ago had fought, not for, but
against, his country. However, the Feldzeng-
meister is said to have taken the inuendo rather
graciously; he seems to have mado up his mind to
conquer popularity with us by softer arms than
those he wielded in the Carpathians in 1849. It was
not surprising, therefore, to see him extend his
courteous attentions to some of our ladies known
for their patriotic spirit, though it was startling
that the Chevalier von Benedek paid a visit also to
the Countess Louis Batthyanyi. How could he
expect the widow of the martyr of the 6th of Octo-
ber to receive the companion in arms of Haynau ?
The countess of course pleaded not at home.
Among the several conversations the general had
with prrsons thought to participate in some way or
other in popular favour, I must mention that which
he had with Francis Deak—a conversation instruc-
tive, certainly, for Imperial experimentalists, if
such men could be brought to attach due weight to
the voice of practised wisdom. The late Minister
of Justice in the ministry of Louis Batthyanyi spoke
out with his wonted frankness, and expounded
his reasons with that logical acuteness so eminently
his own. The upshot of what he said is, that there
is no hope of Hungary ever becoming reconciled to
the rule of the House of Austria unless the Empe-
ror should submit to be crowned as King of Hun-
gary, and to taking the oath of allegiance to the
reformed constitution of 1848.
With these tidings the General left for Vienna
on the 6th inst., where also Count George Apponyi
and Baron Joseph Eotvos appeared on the 7th to
declare that they and their five colleagues could not
accept the appointment in the Reichsrath " under
present circumstances." They are insisting upon
the same declarations which Beak has made to
Benedek ; they have already had several conferences
with Count Rechberg and an audience with the

Emperor, but no result has as yet transpired. Nor
will there be any result, you may depend upon it ;
for it must be borne in mind that the zest of the
reform our constitution underwent in 1848 is the
personal union in the strictest sense; that is, the
total separation of the civil as well as the financial
and military administration of the kingdom of
Hungary from that of the other provinces of the
empire under one and the same monarch. Look at
Francis Joseph and his advisers, and then consider
whether there is a reasonable chance that he will
swear and keep to such a constitution. And let
us suppose that he, or his brother Maximilian, or
any other member of the family who might super-
sede him on the throne, honestly wished to do it,
could they do it ? Would that huge centralised
state machinery, rotten to the core, bear such dis-
junction and reconstruction without breaking to
pieces ? It will not, it cannot.

An Englishman who lately was introduced into
one of our confidential circles, where the opinion was
expressed that the Cabinet of Vienna could not
solve the present difficulty, even if it would, asked
" Why, then, does Baron Eotvos and his friends try
the experiment ?" The answer was, " Eotvos and
the others are well-meaning patriots ; they take the
trouble to go to Vienna to get what they themselves
hardly believe can be got there, but they had better
let matters alone." If the press were not com-
pletely gagged, if every free manifestation of opinion
were not eagerly watched by spies and checked by
policemen and gendarmes, it would soon become
manifest that the view of the great majority of the
nation was expressed in that simple reply given to
ths) inquiring Englishman. Yet sometimes in spite
of police and gendarmes, the genuine popular feel-
ing will find its expression in some occasional out-
burst. So it happened on the day of the Requiem for
Szechenyi in this city. After the funeral mass was
over, a multitude of at least 10,000 people crowded
before the hotel where the two sons of the deceased
resided, and mingled the names of Szechenyi and
Kossuth in thundering cheers. There is some
meaning in the vox populi coupling these two names
on that occasion. It seemed as if the inhabitants
of the metropolis of Hungary, coming from their
prayers for the dead Szechenyi, wished to remind
his surviving sons that Kossuth is still alive, the
man who never despaired when all despaired. The
people of Pesth had just shown, by an act of reli-
• --a. Low sacred they held the memory of Sze-
g``"—• ' remembering Kossuth at that same MO-
ch6nyi, ' that they did not share in the
men t, expreseta.. " aTeatest Hungarian," which
idiosyncraey, et' the • " etous !
made him often despalringt: -nd Austria is in-
, the marriage between Hungary
—ho er,ce has
dissoluble." The name of the man
istnLfos
shaken the whole fabric of Austrian deep,.
its very foundations,resounding again in tale stret,.
of Pesth, is a protest against the thought that the
destinies of Hungary are indissolubly guided by'
waning star of Austria. And this feeling will
find its echo in millions of hearts all over the coun-
try. The people We never forgotten him ITho

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reposed such unswerving faith in the vitality of
the nation, and who, by the spell of his genius,
roused them gloriously to cope with the armies of
two empires for liberty, right, and independence—
the nation looks up with veneration and pride to
the exile who is pleading their cause withindefati-
gable zeal and unequalled eloquence; and they
know that when the day comes that the tricolour
flag shall wave again over the plains and moun-
tains of Hungary, as it is waving now in Italy, the
name of Louis Kossuth will be inscribed on the
banner of liberty.