The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-31 00:00:00

GERMANIC LITERARY ASSOCIATION.

GERMAN NEWSPAPERS.
(Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.)
LAURIE MURRAY said, that the Resolution which
ne had been requested to move was one from which he
Pected no person present would dissent; it rel,ted to
toe
necessity of Englishmen entering into an immediate
subscription for the purpose of creating something like a
substitute for that Press of which the people of Germany
had been deprived. Public opinion in Germany had been
left without an organ, and it was the duty of all who felt
with them to supply that defect as speedily as pos.
tihle. If Poland had remained free, and the smaller
states had not been prostrated before the military ascend-
a4nY of the House of Brandenburgh, Germany would not
ncuv he in a situation to call for the interference of free-
;sea throughout Europe. Gibbon had truly said, that
160,000 soldiers would keep in subjection 10,000,000 of
subjects. Freemen, then, would do well to look with be-
esming jealousy upon the military Powers of Europe ; and
all freemen should raise their voices against the mainten-
'see of standing armies in time of peace. He concluded
by
moving the following Resolution :
" That in order to enable the Anglo-Germanic Associa.
lion to carry the foregoing resolutions into full effect, this
Meeting cordially recommend that a subscription be now
entered into, and those gentlemen now present, who are
desirous of supporting this laudable undertaking, are re-
quested to give their contributions to J. Laurie Murray,
Esq , the treasurer to that association."
Mr. GIBBONS MERLE seconded the resolution. Though
he was not a German, yet he felt a strong sentiment in
favour of Germans. He did not care who the people
Were whose cause he advocated, whether they were Ger-
mans, Russians, Prussians, or Kamschatcans—(Hear)—
so long as they were a people anxious for, and deserving
°F, liberty, so long would he advocate their cause.—
(Applause.) He would not appeal to them merely on the
Principles of justice and philanthropy—he would urge
them by the still stronger motive of self interest. Let
them spread out the map of the world before them, and
see how small a speck was England ; they could place
their thumb upon it, and it would be no longer visible.
Her power lay not, therefore, in the extent of her ter-
ritory, but in her moral influence—in tire influence of
intellect and freedom ; which influence could only be
Preserved by protecting the frerlom of other countries.
Our Foreign Minister had been accused, and, per-
haps, justly, of vacillating policy ; still repentance
would come at some time of life ; and he had good
reason to believe that that hour had, at length, arrived with
Lord Palmerston.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that Mi-
nister had never erred through a want of good intentions,
but had adopted a course of policy too courteous—too
conciliatory—(Cheers)—he now perceived that he could
not govern the world by courtesy alone, when the only
mode of governing was by one of two categories—that of
the language of freedom, or that of absolutism and ty-
ranny. His friend Lafayette—(Cheers)—bad said that two
categories divided Europe—freedom and tyranny ; a truth
which he could assure them our Foreign Minister had by
this time discovered.—(Cheers.) A glorious day was at
hand, when England would proclaim to the Continental
Powers, that though she did not sanction rebellion against
good Government, yet she was, in justice to her own in-
terests, bound to protect, and would protect, freedom,
wherever it should raise its head, even in Russia itself
(Hear, hear.) And
Louis Philip, ton, he could state, on
mast authentic information, had awoke to a propsr view of
the question. He had at first thought and said that he
did not believe the Great Powers had any hostile inten-
tions towards France ; but within the last few days he
knew—(Hear, hear)—hitn to have said that the mask
had fallen off, and that since the infamous protocol of
Frankfurt, there was no safety but in freedom—no se-
curity but in independence.—(Loud cheers.) He had
even gone further—he had applied to the Government of
this country, and said the only means of safety for France
and England, was a cordial union of the people and the
Governments of both countries.—(Loud cheers.) They
had, therefore, only to show to the Administration their
ardent desire for such a union, and ere many months
they would find England and France alive to their own
situation, commanding instead of intreating—(Hear,
hear)--dictating, instead of imp'oring—dictating to rulers
that course which, as men and Christians, they were
bound to pursue, and which, as men and Christians, we
equally were bound to maintain. He then called on them
to come forward with their subscriptions—a guinea here
and a guinea there would not be much felt even in these
times of distress. It was a mistake to imagine that the
establishment of a single newspaper could effect nothing ;
though prohibited, it would yet be circulated, and conveyed
to its destination, perhaps, in the bandage of an invalid, or
peeked up in a bale of goods. He instanced Partugal,where,
notwithstanding the severity of the tyrant—for there ne-
ver
Was a greater tyrant than the vagabond who sat upon
her throne—and the activity of the police, the proclama-
tions of Don Pedro still found their way. It would be
anpussible to keep such a paper out of Germany ; it would
be a central and a rallying point ; and if they supported
it, they wou'd have the consolation of reflecting that they
had done that which their Government ought to have done,
hut neglected to do—that they had lighted the torch of
freedom in Germany, and laid the foundation of that
Struggle which must end in the emancipation of mind, in
spite of the cannon and bristling bayonets of the tyrants.—
(-Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN remarked, that the smallest contribu-
tion, even a penny, would be welcomed.
The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously.
Mr. LAWLESS doubted not that the Germans in LOH..
don, of whom there were not less than 5,000, would, as
he believed they were able, subscribe liberally in support
of the scheme proposed. After passing a warm eulogium
on the Duke of Sussex for his political consistency, be
concluded by moving the appointment of a Committee to
wait on his Royal Highness, and request him to preside at
a public meeting to be called on behalf of Germany.
Mr. YORKE seconded the motion. One of the pre-
ceding speakers has talked about Roman liberty. Why,
Roman liberty was obtained by the s word, vindicated by
the sword, and only lost when Romans became too dege-
nerate to use the sword.—(Cheers.) It was despicable
nonsense to talk of achieving the liberty of Germany by
scribbling a little in a pamphlet or newspaper. The battle
bad begun—it would be fought, and would be deprecated
only by men who had not sufficient courage to face the
dangers.—(Heir, hear.) He approved of their attempts
to establish a free Press, provided that Press were con-
sidered to be preparatory to some grand undertaking, and
that its exertions should be devoted to endeavours to rouse
the Germans to an appeal to the cannon and the baynot,
Which was the only effectual remedy—(Applause.)
The motion was then carried.—And, after a few ob-
servations from a Mr. BERTIIOLD and a gentleman pre-
sent, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meet-
ing broke up.

GOETHE.---The wife of a Silesian peasant
being obliged to go to Saxony, anti hearing that she had
travelled (on foot) more than half thet distance
residence, whose works she had read with the
to
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liveliest in.
terest, continued her journey to Weimar, for the sake of
seeing him. GOETHE declared, that the true character of
his works had never been better understood than by this
woman. He gave her his portrait.—Mirror.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MANSLAUGH-
TER._On Wednesday evening, at 6 o'clock,
Coroneranlnq foruest
Th
was held before omas STIRLING, Esq.,
Middlesex, at the Star and Garter Inn, at thee foot
of Kew
bridge, upon view of the body of Jolts; WEBB, aged 26,
who was killed by the bursting of a small cannon.
RICHARD ONLEY, hrickmaker, of No. 2, Worton-i ane,
near Brentford, deposed, that on Wendestlay
last, about
2 o'clock, there was a rowing match at Kew Bridge, upon
which occasion it was intended to have fired a salute of
12 small cannon, which were ranged on the bank of
the river, in a brick-field. Eleven of the cannon were
loaded by the deceased; and upon the first being fired
by a man named FULCOUR, it burst, and, stranze to say,
the deceased, who was standing at least 20 yards from
the piece, and about 30 or 40 persons standing between it
and him, he was struck with a
portion of it, and immedi-
ately fell. He was taken into the Star and Garter. and
Mr. BONNEY, the surgeon, came in a few minutes.
Mr. HENRY HUGHES, oil and colourman, at Old Brent
ford, procured the twelve cannon in question from Mr.
ROBERT CARR, of Grosvenor-street, Millbank, iron-
founder. About a fortnight ago, in proving four of the
pieces one burst, and was sent back to Mr. CARR, and
the latter returned one, as was supposed, in its stead, but
witness had no doubt, from subsequent examination, that
it was the smile gun, having been patched up at Mr.
CARR'S factory. The same piece burst under the touch-
hole on Monday. The guns were ordered by a young
gentleman of the name of SMITH, in Dr. MosELEY's
school, at Ealing. Witness bad applied to Mr. CARR
upon the subject, and he admitted that he bad tried a great
number of the same sort of guns of his own manufacture,
and that about two out of every twelve had burst. Wit-
ness gave 10s. each for the cannons.—The Jury returned
a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Mr. ROBERT CARR,
and a warrant was issued by the Coroner for his appre-
hension arid committal to Newgate for trial, and the wit-
nesses were bound over to prosecute. The Churchwarden
(who was Foreman of the Jury) and Overseer of Brent-
lord, said that they would not hesitate to devote a portion
of the parish funds to a public prosecution in such a We.