The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-04 00:00:00

CarningfliL

LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1850.

Profoundly, indeed, must the heart of England hare
been touched by the misfortunes which hare befallen
the heroic Hungarian., when the evidences of sym-
pathy in- the cause of the conquered Magyars are still
apparent throughout the country, even now when
BATTIITANT has mouldered into clust;when GBOXIIIBY
hAS dwindled into the insignificance 'of a treasonous
renegade, when KOSSUTD has tasted the bitter bread
of charity from the hand of the Moslem, and in the land
of his expatriation. Never, perhaps, before hare the
people of these islands been so moved to enthusiasm
by events transpiring in the centre of the European
Continent. Never before most certainly, have
journalists been more fully justified than ourselves in
the early advocacy of a cause which, while contem-
porary organs were reprobating it as detestable, we
proclaimed to be one worthy of arousing the most
ardent sentiments of admiration among the sons of
ngland. That cause, alas! has failed fur a period.
Tlae hopes of a great nation have been suddenly but,
we thank GOD, only temporarily darkened. The
victories of the Hungarian soldiers, the strategic

successes of their Polish Generals, the ministerial
acquirements of their illustrious and patriotic states-
men, have been rendered for a time of no avail.
The traitor has received his gold, and the ravisher
his recompence ; the scourger of women has been
decorated with the supplementary honours of knight-
hood ; the leader of the Cossacks, after ravaging the
beautiful but desolated regions bordering the Danube,
has been laden with the military tokens of respect
hitherto paid only to his Imperial Majesty the Em-
peror of all the Russias—death, and contumely, and
chains, and spoliation have added new sorrows to the
blighting calamities of defeat. But still, when the
die is cast, when the green wheat is again beginning
to spring from the fields enriched with the hearts'
blood and the crumbling bodies of the Hungarians—
England has not forgotten that the hand of fellowship
was extended by her children to the dauntless
children of the Danube during those days of de-
lightful promise when the Austrian colossus was
beaten down upon its knee, and before the hordes
of the Russian barbarians had poured in overwhelm-
ing torrents from the savage recesses beyond the Dnei-
per. No ! even now, when the hopes of Hungary to the
more undiscerning may appear to be extinguished,
when the ear is stunned only by the lamentations of
Democracy and the jubilees of Absolutism, the voice
of the English people is heard at intervals through
the mouth alternately of the orator and of the
journalist, speaking the language of solace to
the subjugated citizens of Buda and Comorn,
or directing words of encouragement to the refugees
at Widdin and at Shumla.

Latterly the ardour of the sympathetic emotions on
the part of England have been responded to by the
kindred enthusiasm of the population of Wales. It
is well that the direct descendants of the ancient
Britons should have some share in the articulation of
such sentiments. It is well that the inhabitants of
the land of the Cymri should echo such syllables—
syllables vibrating with the tones of magnanimity.
The circumstance of opinions thus being expressed
by our fellow-countrymen of Walea could not fail
to arrest in a very particular manner our attention,
at any period of national excitement, er on any sub-
I ject of national importance ; but especially at a time
when men might naturally be expected to become
apathetic, especially on a theme to us fraught with
such enthralling interest, it appears to us a matter
worthy of particular interest—this expression of sym-
pathy ,by Welchmen in the cause of the defeated
Hungarians. From the extreme gratification ex-
perienced at this occurrence by ourselves, we are
induced thus directly to submit it to the pecu-
liar consideration of the multitude of the United
Kingdom. Elsewhere in this evening's impression
will be found a scanty, yet sufficient report of the
proceedings which took place on Friday evening in a
demonstration of this character at the Town-hall of
Aberystwitb. It must not be imagined, however, by
any means, that the meeting in question is a merely
local and isolated token of the feelings entertained
upon this subject by the more ardent spirits among
the band of Welchmen. On the contrary, it is
but a single undulation in a political movement
now sweeping over the principal provinces of Wales.
As such we conceive the meeting at Aberyswith to
be an occurrence eminently entitled to attract public
consideration. It is one of the preliminary cries of a
voice as yet almost dumb—the overt signs of a profound
emotion hitherto cherished under an appearance of
apathy. England has already, from the Tweed to
the Severn, pronounced her sentiments upon the
cause, some time jeopardized between the belligerent
armies of DEMBINSKI and of PASXEWITCH. Wales
has now echoed her words of deep and heartfelt
indignation. Altering but one word in the immortal
Ode of GRAY, the malediction pronounced by modern
Wales upon the head of FRANCIS Josura in his
usurped character as sovereign of the Magyars is
wonderfully well expressed in that articulated by the
"Bard," as the embodiment of ancient Wales, upon
the head of the warlike EDWARD :•••
" Ruin s,:ize thee, ruthless king,
Confusion on thy banners watt,
Though fanned by Conquest's crimson wing
They mock the air with idle state;
Helm nor hauberk's twisted mail,
Nor b'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall prevail
To save thy secret soul from nightly fears,
From Hungary's curse, from Hungary's tears."

The abhorrence of Austrian despotism expressed
at Aberystwith and elsewhere throughout the
Welch province.l, such as at Swansea and at Bangor,
cannot but be a circumstance of the utmost signifi-
cance—indicating as it does the diffusion and the
earnestness of that sympathy which we havo long de-
clared to be in existence in all parts of the United
Kingdom. Hence it is, that the well-wishers of
Hungary are indebted to such men as Mr. JOHNSS,
the Judge of lberystwith, who, by uttering a few
energetic words of eloquence, has sounded the key-
note of the popular sympathies, and awakened a cor—
responding vibration of sentiment throughout a
country whose real feelings might otherwise have
remained altogether unarticulated.
After the record of the numerous and enthusiastic
meetings which have taken place in all quarters of
our island, who shall dare to say that England has no
sympathy with the Hungarians ?

" Hope deferred," it is said, " maketh the heart
sick." If ,this be true, what must be the sensations
of the unfortunate and deeply-injured WILLIAM
HENRY BARBER at the further delay and procrasti-
nation which has taken place with respect to his
humble application to be re-admitted to the active
duties of his profession ? Fifteen weary months have
elapsed since his return to his native land, and more
than twelve since the Court of Queen's Bench was
called upon to authorise the issue of his certificate,
all the requisite notices having previously been de-
livered, but nothing has as yet been decided on the
point. The Incorporated Law Society have
.suc-
ceeded in interposing obstacles and impediments to
the realisation of his reasonable expectations, which,
although they cannot possibly prevent, have yet ma-
terially procrastinated and retarded, the accomplish-
ment of his wishes.

It is, indeed, difficult to conceive a struggle
more arduous than that imposed upon Mr. BARBER
within the last year, since the intimation was
first given of the intention of the Law Society,
not of opposing a demand which should have been
conceded ex debito justitier, but of instituting pre-
liminary inquiries before an adjudication should take
place on the prayer of his petition. He has
during that entire time not only been deprived of the
opportunity of earning a single shilling by his pro-
fessional exertions, but he has been subjected to an
enormous .outlay. He has been called upon to
answer interrogatories on a variety of different sub-
jects, de omnibus rebus, et guiirusdani aliis, some cf
them going back to astime so remote that any question
would have been more than twice barred by the
statute of limitations.

His difficulties, in these repects, have been greatly
aggravated by the fact that the books and documents
to which the several queries referred, and which, if
forthcoming, would have furnished full and
satisfactory answers to the vague insinua-
tions put forward, had, during his in-
voluntary and unavoidable absence, been scattered
and dispersed, and some of the most important irre-
trievably lost, notwithstanding every exertion and ex-
penditure on his part to procure their restoration.
On the other hand, the Incorporated Law Society
have unlimited resources of every kind at their dis-
posal ; and it is to them a matter of the most per-
fect indifference whether the case be summarily dis-
posed of, or whether it be postponed and procras-
tinated during successive years, until the unfortunate
applicant be driven to despair, and borne to his
mother ear's% in the unequal contest.
The funds freely obtained from attorneys and so-
licitors are lavishly and recklessly squandered, not
in sustaining and assisting, but in persecuting, and, if
possible, crushing a brother of their profession. Mr.
BARBER must, indeed, have long since succumbed,
and fallen a victim to the powerful influences
brought into operation against him, had he not been
aided and supported by many faithful and true-
hearted friends, by an indomitable determination and
perseverance, and, above all, by a mind at peace
within itself, a heart conscious of its own rectitude,
and of its perfect innocence from any offence.
We cannot find language adequate to express our
admiration, of the manner in which the application
was brought forward by the eminent lawyer—the
brilliant, impassioned, and accomplished orator, whose
services Mr. BARBER was so fortunate as to obtain. Mr.
Sergeant W 1141115 not only fully sustained the high