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

THE SUN,

plaster ma num: turers, Pimlico-4. Lord. J.
.Lord, and i successes of their Polish Generals, the ministerial
W. Lord, ironfoundt.rs, Great Bolton, Lancashire (as far , .
acquirements of their illustrious and patriotic states-
as regards J. Lord)—J. Johnson and T. Cowley, boiler- :
makers, Bradley. Staffordshire—S. J. Loyd, E. Loyd, i men, have been rendered for a time of no avail.
L. Loyd, jun., W. J. Loyd, and C. W. Tabor, bankers I The traitor has received his gold, and the ravisher
(al far as regards S. J. Loyd)—J. Sims,. T. Sims, sen., his
recompence ; the scourger of women has been
and J. D. Muntz, ironworkers,. Ashton-Juxta-Birming-
ham (as far as regards T. Sims)—J. Charles and R. decorated with the supplementary honours of knight-
Lea, linen and woollmndrapers, Grantham, Lincolnshire hood ; the leader of the Cossacks, after ravaging the
—F. Hands and E. Bach, bakers and corn-dealers, Bir- beautiful but desolated regions bordering the Danube,
mingham—S. Wagstaffe and J. Skidmore, coal masters, has been laden with military tokens of respect
the
Tividale, Staffordshire—E. Daniel, J. Barker, and A. . . •
Em-
Cox, attorney. (as far as regards J. Barker.) hitherto paid only to his Imperial Majesty the
IMOLVENT PETITIONERS. peror of all the Russias—death, and contumely, and
Lewis Phillips, Melcomb Regis, Dorsetshire, clothier. chains, and spoliation have added new sorrows to the
Robert Blake, sen., Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, fishcurer. blighting calamities of defeat. But still, when the
Samuel Plant, Sandbach, Cheshire, farmer.
James Charles Gregory, Bradford, Wiltshire, clerk. die is cast, when the green wheat is again beginning
Lacy Townsend Gaskell, Liverpool, messenger of the to spring from the fields enriched with the hearts'
Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. blood and the crumbling bodies of the Hungarians—
Robert Mount, Carnforth, Lancashire, labourer.
England has not forgotten that the hand of fellowship
John Broad, Birmingham, butcher.
Richard Blanchard, Southampton, and South Stoneham, was extended by her children to the dauntless
Hampshire, attorney. children of the Danube during those days of de-
John Hardin,,, Puddletrentbide, Dorsetabire. lightful promise when the Austrian colossus was
George Kilmister, Lincoln, brushmaker.
John Southwood, S-lby, Yorkshire, auctioneer. beaten down upon its knee, and before the hordes
George Harrison, York, dealer in coals. of the Russian barbarians had poured in overwhelm-
John Vanehan, Chester. ing torrents from the savage recesses beyond the Dnei-
William Milner, Belper, Derbyshire, farmer.
James Morris, Tipson, Staffordshire, under-ground per. No ! even now, when the hopes of Hungary to the
bailiff.
________ more undiscerning may appear to be extinguished,

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

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, or on any sub-
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 Welshmen 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
Aberystwith. 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 Welshmen. 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 Aberyawith 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 PASKEWITCH. 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 JOSEPH 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 seize thee, ruthless king,
Confusion on thy banners wait,
Though finned by Conquest's crimson wing
They mock the air with idle state;
Helm nor hauberk's twisted mail,
Nor e'en thy virtues, tyran►, 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 provinces, 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 have 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. JOH/QES,
the Judge of Aberystwith, 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 ?

T. Laurie, Glasgow, oil, colour, and glass merchant,
to meet within the Eagle Temperence Hotel, Glasgow,
Feb. 6, and Feb. 27, at twelve.
F. B. Stuart, Glasgow, tobacconist, to meet within
the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 3, and Feb. 21, at one.
J. Whyte, Port Glasgow, painter, to meet within
the Black Bull Hotel, Port Glasgow, Feb. 7, and Feb.
28, at one.
M. Waddell, Glasgow, writer, to meet within the
Regent Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 4, and Feb. 28, at one.
J. Adam, Glasgow, commission merchant, to meet
within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 5, and March 1,
at two. _ _ _

J. M'Ken, Dumfries, chemist, to meet within the
Commercial Inn, Dumfries, Feb. 4, and Feb. 25, at
twelye.

" 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 coneeive 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 debit° justitia, 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 upoa to
-answer interrogatories on a variety of different sub-
jects, de omnibus rebus, et guibusdam aliis, some of
them going back to a time 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 eark 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 1,1405 not only fully sustained the high