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To Tbe Working Classes
TO TBE WORKING CLASSES
My Friends, - Tou Must Not Expect A Tery...
My Friends , - Tou must not expect a Tery long letter from me tliis week , as I am fully _engage-l in preparing my Balance Sheet for the Conference ; and I think , althoug h the honest Editor of tlie "Examiner" would draw a comparison between me and Nxsg Hudson , that I shall stand before that Conference , as the Trustee ofthe poor man ' s funds , in such a position as no other trustee ever occupied ; and then I shall teach the Editor ofthe "Examiner" a lesson
"that he will not be likely to forget , as ho may rest assured tbat he has caught a Tartar . Snig ' s End— -where the Conference is to he held—is within a mile and a half of Lowhaads , and within eight or nine miles of Mathon , so that the delegates will have an opportunity of seeing a hundred and thirty of the hovels I have bruit for my dupes , and two -school-houses , . and they can also form a just estimate of the . land and situation of Mathon . Yo _* _or faithful friend , _Feabgus O'Connor .
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NATIONAL _FBEEHOLD BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY . ( Enrolled _p _» r «« znt to Act of Parliament J SHARES , £ 15 EACH . Entrance Fee , per Share , Oxe Shilling . Directors . Feabgcb O'Coxnob , Esq ., 1 LP . ; JIb , T . Giahk , Mb . C _Dotlb _, Ma W . Dixon Mb . P . M'Grath . Treasurer . Piabgub O'Consob , Esq ., M . P . Solicitor . _WittUM Pbowtjsg Robekts , Esq . Trustee * . ThomasPbice , Esq . ' WiixumGaze-ley , Esq .,
Bankers . The _SA-noiua _* LAXB AXB ~ -LABOv & Exii _& i------Office . 144 , BlGUlIOtBOBS , lOKBOK . Corresponding Secretary . Financial Secretary . Thomas Clabk . Philip _M-GBAm The Directors , in putting forward the ahove institution , to the notice of the working classes , wish to explain the manner in which it is intended it shall be conducted , as well , also , as the mode of its operation , so that all who may become memhers
of it shall have a clear knowledge ofthe benefits to which they will be entitled , and also the obligations which such membership will impose npon them . [ Nothing is more necessary than that the industrious classes , in the investment of their savings , should critically examine the stability of any institution in -which they may he invited to deposit their means j and , having satisfied themselves upon tbat bead , the next matter for their scrutiny ought to be , the integrityof conduct , together with the intentions and _objects , ofthe promoters and founders of such institution .
With regard to the first of these points , - namely , the stability ofthe Society , it does not admit of qnestion , as the -whole of the calculations upon wbich it is based , are simply a ¦ matter of arithmetic , npon the correctness of -which all can satisf y themselves , and therefore , in that respect , the Society is out ofthe pale of controversy . The price of a share is 151 ., which sum , at the rate of sixpence per -week , is realisable in eleven years aud seven months ; so that without the aid of any society , a person putting aside that sum -ireekly for tlie period specified , would
accumulate the price ofa share . The advantage of a large number of persons joining together in those weekly payment is , that through such co-operation tbey are enabled to reduce the time within which , by the payment of similar sums , they may each awgregate the price of a share . Iu order to make this clear , we will take one hundred persons , each holding two shares , and paying weekly the sum of one shilling . First , however , it is necessary to explain that , according to the rules of the Society , members may hold as many as thirty _shares each , and that the sum of 1 / . 10 s . must
be paid by each member , per share , as bonus , for the _advantage of an early advancement of money . Such bonuses , together with the " interest , at four per cent , upon the money advanced to those who first have shares assigned them , will be placed to the _credit of those who will have shares assigned to them at a later period , and will , to the amount of such "bonuses and interest , reduce the sums which , those who are last in having shares assigucd them , would otherwise have to pay . The member , therefore , who is latest in having a share or shares assigned , will bave the least amount to subscribe .
One hundred members , holding two shares each , and subscribing each Is . per week , will give as subscription;—First quarter of year , G 5 f .: which sum will enable the Directors to assign four shares at 157 . each to two members , and _lea-ve a surplus of 51 ., which , with ihe sum of Gl . as bonus , at 11 . 10 s . per share , to be paid by the above two members , will leave the sum of HI . to be carried to the credit ofthe second quarter : — Second quarter ' s subscription ... .- £ 65 Balance from first quarter £ 11
£ 76 "Which sum will g ive four more _shares to two additional members , leaving a surplus of 10 /; whieh sum , added to ihe bonus money of 6 l ., will leave 22 / . to be carried to thc credit ofthe third quarter : — Third quarter ' s subscription ... £ 6 o Balance from second quarter ... £ 22 £ 87 "Which Sinn will give four more shares , leaving a surplus of 27 / ., which amount , added to the
third payment of bonus—Of . more , will give a surplus of 33 / ., enabling tlie Directors in the third quarter to assi g n six shares , and satisfy tlie claims of three more members ; leaving at the same time a surplus of 3 L to bo carried to tlie credit of tlie fourth quarter , when the subscription surplus of the tliird quarter , and bonuses received , will provide for the claims of two -avere members , aud leave a surplus of 8 / . io be carried to the credit ofthe first quarter in the second vear , _toj-retlicr with , the inierest at four per cent , upon the money advanced on assigned shares .
Thus in the first year ofthe existence ofthe Society , supposing it to consist of onl y one _liuudrcd members , nine of them will be put into possession of their properties , and the title deeds of which properties , in fee simple , will be handed to them at the tennination of the society , or sooner , should the members iolding them—by exceeding in their periodical payments thc amouut stipulated for in the rules of thc Society—pay thc price of their redemption . "With the aid of bonuses , interest npon money advanced , and subscriptions , the Society will terminate in ten years ; and supposing it to consist of 10 , 000 members , they will be put into possession of their properties upon an average of 1 , 000 annually .
The manner in which the shares will be assigned is by ballot ; and all persons joining forthwith willhc eligible for tlie ballot on tbe payment of one year ' s subscr iption in advance , upon such shares as tbey may think fit to take . Thus a person taking two shares , and wishing to qualify for the ballot , may do so upon the payment of these sums : —rules Gd . ; annual expenses , at ls . per share , 2 s . ; one year ' s subscription upon two shares , at sixpence per sbai _' e , ' 11 12 s . 0 d . Total , 2 / . Us . Gd . For four shares , to quaUf y forthe ballot , tbe paym ent will be 5 ? . 4 s . Gd . Six shares , 7 / . 18 s . ( id . Ei ght shares , 10 / . 8 s . Gd . ; and so on , hi proportion to thc number of shares
held . Those persons who shall be successful in tbe ballot , will have the amount of their respective iUare 5 _^ _Jess the bonus , which will be deducted _^ -mrtdc over to them , and when the money is rested in property such property shall be
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mortgaged to the trustees for the money advancedby the Societ y and when redeemed by the members , the title deeds will be presented to them by the Trustees , and thenpayments and other connexion with the Society will cease .
MATHON ESTATE . Persons anxious tb become possessed of part of the Mathon property , and not having the means of paying the whole of the money in one payment , may realise their wishes b y immediately qualifying for the Ballot for as many shares as they may require-to take in the Society . According to the _^ rides _,-1 hps 6 persons who shall be first sliecessM in the Ballot , if not wanting the mone _/ advanced , may sell to any other person the right to _siich advance .
With regard to the intentions of the Directors , in establishing this Society , they will allow their past exertions ; in the cause of Labour to answer those _whVniay deem it requisite to make any inquiries upon that subject ; and , in conclusion , they have only to felicitate the country that the Society is duly enrolled WffliamTv ., cap . - 35 _Tyiindhence , _alTcarping npon its legality is anticipated and provided against . Thomas Clauk , Cor . Sec . _Auguat 2 nd , 1849 .
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INDEPENDENCE OF HUNGARY . . GREAT PUBLIC MEETING . On Monday _evening last , a meeting ofthe inhabitants of theborough of Marylebone . was held in Capt . Hall ' s Riding School ; Albany-street , Rcgent _' s-park , for the purpose of sympathising with the Hungarians in thc struggle they are at _present engaged in , forthe maintenance of their independence . Lone before the hour of meeting , the doors were besieged by parties anxious to gain admission , and on the doors being opened , the building was speedily crowded to overflowing . Tho - platform was tastefully decorated with various emblems of Hungarian nationality . At the back of the chair waa suspended the Hungarian national flag , supported by the British colours , while over itwas the _Phasnix rising from her ashes , representing Hungary rising to independence and glory . Li-front of the platform
was displayed the Hungarian national arms . These have the cross on the orb slanting , and considerably bent , which is explained by the following historical fact . " When Charles , who usurped the crown of Hungary , was being crowned , at thc moment of putting it on it fell from bis head to the ground . The assembled nobles , instead of assisting nim to recover it , kicked it from one to tho other , and when at length it was taken up it was found to be much bruised , the cross and orb . bent , and in rcmenibrance of which it bas been carefully preserved in that state . On either side of the national arms there -was inscribed " Kossuth and Independence , " " "Bathyany and Freedom , " " Dembinski and "Victory , - ' " "Bem the Invincible , " "Georgey the Brave , " " Perczel and Glory , " while the two Austrian and Russian chiefs , Jellachich and Paskewich , had their names reversed and marked with
crosses . Amongst the gentlemen on the platform we observed the following : —Lord _Xusent , M . P ., Mr . Hume , M . P ., Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P ., John Abel Smith , _Esr-., M . P ., Monekton Milnes , Esq ., M . P _., Colonel Thompson , M . P ., M . J . O'Connell , Esq ., M . l \ , John Williams , Esq ., M . P ., W . Scholefield , Esq ., M . P ., J . Wyid , Esq ,, M . P ., F . Mowatt , Esq ., 51 . P ., J . A . Nicholay , Esq ., John Robertson , Esq ., & e . Ac . Lord Dudley Stuart entered the meeting at halfpast five o ' clock , and on thc motion of Mr . Nichojlay , was voted to the chair , amid enthusiastic cheering . On the cheering subsiding , The Noble _Chaiumajj said . he thanked ; them . for jli _^ _fincouraginff and flattering ' reception ¦ they , had given . him , andhe could assure the _meeting tliat ; ft
afiwlc 1 ! him mucli gratification to meet them on _jtrtiat . occasion .- —( Cheers . ) .. ' . It was delightfulto him tobe called on to preside over a meeting " of the men of "Marylebone — ( cheers)—assembled together : to express their attachment to liberty , and their sympathy with the oppressed —( hear , hear , )—with the oppressed who were nobly defending themselves against their oppressors . He had no doubt that the people of this great and enlightened country would speak out in this cause from one end of it to the other . ( Cheers . ) Last week the city of London proclaimed its unanimous feeling in respect to the question , and immediately afterwards the people of this important borough bad followed , and would not be outdone . ( Cheers . ) And proud he was to sec such an assembly , the account of which would
go forth all over Europe , aud all over the world . ( Cheers . ) They wero met to declare that thoy could not bear to see oue nation interfering with the concerns of another nation : still less could they stand silently , and sec . 1 man with a crown on Ins head pretending to decide what institutions a free people ought to live under , and what form of government they ought to adopt . They abjured all foreign interference , and they felt that men had a right to govern themselves , even should chey choose a bad form of government . And , in that respect they felt sympathy with the Hungarians . But farther than that , thc people of England felt sympathy with the Hungarians , not only because they were fi ghting for independence , but because they were standing up for their right to establish their own form of
government . Because they were fighting for rights transmitted them from father to son during many centuries — for those natural rights wliich all " men have , and which iii the case of thc Hungarians were also legal rights . Tlie constitution of Hungary was always a free constitution . It consisted of King , Peers—( hisses ) —and Commons , elected by the people , and it had been found , in times gone by , to work better than any other constitution in Europe ; aud in times present the Hungarians , like themselves , had felt that reforms in that constitution were neccssarv , and they accordingly carried them out . ( Cheers ' . ) They had felt that the suffrage required extension , tliat personal lights ought to be increased . They had , therefore , passed those reforms , and under the
_j-fuid-inco of the great and illustrious Kossuth—( loud cheers and waving of hats)—had established the freedom of the press , done away with all exclusive privileges , and . brought on a more complete system of religious liberty than existed in any part of Europe , lie thought , therefore , that tho man who had established such reforms as these deserved , and hc had do doubt -would ever receive , the sympathy of _Englishmen , and that meeting _hsd been called for the purpose of giving expression to that sympathy . He might state that he had that day received * several letters from gentlemen who had been prevented from attending the present meeting , but who deeply sympathised in its objects . One of those letters was from his hon . colleague Sir Benjamin Hall —( cheers)—who was only prevented from being present by being , as he was sorry to say _.
stretched upon a bed of sickness , but who , in order to satisfy them of his sympathy in the cause they were met to advocate , had sent a donation of ten pounds—( loud cheers)—in aid ofthe fund now being established to carry out Hungarian independence . ( Cheers . ) He had also a letter from two other gentlemen , enclosing £ 0 each . Another from a lady , enclosing £ 5 , —( loud cheers )—who desired it should be inserted in thc subscription list as " from an Englishwoman . " Another , from a gentleman who delighted in doing good , but who blushed to have it known , enclosing the magnificent donation of £ 100 . ( Loud cheers . ) He had got another subscription from Jonas Murray of £ 10 ; and another from Francis Goldsmith of £ 5 . ( Cheer 3 . ) Was it not enough to make their blood boil , that the perfidious Austrians should be allowed to send forth their
infernal legions to put down so noble a people ? ( Cheers , and cries of " Yes , yes . " ) Let the meeting but consider the mode in which the war was carried on , and as instance of the spirit displayed by the oppressors of the Hungarians , hc would read an extract from an official bulletin of the Austrian General Haynau , which appeared in the limes newspaper — ( Groans and hisses)—of that morning . Addressing the inhabitants of the Hungarian town of Pesth , that General says , in bis proclamation to the people— " Doomed to death are all who take part with the Hungarians , of whatever age or sex . " —( Groans and hisses , and cries of " Down with tho tyr ant . " ) The Austrian tyrant did not stop there . He went on to say—" - Doomed to death are all , of whatever age or sex , who niight circulate any false intelliireneeoii behalf of the rebels . " ( Loud expressions of disgust . ) Sow he did not think it was possible to conceive anything more base and brutal than the spirit borne in tliat proclamation ; but he was glad to think that such threatcniugs were likely
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to have but little effect , for tho gallant Hungarians had hitherto _bonten this tyrant Haynau and all tfi (| other Austrian « ene _4 _* als that bad as yet taken tm field . ( Cheers . ) Even now that the Russians h _$ & been called in it had only been to he beatejg | ( Cheers . ) The gallant Bern —( loud and _continue cheering)—from thc first day that he met with ttiji Russians , did not fail to remember tho mode ml which he was wont to treat them when he was ? fighting for the , liberties of Poland , and adopting ? that mode of treatment when he met the _Russiapi hordes on the plains of Hungary _^ he had beaten aiid : dispersed them . - ( Cheers . ) He had driven them " out of TransylVania more than once , and he had no ! doubt that Bern and Dembinski , and Gebrcev .
andthe other Hungarian generals would succeed in , the ; end in _drivlngWoth-RuBsians and Austrians _bacKjin disgrace to theirown ' country . ( Loud cheering ,- )' Letthem assist those gallant fellows - ¦ by _^ _-caus'ittg * their own government to . recognise their indepeiiir dence . ( Cheers . ) Letthem strongly appeal tothefovernment . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them tell Lord ' almerston that he ' could do nothing more _agreeably to the feelings and the wishes of tho people of tbiscountry _, than give at least _^ air _^ tho moral support which the " government could give to the peopleiof Hungary . " ( Cheers . ) The noble lord concluded b _$ strongly impressing upon the meeting the propriety of keeping order , and resumed his seat amid dbJ _thusiastic cheers . . . .. - ' ' . _j i _& js Mr . Hume then presented himself to _moyeJlgp first Jesolution _. -. ' _armd ¦ was received with much
applause . He said he had attended here that day to express his admiration ofthe gallant conduct of the Hungarians , and he was glad to see so numerous a meeting assembled in their behalf . ( Cheers' ) On other occasions , when nations broke asunder the bonds that bowed them down , he had seen equally numerous assemblages in that parish to congratulate them on the event . At the distance they were from Hungary they could dolittle more than express their s y mpathy for . those Hungarians who were struggling for their rights , against such odds ; yet , from the accounts they received from day to day of the head they were making against those odds , and
when they were also told that almost every male in Hungary was in arms against tho oppressors of that country , he thought there was ground for hope that Hungary would maintain her ground . He trusted that the people of this country would do their utmost to aid the Hungarians , and would conclude b y moving , " That this meeting regard with sincere admiration , respect , and sympathy the noble determination of the Hungarian nation to maintain intact their just rights , and the constitutional independence they have inherited from tlieir fathers , against the tyrannical encroachments of Austrian despotism . " ( Cheers . )
Mr . " Jo _' nx Cassell seconded tho resolution , no trusted that a war so unjust would call forth the unanimous expression of the people of England , and that , so far as their moral influence could go , they would exert it in favour of the -Hunf _* arians , Rapine , murder , fire , and slaughter characterised the onward march of the Russian and Austrian forces . But , thank God , it was not a victorious march , for the gallant Bern , Dembinski , and Georgey had given them a severe check . ( Cheers . ) It was impossible for those barbarians to put down the people of Hungary . ( Cheers . ) Hungary was fi ghting for its j ust rights , in regard to which Austria had no more right to interfere with her than had this country a right to interfere with the ri ghts of the people of
Hanover . The whole quarrel had arisen from appointing Jellachich , who was a colonel in the Italian army , Ban of Croatia , which could not have been legally done without the consent of the Hungarian government , but which had been persisted in by the Austrian government , notwithstanding its illegality . Such was the state of things when Radetski was successful , and the Austrian court threw off the disguise . The Austrian troops united with the rebels , but Jellachich got a good dressing , and the Hungarians took ten thousand prisoners . So far as the question between Hungary and Austria was concerned , the matter was settled , but the Russians then stepped in , and the Hungarians declared for independence . Was she not right in doing so , and
was it not their duty to assist her in her noble effort ? Mr . Cassell concluded by recommending the adoption of petitions in every district of the country , calling 011 the government to recognise the independenceofHungary . ( Cheers . ) , _W ) r .. '; ¦ „ •< " "•• 'Mr . _'Mbxc _^ _TON'MrisKs said what they wanted was the assurance Of sympathy With the' gallant * ' cause and the more' they differed on' other - subject *! "the more valuable was . tb . eii * _opinionan agreeing on this . ( Hear , hear . ) He certainly should not . be present that evening if they had met to interfere in the' internal affairs of any other state of Europe . He believed that nonintervention was the right
English principle , and if that principle had boen more rigidly adhered to it would have saved themselves considerable difficulty and trouble . If the contest had remained between Hungary and Austria it would be a civil Avar , not unlike to civil wars whicli they had before witnessed ; ; nd though no doubt tlieir sympathy would bo _expressed on tho side of constitutional freedom , yet they should not , in his humble judgment , be justified in a meeting of the kind they then held . Ail the misfortunes of tlie existing state of . things had arisen from interference . Prance had interfered with Home . ( Groans . ) Why had not the Romans been allowed to settle their
ownaffairs . ( Hear , hear ) Let them suppose a civil war between England and Ireland , and that the English government called on 200 , 000 troops to crush the Irish people , what would they think of such a proceeding ? ( A voice— "They did so before . " ) He protested against the Russian invasion of Hungary . He had no objection to urge against the Russians , or any other state , so long as they remained at home , but when Austria brought toiler aid 200 , 000 foreign troops , to put down freedom in Hungary , all the balance of power was destroyed , and the " people of the western world , who asserted constitutional liberty , would not stand by in peace and see a great and gallant people destroyed hy the mere brute force ofa foreign nation . ( Hear . ) The resolution was carried amid great applause .
Sir De Lacy Evans came forward to move the next resolution , but hc was received with a perfect storm of hisses and groans , intermingled with partial applause , which lasted several minutes . In thc midst of the tumult he proceeded to state that hc would not detain the meeting more than a few minutes . ( Hisses . ) The causo he had come to advocate was one to whicli he had . already given his practical support . ( Hisses , cheers , . and groat interruption . ) The noble Chairman entreated for Sir De Lacy Evans a patient and respectful hearing . The credit of the meeting was at stake , and hcUid trust that
they would not , by their unwise and ungenerous conduct , leave it in the power of their enemies to state , that disunion and division had characterised their proceedings . ( Cheers . ) Sir Db Lacy Evans proceeded to observe , that nothing could be further , from his intention than to say anything which could in thc slightest degree offend or cause annoyance . ( Hisses , and renewed uproar . ) A Voice . —Tou arc no friend to the people . Axotheh Voice . —Why don ' t you befriend youfr own countrymen before you advocate the cause of others ?
Dr . Rogers rose to order , and endeavoured to address the meeting , but the tumult continuing , he was obliged to resume his seat , without conveying his sentiments to those whose irritation he sought to appease . The noble Chairman again interposed . He called on the meeting to support the chair . If tbey did not , there should be an end to the meeting , and the onomies of Hungary would have achieved a triumph indeed . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir De _Lact Evans again came forward , and was received with hisses and partial applause . He was understood to state that though his conduct might not have given that satisfaction ho could have wished , yet the subject they had assembled to promote was one he had some claim to address them on , for it was a subject in which he had the honour of shedding his blood . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Moral means were those they adopted now of supporting the cause of liberty abroad . By g iving
support to the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston , tney might contribute to the emancipation of other countries besides that more immediately thc object of their sympathy . As a proof of the good effects resulting from British intervention in the affairs of foreign countries , he adverted to the Spanish c ause , commenting on the freedom of debate enjoyed in the Legislative Assembly of Spain , drawing attention tothe feci ; ofthe Cortes having just boon pro * rogued , and to their last act previously to prorogation being one of a Free Trade character . They had a freer press in Madrid than "in any other country . He felt proud that he had boon iu some degree instrumental in bringing this happy state of things about , and the result ou < rht to teach them that they should not despair of rendering assistance to " other countries . Sir De Lacy Evans concluded by moving a resolution , to t he effect , that this meeting views with horror and detestation the war now raging ia _Hungarv , and the barbarous mode in which it was _r-rosccuted by the Austrian
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. authorities and Generals , and that they considered tneu- conduct to merit the indignant reprobation of - " ¦»? \ sed nation s- ( Cheers . ) > _* -: " ¦> - " .- ' _*;^ : ' - ; 1 . _** _% . Headi , am , M . P . for . NewcastleVuppn-Tync , _seooijded the resolution , ahd'in doing . ' so tbbk'ocoa- , ' - 'i ! _° _^ _PJ ' _- _'Jnnrk . that tlie . _enthusiasm and ' ekcitemeht _EH (! _? . - _w-ttnessed that . evenihg _^^ wit _^ _plcisufefwere ¦ Slot confined / withi-i-the walls W'the- ' spacibiis _^ uildm m _whichvthey had f assembled j but --went forth ! _>^ _U _* e _< - centre of the kingdom * _stHdv prevailed / _*| eough ; _thejieavt 3 of-the people . ; in * the _couhfry -generall y . He hoped that before long meetings ft * _* JS 1 l - _WJ-M" _tortile present would be held in . every district of _^ _ngland _. / _andiho i o 6 £ fesSed he wWs _' _^ S _^ _-iv _-W ? ih _**> _^ e first meeting on the ' rate i _# _*? _3 ?¦ tf kpnPlaccin the town which he -bad the honour to _^ represent .. ( Cheers . ) . : " - y _^ _:-tiiP ' ¦ _W _^ ' was andWried amid consider- ' aoio enthusiasm . - _'— - _'''; '' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' _*• ' - _'•^ ¦ i _V- _^^/^^ onMp ., ' moved the nest resoVa ,-tion .-lie spoke aDhlaudin- * _-lv of the _ffallatitvpffftiftjii
: ma < lo b y the _Hungariaris _tojosis t > the .- _aggressiofiM i _^ _nts _^ i and'expressed'his . _? grati _^ . t e . _, _exertions ; so deeplv sympathised , in -by - . tMB PJ *? . _e leo f Great Britain .- _^ _Itv-well became-them tol chea- _pfr _^ _rgte'for'hb ' erty" _^ wus reports abroad as to the lukewarmhess of Englishmen in _* 1 orei g ri politics _;* These reports -night , jto some extent ; - have been traeof ; _tfe _; 0 M gehera-( IaA _^ h _^ P-ana ' _tiKeyoun _^ were * m ! oreanve to these " " questions . ( Cheers . ) 'ihey wero all that night , young and old , aware of the fact , that the iuterest
ol this great and free nation is closely bound up in the policy of aiding the extension of freedom and constitutional institutions among all other nations . ( Applause . ) He did not propose that they should march into Russia as Napoleon did . If any one proposed that , he should have a council of war called to decide upon his sanity . ( A laugh . ) He neither advised sending an army to Russia , nor did he expect that the despot would come here . ( Laughter . ) If he did so he woiild speedily be bundled back again . They had a government whicli was well disposed , though he admitted they were rather a slow train . ( A Voice , "Especially Lord J . Russell . " ) What was required , was that they should be pushed j on by the Marylebone engine ; and if that did not I suffice , they must add all the other metropolitan
engines or boroughs . ( Cheers . * ) One argument of great importance had been used in favour of maintaining Austria as a great and powerful empire . It was , that it might servo as a harrier against Russia . Rut now , when Russia was leagued with Austria , for tho suppression of free institutions , and tliere was therefore no defence to be expected there , he would ask , would not Hungary do for a barrier as well ? ( Hear , hoar . ) Ho thought they would be asking themselves whether the interests of England would not be better served by Hungary being the barrier than despotic Austria . ( Cheers . ) He considered that all the great considerations of . justice , policy , and humanity , demanded an earnest an unmistakeable expression of sympathy for Hungary , and hc trusted that in Marylobono , where tho struggles
for freedom had been so frequent , those before him , now and hereafter , would show the blood they boasted . of really beat in their veins . ( Cheers . ) Mr . llEriiEniNOTOX seconded tho resolution . lie did so with great pleasure , because he belonged to a class distiuct from the gentlemen who had previously addressed them . He was ono of the workies . ( Cheers . ) It was their duty to aid with their support every people who were struggling for freedom . He found a peculiar reason , however , for supporting tho Hungarians , because the aristocracy of that couutr ** had shown a desire to lift up the working classes , and had thereby set an example to the aristocracy of this and other countries . ( Hear , hear . ) They had not only given religious freedom , and almost a Charter _suifrage , but had also given
500 , 000 peasants freedom , and from thirty to sixty acres each . ( Cheers . ) Why , it was no wonder they fought for an aristocracy which treated them in that way . ( Cheers . ) The gallant Colonel had said this was the freest country in tho world , * ho admitted that we could more freely express our opinions on any public question , but what they complained of was , that they could not support their opinions practically by boing denied the power of voting . ( Greatapplauseand " question . " ) That was theques _i tion _f'for'he'Vo _^ in this or in anyvo ' thep ' eountry , the object of ' which was not to _lift ' _^ - ' 'tfiJ _^] ranil _) lGr . '' 6 lasse 8 s ? to give them freedom , and to iniplroye _thcicondition of . the whole
people . _; Believing that ' _-was tho . case-in . Hungary , he . was of opinio _^ , that : the working ? classes : _hr this country should ; sup _^ por _* 5 ; them . ( Cheers . ) -The brave Kossuth had _neithei- _^ aeluded the " Hungarians with false hopes , nor concealed the magnitude of the danger and the evils they had to encounter , because he knew he did not speak to cowards , and that the greater the cailsc thc more strenuous and determined would bo their exertions . In that spirit tho brave Hungarians were now fighting their battles . Thoy ought to support them to the utmost , and at the same time not forget to unite their own energies for tlie securing of greater freedom themselves . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was carried amidst loud cheers .
Mr . J . Williams , M . P . then moved that the immediate r ecognition of the government de-facto ot Hungary by this country , is no less demanded by considerations of justice and policy and the commercial interests of the two states , than with tho view of putting a stop to the effusion of human blood , and of terminating the fearful atrocities which mark the progress of the Russian army . Tho hon . gentleman briefly supported the resolution in a speech in whicli "he reviewed tho leading commercial and political aspects of the question . Mr . J . Wyld , M . P ., seconded the resolution . The preceding speakers had talked much of intervention . What was meant by intervention ? It was all very well to use that word at public meetings as a sort ol bus-bear , but they would all recollect that the
government had in times past frequently intervened in foreign affairs without in any way whatever asking for their opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) They had interfered in Sicily and other places , wh y not here ? ( Cheers . ) . A few words wero feeble against hordes of Cossacks and Muscovites , but a few ships of war , wliich we had to keep up doing nothing , if sent to the Baltic and to pay their respects to Cronstadt , would speedily causo the Russian Emperor to withdraw his troops from Hungary . ( Cheers . ) It must be r ecollected that Russia mainly depended on us for supp lies . The resolution referred to the commercial interests at stake in this contest . Ever since thc Russians had gained additional territory on the Black Sea , our commerce had been declining . Hungary in 1830 was willing to grant a free-trade treaty to us , hut the policy of Austria and Russia had prevented her , though if the independence of
tlie country was gained , there were eminent statesmen in Hungary prepared to adopt a free-trade policy . ( Cheers . ) If so , it would open up markets for fifteen or sixteen millions of our manufactures annually . We had , therefore , more than . 1 mere political interest in this question . ( Cheers . ) It was said that our navy was sustained to protect and extend our commerce ; if so , let thoni blockade the Russian ports , enable Hungary to achieve its independence , when a trade equal to that we now had with the United States would be opened to us . He was happy to add that England and the United States were countries in which generous and hearty sympathy with Hungary was expressed . In the towns of the States the same enthusiasm was exhibited as hy that meeting . Thc hon . member retired amid loud cheers , after cordially seconding the resolution , wliich was carried amidst prolonged applause .
Julian IlAnxEy , who had been repeatedly called fov by the meeting , and who on coming forward was received with prolonged applause , moved the next resolution , to the effect that petitions founded on the preceding resolutions be adopted and _presentedtoParliament . He said , most heartily he thanked the hon . gentleman ( Mr . Wyld ) who had preceded him , for his admirable speech . ( Cheers . ) The course he ( Mr . Harney ') had pursued at the London Tavern , lie would again pursue . He would not divide tho meeting , or put himself in _opposition to tho committee by proposing any amendment , but he must urge upon the noble chairman , and the other parliamentary and influential friends of Hungary , to take a bolder course at future meetings . ( Applause . ) After the splendid demonstrations of
public feeding which had been already exhibited in the metropolis , it must be evident that the British people desired that the independence of Hungary should be BPeured at any cost . ( Prolonged applause . ) He therefore implored of tho noble chairman and his friends to take more vigorous and determined stops in future . ( Renewed cheering . ) Colonel Thompson , in his generally excellent speech had observed , that any otic who proposed to march into the interior of Russia , should have his sanity , inquired into by a council of war . Now he ( Mr . Harney ) was not about to propose tothe _rnecti-igto march British soldiers into the interior of Russia , but he would remind them that when thc liberties of new-born Greece wero in jeopardy , England interfered in behalf of that country—not by sending an _avniv into the interior of Turkey , but by
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_sw _^ ng * _snipsof _^ r info _^ Gwoian _^ _ras- _^ _oud c _^ _ewfea _^^ _'fhmie' of _Ifayaririo sealed'tho'dobm . _ofejTJ _^ is _^ _espotism . : ¦ - ( Great Kcheeririg . ) . ' _*; He , _•^ _ffw- _^^ ed _/ wit _^ ¦ _WjlPMf ' . _WW-Mp-AM ni _& _iae' applause :- ) ,, A British _^ fleet . on tlie . way to Trieste , might " '" strike a _^ blbjr _" * for another ! noble _state—^ -the _^' 'Republic '" of Venice . - _'*! ( Renewed" cheering . ) Byron had said of that glomus city :-r ' _i : 5 ti ; [ . ' '; it '' " ' . * _'"* " - t i x "" _" 1 •' ¦ _¦ * ' - " * _£ % - ¦' . ti' I ; * "¦ _" * . " :.-. ;¦ - . ¦ " — - —— . —— - — - Lostanuwon ,, ;¦; _.-. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :. 7 : _•? . ¦ ' _* - " . _i _/ Her . _lWrteen _^ _huniheayearsofifej-Somdonej " V ' j _i ¦ . _i . _lSiiiks , likeia . sea-weed , into whence she rose . '' : . ' ; But if i _She ' had b _^ _slie . h ' ad _{ risen _; jttgain _|> and for more } : than eighteen months past Had maintained lier independence , in spite of the _iai-mies and _tlic-fleets of Austria . ( Loud ¦ cheerg _*;) V It was . disgraceful- to-., Britannia— -who si-fled herself sovereign of the seas , to have allowed 'her elder' sister so long to " 'bear the brunt of ' an unequal -struggle . ' - ' Ho most unequivocally and 'heartily adop _^ _-tte-princiDlo so well laid down in ¦ Count ' _- T « telpt manifesto , _'tliat-Salthations were _in-[ _toestedji-o _^ hd responsible for - th eir mutual _welltteluSi , fLTh & t _; jwaa -onlv . nnnKhni * _-mnAtt nf nnKinn
_iPf ? " _* _;!©^ dohb _^ jjnto . '' That niiehcldigood for inations _uswell'dsjindividuals . There was , out one _S ? i . _^ _ytfOfi " _" tlle aggregate ,- a _* B _"' _fbr" _'* fheri _ltgjheir mdividualVoapacity : and , _therefbre _^ _fwhen ¦ _^^ _siJ _^*^^^!^ . _4011 _fc _% _^ ' _^^ - _^ _'S- _^^^ _to _^^ _£ _^^?' * _' muchauuty to ' _-go to tho assistance of that nation as it would be to fl y to the assistance of a brother man or a sister woman assailed by robbers and murderers in private life . ( Cheers . ) He had heard a a great doal of praise lavished on Lord Palmerston , but lie ( Mr Harney ) must say that neither the Spaniards , the Portuguese , the Sardinians , the Sicilians , tlie Romans , nor any other people had been any the better for Lord Palmerston's friendship .
( _Uicers . ) He would approve of Lord Palmerston ' s interference in the affairs of Hungary only on the ground ofa formal , recognition of that country ' s independence . ( Hear , hear . ) There was a rumour supplied from Paris that the French and English governments , seeing the Hungarians wero likely to beat both Russians * and Austrians , were about to attempt to patch up . a compromise . But he said no compromise ! " ( tlreat cheering . ) He said no alliance with France ! ( Cheers . ) " He had always advocated thc fraternity of thc French and English people , but he protested against any connexion , for any purpose , with the false , traitorous , blood-stained government of France . ( Great cheering . ) The blood of Rome was upon the hand and thc urow of that government , and when _England drew the
sword against robbers and murderers she must not take an assassin for her ally ! ( Immense applause . ) England was strong enough of herself lo defy all the despots , if she would but pursue the path of duty , England might now assume the proud position of the saviour of the nations ! ( Hear , hear . ) Let her advance for Hungary , and the Swedes , who had not yet lost that native lire which inspired them when led by Charles the Twelfth , would march to recover Finland , and the gates of St . Petersburgh were not far from the ancient Swedish frontier . ( Loud cheers . ) The Turks would hasten to attack their ever encroaching enemy ; and tho unconqucrcd , unconquerable Circassians would from their
mountain fortresses thunder down upon _thciv deadly and implacable foe . ( Great cheering . ) Last , not least , fhe Poles would rise again . Poland was * not dead , not even sleeping ; hor sons were in tho ranks ofthe Hungarian army , and the fame of the Polish generals resounded through the world . ( Renewed cheering . ) He hoped that when the Russians wero driven back again over the Carpathians that Bem and Dembinski would follow them to Cracow , and to Warsaw , and there , re-establish the nationality of Poland—not the Poland of a privileged class , but Poland of the Poles—the Poland of equal ri ghts and equal laws , ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Harney then said : — " I will test you as to tlie policy I have recommended . All too who demand of the goveh . n
ment op this country to go to war with austria axd Russia i . n dupunce of the _in-dependexce of Hun-, _oarv , hold up tour iia . _n'ds . " To this appeal THE MEETING RESPONDED WITH ALMOST FRANTIC ENTHUSIASM . A FOREST OF HANDS WAS UPRAISED , ACCOMPANIED BY THE MOST TREMENDOUS CHEERING AND WAVING OF HATS . _;' Whcn . silcnce was at : length restored the speaker' called on ' those " of a 'contrary opinion to givo expression to _suclvibutwbrone / _iantl was lifted . ' Mr . Harney then said :- _> " Iamsatisfied _.-u'HuRRAH fob _Hunqabt ! " ( Enthusiastic arid prolonged applause ) , j--, ; . Mr . Bbal seconded the resolution . The Hungarians were contending for nothing but : what they
were entitled to . It was not until tho late , Emperor of Austria had violated his pledge , ' that the Hungarians took up anus , and the Emperor of Austria might with as much justice send his armies to attack the people of this country as ho did to attack the people of . Hungary . But it was said there was a number of foreigners in the Hungarian ranks—that there was » number of Poles , and therefore to aid the Hungarians was a dangerous experiment . But the cause of Hungary was the cause of Poland , for it was because the Emperor of Russia had been allowed for a tin _* io to tyrannise over the Poles , that ho thought hc was at liberty to contend against even
country where the Poles found a home . Ucstore to the Poles their just rights , and then no country in the world would be troubled with thein . But tiie causo of Hungary was not only the cause of Poland it was the cause of every civilised nation on the face ofthe earth . ( Cheers , ) The true policy of tin ' s country was , that wherever they saw a nation struggling for freedom , that nation was their friend ; and wherever they saw a nation oppressed , that oppressor was tho enemy of this country . He then _* - i ' ore concluded by praying for tlie success of the Hungarians , and destruction of their oppressors . ( Cheers . ) Tho resolution was then put from the chair , and unanimously agreed to .
Mr . Kiciiolai- next proposed that an address be presented to thc Hungarian nation , expressive of their admiration of their gallant conduct in asserting thoir rights , and their sanguine hope of their ultimate success . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho was sure thc noble lord in the chair would feel proud in presenting such address to the two Hungarian nobles at present in this country , as representing tlie people of Hungary , and hc had much pleasure in moving it . Mr . Robinson seconded thc motion , lie had beiii reading three Russian documents , which few gen tlenion could havo an opportunity of perusing , and they fully explained tho reason why Russia had allied with Austria against _Hunsary . The Czar Peter , it seemed , had left a will addressed to all his
successors , in which he declared the Ru _* jj _* ia _* i _pcoplu were fore-ordained by Heaven for the conquest of Europe . ( Hear , and " Oh , oh . " ) It was an historical fact . Another document , . vhich was also an historical fact , embodied the view of policy adopted Inthe Russian Emperor , and had fallen into the hands of Count Zeleki . In the year 1 S 48 the idea ofthe Czar Peter was the idea of the Czar _Kicliolas . It was in furtherance of that idea hc had issued his memorable proclamation before entering into their country . He appealed to the God of Rattles , and declared that Russia would fulfil her mission . The Czar of Russia commenced with Hungary , lie would not have done so ifhcliadnot succeeded ia
placing his creature in thc Presidency of thc French Republic . ( Hear , hear . ) Did any gentleman deny that the policy of the French government , since the accession to power of Louis . Napoleon , had been a Cossack policy ? Let them look to Rome , A Republican General was seen there , taking np the sceptre of the Pope from a pool of Republican blood , and offering it to the acceptance 01 liis Holiness . There could be no doubt whatever that Hungary now stood in the breach for us . It was their own hearths , their rights , and their liberties , rights nearest and dourest , holiest and brightest , that thoy wero defending that night in tho name of Hungary . ( Great cheering . ) The resolution was then put and carried .
Mr . _Hooaws then moved a vote of thanks to tho liberal press for their exertions in this cause , and their noble advocacy of Hungarian independence . In the course ofthe speech by which this resolution was supported , Mr . Hoggins expressed a wish that thc Foreign Enlistment Act did not exist , in order that he might have taken up a drum and beaten up for recruits for Hungary . Mr . Waddy ( of the Middle Tem ple * ) seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted ; us was a vote of thanks to the noble chairman amidst continued plaudits , which was appropriately acknowledged by his lordship , and thc immense _assembly then broke up , tho meeting having lasted noarl ' v five hours . The interest of tho proceedings continued unabated to the close ; and when wc reached the street wc found nearly as large an 'Assembly out of doors , unable to gain admittance , as were within the spacious building .
THE _HUNGARIAN STRUGGLE . A numerous nnd enthusiastic meeting of the sympathising frionds oftho noble Magyars was hold also on Monday evening , at tho Mitre Tavern , _Howji-
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ham-road , Kingsland . The chairman , Mr . ' . Wwkhaim- and Messrs . Gilbert , Grant , Townsend , Russell , . Su . tliffe , * ; ; Boggis , Stowger , arid : Co * v doUyevod _sduilfivUe . speeches , which elicited the most enthusiastic }* - applause . Resolutions were a _ doj * ted ' _oxpreg _^ e _^ _ofs their admiration of tho conduct ' of . the'Hurf _^ an ahs in defending their rights , kndreprobatUi _^ theV invasion" of 'Hiingary ; by Russian troops , and also _Refilling * upori Groat' Britain to protest against _Budh _invasion . Thanks were voted to Uie chair , and the mefeting broke up with three cheers for Kossuth , Bern , and . tlio success - _ . pt the Hungarian patriots . _U'i' _^ road , Kingsland . The chairman , Mr . V _$ i nam ; and Messrs . Gilbert . Grant . Townsend .
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LORD PALMERSTOK'S GREAT SPEECH . -ENGLAND'S ¦ . FOREIGN ; POLICY * . ' ' _'" :. ¦¦ : . _* . 10 TUB EDITOH OF THE _MOninEHN HTAR ' . _v-jfei _Dbar Sir ,--I occasionally read thc more _limp-ortant debates in the Housos of Lords and -Commons , and _herer . liavel been so astonished as oflatotj . 1 hoar nothing'but of Lord Palmerston ' s great _speech ou our foreign policy . I have road it ; and at the risk of _bein-j ridiculed—and ia the face of critics and commentators—pronounce tho speech iiique _3-tionnofrgrcat ; itis crafty , wordy , and cunning ., First ; can any of its admirers inform mo on what principle- England ' s policy is based ? Refer to his _lordshipVa speech ; and see what he proposes in the case ipf " Hungary ¦ _and'Austria . Is he in favour _^ of _Hungarian . 'lndepehdeiieo , and the . entire separation _ofHungaiyjEi-om Austria ? . Assuredlyrio , hisj _j _bllcy is * Austrian supremacy . ¦ ' , " * It . ' ia ' of the
utmost'finportanco . _ithaii Austria should remain great ana poweriul _;| dfo " _- 'i 'Suchare . ¦ th # _-t- # 6 _rds-oTfLo ' rdPftlj _»^* i _^ M _^^^' * ' _% _i'At _8 _ttheHungwian struggle because it will weaken the power of Austria , and he continues eloquent about the loss sustained by _Austria . A « : Uti -. "It is , I say , devoutly to bo wished that this great contest may be brought to . termination by some amicable arrangement between the contending parties , which will , on the one hand , satisfy tho national feelings of the Hungarians , and , on the other hand , not leave to Austria another and a larger Poland within her empire . " . No one , i think , can mistake tho meaning of thc above passage , spoken , too , at atimc when savage Cossacks arc burning cities , sacking towns , and shooting prisoners of war in cold blood . Sueh language would have
been admissible on the threshold of a rupture , but is worse than mockery , when war and extermination is the Austrian and Russian policy , and tho Hungarians , to a man , are in arms to defend nationality , and ensure separation . His lordship is large in hope : " Her Majesty's government have not , ¦ m the present state of the matter , thought that any opportunity has as yet presented itself that could enable thein , with any prospect of advantage , to make any official communication of thoso opinions which they entertain on this subject . I say official , as contra-distinguished from -opinions expressed in a more private and confidential manner ; hut , undoubtedly , if any occasion wore to occur that should load thorn to think the expression of such opinions would tend to a favourable result , it would bo the duty ofthe government not to let such an opportunity pass by . " Oh , how humane and noble ! If
thc battle bo dreadful , the slaughter great , thc sacrifice of life on both sides immense , so that both parties ave in doubts as to tho issue ; when all has boon done that can bo done—tlio crops ruined—industry destroyed—famine staring _thogovornments of both armies in the face , England will step in to reconcile Hungary to Austria ; and this is the lofty policy of a great nation , oi * which Lord Palmerston is tlio _of-icial exponent . England it * the official lawcourt of Europe , and the Whig Ministry thc judges . We are to preach peace antl humanity as the pretext for non-intervention ; and when oceans of blood liave been shed , we arc to stop in and patch up despotism , aud " this is to maintain peace , and count for something in the transactions of the world . " May the common sense ofa great nation save us from such a monopoly ! Humanity it is not , it would be better named ; imbecility , ending in the ascensiou of despotism , and the prostration of
Democracy . _ Oh ! but what a _sujierb speech ! Yes' , superb in humbug and cunning : — "Opinions , if'they arc founded in truth and'j ' ustice , will in tlio end _prev-iil against thc bayonets of infantry , the fire of artillery , aiid the _charges of- " cavalry ; " ( Lolidcitem . ) . . An excellent motto for the Jiritcl stone of Exeter _Hivil . His lordship is quite-ri g ht—in tho end opinion , founded on truth and justiec _, will prevail ; but wh ;; t of the time that . elapses between , tho beginning and tho end ? . That"is the time for diplomacy . When truth conquers error , the Foreign Office will not be wanted ; his lordship will not' then be in _Downingstveefc , " *• Most men believe in the power of opinion
in the _. end ; . but what . Bhould bo tbe . ' poliey .- " of £ au avowedly intelligeut people , in their connexion _yjith other states , _^ which nations , like themselves , are yet in _atransit-ipniii-y statefrom darkricss ,-fco light , from despotism to . / reedoinl ' . ' Reason- and justice speafc together and . answer- —* 'Aid those , who arc struggling ' to be free . " ' Does the British government favour such policy V Decidedly no . Hor ministers are over on tlie side of despotism ;' . I speak ot deeds , not words . In the colonies they aro cruel in promises to the people plausible and treacherous ;• in their foreign relations leagued with despotism . Lord Palmerston's fatuous speech is neither more nor less than a sot-on * - ' against Brougham and Aberdeen in the House of Lords—the debate in tiie
House of Lords , orig inating from a series of resolutions proposed by Lord Brougham ; his lordshii ) being the advocate of Russian absolutism , and condemning , in well-sot phrase , the foreign policy of Palmerston — in which debate Lord Lansdowne confesses that England was not too exact m demanding of Franco what were her intentions as regarded Rome ; it was sufficient that France desired to restore order . Cold , audacious villany . A line phrase— " restore order ! " which means , shooting the 1-tOir . au people , and _iisiirph _. _" pupal supremacy . It is rumoured , too , that tin ; Austrian troops now in Italy will bo witlidr . iv /
and supplitiitt'd by French soldiers . The policy i . s plaiu ; the Austrian troops so withdrawn wilt join lhe Austrian army , to light against- Hungary ; which in reality means that France , under Louis Napoleon , will be leagued with Russia nnd Austria against the Hungarians . Of course Lord Pahrie : _* - ¦ ston will regret such a policy , but eanno : pre *' - ; . * . it . Oh ! no ; the proper time has not yet _arrived for official _inti-rferciicc . 1 suppose tho proper ti :-r . . j will be when Hungary is Polandiscd , and the Co . _i sack barbarians are safely established in the her . rt of Europe , witli Turkey in their grasp , and giving hairof tho civilised states of the continent over i ' u
absohile dcspoiism . if English merchants , and journalisls , statesmen _, and pe ace-makers submit to allow such results _u . take place unopposed , may thc Cossack marauder :: make a crusade to England ; there is wealth _cnout _* _ii in London to repay them , and if onee tiie great eir . _v paid a heavy ransom to a foreign foe , our statesmen would become move in earnest in their i _' uiiig * s , and h-r Majesty ' s subjects demand something _mui'i _* potent tlumleiigthy spueehcsand weak protestation ** . I rejoice to observe tlie healthy tone that pervades rour metropolitan meetings ; the occasional twaddio about pence is easily accounted for , and io looks well to-find a Quaker moving the first resolution at the recent- meeting in the Loudon Tavern , which peaceful resolution regards tlie Hungarian struggle with " sincere admiration , " which is followed iu
due time hy Lord Dudley Stuart ' s resolution" That thc English government do immediately recognise the independence of Hungary _"—vi-bion latter resolution , if adopted by tho English govern ment , would be a declaration of war against Austria and Russia—under existing circumstances a _moBi _* . wise aud politic resolvej although , in Quaker phrase , not " compromising individual opinions 011 tlie . _sul'ject of war . " Tho Quakers are quite consistent in supporting such resolutions , for no ono supposes thoy would fight ; they arc too rich and enjoy too plentiful a share of the fruits of the earth to be otherwise than peaceably disposed ; thc assistance and sympathy of such men , however , argues strongly for the oppressed but noblo ihuigarinns . The sympathy , felt for thc Koreans and Hungarians is all but universal .
At Bradford , Keighley , and other towns in the West Riding , important and influential meetings have been held , and the speeches and resolutions have been of thc ri g ht sort . At the Todmorden monster camp meeting a resolution was unanimously adopted iu favour of the Hungarians and Roman * -, since which mooting I have lectured to attentive audiences in Halifax , Holrnflrth , Bradford , Ac ., and am justified in saying that if this interest in forei gn politics can be kept efficiently alive it will one day produce great results . It not onl y strengthens _tiiv rni . 'id and sharpens the intellect of the democrats but it _encourages a love of freedom at home , and prevents politics from sinking into an
unmeaning and stagnant sameness . My own idea of a true politician is , that he should be full to the brim ofall kinds of knowledge necessary fov the government of his own country and the civilisation of thc world , and , assuredly , a discreet conception of foreign po litics is no _ittiunpoi-tMit payt of such knowledge . . Faithfullv yours , Oldham , -July 30 th . Samuel Kydd . P . _S .-I return to thc north of England , and any town or district desirous that I shall visit them must write- immediately , and address to Mr . John Hudson , Bawson ' s-courfc , Westgnte _, Nowcastle-Upoa-Tyno . I cannot le longer than a fortni g ht , ill the north , so earlv correspondence is important . *
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