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      —a hundred and odd thousand in a glasshouse , full of the wealth of Europe 1 Almost within the week three peers have died , all bearing names of historical interest : —Stafford , Bolingbroke , Liverpool . Stafford ' s attainder and death ; Bolingbroke ' s statasmanahip , exile , aini return ; Liverpool , the prince of mediocrities j ~ - the names of these men , founders of their families , come strikingly upon us when death carries off their harmless and insignificant descendants . Yes , the titles are hereditary ? but the genius , the daring , even the thriving , mediocrity—these are not hereditary .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . The man whose name was a symbol of national glory has wounded the finest susceptibilities of the French People . Heir to the renown of Austerhtz and to the catastrophe of Moscow , M . Louis Napoleon Bonaparte cowers before the discontent of Austria , and fawn 9 upon the approbation of the Czar . At a hint from Berlin or Vienna he drives out starving exiles : for a star or a riband from Naples he persecutes the victims of priestly vengeance and kingly perjury . But in order to complete the avowal that he lias sold the French Republic to the Despotisms , the occasion has been seized to refuse a passage

      through France to Kossuth , his wife and children , begging a brief shelter on the shores of the Republic from the winds and the waves at this inclement eason . Is it not easy to imagine with what jealous fear the mannikin of monarchical factions regards the unsullied Hungarian patriot . MM . Baroche and Leon Faucher dread the contagion of enthusiasm . But the frank and generous heart of the People is wounded to the core by an act of inhospitable barbarism which degrades " the great nation" in the sight of all Europe , and makes Turkish honour and generosity a reproachful contrast . For our part , we rejoice that the illwill and the discourtesy of the Government has

      brought Kossuth into more close relations with the People , whose acclamations , coming from their great , fresh , and simple heatt , will have told him where to look for sympathy and aid . His address to the Democracy of Marseilles , so nobly simple and so characteristic of the man , will be a new watchword of union and of hope . The episodes of his brief visit to Marseilles are very touching and full of meaning . The workman swimming off through the cold , dark water to the ship , to clasp the hero ' s hand : his reply to the gentle remonstrance of the Chief— " To him who has the will , nothing is difficult" ; and the

      solemn adoption of these few words , as a motto , by Kossuth ; through the length and breadth of France , into every cottage and atelier this story will make its way . And the little deaf and dumb child , holding out a little slate , with the salutation " Bon jour , Kossuth , " inscribed thereon , moving to tears the heroic object of this ^ childlike and pathetic recognition ; this too will be treasured up , and recounted with emotion in the better time of the Republic , when pinchbeck Napoleons , and all the crew of Baroche , Faucher , and Co ., shall be ( we may hope ) well and charitably

      forgotten . The colonel of a regiment just ordered to Paris , remembering that promotion had rewarded a brother officer for encouraging unconstitutional cries at the reviews of Satory , and determined , to " outherod Herod , " issued a ilaming order of the day , in which he recommended devotion to the Chief of the state , and swore to " lead the way to unfurl the flag of order on the barricades of anarchy ; " in short , an appeal to civil war , to hatred of citizens , and to a coup d ' etat . But as there is a time for all things , this Red Bonapartist colonel does not happen to have selected , the right moment for all this sanguinary rhodomontade ; and . as he forgets that soldiers arc now citizens , and regiments national , not royal , and colonels servants of the state , not proprietors of regiments , he is severely reprimanded in the

      Montteur . Relig ious liberty ia about on a par with political liberty in France . The maye" of a commune has been suspended for allowing a Protestant child to be buried in a Catholic cemetery . From Austria we leurn the return of the Kmperor , sooner than expected , from his Itnlian tour . The newspapers of Turin make mention of the Emperor ' s sudden departure from the camp of the Hominii as of n flight . The prescribed road of

      return to Vienna was abandoned for the route by Hetzendorf . The Emperor left the Homma at / rix on the morning of the , ' {() th ultimo ; and leaving behind nil the carriages of hin uuitc , urrivetl in lour hours at Casiina de' Pecclii , a distance of forty - live milee . This precipitate departure by a chunged route is ascribed to alarm and discouragement at his blank and cold reception by the Italians . The camp of the Sornma was ordered to be broken up , the cause assigned for this new arrangement being tho unfavourable weather .

      The military manoeuvres wore a failure . The sodden Btate of the ground , owing to the heavy rains , rendered the projected operations impracticable . Ihe Hoops were much , disoontont « d , and it became

      necessary to order them to tfkefr quarters . Some generals lost their baggage , several soldiers were hurt , and the whole movement resembled that of a routed army . The Emperor was the more annoyed because the Prussian Geaeral de Wrangel , the Russian General Groteuzel , and many European officers , were among the spectators . , , . The Pope has been delivering one of those sesquipedalian allocutions which smack of other times than these of submarine telegraphs , railways , steamships , and " thoughts that shake mankind . * He honours Spain , Tuscany , and Great Britain with especial notice . As to Spain , he refers to the Concordat

      lately concluded with his ' most dear daughter m Christ , of hereditary piety , " Isabella Maria , by which some of the mischiefs of the constitutional war are to be repaired . The Church is to keep all she has , and to get an equivalent for all she has given up , and full ( ecclesiastical ) liberty is to be reestablished in that happy Catholic country . As to Tuscany , it seems that poor Leopold has consented to a future Concordat ; and in the mean time desired that the " civil laws" may beadjusted to the convenience of the ecclesiastical laws . Here , also , complete ( ecclesiastical ) liberty is to be reestablished , including a rigorous censorship of all books deemed dangerous to " the Faith . "

      We of Britain , once the Island of the Saints , are spoken of as a " distant region / ' a sort of Ultima Thule , in which the " Immaculate Spouse is sorely afflicted and harassed . " The episcopal zeal and firmness of the " venerable brothers , " who are uncomfortably situated in this " distant region " of Whig Ministers and Evangelical Alliances is highly cornmended . It is a satisfaction to know that we are regarded with " special affection and charity" by his Holiness . What may be the " Convention for adjusting the affairs of the Catholic religion , " which Pius entertains great hopes may be entered upon , we have yet to learn .

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      KOSSUTH . The following is the letter addressed by Kossuth » on his arrival at Marseilles , to the Prefect of the Bouches du Rhone : — " M . le Pre * fet , —Released from confinement at Kutahia through the generous mediation of humane Governments , I have arrived at Marseilles on board the Mississippi , sent expressly for roe by the Government of the United States . I beg to demand of the Government of the French Republic a free passage and protection through France , it being ray intention to proceed directly to England . I am accompanied by my wife , and three

      children whom I am desirous of placing at school in London , previous to my departure to the United States , to thank the people and the Government for the generous assistance with which they have kindly honoured my misfortunes . My secretary and his family , the tutor of my children , two officers , and one servant , form my suite . I place my demand ( purely a question of humanity ) under the protection of French honour , and of your generous sentiments , M . le Prefet ; and I have the honour to assure you of my most distinguished consideration . " L . Kossuth . " On board the United States steam friyate Mississippi ,

      in the roads of Marseilles , September 27 , 1851 . " The Prefeot replied , through an indirect channel , by addressing the ConBul of the United States : — Marseilles , September 27 . " M . le Consul , —I have the honour to apprise you that , by a telegraphic despatch which this moment reached me , the Minister of the Interior informs me that the demand made by M . Kossuth to traverse France on his way to England cannot be granted . M . Kossuth , whose passports have not been signed by the Minister of the French Republic at Constantinople , having been permitted to land at Marseilles solely in consequence of a desire expressed by him , and on account of the health of his wife and children , I must consider him as being still on board the American steam frigate Mississippi ; and I apprise him , consequently , M . le Consul , through you , of the decision adopted by the Miuisler of the Interior relativo to the demand which he requested mo to present . Accept , I pray you , M . le Consul , the assurance of my high consideration . " The Prefeot of the Bouches du Rhone , Sulkau . " In consequence of this refusal , Koasuth published in the 1 'euple the following uddress : — " TO Till ! DEMOCRACY OF MA 1 USKM . I . KU . " Citizens , —The Government of the French Republic having refused me permission to traverse France , the people of Marseilles , yielding to the impulse of one of those generous instincts of the French heart which arc the inexhaustible source of the noble-liens of your nation , has honoured me b y a manifestation of its Republican Bcntinicntu — : i manifestation honourable for its motives , ihanly for its resolution , peaceable in its ardour , aiid as majestic in its calmiieBti an nature , iho grund image of God , before the tempest . I liuve heard my name blench d

      with the hymn of the Marseillaise , and with the shoutn of Vive la lU' publiquc!—aery which in the only legal one in France ; the only one whose legitimacy has been won by the blood of bo many martyrs of liberty ! It Ih bo natural to love freedom ! It is ho li ^ ht to miiFer for it ! It in almost leas than a mere duty ;—but there , in indeed a supreme gloiy in tho thought of being identified with the principle of liberty in the mind of tho French people . 1 have no desire for glory—but thin glory 1 accept , In order to merit it . I accept it . uh a pledge of common interest ( aoli ( torit < f ) , nnd 1 accept it as a

      testimony of the fraternity of the French nation with all nations . I accept it ; * s the watchword of salvation f my bel <» v « d country . Toyou , Frenchmen ! Republican !^ , is the honoar of that salvation . To us , poor Hungarian ' the duty of meriting it . We shall merit it . My natirf ' will understand the appeal of your fraternity . It will b proud of , and bravery respond to it , as these ought to A * who are honoured in being called « brothers ' by th French people . These are the only thanks worthy of the people of Marseilles ; worthy of that manifestation with which they have honoured me—yet not me , but m nation ! and , ia my nation , the past less than the future » " * " «!* meno A * Peak » rao" of the "fusal of

      .. , the Government of the French Republic to grant me & passage through its territory . I know that the French people are not responsible for , and are not identified with , its acts . I know that neither M . L . N . Bonaparte nor M . Faucher are the French nation . I knew , and I know , that the Executive Power is delegated to them but that the honour of the French nation is not in their keeping . I shall no longer bear in mind their refusal and I desire that humanity shall not remember it , if by any chance those who have been already in exile , and who , to all appearance , have forgotten it , should again be so . Last evening one of your brethren ( of our brethren ) of Marseillesoh ! know his

      an operative — I name , and I shall not forget it , came , in spite of the cold , and swimming through the water , on board the American frigate to press my hand . I pressed his hand with pity , with emotion , and gently reproached him for his temerity . ' Que voulez vousf he answered , I desire to touch your hand , I could not find a boat , I took to the water and here I am . Are there any obstacles to him who has the will ? ' I bowed to these noble words . The love of liberty , the sentiment of duty and fraternity , were mine before coming to Marseilles ; but it is at Marseilles I have found the motto , ' There are no obstacles to him who has the will . ' The motto shall be mine . Vive la

      Iiep-ublique ! Salut et fraternite . " Louis Kosstjth . " Marseilles Roads , on board the frigate Miss i ssippi , of the United States , September 29 , 1851 . " Thus France , no , we will not -wrong the name of gallant France—thus that ecu tier in the camp of fortune , M . Leon Faucher , and the Government of France , de facto , not de jure , treated Louis Kossuth , In England how different his reception will be ! Frowned on and calumniated by the Times and the Post alone—welcomed by the nation . The City of

      London will officially address him , the city of South * ampton will officially address him , the Corporation of Bath will officially address him—and in every town , numbering ten thousand inhabitants , throbs the feeling of welcome . The working-men of London have taken up the subject in earnest , and have laboured ardently to secure for the Chief of Hungary a public welcome . The Central Committee for that purpose sits every evening at 10 , Wellington-street , Strand . Birmingham , always in the

      van of great movements , the first town to hold a meeting of sympathy for Hungary , during her brave defence against the dastards of the North—Birmingham held its meeting on Saturday , and to the address which was then drawn up , 5000 signatures were appended on the first day ; including those of the Mayor , the High Bailiff , six Aldermen , and twenty-three Councillors . The address , which has a peculiar right to publicity , waa moved by Mr . George Dawson , M . A ., and is expressed as

      follows" TO T . OUI 8 KOBSTJTK , LATE GOVERNOtt OF HUNGARY . " Honoured Sir , —Your arrival in this country gives the greatest joy . We rejoice in your escape from the persecution of tyranny . We bid you hearty welcome to this free land . Our brave forefathers won liberties lor us—that liberty we would not selfishly enjoy unnnntflul of the struggles of other lands ; we therefore watched with the deepest interest the gallant efforts of the Hungarian people ; we mourned their Bad issue ; and now we pray that you may live to see ere long the victory oi that good cause of which you have been the g lorious leader . Pardon our reminding you that in this town or oenaii

      Birmingham was held the first English meeting on of Hungary ; take thin aa a sign of our zeal , and , u »* may be , give us that pleasure for which we earnestly long , of seeing face to face one whose name is here a househom word—one whom we count worthy to be associated witu the good and great patriots of other days . " Moat likel y Kossuth will have landed on the shores of England before the first edition of our paper w issued . Hourly he is expected . Lord Dudley btuiirt is , while we write , stuying at Broadlanda , the Beat o Lord Palmerston . until tho exile of Hungary arnveH . i

      1 hroughout the provincial press there is but one jh »> of welcome . Mr . George Wilson presided over tn « j Manchester meeting , where a resolution was ujjre to , inviting Kossuth to meet them at the Free 1 rim-Hall . In short , throughout tho country , there ih general protest in favour of liberty as opposed despotism , and of progress uh opposed to reaction . A l-KW 1 NTKUKSTING DKTAII . H RHtA'l'lVK TO KOHHlHH 1 . 1 H UK AT ION . [ Extract from a Letter , dated from Constantinop le , September lf > 1861 ] . # mw « -

      , . . , _ ., ft , ' * 'I't ^ Maft'VB * Tj — j a . You are aware , that on the 2 nd instant ! wr to Ghemlek , there to awuit the arrival of the !» " •¦ ' () Kossuth , General Wybotbki , and others of his huiu , were confined In Kuiahiyah . They left the latter ¦ p <» - on tho lat instant , and reached Gheinlek on the f 1 "' noon . In the evening of Unit same duy a ' 1 urkisli n K arrived bore from Constantinople , destined to curry » ^ Hutu and his companions to the Dardanelles ; urn night a small Turkish Htcamer arrived , having <»» DoiU

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1851, page 958, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1904/page/2/