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KOSSUTH . PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES . On Saturday last the temporary residence of M . Kossuth , in Eaton-place , was literally besieged during the greater part of the day by deputations from various metropolitan districts , and from important provincial towns , anxious to present their addresses of sympathy and encouragement to the illu strious Hungarian pat iot . The whole neigh , ijonrhood was crowded with carriages and cabs and a crowd collected about the door , in the hope of catching a glimpse at the object of all this homa « e 53 o eager were some ofthe gentlemen to be in time ' that " the first deputation started M . Kossuth from lis hreakfast , and the presentations continued without intermission , until past three o ' clock . It would appear , too , tha ' . the general enthusiasm is spreading to the fair sex , as several voumr ladies -TV >«^ i ~ .-r-rmr-r
and one very persevering old one , were among the visitors , and had the honour of an introduction . The wonderful talent and readiness of M . Kossuth ia adapting his replies to the peculiarities of each deputation , and the singularly happv way in which he seized upon and alluded to every ' little incident , ¦ were the themes of general admiration . The first addresses were from Clerkenwtdl , presented by a deputation , and from Bridgewater , presented" by Mr . Reuben Payne , a member of tho Society of rrienda . Addresses were then presented from the populous district of St . Pancras , St . Leonard , Shoreditch , tbe Financial Reform Association , from British Ladies , tho Working Buildors of Pimlico worn two Discussion Societies , the Polish Refugees ' , the Young Men Of Loudon , and also from Islington and Woolwich . °
Mr . George C . It . Dekisg presented an address from the mayor , aldermen , aad common council of the City of Canterbury . Lord Dudlev Stuart said he would take that opportunity of presenting some addresses which had been entrusted to Mm for presentation . One was from tho inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , agreed to at a pnblio meeting of which Sir John Fife was chairman . Tha noble lord also presented addresses from Taunton , agreed to at a public raeetinir ; from Nottingham , agreed to at a puhlic meetins '; from Paisley , agreed to at a public meeting of inhabitants , and signed by the Provost ; and from North and South Shields , from tho Polish and Hungarian committees .
Mr . Tiiorsxos Bust presented an address from ihe inhabitants of the town of Dover , which it was remarkable had been agreed to with the greatest cordially and unanimity in a town generally considered very aristocratic . 31 . Kosscra said he was glad to see the aristocracy coming forward , as they bad not favoured him with much notice since hia arrival in this country . Addresses were also presented from Clerkenwell from Bridgewater , and from Uuddersfield and a gentleman named Richards requested permission oa behalf of his lady , who accompanied him , to present three copies of the Uib . ' e for the children of M . Kossuth , a gift which he euitablv acknowleiseu On thi'lr behalf .
Madame Kossuth and her children , Madame Pulszky , and several other ladies and gentlemen were present in the drawing room where the deputations were received during the jrreater part ofthe day , and the illustrious exile and his family were of course the objects of much interest to the numerous Visitors . The deputations generally soug ht the honour of shaking hands with M . Kosssuth liefore they retired , and many of them gave vent to enthusiastic expressions of admiration , min cried with fervent aspirations for the success ofthe cause of Hungary . KOSSUTH £ SD THE HIGHBURY BARN
BAXQUET . The able writer , in tho "Glasgow Sentinel , " of ihe articles signed " Cbomweix , " has the following criticism on the metropolitan demonstration , of ¦ WlllOh he Was an accidental Witness ' . — "I must admit that , notwkhstanding tho Speeches of Kossuth ' s , all of which I had carefully read in tho newspapers , and the portraits of Mm ¦ which I had seen in the shop windows , i was not only surprised by his actual oratorical powers , hut also by his personal appearance . It is impossible to see Kossuth and not believe in him ; there is no good portrait of him , and I may go further aud say that a good portrait of him will bo a most
difficult , if not an impossible task , for even a firstrate artist to accomplish ; I stood quite close to him during tho delivery of his wonderful harangue , and watched him very narrowly tho whole time , and I must say , that 1 never before saw a face so profound , so wise , so honest , so tender , and with so much of true manly strai ghtforwardness in it his language wa 3 pure , clear forcible , in fact it was impossible not to feel that you stood in a superior presence , or that the roan yon looked on was a man to be trusted in and followed with a completeness of faith equal to that which animated the Israelites when , in darkness and storm , they followed the fire-pillar in the wilderness .
" The newspapers have told the world what he uttered , and how the people acted , and how , when Kossuth ceased speaking the vast multitude dispersed , and some of them have taken the trouble to describe the banquet , and tho speeches that followed at the Highbury Barn Tavern . I too , must say something on this part of the matter , the more so as I beh ' ere that at this banquet , it was in the power of those who acted for the people , if they truly felt the importance of the work they had in hind , to place tbe people , as such , above tho rejectable huxtering patriots , who look dowa CD . them as Tulwar and violent .
"It mustberemembered that Kossnth ' sgreat fear , in accepting a popular demonstration , was , that he would have to run tho risk of being mixed up with English party politics : thia was the cause of his hesitation from the beginning , and this feeling was ao doubt promoted by the coterie into whoso hands be fell when he first landed on our shores . "When , however , his trust in the good sense of the people carried bim above this , a most important duty devolved upon those who , in this affair , had undertaken to act for ihe people . That duty they did sot fulfil ; and if tho wise caution of Kossuth had not kept him from the banquet , there is no doubt that the folly of the speakers , used by the ingenious malignity ofthe " Times /' would have inflicted a
flenons injury on the cause of Hungary . As it was , that journal had no reporter present ; and so far the sensible working people have not been as extensively compromised as they otherwise would have been , by foolish and violent platform orators . " There was a course open for the managers of that banquet which , if they had sense enough to see it , and pursue it , ¦ would have enabled them to do much for the vindication of tho good sense of the people ; but they neglected it utterly , and b y so doing , left the conviction very strongly impressed on my mind , that Kossuth did wisely by keeping aloof from them ; and also this other conviction , namely , that there is much more good taste and sound good sense amongst the silent part
Ot the working people , than finds utterance from ihe platforms by those who undertake to represent them and speak for them . " When the respectable people ( meaning by the term respeelalh , those wio look down on the ¦ working people ) assembled about Kossuth to express their sympathy for the cause of his counby , they based their admiration upon low and despicable grounds . They said , we admired and approved of yoar struggle , because it was a constitutional struggle ; your countrymen sought only for what we struggled for and obtained a century and a half ago ; they have therefore our strong sympathy , because there is nothing in what they
attempted to do to offend our self-esteem ; on the contrary , there is much to flatter and soothe it . L ' esides they argued , that the liberation of Hungary would increase the trade of England ; because , a free people , with a constitution like our own , would turn to IIS for the things they mig ht nce < i , with uioie good will than a despotic and " t-xelesive government might be supposed to do , —of course , I am most willing to admit that solder sentiment ? and thoughts mixed themselves with these . 1 saere ' . y wish to state that , to me , these seemed to predominate , and these , however we may . try to di gnify them , mast always ha considered as not Tanking very highly as motives to action amongst high-minded and liberal men .
" By chiefly confining themselves to his view of tie matter , the hig her ground was left unoccupied , 4 md remained open to the working people , should -they have thought proper to occupy it . Tney had & o occasion to pass by these thingn , as altogether unworthy of consideration ; but they should tot ime neglected so fine an oppoiiuwity of vindic ; . ting tbe public conscience from those rtprcaches that rise against it when it is twisted and subordinated by sham patriots , and scheming traders , for the exaltation of mean aud partial interests . At this banquet , they had the opportunity of grounding their admiration for Kossuth and the Hungarians on higher feelings . The Hungarians acted on * heir OWTi instincts , not on Trench vr Lallan instincts—they demanded , in their own way , all that
tuey believed to be their due—and when their master refused , and sought , by treachery and treason , to deprive them of the maimed institutions stiil left them—they took the field like brave meu , and fought their battle with the most heroic devotion , and unconquerable bravery ; as long as a lope hred , or could live , ia the heart of the most heroic or hopeful , in this noble nation , Kossuth was the coblest man ; he did all that his people or his cause required of him , and more . In even- situation he ¦ was called to fill , ho vindicated his " cause in his person . He was wise , brave , prudent , self-denving , generous , and humane;—in fact , he dignified the cause of the people by allying it to ' sreat virtues , and leaving to the Kings , Cruelty , meanness , perjury , and all those other miserable vices that should
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ever find a more fit connexion with selfish and cruel governments , than with the aims and objeefs of the people . "Here was ample room for the speakers at the banquet to have exercised the rhetorical powers , without compromising Kossuth or sli ghting those who , in other countries , struggled against more subtile and implacible enemies than even he hadfor ideas of a deeper meaning and wider Scope than his countrymen can yet comprehend . They did not dotbis-they allowed a fine oppoitunity to escape Out of their hands , by a fatality too common , where men employ themselves too much in thinking of themselves , and the sort of figure they make , rather than of tie importance of the cause they have in hand . This is not attributable to a want of good sense among tbe people themselves . There can be _ -
no doubt , from the appearance and conduct of that assembly , that , if the real sentiments of those present could hare found fitting expression , a far more consolatory scene would have presented itself . It would have been wrong not to except Mr . Masson aud Mr . Fleming from this censure . They spoke well and sensibly ; but . the meeting was committed by the folly and violence of others before they b -gan ; aud from what they did say , it is to be regretted that they were not the first called upon to address the meeting , that their intelligence aud good sense might have had the effect of giving it a proper tone at its commencement . The foreign gentlemen who addressed the meeting , addressed it as gentlemen and men of sense ; and the only fault to be found with them is , that they , perhaps unconsciously , assisted , by contrast , to expose the weakness and folly of our blundering politicians .
THE "DEMONSTRATION COMMITTEE " In i o . 2 !) of " Notes to the People , " Mr . Ernest Jones observes : —"' The treatment Mr . O'Connor experienced at the hands of the ' Demonstration Committee , ' at Copenhagen House , on Monday Inst , was most discreditable to all pactiesconcerned . Whatever may be the differences of opinion on political and social questions , or on matters of Chartist policy with that gentleman ( and I have never hesitated openly to avow mine , when I thought it was my public duty so to do ) , it was positively
disgraceful to affix this opeu affront on him , while in age and in broken health and struggling against an accumulated load of difficulties . That was not the place , or time to indulge in inveterate personal r ; mcour . You are right in supposing I was elected a member of the Committee . I attended twice shortly after its formation , but took no part in the proceedings . I did not withdraw my name—out of respect to " Kossuth—but attended neither tho demonstration nor the banquet—nor had any intention of doing so . Ehhest Jones .
GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT BIRMINGHAM . Rirmingham was on Monday the scene of what was generally admitted to be the most important and general popular demonstration that had been witnessed there since tho memorable year 1 S 32 , when the meetings of the working classes of that great manufacturing town had so beneficial an influence on the progress of the Reform Bill . But although Birmingham itself was the great scene of excitement , tho progress of M . Kossuth and his friends might be deemed a triumph almost from the moment of their departure from London .
By the time the train had arrived at Wolverton it would appear that tbe electric telegraph had done its work , for the station and all the adjoining embankments were crowded with spectators . So great was the crowd on the platform that it was with the greatest difficulty the railway police could obtain a passage for M . Kossuth . He was tremendously cheered on his way to the refreshment room , where he remained for a few minutes , and on his return to his carriage the crowd actuall y c l ung to the doors , anxious to catch a parting glimpse of the distinguished stranger . At Coventry the excitement was still more in * tense , as at that place there must have been several thousand persons congregated about the station .
The Hungarian COlOUfS might bD Seen in every direction—in cockades , in bonnets , and on the costumes of the ladies . Several ladies rushed together to the carriage doors , and presented bouquets , which , we need hardly add , were most gracefully and greatfully received . M . Kossuth bowed his acknowledgments repeatedly , and as the train glided away from the station received two or three distinct rounds of cheering , All these demonstrations were , however , eclipsed by the triumph that awaited the exile in Birmingham , tbe capital of tho " small masters , " with whose honesty and independence of spirit M . Kossuth had shown himself so intimately acquainted by the allusions made to them in more than one
of his speeches . The station , although situated ina remote and inferior part of the town , was completely surrounded by tho people , who cheered vociferously as tho party alighted on the platform . M . Kossuth was received by Mr . Geaeh , M . P . for the county , Messrs . Seholetield and Muntz , the two members for Birmingham , and Mr . Wright , Deputy Chairman ofthe Committee of Reception . The party , after a few minutes spent in refreshment , repaired to the carriages in which they were to form the head of one of the most imposing processions ever seen in the town of Birmingham . M . Kossuth , Mr . Geach , and Mr . Toulmin Smith , took their places in an open barouche drawn by four greys , the postillions in scarlet jackets , and
wearing tbe Hungarian colours , and the remainder of tho party were accommodated in carriages of a similar description . As they drove down the Green Lanes , every moment added to the length of the cortege , until by the time it had reached Small Heath all resemblance to a procession had disappeared , and the whole of the road , the hedges , tho trees , and ihe houses , appeared swarming with people , or densely blocked up with vehicles of every description . All the working people of the busy hive of skilled industry had obtained a general holiday , and turned out to give a hearty English welcome to the best exponent in our days of the true principles of political and social freedom . It would be impossible to do justice to the appearance of the line of road from henceforward . Every hedge , wall , and tree , every window and house-top was crowded witb people . On every side the gay banners of the various associated trades flattered
in tho air , and as the operatives passed on in dense masses , each body headed by their standard bearer , we could recognise inscriptions of welcome , of sympathy ; and of sentences extracted from M . Kossuth ' s various speeches . Bands of music played Hungarian airs , and at every corner where the density of the crowd occasioned a momentary stoppage , a defeaning cheer arose as the people caught a glimpse of tho distinguished stranger . At this point tho mass of the people bad been graduallv eongreeating from eight in the morning ; at about ' eleven o ' clock the crowd appeared to have reached its limits , inasmuch as at that time there was about six miles of space—from the village of Tardier to the Bull-ring—one mass of human beings ; every house-topi every tree , and every lane seemed alive with life . Prom windows streamed flags with appropriate devices , and from hundreds of carriages and vehicles were displayed the Hungarian colours .
At eleven o ' clock the marshals began to form the order of the procession . At one o ' clock the line of procession was complete ; the seven or eight bands had been placed in convenient positions , and alt the regalia of all the trades shone in the midday sun . The following order of procession was observed very nearly , with the exception that the groups of " fifty men'' noticed in it were swollen to thousands : — " Six men bearing the banners of England , Ilunsarv , America , Turkey , Italy , and Poland . The old standard of the Birmingham Political Union . Glass-blowers anri cutters with band , group of fifty men . Urasifounders , group of fifty men . Jewellers , group of fiftv men . Saltley workmen and band . Tailors , group of fifty men . Currier .-,
<* roup of fifiv men . Saddlers , harness and whip makers , group of fifty men . Wire-workers , wiredrawers , and pin-makers , group of fifty men . tinplate workers , group of fifty men . Sume-makers and bricklavc-rs , group of fifty men . Pearl buttonmakers :, nd * band , tool-makers , coach-makes , group of fiftv men . Coopers and pacl tingeaso-innkors , brass cock founders , moulders , group of bfty men . Japanuers . Odd Fellows with regalia . Leicester brass band . Private carriages and horsemen , nre briirades . Deputations from Midland Towns . Large bajTiicr— " £ jen Ktssuth" Band . Bodyguard on horseback . Tirst carriage and four—Kossuth , G . F . Muntz , M . P ., W . Subolefield , M . P ., Charles Geach , M . P . Second carriage—M . Pulzsky , Mr . Toulmin Smith , and M . Kossuth ' s Aide-de-camp . Carriages with committee . Bodyguard on horseback . Gun-makers . Shoe-makers . Joiners and
cirrenters , Band . Carriages , horsemen , < fcc , it ., cc . " The neighbouring towns , Coventry , vvoWerbamptois , and throughout the district far away into the Potteries , had all poured forth their thousands , and these were placed in prober order , most of them displaying handsome banners , especially those from Coventry , which were extremely beautiful in design , with appropriate mottoes , At a quarter to two o ' clock the carriage and four containing M . Kossuth hove in sight . This was the ss « Tiaffcr one burst of cheering . Rising in his carriage be bowed to the assembled thousands , whosAhcuts rent the air for many minutes . The carriage having taken its place in the line , was immediately surrounded by a body-guard of one hundred and fif » y gentlemen on horseback and followed by manv carriages and four , hundreds of other carriages ^ private and public , and vehicles of description .
every . In this ctate Kossuth entered Birmingham . To Ascribe his progress would be to describe one Sinned ovation - . every housetop and every window-everv manufactory and every building where human bem ^ could place the solo of tW foot there dune the welcomers to the Hero of Hungary A little before Kossuth entered the principal part
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of the town his carriage was Stopped and the entire procession marched past him , that all might gain a sight of him . All tho exertions of his body guard were necessary to restrain the enthusiasm of the people . The procession necessarily moved s . owly , and was many times stopped in consequence of the enormous pressure ou every side ; as it approached the Bull Ring tho mass of people was such that it was fearful to look upon ; one vast sea of human heads as far as the eye could reach ; every nook , every gullet , every alley , and every lane—every window , and every parapet presented their hundreds of the population . From the
corner of the Coventry-road to the Bull Ring occupied nearly one hour , so slow was tho progress made . As the cortege turned out New-street the effect was very fine ; there wer . ; impromptu scaffolding , bearing hundreds of people ; omnibuses at anchor crowded even to the tyre of the wheels , and from Deritend to the Town Hall there was scarcely a window without a banner , and from the hands of thousands of ladies streamed ribbons of the Hungarian tricolour . From the windows of the " Journal" newspaper a splendid banner fluttered , and from many houses in the neighbourhood rockets were cast in abundance .
In the Bull-ring the first copy of the " Times " was burnt , and at intervals this ceremony was repeated until the procession terminated at tho Five Ways . Many copies of tho paper , with the words "Lying' Times '" in large characters upon them , were elevated on poles , and swung to and fro over tho heads of the crowd amid vollies of derisive cheers and groaning . Tho bells of the various churches rung cheerful peals , but these were almost drowned by tho deafening cheers of the populace . One hundred Frenchmen who had formed a band marched near to Kossuth's carriage , which was preceded by a splendid banner , with the words "Eljen Kossuth , " emblazoned upon it . There
were thousands of other banners of appropriate mottoes and devices upon them , which tho limited space at our disposal does not enable us to do more than thus briefly refer to . So with the triumphal arches which Kossuth passed on his route ; the enthusiastic displays at tho various manufactories : tho multitudinous warm greeting he received from tbe enormous mass of people who hailed him on every side , we pass them over—to be imagined they must have been seen—no description would convey any idea of the fact . M . Kossuth himself seemed almost amazed , and Mr . Muntz , used to large meetings in tbe days of the Politicil Union , appeared lost in astonishment at tho overwhelming multitude .
It was computed by persons used to estimate large masses that there could not have been less than half a million of persona present . When it is considered that the population of Birmingham alone is a quarter of a million , the great majority of whom poured out on the great occasion , aiid that the entire district far and new- sent their quotas , it will be at once seen that this is by no means an exaggerated estimate . Even places so distant as Sheffield contributed their thousands . At four o ' clock in the afternoon the procession reached the FiveWay s . Perfect orderliness prevailed , without a single policeman or soldier ; without the presence of any person in authority to preserve order , this crowd swayed to and fro , bearing every amount of pressure with patience , and apparently absorbed in the spirit and determination to do honour to tho illustrious exile .
Immediately before the signal was given for tho departure to the residence of Mr . Geach , that gentleman briefly addressed the crowdj stating that M . Kossuth felt deeply grateful for the reception he had experienced , so far beyond anything ho could havo anticipated , and only regretted that tbe state of his chest , and the engagements he was under to address public meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday , prevented bis thanking them as he could wish himself . Mr . Geaeh concluded his observations by expressing a hope that he might , HV the Mule Of the ft 99 M » Uod thousands , give to Kossuth a true and hearty welcome to Birmingham .
It is needless to add that the welcome was echoed most vociferously by the crowd , and as tll 8 word passed backwards to the more distant masses of the people , it was sent back again and again in vollies of cheering , which continued as long as the cavalcade remained in sight , most of the carriages following Kossuth's carriage up to The Dales , Mr . Geach's residence .
KOSSUTH . AT MANCHESTER . Kossuth , accompanied by M . Pulsky and M , Ilajnicli , Started from Birmingham at half-pASt eight on Tuesday morning :, and proceeded to Manchester . The news of his progress had evidently spread throughout the whole of the district , as at each station vast crowds were assembled to see him and give him a passing cheer . At "Whitmoro , at Harrington , at Crewe , and at Warrington , it appeared as if all classes of the inhabitants had turned out , ns the stations were surrounded by private carriages , and every wall and elevated situation was crowded with the operatives . The train , which was a slow one , arrived in Manchester about twenty minutes to one , in the middle of the people ' s dinner hour , notwithstanding the whole neighbourhood of the station was densely crowded .
The committee , not having the aid of the authorities , had made no preparation for any public reception . They went up with six or eight carriages to accommodate Kossuth , and left the rest to tho chapter of accidents . The immense crowd of peoplo collected together in tho streets , and the enthusiasm they displayed , therefore , was a spontaneous outburst of sentiment , which everybody joined in , but which everybody was unprepared for . The railway company was very liberal in allowing respectable people to go on the platform of the station to witness tbe arrival , and the crowd upon it
was very great . As the train entered the siding the cheering was immense , and M . Kossuth was almost carried from it to the private carriage awaiting his reception . A most interesting incident occurred in tho reception given to M . Kossuth by some Hungarian refugees , who embraced him in the most impassioned manner , one of them , a lady , kissing his hand several times , and presenting her child to the hero of her fatherland . The crowd quite sympathised with such an outburst of natural emotion , and cheered vociferously while this expressive scene was beins acted .
The cortege having left tbe station , took the way to Piccadilly and Market-street , but the crowds of people were so immense , that it was difficult , with all tho aid the peoplo could give , to make way through them . Carriages , omnibuses , porters ' carts , vehicles of every kind jutting out upon tho broad thoroughfare in double lines from either side , and crowded and covered with human beings , with masses of people mingled amongst and between them , formed a scene so novel and picturesque as perhaps was never witnessed here before . Balconies and windows were filled with people . The immense pile of warehousing belonging to the Messrs . Westhead , opposite the Royal infirmary , presented similar scenes of animation . In such a desultory
assemblage , stretching through so many street ? , it would he difficult to imagine tho number of people , but it was stated by many that there were more people in the street than on the occasion of the Queen ' s visit . Indeed , one heard some comparisons of the kind , and several exclamations were heart ) of , " Well , I saw Kossuth , at all events , which is more than I can say of the Queen 1 " The Irish population particularly seemed in great delight , and showed an immeiis ' o force . Some ef the people had nnplied lor a holiday from the factories , and being ' refoscd , had taken what is termed " French leave , " aud many were so anxious to see Kossuth that they ran with his carriage all the way from Manchester to "Woodlands , a distance of about three milo .=.
GREAT MEETING AT THK FREB TnADB Hit ! ,. The presentation of the address was fixed for soven o ' clock , but at five the doors of t ! -. o Free Trade Hall were literally in a state of siege . Front and rear there were thousands of men and honJred * of women pressing on as if their existence could only be saved by entrance to the hall . The escalade of the gallery of the opera , or the storming of the pit doors at the height of tho Lind-mania , never was distinguished by more vehemence and intensity of exertion . Indeed , the rush was , as far as our experience goes , greater than has bf-en experienced at any public meeting for many years past . \ Viiuri the doors were opened the crowd burst in with a hoarse roar , and tumbled over benches in p la t form and gallery till the whole building was crowded as it never was even in tho palmiest days of the League
. . ., At seven o'clock M . Kossuth entered , attended by Mr . George Wilson , Mr . Bright . M . P- ^ P ™ , ^ - Stuart , M . p ; , 3 Ir . Kershawe , M . P .. Mr . J . Williams , M-P-, W . Pnlasky . ic . On the platform were most of tho leading Leaguers , Mr . Marshall , of Leeds ; Mr . J . Salt , & c . The cheering , applause , and stamping of feet which greeted M . Kossuth lasted for some moments , and the noise was deafenin " Air . Geohok Wilson took the chair , and , as soon as the noise was over , proceeded to address the meeting . After enumerating some of the nets w M . Kossuth , and giving a brief sketch of his political life , be ' concluded by calling upon the secretary to read the following address : — 10 lilS TXCELLENCY . LOUIS KOSSCTH . IATE G 0 VEHWW OP
MO . NGjlBr . Illustrious Sir , —It is with no common feelings ol con . s rotulatiwn that the people of Manchester ball your presence amongst them withis occasion . , . We tender you a hearty welcome , in earnest thanKiuiness that you have survived the perils of a long imprisonment , and are now beyond tbe reach of that despotism Which , in the invettracy of its batrea to your person , only tertints how flteply it has been made to leel the terror of your n ume . ( Cheers . ) That name is now historicallj identified with the most memorable struggle which modern times have witnessed to vindicate the constitutional rights and freedom of a greut and urave people . With the cause of Hungary we have sympathised through every phase of her fortunes . We watched nith mte " . so interest th » commencement , and saw with profound grief
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the sad terminalton' of her heroic conflict with her op . pressors . To you , Sir , as the chapip ion of your country ' s independence—as the statesman who , through long years ol self-devoti on , sustained , with unrivalled enenjy and eloquence , a patriotic and constitutional resistance to cue encroncliments of despotism , we tender the expression of our warmest approbation . i « .,, F ese ,, t state ofthe continent of Euroj * , where the oruiB loi'ce combination of military armaments threatens ' ° ^ , ? ' elm every vestige of liberty , renders it the imperative uuty of the people of every free State to manifest tm-ir abhorrence of the tyranny that would usurp all rights and ; g „ ora ail dutits . in blind defiance ofthe sin-erf ations
oon « that reason and justice proclaim as the first conditions of civilised governments . ( Hear . ) In your person n e recognise a living protest against those principles ot despotism which have ever been most abhorrent to tho national sense and traditional aspirations ofthe people of Has country . We would , through you , make known to Europe and the world our inextinguishable hatred of oppressiou ; and uniting our voices with the greut verdict wiuc i history will hereafter pronounce en the momentous events in which you have played so distinguished a part , » e would invoke for Hungary , as we now jpray Heaven to accord t 0 your 3 cjf , a future worthy of theloftv aims which nuic been the guiding star of your great career . Mr . Bright came forward for the purpose of proposing that tho address should he ndonted and
presented by the chairman on behalf of the meetmo ; . He felt the Utmost confidence that be would mive the unanimous enthusiastic support of that vast gathering . ( Cheers . ) Whatever any one not now within those walls might clioosa to say in Manchester or elsewhere of the objsut arid chsv-^ i ^ u' t !} e mect , i , 1 S . ho had the niost undoubted Jaiththat the foundation of the sentiment which had brought so many thousands together to night was a true and earnest love of liberty— - ( cheers)—of liberty for all men , of every nation , of every name , of every colour . ( Loud cheers . ) They were assembled especially to express their sympathy for a great and noble nation sulleringfrom tyranny , from which this country happily had been free for centuries , and their admiration for a most
distinguished man , one of the most renowned defenders of liberty which their ago or tho world could boast of . ( Great cheering . ) Ho looked on him , on t hat platform as he was , a wanderer and an exile , though he was far more illustrious in the eyes of the people of this country , and for more dear to their hearts , than any crowned beads —( loud cheers ) among tho nionnrchs of continental Europe . ( Renewed cheering . ) M . Kossuth came among thom with tho sanction of his whole nation . lie was the rallying point of their affections and their hopes . Before he touched bur shores they had felt veneration for his name , and since be had been among tliem they had read his speeches ha had delivered to the multitudes who had flocked to hear him—speeches in their own language , which even
their best orators might almost fail to equal , and they felt for him now the more they knew him and what he had done or attempted to do for the country of his birth . But he could not overlook the distressing fact that oven IhU man was not above the breath of slander . ( Loud groans and hisses for tho " Times . " ) Day after day calumny had been busy against his name . Ho had escaped the danger of war , of imprisonment—be had escaped the danger of the gaoler and of the executioner of Austria , and yet in this Christian country tho breath of slander had ventured or had dared to assail him . Having given a well merited caseation to the " Times , " Mr . Bright advocated the doctrines of U \ vs peace movement , and showed that after fifty years of war , freedom had
not gamed security , nor were they dynasties of Europe for any time restored for ever . They would find , after 1815 , every oath broken , every condition withheld or sinoo tiien trampled in the dust . What had been tho result of thirty years of peace ? He knew tho condition of Europe , and he maintained that the Governments had become stronger , that tho people of every nation had been growing stronger every year . Let them look to ISIS , when from March to July every post brought them the account of Kings driven from their thrones , so that he knew nothing UkO it Since the handwriting on tho wall , when , as it was written in the scripture , " that night did l ! elshaz «;» r , liing of tbe Chaldeans , lose his king dom . " a'yram'y was overthrown , and the people roso in their majesty and
might and resolved henceforth to be free . ( Cheers . ) They had . had some revelations lately about Naples , published by a distinguished and most able nv . -mber of the English Parliament . Lot tnem ask tho ruler of Naples , of Home , of any of tbe oppressed governments of Italy whom they feared most , and they would find it was JIazzini . ( Cheers . ) Let them follow the course of the young Emperor surrounded by 500 , 000 bayonets , and see when his check turned pale , and they would find it was with dread of the man who now sat on their platform an exile . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Bright , in reviewing our foreign policy , "which he condemned , said : — ' They wanted a moral revolution at home in these matters . They wanted a Cabinet which should not contain some eleven or twelve members of tho aristocracy , in whom it was not likely to expect there should be any violent love of freedom . ( Cheers . ) They wanted their Foreign-office to be swept out with
no friendly besom . ( Cheers . ) There was no enemy to liberty so great and all pervading as the system of secret diplomacy and intrigue . The Foreign-office was as well now as ever it had been ; but he must lift up his voico against the system under which the voice of the people of England was shut out , and they knew not what was done till their interference was too late . ( Cheers . ) They had a great , a glorious invasion—first , to correct and perfect their own institutions ; to give a wise freedom to our colonies that they nv > y grow up free nations ; to reverse a policy which was depopulating one-third of tho United Kingdom ;—( cheers )—in all concerns with foreign countries to offar a jusr , generous , and courteous bearing ; and to show to ssll tho world how great and prosperous a free notion c ; in be , and how glorious and how secure can be the free government of a free peoplo . ( Cheers . ) He had hope for the Hungarian cause—ho believed there was such a thinir as a
glorious redirection for a trampled nation . ( Cheers . ) lie believed that the powers which now reigned dominant in Europe by the force of arms were rotten to the core , ami must ere long collapse and be destroyed . ( Cheer . * . ) In the sentiment of the address he expressed his full concurrence , and with them his prayers would be lifted up , that to the noble and patriotic children ol Hungary , exiles here and elsewhere , the time might come , and come speedily , when they might find themselves once more in the land of their " fathers , enjoying that liberty whi < -h is the birthright ot every Englishman , and which , - ho believed , it WHS the intention of God himself chut all tt > 0 nations of the cai th should one day possess . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Keicsiiaw , M . P ., in a few words seconded the address , tho adoption of which was carried with great acclamation .
The Ciuir . M ;\ s then again read the address which he presented to M . Kossuth , who read it in an attitude of profound tlmnliftiiiiess , pressing it to bis breast and bowins : lowly as cheer after cheer pealed through the building for some moments , followed by applause and stamping . M . Kossuth then rose , and was greeted with the most cutUusi ; istw cu « m , which weio prolonged for some minutes . When the applause bad subsided he proceeded to deliver an address , a great part of which , from its extreme length , we nro unable to jive much mere ttuvvi an outline , lie said he must claim their indulgence to excuse the faults of his language , for be felt his words most but weakly express " lu ' s feel-tigs . It was said of PyrrlniB , the King of Epirus , that he sent n messengi r to ancient
Rome , who , on his return , reported to his master that he bad seen a city of Kings , where every m : in was as much a King us the King of Epirus himself . So he ( il . Kossuth ) might say that he had seen the public opinion of the English people pronounced in such wise that , nt Lord Brougham , he believed , had once said , in the voice of the peop . ' c the thunder of the Almighty was felt . He had received a mast kind greeting at Southampton , and addresses had been sent to him from all parts of the kingdom so numerous , that in vending and ans ' -Tering them he hart some ilea . Of the public opinion of England ; but he saw that public opinion inciri . atod in the great demonstrations of London , B rmingham , and Manchester , and those demonstrations loudly proclaimed , " Ye oppressed nations of Europe , bo of
good cheer —( hoar)—the hour of delivery is at Hand . " ( . Cheers . ) , lie had experienced enough in his public lite to know tusit public opinion which was pronounced by the people of England in that cause of which be w ;> s one oi the bumble representatives might bo dUsimuhtod for a while , it might be jee 7 cd nt , but at last obeyed it must—( hear , and cheers )—because England was a constitutional country , and in a constitutional country the public opinion was caused by law , by right , by constitution , to give direction to government and Parliament . Since my arrival on England ' s happy shores ( M . Kossuth continued ) I had a continual opportunity of hearing the pronunciation of that public opnion in respect of a quesiion the solution of which is ostensibly marked out by Providence to he the test of our time—a question which will decide the fate of mankind for centuries . This question is not only of scanty , partial interest 5 it is not
only a noble commiterasion for the misfortunes of individual ) or of one country . It is a question of national interest in wldeh every country , every people is equally interested . ( Cheers . ) To bring more homo in a practical way to your generous hearts that idea of freedom , the question is wi . ether Europe shall be ruled by the principle of centralisation or by the principle of self-government . ( Hear , hear . ) Because self-government is freedom , and centralisation is absolutism . What' shall freedom die away for centuries , and mankind become nothing more than a blind instrument for the ambition of a few ; or shall tho brand of servitude be wiped away from tho brow of humanity ? Woe , a thousand-fold woe , to every nation Which , C 0 nn » dent in it » proud position of to-day , so carelessly regards , ibis all comprehensive struggle for these greafe . ooinciples . There are some who endeavour to . suuiuiteract tho expressions of sympathy which I
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have the honour to meet to the narrow circle of personality . They would min make believe that there is nothing more in these demonstrations than a matter of fashion— a transitory ebullition of poj , «| . lar feeling , passing away like a momentary bui-ble , or , at the utmost , the tribute of approbation to the bravery of a . gaKant people in a Just cause , and of otisolation to " its unmerited misfortunes . Hot j « iy it is not so . I say that the very source of this demonstration is the instinctive feeling of the poopie , that tho destiny of mankind is como to a tuming-point for centuries , f Cheers . ) It is the cry of alarm upon the ostensible approach of national danger . It is the manifestation of the instinct of self-preservation roused by the instinctive knowledge of tho fact , that the decisive struggles tor the
destinies of Europe draw so near , and tint no people , no country , can remain unaffected by . the . issue of ( his great struggle of principles . ( Hear . ) We have been told that tbe despotic governments hnve become weak ; that the despotic governments of Europe feel their approaching death , and if it be so , I hope the struggle so called forth will be the hist in mankind's history . ( Great cheering . ) The numerous addresses , full of tho moot generous sentiments , which 1 am honoured with in England are not an ciu'Ct of my presence here . I have kindled a spark among a great people , and from the metropolis of the world down
to the solic-iry hamlet , all join in the sime voice ; and I humbly entreat you to consider that this is not restricted even to ' England itself . Tho glorious people of the United States , Italy , Franco , the nob ! e « : tiinded English garrison in Gibraltar , the warm-hearted Portuguese , all have joined in this voice ; and on the very day when the deputation came over to England to " honour me with the greeting of Belgium , that lofty monument of the love of free ' om and of its indomitable force , I got the knowlrdsie that a similar demonstration had taken p ! t } ce in Sweden . ~ Sow , is this an accident ? Is this fashion ? Is this personal ? ( Hear , hear . ) tlow blind are those men who have the affectation
to believe , or at least to assert , that it is only certain men who push the revolution on the continent of Europe , which , but for their revolutuyflavy phvis , would be quiet , and content . Content ! ( Hear , and cheers . ) With what ? With oppression and servitude ? Franca content with its constitution turned into a pasquinade , ' Germany content at being but a fiock of sheep pent up to be shorn bysome thirty petty tyrants ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) Switzerland content with the ambition of encroaching despots , Italy content with the Kins : of Naples , or with the priestly government of Home—the worst of human invention—Austria , llohemia , Croatia , Dalmatia , content with having been driven to butchery after having been deceived , oppressed , and laughed at as fools ! Poland content
with being murdered ; Hungary , ' my poor Hungary , content with being more than murdered—buried alive }? ( Loud cheering . ) Because it is alive . ( Hear , and renewed cheering . ) What I feel is but a weak pulsation of that feeling which in the breayt of my n . ttion beats . Prussia content with slavery ? Vienna , Fbnsburg , Pestb , Lombardy , Milan , Venice , content with having been bombarded , burnt , sacked , and their population butchered ; and half of Europe content " with the seatfold , the hangman , the prison ; with having no political rights at all but having to pay innumerable millions for the high , brneficiul purpose of being kept in serfdom ? ( Hear , hear . ) That is the condition of Europe ' s continent . And is it not ridiculous to see and to hear men prate about individuals disturb * ing the continental tranquility of Europo . ( Chopra . ) How , why are there no revolutionary movements in England ? Why the tranquillity and peace of England and Belgium ? Uecauso you want no
revolution . ( Hear , hoar , and cheers . ) Because you aro insured by your institutions and your public spirit , that whatever hero in England is just and requisite to he done—because 110 llUuinil tiling IS perfect —( hear , hear)—it will be done . ( Loud cheers . ) I would see the man who would stand up here in England to make a revolution ! ( Cheers and laughter . ) But there , on the continent of Europe , OU tho greatest part nt least , ye tyrants of the world bave disturbed peace and traquillity . Ye have shaken the very foundation of it , and it will not , and cannot , be restored till ye are hurled down 10 annihilation , ye sworn enemies of makind's freedom , welfare , and dignity . ( Loud cheers . ) Only let us cast back and * look at the gigantic battle fought against Eapoleon . The promise of freedom of that day , it brought the nations into the fight . Then canie the Congress of Vienna , where the ambitious masters of the world disposed of mankind like cattle herds . But even there the
interference of England in tho settlement was a guarantee to mankind for some constitutional life at least , and even your Castlercaghs were wise enough not to abandon Europe to oppression . ( Hear , hear . ) The constitutioruil life and existence of Poland , Sicily , and many other nations , were guaranteed . Where is Poland now ? Where is constitutional Europe ? And here J would put the question to tho very statesmen of England who belong to the most retrogade school , is the present condition of Europo that for which in those days the people of England shed their blood in torrents , and spent innumerable millions ; for which they are taxed even now , and will be long yet t » xed , to pay only the interest of those milliens ? The promises of those despots turned out to bo a perjury
of falsehoods . France bestirred itself , and the despots trembled , and hushed the nation to sleep by new promises , new engagements , new lies . ( Hear , hear , and laughter , ) Oh , bow humble they were iu thyse days ! I havo seen some of them . 1 have weighed them in this hand of mine . Formerly they broke only their words ,- now they were saved by arms from tho consequences of their sworn oaths , and every tie was broken—every sentiment was violated . Prayers to God were mixed with curses ugainsfc despots , and Europe ' s oppressed nations shook their chains , and weeping millions deplored their present position . This is the present state of Europe ' s continent ; at least of tho greatest part ; and still there are men speaking of regard to these despots , while they are silent upon
the duties towards humanity ; speaking about the dangers of offewiin ? tyrants while they are silent about the dangers of disregarding the condition of mankind . Hut the peoplo of England have not disregarded it . Tho people of England have instinctively i ' olt that wo are on the eve ofthe day when liberty or despotism must be crushed down . 11 . Kossuth here glanced at the geographical position of Hungary as a bulwark to the preponderance of Russia , and explained bis ideas ol non-intervention , aud free trade . He then proceeded to say that before he came to Manchester he was asked by many persons what he could have to do there , as there were in Manchester many influential individuals who were so intimately connected with the Peace Association ; wbito ho ( M . Kossuth ) must , of
course , bo uwaro that what Austria , by Russian arms , bad taken away from Hungary , sho would not restore if possible , lie looked confidently for support to several of the great associations of England . He hoped the cause would be cupportcd by the religious associations of this country , as in Hungary freedom of conscience was put down by despotism . ( Hear . ) Even at this very day the Protestants in Hungary shut their schools , because they w , re forced to surrender their education , and give it into the hands of the Austrian Jesuitical government . He also looked for tho proteution of ttie reform societies , the free trade societies , the associations of tho friends of Italy , as , of course , the cause of Hungary and Italy was identical . He open ly declared that to none of all these
associations did ho look with move hope oi a generous support than precisely to the Peace Association , and he was convinced from the speech of Mr . fin ' glit that he had not looked for the support of that association in vain . Peace could only be founded upon tho contentment of imioM , and that contentment was the only garden in which the tree of liberty grew . He would now , iu a few words , stt'te what were thu practical mulls which be in the name of his poor country , ami in the name of humanity , would entreat from the sympathies of Manchester . Into their considerations perhaps some substantial aid might ontor . He declared that never in bis life from no person in tho world he would accept anything . His life was a proof of it , but for the triumph of liberty of his po ^ r
country ho would not bo ashamed to go begging from door to door . ( Cheer * . ) liut there wore yet other things to which ho looked for a practical lesult . First , public opinion had pronounced itself , but this public opinion must go on pronouncing itself , lie also confidently declared his belief that the present system of secret diplomacy , as now pursued by the Foreign-office , was a question of great importance to England . It depended ' entirely upon how the foreign relations of this country might be adjusted , whether they thoufd not . have free trade in Europe . Ho therefore humbly entreated the people Of England to bestow their attention upon olio state Of tho foreign relations of the country , lie hoped that at meetings , by petitions , and by tho press this question of diplomacy would be discussed . He eontid-ntly asked a pronunciation of tho public opinion of England , ofthe sovereign right of every nation to dispose of Us domestic aftairs , and of the
principle of Ron-interference .. He found that a report of an answer ho had given to an address presented to him stated him to have said he considered that in Europe there was no other form of government possible than a republic . That was a misunderstanding . He never said so . He considered that tho lorm of government must be different according to the peculiar circumstances of one or other country . Freedom was in England undfr a monarchical ioim , as well as freedom was in the United States , and there was social order . De was h ' . nv . elf of republican conviction , with the principles of social order ; and he considered that for Hungary , to make it contented , after what had passed , no other form was . possible ; because the people had lost every other form . He hoped the present day would not finish without some benefit to . the cause oihis poor native land , and to the cause
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of humanity , M . Kcsmh concluded thus : — " Pet ^ le-of M .-rachcster , let not the world , let not history say that , on the eve of the last struggle between despotism and liberty , you had nothing bitter to give- Vi ) the principle of freedom than the consolation of tender breasts . People of Manchester , people of Ebghnd , speak—sp * 3 , !; with manly resolution to the-despots of the world . Crv stop ' ! The puppets trill fell ; , ajul you will have giv-en the ireedom to the world . " At the cent-Won of his addrea . " , which occupied upwards of an hour and a ualf in its delivery , M . Ko ? sutb was crested with loud arid rapturous che * 7 iiio
. Dr . Vabchxv moved a vote of thanks to-tbe go-U'rnmwit and people ofthe United States , which was seconded by Mr . W » tS » i » a . and after a TOte of thanks to the bultan of Turkey , tiro proceeding terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman . After the meeting , M . Kossuth and suite returned to Woodlands , the seat of Mr . Henry M . P ,
NEET 11 XG LV FIKSttUilY . On Tuesday evening a public meetins , to prepare an address- to SI . Ko * SBth , was held at the British , and Foreign School Room , Denmark-sti-cot , Islington . Tito attondiinue was very large , and Mr . T . Wakley , one of the members of the borough , was called upon to preside . Mr . Wakley in opeiliiiji the business of the evening , said , the cause which bad induced them to assemble that night was one that did not simply relate to themselves , but such as must engage the attention of all lovers of freedom in the world . When he Was a young man it w . 13 deemed a very rude thing for a small radical party to think / or themselves with respect to tho privileges enjoved bv a
tew in this country . He recollected perfectly well how inriuslriou .-dy they used to be slandered , but he had liv .-d to see ' a marvellous change ; and he hoped , if he lived n little longer , to see a yet greater—that which was onco but the cau . se of a few become tho cause of the whole world , \ Henr , hear . ) How the hearts of the tyrants musi quake at what was passing in England at this moment I The man whose very breath was poison to tliem , and Whose opinions had caused them to tremblethat man was here protected , honound , and respected . ( Cheers . ) That man , whom thry hatod , and who- ^ e life they sought , was now an exile , bufc he would go back in triumph . ( Loud cheers . ) Attempts had been made to vilify Kossuth , and to
undermine his influence , by destroying his character . That was an old trick , and was really too contemptible for anger . ( Cheers . ) Kossuth was no stranger . They had known him before . They knew the Hungarians , too , and knew that they would never have trusted him if ho had nob been an honest man . ( Cheers . ) Tiut tho Hungarians knew his integrity , his great intelligence and hia indomitable courage , «» d tbe > - hud seen that when ho had a lion ' s strength ho had used it with tha moderation of a lamb . ( Applause . ) He did not como to England with blood stained hands like that ruffian . Haynau—that horrid old wretch —( loud cheers)—a man only fit for the . service of such masters as employed him . ( Loud applause . )
There had been a strong desire to injure IvOS & uth ' s character ,, but there had not been a ! single charges brought ngainst him that could affect his integrity . Unfortunately , however , in the conduct of his country ' s affairs , Kossuth was betrayed , but if he bad not stood patiently by while the interference of bearish llussia took place , Hungary might , at this moment , have been among tho free nations of tho earth . ( Cheers , ) Now tho Foreign Minister bad been much abused ; and , in fact , there was no charge too black , do calumny too malignant , with which Lord Palmerston could be assailed ; but he thought that treatment of the noble lord very disgraceful , although ho believed that a strong remon ? tranco on the part of this conntry and of tho United
States would have made tbe despots quail . Hear , hear , ) Ho did ROt , however , think that much assistance could have been expected from France , seeing the manner in which it had acted towards the republic of Italy , —an interference , which , under all the circumstances , was one of tho most diabolical acts ever committed . ( Cheers . ) Tha honourable gentleman then proceeded to state that General Guyon , who had fought with Kossuth , was the first cousin of Mrs Wakley , A more noblohearted or courageous fellow never lived , and he was glad to say that he was the son of a captain of the English navy . ( Cheers . ) Ho hoped he would £ 0 back with Kossuih to his native land . That Kossuth would return he was sure , for it was
impossible that the universal feeling towards lum in Hungary , backed by the expression of puhlic opinion in Europe , could fall in rendering his caus * ultimately triumphant , ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Wakley then called upon Mr . Shane , who proposed tho first resolution , which expressed the admiration and sympathy of tho meeting with the Hungarian struggle . ( Cheers . ) Had it not been for what had recently appeared in . the columns of a portion of the press , he should not have thought it possible that there could havo been any difference of opinion on this subject . Unfortunately that portion of the press did not fairly represent the public opinion of England ; and " the leading" monster—( hear , hear )—of the morning press was not even written with the intention of doing so . ( Cheers . ) In point of fact , it was not an English newspaper at all—ic was really » Russian-Austrian newspaper . ( Cheers . ) The writers in tho " Times" could SCnl'Cclv expect
to do any harm at home , but unhappily throughout the continent it was almost exclusively regarded as the exponent of the public opinion of this country Its owners and writers knew th .-it well , and that , therefore , while its falsehoods would lo comparatively harmless at home , they possessed a great power of doing harm abroad . It was therefore extremely important that tho people of this country should never lose any opportunity that might arise , of proclaiming tho fact that tho " Times" was not an English newspaper . ( Loud cheers . ) There was a largo number of Hungarians amongst us , and thoy would be as so many missionaries to spread amongst their countrymen a true knowledge of what we were , and what were our opinions . ( Cheers . ) Mr . GiFFonn and Mr . Parry subsequently addressed the meeting , and a form of address for presentalion to Kossuth , expressing admiration of Ma high personal character , and hope iu his future career ns a patriot , was agreed to .
THE BREAKFAST AT MR . HENRY'S , M . P . On " Wednesday about two hundred gentlemen assembled at the residence of the hon . member for Hast Lancashire , to pay their personal respect to M . Kossuth , and to hear from him a few obscrrations which he had previously stated he was anxious to make before leaving the manufacturing districts . The company assembled comprised as largo a selection of the wealth , intelligence , and manufacturing enterprise of the northern district us had probably ever been assembled in one room 0 : 1 any similar occasion . Tkere were present some of
the most extensive manufacturers from Manchester , Liverpool , Oldham , Ashton , Bury , Bolton ,-Stockport , Bradford , aud Leeds , together viith several heads of American firms . M . Kossuth made a lengthy speech embracing the topics already given in his numerous addresses , and concluded by saying ' . —Although I am conscious I havo said nothing' no / . v , it is always important to . influence meu iu harmony with tho cause of the distressed . M . Kossuth concluded by bidding a kind farewell to all the gentlemen present , and shortly after proceeded to the station .
KOSSUTH AT BIRMINGHAM . M . Kossuth reached Birmingham , on hia return from Manchester , at . four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon . He was received at tho railway station by Mr . Geach , M . P ., who accompanied him to tho Queen ' s Hotel , where , after partaking of some refreshments , Kossuth entered his carriage and drove to tho Hall , greeted by the enthusiastic plaudits 01 the populace who lined tbe streets through his en « tiro routo . An immense number ot banners'wero again suspended from tho windows of the inhabitants , and the bells of tho old church . rung out merry peals . . Whon M . Kossuth reached the Hall an immense , crowd had congregated to receive him ; descending from his carriage , ho was led into the committeeroom , where tbe mayors and deputations from tho various towns in tho district had assembled fo tivo purpose of presenting the addresses . *
The chair was ' immediately taken by Mr . Geach . As the dinner hour had almost arrived , it was arranged that Um addresses should not be read . Mr . Schulefield , M . P ., presented the address agreed to by inhabitants of Hirmingham ; it was followed by one from French residents in Birmingham . Tho Rev . Mr . Lillte presented one from inhabitants of Coventry ; Mr . Alderman Moss one from inhabitants of Derby ; tbe Mayor of Northampton presented an address from inhabitants of that town , the Mayor of Worcester and a deputation an address from the Town Council of Worcester , tho Mayor of Wakefield ah addiess frbminhabitants of that place , and tho Rev . Mr . Gibson ,, and ft deputation , an addiess'from inhabitants of Ktddevmins tev .
M . Kossuth said a few . words in acknowledgment promising a written answer to the addresios , and referring the parties also to the observations which he hoped to mako in Uo course of tho evening in the hall . | The deputation then withdrew , . TUB BANQUET , . The magnificent hall presented on this occasion a most splendid spectacle , Suspended 1 from the walls were a number of Hungarian flags . Tho fronts of . the gallcriea . were tastefully decorated with evergreens and flowers , and on a score of banners , wreathed round with laurels , the greatest names ia Hungarian history were duly honoured . Amongst them were tho immortal Hem , Peiczel , Kiapfca , Guion , Count Louis Eatthinny , Lisroyski , B : n-on Jes-zunsk , Dembinski , Major Murman , Wysveko , Vetter , and others . Over the banners devoted to the memory of tbe great departed crape
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