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    neither its wounds nor its days without rest , nor its Sts without sleep , and which says within itself , What is all that ? Justice and liberty are worthy of many other toils ! ' . , — .. « Pardon us for saying that , as a proof of our affection for your holy cause , we have for the Ia 3 t five months gustained twelve of your companions in arms , lhey are a portion of the 260 who landed at Liverpool from Shurola , in March last . You -will be as glad to hear as we are to inform you , that they are happy and contented in their adopted home . . . ... with it

    " Should it be compatible your arrangements , would be to us a source of devout pleasure to welcome you to Newcastle-on-Tyne . Our townsmen would rejoice at having the privilege of seeing , face to face , one whose name is with us- a Household Word . " Believe us to be , honoured and much esteemed Sir , " Everywhere , and to the end , yours unalterably , " Alex . Guthrie , Chairman . " Jos . Cowen , Jun ., Secretary . " In an appeal to the public of Newcastle , on behalf of twelve refugees maintained there , we find the

    following paragraph : — " As it is a subject attracting some attention just now , it may be stated that Lekawski knew- the pretended ? Baroness von Beck ' in Hungary . Her secretary has been attempting to prove that she was a veritable ' Baroness . ' Lekawski saw her at Szygeth . He inquired who she was , of Prince Woronucki , who was giving her instructions relative to a journey she was about to take into Galicia to ascertain the position of the enemy there , and he said she was a spy in the employ of the Hungarian National Government . "

    The letter is signed by Mr . Joseph . Co wen , a gentleman of intelligence and trustworthiness ; and it is issued by a committee of unimpeachable character . Lekawski is the officer under whom the Polish Hungarian refugees arrived at Newcastle from Liverpool . The conduct of the refugees at Newcastle reflects the highest honour on the" cause they have espoused . The proprietor of the Belle Sauvage Hotel , Ludgate-hill , says the Morning Advertiser , has generously offered to provide accommodation , free of charge , for Kossuth . and his companions , numbering from 60 to 70 , during their stay- in the metropolis . THE LANDING AT SOUTHAMPTON .

    The Madrid was signalled at Southampton about two o ' clock on Thursday , and a crowd of people of all classes rushed down to the p ier and the . docks to greet Kossuth . Wearing his insignia of office , the Mayor went instantly on board , and found the longexpected hero , his wife , and children safe and well . Taking the hands of the gentlemen introduced to him by the Mayor in both his own , Kossuth exclaimed , "Ah , now I feel I am free . I am free when I touch your soil . " The Times reporter describes Kossuth as follows : —

    •• He stands about five feet eight inches in height , haa n slight and apparently not strongly knit frame , and is a little rouud shouldered . His face is rather oval ; a pair of blueish-grey eyes , which somewhat reminded me of O'Connell ' s in expression , well set beneath a full and arched brow , give an animated and intelligent look to his countenance . Hin forehead , high and broad , is deeply wrinkled , and time has just begun to grizzle a head of straight dark hair , and to leave a bald spot behind . He has not got the true Hungarian nose , but it is a fair well-formed feature , —such as a French passport ¦ would describe as may en ; a thick mustache nearly covers his mouth , except when he speaks or smiles , and unites with beard and whisker in a full flock of dark hair falling down from his chin . The portraits are singularly

    unlike him in eith « r person or expression . Whether from his recent captiyity or from constitutional causes , there is somehow an air of lassitude in his look , to which the fatigues of his voyage not improbably contributed . Altogether he gives one the idea of a man of thought rather than of a man of action ; there is a speculative air in his face , mingled with some dogree of melancholy , which ¦ would mark him for a visionary or theoretical enthuaiust rather than for & great leader or a soldier . He was very plainl y attired in a dark green frock-coat with » little « ilk braid » t the back and edges , and wore a common , low-crowned , squajre , felt hat . Madame Kossuth , who seemed in dclicato health , stood beside her children , Francis and Louis , boys , and Wilhclinina , a girl , the eldest about eleven , the youngest seven , and was drcsaed « s simply as her husband . "

    As the vessel entered the dock , the orowds at the pier heads cheered loudly , and M . Kossuth , with uncovered head , bowed in acknowledgment . There were , perhaps , 800 or 1000 persons stationed jit these points ; but opposite the mooring-ground of the Madrid , the whole quay-wall wnu thronged , and some 2000 or . 3000 persons wen ; collected there , foremost among whom were the refugees . As the vessel was proceeding to her moorings , a boat , in which WereMr . Cro . skey , the AmericanConsul . M . l ' ulzrtky nnd Madame

    Pulzsky , boarded her . The meeting between * " « latter and the KohhuiIi family was very warm «» d tender . M . KohhuUi pressed Madnmel ' ulzsky to hiu iieart , while hisuyoH filled with tears , which slowly »<> Ued down his cheeks . M . Pul / sky saluted Madame lvosauth most warml y , and « he and Madame 1 ' ulz . sky « ew into each othor a arms , kissed each other and v « : nt in turns . M . l ' ulzsky , too , was deeply affected , lno children were then embraced , ana a general « hakin of hunds then took place . This little hcciio Vouched all tho bybtundero , but tho onthusiaBm on

    shore as the Madrid came alongside , and the exiles beheld Kossuth , was tremendous , and in their anxiety they nearly pushed each , other into the water . Repeated rounds of cheering broke from the crowd , mingled with the Hungarian " Hurrahs , " and wild shouts of " Eljen Koasuth ! " Handerchiefswhite , red , and every colour , were waved in a perfect cloud , and it seemed as if the band of his compatriots would carry off their chief bodity . At length he landed , and preceded by a band of music , the American and English ensigns waving in front , mingled with the Hungarian colours , was driven in the Mayor's carriage to his house . The bells rang , the crowd cheered , Kossuth . bareheaded stood bowing at the back of the carriage . On reaching the house of the Mayor , Kossuth appeared at the balcony , and spoke as follows : —

    " I beg you will excuse my bad English . Seven weeks back I was a prisoner in Kiiitayah , in Asia Minor . Now I am a free man . { Cheers . ) I am a free man because elorious England chose it . { Cheers . ) That England chose it , which the genius of mankind selected for the resting monument of its greatness , and the spirit of freedom for his happy home . Cheered by your sympathy , which is the anchor of hope to oppressed humanity , with the view of your freedom , your greatness , and your happiness , and with the consciousness of my unhappy land in my breast , you must excuse for the emotion I feel—( cheers)—the natural consequence of so striking a change and so different circumstances . { Cheers . ) So excuse me for not being able to thank you so warm ly as I feel , for the generous reception in which you honour in my unde serving person the cause of my country . { Cheers . ) I only hope God Almighty may for ever bless you and your

    glorious land . Let me hope you will be willing to throw a ray of hope and consolation on my native land by this your generous reception . ( Cheers . ) May England be ever great , glorious , and free!—( cheers )—but let me hope , by the blessing of Almighty God , and by our own steady perseverance , and by your own generous aid , that England , though she may ever remain the most glorious spot on earth , will not remain for ever the only one where freedom dwells . ( Great cheering . ) Inhabitants of the generous town of Southampton ! iu shaking hands with your Mayor , my best and truest friend ( here M . Kossuth turned round to the Mayor and shook hands with his worship energetically , amid much , cheering ) , I have the honour to thank you , and to salute , with the deepest respect , you , the inhabitants of the industrious , noble-minded , enlightened , and prosperous city of Southampton . ( Loud cheers . y

    Kossuth then retired , Madame Kossuth stepped on to the balcony , and was loudly cheered ; the children were brought forward , and fresh shouts arose . Before leaving , Kossuth called for " Three cheers for our Gracious Queen , God bless her ! " he exclaimed " God bless her ! " The hero then sought a few moments rest to fit him for the fatigues of the meeting at the Town-hall . Among the strangers assembled in the hall were Mr . George Dawson , Mr . Charles Gilpin , Mr . Pulzsky , Mr . Wj'ld , M . P . The Mayor is said to have made an energetic speech in presenting the address of the City to Kossuth , warm and affectionate and respectful towards him , and not afraid as some Englishmen are of using the word national . When the address had been read by the Town Clerk , Kossulh said ,

    " Mr . Mayor and Gentlemen of the municipality of the town and borough of Southampton , excuse me , an unpretending stranger , for not being able , in your own language , duly to express the warmest sentiments of thanks and gratitude for the honour of your generous welcome , and for those generous sentiments which you , Mr . Mayor , were pleased to address to me . ( Cheers . ) I was already before my arrival bound by lasting gratitude to the town of Southampton for numerous tokens of the most highminded sympathy with the cause of my dear native land , and of protection to its exiles ; and being prepared for the honour of this occasion , you will excuse a few words , I may say , inspired by your presence , and said to you without any preparation . ( Cheers . )

    It is , indeed , an honour to be welcomed by the people of England in this noble town . It is the highest gratification to me that it was the municipality of the first town I had the honour to meet , which receives me in such a generous manner . It is not on this day only , but from my early youth , that this glorious country h ; id a mighty share in ray destiny . ( Cheers . ) 1 was used to look on England as on the Book of Life , which had to teach me and tho nations of Europe how to live . ( Loud cheers . ) Through three centuries , the House of Austria has exhausted against Hungary the arts of open violence and of secret intrigue , nnd it was our municipal institutions which still , among the most arduous circumstances , conserved to Hungary Home spirit of public life and some part of constitutional liberty ( Laud and continued cheers . )

    It was at the tune when this fatal Kickne . sH of political feeling to centralize every power , and to tutor tho people into ibis notion of political wisdom—when this fatal Hickurss , I nay , spread over the Continent , and made its way even to my own country , ho that it became almoHt the fashion , and almost a mark of intelligence , to bend towards the doctrine of centralization , that 1 , my humble Hclf , with a few friends who stood by me , struggled against this i . torm—against those mulling waves coming over tin- Kpirit of Kuropc , because 1 regarded , and I ever shall regard , municipal public life as a public benefit , without which there is no practical freedom whatever ( loud cheers ) , and for tho Iohb of which I think all Ministerial responsibilities and Parliamentary privilege but a pitiful equivalent . ( Cheers . ) In this land is Btcu the iineut fruilu of this conquest of libejty : the

    glory outside , the freedom within , unwithered by the blighting ringer of centralization . ( Cheers . ) Wrren I first read the French constitution , I foretold that great and glorious French nation should yet have to go through many storms , because it did not abandon its fatal principle of centralization , and because it is only in municipal institutions freedom can be developed . ( Cheers . ) That i 3 my conviction . " He expressed his firm conviction that the greatness of England was the consolation of the oppress ed , of whom she was the protecting elder brother : — " There is one thing that is a prominent feature iu your race , —a result of no small importance in . our struggles , — that the sentiments of this race are spreading over the world , and that it is not the least

    of the glories you call your own that the people of England appear to be resolved to take the lead in the new direction of the public opinion of the world , out of which the highest blessings will flow . The generous sympathy of the people of England for my bleeding , struggling , down-trodden , but not broken , native land—( loud cheers )—is one , but not the only one , manifestation , bj r which England shows she is ready to accept this glorious role of the elder brother of humanity . ( Cheers ) This country , though it has not to fear any direct attack on its own liberty , still knows that its welfare and prosperity , founded as they are , on the continued development of your genius and industry , cannot be entirely independent of the condition of other nations . The people of England know that in neither social nor political respects can it be indifferent whether Europe be free

    or groaning under Russia and nor satellites ; the people of England are conscious of their glorious position—it knows that , while it conserves its freedom , it cannot grant the privilege to Russo-Austrian despots to dispose of the fate of Europe , but must have its weight in the balance of the destinies of Europe , or England would no more bean European Power . ( Loud cheers ) And it is this knowledge which is the source of hope and consolation to my oppressed country , as well as to all the fellownations of Europe ; for by the principle on which your freedom continues , and on which your happiness is founded , and by your generous sentiments , we are assured that , let the people of England once throw their weight into the balance of the fate of Europe , then they will never assist despotism , but freedom—( cheers )—not injustice , but right ; not the ambition of a few families , but the moral welfare anddignity of humanity . ( Cheers )"

    Animated by the expression of British opinion that Hungary would yet be free , he freely exclaimed that , " seeing them entertain that hope and belief , was almost like victory itself . " " I hope the Almighty will grant , before I leave this country and cross the ocean , and go to the young giant , the younger brother of your mighty race , and thank him for the generous protection bestowed on me , and entreat his brotherly hand for the future of Europe and of my own country , that I shall see established in full activity and spread over these glorious isles , some of those mighty associations by which you carry the triumph of every great reform and of every great principle in your constitution . ( Loud cheering ) 1 hope to see some of those

    associations lending its attention to the solidarity of the independence of Hungary , with the hope that the peace of Europe and the future of these glorious isles will take for its aim to give a practical direction to the sympathy of the people for my poor down-trodden country—that the people of England will look upon my unhappy land , and that they will reduce to a ruling principle that sentiment of the public spirit of Britannia , which evidently shows itself to be ready to accept the solidarity of the destiny of mankind , and especially of the liberty of Europe itself . ( Cheers . ) 1 thank you for the generous wishes you have bestowed on inc . To me life in itself is not of

    valuebut only so much as I can make some use of it to the liberty and independence of my own country , and to the benefit of humanity ( cheering and applause ); and , though I have to decline all praises bestowed on my own personal character , as I am conscious I have nothing dono but only that which 1 considered my own simple duty to be , while I atn sorry my modest faculties could not equal my devotion to my native land , still I take this expression as an encouragement to go on in that way which I took for the aim of my life , and which I hope the blessing of the Almighty and the sympathy of the people of England , and of all generous hearts over the world , may help to carry to a happy issue . ( Cheers . ) ' *

    A few more eloquent and grateful words , with warm allusions to the ( iueen , and M . Kossutli sat down . Then the meeting rose to its feet , and the cheering lasted several minutes . " Three groans " were given for the Austrian tyrant ; nnd afterwards the Mayor , giving a sketch of ita history , presented to KoHsuth the flag worked by Home Hungarians in New York , which has ho long been in the Customhouse . " Kossuth took the flap ; , pressed it to his bosom , and said with energy— ' I receive , Gentlemen , this ( lag , as the moat valuable trutit intrusted to the people of Hungary , and I swear to you , whatever be ; our fur , cowardice and ambition hIkiII never tarnish this ifajj . ' " Great cheering and applause , after winch M . Koumith handed the flag to Mr . Croskey , the American Consul . "

    The address of tho working men of Southampton was presented to KomhuI . Ii , and a suitable reply returned . A rather amusing incident hero occurred , more illustrative of I'higlish freedom than many moret pretentious things . " A Voioe : ' Three groans for the Times . ' Groans accordingly , amid which " Tho Mayor exclaimed : ' Now , remember wo are all Knglishmeii lieie ; and remember , when the press takes up uny question you arc always the better for tUoir

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 25, 1851, page 1007, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1906/page/3/