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    " kossutel ~~ PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES . On Saturday last the temporary residence of M . Kossuth , in Eaton-place , was literally beRieeed dnring 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 illnstrioos Hungarian patr iot . The whole neighbourhood was crowded with carriages and cabs and a crowd collected about the door , in the hone o ' f catching a glimpse at the object of all this homage So eager were some of the gentlemen to be in tiine ' that the first deputation started M . Koseuth from Ks breakfast , ana the presentations continued ¦ wit hout intermission , until past three o'clock . It would appear , too , thai the general enthusiasm in ^ &AJ » &VJ J . X 1 .

    { spreading to the fair sex , as several young ladies and one very persevering old one . were among the visitors , and had the honour of an introduction The wonderful talent and readiness of II . Kosguth in adapting his replies to the peculiarities of each deputation , and the singularly happy way in which he seized upon and alluded to every little incident were the themes of general admiration . The firi > j addresses were from Clerkenwell , presented by a deputation , and from Bridgewater , presented by Mr . Reuben Payne , a member of the Society of Friends . Addresses were then presented from the populous district of St . Pancras , St . Leonard Shoreditcu , the Financial Reform Association , from British Ladies , the Working Builders of Kmlieo , from two Discussion Societies , the Polish Refugees the Young Men of London , and also from Islington and Woolwich .

    Mr . Geobge C . E . Debixg presented an address from the mayor , aldermen , and common council of the City of Canterbury . Lord Dudley Stuart said he would take that opportunity of presenting some addresses which had been entrusted to him for presentation . One whs from the inhabitants of Newcastte-upon-Tyne agreed to at a public meeting of which Sir John fife was chairman . The noble lord also presented addresses from Taunton , agreed to at a public meeting ; from ifottinghain , agreed to at a public meeting ; from Paisley , agreed to at a public meeting of inhabitants , and signed by the Provost ; and from North and South Shields , from tLe . Polish and Hungarian committees .

    air . Tuorsiox Host presented an address from the 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 . M . Eossuth said he was glad to Bee the aristocracy coming forward , as they had not favoured him with much notice since his arrival in this country . Addresses were also presented from Clerkenwell from Br ; dgewater , and from Huddersfield ; and a gentleman named Richards requested permission on behalf of his lady , who accompanied him , to present three copies of the Bible for the Children of M . Kossuth , a gift which he suitably acknowledged on their behalf .

    Madame Kossuth and her children , Madame Pukzky , and several other ladies and gentlemen were present in the drawing room where the deputations were received during the greater part of the day , and the illustrious exile and his family were of course the objects of much interest to the numerous visitors . The deputations generally sought the honour of shaking hands with M . Kosssuth before they retired , and many of them gave vent to enthusiastic expressions of admiration , mingled ¦ with fervent aspirations for the success of the cause of Hungary .

    KOSSUTH AXD TITE HIGHBURY BARU BAXQX 7 JBT . The able writer , in the "Glasgow Sentinel . " of the articles signed " Cromwell , " has the following criticism on the metropolitan demonstration , ol triieb lie was an accidental witness : —¦ "I must admit that , notwithstanding the speeches of Kossuth ' s , all of which I had carefully read in the newspapers , and the portraits of him which I had seen in the shop windows , I was not only surprised by his actual oratorical powers , but also by hi 3 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

    and say that a good portrait of him will be a most difficult , if not an impossible task , for even a firstrate artist to accomplish ; I stood quite close to him dnring the delivery of his wonderful harangue , and watched him very narrowly the whole time , and I must say , that 1 never before saw a face so profound , bo wise , so honest , so tender , and with eo much of true manly straightforwardness in it ; his language was pure , clear forcible , in fact it was impossible not to feel that you stood in a superior presence , or that the man you looked on was a man to be trusted in and followed with a completeness o £ faith equal to that which animated the Israelites when , in darkness and storm , they followed the fire-pillar in the wilderness ;

    " The newspapers hare told the world what he uttered , aiid how the people acted , and how , when Kos 3 uth ceased speaking the vast multitude dispersed , and some of tbein have taken the trouble to describe the banquet , and the speeches that followed at the Highbury Barn Tavern . I too , must say something on thi 3 part of the matter , the more so as I believe 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 the people , as such , above the respectable huxterivg patriots , who look down on them a 9 vulgar and violent .

    " It must be remembered that Kossuth ' s great fear , in accepting a popular demonstration , was , that he would have to run the risk of being mixed up with EngliBh party politics : this was the causa of his hesitation from the beginning , and this feeling was no doubt promoted by the coterie into whose hands he fell when he first landed on our shores . When , however , his trust in the good sense of the people carried him above this , a most important duty devolved upon those who , ia this affair , had undertaken to act for the people That duty they did not fulfil ; and if the wise caution of Kossuth hat not kept him from the banquet , there is no doubt that the folly of tfco speakers , used by the ingenious mnlignity Of the " Times , " would ha \ e inflicted a seriou 3 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 519 they otherwise would fiave been , by foolish and violent platform orators .

    • There was a . course open for the managers of that banquet which , if they bad sense enough to see it , and pursue it , would have euabled them to do much for the vindication of the good sense of the people ; but they neglected it utterly , and by 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 , tiamely , that there is much more good taste and found good tense amongst the silent part of the working people , than finds utterance from the platforms by those who undertake to represent them and speak for them .

    " When the respectable people ( meaning » y tie ierm rc . yecta 6 fc , those who look down on the working people ) assembled about Eossuth to express their sympathy for the cause of his countiy , they based their admiration upon low and despicable grounds . They said , we admired and approved of yo ; ir struggle , because it was a conatitutiOEal struggle ; your countrvinen sought only for what we struggled for and obtained a century and a half . ico ; they hare therefore our strong sympathy , because there is nothing in what they attempted to do to offend our self-esteem ; on the eontmry , there is much to Hatter and soothe it .

    Besides they argaed , that the liberation of Hungary would increase the trade of England ; because , a free people , with a constitution like our own , would turn to us for the things they might need , with more goad wiH than a despotic and exclusive government might be supposed to do , —of course , I am most willing to admit that nobler sentiments ai . d thoughts mixed themselves with these . 1 merely wjsli to state that , to me , these seemed to predominate , and these , however we may try to dignify them , inust always be considered as not ranking Tery highly as motives to action amongst hish-niiiided and liberal wen .

    " By chiefly confining themselves to Ms view of the matter , tie higher ground w . -is left unoccupied , and remained open to the working people , Bhould they have thought proper to occupy it . They had no occasion to pass bv these things , as altogether unworthy of consideration ; but they should cot iave neglected so fine an opportunity of vindicating tha public conscience from those reproaches that rise against it when it is twisted and subordinated 1-y sham patriots , and scUejning traders , for the exaltation of iuean and partial interests . At this banquet , they had the opportunity Of grounding their admiration for KoEsuth and the Hungarians on higher feelings . The Hungarians acted on tneirown instincts , not on Frenoh or Italian in-Btincts—ihtty demanded , in their own way , all that

    they believed to be their due—and when their master refused , and sought , by treachery and treason , to deprive them of the maimed institutions still lefttuem-they took the field like brave men , and fought their battle with the most heroic devotion , and unconquerable bravery ; as Ion <» as a hope Jived , or could live , in the heart of the most heroic or hopeful , in this noble nation , Kossuth was the noblest man ; he did all that his people or his cause required of him , and more . In everv situation he was called to fiSI , he vindicated his cause in his person . He was vise , brave , prudent , self-denying , generous and humane ;_ in fact , he dignified the cause of the people by alljing it to great virtues , and leaving to the kings , cruelty , meanness , perjwy , and nil those other miseraM ' evices that should

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    ever find a more fit connexion with selfish and cruel governments , than with the aims and objects of the people . " Here was ample room for the speakers at the banquet to have exercised tho 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 do this— they allowed a fine opportunity 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 tlie importance of the cause they tme in hand . This is not attributable to a want of good sense among the people themselves . There can be CVer find a mnvA fl * *« sin * iAv !*« n •*»;*!* . A ic H t . «« j « .. ^ i

    no doubt , from the appearance and conduct of that assembly , that , if the real sentimonts of those present could have found fitting expression , a far more consolatory scene would have presented itself . It would have been wrong not to except Mr . Masson and Mr . Fleming from this censure . They spoke well and sensibly ; but the meeting was committed by the folly and violence of others before they began ; and 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 and 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 So . 20 of " Xotes to the People , " Mr . Ernest Jones observes : — The treatment Mr . O'Connor experienced at the handa of the * Demonstration Committee , ' at Copenhagen House , on Monday lnst , was most discreditable to all parties concerned . 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 bo to do ) , it was positively

    disgraceful to affix this open 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 rancour . 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 the demonstration nor the banquet—nor had any intention of doing so . Ersssi Johks .

    GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT BIRMINGHAM . Birmingham was on Monday the scene of what was generally admitted to he the m 03 t important and general popular demonstration tbathnd been witnessed there since the memorable year 1832 , when the meetings of the working classes of that great manufacturing town had so beneficial an influence on the progress of the Reform BUL But although Birmingham itself was the great scene of excitement , the progress of M . Kossuth and his friends might be deemed a triumph almost from the moment of their departure from London .

    By tho time the train had arrived at Wolverton it would appear that the 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 actually clung to the doors , anxious to catch a parting glimpse of the distinguished Btranger .

    At Coventry the excitement was still more intense , as at that place there must have been several thousand persons congregated about the station The Hungarian colours might be 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 greatfttlly 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 , the capital of the " 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 in a remote and inferior part of the town , was completely surrounded by the people , who cheered vociferously as the party alighted on the platform . M . Kossuth was received by Mr . Geacb , M . P . for the county , Messrs . Scholefield and Muntz , the two members for Birmingham , and Mr . 'Wright , Deputy Chairman of the 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 . Kossutb , Mr . Geacb , and Mr . Touluiin Smith , took their places in an open barouche drawn by four greys , the postillions in scarlet jackets , and wearing the Hungarian colours , and the remainder of the 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 , the trees , and tho houses , appeared swarming rrith people , or densely blocked up with vehicles of every description . All the working people of tho 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 he impossible to do justice to the appearance of the line of road from henceforward . Every

    hedge , wall , and tree , every window and house-top wa 3 crowded with people . On every side the gay banners of the various associated trades fluttered in the air , and as tho operatives paBSed 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 ' a 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 caujjht a glimpse of the distinguished stranger . At this point the mass ot the people had been gradually congregating 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 Tardley to the Bull-ring—one mass of human beings ; every house « tqp , every tree , and every lane seemed alive with life . Trom 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 com * plete ; the seven or eight hands had been placed in convenient positions , and all 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 tothousands : — " Six men bearing the banners of England , Hunearv , America , Turkey , Italy , and Poland . The

    old standard of the Birmingham Political union . Glass-blowers and cutters with band , group of fifty men . Brassfounder . 8 , group of fifty men . Jewellers , group Of fifty men . Saltley workmen and band . Tailors , group of fifty men . Curriers , group of fifty men . Saddlers , harness and whip makers , group of fifty men . Wire-workers , wirodrawers , and pin . makcrs , group of fifty men . Tinplate workers , group of fifty men . Stone-makers and bricklayers , group oi fifty men . Pearl buttonmakers and band , tool-makers , coach-makes , group of fifty men , Coopers and paelunaoase-makers ,

    brass cccfe . founders , moulders , group of fifty men Japanners . Odd Fellows with regalia . Leicester brass band . Private carriages and horsemen . Fire brigades . Deputations from Midland Towns . Irtrge banner—" Eijen Kossuth" Band . Bodyguard on horseback . First carriage and four—Kossuth , G . F . Muntz , M . P ., W . ScLolefield , M . P ., Charles Geacb , M . P . Second carriage—M . Pulzsky , Mr . Toulmin Smith , and M . Kossmb / s Aide-de-camp . Carriages with , committee . Bodyguard on horseback . Gun-makers . Shoe-makers . Joiners and carpenters . Band . Carriages , horsemen , &c ,, & ., &c . "

    The neighbouring towns , Coventry , Wolverhampton , and throughout the district far away into the Potteries , had all poured forth their thousands ) and these were placed in proper order , moat 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 earriajre and four containing M . Kossuth hove in sight . This was the signal for one burst of cheering . Rising in his carriage he bowed to the assembled thousands , whose shouts rent the air for many minutes . The carriage having taken its place in tho line , was immediately surrounded by a body-guard of one hundred and fifty gentlemen on horseback , and followed by many carriages and four , hundreds of other carriages , private and public , and vehicles of every description . .

    . . _ . . In this state Kossuth entered Birmingham . To describe his progress would be to describe one continued ovation ; every housetop and every window—every manufactory and every building where human beings could place the sole of their foot there clung the welcomes to the Hero ot Hungary , A little before Kosauth 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 * sight of him . All the exertions of his body guard were necessary to restrain the enthusiasm of the people . The procession necessarily moved slowly , and was many times stopped in consequence Of the enormous pressure on every side ; a 9 it approached the Bull Ring the mass of people was such that it was fearful to look upon ; one vast Bea 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 tho Coven try-road to the Bull King occupied nearly one hour , so slow was the progress made . As the cortege turned out New-street the effect was very fine ; there wero impromptu scaffolding , beating 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 ribbonB of the Hungarian tricolour . From the windows of the " Journal" newspaper a splendid banner fluttered , and from many houses in the neigh bourhoed rockets were cast in abundance .

    In tue Bull-ring the first copy of the " Times " was burnt , and at intervals this ceremony was repeated until the procession terminated at the Fivo Ways , Many cooiea of tft& paper , -with the words " Lying' Times '" in large characters upon them , were elevated on poles , and swung to and fro over the heads of the crowd amid vollies of derisive cheers and groaning . The bolls of the various churches rung cheerful peals , but these were almost drowned by the deafening cheera of the populace . One hundred Frenchmen who had formed a band marched near to Koasuth's carriage , which was preceded by a splendid banner , with the words "Eljen Kossuth , " emblazoned upon it . There

    were thousands of other banners of appjopmte mottoes and devices upon them , which the limited space at our disposal does not enable us to do more than tbus briefly refer to . So with the triumph&l arches which Kossuth passed on his route ; the enthusiastic displays at the various manufactories ; the multitudinous warm greeting he received from the enormous mass of people who hailed him on every side , we pass them over-rto be imagined they must bare 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 the days of the Political Union , appeared lost in astonishment at the overwhelming multitude .

    Ifc was computed by persons used to estimate large masses that there could not have been less than half a million of persons 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 tKe great occasion , and that the entire district far and near 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 FiveWays . 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 the illustrious exile .

    Immediately before the signal was given for the departure to the residence of Mr . Geach , that gentleman briefly addressed the crowdj stating thatM . Kossuth felt deeply grateful for the reception he had experienced , so far beyond anything he could have anticipated , and only regretted that the state of his chest , and the engagements he was under to address public meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday , prevented his thanking them as he could wish himaelf , Mr . Geach concluded his observations by expressing

    a hope that he might , in the name of the assembled thousands , give to KoBsuth a true and hearty welcome to Birmingham . It is needless to add that the welcome was echoed most vociferously by the crowd , and as the 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 .

    KOSSUTII AT MANCHESTER . Kossuth , accompanied by M . Pulsky and M . Hajnick , 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 Wbitmore , at Harrington , at Crewe , and at Warrington , it appeared as if all classes of tho inhabitants had turned out , as the stations wore 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 tho authorities , had made no preparation fov 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 people collected together in the streets , and the enthusiasm they displayed , therefore , was a spontaneous outbuvBt of sentiment , which everybody joined in , but which everybody was unprepared for . The railway company was ve > y liberal in allowing respectable people to go on the platform of the station to witness the arrival , and the crowd upon it was very great . Aa the train entered the siding the cheering was immense , and M . Kossuth was almoat cavried from it to the private carriage awaiting his reception . :

    A most interesting incident occurred in the 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 being acted . The cortege having left the statioD , took the way to Piccadilly and Market-street , but the crowds of people were so immense , that it was diificult , with all the aid the people could give , to make way through them . Carriages , omnibuses , porters ' cart ? , vehicles of every Uiiid jutting out upon the

    broad thoroughfare in double lines from either side , and crowded aud covered with human beings , frith 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 M « " « srs . Westhead , opposite the Royal infirmary , presented similar scenes of animation . In such a desultory assemblage , stretching through so many streets , it would lie difficult to imagine the number of people , hut it was stated bv manv 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 heard of , " Well , I saw Kossuth , at all event ? , which is more than I can say of the Queen ! " The Irish population particularly seemed in great delight , and showed an immense force . Some of tho people had applied lor a holiday from the factories , aud being refused , had taken what is termed " French leave , " and 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 mile ? .

    GREAT MEETING . AT TUB FREE TBADB TlKlih , The presentation of tho address was fixed for seven o ' clock , but at five the doors of the Free Trade Hall were literally ina state of siege . Front and rear there were thousands of men and hundreds of women pressing on as if their existence could only be saved by entrance to thehall . The escalade of the gallery of the opera , or the storming of the p it doors at the height of the 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 been experienced at any public meeting for man y years past . When tie doors were opened the crowd burst in witli a hoarse roar , and tumbled over benches in platform and gallery till the whole buildine was crowded as it never was even in the palmiest days of the league .

    At seven o ' clock M . Kossuth entered , attended by -Mr . Georjre Wilson , Mr . Bright . M . P-. ^ n J ? - Stuart , M . P " ., Mr . Kershawe , if . P ., Mr . J . Williams , M . P ., M . Pulzsky , &c . On the platform were most of the leading Leaguers , Mr . Marshall , Of Leeds ; Mr . J . Salt , &e . The cheering , applause and Btamping of feot which greeted M . Jiossutn lasted for some moments , and the noise vras deafening . , Mr . Geohge Wilson took the chair , and , as soon as the noise was over , proceeded to address tbe meeting . After enumerating some of the . nets of M . KosBulb , and giving a brief sketch of his political life , he concluded by calling upon the secretary to read the following address : — TO HIS IXCEUENCY 10 DI 8 KOB 6 OTU , UTE GOVEBNOtt OP BCKGABT .

    Illustrious Sir , —It is with no common feelings of congratulatioK tliat the people of Manchester bail your presence amongst them on this occasion . We tender yeu a hearty welcome , in earnest thankfulness that you have survived the perils of a long imprisonment , and are now beyond the reach of that despotism which , in tlie inveteracy of its hatred to your person , only testifits how deeply it has been made to feel the terror of journame . ( Cheers . ) That name is bow historically identified with the most memorable struggle which niedern times have witnessed to vindicate the constitutional rights and freedom of a great and brave people , With the cause of Hungary we bare sympathised through every pl \ a&e oi Ysev fortunes . We watched with intense interest the commencement , and saw with profound grief

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    the iad termination of her heroic conflict with herop-„! " i lo you » slr < ag 'he champion of your country ' s luaepenaence—as tho statesman who , through long years of self-derohon , sustained , with unrivalled energy and eloquence , a patriotic and constitutional resistance to K croac ments of despotism , we tender the expression ot Our warmest approbation , . The present state of the continent of Europe , where the > rote force combination of military armaments threatens to tiwvihehn every vestige of liberty , renders it theim . erahve duty of tUo people of cv ,. ry free State to manifest Hi « r abhorrence of the tyranny that would usurp all rights and ignore all duties , in blind defiance of the aacred cnnimv . * ' ^ r . ?* 8011 » nd justice proclaim as the first conditions of civilised government * , fllear . ) In your peroF ^ T- " ^ - ^™ 8 prole 8 t aSainst those principles o * despotism which have ever been most abhorrent to ihe national sense and traditional aspirations of the people of his country We would , through you , make known to Europe and the world our inntimniishaMe hatn-d nf cm ieseion .

    » - ; and uniting our voices with the great verdict I ™* ¦ IStO u ? wlIln e'eafter pronounce en the momentous f ™ fi ? , r , "hlch 3 r (? uuliirePlai > ed so distinguished a part , 11 Z 71 mVOke tOT ? ungMy . & 5 we now pmy llenren to Accord to yourself , a future worthy of thelofty aims wkich nave been the guiding star of youc great career . Mr . Bright came forward for the purpose of proposing that the address should be adopted and iresented by the chairman on behalf of the mcet-L J ? ' He felt the utmost confidence that he would nave the unanimous enthusiastic support of that vast gathering . ( Cheers . ) Whatever any one not

    ™ Wltlua those wal * s might choose lo aaj in ManCD 08 fcor or elsewhere of the object and cliaraptor of the meeting , he had tho most undoubted faith that tho 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 for a great and noble nation sufiariugfrom tyranny , from which this country happily had been free for centuries , and their , admiration for a most distinflushed man , one of the most venowned defenders ot libert y which their age or the world could boast of . ( Great cheering . ) lie looked on him , on that platform us ho was , a wanderer and an exile .

    though he was far more illustrious in the eyes of the people of this country , and far move dear to their hearts , than any crowned heads —( loud cheers ) among the monarcha of continental Europe . ( Renewed cheering . ) M . KoSSUth carao among tbetn with tho sanction of his whole nation . He was the rallying point of their affections and their hopo 3 . Before he touched our shores they had felt veneration for his name , and since he had been among them they had read his speeches he had delivered to the multitudes who had flocked to hear him—speeches in their own language , which even theiv best oratovs 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 even this man was not above the breath of slander . ( Loud groans and hisses for the " Times . " ) Day after day calumny had been busy against his name . He had escaped the danger of war , of imprisonment—he had escaped tho danger of tho gaoler and of the executioner of Austria , and yet in this Christian country the breath of slander had ventured or had dared to assail him . Having given a well merited castigation to tbe " Times , " Mr . Bright advocated the doctrines of the peace movement , and showed that after fifty years of war , freedom had not gained 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 since then trampled in

    the dust . What had been the result of thirty years of peace ? He knew the condition of Europe , and he maintained that the Governments had become stronger , that the people of every nation had been growing stronger every year . Let them look to 1843 , when from March to July every post brought them the account o ( Kings driven from their thrones , 60 that he know nothing like it sineo the handwriting on the wall , when , as it was written in the scripture , " that night did Uelshazzar , King of the Chaldeans , lose his kingdom . " Tyranny waa overthrown , and the people rose 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 member of the English Parliament , Let them ask

    the ruler of Naples , of Rome , of any of the oppressed governments of Italy whom they feared moat , and they would find it was Mazzini . ( Cheers . ) Let them follow the course of the young Emperor surrounded by 500 , 000 bayonets , and see when his cheok turned pale , and they would find it was with dread of the man who now * sat on their platform an exile . ( Cheera . ) Mr . Bright , in reviewing our foreign policy , which ho 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 the aristocracy , in whom it was not likely to expect there should be any violent love of freedom . ( Cheers . ) They wanted theiv 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 aud intrigue . Tbo Foreign-office was as well now as ever it had been ; but he must lift up his voice 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 hud a great , a glorious mission—first , to correct and perfect their own institutions ; to give a wise freedom to our colonies that they may grow up free nations ; to reverse a policy which was depopulating one-third of the United KingUom ;—( cheera)—in all concerns with foreign countries to offer a just , generous , and courteous bearing ; and to show to all the world how great and prosperous a freo nation can be , and how glorious and uow secure can be the free government of a . free people . ( Cheers . ) He had hope fov the Hungarian

    cause—lie believed there waa such a thing aa a glorious resurrection for a trampled nation . ( Cheers . ) lie believed that the powers wnich now reigned dominant in Europe by the force of arms were rotten to the core , and must ere long collapse and bo destroyed . ( Cheers , ) In tho sentiment of the address ho expressed his full concurrence , and with them his prayers would bo lifted up , that to tho noble and patriotic children' Hungary , exiles here and elsewhere , the time might come , and come speedily , when they mijlht find themselves once more in the land of thoir fathers , enjoying that liberty which is tho birthright of every Englishman , and which , ho bolieved , it was tho intontion of God himself that all the nations of the earth should one day possess . ( Loud cheers , ) Mr . Kersiuw , JI . P ., in a few words seconded the address , the adoption of which was carried with great acclamation .

    The Ciiaikuax then again read the address which he presented to M . Kossuth , who road it in an attitude of profound tbaulifulness , pressing it to his breast and bowing lowly aa cheer after cheer peaied through the building for some moments , followed by applause and stamping . M . Kossoin then rose , and was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheers , which weie prolonged for some minutes . When the applause Usid subsided ho proceeded to deliver an address , a great part of which , from its extreme length , we are unab . ' e to give much more than an outline . He said ho must claim their indulgence to excuse the faults of his language , for he felt his words must but weakly express bis feelings . It was said of Pywhus , tLe Ring of EuiVttS , tlutthe sent a messenger co ancient

    Rome , who , on his return , reported to his master that he had seen a city of Kings , where every man was as much a King as thn King of Epirus himself . Bo he ( M . Kossuth ) might say that he had seen the public opinion of the English people pronounced in such wisc that , aa Lord Brougham , he believed , had once siiid , in the voice of t . Ue u « op ! e the thunder of the Almighty was felt . Ho had received : > most kind greeting at Southampton , and addresses had been sent to him from all parts of the kingdom so . numerous , that in vending ami answering them he hud some idea of tho public opinion of England ; but he saw that public opinion incarnated in the great demonstrations of London , Btrmingtuun , atid Manchester , and those dunionstrations loudly proclaimed , " Ie oppressed nations of Europe , - be of

    good cheer—( hear)—the hour of delivery is at hand . " ( Cheers . ) He had experienced enough in his public life to know that public opinion which was pronounced by the people of England in that cause of which , he was one of the uuinblo representatives might be dissimulated for a while , it might be jeered at , but at last obeyed it raust ~ ( 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 . Kossutb continued ) I bad a continual opportunity of bearing the pronunciation of that public opinion in respect of w question the solution of whioli is ostensibly mavhed out by TrovWenCft 10 Le 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 ; it is not

    Only a noble commiseration hr the jnicforcunes at iniiiviuUiih or of one country . It is a question of national interest in which . every country , every peoplo is equally interested . ( Cheers . ) To bring invre homo in » practical way to your generous hearts that idea ol freedom , the question is wi . ether Europe shall be ruled by tbe principle of centralisation or by the principle of self-government . ( Hear , hear . ) liccause' Sftl { -govMiiSDei ) t is freedom , and centralisation is absolutism . What ! shall freedom die away for centuries , and mankind become nothing more than a blind instrument fov the ambition of a few shall tho brand of servitude be wiped away from the brow of humanity ? Woe , a thousand-fold woo , to every nation which , confident in its proud position of to-day , so carelessl y regards this all comprehensive struggle fov these great princi ples . There are some who endeavour t , o counteract the expressions of sympathy which J

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    have the honour to meet to the narrow circle of personality . They would fain wake believe that there is nothing more in these demonstrations than a matter of fashion—a transitory ebullition of popular feeling , passing away like a momentary bubble , or at the utmost , the tribute of approbation to the bravery of a gallant people in a just cause , and of cmcolation to its unmerited misfortunes . But I « iv it is not so . I say that the very sourco of this demonstration is the instinctive feeling of the people , that the destiny of mankind is come , to n turnine-noint for-centuries . ( Cheers . ) It is ibe 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 the fact , that the decisive struggles for the

    destinies of Europe draw so near , and that no pooplo , no country , can remain unaffected by the issue of this great struggle of principles , ( Henr . ) We have been told that the despotic governments have become weak ; that the despotic governments of Europe feel their approaching death ; and if it be so , I hone the struggle so called forth will bo tl ' . e lust in mankind ' s history . ( Great cheering . ) Tha numerous addresses , full of the most generous sentiments , which I am honoured with in England are not an effect of my presence here , I have kindled a spark among a great peoplo , And from tho metropolis of the world down to the solitary hamlet , all join in the same voice ; and I humbly entreat you to consider that this is not restricted even to England itself . The

    glori-OU 8 pooplo of tbo United States , Italy , France , the noble-minded 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 mo with the greeting of Belgium , that lofty monument of the love of freelom and of its indomitable force , I got the knowledge th . it n similar demonstration had taken place in Sweden . Now , is this an acoidont ? Is this fashion ? Is this personal ? ( Hear , hear . ) How blind are those men who have the affectation to believe , or at loast to assert , that it is only cor * bin men who push the revolution on the comment of Europe , whioh , but for their revolutionary plots , would be quiet and content . Content ! ( Hoar , and cheers . ) Vfith what 9 With oppression and

    servitude ? Prance content with its constitution turned into a pasquinade , Germany content at being but a flock of sheep pent " up to be shorn by some thirty petty tyrants ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) Switzerland content with the ambition of encroaching despots , Italy content with the King of Naples , or with the priestly government of Rome—the worst of human invention—Austria , Bohemia , Croatia , Dalmatia , content with having been driven to butohery after having been deceived , oppressed , and laughed at as fools ! Poland contont with beingmurdcred ; Hungary , my poor Hungary , content with being more than murdered—buried alivej ? ( Loud cheering . ) Because it is alive . ( Hear , and renewed cheering . ) What I feel is but a weak pulsation of tbat feeling which in the breast

    of my nation beats . Prussia content with slswery ? Vienna , i'lensburg , Pesth , Lombardy , Milan , Venice , content with having been bombarded , burnt , sacked , and their population butchered ; and'half of Europe content with the scaffold , the hangman , the prison ; with having no political rights at all but having to pay innumerable millions for the high , beneficial 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 disturbing the continental tranquillity , o'f Europe . ( Choera . ) Sow , why . ire there no revolutionary movements in England ? Why the tranquillity and peace of England and Belgium ? Because you want no revolution , ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Because you are insured by your institutions and your public

    spirit , that whatever here in England is just and requisite to he done—because no human thing is perfect —( hear , hear)—it will ho dloius , ( Itfjvui cheers . ) I would see the man who would stand up here in England to make a revolution ! ( Cheers and laughter . ) But there , on tho continent of Europe , on the greatest part at least , ye tyrants oi the world have disturbed peace and traquiility . Ye have shaken the very foundation of it , and it . will not , and caanot , be restored till ye avc hurled down to annihilation , yc sworn enemies of inakind ' s freedom , welfare , and dignity . ( Loud cheers . ) Only Jet us cast back and look at the gigantic battle fought against Napoleon . The promise of freedom of that day , it brought the nations into the fight . Then came the Congress of Vienna , where tho ambitious masters of the world disposed of mankind like cattle herds . But even there tho

    interference of England in the settlement was ; i guarantee to mankind for Borne constitutional life at least , and even your Castlereaghs were wise enough not to abandon Europe to oppression . ( Hear , hear . ) The constitutional life and existence of Poland , Sicily , and many other nations , wero guaranteed . "Where is Poland now ? Wheve is constitutional Europe ? And here I would put the question to the very statesmen of England who belong to the most rutrogade school , ia the present condition of Europe 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 taxed , to pay only the interest of those millions ? The promises of those despots turned out to be a purjury

    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 , how Mimble they were in those days J I liavo seen some of them . I hiivo weighed them in this band of mine . Formerly they broke only their words ; now they wera saved by arms from the consequences of their sworn oaths , and every tie waa broken—every sentiment waa violated . Prayers to God were mixed with cuvses againBt 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 the greatest part ; and still theve ave men speaking of regard to tiiese despots , while they are silent upon

    the duties towards humanity ; speaking about the dangers of ofiendin ? tyrants while they are silent about the diingers of disregarding the condition of mankind . But the people of England have not disregarded it , Tho peopio of England havo instinctively felG that we avo on the evo of the day when liberty or despotism must be crushed down . M . Kossuth here glanced at the geographical position of Hungary as a bulwark to the preponderance uf liu .-si .-t , and explained his ideas of nou-iuterveivtion , and free trade . Ho 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 wero in Manchester many influential individuals who were so intimately connected with the Peace Association ; while Ue ( M . Kossuth ) must , of

    course , be a wave tliat what Austria , by Russian arm ? , iiad taken away from Hungary , she would not restore if possible . He looked confidently for support to several of the great ussociations of England . He hoped tho cause would be supported by the religious associations of this country , as in Hungary freedom of conscience was put down by despotism . ( Hear . ) Even at chis very day the Protestants in Hungary shut their schools ^ because they were forced to surrender their education , aud give it into the hands of the Austrian Jesuitical government . He also looked fov the protection of the reform societies , the free ti'iidu societies , tho associations of the friends of Italy , svs , of course , the cause of Hungary and Italy was identical . He openly declared thac to none of all these

    associations did ho look with more hopo of a generous support than precisely to the Peace Association , and he was convinced from the speech of Mr . Bright that be had not looked fov the support of tliat association in vain . Peu . ce could unly be founded upon the contentment o { nations , and that contentment was the only garden in which the tree of liberty grew . He would now , in a few words , stnte what were the practical results " Which lie iii rhe name ot his poor country , and in the name of humanity , would entreat from tho sympathies of Manchester . Into their considerations perhaps some substantial aid might eiaer , lie declared that never in his life from no person in the world he would accept anything . His life was a pvouf of it , but for tho triumph of liberty of his po-, r country he woulti not be ashamed to go begging from door to door . ( Ck-eiv . ) But there were yet other things to which ho looked for a practical losult .

    First , public opinion had pronounced itself , but tuia public opini m must go on pronouncing itsdf . Ilti also confidently declared his belief tliat tlifi | resent ( system of secret diplomacy , as now pursued by the Foreign-office , was a question of great importance to England . It depended ontively upon how tlie foreign relations of this country might be adjusted , whether they should not- have free irmie in Europe . Ho therefore humbly entreated the people of England to bestow their attention upon the State Of the foreign relations of the country , lie hoped that at meetings , by petitions ,- and by the press this question of diplomacy would be discussed , lie confidently asked a pronunciation of the public opinion of England , of the . sovereign vigbl ti ova > y nation to dispose of its domestic j-. ffairs , and of the principle of Eon-interference . He found that a report of an answer he had given to an address presented to him stated him to have ? aid ho considered !

    that in Europe there was no pthor form oi government possible than a republic . That was a misunderstanding . He never said so . He considered , that the fonu of gorerntnenG must be different according to the peculiar circumstances of one or other country . Freedom was in England under a monarchical form , as well as freedom was iti the Uuited . Slates , ;\ l \ vi ttere was social order , He was him-elf of republican conviction , with the principles of social order ; and he considered that for Hungary , to make it contented , alter What had passed , no otha * form was . possible ; hecaus ? - the people had lost every other form . He hoped the present day would not finish without some benefit to . the cause oi his poor native land , and to the cause

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    of humanity . M . Koasuth concluded thus : —• " People of Manchester , let not the world , let not history say that , on the eve of the Jasfc struggle- be « tween despotism am ) liberty , you had nothing bet « tev to give to the principlo of freedom than the consolation of tender breasts . People of Manchc 3 « ter , people of England , speak—speak' with manly resolution to tho despots of the world . Cry stop 1 1 lie puppets will fall , and you will have given tha freedom to the world . " At the conclusion of his address , winch occupied upwards of an hour and a hnlf an its tlollvery , M . Kossuth was greeted with loud and rapturous cheerine .

    Dr . Vaugiuk moved a vote of thanks to the government and people of the United States , which was seconded by Mr . Watkins . and after a voto of thanks to tho Sultan of Turkey , the ' proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman . After the meeting , M . Kossuth and suite returned to Woodlands , the seat of Mr . Honry , ml . p .

    MEETING IN FINSBUItY . On Tuesday evening a public meeting , to prep / jra an address to M . KossuUi , w « s held at the British lvnd Foreign School Eoom , Denmark-street , Isling- * ton . Tho attendance was very large , and Mr . T . Wftkley , one of tho member ! of the borough , was called upon to preside . Mr . Wjiuev in opening the business of the eve * ning , said , the canse which had induced them to assemble that night was one that did not simply relate to themselves , but such as must engage ti'O attention of all lovers of freedom in the world . "When he was a young man it was deemed a very rude thicg for a small radical party to think ior themselves with respect to the privileges enioyed by a

    tew in this country . Be recollected perfectly well how industriously they used to be slandered , but he hart \ m-A to see a marvellous change ; and ha hoped , if he lived a little longer , to see a yefe greater—that which was once but tho cause of a few become the cause of the whole world . ( Hear , hear . ) How the hearts of tho tyrants must 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 , honoured , and respeck *! . ( Cheers . ) That man , whom they hated , and whose life they sought , - was now an exile , but he would go back in triumph . ( Loud cheers . ) Attempis had been made to vilify Kossuth , and to

    undermine his influence , by destroying his character . That was an old trick , ami was really too contemptible for anger . ( Choers . ) Kossuth waa no stranger . They had known him before . They knew the Hungarians , too , and knew that they would never have trusted him if he had not been nn honest man . ( Cheers . ) ] Jut the Hungarians knew hiB integrity , his great intelligence and hia indomitable courage , and they had seen that when he had a lion ' s strength he , had used it with the moderation of a lamb . ( Applause . ) He did nofc come to England with blood stained hands like thfttruftun Ilaynau—that hovrid old wretch— ( loud cheers)—a man only fit for the service o £ such masters as employed him . ( Loud applause . )

    There had been a strong desire to injure Kossuth ' s character , but there had not been a single charga brought against him that could affeot hiB integrity . Unfortunately , however , in tho conduct of hia country ' s affairs , Kossuth was betrayed , but if ha had not stood patiently by while the interference of bearish Russia took place , Hungary might , at this moment , have been among the free nations of the earth . ( Cheers . ) Now tUo Foreign Minister had been much abused ; and , in fact , there was no charge too black , no calumny too malignant , with which Lord ralmcrBton could be assailed ; but he thought that treatment of the noble lord very disgraceful , although he believed that a strong remonstrance on tho part of this country and of the United States would have made the despots quail . Hear , hear . ) He did not , however , think that mueli

    assistance could have been expected from Prance , 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 , waa the first cousin of Mrs Wakley . A move noblehearted or courageous fellow never lived , and he was glad to say that he was the son of a captain of tbe English navy . ( Cheers . ) He hoped ho would go back with Kossuth to his native land . Thai ; Kossuth would return he was sure , for it was impossible that the universal feeling towards him in Hungary , backed by the expression of public opinion in Europe , could fall in rendering his onus ? ultimately triumphant . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . "W akley then called upon

    Mr . Shane , who proposed the first resolution , which expressed the admiration and sympathy of the meeting with the Hungarian struggle . ( Cheers . ) Had it not been for what had recently appeared ia the columns of a portion of the press , he should not have thought it possible that there could have been any difference of opinion on this subject . Unfortunately that portion of the press did not fairly represent the public opinion of England ; and " tho leading'' monster —( hear , hear)—of the morning press waa nofc even written with tho in » tention of doing so . ( Cheers . ) la point of fact , it was not an English newspaper at all—it was really a . Russian-Austrian newspaper . ( Cheers . ) Tho writers in the " Times " could scarcely expect to do any harm at home , but unhappily throughout the continent it was almost exclusively regarded aB

    the exponent of the public opinion of this country . Ics owners and writers knew tll <» t well , and that , therefore , while its falsedoods would be comparatively harmless at home , they possessed a great power of doing harm abroad . * It waa therefore extremely important that the people of this country should novei lose any opportunity that might arise , of proclaiming the fact that the " Times" was nofc an English newspaper . ( Loud cheers . ) There waa a largo number of Hungarians amongst us , and they would bo as so many missionaries to spread amongst thoir countrymen a true knowledge of what wo were , and what were our opinions , ( Cheers . ) Mr . Gifford and Mr . Piimr subsequently addressed the meeting , and a form of address for presentation to Kossuth , expressing admiration of hia high personal character , and hope in his future career us a patriot , was agreed to .

    THE BREAKFAST AT MR . nEXRY'S , M . P . On Wednesday about two hundred gentlcnitn as « SGtnbled at the residence of . tho hon , member for East Lancashire , to pay their personal respect to M . Koasuth , aud to hear from him a few observations which he had previously stated he was anxious to malio before leaving the manufacturing diatvicts . The company assembled comprised , as large a selection of the wealth , intelligence , and manufacturing enterprise of tho northern district as had probably ever been assembled in . one vo&m oa any similar occasion . There wero prosent some of

    the most extensive manufacturers trom Manchester , Liverpool , Oldhain , Ashton , Bury , Bolton , Stoekpoi't , Bradford , and Leeds , together with 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 1 am consoious I have said nothing now , it is always important to influence men in harmony with the cause of tho distressed . M . Kossuth concluded by bidding a kind farewell to all tho gentlemen pi-esciifc , and shortly after jU'Occcded to the station .

    KOSSUTH AT BIRMINGHAM . M . Kossuth reached Birmingham , on hia return from Manchester , at four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon . Ho was received at the railway station , by Mv . Gowh , M . P ., who accompanied him to the Queen ' s Hotel , where , after partaking of some refreshments , Kossuth entered his carriage and drove to the Hall , greeted by the enthusiastic plaudits of i he populace who lined the streets through his entire route . An immonse number- of banners were again suspended from tho windows of tho inhabitants , ami the bells of the old church rung out merry penis . When M . Koasuth roaohed the Hall an immense crowd had congregated to receive him ; descending from his carriage , he was led into the committeeroom , where the mayors and deputations from the various-towns iii tho district had assembled fo the purpose of presenting the addresses . r

    Tlie chair was immediately taken by Mr . Geach .-As the dinner hour had almost arrived , it was arranged th : ; c th ' u addresses should . not be read . Mr , Sctwlt-nciti , M . ? ., presented the address agreed to by inhabitants of Birmingham ; it was followed by one from French' residents in Birmingham . The Rev . Mv . Lillie presented one from inhabitants of Coventry ; Mr . Alderman Moss one from inhabitants of Derby ; the Mayor of Northampton presented an address from inhabitants of \ bat lown , the Mayor of Worcester and ' a deputation an address from the Town Council of . Worcester , the Mayor of Waktfield an address from inhabitants of tliat place ,-and the Rev . Mr . Gibson , and a deputation , an aadiess from inhabitants of . Kidderminster " . ¦ " ' ; ¦ ¦ .

    M . Kossuth said a few words in acknowledgment , promising a written ' answer to the addresses , and referring the - parties also to the observations wbiob no hoped to make ia the course ot" the evening in thehall . The deputation tben -withdrew . TUK BAS < JBBT , The nia ^ nificeiit hall presented on this occasion a most splendid spectacle . Suspended from the walls were a number of Hungarian flags . Tha fronts of the gallerioB . were tastefully decorated With evergreens and flowers , and on a sooreof banners , wreathed round with laurels the greatest names in Hungarian history were duly honoured . Amount them wore the inunortal Item , Perwel , Kla , ; ka , Guj « d , Cou nt Louis Batthwny , Luropki , Burbn Jo » eiuk ,, Dambn . ski , Major Murman , Wyeveke , Vetter , and others . Over the banners dovotod to tho memory of the great dep&rted pr » pe

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    November 16 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR y I » r ii j " — " ~ — ¦ - — -... . — ... " ' - , ¦ . ¦ . . —— , ^ -. ,.. _„ .,,.. — .- «

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1652/page/7/