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KOSSUTH'S WELCOME . AT HOME . Kossuth passed through a trying day on Saturday , at 80 , Eaton-place . Deputations from breakfast time until three o ' clock ; a rattle of c <* bs and carriages a # that time . Addresses were p , re # efcte < i ffQBk Cle « R $ M well ; St . Pancras ; St . LeonawTs , Sfcoreditch ; the Parliamentary Reform Association , by Mr . W . & . Fox , M . P . ; the Ladies ; the Workmg Builders of Pimlico ; two discussion societies ; Young Men of London ; Woolwich and Islington , t \ y Mr . Wyld , M . P . ; and from HuddeNfr ld ; CaB \ erbury Corporation ; Bridge water ; Newcastle-on-Tyne , by . Lord Dudley- Stuart , M- ? . ; and from Dover , by Mr . Thornton # unt . To all these addresses M . Kossuth returned suitable responses ; andso ended this fatiguing but pleasant duty . IN THE PROVINCES . BIRMINGHAM . Throughout the whole of his journey from Euston station on Monday morning to Manchester , which he reached on Tuesday , Kossuth ' s progress was a scene of triumph for the good cause of European liberty . There was no crowd at Euston-square , for Kossuth ' s departure was comparatively unknown , but the most marked attention was shown to him by the officers and the company , he having been received by Captain Huish , and the state-carriage , originally built for the Queen Dowager , being put to the express train . Mr . PulzskvMr . Toulmin Smith , Mr . Hajnik , Mr .
, James Stansfeld , and other gentlemen , accompanied Kossuth . The train started at a quarter past nine ; and by the time it reached Wolverton , the electric telegraph had done its work—the station and embankments were crowded . At Coventry several thousands were assembled ; Hungarian colours visible in all directions ' , in cockades , in bonnets , on Ladies ' costumes ; bouquets were presented , and the cheering ¦ was , as at Wolverton , of the heartiest British tone , strong , ringing , penetrating . And , as the train glided away , three distinct rounds of cheers burst forth in succession .
All Birmingham and the neighbourhood turned out to meet the heroic Magyar . The station was besieged . Kossuth was received by Mr . Geach , M . P . for the county , Mr . Scholefield , M . P ., and Mr . Muntz , M . P . for the borough . After a lunch at the Queen ' s Hotel , Kossuth ascended Mr . Geach ' s carriage , which ¦ was drawn by four grey horses , ridden by postilions in scarlet jackets , wearing the Hungarian cockade . The other gentlemen of the party took other carriages . All along the route from the railway station into
Birmingham , and through to Mr . Geach ' s country house , masses of people lined the footways . Flags fluttered ; music played ; spontaneous cheering everywhere . About eleven o ' clock there were six miles of human bein gs en masse assembled to do honour to the principle of European liberty in the person , of Kossuth . At thijS ti : ne the procession was marshalled , into order , the people falling into line -with almost military quickness and precision . They formed as follows : only , it is remarked , the " groups of fifty " accompanying euch trade became groups of thousands .
Six men bearing the banners of England , Hungary , America , Tuikey , Italy , and Poland ; the old standard of the liirminghain Political Union ; Glass blowers and outtc-rs , with band ; Brassfounders ; Jewellers ; Saltloy workmen and band ; Tailors ; Curriers ; Saddlers , harness and , whip inakers ; Wircworkers , wiredrawers , and pinmakers ; Tinplatc workers ; Stonemasons and bricklayers ; Pearl buttonniakers and band , toolmakers , coachmakers ; Coopers and packing-case makers , brass cock founders ,
moulders ; Japanners ; Odd Fellows , with regalia ; Lei-< jeht r , brawn band ; private carriages and hflrBenuen ; fire brigades ; deputations from midland towns ; large banner " Eljcn Kojmutb ; " band ; bodyguard on horseback ; first carriage and four—Kossuth , G . F . Muntz , M . P ., W . Schol ( field , M . P ., ChaileB Geach , M . P . ; second carriage —M ,. Pul ^ ak ) , Mr . Toulmin Smith , and , M . Kossutb's aidc-dc-caiup ; carriages wi'h connnittce ; bodyguard on litHKebuck ; Gumnakem ; Shoemakers ; Joiners and carpenters ; band ; carriages , horsemen ; People unattached .
The bodyguard contested of 150 gentlemen on horseback . Just before Kousuth entered the principal part of the town , his carriage : halted ; the bodyguard drew round him ; and the mighty procession marched pant cheering tremendously . The Hull-ring was a magnificent upectncle—verily a tua of human faces . All aiound , human faces-above aiul below ; and the h . iu » au voice literally filling the air with its rejoicing shout , * , drowning the peals of ehui ch bulls and stilling the tramp of the marching myriads .
In the Bull-ring the first copy of the Times wns burnt , and nt intervals this ceremoney was repeated until the procession tei minuted at the Five-ways . Many copies of the paper , with the words " Lying Times"'in largo characters unonth * in , were clcvu ed on poled , and Bwuinj to and fio over the heads of thy crowd uinid volleys of derisive cheers and groaning . About lour o'clock they reached the Five-ways , and turned off to tlio residence of Mr . Geach . Mere t , hat gcutU-uiiLu , iiddroHBctl the crowd and thanked \ u . n in the name of KoHSUth . fcicvcrul hundreds followed the carringo to Mr . Gt'iich ' a house , and wore there addressed In Mr , G « orge Duwhoii , the mounted guard of 160 forming i « a semicircle . Nothing like ihiw hua been Been in . Birmingham wince IO'J 2 .
Not in magnirlkence , * ot wren in numbers , not in enthusiasm , di < $ Manchester surpass Birmingham ; but in the thswotugh spontaneity of the welcome it did surpass J&rering ham—if that be possible . Be&re the arrive « f th % train bearing ^© ssuth , the $$ ^ ese few person m ' or $ t ) M"i usua \ to the stxeest , few ba ^ fters displayed , ftjtyjl work aja < $ business went oh «* wion a c < & $$ non $ » y . By an $ by a . crowd gather ^ f ^ und th © tailwayi station ; carriages * ftd four , bearing ^ embers , e * f P % j # p * ent antf merchants drQve l ^ p * Sheffieldand
trains from Nteeciesfield , Sip . ekpoi ^ , ^ the adjacent towns brought up hundreds . And when Kossuth stepped from the carriage on to the platform a tremendous cheer burst from he masses and rang along the ribbed roof of the station , stifling the crashing roar of the escaping steam and caught up and echoed faraway ; while the Hungarians threw themselves upon Kossuth with a wild " Bljen ! Eljen ! " and one gentleman and lady saluted him on both cheeks . This bur&t of enthusiasm , and affection over , Kossuth mounted , the carciage prepared for him and set forth for Woodlands ; the seat of Mr .
Henry , M . P . " When the railway gate opened , " says the Times ' reporter , " the siaht was one of the most extraoidinary that can be well imagined . For the whole , length of a wide street there was one dense sheet of pallid face 3 and fustian caps and- jackets—wherever you looked were open mouths and staring eyes , and a forest of hats and caps in the air . It was with the greatest difficulty , and at a slow pace then , that the carriages , which amounted ( including hack cabs ) to some ten or twelve , could make their way . There were a few banners belonging to some temperance club in sight , tossing about in the mass , but they were soon lost , and a whole band of music , fur caps ,
uniform , brass » and all , was swallowed up in the moat magical way in a vain attempt to grret Kossuth with their strains . The procession went along Piccadilly ; all the windows were crajnmed ; even the housetops had rows of temporary tenants . The broad street was choking , and the enthusiasm was unmistakeable . Carts , waggons , omnibuses , cabs , stage , vans , and cotton trucks were ranged up by the footpath , two , three , and four deep , piled up with human beings , who cheered 88 if for their lives . From the station to the Victoria Arch , about three quarters of a mile , the whole population of Manchester was really in the course of the route , and it is no
exaggeration to say these were 200 , 000 people present . M . Kossuth stood up surveying the scene % \ ith the liveliest interest , and bowing low on either side as he passed . The tall warehouses were studded with a mosaic of heads and faces . All the shop shutters were up , and 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 , it must be owned , some comparisons of the kind , and- several exclamations were heard of , ' Well , I saw Kossuth , at all events , which is more than I can say of the Queen ! ' The Irish population par-, ticularly seemed in great delight , and showed in immense force . "
For three miles the same triumphal march extended . The Exchange turned out , as did hosts of the respectabilities of the town , whose houses and villas lie along the road to Woodlands , The presentation of the address was fixed for seven o ' clock , but at five the doors of thejjlYee Trade-hall were literally in a state of siege . Front and rear there wire thousands of men . and hundreds of women pressing on as if their existence could only be saved by entrance to the hall . The escalade of the galkiy of the opera , or the storming of the pit doors at the height of the Lind-maniu , never was distinguished by more vehemence and intensity of exertion . Indeed ,
the rush was greater than has . be « u experienced at any public meeting' for many your a past . When the doors w , ere opened the crowd , buxat in with a hoajse roar , and tumbled over benches in , platform and gallery till the whole building was ctowded op it never was cyen in the palmiest days of the League . At seven o ' clock M . ICossuth entered , attended by Mr . George Wilson , Mr . Bright , M . P ., Lord D . Stuart , M . P ., Mr . Kcrshawe , M . P ., Mr . J . WiMiims , M . P ., M . Pulzsky , &c . On the platform were most of the leading Leaguers , Mr ,-Mnrshall , of Leeds ; Mr . J . Salt , &o , The cheering , upi > lau »( , > , and etainping of feet which greeted M . Jvmsuth ljuatcd f <>* some moments , and the noise was deafening .
Mr . George Wilson occupied the . chair , nnd . delivered an excellent apcooh . Among other things he said : — " ¦ They are foxy , very few , indeed , for I can appeal to « v < ry man and woman pieseijt , whether within the whole range of their experience they ever knew an occuBion so devoid of ' discord— (/ tear , / war ) — where concord reigned bo universally— { hear , hc ( ir ) --where men of all shadenmen of all parti < h— nun of all opijiioii . s in politic , und in religion— ( hear , hair ) - united as tin y have done on thin occasion in \ vi leoniini / our illimtrioua vitjiLor .
( Cheers ) And if it he for one moment replied , that , beeaune — whether vvim-ly or not 1 shall not ' lujte upon inyuelf to dihcuHH—if it be lor one moment nuppntied tluit beixiuNO tint head of t , l » M co > poia , ii » n of Miinohetttor—( hisses ) — thought it inexpedient , to invite M . KouHiithnoting in all probability prudently , or in all probability discreetly—if it be replied for one moment , as it lius been Mtatcd in tho pnpt'in , that becauno tho invitation proceeded not . from thu Town-hall , ilu ; morchantB of ManoluHt < r , the nadeni of Manclnihier ,- ay , every man . from the iiM'iojiunt in 1 » Ih counting-Jiouhc- to the wcuvorut his loom —( At-ar , hear ) -thut he id not the welcome gucot
of the . ft ? pl « q £ HW ^ terin consequende onK e ^ l tat ion not Vi ^ p * Mjee 4 « l ( t ( 3 m th ^ ToTvh-hall-Tthp ? ; call o » |< p As ; ;^ y witnesses to the contrary . ( & !] hear . ) \ ask you if ever visitor was "' more wel . S ? ( ' No , never . * y Wa $ « . ver guest more eolicited to L ^ T seuxi ( He . w , h *« r . ) MUir -tnan * ould SaL i % WtWW& j SWemtorfpt' fioxfld spile at the impotent attempts to- ^ a ^^ cUiu apceptauon of our invitation to dlwgMKO ^ feftpiff- tke opinion of the people , of ffin cheste ^ -T-if Q * e * ., ^ n could smile at that , it is' mv ilinc " triou » frien $ jty ?*;; . aa *> . { Cheers . ) Genaemen , we win no ^ for 9 ^ 8 WMMnent , § top to ask the question how it / , ftS * ** - ?! tf ? * ™ & 7 ^ f ? 5 !* three weeks in
. . » . this cauntry , has centrived , with in that time , to draw around him ^ yinpathy . of men who never before , by the merest chanoe f v directed their attention to forei ' gn noli tic « - ?; , Ho . w is , that , in all «^ ur hpuses , in every domestic circle , in the kinedorn , his nancy } is familiar in their mouths as hfl ^ sehold words , familiar topics of discourse ay , in those cit $ lgs . by the domestic firesides of ' finoland ' from which , ; , beyond , all , politics are excluded ? ^ Whv ' how is it that an enthusiasm has accompanied him wherever he ba ^ . appeared , greater than , all the crowned
heads , of ; Europe- ^ nqi . ore enthusiasm- —more spontaneous than all the monarchaof England , save our own could command—( cheers )—and all their appliances to boot if they attempted , it ? How -Is this ? Why the answer is this , I grant you may fill our streets with numberscrowds ; you may for a time surround any object of celebrity with multitudes of admirers ; but you can no more ereate the deep-toned enthusiasm which we have had to-day than you can-control the winds of heaven—( cheers )—unless the-object of interest has be , en closely identified with the interests of humanity . "
And . he wound y , p with these words . He narrated in spirited and general terms the progress . of the Hungarian war , and eulogized Kossuth for his conduct of it . ; " And will you tell me that Louis Kossuth , whether in prison at Qfan—whether by bis ; humble labours as a journalist—whether as the head of . the executive government of his country , or as the governor of the country —proved himself a seeker for personal aggrandisement , but only of the great interests of humanity ? ( Loud cheers . ) He resisted the aggressions on Hungary as long as it was in his po \? er . He- fell under the influence
of treachery and Russian despotism ; and if lie was magnanimous in his success , so he is glorious in his misfortunes . ( Cheet » . \ And if you willtell me that , contrasting his life and history . with that of ? all . great men whose names have been before you , you < cannot : accord to him the highest honour , I would say to the gentlemen here from America to-night , Go home by the next packet , pull dowVthe monument to" Washington , burn your pictures of' the declaration of independence in America , for you may then declare that Russian iuterferenee is a dispensation of Pcavjd , en < < jei aqd Austrian . m . , d (; TS are the decisions of Hea , ye . u , ( Cheers ,. ) " .
Mr . Smith Eoirinson ^ the honorary secretary , i < ead the addresa td Kossuth , from which we extract the following remarkable passage : — " To you , Sir , as « he -blianrpioft of your country ' s independence , as the statesman who , through , loj ^ g yeaiB ot self devotion , sustained , with unrivalled / energy and floquence , a patriotic and . con ^ ituVwnal ; . resi ^ tAWfi . ¦«» -i encroachmen , t « . o / despotiau ? , w * teiuJl ^ tM ^ prcss . ps ot our warmest admiration . The present s , l $ H of the continent of Euro , whtre the brute force combuia ^ j « l militarv ar ' mainen ' ts threatens to overwhelm every vib 1 oi
tige of liberty , renders it the imperative duty unpeople Of eve ^ y free State tb ni ^ nffest their f !'" " ^ of the tjr ^ thAtUuiA uMtp-rtl rights and •?»»* *; d « . ti * 8 ; in bl « nd defiance « f the **<*** f & * ^'' „ reason and juatiee- proclaim ^• Uie .- ' . flwrt . ' ™ nd" ~* ° civilized governments . la your p (« soa vw ri ' . ^ ;\' r living protest against those prinoiples of J ^* "" " " * have ever been mos ^ abhorrent to the najwnal 6 C » bt a traditional aspir-Uiona of riw . peopla . of th » ^» Jj , wowld , thrpugh yo , make kupw . n *» SjJJIJ J ' , , world our inextinguishable hatr . ed <* f ? W * i ? £ history Uniting our voices with the great verdiotwai . c - will hereafter pronounce - . on the momentou « even will hereafter pronounce- . on xne """" " w 0 w « uld partw
, which you have played' no di 8 ti « g « jahed a , d invoke , for Hungary , as we now P'fy , ? ' ® Jlich . )( av < J to yourself , a futur . e worthy of the lofty aim * which been the guiding star of your great career . ^ Mr . Johft . Bright , Nf . ^ .. iwpvcd . that thes » ^ should be adoptod , a » d » p . cloi ««> spok ^ »« ; ( i and with emphasis his cpn , v * cnone op l things in Euipe . He said K ^^ » T ^ ich 'lter to the eyes and hearts of the p-eoplo o Mnw- iJthan the crowned heads of Oonttn ^' ^^ even he could not escape the btteufch of ^""^ , lis " Day after day calumny h ^ been W ^ mpIiHO » - nnn ,,.. H « bud eacaned thq danger of war , ol .
luonl—bfl hadoscap . Qd * H ¦**»*?* ¦ ? L in thin Chrihli "'! the exequtiun « , r of AuBtria , and yet n ^^ country the breath of slander had v «» tu £ r ° ft column to uHsuil him . ( Cheers ) M «»» ln Jfn ^ ffiJ- ch eruuj , uft . r column appeared , done ^^^ 1 titu . eti ) .- I" " , " apjjlnue , and fought ** , rerouted ^ f ^ L puW ' <"• l duced by apniq . « 0 »«<^ d «»»» JW ^ J m » " « ' ' 1 (> r < ' ; suppoHc , at the moot fc «^ S 4 r i ) - a , A tho v-y hmt uttuclc w »* c »» p oi tho most t *' , ,. ^ ju I ) 0 ] iiicil namely , thu . M . KossutH ^ s a ^ P ^ 8 ftl fl «/ M « " - priyivliilo und Avaa in favour w . w ( ' Uurrah ' -louit cheers . ) w ,, _ And Mr . Bright explained * r SSuWi «« n . l ) llt "" sKSssrasffss . H ? ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 15, 1851, page 1078, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1909/page/2/
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