The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-11 00:00:00

KOSSUTH.

GREAT DEMONSTRATION IN BIRMINGHAM.
[FROM OUR OWN REPORTEItB.]
Birmingham was yesterday the scene of' what was
generally admitted to be the most important and general
popular demonstration that had been witnessed there since
the memorable year 1832, when the meetings of the work-
ing classes of that great manufacturing town had so bene-
ficial an influence on the progress of the Reform Bill. But
although Birmingham itself was the great scene of excite-
ment, the progress of M. Kossuth and his friends might be
deemed a triumph almost from the moment of their
departure from London. Owing to niisinformation as to
the time of departure, which had appeared in the weekly
papers, there were comparatively few persons assembled in
Euston.square, where M. Kossuth and party arrived at 9
o'clock; but from those present the illustrious exile I,
received a most warm and enthusiastic reception. Mr.
Stuart, secretary, Captain Huish, manager, and the
traffic superintendent, received the visitors. The directors
hail attached the carriage originally built for the Queen
Dowager to the 94 express train, and in it M. Kossuth took
his place, accompanied by M. Pulski Mr. Toulmin Smith,
and nitpick, late prefect of the dung:lrian police.
By the 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. Ile was
tremendously cheered on his way to the refreshment roam,
where lie 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 stranger.
!
At Coventry the excitement was still snore 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 tho carriage doors, and presented bouquets,
which, we need hardly add, were must gracefully and
gratefully received. M. Kossuth bowed his acknowledg-
ments repeatedly, and as the train glided away from
the station remised two or three distinct rounds of

I tore to the residence of Mr. Leach, that gentleman briefly
addn•ased the crowd, stating that M. Kossuth felt deeply
grateful for the reception he had experienced, RO 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 to-morrow and the day
following, prevented his thanking them us he could wish
himself. Mr. Geach concluded his obiervations by express-
ing a hope that he might, in the name of the a•eembled
thousands, give to Kossuth a true and hearty welcome to
Birmingham.
It is needless to add that the welcome was echoed most
vociferously by the crowd, and as tho word parsed back-
wards to the more distant masses of the people, it was sent
back again and again in vollics of cheering which conti-
nued as long as the cavalcade remained iu sight, most of the
carriages following Kossuth'a carriage up to The Dales, Mr.
Gesell s residence.

Vast numbers of the people broke up into parties, and
followed the line of carriages to Mr. Geach's entrai.cc ledge.
There, as soon as M. Kossuth had entered the house, the
mounted body-guard formed in a semi-circle round the en-
trance gate. Mr. G. Dawson appeared and stated that ho
was commissioned by M. Kossuth to return his most heart-
felt thanks to the people, for the manner in which they had
received him.

This meninz a select party is invited to meet M. Kassuth
at dinner at Mr. (leach's, and tomorrow morniug he pro-
ceeds to Manchester. . . .

At the luncheon at the Queen's lintel, Messrs. Mentz,
Selioletiold, M.P., Thiamin Smith, Alderman Weston,
George Dawson, Blythe, T. Jaffrey, Robert Wright, T.
C. Salt, R. K. Douglas, and Hyland, were invited. The
party assembled on the invitation of Mr. Ueach, M.P.

THE FORTHCOMING DEMONSTRATION AT THE
iiNNUVER-SQUAILE Itoests.—The committee charged with
the arrangement of this demonstration met last evening at
the Hanover-rapiare Rooms; and it being clearly under-
stood by Kossuth that he was expected at the Hanover-
square Rooms at one o'clock on lbursday, it
was decided that the members of the committee
should meet at half-past ten o'clock on Thursday
morning, and that ladies and the memhas of the deputa-
tions should be admitted before the hour lived fur the
meeting, viz., 12 o'clock.—Mr. J. A. Nicholay, moved that
all the daily press be invited, with Om exception of the
Ttnics.—The resolution was unanimously carried. Ad-
dresses will be delivered in the following order :—West-
' minster, Southwark, blarylebone, Lambeth, Finsbury. the
Ladies'. After arranging other minor details the com-
mittee adjourned.

cheering.
Alt these demonstrations were, however, eclipsed by the
triumph that awaited the exile in Birrningliatn, the capital
of the "small masters;' with whose honesty and inde-
pendence of spirit M. Kossuth had shown himself so in-
timately acquainted by the allusions made to then in
more then 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 semi- -
ferouely as the party • alighted on the platform. M.
Kossuth was received by Mr. Geach, M.l'. for At the Marylebone police-court, yesterday, Thomas
the county, Meson. Sehelefi, Id and Mentz, the Bear was charges! with the wilful murder et his wile,
two members for Birmingham, and Mr. right,
1111 Set circumstances referred to in yesterday's Lepers,.
Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Itecep- George Nutt said lam a furnishing undertaker, and re-
tion. The party proceeded at once to partake of an elegant side at 23, Cornwall-road, Lambeth. The deceased was my
deo-toter, which heal:been provided by Mr. Bacon, of the sister, and had been married to the prisoucr about fifteen
Queen's Hotel, end, atter a few minutes spent iu refresh- ere,. They did nut live happily together. 1 last saw her
anent, repaired to the carriages in which they were to form alive about a month ago in NV arner-strect, ClerkenweU.
the head of one of the most imposing processions ever seen Yesterday moralism I saw her dead at 33, North-street.
in the town of Birmingham. At Small heath all resemblance She was about 40 years of age. They had two children, a
to a procession disappeared, and the whole of the road, the boy and a girl; but I do nut know where they are. Thou
hedges, the trees, and the houses, appear.' swarming with deceased used to complain to me terribly about the pri-
people, or densely blocked up with vehicles of every de-
hive. szzer's costitideuctotiabunit sehohicieze,L caodiciiistlia,idneitlotadsruienkininghi.s pat...de-
scription. All the working people of the tansy
of skilled industry had obtained a general holiday, and neglected his borne, seldom rctur • g to it before two
turned out to give a hearty English welcome to the best o'clock in the morning.
expsanent in our days of the true principles of political and In reply to Mr. Broughton, Inspector Jackson said oat of
social freedom. It would be impossible to do justice to the the children was at a beershop in Cromer-street, anti the
appearance of the line of road from henceforward. Every other was on the town.
hedge, wall, and tree, every window and house-top was
Sarah Abrams said—About at fortnight ago the deceased
crusaded with people. On every aide the gay banners of came to my house and stopped about tour nightie When
the various associated trades fluttered in the air, and as the the deceased left my sun carried her boxes. Oa Monday
operatives passed on in dense masses, each body headed by lust the prisoner came ea my ham., and staked the if I had
their standard bearer, we could recognise inscriptions of a little woman living up stairs in my house ; he said he
welcome, of sympathy, and of sentences extracted from M. could not tell her name, and asked if any boiee had been
Kossuth's various speeches. Bands of music played Hun- brought there. I said yes, there certainly were two buses
garian airs, and at every corner where the density of the come, and he then said, "That's my wife and they are my
crowd occasions 1 a momentary stoppage, a deafening cheer property, for my wife has taken them away." The prisoner
arose as the people caught a glimpse of the distinguished then requested to be allowed to go upst ties, but I would
stranger. not allow him, and told him she had gone away, and boxes
At this point the mass of the people had been gradually' also. Ile then left the place, and he came back the sumo
congregating from eight in tile morning; at about 11 o'clock day and brought a woman with hint. The woman said to
the crowd appeared to have reached its limits, inasmuch as
at that time there was about six miles of space—from me that Mrs. Bear behaved very to the lorieoner, for her
tirm opinion was there was something between her and
the village of Yardley to the Bull-ring—one' ma se of a gasfitter, and that I must know where they were. I said
human beings; every house-top, every tree, and every Ido not. The prisoner said I must know, for I knew
lane seemed alive with life. From windows streamed flags who took the boxes, and knew all about it. He then said
with appropriate devices, and from hundreds of carriages he would go to a magistrate.. The primmer one every
and vehicles were displayed the Hungarian colours. day afterwards up to last Saturday, still pressing to know
At 11 o'clock the marshals begun to form the order of where his wife was. On Saturday lie told her that rather
the procession; this occupied until after one o'clock, and than see his wile in the state his daughter was in he would
every minute new arrival, thronged up iu such bodies that, sooner die in Newgate, for she was his wife, and he loved
notwithstanding the enormous open space where the people her after MI. lie had repeated the same thing to me on
were now assembled, with open fields on every side, it Ise- several occasions. It was about twenty minutes past six
Cale IllitiCUlt to march. All the mules were now ranged when he came to my house on Saturday. I told him I was
in order ; indeed, such was the anxiety of the people to going to send my son to where he took the hosts on en errand,
preserve the peace and to assist in affording every possible anal if he liked he could go with hint. Ile slid he would,
accommodation, that they fell into line almost without an end was mach obliged to me, and would pay my son for
effort on the part of those charged with the arrangements. his freebie. He then went away, and I saw nothing moos
At one o'cloce the line of prod scion was cemplete ; the of him till now. When he was at shy houses he impeded
seven or eight bands hail been placed in convenient posi- perfectly cool and collected, and I had nut the least idea ho
tions, and all the regalia of all the trades shone in the untended anything wrong to his wife.
midday sun. George Leaning—l live at 33, Nortlestrect, Manchester-
The following order of procession was observed very square, and am the landlord of the house. 'rise deceasednearly, with the exception that the groups of •• fifty men woman came and lodged in my heave on Friday fortnight.
noticed in it were /swollen to thousand,: On Saturday night least a lad cane to any Suomi and asked
"Six men bcariug the hammers of England, iluingostY, for the two fonalee for whom be brought the home a fort-
America, Turkey, Italy, and Poland. The old standard of night before. I told him they were not at home, but would
the Birmingham Political Union. 61.05-blowers and cut- be in by nine o'clock. The buy then lett, unit at eight
tees with band. group of fifty men. Braesfeunders, group o'clock the prisoner came and asked me if Mrs. Bear was
of fifty men. Jewellers, group of fifty men. &Uhl there. Not knowing the deceased at the time by that name
workmen and banal. Tailors, group of fifty mess. Carriers, I told the prisoner that 110 such Freon lodged there, and I.
group of fifty men. Saddlers, harness and whip makers, then told /111/1 the balm of the lodgers and mentioued the
group of fifty men. Wire-workers, wire-drawers, and pin- name of Nett, being the name in which she takes:awed) took
makers, group of fifty men. Tin-plate workers, group of the lodgings, and I entered that name in my rent-bask.
fifty men. Stone-masons and bricklayers group of fifty Directly the prisoner heard the 111011 C he said, " That's
men. Pearl button-ma sera and banal, tool-maker.. coaeh- my wife ; her name was Nett before I married
makers, group of fifty men. Coopers cud packing-case- her." Ile then became very violent, and threatened to
makers, brass cock founders, moulders group of fifty men. break the door oisen unless the boxes were given up to
Japanners. Odd Fellows with regalia. Leiceeter brass betel. him. I reasoned with the prisoner, and he became more
Private carriages and horsemen. Fire brigades. Depute- quiet and came into my parlour and eat down till nine
dons from Midland Towns. Large banner—" llljeu Kos- o'clock, at which time Mrs. Bear came in. When she mune
stole" Band. Bodyguard on horseback. First carriage in I said to the prisoner, " That is Mrs. Slott, the good lady
and four —Koseutli, G. F. Mentz, M.P., W. Schulefield, you are looking for." I then gave 1111/1 the candle and ho
M.P., Charles Gat+, M.P. Secoed carriage—M. Pulsky, walked up stairs after her. The boy who had before come
Mr. Toulmin Smith, and M. Ku.suth's Ain-de-ecarup. Car- was with the pri once and myself fur mere than hour before
riages with committee. Body-guard on horseback. Gun- the woman came in. When the primmer went up stairs he
makers. Shoe-makers. Joiners; and carpenters. Band, left the boy in the parlour. I then went into the street to
Carriages, horsemen. &c. &e. &c." see for a constable, in cam there sahould be any row. When
'the neighbouring towns, Coventry, Wolverhampton, I canoe back in a quarter of an hour I teased a policeman in tau
and throughout the district liar away into the Potteries, filet-flour back-room, and the woman lying on the floor ac-
hed all poured forth their thousands, and these were placed vend with bloods My wife woe bathing her face with
in proper order, most of them displaying handsome ban water. The prisoner and the boy were gobs,o and I saw a
nets, especially those from Coventry, which were extremely box 011 the pas meet outside the duor, w Melt 1 reamed
beautiful in design, with appropriete mottoes. into the house. I sent fur a doctor, who solitarily after came.
At a quarter to two o'clock the carriage and four con- The woman was deed when the MetliCol man Zaelvv.t.
taming M. Kossuth hove in sight. This was the signal fur Crises-examined by the prisoner.—The deceased was a
ease burst of cheering. Rising in his carriage (in which well-conducted woman, and both her and Mrs (lands, 11111
also Messrs. blunt; M.P.' Scholefield, M.P., and Gooch, deceased's fellow-lodger, I believed to le; serious and 11:-.
M.P., were sitting), he bowed to the assembled thousands, ligioue women, You told mo several times that your
whose shouts rent the air for many minutes. The carriage wife had sold up your home, taking the property with
having taken its place in tho line, was immediately ear- her.
rounded by a body-guard of one hundred and fifty gentle- Prisoner—You, sir, seem to be very warm on the hub-
men on horseback, and followed by many carriages and jest. I have nu more to ask you.
four, hundreds of other carriages, private and public, and Rebecca Lamina& the wife of the last witness, after con-
vehicles of every description. firming the foregoing testime,y, sold—l was in the parlour
A little before Kossuth entered the principal part of during the whole time the prisoner was teasing to my taus-
Birmingham his carriage was stopped and the entire proses- bend. The prisoner seemed then in a very excited state,
siun marched past him, that all might gain a and all his conversation was about his wife, who, he Will,
sight of him. All the exertion,' of his body guard erase very bad woman, and bad rubbed 11011 of his property,
were necessary to restreie the enthusiasm of the people. which he alleged was iu my home. Ile then became morn
The procession necessarily moved slowly, and was many calm, and shortly after the deceased came in and went up
times stopped in consequence of the enormous pressure on stoics, and I said duet is her. The prisoner inameali-
every side; as it approached the Bull Ring the mass of ate-ly followed her up stairs, leaving the toy in the pur-
people was such that it was fearful to look upon ; it was lour. After the prisoner went into the room I heard teem
one vast sea of human heads as fur on the eye could reach ; talking. I was standing at the foot of the stair., and ike.-
every nook, every gullet, every alley, cud every lane— hew: the room-door was closed. In shout ten minutes atter
every window, and every parapet presented their hundreds he went upstairs he culled the boy to come and take the
of the population. From the corner of the Coventry• buses. I said to the boy you had better go, and he went
road to the Bull Ring occupied nearly one bow, directly and brought down a box. As soon as the boy went
so slow was the progress made. As the cortege up I heard the deceased screech awfully. I ran to (nu
turned out New-street the effect was very, fine ; there street door, aid she still screeched out as fir as I could uu-
were impromptu sceffolding, bearing hundreds of people; desetianal—. He is murdering me." 1 then went to the
omnibuses at anchor crowded even to the tyre of the wheels, etairs and met the boy bringing the boxes down. The
and from Deritend to the Town Hall there was scarcely a screeching contiuued for about three minutes, when the
window without a banner, and from the hands all thousands prisoner came down stairs. I opened the door for the pri-
or ladies streamed ribbons of the Hungarian tricolour. soaker; he Said nothing, but held his heads down as if to
From the windows of the Jonrwsl newspaper a sphndisl hide them. I saw on the back of one of his hand, what I
banner fluttered, and from many houses hi the neighbour- thought to be blood, and fancied that tee dereascal had bitten
hood rockets were cast in abundence. him 111 0 muffle. At that time the boy was gone. After
In the Bull-ring the first copy of the rotes was burnt, the prisoner was gone out I ran up stairs into the woman's
and at intervals this ceremony was repeated until the pro- room, and saw a chair lying across the fender, mid the
cession terminated at the Five Ways. Malay copies of the deceased lying close by with her eyes wide open, and her
paper, with the words "Lying Tunes" in large characters haml to her throat. I then rushed out and fetched some
upon them' were elevated on poles, and ewes* to and fro water, and culled a lodger, who followed sue into the rooni.
over the heads of the crowd sated %milks of derisive cheers I put my hand round deceased's neck Lut could out feel
and groaning any wound. 1 saw blood about her hair, which was in
The town hall, the theatre, and all the public buildings disorder over her face. I bathed her face with some
along the line were made use of in some way or other to water • she was then breathing, but did not speak. A
serve the purpose of spectators. The bell, of the various medical man came in about three minutes afterwards, and
churches rung cheerful peal., but these were almost drowned she was then dead.
by the deafening cheer, of the populace. I Sophia Price—l um a married woman. My husband's
One hundred Frenchmen who land formed a band marched ! name is Edward Price. We lodge at 33, North-street. I
near to Kossuth's carriage, which was preceded by a eiders- I first saw the prisoner on Saturday night last about nine
did banner, with the wed. " Eljen Kossuth," emblazoned ; o'clock in the back room on the first fluor. I was going
upon it. There were thaiusands of other banners with :mister ; out to meet my husband, when I heard eacams of " Mur-
priate mottoes rind devicteupon them, which the limited time 1 der" from a female in that room. The dour was open, and
tit our disposal does not enable us to do more than thus briefly I saw the deceased by the fireplace, anal the prisoner beat-
refs? to. So with the triumphal arches which Kossuth 1 ing her with his fists. I begged of bin not to beat her.
passed on his route ; the enthusiastic displays at the various She was Iceasieg on the flew, but I dial nut ace any blood.
manufactories; the multitudinous warm greetings he re- The prisoner looked at me very hard, and went Oil beating
ceived from the enormous may of people who Nailed him her, and I was so frightened that I lost lay senses, and re-
on every side, we pass them over—to be imagined they must collected nothing alter.
have been seen—no description would convey any idea of Emma Webster, who lodged in the back parlour at 33,
the fact. M. Kossuth himself seemed almost umaz d, and North-street, said—l have seen the deceased several times.
Mr. Mentz, used to large meetings iu the days of the NB- Heard her come in on Saturday night, about inc minutes
tinal Union, appeared lu.t in astonishment at the over- to nine. She passed my room door, and I heard her unlock
whelming multitude. her own. I then heard a man's footstep follow her up
It was computed by persons used to estimate large masses alinost directly. Loud talking followed, sus I heard her
that there could not have bccu less than half a million of distinctly say, "So help me God, I have not done it." I
persons present When it is consideied that the population I then heard her scream out "Murder!" anal I opened my
of Birmingham alone is a quarter of a million, the great room door. and went partly up the stairs, and heard the
majority of whom poured out on the great occasion, and deceased say, in a faint voice, "Oh, he's murdering mo !"
that the entire district far and near sent their quotas, it at that time a boy came out of the room with a box,
will be at once seen that this is by no means on exaggerated and pissed me on the stairs. When the boy came out the
estimate. Even places so distant as Slatefield contributed screams had ceased. Before I went on to the stairs 1 heard
their thousands. blows in the room. I then went into my own room, when
At four o'clock in the afternoon the procession reached Mrs. Lanning fetched me up stairs into deceased's room. I
the Five Ways. Perfect orderliness prevailed, without then saw deceased lying on the floor with blood semen/mg
a single policeman or soldier ; without the i resence of any from wounds in her face. She did not speak a word, and
perion in authority to preserve order, this crowd swayed appeared to be dead.
to and fro, bearing every amount of pressure with patience, The circumstances under which prisoner was taken into
and apparently absorbed in the spirit and determination to custody were then stated, as given yesterday, after which,
do honour to the illustrious exile. Mr. Dickinson, surgeon, 15, Charles-street, Mai:ogles-
Immediately before the signal was given for the duper- ter-square, deposed that ho was milled in, and found the

THE MURDER OF A WOMAN BY DER

HUSBAND.