The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-12 00:00:00

KOSSUTH

MANCHESTER.

(11.01 01:1 OWN RZPORTIIII3.)
Yesterday Kossuth, accompanied by M. Pulaity and
11. Hajalek, started from Birmingham at half-past 8 in the
morning, and proceeded to Manchester, to meet in the
metropolis of the north a welcome if possible more maths'-
sixstie and general than that which he had just received in
Birmingham. 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 poising cheer. At Whitmore, at Ilarington, at Crewe,
and at Warrington, it appeared as if all chases of the inha-
bitant% had turned out. as the stations were surrounded by
private carriage., and every wall and elevated situation
was crowded with the operatives. The anxiety to see the
Hungarian leader was so great that all the activity of the
railway officials was eilled into requisition to prevent acci-
dents, as numbers of both lath.:a and gentlemen clung to the
carriages while actually in motion. The train, which was
a slow one, arrived in M inchester at 20 minutes to I, in
the middle of the petrels*. diner hour, notwithstanding
which the whole neighbourhood of the station was densely
crowded.
The committee, not having the aid of the authorities, had
made no preparation for any public reception. They went
up with six or eight carri.epes, to accommodate Kossuth,
and left the rest to the chapter of 'tridents. The immense
crowd of people collected together is the streets, and the
enthusiasm they displayed, therefore, was a spontaneous
outburst of sentiment, which everybody joined in, but
which everylerely was unprepared for. Tho railway cont•
pan y was very 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. As the train entered the
siding the cheering was immense, and M. Kossuth was
almost carried from it to the private carriage awaiting his
reception.
From the railway station the cortege took the way to
Piccadilly and Market-street, hot the crowds of people were
so immense, that it was difficuls, with all the aid the police
could give, to make way theeige them. Many people were
of opinion that the masses w tech mine out to greet the pre-
sence of the Queen were not greeter upon this part of her
route. Balconies and window. were filled with people. The
immense pile of warehousing belonging to the Messrs. West-
head, opposite the loyal Infirmary, presented a lively 'spec-
tacle ; every one of it. many windows was crowded; and the
other large warehouses and hotels pmented similar scenes
of animation. In such a desultory aesemblage, stretching
through so many streets, it would he difficult to form a
notion of the number of people, but gentlemen who had
witnessed the reception at Birmingham declared their belief
that the preeent exceeded even in numbers the crowds
there. Some of the people had applied for a holiday from
the factories, and being refused, had taken what is termed
French leave," and many. were so anxious to see Koesuth
that they ran with his carnage all the way from Manchester
to Woodlands, a distance of clout three miles.