The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-19 00:00:00

DEPUTATION TO LORD P.

Last evening a deputation waited upon Lord
Palmerston, at the Foreign-other, to present a number of
addresses from the iuhabitants of Finsbury and Islington,
congratulating his lordship on the aid he rendered the
Sultan of Turkey in effecting the liberation of the late
Governor of Hungary.
The deputation, having been introduced by Mr. Sheen,
were received by his lordship with the greatest courtesy,
Mr. DANIEL Manaus thou read to Lord Palmerston tho
following addresses, which had been unanimously agreed
to at very large public meetings, and which his lordship
had conic up from Windsor expressly to receive
To the Might Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, her
most gracious Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs—We, the inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury,
containing a population of nearly 400,00(t, in public meet-
ing amenabled, this 12th day of November, 1831, Thomas
Wakley, Esq., M.P. in the chair, respectfully beg leave to
tender to your lordship our hearty thanks for your patriotic
and humane conduct (in defiance of frequent and atrocious
threats from Christian potentates) towards the illustrious
patriot and elite, Louis Kossuth, by demanding his release
from the hands of those odious and detestable aseaseins who
sought his destruction. Accept from UP, in the name of
our fellow countrymen, our deepest gratitude for your lofty
courage and manly resolution. May you long live amongst
a happy and a free people. Signed on behalf of the meeting
by the committee."
To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Palmerston,
bee Most Gracious Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs—We, the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary,
Islington, containing a population of nearly 100,000, in
public meeting assembled, James Wyld, Esq., M.P., in
the chair, had, with much thenkfulnets to God, your spi-
rited and homage conduct by assisting, in conjunction with
his Majesty the Sultan of Turkey, in rescuing the unfor-
tunate but brave patriot and exile, Louis Kossuth, from the
bands of these merciless tyrants and despots who sought his
destruction. Ws humbly pray the Great God of Justice in
Heaven will him and preserve you with a long and happy
life mangle a free people ,• and when you have departed
this life, may you receive that inheritance beyond the grave
which is iseerraptible, undefiled, and passeth not away.—
Signed on behalf of the meeting by the committee."
Lord PALMERSTON, who had listened with polite
attention to the reading of the addresses, said he felt extremely
flattered and highly gratified by this expression of opinion on
the part oleo large a number of his fellow countrymen for
his exertions in endeavouring to promote the cause of national
freedom of those nations who stood in need of it. The
government was fully aware of the sympathies of the
British nation in favour of the cause of Hungary, but of
course, as the organ of her Majesty's government, in
friendly alliance with great foreign powers which bad been
refs reed to, it could not be expected that he should concur
is SCOW of the expressions which had been used in the ad-
d:morn Ho felt, however, that it was highly gratifying to
have been barrntiniental in aiding the cause of the patriotic
! em so
otions and Poles, who,without British intervention,
dsabt have been doomed to perpetual imprison-
ment sad easclamd their freedom, if not even their lives, in
the cause of their country's independence. (Hear, hear)
They never mead hero bees Yarned from the fate which
awaited them. visa by the aid which the government of
this smustry was oaablod to afford, had not the government
been bushed by pulls opinion here. There was no %erotica
of the gnat amyl pews, which the government of this coun-
try bad ono foreign akin so long as the government wets
braked in the omens of that power by the public
I'Vit the people. No doubt the morel power of the
tirbi gentmerst was immense, more than people gene-
rally imagined, but it would be only effective so long as the
people and the government went together. (Hear.) There
Could be us doubt but with regard to its Hungarian policy
the government bad brim braid by the ;seep* as was
instanced by the tam of ths appeals which had been made
from all 141111119, and from all the large towns and cities in
the kietgdeeerglag on the government of this country to !
inserters Ia that usportaakquestion. It was not I
that Basked should exercise a power with its main, wi I
its bayonets, or with its cannons. The moral power, where
the gonna:mat was backed by the people, would do a
great deal more. The moral power was greater than any.
thing else, bon even that could not be made effective, unless
the goverment and people acted in unison. no go-
versaisat, men especially the foreign department, wars
maretimos arriesed with keeping so much secrecy with regard
to their irmainetions with foreign powers. It was said
there ought not to be so much secrecy in diplomacy,
but opus the same ground that men is this ordinary bun-
nets transitions of life did not make public all the details
of suck traarandosa until the bargains in which they might
le entratioswfm• completed, so also was it necessary that
the pu of the proceedings of diplomacy should be
I left to tin julsnont and discretion of that department of
the (gramma; is ceder properly to transact the business

of the nation. The wide WI quo mid the reception of
these Adverts just read, and the general expression of,
approve! of his conduct on the tam of his coluttrymeus
afforded him unfeigned pleasure and gratification.
, Mr. 8/JAEN observed that he felt that the people of
E hitherto somewhat lukewarm and callous'
iiantgolatnd
the rhelantibeen.7 of this country with foreign questions,
1 but recent events, e,:iiriled with the circumstance that en-
couragement was held o:lt to them by the government that
Ithey should do so, would have the cleat, fur the future, of
making them equally alive to foreign as to domestic sub-
: jests.
Lord PALMERSTON remarked that one of the difficul-
ties in foreign affairs which was felt was from the fact of
the great bulk of the people caring generally little about
them. 'the government had no desire to be urged on to
war, although they were desirous of upholding the us-
tionslity of foreign countries. At the tame when Rungs-
Irian affairs were agitating the world—he did not allude to
1 recent demonstrations here, but those which led to the step

,a the part of the government—were the great demonstra-
tions held in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, and all
the great towns, as well as the metropolis. When forty or
filty addresses had reached him from all the great towns, he
(the noble viscount) forwarded them to Sir Stratford Can-
ning, to show him that it was not merely the wish of the
government, but the wish of the people, slut he should in-
terfere and prevent that, if possible, which other powers
were demanding, and that It was only that circumstance
which rendered the government in a position to grant aid
fif it was needed. But the Sultan, to do him justice, was
moat willing to lend his aid, and co-operate with this coon-
try in carrying out the wishes of the British government.
(Hear, hear.) At the same time, however, a great deal of
good generalship and judgment was required. (Hear) His
lord-nip having again expressed his gratification at these
marks of confidence and approbation on the part of the
people,
The deputation withdrew,much gratified with the recep-
tion they had met with from the noble viscount.