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

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weathei at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
PtamouTH—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
taiGirroN—Wind N., gentle breeze—rain.
tiAsTU4oB—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
Sotrrkmu-rola—Wind S., strong breeze—foggy.
gotzzirroisz— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
Tsirsumoz--Wind W., gentle breeze—scud, rain.
GREENWICH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially
cloudy.
s"sbolf—Wind N light airs— arti cloudy.
C.asrax—Wind N.W., gentlie brety e—oercas t.
W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PrrEclouary.aotro: 4.W., calm—overcast.
md N. W., strong breeze —partially
HOLYNFv3—WiAdNalblard wind—partially cloudy.
SHAP— wind N.W., calm _partially cloudy.
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BEArrocKWind 9 E., breeze—rain.
The returna from the following places indicate the state of
on Saturday wind and weather o"urdaY morning at nine
o'clock :--
Ltxtimicit--Wind S.W., calm—overcast.
CA.B.LOW—Wind S.W., gentle breeze overcast.
muumfGAß. Wind N., strong breeze—overcast,
Pootac —Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast.
PETER.I3OI7.OI7OFI—wind gentle breeze—Overeat.
aOLIMEAD--Wirld S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
LartcAlvraft-Wind W., calm—scud, rain.
Wpirro.Calm— foggy.
DAIILTBGTOS—Wind gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SisAP-nWind S., calm—rain.
Bzetrocit—Wind S.. gentle breeze—foggy.

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.LONDON, TUESDAY, 14-0-VEUEBER 11,

Shameless as have been the personalities tize'ected
,gainst.T.prirs ,Icosscra since his arrival in this .coun-
try, none of thetn have been so remarkable for men-
dacity Ete.tbose very recently put forward in refe; recce
to yesterday's hospitalities at Birmingham. The
fact of those hospitalities, we need scarcely obs erve,
we regard as reflecting the highest .honour upon the
inhabitants of that populous and important borough—

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the capital of the manufacturing districts of tie mid-
land counties of the United Kingdom. Aware of the
brief stay the illustrious exile was restricie-d to prior
to his departure from England for the United States.,
the people of Birmingham and of Manchester evinced
the most laudable promptitude in proffering
their tribute of admiration to KOSSUTH immediately
upon his Excellency reaching the shores of Great
Britain at Southampton. In the instance of the
citizens of Manchester, those congratulations were
more especially commendable from the circum-
stance of their being offered to the expatriated
Governor of Hungary, in defiance of the objections
raised to such a proceeding by his Worship Sir
JOHN POTTER a personage whose name seems
to have implied the extent of his intellectual
and political capabilities. It will not soon be
forgotten that in spite of the opposition of
the Mayor, the more liberal portion of the
municipality of Manchester resolved, as the exponents
of public opinion, to present an address to KossuTu
at the earliest opportunity that was convenient, and
to accompany it with an invitation to a banquet, to
be given to his Excellency in the presence of the
principal leaders of that great industrial locality.
With the receipt of this invitation came a similar
one from the people of Birmingham--both of which
the representative of the Hungarians was graciously
pleased to accept, although compelled at the same
ticae to decline many similar attentions from other
quarters of the United Kingdom. It is somewhat
ungracious, we conceive, on the part of any public
journalist, no matter what his partizan prejudices or
predilections, to ridicule a demonstration of popular
feeling like this in the scurrilous manner in which we
have seen the present movement derided; remember-
ing, as every individual ought under the circum-
stances, that the respect shown to KOSSUTH by the
men of Birmingham and Manchester is, from the
peculiarity of his position, one conspicuous for its
disinterestedness and magnanimity. He is here not as
a conqueror or a successful potentate, not as a great
prince wielding a sceptre of authority, not as a war-
rior whose bosom is covered with the gems of
dignity, not as a statesman bearing about him the
insignia of office, and appearing in all the pomp of
ministerial decorations. He comes to us in the simple
guise of an exiled civilian, bereft, as one of the Mem-
bers for Southampton well remarked the other even •
ing, of everything except his honour; without
wealth, without title, without any ostentatious retinue,
without any influence whatever beyond that arising
from the potency of his astonishing eloquence, and
from the memory of his brilliant and unsullied
achievements. It is to a man thus situated that the
inhabitants of Birmingham and Manchester are
offering the tribute of their spontaneous hospi-
talities. It is to KOSSUTH as an exile, and not as
Dictator, that they are yielding the homage of
their welcome. It is to Ko.stire penniless and
powerless, and not to an Administrator, whose hands
are filled with riches and authority, that they are
extending the tokens of their admiration through
the medium of a public banquet and a public recep-
tion. Can anything, we ask, be more clear than the
fact that this cordial proceeding on the part of the
two places particularised it most generous in its evi•
deuce of regard solely for the personal merits of the
individual ? No reference whatever has manifesly
been made by the municipality of Birmingham, or
by that of Manchester, to the circumstance that
KOSSUTH is received amongst them otherwise than
merely as an exiled foreigner. They each of them
evince a noble eagerness to welcome him, an eagerness
as great as could by possibility have been shown had
he been the master of instead of the fugitive from
Hungary.
Yet, magnanimous and disinterested as the course
pursued by the constituencies mentioned above most
incontestably has proved, the inhabitants of Birming-
ham and Manchester have been subjected to the sneers
and derisions of the systematic apologists of abso-
lutism andlof,the inveterate depreciators of democracy.
We are satisfied that the fact here alluded to, instead
of being in any respect a source of annoyance to the
persons vilified, will to the vast majority of them be
matter rather for earnest satisfaction. At a time
when the champions of liberty are the individuals
selected to be the targets for abuse and misrepresen-
tation—by those, we mean, who have constituted
themselves the defenders of the tyrants of Christen-
dom—it is surely rather matter for exultation than
chagrin to be one among the parties chosen to be thus
maligned and vituperated. Condemnation from the
ranks of the enemy is equivalent to eulogium from
the mouths of their antagonists. Praise from the one
is not more sincerely to be desired than dispraise
from the other of the belligerents. Besides which it
should be borne in mind that the very violence of the
attacks directed against KOSSUTH betray on the part
of his opponents their sense of his importance. This
knowledge of the greatness of the man enhances the
fury of his foes at the homage paid to him sponta-
neously by so many thousands upon thousands of his
admirers and sympathisers. The apologists of abso-
lutism resident in the capital of England, and ad-
dressing the public through the columns of a certain
section of our Contemporaries, employ every means
within their reach to sneer down the present wide-
spread demonstration in favour of Kossure as the
champion and liberator of the Hungarians. Yet, in
defiance of all their energetic and reiterated endea-
vours, the popular sympathy for KOiSUTH only be-
comes more and more extended throughout all ranks
of the community—insomuch that it is only neces-
sary to have it announced that the great exile will be
in such a spot on such a day to have the locality
specified crowded with men of ail ranks and clesses,
at the eppointEd time, ready to welcome his approach
with the most unanimous and enthusiastic acclama-
tions. So much for the influence pretended to be
exercised over the popular mind by the organs re-
ferred to ! So much tor the prevalence of anything
like indifference in regard to the relative merits of
democracy and absolutism among the thinking por-
tion of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.

The proceedings of the Royal Geographical
Society last evening were more than usually
interesting. The first ordinary meeting for the
season was held, the accomplished and able Pre-
sident, Sir RODERICK Muacnisox, filling the
chair, and many of the most distinguished
scientific members being in attendance—Admiral
BEA UYORT, Captains KELLETT and PENNY, and other
gentlemen whose experience in all matters connected
with the Polar regions might have qualified them to
form an " Arctic Council," whose opinions would be
entitled to the greatest weight.

There was manifestly some extraordinary attrac-
tion that drew together such an assemblage, and oc-
sioned such intense anxiety for hearing the promised
communication and the subsequent discussion thereon,
There was so indeed ; for a gallant and efficient
officer, who had served many years in Behring's
Strait and the northern latitudes, was about to make
a new suggestion respecting a mode by which the
fate of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his intrepid com-
panions might possibly be ascertained, a communi-
cation opened, and even some degree of relief
afforded. Nothing relating to that subject, respect-
ing which the deepest sympathies of the English
people, and, indeed, of every civilized nation in both
hemispheres have been excited, could fail to awaken
intense enthusiasm—an enthusiasm which was most
justly increased to the utmost when it was known that
the gentleman whose genius had devised the project
was willing to devote himself to the full development
of his views, and that without any pecuniary remu-
neration either in the shape of pay from the Admiralty
or from any private quarter.

There can be no doubt or difficulty as to the
apre-
eminent qualifications of
call
liiet utennt PIM for the
c
arduous•task—we cannot
duty, frnosuperior
could impose such a duty on any
u n subordinate—for.
which be has volunteered. We can easilyy
the fearless courage that may enable an individuire
t:
brave the almost desperate chances of a "forior
hope"—where the matter will be decided one way or the
other, the," gold chein" or the " wooden-leg" achieved
within a few hours 3 but something more is required to
undertake a journey such as that contemplated by
Lieutenant Prm, where dangers must be encountered
that might appal the most daring, and privations and
sufferings of the utmost severity endured, and these
not for a few hours, days, or weeks, but for months,
aye, years, in all but entire solitude, requires
a combination of qualities, an almost desperate
courage, of which but few are capable.
For six years Lieutenant Par had served on board