The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-12 00:00:00

papers.

M. KOSSUTH AT MANCHESTER.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 11.
The people of Manchester appear determined to keep
themselves well informed on the politics of the day. Lord
Palmerston's visit has been succeeded by that of the ex-
Governor of Hungary, and the Right Hon. Sir John
Pakington is expected to arrive here in a day or two and
deliver an address on the subject of national education
and the necessity of additional exertion on the part of the
Executive Government to secure a better and more
extended system than the present.
M. Kossuth arrived here yesterday afternoon, and
received a most gratifying reception from his friends in
the city. The ex-Governor was accompanied by Colonel
Ihasz, *ho had formerly shred his captivity in the for-
tress of Kutayah. A crowd of persons who sympathise
with " the cause of Hungary" were present to meet the
ex-Governor, and he was loudly cheered as he stepped
upon the platform. He was received by Mr. John
Henry, of Woodland; Cheetham-hill, at whose house he
is to sojourn Burin ,s his stay in t'es neighbourhood.
The Free-trade HO, the largest building in the town,
has been engaged for this evening, and for the evenings
of Wednesday and Saturday, wen M Kossuth is ex-
pected to deliver addreeses on the present position of
European politics, with relation especially to the Nea-
politer movement and other "cos,piieations." The chair
is to be taken this evening by Mr. R. N. Phillips, high
sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster. To-morrow
evening, Mr. George Wilson, the well-known chairman
of the late Anti-Corn Law League, is to preside, and the
subject of the address will be the present aspect of the
Neapolitan question and a diplomatic review of E egland's
former interference in southern Italy, and their practical
application to the present case.
A very large attendance is expected, and the friends of
M. Kossuth anticipate for him an enthusiastic reception.
Sir John Pakington, who will arrive in the course of
the week, is to be the guest of the mayor (Mr. Watts)
at Cheadle. His worship is to entertain the right hon.
baronet at a banquet on Monday. On Tuesday evening
the right hon. baronet is to deliver his address at the
Athenaeum,
There was an immense gathering at the Free-trade
Hall this evening to welcome M. Kossuth. The building
was filled in every part, and among the auditory were a
number of Poles, Hungarians, Italians, and other repre-
sentatives of what are termed " oppressed nationalities.'
At eight o'clock the chair was taken by
Mr. R. N. PHILLIPS, who introducel M. Kossuth ae
".a patriot in exile for the cause of liberty, and as such
the friend of every true Briton." (Cheers.)
M. KOSSUTH, having expressed his gratitude for the
cordial and handsome reception be had experienced, ob-
served that, on that day five years, he had paid his first
visit to Manchester, and that he was an exile still.
Five years was a long time, but heavy though the
'eve of protracted adversity was, it was a great conso-
lation to him to find that the citizens of Manchester who
had welt 'med him five years ago had nut turned their
backs on the exile. The sutject of his address was Italy,
the vitality of which it was impossible to destroy--the
horrors of the scaffold, the butcheries of Milan, the
fusilades of Bologna, the bombardment of Venice, dun-
geons, lingering tortures, the Inquisition, and the more
deadly concessions of perfidious Sovereigns, all had failed
to trample out the nationality of Italy—of the country.
Italy would not die. What, he asked, was the mysteri-
ous source of that imperishable life ? It was, that when
even a community arrived at the consciousness of pos-
sessing the elements of national existence, it would never
rest with it took its stand as an independent member of
the family of nations, and become the mistress of its own
destiny. When he read the many blue books published
on the affairs of Italy, be was surprised at the narrow
view which the British Government was taking of them.
No matter what might be said to the contrary, he was
ready to contend that the Italian movement was essen-
ially a national movement, and that wine of the nos-
trums prescribed by foreigo Governments for her ame-
lioration were worthy of a moment's consideration.
The Italian population amounted to 24,000,000. They
.ccupied the finest country in the world. They had
the most glorious recoilections of any people in Europe ;
end was it to be viewed, in the language of Princei
%fetternich, as merely a " geographica, denomination
Hatred of foreign dominion was the prevailing sentiment
in Italy. She wanted to become a nation, and it was
vain and idle to prescribe reforms fur her. He attributed
the present anomalous position of Italy, in great part, to
the Papal Government—the worst of all human institu-
tions. There were three descriptions of governments,
which, he they good or bad, were recognised among
civilised States. Th. ise were hereditary government,
government by conquest, and government by national
dection ; but the Papal Government had no claim to
any of these titles—it rules by the sole egencv of that
which was in great part a foreign priesthood. A consti-
• trional Pope c mid not, by any possibility exist, and the
eare idea of a Papal Sovereign was inconsistent with the
iorm of government which a free people would tolerate in
the 19th century. Having denounced the Government.
of Spain, Germany, and France as inconsistent with poli-
tical freedom, M. Kossuth proceeded in the same strain
to declare there never would be true peace on the
continent, free trade, absence of foreign intervention, or
full scope given to the development of national greatness
or power, so long as Russia kept Poland, and Austria
Hungary. He believed that Italy, Hungary, and Po-
land would yet be the watchword of freedom and the
forerunner of good government in Europe. Nothing
short of a successful popular rising would achieve these
great results ; and, this being admitted, the question
was asked by practical Englishmen whether there was a
fair prospect of success, as otherwise the English people
would never sanction, by word or deed, a mere wanton
effusion of blood. He believed there was a fair prospect
of success. The whole story of the Italian struggle had
been designedly falsified and misrepresented. The
Italian movement of 1848 did not owe its impulse to
the French Revolution, for it was in full career when, on
the 24th February in that year, King Louis Philippe
made room for a republic. At that time Italy had no-
tning to expect from France. The absurd theories of
Lamartine, who came into power after the downfall
of the Orleanists were blown to the winds ; and when
France awakened from her present trance, as assuredly
she would do ere long, who would not say that the pro-
spect of Italian liberty was not fairer than in 1848 ? The
view taken by Lamartine was in substance that adopted
by the British Cabinet, as Lord Palmerston himself had
gone the length of saying that he considered the integ-
rity of the Austrian kingdom as necessary for the peace
of Europe. The noble lord had st,so confirmed and
strengthened this declaration when he told Metternich
that no change could be made in the territorial
arrangement of the Italian peninsula without the con-
sent of all the Powers who had subscribed the treaty
~f Vienna. He was thoroughly persuaded that when-
ever Italy or Hungary chose to rise, no British Mi-
nister, no matter how popular he might be, would
dare to resist the burst of British sympathy which would
be sure to f llosv—(cheers)—or would dare to advocate
subserviency to despotism. (Cheers.) M. Kossuth
then dwelt at considerable leugth on what he termed
the perfidy of the hiuse of Hapsburg ; and having
explained in detail the circumstances which .ed hina
visiecrtsioonna
his con-
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provinces without an immense standing army, and that
the In,ur would inevitably come when her own regiments
.
would tear up the black 81,,d yellow flag, as the Italian
lattalions had already done, and follow the tricolor.
The conduct of King Carlo Aiberto the Lombardian
struggle had been regulated, not by a desire for Itaiian
liberty, but by
the hope of preventing the establishment
of a republic in his own neighbourhood. M. Kossuth
concluded amid loud cheers by declaring that all he had
stated was based noon hi-torical facts, and by expressing
his conviction that a European crisis was at hand, which
all dissatisfied Hungarian and Italian patriots would do
well to avail th!rnase:ves of to promote revolution, and,
through r-rvontion, to restore nationality.
The proceedings terminated at 10 o'clock with a vote
of thanks to the Sheriff of the Clounty Palatine of Lan-
caster for presiding.

Telegraphic advices from St. Petersburg yesterday
state that the frost continues. There is consequently
reason to apprehend that there will be a number of ship&
frozen in, and sores amount of produce detained. The
price of tallow, however, has not exper.enced any further
advance.
THE POTATO CRoF.—According to the great bulk of
the accounts from the country respecting the potato
crop, a much larger quantity now appears sound than
at this period last year. That there has been a consider-
able loss by disease is a fact which cannot be questioned,
but in some districts the loss bag been less than in
others, while some descriptions have escaped pearl"'
altogether. The Sligo Gazette has the following
on the auhject : "It affords us mach pleasure to
be able to state that the weather with which we
have been favoured during the potato-digging tuna
has been so favourable that almost the entire of
that root has been secured, and the rinantlt, of
quality have been found to surpass, It
ground occupied, the produce of the last 20 yin
appears, however strange, that the price. of potatoes Dublin this market continues nearly as high as:
ket,con-
which in former years was one-thir i less,
.
markets. We
silerably higher than in the sun/311;1,1ljg
ll that excellent
find from our correTondent in
Ma
Thursday last, at
potatoes were sold in that market,
o range this day
2s. per cwt. Our potato market
onsiderably more when
from 2s. to 2s. 4A. per cwt., an
by the poorer people. Some
in ropoe, .
purchased in small quantities
PBATII, Satin ?ay.—Captain
DISGRACEFUL CoNDUCTt.w—etm
60 and 0 7O years of age,
Briscoe-, who is a man between exertions should be made to
d place East, was this day
and resides at 3,
magistrate,Lans
charged with wilfully da,-
plea placed bet re the
.xof_ put down forestalling.
miss Hill, a lady residing at
magaig the letteb
Roca-huu.e,
butler and gardener, atd of
iiviin,:road. It appeared from the
Chamberlain, that on several occasions
lice-constable
hail door had
P') .hix of thebeen found to
lately the letter
and the knocker and bell-pull bad also
evidence of
contain water, .
n a very offensive manner. A.
daubed over i
been
was consequently set upon the premises, Cham-
berlain . 3dlai!ansdidlo
aarlain being posted inside the hall. The result was
the from the house after committing the
arrest of the prisoner on Friday evening, just as he
turned away
offence. It was stated
that the gardener had been directed
time ago to order Captain 13riscoe off the premises,
consequence of hie having with his friends, while the
house was under repair, on several occasions come in
and walked about the grounds, which Mss Hill objected
to. His Worship, having consulted with the other
magistrate., adire-sed the defendant, remarking that it
was one of Vie most disgufaing pieces of conduct for
is
some
which a gentleman in his position could be brought _
be-
fore a magistrate. This was the unanimous opinion of
the bench. One could scarcely
con-
duct, esp ciaaly as nothing bad taken
account for such a
of Miss Hill to induce him so to commit_
,himself.
Mt and two
would be required to find bail, himself in "
..
ur for 12
sureties of 1001. each, to be of good hehavto
placeonh pipe
titOntliP, or in default to be committed.