The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1851.

Southampton has at length bad the satisfaction of
welcoming Louis KOSSUTH, the illustrious chieftain
of the Hungarians. His arrival in that seaport took
place yesterday afternoon, according to the announce-
ment contained in our last evening's impression.
Elsewhere the particulars of his reception by the au-
thorities and the population will be found detailed
with all desirable minuteness. It will be seen that
nothing could possibly have been more enthusiastic
than the deportment of the inhabitants towards the
celebrated man who was th object of the entire de-
monstration. The proceedings of yesterday in his
regard were the fitting sequel of that generous sym-
pathy which has been evinced towards him, more or
less, throughout the whole of his recent voyage from
the north-eastern shores of the Mediterranean. By
his future biographers it will be related that where-
ever the American war-steamer, conveying the de
jure Dictator of Hungary, touched in its progress
westwards from Constantinople, the famous exile re-
ceived on all bands the most gratifying, because the
most spontaneous, testimonies of respect and admira-
tion. Even at Marseilles, where he was foolishly

and shamefully insulted by the French Government,
he witnessed on the part of its liberal-minded citizens

an ardour and affection such as must, in some mea.

sure at least, have compensated for the disgrace.
ful behaviour of the heads of the Republican Ad.

ministration. At Gibraltar, as we ourselves
have already notified, he was not only
hospitably entertained by the officers of the
garrison but honoured also by the personal
attentions and civilities of the Governor. On reaching
Lisbon his appearance seems to have become the
signal for a scene of very exhilarating excitement.
His reception at the Hotel Braganca, his respectful
treatment by DAS ANTAS, and even by Marshal SAL-
DANIIA himself, will be circumstances such as cannot
fail to be honourably mentioned in the record of his
career, as lending a new and remarkable interest to
his escape from captivity, and to the inaugurative in-

cidents of his expatriation.
Eminently delightful, however, though the facts
already recounted mast have been to the distin-
guished exile, as helping to alleviate to a certain
extent the poignant regrets of his banish-
ment, the welcome accorded to him yes-
terday afternoon at Southampton must yet
more than all have consoled him under the
pressure of his great misfortunes. That welcome be
knew to be sincere. He felt, moreover, that it was
the spontaneous tribute of the admiration with which
he is regarded by very many thousands of the large-
hearted and enlightened inhabitants of the United
Kingdom. Cherishing himself an earnest homage
for the character of our political institutions, looking
upon England as one of the few countries in which
real liberty has been secured to the multitude, and
aware for a long time past of the sympathy with
which we as a nation watched the heroic struggle
of the Magyars with a view to the vindica.
tion of their independence, Kossuna comes amongst
ssa not as a stranger, in any way doubtful as
to the warmth or sincerity of his reception. He knew
already perfectly well that iu England he could not
but be welcomed with a fervour of devotion such as
could only be accorded to a SYDNEY, a HAMPDEN, or
a WASHINGTON. It must, therefore, have been with
no common emotions that KOSSUTH ascended the deck
of the Madrid, after leaving that of the Mississippi;
or that yesterday in the former vessel he gradually
approached the shores of Great Britain, and at length
stepped upo❑ the quay at Southampton. Whatever
may have been his anticipations as to his reception by
the populace, they must have been altogether sur-
passed by the extent and enthusiasm of yesterday's
demonstration. _ .

It is impossible to peruse the simple accounts
given of the welcome accorded by the free people Of
England to the once triumphant Governor of Hun-
gary without emotions of the most profound and
sympathetic character. Such at least must be the
nature of the sentiments inspired by these proceed-
ings in the heart of every man who is not blinded by
prejudice, degraded by partisanship, or yet more
miserably debased by the salaries and perquisites
accruing to the spies and apologists of continental
absolutism. Looking to the meeting which took
place between the family of Kosserne and the family
of PULSKY—between the de jure Dictator and the de
jure Ambassador of Hungary—that incident alone
must be acknowledged to be sufficiently affecting in
its character. According to one account," Kossiera
pressed Madame Pueslev to his heart, while his eyes
filled with tears, which slowly rolled down his cheeks.
Puesier at the same moment saluted Madame Kos-
SUTIi most warmly, while she and Madame Filmier
flew into each other's arms, kissing each other and
weeping in turns." Remember, these are exiles from
a great nation, doomed to expiate the crime of patriot •
ism by living in a remote but magnanimous coun-
try during an indefinite period of banishment! There
would have been brutality in not respecting to the
uttermost this touching effusion of their tenderness.
It was, therefore, by no means surprising to find that
the enthusiasm of the spectators was only redoubled by
the incident above mentioned, the Magyar cries of
Eljen KOSSUTH 1" mingling with our own insular
acclamations. Another observer thus mentions the
nature of the welcome accorded to KOSSUTH on his
debarkation : " the moment he set foot upon the quay
his countrymen crowded round him ; many of them
threw themselves upon his neck ; all seized his hand,
kissed it, and shook it as if they could not be persuaded
to part with it." And it was in this manner that
the great man who liberated Hungary from the yoke
of the tyrannous and usurping Austrians was hailed
on his arrival in Great Britain. Contrast his recep-
tion with that given to Havezeu I Let the record of
these occurrences go to the councils of Vienna, to
the Imperial Cabinet of FRANCIS JOSEPH, to the
accursed obscurity of the traitorous GORGE; to the
hearing of PASILEWITCU, and to the heart of the Aim-
CRAT—and let the despots of Christendom, their hire-
lings, and their Janissaries feel how profound and
ineradicable is the abhorrence with which they are
regarded by the population of the United King-
dom. The incidents which have already marked
the arrival of KOSSUTH in England, the banquets
whichwillana in
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siasm with which he will be welcomed again and again,
not only by the inhabitants of Hampshire, but by the
citizens of the mestoropolis, will enable the people
measureemtur of to
the appreciate
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sentiments entertained towards themselves
our population. Inasmuch as h
of these movements amongst us will bete narrative
scattered far
and wide through the medium of the press over the
face of the whole continent, we are solicitous that
every endeavour shall be made by each individual
to swell the force of the present demonstra-
tion. Recollect, that in honouring Louis
Kosserrie we offer our tribute of admiration to the
very incarnation of popular freedom, and of national
magnanimity d Remember, that the homage evinced
for his genius, his valour, and his patriotism by Eng-
lishmen will be an expression also of their devoted
love for liberty, and of their undying hatred for des-
potism t Ever thing, therefore, that can help to render
this evidence 'of o Op 1131( .IrIF es a people, more apparent
and more unanimous
to.e would
should be sedulously attended
suggest, among other things, that the
day on which
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