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

NOVEMBE

order of the procession; this occupied until after one
o'clock, and every minute new arrivals thronged up
rid such bodies that, notwithstanding the enormous
open space where the people were now assembled,
with open fields on every side, it became difficult to
march. All the trades were now ranged in order;
indeed, such was the anxiety of the people to preserve
the peace and to assist in affording every possible ac-
commodation, that they fell into line almost without
an effort on the part of those charged with the ar-
rangements. At one o'clock the line of procession was
complete; the seven or eight bands had been placed
in convenient positions, and all the regalia of all the
trades shone in the midday sun.
The following order of procession was observed very
nearly, with the exception that the groups of "fifty
men" noticed in it were swollen to thousands :

" Six men bearing the banners of England, Hun-
gary, America,•Turkey, Italy, and Poland. The old
standard of the Birmingham Political Union. Glass-
blowers and cutters with band, group of fifty men.
Brassfounders, group of fifty men. Jewellers, group
of fifty men. Saltley workmen and band. Tailors,
group of fifty men. Curriers, group of fifty men.
Saddlers, harness and whip makers' group of fifty
men. 'Wire-workers, wire-drawers, and pin-makers,
group of fifty men. Tin-plate workers, group of
fifty men. Stone-masons and bricklayers, group of
fifty men. Pearl button-makers and band, tool-
makers, coach-makers, group of fifty men. Coopers
and packing-case-makers, brass cock founders,
moulders, group of fifty men. Japanners. Odd Fel-
lows with regalia. Leicester brass band. Private car-
riages and horsemen. Fire brigades. Deputations
from Midland Towns. Large banner—" Eljen Kos-
suth." Band. Bodyguard on horseback. First car-
riage and four—Kossuth, G. F. Muntz, M.P., W.
Scholefield, M.P. Charles Geach, M.P. Second car-
riage—M. Pulsky, Mr. Toulmin Smith, and M.
Kossuth's Aid-de-Camp. Carriages with committee.
Body-guard on horseback. Gun-makers. Shoe-
makers. Joiners and carpenters. Band. Carriages,
horsemen, &c.
The neighbouring towns, Coventry, Wolverhamp-
ton, and throughout the district far away into the
Potteries, had all poured forth their thousands, and
these were placed in proper order, most of them dis-
playing handsome banners, especially those from Co-
ventry, which were extremely beautiful in design, with
appropriate mottoes.
At a quarter to two o'clock the carriage and four
containing Kossuth hove in sight. This was the
signal for one burst of cheering. Rising in his car-
riage (in which also Messrs. Muntz, M.P., Schole-
field, M.P., and Geach, M.P., were sitting), he bowed
to the assembled thousands, whose shouts rent the air
for many minutes. The carriage having taken its
place in the line, was immediately surrounded by a
body-guard of one hundred and fifty gentlemen on
horseback, and followed by many carriages and four,
hundreds of other carriages, :,private and public, and
vehicles of every description.
In this state Kossuth entered Birmingham. To
describe his progress would be to describe one con-
tinued ovation ; every housetop and every window—
every manufactory and every building where human
beings could place the sole of their foot, their clung
the welcomers to the hero of Hungary. A little before
Kossuth entered the principal part of the town his
carriage was stopped and the entire procession marched
past him, that all might gain a sight of him. All the
exertions of his body guard were necessary to restrain
the enthusiasm of the people. The procession neces-
sarily moved slowly, and was many times stopped in
consequence of the enormous pressure on every side ;
as it approached the Bull-ring the mass of people was
such that it was fearful to look upon ; it was one vast
sea of human heads as far as the eye could reach ;
every nook, every gullet, every alley, and every lane—
every window, and every parapet presented their hun-
dreds of the population. From the corner of the Coven-
try-road to the Bull-ring occupied nearly one hour,
so slow was the progress made. As the cortege
turned out New-street the effect was very fine ; there
were impromptu scaffolding, bearing hundreds of
people ; omnibuses at anchor crowded even to the tyre
of the wheels, and from Deritend to the Town-hall
there was scarcely a window without a banner, and
from the hands of thousands of ladies streamed rib-
bons of the Hungarian tricolour. From the windows
of the Journal newspaper a splendid banner fluttered,
and from many houses in the neighbourhood rockets
were cast in abundance.

In the Bull-ring the first copy of the Times was
burnt, and at intervals this ceremony was repeated
until the procession terminated at the Five Ways.
Many copies of the paper, with the words " Lying
Times" in large characters upon them, were elevated
on poles, and swung to and fro over the heads of the
crowd amid vollies of derisive cheers and groaning.
The Town-hall, the theatre, and all the public build-
ings along the line were made use of in some way or
other to serve the purpose of spectators. The bells
of the various churches rung cheerful peals, but these
were almost drowned by the deafening cheers of the
populace.
One hundred Frenchmen who bad formed a band
marched near to Kossuth's carriage, which was pre-
ceded by a splendid banner, with the words "Eljen
Kossuth," emblazoned upon it. There were thou-
sands of other banners with appropriate mottos and
devices upon them, which the limited time at our
disposal does not enable us to do more than thus
briefly refer to. So with the triumphal arches which
Kossuth passed on his route ; the enthusiastic dis-
plays at the various manufactories ; the multitudinous
warm greetings he received from the enormous mass
of people who hailed him on every side, we pass them
over—to be imagined they must have been seen—no
description would convey any idea of the fact. Kos-
suth himself seemed almost amazed, and Mr. Muntz,
used to large meetings in the days of the Political
Union, appeared lost in astonishment at the over-
whelming multitude.
It was computed by persons used to estimate large
masses that there could not have been less than half
a million of persons present. When it is consi-
dered that the population of Birmingham alone is a
quarter of a million, the great majority of whom
poured out on the great occasion, and that the entire
district far and near sent their quotas, it will be at
once seen that this is by no means an exaggerated
estimate. Even places so distant as Sheffield contri-
buted their thousands.

At four o'clock in the afternoon the procession
reached the Five Ways. Perfect orderliness prevailed
without a single policeman or soldier ; without the
presence of any person in authority to preserve order,
this crowd swayed to and fro, bearing every amount
of pressure with patience, and apparently absorbed in
the spirit and determination to do honour to the illus-
trious exile.

Immediately before the signal was given for the
departure to the residence of Mr. Geach, that gen-
tleman briefly addressed the crowd, stating that
Kossuth felt deeply grateful for the reception
he had experienced, so far beyond anything
he could have anticipated, and only regretted that
the state of his chest, and the engagements he was
under to address public meetings to-morrow tied the
day following, preventing his thanking them as he
could wish himself. Mr. Geach concluded his ob-
servations by expressing a hope that he might, in the
name of the assembled thousands, give to Kossuth a
true and hearty welcome to Birmingham.
It is needless to add that the welcome was echoed
most vociferously by the crowd, and as the word
passed backwards to the more distant masses of the
people, it was sent back again and again in vollies of
cheering which continued as long as the cavalcade re-
mained in sight, most of the carriages following
Kossuth's carriage up to The Dales, Mr. Geaoh's
residence.

Vast numbers of the people broke up into parties,
and followed the line of carriages to Mr. Geach's
entrance lodge. There, as soon as Kossuth had en-
tered the house, the mounted body-guard formed in
a semi-circle round the entrance-gate. Mr. G. Daw-
son appeared and stated that he was commissioned
by Kossuth to return his most heartfelt thanks to
the people, for the manner in which they had re-
received him.

This evening a select party is invited to meet Kos-
suth at dinner at Mr. Geach's, and to-morrow morn-
ing he proceeds to Manchester.
At the luncheon at the Queen's Hotel, Messrs.
Muntz, M.P., Scholeileld, Toulmin Smith,
Alderman Weston, George Dawson, Blythe, T.
Jaffray, Robert Wright, T. C. Salt, R. K. Douglas,
and Ryland, were invited. The party assembled on
the invitation of Mr. Geach, M.P.

INVITATION OF KOSSUTH TO MANCHESTER.
The interest in Kossuth's visit continues unabated,
and it would be vain to attempt to depict the anxiety
prevailing to secure tickets of admission to the Free
Trade Hall. The question of an address to him was
mooted in the quarterly meeting of the Town Council
this day, and the proceedings lasted from half-past ten
A.M. to four P.M. The opposition were strangely ex-
cited, and such a meeting has never been held before.
In the absence of a good number of supporters of the
motion, who had gone out to dine, however, the
council was counted, and there being only 21 of the
G 4 members of the body present, it was declared
short of a quorum. Mr. T. L. Williams, a Tory, who
moved that the house be counted, ran out without his
hat, to reduce the numbers sufficiently ; and Mr.
Alderman Bancroft took a similar coarse.

SMITHFIELD atm CATTLE Snow.--The prepara-
tions for the annual display of prize cattle, roots, seeds, and
implements, have already commenced at the Bazaar, King-
street, Portman-square, under the able superintendence of
Brandreth Gibbs, Esq. The club intend this year to use
every effort to produce a more than ordinary display of the
capabilities of British stock breeders and agricultural im-
provements ; and will occupy double the space that they have
done on former occasions.
A VERY WIDE OPENING.—" Wanted, at the
Great Exhibition, in Hyde-park, an active lid, where no
other is kept. Ills work will be comparatively light, as he
will only have to clean the windows!"

R 11, 1851

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

Royal Mail Company's
steam-ship Great Western, Captain Woolley, has
arrived from the West Indies, with the usual
mails, in charge of Lieutenant Prince, R.N., Admi-
ralty agent.
On her homeward voyage the Great Western expe-
rienced easterly winds and a heavy sea, with the ex-
ception of two days off Faye] where the Great
Western had to proceed for coals.'
The latest dates brought by the Great Western are
—Vera Cruz, Oct. 8; Tampico, 5 • Chagres, 10;
Carthagena,. 12 ; Jamaica, 14 ; Demerara,' 12 ; Tri-
nidad, 12; Barbadoes, 14 ; Grenada 13 ; Porto Rico,
11 ; St. Thomas, 13 ; Fayal, Nov.'3 ' • Antigua Oct.
16; Santa Martha, 10; Grey Town, 6; Carriacou,
13 ; St. V intent, 13 ; St. Lucia, 14 ; Martinique, 15 ;
Guadaloupe, 15 ; Dominique, 15 ; Montserrat, 16 ;
Nevis, 16 ; St. Kitt's, 16.
List of Passengers—Mr. Stevens, son, and four
servants, and Mr. C. W. R. Chapman--from Grey
Town ; Messrs. Paul, Cornelius, Rosenthal Myers,
and Kerstat—from Chagres ; Mr. Glennie, Mr
Stozzel, lady and child, and servant, Messrs.
Leroux, Peyersfeld, Lohse, llaran, Armengal,
Lamana, and Fevrien, Mr. Palacios, lady and child
—from Vera Cruz; Mr. T. Cridland, from Gra-
nada ; Mr. J. Ahara, from St. Vincent ; Mr.
Gadsden, Mr. Prettijohn and lady—from Barbadoes;
Mrs. Longmore, two children, and female servant,
Mr. E. V. Causyer and daughter, Mr. J. B. Wright,
and Captain Berwick—from Demerara ; Mr. be
Mesle, Mr. Heureon and daughter, Messrs. Douillard
and Foyon, M. Rabou (Procureur-General), luny,
child, and two servants—from Guadaloupe ; Mr. J.
A. Sanchez, from St. Thomas; Mr. Ribera and bro-
ther, and Mr. Solomon Sabers—from Fayal ; three
distressed British subjects and three invalids.
The Great Western brings on freight 153,258 dolls.
on merchants' account, 20,943 dolls. for the dividends,
309,748 dolls. gold dust, 700 dolls. pearls, 8 barrels of
coffee, 8 barrels of copper ore, 15 vanilla plants, 190
pimento, 8 cases of arrow-root, 10 bales of tobacco,
3 cases of tortoiseshell, 9 turtle, and 4e other
packages.
Stations of the Company's Steam-ships :—The
Trent, at St. Thomas ; the Dee left Fayal on the 12th
October, having put in for coals ; the Medway passed
at sea on the 11th October, en route for Chagres ; the
Conway, at Barbadoes ; the Eagle, at St. Thomas ;
the Esk, at ditto.
We have received files of Jamaica papers to the
14th of October inclusive.

We extract the following from the Jamaica Des-
patch of that date :
"It is now considerably more than a year since, in
alluding to the contemplated change in the route of the
Royal Mail Steam Company's vessels, we, ventured to
predict from it a rapid, and in the end, total diversion of
the foreign trade from this ill-fated island. Those pre-
dictions have, there is every reason to believe, been too
literally verified. The large trade formerly carried on
between this island and the Spanish main is being ra-
pidly transferred to St. Thomas, whilst that heretofore
existing between this island and Cuba has ceased alto-
gether. At this moment there is no mail communica-
tion between Jamaica and those foreign ports which
until lately have been largely and beneficially connected
with our trade, save by the singularly indirect course of
St. Thomas—that is to say, the trader in Carthageea
who desires to order an assortment of British goods
from Kingston is under the necessity of sending his
letter all the way round by St. Thomas, at which island
he can supply himself with all ho requires. The conse-
quences of such a system are obvious. Jamaica has lost
the trade she has hitherto carried on with Cuba, Cartha-
gene, and Santa Martha; and St. Thomas has acquired
it—a British colony and British merchants have been
deprived of the honest gains of a fair and legitimate com-
merce with fcreiga countries, and those gains have been
transferred to a Danish settlement and a Danish people—
British manufactures, which found an extensive foreign
market through Jamaica, are supplanted by French and
German manufactures through St. Thomas; and the
British shipping that used to bo engaged in the carriage
of British goods to Jamaica for the Spanish market, is
replaced by foreign shipping performing a vicarious duty
for the same market, by way of St. Thomas. This, is,
in plain truth, the state of affairs produced by the tho-
roughly selfish system last adopted by the Royal Mail
Steam-packet Company. A more fatal attack on British
commerce could scarcely have been made; but although
warned of the consequences, directors, Government, and
Admiralty have been deaf to all remonstrance. As for
the directors, one scarcely wonders at their obduracy,
since it has been well understood that certain private in-
terests connected with St. Thomas oppose an effective
barrier against the successful advocacy of any mere
national interest. Gain, wo are told, has no country ;
and if directors and leading shareholders :find their ac-
count to lie in concentrating trade at St. Thomas, Ja-
maica will plead in vain to their nationality for a resto-
ration of prosperity to her failing commerce. The avowed
excuse for the un-English features of the new scheme
is founded on en assumed necessity of competing with
the American steamers at Chagrea for passengers and
freights of specie. We have shown a dozen times that
this excuse is purely delusive. Had the scheme we pro-
posed upwards of twelve months ago been carried out,
of making Antigua the first point of contact for the dis-
tribution of the Windward Island mails, and Jamaica
the principal depot on the main line—there would not
have been a loss of six hours, as compared with the
route by way of St. Thomas ; and that six hours would
have been amply made good by the gain derivable from
the increased impulse which would have been given to
trade between Jamaica and the Spanish Main, and the
ports on the Pacific. But the truth is, that there were
private interests as between the directors and St. Thomas
which overruled any claims that a British route could
advance, and therefore, having hood-winked the Admi-
ralty into compliance with their schemes, the directors
snapped their fingers at Jamaica and her remonstrances;
and we have every reason to believe that, pernicious
and injurious as aro the present regulations to the trade
not only of Jamaica, but of Great Britain herself, the
scheme will be determinedly adhered to, and that the
large steamers now under construction, and almost
ready to be placed on the route, will be dispatched by
way of Sr. Thomas direct to Chagres, increasing still
further the disabilities under which the new system has
placed Jamaica.
" It is not easy to prescribe a course by which the
calamity now in progress may be averted ; but, unsuc-
cessful as have been our efforts hitherto, we think it
ought not to be submitted to, without still further active
remonstrance. There have been unfortunate jealousies
between agricultural and commercial interests that have,
probably, in some respects been injurious to both. Tho
inhabitants of Jamaica, however, cannot learn too soon
that all interests are not so interwoven that none can
bo damaged without sensible injury to the others. It
behoves all, therefore, to take part in a question, no less
important than one which threatens with immediate ex-
tinction one of the most important branches of our
commerce. The Council and the Assembly have already
protested against the alteration contemplated by the
company, but that was in anticipation only of the inju-
ries that have since been realised. Why not again me-
morialise the Government, now that all the damage that
was predicated from the scheme has been made appa-
rent ? There can be no reason why the Council and
Assembly should not now join in a memorial to Govern-
ment on a question so important as this, and we do
hope that some member will be found in the House pre-
pared to propose and support such a proposition at en
early period after the meeting of the session."
(From the Jamaica Despatch of Oct. 9.)
" The carriage of his Excellency the Governor, lately
distrained for the amount of income-tax assessed against
him by the vestry of St. Catherine, has, it seems, been
actually brought to the hammer, and sold by auction
to the highest and best bidder for a paltry sum, falling
short by 151. of the amount of the tax, and, we may
presume, by many times that sum of its actual value.
His Excellency, it would appear, has preferred to allow
the law to take its course, instead et resorting to the
usual course of a replevin, in order to try the legality of
the assessment which he disputes. What step his Ex-
cellency will take, now that matters have proceeded to
this extremity, wo are not aware, but it is probable the
affair will become a subject of representation to the Co-
lonial-office, and it is not unlikely that it may yet be the
subject of reference to the Legislature. It will be time
enough to consider this circumstance when the occasion
arises, meanwhile we have to deal with the matter itself.
" Whilst we deeply regret this occurrence, as one
likely, we fear, to recoil at some future day on the
colony itself, it is impossible not to see in it irrefragable
evidence of the almost universal unpopularity of the in-
dividual whom not even exalted rank and station could
shield from an indignity which would only be resorted
to in the case of a private person with pain and regret.
Wo see in it undoubted proof that, after a residence
amongst us of nearly five years, Sir Charles Grey has
so contrived to administer his government as to be now
literally without a political friend. Wo are satisfied we
shall be uncontradicted from any quarter, when we state
that there never yet has been a governor of Jamaica—
bad as many of our governors have been—towards
whom so extreme a course would have been taken
that to which we this day direct public att as
Many governors have been unpopular with °Mum.
one
or another, but none ever so completaeley succeed cla
es ds
in driving from him the confidence
and
the
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world that this antagonistic
nopathydouobft
relation between the Governor and the governed has
induced the catastrophe
of his
under consideration.
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sonal The equipage,diatress
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known, may be looked upon
whole public. The act itself harsh aosaittihse
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berate vote of want of confidencea already
nothing short of afheanpdarntnopartai.
lel,d, speaks the voice of the people, and 'says that Sir
Charles Grey, the nominee of the worst Minister that
ever held the colonial portfolio, cannot be any longer
our governor. Nor is it likely that, after such a signifi-
cant proof of the feeling of the public, Sir Charles Grey
can long be retained in his present station. No indivi-
dual can efficiently administer a government, who
those
do of
regret
ceased to possess the confidence and respect
over whom ho is placed. We may regret—
,
w the fact still remains
the particular mode in which a want of confiedenceand
respect has been expressed, but
and it seems scarcely possible teat, after what has taken'
place, the government of this island can bo retained in
the hands that now hold it. Let us only hope that the
St. Catherine's levy may not operate seriously to our
disadvantage in the selection of a successors"
GREY TOWN, OCT. 6.—The route from Grey Town
to the Pacific is attracting a large number of passen-
gers to and from California, as it has decided advan-
tages over the Panama route. The San Juan River
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other steamer, which they have succeed• , 1--oltwonar— • mai 1
up the rapid, which steamer takes them. tettle'Mpff
into the Lake cf Nicaragua, a distance of 30 mile;
and across the lake to Virgin Bay, a further distance
of 60 miles. From this place to San Juan del Sud,
the port on the Pacific, is a distance of 12 miles. The
road is mostly level, and in the wet season very
muddy, but infinitely superior to the Cruces and
Gorgona roads, on the Panama route. It being the
wet season, and the water in the river being conse-
quently high, the steamers have at present no difficulty
in navigating it, but whether they will be able to do
so when the water has fallen, the next season will
show. The passage from Grey Town to San Juan
del Sod is 40 dollars ; this includes a riding mule
from Virgin Bay to San Juan. Passengers' baggage
is charged at the rate of 10 cents per lb. There were
five vessels with passengers expected at San Juan on
the 22d September.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, JAMAICA.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile intelligencer, Oct. 11.)
GENERAL REMARKS. .

We have little Jr no change to report as having oc-
curred in the state of this market since our issue of
the 26th ult. But few operations of a wholesale cha-
racter have been effected, whilst the retail demand has
in no instance exceeded the usual average. The stock
ipoisrfiheflecotufmurtliihynauslessr.epie cneirved an accession during the fortnight of
upwards of 4,000 barrels, which quantity, being in excess
of the existing inquiry,
las thrown down the wholesale
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especially herrings,
The produce market is rather quiet.
VIEW
Unless specially stated to the contraE OF MARKETS
ry. , long, or duty-
paid prices are always
R Riven,opwholesale prices. In filling
m
have to bo paid.
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Flour—The wholesale ers, higher
been confined to the disposal operations
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or
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btdoarbr eel esonnseldwe rhdala tastesst
since our ast ave
Balti-
more, at 30s. and 295. Smaller parcels of Baltimore and
Philadelphia have been moved at 30s.
Meal is in very small inquiry, and nothing over 163.
aocrfcaserl.
Rice—We quote Bengal at 13s. 6d. per 100 lb. Low
00 tona 10013 a v
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can be got for the smallest retail
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be.ingi43ol acoepde
riantipoanrsceilsn
tran-
spired.
Butter—Since the arrival of the packet holders of
Cork seconds have been holding firmly for 10d. to lOid -
previously the article had been dull at 9id. to lOd.
lot of Halifax in large firkins has been engaged, subject
to approval, at Bid. per lb. There is not any American
at market. Some parcels of Belfast in firkins branded
" Cork," are on offer at 9d. per lb.
Oil—The last sales of cod were at 2s. 3d. per gallon,
but an improved rate is likely soon to be obtained, in
consequence of the greatly diminished stock on hand.
Of lard oil 40 casks have been moved at 4s. 3d. per gallon,
Lard—The receipts since our last were confined to
200 kegs,
and
whicihn
demand.wereal
l placed at 9d. per lb. The article
is scarce
Hams—lrish are unsaleable at 6d. to 7d. Lancashire
move slowly at 9d., and American at 7d. per lb. West-
phalia may be quoted at 9d. to 10d.
Soap—We have no improvement whatever to notice in
article.themarketforthisto n d
Thea duenprimesisrifina idgnfiuences
alluded to in our last exist extent,
in addition to which we find that the home-made article
interferes in a considerable degree with the sale of the
imported descriptions.
Candles—Tallow is inactive, at 6id. per lb.
Cheese—D. G. has been moved at lld. per lb. A few
parcels of American have changed hands at 7d. per lb.
Brandy is inactive at ss. per gallon short price.
Salt—Liverpool *toyed may be quoted at 4s. 6d. per
sack.

Rum—Some operations for export are reported at
Is. 2d. per gallon. Sales for home consumption have been
effected at 3s. Id. to 3s. 3d. per gallon, duty (25.) paid,
for proof 21.

Sugar—We quote dark to fair at 14s. to Hs. The
latter is in small supply.
Coffee—There is not any at market.
Pimento—There are ready buyers at 3:11-cl. to 3id.
pvr lb.