The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-14 00:00:00

KOSSUTH.
The preparations for the reception of the Hunga-
ri-in patriot in London are going on as favourably as
could he desired, and, judging from the amount of
subscriptions received, and the degree of enthusiasm
displayed, there is every probability of the demonstra-
tion being of a most effective character.
At a meeting of gentlemen interested in the object
last evening, Mr. Thornton Hunt in the chair, the
committee of arrangement presented a report embody-
ing the following recommendations :—"That the order
of proceedings in marking the arrival of Kossuth be
as follows :—That an address be presented to Louis
Kossuth; that a procession be formed to welcome him
on his arrival in London ; that Kossuth be invited
to a banquet, to be given to him in the most spacious
place obtainable ; that a permanent committee be
formed to collect a public contribution of funds for
the cause of Hungary, to be placed in the hands of
Louis Kossuth on his return from America to Eng.
land." These recommendations were unanimously
adopted.
Mr. PETTIE (the secretary) reported that he had,
by the instruction of the committee, attended a meet-
ing of the German Agitation Committee the preceding
evening, one of their members (Dr. Strauss) having
on their part expressed a wish to be informed of the
nature of the intended Kossuth demonstration. The
address which it was intended to present to Kossuth
had been laid before them and approved of; and Dr.
Tausenau, one of their members, a friend of Kossuth,
promised to give the deputation every facility in his
power for obtaining an introduction to Kossuth.
They were further informed that the object was to
get up an English demonstration ; but if foreigners
chose to join
,in the procession, they would not be
prevented doing so. At the same time, no delegates
from any foreign body would be recognised, as much
for their own sakes as to give the demonstration due
effect on the Continent. Were foreigners admitted
to the committee it would only give an excuse for
foreign powers to say that it was merely a plot got up
by foreign refugees.
Mr. T. Hurl, the chairman, stated that the corn.
I mittee appointed to obtain the use of a suitable
building for the banquet were not yet prepared to
report. They had some idea of obtaining Drary-lane
Theatre.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN read an extract from the Progresso
of Turin, a letter from a gentleman who bad met
Kossuth after his liberation at Genoa, and to whom
the Hungarian hero bad expressed himself as follows:
—" Whether I go, in the next week, to America,
to France, or to England, or to whatever other region,
my friends may be certain that I shall be guided in
my selection by a lively sense of those duties to which
my life and energies are consecrated."
Mr. LESLIE announced that the West-end Shoe-
makers' Society had come to a vote placing at the
disposal of their committee whatever funds they
might deem it necessary to contribute to this demon-
stration.—(Hear, hear.)
Some routine business was transacted, and the
meeting adjourned.
The
ofollot. Clearwinga hasddre been sent to h
sstoKossuth fromte Mayor thea oro
Port-
reevel.
Southampton for presentation :
" To Louis Kossuth, late Governor of Hungary.
" Sir,—lt is with feelings of cordial gratification
that I greet your approach to the shores of England,
after the sad vicissitudes that have hitherto marked
your noble career in the cause of liberty, and the in-
stinctive rancour of despotism, its satellites and ad-
juncts (including that of the present rabid French
President and his minions in power), that has added
to the littleness of your fall. To express to you
here the meed of admiration due to you were super-
fluous in both hemispheres, the public voice of fame
attests it, that of posterity will confirm it, and hail
your name as a guiding star of the world's destiny.
Suffice it, therefore, that one of the number who had
the honour to solicit the interference of the English
Government for your liberation, now seeks permis-
sion to felicitate you on your arrival in this country,
and to express his earnest prayer that the time is not
far distant when you may be restored—notwithstand-
ing the malignity of banded despots that still pollute
continental Europe—in triumph to bless your native
land. In any case you will not have lived in vain;
your glorious example will have its due effect.—Be-
lieve me to remain, your most faithful and devoted
servant,

" Hum' WILLIAMS, Portreeve of St. Clear,
Carmarthen, South Wales.

Oct. 4, 1851."

A number of ladies and gentlemen haie been seen
about the streets of Southampton with rosettes in
their bosoms and coats, formed of the Hungarian pa-
triotic coloured ribbons, scarlet, white, and green.
The Countess Pulski, the celebrated Hungarian
authoress, has arrived at Southampton.
The Southampton corporation committee appointed
to conduct the management of the banquet to Kos-
suth, met yesterday, and settled the programme of the
toasts to be given at the banquet. The usual loyal
toasts will be given, due homage will be paid to the
virtues and genius of the most distinguished guest at
the banquet, the illustrious Magyar, Kossuth ; the
duties of national hospitality to the politically op-
presse d of all nations will be enunciated ; and the
constitutional Governments of Great Britain and of
the United States will be recognisd as alike opposed
and inimical to republican tyranny and imperial
despotism.

THE MESSAGE BALLOON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
would appear by the information obtained
respecting the descent of a message balloon in Glou-
cestershire, that some thoughtless person has played
off a hoax upon much too grave a subject to be so
treated—the fate of Sir John Franklin and his com-
panions.
That Sir J. Franklin was not supplied with bal-
loons is, however, very much regretted by those who
have some knowledge of wrostation. Had he been
provided with, and tnorougly instructed in the mode
of inflation of substantial balloons, suited to the pur-
pose of conveying a message some six or seven hun-
dred miles, under a condition of a strong gale blowing
from northwards, it is quite likely that, out of a
number set free, one would, with a message attached,
have been picked up on the continent of America by
somebody engaged in the fur trade. Message bal-
loons of sufficiently substantial material, properly
varnished, might have been made in large numbers, at
a co:t not exceeding 2i. Gd, per balloon. The inflation
might have been accomplished by hydrogen gas in a
nearly pure state, obtained by the decomposition of
water, as practised by Mr. Stephen White ; the fuel
necessary for the purpose could at the same time have
afforded warmth for the crew between decks.
Should another searching expedition be sent to the
north, it is hoped it will be supplied plentifully with
the necessary aerostatic means of dispatching south-
vvar.l a message when it may be deemed advisable to
send off information for the chance of its being found
and reaching England.—l remain, Sir, yours, &e.,
NA U TICUS.
October 13, 1851.