New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-24

tothtu uF the Junction OF some cross foa.ss Is
nelghoohood, and vas selected by the Com nsltss a.
being the best spot o. the vicinity for the %
form here crowd iaI Outaumoenng me trades WHO
formed The procession proper. hla assembled, and
completely Choked up the road. we ~ allied the
place SCI apart for = formation thought 20 - a5aed
that there to'li absence Of the police lOrce Of
Birmingham, boia here ard along tie route, and
though the people cOlfncied themselves 9i,l such
thorough good humor and propreiy Ina 90 f absence
wasnot missed fu as me necessity %. Ae'pag or.
der ~ss concerned. - there were ma lille ar.
engagements ~hica they oniy could win property
have made,'hai could have facilitate The movements
eoocy, and tAe absence Of "hch &c some con-
fusion.
One instance ofthis occurred AZ The veryronmence.
mcit. y had ocen afmoged that the ylfols trades
shou pTtcece kossuih in the process on 'hroueA
the town 20 the point OF termination thai tlerc they
should separate INTO tNo lines, and alloA the object
ofthclT admiration 10 proceed down The midst IN the
course OF whichhe would take farewen oftacin But
BY some bluICeTUg on the part OF the leaders the
head Of the procession rested on the ROAD 81 which
NJ kosSu.h came up, while the man body stretched
away IN long indefinite line 20 she south Tie cor.
sequence Was movable. Nnen VI. hossu.a and
h,sfnonCs did COME lp, nc was Tecclseo KIN gres,
cheering hy The assembled crowd, and ~as then
hurried on T. take MS place IN the Secy noal OF
the procession. followed by the memeerS OF The
Committee in some bali dozen carriages and hack.
nev cabs, while The mtmccfS oi the ttadeS, With
an their fsQs 400 banners, were ten - hnnsQp
The rear. Iais continued for some t.ae, an. some
OF the main streets oi bsfmingh ham "afs G".-Fedbe-
fore any alteration Coe place Bu ust before passing
IT,
evcrgYeens ana FAIRS. which was erected a TIE en-.
trance OF thar pali o.; bnnin CHAM called Ddsdesey,
tie trades D. 'rshss 1camc sesiole OF ne .cqs'tue
from the previous asl0ngemtnis inat 1ao 3scn coR-
miitCd an tie can -t-anc.i lr AID the lnlltee
were brought 10 hair. while tie tdGc, Ai2c paS
them and took VI their proper place pa ne from.
Even then the worn was only partially n eMph,het.
We had indeed the banners Of England, AHnsay,
italy America and Poland ding past, = lI i0o sing
them a standard 10 Whlcn some interesting .Ssjela.
lions are aitachtd-tie old banner ~ ne bfmng-
ham Political n'on. Then followed lhc BRASS soua-
GeTs, the lsMtl Crs the tail1rS IN. curIi N,
the saddiers, ami host OF other trades, :, I a
group of pslnters came on, with small 7rmllg
press on a carr ags. nom when tAcy pfeisae-
ed to be printing. and were really di'41OGlns
songs in honor OF kossuth. But here The procession
of the trades cut IN Two, for the numerous hack
cabs that were lying IN wat at every nm OF tn,
road followed close upon the printers 4" ieon, and
hopeesSly cut OF from all communication VITA Their
brethren. the pearl buton-makers, the tool MAKERS
brass moders, &c. The trades procession wasa
large one, but II WAS nothing compared with the
dense crowds assembled from curiosity, or At least,
whose admiration for kOSSu,h was not equal 10 m
duce them 10 JON the procession. But ior the BAN
ners, OF which there was protUSe display, and al.
together ont OF proportion e. the persons IN rshaed
under them. the trades would have oeen entirely
swallowed up IN the general crowd.
The procession having been reformed IN me man
ner already mentioned, moved on and entered the
Bull-rng, where perhaps the largest crowd was as
sembled Of any part ia the town. There could not
have been fewer tan from hity thousand 70 seventy
thousand persons assembled IN tins spot alone and
as the carriage where the Hungarian le ldeI was
seated slowly asceLded tie WIDE open space: where
IN less enlightened times, were celebrated those
games from which the place takes ~ name, the
cheering was loud, vigorous and prolonged. Thence
the body moved on up New. Hall St, past lhe Town
Hall. and along BIoad-St.' to place called rive
Ways, where u had been arranged that the process
sion stop. MI along TINS route the cheering
was continuously Kept up-tLe windows OF the
houses were filed with wel-fIessed people, who
waved their htndA, rchiefs is kossuth Ven ~, and
N IN lld
nlenee Of the spectators, yet that defect Vas IN great
Tart sly Piled By n loug double hlo OF wagons vans
and vehicles OF every DESCRIPTION, which lined the
whole extent OF road from broad-St Mp 10 me FIVE
Ways.
Five Ways derives its from being point
whore five roads dn crge 10 liagley, l. EdgbisiOn,
to Ilarbome and tno INTO the town Of biTmngh
There 4 here, IN consequence comparatively open
space OF ground Of somewhat circular FORM and II
was thought that u might form a convenient place
where NJ. kossuth would be able 10 deliver short
address to the crowd. Il soon became evident, now
ever, that the place Vas far TOO confined Tor tue
crowds that focked 20 IT. Multltudes who had
watched the procession pass az an earlier part OF the
line, came iOCkDg here by by ~aystD Obtain anolhef
ard parting view % H. and long before the process
sion came IN sight, tte crowd had become Immense.
When AZ did come which MAS about four o'cock, The
scene became actually terrific. The GRO y :, which
had hitherto retained their places with great good
humor, now pressed eagerly forward, 20 hear the
expected speech from The object of their admiration
The line was completely broken IN upon and all
order was AZ an end. The excitement communicated
Hsef 10 the inferior anlmals-cab horses, which one
WOULD have fancied had long ago had the las yeshge
of spirit logged driven out of them, now began 10
Kick and plunge furiously, screams from vari-
Gus parts Of he crowd cab, which hsd its roof
covered with spectators, was suddenly upset, and
the people standing Il shot down on the heads Of
those below them, ard for some time II appeared as
II considerable loss Of life was inevitable. We are
glad to say, how that did not hear OF Any
nous accident the suit of this unfoTtdn 1te affair
IN me clrcumst ances, however al lea of speaking
II IL VAS ever teIta nee glyenuD. VI. k0Ssulh
merely stood 2 in his carriage and thanked those
around him Ng me hg ary welcome he hal received.
and Mr.. Coach, whose lungs were somewhat
stronger, made himself heard BY about twenty per-
sons, while he informed the crowd that he had been
commissioned by NJ k0sSuth 10 say thar it was inn
possible for him 10 address them In the sting state
Of his health but 10 assure them that he wasdeghted
with the reception he had met with :" AID" eontln.
ued Dir. Coach, turning TO n. Kossuth, and shaking
bim by the hand, In tie Of the people, iwel-
come him 10 birmingham"
The carriage then Grove on through the broken
ranks # the procession, from which, IN + e min
utes. 1t extfcsted ITSELF and then moved ~ rapid
race TO Mr.. Geach's residence at the Dale, the
HaIbornc road.
The procession nearly three hours passing
through the town The numbers present were yari-
ously estimated from 100 900 to 10000.