Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-10-23
MOVEMENTS OF kOsSITr1

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hossuth was expected to reach SOUTHAMPTON in the
Mississippi about the 9TH or the 6th of this month";
| The public mlnd was becoming excited on the sub
ect, and preparations in prog ess for giving him
| popular and enthusiastic reception, The Common
| Council of London, on the 81 instant passed By &C
clanatloa resolve to present to kossuh an address
OF congratuatlon on his liberation from captivity and
ms arrival IN England. This address is to be dev.
| cred in open court
The following communication dictated by Kossutb
to the Mayor OF Southampton, was received by that
tunctlOnaty: ~
| "MARsElLLEs Sept. 81, 1851
| . 9f:. HIS eXcellency Governor Kossnth (ny
cnief,) with thankful sentiments acknowledging the
lively interest and hgh-minded sympat hy winch th4
generous city OF Southampton and YOU sir partcu-
| ary, ware on so many occasions honorng the Hun
saran cause, the tate OF Its eXiled leader and of ali
Hungarian eXllcs who CHANGED to land on your hos.
pltable shore, has entrusted me with the agreeable
duty 10 present you sir, his hearty compliments and
respectfully to inform you that, embarked with the
generous consent OF his majesty the Sultan without
any previous condition whatever. but rather with H.
limited liberty, on board the United States steam fri
gate MISSISSIPPI, sent over by the Congress and q y
vernnent OF the United States precisely for his an
his associates liberation from Kutayah STONED At
Iarseles, with the purpose to pass through France
directly to Eng and, ana 10 land from Havrea South
ampten, having the warm desire to thank personally
toT the protection which the public opinion Of the hi
minded people OF England pleased TO throw in the ba-
lance of his destiny
"Arrlved here Yesterday his excelencv immediate.
~ applied to M. lie Preet, Of this department. to Gran
nun and family Tree passage through Fraqce. NJ lie
" report 10 tarlS. by ele
graph to the ministry, but the action of the TELEGRAPH
beng hndered by the misty weather, an answer has
not yet arrived.
80 not being able to give you exact information
about The issue, in Of granted passage about
the tlne OF has eXcelency's arrival at Southampton
sil lee gratlhed TO be the organ OF commune alton
OF his said design, and OF his firm inteation 10 90,
IN every case, tor some few days, to England; which,
should he be not permitted to execute directly from
Marselles he has decided to proceed immediately to
Gibraltar, and thence visit England aud ask for an
asylum to his children there while he proceeds to the
United States to thaak personally for the most gen
erous aid and assistance which the people Congress
and Government OF the United States honored him
with.
CHS exceeAcy left Kutayah with the confident
nope that the sacred cause which it is his glory re-
present cannot all to nave future yet, being honored
Is It Is by the powerful sympathy of the English race
-nat mighty great and glorious guardian of justice
right and freedom on both hemispheres.
81 have the honor TO sign myself TO be- with the
most distinguished considerations sir, your humble
and obsequlou= servant,
u. HA'SKE, Lieut. Colonel"
Southampton correspondent of the Daily News
says
'There is every reason to believe that the French
government refused to let Kossuth pass through
France, either from fear of the excitement which his
presence would cause Ia Paris, from Difference
Austria and Russia From the tenor of the letter
dictated by him at Marseiles to the Mayor of South
ampton, 1t would appear that was his intention to
q to Gibraltar, and there take passage to Eagland
"a an English steamer If such should be the case
ne most likely steamer will be the jupiter which
iet Malta on the 10th, The Jupiter is expected at
southampton about the 9TH or Sh OF this mon .h. The
opinion al the American consulate at Southampton,
however, Is that the Mississippi will bring KoSsuh to