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ing.” I don’t know whether he will go. I have advised Wi
from the first to be very chary in accepting invitations ; bubs I
he should go thers, I shall certainly be present. By the Wal
you will be curious to hear what sort of impression he made
on me. Amiability, earnestness, and disinterestedness were
the most speaking characteristics of the man, Speaking
phrenologically, I should say he wants firmness; and the
head is very small in the animal organs behind the 3T
Altogether he did not impress me with a sense of his power
to the extent which I had looked for. And yet he mush
possess it, for otherwise he could mot have acquired 8%
ascendency over the aristocratic party in his country, where
judging by the specimens I have seen amongst the refuge®®
he was brought into competition with men of no ordina®¥
stamp. The secret of his influence lies, I suspect, in hs
eloquence. His speech at Winchester, delivered within forty -
eight hours of his arrival in England, in a language with
which he could have had but little practical acquaintance
was the most extraordinary exploit I ever witnessed. 1
have no doubt that with forty-eight hours’ preparation, and
a supply of the necessary materials, he would make as good
a financial statement in the House as any public m8"
amongst us. The speech he delivered was suggested by
myself, and was spoken without preparation.
“I have not seen a report of the proceedings st the
Southampton banquet, but am anxions to see how Lawrences
the American Minister, will get through his part of symp
thizing with the Austrian rebel, who deposed the house of
Hapsburg in Hungary, and was a few weeks ago hung?
offigy by command of the Austrian Government. HOW
will these diplomatists, with their starched etiquette, 676"
survive such a violation of their conventions] rules? The?
how can the Austrian Minister remain at Washingto?
! Koesuth landed at Southampton, from Turkey, on October £3.

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