The Press.
London, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

anniversary of the death of Lord Dudley Stuart.
Major Gielgud opened the proceedings by a review of
the private virtues and publi.; character of the de-
parted nobleman, and of his entire devotion to
Poland, and the loss it has sustained by his prema-
ture death. blajor Szulczewski then rose, and, in
lamenting the death of the friend of Poland, alluded
to the political state of Europe :

Peace has been concluded, Russia has been thrown back
for a while, perhaps, but has she been subdued ? Has that
policy which has so locg hung like a threatening cloud on
the horizon of Europe received a lasting check ? Have
those wily intrigues been stayed which, like the gleams of
lightning, were ever striking down where least expected,
and raising difficulties that put the wariest diplomatists at
fault? The recent circular of Prince Gortschakoff, the
manner in which Russia is endeavouring to evade the title
pulations of the treaty of Paris, the shadows of change
which have been flitting over the Western alliances, the
obstinacy of the King of Naples, the Absolutist revolution
in Spain, the uneasiness felt throughout Europe, so diffe-
rent from the joy and security experienced after the con-
clusion of a bona-tide peace—all these must give the
answer. Indeed, the whole state of Europe points now, as
before, to Lord Dudley Stuisrt's policy as regards Poland as
the only effectual cure for the chronic disorder under
which it has been suffering ever since the annihilation of
our national independence. An independent Poland, up-
raised again between Europe and Russia, is the only means
of effectually checking her aggressive European policy and
her undue influence and power in the West, and is the
only basis on which a free Italy and a free Hungary can be
permanently established, and the equilibrium be restored
which will leave no other battlefields open to the nations
of Europe than those of peaceful industry and moral and
intellectual progress.

The meeting was subsequently addressed at some
length by Colonel B. Wiercinski, who, in the course
of his speech, observed that the first message con-
veyed by the telegraph established by the Russians
on the coast of the Baltic Sea was the exulting in-
telligence of the death of Lord D. Stuart, at Stock-
holm, as the greatest enemy of Russia and a protector
of the Polish exiles.

SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN has accepted the Office
of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Sir Richard
Bethell succeeds to the Attorney• Generalship, and it
is believed that the Hon. Stuart Wortley, M.P., will
become Solicitor-General.

MR. PRESSI.Y, Deputy Chairman of the Board of
Inland Revenue, has succeeded to the chairmanship
vacant by the death of Mr. Wood. Mr. C. J. Herries,
commissioner, becomes deputy-chairman.
THE LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN has appointed Dr.
Travers Twiss to the office of Chancellor of the
diocese of Lincoln, vacant by the decease of Dr.
Haggard.
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE Will succeed
the late Earl of Scarborough as Lord Lieutenant of
Nottinghamshire.
A HUDSON'S BAY COITPANY DEPUTATION held a
lengthened interview this week with Mr. Secretary
Labouchere. The charter of this company expires
in 1859.

A MEETING was held on Friday at Lord Panmure's
Office for War, which was attended by several of the
principal Ministers.
MR. BASS, M.P., AND MR. COLVILLE, M.P., met
their constituents at a dinner given in Derby this
weeks Mr. Bass, in replying to the toast of the even-
ing, said that he as well as his colleague was a friend
to the cause of temperance, and he deplored the
want of that good understanding which should exist
between the people and their representatives. He
did not think the present Parliament was as bad as
many persons imagined ; but that it was an honest
Parliament, and anxious to do its duty. Mr. Cul-
ville, likewise, did not believe Parliament was quite
so black as it was painted. He believed the present
House of Commons was as anxious to do its duty as
any which had preceded it.