The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-27 00:00:00

POLAND.

On the order of the day for going into committee of
supply.
Kr. P. HENNESSY roes to move the followieg resolu-
tions .—L That the negotiations of her Majesty's govern-
ment respecting Poland have not terminated in a satisfac-
tory asses,. 2. That it ambers from the papers laid before
parliameat that the eae&tiom on which the British
'overspent agreed to seknowe the dominion of Russia
in Poland have not hew folfiNd by Russia. 3. That this
hoar opinion that berMajesty's government is no logger
bound to recognise the sovereignty of Russia Ia Poland.
Attar some preliminary remarks in justification of kis mo-
Moe and upon the liberal and tolerant spirit of the govern.
raeot of ancient Poland, which gave the Poles • special
claim to our sympathy, the boa gentleman sketched the
political history of Poland from the year 1791, of the
aggressive policy of Ramis towards that country, and of
la partition &meg the three powers parties to its
dismemberment. In 1815 Lord Castlereagh, he ob-
served, did his bed, without moms, to secure an
independent Poland and to resist Russian agedriesioo,
la accepting the crown of Poland the Emperor Alexander
eased into esigagement• with the Poles, which, as do.
elated by • British minister, were almost immediately
violated. The Poles rose in resistance and were defeated,
and be described their treatment by Ruey after the or-
genic statute issued by the Emperor Nicholas, her fraud
sod tyranny, the revolt showing, he said, the utter till.
possibility of her governing Poland. He detailed the
subsequent history of that unhappy coup and
the diplomatic transactiou relating to atry,, dwelling
upon the great moderation which had characterised the
conduct of the Poles under the strongest provoca.
tioa. The law of conscription wee at length violated for
political objects, and this led to the insurrection. He pro-
ceeded to review the discussions which subsequently took
place on this question among the three cabinets of Englend,
Fleece, and Austria, the policy adopted by the former in
them discussions, and the language employed by Lord
Russell with reference to the conduct of Russia towards
Poland, contending that the terms in which the earl, when
in Scotland, had condemned that conduct sue-
Cooed the resolutions submitted to the house,
for which precedents were not wanting. Who
were the parties (continued the hon. member), and what
were the influences, that would determine the future desti-
nies of Europe! From time almost immemorial the &Ml-
lase of Europe had been swayed by two great parties, the
revolutiouary party and that party which was associated in
the name of the predominant religion of the Cootinent, and
which might be called the conservative party of the Coati.
cent And there had also bees a third party, represented
by the person who ruled to some extent the two parties,
sometimes of the House of Hwthoirg. sometimes • Bourbon,
and at prompt a very powerful sovereign. What wee the
view of the:imps:ties with respect to Poland! He could say
Dothan from his own =peewee of the reimlethmary party,
but they had recently bad one who might be styled the
right head of revolution in this country. That disinterested
soldier who recently received great ovation in England
spoke of Poised, and it wee said that at no moment during
his visit did he dieplay more emotion and determination
then when he said. • Poked wallas." (Cheers.) At the
same moment another voice was heard at the other mid of
Europe,tbe voice of a very different persoo, saying, " Poised
must nut die." He believed there was nothing the comer-
vatic" party in Europe had so much at heart as wearies an
iiidepeodeut Poland, and thus maintaining law and
order on the matioent. The three next parties
to which he bad referred were favourable to Poked,
I and that they were powerful to any out their views the
facts of our own time showed. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer had stated that one of the remarkable facts of our
day was the growing importance of Spain, but scarcely Ism
remarkable were the formation and power of United
Italy, and the formation of an empire in llextoo under the
sovereignty of an Aviaries archduke Them were all re.
cults of the emobinatioas of these parties. Bot Poked bad
even greater strength than their support gave her, and that
strength was in herself. (Hear, haws.) In Poland every
man of iatelligenos, educates, and property—every sae
who was moved by morel duty or religious seal,
to whatever denominates belongiag—every man who
deserved to be • calms was is favour of the