The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER

THE CIRCASSIAN CHIEFS AT MACCLESFIELD.

Last evening the two Circassian chiefs, who have
visited this country for the purpose of presenting an ad-
dress to the Queen, attended a meeting held at the Mac-
clesfield Town Hall, The object of the address, which was
presented during the month of September, was to obtain
if possible protection from the Queen of &slandering& the
Russians. The Circassian chiefs come over to this country
in the capacity of delegates, presented the address,
and received a formal reply from the Foreign-ofthri,
intimating that England could not interfere in the mat-
ter. The Circariae chiefs have accordingly visited the
north, apparently with the view of enlisting sympathy in
their behalf. On Thursday they attended a meeting at
Preston ; last evening they were at Macclesfield ; and within
a day or two they are expected to visit Manchester. The
meeting last evening was called by large placards of • some-
whet sensational character, which quoted the opinions of Mr.
Urgehart stid Lord Ponsouby as to the treatment of the
Circassian people. The announcement that the chiefs
would appear in their native costume attracted a large
audience, the ball being well tilled. About belt-pad
seven Mr. S. E. Ro)'aod, the two Circassian chiefs,
Colonel Lapinski, commander of the Polish legion in
Circissim and a few working men ascended the plat-
form. The chiefs were attired in long, loose, blue coats,
with red facings, and on their heads they wore
hats combining the characteristics of the bearskin and
the artilleryman's hat. They carried long swords, and
daggers were also stuck in their girdles. They are tall, good-
lookirg men, and one of them especially would pass for an
Englishman. A look of deep seriousness adds to the some-
what strikieg character of their appearance. They remained
covered during the proceedings. Mr. Thomas Norbury, •
working man, wall voted to the chair, and the proceedings
were opened with the usual formalities of placard reading.
Mr. S. E. ROLLAND said it was no light matter that he
had to introduce to the meeting. He was using no rheto-
rical flourish nor oratorical trick when he told them that
there never was an event of greater importance than that
which was now taking place. Whom had they before
them The placard had furnished the answer--iipparestly
simple in itself, but still full of serious meaning. Was not
Poland a dead nation, and was not Circuits, • patios, all
but dying with the sword and dagger in its grasp! Grievous
as might be the dietetic from which our operatives were
suffering, and black as might be our future, what
was all that as compared with the feelings of his
friend Colonel LapMalo, who belonged to a nation with-
out • foot of soil to egg their own. whose very len-
=was proscribed, whose sons were forbidden to
their own tongue, whose da'y food was stripes, whore
daily dr'-ik was teem. Such was a Pole, and such was one
of the gentlemen now present. At his side were two men
of whom be could not treat himself to veak ; no words of
his could convey the simple and child.like, yet heroic
words in which they had, in his hearing, recited the story
of their lives, and their anticipations as to the future. One
of those Circassian chiefs for 4n years had been engaged in
struggling sword in hand against the Russians, and he had
seen the blood of his compatriots quenching the blaring
rafters of the village where they lived. He bad told those
chiefs that at thelprement time the people of England them-
selves wanted help, but that notwithstanding that, they
would help the Circassian people. That day their words to
him were :—" Weans men devoted to death, and all we hope
is that the Muscovite plough may not be driven over our
sepulchres." At a meeting at Preston, on Thursday evening,
at which he (Mr. Rolland) was present, the chiefs expressed
themselves thus :

" We are as DOS/ despair as brave men can be ,• we are in
the tire night and day. We have beard of the English
I nation, and we have been told that it protects the distressed ;
and our wives, our children, our old men, and our little
ones said, with teen in their eyes, ' You must go to that
nation and get us help.' They said that we must go to the
English nation and tell them that, if they would not help
us, we must be destroyed by Russia. For forty years,
every hour of the day and night, our houses and our
village* have been in flames, our eons' thrusts have been
cut, and our old men have been killed. Unless the English
nation help us we must die, for there is no one to whom we
look for help but to the people of England." Mr. Rolland
then proceeded to read the address recently presented to
the Queen, and the reply of the Foreign-office thereto.
Respecting the latter be said that they needed no comment
of his upon this most infamous, most vile, sod most atrocious
answer, which was but the logical consequences of the
betrayal on the part, not of the people of England, but
of its government, of these gallant mountaineers. After
further pressing the claims of the Circassian people, and
giving much interesting information respecting the country
itself and its inhabitants, Mr. Rolland introduced Colonel
Lapinski and the Circessian chief to the meeting. Each
made a short speech, which was interpreted to the audience.

WEATHER REPORT.--(THIS DAY.)

SATORDAT, OCTOIIII2 4 • A.=

B.Lit. D. CELL LS.
•
NAM 30.29 48 46 W. 4 b 1
Lamm= 30.35 48 46 W. 4 b
fmrri
6Zaitoc 30.39 67 63 W. 1 6r 1
63.131143611r4 30.38 66 61 9.4.15. 3 b
Por46ila 1 30.40 59 57 B.W. 1 b 1
GALWAY
r°iZNITOW3I 30.46 430 59 W. o
maims— 30.43 67 68 e
1.16836006
10.46 68 67 W.R.W. 0
Plums=
PLYWOW3I3 30.49 61 68 N. o
.111111rf 30.51 68 68 N.W.o
30.49 80 58 N.W.o
PORISNOUTS 30.46 61 68 N.W.o
Dorsi
L 01303 30.46 Id bi N.W.
YAmatuora
430ARD0RoO0B 30.39 67 65 N.R. m
814ErLo4 . 80.39 67 61 N.W.it I
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SOWDAY.
N. W. to N. E., moderate
to light
N.N. W. to N. N. 8.,
fresh to moderate,
fine.
N.

MONDAY.

Northe7cy: ---,notable,
light. lino.
1,1.7,4 .W. to F.N.E.
light, vatlable, ane..