The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-11 00:00:00

INDIPENDINCE OP POLAND..

Let evening one of a maim of metropolitan
meetings, which have lately been oominemerl far be purl.
pose of a ',skimming sympathy and aid for Poised, was held
at Bt. Pancras Vestry-hall. King's-road, Pasocas.road ;
Lord Frooor, M.P., in the chair.
Mumps those present were Lord Campbell, Mr. Fumes,
Mr. Hmarnden, Mr. Edmund Realms, Professor Beesley, Mr.
Nieholay, he.
Lathes ware read from the Marquis Townabend, Mr.
Harvey Lewin, ILP., and others, stemming their sympathy
with tho came and regressing their Mobility to attend the
2"atThe ittraitau stated that, having bees far the last quarter
d a century in the position of reprematative of two of the
most popular and libeed moshasessim is the kingdom,
he felt that he was quite jeatilled us taking the their
at • public meeting herd in defence of the rights
and liberties of ma oppressed peophi. Time wee so came is
this country whose Mari and sympathies were warmer in
this mein than his were, and he was glad to be present on
this emotion as the representative of this borough in par-
lamest. They were mot here to menu their sympathy
with Poland in her struggle far freedoms, sad their horror
and disgust at Russia far her oppremice of that OASiOIr He
did sot know that he could possibly amen to Mein the
' present cosclition of the Pole in better laagnap than by
reading an extract from an article which bad appeared in
one of the leading journals of that morning. Thaak God I
the English were a free people, and the freedom they en-
they owed to their own courage and the pansamion of
• free prem. The brightest diadem in their comMitution
was the free preen, and ue was quite sure they would bear
with hint while he proceeded to read the extract he
referred to. The noble lord, having repeated the quotation,
went on to observe that he had thought right to cell an/s-
-tem to it, because the paper which contained ft was read ex-
tensively by tea higher and upper Masses of this country ;
sad when they found that journal expressing itself 'greedy
in favour of the Polish cause they had a right to baler that,
whim the upper ten thousand (who more begun* thought
et themselves than of others) symmthised with the Poise is
their oppressed meditiosi, there WAS hope for the people of
that (matey as far as England was concerned. (Hear, hear.)
Everybody whom he bad the honour of add/swim had no
doubt made himself acquainted with the poodles in
which the Poles stood at the present moment,
and therefore it would sot be mosasery for
him to trouble them with any lengthened observatims ;
but he might assuredly state that no ate could deny that
the cams at the Pelee was • jest and a righteous out ; nc
cos even in Rusia could deny that the people of Poland
were historically and theoretically justified in endeavouring
to secure their own independence.; and eves the Emperor of
Ramie himself could not gainsay the fact that they were
entitled to the position of • free and independent people,
but nevertheless he allowed those act, of butchery to be
committed which were a diagram to civilisetiou. If the
Emperor were actuated by feehop of common humanity, he
would have mopped the butchery , aud then have argued the
gumshoe. (lime) His lordship than referred tea letter from
Warsaw of the Ist inst., which appeared Is a morning paper
ot this day. This letter, he observed, costeined evittiroce
that persons al every claim in that country were oppressed
by Bessie, for it would appear that judges of polies, clerks
in the treasury, postenesten, even ladies of high reek, and
thee, as if to show that no section of the people should be
excepted, the operatives were sent off to Siberia without
trial. It cook not be mid that this we dome without the
knowledge of the Emperor of Russia, became he bad lately
mut to Poland, NOlWllvilat with Meteoritics, to tarry out
the behests of Russo, in that country. This Mot:levied was
• butcher in the superlative degree—(hear, bear.)—end the
Emperor of Russia tied paid him the highest cemplimeet
which could be paid by a sovereign to kie subject in that
country, viz., the contorting upon him the order of Bt.
Andrew. Under such cinunotacces there was
so wonder that the people of Foglaad, know.
hag the freedom they enjoyed, should meet in fres
trembly, to dramas the wrongs of Poland, and to exprem
their sympathy with her in her oppremion. (Hear, bear.)
It was Maws that England had made a scram represen-
tation to Russia on the subject, and as it was admitted
everywhere that the treaty ot 1815 had been systematically
broken, all the asthma of the continent supported that re-
monstraoce, and joined this country in her isedeavoar to in-
duce the Emperor of Emilia to take the right course in
roped to the people whose oppressed condition was the
object of their present sympathy. la this state of affairs
the Emperor of the French hod proposed • congress. Now
he (Lord Ferruoy) was not one of those who had a strong
faith in the advantages of much diplomacy ; but still be
thought that, if diplomacy was proved to have failed, it
might possibly be worth while to try the effect of a con-
gress. There might, however, be considerations which
rendered it dangerous, end if that wee the ease, the refusal
to adopt the congress might have bees conveyed in language
more temperate and nonciliatory than it we. (Hear, hear.)
The Wile chairman continued his remarks by Mating that
he should take every opportunity which might present itself
to him in parliament of advocating the rights of the
oppressed people whose cause they were now assembled to
vindicate. (Hear, hear.) In the meantime it was their
duty to call upon government to me every means in their
power in behalf of Poland for the purpose of wiping out the
present stain se Europe, and giving to Poland that blessed
inheritance of liberty which we, in this country, value so
highly and know SO well how to enjoy. (Cheers.)
r. Romer FOLL'lltbilproposedtheerst resolution, observ-
ing that it ate quite tree that the people of this country
took some steps towards alleviating the suffer*/ which the
Poles were now enduring at the hands of • despot; but he
thought that some material assistance, as well as moolutime
of sympathy, should be afforded them, in the shaped ships,
guns, gunpowder, and all that could contribute to the proba-
bilities of samosa. The resolution he proposed was to this
effect :—" That the devoted heroism of the Poles in their
presses and past struggles for the independeoca of their own
country entitles them to the admiration and support of
Great Britain."

seoooded the resolution, end Lord Came-
BELL supported it, paying a complimentary tribute to Lord
Permoy for his able advocacy of the cause, and warmly
eulogising the late Lord Dudley Coatis Stuart for the
manner in which he had, during a long period of his
career, unceasiogly endeavoured to establish the rights of
Polish independence. In regard to the qcestioa of "peace
or war," there was oci doubt that many things might be
does to obviate the necessity for war, and it wu the duty
of the supporters of this league to urge upon the govern.
meat the importance of their recoguisiog the Pole' as
belligerents, sad refusiog to ackuowledge the dominion
which the Emperor of Russia was now exercising over them.
Mr. Wiens moved. as a rider to the first resolution, that
" Consideriog that the conduct of Russia towards Polatd
was condemned by parliament in May list, that since that
time remonstrances have been made without effect to the
Rosales government, and that the atrocities committed by
Russia on women and children in Poland is an outrage on
humanity, this meeting is of opinion that her Majesty's
government ought to have consented to attend the Cougress
is Paris. to settle the question of utioulitiee by peaceful
mesas, if possible, ►nd if not, to have joined any power
willing to assist in punishing the barbarous Russian govern-
ment, sod to secure the permanent indepsodesos of Poland
and Circassia."

This motion was seconded from the body of the room,
and was opposed by Lord Campbell from the platform, but
on being put by the chainuan it MO carried by a very large
majority, as an addendum to the original revolutioc.
Profaner BEENI.EY pmporied, and Mr. BfIALYS seconded,
the wooed resolution :—"That to the opinion of this meet-
ing, as Russia has violated the conditioes upon which, by
the treaty of Vienna, her title to the kingdom of Poland and
other Polish provinces was founded, her Majesty's govern-
ment are no loeger bound to recognise the sovereignty and
dominion of the Cn..r over soy lnr t of the Polish terntery,
and would be fully justified in acknowledging the belligerent
rights of the insurgents, and in concocting such measures
with the Emperor of the French and other European atates
as are calculated to maintain the balance of power against
the war sow waged by the Czar for the Polish subjugation."
The resolution was put and agreed to, and the meeting
separated with a rote of thanks to the clairmse.

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