The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-10 00:00:00

ING HELD IN LONDON, THE BTII OF AUGUST, 1855.
" Poles, - Nearly one quarter of a century has elapsed since
the,Diet of Poland, on the eve of the fatal but immortal con-
flict in which the ugion was about to engage in defence of
the holy cause of national independence, appealed in vain for
support to the Cabinets of France and England, and declared,
with a sad and prophetic devotion, that, if they were doomed
to wage alone the impending and unequal contest, and should
fall, that fall should only be accomplished by the liberty of
your country being buried under the ruin of its towns and
the bodies of their defenders.
" Well and gloriously was that sad pledge redeemed ; you
added ancther imperishable example to the annals of patriot-
ism, of how men should battle and die rather than live op-
pressed and dishonoured.

" It should lee vain at this great crisis to regret, useless to
speculate on, the political urgencies and motives which then
denied to Christian Poland the assistance which is now being
extended, under far less favourable circumstances, to Alaho-
medan Turkey, against the same insatiable and unscrupulous
Power which was then allowed to destroy the nationality of
the former, but is now arrested in its attempt to absorb the
latter.

" Enough that Providence, just and righteous in all its
ways, has brought about the hour and crisis, often foretold,
when Europe should deeply feel the loss of Poland, and need
her revival ; and still more, has brought about that which
the most far-seeing statesman could scarcely anticipate, or the
most sanguine philanthropist hope for the best means of ac-
complishing that revival in the union, the auspiesus and
chivalrous union of France and England as the champions of
European safety and independence.
" Poles ! deep and fervent has been the sympathy with
your unmerited misfortunes, the admiration of your heroism
in defence of your country's rights and liberties, which many
of the best and noblest of the sons of both France and Eng-
land have, from time to time, expressed ; the hour, we hope
and trust, is at hand when that sympathy and admiration
shall be expressed not merely in eloquent words, bnt in earnest
actions, when France and England shall unite in inviting the
patriot sons of Poland to unfurl, once more, their long-furled,
but unspotted, banner—unfurl it not only in their own dear
country's cause, but iu that cause for which they have so
often fought and conquered and died—the protection of the
rights and liberties of others as well as themselves.

May that hour find you prepared prepared with as
much fortitude for the battle-field as you hare exhibited un-
der the heaviest calamities that ever tried a nation's courage,
virtue, and endurance.
" May that hour find you united, and, thus giving the
lie to the vile and ignorant calumny, that even from the
pens and lips of pretended friends as well as of open and
traditional foes, and with dastardly malevolence of purpose,
has pursued and insulted you under the terrible burden of
your own and your country's downfall was owing to your
own inveterate habits of disunion and anarchy—as if it were
not a palpable fact, embalmed in the plainest and clearest
characters of history, that your unanimous labours for that
country's regeneration from the evils of anarchy, and in the
midst of the greatest obstacles, and a pure and enlightened
spirit of order and rational liberty, which called forth the
warmest eulogies of the leading statesmen of civilised Europe,
were the real and unpardonable crimes in the eyes of neigh-
ing despots which caused the dismemberment of your coun-
try—as your subsequent resistance to the most flagrant vio-
lation of solemn engagements, and the most cruel and intoler-
able oppression, was the pretext for the destruction of your
national existence.
" Poles! we addreEs you as Englishmen and friends who
have affectionately sympathised with you in your calamities,
and are firmly convinced that the restoration of your country
under a national and enlightened Government will be as
worthy of you as it is eminently conducive to the petted and
safety of Europe.
" May our Almighty and all-merciful God grant the speedy
and full accomplishment of our desires and your hopes.
" Signed on behalf of the meeting by the Chairman."

A petition, of which the following is a copy, was also
prepared for signature :

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"TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE TILE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND
TEMPORAL. IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
" The humble petition of the undersigned
" Showeth, That as the Russian army to the extent of at
least'2oo,ooo men consists of Poles, it is of the utmost im-
portance that the Polish auxiliaries for service in the Crimea,
on the Danube, and the shores of the Baltic, bearing the
standard and wearing the uniform of their country, should be
instantly enrolled ; and if the Government shall longer ne-
glect so obvious and effectual a mode of disorganising the
forces of the enemy, it will incur the heavy responsibility of
sacrificing unnecessarily our brave army ill the Crimea, and
fall under a just suspicion that it is not, even yet, earnest in
prosecuting the war.
" That by the massacre of the Turks at Sinope, by firing
on a flag of truce at Odessa, by the barbarous murder of
English sailors engaged in a charitable mission under the pro-
tection of a flag of truce at Hango, by violating all the en-
gagements into which she solemnly entered at Vienna (and
for adhering to which she receives, at the present moment,
80,000/. per annum from this country), by holding a majority
of her population in a state of absolute slavery, and, lastly,
by her perfidious aggression on the integrity and independ-
ence of Turkey, Russia has proved to the world that she does
not deserve to be ranked amongst civilised States.
" That the Poles have, unlike the Russians, distinguished
themselves not merely by military virtues, but by their chi-
valrous readiness to protect their weaker neighbours against
their enemies, however formidable ; that the policy of th•
Poles was never aggressive ; and that, principally through
their attachment to constitutional liberty, they became the
♦ictims of a conspiracy between the three great despotic
powers.

"That by the possession of the fertile plains of Poland situ-
ated in the heart and constituting the grinary of Europe, and
the erection of five great fortresses in that country—Warsaw,
Demblin, Brzesc Litewski, and Zamosc—Russia has
attained her present alarming preponderance of power, result-
ing in the invasion of Hungary, and the aggression of Turkey,
the immediate cause of the present war ; and, in the opinion
of your petitioners, a reduction of that power within such
limits as shall render it innocuous in future to the tranquillity,
and liberties of other nations can be most effectually accom-
plished by the restoration of Poland to the position and rank
of an independent State.

" T;.at the difficulties of the war, far from being increased
by proclaiming as one of its objects the restoration of Poland,
would be thereby greatly diminished ; that the valiant army
of Swede; consisting of more than ono hundred thousand
men, and her large fleet of gun-boats, would at once, if she
joined the allies, !place the strongholds of the Baltic at their
mercy ; and that, in the opinion of your petitioners, she has
been prevented from doing so, in spite of the wrongs which
she has sustained from Russia, and the hostility which her
entire population entertains against that State, by impolitic
declarations from certain late members of the English Govern-
ment that it was not their intention to diminish the territory
or humble the power of Russia ; and that if the restoration
of Poland were decided on, the alliance of Sweden would be
secured, and she would in all probability be able, supported
by the exertions of the Poles themselves (oven without the
assistance of the allies), to effectuate this great object.
" That the proclamation by the present Emperor of Russia
that the object of his reign will be to accomplish the wishes
and ♦iews of Peter, of Catherine, of Alexander, and of Nicho-
las, is an open and direct menace, threatening the repose,
independence, and safety of all neighbouring States ; and
whilst it indisputably shows that the spirit of encroachment
and wrong by which the councils of Russia have been avowedly
and traditionally animated' is still in full and venomous force,
it renders inestimably precious and singularly auspicious the
present providential union of England and France, and also
makes it imperatively the duty of all other European nations,
who are not either the helpless victims or abject and dishonest
accomplices of Russian violence and fraud, to join openly and
heartily in the present contest.
" Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your lordships
that you will be pleased to present an address to her most
gracious Majesty the Queen, praying her Majesty to give im-
mediate directions for the enrolment of Poles in separate
corps, wearing the uniform and bearing the standard of their
country, and that they may be employed as auxiliaries in the
operations of war now being carried on against the Russian
empire : and further, that her Majesty will concert with her
august ally, the Emperor of the French, respecting the best
means for restoring Poland to its proper place amongst the
nations of Europe as a free and independent State, and thus
securing a sufficient and material guarantee for a just and
durable peace with Russia.
" And your petitioners, as in duty lnund, will ever
Pray," &c.

(Front a Correspondent of the Morning Advertiaer.)
The meeting of Wednesday evening, at St. Martin's Hall,
was convened for the purpose of giving expression to the feel-
ing which the promoters of that meeting believed to exist
generally throughout the country on the subject of the Re.
storation of Poland, as being the only effectual means of
reducing permanently the power of Russias and securing the
blessings of a solid and durable peace founded on the princi-
ples of international right and justice ; and in the hope that
such a meeting in the metropolis would lead to similar meet-
ings in the provinces during the recess, so as to bring the
national will to bear with full weight and effect upon the
Parliament at its re-assembling.
All these desirable purposes and objects were frustrated,
and the meeting was thrown into confusion and disorder by
the first resolution, which declared the necessity of the
Restoration of Poland, being met by an amendment, supported
by an evidently organised body of persons, professing to be
e.
friends of Poland, an amendment to the effect that the
storation of Poland would be a snare and a delusion so long
as Lord Palmerston remained Prime Minister.
This may not have been a movement in try
jionxtperet of
ressaion
Russia, it may have been a perfectly censcien
of opinion; but, if so, anything more senseless thani the course
pursued can scarcely be conceived.
It PM prepsed by thd patriotic zer,_rlitPlin_ Rho eCCUPI4 the

sea", egea
The Fairy, Royal yacht, Master Commander Valli*.
ton, with Captain Crispin in command, embarked the
Duchess of Kent and Prince Leopold (who came from
Basingstoke) at the Clarence-yard, Gosport, •yesterdnit
afternoon about 4.15. Sir George Couper was in at S
tendance upon the Duchess, who was received on aril.
vat by Colonel Biddulph, Equerry to the Queen, Vim/.
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Flag Lieutenant the
Hon. Arthur Hay, Mr. E. W. Stevens, Mr. Davies,
and Mr. Pinborn, R.N., and a guird of harm,
of Royal Marines, under the command of Lieut.-Coleco
Armstrong. Her Royal Highness received royal honors
on passing through the port to Osborne.
The Fire Queen and the Sprightly steam yachts, 1112.11.
ters commanding W. Paul and George Allen, R.N., are
ordered to form part of the royal squadron of honour to
attend the Queen at Boulogne.
The Dasher steam-vessel, Captain Lefevre, arrived at
Portsmcuth from the Channel Islands yesterday, to refit.
The Devastation steamer was yesterday hauled out of
the Woolwich deck, and taken into the basin, to undergo
a thorough examination. She will require some repairs
in her hull and machinery.
The Alban, 4, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander W. E. Fisher, arrived at Sheerness on Wed-
nesday last from Portsmouth. She proceeded to &him"
Reach to coal, and now waits Admiralty orders for par•
ticular service.
The Siren, 16, sloop, commissioned at Sheerness by
Commander R. J. Otway, has been placed under the
shears, masted, and prepared for sea.
The Colombe, steam-transport, is ordered to embark
about Monday next the following detachments of troop*
for the East :—First Battalion of the Ist Foot, 1 subal..
tern ; 1 subaltern of the 3d Foot ; 5 subalterns, 2 ser-
jeants, and 120 rank and file of the 4th Foot; 2 robe-
terns of the 7th Foot ; 1 subaltern of the 19th ; 1 sub-
altern and 7 drummers of the 20th ; 3 subalterns of the
23d ; 2 subalterns of the 28th ; 1 subaltern of the 38th;
1 subaltern of the 44th ,• 2 subalterns of the 46th ; 1
captain of the 77th ; 1 subaltern of the 88th ; 1 captain
and 3 subalterns of the 95th ; 10 subalterns, 5 serjeants,
3 drummers, and 170 rank and file of the first battalion
of the Rifle Brigade • 3 subalterns, 2 serjeants, 4 drum•
mers, and 170 of the second battalion of ditto, and 1
medical officer.
The Ripon, steam-transport, will embark this day for
the East the following detachments :-1 subaltern, 1 ger•
jeant, and 40 men of the first battalion of the let Foot;
1 subaltern, 1 serjeant, and 40 men of the 3d Foot ; 3
subalterns, 4 serjeants, and 190 men of the 7th Foot;
1 subaltern and 31 men of the 19th • 1 subaltern; 1 set-
jeant, and 60 men of the 23d ; 9 officers and 31 men of
the 38th ; 2 officers and 93 men of the 44th ; 1 officer. 1
sergeant, 2 drummers, and 110 men of the 46th ; 1 ears
geant, 2 drummers, and 70 men of the 28th ; 1 sergeant,
1 drummer, and 30 men of the 77th ; 3 sergeants, 5
drummers, and 160 men of the 88th ; 1 officer, 2 ser-
geants, 8 drummers, and 61 men of the 95th, and 1 me-
dical officer.
The Great Britain steam-transport, Capt. Gray, will
disembark her invalids at Portsmouth Dockyard this
morning. We alluded to the admirable and peculiar
manner in which this ship berthed her troops on her
leaving Portsmouth with the East Kent Militia for
Malta, a few months since, and the care bestowed upon
their comforts. This led to the presentation of a hands
some silver fish slice and fork to Capt. Gray, bearing the
following inscription :
"From Col. Brockman, East Kent Reg., commanding
the troops, to Capt. John Gray, commander of the steam-
ship Great Britain, in remembrance of the kindness and
attention shown by him to the officers and men of
the That Kent Regiment, and the several detachments on
board, during their passage from Portsmouth to
April 24, 1855."
Yesterday, on the arrival of the Great Britain at Ports-
mouth, Captain Gray received another testimonial, of
which the following is a copy :
"Her'Majesty's steam-transport Great Britain,
August 8, 1855.
"My dear Sir,—ln the name oP the offfeers returning
home in the Great Britain, I beg to offer yon our most
sincere thanks for your kind care and attention to us
during the voyage. Yon have not only met our wants,
but you have anticipated all our wishes, and I feel certain
that one and all of us-will esteem it a great privilege if we
ever have the goad fortune to sail with you again.
" Believe me, my dear Sir, very truly yours,
"JOHN DOUGLAS,
Lieutenant-Colonel, 79th Highlanders.
" To Captain Gray, her Majesty's steam-transport
Great Britain."
The Tonning steam transport, Capt. W. Hales Frank-
lin, left Portsmouth on Wednesday evening for London.
The Rosamond steam sloop, Commander Crofton,- went
into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday after-
noon to repair defects.
An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness to ren-
der such assistance to the Prussian brig Mentor, of Col-
berg, Deesner, master, as to enable her leaks to be tem-
porarily stopped, so that she may be floated off and taken
into the Camber to discharge a portion of her cargo, and
to effect the repairs required in consequence of her
having been in collision with the steam sloop Gorgon off
Beachy-head.
At the monthly examination of officers to qualify for
promotion, and of candidates for entry, which concluded
yesterday at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, the
following passed and received certificates :
Mates, R.N., for Lieutenants.—Messrs. G. P. Heath,
0. D. B. Brock, W. H. Rason, W. F. Johnston, H. J.
Marshall, IL Powys, F. H. S. Flood, J. D. A. Irvine,
C 11. F. Boxer, F. G Suttie, T. B. Hallinwortb, John
Patton, and A. H. Fitzroy.
Second Masters, RN., for Masters.—Messrs. P. W.
W. Oke, J. R. Ryan, P. Goring, J. F. Raylen, and A.
S. Brodie.
For Naval Cadets.—Messrs. S. Pulley, J. C. Best,
W. H. E. Jarvis, G. W. 11. Cox, and Mr. Yorke.
For Masters' Assistant.—Messrs. Rickards, Burshes,
and Edwards.
For Clerks' Assistants.—Messrs. Silk and Martin.
Lieutenant Adam A. D. Mantas has taken up his oom-
mission at Sheerness for the Urgent iron screw steam-
storeship. •
The Rev. J. L. Moore has been appointed chaplain to
the Illustrious.
A letter from Balaklava, dated 28th July, gives the
following movements at that station :—" In Harbour.--
The Leander, 50 ; the Diamond, 28 ; the Wean, 14 ; and
the Triton, 3. In the Bay.—The surveying steam-
vessel Spitfire. The Prometheus left for the fleet on
the 26th. Rear-Admiral Fremantle, Flag-Lieutenant
Skip with, and Mr. Secretary Pritchard have taken up
their permanent quarters on board her Majesty's ship
Leander. Surgeon Whipple, R.N., has been appointed
second surgeon to the St. Jean d'Acre, 101 ; Captain
Hamilton is on leave, having gone to the coast of Cir-
cassia in her Majesty's ship Dauntless. Lieutenant
Cunninghame, agent for transports, has died of apo-
plexy. Lieutenant Cave, recently wounded, has re-
turned to his duty in the trenches."
Twenty-eight men of various regiments landed at
Portsmouth from the transport Lord Dalhousie, 20
from the Tamar, 3 from the Timandra, mid 2 of the
19th Foot left Portsmouth for Chatham at 8.30 yeeter•
flay more ing, under the command of Captain 'Wragge,
R.A., and in the medical charge of Staff-Surgeon Spit-
tal. 28 of the last battalion of the let Royals left at
1.10 for Dublin, via Southampton, and 23 of the 31st at
at 8.30 for Weimer. These latter men were sent home
from the East 71,, unfit for active service in the field.
Sixty-three sick and wounded non-commissioned officers
and men of the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and
Miners arrived at Woolwich from the Crimea on Wed-
nesday.
Lieutenant Edwards, Royal Engineers, 1 sergeant,
and 50 men are under orders to embark on board the
Adelaide nt Greenhithe for the Crimea.
The 12th Company, at present at Gibraltar, are also
under orders to proceed to the Crimea, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant Cumberland, Royal Engineers.
The 21st Company, stationed at Bermuda, are ordered
to England, ender the command of Captain White,
Royal Engineers.
The greater part of thell7th Company, who returned
from the Cape of Good Hope last month, after a service
of seven years there among the Caffres, have volunteered
for service in the Crimea.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Owen, K.C.8., Royal
Marines, is to have the vacant "good service" pension.
A draught of the 72d Highland Regiment, consisting
of 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 1 lance-sergeant, and 30 mess
arrived in Cork on Tuesday from, Fermoy. They' were
to depart yesterday for the Crimea.
On Tuesday morning an order was received' i 2
tijibinaet:
rick garrison for a further draught from the tleP
talion stationed there, to consist of 800 rah!' sond
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to leave Templemore for the C I
five officers and 250 die-
detachment, consisting of
rosy depOtt, have been
mounted men,
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f9sr the Crimea. Sines the
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draughts embrace 64 officers and 1,060 men. A strong
ordered to embark forthwith
Provisional Battalion in Limerick
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ItNh e ?all orders— i
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TM BILL YS TOE gahltrignAlso confirm
has been
I Board of Health
the Genera , applying the act of 1848
of Middlesborough, to 0,3 districts in Yorkshire ; Wind-
hill, in Yorkshire ; Christchurch, in
Monmouthshire ;
Warley, in Yorkshire ; Tenstall, in Staffordshire • sad
,
Toxteth-park, in Lancashire. The rates levied is Mid-
dlesborough are not to exceed 4s. in the pound per
annum or the net annual value of the mimosa propertY,
Pubrtan
and Od. in the pound on the value certain exoepted
property, including t,
ars, le and pasture grounds, wood
land,, canals,
,and railways. The first election of the
Local Boards of Health for Windhill, Christehurolt,
Sowerhy-bridge. and I'i:install, is to take platy en Ike
20t11 of eptetuber next.
THE BOARD or OBDNAWOE AND THZ Win DRAM.
MP:HT.—Returns moved for by Lord Seymour and Mr.
George Dundas show that the total charges far the
Salaries and allowances of the Master-General aid
Board of Ordnance and their subordinate establish-
ments, as they existed prior to the order in Cot/Neil
of the 6th of June, 1855, amounted respectively to
50,583/ (salaries), and 12,2421. (allowances) ; wader
the order in Council of the 6th of Jam) the salaries
amount to 53,7581., and the allowances to 2,877/.
only. The establishment at Woolwich, prier to the order
in Council, entailed a charge of 11,786/. for salaries,
and 1,7681. for allowances. They now entail a charge
of 12,3861. for salaries, and 1,8621. for allowances. The
establishment of the War Department, as it existed prier
to the order in Council, entailed a charge of 14,0801. for
salaries, and 4201. for allowances, and the sane charges
precisely are now entailed under the said order. The
War-office entailed an expense for salaries prior to
6th of June, of 36,902/. ; it tow entails a cheig• of
• 38,4iit.