The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-27 00:00:00

THE POLES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sta—A statement has appeared in the Morning
Herald and Standard of yesterday to the effect that
60Q poor Poles residing in London, and not participating
iu the funds raised for their support, receive 12.s.weekly
fitotn the "municificence" of the Hereditary Grand Doke
•of Russia. This, if true, would be calculated to pal-
hate the well-known hypocrisy, cruelty, and blasphemy
of the Russian Court, and is calculated to injure in the
highest degree 'the charac*r of every Pole. What,
Sir, 600 Poles base and degraded enough to accept alms
from the Chieftain of the Cossacks !—of those very
Cossacks who have cut the breasts of Polish women,
violated innocence, and borne off in triumph
expiring babies Falsehood—impudent falsehood!
Thank Providence the liar has overshot the mark
—he proclaims impossibilities. The simple fact is
this ; the whole number of Poles residing in the United
Kingdom is 600 300 only out of them do live in the
metropolis, and, with the exception of about thirty indi-
viduals, we are all supported by the last Parliamentary
grant. The above Russian assertion falls, therefore, to
the ground by itself. Every Englishman may judge
from Ibis of the veracity of Raissians and their friends in
this country, and ought to do their utmost to defeat
such vile intrigues. I most earnestly appeal hereby to
every orator at the meetings of the present period to
propose resolutions condemnatory of Russian impudence,
tyranny, and blasphemy. Englishmen do your duty, if
you do not wish to see Russian supremacy established
de facto in your fatherland, as it is already all over the
ontinent, from Teheran and Constantinople to Vienna
21isd IsZeoris. Britons do your duty, in order to prevent
your name, venerated in Poland, from being branded
with unmerited indignation. I appeal also to my own
follow-sufferers to reject ail expediency-policy, and im-
mediately refresh their exertions in exposing the cunning
and deep-laid schemes of Russia towards universal op-
pression. Let us concentrate our energies upon one
point---the mask upon the face of our hideous enemy,
and we will easily tear it into pieces. Fellow-country-
men! the emergency is of paramount importance
Poles and Englishmen do mutually your duty.
Fellow-soldiers ! the danger is great and imminent.
Russian sway begins to bre .k ground in the capital of
the civilised world! Up ! up to the breach !
I implore you, Sir, to give publicity to these my re-
marks ; they flow from the heart of a mourning hus-
band and desp,airing father—they flow from the feelings
of a sincere mend of English liberty,
Yours, respectfully,
B. BENIOWSKI.

Loudon, May 25.

REPRESkENTATION OF EDINBURGH.—At a
meeting of en electors of Edinburgh in the Liberal inte-
' rest, held at the Merchants' Hall, on Thursday, a letter
was road from the late Speaker of the House of Commons
annoutecing his resignation of his seat for Edinburgh. The
Right Hon. Gentleman, after stating that he had taken the
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, earliest opportunity of letting his late constituents know of
his determination, proCeeds thus:_.. The intention of the
Legisleture in Ressing the Reform Bill was to give real
Ipower tjp the people, and that that power should be freely
and honestly exercised. You have fulfilled the intentions
of the Legislature. You have regarded the elective fran-
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ctii,e as a power that was to be used for the benefit
of the public, and not for your pri.ate gain. If other
constituencies had followed the same clear and honest
course, it is probable that much of the present discon-
tent, and many of the difficulties in which the country is
involved, would have been avoided. The efficiency and
-virtue of the Reform Bill might then have been fairly
tried. We should not then have seen large. sums em-
'played in undermining respect for public principle by seek:
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1 lug to seduce and corrupt a portion of thet people which it
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' was the desire of the Legislature to raise and to elevate,
by u ntrusting them with the a ctive Franchise. We
might then have seen a House of Cummona returned by
the free and unbias e. voice ef the people, which would
sleeve given to that e* in tee S& ate which happened to be
the object of their ,' recce such a majeri7y as would have
enabled them to . ve conducted the Government with
energy and effect." 'flirter reading thi, communication, it
was proposed that Mr. Thonels Bebington Macaulay should
be invited to beceme a candidate for the representation of
the city, which, after some discussion, was adopted without
a divisions—Edinburgh Paper.
MEMOIRS OF SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARL-
8011017611, AND THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE: Bi, MN. A.
T. Thomson, Authoress of " Memoirs of Henry VIII ."
&e.---This is perhaps one of the best timed works that
could have emanated from the press at'the present junc-
ture or " crisis." It is also one of the mo t complete,
the author not only having consulted every valuable au-
thority and doctunent, but having also received valuable
aid from sgeial gentlemen of the highest literary re-
pute. Situ as our youthful and beloved Sovereign is,
with regard to her Household, tdiere are many events
and passages 'connected with her predecessor, Queen
Anne which are ci d by both parties in tine State, as
preeFdents more or •-s authorising, or bearing upon the
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late explanations in e two Houees of Parliament. But
the work is profoundly interesting in many other points,
holding, as it does, the mirror up to many accomplished
scholars, statesmen, orators, and other public characters,
whose name and fame are associated with that Augustan
era. We hear, but without surprise, that the demand for
the work is prodigious.—Bath Herald.
BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONIETGE FOR
1839.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of
great Marlborough Street, has this day published
",B, a, rke's Peerage and Baronetage for 1839," a new
en with important additions containing all the new
creatican* and much other new matter, the result of great
research and of communication with the various noble
families, beautifully printed on a new plan in one large
woe, l'ith ata emblazoned title pate and upwards of
the most
engravings of Arms, &c., price Tee bound; forming
cem—.oete, the most convenient, and the cheapest
work of the kind ever offered to the public. Agents: for
Eecotlanis Messrs- Bell and Rroadfute, Edinburgh ; for
Irel'and,
Mr. John CAMmicg. Dublin.
The ship Fairlie, with Sir Maurice O'Connell
Commander of the iorees- in Australia, his family and
suite, and numerous other Passengers, arrived all well at
Sydney. on the 6th of December. Sir Maurice was sworn
in a Member of the Executive Council shortly after hit
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