The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-25 00:00:00

SYMPATHY WITH POLAND.

Last night a public Inciting was held of the in-
habitants of the parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn,
and of St. George-the-Martyr, Middlesex, and the
following resolutions were agreed to :
" That the Poles, after having long exhibited, under cir-
cumstances of the most cruel provocation, a calm and dig-
nified demeanour in the firm but peace3ble vindication of
their rights, whion entitled them to the respect and admi-
ration of all civilised nations, have been forced into their
present insurrection by acts of continued and intolerable
oppression and insult on the part of Russia, and by the ab-
solute necessity of taking up arms in self-defence, in order
to preserve their national existence."

" That for the last century it has been the constant aim
of the Russian Government to denationalise the people of
Poland and to efface the remembrance of her former great-
ness and freedom, and this nefarious policy has been pur-
sued by means of constant confiscations, exiles, and mas-
sacrE s, wholly without a parallel in the history of any other
ccuntry ; and the anarchy which [his system has naturally
produced in Poland is dangerous as wtll as disgraceful to
th. civilized States of Europe and an insult to the majesty
of international law, en a gross violation of which the
dominion of Russia in Poland was founded."
" That in the interests of humanity it is the duty as well
as the right of the European Powers, by their united re-
monstrances with the Government of Russia, or, if need be,
by their joint intervention, to put an end at once to a state
of things so dangerous and disgraceful ; and although this
meeting is convinced that if a firm resolve were expressed
by France and England to place Poland in a position of
independence, the enfeebled Government of Russia would
yield to their wishes without a strut gle, it is still more
convinced that if, contrary to its expectation, this more
peaceful policy should fail, and hostile measures should
become necessary, the sacrifices which such measures might
entail would be borne with cheerfulness by the whole of
the English people."

It was also agreed that petit:ons founded on the resolu-
ions should be presented to her Majesty, and also to both
louses of Parliament,

The Price of Gold.

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y 2- ppears that gold
arllotbs ier cent. dealer in London than in Paris. is
By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4:4 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling.
:-tandard gold at the English Mirit price is, therefore, about
6-10ths per cent dearer in London than in Hamburg
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sizlit is 1661 to 167} per cent., and the premium on
gold is about 52 per cent. At these rates there is a profit
on the importation of gold from the United States.

The Private View of The Old Society of Painters
in Water Colours took place this day at the Society's
gallery, No. 5, Pall-mall East—tbe attends. ce being both
very numerous and very fa-hionable. Our opinion of the
collection there for this present seatcn we are compelled to
of next week,
delay until the beginning