The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-05 00:00:00

Lord Tifalrc

tesbury on Polish Affairs,

At the annual meeting of the South Avon Agri-
cultural Society, on Tuesday evening, at Christ-
church, the Earl. of Malmesbury presided. In pro-
posing the Ar• my and Navy," his Lordship said
In drinking to the great success of the army and
navy, and to 0. continuation of those honours which
they have al ways earned and still continue to earn,
we cannot but congratulate ourselves that we are
not at this moment in need of their active services.
Although. I feel it is ray duty to support these two
instituti,xas, upon which the safety and honour of
our con.r.try rest, yet I am glad to say that there is
no nefdi at the present time of their active services.
We 'areve at this time, I hope, good promise of peace,
as far as we are concerned, although other nations
are now engaged in war. Not long ago considerable
comprehension, and I think a very reasonable appre-
hension, existed that we should engage in warfare
on account of Poland. I cannot say, gentlemen, how
much personally I deprecated auy such war. I have
deprecated publicly in my place in Parliament any
course of action that might have the effect of involving
us in a war on behalf of that nation, and I would de-
precate it again in the strongest and most earnest
phrases. (Hear.) It is not, gentlemen, that I. do
not feel as every Englishman must feel for the
sufferings endured by that country. It is not that
I do not contemplate with regret the tyranny under
which they are bound—(hear, hear)—but with all
these feelings, which are the feelings naturally of
every Englishman, I cannot forget there
ishaichduwtye
paramount to these sentimenta—a duty
owe to our country. (Cheers.) I considerw it to be
a general principle that our army and navy should
be only employed in our own defence, not in any
aggressive action whatever, except in the case of a
war, where there is al:solute necessity for acting in
self-defence. We ',re doubtless, as regards this
question, placed ju an
awkward position. There
have been men
in high s tation,ofvery generous
sentiments, anal
no,
with stirring powers of
eloquence,: w .o, driven on by the most generous
feelings, have inflamed the public mind with regard
to Poland... So much has this been the case that I
am afraid a very bitter misapprehension has taken
place among the Poles themselves, who may have
looked forward to active and material interference
on the part of this country. It may also have been
a great disappointment to our ally the Emperor of
the French, who judging from the language of this
country, thought we would go hand and hand with
him in an European war. Now, these illusions
have disappeared. To me they have always been
illusions, but not so to a great portion of
the public ;
and it has disappointed the Poles themselves, who
have been encouraged in what I feel to be a hope-
less struggle. I feel that the sentiments of this
country are so decidedly in favour of peace that
there are no reasons why we should enter into
a bloody and expensive war under the present
circumstances of the Polish insurrection. I
have felt it rather to be the duty of all
public men to discourage rather than encourage
those illusions of which I have spoken. This has
occurred to me more forcibly during the last two
or three years. Men of high honour, men devoted
to their country, have, under the influence of a
generous enthusiasm, called upon me and always
pressed upon me to advocate their cause in Parlia-
ment, and speak in favour of Polish liberty, and the
emancipation of the Poles from Russian domina-
tion. I know I have been thought by them cold,
and perhaps unfeeling, from the manner in which I
have received them, from my having always de-
clined making any such speeches, and from in-
flaming the mind either of Parliament or of the
public by complying with their desires. I thought
it was a paramount duty that they should not be
deceived, that they should not think and judge from
the words which I or any other public man might
utter in Parliament that this country would go to
the extent of actively interfering, or would go to
war with the Russians, or call upon any other na-
tion to assist us in emancipating Poland. I think
in so doing I did my duty. (Hear, hear.) I know
those who made speeches and inflamed the public
mind, as I have said before, are men who have acted
and felt generously ; but they thought, holding no
position of responsibility, they might say what they
liked and do what they liked, and to them most be
attributed the false position in which we have stood
with respect to the Emperor of the French and also
the Pf)les themselves, both of whom have been de-
ceived by the sentiments of this country--I do not
mean the sentiments of a body, and a generous body,
who, sympathising with the sufferings of the Poles,
have suught to involve this country in a war in
their cause. I believe all danger of such a war is
past, and our army and navy, well drilled and ma-
neeuvred every day, may continue to wear their
swords in their scabbards, and wait for the time—
and long hence may that time be—when this coun

try shall require their services. (Applause.) In re-
ferring to the volunteer movement his lordship said,
—But really, feeling what I have said upon the
army and navy, it is impossible to exaggerate the
importance of the volunteer movement. The effect

which it has produced abroad is even greater than
upon our own minds, and proves that those who see
from a distance see more clearly than ourselves, and
better appreciate the consideration and value which
such a movement must have in the eyes of Europe.
It has rather increased than decreased, notwith-
standing the natural idea that after a time many
have got tired of it, or are too much confined by
I)usiness, and find too much to do to follow it up.
It appears that the average number of volunters in
ti'`4 Country is much the same as it was two years
the' (Hear.) Gentlemen, you know perfectly well
nevlions I had for quitting the corps. I should
er_e
do my :17, quitted it unless I felt it impossible to
are picter under the new system under which you
at south'ara I felt it impossible to fulfil my duties
the bad extru, and I would not show as captain
non-attendaael'el' to the men of making excuses for
into the hands of I felt it better to put that office
occupied with of Young man whose time is not
under him the call: Public business. lam sure
support it to the be:ill prosper, and that you will
that it pointed out to Your power. In any way
whether in the way orta,,e lbeneficial to that corps,
finding substitutes, in 041:5 eriptions—(cheers)—in
park or anywhere on ray Vig amusements, in my
glad to see the corps again late, I shall always be
comrades, and also in a public toy late frimds and
that Christchurch produces a of View, seeing
good as any other in the country. (Ctieere.itpa as

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meetingof the promoters of this undertaking votPseh
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T. Pettit), in the chair. Mr. Alfred Giles, C.E., attended
and explained the plan of the proposed works. A. basin of
30 acres in extent is to be constructed on the waste ground
near Sandown Castle, to be connected with Sandwich by a
canal 100 ft. wide, through which the water of the river
Stour can be diverted when necessary, to flash out the en-
trance to the basin. The estimated cost of the works is
£200,000. Mr. Giles explained that there will be an outer
harbour, always open, which will have 10ft. of water at the
lowest spring tides, and the entrance to which will be pro-
tected with two arms or piers. The works will not inter-
fere with the drainage of the marshes, and the waters of
Stour will be so seldom required for flushing the basin that
the river above and below Sandwich will not be injuriously
affected._ On the motion of Captain Betts, seconded by Mr.
It• Marsh, Mayor of Sandwich, the plans and estimates
were adopted, and it was resolved to apply to Parliament
next session for powers to construct the works. Joint corn-
r:Ltt,,,ees. of the promoters in Deal and Sandwich have been
epuintect to bring the matter before the public, and it is
expectecad tphiteav act will be liberally supported, not merely
by the
underwriters in sthoef the district, but by the shipowners and
metropolis. docks will au The proposed harbour and
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