The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-14 00:00:00

The Polish League and Lord Russell.

Some time ago
held at St. James's Hall, Sir J. Shelley presiding.
meeting, a meeting in favour of Poland was
of Poland. In answer to an
At it a deputation was appointed to wait upon Earl
subject, the
Russell, to lay before him the resolutions of the
sorry he couldapplication on the
and urge an armed intervention on behalf
Foreign
Theh at
committee. was o n
wasthe
fixed for receiving
committee thought this refusal unconstitutional,
they again applied to his lordship, and told him so,
tre
cSeeicvree Secretary virot
deputation.e, s iy i n g
A hes
and repeated their request that a time should be
second letter, and onthi‘tiered:Pthut:ii;nu.st t
the Bth July. Ne answer was returned to the
To THE QUEEN'S OST EXCELL .
sent a memorial
ENT MAJESTY
May it
please your Majesty, loyal
a numerously attended
and enthusiastic meetingof y 'our Majesty's loyal subjects
held at St. James's Hall, Westminster, on the 22d July
last, on the subject of Poland—Sir John Villiers Shelley,
Bart,, M.P., in the chair—a deputation was appointed to
wait upon Earl Russell, your Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of laying be-
fore him, on behalf of your Majesty's Government, the
resolutions adopted at such meeting, and urging upon him
an armed intervention if necessary on the part of England
for the restoration of the independence of Poland.
In answer to a letter from the committee who convened
that meeting to Earl Russell, respectfully requesting the
favour of his lordship appointing a day and hour to receive
the deputation thus appointed to wait upon him, his lordship
sent a reply stating that he was sorry he could not receive the
deputation, but not assigning any reason for this unusual,
and, as the committee respectfully submit, unconstitutional
course of proceeding-
The committee thereupon directed a further application to
be made to his lordship, respectfully requesting him to recon.
eider his decision, it being their conviction that it is the duty
of a Minister of the British Crown holding the high and re-
sponsible office of his lordship to receive and hear the state.
mews of a deputation appointed to represent to your Ma-
jesty's Government the unanimous sentiments, upon a most
important question, of so large a body of your Majesty's sub-
jects as were aasembled at St. James's Hall on the occasion
referred to.
To this last application his lordship has not even vouch-
safed the courtesy ot a reply.
-Without commenting upon such conduct, I am directed
by the committee
to dutifully submit to your Majesty that,
under the circumstances, they have no alternative, espe.
cially as Parliament is not sitting, but to address them-
selves directly to your Islajesty.
most respectfully and loyally to submit
I beg, therefore,
the enclosed copies of the resolutions
to your Majesty
. tov at the meeting referred to ; re,
adopted unanium . olu-
ommittee have
dons expres,ing, as t"
c other every reason from
numerous meetings to believe, the
that meeting and
real and earnest sentiments of the great majority of the
British nation on the sot jest of Poland.
The committee also consider it their duty, as represent..
ing a large mass of public
i_opinion,e further to respectfully
and loyally submit t° ) our rkiaj sty's consideration the foi-
-1 lowing points :--
Gortschakoff
rince in his last reply to Earl
1. That asp
Russell declared that the throwing down by the insurgents
of their arms and their surrendering themselves to the cle-
mency is the
mency of the only arrangement compatible
with
the dignity of his august master, and with the senti-
ments of the Russian.natio n, this direct refusal to abate the
present
war waged with so much atrocity by the Russians
for the renewed subjugation of Poland, in addition to half
f the most iniquitous misrule,
a century o renders it hopeless
to make any further attempts to obtain by negotiation any
' n of the past wrongs Which have been
reparation inflicted
upon Poland, or any guarantee against their repetition.
2. That as Russia as. notoriously violated every one of
conditions upon which her sovereithe con gnty over any part of
sanctioned by the Treaty
Poland was of Vienna, Great
. a party to that tret.ty, ought in honour .
Britain, as and jus-
tice to withdraw, as regards herself, the sanction so given,
declare that she can no longer
and to recognise any title or
claim of
Russia to sovereignty, or continue to treat
with the Emperor ot.
Russia as King of Poland.
3. That the restoration of the entire independence of
P art of ancient Poland from Russian dominion, as
every
claimed by the present National Government, is the only
P compatible with the dignity and sentiments of
the Polish nation, and is at the same time vitally essential
to the preservation of the balance of power and the estab-
lishment of permanent peace in Europe, besides being de-
manded by every principle of justice and humanit y. —I have
the honour to be, on behalf of the committee, your Ma-
m Jost loyal an obedient subject,
jest Y's " OHN ROBERT TAYLOR, lion. See.
~ 13, Drownlow-street, Bedford-row, W.C. ,
August 7, 1863,"
t, Five days after this letter was sent to her Ma-
jesty," says the committee in a paper forwarded to
.4 and in consequence, it is presumed, of the
having been
same having by her Ma-
joty's directions to Earl Russell—namely, by
the last post on the 12th August instant. —the sec-
retary received the following reply to his letter of
the 28th July, fourteen days pievious, from his
lordship

" Foreign Office. August 11.

gc sir,—l am directed by Earl Russell to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 28th ult., and I am in reply
to expreks his lordship's regret that he cannot change his
former decision as to the reception of a deputation on thu
affairs of Poland.—l am, sir, your obedient humble ser-
vant,

" A., H. LATARD.
0 3, R. Taylor, Esq., 13, Brownlow-street,
Bedford-row, W.C."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT BY A PItINTING MACHINE,"
yesterday afternoon an accident occurred to a man
named Samuel Richards, a workman employed at Messrs.
Bants's steam printing works, Ely-court, Holborn-hill.
ge was standing at the feeding end of a huge printing
machine, and got his hand in the bracket; the rack of the
machine passing at the time nearly severed the hand from
the body. He was quickly placed in a cab by Mr. Banks,
,CD., and conveyed by him to St—Bartholomew's Hospital,
where he was attended by Mr. Lawrence, the senior surgeon.
It is feared that t4e nand will Attie t 9 bo taken off,