The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-22 00:00:00

Polish Thanks to Lord Ellenborough.

At a public meeting of Poles, held on the 15th of June,
at No, 7, Cheat Newport-street, Suho, the recent important
debate ia the House of Lerds on the subject of Poland was
taken into consideration; 9,nd it was unanimously resolved
(on the motion of General Zamoyski), th,t tht,
statement of their sentiments should be addressed in par-
ticular to the Right Hon. the Earl of Ebenborough. At
the same meeting General Zamoyski took the opportunity
of informing his countrymen that he is to be henceforth in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
agent of the Polish Government, under Prince Czartoryaki,
who has been appointed to act as Director of the Foreisn
Affairs of Poland :

London, June 15, 1863.
To the Right Hon. the Earl of Ellenborough.
The Poles Resident in London.

My Lord,—We, the undersigned Polish refugees in Lon-
don, who have not been able yet to join our countrymen
now in arms and struggling, as we have formerly done, for
the deliverance of our country, feel it our duty to express to
your lordship our respect and gratitude for the manner in
which you again, on the Brh of this month, called the atten-
tion of the House of Lords and of her Majesty's Govern-
ment to the present state of the negotiations undertaken by
Great Britain, France, and Austria, with the view of re-
storing the peace and security of Europe, by giving duo
satistaction to justice and the law of nations. We rejoice
to see that, in concurrence with your lordship, nearly all
the illustrious members of the House of Lords who spoke
on that occasion, and the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs himself, agreed on one point—viz., that it was not
likely that mere negotiations would lead to a satisfactory
end. And we particularly wish to thank your lordship for
having so forcibly shown that the "strength" of diplomat'',
" as applied to the interest of Poland," was no other than
the strength of the insurrection.

We shall, therefore, confidentially transmit to our coun-
trymen, before we join them in the field, the words of your
lordship—" Persevere 1 Strike down your enemies wherever
you can reach them I You have embarked in a career of
honour and of patriotism, sanctioned by reason and by jus-
lice. You will have the respect of all men. Providence
will bless your efforts I" We no less thank your lordship
for proposing that Russia should " herself dissever the con-
nexion which was established atVienna between theßussian
Empire and Poland ;" and would certainly not refuse to
accept any foreign Prince to be the founder of a new
dynasty of Poland, provided it was " Poland within ite
limits of 1772." But we should be failing in our duty to
our country, and trust your lordship will acknowledge that
we should be failing in respect and gratitude to yourself if,
in the very words applied by your lordship to the proposed
armistice, we hesitated to declare " utter impracticable any
arrangement tending to combine the independence of Poland
with preserving to Russia the power of entering Europe by
the Vistula." •

Provided Poland is independent, she may, no less than
your lordship, be "a friend to Russia," and we conscien-
tiously believe that, for the great Russian nation, nothing
will more tend to the internal improvement she so much
needs than to have liberated herself from the crime perpir

trated by her Sovereigns on Poland. But, among the
many traditions of her past glory, the Polish nation, above
all, regard with pride the position she occupied during her
independent existence as the protector of Europe from all
attempts at invasion from the East and North. We, there-
fore, hope that your lordship will cease to entertain any
wish to the contrary. The power of maintaining •‘ a cow
servative policy and of preserving the balance of power in
Europe," can, we think, never corre from the intervention
of Russia, whose Government has throughout its existence
permanently, though secretly, fomented internal convulsion
in every country of Europe, and aimed, with more or less
success, at the dismemberment of neighbouring empires.
The balance of power in Europe, my lord, can, we most
earnestly believe, have no safer foundation than the inde-
pendence of Poland within her ancient limits, and it is time
Europe should perceive that, as Germany has ceased to be
independent since her neighbour, Poland, has been Cii:3l:l3ol'
bered, so can Germany never be restored to independence
unless Poland resumes her place among nations. This bee
ever been felt by one, at least, of the two great German
States, which consequently may safely be expected to join
in the undertaking, provided the Great Powers of Europe
show that they are in earnest, by at once coming to the
conclusion—suggested by the Earl of Harrowby is a previ-
ous debate—that, having themselves conferred upon Russia,
in 1815, her right of sovereignty over Poland upon condi-
tions, all of which have been unceasingly violated during
the space of nearly 50 years, they now feel it their duty to
declare that right forfeited and extinct.