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LONDON, MONDAY. MAY 4, 1840.

PUBLICATIONS.

LONDON LITERARY ASSOCIA-
TION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND.

Tills day is pubUshed
ACORRECT LIKENESS of JOHN
THOROGOOD, confined in Cheimsford Gaol, since
.lauuary 16, 1839, for non-payment of Church-rate.
Painted firm Life, and Drawn on Stone by J. TAUDEVIN
Impressions ofi btiia Paper... ,9,. 6d.
Prints -•,,,‘,. ic. 6d.
J. W. Southgate, Library, 164, &land.

On Saturday, the members of the London Literary
Association of the friends of Poland held the anni-
versary celebration of the Constitution of 17e2 at their
chambers, in Duke-street, St. James's.
Lord Duotev C. STUART having been voted to
the chitir, amidst great applause, read the Annual
Report of the Council, which, he said, although less
bulky than some of former years, showed no diminution
of the Objects of the Society, or relaxation of the zeal
and exertion of the Council. The Parliamentary grant
to the refugees had been renewed by the unanimous
vote of the House of Commons, and there was every
reason to suppose that it would be renewed every year,
so long as it might be required. The first, in citron°.
or,ler, event of the past year, to which the
Ceuncil had to direct the attention of the members,
.yes the grand meeting occasioned by the visit of the
Hereditary Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, who
,iad been received, as was perfectly natural, with great
kindness in this country, his father being an ally of our
sraciou* Sos ereign. But some persons, who were not
satisfied with that, endeavoured to make the attention
with which the Grand Duke was received an occasion
of doing injury to the cause of Poland. It was stated
in the public press, as a matter of fact, that the Grand
Duke had taken under his protection, and bad pensioned
600 !Nish refugees, whereas, in truth, there were scarcely
morn than 60) refugeei in this country, and the whole
number of those who experienced the bounty of his Itn-
lottiv•Higimers-wes-crysty tilt.—(.Hear, hear.) At a
:neeting also of a great commercial company, about the
same time, occaion was taken to eulogize the Autocrat,
and under those circumstances the Council were of opi-
nion that a demonstration of public opinion was neces-
sary.—( Hear, hear.) Accordingly, a meeting was held
worthy of the occasion.---(Etear, hear.) The Free.
masons' Hall was filled, and a Royal and il:ustrious
Duke presided.—(Great applause.) That was the first
time since the revolution of 1831 that a meeting of the
friends of Poland was graced by the presidency of a
Royal Chairman.—( Hear, hear.) Several Members of
Parliament attended, and made speeches which were
equally honourable to themselves end serviceable to the
cause of Poland.—( Hear.) That meeting was not without
an important effect ; it drew the attention, not only of
ilia whole of the British press, hut of the Continental
oress.—(Heae,l The Council thought it of much import-
Ince also to state t;.:.
t the Royal Duke, having been se.
licited to become the Patrol of the Association, readily
complied, and the Association id therefore the great
-ionour of the patronage of a Prince svii,;^ was known all
over the world as the triend of liberty and hun:quitY, and
the patron of science, the arts, and civilization.—(tea; eat
applause.) Although it was not the object of that
lieeting to solicit pecuniary assistance from the public,
yet a very useful contribution was made, which enabled
the Society to meet some of the claims which were made
upon it, in consequence of the sickness of refugees, and
he aid required by others who had opportunities of
going into business. But in August last the funds
Pere, nearly exhausted, and an appeal was made to the
citizens of London.—(Cheers.) The Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Common Council unanimously voted
i.he use of the Guildhall for a public ball,—(Cheers.)
The Doke of Sussex and the Duchess of Kent gave
••ie entertainment the lustre of their patronage—
' Cheers)—and, by the exertion of the Committee 9£
die Common Council, who especially merit the grad-
rude of the Association, the attempt was eminently sue-
,
...soul, and a sum little short of 900/. was realized.—
;Great cheering.) The report proceeded to parti-
stilerise the assistance which the Association had de-
rived from public-spirited and benevolent individuals,
amongst whom Mrs. Singleton was conspicuous. One
of the contributions which that admirable lady had
been the means of conveying to the Council was of an
ixceedingly interesting character—a donation of .51.,
he produce of the labour of a blind lady, who
found solace in her own privations, by alleviating
the sorrows of her fellow-creatures.—(Applause.) The
Council had also to mention, with peculiar gratification,
crass contribution by Mr. Szulcrewski of the entire pro-
:it of his lectures upon Polish history, which he might
honourably have appropriated to his own use, and which,
in his circumstances, would have been of great value to
although he derived higher pleasure fr6un con-
tributing to the relief of his countrymen than from sup-
plying his own wants.—(Cheers.) The Council dwelt
mith considerable satisfaction upon the literary labours
uf some of the refugees, referring particularly to the
History of the Reformation in Poland," and Lo-
reski's novel of " Stanislaus in Cracow." A ring of
great value and beautiful workmanship had been pre-
sented by the Refugees, to one of the Vice-Presidents,
:u testimony of their gratitude for his exertions in the
cause of their cour.try, and for his graciousness and
kindness to the most suffering of their numbers.—
(Much applause.) Since the Noble Lord bad ceased
to be in Parliament, little had been done there in be-
nab of Poland.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Council was
',till in correspondence with Branch Associations, inte-
rested for Poland, of which that formed at Canterbury
was the most prominent. In the course of the last
einter, Colonel Lack Szvrma (formerly professor of
inoral philosophy in the University of Warsaw, and
Commander of the Illustrious Legion of the
Youths, who bore the brunt of the battle
of Cracow, and tore from the brows of Die.
nitsch the laurels which had been gathered in the
defiles of the Balkan) presented himself, accidentally,
at a public meeting held in Canterbury, and not only
was he received with the utmost enthusiasm, but his
presence gave occasion to the expression, on the part
of the principal speakers, of the warmest feelings in
factour of Poland and her exiled sons.—( Applause.)
In Devonshire, and at Exeter, and Bristol, where the
Learned and Gallant Colonel had occasion to travel
last year, and where associations of the friends of
Poland have been formed, he was received in a manner
which showed that neither his own merits nor the
wrongs of his country were forgotten or unappreciated.
(Cheers.) In conclusion, the Council, having ex-
tressed their deep regret for the loss of Lord William
Bcntinck and Dr. Carpenter, requested the Association
at large to join with them in thanking the press of this
country for its great services to the cause, and marked
out the Times, chronicle, Herald, Advertiser, and Sun,
as especially deserving the thanks of every friend of
Poland.—(Cheers.) The Association was now out of
debt, which the Council thought it would be injustice
oat to state was owing to the zeal and attention of the
paymaster (Mr. Rodwell). The interest in the cause
of Poland was not diminished, and there was every
:eason to believe that whenever an occasion should
occur for an appeal to the people of England, it would be
responded to as loudly and warmly as ever.
On the motion of Mr. fluttlTea Comport, seconded
by Mr. C. WATSON, the Report was unanimously
adopted.
Colonel LEICESTER STANHOPE moved, and Mr.

4V. ELLts, AI P., seconded. a re,,olution of thanks to
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Sussex and the
Dochoss of Kent for their kind patronage of the Assn-
.:l,l6°n during the past year.
The resolution was passed amidst much applause.

Mr. A. SMITH then moved the next resolution, to
the Effect " That the most cordial thanks of this Assl..
dation are due to the Lord Mayor and Common Coun-
cil of the City of London, as well as the Committee of
the ball, given at Guildhall, on Nov. 14, for their kind
and benevolent exertions in behalf of the refugees."—
(Appl,ns.e.) That was the third or fourth time the
Corporation of London had lent their Guildhall, and
nad filled it for the re.ief of the refugees.--( Hear.
hear.) &one persons asked of what use was the A'so•
ciation. Why, if it did nothing else than succour the
refugees in their distress, as it had done, that would be

t sufficient reason for its existence. But it did much
more.—( Hear, bear.) Tne report of the proceedings
at the great meeting at the Freemasons' Hail, last year,
had been translated and published in the German, Swe-
dish, and other Continental newspapers. The im-
portance of the Association aught be understood
from the hostility which the Autocrat did not scorn to
display towards its members.--(Hear, hear.) He him-
self (Mr. Smith) being in Denmark last year, was about
to go into Russia, but the Russian Minister was aware
of his being a member of this Association, and would
not grant him a passport.—( Hear, hear.) A
_gentle-
man, also, with whom he was acquainted, was about to
become a member of the Association, but was deterred
from it by an intimation that if he did so, he would not
be allowed to visit some part of the Russian dominions
to which his business called him.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. KIRBY seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried by acclamation.
The President and Vice-Presidents of the Associa-
tion were then unanimously re-elected.
Lord DUDLEY STUART returned thanks in an ener-
getic and feeling speech, in which he stated that al-
-1 though it might be supposed that, as nine years had
elapsed since the insurrrection of Warsaw. the persecu-
tion of the unhappy Poles had coased,or had at least been
mitigated, but the contrary. to the eternal shame of the
Autocrat, was the case. The persecution still ra'ed as
fiercely asever. People wereimprisonecl,banished, and pro-
scribed—and property confiscated—just as if the insur-
rection had been only of yesterday.—( Hear, hear.) To
extort confessions the, most frightful tortures were re-
sorted to, amongst which one was of a new kind. Men
were shut up in hot rooms, and fed only on salt herrings,
until the torment of insupportable thirst compelled them
to accuse themselves and others of the political offences
with which they were charged.—(Art indescribable
sensation of horror pervaded the room at this statement
•of the Noble Lord.) There was pothing too little or
• mean for the exhibition of the Autocrat's hatred to