The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-27 00:00:00

THR SUN, LONDON IMMNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27,'1860,

steamer Bengal nearly experienced a similar fate
to the Malabar, and only escaped with considerable
damage. In the new harbour steamers would be
alongside the wharf to receive their coal and cargo,
saving the expense, inconvenience, and danger in-
curred at present.
A special thanksgiving service will be held at
the church to-morrow, when Lord Elgin and the
English passengers of the Malabar will offer their
thanks to Divine Providence for His watchful care
over them.

MAY 28, 8 A.M.

The Nemesis is about to sail for England. It has
been decided that Lord Elgin, Baron Gros, and all
the passengers per Malabar shall wait here till the
arrival of the mail boat from Bombay for China,
due on the 6th. The divers have been here three
days, and say they can recover the luggage and
t ullion, but as yet they have done nothing.

it that in a very short time they will
become excellent soldiers, and equal to any
emergency that may arise. Do not require
too much work from them at the present moment.
Now, with regard to what they could do, I think
we may judge of what they are capable of doing
from what they have done. It was a remark of the
Duke of Wellington that if there were 10,000 troops
in Hyde-park he did not know a dozen generals,
wbo would be able to get them out within a rea-
sonable time. There was a friend of mine speaking
to me to-day, who could not get a sight of the dis-
play, and he said, " Never mind, I will go to-mor-
row morning and see the tail." Now, sir, two
hours after the review the whole of the 20,000 men
were out of the park. (Hear, hear.) I say that is
very creditable to the volunteers, and very credit-
able to the officers. (Cheers.) There are a few
excrescences that might be lopped off with advan-
vantage, and after that, and indeed even without, I
am quite certain they will form an efficient and
valuable element in the defence of the country, and
they will also be the foundation of giving us the
means of applying force offensively. I should be
sorry to see the latter become necessary, but if ever
we should be attacked I am quite sure they will
materially assist us in any defence we may have to
make against aggression, from whatever quarter it
may come.
The DEPUTY MASTER briefly proposed "The
health of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,"
their master, and expressed the thanks of the Cor-
poration for presiding.
The PRINCE CONSORT, in returning thanks, said
—I feel proud to have, by the vote of this dis-
tinguished corporation, been re-elected its master,
an office of annual tenure, which does not tax very
hard the energies of the holder, as the real work is
admirably done by the deputy-master and the
elder brethren—(hear, hear)--but which is of the
highest interest to whoever reflects upon the im-
portant and useful duties which are performed by
the corporation, the proper performance of which
has so great an influence on the commercial pros-
perity, not only of the metropolis, but of the coun-
try at large. I cannot meet you to-day without hav-
ing one recalled to my memory who used to sit on
my left hand on all former occasions, and who was
honoured and beloved by this corporation, and
justly so, as its deputy-master. (Hear, hear.) Cap-
tain Shepherd was one of those unobtrusive but
noble characters whose sterling qualities of head
and heart secured to him the confidence of all who
knew him, and I can appeal to no greater proof of
the estimation in which he was held than the fact
that he was at once deputy-master of this corpora-
tion, chairman of the East India Company, and
chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company. Ills suc-
cessor (Admiral Gordon). like him, is an Aberdeen-
shire man, but unlike him has passed his life in the
royal navy, and not in the merchant service. I can
wish him no better success than to possess the ap-
probation of his brethren in an equal degree with
h'.B predecessor. (Cheers.) I propose to you to drink
his health, and Prosperity to the Corporation of
the Trinity-house. (Cheers.)

The DEPUTY-AIASTER, in acknowledging the
compliment, said that at the present time a royal
commission was sitting in judgment upon the man-
ner in which the duties entrusted to that corpora-
tion were performed. What the result of their in-
quiries might be he could not presume to say, but
this he would say, that the closer all the affiirs of
the Trinity-house were investigated the better
should they be satisfied. There was also a com-
mittee of the House of Commons taking evidence
(among other matters) upon a subject which fell
under the jurisdiction of the Trinity-house, but
before he treated upon that subject, he wished to
allude to the position the corporation occupied in
its connexion with the Board of Trade. Although
placed under the control of that board with a
view to the expenditure of the corporation being
brought more immediately under the cognisance
of Parliament, he did not believe that any such
result had been obtained, or that the returns now
made to Parliament by the Board of Trade were
more explanatory than those made by the corpora-
tion itself. It was certainly true that they did
feel themselves under the existing arrangement
unnecessarily fettered in respect of the expenditure
requisite for the service of the corporation, and he
thought that a body of practical men who had no
object whatever but the efficient discharge of duties
devolving upon them for the benefit of the mari-
time interests of the country, might with safety
be entrusted with a little more discretionary power
than was now accorded them. Reverting to the
committee of the House of Commons, he said that,
under the existing Act of Parliament, " compulsory
pilotage" in the proper sense of the term, no longer
existed. It was now entirely optional with the
master of any vessel, whatever may be the trade
in which she is engaged, whether he shall himself
navigate her or take the services of a pilot ; the
only requirement being that if his ship is not
otherwise exempted, and he is desirous of piloting
her, he or his mate must first prove his qualifica-
tion to do so. Surely that was no serious restriction
when lives and property are dependent upon his
ability. So widely had this privilege been extended
that certificates, bearing the signature of the De-
puty Master of the Trinity House, might, in the
event of a war, be availed of by a foreign govern-
ment as evidence of the competence of the
holder to pilot a hostile fleet into British waters.
Any material alteration in the present pilotage
laws might have the effect of renewing those evils
which it was the object of the framers of those laws
to do away with, and if the system now advocated
by some persons were adopted, it appeared to him
that every man would become a pilot who thought
fit to call himself such, and would at his pleasure
remain on shore in moderate weather, subsisting
upon the unlimited sums he - might have been able
to extort in bad weather from the well-grounded
apprehensions of masters of vessels, ignorant of
their position, or of the pilotage of the waters they
might then be in. Whatever might be the laws
parliament might see fit to enact, the corporation
would give, as it had ever done, its cordial assist-
ance in carrying them into effect.
The PRINCE CONSORT—Gentlemen, we are ho-
noured by the presence of her Majesty's ministers.
(Hear, hear.) The corporation is much gratified at
their having found it possible amidst the many
avocations and duties which so peculiarly press upon
them during the parliamentary season, to devote
an, evening to the 'Trinity House. I propose to you
to drink their health. We can wish them nothing
better than good health, to enable them to with-
stand the fatigues of their laborious and harassing
life, and, by making the fullest use of their talents
and energies, to gain that public recognition and
confidence upon which so much of their success and
usefulness must depend. This is not a political
ce
While, therefbre, the mini-
stersH escape our criticism, they must also forego our
praise—(laughter)—hut we can give what may be
more valuable to them than either—the expression
of our esteem and good will.
meeting, and
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l-dior in
d re la'.ta. whreoiurning thanks, said—l
on rising, was greeted
beg on behalf of her Majesty's ministers to tender
to your royal highness and the company hero as-
sembled our grateful thanks for the kind manner in
which you, sir, have been pleased to propose, and
the company have been pleased to receive, that
toast ; and I can assure you, sir, the testimony of
your good will must be always of the highest, value
to those to whom you are pleased to address it.
We may feel perhaps also that we have been, even
before your royal highness gave that toast, indi-
rectly included in the compliment which you very
properly paid to the volunteers of the country_
(cheers and laughter)—for we belong to a corps of
volunteers who undertake arduous duties, and, as
your royal hiahness has mentioned, without any
sort of compulsion and with the purest goodwill.
(Renewed laughter and cheering.) There is this
peculiar circumstance connected with that corps of
volunteers, that there is always going on a little
sort of internal war between the members. " Flee-
timur inquam, et Resurgemus." (Laughter and
cheers.) But there is this comfort for the country,
that when one of the detachment goes off duty,
there is always another ready to take his place, so
that the public service is never injured. (Laughter.)
What perhaps we might complain of is, that our
period of service is not quite so long or so certain
as the period of ser.rice in the army and navy ; but
as your highness has mentioned the fatigues which
• are incident to the performance of our duties, it is
well that we are sometimes relieved from them be-
fore human nature renders us unequal to the con-
tinuance of those duties. (Renewed laughter.) We
must always feel great interest in the corporation
whose hospitality we are this day enjoying, be-
cause the duty of this corporation is to erecCland-
marks, and beacons, and buoys to guide the voya-
ger, to point out quicksands, shoals, and rocks ;
and no set of people are more in need of those
warnings to guide them than the persons who from
time to time are included in the toast which your
royal highness has proposed. (Shouts of laughter.)
13ut, sir, we really do most sincerely take the
greatest interest in the prosperity of this corpora-
tion. Everybody must feel that the life of this
nation is almost as much on the waters as it is on
land. (Cheers.) We do not live, like the Chinese,
on stagnant pools and canals; but wherever the
waves of the ocean roll, in the most distant parts
of the world, there you will find those waves waft-
ing British life, British industry, British enterprise
—things which constitute the real functions and
powers of the British nation ; and thereon I am
sure you will understand that those who may from
time to time be charged with the conduct of the
affairs of this great country must take a lively and

sincere interest in the welfare and prosperity of
this great corporation.
Lord TAUNTON next gave " The Maritime and
Commercial Interests of this Country," and con-
nected with it the President of the Board of Trade,
Mr. Milner Gibson. (Cheers.) The prosperity of
the commercial interests of this country meant not
only the acquisition of wealth and the reward of
successful enterprise, but it meant also the comfort,
the well-being, and the contentment of the great
body of the community, and he would venture to
say that it was only those whose duty it had been
narrowly to watch the effect on all classes of this
country of times of commercial prosperity as con-
trasted with those of commercial depression who
could form an idea of the deplorable effects pro-
duced by commercial depression. He believed we
had reason to be grateful to Providence that daring
the last few years, especially the past year, the
people of this country had been blessed with a
state of prosperous and successful employment,
and with a condition of things almost unparalleled
in our history. He believed this prosperity was
founded upon a solid and a secure basis, and
although doubtless in this, as in every other great
commercial community, we must expect fluctua-
tions, yet he hoped that we might look forward in
ail ordinary times to this, that this country had
before it a career of successful industry. (Cheers.)
With regard to that branch of the national interests
with which that corporation was more intimately
connected—the maritime interest—he believed
that the observation he had made, that all com-
mercial interests were liable to fluctuations, applied
more especially, for obvious reasons, to the mari-
time interest, but at the same time he had no hesi-
tation in expressing an opinion that that interest as
well as others was founded in this country on a
sound and substantial basis, and that the experience
of the past warranted us in expecting for the fu-
ture that it would increase and develop itself as the
commerce and manufactures of this country in-
creased and developed themselves, and that the mer-
cantile marine of this country would continue in
future, as it had done in times past, to have a very
large share of the general trade and commerce of
of the world. (Cheers.) He believed the mercan-
tile marine was especially under the review of a
committee of the House of Commons, and he had
no doubt that a close investigation of that great
and interesting subject would completely bear out
what he had said. In conclusion, he expressed a
hope that the Board of Trade and that corporation
would act together for that which must be the com-
mon object of both, namely, the proper and efficient
discharge of those duties which were so essential
for the public service.

Mr. M. GIBON, in returning thanks, said—l
believe the present order of ideas as to commerce
is non-interference with free trade, and, there-
fore, I suppose the less the Board of Trade at-
tempts to regulate or meddle with the free action of
the commerce of the nation the more it will be con-
sidered to deserve well of its country, and the more
popular will it become amongst the commercial
classes. With regard to the question of this corpo-
ration and its partnership with the Board of Trade, I
can only say, so far as my knowledge goes (of course
my experience has been very limited), that nothing
can be more harmonious than the action that
has gone on between us. The Board of Trade and
the Trinity Corporation have acted together, as I
believe on every point. With regard to the pilotage
question, to which the deputy master alluded, I
must take leave to remark that the extraordinary
perfection to which the buoying and lighting of
our coast has been carried has really made it easy,
comparatively to what it used to be in former times,
for any man with the commonest knowledge of
navigation to take his ship through the most diffi-
cult waters. Therefore there is a feeling among the
captains of vessels, seeing lights and buoys that are
never out of sight, that it is as easy for them to
navigate the entrance of the Thames as it is for
a foot passenger to walk the streets of London ;
that in many cases piloting may be dispensed with.
Since I have been President of the Board of Trade
I have been more cognisant than I could otherwise
have been with the mode in which this corporation
administers the important duties entrusted to it ;
and I do most sincerely say that as an Englishman
I feel proud to see our coast so well lighted, and to
see so much energy in the Trinity Corporation to
carry out every new improvement—an energy
guided by wisdom and experience. I can most
frankly say to this assembly that there is nobody
more willing than the Trinity Corporation to carry
out every improvement in the lighting system of
the coast of this country, and to adopt all those
modern inventions which will make our system of
lights and buoys the most perfect in the world, and
the most conducive to the interests of navigation
and commerce. (Cheers.)
The PRINCE CONSORT next gave " The health of
the Earl of Derby and the Honorary Brethren."
The Earl of DERBY, replying, said—lt becomes
my first and most pleasing duty to return my grate-
ful thanks to your royal highness for having con-
nected my health with the toast so kindly given,
and which has been so cordially received; and, in
the next place, I am sure I am speaking the opin-
ions and feelings of every one who has the honour
of being an honorary member of this corporation
when I they feel it a distinguished honour to
be admitted on this occasion, not as strangers and
guests, but as connected, although it be only by the
tie of honorary membership, with this great corpo-
ration, which is so intimately bound up with the
dearest and most vital interests of this great coun-
try. (Hear.) I consider it the greater honour be-
cause I am aware that the fact of being elected an
honorary member of this corporation is an intima-
tion that the person so elected, having generally
filled some high office under the Crown, has, with-
out reference to his political opinions or personal
merits, discharged those duties to the best of his
ability, and that he has therefore obtained for him-
self some sort of claim to be associated with this
distinguished society. Among, therefore, the hono-
rary members of this corporation we meet with
men of all political opinions and all political parties.
(Hear.) I am happy to find myself at this moment
returning thanks for my noble friend at the head
of her Majesty's Government, and I think that you
rightly on these occasions make no distinction be-
tween political parties, because if there be one sub-
ject in which all parties will be united it will be in
the deep 'and cordial interest they feel in those great
public matters over which you exercise to a certain
degree so important a control, and with which your
very existence as a corporation is so closely bound
up. It may be true that at the present moment the
public attention is more directed to the warlike
than to the peaceful duties that have to be performed,
and it can hardly be matter of surprise that our feel-
ings should turn in that direction when we have
witnessed to-day the result of that short period of
training which has brought, as it were from the
ground, a native army amounting, as his royal high-
ness told you, to 130,000 men, and who with the very
short period of training they have had have exhibited
an amount of discipline, steadiness, and good con-
duct which would do credit to many of her Ma-
jesty's regular forces. (Hear.) The scene which we
have witnessed to-day is one which I will venture
to say must have made the heart of our Sovereign
thrill with joy and pride at the testimony of spon-
taneous allegiance and loyalty and active and cor-
dial affection of so large a body of her subjects.
(Loud cheers.) And of this I am convinced, that if
the bare possibility of an insult offered to this
country can have brought forth in so short a time
130,000 men, the prospect of imminent and imme-
diate danger would bring forward a force equally
active, equally efficient, and equally energetic, com-
posed of four or five times that number. (Cheers.)
But, gentlemen, I am convinced, it is not amen..
the land civilians alone that this spirit of cordial
and active loyalty exists ; for if upon the suspicion
of some remote danger this energetic burst of public
feeling has been elicited on the part of the land
civilians, so, if there were the slightest chance of
any immediate threat to our supremacy at sea, I am
satisfied we should find the seamen ofour commer-
cial marine coming forward with no less energy
and activity in support of the royal navy than we
find in the land civilians coining forward in sup-
port of the army. (Cheers.) Indeed, the interests
of those two great branches of the service, the COM.
mercial and the military marine, are inseparably
and closely connected together. It is to our com-
merce and our commercial marine that we owe a]l
our greatness as a nation. Our navy are the pro-
tectors, the guardians, and the supporters of the
commercial marine ; but on the other hand we must
not forget that the commercial marine is, in its
turn, the feeder of the royal navy, and supplies
from its own body a large portion of those very
forces which, in the service of the state, goes to
protect that commerce out of which they have their
earnings. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I rejoice to
think that day by day there is a greater com-
munity of interests, a closer proximity to each
other between the two great branches of
that service, that day by day there is a
higher appreciation on each side of the importance
of the support of the other to the public service,
and I am quite sure that on any occasion on which
the exigencies of the country may require it, we
shall see the Royal navy and the commercial marine
of this country joining heart and hand and vieing
with each other which can best prove their loyalty
to their country, and which is of the greatest service
to the public interest. (Cheers.) But although
the interest of the military view of the question is at
the present moment preponderating, I do not see
that the public are by any means indifferent to the
other branch which is more immediately connected
with, and analogous to, the duties which devolve on
this corporation, and 1 am not sure that her Ma-
jesty's Ministers would not be disposed, looking to
a recent vote, rather to give to the House of Commons

the advice which a gallant friend of mine has given
with regard to the volunteers, not to have so much
zeal but some little moderation in the exuberance of
the activity with which they approach interests very
closely connected with this corporation. I will not
say whether greater efforts than are now making in
the practical objects of that vote can be made pro-
perly with regard to the exigencies of the other
public service, but of this I am quite t !he
safety of our coasts, the pre-th: of the fives of
our seamen, whether of t marine or of
the Royal navy, can Lever be an object of indiffer-
ence to an v Gnvia nment ; and the present Govern-
ment, as ivy other, must have their attention
serion,ly bent on that question, and must be deter-
mined to neglect no means they can use with safety
and prudence to promote an object so closely affect-
ing the vital interests of the country. (Hear, hear.)
I will not pretend to enter on any discussion as to
the peculiar relation which this corporation should
have towards any branch of her Majesty's Govern-
ment. I will. not venture to settle the little points
of difference which may have arisen between the
deputy master and the President of the Board of
Trade—(laughter)—but this I will venture to say,
that there will be no Government that will not
feel it to be its duty, its pleasure, and its interest,
in all matters connected with the mercantile marine
of this country, to take advice and counsel from
this corporation, and to act with it in a muth.il
spirit of confidence, harmony, and good will, and
to co-operate together for the attainment of objects
which, as they must stand in the first rank in the
views of the company, must also stand high in the
opinions of any Government deserving the name
of the Government of this country. (Hear.) Sir,
I beg to return to your Royal Highness and the
company, on the part of the honorary members of
this body and myself, our cordial thanks for the
honour you have conferred upon us, and to express
the deep gratification we feel in having on this
occasion the honour of meeting the more
legiti-
mate members of the corporation. (Loud cheers.)
' Sir CHARLES WOOD next gave " The prosperity
of British seamen and British shipping." (Cheers.)
He said—The office which I have had at various
times the honour to hold has connected me with
the British navy. My perfect conviction is that
the British. navy will never allow their brother
Englishmen to defend their country on shore, be-
cause they will never suffer a foreign foe to set
foot on English soil. (Lond cheers.) I entirely
concur with my noble friend who last addressed
you as to the great benefit which this country
during the last war received from the mercantile
marine. It is upon the merchant seamen that the
navy must rely for that reinforcement which on
the breaking out of any war would be necessary,
and the gallantry and the spirit which they dis-
played during the last war has proved that they
are fully equal to any emergency which may re-
quire the services of the British navy. (Rear.)
For the maintenance of peace we are indebted much
to the mercantile marine. They convey our mul-
tifold merchandise to all parts of the world ; they
bring back wealth to this country, and by commer-
cial intercourse they bind together by the tie of
mutual benefit all the countries of the world. Con-
nected with the toast I venture to propose the
health of a right lion. gentleman who is in this
room. No such commerce can be carried on with-
out raising questions that have to be decided by
the most discriminating judgment and impartial
mind; and that right hon. gentleman has for many
years past, assisted by members of this corpora-
tion, distributed equal justice to suitors who
may be brought before him, from whatever country
they may come. I therefore propose, " Prosperity
to British ships and British seamen," connected
with the name of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushing-
ton. (Loud cheers.)
Dr. LUSHINGTON, in responding, referred to the
great increase which had been attained in the pos-
sessions of the British crown since he had heard
the same toast given at a dinner in the presence of
William Pitt, and said our shipping had doubled,
our commerce had more than quadrupled, and it was
impossible toimpute to the people of this country a
desire to acquire more. All that was wanted now
was security and freedom.
The PRINCE CONSORT thanked the guests for their
presence that day, and wished them health and hap-
piness, coupling with the toast the name of the
Duke of Newcastle.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE responded, He said—
I may say that the colonies which I represent feel,
and take perhaps more than ever at this moment, a
lively interest in all things that appertain to the
duties, the knowledge, the science, and the functions
of this great corporation. At the same time, it is
impossible to have sat at this table this evening
without remarking how men's minds are turned at
this moment (I hope only for a short time) from the
peaceful duties which are attended to by this cor-
poration, to duties and considerations of a very dif-
ferent character. We have not heard much this
evening with respect to buoys, and lights, and har-
bours of refuge—those have been only incidentally
spoken of. We have been speaking of armed bat-
talions. lam not sure whether we have touched
on improved artillery, but I am quite sure that our
thoughts have been in that direction, and in dock-
yard fortifications. Sir, these things are natural,
and I am confident those feelings are participated
in by all the inhabitants of this great country—and
when I say this country I include our colonial pos-
sessions, and that every devoted subject of the Sove-
reign is at this moment contemplating that duty
which has been so frequently referred to
this evening, and by none with greater elo-
quence and greater feeling than the distin-
guished individual who last addressed
you, and whose duties, trained in peace, and trained
in the civil praotice of life, have nevertheless forced
him to the conclusion which he has explained in
the course of his speech. lam about, by her Ma-
jesty's and your royal highness's command, to
attend the illustrious prince who is about shortly
to visit one of the most important colonial posses-
dions of her Majesty. lam confident that that
illustrious prince, if by the blessing of God he re-
turns here, will bring back to his illustrious mother
and to your royal highness the information that
that spirit which has been evinced in Hyde-park
to-day, and which is shown throughout the whole
of this country, is equally strong on the other side
of the water. He will see no doubt, in miniature,
the same efforts which have been made in London
to-day. He will convey to this country the infor-
mation that as in the arts of peace, of which this
corporation is a partaker, so in the arts of war, for
the purpose of self-defence (though for the purpose
of self-defence alone), they are equally ready to
come forward, and to maintain in its integrity that
great empire which is reigned over by her Majesty,
and I hope by God's providence will tend to produce
the greatest blessings of peace and happiness to the
community of the whole world. (Cheers.)
The company then separated.

LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE
FRIENDS OF POLAND.

The twenty-eighth anniversary of this society
was held yesterday, at the Sussex-chambers, Duke-
street, St. James's; the Marquis Townshend, Pre-
sident, in the chair.

Mr. BIRKBECK (the Secretary) read the report,
which stated that the association had been able to
' discharge all expenses with the flird,t in hand,
and to apply the amount of tlw duttat ions to the
benefit of refugees, at, nit ~er of wlamn in May last
was 719. The (lON-intent also referred to the intrigues
of the Prossi.tn police with a revolutionary
committeo in London, as disclosed in a report
crdered by the late Prussian Minister of the In-
terior. The balance-sheet accompanying the report
showed that the income for the year ending May 3
was £592 55., the expenditure being £537 2s.
The Earl of HARRINGTON moved the adoption of
the report. He denounced the conspiracy of the
Prussian police, and said it was difficult to under-
stand anything so impious. Another anniversary
had come round, and Poland was still under the
yoke of a triumvirate of tyrants. The oppressors
felt it to be impossible to govern Poland by free in-
stitutions, for that must necsssarily lead to Poland's
emancipation. He had on former occasions en-
treated them never to despair, and he thought they
might now take fresh hope from the recent changes
in Europe. They should always do justice to their
enemies, and he thought the Emperor of Russia
deserved credit for having taken a very noble step
in the emancipation of the serfs. He (Lord Har-
rington) traced all the disturbances of Europe to
the subjugation of Poland.
The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON seconded the mo-
tion, observing that the aspect of the political
of olitical
world was more favourable to the hopes of
than they had been at any other time The
Prussianhis attend-
ing a meeting of the association.
police intrigue showed the extreme of baseness and
folly. They should be prepared for such constant
attempts to stimulate revolt, in order to prevent
s
that great rising which the c avonic nations had
in view.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Colonel PINNEY, M.P., moved the re-election of
the Marquis Townshend as president for the en.
suing year.
Prince W. CZARTORYNSKI said his father had
entrusted him to express to that meeting, in the
name of Poland, the admiration and gratitude
felt by his countrymen for the exertions of that
association in the cause of their emancipation.
His country was now less than ever disposed to
waste her energies. She was bent on multiply-
ing her commercial enterprises and bringing
all her latent resources ; on doing this legally,
peaceably, and openly, under the eyes of her ene-
mies. While they were doing this, Russia, was
not desisting from her murderous and extermi-

nating policy. Her spat:tit was still what it was
is times long past ; protection by laws, none ;
schools, none; police agents innumerable. It was
of Russia that. King Sigistnund Augustus of Po-
-Imd said to Queen Elizabeth of England, "The
Czar of Muscovy is the foe not only of Poland,
but of Christendom." In conclusion, Prince W.
Czartorynski, having presented the noble chair-
man with a magnificently-bound volume descrip-
tive of the great country of Poland, formally se-
conded the motion of the preceding speaker.
This motion having also been carried,
The CHAIRMAN, in brief and feeling terms, ac-
cepted the honour and confidence offered. him. He
alluded, with emotion, to the noblemen who had
preLided over that association before him, and said
the cause they all had at heart would be for ever
united with the name of Lord Dudley Stuart.
The Earl of lixtrEsTEß moved, " That, inasmuch
as the claims of subjugated nations to deliverance
from oppression are now beginning to exact and
compel a degree of attention from European Cabi-
nets which they never obtained before, it is the
duty of Poland and her friends, in this age of sud-
den and unexpected changes and opportunities, to
be ever ready to avail themselves of every occasion
of asserting her claim to national independence."
He had, he said, from year to year preached the
monotonous doctrine of patience ; and he found in
the history of the past 12 months enough to confirm
him in Oat doctrine. He did not, however, mean
the patience of idleness and of ignorance, but that
patience which could keep its own counsel and re-
serve its own strength for fitting occasions. Such
was the patience identical with the sentiment of
faith. In regard to that assertion embodied in the
resolution he was entrusted to move, viz., that as
Poland's claims were beginning to compel attention
from the. Cabinets of Europe, he warned his friends
against putting any faith in Prussian pretences of
liberality. He would beg to notice one point
touched on by his noble friend the Earl of Haring.
ton. It was the emancipation of the Russian serfs.
He agreed with his noble friend that justice ought
to be done' to our enemies ; but he thought some-
thing more than justice was done the Emperor of
Russia, in crediting him entirely with a step which
had been forced upon him, and which was duo, in
its origin, to Poland.
General Count ZAMOYSKI seconded the motion.
He really thought they had entered on an era of
restoration—not the restoration of princes but of
rights. The Polish nation at large, he begged to
state with emphasis, had, after various abortive
attempts at insurrection, come to the conclusion
that by such lines of conduct they were only
serving their enemies. This was indicated in the
fact that they were constantly being tempted by
police intriguers to commit deeds of violence. Snares
had been set for them, but not a man in a whole pro-
vince had been entrapped. Now, everybody who
resisted such incitements must have exercised great
self-control, and he begged the friends of Poland to
consider this, and not to interpret silence and delay
into a proof of abated earnestness. In the concluding
part of his long address, Count Zamoyski alluded to
the A gricultural Society of Warsaw as having done
much political service. It was true th.at this society
busied itself with the improvement of agriculture ;
but this implied the improvement of agriculturists ;
and who were these but the whole population ?
Hence the hostility of the Russian Government to
the society in question.
Viscount RAT-mint, M.P., moved that the Duke
of Norfolk, the Duke of Sutherland, K.G., the Earl
of Harrowby, K.G., the Earl Fortescue, K.G., the
Earl of Harrington, the Earl of Ilchester, the Earl
of Shaftesbury, and the Earl of Zetland, be elected
vice-presidents of the association for the ensuing
year.

- The motion, having been seconded by Mr. BD
MUND BEALES, was carried unanimously.
Other speakers, including Colonel Baron do
Wiercinski, and Mr. J. Abel Smith, having addressed
the meeting, in furtherance of the remaining resolu-
tions, a vote of thanks was passed to the most noble
chairman, and the proceedings terminated.