The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-24 00:00:00

CO MttTEMORATION Or THE FR Bier(
BEVOLUTION OF FEB.• 24, 11348. •

On Monday evening last a meeting of political
exiles was held at the Literary In,titutiou, John-
street, Tottenham-court-road, to commemorate the
revolution of the 24th of Feb., 1843. The meeting
ought, of course, to have been held upon the 24th
(this cl4y) ; but it seems that all the halls and places
suitable for such a gathering were engaged for th's
evening, and Monday last was therefore selected in
its stead. The platform was decorated with the
bannerii of Poland, and the flags of various nation-
alities formed a background.
M. TALANDIER opened the proceedings by.intro.!
ducingM. Longepied as president.
The ;CHAIRMAN, who on his appearance was
greeted with loud applause, proposed three hearty
cheers pr the British Press and Parliament, which
were given with great enthusiasm. He described,
in a poWerful and graphic manner, the crimes of
the Denx-Decembrians—thestreaßas of blood which
they caused to be poured forth upNi the Boulevards
—the rains of men which were dashed out against
l
the wa is—and the heaps of the bodies of victims
which ere piled up in the cometries, but at the
same time ho reminded them that out of evil came
Iy
good. ' Their exile had been to them the school of
misfortune, but it had also been to them the school
of experience. They had learned in their exile to
know their faults, and they had been taught: by it
lessons which would be-invaluable in future. He
concluded by expressing the hope that the justice
of man would soon chastise the oppressors of France,
and resumed his seat amidst loud applause.
Mr. BLIGHT, an English operative, then ad-
dressQd: the meeting, pointing out the crimes and
the midnight ambuscade of the Man of the 2d
December. He condemned Lord Palmerston for
his treachery, describing him as the ass which as-
, sumed,the lion's skin ; but he said that, at length
Cobden and Bright saw the end of the tail, and
called the attention of the public to it. He re=
ferre:l in touching terms to the betrayal of Poland,-
of Hungary, and of Italy, and resumed his seat
amidst, great cheering.
M. VII' PYAT said he had great satisfaction in
Ip.aring it repeatedly remarked since the vote. of
Frid .y night that the English Parliament and the
English nation, too, had deserved well of the cause
of humanity. They had, indeed, admirably as-
serted its claims against the arbitrary power which
had successfully invaded the deliberative in.depen-
deuce of Belgium, Switzerland, and Piedmont. but
had failed in its arrogant attempt to bully this
country. With its COMM= ding voice it. had ex-
claimed to the advancing tide of despotism,
"Stop ! thou shall go no further l" and already the
ebb of its hateful waters had begun. The haughty
and boastful threats by which it had been sought to
mould this country to the wishes of the despot no
longer rung in our ears, and with their subaidenee
fell also the Minister, whose name his, ory would
darken with the charge of having been willing to
sacrifice the honourable independence of his coun-
try at the shrine of Bonapartism, a degraded sub-
serviency which lost him place and power. By
the fall of that Minister, the English nation had
made a noble protest against the complicity in ali'-'
solutism, in which it had been artfully sought to in-
volve it. It now became them, as the victims of that
system, to protest, in turn, against its Unrighteous.
persecution. M. Pyat concluded by reading to the
meeting a letter addressed to the Parliainent
and the press, the communication of it being re-
ceived by repeated bursts of applause.
Mr. MURRAY said that as an Englishman he was
there to protest iudignAntly against the arrogance
of the man who, after his ignoble adventures at
Boulogne and Strasburg, after conspiring from
motives of mere ambition against the lawfully con-
stituted power which reigned over Fiance ; and
after having slain thousands of innocent persons by
the hands of his satellites, now sought to expel
from our hospitable shores the unfortunate men
whom his oppression had driven to them for an ,
asylum. The downfall of Lord Paltnerston's
Cabinet could only be regarded as a just punish-
ment for the truckling spirit in which it had acted,
and he hoped would provoa lesson to bis successors, ,
(Hear, hear.)
M. TALANDIER remarked that the position -of
affairs at the present moment ought to induce them
to sink all minor differences, and to unite with a
thoroughly cordial entente for the preservation of
their common interests iu the future that was before-
them. Whatever reproaches he might have to make
to others be did himself reserve fora more fitting
ion occas ,
so that their present unanimity might not
be endangered. (Hear, hear.)
M. ZENO SWIETOSLA.WSKI vindicated the conduct
of Orsini, declaring that had Louis Napoleon not
been thedestroyer of Italian liberty and the re-
een ation at Rome, Orsini would
not have made the attempt of the 14th of January.
Ovipi then was not an assassin, but a patriot.
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hall every hotly - was ezited- for the time. •
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dioplayed. When order was
lemon were found to be pre•
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sent an excessively turuld,2cl and disa, du.. d ap-
restored weapons
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Farance, but there` remained little elseto recall
the excitement.'Gentlemen of -oppoeite patties
crossed over to each othcr to explaiu
.their pacific-
dispositions, and that they got into a fight where •
there only puirPoSe, was to prevent a fight. Mutual
explanations and -a, hearty laugh . at
..the ludicre,us
points of the draina were followed ls.y quiet ant a
return to business. Disgraceful though altstfch
scene, are, it must be admitted that Mr. Grow !ivies. •
in no way responsible for this. lie was`brutally
aesailed, and defended himself at last only after
fer')earance had ceased to b.) a virtue. If the les-
..on Which he impressed upon his. assailant shall.
have the effect of restraining litncilorth
Mr. Keitt's exhibition; of inso!euee and . his
offenSive affectations of sup:rierity over •his
equals I don't know that the result' will have
been too dearly purchased. He seems to have h
bciured for years under the impression that a man
who don't own negroes can be trodden upon with
impunity, and it is to be hoped that his preseW. dis-
comfiture will inspire hint with the respect for his
colleaues which is their due.
" rllhe contest upon the 'yeas' and ' nays'
throughout the long night certainly' seems to snake
the death of the Lecompton Constitution. Its op-
.,ponerits triumphed at las', and forced upon the
Administration men an agreement that on Monday
next the veto. shall be taken upon Mr. Harris's
motion for a reference, without any delay, on any
further factious opposition, and thereupon an•ad-
journinent was carried. I canG3ss to some misgiv-
ings as to the propriety of yielding to them even so
far asito postpone the final question until -Monday. ,
They ?rnow now. just how many votes_they want,'.
and af success is vital to the adrainistration,lhe
most esp-erate efforts will be made between this
and A onday to change the votes, or indiwe mento
r absen thernaelves. Having the power,thismorning •
it would have been better to finish the Work up at •
once. It is scarcely;to be anticipated,.however, that
any of the Northern Democrats who struggled so
faitholly all through the night to secure to the
people of Kansas their just rights will fall by the
way nOw. They have put their hands to the plough,
and arse not likely to turn back again. It is reason-
able to hope that within a few hours after this
reaches the public eye the Lecompton Constitution
will be in the hands of a committee, whose official
report of the fact 3 of the Kansas imhroglio cannot
fail to isatisfy a decided majority of Congress that it
never aught to be forced upon a protesting people."