The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

auspicious indications yonder in the east that
the day is now fast approaching when the resuscita-

Lion of Poland may signalise for one at least of her
would-be destroyers, the advent of the epoch
of retribution. How far the calamatous position
of Austria has latterly served to awaken the exiled
Poles to a sense of their own future, and of all its

apparently encouraging probabilities, we have
recently enabled our readers to appreciate
by giving publicity to the remarkable
speech with which General Count ZAMOYSKI se-
conded Lord ILCHESTER'S resolution, upon the
annual meeting (on the 26th ultimo), of

the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland

That resolution, it will have been observed, ran

simply but emphatically to the effect " that inas-
much as the claims of. subjugated nations to deli-
verance from oppression are now beginning to
exact and compel a degree of attention from Euro-

pean Cabinets which they have never obtained be-
fore, it is the duty of Poland and her friends, in
this age of sudden and unexpected 'changes and
opportunities, to be ever ready to avail themselves
of every occasion of asserting her claim to national
independence." And in seconding this it was
that the General Count ZAMOYSKI gave utterance
to that noble harangue which few can have read
without profound emotions of sympathy and admi-
ration. It was the harangue at once of a brave
soldier, a stanch patriot, and a prudent statesman.
It gave a " plain, unvarnished tale" of the whole
situation of things on the European Continent. It
did this with a careful avoidance of anything even
tending towards exaggeration. The historical part
of General ZAMOYSKI'S speeph was in its way espe-
cially valuable, epitomising as this did in a very few
words facts of the utmost importance, that should
not be allowed, particularly at the present crisis, to
slip from the popular recollection. " There are, as
you know," said the Count to his congenial auditory
i upon the occasion referred to, " the two parts (of
1 Poland) allotted to German Governments, Austria,
and Prussia; of the two other parts, under Russia,
the one, since 1815, bears the name of kingdom of
Poland ; the other, comprising no less than ten
millions of souls, forms nine great provinces, called
governments, incorporated with the empire of
Russia." And it was, Gen. ZAMOYSKI added, "in the
last and in the kingdom that the accession of a new
Czar and King, after the reign of terror of NICHO-
LAS, was greeted with hopes derived from a humane
and liberal disposition attributed to him." Adding
—" A few measures indeed seemed to justify these
expectations ;" but (after enumerating some among
these measures of amelioration) observing in
their regard yet further : " What the result of that
will of the EMPEROR will be is neither known at
this day, nor is it possible in any way to calculate
whether it will end in giving to the empire pro--
sperity or ruin." It was after thus particularising
the actual situation of things in regard to Russian
Poland that Count ZAMOYSKI directed attention
more particularly and at length to the hopes now
dawning anew to himself and his compatriots so
suspiciously and appreciably within the provinces
appertaining to the German Sovereignties. And
it was in this part of his most touching
and inspiriting oration that the General, when
referring to the very hatred and suspicion to which
the Poles in Germany were subjected, drew this
picture full of pathetic consolation and encourage-
ment. " But," he exclaimed, "in that very hatred
and suspicion, friends of Poland, trusting in GOD'S
mercy, and in the approaching era of justice
amongst nations, may find fresh motives of perse-
verance ; for blood and tears cannot be drawn from
a corpse ; and, in truth, Poland is a daily scene of
blood and tears !" It is in sentiments like this
uttered from the very heart and soul of patriots like
ZAMOYSKI, that we may recognise the most clearly
that there is, indeed, yet hope for the great Polish
nationality.

PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO
DANIEL MAUDE, ESQ.

On Saturday a service of plate was presented to
D. Maude,Esq., late stipendiary magistrate of Man-
chester, as a mark of the esteem and respect in
which he is held by his fellow-justices. The pre-
sentation took place in the Mayor's Parlour at the
Town Hall; amongst those present were the Mayor
(in the chair), Mr. Ovens (chairman of the Salford
quarter sessions), Mr. R. Brandt, Mr. C. H. Ric-
kards, Mr. C. J. S. Walker, Mr. R. Gladstone, Mr.
S. Barton, Sir R Armitage, Mr. Shuttleworth,
Alderman Watkins, Mr. W. Ross, Mr. E. Buck-
ley, Mr. Joseph Peel, Mr. Robert Chadwick, Mr.
John Morley, Alderman Nicholls, Mr. C. Ellison
(the new magistrate), Mt. J. Heron (the town
clerk), Captain Palin, Captain Lane, Mr. T. Higsos,
Mr. M. Barton, Mr. Knowles, &c. The occasion
was also graced with the attendance of a number of
ladies.
The service of plate, which had been selected
from the establishment of Mr. E. Emmanuel, of
Hanover-square, London, was displayed upon a
table in the room, and consisted of a magnificent
silver epergne as a centre piece, a pair of silver des-
sert stands, and large silver salver. The salver
bore the following inscription, neatly engraved :

" This salver is part of a service of plate, presented to
Daniel Maude, Esq., on his retirement from the office of
police magistrate for the city of Manchester, by his fellow-
justices, in testimony of their personal regard, and as a
memorial of their high estimation of the uprightness and
ability, the attention, judgment, and courtesy with which,
for more than twenty years, he has discharged the varied,
grave, and responsible duties of his important trust."
The above elaborate pieces of workmanship will
be on view at Mr. Emmanuel's establishment for
a few days.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg,
who arrived at Buckingham Palace last evening from
visiting her Majesty and the Prince Consort at Osborne,
will take his departure this morning on his return to
Germany.
His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, accompanied by the youthful
Prince Adolphus, is expected to arrive either this afternoon
or to-morrow at St. James's Palace, from Strelitz.
His Excellency the Ambassador of France ar-
rived at Albert-gate House yesterday morning from Paris.
His Excellency visited the French capital to attend the
funeral of Prince Jerome Bonaparte.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Staf-
ford House, on Saturday, for Cliefden, their seat near
Maidenhead. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare,
Lord and Lady Blantyre, and a select family circle, have
met there to pass a few days.
The Marquis and Marchioness Spaventa and
family have taken their departure from the Brunswick
Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris, on their way for P..ome.
The Sind Kossid says the Customs receipts of
Kurrachee for 1859-60 amounted to 51 lakhs of rupees, or
lakhs in excess of those of the preceding year. The
trade then must have nearly doubled. The mutinies, by
che3king the course of trade from Calcutta to the North
West and Indus Valley, have largely benefitted both Bom-
bay and Kurrachee.