The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-17 00:00:00

mounted by a Polish eagle, with the following in-
§eription

To the Husband and the Son
of the Late
Countess of Ilarrowby,
Sister of

Lord DUDLF,Y COUTTS STUART,I
This token of gratitude is offered

_
by
Poland,
1859.

The inscription on the front of the medal is:—

Dudley C. Stuart,
Causze Polo= Indefessus Windex
Exulum Polonorum,
Amiens et Fal:tor.
sat. A. 1803, Ob. Hohnim A. ISSI.
Cives Poloui Hoe Monumentum rietatis Publ:ex Ficri
Curaverunt.
F. C. A. -189,
On the reverse of the medal, round the map of
•
Poland, are the words :

"hue Ilonos Nomenque Tuum LandeAve Manebunt."
The map, which is most beautifully engraved,
with the Carpathian mountains in relief, exhibits
the countries comprised in the Kingdom of Poland,
in various periods, from the the reign of Mieczyslas
1., when Poland was converted to Christianity
(A.D. 965), to that of Stephen Batory, when Riga
became a Polish port, (A. D. 1586). The
great historical importance and early civiliz-
ation of the country is explained by its position
between the Baltic and the Black Sea, and by the
fact that it comprehends the most fertile land (per-
haps excepting the alluvial plain of the Danube) in
the whole of Europe. The Vistulland the Dniester
still bear the harvests of Poland to the ocean, but
as the ports of shipment are Odessa and Dantzic it
is often erroneously asserted or assumed that Russia

and. Prussia are ihe sources of the inexhaustible

supply of corn which is in fact only to be found in
Poland.
The noble conduct of the late Lord Dudley Stuart
was admirabiv sketched:by Prince Czartoryski, in a
letter to the Poles on the subject of the national
subscription for the medal which has been presented
to Lord Harrowby. A few extracts from the letter
will form a fitting pendant to the account of the
very interesting event which it is our gratifying
duty to record :—" Issued from one of the most
illustrious families of Great Britain, a descendant
of the kings of Scotland, united by the ties of con-
sanguinity to the dynasty now reigning in France,
and member of the British Parliament, Lord Dudley
Stuart knew how to rise from the high position in
which he was placed by birth, to that still higher
and most honourable post which only a lofty mind
could appreciate, select, cccupy worthily, and
.pro-
serve. Guided by justice, and by the exigeneies
of the balance of power in, Europe, he devoted
himself to the service of an unhappy nation, which
the triumph of violence and cunning had reduced to
slavery. After our heroic struggle in 1831, when
the generous and universal enthusiasm which our
cause once kindled among all nations was beginning
to cool, when Poland, succumbing under the re-
peated blows of a conqueror thirsting for vengeance,
was delivered up to martyrdom by silent and indif-
ferent Europe, and her sons, seeking everywhere
help against the oppressor, became homeless, bread-
less wanderers in foreign lands, where their misery
no longer excited more than a timid compassion,
Lord Dudley Stuart stood forth, and devoted him-
self courageously to the Polish cause. From that
moment, every energy of his soul was given to it,
and he'remained faithful to it until the last breath of
his admirable life. Whenever a favourable opportu-
nity occurred, his voice was heard pleading the inte-
rests of our cause before the English Government, to
each Minister individually, in Parliament, and in
the public assemblies of the people. When offered
a place in Government, his answer was—' I will
accept office when you can send me on a mission to
the Court of Poland.' Want of success did not
discourage him, faith never abandoned him—he
was ever ready for new efforts. Descending from
the exalted regions of the statesman, he also
mingled with the crowd of Polish emigrants.
Making no distinction of rank, of condition, of
political opinions, he embraced all in his tender
solicitude—fed them, clad them, encouraged them,
reconciled conflicting parties, and oven bore
outrages from them without being disheartened.
As their benefactor, he was an example of
perseverance, patience, and indulgence, as
throughout his whole career he was an
example of every civil virtue, and besides his other
services inssour cause, Lord Dudley Stuart reor-
ganised in London the Literary Society of the
Friends of Poland, first established by the honour-
able and illustrious poet Thomas Campbell ; ho en-
sured its continuance, and enliited among its mem-
bers persons of high rank and position. He re-
mained its president during life, and did not even
forget it in his last will. This society will remain
a living monument of his ideas, of his zeal, of his
ceaseless efforts, and, if God so wills it, a time may
still come when it will render important service
to Poland. When the war broke out in the East,
Lord Dudley Stuart, who for years had been pre-
dicting its inevitable necessity, was not of opinion,
like so many others,that the Western Powers could,
without the aid of Poland, carry on with advantage
the war, against Muscovy. The hopes raised by
the war, as well as his fears of failure, causes him
to redouble his zeal and activity, and with un-
bounded devotion, lie made, at that solemn moment,
the most strenuous efforts to conquer every obstacle
that impeded the triumph of the cause he held so
much at heart. In order to infuse greater boldness
into the timid calculationi of the policy of the allied
powers he visited Turkey and Sweden, two nations
which have long been friendly to our country. He
endeavoured thus, beyond the precincts of official
relations, to create facilities for the powers who were
about to attack Muscovy to raise the Polish ques-
tion. At Constantinople he was received with that
traditional sympathy for our cause which had
already attracted thither several of our country-
men ready for the combat. From the South he
proceeded to the North. Received with much kind-
ness by the King of Sweden and his family, the
friend of Poland was allowed to speak and was lis-
tened to. But, alas! it was the last time his voice
was allowed to plead our cause before men. Seized
with illness during an audience granted him by the
Crown Prince, he had not even the strength to re-
tire, but fell prostrate. He died at Stockholm; a.
victim of his zeal in our cause—but like a valorous
knight, he fell in the thick of the battle."