The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATIILipAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1861.

THE CENSUS.

The following tables of the populetion and houses
enumerated in England and Wales, and in the
islands in the British seas, on April 8, 1861, were
yesterday presented to both Houses of Parliament
by command of ber Majesty :
" The Act for taking the Census of England required that
the 31,000 enumerators should copy into books the house-
holders' schedules and other particulars collected in their
several districts. These books were to be placed. with the
schedules, in the hands of the 2,197 Registrars, who were to
subject them to a strict examination, and make all neces-
sary corrections. Before the 30th of April the enumerators
books and other documents were to be transferred to the
631 Superintendent-Registrars, who were required to test
the accuracy of their contents by a further process of revi-
sion.
" The Superintendent-Registrars were allowed a short
time for the purpose of returning the revised books to the
Census-office, where they have still to undergo strict and
minute revision before any detailed and exact statement of
results can be given. As this essential labour must, how-
ever, of necessity, engage much time, it has been thought
desirable net to withhold from the public such an approxi-
mation to the general results as might be obtained without
waiting for the entire completion of this series of checks.
The Registrars, therefore, were desired to forward to the,
Census-office summaries of the population and houses
within their respective districts.
"From these summaries have been chiefly compiled the
following tables, which must be taken to represent the re-
sults of the Census according to the statements "of the kcal
officers, previous to the revision now in progress at the cen-
tral office. And although minute accuracy is not to be
looked for, yet it is apprehended that the alterations which a
careful revision of the original documents may render neces-
sary will not be of importance sufficient to lessen the value
of the figures as materials for whatever general inferences
may fairly be drawn from them. :
." Table I. comprises the population enumerated on the Bth
of April, 1861, in England and Wales and the islands in the
British seas, amounting to 20,205,504. The portion of the
army, Royal navy, and merchant seamen out of the country
at the time of the census is not included, and as it appears
from official returns that the army abroad amounted to
about 137,000, the Royal Navy and Marines absent from
the United Kingdom to about 42,900, and the merchant
seamen absent on voyages to about 9F,000, it may be as-
sumed that the numbers of these classes belonging to Eng-
land and Wales were collectively not less than 162,021,
mostly adult mails.
"Table 11. exhibits the number of houses and the popu-
lation enumerated in England and Wales in 185 band 1861,
with the increase in the interval.
" Table HI, shows the population of England and Wales
at each of the censuses, 1801.61, including the army, navy,
and merchant seamen abroad as well as at home, with the
increase in each decennial period. The actual increase of
population (2,169,576) between 1851 and 1861 was greater
than in any previous decennial period, but the rate of in-
crease, owing to active emigration, had somewhat dimi-
nished. _ _

" Table IV. presents a comparative view of the number
of houses enumerated at each of the censuses.

" Table V. shows the houses and population enumerated
in the counties (proper) in 1851 and 1861, together with the
increase or decrease of persons in each county in the period
between the enumerations.

" In Table VI. the numbers of inhabited houses and of
the population in 1851 and 1861, with the increase or de-
crease of persons in the interval, are presented for each of
the 631 Superintendent-Registrars' districts into which
England is divided. These districts are for the most part
co-extensive with single Poor-law Unions, or two or more
Unions combined, but in some instances they consist of
places in which the rel.ef of the poor is regulated under Local
Acts, or otherwise than by the Poor-law Amendment Act.
A column is added in this table showing the excess of re-
iistered births over deaths in the 10 years 1851-60, but in
comparing these numbers with the ascertained increase or
decrease it is necessary to bear in mind that the whole of
the births are not registered. No birth can be recorded
after six months, and regiAration is not compulsory, so in
the present state of the law many births are not entered in
the registers, especially in London and the large towns.
"Table VII. is framed from the details in Table VI. The
Superintendent•Registrars' districts are grouped together
in 11 divisions, each comprising the whole, or nearly the
whole, of the several counties named. In the columns show.
ing the ascertained increase of population and the excess of
births over deaehs in these divisions maybe traced the power-
ful stream of immigrati"n into the principal centres of trade
and the seats of mining and manufacturing industry. Thus
in London (Division 1), where the excessof registered births
over deaths was 253,989, the influx of persons from other
parts had raised the actual increase to 440,798 ; in the
Eastern division (4), consisting of the counties of Essex,
Suffolk, and Norfolk, the ascertained increase was only
28,220, while the natural increase or excess of births over
deaths was 129,726.
"In Table VIII. the houses and population in the prin-
cipal cities and boroughs in 1861 are stated chiefly on the
authority of the Superintendent-Registrars in whose dis-
tricts the places are wholly or partly comprised. The
municipal and parliamentary boundaries are frequently not
conterminate with those of parishes or other local sub-
divisions, and great care is required in assigning the popu-
lation within their exatt limits. It is probable that suffi-
cient attention to questions of boundary has not been given
in some cases by the local officers in preparing these state-
ments within the limited time allowed them. The numbers
must therefore be received as approximations only, subject
to revision hereafter at the Census-office. This table includes
only corporate towns and boroughs returning members to
Parliament; several large towns, consequently, do not appear
in it.
" Tables IX. and X., referring to the Channel Islands
and the Isle of Man, require no explanation.
" Table XI. relates to emigration. According to the re-'
turns of the Emigration Commissioners, 2,249,355 emigrants
sailed from thepoits of the United Kingdom in the interval
between the Census of March 31, 1851, and the Census of
April 8, 1861. But 194,532 of the number were probably
of foreign origin, leaving 2,054,823 emigrants from the popu •
lotion of the United Kingdom, of whom about 640,210 were
of English oriein, 183,627 were of Scotch origin, and
1,230,986 were of Irish origin.
" We will reserve any further observations for the report
which will accompany the detailed abstracts.
" GEORGE GRAHAM, Registrar. General.
"WILLIAM FARR Assistants to the Regis-
" JAMES T. HAMMACK, Sl trar-General in the
Matter of the Census.
" Census-office, Craig's-court, Tune 7, 1861."

ENGLAND AND WALES AND ISLANDS IN THE
BRITISH SEAS.
Table I.—Population Enumerated in England and Wales
and in the Islands in the British Seas on April 8, 1861.

Persons.

Males. Females.

• -
*20,203,501 9,825,246

Population emuneratedon)
April 8, 1881 (exclusive
of the Army, Navy,
and Merchant Seamen I
Abroad)

England and Wales ,
Islands in the British Seas

20,061,7251
143,7791

10,380,258

9,75,852 10,302,873
66,394 77,385

" ENGLIN
Table IL—Houses and Pop
and Wales i

ID AND WALES.
pulation Enumerated in England
in 1861 and 1851.
:OIISES•

Census Year.

Unin-
tabited. !Building.

In-
habited. 1
-,4tt
habited. 1
745,463
,8, 039
- --

1861 (April Sth)
1851 (March 31st)

1,32,325 27,580
153,494 26,571

Increase in the Interval be- 2 I 467,424,
tween 1851 and 1861......

28,831 1 1,009

POPULATION.
Census Year. Persons. Males. I Females.
1861 (April Bth)
1851 (March 31st)
Increase in the Interval be- 1 ~ 2 134 116 977,627 1,156,489
tween 1851 and 1861

Table lll.—England and Wales.—Population at each of
the Censuses 1801-61, including the Army, Navy, and
Merchant Seamen, Abroad as well as at Home, belonging
to England and Wales, Actual Increase, and Rate of
Increase in the Decennial Periods :
Actual Increase Decennial
in the Decennial Rates of In-
Periods. crease per ct.

Population.

1801 .. 9,116,171
1811 .. 10,451,529 .. 1,298,358 .. 14
1821 .. 12,172,664 .. 1,718,135 .. 16
1831. .. 14,051,986 .. 1,879,322 .. 15
184 t .. 16,035,198 .. 1,983,212 .. 14
1 .. 18,054,170 .. 2,018,972 .. 13
1861 .. 20,223,746 .. 2,169,576 .. 12
Table IV. England and Wales.—Number of Houses
Enumerated at each of the Censuses 1801-61:
Inhabited. Uninhabited. Building.
1801 .. 1,575,923 .. 57,476 .. No return.
18 1. • 1,797,504 .. 51,020 .. 207
1821 .. 2,e84,156 .. 69,707 .. 16,274
1831 .. 2,481,544 • . 119,915 .. 24,759
1841 . . 2,919,245 .. 173,247 .. 27,444
1851 . . 3,278,039 .. 153,494 .. 26,571
1861 .. 3,745,463 .. 182,325 .. 27,580

• This number includes the part of the army in England
and the Channel Islands ; also the navy, merchant seamen,
and oth(,rs on board vessels in the ports, rivers, and creeks
on the Bth of April. The part of the army, navy, and mer-
chant seamen out of the country is not included in any of
the tables of this Return, except Table 111.

" EMIGRATION.
"Table Xl.—Retum by the Government Emigration
Board, showing the Number of Emigrants from the
United Kingdom during the Ten Years 1851 to 1860.

.4
4.,_. ,ci 1 •d
44 4, lz. ..., ce CO PCi
4/.1 , .
4)
..-, 4
Year. -41" to ,T,,,
co 4) -4
8 er.: ... "I a
o' El cif' cn O 43 &
E. 4 41 44
- -
1851 335,966*
1852 368,761*
1851 329,937 62,916 22,605 192,609 31,459 20,349
1854 323,429 90,966 25,872 150.209 37,704 18,678
1855 176,807 57,132 14,‘37 78,854 10,554 16,230
1856 176,554 64,527 12,033 71,721 9,474 18,796
1857 212,875 78,560 16,253 86,238 12,624 19,200
1858 113,972 39,971 11,815 43,281 4,560 14,315
1859 120,432 33,930 10,!82 52,981 4,442 18,897
1860 128,469 26,421 8,7,33 60,835 4,536 27,914
,- - - -
Total .. I 2,287,205 451,422 121,530 1736,731 115,353 154,439
* Native origin not ascertained.
14 Note.-It appears from the above table that 2,287,29
, __ _

-tive origin not ascertained.
ig Note.—It appears from the above table that 2,287,205
emigrants sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom in
the ten years 1851 60. Of that number, 1,682,475 emi •
grated in the eight.years 1853-60 ; and 454422 were found
to be English, 1,530 Scotch, 736,731 Irish, and 116,353
foreigners. The origin of 154,439 emigrants was not ascer-
tained. If we assume that these unascertalned numbers
should be distributed proportionably over the rest, the num-
bers of the several classes will be shown in the annexed
table.
"The emigrants in the first three months of 1851 were
46,684; eoniecluentlY the utither in the two koaro

namely, 704,730, have to be reduced to 648,146 to obtain the
number of emigrants in the interval extending from the Ist
of April, 1851, to the 31st of December, 1852. The na-
tionality was not then distinguished, buta large proportion
of the emigrants were of Irish origin, and the best esti-
mate will be made by assuming That the proportions were
the same as in 1853 ; the results appear in the table. 18,734
emigrants sailed from the United Kingdom in the portion,
of 1651 terminating on the .Bth of April, the census day,
and they have been distributed in classes in the propor-
tions ascertained to exist in 1860. •
" Estimated Numbei of Four Classes of Emigrants in the
Interval between the Census of 1851 and 1861.

Total. (to
1)--1852. April 7).
Totals
1851 (April 1853_0.. 1861
English
Scotch
Irish • 1,230,986 °403,246 816,4 8 11,337
Foreigners , 194,532 65,862 127,825 845
" It may be inferred from the official returns that the
emigration from the United' Kingdom was not less than
717,913 in the interval of the censuses 1831 and 1841•
1,692,063 in the interval of the censuses 1841 and 1851; and
2,249,355 in the interval of the censuses 1851 and 1861."

LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF :THE FRIENDS

OF POLAND.

On Thursday the 29th annual general meeting of the
Literary Association of the Friends of Poland took place at
the rooms of the institution, Sussex- chambers, Duke-street,
St. James's, and the proceedings were unusually interesting
in their character, on account of the recent melancholy
events which have taken place at Warsaw.
The Marquis of rownshend, president, occupied the chair,
and amongst the noblemen and gentlemen by whom he was
supported were the Prince L. Czartoryski, General Count
Zamoyski, the Earl of Harrowby, K.G., Earl of Shaftes-
bury, Earl of Zetland, Earl of Ilchester, Earl of Harring-
ton, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Ebury, Lord Talbot de Mala-
hide, Lord. Kingsale, Viscount Raynham, M.P., Sir
Harry Verney, Bart., M.P. ; Sir H. Hoare, Bart., Rev.
Dr. Worthington, Richard Monclttorti Milnes, Esq., M.P. ;
Colonel Pinney, M.P.; T. B. Drown Westhead, Esq.,
M.P.; E. M'Evoy, Esq., M.P.; W. H. Gore Langton,
Esq., M.P.; Right Hon. More O'Ferral, M.P. ' • S. Greg-
son, Esq., M.P. ; Torrens M'Cullagh, Esq , D. Urquhart,
•Esq., Captain Caldwell, F. Marx, Esq., Edmond Battles,
Esq., G. Fitzpatrick, Esq , Dr. Fisher, John Abel Smith,
Esq., Edward Romilly, Esq., Thomas Young, Esq., Ed-
ward Johnston, Esq., William Lloyd Birkbeck, Esq., W.
Bridgeman, Esq., &c.
Mr. L. BIRKBECK, read the report, which was very volu-
minous, and detailed the operations of the association, as
well as gave the history of, and strongly commented upon,
the recent massacres at Warsaw, and denounced the bruta-
lity of the Russian Government.
The Earl of HARRINGTON moved the adoption of the
report. He attributed the recent movements at Warsaw
to two causes. First, the example set by that glorious
revolution in Italy, by which 20 millions of Italians had
acquired not only their independence, but their liberty.
(Loud applause.) Secondly by the emancipation of
the serfs throughout Russia. Great, credit was
was due to the Emperor of Russia for the perseverance
and courage he had exhibited in that noble act, but it was
deeply to be regretted that, whilst he had exhibited a desire
for the march of freedom, on the one hand, he should
have permitted the hand or oppression and cruelty to be
exercised towards the Poles on the other. (Hear, hear.)
The Earl of ZETLAND seconded the resolution, and it was
caulked unanimously.
The Earl of HARROWBY moved the re-appointment of
the Marquis Townshend as president of the association,
and said, whilst he still maintained his old sentiments of
the right of Poland to its nationality, guaranteed as it
is by the most solemn treaties which, if faithfully carried
out, would no doubt soothe the' wounded feelings of the
Poles—whereas the constant and unscrupulous violation of
those treaties by the par titioningpowers over Polandcan only
produce events such as lately occurred at Warsaw. Those
events had proved one thing, namely, that however the land
of Poland might be divided, the heart of Poland was just
the same. (Cheers.)
Lord TALBOT DE MALARIDE seconded the resolution.
Prince L. CZARTORYSKI said—l am requested to sup-
port the resolution which has just been proposed, and I am
glad to have this opportunity of rendering the tribute of
my gratitude to the noble president and the other members
of this association. In the name of my countrymen, let
me say, we are not ungrateful. Au association, like an
individual, has a specific existence; its power lies not
merely in its show of strength, but in the legitimacy of its
aim, and the constancy with which it pursues its rghteous
purpose. The association first assembled on the morrow
of that eventful day when, by a fate irresistible, Poland,
deserted by the Governments of Western Europe, was
'forced to succumb to her enemies ; on the morrow of that
catastrophe which saw encamped in the heart of Europe
the Tartar hordes, but half disguised in European uniforms.
Five and twenty years later, England and France were
compelled to spend thousands of lives and millions of trea-
sure, to curb, for the time, the ambition of a power dange-
rous to the equilibrium of Europe. You therefore resolved
since then to remonstrate against the improvidence of
statesmen to inform the public opinion of your country, to
point out where a bulwark may be formed against the
dangers of the future, to advocate a policy of equity
amongst nations which, thank God, begins already to gain
groun, to protest against the flagrant violation of treaties
and the arbitrary rule of the spoilers, to assert the inex-
tinguishable rights of Poland, and proclaim aloud the duties
and obligations of Europe. We address a community at-
tached above others to the supremacy of law. The chief
of your magistrates presides in the assembly of your Peers,
and the Ministers of the Crown seek the advice of
your most eminent jurists when dealing with the
Governments of other States. It is not merely her fleets
and armies that constitute the power of England, it is not
merely her wide-spread commerce and her great possessions,
it is her fidelity to the principles of law and liberty. It is
this which causes her mediation to be sought in the differ-
ences which arise between nation and nation, between
sovereigns and subjects. Do not believe that her inter-
position is a dead letter because we do not always see' an
immediate result. Resolved to draw the sword only in de-
fence of your own rights and interests, you do not therefore
fail to render signal service to the cause of truth and right.
Your condemnation weighs upon the conscience of the
Fuilty—your moral support nerves the arm of the oppressed,
Inspires him with courage and patience, and raises for him
new allies. Such was the moral help we sought to invoke
when, more than a quarter of a century ago, this society
was first formed, and it has never deviated from the path of
usefulness originally marked out for it. You have from
time to time caused remarkable discussions in the Houses
of Parliament. I need only allude to those of 1832, 1833,
1837, 1843, and 1846. And you have been mainly instru-
mental in obtaining from the Government of her Majesty
solemn protests against the violation of treaties regarding
Poland. Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by
the malignant suggestions of our enemies that your efforts
have hitherto been of little avail. Be assured that it is in
no small degree owing to the remonstrances and denuncia-
tions of the West that our spoilers have not harmed us
more, and that they profess a willingness to make us
some reparation. Do not believe that they will do so of
mere good will. Do not leave us tacitly to the discretion
of Alexander, it would be to assume a heavy responsibility
of prolonged oppression and renewed bloodshed. There is
for us, I know, sympathy in this country. The Poles do
not ask material, but moral help. All they ask is that you
do not shrink from doing them justice, by publi"ly and
nationally acknowledging their rigtts. England is bound
in honour to do this; for, is she not one of the signatories of
the Treaty of Vienna--that treaty so grievous to us Poles,
as recognising the partition of our country, but which has
in it the most distinct and explicit acknowledgment of our
nationality. Si' ngland has thereby assumed a grave respon-
bility concerning us in the facie of the world. The present
juncture peculiarly demands your active solicitude. The
late events at Warsaw render it a duty no longer to remain
silent. May we not claim the co-operation of all just and
and sincere men, whatever may be their distinctiveopinions?
Friends of conservatism and friends of progress may alike
with consistency and honour lend their aid. Poland, with
the same voice, invokes the rights of legitimacy and the
rights of a people, rights founded in the law of humanity
and rights guaranteed by treaties. The atrocities perpe-
trated by the Russian Government for a long time passed
in silence ; but in February last, when the people of War-
saw were engaged in funeral prayer, they were attacked
by the police, who, enraged at their remaining passive,
butchered the defenceless crowd without mercy. The fear-
ful truth became speedily known through Europe, and
amongst the Russians themselves a sense of shame spread.
The Government of the Czar redoubled its cruelty and
struck indiscriminately, while seeking vainly for chief
offenders, where all are equal in the passive resistance to
wrong; for it was a whole nation, if any, that conspired.
And truly all have been dealt with accordingly. Women as
well as men, aged persons and children, every class and
every creed have furnished their contingent of victims,
and thus the cruelty of the oppressor has made palpable the
unanimity of our nation in a manner unexampled. There
are these who have said that Polish nationality was dead.
But is it death which year after year can continue without
submission to incur the remorseless enmity of Russia, and
which not only in the armed battle field, but in the unarmed
byways of life can indomitably endure the cruelty of such
a power. It is almost a century since Poland was divided,
yet to the present hour all the race, thus politically severed,
continue to live the same life, speak the same tongue, and
desire the same national end. Let one illustration suffice.
I allude to the manner in which the entire country identi-
fied itself with the movement at Warsaw. In every church
and chapel throughout ancient Poland a solemn service was
performed when the massacre in the capital became known,
and Russians in St. Petersburg itself admitted that there was
no other token which could be given so forcibly or so feel-
ingly. The other day a young peasant was assassinated by
a Russian soldier at Siedlee ; persons of all classes vied with
one another far the honour of carrying his coffin to the
grave. Similar scenes have occurred at Posen and else-
where. Is there not in these things evidence of unity ?
Failing all other grounds of reproach, our enemies taunt
us
i• buringt merely to restore the regime of the an-
cientlet not the great legislative acts of 1791
It was by the nobility, the name of which
gnawers
cssie '
sely to what in England is called the gentry,
be
fs rtngh noblesse
btc
ptloreenens. P
that those great acts of justice to the people were done
which secured equality of all men before the law and eventual
abolition of serfhood. These acts, no doubt, precipitated
our fate, and made the oppressors hasten to divide and de-
spoil us. The present Emperor himself acknowledges the
liberal tendency and spirit of our nation, without distinction
of class, when he recites in his recent ukase the fact that it
is in accordance with the initiative taken by the various
Polish Governments that he was induced to decree the
emancipation of the serfs. And the last act of the Agricul-
tural Society, before it was violently dissolved, was to pass
a resolution abolishing, wholly and without reserve, all
tenurest of land by compulsory labour. The first act of the
Diet of Gallicia has been the solemn confirmation of this
great act of justice. Amidst circumstances unfavourable to
our cause, you have been obliged for some years to limit
your attention to acts of mere benevolence ; but now that
Poland has once more spoken, and, though bleeding, has
reassumed an attitude of life, it is for you to take again the
part you originally assigned to yourselves, to unfurl here
our national flag, to rally men of heart around it, and to
awaken sympathy in those who do not know us. You have
already shown a good example to all sincere and generous
men, and your reward will be with you, in the triumph of
our cause, at no distant day, of which my conviction, and
tthe conviction of the nountrhp most firm. The hand of
God has rested heavily upon Oland, but the Measure of

subs.

our sufferings and of the iniquities of Muscovite rule is filled
up. Some moments of fearful suffering still await us, but
they will constitute our last trial, and when our country
has risen from it, independent and glorious, you will rejoice
that you have contributed to her redemption. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution was put and carried unanimously.
The noble CHAIRMAN, in thanking the muting, said
there had been a general feeling abroad that the present
Emperor of Russia was a kind and humane man. He had
shared in that opinion. but if it were true that-he had re-
warded those who had directed the massacres of Warsaw
—(hear, hear)—all he could say was that if he was a hu-
mane man, in that act he had not shown it. (Hear.)
The Earl of ILCHESTER moved the third resolution,
" That the noble and exemplary forbearance exhibited by
the people of Warsaw under the late most trying circum-
stances, evinces an unparalleled degree of patriotic resolu-
tion and power of self-control ; and that the Poles having
thereby given proof of moral heroism and great civic quali-
ties, in addition to that personal and chivalrous devotion
of which they had previously shown so many bright exam-
ples, have acquired a fresh title to the tympathy of Europe,
and a new claim to have the stipulations inserted in the
treaties on which the peace of Europe depends, with the
view of preserving their national existence and endowing
them with constitutional institutions, no longer, as hitherto,
recklessly, contemptuously, and systematically violated."
Mr. MONCKTON MILNES, M.P., in seconding this reso-
lution, expressed his conviction that there never was such
a period of hope for Poland as at the present time, when
such stirring events were taking place upon the continent.
He referred, in feeling terms, to the news of the death of
Count Cavour, and said there was no telling what a month
would bring forth.
General Count ZAMOYSKI expressed his satisfaction at
seeing, from the many speeches which he had heard in this
Meeting,' that the state of Poland was now at least under-
stood by all. Poland, he said, has now entered upon a new
course in the defence of her national existence, upon a new
mode of warfare, in which comparatively fewer losses of life
are required, in which arms are used on one side only, that
side being invariably, defeated, and, earning in every en-
terhcoounnour annodt hing b
respect
u but
amongs am en, awt
ohni ls t
sw the,hen e ov tehr e
it saist
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srint ss
right, and without retaliating steadily_ demands justice
from man as well as from the AlmigbtY. Their confidence
in the ultimate success of their cause is such that in the
late events of Warsaw, that confidence WM shown, even to
the decisions of the Emperor himself. Thus it was, that
during the 43 days when the Prussian authorities had left
the government of the town in the hands of the inhabi-
tants themselves, not only did perfect order prevail, but no
insult of any kind was offered to any of the Emperor's re-
presentatives, to any of his officers or soldiers, to any Im-
perial shield or arms, or to any public office. The Em-
peror had really done something to confirm that confidence,
he had proclaimed that the country would now receive cer-
tain representative, institutions. But, meantime, the
garrison had been considerably increased, and at the end
of that period, when no part of that promise had yet
received any beginning of execution, the inhabitants
of Warsaw suddenly learnt that the only institution which,
in want of any other, had been the means of meeting for
general purposes the Agricultural Society, to which the
Viceroy had applied for assistance in the temporary main-
tenance of order, had been dissolved. The people felt d reply
offended and disappointed. They nevertheless went; on,
though thousands in number, simply praying the Vießroy
that he should write to the Emperor. And that was the
offence which made the Russian commanders surrouna the
crowds and massacre several hundreds of them. Since: that
date the promise of new institutions has not ceased to be
repeatedly proclaimed; and it may, perhaps, be a matter of
wonder, whilst it certainly deserves to be one of praise, that
no man in the country declines taking advantage of any
institution, however scanty the measure of conces.sion,
which it may please the Emperor to grant, provided, it is
granted bona fide. The people have come to rely oh . the
very necessity for the Russian Emperor and for the Russian
nation to think of rendering the position of Poland le: ts in-
tolerable. They also trust that statesmen of the poe terful
nations of the West will not neglect the opportunity o trued
to them by the recent bloodshed at Warsaw, to impress the
Russian, as well as the Austrian and Prussian Go' ern •
ments, with the necessity, no less important to the safety
of Europe than it is to the rights of humanity and tb the
preservation of law among nations, that Poland shoul fl not
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secure its preservation.
The resolution was carried unanimously, and Lord Rlayn-
ham, Mr. Hoare, Mr. Beales, and other gentlemen addr pssed
the meeting; and
The vice-presidents and council having been appointed
for the ensuing year, thanks to the noble chairman closed
the proceedings.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNGERFORD RACES-FRIDAY.

The John o' Gaunt Stakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, and one% only
if declared, with 40 added; the owner of the sqcond
horse to receive back his stake ; winners extra. One
mile and a half. 20 subs, 13 of whom pay 1 so vee ich to
the fund.

Mr. W. Gulliver's Sunflower, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Cressw ell) 1
Sir C. Rushout's Dreadnought, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b.. (Pay tie) 2
Mr. B. Land's Brine, 4 yrs, fist 71b (Cleme, its) 3
Mr. S. Jacob's Ipswich, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.... (W. Johns :al) 0
Betting—Even on Ipswich, 5 to 2 agst Dreadnought.
Brine led to the first turn, where Ipswich took up the; run-
ning, but, bolting as they descended the hill, Dreadni )ught
and Sunflower went to the fore, the latter winning b: ( half

a length ; a length between second and third.
The Stand Plate (handicap) of 70 sovs ; winners , txtra,

Half a mile.
Mr. E. Brayley's Woman in Red, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
(Lamboui n) 1
Mr, S. Jacob's Von Stroom, 4 yrs, Bst 101b..(Johns.;.n) 2
Mr. Stevens's Jessie Brown, 3 yrs, 7st 41b.... (Pears' n) 3
The following also ran .—Chere Arnie, Sloth, Woo I with
Lass, Mont du Po, Queen of Spain, and Pinkepoe.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Von Stroom, 6to 2 agst Chere
Arnie, 4to 1 agst Woman in Red. Sloth and Chere Arnie
alternately made running to the turn, where Woman i a Red
took it up, attended by Von Stroom and Jessie B rown,
Woman in Red winning by half a length ; a length be-
tween second and third ; and a neck between third and
fourth.
The Kennet Handicap of 3 soya each, with 25 added; win-
ners extra ; the winner to be sold. One mile.
Mr. Coverdale's Bandit, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Grub) 1
Mrs. Osbaldeston's Maid of Peru, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (W.lcits) 2
Betting-2 to lon Bandit, who laid off to the turn,.when
he came through, and after a good race won by a nee r.
The Hungerford Stakes of 15 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 lidded,
for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 71b;

penalties and allowances. Three- quarters of a mil©. 19

Mr. J. Clark's Bloodhound, Bst 51b (Grimslum) 1
Mr. Merriefield's Margery, Bst 41b (L. Snowden) 2
Capt. Coates's Patriot, Bst 131 b (Bull(rek) 3
Also ran Telegraph and Berkeley.
Betting-2 to lon Patriot. Bloodhound made sell the
running; and won by three parts of a length; a length
between the second and third. The others were beaten off.
The Kintbury Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; for

.wo-yr-old; ; colts, Bst 71b, awl fillies, Bst 41b. ,The

winner to be sold, &c. Five furlongs.
Mr. Hudson's Montebello (£.50), 7st 31b (Edwards) 1
Mr. Coverdale's b c by Newminster (£4O), Gst 111 b
(Ni ghting all) 2
Mr. Pallett's Lady Hinton (£4O), 6st 131 b .... (Sadler) 3
Betting-2 to lon Montebello, who made nearly all the
running, and won cleverly by a length and a half. Lady
Hinton bolted. The winner was sold for 55 guineas.
The Jack o'-Newbury Handicap, of 3 sous each,:with 20