The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-19 00:00:00

sions and important efforts," and finds in this ship-
wreck of politics a rock from which as from a light-
house there blazes the flame of a great cause justly
defended—a light which brightens the soul.
It is Poland where a whole people is under the
sway of a moral sentiment; a nation in mourning,
a nation gay naturally, which has abandoned all
gaiety and mourns, praying to God, "Lord, give us
back our country, give us our freedom."
M. Montalembert quotes some of the prayers, and
exclaims "This is sufficient to show how different
the cause of Poland is from the cause of revolution
in the rest of Europe."

Everything has been attempted against her, and
nothing has succeeded; she is as firm now as ever.
Establishing a contrast between the effete nations
of the West and Poland, he says,—" The most re-
volting in the former is, that never in the history of
the world has successful crime and plausible tyranny
found so much indulgence—nay, approbation."
If the national morality, as M. Montalembert
calls it, has been preserved in Poland, it is owing
to the complete absence of home despotism. In-
dividual freedom was, on the contrary, pushed to
an extreme.-

But, what was more difficult,' they have resisted
all temptation of Panslavism and material welfare,
as well as revolutionary doctrines.
If all this was possible, it was by aith and social
peace, which exist, according to M. Montalembert,
nowhere more than in Poland ; and he developes
this point at considerable length, putting forward
Catholic Poland as a double bariier against schis-
matic Russia and Protestant Germany.
Then, after a tribute paid to the late Prince
Czartoryski, comes an historical résumé in which
the partition of Poland is ascribed to the down-
fall of monarchy in France in 1793, and the
" comedy" of Napoleon I. in Poland exposed,
while the crime of the monarchs of the Holy Al-
liance and of the Conservative party towards Po-
land after 1814 is equally denounced.
The last chapter shows the chances for Poland.
Russia can no longer maintain this situation. Al-
ready the youth of the country sympathise with
the movement.

He has, indeed, some apprehension lest even con-
stitutionalism should be turned in Austria to the
profit of bureaucratic centralisation; but neverthe-
less thinks that, with regard to Galicia, she looks
upon it as a temporary possession, which she would
be ready to give up, provided it did not fall into
the hands of Russia.

Prussia is the worst; she denationalises more
systematically than Russia, and seems by no means
disposed to part with her share. The hope in this
respect is in German and Prussian '• democracy."
Then comes a digression in the Unitarian ten-
dencies of Germany, which M. Montalembert thinks
certain, and which, according to him, will lead not
only to great changes on the Rhine, but likewise on
the Vistula. Prussia, when she becomes Germany,
cannot keep Posen.
While detesting the means, M. Montalembert ad-
mires in anticipation the work of the justice of God.
The only fear is lest the Poles should feel too
much tendency towards their future liberators—

democratic Germany, and become the curse of the
North, as Italy, inaugurated by Pius IX., has
become of the South. This fear is inspired by the
vote of the Poles in favour of Vineke's motion on
Italy, and he warns them against contaminating
themselves with Garibaldi and the like of him, for
Victor Emmanuel does the same work with the
Italians of the North towards those of the South
which the Russian Slaves want to do with the
Polish Slaves.

The interest of the pamphlet, as you will see
from this extract, is not exactly in the arguments ;
it is in the eloquent language, which would make
one read a treatise by the same hand on the differ-

ence between a bluebottle and a common fly.
BOURSE, Sept. 18.—The market has been ra■
ther more animated to-day, but prices have not
been materially altered. Threes, for the Account,
are now at 69f. 20c. Railways quiet, but firm.
The following are the last quotations :-
4-i per per Cents ... 96 20 Credit Foncier 1225
Do. end month.... 96 30 Belgian 4f —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 20 Roman
Bank Shares .. Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 765 i Spanish Threes —
Do. Account 767 50 , Home Debt .. 471