The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-02 00:00:00

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

There is a lack in the present number of those light
and amusing magazine papers (par excellence), the pre-
sence of which formerly distinguished the New Monthly
so favourably from its contemporaries. After a heavy
course of politics and literature in Blackwood, and before
commencing a similar course in Fraser or Tait, the New
Monthly came like a glass of champagne, sparkling, re-
freshing, and reviving. But where be those quips and
quiddities now—those dissertations upon walking-
sticks and umbrellas—those sketches of eccentrics of all
ages, and of both sexes, which were wont in days gone
by to keep the features of the readers of the New Monthly
radiant with smiles? Alas ! in the present number
we find them not ; but, instead, we have no
less than six portions of six separate works,
continued from former numbers, and not ended in
the present. Now, although all these are good of their
sort, yet we must protest against a novel or a romance,
which should be a sort of prose epic, and of which unity
is one essential characteristic, being broken up in this
manner into vulgar fractions ; and we must also protest
still more vehemently against these fractions being per-
mitted to usurp the place of legitimate magazine articles.
These continuations actually outnumber the contributions
which are complete, and which amount in number only
to five, and of these two are sonnets from the pen of
Thomas Roscoe. One of these, on sleep, is very beau-
tiful :

" Sweet death of each day's weary laden life !
Balm of hurt minds—care's nurse—heart soothing sleep !
Soft air the mourner's couch thy calm watch keep.
No sigh—no murmur wake past thoughts of strife;
Nor Hope's fond dream with troubled visions rife

Breathe o'er the folded lids thy still dews steep;
No memory's scenes again to live—to weep—
The conscious bosom bare to fate's sharp knife.
Oh blest forgetfulness l thy votary's urayer
In hour of fiercest pangs to thee ascends,
Thee the wish'd haven of his heart's despair,
His genius of the stormy deep that sends
His shatter'd bark through life's seas of care,
To that far shore where his strange voyage ends."

COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE.

The present is.an excellent number of this admirably
conducted periodical, and contains much information that
cannot but be most valuable to its professional sub-
scribers, whilst the general reader will find ample amuse-
ment in the perusal of the narratives of " moving acci-
dents by flood and field," with which its pages abound.

THE FIFTEENTH
GE THE P'
On ►Satu*-'
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_ ANNIVERSARY
ULISfI REVOLUTION.
...ay last, being the 29th of November, and
..,tenth anniversary of the Polish Revolution, the
Poles residing in London attended Divine service at the
Belgian Chapel, London-road. The Rev. S. P. Brze-
zinski, their fellow-countryman and exile, officiated, and
delivered a very impressive discourse. Afterwards they
assembled at Sussex-chambers, Duke-street, St.
James's, when
Captain JABLONSKI being unanimously called to the
chair, addressed the meeting, and depicted the present
state of their unfortunate country, the continued op-
pression, and the atrocious cruelies perpetrated on the
Polish nation, without regard to age or sex. The re-
ligicars persecution and tortures which the Czar
Nicholas inflicted on his victims, whose only crime was
that they refused to abjure their religion and embrace
the Russian creed, were an indeliable blot with which
history would brand the civilisation of the 19th century.
Speaking of their hopes and means for the restoration
of Poland, Captain Jablonski said that a people of
twenty millions might for some time be oppressed, but
would not be subdued, and if they only concentrated
their own forces and relied on them, no enemy would
resist them. In conclusion, he said, that they must
firmly hope that the time was not far distant when they
would regain their country by their own endeavours.
The gallant gentleman was, during the delivery of
his energetic speech, much applauded.
The following resolutions were proposed to the meet
_ _

tug and carried With unanimity :
Moved by Mr. WIEREINSKI, and seconded by Mr.
TORLECKI—" That the assembled Poles, ever faithful to
the cause for which they took up arms on the 29th of
November, 1830, although exiles from their land. but
happier than their brethren who live therein, in being
able to evince their sentiments publicly, do not cease to
protest against all the iniquitous deeds of foreign Powers,
by which the independence of Poland has been destroyed,
which independence is absolutely necessary, not only for
the welfare of twenty millions of the Polish people, but
also for the balance of power and security of peace to the
rest of Europe. They furthermore denounce to all civilised
nations the tyranny and hypocrisy of the Czar Nicholas,
who, far from relenting in his revenge, day afterday per-
petrates fresh cruelties over the unfortunate Poles, and
endeavours to annihilate their language, their religion,
and every vestige of their nationality, and they solemnly
declare that, trusting to Divine Providence and the jus-
tice of their cause, they are resigned to bear the hard-
ships of their exile, and are always ready to take up
arms against their foe, and shed their last drop of blood
in order to restore Poland to her independence, and re-
place her in the rank of free nations."

- Moved by Mr. P. F. ZALESKI, and seconded by Mr.
,PnUsiNowsKl—" That the Poles, warmly sympathising
with the cause of the free and independent Circassians,
express their admiration for the bravery, devotedness,
and perseverance of those hardy mountaineers and their
gallant chief, Shami! Bey, in resisting and repeatedly
defeating numerous forces of the common enemy, the
Czar of Russia, who thinks to destroy their freedom,
and to subject them under his despotic sway ; and that
they hope, sooner or later, to see the cause of Circassia
triumph, and the power and ambition of Nicholas hum-
bled.'

Moved by Mr. JActiowsm, and seconded by Mr.
LEMANSKI—" That the assembled Poles express their
warmest thanks to that youthful portion of the French
nation who, in an address presented by their deputation
to Prince Czartoryski, spontaneously manifested their
noble sympathy with the cause and misfortunes of
Poland, and their utmost indignation at the tyrannical
religious persecution which the Czar continues to exer-
cise in that unhappy country, and especially at the revolt-
ing cruelties and tortures recently perpetrated on the
Basylian nuns, who persisted in refusing to abjure the
faith of their forefathers and embrace the Russian creed."
Moved by Major GIELGUD, and seconded by Major
BENIOWSKI—" That the thanks of the Polish refugees
are due to the British nation for the hospitality they
have met with in this country, and for the protection
they have found in its laws. In particular their thanks
are due to the Corporation of the City of London, the
Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, the
Right Hon. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, and other pub-
lic bodies and private individuals, who have evinced
their sympathy with the misfortunes of Poland, and who
have generously endeavoured to alleviate the hard posi-
tion of the refugees."
Moved by Mr. SZULCZEWSYL and seconded by Count
VALERIAN KRASINSKI—" That the thanks of the Poles
are due to the editors of the metropolitan and provincial
journals who have nobly taken part in advocating the
cause of Poland, and have pointed out to the public the
implacable persecution of which that country is the
victim."

The gentlemen who moved and seconded the resolu-

tions developed them with talent and eloquence, and
were, in the course of their speeches, repeatedly cheered.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meet-
ing, which was exclusively composed of Poles, separated.

„ 2, 1845.