The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-02 00:00:00

THE POLES.

A public meeting was held on the 29th November,
at the Cadogan Literary Institution, Sloane-street,
to commemorate the anniversary of the late struggle
of Poland for her independence. The rogm was
crowded, and graced by the presence of many ladies,
and during the whole proceedings the most perfect
harmony and unanimity of feeling distinguished the
assembly. Captain John Daveon took the chair.
L. S. P. Buckingham, Esq., Richard Cull, Esq., J.
F. Clarke, and others, addressed the meeting with
great eloquence and ability. The following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted :—Resolution Ist.
Chat this meeting, in commemorating the anniversary
of the Polish Revolution, makes an unfeigned demon-
stration in favour of its principles and spirit, and
deeply regrets that the efforts of the Polish people
were not crowned with complete success ; that this
meeting has a powerful motive for lamenting over the
fate of Poland, because her fall is a great loss to the
cause of freedom ; at the same time it holds ,in the
greatest abhorrence the lawless tyranny -of Nicholas
the Emperor of Russia, animated by the worst spirit
of civil and religious persecution, which is a disgrace
to the intelligence of the human race. Resolution
2d. That this meeting, in expressing their warmest
sympathies with the cause of Poland, looks within-
tense interest to her regeneration in all her ancient
greatness, with the additional advantage of all reforms
based upon the broad principles of equal justice to all;
and hopes that one day she will become the land of
civil and religious liberties. Mr. N. F. Zaba and
Mr. E. Staniewicz, the Polish exiles, also addressed the
meeting, and were listened to with breathless atten-
tion and interest.

-The robbery of the London Joint-Stock Bank, the
funds abstracted having been nearly all .restored, has ,
ceasxl to attract any share of the public attention.
It is proper, however, to advert to the very great
number of letters which have been received,
tracing that and similar frauds to the inadequate
salaries paid to their clerks by the banks. generally,
and putting forward that circumstance in part as an
extenuation of the crime. This is a very bad morality,
to say the least of it, and a very dangerous argu-
ment to allow to go forth to the public uncondemned.
Siichis the demand even for the smallest of these
appointments, owing to the difficulty of finding em-
ployment for young men in the city, that people of
great respectability are constantly endeavouring to
obtain them for their sons ; and as the heads of these
establishments look to character as well as to salary
for a protection, they have a sort of justification
for not expending more in that department than
is strictly necessary. These are matters in which
a public journal is not called upon to inter-
fere generally, but an. opportunity should always
be seized of protesting against the •abominable doc-
trine; that low salaries are any excuse for fraud. One
cOrrespondent has the modesty to suggest that this
circumstance should regularly, form part of the in-
quiry by our criminal courts and juries ; that " a
well-paid servant should be visited with the highest
penalty of the b,w, and a badly-paid one With a few
days' imprisonment, or a week or so at the tread-mill."
—Times.
TUE MOUNTAIN SYLPH.—The following anecdote
of the above opera may not be unwelcome :—When
Mr. Barnett agreed upon its production, Henry
Phillips complained to him of not having any ballad
to sing in it ; the difficUlty of giving such a song to
a wizard was pointed out to the singer, but it was
eventually agreed that Mr. Barnett should introduce
something about " Farewell to the time when I was
haPpy.". Chance directed the eye Of Mr. Phillips
to a manuscript song on his friend's piano, called
" Mein herz ist im Bochland," which he had com-
posed four years, before, intending to ask him to sing
it; but he had never done so. Mr. Phillips liked "the
look of it," and tried it over. " Why not have words
written to this ?" asked he ; and, according to his
suggestion, the words " Farewell to `the Mountain,"
were put to it, and he was very much pleased with
the song. How little do managers or composers
know what will please the public. At the last re-
hearsal of the opera, it was suggested to cut out this
song, as being heavy and uninteresting ; Mr. Barnett
was of the same opinion himself, and was anxious to
.ciit the song out, fearing it would endanger the suc-
cess of the piece ; but Phillips would not allow it ; he
determined to " to try it, at all events, the first night."
This song was the greatest hit in the opera !—Drct7
matic and Musical Review.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.--Captain Geary and a detach-
ment of the Royal Artillery, expressly selected for
the purpose on Wednesday last, are expected to sail
on Saturday next for China, to fill up vacancies in the
regiment in that quarter, and add in some degree to
the strength of that branch of the forces.'
SUBMARINE TELESCOPE.—A lady of Brooklyn. has
invented a method of illuminating ob,ects under
water, so that an observer at the surface, by means of
a water-tight cylinder, having a glass inserted in its
lower orifice, can make examination under water to
any accessible depth. By means of a reflector the
hull of a ship can also be examined from its deck.
The fair inventor believes that the telescope will be
found highly useful for this purpose, and that it may
also be economically applied in the exploration of
sunken wrecks, and in the pearl and sponge fisheries.
It is now exhibiting every evening at Barnum's
American Museum.—New York paler.
COMPASSION OF A JUDGE IN TEXAS. A very
learned and compassionate Judge in Texas, on pass-
ing sentence on one John Jones, who had been con-
victed of murder, concluded his remarks as follows :
" The fact is, Jones, that the Court did not intend to
order you to be executed before next spring, but the
weather is very cold—our gaol, unfortunately, is in a
very bad condition—much of the glass in the win-
dows is broken—the chimneys are in such a dilapi-
dated state that no fire can be.made to render your
apartments comfortable ; besides owing to the great
number of prisoners, not more than one blanket can
he allowed to each ;—to sleep soundly and comfort-
ably, therefore, will be out of the question. In con-
sideration of these circumstances, and wishing to les-
sen your sufferings as much as possible, the Court, in
the exercise of its humanity and compassion, do
hereby order you to be executed to-morrow morning,
as soon after breakfast as may be convenient to the
Sheriff and agreeable to you."—Quebec Gazette..
COURT OF SESSION.--According to Parliament-
house gossip, the elevation of Mr. Patrick Robertson
to the bench will not take place so soon as was at one
time expected. Lord Meadowbank, it is said, has
procured a medical opinion to the effect that he may
still continue to discharge his present duties, and as
he owes certain parties a grudge for not making him
Justice-Clerk, he is resolved to deprive them of the
patronage of his seat as ;long as he can.—Glasgow
So great and still increasing is the.distress from
want of employment in this neighbourhood, that the
applications for relief and admittance into the Union
have been, during the past week, unprecedentedly nu-
merous, and froM the number of hands, mechanics,
and labourers, lately discharged, the evil.is becoming
daily alarming in the highest degree.—Sherborne
Journal