were then called for by the Chairman, and Mr. B. B. Thatcher, after an eloquent appeal in favor of the objects of the meeting, offered the following Resolutions:

RESOLVED, That, as freemen and as Americans, we are deeply interested in the overthrow of Despotism and the progress of Liberty throughout the world; that we regard every step gained by liberal principles as an additional safeguard to existing free institutions; and that we believe the true refinement, prosperity and happiness of all civil society to be inseparable from free forms of Government.

RESOLVED, That we recognize the great principle, consecrated by the blood of our ancestors, that the will of a people should be the law of their land; that we recognize no right but such as springs from free concession or from just conquest in one nation to limit the sovereignty, or the exercise of the sovereignty, of any other nation; and that we consider the dominion extended by Russia over Poland, alike in its origin and continuance, a flagitious violation of natural and national law, unparalleled in the history of modern times.

RESOLVED, That we cordially cherish the remembrance of the Revolutionary services of the sons of Poland in our behalf, and that, together with this sentiment, we regard the recent struggle and present situation of the Poles, as demanding an expression of our sympathy with their sufferings, our approbation of the principles for which they contend, and, whatever may be or may have been the issue, our admiration of their magnanimous defence of their liberties. And being convinced of the propriety of transmitting some testimonial of these feelings,

THEREFORE RESOLVED, That a Committee of fifty, to consist of Young Men of all the wards in the city, be appointed to procure by subscription funds for the purchase of two Standards with suitable devices, and to transmit them, with an address, to the Polish Nation; that individual subscription be limited to fifty cents; that such address be reported for acceptance to an adjourned meeting of this body; and that said meeting be called when and where said Committee shall appoint.

After spirited and appropriate remarks by other gentlemen, the foregoing resolutions were adopted with enthusiastic acclamation. The Committee was then appointed; and Col. E. G. Prescott was chosen Treasurer. A considerable amount was subscribed previous to the adjournment.

Subsequent to the date of the preceding Report, there have been regular meetings of the Committee each week; and by them collectively, or by various sub-committees appointed from their number, have all the important measures been taken which have led to the preparation, purchase and transmission of the Standards. These, it is well known, were the work of our fellow townsman, Mr. Charles Hubbard, and with all the materiel and decorations, were furnished for $600. The description of them which follows is the same, excepting a few necessary corrections, with one which has already been published in the prints of the day.

The Blue Standard is decorated in the centre with a painting of the Passage of the Delaware, an important and very interesting point in the history of the Revolution, already illustrated by the pencil of Trumbull. Washington, Knox and Greene are prominent figures in the group upon the banks of the river. Medallion heads of Washington and Lafayette,

with that of Kosciusko between them, embellish the top of the Standard, together with the arms and emblems of each of the three nations to whom belongs the glory of these patriots. The upper motto is in Latin : Paribus Auspiciis, par sit fortuna'—(Fighting in the same cause, may they fight with the same fortune.) The inscription beneath the picture is "To the Brave Sons of Poland from the Young Men of Boston.' The Reverse of this Standard is an allegorical representation of the last Polish insurrection. A young Polander is seen waving aloft the banner of Freedom with one hand, while in the other he has wielded a sword against the Dragon of Despotism. This instrument he throws away, and receives one in its place from the Angel of Liberty, who is beheld in a blaze of glory reaching her arm from the clouds in the act of bestowing that precious gift. The motto above is in Latin: 'Deo adjuvante, non timendum'; a sentiment well expressed in Holy Writ-'If God be for us, who can be against us?' Underneath is inscribed-'A Token of Admiration to the Heroes who revived their Country's Glory.' The two sides are occupied with the following columns of names:

The front centre of the White Standard is filled with an original design, representing the Genius of Liberty, in a car, with a wand supporting the liberty cap, leading the American, Polish and French Eagles, and guiding a Star to the East. The upper motto of this Standard is, ‘Afflictis sidus Amicum-(A Star auspicious to the persecuted.) The inscription beneath is -An Offering of Freemen to the brave defenders of National Rights'; bearing the dates, July 4, 1776—January, 1831.' The Reverse centre presents a painting, from a French engraving, of Le dernier trait du courage de Poniatowski.' The scene is laid at Leipzig, and the time is October 19th, 1813. Poniatowski at this time commanded the Polish troops who had joined Napoleon's army in Saxony, and who formed his eighth grand corps. On the occasion in question, he was ordered to cover the retreat of the whole army; but it so happened that the officer appointed by Bonaparte to blow up the bridge over the Pleisse did so before the proper time, and thus obliged the troops who had not yet effected a retreat, to hasten it by plunging into the river. Poniatowski was among them. After being twice wounded on the banks, he rushed into the stream, and sank for the last time. He had been made 'Marshal of the Empire' only four days previous. Thus,' says Fletcher in his History of Poland, 'ended the glorious but unfortunate career of this gallant soldier, who maintained to the last the proud character of a patriotic Pole.' The following are the names attached to the sides of the White Standard :

As a motto over the picture are given the last words of the Prince Poniatowski, 'Il vaut mieux mourir que de se rendre'It is better to die than to surrender.) At the bottom is inscribed-Presented by the Young Men of Boston, U. S. A., to the Heroic Poles.'

The day selected for the ceremonies attending the first display of the Standards, and of their final departure from the city, was Monday, the 12th of September, being three months from the date of the meeting at which they were voted to be procured. A Battalion, consisting of the following corps, was formed on the Boston Common at half past two o'clock:-Boston Light Dragoons, Capt. Leonard; two Companies of United States Infantry, from Fort Independence, Capt. Fraser; Washington Light Infantry, Capt. Kendall; Independent Boston Fusileers, Capt. Dennis; Boston Light Infantry, Capt. Blake Winslow Blues, Capt. Cook ; Mechanic Riflemen, Capt. Hunt; Soul of Soldiery, Capt. Cushing. The whole was under the command of Brig. Gen. John S. Tyler, who was assisted by Cols. Thos. Davis and E. G. Prescott, as Field, and Maj. Lincoln, Quar. Mas. W. C. Tyler, and Serg. B. F. Edmands, as Staff Officers. The escort was formed as a Battalion of six Companies of Infantry, flanked by the Washington Light Infantry on the right, and the Mechanic Riflemen on the left; the Cavalry acting as an advanced and rear guard. The procession, which was one of the first respectability, was received at the State House at 3 o'clock. The Committee were gratified by the presence of a number of distinguished strangers, among whom were Maj. Gen. Macomb, Commander in Chief of the American Army, and several French Gentlemen recently arrived in this country in discharge of a public appointment. Maj. Gen. Macomb received the salute from the Battalion, and the procession then passed through Beacon, School, Washington and State Streets, and Merchants Row, to Faneuil Hall, under the direction of Wm. F. Otis, Esq. as Chief Marshal. The Committee are under great obligation to Mr. Otis, with his Aids, J. B. Joy and G. P. Whittington, Esqs. for the efficient and faithful manner in which they performed their arduous duties during the day. The Military escort was the subject of universal admiration, and is generally allowed to have been the most splendid ever known in the city. To none of the Companies can too much credit be given for the spirited and soldier-like manner in which they went through with the laborious duties thus voluntarily and promptly assumed. The same remark applies also to the Brigade and the Boston Band, who volunteered to furnish the music for the occasion, and accordingly performed together in their best style, to the great satisfaction of an immense multitude of spectators, who covered the Common,

thronged all the sreets, and filled all the windows, porticos and galleries wherever the procession passed.

The ceremonies of consecration took place at old Faneuil Hall, the place halowed above all others in the minds of the citizens of Boston, by the most precious memorials and the most sacred recollections of the past. The vast galleries of the building had been crowded with ladies some time previous to the commercement of the exercises; and the interest manifested by this noble representation of the Fair of America, was not among the least of the gratifying circumstances of the day. The throng of auditors and spectators in and about the Hall, was almost without a precedent. Within they formed one solid mass, filling all the corners, columns, windows and dors of the house; while the crowd without occupied the sreets and squares for a considerable distance in the vicinity. I is somewhat remarkable, under these circumstances, and especially considering the eagerness of the multitude to gain admission into the Hall, that not the slightest accident occurred to mar the harmony or the happiness of the occasion. The order of the exercises was as follows:-Voluntary by the Band; Prayer, by Rev. Dr. Beecher; Ode, written for the occasion by Mr. B. B. Thatcher; Address, by Josiah Quincy Jr. Esq.; Music; Report of the Committee; Address to the Polish Nation; Letter to Gen. Lafayette; Ode, written for the occasion by Miss Leslie; Music.

The excellent musical composition named first in the above order, was the production of Mr. Zeuner, one of the Committee. The Address to the Polish Nation, read by D. L. Child, the Letter to Gen. Lafayette, read by B. B. Thatcher, and the Odes written for the consecration, performed by a large number of gentleman and lady amateurs under the direction of Mr. Newhall, accompanied by the Bands, are inserted as part of this article. The Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Beecher was in the highest degree impressive and appropriate, and was peculiarly animated with those sentiments of enlightened patriotism which heretofore have distinguished his character. Great applause was given to the Address of Josiah Quincy Jr. Esq., who, with a spirit worthy of his name, availed himself without hesitation of a notice of only two days to prepare himself for the occasion. For the sake of preserving on record entire copies of the Address and Letter, the names of the Committee and of the Officers are given, in the order in which they respectively subscribed.

To the Polish Nation.

BRETHREN AND SOLDIERS-The Yang Men of Boston in the United States of America in common with the whole people of this Republic, have witnessed with deep solicitude and high admiration your heroic struggle for freedom and a rank among the nations of the earth. We deem it to be due to our own sentiments, o the memory of our fathers and their noble allies, and to those principles for which on these shores they shed their blood, to express our heart felt sympathy in your sufferings, our best wishes for your cause, and our cordial congraulations upon the spirit and success with which you have hitherto maintained it.

You have dared, in the face of an angry and appalling power to reassert your national and unalienable rights. You have restored the luste of your ancient renown. Poland, the victim of an audacious crime, wich while it destroyed her, insulted and threatened the civilized wold; Poland, the spoil of a foul conspiracy; Poland, punished for her virtes and robbed of everything but honor, has risen again in her native energ, and broken and spurned her fetters.

The glad tidings flew across the Atlantic, and was echoed in cheerfu notes from the hills and fields, made memorable by the united achieve ments of Washington, Kosciusko and Lafayette. Joy thrilled through every American heart; but it was a joy saddened with anxiety. How was it possible that Poland disarmed and dismembered could stand for a \ moment the shock of the northern legions, fresh from conquest in the East, elated by the recent fall of Napoleon, and led by the confident and terrible surmounter of the Balkans? How could we believe or dare to indulge the hope, that the mothers, infants and maidens of Warsaw and Praga could be preserved from a renewal of the scenes of murder, rapine and conflagration, enacted under the impious homicide Suwarrow in 1794?

The astonishing fortitude and gallantry of Poland, the inspiring devotion of her daughters, the chivalry of her sons, and the Fabian wisdom and Marcellian prowess of her commander-in-chief, have averted the catastrophe which we feared, have gladdened our hearts with hope, and gained new interest and strength to your glorious cause in every country where instruction and civilization have penetrated.

Would to Heaven it were in our power, while we felicitate you upon your great merit and good fortune hitherto, to foresee a speedy and happy termination to your toils and dangers. But alas, we cannot. You are surrounded by potentates either attacking you to take away the last spot of your territory, or demoralized by the possession of that which they have taken heretofore. They have wronged you too much to be either friendly or neutral towards you. If they look within themselves, they see conscious guilt; if they look abroad, they see the world pointing at them the finger of scorn and shame; if they read, they know that history has eternized their perfidious and inhuman conduct, and the heroic virtues of their unoffending victim.

You are cut off from the sympathy and assistance of all who wish well to your cause, and have hailed with wonder and delight your signal success. On one side you have a government whose gratitude for the ancient gifts of Poland to the house of Brandenburg-gifts upon which the name and sovereignty of that family are founded, is manifested by turning and rending the giver. On another side there is a dynasty which the generous and warlike Sobieski and his brave companions, released from their beleaguered capital, and freed from the presence of a victorious and infidel enemy. It has responded to the obligation, not only by sharing in the plunder and partition of Poland, but also by detaining in du