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crying out aloud , like David when pestilence had struck tsh . e people . ' "' On the 11 th of this month ( September ) , we addressed a letter to each of our right rev . brethren in England informing him of our intention to issue this pastoral , and appoint the first Sunday in October as a day of general supplication and collections for India in this our diocese . On that day , known familiarly among us as ' Kosary Sunday , 'the church publicly thanks God for victories gained over great Infidel Powers threatening the destruction- of Christian nations . And these victories she attributes to the humble supplications of her children , coinciding in day and hour with the defeats of the enemy . ...
" Entreat , then , the God of battles to arise and scatter His enemies , the enemies of His name , of His faith , and of His very unwritten law—the law of humanity inscribed in every heart . He can give victory to our standards and conquests to our arms . Beg of Him to strengthen the hands of our soldiers and fortify their frames against the poison of the swamp and the arrows of the sun ; to fill their hearts with the noble courage of the Christian soldier , tne chivalry of the valiant knight , not with the ferocity of the Pagan , or the mere thirst for slaughter of the savage . Listen not to the sanguinary cries by which passions sufficiently natural and too likely to be inflamed b « 3 'ond the verge of justice by the horrible spectacles on which they will be fed are urged forward to still madder excitement . Remember that the
• woids ' vengeance and ' revenge were washed out by the blood of Calvary from the catalogue of man's assumed rights ; that they are reserved to God alone , who will make use of man ' s justice , stern and inexorable , but leaving room still for mercy to creep in , for the avengement of His own violated law . No , we must give a noble example , which will show the very heathen tliat Christianity has a sacred power to conquer in the soul even the most mighty and most sweet of corrupt human
instincts . "And pray ye thus for that peace which will not leave a wilderness for a kingdom , nor ruins for its cities . Let the guilty be dealt with so that the land be purged of its iniquity , and then let just laws , and honest principles , and fear of God , and large Christian views prevail , without oppression of the heathen or unfairness to Christians , that so once more the land may be clothed with abundance and its inhabitants abide in safety . And thus shall it be if God so direct the counsels of the
nations rulers as to be -vise and moderate abroad and at -home , here preventing religious strife , and there not fomenting political convulsions , uniting all here in equality of state , and winning back the confidence -and admiration of the stranger , that so this realm may be staid in lasting peace , and hold its high dominion undisputed over the sea , and respected in everv and . " In reference to the collections to be made , the Cardinal says : — " As the priests who have generously offered to go as chaplains to the seat of war , beyond a most inadequate salary , are allowed nothing for outfit , or for the provision of things necessary for religious worship , the proceeds of the collection will be in part applied to supply
this want . As yet we do not know the extent of loss by destruction of ecclesiastical or conventual property in India , but we know for certain that several religious communities have lost their all . While no doubt they will receive such relief from public funds as is awarded tor individual Bufferers , we can easily understand that they will require special assistance in consideration of their religious state , of -which , probably , no regard will l ) a had in the distribution of such funda . To these particular want 3 our attention will likewise bo devoted . Shx ) uld your particular charity enable us to go beyond these special -tranta , any surplus would be thrown into tlie general subscription for the relief of the distress in India , towards which many of you have doubtless sent your subscriptions . "
The Rev . Canon StoweU has preached a sermon ra > Christ Church , Sal ford , with reference to the approaching day of humiliation , nnd to the rising in India . He attributes our troubles in that empire to « nx having neglected to ' evangelj . se' the natives , to oa » opposing the use of the Bible in the national achoolB , and to our greeil of gain .
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PUBLIC MEETINGS . UBICRAIi nKMOWSTKATION AT 1 WVKR . A banquet took placo in the Town Hall , Dover , on muraday weolc , to celebnite the election for the borough w \*? Llboral membore , Mr . Ralph Ucrnal Osborne and sir William Russell , Hart . Between four and live huu-< weU . of tho electors sat down ,, to dinner . Mr . Osborne n »« aa long speech , in which ho referred at considerable « ngtti < to . the Indian- mutiny , eulogizing the admirable iSi ^ n fortitudo i « ncrgy , ami hUIII , of our countrymen uwwic ^ oat , wHothor officers , privates , or civilians ; de-• Wwwang -what- ho called ' mawkish , maudlin philari-•™» py" , false fmntimont , and cant about mercy ; ' and ^ wading Lord , Canning « nd Mr . Vernon Smith , both of JWW na ? thought had been unjustly nttuokod , and whom e *» iSd i ° r Mnar % y nn < l promptitude of action . H « " weflluat tuectthavo sailed , or uro under orders to sail ,
for India fifty-nine transports , and that tenders fora great many more have been sent in . He therefore hoped for a " speedy termination of ' this monstrous conspiracy . ' Delhi—which he regarded a 3 ' the modern Gomorrah '—ought to be razed to the ground . John Bull , however , liad made some- mistakes , having been ' guided solely by his own notions and ideas without regard to their adaptability to the Asiatic temperament . ' The greased cartridges were a mistake , although ' no doubt that grievance was a . mere pretext for the outbreak . Another mistake was the granting a free press to the natives , and we had meddled too much with Hindoo customs- Coming to the question of Parliamentary Reform , Mr . Osborne said : —" Another question , -which I have no wish to blink , is that of a further
reform of Parliament . I first appeared before you as the advocate of such a measure , and I am still prepared to advocate it . But , if we are to have another Reform Bill , I do regret that there is one eminent public man who , whatever may have been his political backslidings , is } -et a fine specimen of the English gentleman and the English Liberal , and whose name is indissoluble intertwined with the brightest triumphs of the Liberal cause- —I regret that Lord John Russell is not a member , of the present Government . He is far too useful a man to be consigned to the dreary shade of a back bench . ( Hear , hear . ') Lord Derby , with that wit and eloquence which so pre-eminently distinguish him , once described the Government of Lord Palmerston as consisting of Lord Palmerston alone . Of course the Conservative leader
did not condescend to notice so insignificant an individual as myself . ( -1 laugh . ) I have not the honour of a scat in the Cabinet—I am not highly enough connected for that . I am not a Brahmin . " ( Laughter . )' Some other speeches were delivered before the party broke up . LORD JOJTS KCSSEL . L AT SHEFFIELD . Lord and Lady John Russell , with three of their children , arrived in Sheffield on Thursday week , his Lordship having accepted an invitation to preside at the
annual meeting of the ragged schools on the following day . The Town Council met that day to present an address to the Whig statesman . The Town-Clerk having read the address , welcoming Lord . John Russell ' s first visit to Sheffield , his Lordship made a . reply , in the course of which he said : — "You may be confident that I shall continue to be the advocate of civil and religious freedom , of social progress , extended education , and constitutional reform . " The meeting of the ragged schools was held in the Music-hall . Lord John Russell
presided , supported , by Lord "VVharncliffe and others , and Mr . Ellis , the secretary , read a report , from which it appeared that , since the establishment of the institution , about 1 G 90 destitute children had been instructed in it . The Mayor then moved , " That the meeting rejoices to recognize in Lord John Russell the untiring advocate of education ; and that the best thanks of the meeting are due to Ma Lordship . " This resolution was cordially received . Lord John Russell , in returning thanks , said : —
' I go heartily with the working men of this country in desiring to see their franchises extended . " Several other speeches were delivered , and tlie meeting then separated . Another address was presented to Lord John Russell on Saturday at the residence of Alderman IT . E . Tloole , whose guest he was . The address whs from the Nonconformist ministers of Sheffield , and alluded more especialty to the services of his Lordship in emancipating the Dissenters from oppressive legislation . In his reply , Lord John Russell said : —'' I have ever been convinced
—whatever opinions may gam ground for a time , owing to certain speakers or writers , who have been exalted into temporary notice , giving prominence , to their opinions—that Englishmen are not long deceived by such opinions as to the character of any statesman . It has been rightly noticed in the address presented to me , that the time , has not yet arrived at which to make full explanations as to 1113 ' conduct at Vienna . Being employed as the confidential servant of my sovereign , I thought it better that my reputation as a statesman should suffer injury than that I should m ;» ko untimely explanations . Most certainly 1 believed at the time —though I might bo mistaken—that tho measures I proposed and supported were for the interests of my country ; though perhaps I have thought more of tlie interests of my country than , I am bound to say , tha prevailing passions of the times . " { Applause . ')
Mil . COIIBETT ANI > HIS CONSTITUKNTS . Mr . J . M . CobbGtt , M . P . for Oldham , met several of his constituent's , nnd some of the non-electora of tho borough , last Saturday in n , field near tho town . Ho observed : — " By some he had been called a Tory . Such had been the confusion of parties for a considerable time , that it -was difficult to tell what a Tory wns , wluit a Whig h'iw , or wlmt a Radical was , and it was still more difficult to say what a Liberal was . ( Hear , hear , laughter . ) Whenever he was naked what ho was , ho said ho was a Radical . ( Cheers . ) Some people risked him if ho was a Liberal , but he said he was not , because lie never could find out what a Liberal wns . It was tho Liberals who carried , during the last session but one , tho now Police Act ; it wns tho Liberals , in 1 uh opinion , who did tho most illiberal things , j uul theroforo ho novor called hiuiHolf a Libornl . lJut ] io sometimes went into tho anmo lobby with tho Tories . When tho division
took place on the Police Pill , he went into the aama lobby with tlie Tories , because they opposed it ( cheers )? and he was sure they would not liave had hi n go into the lobby with the Liberals who supported it . He would not place himself in the harness of any partv whatever . "
SIR EDWARD BUIAVER LYTTO 2 I AT ST . ALBANS . The annual exhibition of ths Herts Agricultural Society took place on "Wednesday at St . Albans . In the evening , the members and friends of the society dined together at the Town-hall . The Earl of Veridam occupied the chair . Of the three county members only Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was present . In acknowled ging tlie toast of ' the county members , ' Sir Edward referred at considerable length to the Indian revolt . After remarking on the large number of recruits which , tha Hertfordshire militia contributed to the regular army during the Russian war , he continued : — ¦
" I am told that it is difficult for the War-office to avail itself of the offers of the middle class to form volunteer corps . Difficult ! why , of course it is . There is nothing worth having that is not difficult . My life , and I suppose the life of every man among you who has worked with hand or head , " has been one long contest with difficulties , and none of us would be the men tve now are if we had tamely allowed difficulties to conquer us . ( Cheers . ) Therefore I say it will not be to tb . 9 credit of the Government or the War-office if they cannot devise some practical means by which to discipline and organize so much ardour . I should be sorry if we lost the occasion to show to Europe how England ,, when necessary , can start at once into a military nation
without the tyranny of conscriptions , and "without the ruinous extravagance of large standing armies . ( Cheers . ) If I were but ten years younger , I should remember that I am the son of a soldier , and would be a volunteer myself ( cheers ); and even now , if I thought it possible that th e young , tlie robust , and the adventurous needed an exiample from those whose years , habits , and station might be supposed to incline them to refus e , I declare . X should be among you to canvass , not for votes , but for men , and should myself lead them against the enemies of our race . ( Cheers . ) But if volunteers are to be of use they must have good sense as well as will . They must submit to the discipline and organization of soldiers ; and , although I think it is but a reasonable
demand that when they are collected from the same neighbourhood they should be formed into the same corps , because they would then encourage each other , j'et they must be aware that it would be wrong to ask for privi leges which are incompatible with the present constitution Of the British army , and which , if granted , might create discontent and jealousy among the veterans of the professional service . Nor must we forget that , invaluable as the aid of volunteers would be upon special occasions and for limited periods to that arm—the cavalry —which our militia does not supply , yet for the regular reinforcement of that anny which for a long time India must require we ought to look alone to the constitutional resources of the militia . " ( Hear , hear . ' )
MR . DISRAELI OH THE INDIAN CRISIS . The twenty-fifth anniversary of the lioyal Bucks Agricultural Association , celebrated at Newport Pagnell on Wednesda 3 % gave occasion to Mr . Disraeli ( who , as on tho Hertfordshire occasion , was the only one of tho county members present ) to make some observations on the present state of affairs in India , in acknowledging the toast of' The county members . ' He said : —" Day by day we have seen that that which was at first characterized as a slight and accidental occurrence is in fact one of those great events which form epochs in the history of mankind , and which can only be accounted for by considerations demanding the deepest attention from statesmen and nations . But , although tlireo months
have elapsed since tho startling news of these disasters originally arrived in England—although every succeeding mail has brought to ua gloomy intelligence showing that , these disasters are culminating to a proportion infinitely more terrible than the country at first imagined — although -wo cannot flatter ourselves that either by the next mail , or by tho mail after that , or even for a considerable period tor come , wo shall hear tho cheering news which we were informed so often would immediately roach , us , but which has hitherto eluded our expectation , although 1 foresee much evil , atill I do not now counsel—I novor have counselled—despondency or despair . ( Cheers . ) Wo were told at iirst that , though tho Bengal army had proved false , the armies of Bombay and Madras could bo entirely depended upon . Week after week , however , wo
havo found that the hopes wo have indulged have been fallacious in both of these respects . Greater disasters may occur . Wo shall probably learn that the Maliratta princes have xiaen against us . Wo must prepare ourselves for an insurrection in tho Punjab—a province which wo are always told has been faithful . Ncvortlicleas , if England , instead of boing induced to treat thoso events ua merely accidental , casual , and comparatively trifling , will comprehend tlmt tho issuo at atako is enormous nnd tho peril colossal , I have not tho slightest doubt tlmt a nation ho groat hx spirit ami resources as our own will prove that it is equal to oopo with dangers of ovon that magnitude . ' *' Mr . Disraoli conceived that oven now sufficient moans aro not being taken to meet tho rebellion . Where , ho
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 3, 1857, page 943, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2212/page/7/
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