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    The Day Of Humiliation. Two Proclamation...

    crying out aloud , like David when pestilence had struck the 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 dayy known familiarly among us as ' Rosary 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 soldkr , the 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 beyond the verge of justice by the horrible spectacles on which they will be fed are urged forward to still madder excitement . Remember that the

    ¦ words ' -vengeanceand ' revenge were washed out by the bloo-d of Calvary from the catalogue of man's . assumed rights ; that they are reserved to God alone , who mil 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 that 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 , aud . 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 tbe . nations' rulers as to be wise 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 hack 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 ihe collections to be made , the Car-¦ dinal says : —

    " As the priests vrho 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 pro-• vision of things neeessary 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 Iadia , but we know for certain that several religious communities have lost their all . While no doubt they mil receive such relief from public funds as is awarded

    to individual sufferers , we can easily understand that * hoy will require special assistance in consideration of their religious state , of which , probably , no regard will be had in the distribution of such funds . To these particular wants our attention will likewise be devoted . Should your particular charity enable ua to go beyond these special wants , any surplus would bo thrown into th « general subscription for the relief of the distress in India , towards which many of you have doubtless sent yoor subscriptions . "

    The Rov . Canon Stowcll has preached a sermon m Christ Church , Salfonl , with reference to the approach ing day of humiliation , and to the rising in India . He attributes our troubles \\\ that empire to < wr having neglected to ' evangelise' the natives , to our opposing the iue of the Bible in the national schools , and to our irreod of gain .

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    Public Meetings. Liberal Demonstration A...

    PUBLIC MEETINGS . LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION AT DOVER . Abanquj st took place in the Town Hull , Dover , on Itoursday week , to oelobrato the election for the borough *• tw » Lihoral members , Mr . Ralph licrual O . iborno and oir William Russell , Bart . Between four and five , huu-« reu of th « electors sa . t down to dinner . Mr . Oaborno ™* ao a long speech , in which , he referred at conaidorablo « "gth to the Indian mutiny , eulogizing the udmirablo j » U ! ragc , fortitude , energy , and skill , of our countrymen «» ' » ue l !* at , whether officers , privates , or civilians ; dewunoing what he called ' mawkish , maudlin plrilan-* M ° py , foiao Bentlment , and cant about murey ; ' mid weaoyig Lord Canning and Mr . Vornuu Smith , both of waom he thought had b « en unjustly nttttckod , and whom o praisotl for eoergy and promptitude of action . Ho « wea that theoro have sailed , or aro under order * to aail ,

    for India fifty-nine transports , and that fenders for a great many more have been sent in . He therefore hoped foi a " speedy termination of ' this monstrous conspiracy . ' Delhi—which he regarded as ' the modern Gomorrah' —ought to be razed to the ground . John Bull , however , had made some mistakes , having been ' guided solely by liis 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 Iteform , 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 ' 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 3 'et a fine specimen of the English gentleman and the English Liberal , and whose name id indissolubly 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

    Palmerstou alone . Of course the Conservative leader did not condescend to notice so insignificant an individual as myself . ( -1 lauyli . ) I have not the honour . a seat in the Cabinet—I am not highly . enough connected for that . I a . m not a Brahmin . " ( Lmvjhiv . ) Some other speeches were delivered before the party broke up .

    LORD 3 OMS KUSSELL , AT SHEFFIELD . Lord and Lady John Russell , with three of their children , arrived in Sheffield on Thursday week , liis Lordship having accepted an invitation to preside at the annual meeting of the ragged schools on tho 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 "Whamcliffe and others , and Mr . Ellis , the secretai'y , read a report , from . which it appeared that ,, since the establishment of the institution , about 1 G £ ) O 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 hia 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 the meeting then separated . Another address was presented to Lord John Euss ' on Saturday at the residence of Alderman H . E . Hoole ,

    whose guost he was . The address was from the Nonconformist ministers of Sheffield , and alluded more especially to the services of his Lordship in emancipating the Dissenters from opprcssivelegislation . In his reply , Lord John Russell said : — " I have ever been convinced — -whatever opinions may giiiu ground for a time , owing to certain speakers or writers , who havo 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 rightlv noticed in the address presented to

    me , that the time has not yot arrived at which to make full explanat ions us to my conduct at Vienna . Being employed as the confidential servant of my sovereign , I thought it better that my reputation as a statesman should suflor injury than that I should make untimely explanations . . Most - certainly 1 believed at the time —though I might bo mistaken—that thu measures I proposed and supported were for the interests of my country ; though perhapa I have thought more of tUe interests of iny country than , 1 am bound to say , tha prevailing passions of the tiiiios . " ( Applause . )

    jut . ani > his oonstituknts . Mr . J . I \ L Cobbett , M . P . for Oldhain , met several of hia constituents , mid sumo of the noiwlectors of tho borou / rli , lust Saturday in a fluid near the town . He observed : — " 11 y snuio ho hud been called a Tory . Such had been the confusion of parties for a ( ion . sidemblotinio , that it was ditlicult to tell what a Tory was , what a Whig was , or what a . Radical was , and it was still more dWHcult to say what a Liberal was . ( J / ear , hear , aud laughter . ) . Whenever he wn » asked what he was , he . said ho was a Radical . ( Cheers . ) Sdiuo people asked him if ho > va . s a Liberal , but ho . said ho was . not , becauseho never could find out what a Liberal wns . It wns tlio Liberals who curried , during the : last saw Ion but ono , tho new Police Act ; it vriw tho Liberals , in his opinion , vlio did tho moat illibuml things , and thoroforu ho novor called himaulf u Liberal . But ho aomutime * went into tho sanio lobby with tho Tories . When thu division

    took place on the Police Pill , he went into the same lobby with the Tories , because they opposed it ( clieers ) z and he was sure they would not have had hi n go into the lobby with the Liberals who supported it . He would not place himself in the harness of any party whatever . "

    SIR EDWARD BUWEU LYTTON" AT ST . ALBA . NS . TJie annual exhibition of the Heits 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 Verulara . occupied the chair . Of the three county members only Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was present . In acknowledging the toast of 'the county members , ' Sir Edward referred at considerable length to the Indian revolt . After remarking on the large number of recruits which the Hertfordshire militia contributed to the regular army during the Russian war , lie 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 ws now are if we had tamely allowed difficulties to conquer us . ( Cheers . ) Therefore I say it will not be to the credit of the Government or the " War-office if they cannot devise some practical means by which to discipliue 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 the young , the robust , and the adventurous needed an example from those whose years , habits , and station might be supposed to incline them to refuse , I declare I 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 , yet they must be aware that it would be wrong to ask for privileges which are incompatible with the present constitution of the British army , and wind ) , 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 army which for a long time India must require we ought to look alone to tho constitutional resources of the militia . " ( Hear , hear . )

    BIR . DISRAELI ON THE INDIAN CRISIS . The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Ito 3 'al Bucks Agricultural Association , celebrated sit Newport Pagnell on Wednesday , gave occasion to Mr . Disraeli ( who , a 3 on the Hertfordshire occasion , was the onlv one of the county members present ) to make some observations on . tho present state of affairs in India , in acknowledging the toast of i The county members . ' He said : — " Day by day we have seen that that which wns 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 threo months

    have clupsed since the startling news of these disasters originally arrived in England—although every succeeding mail has brought tons gloomy intelligence showing ; that tlieso disasters are culminating to a proportion infinitely more terrible than the , country at first imagined — although wo cannot flatter ourselves that either by tlio next mail , or by tho mail after that , or even for a considerable period to come , wo shall hear tlio cheering news which wo were informed so often would immediately reach us , but which has hitherto eluded our expectation , although 1 foresee much evil , still I do not now counsel—I nover have counselled—despondency or despair . ( Cheers . " ) We were told ut first that , though tho Bengal army had proved false , tho armies of Uombav and Madras could bo

    entirely depended upon . " Week after week , however , we have found that the hopes wo havo indulged have been fallacious in both of these respects . Greater disasters may occur . Wo shall probably learn that the Mahrntta princes havo men against us . WV ) must prepare ourselves for nn insurrection in tho Punjab—a province which , we aro always told haa been faithful . Nevertheless , if England , instead of being- induced to treat those events as merely accidental , casual , mid comparatively trilling , will comprehoml that tho issue at atako is enormous and thu poril colossal , I hnvo not the slightest doubt that a nation ko groat in spirit and resources as our own will prove that it i . s oqiuil to oono with dangers of even that magnitude . ™ Mr . l > israoli conceived that oven now fmflictent moans aro not being talcou to moot tho rebellion . Whore , ho

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 3, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03101857/page/7/