Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-08 00:00:00

ons which he e 3 per then Pr e° 00 , a dal :lationf he W— i erl 9 which th e l oo of in] t h a t faia l for whi° 14 0 us, fallinf, gelid pon - those rib : of the t ro ace ng age iD " d 0 1 0 1 lye duty, a • appropriatee7 io a 0 But on the P 1 ; 0 0 ir that the hO ,OO O/ ex t e nt, the ... e _ . na l omissive' to ae theca as ealgitlipi Et for th e P re sol t perience he 00 ,4 f f, iadeed ' t ,peci amity was a iotil e° ht occur tiot night the Pe r o f r w ere reo id 03 031/ .if m ost b ee an d helP' e t - eo o' , the histru— ded s ace oi ef gar a dggie ;hteoue prof': ings _„t t°d ice, us and iee'r t ion , le g Ood i jaci:t Oa of 00 r i k rn g for t he bd tlit oiS est fitting 5 el l at 1./bola II a blu niliatio to day geed p e r ► tho eag' IP, throug h t t oe po l . ' what h ad Boes asio occ n•. 000, d ‘ ' hoir 0 0 i )nduct of 0; )wn• e` brad b ey es. U hic tif l ( f late if " cr tiO, g ion of s P goirf one se the soo gi before re the ei°l t ;boiee; ed of P all 0 074 le of th e t he fi tie )le wit h an tribe 311 cep ut pref le 9 or yes by ac t if d es troy th e d j of P rolellfeeltop ispired .thising pe c °rl4 as ise, it 0 0 01 , Le w omen cd , ▪ foree s d urei t t r Wlio h ,t too 10 0 to ne ? shame , Le , t P' ' 37 ° uid fresh b5 t7,,,, to our 9 0 ! 0 1 3 than ev ej : o pf, ,tted th st t o j cid.o l' bject of 0000 take sue b d ;std o i a sPee titie el to elf* repe throughou,„,r, airst for lel orti .ian ..ke tidti er e ' as they O lt o f they ediii itiff than a a o ? -s thernsellietroolii h e Indian Tor laud' 1 ° by tat° -1 • At o l c s h o uld o°/1 2 Idicated eitgtife, o n rank lie4 on had hee!titiiiti e eti moral e S o ssway ,- g sre so gr 3 if to " 10; to aSSU PIe. it tOll5 d doe 0 101 strong Pr°oo3et a , or el ee a Se d t, the l et t. 1 1 1 and l a ,oo/ Hind e°s ' tbeY r° i 0 I. le wbo r i s ong 7 oh o: le ; indie ric h es 4 a it " s erq L ish a rid 1 :, .d to re i gti e l eking th e ' r , 0 ( 1) 1 e toa e9e- eri ; tb ruierd S an i idols1 8 0 1 ;11' as on to b e e e d. r i ' e renoe eared t° c° sl , 0 )1 jcroro_ , on ve' Ple ,fi ü b W li i s r h eci „, °° e% il t /ell : 0 11 i a telf ;j1 by th e °l Ol/, a 01 e ea a lt et ,i: l t t e thes nd a toi li f it s o r , o il' 1 1 11: 0 0Y ) clia had gio ° ' s e _ re s 4 0 per d gain _ rt to, o f :! ;erY to e ttl iok i 01 e e l . 5.003 s es l , G oy a d O f t , 0 , /, 7ul o g Ait ho so t of the 0 1 '01' a so° 0 00 wthaPe g° og er tot e l y 3tlY 149°1 0 °f i ei. ,e 950 tilt,) oPti the ' r/e t ion. Dot >ora te, w o oth ea 04 91 joy B le^' t a oe r n i ity 10 0 tes the Co a f' ,t`",? w • s e ;nc i PrA le fe r e r e l don t side re t b h , 9 P . 5 0 ,/ v Of o et°,t l the ge th e P o a id IV ° tr O• to irlo o_e o o toh3t iciee 10 P nO. 9 pA-- o or P ,De to b °t 1°( a At to o 5t 9J o beri be r au d f c ofel o oo r e oa t , it the' lleamd our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, _df have not obeyed th e vo i ce of the Lor d our G o d s , unit th ou wilt re t urn, 0 Israel, saith the Lord, return , e me; and if thou wilt p u t away thine abominations out ,ight, then shalt thou not remove." of thei r i s d i : ll — A: d at i i n on smarting under Providential calamities, and prostrate before God in acknowledgment tuer eY, this prayer and supplication for His Is.. Bis our position to-day. This is a fact full of "liir then it itself, and if it be done sincerely, with trite Peposeitence of h eart, with true faith, and with a real pur betif°f•aluelitlment, it is full of encouragement and hope ; th e i t be done formally, coldly, carelessly, and after to:tuner of dissemblers with God, it is but adding 14 tha t "1----a solemn mockery. It follows, my brethren, 101 7 What we are engaged in to-day will ba instrumental ush el ' i ler good or evil, to each of us individually what W hat us individually is to it—to the nation collectively " 1. the nation collectively is to it. It is appointed by the highestiteeta.uthority in the nation for two purposes. The first taid am Pardon of our sins, and the second is by prayer . 131,1:Asietuislpiiltiycatiniontothe Divine Majesty, to implore H tths . e s. suatithdisassistance on our arms for the restoration of set siatic __ India . 0 T the first of these I invite morning, and hope by God's blessing to do t em .. '" in the even i ng w i th the secon d . N ow, my 14 ,; , is our sins ; and this day is appointed, in the first in :8 a ° o l b o t r a s ree ng you pardon of our sins. I showed those state e h who were present here on Sunday evening, the of God's children who had the true mark sstailletitYs—that they cry not for the calamities that th er e e l Jerusalem, but for the abominations that were done , ▪ their concern was the sin, rather than the suffer. toe,; N iti °he, God' s h ouse i s concerne d ; i n th e o th er , - Punishment. Which is the more dreadful—sin, or s_ tht sssesuences that sin bring with it ? We may not, on pass to the consideration of the calamities that th at ,_" • f allen our countrymen in India, and the distresses e f i th : .. u . ve resulted therefrom, and may result at home, - etu sL first looking higher still, and considering the . ties! el God's controversy with us: for national calami e fitt :' r e Oct accidents. They do not come rashly, and . Attee ° l l' lo t "Use, nor fall blindly without an aim. I invite seek e, then, in the first place, to the sins for which we ;sel bsieh d sa:adron. And what sins, I ask, may those be for on is specifically sought on this day 1 Doubt- Ism s * " are e ac h calle d upon to ta k e i n t o d ee p an d Niels • eo nsideratioa our individual case; we are each . A ° Pon to th e con f ess i on o f cur i nd ividual sins, to the %es , e _ ls ! of faith i n J esus Ch r i s t f or our i n di v id ua l p ar d on, to t " strenuous determination in the strength of Christ a ‘''ay from our individual evil-doing ; but I do not that is the specific, the characteristic and tbe iti , g Ilis hing feature of the sins we lament today, and Vb. us for whose pardon we supplicate today. Her A l . - J e s t s . the Queen has commanded, and hie Grace the for t il s l3 ; 4° P of Canterbury has prepared, a special prayer here s . da y. Hear whit they say. The Rev. gentleman N 11 . 6 , 44(1 alt extract of the prayer referring to the rebel *, India, and asking forgiveness of the sins whereby al'e provoked that chastisement, and continued : PeS el e i tl i Istlsernent, my frien is, are the congruences of the 8148 to 1 ; 11 la a lar ge p or ti on o f th e I n di an A rm y, a nd the er ell we h ave d eserve d thi s cha s tisement, are the 8 act, P ' ci fi.eally referred to in this prayer. This is a national thic °eo nceiva.ble combination of individuals, as indivi ; h e s ' co uld hav e ma d e it so . Wh a t h as ma d e it so . made a nswer is authority ; lawful authority has t by h e it s °) .v their lawful authorities nations do act ; This authorities 13 autho;iti es na ti ons as nations do good or do evil , I so, s the national act—there have been national sins. ateh i ll : t g°lnc to speak of them in the way of reproach '-bet ; the Government—this is not the time for reproach fie h a m going to speak of them to justify God in w h a t tltil. osd°l:l e , and what has made the crim3 the national 'cassi a S t he Gov ernment o f I n di a h as b een o f a m i xe d ki n d, ta e ,, ti ug partly of th e B r i t i s h G overnmen t an d partly of 14f:41cl:tall of merchants, commonly known as the E as t ndia by th s c ' e VarlY. By these the nation has acted in k eßi4" England h as d one g oo d i n I n di a; by these eif, l has done evil in India ; by these England has -41.%7 13 God in India. The sins of these have been both ka il sZ issi on and co m mission. Their grand sin of omission Itiek e a the omission of Christianity in their dealing with these r I s low, this was not the case in the beginning of E pBli ute there. In one of the earliest records of our resp, - " rule in India, I find this remarkable regulati on the s , -eti ui",' all the chaplains who were to be employed by lst India company We do farther will and India hat that all such ministers as shall be sent to reside in s 'la, as aforesaid, shall be obliged to learn, within one !ear ittld ,28:7 their arrival, the Portuguese language, i:legbetter to enable th em themselves to learn the native uage of the country where they shall reside, the servantsbe them to instruct the Gentoos that shall es _ or slaves of the same company, or other t:Ette4st:iliteis the 'Protestant religion." They were required s ,_ l , k . ll ' ) vs the Portuguese language, because the Roman i t tired t in India spoke that language ; they were re - o know the native language, because the natives e it, la orde r th at t h ey m i g h t b e a bl e t o t eac h bo t h 'th eth Pretestant religion. This was a good regulation of ar t ; e e e i rl 'PanY at its starting in India. Acting upon this and WPle' Llrd Clive, the celebrated conqueror of Pla ssey, th " 9 41 a7 be called the founder of the British empire Bengal East, bro ug ht w ith hi m th e first missionary to the g av e him the use of a dwelling-house along with So —embers of the Council, and stood sponsor for his 14 4. T here was an op en proclamation from Lord Clive ete e :! , , ist ianity before t he nat ives .. of India, and soon after tab! h e company recognising and honouring p the to v o e e n o e_- -,4su'e Missionary, Schvvarts, placing the native . c h. I 1 ?o under his instruction, and even employing im . t t -e highest political missions without any deft.' - t o the functions of his heavenly calling. In 'estsb 4u tior, the College of C slcutta was originally e , i -s hed on st r ictly Christian principles, under t he eridi, missionary chaplains, Brown an d B uc h anan , u e Bible f ormed part of the da i ly i nstruct i on i n i t. his ble Wa s well—this w as a good beginning—and God thi o ss i l the labo urs o f our h ea d s f o r years in I idia. When 6 let st e of thine s ceased, by what msans it was first "is ti t '''r . ed With, by ' what steps it was broken down , or by fet ed let lasnce, it is dStioult to trace ; but it was inter tritsa:lll:labythat modern liberalism which has brought principle to work at home. Our modern states_ th e t not act ou t w h a t th ose early statesmen did, and li be lst I ndia Company became infested by our modern A:' l 3 lst la) It tried its hand at home by Popery, and . it d ie s : i t' ll "- same part by Mohamme.l . anis in and Hindooism. t itipe. e . eat Was It Why, it was this, that on the plea of eed gsr.4lit)between man and mac, the authority of Go d It , ""td's word over a ll men w as withheld or i gnore d. itg, at as j u st that—they proceeded upon the principle of thi s ti alitY, as between men, as if there was no such h aa l as the Bible in the world, and as if God Almighty eh," tle ver sp o k en. By th i s pr i nc i p l e , w hich witahsaprawen ssoecis In Irel and, the Christian element was acts in India• w ra I,l;_a_l.l G overnment officials and ofa the Bi b le was w ithd rawn f rom the C )it l )liege of Calcutta— % l iith le was withdrawn from the Government Schools OP h ildia s and no acknowledgment from the Gover nment, wasent, 41, 1 t he Gover nmen t , th a t th e religion of the nat.iv re °l' that the religion of the Bible was true. I shall mr k e lt ; le You a brief statement made by the Rev. rev rtatl'he, Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in Calcutta. Tner of ena v . here read an extract from the examin ation ta t ,,, s - r a ue before the House of Lords, in July 1853, and fr e C' e h he said, in reply to a question from L . er , si *k a l i th at . there was more than " impartiali'y' —there to methlrerence—on the part of the East India Company • e Prof, • • • among the natives :and %atl as Progr ess of Christianity feed sed lmpartiality" we accept from Lord Win -- e• *9 Pleaded fur the Government, and adopt it as our zasictesent. " Impartiality" between Juggernaught and tl e : e I 1' Impartiality " between heathenism an t d sin,a Chris very ity "Impartiality"—it was a sin, fa 0 scat tan. Now, look how this has w a ro g u r g e h a t, for it this! the source of the rebellion. How shall I ma ke t t ltt. tr atet : : :,: es t : hly brethern, the native of India could dno tha t r ' e uend . this " impartiality"—they could no t . believe atl Y Persons were sincerely " impartial" in such They had too much of what they sail religion cogh _selves to suppose it possible that any . Government . be:', d be 80 infidel as not to care between religions, or to es..ll3aPartial" between them. The natives of Ind ia did 11"e' d blieve it— they thought it was a mask to d ec eive , wise tei us t s hey at once, in consequence, seized on the otherwise i s tent, the the greased cartridges,and said, now the s e cret b ro un tl a t i they , have tried to undermine our religion at y it a Ilea .. a.uun t way, and to destroy our caste." Imparti d. Y d —ll reli g i ons.is practical infidelity of all, and they THE NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1857. not believe it. lam persuaded in the sight of God, and in the sight of the whole country this day, that this was deeply at the root. though not the whole cause of this tremendous rebellion. The Government of India ought to have avowed themselves Christians, but ought not to have forced any native to become a Christian. And see how this would have been treated ? How has the missionary been treated ? The missionaries have been respected wherever they went, because they had avowed themselves Christians, and said to the natives, " we think you wrong—we come to set you right; " and the natives, though they did not agree with them, respected their sincerity. It is true that some of them have suffered in the violence of this outbreak, but the missionary stations have suffered little compared to the military stations. I say, then, here was the grand sin that we ought to be ashamed of before God this day, and our country should be ashamed of, and our Indian Government ashamed of; and now, my dear brethren, look most seriously at this matter. Do you think our Government are ashamed of it? Do you think there is the slightest intention on their part to alter this ? Do you think there is the slightest intention on the part of the East India Company and Government to declare them selves wrong, and to restore the Bible to the Government schools ? Do you think there is any intention of amend ment to-day before God? Then what do they mean by confessing their sins and asking pardon ? Men who have no real religion themselves, who are guided in life by human kindness and public opinion, imagine that other men will be guided by human kindness and public opinion also, and that whatever their religious principles may be, they will be guided in this way as they themselves arc. Now this is a delusion—it is a great mistake. The human heart is superstitious, and men cleave to the principles they call their religion. For a time and for a purpose they may serve von under the most sacred oath; for a time and for a purpose they may eat your salt, and receive your pay and fight side by side with you, but all the while they reserve an allegiance higher than you ; and when it an swers their purpose and they see an opportunity, they will consider) themselves doing their God service when they turn and rend you. It is the policy of Popery at home—it is the policy of Hindooism and Mohammedanism abroad. True, it is, there will be found exceptions— individuals practically better than the principles of the system they belong to, but those individuals are men who have no strong opinions, and who cannot be depended upon when it comes to the point. This policy has been acted upon both at home and abroad ; we have got the recoil as regards Mohammedanism and Hindooism, and we are rushing straight in the very direction to provoke the recoil from Popery. We are impartial between ido latry and Christianity at home—we are impartial between the worship of the Virgin Jury and the worship of G) I . Im , artiality, I say again, is practical infidelity; and though they for a time will eat our salt and fight by our side, they are still wedded to their system whenever they exist; Dr. Cullen in Ireland, or Cardinal Wiseman to England—these men, when the opportunity serves, will think they do God service when they turn and rend us. I have:told you many times before, and you did not believe me, and I tell you now again. I confess humbly before God, that until this time my soul was never moved with regard to Hindooism or Mohammedanism, but it was moved with reference to popery, which I believe in my soul to be as offensive to God as either Hindooism or Mahommedanism. The sins of the Indian Govern. ment have not been merely this omission, grand and primary as it is, but they have been guilty of sins o f commission also. I cannot enter into details in this, bu will merely remind you how the Government officers gathered tribute for the temple of Juggernaught. That indeed has been done away with, but while the Bible is excluded from the Government of Calcu'ta, immodest paintings and sculpture in the temples are protected. I will refer but to one other feature in the list of com missions, and that has reference to the opium traffic. The Government of India has not been content with growing opium ; they have made a monopoly of it—they prepare it for exportation to China, and they defend illicit smuggling of it into China, in defiance of the Chinese authorities. They have persevered in doing so, and have broken down the resistance of that poor, weak nation, and so they have succeeded in making in Chine as many drunkards as there are in our own towns. Oh, we should be ashamed before G 31, for the sins of the Government of India! Now, my dear brethren, do not imagine that this is intended as either a reproach to them, or a justification of rebellion. God forbid. In conclusion, the reverend gentleman declared that in the history of war, there was nothing to surpass the ferocity of this rebellion, and that the horrors of the Inquisition alone surpassed it, and wound up by eloquently exhorting his hearers to sub. scribe generously towards the relief of our suffering fellow-countrymen in India. there was little fear of England,s needing thi warning. Her courage would be, as ever, true and fire ; and now that some formal difficulties regarding the height of recruits had been reduced, men would enlist in thousands. There was more need we should be warned not to be overcome of evil in the sense of sot being inoc culated with erne' revenge under tremendous provocation. There should be no three days' licence given to the soldiers upon the capture of Delhi. Let there not be another scene worse than Badajoz. Vengeance, as a first ebulli tion of feeling, was almost inevitable, and hardly culpable ; but as a deliberate act, or a premeditat-d purpose, it was directly contrary to the text and to the Lord's Prayer. We should beware of stimulating the wrath of soldiers, who would and must be angry enough. We should thus hearken to the apostles warning, while lII.—We obeyed the precept of the text by over: coming evil with good. By s'rength, by manly cour— age, and by justice, we should overcome the evil in India. Not by vengeance—that was the wrong word and the forbidden act; but by justice, the dreadful justice when man could not discriminate and God alone discerned the innocent from the guilty. Sach dreadful justice in the siege and capture of a Delhi was needful, and was England's duty. Then nu licence after the capture, but discriminating justice, which made the leaders and the inhuman, upon proof of guilt, to die the death ; and which devised for the masses of the mutineers expatriation, or some other great and merited infliction. Presently, as soon as might be, Jet Indian evil be over come, too, by patience on our part, by wisdom in our Governments, by kindness in all our intercourse. The sermon was closed by an appeal for sympathy and help on behalf of those who were suffering, or should suffer by the mutiny. Tae sum of £3O 193 was collected. In the evening the text was Psal. xxix. 11. The preacher's object was to rEminl his audience that we were not met to curse our foes, or to enrage one another against them, Lut to humble and purify oar minds, and to fix our resolutions on holy purposes. I.—The text suggested an enquiry—Who were the Lord's people ? ~~ • All man—C iffres, Russians, Chinaman, and Indians— were God's people, as created and loved by Him, and intended by Him for virtue and goodness. Those who, in the proyidenJe of God, wero made ac quainted with Christ and His gospel, were, in a higher sense, privileged and responsible as the Lord's people. these were, rightly and worthily, in a Christian sense, the Lord's people who loved God and Christ, and made themselves conformable to the mind and spirit of Jesus. Then followed an appeal to his hearers, as to their per sonal' regard for Christ, and the means they had taken to teach and Oxemplify the Gospel in India. 11. To us—if we be the Lord's people indeed—are promised in the text, strength and peace; the strength. viz., of moral, thoughtful, brave, manly Christians ; and the peace of those who, feeling goodwill to all men, are employed in doing good, commercially and otherwise, and are blessed with the sight of knowledge, and truth, and piety, more and more filling the earth, even as the waters fill the seas. --- If the IRdian mutiny and this day's services taught us, as a nation and as a congregation, to set ourselves thus to think and thus to work, we should be the Lord's people, receiving from Him invincible strength and unfailing peace, and we should ever have cause to bless this our assembling together. After another appeal for the sufferers by the mutiny' the sum of Z 9 43 21 was collected, making, together with 10 sent through Me. MAcnaught, ,the sum of _A:SO 33 2d as St. Chrysostom's contribution. chapter, concluding at the 53rd verse. A. collection amounting to nearly £l4 was made.l THE EVENING SERVICES. Similar prayers, as above, were used in those churches which were opened in the evening for Divine worship. rpowerful nation, and discreditable to a Chris tian govern— ment. There was no eollectioe. CHRIST CHURCH, CLAUGHTON. IYr.. Blakeney, the incumbent of this church. preached a powerful sermon yesterday morning, before a numerous and attentive congregation. The rev. gentleman took for his text, the 12th verse of the 60th chapter of Isaiah. After insisting upon the necessity of governments recog nising religion, and arguing that we did so in Eagland, by appointing national days of humiliation, in spite of what was said in and out of Parliament, the rev. doctor said that national sine were punished in this world, and as a nation having a responsibility, we were now suffering for our misdeeds. In India, we not only encouraged idolat rens religions; even going so far as to call upon heathens and Mahommedans to pray to false gods and prophets for our country on fast days ; but we set bad examples to the natives, our national sin of intemperance, giving heathens opportunities of pointhig us out in the public streets, and sneering at us, as " followers of Jesus Christ." After hinting that our countrymen in India sinned much on the score of immorality, the preacher then alluded to our fearful ca,'alogne of national sins at home, all of which he said called for a sincere and immediate repentance. In conclusion, Dr. B'akeney denounced the fearful cruelties of the ungrateful and merciless Sepoys, and gave a very affecting account of the massacre at Cawnpore, where the chaplain read the burial service calmly and serenely, a few minutes before he and those around him were brutally murdered. The collection for the Indian relief fund amounted to £46 7s 91, and the rev. gentleman announced that he should resume his discourse in the evening, when another collection would be made•] MYRTLE STREET CHAPEL The usual Wednesday evening's prayer meeting was held at this chapel, at half-past seven o'clock. The Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, the minister, after the usual prayers proceeded to explain the 51st Psalm to his congregation: at considerable length, showing that it was clearly written by David, and not during the Babylonish captivi y. made no allusion to the day of humiliation and prayer. ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S, BVERTON. The Rev. John Macnaught, the incumbent of this church, preached both in the morning and evening. The text in the 'forenoon was Rom. xii. 21—" Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." The preacher remarked that his duty was felt by him to be a very difficult one, in the discharge of which he hoped for the in•..ulgence and sympathy of the congregation. It was difficult to induce oneself to pass over in silence such ♦ast questions as the ♦indication, or the contrary, of our ancestors who first occupied territory and unlertook government in India. It was almost impossible to abstain from inquiring whence had sprung the present evils in India. However, he was reconciled to the omission or all examination of the political and historical bearings of the subject by the fact that, on Thursday, the 15th inst., he should have an opportunity of expressing his convic tions on these points, in a lecture on India, at the Mill lane School-room. On the present occasion the mind should be turned to— _ _ I. Observations on the existing evil in India, in its reference to the public generally. The preacher pointed out that the population of India was not in a state of rebellion. Contrariwise; the villagers and people of Hindostan had in numerous instances rendered, at their own peril, most heroic aid, most humane shelter to our outcast and fugitive fellow-country men. India was not in rebellion ; but the army of Sepoys, which we had alternately petted and thwarted, was in a state of treacherous mutiny, and had acted during its short lived tenure of rebellious power in a most barbarous, cruel, and dastardly manner. That this mutiny was confined to the soldiers and criminals and some few savage conspirators should be remembered as an encouragement to all England, as a consolation to those interested nearly in India, and as a plea: for justice on behalf of the vast masses of the Indian population, whose humanity was in too many instances overawed by the Sepoys, but had been gloriously displayed in numerous cases already on record. Such being the evil of India, we should not forget that our countrymen there took with them from us a habit of abstaining from all intimacy with what are called the lower classes. This national fault was one main source of the alienation that had grown up between the English officers and the native soldiers, There were other probable causes to which the preacher referred, but this was one which we in England were largely partakers, and for which, therefore. we should be truly humbled before God this day, and for the removal of which from our own land and from India we should resolve in God's strength. - _ 11. The preacher next proceeded to draw from his text a warning against being overcome by the evil. Our present position charged us with the trust:!of India• We could not evade It. Let us not succomb or yield to barbarism, treachery, and fiendish inhumanity : but let us again bold the supremacy, with which we had been entrusted, and , for which_ .we were _ responsible. ;: Indeed, ST. PETER'S CHURCH. In consequence of alterations at this church, there was no service, which seemed to disappoint a number of persons who collected in the morning. There was a notice posted to the effect that the sacred edifice had been closed since the 27th September for Divine service, but other duties were performed. ST. MC FIOL AS'S CHURCH. The Rev. - Rector Campbell ; preached; auXeloquent sermon from Jeremiah XVII, verses 7 and 8. "As what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdrm, to pluck up and to pull down, and to destroy it ; it that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them."• At the conclusion of the discourse, a collection was made in aid of the sufferers in India and in support of the mission to that country in connection with the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel. THE REV DR. TAYLOR AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH Yesterday morning St. John's Church was crowded. After the service, the Rev. Dr. Taylor ascended the pulpit, and took for his text the lUth verse of the 3rd chapter of Lamentations —" Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord." A collection was 'bade on behalf of the fund for the relief of the sufferers in India. ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH. Yesterday morning a sermon was preached at St. Bride.s Church, Percy-street, by the Rev. J. W. Kewley, 13. A., in the absence of the incumbent, the Rev. W. M. FaLoon, M.A., who was unable to attend. The text was taken from the Ist chapter of Revelations, 7th verse: " Behold he cometh with clouds." sr. SILA.S'S CHURCH. At this church the Rev. J. Birdsley preached from Jer. xvii., v. 7 to 10. After showing from his text that individuals and nations are dealt with differently—nations being punished as nations, and individuals as individuals, the preacher proceeded to compare the sins and judgment s of former nations with the sins and judgments of Great Britain. He made particular reference to the cases of Nineveh, Babylon, Tyre, and the Jewish people. He drew a striking parallel between the ancient Tyre and the mo. dern Tyre (Liverpool), as regarded their prosperity and their wealth. At the conclusion of his discourse a collet. Lion was made. PEMBROKE CHAPEL. The Rev. C. M. Birrell preached an eloquent sermon from 2nd Chronicles, xii. 6 :—" Whereupon the Princes of Israel and the King humbled themselves, and they said, The Lord is righteous." CHAPEL FOR THE BLIND, At the morning service, yesterday, in St. Mary's Chapel for the Blind, Hardman-street, the Rev. Mr. Hull, the incumbent, preached the sermon. The text selected was the Ist chapter of the 2nd epistle of St. Peter, 21st verse :—" Holy men of God spoke as they were. moved by the Holy Ghost." ISLINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CEITRCH. The congregation at the Islington Presbyterian Church wherein the Rev. Verner M. White ministers, assembled yesterday in compliance with her most Graefous Ma jesty's Proclamation, as is customary on the Sabbath. The forenoon service commenced at eleven o'clock with the singing of the Psalm cxlv. of the version of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, 18f.4. The Psalm was first read by the Rev. Mr. White, and then sung by the congregation. The rev. gentleman next read a portion of the Ist Kings, beginning at the 22nd 'terse of the Bth SERMONS wire also preached in several other churches in the town, and collections made in aid of the Indian relief fund. JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, HOPE-PLACE. At this place of worship her Majesty's mandate, appointing this day for humiliation and prayer, was strictly observed. At two'u'clock the service commenced, reciting the afternoon service and chanting the 27th Psalm ; after which the minister (the Rev. Professor D. M. Isaacs) ascended the pulpit. He preached in his usual eloquence an impressive sermon, taking for his words the words of Jehosaphat, when the Ammorites and others proclaimed fast throughout Judah, and standing in the congregation of Jerusalem in the house of the Lord, he spake, " 0 Lord God of our Fathers, art not thou God in Heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen,:and in Thine hand is there not power and might so that none is able to withstand thee ?" from Clfronic!es 2, c 20, v. 6. The learned gentleman, in descanting on these words, Fointed out lucidly the pious object of the occasion when all classes throughout the empire sought the Lord ; the Hebrews merged all feelings in the common cause which had plunged the British nation in the profoundest grief, and evinced their deepest sympathy for the sufferings of their fellow subjects in India. The euridite preacher clearly depicted the duties and re sponsibilities of the various ranks of society, eschewing all political bearings of the question, and stated he would not even refer to the remote or proximate causes that led to the dire results they all so bitterly deplored, but hoped that all, by the overruling wisdom of God, would eventuate in good, which gracious Heavens never intermits when sought for in humility and truth. The rev. minister, in the impressive prayer that followed, besought Him, to whom the shields of the earth belong, and whose uncon trolled dominion could in an instant speak peace and avert further calamity, to shed the coincidences of life and blessing on her most sacred Majesty the Queen, the Prince Consot t, and the illustrious scion of the Royal house, and endow all with the firmness and moderation best adapted to the crisis of affairs. At the conclusion, the reader recited the form of prayer, as read in all the synagogues, after which he chaunted 102,:121, and 67th psalm. The Rev. Professor D. M, liaac offered the usual prayer for our Sovereign and Royal Family, which terminated this sublime ceremony. SEEL STREET CONGREGLTION. At this synagogue, also, a similar special service was r h haELos e ons l rg d tidls , s a u n e t b h y e s t a h m e e u p : a v y . e r D s r r . e a A d d , i e a r n h ,d the e e following chief rabbi prayer as issued by the Rev. Dr. Adler, the chief ribbi in o a ef n fdh righteousness,,e a wa e s n r a e n a cl a t b h y e t ni h tu e ims m b i Te n rh i sesr power : s — t - as t I h o t a s h t t e liHighdlept pursue 1r God,stuh the a their unwearied course and keep their laws of circuit. Thou hast knitted each creature to the other, and placed a higher one over each ; but to man Thou hast given freedom of will to choose what he desires. Thou, 0 Lard, teachest us, that so long as both the ruler and the ruled aim at the fulfilment of their duties, the welfare of society is secured ; but when anarchy prevaileth, and man doeth whatsoever the inclination of his he ar prompteth him, war is on the gates, the corner stone of society is shaken, and in a little while happiness hath departed. Verily our soul m3urneth when we hear that mutiny and convulsions prevail in India. :Sons of violence, bound to serve the Government, have rebelled against it, transgressing covenant, and scoffing at law. The pride of their hearts misguided them to walk frowardly in the path of crime, sparing neither the young nor the old, pitying neither the wives nor the infants Justice girdeth itself with sackcloth, clemency rnourneth ; instead of judgment there is oppression; and for righteousness behold an agonising cry. Thou ktiowest, 0 Lord, that our most gracious Sovereign, carrying the sceptre of clemency in her hand, hath with reluctance taken arms against her ungrateful and disobedient chil: dren, who have defied all authority, and have undermined the 'foundations of law and justice. In the deepest humility we beseech Thee to remove for their own sake, for the sake of our country, and of mankind at large, the dominion of arrogance from our land. Incline their heart to forsake their evil designs. Renew a right spirit within them, that they may know that to hearken and to obey is better than to listen to the false and treacherous seductions which will disappear as a vapour. But if they continue to be stubborn and rebellious, encourage and strengthen our armies to stand up against them, that they may flee before the glittering arms of our gallant warriors, and leave behind all that is guarded and f wified. Inspire the rulers in the hour of danger with Thy counsel of wisdom ; show them the right way to guide ; give them a heart to know that it is Thou who givest strength and triumph to those who hope in Tny mercy. Oh, guard them from all illness; let all mischief and calamity and all destruction that wasteth at noon day, be far, very far, from them. God of mercy and favour, inspire our armies with mercy and compassion, that ou the day of revenge the sword may not devour the innocent, but that justice keep it within bounds ; let them have pity upon those who had none, and remember that 'nine is vengeance, Thine is recompense. 0 Lord, upon the tears of those who are bereaved and forsaken, without fathers or help, without husband or staff of life, put those tears into Thy treasury. Maintain their lot by calling forth Thy faithful stewards who will bring hope into dreary hearts, and care for them with a compassionate heart, benevolent sense, and zealous activity. Shower down Thy blessings upon this country, so that from one end to the other all shoutings of battle may be silenced, and that peace and concord may ba established on secure foundations. Be gracious unto us, ba gracioas ; and as Thou hast protected us in the days of oil, so shield us with the shelter of tranquillity. Be nigh unto us to redeem us. Amen." BIRKENHEAD. HAMILTON•SQUARE CHAPEL. The Rev. James Mann, the minister of the Independent Chapel, ,Hamilton-squaro, had s morning service in his church. In his address, after the prayers, the rev. gentle man dwelt at considerable length upon the recent horrible events in India, which certainly called for prompt and severe:punishment. He must, however, denounce, he said, the cry of universal vengeance, however popular it might be, for such a sentiment was both unworthy of a great nation like - England and discreditable to a Christian com munity. No collection was made. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. Yesterday morning, the Rev. Dr. Baylee preached from the text, Amos 6—" Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid ? Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord bath not done it ?" The collection amounted to nearly £4O. The evening sermon, with a col lection for the Delhi Mission was from Jeremiah xxxi., v.'l6—Thus saith the Lord . Refrain thy:voice from weep weeping, and thine eyes from tears ; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again. from the land of the enemy." The church was again filled, and the preachor listened to with marked atten t ion. INDEPENDENT CHAPEL. A sermon was preached in this: chapel by the Rev. James Mann, the minister. In a powerful address, the rev. gentleman, while fully admitting the necessity of visiting the merciless cruelties of the revolted Sepoys with condign punishment, strongly deprecated the popu lar cry for universal vengeancek. hich was unworthy of a LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING. The metropolis to-day presented the appearance of a Sunday. All the churches were filled, and a collection made for the Indian Relief F und. A vast number of persons appeared to treat the day as a holiday, and the steamers and railway stations were thronged. ; THE CRYSTAL PALACE. BYDENHAV, WEDNESDAY. A vast concourse assembled in the Palace to-day to hear the discourse of the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon. Up to about one o'clock nearly 20,000 persons are belieued to have arrived, and; the trains even yet continue to bring large numbers. Everything is most quiet and orderly, all the arrangements apparently being most complete for the reception of a vast concourse. INDIA AND CHINA. FROM OUR OW'S CORRESPONDENT. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Pacific and Oriental steam-ship Indus Captain R. W. Evans, has arrived with the India and China mails. She brings 114 passengers, several of whom have escaped from India, and £4OO 000 in Australian gold. She also brings a general cargo of elephant's teeth, tortoise-shell, &c. She left Alexandria on the 23rd September, Malta, 27th, and Gibraltar on the 2nd Oct. THE BIRKENHEAD MURDER. The man John Dann, now lyin4 at the B , rkenhead Hospital, from the effects of the stab waun3 inflicted by some Unknown hand, was yesterday much better. FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR VirREXEIA3I. WREXHAM, Tuesday Night. A fatal accident occurre I this afternoon at the King's Mills, distance from this town about I miles. It appears that a farm labourer in the employment of Mr. Brassey, of Malpas, was returning from the coal-pits with a waggon load of coals, drawn by four spirited horses, and on descending down the hill (which is very steep) adjoining the mills which bears that name, the waggoner thought that he might venture without putting the bresk on the wheels, which he attempted when about half way down ; the waggon overbalanced the horses, which caused them to go full speed, knocking the driver down, and two of the wheels passing over his chest crushed him most fright fully. The poor fellow survived only a few seconds. The waggon was precipitated over a wall at the bottom of the hill, tossing all the coal out, the horses and waggon not being hurt scarcely any. What was more miraculous than all was, that the poor boy who was sitting at the back of the waggon on the coal was not hurt at all. An inquest will be hell oa the body on Thursday. THE LATE MR JERROLD. Messrs. Charles Dickens and Arthur Smith, in answer to Mr. Blancherd's late letter respecting the estate of his father, say:—" Mr. Jerrold's eldest son thereupon gave to a letter of his own what publicity he could obtain for it, making his own representation of his late father's affairs. We knew our forbearing and delicate reference to them (forced upon us by exaggerations with which we had been repeatedly met, and which the son had never contradicted) to be perfectly accurate, ,and we knew his account of them to be highly Incorrect. We are entirely sorry to be obliged to produce the proof of this ; but it is necessary to the clearance of our own good faith, and that of the gentlemen associated with us. We have before us, under date the second of the present month, a letter from the solicitor to the late Mr. Jerrold's estate (a gentleman well known in his profession, Mr. Ashurt, of the Old Jewry), in which, after mentioning that there is a life assurance of a thousand pounds, which is Mrs. Jerrold's absolutely, and which the estate cannot claim, he informs the correspondent to whom his commu nication is addressed, 'that he cannot understand Mr. Blanchard Jerrold's reason for writing this unfortunate letter ; that he thinks he and his family ought to be set right on the matter;' and that, if a certain claim be urged of which he has received the particulars. ' the facts and figures show that the estate will be absolutely insolvent.' We quote this letter with its writer's permission, and we have now done with this subject for ever." THE NORTHERN COAL TR kpE AND Trill INDIAN Sty- FERETt°.—The Northern Clal Trade Association has con tributed 4509 to the Newcastle-on-Tyne subscription for the sufferers in India. Accounts from Milan state that Marshal Radetzki is still residing at his villa near that town, and is in tolerable health, b:ing able to bo wheeled about the fine garden attached to his r,sidence in a chair. EXPENSES Tr THE BELFAST MOT INQUIET —The _Banner of Ulster est:mates the expense of the inquiry at a total of £455 12s. This will, of course, be paid by the Government. On the town will fall, half the expenses of the additional constabulary drafted to Belfast to suppress dots that had no longer an existence. A MINISTER, EDITOR, AND GEe IRAL IN ONII —The Springfield Nonpareil says that the Rev. Mr. Byge, editor of the Expositor of that city, was eloeted Brigadier General of the Ohio Volunteers last Saturday. lie mist be a universal ge this —equal to the showman who rides three horses at one time. Letters from Constantinople announce the arrival there on September 24th, of the Prince and Princess Joinville, with one of their children. The Prince travels under the name of Francois d'Arques. Argues is the na me of the ruined castle well known to the vis itors of Dieppe, which was the scene of a great triumph of Henry IV. At a former period of his life Louis Napoleon, or, as he was then called, Napoleon Louis, lived at Stuttgirdt as a political refugee, and it was there that be published man) of his anonymous works. Even as far back as that he was a great favourite with the p-esent king, who screened him from the persecuti on of Louis Phill'pe, and refusal to ex pel him over the, frontier. EXTRAORDINARY• CHARGE OF RAPE. ij j On Tuesday,. at Guildhall, M. Alexandre Bonville, a French gentleman, described on the police sheet as an tinted proprietor. residing at 2, Tudor-street, Blackfriars, was trought up in custody before Mr. Alderman Phillips, charged with feloniously violating the person of Harriet Elizabeth Thomas, a married woman. Mr. Barker attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Wont ner apreared for the prisoner. Mrs. Thomas e having been sworn, said : I reside at No. 6. Tudor-street, Blackfriars. My husband is a woollen draper's assistant. On the eight of the 24th of last month, I was sent for and mein:red to go to the prisoner's house in the morning to help to clean down the house, which was intended to be opened as an hotel. I went dewn at half-past six inehe morning, and continued at work there until about eleven o'clock. There was no one else in the house at that time, that I was aware of, with the excep tion of the prisoner and a female servant. I had seen a fair gentleman there, but 1 could not tell if he was in the house afterwards. The prisoner attended. in every room as we cleaned it, and while we were engaged cleaning the second floor front room, which is a bed room. about eleven o'clock, the prieoner said he must have the flregrate cleaned. The servant said she had no brushes to do it with, and he then gave her money, and directed her to go out and buy some. She aceordingly went out, leaving the prisoner and me alone in the room. The door was open when she left,. and as soon as she had gone the prisoner said something to me in French, which I did not understand, and then asked me in Eeglish if I was married, and immediately closed the door and locked He then took hold of me round the waist, and carried me amiss the room, and threw roe on the bed, and held me there while he committed, the offence. I resisted him with all the strength in my power, but he held me so tight that I could not speak• I tried to push him away from me, but being very poorly and weak in consequence of recent confinement, I was unable to prevent him accom plishing his object. The servant was absent about a quarter of an hour, anti came back atatt five minutes atter the offence had been committed, but 1 did not leave the house directly. When she rourned the prisoner unlocked the door to let her in, and then went out himself. I said to the servant. That fellow has insulted me," and shortly afterwards I went home to sncele my baby. That was between 11 and 12 o'clock, and I told my mother also that the prisoner had insulted me, but I did not explain in what way. 1 said I would not go again to the prisoner s house, and my mother it qu'rel the re s n. but I did not tell her. About halt an hour, after I returned to the prisoner's house, and continued at work there until about one o'clock, when I again went home to get my husband's dinner ready I went back to the pri soner's house, and took my eldest child, a little girl four years' old, in order that she might call out for me if the prisoner again insulted me. Nothing else took place between the prisoner and me that day. I went the next day to work, and the prisoner let ms in at eight o'clock. I did not te'l my husband at the time, because I was afraid it would part him and me for life In consequence of that connection with the prisoner, I have contracted a loathsome disease. I had seen the prisoner only once before, and had never spoken to htrn. Cross-examined : lam 24 years' of age. I have b een married four years last June, and my eldest child was four years' old last August. Mr. Wontner : Teen that chi'd was horn two months after marriage? Prosecutrix Yes ; but it is my hus band's child. I was at the prisoner's house rl: Friday and Saturday, but the prisoner was not there both days. He left on Saturday about ten o'clock in the morning to meet his wife. I went on Sunday morning for my money for the two days,' but the prisoner said he had only foreign money, and could not pay me, but he sent the servant with 3a. 61. to my house on the following day. The servant agreed to give me 3s. 6d. a day, but she afterwards told me that thee prisoner had refused to pay more than 2e, as that was what he had been in the habit of paying. Ido not think 3; 601 a day is a high charge when victuals are not provided. I told my husband on Friday night, after we went to bed; but I felt unwell about two days after the prisoner had committed the offence he is charged with. I did not tell my husband anything until he found himself d's a.sed, and questioned me on the subj.,ct. I knew the seavant about a fortnight, and it was, through her I was engaged as charwoman. I never went out in that capacity before. Mr. Wontner : Now tell me, my good woman, you say this gentleman forcibly conveyed you to the bed and there committed a rape upon you. Now, after such con duct, why did you return to his house? Prosecutrix Because my husband knew I was going there for the day, and I did not like to let him know the difference. I had no heart to tell any one what had occurred, and that was the reason I did not tell my mother ail. Mr. Wontner : Why did you not scratch his face"? Prosecutrix: Because he held me round the waist, with my arms close tojmy sides, so that. I could not raise a hand. Harriet linrnell said : The prosecutrix is my daughter, and lam residing with her. 0 the 25th of Sept. last, my daughter came home between eleven and twelve o'clock, and I observed she looked ill, and trembled very much, and hardly knew how to speak. I did not ask her what what the matter with her, because I thought it wag want of food, as she had gone without her breakfast ; but she said, " That follow has insulted me." She has not been in a bad state of health lately, but she is occasionally weak, through having to suckle a baby. Cross examined : I did not notice her being poorly on the morning of the 25th before she went to the prisoner's house. I never imagined she had been insulted in the manner she had. I thought the prisoner had merely kissed her, or taken some such liberty as that. Sarah Barker said lam in the service of M Bonville. I know the prosecutrix. She was employed on the 25th and 26th of last month to clean the house down. M. Bonville sent me to buy a black lead brush, and at that time the prosecutrix was in the front bed-reom on the second floor. 51. Bonville was also there, and a Frenek gentlemau in the adjoining room, and the doors of both rooms were wide open. The prosecutrix knew the other gentleman was there, for she had spoken to him a short time previous. When I returned with the brushes. I took them up stairs, and found the front door still open, and the prosecutrix at the same kind of work I. had left her doing. About half an hour afterwards, the prosecutrix said to me, with a laugh, that M. Bonville had kissed her ; hut she did not say he had grossly insulted her ; and she went home between twelve and one o'clock. I was sot absent more than 10 minutes. Cross-examined : After she told me that Mr. Bonville had kissed her, I asked her if she would have anything to drink, and she drank two glasses of brandy. I never saw the least difference in her appearanc ,. . When she came on Saturday and Monday she saw Mr. Bonville and shook hands with him on both occasions. James Thomas : The prosecutrix is my wife. She mad" no communication to me about this matter until I ques tioned her on Thursday night last, when she told me all. I did not discover that I had contracted the disease until mid-day on Wednesday, and then I knew it must have been from my wife, as I had had no intercourse with any other woman. • Mr. Wontner, in reply, said th's was a very painful case, but it was also one of considerable importance. This woman had contracted a loathsome disease, and upon dis covery she fabricated this tale to cover her own infamy, and impose upon her husband. She had brought this charge to clear herself in the eyes of her husband. This was not one of those;cases where a virgin of seventeen had been so abused, but here was a woman twenty-four years of age, who has had one child two months after her marriage, and after being violated, as she says, by this gentleman, she actually retuned to his house again and acain without communi cating to her husband or her mother what she had suaered, or taking any steps to prevent a repitition of the outrage, if indeed any such outrage had been committed at all. She did not say one word to her husband until ho made the discovery. 'Nero was a discrepancy as to time between the husband and wife's evidence, one saying it was Friday and the other that it was Thursday when the alleged rape was first mentioned between them. The medical testimony had satisfied the court that the husband and wife were diseased, while the gentleman at the bar was free from any sign of it. Was it not, therefore, far more probable that the wife had contracted the disease elsewhere, and that it was not until she found that she had contaminated her husband that she tramped up this charge against Mr. Bouville ?- The prosecutrix's statement was full of inconsistencies— and the evidence of the servant so thoroughly exposed them that. it would hardly be necessary to call any wit-. nesses for the prisoner.. Mr. Wontmer having called the magistrate's attention to these facts, concluded his re marks by stating that he should call the French gentleman who was in the adjoining room, atter which he would ask the court to dismiss •the case and send the prisoner back to his home and his friends with an unblemished cha racter. He was a gentleman of very high respectability, and the magistrates would only be exercising a very wise discretion, and at the same time do rn act of justice, in saying that the prisoner would leave that dock without the slightest stain upon his oharaeter. M. Florentine Delman, an independent gentleman, said: lam living in Mr. Boaville's house. I was in the back bedroom, on the second floor. on the 25th of last month, from ten in the morning till four in the afternoon, and if any alarm had been made in the adjoining room I must have heard it, as my door was open all the time. I heard no alarm whatever—no noise, no screaming. Mr. Barker said he hoped the magistrates would con sider there was s case made out for further investigation, and he would not consign the characters of his three clients to infamy, by discharging the. ease at the present stage. Alderman Phillips, after a most palatal hearing, said. there could be no doubt this was, a, most painful case, but it bad had a most careful investigation, and he had bestowed considerable attention in reading over the whole of the evidence, in order that he might arrive at a just conclusion, and he had come to the determination to dia., miss the charge. 1-Vrhe prisoner was therefore discharged. , The Independance of Brussels states the commercial circles of Belgium, Holland, Antwerp, and the Hague, have been thrown into some alarm by the fact of their last letters from Bengal having arrived with their seals brain, and with some of the pas3ges erased.