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of the question, said, he thought that a question,
and a very serious question, might be asked—namely,
had we, as a Christian nation, done that which a
Christian nation ought to have done? Had the
Government of India acted with proper vigour as well.
as discretion :

To use the words of one of the most eloquent prelates
of the present day, had not our whole policy been one of
timidity? Had we done our duty? Instead of acknow•
lodging that authority by which lingo reign and princes
govern, had we not almost appeared to have been ashamed
of our Christian profession, and to have truckled and given
way to the cursed practice of expediency rather than acting
upon principle? Had we not yielded where we ought to have
remained firm? Was it true that a sepoy had been turned
out of his regiment, not in obedience to the desire of Lis
co•religionists,and not by the wish of his fellow•countryn3en,
but by the decision of a Christian Government, solely
because, by the blessing of God, he had been converted tq
Christianity? Was it also true that Sir Peregrine Maitland
was dismissed from his command in the army in the East
because he did not order Christian soldiers to fire a salute
in honour of an idol's car? The time was come when that
system of misrule and timidity of which so much had beet
latter]) said by the public press must be put an end to
He held that, as a Christian nation, a great responsibility
attached to us as to the way iu which we discharged our
duties. In future there should be no timidity, but we
ought to be bold in declaring the faith that we held ; and,
though he would not have any man suffer for his religion,
he thought we ought to be always ready to proclaim the
faith which we professed.
Mr. Farnham, M.P., Mr. Packe, M.P., and Mr.
Hodgson, a county magistrate, having briefly ad-
dressed the meeting, the proceedings terminated.

BUSINESS OF PARLIAMENT DURING
THE NEXT SESSION.

AT the dinner which was given to the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Science, by the Mayor
of Birmingham, on the 15th inst., Lord J. Russell,
in responding to the toast which coupled his name
with the House of Commons, thus expressed himself
with respect to Indian affairs, and glanced at the
possible occupation of the horse during the next
session. He said :

T trust it will not be their occupation to find the meant,
either in the shape of men or money, for putting an end
to the mutiny in India. The House of Commons has
shown its readiness to pass any vote, whether for men or
for money, fur that purpose, but I trust that by the month
of January or of February, when Parliament will meet
again, we shall have the assurance that that sanguinary
mutiny and rebellion has been entirely suppressed. •I
think that those gallant men who have been mentioned to-
night by Earl Telbot—Havelock, Nicholson, Neill—will
but need as reinforcements those troops which are already
pouring in both from our colonies and from the United
Kingdom- to enable them entirely to suppress the revolt
of those who, even at present, with all the advantage of
surprise, with all the advantages of tenfold numbers, have
been totally unable to meet British soldiers in the field.
Trusting, then, we shall hear that the mutiny has been
suppressed, I trust we shall likewise hear that justice hha
been done. If, therelbre, gentlemen, we shall have heatd
that the mutiny has been suppressed and justice has been
done, we shall still have a great task before us, a task
which it will be for us by and by to consider, which it will
be impossible to anticipate now, and which it would be
unwise to dnticipate if it *ere possible to do so—viz., the
consideration of what inquiry should be made as to the
past, and in what way the government of India should be
modified for the future.

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LORD CARtifiLl embarked for England at !Mgt.
town on Thursday.
THE VERY REv. Da. RUSSELL has been elected
President of Maynooth College.
SEYEILIL LEGAL CHANGES are rumoured. Aeoordieg
to the most popular notion (writes a correspondeutof
the Mail) the Chief Baron of the Court of Bacht-
quer in Ireland will resign his judicial seat, and be
succeeded by Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, the present Irish
Attorney-General. Promotion is also spoken of hs
likely to fall to the lot of Mr. Deasy, Q.C., M.P. for
Cork, who will, it is said, be raised to the Solid*.

Generalship.
Na. M. MORRIS, of the Connaught bar, has been
appointed to the Reoordership of Galway.
ARCHBISHOP CULLEN has returned from Rome to
his head-quarters in publin.
Lour) BELLEW, a Roman peer, in reply to a circular
itiVitatio`n to attend a Meeting in Dundalk for the
purpose of raising funds for the sufferers by the
mutiny in India, has expressed the followi,g
opinion :

If funds on a former occasion have been misapplied
or perverted, let every caution be taken and exertion
Made to prevent a similar occurrenoe ; 'but let as, in the
first instance, go forward cheerffilly and heartily to the
assistance of our suffering fellorcotuiloroen of wbstoter
class or creed they may be.

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