The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-08 00:00:00

TO rill IDITUI OF TIE 112 PMS.

Six,-1 am requested to send you the enclosed

communicatioa, just received from the oldest Americo&
missionary in !lyric, to one of ilia hoooniry secretaries of
tide committee. The writer was sot then aware that this
enmities exited, and that it bsieeot out authority to bar
Majesty's consul at 13eyrout to constitute a committee, to be
prodded over by himself, and to administer all the funds
collected hare. The very thin desired here has been pm
videntially arranged there. The Beyrout committee
receive winds two or three days notice of • second remit.
lance from us, making 2,50111. in ail telegraphed through the
Foreign-olllce.

Comineut on DT. Thomson's letter would be enperßuous.
We appeal to you generously to throw all the weight and
inflows* of the Express into the scale of the fund for
Syria, in aid of the persecuted and belpltan thousands who
hare suffered barbarities sod itelignities almost without an
historical

Her Xiijesty and the Prince Consort hays now, se always,
put themselves at the head of the national charity. Mary
is ono* in rapidly from and through mercantile arms of
Landon. But it needs the whole country to be moved, and
psshaps this cannot be more effectually accomplished than
by the prompt and earnest co-operation of ministers of
religion of every persuasion.
We trust that the Mayors or provosts, and corporations
of towns and cities, will kindly originate local efforts.
The nobility and gentry, jest now flocking out of Lou-
don to the repose and enjoyment of British country
seats, will not be indifferent to the anguish of their fellow
men at a distance.

The names of the president of our committee and of the
chairman of the executive finance committee constitute of
themselves a sufficient guarantee for the rectitude and free,
dom from sectarian bias of all our proceedings. Nor Is it
too much to hope, that if the British people met their
usual bright example of charity other nations will
follow it. No country ought to monopolise the pri-
vilege ~f succouring the destitute. India had claims
upon us from the sufferers by the mutiny, being
our fellow-countrymen. On the other hand, the maroons,
frightful atrocities, and misery are, if anything, move
wholeesle in Syria and the Holy Land than they were in
India. Moreover, Syria, from the sacred associations which
are ominected with it, pose.es.ses a lasting claim to the arm
pethy of the whole civilised world.

Trusting that you will pardon this application, I am, &c.,
CYRUS R. EDMONDS,
5..-eretary of thmSyrian Relief Fund.
Deice of the Syrian Relief Committee,
Adelphi-terrace, W.C., August 7.
(0,74
To Sir Culling Eary, Bart., London.
Bet, J 18.
Dear Sir, —1 venture to send this "appeal" to you with-
out any other apology than is found in the reffignitude of the
catastrophe that has occeeioued it. I have been familiar
with six bloody wars in this country during the past 27
years, but they were mere 1.14' play, a, far as the atrocity
ts concerned, in comparison with this dismal butchery. I
have lately read the entiro history of the Moslem occupa-
tion of Syria form the beginning, and there is so
account which equals the tragedies of Reehalah,
Hesheya, and Damascus, not to men-
tion other place. male desolate by this ferocious
war. All the numbers to our appeal are too low
(75,000 destitute, 10,0110 widow.). Whole districts now
knows to be destroyed are riot included in the estimates of
this circular. Authentic account., of lejaj and private, from
Lainseecue. Let eight, raise the number of the aglittered in
that city to 5,000. Of count the licreeekes, boatel's', vie.
from coin, nearer 20,000 than 10,000 in Damascus alone.
Mr. Ramie writes : —" Our only hope. ope sad prayer is, that
we may he able to retch Beyroat , .asd so doubt great
manse of utterly impoverished refrogece will Sock over the
mountains to Bennet just so soon um the roads become pose-
tiadale. What Mall we do with them 2--whers put them 1
—bow feed sad cloths them, even ler a day? We are
alarmed at the prospect ; and althea/I' everybody here is
dciag mad will do all they eam yet the &-
greasily utterly beyond our ability. If,
thiggress, you ma du as mg to help us in this
1 vast work you will certainlydown upon all who unite
with yen the blew* of many w are ready to perish.
manor enlarge to-day. I as a. tarty over-droves with tb•
FarT4l AIN nipia"..2....a write Li erea.trat
UAL—Yours most sisrorely, W. M. Tnonnon.
[The appeal darkeed by the Rm. Dr. Thomson seed
sot be republished here. It states the appillteg details a.
they have appeared iu thepublic pram, and enisrueratea the
mama whi.l emanate of the principal British
and American hankers, ministers, and merenatile render&
is Syne, including Captain Hiram, R.N., ommearader of
her Majesty's steamehip Exmouth, with a sub-committee
for Damascus (Mr. html,n her Britannic Maerety's Consul,
channuar). the whole presided over by Mr. Moore, her
&Beanie Matesty's Coesuldimeral at Beyrout.