The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-25 00:00:00

MANCRESTEIt.

A public meeting of the citizens of Manchester
wee held yesterday in the Town-hall, fee the purpose of ex-
preaning sympathy with the sufferers by the I adios mutinies,
mod to meet m the efforts now melting for their relief. The
meeting wee convened in compliance with a requisition to the
Mayor, and the attendance wee very numerous and in-
fluential. Sir Jouss Warts, the mayor, presided.
The Earl of WILTON WWI nand upon to more the first
resolution, and NU loudly cheered on rising. Ho con-
gratulated the Meyer on the extent and respectability of
the present assemblage. He confound he wee not one of
thew who, as a general ride, considered the holding of
public meetings the hest mode of raising moriey fur a par-
ticular purpoee, an ho knew, from experience, dust sums
thus obtained had Loon often diverted from their proper
direction—(hear, hear)—but in a are like the present, where
the feeling was no general throughout the country, he should
have Levu extremely sorry if such n meeting as this had not
been celled in this city, ormaidering the morel, intellectual,
and political weight which Manchester poosemed. (Hear,
bear.) He bed been requested to move the following ramie-
tion • That this meeting, deeply sympathising with the
many helplees sufferers by the late mutinies in India, desires
publicly to record its sense of the magnitude of the calamity,
and its detestation of the atrocities of the niutineere; and
trusts that such energetic effort, will be made by the British
government end by tho Honourable But India Company for
the euppreetrion of the rebellion and the punishment of the
guilty as will, under the Divine blessing, be crowned with
early end complete coma." Whatever might be the awess
of the present unhappy state of thing. in India, and what-
ever opinions ought bb entertained as regent. the warnings
preveitudy received, the were with neighbouring 'date*, and
consequent withdrawal of troops from the preeideneies—
(bear, hear)—the consideratione of three questions must for
the present give pier to the duty of torengthening the bands
of government in the prevention of further outregee. That
was the feeling which must animate the whole of this nation,
and every one of dere who subscribed, each according
to his mesas, in aid of those funde which it was especially
to he hued would go with certainty into the bands of those
who had indeed survived the mutiny, but had been meet
grievous sufferers in eonsequenee of it. (Cheers.) The con•
eluding portion of the resolution was in areerdance with the
line. we mud ell entertain, that by the esuistance of
Almighty God, by the velour of our troops, and by the
national cooperation, we might be able to quell this rebel-
lion, and after it had been qua lied, place the affairs of India
on a firmer end fur more witisfeetory basis than they had
hitherto rested upon. (Loud theme.)
Mr. H ertre, May r of Salferd, said be had bees sated to
mound the resolution, in consequence of its having been
arranged Out the subscriptions to be entered into should
be the oontributione not merely of Manehestee but of the

fulpaning borough and other phials In Its viricity. (Hear,
hem.) All feeling AP to the quarter where responsibility of
blame might rest must be for the present set amide. Upon
the shoulders that ought to beer it the blame nut eventually
fall—(hrar, herr)—vind anything now contributed must be
coneidered as confined entirely to the relief of our devtitute
fellow-countrymen and women in India, pledging no one to
support, or the contrary, either the government or the
Est India Company. (Hear, hear.)
The moolution wee unanimously agreed to.
Mr. W. Evrivpo v moved the ercond remlution:—"That,
in coneiderafion of the extreme urgency of the ease, and the
necessity for promptly alleviating the wants of the sufferer.,
this meeting most anxionoly entrees the benevolent contri-
butions of the inhabitants of Alenehemer and Salford."
The Raw. Canoe Crirtox seconded the resolution, which
was pawed unanimously.
Mr. Helton, the town-clerk, read a list of subecriptieue
already handed to including those of the Mayer, 1401, ;
Earl of Wilton, 1001. ; Sir B. Heywood and Co., 2001. ;
Mums. Phillip. and Co., 2001. ; Memo, Hatter and Co.,
2001. ; liceme. Lloyd, and Co., 2001. ; Mr. R.
Berme, 200 E ; Mr. E. B , 2001. ; Mews. A. sad
Cl. Murray, 1001. • Musere. 8. cher, Son, and Co .
I 001.,• Yr. C. P. Header= ; Masan. R. Smith end
Co., IOW.; the Oxford- Twist Company, 601.; Mr. R.
Glastoo., COL ; Masses. W. Fairbeirn and Boas, 1001. ;
Meows. J. Pinder and Co., 1001.; Memr.. Mater. Heel*
and Co , 601., and several minor subscriptions, making the
letal about 2,4001. The announcement of each subscription
was received with much epplanse.
Mr. R. N. r}IILLITP, 141.1'.. moved the third resolution.
He asked the meeting to consider whether the events in
India were not the greatest calamity that had ever befallen
our countrymen, and that It wag only right for those who en-
joyed the blaeelap ef security to show their sympathy with
such great wftetnge. The resolution he had to move MOO
for the (mutton of a committee to collect and to distribute
"in any way that they may ran beet," the funds eubeerthed
im aid of the sufferers by the Indian mutinies. He celled
attention to the words quoted, beam's it had been thought the