The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

LINCOLN.

A public meeting, convened by the Mayor of I.in-
cols, was held yesterday (Wednesday), in the Guildhall of
that city, for the of setting on foot • local eutdalp-
lion in aid of the load for the relief of the sufferers in Ind..
Though only • day's notice had Leen given of the meting, it
was well attended by many influential oil {MPS.
The Bishop ot LINCOLN was pruent sad propued the first
reeolution timed,e of nympatly with the sufferers by the
mutinied in ladle, and of horror and indignation at the atm-
cities perpetrated on our countrymen and countrywomen. In
moving this revolution his lordship said—We are not nut
hem to discus the difficult hut very interesting question
as to the origin of this lamentable revolt—to ask whether
its grounds are religious or political—to see whether it can
be trend to any deep-seated feeling. of diseslisfactinet
an oppressed people; or whether it be nth.,
tall:emilespairing effort of • once dominant ram to
mover its lost superiority. We need not inquire
whether It bait bees excited by undue interference with the
eaperuition of the people, or whether, rather, it may hays
been emouraged by en undue deference to them, mad POlllll
want of that honest, manly bearing which belong' es much
to • nation es to an individual—of feulrany avowing what is
his own belief, what las himself knows Ito be tree, without
endeavouring to edema fe gen diem hero) The

matter before us is a very 'Maple one. There are at this
Amount thousands of our fallow-countrymen and fallow-
countrywoman in stiSt&g and distress. They dram our
epeth7--eoefl our stmesie : they ahall hare It. (Ap-
plause.) I fully believe that if the efforts we have
made so speedily are esgeferi out judiciously—that if the
mamma of represelas ate peeseented, not in an un-Christian
spirit of revenge, but with that unswerving jostles which la
often the sweat mercy—Omar, hurl—and if that repress-
eon is followed by measures of amelioration, at that In-
structed by the errors of the east, we are enabled to carry on at
a rapidly-inerauing rate the civilisation and the general
im-
provement of India—l fully believe that happy days sas Ia
prayed for our empire that., and that here as ever God by
overruling the weakness of evil men is working out hie own
great purposes of good. But this must net only be •
work of time it eau only be accompliehed, as all
good worke are, by great self-merifiee and self-
suffering. It may be that the regeneration of India can
only be accomplished by • baptism of blood. However this
may be, at any rate there must be abundance of want and
raffling to require our self-denying aid. It was with this I
souviction that I ventured, at the beginning of the present I
month, to issue a circular to the clergy suggesting the pro-
priety of making collections in their respective paes. This
I mention only to state that I have received accounts from
various perishes relating the great liberality with which even
agricultural labourers have cane forward to contribute their
mites for their guttering brethren. I am sure that the
citizens of Lincoln will not be behind their neighbours in the
country, and that here at least we ghat be able to make a
good return, showing that we feel the urgency of the present
emergency—that we feel we owe a duty to our fallow-ooun-
trymen and to Him in whose hands the Bane of the conflict
Ides, and that we are ready to mike a eacriflce of our worldly
goods for the ataiatance of those who are sufering, it may be
said, for our sake. (Applause.)
Before the meeting separated about 2601. was subscribed,
the mayor (N. Clayton, Egq.), and the bishop, each putting
down his name for 24/. A committee was appointed to can-
vale the town for further subscriptions.