The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF PUND.

LEICESTER.

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Ye-stymie, (Thursday) • county meeting, convened
by tho lingh Oherii, fee the relief of the .arms from the
motley in India, was her at lb. Castle, Lereser. The
biding nobithy sad weft et the aunty ware present;
anion" thee were kb gievetbe Dab of Seabed, Earl Howe,
Lwd Sneers, Viaciant Canna, 111 P., Mr. C. W. Peke,
M.P., Mr. E. H. Farads's, M.P.. Sc. The meeting haring
been opened by the High Sheriff, Mr. B. C. Middleton,
TM Take of Rrrte so, In moving the Ire reselatim,
ea-me the boners equal to than which had been mead
is India he believed no age of the world had over witnemed.
(Hear, beer.) The present was not the tiros to ensiler
what, if any, provoration the mutineers might have rewired,
or whether the East India directom or the government at
Ines had done their duty. But me thing was certain, end
as this point almost every man sob woman in England were
agreed, monely, that hanoefordird they meet declare in a
more open meaner and in the face of day their Christian
predreaton. (Cheers.) Unfortunately in India they had
gore to the other extreme, and Mot endeavoured to comelier'
rase who had not the feelings of men, and who had
recompeneell keine= and conciliation with treachery
and murder. (Hear, hear.) The mutiny most te pat down,
and he hoped It would be doe very shortly; but whether
crushed M a mouth, in a year, or In tan years, this country
must lessee her dominion over India. Not only was it
secesary for the dignity of this conixtry, but it wee great
move duty, a right_they
_wee perform, end hearw quite
areal, that every lithinan would do bis utmost to eff•-ct
this great naticeal eked. (Cheers) He we ewe that
eery man them present would do all in hi. power to furnish
rearnits both for the militia end the regular army, sad he
wee happy to my that the nalitia of that county, wader hi.
ease lent Mead awe him, Colonel King, had nearly received
Its fall complement His Hoye Higbee. the Commander-
in•Chief had steed at Shreleld tho previous day that he con-
sedeeed the taming point already gained, sad he (the noble
duks) trued to her by the next mail that the revolt we
crushed. That victory would ho theirs, looking at what had
been done by the gallantry of the handful of troops who bad
so heroically masted all the effort' of the neffineers,
could not for a moment be doubted. He would express a hope
that when that victory waa won, their peeing would not
carry them away to seek for indiscriminate vengeance even
upon Indian 13... pays. (Hear, hear.) Justice, and severe
judos, moat be doe • but let them distinguish between the
guilty and the leaccedt. Let not the page of history which
teresded the heal= at Mahe men end airmen In the East,
and the seliesuy of a Havelock and a Nicholson spinal
hammered* boas, hare to add also that when victory wail
won, the vietore condaseaded to UN the weapons_ that bad
been wielded by an® dostardiy hands. (Loud cheers.)
Ages he would my let justice be dose, but let It be dis-
eriminatiog jostle"; let an example ba made of the mur-
derers, to show the., are to show the world, that England's
laws were not to be violated with impunity, but that death,
and an ignominies, death, was reward for cruel, cowardly,
end treacherons atindemes. (Cheers.) His grace concluded
by moving. "That this meeting views with the greatest
abhorrence the. barbarous and inhuman cruelty indicted on
oar fellow-countrymen, on women, and on children, by the
seinen in India and desire to give expression to the
warm sympathy which It leek for those who have undue'
gos. such brutal crepitate and unperstleied sallerliga"
Earl Hoes, emending the eisiolutica, mid that cirri:m-
elon...ea hal happened to his own which had need
hiss mom anisible probably than any Mbar geffitimaa pre-
peat of the dreadful seem of the atrocities committed
la fedi*. He should, however, only harrow the he-
ap were he to attempt to describe seek afro-
ddea They were nessasuped in the history of
the world, .ad he iiscerely treated that the sword of
justice would be laid epos the offenders. (Harr her.) H.
tras*vi that no political heeling or prejudice would Wafer.
with the rapport which was to be glen to her Majesty's
government in eeedieet out reinforeementa to restore the
brightest gym is bIT Mejsety's diadem. He believed in his
coneissins that every auction hod been made for this pur-
ple. He felt deeVy grateful to the government for three
melons, and he wished to imposes upon the people gene-
rally that it cow their duty to rapport the government by
eery means in their power in mooring L-arojoiliity to
India. (Chins.)
The menthe was then put by the High Sheriff and
carried unanimously.
Lord Bertha',, In propose( the wooed resolutine, oh-
awed it Wen sugeented to It= mime he entered the hall
by Major Powys that la the distribution of Bands of tl'is
ream • recummeeeptlas should be sent to the cementite In

Loudon to rearm a Imp portion for the widows aad orptums
of seldom. H. (Lord Bermes) believed that M that inounnt
the Melons and orphasts left totally unprovidad for in conso-
mmes of the ramilly umobemd no less than 40,000. Ile
smersi., " net tooth a Men to the absolution of the surety
and doetitstiun is whirl so many of our lellow-subjevie in
Tuba he.. besot iavolved, a subscription be invited through-
out the colony."
Hr. musicale, M.P., briefly serondad the resolution,
who b arm onesimeniely sorted to.
Nr l'at ca, monad the last reeelitioo—•"rhot the
ainrral bobs in Wash" sod the il.ffervor market toe no of
the county be mmiostad to receive subteripi loam in aid of ibis
bbieri, to be forneeded, Is addition to dice alreetly rollectad
In lb. Irma. to the marl committee to London."
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Mr. lioio.os ateoaded the maistios, tekkh tram carried
saivalsoarly
A rcie of drabs to the Diet Mari( itrutiaated the pro-
ceediags.

♦YR.

A VPTV large and influential meeting of the Com-
maimiuser; of Supply, =tines of the perice, kr., to repreem
sympathy .ith the ent in Init., and to promote • yd.-
sorption f, their relief, tree held its Toesdey, et noon, in
the County -bnildmstre.
Amcor, the gentlemen print we othermd the Right
Hon the Lord-Lathiest. ; the M Sable the Mertpue of
Atha; Laud Jenne Stye', M.P.. Sir J.. Ferguemon, B.rt
Mr. Jan Carophall, of C•• • , Mr. John Itenolton, Sue-
d/no; Mr. W. H. Craahud. Cranks:Wad, Mr. P. B. Mum.
Meariedie, P..ston ; Mr. W. Cothrene Petrick; Mr. A.
Oswald, Auchinerni.; Mr. W. P. Morris, Craig; Mr. R.
P. Adam. Lour; Mr. W. Analop, Newarkhill ; Mr. 0. Ful-
lerton. liTtil• • Mr. U. C. Ilyadinne. Sp...evade; Capt.@
Reseell, Mauleide ; Shornßobleon, MM. Ferguson, Mr.
O. o.r.sa, Mr. OfntnY').-
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