Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-16 00:00:00

Sr. CHRYSOS NM'S WOE" Iva MEN'S AVOCIATI,N.

Last night, the Rev. J. hlacnaught delivete,l a lecture on
the now all engrossing subject of India, to the members of
the St. Chrysastora's Working bleu's Association. The
chair Tlll3 occupied by Mr, Unwin, and there was a most
numerous attendance. The keit a eccupicd fully two
hours in its delivery, and was a spirited and graphic,
though necessarily condensed, sketch of the h'story of
India, from the earliest period down to the ptesent day,
where the events that are no v pa,sing there have fixed the
worked attentio• . The steps by wbioh we obtained poser
and possessioas in India were well and clearly detailed, an.l
the lecturer observed, that had F,,.x's Indian Bill heel
passed in 1784, England would not now have to deplore the
present mutinies Ile referred to the well-knowu tg.s-
of the ixtertninati in of the Itohilla tribe, by the Nabob
of Gude, aided and abetted by the East India Cutup try,
and urged that with sach an irtiqaito is act befo a us it was
nit for us noeto complain that our rule in India had been
al,byi one of jos'ine and purity.. He, in like manner,
declared the recent annexation cf Oade a most ittiqaiteus
act of aggre-sion, and asked how could we I e astonished
at the few conversions to Christianity in India, when the
lives of the Christian Europeans there, taken as a whole,
had been anything bat the exemplifiaation of Christian
morality and self-decial. Ile quoted frona the letter of
General Jacob, to show that. the long disorganiie I sate of
the Bengal army was a sufficient cause of the outbreak of
the present mutiny, aria with him c indewned the practice
of pampeting the high caste portion of the people, neglecting
Ito in the nose of our-ar:ny to please them, the low-cast
people, who, from tteir physical constitution, would mak
better s and would be attached to oar power from
motives of self-interest. He quoted film the speech ot
the Earl of Albemarle in the House ot Lord', last Feb-
ruary, to allow that to:tures had bee practised on the
nativee, ma a and female, for the, company's purse, by
the company's native offilers, and with the company's
sanction, since 1806, and asked if, having taught people to
tottwe fir us, we had a right now to blame them for tor-
turing for themselves? Our fl a 5 no doubt would creep
with horror at the late ern lties, and the perpetrators of
them deserved pueishment, hut he regretted thit we had
not long sines commenced the duty of ptu;ishing by hold-
ing up for Pxetr.tion end chasti,emalt the exterminators
of the Iloh Ilas. In conclusion, the lcclurer spoke berm-
fully cf the prospect of the speedy termination i f the
present troubb s, and exaressed whope that we would pr.,flt
by the lesson which they taught us. At the conclusion cf
his di course the lecturer was rewarded by a hear y burst
of apilause.
The young men employed in the R tilts ty C earing
House Department, at the . London and North Wes ern
Railway, have resoltei to form a brigade for military
exercise, for the purpose of being duly (pal fled to do duty
at home, if their services should be required, during the
time, our aeldiera are engaged in quelling the mutiny
abroad. They also urge upon all employers and managers
of large public establishments to do the same. Mist of
. the heads of the railway department have approved .the
schetne. A committee is in course of formation to arrange
the details and to communicate with Lord Panmure and
the mi:itary aathori:ies to know how far they will be dis-
p,sad to as&st he project.
We understand (says the Dumbarton, Herald) that a
movement is on' foot in this burgh for the formation of a
volunt.e: rifle c.r,P, bated led, we hmlieve,to ba composed
chiefly of the working classes J. E. Gels, E•q., of
Dumbuck, and several other gentlemen, are taking an
active interest in the proposal, and several meetings have
recently been held iu furtherance c f the object.
EPITAPII.--0a a lamb just killed—" Teas to its
remains."

A posthorse-master d'ed in 1757, and left a clascd box,
with instructions ',hat a century was to el.pie bsiore it was
opened. In order to secure compliance with his wishes, he
stated expressly in his will that the contents of the box
were of no value' but would be regarded as a curiosity in a
century. A few days back the b x was opened and it was
found to contai a lady's bonnet, a purse, some pla)
placard. and tnzraviegs, some cons, a tinder box, and
other objects in we a century ago.