Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-14 00:00:00

INDIA AND THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

Last evening a lecture en the above topic was delivered
at the Hope Hall, Hoge-street, by the Rev. J. B.
Barrett. Although the town had been most extroesively
placarded, announcing the lecture, the attendarc a was
exceedingly limited. Mr. Town Councillor Stitt oceupie I
the chair. The balminess of the evening was corn-
menced by the comp any sieging a portion of a hymn,
after which the chairman said they were assembled
that evening to have their atten ion directed to
a subject which it was net tap much to say had be-
come the great question of the diy, for, he presumed,
at no former peril I had the feelings of the peophs of this
country been so powerfully wcaked upon as they had been_
by the events that had recently takes place in the Eastern
E spire—no, not even by the events that took place when
the army was on the heights of Aima, the plaics of Bala-
clava, the hills of Inkermann, or even in the bicoi-stained
ruins of Sebastopol. But a fe.v weeks sines, all the people
of India showed symptoms of peac', allegiance, and order,
but suddenly, like a volcano beceath their feet, a
loag concocred scheme, a deep laid plot, having for
its object the total extinction of her whole European
population of that country, su Idenly exploded like a mine
nailer their feat, and imrnediat ty after soldiers killed the
officers to whom they had just before sworn allegiance to ;
and each atrocities wore committed, and many were shot
down and butchered, while their ladies and thefr infants
were subjected to such atrocities that could not be repeated,
and were ten thousand rim's worse than death. After a
few more appropriate remarks he s rid it would not he tome
him to de ain them any further, therefore he would at
once call upon the L darer to proceed with his subject.
Tae Rel. 'Lecturer, often a few introductory and comp:i-
m,ntary observations to the shairm in, for the way he had
introlue d the subject to the meeting, said.that the subject
was one of such all ahsorbing interest, and one of such
importance, that be almost shrunk from the responsibility
that he had undertaken ; but it was not his intention t
enter into the religious aspects of the subject, nor the
political view of the subjeca but in the limited time
allowed him, he should give s ech informatioa as w mid
lead Them-to form a just, idea of thu cause, and too probe•
b'e cons,queneas of the present mu' ie India. He then
proceeded to point out the geographical position of India,
add its vest population, which he estimated from the best
authority, at about one hundred sad sixty or o le hundred
;and seventy million of people, a population rq tat to the
'whole extent of Europe, if Russia was struck out He thee
stated that although it had been s rid that there was a great
marl religious in India, there really and in truth, ware
but two, Hindooism and Mehemedanism. These ter a h
explained as teiag nothingbotter than infidelism, having and
knowing no God or father. Having dwelt at soma length on
that point, he proceeded to give a hhstory of how India came '
into the possession of Engl and,and the origin of the Honour-
able Est India Company, which, he said, commenced in the
year 1600, when a few London merchants got a monopoly
of the trade, by a charter granted by Queen Elizabeth,
which charter tall been continual y renewed, and still the
monopoly 'existed. He hoped that they would still conti-
nue to have possession of that country. He then endea-
voured to trace the eausrs of the mutiny—denying that it
was caused ley the greased cartridges, or that it had bean
occasioned by the endeavour to force Christianity down the
throats ,of the natives, &though he did regret they did not
spend 'the same amount of money in that direction as they
had done training them to arm., which arms were then
raised agairst them. They had trained them to war, and
the weapons were then being levelled against themselves.
Without putting the blame on any prison—that was not
his object—he stated that he thought i; was the duty of the
cowry—as the unaiday did exist, to endeavour to quell
it, and after that was done then they might inquire into
the causes, but notrnetil then. He than went on o t
what he conceived would be the result of the fn. tiny: He
did not believe that they wo .1d ever leave India, bees use
he thought it was an essential appendage to flog-laud, and
must be c )nuet ed with it, atrl un that point he reatPd

very well safitfied ; did he thick otherwi e, should bl
'very mournful'for Christianity. He next expreisad a hope
that success would atteni the galliat s nice of General
Havelock, and his brave little army before Lucknow, and
h►t they weld S)31:1 hear of the defeat of the rebels at
1)ellai; and that, as a Christian minister, he hoped would
b 3 the result. The rebels had commenced with ill
svObrd and they must b3'n, it down by the sword. There
was one tteirg be did hope that would result froth this
mutiny, and that was that it would put an end to
caste in the army, whie I had been the chief cause
of the -mutiny. He ,toncluded by honing that time
would not be occupied in talking over the •cause of the
mutiny, but all would endeavour to use their exertions to
suppress it, and after that, then they might endeavour to
spre id the gospel amongst, the people, as the gospel was as
essential to that people as it was to any other v)untry. A
vote of thanka to thilecturer concluded the business.

\refers/men levreeoleasi Tlt R CllVltilti VActsos —The de-
anise, a few days sissee, in the 79. h year 01 his -age, of the
Rev. Matthew Irving, D.D., tete of the chapltias in ordi- :
vary to the Q seeneeacatee the .vicarage of Sturniteser,
3iarshall, near Wioehortie' in the County of Dorset and
diocese of Salishary, with the chapeiries of Lytcbett
Minster, Corfe if then, and Ilarateoethy antlered, to which
he was instituted isa 1822. The living is worth about
£1;000 per Milian:), .and is in the 'patronage of the Provost
and Feliews of EtoreCollega,' Wirolsor. The rev, gentle-
man has b -en a canon residetitiary of Rochester Cathedral
since .11824, and has also held the perpetual curacy of .
Chatham' Kent (of the annual cave of nearly 'IMO, and in
thegift of the Dean and Chapter-of. Rochester Cetaedral) '
for a period of 29 years.
Hum TIMM —Owieg to the strong south-easterly wind
that prevailed on Wein eday and Thareday the esplanade
at Ryde has beenTcompletelviedded at high water, which
has caused the washing up of the whole extent of , footpath
and some portion of the carriage-rood. The works in
progress for the steam ferry aeprosehes have also suffered.
Ac Eaethaurne, during the terrific gale of Wednesday, the
sea dashed over tee houses en: the beach, anti actually
battered in the vriedows and deer or one of them, inundat-
ing the tenement with s sit water, and scattering the
terrified inmates_ like sheep. 'lt was fort 1 necessary to
beard up the front entreec 3 of this .house f it- sameofe w days,
and meanwhile to use the yard door as a moats of egress
and ingress.
ANTIGMITT.—The Portsmouth Gazette is pah!ishing ex-
itracts from the andenteccords of that town, among which
the following occureiSeet 25, 1662: ' Ordered that a cage
t 33 made or some oleic!. esaeans invented by the Selectmen
1 to punish each as sleepe or taks tobacco on the Lord's day,
oat of the 'meeting, intitne of the pehlique exercise."
(Weerrsuo.. Disc JUNT.—Some Waggish gentleman yes-
terday seat to sue of th-e banks a promissory note for
diteount. Tile note promised to pay the sum of thirty
dollars at thirty days., The entire beck of the document
was euvered with Ms: class endareetneot, and to leave no
means unemployed to" get it throater,' a ten &Sitar . bill
was pinned to it. Whether the hank did the paper oefiot,
remains to be seen.—Philedeiehie North American.
BUI/141,DOODOX.—A cerrespoudeet of a Lon lon paper
makes the following complaint. His remarks apply with
equal fusee to Liverpool and other large towns. He says—
The old French saying that England is a paradise-for
women, and a place of a totally different character tor:
quadruped, still holds good. as the .slightest observation
will abendautly testify. I complain of the east nuns tear of.
bulldogs 'and their attendants that infest oar streets, ec-
peeially on geudayse In the morning they make their
appearance in rather a glossy c mditiou ; ine,the evening
they apio it seedy and snappy in their temper. Perhaps*
the exercises of the day may account
.for this;
bat hew can the proofed absurdity of our police
regulations respecting them be accounted for. I e eild
not exhibit an offensive weapon in public without
being arrested by the patios; bat I may perambulate with
acv hull-dog, secared only by a leather eallar end string.
Theoretieally speaking, I should not take up more room
than a man and his dog would ; bat practieally I
sholl.l mthioPolise the whole of the pa/e/lent as no
man, woman, child, dog, or any other animal dare valtu-e
near me. If I am of the Slogging type, there would
he the satisfaction of making my betters yield the
pis to me, besides, opportunity being favourable, ne
policeman in sight, as sometimes happens, I could
gratify my feelings by dtstroyiag a stray pet dig or
cat, whose evil lot it might be to eome in my way. In no
other city of the .civilised world is this nuisance per,.
snittea, and I can °Lily arc aunt fur the fact of these privi-
leges being acceded to the possessors of bull dogs here, by
supposing that the Brahmins of the fare; are persons of
such high station and consequent influence with our
authorities as to render any complaint on the part of poor-
rate or tax. paying Sudras, sech as your humble servant,
of n) moment. Nevertheleal, Ido coipplain, and contend
that ferocious dogs, or dogs Wiese powers fair mischief
d upon the precautions taken to prevent mischief,
shod I not appear in public except in a state of muzzle,
an I that we should not be dependent altogether on
the noe-ciful coasideration and moral character of their
attend lutes.
Nova Beetle is not whhoet her representatives in the
strito no v raging in the East. We understand that Lieut.
Col. laglis, (son of the late Bishop) is with his regiment
(the 32nd) at Lucknow, of which place oar last accounts
sty nothing better than "it still holds nut." A son of
the late judge It Uniacl;e, is in the cavalry befor i Delhi,
a son of Cal. B .zstget. ,we believe, is at the same dan-
gerous pest, assn of ,M. Uni.icke, Bei' also is on his
way to India, with hi eginent—and we d ire say there
are o'hers from cu.. little Province, of whom we know
not. That when they Mare the opportunity, they will do
.heir du'y, and reflect credit on their eative land, we have
no doubt.-7-Flalifax Journal.