Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

CAPTAIN VERNON AT MAIDENHEAD.

At the. dinner of the Royal East Berks Agricultural
Association, at Miidenhead, Captain Vernon, after a few
preliminary observations, sail :—" Englishmen were
proud of their army, and they had reason to be so, for it
was composed of volunteers, and not taken by conscrip-
tion from the people. It was the smallest standing
grew of any fi,st-rate European Power, and yet it had
won the largest empire in the world. (Applause.) It was
recorded of Alexander that he wept for other worlds
to conquer. Englishmen—more practical than the
Macedonien—discovered those other worlds and mas-
tered them. (Applause) He had no fear as to the
result of the present contest in India ; he admitted
it in its very worst phase. He accepted that
it was a mutiny springing out of revolt, and not a
revolt arising out of a mutiny. Nothing could loosen
our grasp with India. No maladministratioe of the East
India Company, if the blame - rested with them, could
sever from Cs our Indi'm empire. I) uabtless, the people
had been misunderstood, and therefore misgeverned
hence came it that, after a rule extending over a century
—for it was now a hundred years since Clive laid the
foundation of the Indian empire by the victory of Plessey
—hence was it that after a century we were overwhelmed
with calamities and so wide spreading that they seemed
rather a scourging visitation than a dispensation of
disaste!s. How much the dethronement of the King
of Oude and annexation of his Lingdom might have had
to do with causing or precipitating the outbreak
was yet to be learnt. It was a significant fact
that these steps were immediately followed by the mutiny
of every Oude Sepoy in the Bengal army, and they
numbered s erm sixty thousand men. Now, the Oude
Sepoy was a Mahommedan and cared nothing for
greased cartridges. (Applause.) They were told the Gc-
vernment of the East India Company has been r xemp'ary
and paternal. People who were well governed did not rise
against those who governed well. Still less was an Asiatic
Einpire aroused to outbreak without a cause, founded, as it
was, of races various in custom, different in habits, antago-
nistic in religion—alike only in their indolence and their
readiness to kneel be. fire any despotism. There the
bastinado was administered without a groan ; there the
victim of the bowstring died, making no sign. He doubted
the policy that took the crown from the heads of
monarchs, confiscated kingdom, brought down tho land-
marks of nations, and gave no nationality in return,
leaving the waves of popular commotion to surge and fall,
bearing on its waters the wrecks of heriditary thrones.
(Applause.) He thought he had a right to doubt that
policy which after an exercise of a century revolted all
races, from the fiery Mahommedan to the patient Hiudoo.
Still he had no misgivings as to the result. What we had
won by the sword we shou'd keep by the sword.
His Excellency, the Belgian Miniver, who was present,
in the course of his speech, said that tba British soldiers
in India were not only fighting for the rlrgaining and main-
taining:a power in India, they were lighting for a cause in
which all free and enlightened nations were interested.
and for the success of which they must all devoutly pray.
They were, indeed, fighting the battle of civilfsation itself
And he urged the duty of the country gentlemen and
farmers doing all they could to induce the labourers to
enlist. _ .

Mr. R. Palmer, M.P., also-spoke; and without alluding
to the causes of the revolt, said, they must consider all
party feeling at an end on such a matter as this, and they
must all unite heartily In an effort to check the horrible
cruelties perpetrated on our own people, to regain the
power of England, and to maintain peace,

MR. MTONALD'S MEMORIAL TO THE COUNCIL

To the Worshipful the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Liverpool,
THE MFMORTAL OF JAMES M.DONALD,

ITUMBI4Y SIMVSTII,—That your Memorialist deeply
deplo,es the necessity he is under of again tresspassing
on the attention of your worship and the Connell. Your
Memorialist is well aware that no member of the Council
entertains towards him personally any other feeling than
that of kindness. His conduct, however, has been most
cruelly calumniated by perties (not of the Council) ; such
calumnies,unfortunately,have been credited by those to whom
the real merits of his case were unknown, or impe!feetly
understood. Hence the cruel and unfortunate charges
which have been made against him 33 repeatedly, has had
the effect, not only of prejudicing the minds of the mAj ority
of the Council against him; but what is more fatal still, they
render hopeless any effort on his part to obtain confiden-
tial employment elsewhere, tin it he has had an opportunity
of repelling them. On the Water question as on every
other, your Memorialist only performed his duties in the
manner he honestly believed the bast to conserve and
promote the interests of the Corporation. He wzuld,
therefore, humbly trust, :hat for the reasons set forth in
this, and his previous petitions, that your Worship and the
Council will be plea-ed to refer his case to the consideration
of some Committee of the C )until, —And, your Memorialist,
as in duty bound, will ever pray. JAMES M'DoiALD.

BOYS' CLOTHING i 4 ADE WITH GREAT TAITE, at LEWIS an
COMPANY'S, Panelagb-Street.

Marbhal Baragwy d' aillier3, who hal a fall from his
horse at the camp at Chalons, in c )nsAuence (Atha an; net
suddenly startin:, was brought back to Paiii on Wed-
nesday. The gallant officer appear; to suffer s,verely from
th 3 offecti of the (mei loot, having fallen on the pommel of
his sword.

A e-)rresp mileat of the Clatenhant Examiner writes :
" We undcreand that anion.; a great many applicatians one
of tha misters n at Etun has ten lered his services a,
principal of the Proprietary School
_about to be established
in January next at Che'tenham. The ealary will bs £250
per annum, with house re't free, and an addition 0!.£1 for
each boy who enters the school."

DISTRIBUTION OF THE MANCHESTER FUND FIR THE
RELIEF OF SUFFE esas IN INDIA.—We are authorised to
state that the committee of the relief fund raised in
Manchester. have forwardel .£5,0a0 to Calcutta, and
£2,500 to Bombay, for distribetion among the sufferers in
those places. These amoun's hare been transmitted in the
form of letters of credit.—Manchesler Guardian.
PAINTING OF THE CRIMEAN VAR.—It is stated that a
galley, to be occuried by paintings of the Crimean war,
is to be formed in the Palace of Versaill-s. It is to con-
aist of two large rooms: one,-called the " Alma Saloon,"
is to contain paintings representing the battle:, of the Alma
and Inkermann, the attai.ks oa !he cemetery, and the ether
events in the first part of the siege ; the other, called the
" Malakoff S lean," is to contain paintings of the princi-
pal events in the second p rt of the siege, which ended by
the capture of the Malakoff.
Loss OF THREE Lives.—Three men, nomad James
Turner, Gt!c.ri,e A-nos' and William Edison, have beet'
drowned on the river Ware, near Reeiham, ii c msecinenes
of a b tat in which they wero saling with some other
individuals having Leen capsized by the wind. The
deceased were coal porters, and were employed by Mr.
Foreman, MC chant of Gnat Yarmouth. The bodies of
the unfortunate men were carried down the river by a
strong current which prevailed, and they were not
recovered for s me time. They leave families is a mite
or 1 ss destitute condition.
THE LATE DUE% OF WELLINGTON ON INDIA.—At a
meeti. g of the Eldon Conservative Club, bed at Norwich
on Thursday evening, the toast of the "immortal memory
of the late Duke of Wellingtou," was propcsed by the vice
chairman. Sir S. Bignold, an intimate friend of the present
duke, said—l do nd rise to make any conimens un the
tout now propos d, but to announce a Let with which I
happen to ba Pep ainted, and wlich I am sure must be
interesting to the public at large. A werk is now in the
press, and will in a few more weeks be published, containing
all the original papers of the late great Duke of Wel-
lington, during la's Indian camp.igns. Tie work will, I
am sure, be alhorbing'y interesting to every British subjrct,
vital it meets the public eye. It is edited by the present
Drake, and will be inscribed to htr Majesty the Queen.
The pre=cut Duke was iu Norwich lately, and some sheets
came down for correclon during his stay. One of these
sheets l hail the pleasure of reading, and it was a treatise
upon the resources, trade, and state of the pcpulation of
Bengal, now in a state of mutiny."

„
PCBLIC DINP,BR TO Loan Bit IP:MAX.—For some time
past it has heron the desire of gentlemen connected with
the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, to give a
public dinner at Pentith, in honour of Lord B•ougham.
The rnat-er has tow assumed a tangible forte. The noble
and loatnel lord has accepted the invitation fur Wednesday
he 28th ins'., and the arrangements will be cnamensurate
wiTh the great interest of the revision, the only difficulty
being the obtainment of a suitable dining saloon large
enough to accommodate the great number of persons that
will be sure to press for admission. The tribute is cffered
to his lordship by men of all parties, simply as a mark of
respect to a nobleman closely connected with the counties,
whose talents and unw-aried exertions in the cause of
education and social improvement are so conspicuous, and
will be entirely free from all p trty and political bias. A
committee has been formed ; and hopes are entertained
that the Earl of Lonsdale's health will admit of his taking
the chair. I= would he a o•racefol compliment on the part of
the Lord Lieutenant of the sister counties, and ws: think
we may say that Lord Brougham would fully appreciate,
and reciprocate the feelin2; which lsd to it. Next week,
in all probability. we. shall he able to give all nece sary
particulars.— Carlisle Patriot,

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street.
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