The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

MUTINY IN INDIA.-BELIEF F'UND.

A special general meeting of the subserlbet s to the
above fund. in the city of London was held at the
Mansion-house yesterday afternoon, for the purpose
of considering the propriety of altering the second
resolution passed at the general mectieg ou the
25th August list. The members of the committee
and a few of the more prominent supporters of the
fund were present, as were also the Lai), Mayoress
and several of the members of tholadiss' committee.
The LORD MAYOR, on taking the chair, said that
the object of the meeting was to extend the powers
of the committee as to the application of the funds.
By the resoluti(in passed on the 25th August the
committee were required to dispatch the amounts
collected to the Governor-General of India, to be by
him placed at the disposal of the other local Govern-
ments. It appeared, however, from letters which
the committee had since received that a great num-
ber of cases existed in this country requiring re!lief,
but which the committee were, by the terms of the
resolution, precluded from affording to the parties.
The object of the present meeting was to obviate
this difficulty, and to empower the committee to
apply the funds to meet the exigencies as they arose.
Mr. DENT observed that it was .qu;te an over-
sight, in the excitement of the moment, not to hive
conferred on the committee a discretionary power
as to the disposal of the' funds. By the original
resolution the application of the money collected
was restricted to India alone. Sub-A:qualify to the
passing of that resolution a letter had b reo ived
by the committee from Sir J. M. lvill, stating that
the East India Conwany had sent orders to the
Government and authorities in' India to relieve
every case of pressing want and emergency, but he
at the same time pointed out to the aeminittee and
to the people of England that it was to public sub-
scriptious in this country that they must leCik for
any permanent provision for those who had so
cruelly suffered. Tim resolution he was about to
propose would give the committee the power of
dealing with the funds for the relief of parties in
England, or of transcemittine them for relief of per-
sons in India as the necessity and emergency of
the several cases might require. He, therefore,
begged to move that the following resolution be
substituted for the second resolution passed at the
meeting held on the 25th of August last :

"That, in consideration of the eitreme urgency of the
case, and the necessity for promptly meeting the wants
of the sufferers now literally depending on others, in
Calcutta aed elsewhere, for cl idling and food, in addi-
tion to their cruel loss of husbands and parents, this
meeting most anxiously entreats the benevolent contr!-
butions of its fellow-citz ms and of the public at large,
and recommend that the subscription Este be kept open
at Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co.'e, the Oriental Bank
Corporation, and the Agra Bank, and that the fund col-
lected be, in the discretion of the committee, transmitted
to the Governor-General of India, or to the Governois
of the different Preddenciere or to be appted by the com-
mittee to the relief of sufferers from the mutiny eho
have arrived or may arrive from Ir rUn, or may be at
present in this country or elsewhere."
The resolution having been seconded by Admiral
Sir S. LIISHINGTON, was agreed to unanimously.
Mr. DENT then observed than cep al oversight
had occurred at the first meetin,-; by overlooking
the necessity of affording relief to cases of distress
occurring from casualties in their g diant army now
employed in putting down the frightful mutiny
which had broken out in that country. He thouulit,
some special resolution should be pa,-sad to enable
the committee to afford relief in such cases. It was
a state of things very similar to that which hap-
pened during the Crimean war, and for which the
Patriotic Fund so nobly provided. He was afraid,
according to the strict sense of the original resolu-
tion, that the fund raised by.the committee would
not be applicable to cases of distress arising from
casualties in the army.
Tue LORD MAYOR said the distrrss alludod to
woald clearly be the result of the mutiny, and in
his opinion would therefore come within the tains
of the resolution which gave the eonnnitLe power
to grant relief wherever it was :equired.
Mr. Dent wished some definite opinion to be ex-
pres-ed on the subject.
COL HENDERSON was of opinion that any casual-
ties such as his hon. friend had mentioned would
necessarily arise out of the mutiny now taking place
in India, and wculd be included among those cases
of idif eh the committee were b.aind to take cogni-
sance.
• The LORD MAYOR said it might be gratifying to
the meeting to bear that the appeal made to the
country had been promptly responded to, and that
subscriptions were being rased in
taneously
throughout the kingdom. Up to the present time
the amount received by the committee was 35,8361.
16s. Bd. They owed a debt of gratittide to the dif-
fecent towns which had so promptly responded to
their call, and he thought a cordial vote of thanks
was due to their friends in the provinces.
Col. HENDERSON then moved, and Mr. Deputy
OBBARD seconded, the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted :
" That this meeting desire to acknowledge with grati-
tude the liberal manner in which the appeal on behalf of
their fellow-countrymen and countrywomen in India has
been responded to, and express a hope that their friends
throughout the kingdom still continue those benevolent
exertions which have hitherto been so successfui.'
The Rev. Mr. WILSON, of Islington, having been
appointed a member of the committee, exp., seed
his desire to contribute wha'ever service it was in
his power to render in furtherance of the objects of
the committee ; and said it was intended next Sun-
day to take up the subject inl
the pulpits in
and met he
th
Islington, both of the • Establishmet
Nonconformists. On Monday a public m ting
would be held and committees ' appointed, and he
r.
doubted not that a similar course would be pursued
ADMIBAL SIR H. K EPPEL, K. C. B. in all the metropolitan parishes.
The Hon. Sir Henry Kepi*
K. C. B the rear The LORD MAYOR said it was gratifying to know
admiral in command of our naval force;, in China, that the bishops of the various dioceses saw the
whose elevation to the dignity of a K. 0.8. we necessity of immediate action, no one knowing how
chronicled yesterday in our columns, is great- soon their funds would be required.
nephew of the celebrated Admiral lieppel, who died A vote of that was passed to the Lord Mayor)

seamen.
An Admiralty order has been issued at Sheer-
ness to increase t'le number of able se imen for ser-
vice
in all the harbour duty ships in commission at
that port. A. simihr order has been issued to all
ships employed in the
The following appointments were made yester-
dqy at the Admiralty :--
Lieut. Cuthbert Le Mesurier, to the Wellington;
OthoeasetgalLtariduS service.emm
commanding;
Lieuts. T. L. Ward and Morgan Singer, to the Ex-
cellent ; George B. Newton, assistant-surgeon to
the Royal Albert ; C. Atchison, assistaut-surgeon
to the Victory, for Haslar Hospital 2 • F. Parker and
C. E.
James, clerks, to the
Wellington.