The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-21 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MUTINIES -RELIEF FUND.

The following correspondence has been handed
to us for publication :
" Westwood Park, Droitwich, Oct. 18, 1857.
"Sir,--There will be a county 14„tiog held at Wor-
cesterwillbe onto
rare Saturdaysubs
onreixptt,i
°onus in aid of the Indian Relief° principal object of which
Fund.
"I therefore venture to trouble you with a letter of
inquiry as to the proceedings of the :Mansion-house
Committee.
" A preliminary meeting was held at Worcester, yes-
terday, and I was there told by several gentlemen, R 9 I
have heard from many quarters eleewhere, that there
exists in the public mind, in combination with a desire
to subscribe, a feeling that no adequate security has yet
been offered with respect either to the responsibility
under which the fund is to be administered, or the' prin-
ciples, regulations, or conditions under which it is to be
applied.
" I shall therefore feel obliged to you if you can send
me any summary of your plan or other information
which may tend to mitigate a fueling of distrust which
is much lamented.

"I hope this application will not 'le considered incon•
sistent with the sincere respect which ia generally felt,
and in which I cardially concur, for the charitable ewer•
tious of the Lord Mayor on this subjoct.—l have the
honour to remain, sir, your obedient servant,

_
"JOHN S. PAKINGTON.
The Hon. Secretary, Indian Relief Fund."

" Mausion-House, Oct. 19, 1857.

" Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 19 .h inst., I am
instructed to enclose to you a copy of the address to the
British public, issued by the climnittee, and containing
a statement of the general principles on which the fund
will be administered. Ttie business is conducted by a
general committee, whose meetings are held weekly ; a
finance committee, whose meetings are held weekly ;
and a relief committee, who meat twice a-week. I en-
close to you a list of the names of the gentlemen who
compose the relief and finance committees, which you
will find to include East India directors, bank directors,
merehants' and bankers, and officers, both military and
civil, who have occupied important positions in India.
" The meetings of those committees are uniformly well
attended, the relief committee being assisted by two
honorary secretaries, whose laborious duty it is to inves-
tigate and report upon every case for the relief of which
application is made to the fund.
"The committee havo placed themselves in communi-
cation with the relief committee at Calcutta, enclosing;
to them the accompanying address and resolutions, re-
questing their suggestions and the transmission by every
mail of a full record of their proceedings, including an
account of their receipts
par-
ticularsa of every case to which they afford relief.
"I will only arid, th 4 t
a concurrent audit of the ac-
counts of the committee is conducted under the super-
vision of Mr. Anderson, ofnd expenditure, and the
the Treasury ; Mr. Audoe,
of the Audit-office ; and
Mr. Prescott of the firm of
Grote, Prescott, arid Co.--I have the honour to be, sir,
on behalf of the committee, your very faithful servant,
Lawrence, at Lahore, "Taos. Q. Frrons, Mayor.
,
" P.S.—The committee have already sent out 30,0001.
to Calcutta, 3,0001 to Epaibay, and 7,000/. to Sir John
and aro relieving cases of distress
at home.

" The Right Hon. Sir John S. Pakington,
Bart.," &e. &c.

We rectnitly announced, among other remittances
made by the Central Committee to India, the grant of
1,0001. to Sir John Lawrence, in aid of the funds of
the Lawrence Asylum. The following letter will
b read with interest, as showing
e the urgent neces-
sity that existed for this judicious benefaction :
" Keswick, Cumberland, Oct. 16, 1857.
" Mbeg
My dear Sir,—l to tender my hearty thanks to
the committee of the Indian Relief Fund for the gift of
1,0801., through my brother-hi-law,
Sir John Lawrecce,
to the Lawrence Asylum.
"It may be not unacceptable to the committee to read
the following short extract oil this suejt-ct from a letter
received by the last mail from one of the late Sir floury
Lawrence's sisters, who is now taking refuge with several
other European ladies in the Lawrence Asylum at Kus-
s rwlee. She writes thus—'The
children at the asylum
are in a most pitiable state, they are obliged to be put on
the smallest possible rations, and there will be no warm
d Ailing for them this winter. Mr. Parker (the superin-
tendent) is at his wits' end for resources ; my husband
gave 500 r. the other day to supply their immediate
wants.' The committee will see that their liberal gift has
been wellimed.—l am, your obedient servant,
" JAMES F. BERNARD.
"Lieut.-Col. Henderson, Hon. Sec.
to Indian Relief Fond."