The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-11 00:00:00

MEETING AT BATH.

A. very influential meeting was held at the Guild-
hall in this city yesterday afternoon, "for the pur-
pose of considering what measures shall be adopted
for the relief of the sufferers by the mutiny in • In-
clia." The meeting was convened by the Deputy-
mayor, Mr. W. Bush (the Mayor being prevented
by illness from attending to his official duties), who
also presided, and was surrounded on the platform
by a large number of officers and other leading citi-
zena.
The DEPUTY-MAYOR, having stated the objects
of the meeting and dwelt upon the sufferings of our
fellow-countrymen in the East, called upon the in-
habitants of Bath to show their sympathies by un-
mistakeable deeds.

Major-General GODLEY then moved the following
resolution :

"That this meeting, sympathising with the many help
less sufferers by the late mutinies in India, who are now
reduced to a state of utter destitution, feels itself called
upon to reoord its public sense of this calamity, and its
detestation of the unheard-ot atrocities of the rebel army.
and of the rabble abettors of fts cruelty to helpless women
and children and our unarmed fellow-subjects in the
East, and trusts that the energetic efforts of the British
Government and of the East India Company for the re-
pression of the rebellion and the punishment of the guilty
may, by the Divine blessing, be crowned with the
earliest success."

After alluding to the all-engrossing nature of the
mutiny now raging in India, the gallant General
took a brief retrospect of the history of that coun-
try during the last 150 years. He condemned the
pseudo-philanthropy of some of our Indian gover-
nors!, and contended that it was our overweening
confidence in the natives that had led to the present
dreadful calamity. The barrier, however, was now
broken down, and we must henceforth rale with a
hand of iron.

The resolution was seconded. by Mr. BOULT, and
was carried unanimously.

The Rev. W. MAGBi moved—

"That, in consideration of the extreme urgency of the
oa u and the necessity for promptly meeting the wants
of the sufferers (now literally depending on others in
Calcutta and elsewhere for clothing and food, in addi-
tion to their cruel loss of husbands and parents), this
meeting most anxionsly entreats the benevolent contri-
butions of its fellow-citizens, and recommends that sub
scription lists be opened at the several banks and libraries
in the city, and that the amount, as col:ected, be de-
spatched to the Central Committee in London."

There was a terrible eloquence in the facts, a fearful
energy of horror in the tales of cruelty we were
continually hearing from India. The ears of the
inhabitants of this land were tingling with the atro-
cities perpetrated upon our fellow-countrymen and
countrywomen; their sufferings were burnt into our
memory. Thore was no need for him to dwell upo❑
the subject. The word with which the resolution
began expressed the feelings of that meetiug and of
the country. It was the good old Saxon word
so expressive of English feeling and determination.
" Resolved."—We are resolved (said the rev. gen-
tleman) ; England is resolved. In the hour cf her
great danger and sudden calamity England stands
before the world resolved, and her noble attitude
has won the admiration of every civilized country.
We have fearful dangers before us, and difficult
duties to perform. We have to reconquer an
empire, to crush out revolt, to do justice ; God for-
b;d that as a minister of the Gospel I should preach
vengeance, but we have to do justice, needful jus-
tice upon those wretches who have so barbarously
butchered our countrymenaed countrywomen ; we
h.tve to sustain the fortitude of our soldiers, to suc-
cour and help sorrowing widows and orphans, and
to face many difficulties, but the utterance of Eng-
land's heart is, "We are resolved ;" not frantic or
furious, not timid or dismayed, but calmly, sternly
resolved to do our duty.
Sir A. Fa..roN. M.P., seconded the resolution.
Mr. W. T. BLAIR supported the resolution,
which was carried by acclamation.
A. very influential committee was appointed to
collect subscriptions, and the deputy-mayor an-
nounced that 4401. had already been subscribed,
and he believed everything augured well foi a large
subscription in Bath.
Sir A. ELTON subsequently entered his name for
201., and several other gentlemen subscribed
smaller amounts.