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

ANOTHER PLOT.

Early next month commences the grand annual
Mohammedan festival of the Mohurrim, during
which, even in ordinary times, the followers of the
Fuse Prophet often exhibit outbursts of uncon-
trollable fanaticism. This year, as you may sup-
pose, this season of Mussulman excitement is looked
forward to with unwonted anxiety all over India.
Already at Patna, one of the largest cities on the
Ganges, where the Mahommedans abound, dis-
c'very has been made of a plot to massacre all the
Europeans in that quarter, at one of their great
festival days in August. Documents were seized
which amply proved that money for this end had
been plentifully supplied by one of the wealthiest
Mohammedan bankers in India; and in these it was
urged that the rising should be simultaneous on
the same day all over tho land. This timeou3 dis-
covery may-truly be regarded as pre-elningntly pro-
vidential ; since, by putting all our authorities
doubly on the alert, the vigour of their precautions,
may, under God, prove the means of averting the
threatened catastrophe. Pray, pray that, amid
these outpoured judgments of a righteous and
offended God, the British people, whether at home
or India, may learn the lessons which they are
designed to inculcate.

THE PATRIOTIC FUND ANP INDIAN

SUFFERERS:

CaptAin Thomas Stuart, R.N., writes to the
editor of the Times as follows :

"Seeing that the kindly feeling of the country
is promptly turning its humane attention to the
widows and orphans of those who are being mur
derod in Upper India, may I ask what are the
Commi•sionere of tne Patriotic Fund able to do in
such a critical moment ?

"Over 1,200,0001. have been banked for the use
of the sufferers by the last war with Rus4ia, pro-
ducing an annual rovenue of about 60,0001. out of
sundry investment 4, all wisely arranged.
" I calculated, from the report of the Royal
Patriotic Fund Commissioners, dated May 1856,
that their pensioners up to that period involved an
annual expense of about 27,0001.—certainly then
under 30,0001.—and of course decreasing every
month, week, and day.
" Some large sums, unauthorised by ths spirit of
t'.e Queen's letter, wore granted by the Commis-
sioners to military and naval schools--a piece of
li!;erality I would not object to ; only I failed, as
lion. secretary to a local Patriotic Fund Committee
in obtaining relief for the orphan daughter of a
naval officer whose brother and chef supporter,
a young officer of great promise, .was drowned
while laying out an anchor to save Her Mijesty's
ship Polyphemus, wrecked at night in the month
of December on the coast of Jutland.

The objection made to her claim was, that " the
younglidy had another brother, a lieutenant in the
navy !" •
" I never forgave this piece of 'red tape,' coming
from such ' a quarter. I am, however, ready to
aff4d my naPe and assistance to the sufferers from
the tu.rible Indian mutinies, but I want to see
how far the pins 30,0001. a-year of the Patriotic
It:im-1 will first go to meet the calamity, feeling that
he Commissioners should be stirred up at once in
performing their duty in the matter."
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OtZ,KINCt OVER
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I send you an application
a house adjoining ‘aleo
with a window overlookinglr su.of the deanery at lloreford,
Lincoln as a ladies' boarcinitg, was
school, occupied by a Mrs
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son-in-!aw of the thin dean,A rev. duet ,r,
felt a strong objection, to be
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bright eyes. fie required, instead of Pon
A. 9 e requesting,
~ that the
window should be blocked up.
peremptory, the old lady grew angry, „d"aett"ir grew
closed the correspondence by saying that there
well-known proverb, the devil overlooks Lincoln, but
in this•ease it was re►ersed, for Lincoln overlooks the
devil.--Notes owl Queries.