The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
VICE-REGAL COURT.
Lord Carlisle is about to pay another visit to
England. His. Excellency embarks to-mor row
morning at Kingstown in a special steamer for
Holyhead.

INDIAN RELIEF FUND.
The Dublin coutributios
towards the Indian
Relief Fund is now 11•1 e
I,(sort of 8,0001., and the
subscriptions continue to pp rin *di
that before long the
fair amount was realised '
gross
osslllwill
lapbie
lathe Protestant churches
on the Day of Humiliation,and it is to be hoped
the donations of the uutne
rival church. As yet, ho tovou s
sf
no sign
from that quarter ; but, at ver, th
is never too late to
it
mend, who knows what way come out of the sit-
tings of the conclave of petlY4 now assembled in
Marlborough-street Presloss;yvess It might be that
among the several matters of fraporta,nce which are
to form the subjects of deThe t. n the question of
Roman Catholic ra io .
ic synapatlef with the unhappy vic-
tims of Indian cruelty would not be lost sight of.
At all events, it would besatisfactoryto leas n whe-
ther every Roman
.. . Ireland
Catholic bishop in
adopts the views set forth by Dr. Cullen in the •
celebrated letter t) one of his vicars-general.
After taking more time for meditation than
seemed necessary for a place of its commercial im-
portance Belfast has awoke fron its trance, and a
meeting is to be held th,re to-day, under the
auspices of the Mayor, for the impose of aiding the
great work of relief now in irogress throughout
the three kingdoms. y
swelled
A o -v theel:7
In reference to this meeting
and its objects the Northern fffibig has the follow
ing excellent words :—.
" We cannot comprehend the loathsome party spirit
which insists on identifying half.olad women and hungry
children with what are called tte 6 English oppressor
of the Hindoo.' There may 1,6 a good deal to say.
at the right time, about the infamies of the East
India Company, and the general criminal c illousness
of the English people in regard to Indian politics. We
can also understand, as an intelligible absurdity, the
Young Ireland point of view it Indian politics; and we
do not see that any one should be surprised at the Nation
1 Tically gloating over disasters to the ascendiint race.
Bat we hope there is nothing of this kind of insanity in
the north of Ireland. Here at least we are rational men
when not engaged in local politics, and we thoroughly
realise that the British are conquering, must conquer,
and will conquer India, and that the victims of our own
blood, to our own polioy, are at least entitled to our
succour. In truth, all attempts to blink or evade the nen.
cess;ty incumbent upon the comfortable and the affluent
to subscribe in this matter are of the very shabbiest kind.
Dr. Cullen's conditioning that the money shall not go to
proselytism is very acute but very supererogatory, f n•
the ostensible object is stated distinctively ; and, if we
make bargains while we give alms, other gentlemen
mig • ht step in and say —lmake the proviso that, in case
shallgo
of surplus, the money
P.ilice, a North-west expedition, or something else sub-
lime or silty, according to sake. Let Dr. Cullen subscribe
and take the risks, just a pays his taxes, though he
knows a Protestant hierarchy and a decidedly anti-Papal
set of people get the benefit of his punctual loyalty.
Then, we hear people say—These British in India are of
the well-to-do middle.class ; why do not their relatives
e provi'df)r them I Well, the answer is—That is an as-
sumption. We only know that in Calcutta there are hue-
dreds poor and in want, and their countrymen are the
relatives that they are entitled to look to for immediate
help. Another set of objectors urge that the East India
Company should take charge of those who were in their
employment. No doubt; but a corporate body in such a
positiin takes time, bears claims, discusses, and awards,
very tediously—mean white the cry is far help. The most
general and most plausible sneer is that there are sufferers
at home, and it is a pity we do not expend our benevolence
on the very poorest in our own streets. This is a sneer
which assuredly comes from gentlemen who by no means
devote themselves to the domestic
poor, and who do
not believe that charity diverted from India would flo w
into the channels which they impartially neglect. For
home miseries there are all sorts of organi,ations, the
S'ate'. and society's ; fir the British in India there is no
organisation, and the emergency i 3 sharp and sudden.
And Irishmen, who should not forget the world's mercy
to their own country 10 years ago, ought not to be strin-
gent in putting a bitter export duty on charity."
THE PRESIDENTSHIP OF MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.

Maynooth College was very keenly
It is said (out of doors) that the election of
Metropolitan of trustees held pester-
d itan Presbytery, Marl-
bcPoOY contested
t
Marl-
borough-street. President
taiol-telfee tth. l‘e
The choice fell eventually on the
Very Rev. Dr. Russell, Professor of Ecclesiasti-
cil History in the College. The new President
is reported to be the favourite of Dr. Cullen,
and the Ultramontane party in the Church claim
He is, however, an accomplished scholar;
as at least a partial supporter of their prin-
ciples.