The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-25 00:00:00

Punue :\IEFIFING.—Ii),)[..vraY IN INDIA

In puisonnee of -a 4inftition pa•sed at a public meeting of the
Church Arouday• evening, .a meeting
was on Tuesday held at the Music-hall, for the purpose of dis-
cus'sing th, propriety of petitioning' Parliainent respecting the
compulsory a!teudance of officers and soldiers serving in India,
at lho remonies of the Ilinilons. •

.......
Raikes., took the chair at twelve o'elock-
The4klattbrubmvas;oncupiett by,therpvirkip4t.:rietyy of the town,
andisialefalfeit itisr)h,girdrili:F4ettable ' , _ •
1~ eilkE+sat;e¢e libisvii-stis:tiasai,i, the suliect whiZ:b they were
metAn 41.Stritstswits,:unnAF.greaticaportance„ !rhea were met
forEthet-pfrrpostitot: considering Irtriat %would- beAlie::lsest means of
keepinv„l Obrisitiatis4rdeis Milsdokvadisiian of idairitry. Conces.-
sloes, wi*.trAmtbruinlia thact-potiusnhecdded tufticsepiost deg tad-
in Aelka.al.musi sAlco4l#4ol.**ow unse:id pr nc ipie which
alleirredvadaiii)est.n -Lite iisalifyeeked t4r. tre dc,griitt latitors-w ti ic le the
leaeirellvtgtlrcl clsinsifidvirrfttidiapond-ithOy. -had islet -that: day to
call.-auttlmullyiagainsttwo.ist ens laiieticalled upon otir"Christian
soldiers to nearcist part in inch a system'. - It was a fact to which
credenettcoodld scam-eta be given,' that for years our soldiers in
Inclinthuotli.emikompeiled.s., take a part in th 6 worship of idols.,
There,trag sursiethittg: pecniustly- dist ressing,itr the feeling-, • that
wherv.they s.dst. men, from hoine to a senrchiag'elimate, where
thev.iare-sdr rounded-with evil, and almost mad-
deridd by thestireudestancas in wince they'were placed, instead
of offeringtlieni the blessjd t file tic& iit ;113 t7roskel„..,thcy dealt
out, the inean'S Of spiritualsUPPort to then ou a scale most stinted
cud niggardly, while. they.set them to evilness the cerenionies of
idol tavoislei4l„, steeped. them-in tire from -which their nature
recoited,:aird cdmpelleilihtrin7to no: that-which thefehearts and
conseienc,is-..thmkneW.ta'.he wrong. 'rhe individuals preseht
.pgrhaps- Inuf.seen-iafiat• he deemed a noble: remonstrance. fie
alluded to the declaration made by:Sir Peregrine Maitland on
the. subject. He had -Written home to the Court of Directors,
that he so abhorred it, that unless they would rescind the order,
he placed all his appointments at their disposal. Ile resigned
°Pies fur which all the. distinguished officers in the service
were longing at Llsiinuement. He said, that rather than punish
men. fur not doing that which they knew to be sarong, he would
resign his appointment. He (the Rev. Chancellor) knew from
letters which he. bail receive:l ft orn' India on the preceeiling day,
that the empire was tottei jug' to its foundation : that the miser-
able economy that had lieen..practised.had spread disaffection;
that it.w.as-utely-fiy-tb.eniercy.of Gal that it was held together;
and that if dependence upon Him were weakened, it would be
scattered to the winds.- Was this a time then to withdraw our-
seltres from the dependence upon Grid? Was it wise, that while
we irritated the natives order that a good budget might be
shown at home, we also tiled to provoke Him tinder whose
Mercy we held the empire, to show by His Power the differences
of -opinion that existed when the empire itself rested
upon
opinion ?

The Rev. Mr. CUNNINGHAM said, he had very little notion,
when he submitted to the meeting on the preceding night some
notices on this subject, that such a result was immediately to
arise as the meeting of that day. He had not a sufficient notion
of the promptitude of the inhabitants of Liverpool. He certainly
knew Mr. M'Neile pretty well, and therefore he might have
anticipated, that on applying a spark to the powder, there would
be an explosion: The duties which Were assigned to himself nut
so well informed on the subject as he could have wished, but he
Was accurrately furnished •in a pamphlet which he held in his
hand for the correctness of information contained in which,
!.1,?, could vouch. It presented a body of most import ent evidence.
1...Ye11e extracts read by the Rev. Mr: Cunningham, were froni
"speech of John Poynder, Esq., at a general court of pro-
prietors of the East India company, on the 21st December, 1836,
?10a a motion for carrying into effect the letter of the Court of
Directors of the 20th of February, 1833, which uttered I htf with-
drawal of British patronage and support from the worship and
,froth
of idolatory, and the extinction of all taxation arising
.fitiin the superstition, of heathenism."] The following, are the
rust extracts read by the reverend gentleman: "The idels
Mounted the cars to-day, and the tin in her of people was immense,,
not fewer, I should say, man-450,000. The people are visited
with Cholera. I saw twelve or fourteen dead bodies this Morning',
and many are sick. eln the•evening we proceeded to the neighl.
bourhood of the ears, easoned with the people. When the
Brahmins opposed; I spoke on the nature of their practices.
We were cheered-with marks lit apprnieetion by the Soothe alas,
and with hisses 'from. the interested priests. People by trundreds
:Pointed tne to the: oresence lit. the Eeropeau residents tibeet the-
ears, as an evidence of their regard for the idols. 'l' he intition
of the cars appeared to depend upon the orders of the Ber(mean
magistrate! Ile was of course p- esent, and actively employed
passing from car to Cdr!" • * " The
evil of the unnatural Connexion of the government with the tem_
pie, is more and lure apparent, and more operatitte every year.
The support and protecettet of government is, the etreat hulwar k
.of Juggernaut's:strength, and it is the,ell prevailing plea for his
tliYinity. Surely Ihe' vane will not -be lone ere lite tax wrll he
Abolished, and the. people left to sepeort• their own idols."
Otte of the miittiOtteries, • said Mr: Cunningham; writes as
follows, under date of the 19th of Jude, .18a5, two years after
tle despatch was sent out. by the goveruinent nom this coup
try, ordering the-discontinuance of the tax: "The .1 hotight
t uteitily struck me. while in this immense crowd• of idolaters.
hthese people cannot hoilltoine here to worship! When first
tY saw the idol they Made A 10W. bow; E mne prostrated
sher4Yes; but after this they passed Item all without the
Itilte-441-:,coiticern.• I. suppose- the greater react- chine a 1 t,ne
Rerreeto, did, to seet he spectaele.L -Soute' carne W'S:et .111,-
rthe rQat• inove itself, anti t hettgli: they see .400 illen lath
could .they will contend that it_ tgott:s svont,viviin:4lr
the. best "q believe that anything of the kiletexisted witteeit
Were. s(ividenee. I could nut persuade el% self that the peeple
sight tv 'stupid,.. but 1- now, •see the painful_ reaiity, ender is a
al'sur which hntnanity shudders. "k 'But this is ilot more
This (.I•ltrti their contending that lie ascends t-Ire eel. 1:i Itself.
to :e \,xei.!Ltr-I saw the. block tat.en to the throne. It %sits si,llietent
laughter In the must serione•-, Some pit::,::':. son le
filire,yl7tr'na others fanning the-ugly block, .081 AS Children of
old woad play with a doll, this one-by tho,e
verwitl,ll,ent for wisdom, and who, of course, think- theinselyeee
man ',.:SuCir are the fruits of idowiy—dy,jadation .lower
at of the beasts which perish. • 14 is hard
,to .aecount: for
noranee,-.llAv, '
salon .no WMil express • e •
• t • • the state of the
th, bi.r.e, tit call it brutality would be casting an aspertion on
ertee,„!! treation...• It contains all that is debar ins degrading,
„711111.e,ar0l devilish. * * We fully imagined that Bri-
kitist 19exion with idolatry wont(' have ceased when the very
ka,,,r441*-'orilers-froni the Court of Directors,: on the subject,
Coiiltut: Full publicity was given to it by the frietids of
st
li2Arttl"tY here,•but to the preeent day nothing, is (June. • * *
filthy • regies: delivered front the ears toelav, were the most
uti*eit,-,412(1 P,lloting, such as none' can- read ur wl who•C11
• • •
the 011..itlriton-inot :ea'rtuty; s'etisual, and devilish. He would
dot
feehiree„..., h.ltte the getieralopi n ion given t(v Mr. Grata: " The
is iiie7rlybich-the,llituloo deities are above all distinguished
vishwiou,u 21,1!)(loned wicednes of heir ivinities, Brhina,
Proceethrd !ahlaeoeat'id all the` t
rest. TheD reverend gentlaerben
to read many other- extracts, which nave awful pie-
-19.1 worship of the Hindons, and CliDlailled a large
of
.the part taken in the cei.eitionies by the
The RepN~n' .
Aft" ailu,vl.• tte •it • M t,E avast received with loud cheers.
reviewal 11'" stdlenteot of Sir Charles Fortes, that 00
the Of all the circumstances he Inet not reel see to regret
turf`. nit rife compnlsury !tlctien of -missionaries into India, he went' on to re.
sv_stern -pursued in India with respect
-""'-bre of •Soltliitrs on the services of the Church of
ylffEi"(.{ic reverend
.gentleetan
he-14414nquineVesfretm a pamphlet -which
htitNl•:,, it whic we elided-Stood tube a-meinorial from
M47,14.4‘t§ ,4f e(l' threnett the Bishop of
ft
_I: 11, (led ol; 'Attie). The eppendix to this, the' ti•v•
ts ifiW4.ll shit
mate' Protestants,
presettt Burin; :lie}ne had been compelled to he
triton th,,. Tier formatice rd. the Roman Catholic service.
v had
Al alb re itt Intel val. to play on their inst ruinente.. liar
br bbliged .ogu- litmus tot bade that the Catholic soldiers should
• be present at Protestant worship. flow much

'Etc libtrvool diAanilarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, 4144 Y 25, 1838.

-,.5,"rhe Publication of the STAN DA RD commenced this morn-
ing at 5 o'clock.

SERGEANT TALFounn's COPYRIGITT n our,
last ire offered a few observations on the subject of the
alteration which Sergeant Talfourd's hill would produce
:in'the law of copyright. We feel called upon to follo
op,our rt-ulari..s bra further analysis of the tneaure.,

Not content with the preSent judicial settlement of the
law of piracy, Mr. Talfourd, •in a bill professing to ex-
tend the term a :copyright; declares' selectionS, emnpita-
tions, and abbreviations to be piratical, thus. sadly
re-
-dueing the number or cheap and really readable. books.

The result in this. case is obvious. Cheap and ele-
gant, because legal, literature will become obsolete, and
the happily obliterated works, froM old type, on coarse
paper, and in shabby binding, sill be revived.
book,:ellers will be ashatted acknowledge. injury,
from such trashy produclions, and the contraband trader
will flourish 00 the ruins of the•fair dealer, Who, bycOm-
petition, would become the dictator of taste and the dif•
fuser of rtfinetnent. ,

Almost exert might be proved to be injurious
in itself, and many
,of them contradictory of each other.
One instance, at present; may suffice to show the in-