The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-23
Aid for the Sufferers I'm Ina,..

We invite attention to the strong appeal OF Mr.
JANIS, the British Consul In behalf of the sufferers
py the cruelties and barbarities of the sepoy nm
tineers We hope II will be literally responded 10
To the Editors Of the Erauasaer:
BRITISH CONSULATE
RICHMOND, VA, Nov. 10, 1857
Deef sir:-The Lord Mayor of ttD- city of Lon.
don has written to Her Majesty Minister q.
Washington in regard to the fund INV being ra;saS
for the relief Of those who still suffering from
the results Of the bideous mutiny In India Lord
NAPIER anxious to promote far possible 80 be-
nevolent an object, has instructed Her Brittsnntc
MaJesty's Consuis to open q subscription list in
their several CoDsulates, In the hope and be,iaf
that British residents in this country will eontri
nnte TO the extent OF their means for the relief of
theif Ieiiow-countrymen and countrywomen evan
In q far distant land. As the circumstances are
not iuiiy known in America, and much mistake ex-
lists upon the subject cannot refrain from stat;ne
some OF the facts-not of the past but of the ORE.
sent. r."
Thousands are now suffering In Briti.h rpd;.
from want even of the necessaries of Iif q: thon
sands have had torn from them, by the rutbIess
hand. OF the Sepoys, the whole property they DOS
sssoea aa'e seen their houses burnt their effects
piundered, their very clothing DESTROYED. Moth
ers. after seeing husbands and brethren Slaughter
ed, have had to Zee with perhaps their onIy re-
naming child in their arms, barefoot and with
scanty clothing, through tropical rains begging
their food for hundreds of miles Delicate ISslies
young children, ministers of religion If thev have
been fortunate enough to escape massacre and tor
ture, have been reduced to a state of destitution
indescrioable, and to undergo fatigues and prva-
sions which would appsl even a stout man heart
and 1t is for these that l appeal TO their fellow
eountrymen ID this land
Ii any further details be necessary TO NOVA .ba
feelings of the British In Virginia, or to sustai the
facts state, appeal to the letter of nost ami.
ole lady an Irish nun in the convent near aoro
ian eyewitness of what she describes which an
peared IN the New York Herald few days ago =
Indeed, apply to my irish feiIow-c sl5try ymep
with the more confidence, because they ara known
All over the world as tender TO women and chill
dren, and because, in an object of general heneyn
ence and true charity, none of those painful politi
cal questions, which unheppiIy have often craate1
dissensions can be permitted to niugIe hv any
sane man 1t is u fact beyond dispute that n large
portion of the sufferers in India are of Irish h;rth
and the Catholic religion Their convan4s bava
been piliaged, their churches desecrated. THAR
priests and pious women insulted. if not slain All
wherever the tnaraudng bands could reach. have
oeeh stripped oil every possession. As to the fair
ness anu equitable distribution of the fnpd with
out sectarian feeling of any kind mead ONLY an.
peal 10 one fGct OF very recent date DurinS ths
ravages Of the yellow fever Ia 1855. a np,ohsr ~
charitable Institutions, Catholic and protcstan,
received ana took care Of the orphan children Of
British Inhabitants. Her Msjesty's Secretsrv -
State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of Clarendon
with his usual liberaity, sent over a considerable
sum 10 De distributed among these institutions:
and l, acting to the letter his Lordships nstruc
tiohs distributed the money, without the slightest
distinction OF religion, according to the humber OF
children relieved by each Institution For proof Of
this fact, can appeal to nv friend the Rev Mr.
OKeef, of Norfolk.
May request you, in these circumstances. To
puolish TINS letter III your columns and to give as
great publicity as possible to the fact, that a SUBJ
scrption list for contributions to the Indian rsIef
fund is open at the Office Of
Dear sir, your faithful servant,