The Sun. — 1857-10-01 (London, England)

PAN-AfURE_ AND T - .- - , ~,. . fie-. I - ...-_,-,, ~.:,*; ,4 - .RE'Llk? 'FUND --...r` ' ' '-''' ''. - f- ~.„1 meetinc, of the comln? tbilttki? • Thellichaelm.a.s _ . .. _ supply-and justices of the peace of thcklouraof s Forfar was -held: (314 ,Tuesday within the County flail, -Lord Panmure, lo:d;lieutenant of the county; .in the etiair. ,'A.moig those pre=ont were- the" Earl tif 'TStrathinord, the Earl of -Sorithesk, Viscount Duneati, M.P., Lorcl D. G. Hallyburton,.SirJohn.' . Ogilvy,' Bart., M.P., \V. E. Baxter, Eq., -M.P. Lord FEANAIIITRE said-=When the business' oikiie 'roll is cOncluded there is-asubjent -which I wish to biing,beford the county,..an•l it is :one in which the aviiiile country i. 4 clevly interested. It is irn- , possible that any of you can be ignorant cf what has taken place in India ~..e.4 it is equally..impossible almost to speak of it4ooo-aas taken place there with any control over the -feelings which come into our minds. (Hear.) S.otland, as you are aware has.given many of her sons to India, many of her =St distinguished men,: and many of her rising generation are in the serviegiof the East India Company.. You all know. 4-1..! 'savage .and brutal murders, the sacking of va .r , stations at which Europeans were place 1, an. c:i' .b;olute, I will not say poverty, but de,tituti: - ' which an immense Imbiber of families, in circa i ;(.f comfort and happiness, have, by the C.- "N•i'Providence, bien reduced.' (Hear.) 2". . • Pins land, fr.an various lands and from,- . --.3 quarters, sub,cript'ons have bean made f-r • ,o:pl3.these unfortunate perznos _:-, ........ dire -a _c,-., ,-, ; -and I' am qui.e 1.6 :•,,t--;":- . - ' - • ' feelings of the ..y of Forfar—and I beli, '''''ufuld be offensive to the county were I - •Aci so—when I propose that, instead of giving our isolated subscriptions here and there, we shigild come forward with our county subscription.. - "(Applause.) At the head of this I will be, glad ii-i - my own sal- • scription, instead of giving 7. e 4 capacity of a m-mber of thd government. (Ap -,---e-.)' I think the occasion is even. greater- 03n' that on which we formerly exerted ourselies, namely the Patriotic Fungi. Here we will ba contributing to alleviate the sufferings of a number of individuals who have been overtaken by - the direst of all calamit:es which they could not for a na--iment foresee, as men seuving their country in war might expect to be 'reduced to. Here the calamity was quite sudden, and one which, those who sit at home at ease are bound to take the earliest opportunity of .alleviating. (Applause.) I would propose that the subscriptions through the county should be conducted in the same way as with the Patriotic Fund, and that when returned they should be forwarded to the Lord Mayor of London, who has placed himself at the head of this great and patriotic object. (Applause). _ . . The Clerk stated that the machinery used for the Patriotic Fund subscription was all complete, and could easily be put in operation. .. Lord Panmure's proposal-was then 'unanimously adopted, and after a vote of thanks to his lordship for his•conduct in the chair, the meeting separa'ed.