DR. GUTHRIE AND THE SEPOYS.
At the meeting of the India Christian Association in Edinburgh last week, the Reverend Dr. Guthrie was one of the speakers, and in the course of his harangue he astonished the audience by this outburst- " I have read the history of our colonial possessions, and I say that, with
some bright exceptions; it is a black and bloody history. And in referent's to India, as well es to other of our colonies, I feel that the way in which-we hare made our conquests has often been of a most unjustifiable character ; and I say before ,his tdeeting, and rn say it anywhere, that had I been an Indian, and had I been inindia, I would have fought on the side of those you call the mutineers. I would have fought for my country—I would hive fought for all its liberties—I would have fought for my native land— I would have fought for any faith ; and the very reason why I honour Wal- lace and Bruce for repelling the foot of a foreign foe from Scotland would have led me, had I been there, to take the side of the natives."
Mr. Bright is in great request. His leadership among a certain sec- tion of reformers is evidently accepted. The leaders of the Radical party in Edinburgh have resolved to hold a public meeting there on the Re- form question in the course of next month, and Mr. Bright has been asked to attend. In reply to the invitation addressed to him, the honour- able gentleman states that he will not be able to attend any meeting in Edinburgh before the Manchester meeting on the 10th. It is under- stood that he will visit Edinburgh on the 15th December. The Edin- burgh Committee have adopted the London Reform Committee's prin- ciples of rateable franchise, the ballot, approximate equalization of con- stituencies, and triennial Parliaments, and have added a fifth point to their charter—namely, additional members for Scotland.
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