The Express. — London, England, 1866-03-30 00:00:00

g 4 deface meat which was given by his mother, was that hit was going to bathe, or was bathing, and that siDeing 1 the withers be ran either towards or into the sea —(the evidense upon this point was not very clear), —but was fired upon and killed. This seems to be the same ease as that mentioned by Lieutenant Errington, in which a young man was shot while swimming out to a boat in which some jewellery was afterwards found. The presence of the jewel lery could hardly have justified the killing of the lad, as it was entirely unknown to those who fired at him. The most entirely unjustifiable, or, at all events, unexplained acts of violence, appear to have been committed by men who either were, or ought to have been, under the command of Captain Hole. There was no evidence that that officer was himself present on any of the occasions which were spoken to by the wit names, and as when under examination be admitted that on more than one occasion men broke away from the ranks and ranged through the country without order or control, some of these things may well have happened without his knowledge. Mr. Christopher Codrington, who was at the time of the disturbance a magistrate, but whose name has since been removed from the commission of the peace in consequence of excesses which be then committed, stated that while he was with Captain Hole's detachment two rebels were shot on the road in his presence, and he saw the bodies of four other men who bad been killed by the advanced guard. Every house was burned in which it was reported that stolen goods had been found. On one am nion, while a man named Johnson Speed was being flogged the oat broke, and a soldier who was present immediately shot him. He saw about 25 women' flogged. The most extraordinary case of all was one which I think I mentioned in one of my previous letters, but which at that time I could hardly believe had really occurred. Now, however, it seems to be established beyond dispute. Thomas WlC.sy, a constable who was examined before Mr. Gurney, stated that he and two other constables named John Richardson and Evan Bryan, were by the orders of Mr. James Codrington taking four prisoners to Manchioneal, when a black sol dier, who had previously killed a bullupon the road met them, and shot the four men right off, The witness was naturally asked by Mr. Gurney, why he and his fellow officers permitted the soldier to commit this murder, and his reply was a good indication of the terror in which the black troops were held by the inhabitants of the district through which they passed. " Sir," said he, " if you had been there you could not have stopped the soldier shooting you." Evan Bryan was the man who first mentioned this story, not omitting the death of the bull, to which, as it was an unusually fine one, he seemed to attach more importance than to the murder of the pri soners ; but the contradictions in which he involved himself in order to conceal that he wasPrimeelf one of the officers who was responsible for their safety cast considerable doubt upon the truth of the tale which he was telling. Not satisfied with what he bad already done, this sol dier, who must, I suppose, have been one of Colonel Hole's stragglers, further distinguished himself by a similar murder of five other persons at Long Bay. Mr. David Mein, a storekeeper at that place, stated at Marehmount that about the 18th October a black soldier—no doubt the one already mentioned, for some hints of this occur rence too were originally dropped by Bryan— shot Joseph Berry, James Williams, James Minott, and two others, in front of his shop. There were plenty of constables there, and Mr. James Cod rington, a magistrate, was also present In deed, he told the soldier that he should have some constables to help him to take these prisoners to Port Antonio, but the man replied, "lam to take no prisoners there. lam I ordered to shoot all I see." Mr. James Cod rington himself was examined, and admitted the , truth of this statement. This is certainly the most hideous case that has been brought to the notice of the commissioners, and after hearing or reading the details of this horrid butchery, one can feel but a trivial interest in the further statement made by Mr. Codrington, significant as it was in itself, that although Captain Hole ordered the soldiers only to burn houses in which stolen goods were found, they went mad and burned all. The officers who were principally responsible for, or most actively concerned in, the measures adopted for the suppression of the disturbances have been examined since I wrote hat, and I shall endeavour to give you a fair representation of their account of their several proceedings. . . . Major-General O'Connor described the receipt of the intelligence of the disturbances at Morant Bay, and the arrangements which he made in conse quence of the requisitions for troops which were ad dressed to him by the Governor. For some days there were various alarming reports current in Kingston. On the 15th October it was said that the town was to be fired, and on the 17th, that all the white inhabitants were to be murdered. In order to show his otter contempt for the rumours which were afloat he, on the 15th, went to church in state, and found that the usually large congre gation had shrunk to one of only about twenty per sons. On Saturday, the 14th, volunteers and pensioners were, at his instance, enrolled for the protection of Kingston. The military force at his disposal on that dsy was :—At Kingston none ; at Up Park Camp, 160 men ; at Newcastle, 89 ; and at Port Royal, 20; total, 269. His reasons for selecting Colonel Nelson, de puty adjutant-general, to accompany the Governor to Morant Bay, were that he was a very expe rienced officer, who had been 30 years in the ser vice, bad served under men of some distinction, as Sir William Nott, Lord Gough, and Sir Charles Napier, and was a man of cool and calm judgment, who was competent to advise and assist his Ex cellency. He gave no instructions to Colonel Nelson, but left him to conduct the field operations according to his own judgment and the circum stances which might arise. He gave no instruc tions to any other officer, except to Colonel Hobbs, to whom he wrote on the 20th October : I instructed Elkington, acting deputy. aijatant-general to order you to make timidity& your headquarters fee some time--seediog out parties in various directions to scour the adjacent country, and capture any rebels they may discover. lam muck pleased by your adopting a decided course with regard to captured rebels the men you % hare sent into camp as mere suspicion or vague charges have caused some embarrassment. One of two courses glens, to me under martial law to be the rule hr your conduct, if on careful iaveatigatlos the captured peewee are taneeset (always give them the advantage of a dna%) than release therm ; but if guilty, and taken " red. hutted." summary jostles and executios of the mestere°. On the 16th October he bad given General Nelson the following memorandum as to the burning of houses : lba inajorreeral would like you Is •to.torotal &boat ineis Tsllooot, and sot to dos ,wilhoute is elm the bore joisod lasursesia.' IS" =krises. seethe you so burtrodisnis; sad I,ves al; is 'varied& Jens , Iddridier; gx , * ire, saw the proeseilingr YE Ay. tat.' the eisetwasztioil, escape tied if Gesilow, .Pi . pliNET!'i I ‘Expmstk FRIRAY rEVIANIN9- 4 MAIIO4 30, 1866. and"tbadfie Prelliniell titerivigWZNiir as a spEclal can, nor had he any power or authority to alb General NeTson's decisions with regard to Om; Nelda not express to General Nelson his approva l the prGieedin' go in Gordon's case. Owing to the difficulties of communication the letters would not have reached him in time to have any effect. Hia Excellency Governor Eyre consulted him as- to the issuing of the amnesty, but not with regard to the termination of martial law or the state of the colony at the time. The omission to consult him on the last point rather nettled him. In reply to a question from Mr. (}owie, General O'Connor declined •to say whether, after the pro clamation of martial law, the governor or himself was the supreme military authority in the Wand, as that was a complicated legal question, but he said that certainly General Nelson and Colonel Hobbs acted under him as subordinate officers. The colonial regulations were that the civil gover nor should send to the commander of the forces re oanpied twolqfratee - nained Leith=hall and Golden-1 trove, wheregreit irtegularttias have been alleged to have been committed. He has given his own I account of these transactions, and has explained the grounds upon which he acted in the most material instances. In cross-examination Lieu tenant Adcock denied all knowledge of the alleged doings of drummer Philips, at Leith-hall, or of his having executed a man whom the lien tenant had himself directed to be spared beciiiite there was not sufficient evidence against him. He reported to General Nelson neither the exact number of. people flogged nor the evidence against them. He wa• unable to do so, having kept no memoranda. He believed that on one °maim a planter named Stuart inflicted fifteen lashes on a prisoner. He specifically denied that eleven women were flogged by his orders at Leith hall, and explained a charge which had been made against him, that he had directed his men to fire at prisoners who were being hanged, by saying that at qmsitions for troops, and it was the duty of the military commander to carry them out to the fullest extent. If there were any reasons why they should not be carried out it was his duty to place his opi- Port Antonio a beam from which six men were hanging broke, and the men fell to the ground. The provost marshal asked him to shoot them, and he ordered his men to do so. nions respectfully before the governor. General Nelson 00118111i4X1 him as to whether he would be justified in trying Kelly Smith, Dr. Bruce, Mr. Le vien, and others by court-martial for seditious words said to have been uttered before the proclamation of martial law, and he advised him that be would not be justified in trying them. Be could not give any opinion as to whether Mr. Gordon was tried for acts committed before martial law was proclaimed. In reply to Mr. Walcot the major general said that be had no doubt that the procla mation of martial law was absolutely necessary. , Brigadier-General Nelson was examined at some length, and entered minutely into a detail of the measures which he adopted during the first few days, for hemming in what he described as " the enemy," within a line drawn north and south be tween Morant Bay ani Port Antonio, including, among others, the enrolment and arming of the Maroons, who were placed under the command of Colonel Fyfe, all of which have, I have no doubt, by this time been made known in England by the publication of the general's despatches. He only permitted Colonel Ford's volunteers to accompany the detachment under Lieutenant Ad cock upon their promising to obey implicitly all the orders of that officer ; and in the memorandum containing his instructions he directed that " the planters who have volunteered to accompany the troops" should be " kept in proper order, although not overstrict." In the same memorandum he ordered that " care was to be taken that firing of huts and buildings be not carried to excess; all ring leaders to be secured ; men found in arms to be summarily dealt with ; minor punishment to be in flicted on the spot." In other instances be took precautions to prevent irregularities on the part of the troops, and to provide for the protection of the inhabitants. On the 19th October he directed Cap tain Luke to "issue stringent orders against the troops foraging for themselves." On the 26th he issued an order, dated Morant Bay, to this effect : Lieutenant Brand, R.N., in addition to the evidence which he gave with reference to the trial of the late Mr. G. W. Gordon, was called upon to meet many charges of harshness or impropriety of conduct which had been brought against him by different witnesses. At the outset be denied that he had ever threatened Mr. Lake, the reporter for the Colonial Standard, with a revolver, but ad mitted that when he saw his own name and that of Lieutenant Essington mis-spelled, and himself described as the commander of a wrong vessel, and as p second lieutenant instead of a lieutenant, be did call upon that gentleman at Morant Bay, and informed him, apparently, even according to his own account, somewhat brusquely, that if he came there as a reporter he had better report correctly. Lieutenant Brand was some what rigidly cross-examined as to the proceedings of various courts-martial over which he presided, in addition to that which heard the case of Mr. Gor don. Lieutenant Oxley, of the Wolverine, who com manded the party of marines and blue jackets which reached Stony Gut before Colonel Hobbs and his detachment of the 6th, stated that on the march to Essington be met between 20 and 30 negroes. Three of them ran away and they were fired at, and he be lieved killed. This proceeding he justified by say ing, that one of the men had been atptured, and was being passed to the rear, when he escaped from the guard and jumped into the bush. The other two, who du not appear to have been made prisoners, would not stop when they were hailed, although, as Lieutenant Oxley believed, they were near eaongh to hear the order. He tried prisoners before a esurt consisting of himself and two other officers. One man who was sworn to as having been at the attack on the Court-house at Morant Bay was shot, two were flogged, two were handed over to the police for detention, and those against whom there was not sufficient evidence were taken to Morant Bay, to see if more could be procured. At Stony _ _ _ _ Officers commanding will respectively forbid any man to enter a house in or near this place under say pretext what ever, unless accompaoied by a non-sommissioned officer. , Any man found doing so will beheaded over to the provost. marshal for summary punishment. • And on the 2nd November, in instructing Limits- omit Niden, of the let West India Regiment, to relieve Ensign Cullen at Golden-grove, he w rote : It will be necessary for you to exercise strict control over the men of your detachment, and not to permit any men to quit his quarter for the pupate of foraging. he Care to be to to preserve unanimity with the overseers and all others. Yon are not sent to your post for the pur pose of punishing the negro, but to maintain order and I. /gold protection to the inbahitants generelly. You are not aethoriaed to indict summary punishment. If any supposed rioter be sent as prisocer, to you be good enough to inquire into the cue —nod if you madder the same as of a serious nature, send hire to my headquarters with the evidence against _ _ Gut be took possession of Paul Bogle's chapel. A shot was fired at his men from oae of the houses, and a woman - named Livingstone, or Leman, who was found in it, was made prisoner, and taken into the chapel. She was not flogged in his presence, but he saw her standing with the lamp-rope round her neck. It was quite loose, and was so thin that it would not have lifted her weight. The woman Livingstone, it will be remembered, swore that this rope was fastened tightly round her neck, and that she was lifted off the ground till her eyes started, and she was nearly choked; and Lieutenant O'Connor, of the Royal Marine Artillery, who ac companied Lieutenant Oxley's expedition, now ad mitted that &ewes threatened that if she did not tell where Paul Bogle was she would be hanged. She was afterwards loosely tied under the eaves of the chapel, where she was sheltered from the rain, and where she cooked for the sailors. The chapel was full of him. Yon will doubt's= have many prisoners brought belays you, nod many poesibly through the mimes of the isba• bitants. Petty rums of larceny I cannot interfere with— they must hereafter be dash with by the cavil antholity. . . . lam quite aware you will be much pressed to ad minister punishment to supposed criminals, and you meat be firm, =impends, and judicious in all oommunications with civilians. soldiers and sailors, and there was no place for her within it. Lieutenant Oxley admitted that he took Paul Bogle's daughter as a guide, promising her 1001. and the life of her husband, if ebe would betray her father. He destroyed the chapel, and set on fire eight houses in the upper part of Stony Gut, by the orders of Colonel Hobbs.. Colonel Hobbs ----- At Morant Bay he had altogether between 800 and 1,000 prisoners. Sometimes there were be tween 200 and 300 waiting for trial at a time. He authorised his aide-de-camp and two other of to inquire into cases, and, if they thought neces sary, to order the infliction of corporal punishment. When a prisoner was released he received a pass, to protect him against further molestation. He was not present when Ramsay, as had been alleged, ordered a soldier to give Richard Clarke 100 lashes. When Polly Livingstone was sentenced to be I flogged be, ordered that she should be released, and at the same time informed the president of the court-martial that he would not allow women to be flogged. No woman was flogged under his orders, or with his knowledge. He denied that he ever struck Chi4holm while in prison. On the 20th October he saw soldiers and sailors pelting men who had been flogged with pieces of stick and bits of cocoa nut shells. He immediately stopped this pro ceeding, and gave notice that if it was done again he would make a severe example of the offender. It never occurred again. General Nel son's evidence in this respect was confirmed by other officers who were examined upon the point ; but it must be borne in mind that there is testi mony on the other side tending to show that the running of the gauntlet was a more serious matter to the victims, and continued longer than G eneral afterwards denied that he gave such orders, and said that he left Lieutenant Oxley to act according to his own discretion, merely informing him that he himself intended to destroy the houses at the lower part of the village. In addition to his evi dence as to the woman Livingstone, Lieutenant O'Connor stated that on the march to Essington a boy was shot by the troops while swimming off to • boat this probably refers to the boy Bonnyman who was alleged by his mother to have been merely going to bathe ; the boat was afterwards captured and some jewellery was found in it. Mr. Godfrey Goodman, assistant surgeon, R.N., wbo was senior surgeon at Moroni Bay during the greater part of the time that flogging was going on there, was examined as to the cha racter of the punishment inflicted. Re stated that the instruments used were the regular cats with three knots tied in them. The punishment was not excessive, and he never had reason to interfere. The examination of Lieutenant-Colonel Hobbs, who commanded the detachment of the 6th Regiment which marched from Newcastle to Monklande, and afterwards to Stony Gut, occupied nearly a whole day, and the colonel entered most minutely into the circumstances attending almost every act of severity which he performed while in the field. Having left Newcastle at daylight on the 14th October, he reached Monklands about ten o'clock on • Nelson seems to imagine. Mr. Marshaltech corn- the morning of Sunday, 15th, with 120 men and plained to him that Ramsay had confined him be- six officers. Although he saw no rebels he had no cause he did not give the countersign, and he issued doubt, from the reports which he received from a memorandum severely rebuking the provost-mar- magistrates and others and from his own observe shaL He did not see Ramsay practise any cruelty tion, that the whole population about were in re towards prisoners. He was not at Morant Bay hellion. All the houses at Monklands were de when Marshall was executed, but he heard sorted, and those which were pointed out as the of the matter incidentally. He requested Mr. residences of leading rebels were burned. He gave Bicknall, the police magistrate, to inquire I orders then, and at all other times, that the into the case, and as he reported that be I presence in the house of either • man could not ascertain whether or not the or a woman was to save it from de story was true he looked upon it as a canard.' In 'traction. Colonel Hobbs admitted that reply to Mr.[Gowie, General Nelson said that he at the time it caused him surprise bow the magi.- did not think that the negroes were capable of testes could so asily select the houses of leading organisation. He assumed that under martial law rebels ; but he does not appear to have made in the whole population of St. Thomas-in-the-East quiry as to what were the means of information were rebels until they proved their loyalty. It was I which they possessed. At Mount Lebanon, a settle under his orders that tried and untried prisoners meat to which he marched from Monklands, he were led out to witness the executions at Morant I saw • newly made earthwork. In the chapel were Bay. The reason was to show the unfortunate I found half a dozen cutlasses, and two or three people the examples which were being made ; and ' bludgeons; and upon the mud floor were marks also that the gaols might be cleaned in their ab- that the building had recently been occupied by a seam The general further stated that he oonai- number of men. The chapel was burned, as were dazed the continuance of martial law after the pro- Also the houses of about twenty leading rebels. clamation of the amnesty desirable. He thought After the destruction of the chapel, a body of that it ought to have remained in force until every armed men, wearing what appeared to Colonel traitor was arrested, so that all the primary Hobbs to be a uniform of some sort, were seen offenders might he punished. running up the side of a hilL The hoops fired at Lieutenant Adcock, of the 6th Regiment,' waa, them, and at the time boasted that they hod killed it will be remembered, in command of a detach- ten er twenty of them. The colonel, however, meat which marched from Morant Bay to • phase 'assailable& that the men tad merely dreppet into I called the Post-office, and which at different timer the 'OWN Without being hart— On WNW. the 10th the troupe - were so fatigued that be- remained that Mr. Gordon bad presented to Nogle the lamp at Monklands, and devoted the day to the reception:which lighted his chapel. Being Anted the oppor of evidence and the examination of pliscuier• i tnnity of explaining that peonage in one of his de- There was first a court of inquiry, and then smian:hes in which her said, with reference to An court-martiaL The only man executed that day i i demon, "A light rope tied to my stirrup, and a was William Carr, who, after his conviction and" revolver held to his head now and then, make us sentence, confessed that he had joined the rebels, I I understand one another," be said that the rope was and was guilty of treason. All the regular for- never tied to his stirrup, but was held by mantles were gone through upon his , trial, which Sergeant Neale when Anderson went with was a long and patient one, and the proceedings him and Geoersl Jackson to look for Bogle--in were recorded and returned to the proper officer. which expedition Colonel Hobbs did not take part He sent to Kingston on that day for instructions —rind that he never held a revolver to Anderson's as to what be should do with his prisoners (num- ° head, but only told him that if he was guilty of ben of whom came in after the execution of Carr), treachery be would be shot. The whole of the because his impression was that martial law despatch was written in an easy and familiar style, did not authorise his dealing with people who i which he should not have adopted bad be expected were not found in arms and resisting. In that that it would have been published ; and upon despatch he wrote to General O'Connor, that hel which he should not have ventured if it bad not believed they " are all deserving of death, but Y been for the despatch of the 18th from Major Eli shrink from the responsibility of punishing them ington, which drew it birth. He had nine men, without your own or the Governor's authority.lwbo bad been tried by court-martial, shot at Font- He spared the lives of six men on account of their I bill, and their bodies banged to abearninMaclaren's being caught without arms, and afterwards ex- chapel. The reason for that was that it was repre pressed his regret that he had done so. The cause sented that they had hatched rebellion in that of his regret was, that after this act of clemency so building, and he thought that hanging them up in many persons gave them selves up and hung about the it would make a great impression. At Cole, cam ,p, that he was afraid their presenoe might expose fourteen men, who had also been tried by court his force to danger. After the Monday, he every day martial, were shot, but they were buried. made excursions into the neighbourhood. On On the 21st October, be reoeived from Tuesday, the 17th, he went with the troops to the , the deputy adjutant-general a despatch, in which Somerset district, which be found "in a still more occurred this passage, "The major-general hopes advanced stage of rebellion." In many of the you will deal in a more summary manner with houses there were powder horns and blocks or ban rebels, and on no account forward say more pri of lead, as well as tea meeting tickets, upon the soners to this place" (Kingston). The reason for back of some of which, he was informed, were adopting a peculiar mode of execution in the case written the words, "to discuss politics." In of Arthur Wellington, the ring-leader of the some of the houses there were fire arms, as Somerset district, was that he was said to be a for instance, in one a pistol, in another a cannibal and an Obeah man, whom the natives blunderbusa, and on a third a musket. The troops , believed to be invulnerable, that arsenic was found also found some extempore drums, formed by in his house, and that a man named Fleming and stretching goatskins over barrels. In consequence another confessed that he had employed them to of this varied, and, in the opinion of Colonel Hobbs, poison the streams and the springs from which the conclusive evidence of the guilt of their former in- soldiers must drink. Under these circumstances, habitants, all the houses, except six or eight, he thought it desirable to make a striking example. which were pointed out as belonging to loyal people, He therefore directed that Wellington should be were burned. Probably thirty or forty were so de- tied to a tree at the side of a ravine and fired a t strayed. At Fonthill Colonel Hobbs saw a thumb- from the coffin barbecue opposite, at a distance of screw or tourniquet, which he was informed bad 400 yards, by 10 or 12 men. In increasing the dis been used to compel people to take an oath binding tance he proportionately increased the strength them to act with the rebels. In the afternoon aof the firing pirty. He also ordered the party of about 70 rebels, armed with muskets and provost sergeant to have a loaded party at baud, in cutlasses, attempted to surprise the troops as they order to put Wellington out of pain if his death were preparing their dinner, but when the men was not immediate. The distance was almost corn tinned out the negroes fled, and, though the pulsory. He must either bare put the prisoner up soldiers fired upon them, it did not appear at 40 yards, where no one could see him, or at 400, that any of them were hurt. This was the where everyone could witness the execution. The only occasion upon which the troops under Colonel firing party did not all discharge their rifle, at Hobbs's command came into collision with the I once, some of the men appearing to dwell rather rebels, and even in this instance there was no at- , long upon their aim ; but the man was struck, and tempt by the negroes to make any stand against died at once. Immediately afterwards Colonel the soldiers. After his return to Monkluids from Hobbs visited the prisoners, and be found them, this expedition, 18 men were tried and Hogged, for the first time, terrified by what they bad wit- Two of them received a hundred lashes each. They named. Previously they had appeared to fear were constables who had deserted from their elle- flogging more than death. He did not believe glance. They bad informed against a man who had that during his whole expedition he did anything fifty lashes ; and after he had received his punish- so merciful as executing Wellington in this manner, went, which be said be richly deserved, be pointed The effect was all that be could wish, and he was out these two men as those who bad drilled him.l the same day able to release between 40 and 50 In the cases of men sentenced to corporal punish- prisoners. The cutting off of Wellington's ment no regular court-martial was held. Colonel head Colonel Hobbs explained by saying that, Hobbs himself represented the provost-marshal, as there were some remarkable peculiarities but always consulted with two or three other about the forehead, be offered to allow the officers. He never, be said, flogged a woman, doctor to make a scientific examination of it if he although there were many among the prisoners. pleased, and a black man who was burying the body, On the 18th he received an order from the misunderstanding big intention, decapitated it. He deputy-adjutant-general to march to Stony Gut, immediately ordered the head to be buried, sod it and he started the same night with 115 men. It was at once placed in the ground. The bodies of was one of the most difficult marches that be ever all the persons executed were properly interred, but undertook ; the rivers were down, and the'men bad one night there was a very heavy fall of rain, which to cross the Johnson river 22 times. In many in- caused a land-slip, and exposed the legs and feet of stances the fords were so deep that the troops bad two or three corpses which were buried near the to be towed across by the horses of the magistrates, river. He immediately sent men to cover them up. or the officers, who lent them for the purpose. At When the nine men were shot by the side of the daybreak on Thursday, the 19th, he reached Chiego, trench no pickaxe or any similar instrument was or Jigger, Fort Market. There eleven men were used to complete the killing of any of them. In brought in by the constableo, who said that they conclusion Colonel Hobbs said that the whole num had been concerned in the riots at Morant Bay. He ber of prisoners whom be tried by court-martial was called together &drumhead court-martial, and u he sixty-four, and that although os the 16th October had no Bible with him, be swore both the members he was under the impression that twenty people of the court and the witnesses in the Presbyterian had been killed on the maul, he believed that fashion, making them hold up their hands when they at the utmost not more than twelve or fourteen were took the oath. The volunteers and constables swore really shot. In answer to Mr. Gerrie, be said that that them, men bad been concerned in the murder he had no instructions as to bow he was to treat of Mr. Price and Baron Kettelholdt, and they were the population. He found that the rebellion was all sentenced to death and shot. He should not got up under the garb of religion in one shape or have dealt so summarily with these men, but should another ; and that was why in one of his despatches have sent them to Monklands for trial, had it not he said that the only people whom be did not pity been for the terms of the despatch which he bad re- were the religious leaders. He believed that Wel ceived on the 18th, and which, although it began lington fed upon human beings. "My dear colonel," was signed " John Klkington, These are the defences of the officers. It will be D.A.G.," and was oontainel in an official envelope, for the commissioners, for the government, and for and which, therefore, be took to express the wishes parliament to decide how far they negative or ex of Major-General O'Connor. Colonel Hobbs plain the very serious charges which have been showed some reluctance to put in this despatch, brought against some at least of them, and which but after he stated that it induced him to deal have been supported by evidence from various more summarily than he should otherwise have sources . done with the prisoners brought in at Chiego Fort Market, he was directed by the commissioners to road it. The material sentences of the despatch, ' which was dated "11 a.m., 18th October," were these : Dear Colonel,—l send you en order to push on at once to Stony Clot, but I trust you are there already. Hole is doing splendid service with his mon about Manchloceal, and shooting every black man who cannot give an account of himself. Nelson at Port Antonio is hanging ldre fon by court-martial. I hope you will not send us any prisoners ; civil law can do nothing Do punish the black guards well.—Yours in haste,_ _ _ JOHN ELITYGTON, D.A.G. Colonel Hobbs was reminded by Sir H. Storks that in describing the execution of these men in his published despatch, be said, "Finding their case clear, and being unable either to take or leave them, I bad them all shot ;" and be then said that his reason for dealing summarily with these prisoners was partly that be could neither take nor leave them, and partly that he bad as he thought been urged by the despatch just quoted to take more extreme measures. The march from Chiego Fort Market to Stony Gut was au exceedingly difficult one, and when he reached the latter place he found it already occupied by' Lieutenant Oxley's force of seamen and marines. He did not direct Lieutenant Oxley to burn any I dwellings, but said to him, " I am going to burn the houses as I return ; you can exercise your dis cretion what you will do." He did not destroy more than a dozen houses. Stony Gut was in a very dilapidated state, and appeared to be inha bited by a very squalid race of negroes. Colonel Hobbs wan closely examined by Mr. Mauls as to his reason for writing, in a despatch addressed to Major-GeneralO'Connor, dated " Oct. 19, mid night —" I have in my possession the most conclusive proof of Mr. G. W. Gordon being the chief mover in this rebellion, and have sent an express to Morant Bay requesting him to be sent to me, if there, for execution, and request that you will give this publicity." He said that the testimony lot about 50 prisoners coupled the name of Gordon with the rebellion, but he did not associate that name with the person of the late G. W. Gordon until I Anderson, the man whom he afterwards unfortu nately described as Paul Bogle's valet, told him MARKETS. TALLOW.—TBMISDAY Evniritni.—The market was steady to-day. Spot and April, 495. " sellers" ; Jima, 495. 9d. to 50a. ; October to December, 495. rid. to SOL 9d. Delivery to last evening, 586 seeks; arrivals, 1,166 claim. COTTON.—LrviasooL, Meson 29.—The cotton market opened heavily this week, and ander the Influence of ads ices from America, and continued large imports, holders have submitted to a decline from last week', quotations in almost every description. Bea Island has been is limited demand, and dull of sale. In the medium qualities from 42d. to 48d. there continues to be little doing, and oma sequently prices are very irregular. American is in fair demand, bat being affected by the general dulness and heavy arrivals closes at a decline of id. to id. par lb. Brazil like other descriptions is very irregular, and is quoted nominally id. to •d. per lb. lower. Faryptias neglected and fully id. lower. Smyrna is also re duced about id. per lb. East India descriptions have been comparatively neglected. Pending the discharge of the recent imports boyars limit their purchases, sad prices are, with few exceptions, Id. to Id. lower. Specula tors have taken during the week 3,270 balsa ; exporters 8,100 bales, and the trade 27,120 bales. We have had a fair demand to-day, and a rather steadier market ; prices un changed. The sales are 8.000 bales, of which 2,000 are for export and speculation. The stork of totem in Liverpool declared this morning proves 8,30:1 above the estimate, the excess being 525 American, 4.690 Brazil, 1,862 West India, and 9,187 East Ischia ; against a deficiency of 3,068 Faryptian, 4,C38 Smyrna, kr., and 885 Chios. The follow ing are the official quotations :—Fair Orleans, 21d. ; dila'. 191 d. ; fair Mobile, 201 d. ; middling, 18td. ; fair Uplands, 20d. ; 194 d. The cotton market will be dosed until Monday sent. COTTON GOODS. //Aeolians, MAI= 29. To morrow being Gcod Friday the market for cotton yams and cloths has been held to-day. Is shipping yang the doors*. Moe, which was at its greatest ca Tuesday, owing to the large receipts of cotton at Liverpool, has somewhat giver way to a more cheerful feeling. Some very large o ff ers had been made to-day, but declined because the prices offered am below the requirements of ninnies ; then hag, however , bees a fair amorist of business defog , is fact oneiderably more that for the last tes days, and this branch of the market closes with an improved feeling. The home trade yarn market entiesee in a drooping state, sad pries are again lower so oriespared with Tuesday. There hes been very Was business ping co in these yarns, and maattfac toren io want of yens show a decided dispositioe to wait till the holidays are over before further operation. The large snivels of cretin appear to be holding this merlin of the market more decidedly is cheek than others. In sloth we have no improvement to quote sines Tuesday, but to day severe' large Wynn have manifesteda disporition to neriste. They have offered prices, however, which mass factures would rot seess, and very little business has re sulted. Tire downward tenancy of prism has bees narked I tenni, tritest, bat the mural anise BMW to be thee' 4 plotatztzi lorircr rks' to the supply d woks. pion slowly bat . gradually give way to some sztoat. WOOL AND WORSTDD.—lbunismo. Nonce 29.—' k fa the 110 00 Notwithaloadlai the salsa which has arises in the state Iliatov,idaaas lMr Ztroiaie. - iliritsr: DEATHS. via NW ELIGHT.—Watab r, at Camden road, Honore!. -- 151 Vir sg" a. thewo i BUR .—Marces la, at Linooles4nneelde. ibri. 11 - Bur*" seed IL ..kat SO CUARY.—Marele 111. at ENrend Hes" Fred , — ' iti iNaliarrtoe, nod or the tate A. Cntrl, • —Kara It at New Charch-rce4 Wens., awed fe. I ATIE.—Y reili re% at Toetettatirlok W. Kam amid n. WNl.D.—theak rt. _At Phessettrad. Kiwi. N at Welds G.l. wattage, astd.iL . 1 ZoiNII 4OB4 I sui, marl o ' oll6'l' • A je fe s !mem 6 of cootimmtal affairs, there is branch of the worsted kola to. transactions in wool have bees made, some who feel Indisposed to give the qw. hold off. Staplees, oo the other b an d, are paged be make way easeessise, and hu t , felled malkiswen tie* pains masa be ia trill obey foe dime beg lasheings, fp the bar qua ds& Liasedaehlre hop So. 51. to is. ss. par lb.; sad within" at , ism lb. There is a very steady badness The inquiry k mostly foe 40s sine s There is also a alight demand for corded of these sad hilts, sorts are =Aria very busy. Quotstioes are y not • tendency to advance. in pieces for meet marten. consists* busy, sod pries" keep up, been expected. Indeed, is consequence rates of Botany wools, robots' and Italian than they were, and are likely to reseals geode cm be bought so favourably sa weeks ego. The export merchants -- The American merchants still take goods. The home merohaati are The tope of the market I cheerful, sound and healthy. 00B.X.—Bilsiwounm, lance 29.—& there was a short supply of wheat, yet the but no deeoription WM loter. Bailee his only taken is limited quantities. Beam mine. Peas more inquired for. BatirroL, MAitou —There is very k :r:in the corn trade this week. supplies have latterly in:reeled, value about la. per qr. The trade ia fore* nominal, hollers would be wallas sells Coo, but stocks being all warehoused pressure to sall. At oar market to.d was without Gailiatioll, and we note a qr. as both English end foreign. la t doing thee a late, but kat week's priors tatted. Grinding. from amity, 00111111 V WAND a last week, but irsassetious hose bu ere only. The demandfor although supplies are could sot be exoesded. Beans qr. lodun sore tbs tan dssrsr. Dram, Yuma 29.—Notwithateading small simply of wharf to-day, trade rabid Mat week's pries were barely maiotatsc gewarally MOO to hand in bad tionditios. I small samply, bet is good amdition ; end dome in ea articla at bd. advance op* lest beans, peas, and vetoing' fermis at former white +best, 235. to 24e. ; beet red d albs* sorts, 90r. 1.21 a. ; bee barley, its. to Us.; beans, 21a. to 23e. ; Pose, its. valsbas. 24a. to 28a.; rve, 16s. to 17f to Ks. ; best emesda. 325. to 34. Lamar, lima 29.—We bare had 6, mink sad trade dull at last week's pram eat ettaase. Wheat, red, 4k to 465. p Barley. 325. to 425. eta, 26e. to 3041. bLtacarsrsa, Wawa 29. —There war attendathe at our mallet this moraint s fealiag prevailed. 'lts demand for w sod foreign, was limited, and a robotics l moat be Doted. Flour declined 6d. per lad limited business. In beans, oate, or mama* ebeervabla Isdlan corn was the torn dem. Nswals, MAWR 26.-11 t oar market waylay. Business ruled inactive, and late reaised. Floe barley feuded upwards ; before. Oats and baths made high miss. 34118129.---W.! Ld ge4 this day ; the trade very dull ; but tirade dellgr. abgaPar. iaferior kiads 2s. to Et. dall sale at la. to 2a. lees mosey. altered. Broccroa•oar.?aat, iiitca 28.—The torn Num Incoung from the formers in. moderato, .it a thin atteedsoce of hal plow demand, at a &olio' of L. per qr. currency. Barley in good nougat. Otte I Beans cod peso noalterod. Waninnra. Maim 29. —The market Anacker. The little business push( P. weak's pries.. Barley thin. Amigo ing March 26:—Wheat, 1,216 qrs. at gda. et 4Oe . nal ; 0418, 58,st 36.. F.Duntonot, Manx 28.—.4.1 seamed wheat was same on top, and la. 5d.1 Barley was 6d. ap ou top, sad 6d. doer were la. down on top. and Id. up were same on top, and 10d. up os at to 50s. Barley, 204 6d. to 445. Oats, Beans, 435. to 50s. CATTL3.—lkamoramAx. Mace was kir ha amber. the quality steady. at barely late rates. The supply and met a steady demand. Melba roeo, per lb. ; ditto shore, 7d. to 71d. pr to llt, per soars ; porket ditto, 10e. dead west marke t there wee • good sank tbla day ; the deemed steady. Best Ili lb. ; muttos. 7d. to 70. Bairror, Manor 29.—We bad a beet at our market to-day ; the number was nearly 200. Trade was dull, sad psi ward tandem, ; beet deseriotioes ream and moondary frees Ws. to 635. person. dmosad for Irish atom cattle, wWh /IL for sale here. Amp small supply of she English. There was a very brisk domed. wens 901ohly bought up at high pram—best realising 10d. peelb. A short supply of pigs, • maad, at the high prime meetly obtained realising from lls. so lls. 3d., and - SOOTL NOTTIMGRAN, MAUCH 28.—At tooday'r • email supply of fat beef in meson ever, • firm feeling is the trade. sad rt were obtained for the brat descriptions; much alteration. Of mutton there was • slow dominated was eipsneseed. the being hardly aniatained in all coma supply, sad prices ruled firm. Throe. show of pork, for which meat rstm Quotatioac—Beef, 76. to 7e. 9d. per en to 7jd. ; veal, Bd. per ; pork. Ba. to Kolescmay, Yawn 28.—The aunt to-day amounted to 51 bead, beret 34_ Bales were slowly effected. Beet beef, sad inferior, 7s. to h. 3d. per • 4091 ‘ sheep this aseralog was 1,543. Wog 1 wen. fans were slowly effecter , . bet st prim MT Mil, to those obtained last market. Extremes we Ow IN beat mutton, ; current, 10d. ; biasidsoll onifft 90. to 10d. ; ewes, Bd. to 80. ; rough best 111• 11 ' Fed pigs brought 7s. to 7s. 63. pow stns. lb . Is IRO weeks old ditto, Ik. to 15a. • bead. Nona to Maki —fat ends, 51; sleep, 1,543 ; pigs, 488. THE IRAN TRADE. —BIRMINGRAN ' K*i it —The preliminary meeting of the irminaditet Staffordshire and East Worcestershire wee helditn■ town today; Mr. John Hartley in the ebeir. ew eranimmialy resolved to adhere to the moist ridi prices far all descriptions of finished iroe. A reeddlin was pawed the of which was the reensame of the froemesters' tioa. Heeceforward sli are connected with the trade. and subscribe pro nto. val, be entitled to be members of it. Another resolethleg importance to the trade was also passed :tho prmciple hes heretofore been acted epos In eoweso with the preliminary meatier ; hereafter they areslMl to be held at Birmingham. [Advertisement] HOT,LOWAY'S PILL• - 44 r Temperature. -Oold and changeable weather is very sat dermine the health, unless the stomach be beet highest state of efficiency. Holloway's Pills !raw rite. and so promote digestion that • UM sapply of new material is thrown into the blood s lit /It meal, whereby fresh rigour and activity are bisteweemO, organ, and ability to resist disease is conferred co the sifLt neat Pills thoroughly purify the blood when It hasbetel.; by fogs, unwholesome vapour,, or other luincritift eine equals these rills for removing biliousness , nausea. checking flatulency, an acting as rolid um" - sperienia, which are suitable for either set or anY silf• BIRTHS, lIABRIAGIS, AND D] MIR - T COCEBl7l27.—Mmeh 28, at Imes V HH. illas, Sem ue ef W. Y. Cocburn, of • sou. HITMPHERY.-Marc k h Mt, lsq., at Claphant-eommo• flusphary, Eau., of a daughter. r ossag HlO6l —!larch r 7, at lades Park CO at, '— lady ffSON. of Mr J. M. Hlgglnactu. K.C.8., of a sea. „is PlGol7.—Marel 28 , at ftuffoilt•treet, Pall-mall. `••••" Rev- T. Mgt of a son. Ohw MANNINO.— arch 47, at Roaeberry Tahtalo " wife of W. 8. !Uniting of • daughter. 11117ND1118.—March 47, at Chatham House, flriBbol• - U. W. Saunders. E 4., of a son. MAititlgfna. ILIZEBY—HARIAN.—March 27, at 84 . 2 "" liba. Nli by the Err C. Treemantle, T. 2 Herby, of Vapor H= o , well, to Utah, daughter of Z. Barran, lA.. d road. Lowden. OLOVIZ—PINLAY.—Mareh 27, at GrsulfPO hwleV tbe Sec H. Itajehtelor, the Her. N. Glom. p• 1i . 8.0 J.P, of nth Shields, to Ana; daightar CtEOM—March to, at !inmae. G. tarsous,.lo lesudon, to Mork daughter of Ws t bias EV:9 i ....t • at TYE 'Tr y S. %KW • tweo aural otiltal i d xl friar' T : rig Ow! = lissii tb• 1 net •1 So eis ii; • ok I • Pod brae -----".. ---- . today, . so.. teen made, tbeio 14 01 give the goatlik e% aer hand, are g i n s .. ow, sad have ske ie ow* be Imo - hi - ' la"ing• &IA s shin hop May h e d *thee" at 2a. 24. 1 No. 114 . 3 % b"1"11110 3 1 e awl * , ilt '. • 2 11 == == d for corded peas, aWil =4 l l l4ir ' • .. f lima, ir • asbai l l There is emitters)* es 4 *II W WII PP %IP. 4 .3ld t tenC e tils ton y colleague)* of the • and halts° clothe ma I =I!! sly to rumba es. sop! voorably a s ah r - , , t• of an on chaste operate le /. I ' ,ill take but era , • . It. NM ts sas doing a • • e., theerfol, sad the in.... /TIM 1 _ • • 3 ARCH 29.-At %hiv e ' ' Al wheat, yet the Mode *d r.ffill=f Plfliho thtly r. Barley lies ki y feem . itiee. Beans lc% Vd''L for. c: OLT tere is vary little a • 1. ... . Off CIT this wash. l e d* Awl amyl rly theressed, boa p ie '• MY pews *de is foreign %O k i a mead ti 'Ulla' *kis at • • i=d b7 warehoused thews it; • . alet market to-day th e It ram i tr a mr , mk t C iwe note a dathast u t ' WiLLIAW ni foreign. In soak , , gag KAMM. • week's prime awe 1 -..--.-i walmooy, ns woreocommaded th e • a ' AR] aulant • rid for esterantlwasi . .... Ain an bfbk hat . - ''' 7 ;,... Betas haprwei is dearer. , 4 _t retwithsteading the us lay, trade rulad ' Oki : a..' lately =Latium& d =Whim 0 •• ; sei l a ilsZ tub 1 161 4 saeoupoalest r lois at femur geotark ek r) ' ;suswd beet red ditto s !b e e at is barley, 38s. teak; . • le ; Pm. 19 e. to Wa. leraj , 16s. to 17e.; las Am 4, to 34e. . • • : J We bars had I, t 1 let weee's prisin i V '•• :I. 43s to 465. put us; 4 B ' a, 28a. to 30s. , , _ g , • sa.•the 3.-Tbere was arey a .14. 1 • . . LI this more' s& cod ati 2 1 mood for whist, hi Ind a reduction of is. °. 'ire' v t alined 6d. pa ssek, h il t I, rate, or Waned se e ; 4, •••••• - • - • ras the torn dearer. • 0 I lit oar market whet lasi 6 4 V.. Cal active, sad iste rstalnusisi dad upwards ; sareedeo es , • - 1 w made high rants. Wee 1 6 1 . 01111 We bad a goal *ply Ids lull ; best wish woe ith i ' 4 Ws" Ms 2s. to 3a teeth kin HE a mosey. Bath sei sate • non 26.-The lop* • ry e • id 1.41- is farmers was lagptill ili - , 40 mdsoas of bum. Voir • t ' d , is of Is. per qr. it Illi ad • I request. Oats thalunimg * • P . I A 9.-The market it • sift Men prise is what h ells - • 111;94.1.. n. Averages for the. .i 4 1,216 qrs. at 46t. 644, gpi 6, at 30a. ld. 1104 1. . .-As 'outpaced with hi* Ait eau , sad In td. dew ea ow ; . sod 6d. dews ow swap At 'e I rid ld. up oa peraz i tt y li. X up at aver*. Au U l ! to 44a. Oats, Us 14. 1011 .or . ~ d i -_ .. .. . , it,. : WIPP - . it, limn 29.-The mil a ' l .dm qualityy, good, Ow li .an Ili a. The supply , of pip na% . • is L Mottos le von, 80.14 ' ' • to 71d. per Th. ; hoar pirtk .. • w - . It ditto, 10a. le I.oa fa is 61 4 A • was • good raptly of wit 00 , • 416. r ay. Beet sii•At• *le lig r " We bad a very fen es3o4 . New ill y ; the number ant haw by it'a•z AMON as dull, sad Mese thew a de new pati , rriptiose realise fres ULM ft. la °3 to 635. per awl Time *Me W A.., w hi ch *eel * la* all supply et sheep, asst *0 ry kWh dermal. sal 'Nese L ° m t high prbes•--Ist magirigi - ZOAD, tort supple OM, will 'Ph - lis merely eed-ilenif A] .Is. 3d., ma PM". 111.1 ' S : D at il 2&-At today's ssubettho a tow a . a in mum There wee. , et the POPP is e trade, sad Tether Wila um it iesariptioas; In ether Heil t par ton ie need. there wee a leis sq 0• 111 1) i the M het od * in all OWL Val .11111. 01 W i t Ul ta I firm. Time was • aerial'!" aiurfoll oh meet rata was Mill ... lac ) Ti. Pd. per stew; *tie , i ~ ; pork. 8 , i. a a gg, p s par LIT 6.-The swatter d et* 4601!• I . , m ad, Wog 34 owe tbas hil wesi : 4.4 all i I. Beet leg, So• at .; i l ~ I mei li 3d. per e wes, TM M. 4 1 • 543 . befog 1,219 WI Res bel . mid j, L°' m I ~': ~ ' n i ~~~