The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-23 00:00:00

has sauctiooed such a measure, which, having been opposed
when first Introduced into the Aseembly, wadrawn, and subse.mmily brought forward at with-
of the senior, when the quorum was !Mimed to
nine —hardly that number Doing preseot --and pulsed. so it
were, to the surprise of the good sense of the oonntrY.
This is a measure. which, if allowed to take effect, will
create new beartburninp in the minds of the inhabitants
senerally, and is • great public wrong.
A bill of a mart objectionable nature was passed under
circumstances similar to those above stated : it is to in-
flict corporal punishment for " petty offences." This is a
measure unparalleled in the present history of British
legislation, and is so degrading and wicked is its tendency
as to create feelings of alarm. A public meeting has
already been held against it in Kingston. A copy of the
reeolutions I shall seed, and I believe other meetings
or memorials are intended. Die penal clauses of this
bill are confined to amend convictiousfor what
offence? A shrub, a reed, or plant, in an mem:lased
or enclosed land, &o. It will not be hard in a country like this
to find sewed offence, which may be of a comparatively
inooceet nature, tortured for malignant purposes. While
this is inteoded to operate for minor emcee, the greater
evils of society—forgery, burglary, cattleatealiog, Im—
am all left out, so that this measur our trictly one a
stat aimed
sgainst the lower dames, who, just,are in eof
great destitution. Anil, honourable sir, if you
of could only
behold them, I opine that your feelings compassion
would be aroused to mercy and relief, instead of the in
fliction of "corporal punishment," which is death, or
next to it; and I fear the iodignation which may
SAM from this evil measure will be such as to
have serious consequences. Representations, unfounded
and uncharitable, may be wickedly made against
the pseasets of this country, but in good truth,
they are as peaceable, civil, and well disposed se any
people can well be, and their character cannot justly be on-
favOurahly compared with thou nf the labonriog clams of
Grad Britain, the continent of Europe, or America. What
they requite is what has been neglectea--attention to their
sanitary improvement and educes-too, parochial asylums for
°rebus adults, and relief to some extent from the ex-
cessive taxation on the necessary articles of food and cloth-
ing, which in its tendency produces that destitution which
to
leads, here as in other aountriee, to a great extent,
petty larcenies. These ore the points which should have
Dean attended to, but which am loot sight of, for the de-
basing purposes of the whip, as if that will Mtn principles
of morality or supply the mental and bodily wants of a poor
suffeing community.
I do trust that, after due reflection, you may be led to
consider the measure in its odious and injurious light. It
seems to me as evil of the greatest magnitude, and shows
to what extent inconsiderate feelings still exist iu Jamaica.
Bat the manner in which the bill passed the Assembly is
discreditable te the government, as may be seen by the
division on the question, and by which you will pe ceive
memberslt
did not pass with the feeling of the country. The
of the government, after allowing it to remain on the table
of the house for nearly three months, did not give any
intimation of its being taken up, but seized upon an oppor-
tunity, and in two hours passed about four bills of • most
important nature, at the same time anspeeding all the
rules of the house, in older to put them through all their
stages within this time : this did not mein to be a credit-
able proceeding. A bill was alai passed on the same occa-
sion, and under similar circumstances, to re-ostabliah a Dis-
tant Prison at Port Maria. This bill also provides that hard
bibonrshall include the " treadmill." " shot drill," and

7"-c-rifik."
Immediately after the emancipation the treadmill was in-
troduced into use in this Wood, but soon it was discovered
that its severities end tortures, an exercised hen, were dia-
bolical, and the governor of the island, as well as the Colo•
nisi Secretary, determined that it should be abolished, and
not one was allowed to be used, or even to remain in the
prison ; yet we find after • lapse of thirty years,vernment
when we
had 1 right to expect better things, a British go
sanctioning snob • thieg. But this said Port Maria in
mollwas
y
the grave of Jamaica. Denier cholera its population
nearly entirely ewe •t away by abet dissuo, and Dr. Milroy,
the skilful medical inspector sent from England by the
govsenment, oondeoneed it, above all other places in the
island, as most unhealthy and death-like, and yet we Sod
1 that the prison which was abolished is again to be roosts-
blished, with the iron shackles to which the unfortunate
lc:Monet"; have been consigned by the present governor, with
Lard labour.
From the injurious atmosphere of Port Maria • transfer
of patients had frequently to be made to the public hos-
pital of Kingston. From the depreciated state of health
to which the prisoners must be reduced at Port Maria,
many of them will leave the prison, for ever after to be
worthless. and • tax on society. When it is remain
bored that many are sent to prison for very miser offeoces.
under many came wrongfully, and under long muteness, by
erring judgment and unlearned justices, it does seem that
it is a most cruel proceeding. I feel it • bounden duty to
bring these subjects to your notice. The consequeocse I
l cannot control, but I sincerely trust that notwithsmodiag
soy explanation which will, no doubt, be tendered by the
governor on these remarks, the facts only of the
1 points may be considered. I have a conscientious assurance
\that I intend nu undue reflections, and only write from the
stern obligations of a sense of justice and common
humanity.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient
servant.G. W. GORDON.

At Leeds yesterday the following requisition was pre-
pared for presentation to the Mayor :—"To the Right
Worshipful the ]favor of Leeds.—We, the undersigued,
having heard with deep pain and regret of the alleged
insurrection in Jamaica. the measures taken to sup-
press it, and the punishment indicted on large num-
bers of individuals as parties to a conspiracy against
the British crown, respectfully request your worship to
convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of this borough
to consider the propriety of petitiouiog her Mejeety or me-
moralising the government for the immediate despatch of a
oommission from this country to Jamaica, there to institute
the most searching inquiry into the character and causes
of events io whioh the hooour of the British name and the
rights of her Majesty's colonial subjects are essentially in-
volved."
In acknowledging the vote of thanks passed by the
Prowded reform meeting which was held last night at
Bradford, the Mayor *Lid be hoped his townsmen would
assemble in equally large numbers if be should have to call
a meeting for the purpose of demeuding an Inquiry into the
recent proceedings in Jamaica. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. G. Wilkinsoo, of Chelmsford, who spent several
years in Jamaica, and who knows Monet Bay well, writing
to the Patriot, ago of Mr. Gordon :—" When residing in
Kingston, I not only knew him personally, but eiteemed
him highly as an educated gentleman of un-
blemished reputation, and • Christian. That he should
concoct a plan so diabolical as that attributed to him,
foe the massacre of all the whites io the island, is, to
those who knew him intimately, incredible. There are
these in Jamaica who do not believe it. Even the Jamaica
QwsnZian, a paper opposed to Mr. Gordon, expresses the
decided conviction that he 'did not wish to shed human blood
and lead to the savage barbarities which have been recently
perpetrated.' How mach mere incredible is it that his
wife, an educated English Christian lady, should be impli-
cated is such awful guilt Can it be possible that, in the
height of the terrible excitement, she, too, has been
condemned to be executed? For Heaven's sake, let us hope
that the authorities have been kept back from a deed of
such dreadful inhumanity. It is enough that her husband
has been foully hanged by an order of court martial ; but
one's blood runs cold at the idea of such an amiable and
excellent person, as I know Mee. Gordon to be, being also
made the victim of • deadly animosity."
It sppearsthat the widow of the late Rev. Victor Her-
'obeli, whose murder by the Degrees has created so much
sympathy. is left with her child all bat destitute. It is
announced that subscriptions will be received berths Metro-
politan end Provincial Bank, Coenbill, and Oxford-street,
London, in the names of the Bishop of Jamaica end Mrs.
Victor Buechel].

QCEENSLAND ENIGRATION.—The ship Legion 01
Hoeonr, 1,218 tons burden, belonging to Molar, T. M.
Mackay and Co., sailed on the 2011 • inst., from London,
for Queensland. Captain William Williams, commander ;
surgeon-superiutendent, Dr. M. D. Lavin, assisted by Mrs.
Anna Meek, metros. The Legion of Hooour is the 69th
vessel that has sailed on the Land• Order System of Emi-
gration, under the immediate direction of the Queensland
government. She contains 479 souls, divided into paying,
assisted. and free passengers, and consisting of 243 mem.
hen of families, 218 single men, and 19 single females.
ACCIDENT TO A WEDDING PARTY.--On Monday
a wedding party met with a serious accident at Horwich
End, near Whaley-bridge, by which one young lady was
dreadfully Mimed, and several others more slightly so. The
party consisted of Mr. W. Waive, the bridegroom, son of
Mr. Abel Waine, farmer, of Silkstone, near Bugswerth,
the bride, Mrs. Margaret Waine, Miss Eliza Wain',
sister to the bridegroom, and a number of friends,
including a party from Manchester. They were re-
turning from Taxal Church in two cars, after the ce-
remony. The drivers of the cars differed as to which
should take the lead, whereupon a race ensued.
The excitement appears to have increased, soil the con-
test grew warmer, nail the party reached a sudden turn
in the road, opposite the White Horse ion, at Harwich
End. At the torn the speed caused one of the vehicles
to roe on one wheel for some distance, when it tweet,
throwing the occupants into the road with peat violence.
While some lay insensible on the ground, others ware in a
state of peat FoestersatiosAAd suffering. The bridegroom's

THE EXPRESS, lIIERSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1865.

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