The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-13 00:00:00

TILE WO?

CONTEMPOE
(THIS DAY.)

ISPINBION OP 009131101 IThL
effect of the temporary oommimion
last evening's Gautte, the Times observe@ that
who sails for Jamaica on Mooday nut, will,
to be governor of Malta, immediate!, mioe.
Lepton, amuse the whale government of
. Eyre being in the position of • governor on
Irma presumes also that Sir H. Stein will
o the chief command of the forces within
• post whioh under the cirmunstanoes
severed from the posts of temporary governor
lest of the Omumiedon of Inquiry. By coma
se Mose celerities, and in no other way, we may
. he will be able to pacify Jamaica and to moon•
demands of equity with the interests of public
& great part of the life of Sir H. Storks has been
special services., and this delicate task is perticular
we been cronfided to cos more worthy of °mi-
-1 wan oily summoned to the trust by •
merge to Malta on Wednesday night, and
to be recorded u an act of prompt dove-
• of duty that Sir H. Stub shoed his way
of the next day, and actually London
in three days and a half. It would be idle to
facts have come to light which are possibly
explanation, but which, if left unexplained.
Act dose disgrace on our colonial government For
sake Gomm* Eyre and his subordinates must be
placed on their trial; they cannot be examined
all the evidence against them is in the Westlndies ;
• Gerstner be so examined there so long as he is
th the high prerogatives of his offlom It is not
what else could have been done then what has
, and if it was to be doss, it anal hardly have
with lees harshases or more judgment.
soother article the Times again modem= the self eon.
' maws who prejudge the whole cue is which they
rto demand inquiry, and praises the spirit in
subject sou treated at the Liverpool meeting by
fele. When we find Governor Eyre before this
warning the Colonial Mee, whack we find a
estimate of things strictly verified by subsequent
there is ream, the Tistes thinkv, to give him
or soundness of judgment
government had supported Mr. Eyre la his office,
the Daily News remarks, for the time have adopted
would not have stood impartial had it adapted
of one of the pieties so far as to continua him
and power while his opponents lie under the
of condemnation. No prejudice is due to
Eyre by hie suspeoem from office white be
. trial, for if he is acquitted he mat be rein.
with honour, or appointed with pester ho.
to some higher poet The appointment of Sir
Storks as governor of the island instead of u •
r of the commission, will be received as satisfactory.
placing the island under good oars and as with'
g whatever ground there seemed to be for the m-
eat the government intended to place two ex-go-
of colonies upon the Commission of Inquiry. With
the composition of the commission, that body will
examine Mr. Eyre's justification for pend
ingsusing
constitution and maintaininga reign of error
meth ; and the (*any of the meet learned of our
gee, aided by the weight of the highest constitutional
tority and social rank, would not be too much to insure
prosecution of so momentous an investigation.
,ts Post deeply regrets the suspension of Governor Eyre,
would not have taken place in Lord Palmenten's
, bat it is ready to acknowledge that if he was to be
abandoned and given over for trial, he could be committed
more competent hands than those of Sir Henry
As an investigation is to be rode, there Is no
any necessity for indignation meshing, and until
Masioners have made their report, everyone, what-
predilections, ought to abstain from giving them

utteianoa
the view of the Herald, the suspension of Mr. Eyre
astounding fact; and as outrageous a piece of injustice
ever been perpetrated by a British prime minister.
now what Englishmen have to expeet for endow
4 honestly to serve their country. The Athenians
.r their generals for failure, we punish ours for mecum
overuse Eyre has saved Jamaica, and for that he is die-
The act strongly con6nris the surmise that the ad-
ttionwill be short-lived. In hlsfrstoollision with the
school the Premier has surrendered without even a

draggle.
The A dveriiser expresses the grief action with which it
-ands the derision of the government, sad adds a remark
it may be inferred, from the incidental observation
Earl Russell made yesterday regarding the desirablr
of the missionaries rationing the Christian labours in
r respective spheres, that government will not allow
°institution of Jamaica to be broken in pieces after the
fashion which seems to be so popular with Governor Eyre.
• re/graph refers to the news in a brief paragraph.
_ire, it says, is not =parried ; his position will not.
indeed, be exactly similar to that of a governor on leave,
'Moe it will be neresary for him to be preseet during the
pdry ; but it will be as near thereto se the circumstances
permit. It is important that this should be distinctly
understood, in order that the ministry should not be sus-
pected of having prejudged the case.
The Star rya the announcemeut will restore the cool l.
dance of the country in the sense of juries which Warn
'a government.

BZLGIUM.
The Doily Noes observes that we are now witnessing the
Attie° of • doubt which has for many years haunted re-
lecting observers of the political state of Europe, via.,
whether the people of Belgium were held together by •
bond strong enough to survive the sovereign who, living,
as the highest impersonation of their nationality. There
no prospect for the country of aggrandisement, such no
increased Piedmont by the addition of the rest of Italy,
,at if political and religious liberty is yet • higher good,
then the Belgian patriot may look without envy on the
situation of many of his neighbours. Belgian inde-
pendence is leas in danger from those who would
sacrifice it to private ambition, than from • section of im-
patient men who would be glad to secure liberty by per
momently disabling its enemies, who, in Belgium, exist in
en intolerant church. To liberals of • higher order it is •
poor consolation to know that adversarial who cannot be
overcome in fair political contest might be put down by
material power. We have always believed better things of
Belgian liberals, and it is gratifying to see evidence accu-
mulate that their patriotism at this crisis will shame and
silence those who for the mean satisfaction of humiliating
opponents would surrender the political liberty of their
country.
The Telegraph thinks that on the part of France the
Belgians may expect • fair opportunity of proving whether
the long and wise reign of the
e deceased monarch has suer
seeded in creating a lasting kigdom. Nor ia any overt at-
tack from Germany • probable contingency. A greater
risk consists in the possibility of a compromise between
Primes and Fresco. Meantime, the duty of the Flemings
is to avoid domestic dissensions, which, since their mighty
struggle with Spain have ever been the bane of their pros.
porous country.

TOPICS.

The Times again refers to Fenianiszo, expressing its
belief that Ireland is so much more prosperous than it used
to be, that Fenianism could not have got • hold on
the people except for the singular and exceptional opera-
tioa of American influence and example.
Several of the questions agitated io the late conference I
of Irish members, especially that respecting the hod,
sad the development of the Irish resources, would
commend themselves. the Hera/c1 states, in a large measure
to the conservative party. In the matter of education there
would be no insuperable obstacle to • anion ; and had it not
been that these gentlemen entertain other schemes, which
touch the landmarks of the constitution, they would pro-
bably have sought for aid from the conservatives rather
than from the radicals. At present their alliance is not
worth buying on the terms they offer.
The Post commends the wisdom of the Canadian govero-
meat in appointing oommianosers to jogai!, into the prac-
ticability of opening trade relations with Brazil, the West
Indies, and perhaps Mexico—commissioners who will be
accredited by the British government, and who will be
empowered to negotiate commercial treaties. It is
evident that the Canadian statesmen, however mush I
they may deplore the diseoatinsaaee of the Reeiproity
Treaty with the United States which will Muskrats in
March next, are by no means dierniraged, and are deter-
mined to be prepared for the unfavourable change in their
trade relations with their neighbours. By reducing their
customs tariff, enlarging th
hopeir comas.
country and otherwise lin
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1 proving . internal navigation of the . they e

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doe ton SATURDAY mat, sae illith I. for OR
country and continent ton MONDAY, the 18th Anstanh-37 TEE sl
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and at man facie OM& 111annio if . neartethi- his arrival et I
week comn.gurden, M.C. This estabUshment to closed at 6,
and of, amardap ati,:oh. the colony, Mr. 1
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LONDON. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13. mourner* w
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wrote, tun
1 THE South Eastern Railway Company, aided credit for col
.1 ' by the gentle pressure of a jury composed, per- If the goo
hart of men of basins= and fathers of families, it would. the
were engaged yesterday in the Court of Exchequer his acts ; it
1 i i il in settling a small account for injuries sustained the Rabe
I I last June by a passenger in that memorable Staple- in honour a
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burst accident, in which the most popular of our i_ Governor ernor F
novelists found himself unpleasantly near the is on hi. b
11 h"eFinillwas carry" a inghiswiothwnhilifme. Maar.WeDlialrealtloss,f athineemattr: sntaourtid, to wits
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of the well-known firm of chandelier and glass Henry Ste.
manufacturers in Houndsditch, brought an action member of
to recover compensation in damages for bodily b°th " Pi9i
drawing .1
injuries sustained on that occasion. The company eertioa the
admitted their liability by the payment of one mums of ,
shilling into court, and the jury returned a verdict rovad to t
for the plaintiff to the amount of 3,5001. We have to c
have no data for judging of the proportional the oonstii
tadequacy of this pecuniary estimate of the bodily • month ;
'1 injuries suffered by the plaintiff. Judging by the judges,rity hi
tho
• amount of compensation awarded by the jury, Mr. due p
1 Dumas must have been terribly shaken. The Pe
Nor are the injuries which can be esti- which wo,
mated by even the moat sensitive jury by any time, but
means the worst. We have heard of many cues abandons
t ' jin which no amount of damages could possibly to DO "'"'
1
I compensate for the living death inflicted on the S. Wks'
10140 T II
sufferer. What amount of damages is to con- the comn
i pensate a young, healthy, and beautiful woman— em his
,
, a young wife and mother—for an " accident " ottoranot
lii compensationi which has made her a cripple and an invalid for In the
the rest of her days ? What amount of le an ast4
can be supposed to compensate a lawyer, or a physi- 55 "
i , ciaa, in full practice who is struck with incipient W° *cm
vouring
paralysis or insanity by a railway " accident ?" slew the
f , What amount of damages, we may further ask, Gomm
can possibly compensate any human being, rich mood.
. or poor, for an injury which shatters the nervous ministri
• I system, and turns health and strength into in- radical '
firmity and decay ? What amount of damages struggle
can compensate for such a living death of a pm- Th.
, I .1'
, . moode
winger whose genius it may be is the delight of his tba it
country and of the whole civilised world I which]
Such • verdict ea that delivered yesterday nese of
),4 in the Court of Exchequer may appear a wild their
on
1 sort of justice. But it is the only sort of justice the an
that has yet been discovered for convincing rail- tmht°'
The
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' ' ; way directors and administrators of the responsi-
Mr. El
bility they have undertaken. A jury in such a indeed
case as this is perhaps a somewhat revolutionary aboo t
tribunal, inasmuch as it is in effect a " committee iaquir
i 'II 111 of public safety." It is • pity, no doubt, that will p
the damages they inflict should come out ma**
I i of the pockets of innocent shareholders. Pect4K
The
But this is • lesson for shareholders to learn, ...
0 oe
I 1 and to remember at the next general meet- the g,
ing. A little more attention to questions of
management, and • little lea to questions of exten-
i.. I sion,will be found to save their own pockets as well Th
as the lives of their passengers. Let shareholders sant
ri ' .. attend the general meeting in the doable character seat
of shareholders liable to,damages and of pas- whet
Dengue with lives to lose. WY
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WINDSOR CASTLE, DIM 12. the'
The Queen and royal family are remaining at the situ.
pea
Castle.
. . ...
i . The Judicial Ccesraittee of the Privy Council eat rester. pat
day. Present-Lord Chelmsf or I, Sir J. Coleridge, Sir E. mai
. V. Williams, Sir J. Oolvile, and Sir Laurence Peal. an i
iMr. W. M'Dougall (Provincial Secretary of Camila), pot
1 Mr. J. W. Dunscombe (Collector of Customs), and Mr. ore
1 ' ; Ryan (of Canada), had an iota:view with the Right Hot. ma
' ' Edward Cardwell yesterday, at the Colonialefilee. Be'
The Rev. Mariachal K. S. Frith had an interview with ma
I
* 1 i • the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell at the Co loniaLofilos sib
yesterday.
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DIEARICRE OF PRINclt CHRIcTILN OF HOLSTEIN
Yoh THE COIITINENT.-(TY08 Dti.)-Ttit TOOTtitt, St Sii
. about 10 o'clock, Prince Militias of Sleswig-Ho!. oh
•'` 1 stein, left Windsor Castle at the termination of his viet to
I to
i to her Majesty and the royal family. Colonel Da Plat,
for her Majesty the Queen, accompanied the Prince to rb
' i Dover. PI
1 The King of Portugal and suite will leave Bon- is
logos this afternoon at S p.m. by 'primal steamer to Folk. it
• stone, and thane to town by special train of the South p
t i 1
Eastern Railway.
4 The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland arrived at
Stafford House, St. James'', last evening, from Lilleebell,
' Salop. h
I i We (Times) have great pleasure in stating that t
i
Sir Charles Wood has &boost entirely recovered from his I
1 recent accident, and expect" soon to return to town in his
' accustomed health. He is at present at his country mat,
aisie(' Hall, but continues to transact the business of '
/M
i
his department.
A Paris correspondent of the Phare (le la Loire ,
ears :-"The Emperor, having been informed that financial
embarrassments were impeding, and even threatening to
all 1 stop for the moment the publication of the • Correspon-
i i' dame de Napoleon 1.,' has given orders to place at the
), 1 disposal of Prince Napoleon, who superintends the work,
:
• .If I all the sums noes/eery fur its completion."
Baron Talleyrand, the French Ambassador at St.
s , Petersburg, who recently visited Archangel and the shores
of the White See, is now travelling in the Caucasus, and
•j intends proceeding to .rifiis and the southern banks of
1 ' the Caspian.
' ' THE EMPLEOIL OF THE Palma AND VHS DUKE
: DE BRABL.IT. -The Emperor
as of the French was desirous to
i recognise the Duke of Brabant Leopold IL, Ring of the
Belgians, even before his royal highness should have taken
i P the constitutional oath. The Duke replied that, while he
could sot but be deeply touched by this act of good neigh.
I ' A boar:lino, he preferred remainiag Duke of Brabant until he
i r I
i became King of the Belgians by taking the oath to the
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monsiltatica.-Tiiies.
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