The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-23 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.).

The market it quiet to-day. Tows 4ellow, Sts. 9d. set ;
Spot, old, 44e. 9d.; ditto, new, 46e. ; October to Damn.
ber,4se. 61 to 43e. 9d.; Deoenisr, 46a.

KETROPOUTAN CATTUC MARKET.
(THIS DAY.)

The number of beasts is much shorter than on Thursday
last, quite sufficient, however, for the demand.
A bad trade at the dead markets muses a dock
at-tondo s*. of buyers, sad onr quotations me
barely supported. Several of inferior q(uaslip:menrain
unsold. The supply of sheep is by no means , yet
trade is heavy, auk( they are with difficulty •hof at
onr quotations. Calves are selling about as on Monday.
The IMAM for lamb is over. Our foreign supply consists of
570 beasts, 2,650 sheep, WO calves, and 110 pegs.
Per stogie ut 81ba ad.a d. Par dose of 810. ad. ad.
Best Scots, Hared/. 6 4 6 6 Dept Dina Eltbds3b 0 0 0
Hoot Ithort.horos 5 0 6 4 Bart Lem-wools.— 6 4 5 6
Slowed quaL beasts 3 64 0 Do. do. Shorn.... 0 0
Calm
Plore
Hat Dna& lilt-brede 6 10 6 1 Labs 0 0 0 0
Bawds at market, I,OW ; ramp and lambs, 6,510 abet, 00;
pip. 150.

SMITHFIELD RAY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Fitton report trade at the fol-
lowing prices :—Prime old clover, from 110 s. to Ms. ;
inferior ditto, from 955. to 105 s. ; prime old bay,
from 955. to 100 s. ; inferior ditto, from 85e. to Ws. ;
prime new clover, from 90s. to 100 s. ; inferior, 60s. to
Ws. ; prime new hay, from 755. to 85s. ; inferior ditto,
from 401. to 65e. ; straw, from 364. to 455.

A commodious and finely-finished smoking-room
for the use of those members of the royal famill who in-
dulge in the weed has just been Snaked at Balmoral
Castle.
Since Monday reform meetings have been held
at Nuneaton, Oldbury, Rhoallanerehrugay, 'Whitstable.
Bile:on, and Coventry, in addition to those we have re-
ported.
RAILWAY DEBENTULLE AND THE DUTHIE OP
Diascroas.—Mr. Thomson Henkel?, hLP., has addressed s
long letter to the Trines on the subjeet of railway deben-
tures, in connexion more particularly with the 'position of
the London, Chatham, and Dover Company. With regard
to the issue of Lloyd's bonds the hon. member remora :
" The names of two peered the realm as chairmen at the
board of directors was a sufficient guarantee, it was to be
hoped, that the public might depend on the refusal of the
company to enter into any engagement which they had not
means from their authorised capital and loans to fulfil.
No temporary state of pressure on the money market.
caused, or certainly greatly aggravated, by the imprudent
conduct of various public compasses, and of eery
company among the number, could fairly be pleaded
as an =owe for departing from the ordinary obliges
tions of every trailing aseocation to keep all their engage-
ments within limits such as they might fairly be able to
adhere to. Hail it so turned out that the directors lend
themselves unfortunately involved in difficulties aiming
greater outlay than they had originally calculated on,
the only honest course for them to adopt was to call to-
gether all parties interested in their undertaking, credi-
tors, shareholders, he., and apply to them for permission
to obtain fresh borrowing powers, or powers to raise fresh
capital under authority of new acts of parliament. If
they have not taken this course, which every commercial
company is bound to take under such circumstances, they
must now be content to bear the blame of an =favour-
able public opinion. I have no sort of interest in the un-
dertaking, but I have a great sympathy with, and a great
interest in maintaining the mtegnty of railway compasses,
and in securing for holders of railway debentures that
position which they are fairly entitled to claim."
THE Naw LAW ON ME CULTIVATION OP
OTSTERIL—The act of parliament has just been printed
which facilitates the establishment of oyster fisheries
and the cultivation of oysters, and it is anticipated it will
meet with encouragement. It is enacted that an order
for the establishment or improvement, and for the mein-
tenants and regulation, of an oyster or mussel fishery on
the shore or bed of the sea, or of an estuary or tidal neer,
may be made under this act on an application by
oaf
Trade on that behalf presented to the Board of
Trade by any person or company desirous of obtaining
such an order. If, on a consideration of this memorial.
the Board of Trade think fit to proceed in the ewe, the
promoters are to cause printed copies of the proposed order
to be circulated, and objections and representations may be
made and, before an inspector to be appointed, evidence
can be taken at public sittings. After the report the Board
of Trade is to decide whether the application is to be re-
fused or granted, and, if granted, it is to be confirmed by
an art of parliament, and when opposed the matter is to be
referred to a select committee. There are various priori-
, sloes to protect the fisheries, and for the removal of oysters
from public and private beds. Compensation is to be made
to persons who :utter loss by the new fisheries, and eves),
thing appears to have been done to encourage the cultiva-
tion of oysters under the new act.
OTAOO, NEW ZEALAND.—The Otago Daily rinses
contains the following reference to the death of a gen-
tleman well known and much respected in this coon
—" We announce with great regret the death of r.
Frederick 'Welker, which occurred on the morning of the
10th instant. Mr. Walker was for the last six /awe she
of the prominent politicians of the province. He arrived
in the province in litq, and was, we believe, a fellow
passenger of the present superintendent, Mr. Dick. He
was a member of the executive during the tenure of
office of Mr. Macandrew as superintendent ; also in office
under Major Richardson ; and lastly he was provincial
secretary when Mr. Moss resigned on account of the don-
ne° arrived at by the Provincial Council in refersece to
the high school. Mr. Walker's untimely death is re-
gretted by a large circle of friends, many of whom were
unacquainted with the fact that he had been ill until his
death was announced." Mr. Frederick Walker was the
son of Mrr. Samuel Walker, of Csale-cottage, North-

Wigan.
THE EXTORT COAL TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN...—
The statistics of the month of July show an increase in
the exports from all British ports except London and
Scotland, the decrease in the former heing3,ll4 tons, and
in the latter 852 tons on the month. The total exports
for the month were 906,062 tons, and the total increase
82,778 tons. The exports from January to July inclusive
show an increase of 520,454, the total amount of coal ex-
ported being 5,388,192 tons. In the export of coal (*sat-
' woe from Liverpool, Messrs. Higginson sod Co.'s circular
shows a decrease on the month of July of 616 tons, and
from the Ist January to July 31,1866, of 22,209 tons. The
imports of South Wales, &c., coal into Liverpool coast-
, wise show a decrease on the month of July of 1,894 tons.
The imports of seaborne coal, cnlm, and cinders into
i London show a decrease on the month of July of 3,049
tons, and on the seven months of 143,080 tans.


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(PROM OUR OWN =PORTER.)
SOUTHAMPTON, WIDNISDAT.
The rival meetings which were held here last
sight to " pronounce" upon the course pun Med by Mr.
Ape in the suppression of the disturbances in Jamaica
passed oil with equal sucems, and with equal satisfaction
to their respective manatees. The friends of the ex-
innewor of Jamaica had the advantage of situation and
& some not unimportant ICOREROPitfI of any demonstration,
"thither political, religions, or philanthropical. The
Philharmonic-hall is a building or far more aristocratic
&tractor, as aristocracy goes in Southampton, than the
Victoria-rooms ; and even the skinniest of fowls, and the
Anne of pies, aided by wine of more than a doubtful the..
motor. furnish a basis for enthusiasm which is wanting
where the refreshments are confined to the traditional

decanter of water which ornaments the chairman's
table. But if the friends of Mr. Byre had the
hoot of the situation and the stimulants, his opponents
quite equalled them in enthusiasm, and far exceeded
fen in numbers. " blare numbers," as we have lately
been told over and over spin, ought not, of course, to
prevail against intelligence knowledge, and. judgment ;
but it may fairly be doubted! whether there was such a
taanffestatiest of these qualities at the Plulhermosio-hall
as to establish a decided superiority on the part of the 120
er 130 wbe asesmbled there, over the 1,000 or 1,200
who crowded the floor and galleries of the Victoria-rooms,
to my nothing of the almost equal number who were com-
pelled to go away disappointed because they could find no
accommodation within the building. The more select
gathering was grsoed with the presence of three noble
earls, and a distinguished novelist, who employed both his
recollection and his imagination in the defence of the guest
of the evening ; but the popular gathering had the adven-
tsp of hearing from one who was in Jamaica at the time
of the outbreak scow of the circumstances attending its sup.

pausion, as to which a not altogether injurious silence was
observed in the Philharmonic-hall. In one respect Mr.
Eyre bade decided advantage over hie antegonista. The
pasence of Mrs. Eyre in the gallery and the parade of two
good-looking lads, the sons of the ex-governor, at the tale
were incidents which the promoters of the indignation
meeting could not rival. The victims of Mr. Byre's ignor.
once and mismanagement are rotting in the trenches at
Morant Bay, or in their miserable cabins are brooding
weer the agonies which were inflicted upon them
by the wire oats of the magistrate of Bath,
Could a few of this latter clue of sufferers have been
introduced into the Victoria-rooms in the condition
in which they were seen by the Commiasionen the
siege effect would have equalled, if it had not exceeded,
that which was produced by the solemn entry of Mr. Byre,
or the spectacle of noble lords, municipal officers, and
loused professors shaking hands with his children.
After the presentation of the address to Mr. Byre,
and the delivery of his reply, which wee re-
ported in the Dairy News of yesterday, the company
assembled at the Philharmonic rooms, proceeded
to the principal hall, where a cold collation
united in the announcements, and upon the labels with
the name of a "banquet," had been laid out. The
mayor occupied the chair, and was supported on his right
by Mr. Eyre, the Earl of Cardigan, and Sir W. Byam, and
en his left the Karla of Shrewsbury and Hardwicke, Pro-
fessor Kingsley and the Hon. W. Yorke. The rest of the
company oonaisted of members of the corporation, sad in-
habitants of Southampton and the neighbourhood, an
overwhelming majority of the gentlemen present being
etioserrativea. _ _

While dessert was being served Mrs. Byre was led
Mo the balcony by Dr. Wiblin, the band of the let
Hants Engineers playing "Home, Sweet HOMO." Her ap-
pearance was greeted with loud cheering and a most ener-
getie waving of handkerchief. About the same time the
two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Eyre entered the *room, and
after shaking hands with the most distinguished guests,
took their mate in front of the upper table.

The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured, as
well as that of " The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese,"
The MATOR proposed " The Army, Navy, Militia, and
Volunteers."
The Berl of CAULDICIAN responded for the army. He
thanked the assembly most sincerely and heartily for the
wanner in which they bad drunk the health of the army
and of the other services, and for the kind and flattering
way in which they had connected his name with the toast.
'The army had a double part to perform. Its first duty
was to fight the enemy in the field, and In the perform-
ance of that duty he believed he need hardly say that the
British army was always victorious. The next duty of the
army was to take an active and vigorous part in suppress-
ing anything like civil disturbances, or rebellions and
Insurrections— (cheers) —and he believed that the combined
services—the army and the navy—never did their duty
better than on the occasion of the late disturbances in the
Island of Jamaica. (Cheers.) Having connexions and re.
htives in that colony, he happened to know something of
the details of the unfortunrte circumstances which oc-
surred there, and he believed he could state that the army
and the navy were quite equal to the emergency (Hear,
Isar.) It wee no part of his duty, speaking, as he did, in
the presence of his noble and gallant friend (the Earl of
Hardwicke), to return thanks on behalf of the navy, but
be could not deny himself the gratification of stating his
belief that in tho insurrection at Jamaica the services of
the navy were eminently conspicuous. He had good
season for being well informed on what he said, and
bad it not been for the services of the Wolverine, great
disasters might have occurred in the island. Accord-
ing to the information which reached him, the officers
and crew of that vessel displayed immense la-
bour, zeal, and courage. They exerted them-
selves, under the authority of the distinguished
goveraor whom they that evening honoured as their
geest—(hear, hear)—and they conducted themselves unfelt.
Wingly in the most creditable manner. What were the
airoums:.ancee with which the governor bad to contend at
the opening of this revolt ? There had been at least twenty-
five respectable gentlemen of all ranks, clergymen,
lawyers, and the established authorities of the country
murdered by the rebels, and murdered too, in the most
cruel manner. He understood—he had beard it said at
least—that some bad their fingers cut off, that others
had their tongues out out, and that other cruelties of that
nature, perfectly revolting, were perpetrated. (Hear,
bear.) It was for the repression of such horrors that all
the energies of the country were brought into p'ay—that
the governor distinguished himself in the mostextrao"dinary
way by the labour and fatigue he underwent—Lid that
following his example the army and the navy conducted
themselves in the most creditable manner possible. It
was most extraordinary that the services of the late illus-
trious governor of Jamaica had not been better appre-
ciated. (Cheers.) He recollected that in his time there
bad been two insurrections in the colonies, and they were
accompanied with statements of cruelties. Amongst
others there was one which it was exceedingly difficult to
understand until it was cleared up. It was said that
certain catholic priests were flogged, and afterwards hung
in their cr nonicals. What was the result of that
statement' The subject was brought before parlia-
ment. It was inquired into, but the prime ministers
at those days stood by their governors—(cheers)--and
inch prime ministers were, be believed, men like
Lord Palmerston, who was well known in Southamp-
ton—(bmer, hear)—and his predecessor, Lord Melbourne.
In those days governors were sustained by their govern-
meats, and whatever might be the cruelties, if they were
ernelties, which had been perpetrated in the protection of
life and property, they were carried successfully through

psrliament.
The Earl of HARDWICKZ, in responding on behalf of the
31117, said—l thank you for having given me an oppor-
twiny of being present at this magnificent banquet, and I
nab proud that I can identify myself with the people of
Southampton. I was born within four miles of this city,
and have resided more or less upon a small 'property pm-
abased by my father and tweeted by him out of the prize
money which he took from the French. (Laughter and
sheers.) With regard to the navy, I wish fora me rent to i
eall attention to the transition which the navy and the
shipping of Ragland arc now undergoing. I trust that in
the government which is now formed you will have and
will soon hear of a system of government and regulation
far that profession which you have not yet arrived at. 'We
lave during the administration of the Duke of Somerset
been undergoing what I may call the experimental period.
We have now arrived at a period in which I trust
the experiments may produce a formula that may
regulate the construction and the armament of our
ships, and may, at all events, tend to cheapen to
the country that great service, by bringing it under a I
system of classification, which, although of the utmost
importance, we do not at the present possess. I am myself
• sailor of the old school, and I know perfectly well that
in my
.time ships were rated and classed according to
their size and power. All ships which belonged to the
same class had masts, and yards, and sails not adapted to
individual oases, but to the whole class, and by that sys-
tem you had a wholesale system of trade, instead of one
of retail, which I consider the present system to be. At
this moment you have no two ships and no two steam
engines alike, and you have no guns at aIL In that con-
dition you have been for some years up to the present time,
sad I pray that the present government may at all events
be enabled to bring the service into some better shape, so
that we may have again first rates, second rates, sad so on
with regard to classification, and that we may have the
sileam-entine fitted to the peculiar class and not to the in-
ship. By that means we shall be able to obtain
better and more efficient vessels than we can hope to have
under any other system. (Cheers.)
Dr. DAWIMNCI also reponded for the militia, and Captain
7neimme for the volunteers.
The Rev. Protegee,. Summit said it devolved upon
bins to propose the toast of the houses of parliament,

of Common; present to exprees the e s of that bonne
in regard to the noble and disYs~uishedwhom
the,. were entertaining that . Uniao=insg.teely, the
banquet was ten or twelve days too late. But for that, ha
was minified there would have been a member of the House
of Commons present to express, as he was sure the whole
of the borough and county members of Hampshire would
have done, their coincidence in the feelings of the noble-
men who had honoured the meeting with their presume,
spontaneously to express what the very highest clan of
English gentlemen thought of Governor Eyre. (Cheers.)
Whatever the faults said virtues of the House of Lords,
it was, second in value and sacredness to that most
sacred of all institutions—monarohy itself only. To all,
from the highest to the lowest, it represented the mag-
nificent idia which could not be very well defined, but
which was,:iglied chivalry, and exemplified in the words
" pluck," spirit," and in a dozen other names ; but
chivalry was old word, and as good a word as any.
English noblemearecognmed, and ought to recognise, the
chivalry, gallantry, end fair plc ,which were the life and
soul of Englishmen. peers.) Eulogising the pluck, the
enterprise, the hardthisoil,
.the temper, the endurance, the
foresight, and the skill of Mr Eyre, as exemplified in his
conduct in Australia,wherele wanted 700 miles round the
head of the Gulf of OarpestarNwhe said that proved him
to pores in the highest degree that English spirit which
had carried the Anglo-Saxon tongue round the world, and
would carry it back again, the spirit which had made us
the fathers of the United States and the conquerors of
India. If there had been • man in Southampton during
the pest 25 years who represented the English spirit
of indomitable perseverance, courage, and adventure,
the English spirit of good niture, of temper, of under-
, standing of human beings, as well as Mr. Eyre did, he
should like to see him, and should thank God that there
had been two such men. (Cheers.) A brother of his,
an old Australian, deeply interested in its exploration,
knew the history of that heroical gentleman, Governor
I ~Bps, and wrote In Montalon's Magazine two article, on
extraordinary and almost superhuman travels in Aus-
tralia articles were written, not as the enemies of
Governor Eyre had attem
to make out, with as
erriere penile, to carry him through and help him in certain
I things which were going on, but before anything of the
I Jamaica outbreak was Imown. (Cheers.) His brother
knew nothing of the West Indic, and probably was not
aware that Mr. Eyre was governor of jamaica. He was
proud to think that a member of his family should have
been able just at • critical moment to tell the world what
manner of man this Governor Eyre was. (Cheers.) For his
great understanding of the character of the Australian
blacks—for Governor Eyre had actually been the pro-
' teeter of Australian wraps for some time—he had been
taken, after years of toil and anxiety which " the gentle-
men of England who lived at home at ease" had little Idea
of, as the most likely person to be able to set Jamaica to
rights. Upon that part of Governor Eyre's labours he
would say nothing whatever, except that knowing what he
did of the West Indies sad or Governor Eyre, he took him
and his conduct upon trust, as be expected every man to
take him upon trust. (Cheers.) If they gave up taking
men upon trust, especially rulers and official men, there
would be nothing in the world bat anarchy, which would
be followed by despotism, and in due time by a big tyrant
who wouldnot take the people upon trust. He took Governor
Eyre upon trust, and he wee happy to see the members of
the House of Peers present had also taken him upon trust.
The powerof theßritish aristocracy consisted not in merely
' sticking to its ancient blood, but in adopting into its ranks
all the genius, all the talent, all the virtue, and be was.
'afraid a great part of the beauty of the country.
Hereafter he should not be surprised if Governor Eyre's
name should be spoken of, not as it was now, but taking
into account his great services, as one whom he members
of the ancient House of Lords might possibly have the
honour of welcoming amongst their number. (Loud
cheers.) If in the next 25 years God gave Governor Byre
health, and he attained that honour, though be would be
a parvenu—s new nobleman—be would" not be the least
noble man among that ancient assembly. (Cheers.) He
would couple with the toast of the house the most ancient
and honoured name of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot.
(Cheers.)
The Earl of SHEZWBBUST responded to the toast. He
I was not like his noble friend (the Berl of Hardwick.) con-
nected with Southampton by ties of property, or by resi-
dence in the neighbourhood, but he came there as a
member of the House of Lords, and ass matter of duty,
to assist, so far as he could, in sustaining an oppressed
individual. (Cheers.) It bad been well said by the
gentleman who proposed the toast, that there was some-
thing chivalrous in wishing to main a person who bad
been unjustly oppressed. Hs was accidentally in the
neighbourhood, and hearing certain ewe report.
that Governor Eyre was to be entertained at a public
banquet in Southampton he immediately determined
to give all the support in his power to the demon-
striation, not only as a member of the House of
Lords, but as having property in the island of Ja-
maica, believing, on the most authentic information
respecting Mr. Eyzes public and private services, that
it was entirely owing to his exertions the colony of
Jamaica was saved to her Majesty. (Cheers.) Regardless
of obloquy,. and indifferent to what might be said of him
by an interested factioo,who pretended to more humanity
than fell to the lot of human nature, and combined poli-
tical with religious dissent—in spite of all these things, he
fe't it his duty to support, as well as he could, the services
which Mr. Eyre had rendered under most trying and diffi-
cult circumstances. He felt ashamed that a weak, vacil-
lating, and tottering government, such as they bad the
elan day, who did not dare to act in the face of the party
to which he had alluded—fur it was too much under the
thumb of Mr. Bright—should not have stood by their
officer, who, as had been proved to the satisfaction of the
royal commissioners, had done his duty faithfully to the
Queen. (Cheers.) He felt it to be his solemn duty, as
an English nobleman and gentleman, to come there and
assert his opinion thus boldly, and in the face of the pub-
lic. (Cheers.) Ffe was not there personally to defend Mr.
Eyre ; he was well able to defend himself. But he at.
tended as a member of the House of Lords to support a man
who had done his duty. (Hear.) The Housed Lords might
hereafter have to judge Mr. Eyre, but, in the name of the
house, be coiod promise him that, in such a case, it would
do him ample justice. (Cheers.) He did not mean to say
that Mr. Eyre was altogether without fault. Who was!
But he asked them, as he asked the public, to take into
consideration the difficulties of the position in which Mr.
Eyre found himself, the reports he daily received of the
state of the island, the fear which permeated the white
populr lion, and the necessity of taking vigorous measures
for the suppression of the rising. (Cheers.) Under all
there difficulties was it matter for surprise if some
mistakes were made ? (Cheers.) It was not for him
to enter more claely into these mattes, because be
felt that they might hereafter come under the con-
sideration of the House of Lords. He was only
anxious, in the words of the Duke of Welling-
ton, to support a man who had endeavoured to do
his duty, and he believed that it would be the privilege
both of the House of Commons and of the House of Lords
to support any man who had discharged his duty as Mr.
Eyre had done under the same trying and difficult cir-
cumstances. (Loud cheering.)
The Earl of HABDWICKE, in rising to propose the health
of Mr. Byre, said—We have now gone through what I
must call the formal toasts, and the Mayor has placed in
my hand that which we must agree to be the toast of the
evening. We are met here for a special purpose—to
uphold the character of the distinguished man
who is our guest—(applause)—to justify has con-
duct before the world—(applause}—to give him that
support which every fair and independent English-
man gives to the man who has done his duty. (Pro-
longed cheering.) Upon the question now before us—
the conduct of Mr. Eyre—there is, as we all know, a great
controversy, and we should face it with that honesty and
honour which distinguishes the people of England at all
times. (Hear, hear.) The speech of Mr. Kingsley has
saved me from much that I might have troubled you with
respecting the charity, and softens, and amiability of
character of Eyre, and his bearing towards the native
population, showing that he is the last man in the
world to whom cruelty could naturally have been attri-
buted. (Cheers.) That portion of the subject 1 can now
put aside, and I will ask you only for a few moments
to consider, with all fairness, the position in which the
late Governor of Jamaica is now placed. (Cheers.) All of
you know very well the subject I am speaking of. We all
ow that there has been a great insurrection in Jamaica
—that it was an insurrection of free people (great
cheering)—of people who enjoyed all the liberties that we
do--(renewed cheering)—who also enjoyed much more
happiness and much more wealth than the labouring
population of England—(applause)—who lived in a climate
in which the tortures of cold are unknown, and in which
they could even raise food in abundance, and sleep while
it was growing. (Great applause.) That was the popula-
tion which rose in insurrection, and which impereMed the
safety of one of the greatest and most magnificent colonies
which adorn the crown of the British sovereign.
(Cheers.) That an inquiry into the circumstances of
this insurrection was necessary, do not, gentlemen,
for God's sake, seek to deny. Do not let us for
a moment think that there could be an insurrection in
one of our colonies, attended with great leas of life,
without there being an inquiry into the causes that pro-
duced it. (Hear, hear.) The investigation, therefore, I
must be permitted to say, was one that it was impossible
to avoid. That the inquiry itself would be founded upon
a strictly legal basis was evident ; it could be founded
upon nothing else ; for when you have an iuiry into con-
stitutional affeirs, you must have a basis—a lefts gasdi to
proceed upon, end that basis can be nothing else than the
law of the land. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, this was no
question of law—it was a mighty insurrection of thou-
sands against hundreds. (Great cheering.) It began with
war to the knife. (Cheers.) It began with—" We will de-
stroy you all if you do not save yourselves." (Continued
cheering.) And where was the safety, then, of the hun-
dreds against the thousands without an army, with oaly a
small body of militia, and a still more insignificant police
force ? (C'heers.) In this state of affairs, what must have
been the result of this ruinous and ferocious outbreak, it
we had had not had such a man u Mr. Eyre in the post
of governor! (Great applause.). If we had not bad a
man of cool and resolute temperament, who knew bow is
direct the small energies of the people whom he governed,
that colony would have been lost to the country.
(Great cheer.) The white population would have
been murdered to a man, and the inevitable eon-
sequence must have been the re-conquest of the
island by the troops of her Majesty. (Chien.)
Where, then, was the mercy! Was it in subduing the

or y policy grow and proceed
until rarridivirt at so monstrc a had that the neat
mat hoes ban what I have stated! (Cheers.) If your
house hem be, will you complain of the fireman who,
flooffingthe flaw, pots it out, but in doing so also destroys
the incendiary by drowninghim? (Prolonged cheering.)
No, the man who undertakes to put out a fire, when he
brings his engines to beer upon the flames, considers
nothing but the paramount necessity he is under of
putting it out. (Cheers.) I am borne out in what Imy
by the commissioners themselves. These gentlemen had
to look at this matter is a very different manner to that in
which we regard it, or in which it will, as I believe, be
regarded hereafter. They, indeed, only did their duty in
the new they took of it, for they were not at liberty to
examine it in say aspect except its legal one. Yet, though
thus restricted in their scope of vision, they have borne
testimony to the value of the services of the governor,
in dealing with the insurrection as he did, end to the
different result that must have followed if a man of
different temper had been in his place. (Cheers.) The
royal commissioners were pleased to give the lets
governor credit for his "skill, promptitude, and vigour
on the occurrence of a great emergency," and state that .
" to the exercise of these qualities the speedy termini,-
tion of the insurrection was due." They further say
that though the " original design for the overthrow of con- I
stituted authority was confined to a small portion of St. !
Thomas-in-the-Eat, yet the disorder in fact spread with
s ,ular rapidity over an extensive tract of country ;
and that much was the state of excitement prevailing in ;
the island, that had more than emeinentary 'niece= been '
obtained by the insurgents, their ultimate overthrow would
have been attended with a still more fearful loss of life '
and property." This is the statement of the Royal COM-
miadonere--" a still more fearful lose of life and property"
would have been the result, but for Mr. Eyre's prompti-
tude and rigour. What does this amount to! What but
this—that the promptitude of Governor Eyre saved
the colony, at the expense of an extremely small loss
of life. (Great cheering). I now come to another por-
tion of the subject which in itself will give us a better
notion than anything else of the feeling of the people of
Jamaica towards the late governor, and of the vast im-
portance of the duties that devolved upon him, and of
which be acquitted himself in so signal • ,
manner. In the farewell address of the people
to Mr. Eyre, the following weeds occur, which you will
permit me to read:—" We rejoice that, after a searching '
inquiry, the royal commissioners have reported to her
Majesty that praise is due to your excellency for your
skill, promptitude, and vigour in the recent inarrecnon ;
and that to the exercise of such qualities by you its speedy
termination is to be attributed ; and we heartily congratu-
late your excellency upon it" Then there is the address
from the bishop and the clergy of the island, in which
they say :—" No former governor has ever rendered to
us greater services than your excellency has done.
You have not only rescued the inland from most immi-
nent peril of general insurrection by your
courage,
promptitude, judgment, and administrative akill,tuty
the exercise of the same high qualities prepared the way
for such a reconstruction of the form of our constitu-
tion as, while we are not forgetful of our debt of gratitude
to the House of Assembly for its liberal support of our
anciently-established church, the present emergency
seemed to demand—a reconstruction to which, if any
human means can avail to effect it, the future prosperity
of this colony will primarily be due." (Cheers.) After
these several declarations of opinion I think that the
of Southampton need no justification in the course
Which they have taken by waiving the distinguished
gentleman who is our guest this evening. Now, then, in
proposing the toast, I ask you to drink it for the purpose
of expressing our admiration of the character of Mr.
Eyre, our sense of his eminent services, and our con-
fidence that, when time has softened the present
asperities, the vigour ard skill with which, at a small
sacrifice of life, he preserved to Great Britain one of her
most valuable 'plonks, will be remembered with gratitude
by the Brisisb people. (Enthusiastic cheering.)
Mr. Ergs, on rising to respond, was received with pro-
longed cheerimr, the company rising ea mama and the
lathes waving their handkerchiefs from the balcony. He
said—l feel quite unable adequately to express the sense
I entertain of your great, your overpowering kindness, but
of this I will at least assure you that I appreciate it grate-
fully and value it most highly. It is perhaps only natural
that I should have felt some desire and anxiety to learn
how far the many evil reports which have been circulated
respecting me have impressed my fellow-countrymen of
intelligence and thinking minds in England. The numer-
ously and influentially signed addaddresswith which you have
honoured me to-day, the magnificent banquet to which
you have invited me, and at which I see around me so
many English gentlemen, the too flattering manner in
which I have been spoken of, have dispelled any
feeling of uncertainty which I might momen-
tarily have entertained. I cannot now doubt that wher-
ever I go I shall find that British hearts are still as warm
as just, and as generous as they ever were—(cheers)—and
that whatever differences of opinion may earl on sonic
points connected with the late proceedings in Jamaica,
the people of England will respect and uphold a public
officer who has endeavoured to do his duty faithfully
when the lives and properties of those entrusted to his
care, and the honour of their wives and daughters were
in peril. (Loud cheers.) Those only who know well the
character of the negro, the difficult nature of the country
of Jamaica, the isolated and defenceless loositions of the
few white residents, and the deliberate and cruel massacres
by which the rebellion was ushered in, can comprehend the
full extent of the danger, and the necessity
which existed for the most prompt and stringent
measures, not only to put down the actual out-
break, but to intimidate and prevent further risings in
other parishes, neartian of which were equally ripe for
revolt. (Cheers.) Under such circumstances, gentlemen,
it was impossible for me to hesitate, and I promptly un-
dertook the respo'bility, weighty and anxious as it was,
which necesssnlynattached to my position as governor.
If my doing so has entailed upon me some personal disad-
vantages, I have the gratification of knowing that the
course which I took has saved a noble colony from ruin,
and that this is recognised, not only in the colony itself,
but by many of my fellow-countrymen in England.
(Cheers.) I have much pleasure in expressing the
very high sense I entertain of the services rendered to
the crown and to the colony of Jamaica by the senior
naval officer in command at the time, Captain De Homey,
and by Brigadier-General Nelson, who commanded
the troops in the disturbed districts. To the reedy zeal
and untiring energy of Captain De Horsey it is due that
with only one ship of war, and a very small gunboat,
the troops were moved with such rapidity as to enable
us not only to rescue a large number of white and
coloured refugees with their wives and families, but at
the same time to get ahead of, and to stop, the further
program of the rebellion in the north-west. And it
was owing to the skilful management of Brigadier- I
General Nelson that a mere handful of troops succeeded
in surrounding and subduing that rebellion, and in
holding many hundreds of square miles of leouuhy of a
difficult nature, occupied by a numerous and disaffected
p..santry. (Cheers.) It is only, gentlemen, an act of
simple justice in me to take advantage of this, the first
opportunity presented to me in England, of stating how
largely the services of these two able and gallant officers
contributed to the safety of the colony and the suppression
of the rebellion. I feel most deeply indebted to the noble
earl who has proposed my health in such kind, such
flattering terms—Wm. of " No"}—and to the other noble-
men and gentlemen who have also spoken of me so kindly
—I might almost say affectionately. From my heart I
thank you one and all for the very hearty welcome you
have given to me. It is most gratifying that I should
have beenthaa welcomed upon my lira landing in England,
and it is meet gratifying to me that it is a welcome given
to me at • banquet like the present—graced as it is by the
presence of so mar y of the fair, the gentle and the good—
those who render homes happy—those who enhance the joys
and alleviate the sorrows of hfe, those who administer OORRO-
lation and comfort to suffering humanity, but who never
would have cheered me with their countenance on this
occasion if they had thought on capable of the cruelty or
injustice which some attribute to me. (Loud and con-
tinued cheering.)
Mr. ETRE shortlyafterwards again roamed said—ln pro-
,' posing the health of the mayor and sorporatioa, a very
agreeable duty has devolved upon me. Coming amongst
you, as I have done, a perfect stranger, I have been met
everywhere by the greatest kindness and hospitality. Fore- '
g, ta tamongst th -eetings which I have thus received have
been the friendly welcomes fromthe mayor and magistrates
of Southampton. (Cheers.) It is, therefore, with great
pleasure that I propose to you their health. You, gentle-
men, who have the advan.age of a more intimate and longer
acquaintance and intercourse with those gentlemen,
and who have so often experienced their many private and
social good qualities and their public merits, will, I am
sure, do ample justice to the toast. (Cheers.) I beg to
propose to you the health of the mayor, the magistrates,
and the corporation.
The Maros replied to the toast, and in the course of his
observations alluded to a cartoon from Punta which was
placed at the end of the hall. It was all very well, he
said, to talk of the negro being a man and a brother, but
would the people who used that language be willing to
have their beautiful and elegant sisters allied to the negro
—debased and despised as he was. The fact was it was
only a party cry, and depend upon it would meet with a
result. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Le Farces and Mr. Alderman STE/MING also re-
turned thanks.
The remaining toasts were " The Press," proposed
Mi. Winwood Reader, and responded to by Mr. Prows°,
and " Mrs. Eyre and the ladies," proposed by Mr. A. Aria,
J.P., of Jamaica, and responded to by Mr. Eyre.
An immense crowd gathered round the doors of the
building as the evening wore on, and groaned sad hissed
and cheered those who left. As Mr. Eyre drove away the
cheers and hisses were pretty evenly balanced. In the
case of other individuals, now cheers and now hisses pre-
ponderated as the subject of the demonstration was locally
popular or unpopular. There was no approach to riot, and
no violence on the part of the crowd.

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events."
Majoellienstal ?soros, having been voted to the chair,
mid that ties set big was aellmi, not so meth to pass a
vote of see se upon ex-Governer lips, ea to prove that
the people of Southampton could in no way sympathise
1 with the of their fellow-subjects, whether black
or white. Cheers.)
Mr. FALVZY, in proposing the first resolution, said that
he had never before,during his lengthened residence in
Southampton, sem so Mate • ga as that. Its
object had been misrepresented, but he would say that
• they were not distubers of the public peace, but were there
, to raise their voice in the maintenance of British law,
' order, and justice, against a miserable minority who would
trample on them. He moved " That the wholesale banging,
shootings, and fleabags which followed the suppression of
the outhrWc in Jamaica have brought disgrace upon the
British name, and cannot be too strongly condemned by
evert Reilishman who respects the laws and liberties of his
country. (Cheers.) The substance of this resolution
was based upon the report of the royal commissioners
who were sent out by the government of this country to
make a full, fair, and impartial investigation into the
lamentable events which overwhelmed the blend of
Jamaica during the months of October and November last
year. If Mr. Eyre and his friends had only lain still,
there would have been no disposition on the part of those
who deplored the tragical events which had taken place,
to press upon him with too great severity • but a few men
in the town had taken the (bemired Governor Eyre and
Rung him in the face of the people of Southemptoe. He
hoped the immense meeting that evening would be she-
racterised with good order and propriety. It was gathered
together upon smatter of mostmomentous importance to
the future of England. They were met to protest on the
part of the people of this country. &silage atrocities com-
mitted in their name, and it was their business to free
themselves from the stigma which had thus been cast
upon them. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. Mr. Haawmaves, Wesleyan mialeter, seconded
the resolution, believing that the illegal means resorted to
for the suppression of the outbreak could not be too
strongly condemned by all Englishmen who respected the
laws and liberties of their country. (Hear.)
Mr. H. J. fiLACC, one of the deputation from the
Jamaica committee, in supporting the motion said that
the mirk/item of the Jamaica question was its enormous
magnitude, which rendered it exceedingly difficult to lay
even a moderate portion of it before any assembly of
Englishmen, and any attempt to master the whole or
even a considerable part of it demanded an amount of
private study which very few men, whether in the legisla-
ture or out of it, were likely to give. He could only, there-
fore, in the short time allotted him attempt to lay
before them a few facts connected with ,the late occur-
, This he proceeded at some length to do, and said that the
negroes in their unfortunate resistance burnt five houses,
but our soldiers burnt LOOO ; the nevem destroyed zt lives,
but 439 persons were executed b 7 the troops, and five
or six hundred were flogged or imprisoned. This ven-
geance was out of all proportion to the offences. There
was this peculiarity about it, that it was simply
vengeance, for if they referred to the evidence
it would be found that in neatly every case of
floggizig, hangingdici., it was done not because the troops
experienced the alighted resistance—nos became they
met with armed force to resist their authority, but they
took upon themselves to punish in this way persona ac-
cused by anybody whatever of any sort. of offence pre-
ceding the declaration of martial law. Many were hung
or Bogged for offences alleged to have been committed
long before martial law was proclaimed, bat in the case
of Mr. Gordon it was even worse. He had long been the
political opponent of Mr. Eyre, and althea not pee-
, seising the talent of the English member of parliament,
yet he might be stated to have been the John Bright of
Jamaica, and when he knew the authorities were seeking
after hirio, he at once gave himself up. There was then
no martial law existing in Kingston, and if Mr. Gordon
had been charged before any civil or (nimbi's' tribunal be
would have been immediately pronounced not guilty but
Mr. Eyre sent him away to be tried by a mart-martial—
! and if they read the report of the mockery of the trial
which he received they would find nothing whatever
I proved against him—and finally, ordered his murder to be
committed. They were mistaken if they supposed Mr.
Gordon's was the cal life sacrificed in this way, there
were scores and hundreds of equal illegality and atrocity,
but with the difference, that for the death of Gordon
Governor Eyre was personally responsible, inasmuch as he
had the negative proofs of the man's innocence in his pos-
session, and in the face of these be ordered him to be
hung. (Shame.)
The resolution was put and carried.
Mr. H. POND moved, "That this meeting denims to record
its most earnest protest against the ill-advised attempt of a
few individuals to connect the people of Southampton with
a demonstration in favour of Mr. Edward John Eyre, who
has been censured and recalled by the government for hie
conduct in relation to the atrocities committed under
his authority, and for which he was mainly responsible."
He condemned, in strong terms, the defence set up by
ex-Governor Eyre before leaving Jamaica, that Mr. Gordon
was the approximate cause of the insurrection, and that
therefore he suffered justly.
The Rev. S. MARCH seconded the motion, observing that
on the pounds of taste, policy, and right, he murdered
the banquet that evening to Governor Eyre a most unwise
proceedin.
The Bev. filema MARTIN (a man of colour) said that
the men of the Anglo-Saxon race were thought to be that
race which was set apart for the civilising of all other racer,
and had no right to practise upon the weakness and igno-
rance of any inferior people among whom they might
come. He spoke of the Jamaica massacres as a matter
of ill-advised haste not to say of personal vengeance.
It bad been said that Governor Eyre was lk Christian
gentleman, who had family prayers in his house. He
might be a sincere religionist and an intelligent Christian,
but would that excuse him for the rigour with which he
acted against the defenceless subjects of the crown under
which he was bound to act the part of a judge and not of a
butcher! (Cheers.)
This resolution was also carried. Among the remain-
ing speakers were Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Pegler, the Rev.
Samuel Holt, from Jamaica, and Mr. S. FothergW, and
the pruceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

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WORSHIP-STREET.
A mascaline-looking woman was chargad with being
drunk and disorderly in the public streets.
Mr. Kinpmill (the clerk)—What is your name?
The defendant—Ann Brown. I hadn't any name last
night.
Pollos-constable 443 E said—lost night I maw this woman
eitting on a step in the Bethnal-green-road. Her clothes
were greatly disordered, and her right leg bare--she having
apparently taken a bandage from it. Her language was
awful.
The defendant—A bandage Yes, on should see that
leg, sir. I have every belief that I maw lose it. As for bad
langaranienough to make any one use it.
mill—What do you allude to'
The defendant—Why,
.my leg. Yon shall use ft. A
few days wino. I was kv3red by a policemen's horse, and
last night he offered me a sovereign to settle it. Then,
because I would not take it, he told this constable to take
me into custody.
The Constable--I was not told to do so for anything of
the kind, sir. I took her for her gross misconduct ; it was
most diagraoeful.
Defendant—Now, look here (stepping out of the dock
and pulling up her clothes) ; there, did you ever see such •
leg in your life! Poem' soul I think I shall lose it. If
my language wasworse.
my leg is (The leg from
below the knee was evidently in • most frightful condition,
extending over the cop to apparently some distance above
and beneath it.)
Mr. Cooke—lf any constable bag fflosed or assaulted
yon, apply heroine a summons, not behave in this disgrace-
ful manner.
Defendant —Thank you. There should be protection fur
the poor as well as the rich, whether drunk or sober, and
I hadn't but a little to drink.
Mr. Cooke—l Ins you b., or ono day.
Imprisoned.

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