The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-11 00:00:00

PRIVATE LETTER FROM JAMAICA.

The following is an extract of a private letter
from Jamaica :—" 1 have made some extensive excursions
over the island, and my health is much better. I shall
thoroughly do the island before I leave, for I much prefer
it to Cuba. The only thing that has marred my' pleasure
is the bloody tragedy that has been acted here, and the hate
!and ruin it has produced. I have visited Morant B.y and
other sites of the ghastly scenes that have been enacted
here. I was taken to the ruined oottage of a poor black
woman
wham husband was flogged and hung in mistake.
The poor woman narrowly escaped the same fate. Some
rascal informed against them as disloyal and, owing to the
funk of the government and the promptness of the military,
the man was flogged and strung up. She was suckling a
woollpheaded piccaninny, while her other small ebonies
were chasing an old turkey cock, the only one out of •
large flock that escaped the vigilance of the military
foragers. This poor woman's fate is a mournful one, but it
is no worse than that of • great mazy. She and her has.
band were industrious and thriving before these wretched
disturbances. I have visited two of the estates of Gordon.
His brain, I should think, was affected with political ex.
citement, and he outfit to have had a straight jacket rather
than a halter. The hatred of the whites towards him is
something unaccountable. I beard an influential man
rejoice over hi death, and because no Exeter Hall howling.
would bring him to life again. His wife, I believe, would
h►ve shared his fate only she happened to be white. I see
by the English papers you sent me that you are making
a great fuss about Jamaica. There is a talk
here of resistance to any illegal interference of
the home government. What if we should have a Bun-
ker's-bill, if the Maroons should defeat the British troops,
if the planters should issue a declaration of independence,
re-enslave Qasahse, Jumbo, and Samba, and Jamaica be-
come • republic with a corner stone of slavery' But
seriously I think the wisest thing for the home government
to do is to quietly give Eyre a berth where not much jedg.
meat is required, and blab as little as possible about the
proceedings here, for there have been atrocious blunder.
Logo."

THE LATEST CASE OF BRIGANDAGE IN THE
PAPAL STATER—The Rev. °mills J. Chester writes :
"I earnestly hope you will insert the following statement
of en act of brigandage recently perpetrated in the Papal
Stites. Three weeks ego, on my way to Rome. my English
Bible, Italian New Testament (Diadem), Dr. Wordaworth's
Theophibui Angliceons. Bishop Andrewas's Preces Privates,
and other standard English books, with portions of the
Prayer book in Italian, and seven of my owe sermons, in
all twee:trona books, were seized by the authorities: at
Civita Vecchia and taken from me. while three times •
&scientism of my religions opinions was rudely demanded
before • mixed crowd of travellers. porters, and car-driven.
See how the ease stands. A Christian bishop, taking
advantage of his being also a king, sends forty miles into
another bishop's diocese to rob • stranger of the Word of
God. I was distinctly assured that the Bible and Tests,
ment were prohibiti.' Nor can it be alleged that
the act was one of en ignorant or over-zealous
subordinate. I went three times to the Archivist
Ssgreto della Polizia in Rome, and oo the last occasion was
told that the affair was beyond their jurisdiction, as my
poverty was is the holy Mike of the Inquisition. Upon
this oar consul, Mr. Severn, applied personally to the
Governor of Rome. Restitution of the stole° goods was at
MOO promised, bat the pommies was broken. Mr. Severn
thee made • street written demand, which, however, met
with no auscesk and I was obliged to leave Rome without
my wroporty. This is the state of things which is protected
by Freieh bayosiells, and in support of whisk their hardly
earned pines ere wrung from the poor peasantry of Commie
mart, and begging hoses are fixed in almost every atm**
tithe Rama soriumudos. sad was is the hotels at Rome."