The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-12 00:00:00

MR. CARLYLE AND THE EYRE DEMO

FUND.

FO tffi XDITOI OF TIES =PIM&
Bic,—Mr. Carlyle, who is not chairman of the
Eyre Wows Coalmines, but merely • member of it (the
chairman not being yet selected, and the committee Wing
only in course of formation), has received, and is daily in
the habit of reosiviag from entire et:anion, a quantity et
letters, newspaper, excerpts, fro., an the subject of " The
Eyre Defense Fund," not oas of which can he afford to

read, much less to answer. In oonsequence he has per
milted me to publish the following—his prompt and
emphatic answer to myself on my first applying to him to
join the committee—as hie one answer to all such robot-
tear correspondence from without.—l am, Ica,
HAMILTON HUME, Hon. See.

(00PY.)
Hippie-court, Ring-ironld, Dover, August 23.
Sir,—The clamour raised against Governor Eyre appeere
to me to be disgraceful to the good sense of England ; and
if it rested on any depth of conviction, and were not
rather (as I always tatter myself it is) a thing of rumour
and hearsay, of repetition and reverberation. mostly from
the teeth outward, I should consider it of evil omen to
the country, and to Its highest interests, in these times.
For my own share, all the light that has yet reached
me on Mr. Eyre and his history in the world "'WIT
steadily to establish the conclusion, that be is a leek T
humane, and valiant man. faithful to his trusts every-
where, and with no ordinary faculty of executing
them • the. Ide.Mde.eerviees ha lambics were 01 roan,
perhaps of incalculable value, se certainliiac they were
of per low and appalling difilculty,—some like the
cue of ' ire," suddenly reported, "in the ship a powder'
room " in mid ocean, where the moments mean the
and life and death hang on your use or your misuse of the
moments; and, in short, that penalty and clamour aro
not the thing this governor merits from any of us, but
honour and thanks, and wise imitation (I will farther
say), should similar emergencies rise, on the great scale or
on the small,in whatever we are governing.
The English nation never loved anarchy : nos
was wont to vend its sympathy on miserable mad
*editions, especially of this inhuman and helf-brutish
type : but always loved order, and the prong*
suppression of *editions ; and reserved its tears for
something worthier than promoters of such delirious sad
fatal suterrises who got their wages for their sad
industry . Has the English nation changed, thee,
altogether? I flatter myself it his not, not yet quite ; but
only that certain loose superficial portions of it have be-
come a great deal louder, and not any wiser, than they for-
merly used to be.
At any rate, though much averse, at any time, and at
this time in particular, to figure on committees, or run into
public noises without call, I do at once, and feel that as a
British citizen I should, and must make you welcome to
my name for your committee, and to whatever geed it can
do you. With the hope only that many other
British men, of far more aignibaince in such a
matter, will at once or gradually do the
like • and that, in line, by wise effort and
persistence, a blind and disgraceful sot of public injustice
may be prevented ; and an egregious folly as well—not to
say, for none can say or compute, what a vital detriment
, throughout the British empire, in such an example est to
all the colonies and governors the British empire has.
Farther service, I fear, I am not in a state to promise :
; but the whole weight of my conviction and good wishes is
, with you • and if other service possible to me do present
itself, I BLit not want for willingness in awe of need. En-
; closed is my mite of contribution to your fund.—l have
, the honour to be, yams truly, T. CARLYLE.
To Hamilton Hume, Esq.,
Hon. Bee. " Eyre Defence Fund."

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ItKILLItX(3.
During the pester portion of yesterday and last night strong
south-welt and north-west gales blew on our western and
southern coasts. At Liverpool. in the afternoon. the force of
the wind wee sa great as Milie on the square foot. The northern
coasts appear to have been little affected by the late gales. The
winds ue moderate this mender and chiefly from north-west,
but the rapidity of the increase of barometric pressure iamount-
lag to 7-10 the of an Web net our north-we.tern coasts since yes-
terday morning) shows that the etildilbrium of the stinosphers
is much ellstuaied, and is mobsbly not an indication of puma-
sent Improvement.

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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. MEETING AT IR.
UNGTON.—A public meetinng, convened for the purpose
of promoting the reform movement in the north of Lou-
don, was held lest evening in Middleton-hall, Upper
street, Islington ; Mr. Edmond Belles in the chair. - The
Chairman who, in opening the proceedings, was enthiudam-
tically received, said the position taken by the worlds.
men of London in connexion with reform was a matter fee
congratulation, and stated that persons of their class in the
provinoes were anxious to follow in their wake and to assist
in their operations. He believed the existing system of
clams legislation and class representation was doomed,
and that the time was at band when the
labouring population, the real foundation of England's
wealth, would have • share in the administration of the
political affairs of the nation. Mr. Wallarge proposed the
first resolution, to the effect that in the opinion of the
meeting the recent reform demonstrations in London and
the provinces showed that the nation earnestly desired an
immediate and satisfactory settlement of the question,
and that the Adullamite and tory opposition to the fess-
chips bill of the late government proved the necessity for
an onanliation of reformers throughout the coupe"
powerful enough to deter them from again impeding
the of the people's enfranchisement. Mr.
Kant e; in • very of eettve speech, seconded the
resolution, which was supported by Mr. C. If. Elt
Mrmiddle-class man), and carried amid acclamation.
. Lucraft proposed the next resolution, which pledged
the meeting to support the North London branch of the
Reform League, who intend holding a public meeting
every Monday evenintnlothe Temperance-hall, Windsor.
street, Essex-road, I n, for the enrolment of mem-
bers, the discussion reform and various political
questions, a
people
understanding of which would
assist the when enfranchised in shoeing
rep.esentatives t qualified to legislate for the
interest of the entire nation. Mr. M'Gilcrist
who seconded the resolution, said that Mr. Reales's funs-
tion henceforward would be reviser of the corruption and
shortcomings of the House of Commune. Mr. Dymond
(Exeter) supported the resolution, and said that the work-
ing men of his native town were determined to restore the
tarnished name of Devonshire. The resolution was ma-
Dimon* agreed to. Addresses were delivered by Mr.
Harper, Mr. Land, and Colonel Dickson, after which the
proceedings terminated with • cordial vote of thanks to
the chairman.
Ma. lionninr, M.P. on Rnrortn.—At a banquet,
given by the Mayor of Blackburn, on Saturday night,
Hornby, responded to the toast of " The
Members," and in the course of his speech said—There
has been a very important subject before the House of Com-
mons since you last returned me; hat I do not wish to mines
that question in any shape, make, or farm whatever. When
I stood upon the hustings last I told you my opinions fear-
lessly, frankly, and openly. I said distinctly, and I say so
now, repeating it, that I will support any measurewhich
shall not go to the interest of one chow of society to
the swamping of another. I read the speech of /Mr.
Gladstone in tbe papers of te-day, and I read it with pies.
sure, because I can from it quote word for word for my
own party what he said on behalf of hiduty. He sa
speaking at Salisbury, that he bad s duty says,
=Meter of the crown, and he left the rest to the country
at large. To that I say ditto. lam only one indiridual
member of the House of Commons—and not so bright •
star as that right honourable gentleman—but we are both
rider the same influence, the influence of the country at
large, by which this peat question must be decided.
These are the woe* of this very gifted right
honourable gentleman at Salisbury, and I thought,
se I came along in the train, that, to returning thanks
to this toast, there could not be any impropriety
in nee alluding to • speech made by so great, so eminent,
and so clever • politician. No doubt he is the highest is
the land. I trust most sincerely that in this great ques-
tion, ebb= meet yet be deeded, he will exercise his
power, his taleses, his judgmeet, and his discretion fee the
interest of all Masses of her Majesty's subject. Having
touched upon this question I have now done with it. I
remain precisely el the sea opinion which I held when
you last sleeted me. I voted in accordance with that
opinion la every division which took place, and I still
main anxious, willing, and desirous to settle this AIDED*
lion of reform, having no fears upon it. Mr. F -4dim
afterwards retained thanks.