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

Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day.

Market very strong. Sales probably 15,000 or
20,000 bales.

GOVERNOR EYRE AND MR. GORDON.—Gover-
nor Eyre had no authority to send Mr. Gordon to
Morant Bay for trial ; the brigadier and his militia officers
had no authority to try him ; and consequently neither
the Governor nor the so-called court had any authority to
hang him. Mr. Gordon had been slain in violation of the
law. He may have been guilty of all that is charged
against him—of that we know nothing ; but Governor
Eyre and Brigadier Nelson have been guilty of a crime
quite as great as that imputed to Gordon—they have
taken life by an illegal process ; they have, in the name of
the Queen, and by misusing the powers entrusted to them
by the Queen, committed a judicial murder. Unless these
men are called to a sti ict account, it will be impossible to
say that any man is safe in any British possession, or even in
Great Britain itself. The way in which Mr. Gordon was
treated by his political opponents throws a painful glare of
light into the very heart of the system adopted to suppress
this "rebellion," and reveals the fact that it was a mere
work of vengeance. Governor Eyre in his despatch states,
first, that Mr. Gordon was the chief cause of the rebellion ;
and, next, that it was "in a great degree due to Dr.
Underhill's letter and the meetings held in connection
therewith ;" and in another part of his speech he asserts
"that it is absolutely necessary, for the future security of
Jamaica, that condign punishment should be inflicted upon
those through whose seditious acts and language the rebel-
lion has been originated." He has executed Mr. Gordon
for his seditious language, and one is surprised to find he
did not request Mr. Cardwell to transport Dr. Underhill to
Moran!. Bay for trial by court-martial and execution by
the hangman. Into all these bloody transactions—the
record of which has sent a shudder through the States,
and has lowered the name of Englishmen before the world
—and into the condition of Jamaica, and the real causes
both of this atrocious "rebellion" and its equally atrocious
suppression, there must be a strict inquiry by authority
of Parliament. Governor Eyre is a man of undoubted
courage and a man of honour. " The whole responsibility
of what has been done rests upon me," he writes. Let
the responsibility be felt. Governor Eyre ought to be re-
called; and those officers who, by their own showing did
flagrantly illegal acts, should be directed to report to the
Horse Guards. The public conscience demands satisfac-
tion, and will have it. Fortnightly Review.

The first contract for British army supplies ever
awarded to Canadian bidders has just gone to an extensive
pork-packing establishraent in Hamilton.

A SCENE AT DCBOURG'S IN THE HAYMARKET.—
Wm. Saunders, of 5, East India-avenue, Leaden-
hall-market, clerk, was charged with assaulting Rose
Herbert, by cutting her hand with a knife.
The prosecutrix, a stylishly-dressed female, said
she was at Dubourg's, in the Haymarket, taking
supper with a gentleman, a friend of hers, and
the prisoner was 'there taking coffee, having a
large dog with him. She made a laughing re-
mark about the dog, stating that she was fond of
dogs, and the prisoner then made an offensive re-
mark towards her, and pushed her, on which she
fell. The prisoner then took a knife off the table
and jobbed at her with it while she was on the
floor, but she put up her hand and protected
her face, but her hand was cut. She was after-
wards taken from the prisoner.
Police-constable Williams, 129 C, said the prose-
cutrix told him she had been stabbed with a knife
at Mr. Dubourg's, in the Haymarket. He knocked
at the door and the keeper of the place refused to
admit her, but subsequently, on the inspector com-
ing up, did so. The prisoner, however, was not to
be found, but was subsequently let out by another
door. The prosecutrix's hand was then bleeding,
and she gave the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner said that the prosecutrix insulted
him, and he pushed her, but never used a knife.
Mr. Bacon, of Winchester-street, Pimlico, tra-
veller, said the prisoner spoke to the young lady
(the prosecutrix) and then knocked her down, only
a few words having occurred. He went to the
prosecutrix's rescue, when he was collared by a lot of
Germans, calling themselves gentlemen. He heard
no quarrel between the prisoner and the prosecutrix.
She was engaged paying his bill. There was a
scene of great confusion, and a knife was passing
about. He did not see the prisoner cut the prose-
cutrix, but she complained directly after being cut.
The prisoner acted like a ruffian. The waiter col-
lared him (witness) and he was obliged to claim
the constable's protection. He refused to let the
police in for a long time, and prisoner could not
be seen, but while talking to the inspector, telling
him how he had been treated, the prisoner came
out of the house. The waiter was offended with
him because he said he was overcharged.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would remand the prisoner
till :Wednesday next, but would take bail in £2O
each for his re-appearance.
Mr. Bacon applied for a summons against a
person at Dubourg's for assaulting him, and it was
granted.