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

The New Governor of Jamaica.

(From the Gazette of last night.)
DOWNING-STREET, Dec. 12.
At the Council, held at Windsor, on Monday, the
11th instant, her Majesty was pleased to approve of
the subjoined draft of a commission for the tempo-
rary appointment of Sir Henry Knight Storks,
G.C.8., G.C.M.G., as Governor of the Island of
Jamaica, during the prosecution of certain inquiries
therein mentioned.

Draft of a commission to be passed under the Great
Seal appointing Sir Henry Knight Storks, G.C.8.,
G. C.M. G., to be Captain-General and G overn or-
in-Chief in and over the Island of Jamaica and
the territories depending thereon.

Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, De-
fender of the Faith : To our trusty and well-be-
loved Sir Henry Knight Storks, Knight Grand
Cross of our most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Knight Grand Cross of our most distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Gover-
nor and Commander-in-Chief of our island of
Malta and its dependencies, a Major-General in
our army, having the local rank of Lieutenant-
General while in command of our troops in Malta
and its dependencies, greeting,
I. Whereas we did, by our Commission under the
Great Seal of our United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the
29th day of July, 1864, in the 28th year of our
reign, constitute and appoint our trusty and well-
beloved Edward John Eyre, Esq., to be our Captain-
General and Governor-in-Chief in and over our
island of Jamaica, and the territories depending
thereon, during our will and pleasure, as by the said
recited Commission, relation being thereunto had
may more fully and at large appear : And we did
by our said Commission make provision for the
government of our said island in the event of the
death, incapacity, or absence of him, the said John
Eyre, but no provision was therein made for the
government of our said island by any other person
than the said Edward John Eyre during his pre-
sence there : And whereas it is alleged that great
disaffection hath prevailed in our said island, and
that sundry evil-disposed persons have concerted
the destruction of other our subjects resident therein.
And whereas grievous disturbances have broken out
in our said island, and have been suppressed, and
the said disturbances and suppression have been at-
tended with great loss of life, and it is alleged that
excessive and unlawful severity has been used in
such suppression : And whereas it greatly concerns
us that full and impartial inquiry should be made
into the origin, nature, and circumstances of the
said disturbances, and with respect to the measures
adopted for the suppression of the same : And
whereas it may be advisable that the said Edward
John Eyre should be present in our said island dur-
ing the whole, or part, of the said inquiry, but it is
requisite for the sufficiency of the said inquiry that
the powers vested in him:las Governor of our said
island should not be exercised by him while so pre-
sent therein, but should, during the prosecution of
the said inquiry, and for such further time as may 11
seem to us requisite, be vested in such other person
as we may think fit ; now know you that we have
revoked and determined, and by these presents do
revoke and determine from and after the time when
public notice hereof shall be given by proclamation
or otherwise in our said island, and thenceforth
until we shall think fit to determine the presents, so
much of the said recited Commission as did consti-
tute and appoint the said Edward John Eyre to be
our Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief over
our said island of Jamaica and its dependencies :
Ind further you know that we, reposing especial
trust and confidence in the prudence, courage, and
loyalty of you the said Henry Knight Storks, of our
especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion,
have thought fit to constitute and appoint, and do
by these presents constitute and appoint, you to be
our Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and
over our said island of Jamaica, and the territories
depending thereon, and also of all forts and garri-
sons erected and established, or which shall be
erected and established, within the same, for, and
during our pleasure. And we do hereby authorise,
empower, and command you, while these presents
shall remain in force, to do and execute all
things in due manner that shall belong to your
said command, and to the trust we have reposed in
you, according to the several powers apd authori-
ties granted or appointed to him the said Edward
John Eyre by, our aforesaid Commission, and by
mu- instructions under our sign-manual and signet
therewith given him, and according to such further
powers, directions, and authorities as have been
or shall at any time hereafter be granted or ap-
pointed him or you under our sign-manual
and signet, or by our order in our Privy Coun-
cil, or by us, through one of our principal Secre-
taries of State, and according to such reasonable
laws and statutes as are now in force, or as
shall be hereafter made and agreed upon by you,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legis-
lative Council and Assembly of our said island.
And we declare our pleasure to be that, except in
respect to the appointment of the said Edward John
Eyre, the afore-mentioned commission, and all in-
structions heretofore issued to the said Edward John
Eyre, under our sign-manual and signet, or by our
order in Council, or by us through one of our prin-
cipal Secretaries of State, and all appointments,
nominations, and dispositions, made by or by virtue
of such commission or instructions, shall remain in
full force and effect.

11. And we do hereby require and command all
officers, ministers, civil and military, and all other
the inhabitants of our said island, and the territories
depending thereon, to be obedient, aiding and assist-
ing unto you or to the officer administering the Go-
vernment for the time being in the execution of this
our commission, and of the powers and authorities
herein contained.

SOUTHERN RECONSTRUCTION. Among the
important causes at work to re-unite the Southern
and Northern people, and to firmly establish the Re-
public, we notice particularly the eagerness with which
the old landed proprietors of the South seek Northern
capital to restore and work their plantations, and the readi-
ness with which that capital is flowing to the South. In
former times Northern people, as a general thing, were
not welcomed in the South. They were looked upon with
suspicion or jealousy, and were often sneered at as a
plodding, scheming, and inferior people. Now the
Southerners want not only the capital of the North, but
they are calling out to our citizens to come also. The very
chivalry extend the hand of invitation to the people they
formerly despised. A mighty revolution has been effected
and is still going on in this respect, and it is the best
augury for the future. The South is just commencing its
reconstruction, and that will have an important bearing
the
upon its political rehabilitation. Generals of the rebel army,
members of the rebel Congress, the foremostsecessionists
and proudest men of the South, are not only
accepting
its social
vanerddiinctduofsttlhiael wbaearriinnga,
they political
havesense,
resolvedb ut,steoe seeing
pa
g
t
and adapt themselves to the actual state of things. Many
of these very men are now at the North endeavoring to
stimulate enterprise in and emigrationn
to the South.
Capitalists are investing money to aid
restoring the railroads, and for other purposes manytino' in
are
purchasing farms, plantations, mines and mill sites right
out; and a number of emigrant laborers of different
classes are going both from the North and Europe. It
may be remarked here that this emigration from Europe
to the South, which appears to be just setting in, and
which is but the beginning of a tide, probably is a new
thing,
and may be attributed to the abolition of slavery. Let
the people of the Southern States exercise their common
sense, as they appear to be doing to some extent, and, for-
getting the past, conform promptly to the requirements of
the Government, and they will see their beautiful and pro-
lific country blossom like the rose. In a few years they
will rejoice at the change that has taken place, and
wonder at their folly in resisting it. What are
the gold and silver mines of the Sierra Nevada and
Rocky Mountains, or the oil regions of Pennsylvania
and other parts of the country, to the productions of the
South ? Valuable as they are they are not comparable
to cotton, tobacco, sugar, rice, wool, stock, and other pro-
ductions of the South ? The laws of nature will operate
to carry an immense immigration and a vast amount of
capital and enterprise to such a magnificent country and
genial climate, now that the people and the domestic
institutions there are not inimical, and as the facilities are
inviting. This, then, is the mostpromising kind of recon-
struction which is just beginning—the industrial recon-
struction ; and if the politicians will let it go on it will pro-
duce a groat political and social change, tending to
strengthen and perpetuate the Republic. New York
herald. _ _ _

Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher is now acting
Governor of Montana Territory in absence of Governor
Edgerton.

Great Eastern Eailway Company,

MEETING THIS DAY.

A special general meeting of the directors and
shareholders of the Great Eastern Railway was held
this day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of
further increasing the borrowing powers of the
Company by raising a large amount of money for
extensions and other purposes.
The CIIAIIMA.N having read a detailed statement
of the various sums the Company proposed to
borrow, said, with respect to the committee of in-
vestigation, the board had a full answer to all the
allegations which they would make public at the
proper moment. He concluded by moving the
first resolution, which was the raising of £200,000
by way of mortgage, authorised by their Act of
1862.

Mr. LEVI said before the meeting proceeded any
further he begged to say that the company had
already exceeded their borrowing powers—(hear,
hear, and cries of " That's true," and uproar)--by
the amount of £300,000. (Uproar.) The meeting
had been called, therefore, for an illegal purpose, or
for giving its sanction to the continuance of an
illegal act. Under these circumstances he trusted
the meeting would at once refuse to give its ap-
r •
proval to everything submitted to it.
The CHAIRMAN said it, was a mistake to say the
parliamentary powers of the company had been
exceeded. (Uproar.)

A SHAREIIOI:DER hoped the meeting would give
the directors a patient hearing, but he could not but
think that the preliminary report issued by the com-
mittee had done more harm than good. (No, no,
and uproar.) He thought the time had now arrived
when some alteration in the conduct of their business
should be made. (Cries of " Turn out the directors.)
That could not be done at the present moment,
but he thought if if they had any honcur amongst
them they would resign in a body. He thought
the secretary had failed in his duty in not at once
refusing his assent to the illegal proceedings of the
board. The time had passed for the controlling
influence of secretary and engineers—(hear, hear)
—and he thought the directors would bow to public
opinion, but instead of that he believed they in-
tended to use proxies on the present occasion to
carry out their object.
Here the confusion became so great that the effect
was perfectly deafening. On the one side were en-
raged shareholders shouting " Turn 'em out," and
on the other gentlemen with stentorian lungs en-
deavouring to address the meeting, but none seemed
fortunate enough to get beyond the words " Mr.
Chairman." At length one gentleman called out in
a piercing voice, " What is the amount of your
temporary loans ?" to which Mr. Turner, the chair-
man of the investigation committee, replied,
" £798,000, and the interest was put down at I
per cent. above the Bank rate, whatever that might
be." This announcement created, if possible, still
greater uproar, and so matters went on for over four
hours. At length it became known that the committee
of investigation were favourable to the proposals
for the sanction of which the directors had called
the shareholders together. The power to raise the
several sums was then given by the meeting, which,
however, had in a great measure been already spent
by the directors.
Mr. SEGG moved a resolution calling upon the
directors, in consequence of the ruinous condition
into which they had allowed the company to drift,

to resign.
The motion was carried amidst the most vocife-
rous cheering.

Another resolution adjourning the meeting for
six weeks, in order to allow the directors time to
make any defence they felt disposed previous to
their resignation, was carried.

The meeting, which hal been of the most " lively"
description then broke up, after four hours and a
half's " hard work."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Dec. 13 Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 13.—Wind
steamer, for Alexandria.
FALMOUTH, Dec. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Ocean Tra-
veller, for Rio Janeiro.

LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.

Arrived, Dec. 13.—Bleikam, from Helsingborg ; Mars_
done, from Holy Island; Ellen, from Dunkirk; Alabama,
from Wyborg.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.

Passed, Dec. 12—Squehna, screw steamer, from London,
for Malta; City of Foo-Chow, from London for Glasgow
Express, from Shields for Genoa.

A prospectus has been published announcing the
formation of a company, under the title of the
Anglo-Romano Water Company, with a capital of
£200,000, in shares of £2O each, for the purpose of
supplying Rome with the water of the never-failing
springs at Arsoli, known as the "Aqua Marcia" and
" Regina Aquarum" of the ancient Romans. When
it is considered that for some months in the year,
owing to its almost tropical climate, water is consi-
dered a luxury in Rome, the scheme of making the
supply as general as that of the great metropolis of
London seems to be productive of but one result—
viz., a large profit to those engaged in the under-
taking. The most favourable terms have been
secured from the Pontifical Government, and the
utmost care has been taken to place the works in
the hands of responsible parties. Judging from
the other Anglo-Roman works now in operation,
the proposed Water Company seems well calculated
to equal, if not exceed, them in a profitable return
for the capital expended.
The Halberstadt Gazette states that the trichine
disease continues its ravages at Hadersleben (Prussia).
Several persons who had partially recovered have had a
relapse and have died suddenly of pulmonary paralysis.
The deaths from this disease at Hadersleben and its en-
virons now amount to 65. In the workmen's barracks, out
of 27 patients, 24 died. Physicians have arrived from all
quarters to study this new and terrible distemper.
Ex-Governor Clarke, of Mississippi, having been
invited by the State Legislature to visit that body, de-
clined, on the ground that he was a prisoner of State on
parole. He expressed the hope soon to see the State en-
joying its old rights under the flag of the Union, adding—
" With all of you I marched under that flag in a foreign
land, and it was victorious. With all of you I marched
against it, and it was victorious. It again waves over us,
is our flag and may it ever be victorious."
SUICIDE OF STORER.—SALISBURY, Dec. 12.
About half-past two o'clock this afternoon Storer
committed suicide at the county gaol, Salisbury, by drown-
ing himself in a warm bath. He had succeeded in tying his
hands behind him, and was found, five minutes after his
having been left by the warder to bathe himself, quite
dead, with his face in tho water. Medical assistance was
quickly obtained. The Marshall Hall and Sylvester
methods and other means were used without avail.

A FENIAN FIRE-EATER.-O'MAIIONEY7 the Irish
Head Centre or President of the Fenians in the United
States, has recently called upon the Hon. HENRY w. RAy_
MOND, the Editor of the New York Times, for a "retrac-
tion" of charges contained in a leading article which de-
nounced the Fenian leaders as impostors. Mr. RAYMOND
has declined to retract, and subsequently also declined to
fight. The following is the article in question : "Fenian
Imposture.—Hundreds, and probably thousands, of poor,
honest, unsuspecting Irish, living in unsophisticated sections
of this country, have been cajoled into making remittances
to the managers of the Order here and elsewhere - not one
tithe of which, they may depend on it, are used for any
other purpose than maintaining a set of scamps in idleness.
Stories come to us of remittances of Fenian funds to Ire-
land. Most of these stories are doubtless intended to show
that the contributions received are actually, expended for
some revolutionary end. Even if an honest share of the
funds were sent to Ireland, the result would apparently be
merely to send a few more ill-advised young people to jail.
But we do not believe that the money is used for any other
purpose than getting notoriety and patent leather. boots
s eI t
the iis ruena lsloyotiiiistitei
oat ht
eadt
people in the rural districts as to the real nature of the
are in
ahecrielmeergtyo, bolsteron
wh
whose
tfohrosea swethoof
ainpotshiitsionc o
tuou tardy
v.
cais,iTis chiefly depend, are
Iri
probably doing their best to stop the swindle. But every
nd, l ee svt
hhe
eno u ds
hoa sAojm.okeelrit
Feniant
ieco
administrationsns erin
one who wishes well to Ireland and her people should lend
a hand in exposing what is really an unmitigated
imposture."