The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-14 00:00:00

HIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, lEEE.

gre at evils ensue notwithstanding. Mr. BRIGHT IS
fa ad of quotations, and he tells us here that

Highlander carried )ff the prize. There has been,
we understand, great competition for his ownership,

" There is on earth a yet augustor thing,

and certainly his victory has excited a good deal of
attention. Earl SPE7CER thought that the Club had
succeeded in giving a stimulus to the different
breeds, a very important object, since the English
breeder must exert limself if he wishes to maintain
the superiority of his stock over foreign cattle. Earl
SPENCER'S remarks )n the cattle plague were sen-
sible and to the poirt, and we should be glad to see
his suggestions as tothe substitution of a dead-meat
trade for a live-meai trade carried into effect.

Veil'd though it be, than Parliament or King."
And that auguster thing is, he tells us, the tribunal
-.which GOD has set up in the consciences of men.
Now can he reconcile it to his conscience thus to
expend his powers, and spend his day of trial in
.inflam;.ng the angry passions of his fellowmen, and
r.,proedtuting the great gifts with which he has been
end owed to an end neither acceptable to the cause
Qf civilisation nor of Christianity ? A wisher teacher
Vhan any of Mr. BRIGHT'S old Puritan poets has left
on record a warning worthy of all esteem. It has come
down through the centuries replete with instruction
to all who possess the gift of oratory. " Though
I speak with the tongue of men and of angels, and
have not ' charity,' I am become as sounding brass
or as a tinkling cymbal."

Complimentary dinners are not usually supposed
to possess much importance, but the recent banquet
given to Mr. W. T. Cox, at Derby, has some par-
ticular and individual claims to notice. In the first
place, it was remarkable from the fact of its being
attended by visitors of all shades of opinions, and
its principal guest was fortunate enough to receive
encouraging speeches from Liberal and Conserva-
tive alike. It also noticeable because Mr. Cox is
the only Conservative whom the borough of Derby
has returned for more than 70 years, and some per-
sons were in hopes that the new member would
be induced on this occasion to abandon his pre-
vious reticence, and to give some plain inti-
mation of the measures he intended to
support and to oppose. Mr. Cox, however, was
not to be beguiled into rash statements or ill-con-
sidered pledges, and although he had to reply to
complimentary speeches from Conservative and
Liberal, who each expressed a fervent hope that he
would support their own views, he succeeded in
retaining favour with both sides and in avoiding
angry discussion. When he came to a straight-
forward declaration of the principles by which he
went to shape his course, Mr. Cox was, however,
more explicit. lle boldly adopted a standard which
we should be very glad to see more generally
followed by our politicians, and declared that he
should vote for measures which he thought good and
serviceable to the country, whether they were
brought forward by Whig, Tory, or Radical. He
styles himself a Conservative, and if such principles
were general among that party its enemies would
certainly not be enable to bring forward the
charges of resistance to improvement and obsolete
prejudice. They are, we apprehend, rare enough
among either party, and were not very manifest
among the Liberal ranks on the occasion of Lord
DERBY'S Bill, to which they refused to give a hear-
ing. The motto of the professed Reformers seems
to have been slut C xsar aut nullus, and because they
could not agree as to what constituted perfection
they preferred to rest and be thankful. Mr. Cox,
in speaking of the necessity of political progress,
commented on the changes perceptible in our ordi-
nary life, saying he could well remember the time
when it took three days to go to London from
Derby, while he could now go in as many hours.
Our political progress has been well nigh as rapid,
and Mr. HERBERT—who spoke earlier in the even-
ing—denied the charge that their party was opposed
to all advancement. He said, with some truth,
that he thought Mr. BRIGHT, the great enemy of the
Conservatives, was forty years behind the age, and
was always fighting old battles and dreaming of old
battle-fields. In 1790, he admitted, the language
of the member for Birmingham might have been
appropriate enough, but in 1865 it was quite out of
date. When great abuses existed great energy was
necessary to attack them, but now-a-days, though
we have abuses enough that require amendment, it
is scarcely necessary to don the armour of the
middle ages and rush at them full tilt. Mr. Cox
received, as he deserved, a very cordial reception,
and his audience evidently did think the worse of
him for refusing to pledge himself to the support
or opposition of particular measures, while he
frankly avowed the colours under which he sailed.
We hope that the new member for Derby will prove
when he takes his seat that he really represents the
mixed population of his borough, and that, in re-
membering his obligations to his own party, he will
not forget the claims of a still larger constituency.

The proverbial disagreement of doctors has re-
ceived a striking illustration in the various theo-
ries and practices advocated in respect to the cattle
plague. This terrible disease, taking us as it were
by storm, certainly put our veterinary science to
a severe test ; and it is not a little remarkable
that at the present advanced state of scientific
knowledge it should have found us so ill prepared
that the principal remedy advised and adopted is
wholesale slaughter. The annual meeting of the
Royal Agricultural Society was held yesterday at
their offices in Hanover-square, when the all-im-
portant topic of the cattle plague occupied naturally
a foremost place in the discussions. Professor
SI3DIONDS was present, as was also Dr. CRISP, and
the question as to the liability of sheep to catch the
disease was anxiously considered by these gentle-
men. Dr. CRISP believes the disease to be con-
tagious rather than epidemic in its character—that
is to say, he thinks that communication, direct or
indirect, with a diseased animal is necessary for its
propagation, and that it does not depend on
atmospheric influences like cholera, influenza, or
similar complaints. In this opinion he agrees with
Professor Si 31MONDS ; but Dr. CRISP goes further
than the professor in his theory of prevention,
since he believes that all moderate mea-
sures are totally useless, and that even
dogs should not be suffered to traverse
the country. As may be imagined this suggestion
met with no great favour in the midst of the hunt-
ing season, and the declaration of Dr. CRISP that
every hound should be tied up was received with a
mixture of laughter and indignation by the body of
country gentlemen to whom it was addressed. The
facts stated in the course of the discussion were,
many of them, very perplexing ; but it is only by
an aggregate of facts that we can arrive at any de-
finite general principles, and therefore such meetings
as the one of yesterday are calculated to do good.
In singular conjunction with this meeting wasthe
annual dinner of the Smithfield Club, also held
yesterday, under the presidency of Earl SPENCER.
The success of this year's meeting is most satisfac-
tory under the circumstances, and it is worthy of
remark that the show has been pronounced by good
authorities not only as fine but as sound and healthy
an exhibition as has been seen for many years.
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of their institution. Great difficulties had been
anticipatedthis year in getting the animals together,
but the entries proved to be 333 • against 372 last
year, only one less than in 1863, and 28 more than
in 1862. The great object of the Club was, he said,
to improve the breed of cattle, and he mentioned
in evidence that they were accomplishing that ob-
ject that of late years different breeds had come
forward in competition for the silver cup which at
one time never had any prizes at all. We have had
a notable instance of this in this very exhibition,
when the Duke of SUTHERLAND'S long-homed

LA TEST INTEL LTG ENCE. quest for the full re-establishment of the Constitu-
tion at the earliest possible period.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 14.

The Royal Mail Company's steamer Atrato, with
the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 56
passengers, including Colonels Nelson and Hill,
from Jamaica ; the Hon. Richard Edwards, from
Caracas ; and the Hon. Captain Cochrane, froM
Trinidad ; $871,071 in specie, and 3,000 packages
of cargo, consisting chiefly of cocoa, indigo, cotton,
tobacco, bark, and indiarubber.

The Atrato left St. Thomas on the 29th ult., and
has experienced fine weather throughout the passage.

TIIE INSURRECTION IN JAMAICA.

Jamaica has been relieved from all misapprehen-
sions of a renewal of the rebellion, detachments of
troops having been stationed all over the island,
and there being several men-of-war cruising round
the coast rendered it probable that tranquillity would
speedily be restored.
The Colonial Standard says :—" There is now no
reason to fear a further outbreak, and the rebellion
may be considered completely ended. The hand of
justice is, however, still busy with the authors and
actors in the fearful tragedy, and the sympathisers
in the movement are being daily ferretted out of
their hiding-places, and imprisoned to await their
trials in the districts where the disturbance
broke out. The rebels, believing everything over,
are coming out of their places of conceal-
ment, and are being taken up by the constabu-
lary. Several of the principal actors have thus
fallen into the hands of the authorities."
The Standard reasserts that the rebellion was of
a most formidable character, having been organised
and ramified throughout the entire island ; and that
but for the prompt measures taken would have en-
veloped the whole island in ruin, and secured the
total destruction of all the white and coloured inha-
bitants.

The bill regulating religious worship proposed in
the Jamaica Legislature was considered in direct
violation of the Toleration Act, and subversive of
all religious liberty. It met with strong opposition,
and was finally withdrawn by the Government.
Another bill, having the same object, was in course
of preparation. A law had passed a second reading
which (says the Colonial Standard) contemplates
the total gagging of the press, restrictions upon the
liberty of speech, and the establishment of arbitrary
trial and punishment to those sinning against its
provisions.

Governor Eyre had issued a proclamation prohi-
biting any Haytian from landing in Jamaica unless
provided with a passport from the British Consul
signed within ten days of leaving Hayti. The
arrested Haytians have all left Jamaica for St.
Thomas. Great festivities took place in Kingston
on the 13th ult. in honour of the visit of the Ma-
roons to the city.

Her Majesty's ships had taken vigorous action
against the rebel Salnave and his followers at Cape
Haytien, all their fortifications baying been blown
up. The town was shortly afterwards occupied by
President Geffrard. Salnave and his officers were
taken on board the United States war steamer De-
soto, and landed on some part of Dominican terri-
tory.

There is no marked change of affairs to report
from Chili. Admiral Pareja still maintained his
offensive attitude towards Chili. The Government
of the Republic bad decreed that all subjects of the
Spanish Crown, resident in whatever part of Chili,
shall remove to Santiago, and there remain subject
to the vigilance of the authorities. It is also decreed
that notaries, bankers, and managers of insurance,
railway, and other companies, shall not authorise
any transfer of Spanish property or assets.

A revolution broke out at Tulna Castago and
other places, but the President of the Cauca, at
the head of his army, utterly routed the insurgents
after several days' fighting.
The long-predicted revolution of Cundinamaica
seems to have commenced.

The triumph of the revolution in Peru is confirmed.
President Pezet fled on board the British war
steamer Shearwater, in Callao bay, and will pro-
ceed to Panama in the
,British war ship Mutine.
The revolutionists appeared before the gates of
Lima on the morning of the 6th, and met with
little resistance till they reached the principal
Plaza, where the palace was held by the troops of
Celadores, who fought till all were shot. The
palace was fired and had narrowly escaped de-
struction.

The Minister of War, Colonel Cuba, who was
in charge of Fort Santa Catalina, surrendered on
the 7th.

The new President Canseco demanded the sur-
render of Callao from General Rivas. The latter
abandoned his post during the night, leaving the
city without protection. An excited mob divided
itself into bands and robbed and plundered during
the whole night. At daybreak the town presented
an awful appearance. Every principal store or
shop stood open and empty, having been com-
pletely gutted. All property not removable was
smashed to pieces. Prior to the sailing of the
packet order was re-established in Callao, and a
feeling of security had returned. Canseco had
assumed the command of the whole country under
chief authority. The new Government is entirely
anti-Spanish, and the people strongly sympathise
with Chili. A large number of Spanish residents
at Lima had taken refuge on board the Spanish
iron-clad Rumania.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YORK.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 14.

The North German Lloyd's steamer New York,
from New York on the 2d inst., has arrived. She
brings 153 passengers for this port, Havre, and
$lOO,OOO in specie for France.
She spoke the steamer Kangaroo off Sandy Hook,
and on the Bth inst. the Jane, and the American
ship Plymouth Rock, both bound east.
II er news has been anticipated.