The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN

three days from the first intelligence of the rebellion tA TEST INTELLIGENCE.
reaching Kingston, it was headed, crushed, and
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
arrangements made for scouring the entire district.
So wide-spread a rebellion, so rapidly and effectually
put down, is not, I believe, to be met with in his-
tory, and speaks volumes for the zeal, courage, and
energy of those engaged in suppressing it."

AUSTRIA.

At the same time that he congratulated the
Assembly on the success which had attended
their efforts to avert any further spread
of the rebellion, Governor EYRE deemed it
necessary to allude to the many causes of anxiety
which still remained, and stated that the entire
colony was on the brink of a volcano in consequence
of the deleterious effects produced by certain influ-
ences. Disloyalty and sedition have been propa-
gated far and wide through the " misapprehensions
and misrepresentations of pseudo philanthropists in
England and in the country." While the Gover-
nor wisely urges on the members of the Legislature
of Jamaica to examine " boldly, deeply, and un-
flinchingly" into the causes which have led to the
great danger which threatens them, it is well worth
our while to direct our attention to the misjudged
and misdirected efforts of some in England, who
are doing anything but lending their aid to suppress
this sad and serious outbreak. It seems almost in-
credible that any body of men should so confuse
their notions of right and wrong as to seek to make
the worse appear the better cause, and finally be-
come the defenders of those who have committed
crimes at which humanity shudders, and which call
for the unanimous condemnation of all honest and
honourable men. At Manchester last Monday a
meeting was held in the large room at the Town-
hall for the purpose of adopting a memorial to the
Government to inquire into the outbreak and re-
pression of the recent disturbance in Jamaica. A
more ill-advised thing could hardly have been done
at this time ; it was not likely that the Government
would not use every effort to investigate into the
affair, and the speeches made on the occasion were
most unsuitable. Mr. POTTER, M.P., laid great
stress upon the honour of England, but surely
that honour is never more concerned than
when outrages occur, and when peaceful
citizens are cruelly tortured and murdered without
any provocation. Can anything be more pre-
posterous than for any one to talk after this
fashion. "It seemed as if Governor EvnE had lost
his head and been pain-stricken in the recent dis-
hturbances, outbreaks they could scarcely be called."
It is insulting to the common sense of the com-
munity to use such language, when we have re-
ceived the fullest and most authentic accounts of
the great wrongs committed in Jamaica. What
is an outbreak if the confusion that
occurred in Jamaica was not fit to be
designated by that term ? Why were the lives of
the blacks who committed murder more sacred than
those of the white people who were massacred.
When people shut their eyes to everything but just
what concerns their own view of the question they
are not very likely to do justice to their subject, or
to represent things and persons in a correct form.
When Mr. POTTER speaks of the " ignorance and
bigotry of the upper classes" of this country, he
had better look at home and weigh well his
own words and insinuations. Mr. JACOB
BRIGHT followed in the wake of the first
speaker, and worked himself up to a pitch of great
excitement when ho pourtrayed the wrongs of
GORDON and his accomplices, and concluded by
declaring that if it were proved that a British Go-
vernor had committed the great injustice of giving
up a man to the " malignant hatred of his enemies
the public would never be satisfied until he were put
upon his trial, and received the due reward of his
great crime." In the first place, who were the ene-
mies of GoßnoN ? And next, was not " malignant
hatred" shown to a greater extent by
the blacks than the whites ? It is per-
fectly unreasonable for a man to use
such words at a public meeting, and it is
disgraceful to that meeting to find that his
remarks agreed with theirs. Such conduct is
.unworthy of an assemblage of Englishmen, and
the citizens of Manchester are very much
mistaken if they think they can influence the Go-
vernment and impress the country by upholding
such sentiments. Dr. WATTS seconded the resolu-
tion, and sounded the praises of GORDON in a re-
markable manner. He said that not "an atom of
evidence" had come to hand concerning a rebellion
being planned. Such language from an isolated
individual would be best left alone, and treated with
the contempt that it deserves ; but under the
circumstances of the case it is expedient to de-
nounce it, and to demand if the inflated
speakers consider that all the news from Jamaica
is a tissue of falsehaods from beginning to end. If
so, how is it that they put such implicit faith in all
that is related of the cruelties practised on the rioters?
Dr. WELLS paid a poor 'compliment to Manchester
when he said that GORDON was a man who had
learnt his Radicalism in their own city. Far dis-
tant be the day when the political tenets of any
English city upholds rioting and rebellion, and
sanctions murder in revenge for any wrongs, real or
imaginary, as th'e case may be. We are coolly in-
formed that Mr. GORDON appears to have been a very
temperate man. If the recent course of events in
Jamaica be characterised by temperance, what
would intemperance be, in the name of wonder ?
Prejudice and infatuation could hardly go further
than they do in this passage : " Mr. GORDON
had endeavoured to do the best possible for the
people, to whom he was connected by blood and
whom he saw oppressed, and he had become a
martyr for their benefit." Really it is time for a
change to come over the spirit of the dream of some
of our politicians when would-be murderers are
exalted into martyrs, and those who put down their
deeds of violence are threatened and reviled.

LORD STANLEY.—The London correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian, in a letter published in that
paper yesterday, says :—" Several days ago Lord Stanley
received from the Premier an invitation couched in terms
sufficiently flattering to join the Government as Secretary
of State, or, if he preferred it, First Lord of the Admiralty,
and it is understood that the proposal was not finally de-
clined until after his lordship had paid a visit to town and
had had the opportunity of personal communication with
Lord Russell. These things, for obvious reasons, are not
usually trumpeted immediately on their occurrence. Each
party to the negotiation has, or thinks ho has, an interest
in keeping it dark while pending. But by degrees the fact
leaks out, and the public, who are in reality most concerned
of all, have clearly the best right to know all about it. I
believe the reasons assigned by Lord Stanley for refusing
to join the Administration were entirely personal, and not
political, and that they had reference in part to his disin-
clination to place himself in a position of necessary anta-
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THE LATE LORD PALMERSTON. Yesterday Mr.
Adams, sculptor, had the honour to submit his bust of the
late Premier for her Majesty's inspection. The Queen was
much pleased with the work, and thought it an excellent
likeness. 'it really is, perhaps, as good a resemblance, in
inanimate cloy, of the louaented statesman as could be pro-
duced. It may be remembered that Mr. Adams was suc-
cessful in his posthumous bust of the late Duke of Wel-
lington. Ho is now engaged upon the colossal statue of
the late Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, which is to be erected
at Plymouth.
TuE FENIAN TRIALS do not progress very rapidly.
Yesterday morning a long time was occupied in getting a
jury sworn. Then Mr. Butt sought in vain to have the
trials postponed. At half-past 12 the Attorney-General
began to open the case for the Crown, and occupied the
rest of the Otty. As yet nothing has been heard of Stephens.