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

THE :SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN

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period on its lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting
£4711 as rewards.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the Institution's 152 lifeboat
establishments.

Contributions are received by the London and country
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Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.
(Opera Company, Limited.)
Last Week but Two of L'Airicainc.
THIS EVENING will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand.
Opera, L'AFRICAINE. Miss Louisa Pyne, Madame Lem-
mens-Sherrington, and Mrs. A. Cook ; Messrs. Alberto
Lawrence, Henry Corri, A. Cook, E. Dussek, J. G. Patey, C.
Lyall, and Charles Adams.
Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon.
Acting Manager, Mr. E. Murray. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.
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Commence at a quarter to 8.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN: Messrs. Phelps, James
Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor. G. Belmore, E. Phelps,
C. Harcourt; bliss Atkinson, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Mrs.
Hodson, &c.
After which, GALWAY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love, Fun,
and Fighting : Messrs. Edmund Falconer, F. Barsby,
C.
Harcourt ; Misses Ilalewood, E. Falconer, hose Leclercq.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buctstone.
THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs
Chas. Mathews. Buckstone, Chippendale, Compton, Rogers,
Clark. Gordon. Braid, Coe, Amt. ; Measdames Madiewe, Snow-
den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, 4re.

To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?
3lr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews; Mrs. Charles Mathews,
Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. &c

Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and
Char:es Leclercq. Miss Fanny l right, Miss C. Adams, and
the Corps de Ballet.

Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATAE.-
Under the sole Management of Mr. Pechter.
THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER
THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman.
After which, at 8, a New Drama, entitled THE WATCH
CRT. Mr Fechter, supported by Messrs. H. Widaicombe,
S. Emery, C. Horsman, Raymond, Fitzpatrick, Clifford. and
Miss Elsworthy.
To conclude with the Farce of NURSEY CHICKWEED.
Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Raymond, Moreland; Mrs. Lee and
Miss Lavenu.

Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.
Acting Manager, 11. Barnett.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR .NOTHING. Mrs
Allred Mellon and Mr. Felix Rogers.
After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 75th
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billingtor,
P. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix Rogers, Ashley, kburne, C. J.
Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, &c.
To cpuelude, at halt-pact 10, with THE WIDOW'S
VICTIM. Messrs. Biliington, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss
Godsell, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Willmore.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel-
ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaem, F. Villiers, J. G.
Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Miss
L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. bwanborough.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, NOTHING VENTURE
NOTHING WIN.
Alter which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque,
L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islan is :
Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanborougb,
Itaynham, Johnstone, 4174.
To conclude with MRS. GREEN,S SNUG BUSINESS.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 1865.

At a time when the principles and practice of
Parliamentary Reform are being so much discussed
and dwelt upon by Liberals of all ranks and shades
of politics it is well to know what the prominent
members of the opposite party think on so impor-
tant a subject. The days have long gone by when
it was possible for any considerable body of states-
men and politicians to set themselves resolutely
against all progress or improvement, and it is now
some years since theheads of the Conservative party
confessed their willingness to move in some measure 1
with the times by introducing a Reform Bill on
their own account. This movement has at least 1
enabled them since then to join in the condemnation
of the delays and excuses of the Liberal chiefs, ex-
pressed by genuine reformers, and it has so far
strengthened their position by bringing them more
into harmony with the public mind in this respect.
We have had lately several addresses by prominent
Liberals on the question of Reform, and we have
now a Conservative speaker choosing the same text.
Last Friday a dinner took place at Eccleshall, all
political and other movements being necessarily
ushered in by a feast, material as well as reasonable
in this country. The dinnerwas given in connection
with the movement for improving the Conservative
registration in that county, and the guests consisted
of the supporters of the Conservative candidates at the
late election. It may, therefore, be regarded as a
purely party gathering, and not one of those mixed I
meetings at which speakers endeavour to meet both
sides as much as possible. We are therefore glad to
find Mr. ADDERLEY declaring unhesitatingly his
conviction of the necesssity for a considerable exten-
sion of the franchise, and his desire for an indepen-
dent expression of the national mind on this
and kindred questions. " What we have to seek for
in any reform," said Mr. ADDERLEY, " or any
change in the institutions of the country, should
not be so much the advocacy of anyspecial views or
interests, but that the nation should speak its own
mind independently." This independent opinion
he holds, not without reason, to be one of the chief
conditions of the franchise. Intelligence and inde-
pendence he regards as the two principal qualifica-
tions for the proper exercise of political power, and
we certainly ought to find few dissentients from this
theory. Every man in this country, be he peer or
be he labourer, says Mr. ADDERLEY, possesses some
degree of political power. "But taking that par-
ticular portion of political power which consists in
voting for members of Parliament, I am the last
man to say that there are not many of the
working classes in this country eminently
fitted to possess that franchise who are not at this
moment in possession of it." That class, like all
others, is marked by considerable distinctions ; and
Mr. ADDERLEY says justly that many members of
it are far above others of the same class, in regard
to his two favourite qualifications of intelligence
and independence. His words on this subject have

weight, becaAse they are not the words of a mere
political theorist, accepting the results of other men's
experience or the statements of other men's views
as the basis of his own opinions, but they are the
expression of a lengthened personal experience and
an intimate acquaintance with the class of which
he speaks in all parts of the country. Mr. AD-
DERLEY declares that he has had much intercourse
with working men on political questions connected
with carrying through Parliament important mea-
sures in which they were interested, and the result
of his experience is, that many of them are fully
qualified for the intelligent and independent exer-
cise of the franchise. The more this view is accepted
among our politicians ,the more chance we shall
have of obtaining a sound and comprehensive mea-
sure of political reform, and the less scope will be
left for those mob orators and demagogues who
think the great duty of political teaching is to set
class against class and encourage intolerance and
discontent.

Coming to the more general consideration of the
question, Mr. ADDERLEY commented on the pre-
vailing uncertainty. The extension of the suffrage,
he said, was generally spoken of as if it of itself
constituted Parliamentary reform, and nothing else
was needed. This is probably the case, because
notwithstanding its difficulties it is in some respects
the easiest branch of the subject. The re-distribu-
tion of seats is a somewhat invidious office, the
duration of Parliaments is a topic naturally un-
welcome to M.Ps. of all parties, while the ballot is
the most dangerous of all. The purity of election
is an indispensable condition of a really reformed
Parliament, but it is a characteristic of that poli-
tical Utopia which is seldom much dwelt upon. ' No
doubt one secret reason for the dislike which exists
in many quarters to the proposed extension of the
franchise is the conviction that it would corre-
spondingly extend the expenses of an election. It
is no secret that all our legislation hitherto, our
Corrupt Practices Bills, with their ingenious loop-
holes and ready evasions, have totally failed to
eliminate bribery, corruption, and intimidation from
the constituents of an English House of Com-
mons. This matter presents some curious aspects,
since it is one on whose broad features
all parties are forced to agree, and Whigs, Tories,
Liberals, Radicals, and Conservatives are found
declaiming the same principles, expressing the same
virtuous horror, advocating the same immaculate
electioneering, and doing the same thing. The
opportunities are so great, the temptation so irresist-
ible, and the agents so ready and so numerous,
that it requires no small amount of resolution and
moral courage to refuse to do what everybody else
is doing. It is not every one who has the boldness
to declare as a gentleman did some time since that
the exercise of political influence over his tenants
is one of a landlord's legal and natural rights, but
a good many members of both Houses might easily
be found who act on the same principle. Yet very
few of our Reformers accept the Ballot as their
watchword, and its advocacy is left chiefly to those
extreme Radicals who uphold it in conjunction
with manhood suffrage, with which it has no
connection whatever. The general feeling of the
English public is, and always has been, opposed to
universal suffrage, but there is a growing conviction
among intelligent and disinterested observers that
we shall never get purity of election without some
considerable and decided change in the manner of
voting. But there will be considerable difficulty
and delay in obtaining so unwelcome a reform
which will no longer enable a man to practise in
secret what he denounces in public, to represent in
the National Assembly just those classes who have
no political convictions at all, and whose votes are
at the price of the highest bidder, or obedient to
the dictum of an unscrupulous landlord or employer.
This is the real difficulty of securing a genuine
and practical reform, for of what account
is it to bring in a large number of the unenfranchised
classes if it is only to demoralise them by bringing
them under these evil influences ? What use is it to
transfer members from rural and thinly populated
districts to our great unrepresented towns, if in
doing so we are only changing the agency from in-
fluence to bribery ? Why should we shorten the life
of Parliaments to repeat more frequently the dis-
graceful scenes which characterise every general
election ? Let our Reformers ask themselves these
questions and answer them if they can.

All that has occurred during the recent outbreak
in Jamaica, and all that we have subsequently heard
of the conduct of affairs there confirms the favour-
able impression which many-previously entertained of
the merits of Governor EYRE. He has shown that
he possesses skill and promptitude, and, no doubt,
when the fullest particulars have been received,
those who are now doubtful as to the wisdom of his
management will change their minds. The mail
which has just arrived furnishes satisfactory intelli-
gence of the state of affairs, so far as it goes, and
there appears every reason for us to congratulate
ourselves upon the suppression of the rebellion.
That this should have been done so speedily proves
that a timely check was interposed, for at one period
it was most alarming, and threatened serious conse-
quences to all on the island as well as heavy losses
to many at home. Most of the ringleaders have
been seized and hung, and it is stated that as many
as 2,000 of the rebels have been either shot or hung
since the troops arrived. The Houses of Legislature
were opened by the Governor, who delivered an ex-
cellent speech on the occasion. He said that the late
sad events imparted an unusual degree of interest to
their proceedings just then, and that the " present
was a most critical period in the history of Jamaica,
and the session now being inaugurated would, in
all probability, be one of the most important and
momentous ever held in the colony." All who
have fairly and impartially studied the details of
thelate outbreak will concur in the description here
given of it as a 'most " savage and cruel butchery,
only to be paralleled by the atrocities of the Indian
satisfaction to us at any
find
dy
mutiny." It is
thraattentsosmnenh source
satisfaction
period in the fortunes of the l co ony the Governor
should be able to accord a tribute of praise to all
-the civil, military, and naval authorities.
Had they
not co-operated in the readiest and heartiest
manner, it would have been quite impossible for the
sombre aspect of affairs to have assumed a
brighter hue at such an early period of the matter.
All the authorities, indeed, appeared to have vied
with each other in exhibiting zeal and decision in
the difficult work before them, and it is only fair
that they should receive the acknowledgments
which are their due. " The fidelity and
loyalty of the Maroons" were made the
subject of encomium by the Governor, and he
truly declared that it was owing to their devotion
that the rebellion was not more protracted and of
greater proportions. The colony is also greatly
indebted, as his Excellency observed, to those
members of the Legislature who accompanied him
at great inconvenience, and performed their best
services in the cause of order and the maintenance
of justice. Without any exaggeration it may be
said that it is a great achievement to refer to now,
and in after times, that in the colony of Jamaica
the full tide of the rebellion was so soon stemmed.
As the Governor omphatically dec't red, " within

three days from the first intelligence of the rebellion
reaching Kingston, it was headed, crushed, and
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."
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-
pres3ion 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 EYRE had lost
his head and been pain-stricken in the recent dis-
turbances, 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. PorrErt 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 he 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 hatrel 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 GonnoN ? 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 the 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 he 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-
gonism to his father, and in part to an opinion that a pub-
lic man who has had the confidence of one party cannot,
with safety to his own reputation, accept singly the official
opponents."
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 clay, of the lamented 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. Ile is now engaged upon the colossal statue of
the late Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, which is to be erected
at Plymouth.
THE 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 clay. As yet nothing has been heard of Stephens.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Nov. 29.
The official programme of the Emperor's journey
to Pesth has been issued to-day.

His Majesty will be in Pesth from the 12th to the
19th December, and will open the Hungarian Diet
on the 14th December.

The Diet of Croatia has rejected the proposition
to send an address of thanks to the Emperor for
the September patent.

The proposal of Count Auersperg, declaring the
September patent to be in contradistinction to the
Constitution, was agreed to.

The Diet of Istria has voted an address of thanks
to the Emperor for the September patent.
The subscriptions in Vienna to the New Austrian
Loan amount to 9,000,000 florins.

ROME.
CAPTURE OF BRIGAND CHIEFS.
ROME, Nov. 28.
The Pontifical gendarmes have captured several
brigand chiefs.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 28.
The Neva is free of ice as far as Croustadt.

PARIS, Nov. 29.

The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article signed
by M. Boniface, its Secretary, denies on authority
that it is incorrect that the Spanish Ambassador
had stated confidentially that the Spanish Govern-
ment would, without doubt disavow Admiral Parej a,
who had gone too far.
The Ambassador could neither believe nor say
that the Government would disavow the conduct of
Admiral Pareja, who had conformed to his instruc-
tions in exacting moderate satisfaction.

THE BRAZIL MAIL.
LISBON, Nov. 29.

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship
Rhone has arrived here from Brazil, and will leave
for Southampton at 7 a.m. to-morrow (Thursday)
with passengers, 489 rolls of tobacco, 1,107 bales of
cotton, 112 packages of sundries, and specie
£6,156.

(By telegraph from Lisbon.)

RIO JANEIRO, Nov. 9.

Exchange on London, 26 26f ; Paris, 360.
Coffee good ; first, 6,900 to 7,000 rcis. Stock,
120,000 bags.

QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 28.

The Achilles has returned to this port. She
went to sea to intercept one of the Inman steamers
outward bound, which did not call here.
The Liverpool is still outside the harbour.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 29.

The Union Company's screw steamer Natal,
which sailed hence on the 23d inst. for the Cape of
Good Hope, has put back to Portland through
stress of weather.