The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-20 00:00:00

The Jamaica Disturbances.

Some additional evidence respecting the late George
William Gordon has been published. It will be
remembered that whilst public attention was most
strongly directed to the conduct of Mr. Eyre and
his subordinates, some references were made to a
Captain Edenborough, and to the knowledge he bad
of Mr. Gordon's conduct prior to the outbreak at
Morant Bay. It was alleged by those who sym-
pathised most with the negroes that this Captain
Edenborough was a myth, or that if it did exist, he
was mistaken as to the identity of George William
Gordon. It is only now, after the lapse of so long
a time, that this evidence has been published. It
appears that when the news of the outbreak first
reached England, Capt. Edeuborough chanced to be
here, and he wrote to Mr. Cardwell, who was then
Secretary of State for the Colonies, respecting an
interview he had had with Mr. Gordon. He wrote
thus in December, 1865. He did not leave this
country until the February following, but received
no communication from the Colonial Office, nor was
any application made to him to give evidence before
the Royal Commissioners either here or in Jamaica.
As stated above, he left England in February, 1866,
and did not return until about six weeks ago. The
hon. secretary of the Eyre Defence and Aid Com-
mittee then communicated with him, and he ex-
pressed a desire to give evidence, and to be cross-
examined thereon. On the sth of August Baron
Bramwell appointed a commission to examine him.
After his examination in chief, he was severely
cross-examined by counsel. In his affidavit he de-
scribes himself as Henry Bolton Edenborough, late
a lieutenant in the Confederate States' navy. He
says that in June, 1865, he landed at Kingston,
Jamaica, from an armed schooner of which he
was in command. Whilst at Kingston he had an
interview with George William Gordon, who re-
presented himself as being connected with the Go-
vernment of Jamaica, and gave that as a reason why
he wished their interview to be kept secret. Gordon
said that he understood that Edenborough wished
to dispose of his vessel and its armament, and then
proposed to purchase the ship just as it was. After-
wards he changed his proposal. He wished to
purchase the arms only, and spoke about having
them landed on the south side of Jamaica and in
the neighbourhood of the Black River. Gordon then
expressed strong sympathy with the Confederate
States in their struggle for independence. When
Capt. Edenborough stated his intention of sending
the crew of his schooner to England on board a
vessel then lying in Amotto Bay, Gordon proposed
to charter the vessel for a voyage to the Island of
Great Inagua and back, to receive on board at
Inagua a refuge Haitian general, and one or two
other Haitians, and then to touch at St. Nicholas
Mole, Haiti, for another Haitian, on the return
voyage. At the same time Gordon stated that a
quantity of munitions of war were concealed at
Inagua, which had arrived there from the United
States, and which munitions of war he wanted to be
brought down from Inagua to Jamaica, and landed
in the neighbourhood of Black River. At the inter-
view Gordon was accompanied by a bright mulatto,
whom he introduced as a Haitian general, and said
he was a soldier—a very brave fellow, who had seen
service in his country (Matti) before he was expa-
triated, or words to that effect. l le said a sum could
be paid down on account before the vessel started ;
and he referred the captain to a mercantile house in
Kingston, who, he said, would become responsible for
the expenses, in case nie proposed voyage to Inagua
was undertaken. Both the proposals were declined
by Capt. Edenborough. Gordon and his Haitian
friend inquired the practicability of converting ordi-
nary small boats into torpedo rams, against iron
vessels, blockading ports, &c. Capt. Edeuborough
thought that all the proposals and the talk had
reference to the affairs of San Domingo or Hatti,
although it did occur to him as rather curious and
unintelligible that arms and munitions of war should

" The Deputies have heard with heartfelt grati-
tude the words of welcome with which your royal
highness has opened the deliberation of the Cham-
ber. In the midst of the formidable changes the
events of the past year have effected in the situa-
tion of the German fatherland your royal highness
has remained unalterably faithful to your tried
affection for the German people, to the ardent
desire to see it happy and great, and to the firm re-
solution of making every sacrifice in order to attain
that aim. The people of Baden will follow with joy
and confidence the striking example given by its
august Sovereign.

The dissolution of the Germanic Diet has for
the time removed the Grand Duchy of Baden, like
the other States of Southern Germany, from all
political union with its brethren beyond the Main.
But we are firmly persuaded that an organic and
permanent union with the Northern Confederation,
founded under the direction of the most powerful
German State, will soon be arrived at, and that the
regeneration of Germany will be effected in a man-
ner conferring upon our country that powerful posi-
tion of which she has been so long deprived.
" The continuance of this separation is irrecon-
cilable with the rights of every free people, and in
especial with the historic rights of Germany. The
national union of Southern Germany with the
Northern Confederation—being effected upon solid
conditions guaranteeing the general welfare and
permitting the free development of the autonomy of
individual States—cannot injure any foreign in-
terest, and, being an absolute necessity for the Ger-
man people, will reward the sacrifices it requires.
"We deeply regret that the events that have
taken place oppose obstacles of various kinds to the
immediate reconstruction of a great German com-
monwealth, and we share your royal highness's hope
that increasing acquaintance with the situation,
firm courage, and the indomitable desire that urges
on the German people to form an united nation will
speedily triumph over the resistance they encounter
at home and abroad.

"At present let us at leastlrcjoice at the fact that
the Southern States know they are united with the
North in the feeling of sacred duty they entertain
for the common defence of the German soil against
attack from without.

" We see with great satisfaction in the new con-
solidation of the Zollverein and in its reorganisation
which involves, it is true, in a restricted sense, the
convocation of a German Parliament—the com-
mencement of a commonwealth, which, intelligently
educated, will, we hepe, soon understand in their
totality the economical interests of Germany, and
thus become a powerful stimulant to achieve com-
plete union in reality.
" The agreement arrived at among the Southern
States upon the organisation of their military forces
appears to us a fact of not less importance. The
political situation of Europe entails upon Germany,
as an absolute duty towards herself, that she should
take up a position commanding respect and defying
attack.

" Political necessity, no less than the sentiment
of self-respect, requires that the Southern States
should place themselves upon the level of the States
of the North in a military point of view. The
military institutions of Prussia—now extended to
the North German Confederation which have
stood the test of warfare, and are based upon the
principle of the universal armament of the nation,
will justly be a model the Southern States will have
to imitate. The proximate establishment among
ourselves of a similar military system will facilitate
and in every way prepare the accomplishment of
the national union with the Northern Confedera•
tion.

" Great sacrifices must be imposed upon the Ger-
man people to enable it to carry out this task. A
longer call will be made upon the military patriotism
of the youth and men of riper age, and by this means
the increase of taxation will proceed side by side
with the growing requirements of the State. In
view of the object desised to be gained, your royal
highness's faithful people will make this sacrifice with
the greater readiness, because they have gained the
intimate conviction that the union they aspire to
contract with the North German Confederation in
no way endangers the development of our domestic
prosperity, inaugurated by your royal highness's
august initiative upon the basis of free and popular
institutions.
"The continuation of our task of home reform
will be brought to a satisfactory result by the de-
cisive and fecund application of the fundamental
principles, whose object is to regulate the relations
of the Church towards the State, by the remodelling
of the political laws which guarantee to citizens the
right of free speech and free meeting, which secure
the execution of constitutional decisions, and place
them beyond the possibility of misinterpretation ;
and further, by that reform of the constitution itself,
which aims at removing antiquated laws, at re-
regenerating institutions, and at maintaining them
in harmony with the progress the people are con-
scious of having accomplished.
" Those institutions intended to raise the level of
youthful education should be cultivated with especial
care. We shall readily give our attention to mea-
sures intended to effect a portion of this task.

The increase of credits under the head of public
education, together with the necessities accruing
from the public debt, make a considerable call upon
-
the financial resources of the countr.) • They will
be still further increased in consequence of the ex-
pense arising from the measures intended to improve
our commercial position. Prudent economy will,
above all, be required to cover, without imposing
too heavy a burden upon taxpayers, the outlay car-
ried forward to an unusual extent from the ordinary
and extraordinary budgets.
" The gontinuous impulse which should be given
to the interests of commerce, trade,
and agricul-
ture will bring about a considerable alleviation of
these charges. We have therefore gladly received
the statement that ne construction of railways will
be carried on with untiring assiduity, and we shall
carefully examine the bill regulating the formation
and maintenance of other means of transport.
f"rhe upcertainty of the political position still

" From the outset we have made it our object to
direct the current of the national development of
Germany into a course in which it should not ope-
rate destructively, but as favourable to fruition. We
have avoided everything that might precipitate the
national movement, and have endeavoured not to
excite, but to calm. This effort, we are entitled to
hope, will succeed, provided everything is avoided by
foreign powers with equal-care that might call forth
among the German people disquietude as to foreign
plans of which it might be the object, and that would
consequently arouse just excitement of the feeling
of national dignity and independence.
" For this reason we hail the distinct disavowal of
any intention to interfere in the internal affairs of
Germany with lively satisfaction in the interest of
the peaceful development of our own concerns. Even
the South German Governments will testify that we
have abstained from every attempt to exercise moral
pressure upon their resolutions, and that, on the
contrary, we have, by the treaty of July 8 last, un-
reservedly abandoned the opportunity of so doing
afforded us by the position of the Zollverein.
" We shall still continue to maintain this policy.
The North German Confederation will in future
readily meet every requirement of the South Ger-
man Governments for extension and consolidation
of the national relations between the South and the
North of Germany, but we shall at all times leave
decision, as to the limits mutual approach has to
preserve, to the free determination of our South
German allies. We consider we shall be able to
adhere to this stand-point the more undisturbed,
because we look upon the relations at present estab-
lished by treaty between the North and South of
Germany—represented by the alliance concluded
and the completion of the Zollverein—as affording
a legally and actually secured foundation for the in-
dependent development of the national interests of
the German people.

" I request your excellency to express yourself in
this sense to the Government to which you are ac-
credited, and empower you also to read this despatch
to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.—Receive, &c.,

" BISMARCK."

SPEECH OF BARON J'ON BEUST.

BRUNN, Sept. 15.

Subjoined is the text of the speech delivered by
Baron von Beust upon his arrival in this town. A
summary has been telegraphed :--
"Permit me, gentlemen, first of all, to thank you
for the cordial reception you have given me. Every
testimony of public confidence is always of high
value in my eyes, and that now tendered by the
town of Brunn is doubly dear, as it is offered
through the mouth of an illustrious man (Ilerr
Giskra, the Burgomaster), with whom I have been
connected by ties of friendship for many years.
Your confidence is especially precious at the present
time, when the path I have hitherto pursued has
become more narrow and more difficult, as was in-
deed to be foreseen. At times like this public con-
fidence is the gauge of success. lam fully aware of
the duties this trust imposes upon me, and hope to
render myself worthy of having inspired it. I believe
that those who honour me with their confidence will
be indulgent and just towards him to whom they now
offer their good wishes. You will not, I hope, forget
that he who follows a difficult path must halt from
time to time to take breath, to prevent his sinking
from fatigue. Do not forget also that he who does
not select the most rugged road to reach the top of
the mountain, does not on that account lose sight of
his object. On the contrary, he keeps it steadily in
view. Ido not know, gentlemen, whether I shall
ever be in a position fully to justify your confidence,
but be assured that you are doing honour to a man
who has every desire to deserve your good opinion.
Gentlemen, I have also been favoured with an ad-
dress from the Chamber of Commerce. Allow me
to assure you that I shall always anxiously watch
over the interests of trade and commerce, and
promote them to the utmost for the sake
of the general welfare. I consider the nego-
tiations for the settlement of common affairs
with Hungary as upon the point of arriving at a
happy and satisfactory result, and trust that we
shall soon be relieved from the doubt which dis-
quiets us most, i.e., the uncertainty of success.
Matters have been arranged in such a manner that
I, for my part, entertain no doubt of the main-
tenance of peace. You will find the proof of this
assertion in the fact that political and commercial
relations with Prussia have been resumed, and will,
I trust, lead to results favourable to your wishes."
The speech was interrupted by frequent bursts
of applause, and the speaker loudly cheered at its
close.

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THE REPRESENTATION of the PEOPLE
ACT, 1867.
BOUNDARY COMMISSION.
Notice is hereby Given, that Major-General BAIN-
BRIGGE, Royal Engineers, and NASSAU J. SENIOR,
Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, two of the Assistant Com-
missioners appointed by the Boundary Commissioners
for England and Wales, under the provisions of the Re-
presentation of the People Act, 1867, will attend at the
Court House, Wellclose-square, ono Monday, th
the e 30th
day of September, 1867, at Eleven 'clock, for pur-
pose of INQUIRING- into the BOUNDARthIES
vi of toho
Borough of the TOWER HAMLETS, wi a ew t
ascertain whether the boundaries should be enlarged so
as to include within the limits of the Borough all premises
which ought, due regard being had to situation and other
local circumstances, to be included therein for the purpose
of conferring upon the occupiers thereof the Parliamentary
Franchise for such Borough.
The Assistant Commissioners will be prepared to receive,
at the time and place above-mentioned, the statements of
any persons who are desirous of giving information as to
Boundaries or other local cit•cumsances of the Borough.
C. W. FREMANTLE, Secretary to the
Commissioners.
6, O'd Palace-yard, Westminster, S.W., Sept. 18, 1867.

COVENT-GARDEN PROMENADE
CONCERTS.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
EVERY EVENING, at EIGHT.
Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL.
e" The Programme for This Evening will include—Over-
tures, " Tannhausser " and "Le Philtre ;" Gounod's Medi-
tation ; Valse, Polka, and Quadrille, by Johann Straussl;
Grand Selection from " Der Freischutz ;" " Marche
Orientals;" Songs by Madame Jetty Treffz and Mr. W
Morgan Solos, by Mr. J. M. Whli, Mr. H. W.ill Mr.
Lezarus,; Mr. Winterbottom, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Reynolds,
ac. Band of 100 performers. .
Conductors--Signor BOTTESI I N and Herr JOHANN
STRAUSS.
To-morrow (Saturday), first time, an Orchestral and
Choral Valse by Johann Strauss.
Monday next, a Selection from the works of VERDI.
Refreshments by Spiers and Pond.
Admission, One Shilling.

'THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
1 Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattertua.
The public Is respectfully informed this Theatre will Open
for the Autumn Dramatic season on Saturday, Sept. 21.
TO-MORROW. Sept. 2,, :Monday. Sept. 23, and during
t he week, her Majesty's snvants will perform an adaptation,
by Bayle Bernard, of Goethe's romantic Play of FAUST.
Principal characters by Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Edmund Phelps,
Hircmrt. Warner, Bartleman, Webb, Johnstone. Temple.
Moreland ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mesdames Vandenhoff,
Gratton, Brougham, dtc.
At the conclusion of the Play on Saturday, Sept, 21, the
NATIONAL ANTHEM will be
To conclude wills each evening, for the first time at this
thea+re, Pocock's romantic Drama of THE MILLER AND
gig ,}1 EN. Characters by 3lcsars. Ryder, E. Phelps, Har-
court, Barrett, Itouie ; Mesdames Edith Stuart, Stafford, and
Gratton.
Scenic deb ‘rtment under the direction of Mr. William
Ikverley, Musical director, Mr. J. IL Tully.
Stage..,-nana,zer, Mr. Edmund Stirling.
Doors open at halt-past fi, comrnenle at 7 o'clock.
Lox-oflic%; open from 10 till 5 daily.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Mann., r. Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, ROMEO Ai D JULIET. 151, mgrs.
Chippendale, Howe, itogers, Compton, Kendal Bra
, Braid
Chippen-
, Clark,
White, Coe. Vincent, eathersby,-&c. ; Xesd
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Atter which, TO PARIS AND BACIr YOE
POUNDS. Mr. Buckstone.
Concluding with PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and Miss
lone Burke.