The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-25 00:00:00

The Late Colonel Hobbs.

The late Colonel Hobbs's brother has written to
the Times as follows :—" Hitherto I have forborne
addressing you on a subject which has, nevertheless,
given me for a considerable time the deepest concern
and anxiety namely, the manner in which the
name of my late brother, Colonel Hobbs, has been
assailed by a portion of the press in this country as
to his character, both as an officer and a man, in
unnoticedpc
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port of the Royal Commission on the subject, by
which report his character as an officer must either
stand or fall ; and lam under the impression that
the best way to meet attacks against private
character is to live them down in silence. But,
as my unfortunate brother no longer lives to
enable him to do this, I cannot now remain
silent, and trust that you, who did not hesitate
to censure his conduct as an officer, will not
refuse me space in your columns to say a few words
in defence of his character as a man. My brother
has been accused of-wanton and unnecessary cruelty
in his dealings with the negroes. This I most em-
phatically deny, and in saying so I am confident I
shall be borne out by everyone who ever knew him,
for I believe him to have been incapable of ever act-
ing under the influence of malice and cruelty, and I
have not the smallest doubt that in every case in
which he found himself called upon to adopt severe
measures he did so with pain and reluctance, and
would have gladly spared life or the infliction of
punishment if he thought he could have done so con-
sistently with the discharge of his duty to his Queen
and his country. However unwiselymy brother may
have written or acted, and I do not hesitate to say
he may have done both, I feel convinced that he
acted solely from a high sense of duty, influenced by
sincere Christian principles, and a desire to per-
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lation of Jamaica for the manner in which he acted,
under the trying circumstances in which he was
placed, he found in this country the same line of
conduct commented upon, reprobated, and Con-
demned in the most unmeasured terms by persons
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utterly unable either to realise or comprehendn his
position. The sense of this injustice cdonlvvienagk
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stitutionpa sensitive mind, nervous disposition,nfav
unfavourable effect.
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by those from whom he
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more than he
could endure, and
was entitled to,
his
and
heavy load of anxiety,
with which the whole world
in the miserable tragedyand
in
the premature and un-
happy now acquainted,eminently calculated to adorn his
end of one
happy a zealous, straightforward soldier
position in life AS
res*Pemeind
and an amiable and accomplished gentleman."

! HER MAJESTY'S BlRTllDAY.—Yesterday being
the 47th anniversary of her Majesty's birthday, the
event was celebrated with every honour at Windsor, the
royal borough being completely en fete. Their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince
Alfred, attended by Major Teesdale and suite, left Pad-
dington about half-past 11 o'clock, by special train, for
Windsor, in order to pay their respects to her Majesty at
the Castle. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, dur-
ing their stay in the town, took a stroll through the High-
street and inspected the shops and the decorations. TheirAt
royal highnesses returned to London in the afterno:inn..iral
6 o'clock in the evening the town council.t.h.mad p
dinner at
trades people celebrated the anniversary with
the winieyer, presided,
the White hart Hotel. Mr. J.
the table being ornamented
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