The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOIN, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2 1866.

had gained a few faint cheers, which they • naced Jamaica. The attempt to throw discredit
LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms
of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by magnified and multiplied in their organs into upon the intelligence we have received from the
of
its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin.:
707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti-
the voice of public opinion." ;Well might island is quite preposterous and must prove a failure.
tution also expended £ 1,374 in the same period on its life-
boat establishments, in addition to granting £4,950 for re- the gallant Captain declare that these " would-
wards for saving life and exercising; the lifeboats.,
The Committee of the Institution earnestly p
AL
to
be philanthropists were the most dangerous party in
the
Atto
meetF
the
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable tl m
continued heavy demands on the Institution 150 lifeboat England." Mischief-making, as they have always
stations.
Contributions are received by the London and country been, never have we had more cause to distrust their
d by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the .
llnansietursti' anon, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. doings and to denounce their manoeuvres than now,
- when they are falsifying intelligence, distorting
facts, and ignoring important events in order that
they may gain their end ; in short, they are alike
treacherous enemies and mistaken friends, for the
service they render to their protegee's is a very bad
one, inasmuch as they are sowing the seeds of dis-
sension, which must before long bring forth another
harvest of sedition.

There were probably few of us who, when roused
from our slumbering last Saturday night by the
terrific gale that swept past us on its errand of
destruction, who did not cast a thought to those at
" There will be many shipwrecks to-night,"
is a common saying at such times, and unhappily
the reports from various parts of the country only
confirm such apprehensions. The gales, which even
in our sheltered metropolis we have felt s 3 severely
during the last few days, have been experienced in
a far greater measure on all parts of the English
and Irish coasts, and have left—as such visitors
generally do—their record of loss and destruction
behind them. From Folkestone, from the Norfolk
coasts, from South Wales, from Hartlepool, from
Montrose, came the tidings of wreck and disaster,
and the close of 1865 has been characterised by
storms of extreme severity not only within the past
week, but during the whole quarter.
~The quarterly
issue of the Journal of the National Lifeboat Insti-
tution* is likely therefore to attract more than ordi-
nary attention ; and it is gratifying to find that the
public appreciation of the services rendered by this
admirable institution is increasing and extending.
Thanks to this well governed and indefatigable
association, the public sympathy with those at sea,
whose dangers are brought home to every fireside
by the loud voice of the winter storms, may now
take active shape. We may still cry, " GOD
help those at sea ! " for these are perils
which defy human aid, risks which no energy or
sagacity can avert. But we can also show our sin-
cerity by doing our own part to lessen those dangers
and to assist in providing those means which have
so often proved efficacious in saving life and pro-
perty. The results which the records of the Insti-
tution show of their labours during the past year
are by no means inconsiderable. They give the
reader plain evidence of the practical services ren-
dered by the fine fleet of 163 lifeboats now on our
shores. The total number of lives saved during
1865 was 444, or on an average of nearly nine per-
sons per week, though, of course, the divi-
sion throughout the year is most irre-
gular according to the seasons. In addition
to these 444 lives saved by the direct agency of the
lifeboats, the Institution has granted rewards for
lives saved during the past twelvemonths on 182
occasions, thus acting on that " lateral extension"
principle which is the political fashion of the day.
There is, besides, a great deal of work done which
produces no actual result. The lifeboats have in
the past year put off, or prepared for putting off,
to the assistance of ships in distress 80 times, and
in doing so the crews sometimes underwent long
exposure and in curred great risk, but as it so happened
that their services were not required from the vessels
signalling, having been assisted by other means,
having succeeded in getting out of danger, these
cases are not included in the general total of direct
services. Still the promptitude and willingness of
the lifeboat crews, who are always ready for any
service however dangerous or unpromising, forms
an important part of the services rendered by
the Institution, whose committee are careful
to keep the boats and crews in a thoroughly
efficient state. Of course this cannot be
done without very great and continual ex-
pense, and accordingly we find from the balance-
sheet of the association that there has been an out-
lay of £21,374 during 1865 on the various establish-
ments of the United Kingdom. The support
which the public have afforded to the Institu-
tion during the past few years has been liberal
and continuous, and in the report before us
we find repeated instances of ladies and gentlemen
defraying the whole cost of lifeboats in memory of
some lamented relative. We can fancy no better
or more practical means of cherishing an endeared
name than by thus making it an object of hope
and interest to thousands. "No fading, frail me-
morial" is thus given, but one which does honour
alike to the departed and to the affection which re-

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, C OVENT-
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sea.

Conductor, Mr. Allred Mellon,
After which. at 8, the tzrand comic, ny ectacular, and ope-
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Commence at 7 o'cicck.

Let us see, however, in what manner Mr. CARD-
WELL got out of the awkward predicament in which
he was placed by the searching interrogatory just
recorded. After a meaningless preamble about
colonial affairs he contrived at last to come to
Jamaica, about which, of course, every one was
anxious to hear from an authentic source. He then
observed that that great colony had caused anxiety
to her MAJESTY'S Government for the last few
months ; and, most ominous and protentous words,
he went on to say, " I shall not follow Captain
FANE into that portion of his address in
which he touched upon party politics."
Can any anything be more significant than this
passage in the right hon. gentleman's speech, and
can he who runs fail to read the meaning
which in reality attaches to the refusal of the
Colonial Secretary to say that Exeter Hall
had had no influence over the Government ?
Were the allegation false, of course he would have
been rejoiced to deny it, and would gladly have seized
the first opportunity which presented itself for doing
so. But how can Mr. CARDWELL, how can anymem-
ber of the Cabinet, so far compromise himself when
he knows the contrary to be the case? And difficult
as the right hon. gentleman's position was, he did
attempt to make the best of it, and it was a very
transparent ruse to call the subject " party politics."
It has nothing whatever to do with politics in a
party sense of a particular nature. It concerns the
broad principles of justice, which rank far above
and extend far beyond the narrow confines and ex-
clusive limits of party. It is a question whether
the Ministers of this great country have or have not
consented to become the tools of a "faction" and
to serve the purposes of a partial and prejudiced
class ; and all the answer we can get
officially is, that this is a party question.
If this is to be the " dodge" tried in Parliament
when the subject of " Jamaica" is broached, we
warn the Government that their attempt will be a
signal failure. It must be distinctly understood
from the outset that all which appertains to the
welfare of our colonies, all which concerns the
safety and well-being of our fellow-subjects resid

TII EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE._
3lapagers, illessrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, the Farce of HUSBANDS, BEWARE.
Mr. G. Delmore, Miss llazlewood, &c.
After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN;
or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing
Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, 11. Lrayton, G. Weston. Master
Fere', Rosen' ; Misses Bazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer
Fantomimists, Messrs. H. Bolen°, C. Lauri, Cormacic,
Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno.

Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAS! : Messrs. Sothern,
Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Belly Moore, Snowden,
Lc.

To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET,
Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weathersby, ;
Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar,
Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot,
To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. air. Com,,ton.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.
Mr. 11. Widdicomb.
After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD.
Mr. Fr-chter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin,
J. H. Fitzpatrick, 1). Evans ; Mesdames Ternan, Elaworthy,
Lavenu, and C. Leclercq.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI,
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called LEHI\ D
TIM& Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith;
Miss A. seaman, &e.

After which, at 8, RIP VAX WINKLE. Rip (his 103 d
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington,
P. Bedford, ft Phillips, lgo elix Ito.rs, Ashley, Lburne, C. J.
Smith; Mrs. Billing tor, &c.

To conclude with Tfi E STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L.
Toole, P. Bedford, Ashley; Miss K. Kelly, &a

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.

THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS.
After whi,h, 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. Vilders, J. G.
Shore, G. Murray, 11. Mtlion, C. Seyton, 11. Cathcart; 31183
L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers.

ROYAL S 1 RAND THEATRE.
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THIS EVENING. at Seven, NOTHING VENTURE
IsiuTHING WIN.
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L'AFItICAINE; or, The Queen of the Cannibil Islan !s.
Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne ; Mesdames Swanborough,
Raynham, Johnstone, ..tc.
To conclude with TURN HIM OUT.

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the rebellion and mutiny of any part of the popu-

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matters quite out of the range of " party" tactics
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and then to permit inquiries to be silenced and
investigations to be checked, because, forsooth,

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There are glaring inconsistencies in the whole
working of the affair besides, because if one party
is to be silent the other had better be so,
and it is ridiculous to tell the second one to
refrain from making needful inquiries. We admit
that the outbreak in Jamaica has been made a party
affair in some sense. But whose doings was that ?
Was it not that of the "faction," as it has been ap-
propriately termed ? They originated the discus-
sions that have been held on this subject, they in-
fused the spirit of bitterness into the affair, trans-
formed what should have been the regret of re-
spectable members of the community in hearing of
an outbreak into the ravings of fanatics, and
the diatribes of mad enthusiasts. Mr. CARD-
WELL says that no one has ever doubted
the promptitude of the authorities in putting
down the outbreak, but in this statement he
makes a great blunder. No independent observer
of events has doubted it ; but it is a universally
acknowledged thing that all the members of the I
" faction" doubted it ; and, moreover, it is certain
that in his interview with them the Premier endea-
voured to deprecate their wrath by going so far as
to say he did not wonder at the meetings which had
been held in different parts of the country to tes-
tify public indignation at the recent course pursued
in Jamaica in suppressing the outbreak. It is,
therefore, quite idle for Mr. CARDWELL to tell the
company at Oxford one thing and for his chief to
tell the fanatics at Exeter Hall another. We
believe, as we said before, that had the right hon.
gentleman been permitted from the outset to follow
the dictates of his own judgment in this Jamaica
business that a very different and far superior re-
sult would have taken place to what has occurred ;
but since he has determined to follow suit to the
Premier, he must take the consequences and abide
by his decision. Whatever be his remarks, if he
remains in the Cabinet he must share the obloquy
Which attaches to every member of it. It is also
quite out of character for the right hon. gentleman
to state that no stigma is intended to be passed
upon Governor EYRE in this matter of " suspension."
We have certainly no right to declare what the
" intentions" of the Government are, but we must
remind them that hell is paved with good intentions,
and that men are judged by their acts, and not by
their intentions.
Suspendingcourse
Governor EYRE has
deeply injured him, and the Ministers will have to
answer for the
HoAn
ms
E, M.P., made hi they have taken. Mr.
ing to foster the elf ridiculous by attempt-
he went so far asviews
dcefeltahree ftahcattiotnhe; a“npdsewehdeen.
as they were called, expressed what
philanthropists,
he believed to be the real feeling of the educated and
humane people of this countr
by cries of " No, no ;"y' he was interrupted
but nothing daunted or dis-
mayed by these expressions of dissent he went on
to entreat every one not to commit himself
prematurely to any expression of " approbation of
what he, in common with the country at large,
might, upon obtaining greater knowledge, have to
denounce, reprobate, and condemn as measures of
excessive severity." This is quite an argument of the
faction, as if every fresh mail from Jamaica was likely
to furnish irrefragable proof of the delinquency
of the Governor and the colonial authorities. It
will be a great satisfaction when Parliament meets,
and an opportunity is afforded to the lovers of jus-
tice and fairplay to speak out, the members of the
House will not be taken in by the claptrap oratory
that can be very successfully employed at meetings
and public dinners. Mr. CARDWELL can hardly
tell the House that the Government do not know
enough to be able to arrive at a just conclusion.
They ought to know if they do not, and they were
warned long ago by the Governor tlictt danger nle-

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the most efficient service. Since 1858 she has rescued
133 persons from imminent danger, besides bringing
several vessels safely into port. The lifeboat was
not new when she became the property of the insti-
tution, having been built 18 years ago, and has been
fairly worn out in her arduous work on the Norfolk
coast. Three gallant services in the early days of
last October completed what the report justly terms
her glorious career, and she was then replaced by a
IIEAV sailing lifeboat 43ft. long and 12ft. wide, being
one of the finest on the eastern coast. The cost of
the new boat has been collected among the artizans
of Birmingham, who thus set a noble example to
their fellows in our other great cities. Why should
not the working men of Manchester, of Liverpool,
of London itself, follow in so admirable a course
which a working man of Birmingham, JAMES
PEARSE by name, has had the honour of origi-
nating ? Our artisans and mechanics are never
wanting in hearty English sympathy and admira-
tion of gallant daring and heroic self-sacrifice ;
and among the men of their own rank in life, who
man the lifeboats on our coast, is many a hero
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poets sings—
" Nobler doeds than ever turned the fate of kings and
crowns

Are done for England's glory by her boatmen of the
Downs."

And the sentiment may fairly be extended in its
application to the crews of the lifeboats round our
coasts.

The ceremony of launching the boat from the
builder's yard, at Great Yarmouth, was highly in-
teresting. JA3IES PEARSE, after whom the boat
was named, was present with a deputation from
Birmingham, and they had good news to take back
to their native city, for on her way down to take
up her station at Caister, the crew of the new life-
boat perceived a vessel in distress, and succeeded
in assisting her out of danger, thus celebrating her
very first trip by a public service. The Commer-
cial Travellers of the North of England and the
Midland Counties have collected the cost of a
second life-boat, which is to be stationed on the
coast of the Isle of Man. The same indefatigable
body is now engaged in getting up the cost of a
third boat, to be called the " Sheffield." Several
other towns and companies have been busy in the
same good cause, and we think many of our asso-
ciations and large companies might very
well inaugurate the new year by similar
proceedings. A new station has just been founded
at Anstruther, on the coast of Fifeshire, where the
fishermen stood in much need of it, and have sub-
scribed £6O towards its cost. Miss HARVIE, of
Cheltenham, has defrayed the expenses of the esta-
blishment, and desired that the boat should be
named the Admiral Fitzroy. In connection with the

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