The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-24 00:00:00

lof the misdoings of certain officers entrusted with
the suppression of the rebellion in remote ciistrictst
why was not Lord Canning disgraced on account of
the severities which attended the suppression of the
mutiny in India? If the circumstances of the
Jamaica rising were to occur again, there is not a
gentleman in England who would not endeavour to,
act as Mr. Eyre did, though few would carry 04:
their intentions with his discretion and ability.
is the almost unanimous opinion in Jamaica that
his firmness saved the white inhabitants of the island
,
from destruction, and the people on the spot nit'
surely be better judges of what was necessary'
the emergency than any of us over here can'
The company which met at Southampton to welcome
the ex-Governor were of opi
vas
that his condOe''
under these circumstances, as such as to do 11°11_
honour, and it is to insult them to call in question
their right to give expression to their opinion.

Rewards to a Lifeboat's Crew.

The Fiench Emperor has presented a first-elan
gold medal and certificate to Mr.IN. Levett, eel"
swain of the St. Ives lifeboat, belonging to the Na"
tional Lifeboat Institution, and a first-class saver
medal and certificate to each of the crew, consisting
of eight men, of the lifeboat, in acknowledgment °f
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their very noble and persevering services in saving'
at great risk of life, four men belonging to the
Providence, of Granville, France, which was vireekv°
last winter, during a fearful storm, on Hayle Bar,
Cornwall. When seen the sea was making a en°.
plete breach over the wreck, and the crew were stiPi
posed to be in the rigging. The St. lves lifeboat
the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was at oncen;
launched. In crossing the bar with the drogue
drag bag in tow, which carried her safely over two
heavy surfs, a tremendous sea broke over her stern,
and the drogue-rope breaking from the immense
strain on it, she flew before the crest of the surf 11/
almost a perpendicular position, and running her
bow under water broached to and upset. She soon,
however, righted, and all her crew managed to get'
on board. Two oars, grapnel, anchor, and rope were
lost, and two crutches broken. Although rowing fel
oars only, the‘ crew persevered, and contrived to get
her under the lee of the vessel, which was the French
brig Providence, bound from Cardiff for Dieppe with
coal. With a heavy sea and strong under current, holy;
ever, the lifeboat's crew found it impossible to get
alongside. Nearly an hour passed in signalling to
the French crew to send a rope by means of a spar
or raft, and when this at last was done, the COl'
swain signalled to haul on board the life-buoy, in;
tending to take the men off through the water, ii
he could not make himself understood. Two of the
crew now endeavoured to reach the lifeboat by means
of the connecting rope ; one was being dragged °n
board, and the other was within four or five 3131-u5,
when a fearful sea broke on the broadside of the
boat and upset her a second time. She righted in;
scantly, but the poor fellow who was on the rev,.
lost his hold and was never seen again. The other
held fast to the boat, and the crew once more eh
into her without accident. The communication wit',
the vessel bad not been broken, and the lifeboat
again hauled up as near as possible to her. The e3P.;
tain and the remaining two men then took to thelh.
boat, when the second wave capsized them.. Through
a fearful sea the lifeboat was hastily hauled ahead,
and the three men were most fortunately picked U'l
The crew of the lifeboat landed at Haylothorough
exhausted. A more heroic service was perhaps nelei
rendered by any boat. In admiration of it ,a loca
contribution was raised to present a suitable acknoll:
ledgement of their bravery and endurance to the,
lifeboat's crew in addition to the rewards of the
Lifeboat Institution, consisting of a 'silver ineci
and £2 to the coxswain, and a beautiful illuminated
testimonial and £2 to each man of his brave crew'