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LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 15, 1866.

The arrival of the Tasmania has furnished us with
further news from Jamaica, which will be looked
to with interest by the public. We meet with
further particulars of the late disastrous out-
break in the island, which tend to confirm the im-

pression already prevalent in the minds of some that
the rigorous measures adopted were rendered neces-
sary by the peculiar circumstances of the case. The
Colonial Standard, in its packet summary, publishes
a defence of the policy of the Governor and the
colonial authorities. It states, in reply to some re-
marks made in English journals, that the great
emergency which arose was a sufficient reason for
the plans adopted, and further adds that the idea of
the affair being a " local riot" is quite untenable,
and that the declarations of the rebels themselves,
and their subsequent course upon leaving Morant
Bay, quite negative the notion. All the details of
the case, which are gradually coming out in the
course of these communications, sufficiently attest
the danger of the " situation,"
and the necessity
that existed for the adoption of
prompt and vigour-
ous measures. Before going down to Morant Bay
the rebels assembled at Stony Gap, where they took
a fearful oath to stand by one another, and to ac-
complish a certain purpose, and all their subsequent
conduct proved how firm was their resolve, and how
deep rooted their determination. It was no
temporary ebullition of passion, no hasty
movement, prompted by the occurrence of an lid_
tiating circumstance, but the carrying out of a
settled purpose, the execution of a cherished scheme
and a well-considered design. Thus their fighting
at Morant Bay was carried on according to rule,
and in strict conformity with preconceived notions.
After this partial accomplishment of their designs
- they retired to pray, and thanked HEAVEN for their
success. Then they divided into different bodies,
and went in several directions about the country,
raising recruits on their journey ; and the various

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bodies, although separated from each other, still
held firm to the original plan sketched out and
carried on at ISiorant Bay. As the parties thus
proceeded they showed that they meant to push
their advantages to the uttermost, and to spread
their rebellion in other parishes. Although at the
approach of the troops they fled, still it was not
till then ; and the manner in which the ravages were
carried on, and the perseverance with which they
were pursued, until stopped by the presence of the
military, prove how completely fixed was the pur-
pose, and how unabated the ardour with which it
was carried out. _ _

Some of the minor stratagems of the affair were
well planned, and displayed a dexterity worthy
of a better cause, and of emanating from
men engaged in an honourable undertaking,
instead of proceeding from those who were banded
together to kill and plunder. An address was found
- which had been issued by PAUL BOGLE and other
of the chiefs of the movement, after the arrival of
the troops at Morant Bay, and in this the leader's
call upon their followers to rise. In consequence of
the sudden and most linlooked-for Arriyal of troops,
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