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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1866,

We find from the details now furnished respect-
ing the banquet to Mr. EYRE that the whole affair
passed off very successfully, and that the greatest
enthusiasm prevailed among the company. Many
influential persons assisted at the entertainment,
and seemed actuated by the desire to do their utmost
to testify their regard and sympathy to one who has
been so oppressed and injured by misrepresentation
and prejudice. The Earl of CARDIGAN, in responding
for the army, observed that he knew something of
the details of the transactions in Jamaica, as he
had connections and relatives there. As for the
circumstances with which the Governor had to
contend at the opening of this revolt they were
most startling. Many of the most respectable
inhabitants of the place were murdered and revolt-
ing cruelties were perpetrated at the time of their
destruction. The noble lord put the case very
strongly concerning the nature and effects of the
Jamaica insurrection, and we agree with him that
it appears " most extraordinary that the services of
the late illustrious Governor of Jamaica have not
been better appreciated. He distinguished himself
in the most extraordinary way by the labour and
fatigue which he underwent, and the army and
navy, following his example, conducted themselves in
the most praiseworthy manner." Lord CARDIGAN also
referred to-former insurrections which had occurred
in colonies, and the inquiries which had been made
into the details of their suppression. " But," said he,
" the Prime Ministers of those days stood by their
governors, and such Prime Ministers are to be be-
lieved, men like Lord PALMERSTON, who was well
known in Southampton, and his predecessor, Lord
MELBOURNE." Professor KINGSLEY, iu proposing
the Houses of Parliament, regretted that owing to
the time of the year there was no member of the
House of Commons present to express in concert
with the noblemen who had appeared what the
" very highest class of Englishmen thought of
Governor EYRE." In the course of his interesting
speech, Professor KINGSLEY alluded to circumstances
connected with Mr. EYRE'S earlier days, which tes-
tify his spirit, energy, and determination. He
walked seven hundred miles round the head of the
Gulf of 'Carpentaria, and that wonderful journey of
discovery which had made him famous. "This was
heroism in the highest sense, and argued that he
possessed in its highest form that English spirit
which had carried the Anglo-Saxon tongue round
the world, and would carry it back again ; that
spirit which had made us the fathers of the United
States and the conquerors of India." Mr. KINGSLEY
referred to some articles published in Macmillan's
Magazine, which were written by his brother, and
on the extraordinary travels of Mr. EYRE in
Australia. It is worth noticing that these
were not written with an arriere pensee, as
some had declared, but before anything of the
Jamaica outbreak was known. As for his conduct
in Jamaica, Mr. KINGSLEY declared that he took
Mr. EYRE upon trust, and truly added that "if
they gave up taking men upon trust, especially
rulers and official men, there would be nothing in
the world but anarchy, which would be followed by
despotism, and in due time by a big tyrant, who
would not take the people on trust. Lord SHREWS •
BURY spoke out very strongly, and declared that he
came there for the purpose of supporting the do-
monstration in favour of Governor EYRE, and that
he was indifferent as to what. might be
said of him by a faction who pretended to more
humanity than fell to the lot of human nature. In
referring to the course pursued by the late Admi-
nistration, the noble earl said that he " felt ashamed
that a weak, vacillating, and tottering Government,
such as they had the other day, who did not dare,
in the face of the party to which he had alluded,
for it was too much under the thumb of Mr.
BRIGHT, to stand by their officer, who, as had been
proved to the satisfaction of the Royal Commis-
sioners, had done his duty faithfully to
the QUEEN." Lord HARDWICKE proposed the
toast of the evening in appropriate terms, and
elicited great applause by his earnest and eloquent
language. The purpose which brought them to-
gether was plainly put before the assembly, namely,
to uphold the character of their guest, and to give
him that support which Englishmen are always
ready to accord to those who have done their duty.
The noble lord did not deny the necessity for an
inquiry into the circumstances connected with the
outbreak. But the question of the insurrection
itself, he truly said, was not one of law ; it was the
insurrection of thousands against hundreds.
It is perfectly correct what was stated by
Lord HARDWICKE, that had not Mr. EYRE
displayed the firmness and resolution which
he did the colony would have been lost to
the country, and would have had to be reconquered.
" If your house is on fire, will you complain of the
fireman who, flooding the flame, puts it out, but in
so doing also destroys the incendiary by drowning
him ?" After alluding to the various addresses
which the late Governor had received from al

classes and denominations in the colony, and de

_ .
daring that the Commissioners took a favourable

view of Mr. EYRE'S conduct, cons,klering the scope
of their vision was restricted to a strictly legal one,
the noble lord concluded his remarks in the following
impressive passage. " After these several declarations
of opinion, I think that the people of Southampton
need no justification in the course which they have
taken this evening by receiving the distinguished
gentleman who is our guest this evening. Now,
then, in proposing the toast, I ask you to drink it
for the purpose of expressing our admiration of Mr.
EYRE, our sense of his eminent services, and our
confidence that when time has softened the present
asperities, the vigour and skill with which at a small
sacrifice of life he preserved to Great Britain one

race

of her most valuable colonies, will be remembered

with gratitude by the British people." Mr. ETRE,

was received with the greatest enthusiasm on rising'
to respond to the toast, and spoke briefly but de-

cidedly.

He declared his high sense of their kind

ness and appreciation, and observed that if before
landing he had felt doubtful as to his reception, he

was now fully convinced that English hearts were

as warm and true as they ever were, and the people

of England would uphold a public officer who had

sought to do his duty, notwithstanding that differ-
ences of opinion might arise. Wo fully concur in
the truth of the assertion that if the course he took

has entailed personal disadvantages upon him, he has
the gratification of knowing that he has saved a
noble colony from ruin, a fact which is now recog-
nised in the colony itself and by many in England.
Air. EYRE recorded his sense of the efficient services
rendered to him in suppressing the rebellion by the
naval and military officers, and concludes by de-
claring that he thanked them one and all from his
heart for the very hearty welcome they accorded to
him, and regarded their presence at that entertain-
ment of so many of the fair, gentle, and good as an
additional source of encouragement, for they
would Never have come there to counte-

7 nan ce him on that occasion had they
believed him guilty of the cruelty or injustice
since attributed to him. We regard this demon-
stration at Southampton as a most satisfactory cir-
cumstance, and it is certainly a matter of rejoicing
that so many independent parties should have come
forward to give their testimony to the merits and
public services of the late Governor of Jamaica. We
hope that this the first will not be the last tribute
offered to the character of Mr. EYRE ; and
when the people of England understand more
fully the persecutions with which he is threat-
ened, they will show yet more strongly their sense
of the injustice with which he has been treated. It
was quite enough for the Prime Minister, who ought
to have supported him, to sacrifice him to the
clamour of a faction, without that faction continu-
ing their mean and unworthy tactics after he had
been dismissed the public service. At any rate this
welcome to Mr. EYRE is a fact that cannot be gain-
said, and one the importance of which his opponents
must feel assured of, notwithstanding all the con-
tempt and scorn they have profeEsed concerning it.

The meeting of the British Association is always
an interesting event, and comes appropriately to
break the dulness of the autumn. This year, un-
fortunately, we have had enough to occupy public
attention with the continental disturbances and the
ravages of the cholera ; but nevertheless men will
be glad to have their minds diverted from such
painful subjects to the more attractive fields of
scientific inquiry. The members of the British As-
sociation, in accordance with the enlightened cus-
tom of the savants of our day, do not confine
themselves to mere speculative disquisitions,
but labour to put their knowledge and their
discoveries to practical use, eliciting from
them something that shall tend to benefit mankind,
to facilitate the transaction of business, and to
preserve men from the dangers and risks which
threaten ignorance. The reports which were read
yesterday at the first assembly of the Association
referred to several practically important matters,
among them the investigation of that meteorological
science which so greatly affects many trades and
professions. There are more things not only in
heaven and earth, but in the intervening space, than
is dreamt of in our philosophy, and Mr. GLAISIIER'S
" blue mist," of painful celebrity, only gives
us an additional proof of the existence of
those mysterious agencies which influence us with-
out our knowing what they are or whence they
come. The Kew committee of the British Associa-
tion sent an interesting report to the general com-
mittee, in which they expressed their cordial acqui-
escence in the suggestion that the Kew esta-
blishment should be developed into a meteoro-
logical centre of observation. The nature of
the partial and imperfect knowledge of meteorolo-
gical laws which has been already acquired has been
so widely recognised that there is no fear that the
study of this science will not receive every encou-
ragement and assistance. The Parliamentary Com-
mittee, however, complain that the Legislature has not
taken any step towards promoting the study of
science in our great public schools. Speaking on
this subject, Mr. GROVE, Q.C., to whose share as
President fell the important task of delivering the
inaugural address, said that " Every votary of phy-
sical science must be anxious to see it recognised by

those institutions of the country which could in the
greatest degree promote its cultivation and reap from
it the greatest benefit. The principal educational
establishments on the one hand, and on the other
the Government in many of its departments, were,
in his opinion, the institutions which might
best fulfil those conditions." Referring to
the gLcat advantages of early study, Mr. GaovE
remarked that little could be achieved in scientific
research without an acquaintance with it in youth,
but added that ho did not complain of the tardiness
with which science had been received at our public
schools and universities. " Those great establish-
ments had their roots in historical periods, and much
time and patient endeavour were requisite to graft a
new branch of thought with success on a stem to
which it was exotic." Nevertheless the opening has
been made, the principle admitted, and Mr.
GROVE is not the only one who sees the
inconsistency of an educated man who,
when travelling, consults his almanac for sunrise
or full moon, and knows nothing of the elementary
structure of a barometer or a steam engine, or of

the principles on which their strueture is founded.
There will be no need for the sterner and more exact
sciences to displace altogether those more ornate and
classical studies which tend so much to elevate the
mind and to refine the taste. There is ample room
for both, and we hope the day is not far distant
when no youth will consider his education complete
until he knows the rudiments, at least, of those
great laws which govern not the habitable globe
alone, but the whole universe.

The key-note of Mr. GROVE'S very able and
[earned address was continuity. The more they in-

vestigated, he said, the more they found that in
existing phenomena graduation from the like to the
unlike prevailed, and that gradual progress was the
course of nature. He illustrated this by the recent

discoveries in many branches of science, beginning
with the researches of astronomical discoverers.

Each fresh discovery served to show how one
thing was linked to the
~.other ; how a cer-

tain relationship existed between the mos

apparently dissimilar landmarks. In optics,
in chemistry, and in electricity itself, he found

'resh evidence of the truth he desired to illus•

rate, and concluded by saying that the doctrine o:

continuity was not alone applitable to physical in

quiries, but that the same modes of thought which
led us to see it in the field of the microscope as in

,he universe, in infinity upwards and downwards,

would lead us to see it in the history of our own

The labours of the association having been thus
eloquently inaugurated, the several sections will to-
day commence their interesting labours, and will
no doubt give us some valuable information before
they have completed them.

FRENCH FENIANS.—The Illustration of Paris pub-
lishes an account purporting to come from Head
Centre Stephens of the grand dinner given to him in Paris
by the Marquis do Boissy. A largo party of senators,
generals, and titled and decorated personages were invited
to meet the Fenian. Before dinner ho conversed for a long
time at a bay window with Viscount de la Guerroniore, in
answer to whose questions ho gave an account of his
career. When the chief butler announced " Madame la
Marquise est sorvie," the Marquis requested him to give
his arm to the MArchioness de Boissy to take her in to
dinner. Stephens confesses to have blushed a little at this
distinguished honour. At table ho sat on the lady's right
hand, and at desert the Marquis de Boissy, getting on his
legs, introduced him to the company as the " future presi-
dent of the Irish republic."

THE SCOTCH AT HOME.—Edinburgh numbers
,530 one-roomed houses, of which 825 contain each six
. .

inmates and under, whilst no one of the remaining 705 con-
tains loss than that number of occupants. In Glasgow the
state of things is still worse ; for there the number of one-
roomed houses is 2,212, of which number 1,253 shelter
seven human creatures, whilst each of the other 959 dwell-
ingi has more than seven inmates. There are in all Scot-
land no fewer than 7,964 houses—if they can be called
houses—without windows ! and 226,723 houses of only
one apartment ; proving that nearly one million of the
people of Scotland, or nearly one-third of the entire popu-
lation are living in houses—places improperly so called—
in which neither the comforts nor decencies of life can be
secured, and which are thus totally unfit for human habi-
tation. What wonder that working men like to spend as
much of their leisure as possible in public-houses, and as
little 91 it as possible ii their )29122013 !—Rev, Dr. 13eig.