The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

S HIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day,

LONDON, Sept. 20.—Wind this day at noon— South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Agin-
court, from London for Kurrachee; Water Nymph, from
London for. Southland, N.Z.

CARDIFF, Sept. 19.—Wind W.—Sailed—Bell of Devon,
`or Monte Video.

FALmourtr, Sept. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Mary
Jane, from Labrador.

TROON, Sept. 20.—Wind. S.W.—Arrived—Cecilian,
from Londonderry.

LAMLASH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Endora, for
Bombay.

HOLYHEAD, Sept. 19.—Wind
Dent, from Liverpool for Africa ; Agra, from Liverpool
for New York.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.

Arrived, Sept. 19—British Crown, from Cockanada;
Sharon's Rose, from Cronstadt ; Dora, from Colombo;
Eider, steamer, from Hamburg.

Arrived, Sept. 20 —Panther, steamer, from Boulogne ;
Seine and Tamise, steamer, from Paris; Furet, from Grave-
lines; Congo, from Manilla; Ceylon, from Riga; Princess
Royal, from Cronstadt; Christiana Matilda, from Dantsic.
Sailed °eta, steamer, for Konigsberg; Olivia, steamer,
for Dantsic.

DEAL, hursday Morning.
Passed—Black Prince from China, for London.
Anchored.—Commodore, from Liverpool, for Cape Coast
Castle; has been supplied with an anchor and 15 fathoms
clain, to replace others lost. James, of Teignmouth, from
Sunderland, for Portsmouth ; has been supplied with an
anchor and GO fathoms chain, to replace others lost. Eliza
Laing, from Sunderland, for Galle ; has been supplied with
an anchor and GO fathoms chain, to replace others lost.
The Ocean Bride, bark, from Shields., for Alexandria,
passed the back of the Goodwin.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Sept. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. It
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British:packe.t. ..... ..• oct. 4.
Dia°, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. !z7.
Ulna, Penang, and Sing 'pore, via Southampton—Sept 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 27.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Soutinuppton Sept. 19.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton— Scpt. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Sept. 1.7.

. - -
Ditto, via ilarseilles
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 21.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseil.e4 Oct. 74
Newfoundland _ .... Sept. 6.
Portugal .
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon..
United states and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-

ton

Ditto, via Cork

Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ~Sept. 21.
Vet Coact of Africa, Madeira, and T,lneriffe ....Oct. 10.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas amd

Madurai) ............. ............ Sept. 28
Cuba and Mexico
Bermuda, via Halifax
Baham,..s, via New York. Oct. 38.

SIR S. BAKER ON MR. EYRE.—Sir Samuel Baker,
the well-known traveller, writes to the Times in de-
fence of Mr. Eyro. He says :—" In times of great danger
and excitement, not only in the instance of Jamaica, but
on all occasions where brute force is resorted to, acts are
committed that will not bear the calm scrutiny of those
who judge the events far from the actual scene and in
perfect safety; but such events aro seldom or never
paraded before the public for the purpose of defaming a
man who has conscientiously acted for the best under the
most trying circumstances, and who is considered by
those most capable of judging (the English in-
JMarm.
aEicayrehydiad
habitants of Jamaica) to have saved the colony. From
stern
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twha white
nwbi eitvaen
thosettsh ot'ft
who would have
excited the population, as Gordon, and which prevented the
general organisation of the negroes throughout the island
It was necessary to paralyse the outbreak at one blow.
Legal or illegal, it was life or death. A severity that
would have been ridiculous towards a white population
was the only course to crush a rising of the blacks. This
many people in England will not understand ; it is the
popular belief that the negro differs from us only in the
colour of the skin; the tiger and the horse are not more
widely different in their natures. I do not pretend
to assume that the execution of Gordon was legal,
neither do I attempt to justify certain acts com-
mitted in great excitement during the operation of martial
law ; but I contend that during a struggle for life and
death the acts of individuals should not bo scrutinised
with undue severity, still less should the Governor of the
colony, who has established martial law as the law,' bo
held responsible for the verdicts of courts-martial, or for
the individual acts of the military. The removal of Mr.
Eyro is a hard example ; let us hope it is simply pre forma
to uphold the actual letter of the law, and that his future
prospect may be less dark than the government of a black
population ; but it is hardly possible to disconnect tho
dismissal of Governor Eyro from an insult to the whole
of her Majesty's forces that were engaged during the re-
bellion, as every act complained of was committed under
the operation of military law. Deplorable as those acts
were, if contrary to the law of England, they were,
nevertheless, justified by the dire necessity of the occa-
sion. I should not have made these remarks had Mr.
Eyre been solely in the hands of the Government ; but as
an Englishman I cannot refrain from calling for fair play'
when I see a section of our countrymen so un-Eaglish as
to 'hit a man when he is down.' The removal of Mr. Eyre
from his post was a blow that has been keenly felt by all
ukrei al
sl_ lb rallyeu rn
who knew and admired his character, but the cowardly
and uncalled-for attacks made upon him since his return
toEnglanwd,it‘hvhehnisevpGeorstiy position,
Fawkes-burning
will spirit
inagrom uuandthah
him a have sym-
pathiseddiphilanthropistsf
ofefreenth:rcklaesnswteon the
Green. I am not a subscriber to the
Eyre Defence and Aid Fund,' as I cannot believe that
any class of Englishmen will commit themselves to an
attack so degrading and contemptible as the criminal
prosecution threatened against Mr. Eyro ; but should
such a vindictive course cf persecution be possible, I
shall immediately, with doubtless many thousand others,
add my name to the list of his supporters." In another
part of his letter, Sir Samuel says :—" I believe the negro
to have little in common with the white man beyond the
simple instincts of human nature. There is a limit to his
intellectual capacity, so rapidly attained that at the age of
14 the mind has reached the maximum of its power. As
the intelligence of animals is developed at anh eswitiserhanigiet:
than that of a human being, but quicklys
Indolence is a
beyond which it cannot proceed,
negro inferior to that of the white ni
Unless subjected
so
ait:teha; ind of the
vice inherited by the entire negro race.
they will relapse into the natural
and if left to themselves
matter in what country they may
savaged= of Africa, no
to conditions that necessitate labour they will. avoid work
be placed." •
The sanitary report from Marseilles gives on the
15th 27 deaths, 10 from cholera ; on the 16th, up
to two o'clock, 21 deaths, 6 from cholera.
More than £200,000 has been received by the
liquidators of Overend, Gurney, and Co., on account
of the £lO call now in course of payment.

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