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LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1868.

An interesting affair took place yesterday, when
Mr. EYRE received an address from a body of in-
fluential gentlemen having property in the West
Indian Islands, or connected with the commerce of
that part. This address was drawn up in 1866,
but Mr. EYRE declined at that time to receive it,
because the prosecutions against him were not con-
cluded. Two hundred and forty gentlemen signed
this address, and it is significant that they all held
property and were interested in the West Indian
colonies. In presenting the address the Chairman
said that the late Chief Justice of Jamaica would
have been present to preside on the occasion. This
undertaking had been entered on in consequence of
the desire felt to present Mr. ETRE with some
memorial of the views of those interested in the
island, and who were firmly persuaded of the .
eminent services rendered by that gentleman. Dur-
ing the proceedings that had taken place " every step
that vauity,malignity, embittered bydisappointment,
could prompt, had been taken, but had all failed
most fortunately." 'The terms of the address set
forth the earnest desire which pervaded the minds
of the undersigned planters to convey to his Excel-
lency their sense of the sincere sympathy under the
" heavy trials " to which he had been exposed in
consequence of the deplorable rebellion in Jamaica.
Taking into account the several circumstances con-
nected with the affair, it is said that no doubt can
be entertained that the real meaning of the rebel-
lion was to exterminate the white male residents,
and that the crisis was extremely perilous not only
for Jamaica, but also for all other islands. It is
furthermore added, in the most impressive manner,
that had Mr. EYRE not displayed the decision and
firmness which he did he would have been un-
worthy of confidence, and would have manifestly
failed to appreciate the exigencies of his position.
This feeling is increased by the recollection
that only a short time previously to the
outbreak at Morant's Bay there had been disaffec-
tion displayed in other parts of the dependency
placed under his care, and also that there was but
a small force to give aid in a " war of races." The
subscribers conclude this address by the emphatic
declaration that they cannot for one moment doubt
that a "long reign of anarchy and suffering has
been averted by the measures so wisely adopted,
and that the thanks of all well-disposed subjects of
the British Crown are due to Mr. ETRE for the pre-
servation not only of one, but of so many of its
valuable, possessions which would certainly have
been placed in jeopardy by a successful insurrection
in Jamaica."

Mr. EYRE was warmly cheered upon appearing
to answer the assembly, and his reply was charac-
teristic of himself and admirably adapted to the occa-
sion. An impediment existed when first the kind
words of those who presented the address were made
known which has now happily been removed, and
certain persons thought fit to institute " criminal
proceedings" against him on acccount of the trans-
actions which took place in Jamaica. Mr. EYRE
has throughout acted in the most upright and
straightforward manner, and it is worth while to
dwell upon the explanation which he here gives of
his proceedings since he came to England. He
made his address publicly known from the first, and
thus afforded an opportunity to those who desired
to take proceedings against him of fulfilling their
intentions. Mr. EYRE freely admits that some who
have questioned his conduct have clone so from pure
and public motives, but he cannot abstain from ex-
pressing the fear that others have assailed him in a
different spirit, and hence every endeavour
has been made to prejudice the public mind; and
an advantage has been taken which " political in-
fluence, legal ingenuity, an unlimited command of
money, and an unscrupulous and systematic misre-
presentation ever pen4aL, Zite could bring about or
.ingeg." 11.420 pagiin coup haYQ bgeijipUe

effecti' *43 th an the simple statement which Mr. Eyre
made th e persecutions to which he had been ex-
pose d since his arrival in England, and, indeed, even
bef' are ti at Ueriod. Before he left Jamaica a Royal
ColnmisE. iou inack a minute and searching investi-
gation in the coiony ; after that an effort was made
to. impeac h him in Parliament. He was prosecuted
in the pi vvinces, he was twice prosecuted in the
metropor.s, 'before different criminal courts. After
having bees t unceasingly " harassed and maligned"
for more t han two years and a half the deci-
sions of tw o different judgments, and a grand
jr.ry of his fellow-countrymen having thrice over
(leclared the accusations false, he is relieved from
the obligation of declining to receive a public de-
monstration of sympathy and approval. After
thanking in the most cordial manner those who
presented the address, Mr. EYRE remarked, with
great truth, that it was the more to be prized on
account of its emanating from those who, from
their personal knowledge, were the most fitted to
appreciate the difficulties in which he had been
placed, and the necessity which existed " for the
most prompt and decisive action to avert from a
British colony the frightful scenes which were once
enacted in the closely adjoining island of St. Do-
mingo." In conclusion, Mr. EME observed that
those " isolated individuals who wive disappointed"
at the complete failure which brpael attended their
prosecutions, and had therefore lkien actively em-
ployed in attempting to mislead and prejudice the
public mind, only showed by such rancour how
bitter was the nature of their ifeelings. " I can
well leave such persons to their own unenviable
reflections, and to the just appreciation of a British
public," emphatically remarks Mr.. EYRE, and that
is the best thing that can be done under the circum-
stances. It would require the effrontery of the
Jamaica Committee to say that the address just
presented to Mr. EYRE is not a significant one, and
does not represent the opinions of those who are
well qualified to judge of the question. Without
exaggeration, it may be said of them that they " speak
that they do know," and give their judgment on a
subject in the details of which they are well versed
and fully competent to decide. We have only to
point to the subscription list of the EYRE Defence
Fund to show the wide-spread popularity of the
ex-Governor of Jamaica ; and now this address
from the West Indian planters comes most appro-
priately after the stormy scenes in which Mr. EYRE
has been moving. We cannot expect unanimity of
opinion on the subject of the Jamaica outbreak,
because too much prejudice prevails on the affair ;
but it is most satisfactory to know that the cruel
and bitter persecution to which Mr. EYRE has been
exposed has utterly failed, and that he is at least
free from the machinations of the malignant, and
we feel well assured that the opinion of the
general public will ratify all that has been said and
done in his favour. A more unfair thing bas never
taken place than this prosecution, as it is so osten-
tatiously called, against a man who has done bis
best to serve his country, but the devices of faction
are endless, and when a perverse spirit sets to work
who shall say when or how it can end ?

Although so much has been said about National
Education, this session will not leave any fruits
behind it. We have already seen the Government
measure withdrawn by the Duke of MARLBOROUGH,
and now Mr. BRUCZ has no choice under the existing
state of things but to abandon his scheme of ele-
mentary education. It was felt, however, on the
motion that the order of the day be discharged,
that the question was only postponed, and
that next year the whole subject must
be opened up once more. Indeed, it is con
fessed that national education will be one of the
most prominent and pressing of the topics with
which the Reformed Parliament will be called upon
to deal. Whether the new constituencies will
prove so very earnest and energetic in the cause of
education as some persons believe may perhaps be
matter of doubt ; but, whatever their feelings on
the subject, another session can hardly be allowed
to pass over without some great and united effort
being made to stem the tide of ignorance. It is
not a matter which can afford to wait for leisurely
consideration. While M.P.'s are arguing, and dis-
difficulties, the untaught
puting, and weighing
children in city court and rural village are growing
up to be men and women, and the mischief wrought
by idleness and ignorance is steadily on the in-
crease. There had been a good many disputes
respecting the actual condition of our juvenile
population, with respect to their attendance
at school, and last evening, when the subject came
up in the House of Commons, statistics and expla-
nations, statements and counter-statements, were
bandied about with readiness and dexterity. But,
after all, none of these figures can give us the exact
truth. There are so many collateral circumstances
influencing the education of a child, there is so
much difference in the home training as well as in
the regularity of attendance in different children,
that all we can do by the most careful examination
of these rates per cent. and columns of flgutes is to
arrive at a very general and indefinite notion.
No one doubts, however, that there is a vast mass
of juvenile ignorance to be dealt with in the coun-
try, and we may safely accept it as even greater
than the statistics represent, because the mere fact
of a child of from four or five being at a large school
for two or three years among a hundred others
affords little or no guarantee that ten years later
he will be able to boast much of an education.
The employment of children is a serious obstacle ,
in the way of all systematic legislation in this re-
spect. The compulsory education which some per-
sons recommend would in many instances put vir-
tually a heavy tax upon a poor man with a large
family. As Mr. HUBBARD observed last night, we
cannot go to an English labourer with ten children
and say, " Your eldest boy shall go to school and
you shall pay 2d. a week for his instruction."
The man might reply—" My boy drives the farmer's
team and gets 2s. a week, which pays my rent, and
I can't send him to school." It would be quite
impossible to carry out a system of compul-
sory education without such a degree of
espionage and harassing the workman's
family as would be absolutely intolerable. At
the same time, it is undoubtedly a great hard-
ship that children should be compelled to remain
in ignorance because their work is useful. It is
hard enough on boys and girls to be called up= so
soon to take their share of the burden, and if in
addition to the early labour they are to lose all
chance of mental cultivation the grievance
is increased tenfold. The children themselves
are of course indifferent to their loss, but
that is no reason why their interests should not be
cared for. In manufacturing towns, where the popu-
lation is dense, and where there is confesselly a
vast amount of ignorance, there is work to be had
in the factories for young and old. At a very early
age children are able to obtain profitable employ-
ment, and even when the parents are in re-
ceipt of good wages themselves the tempta-
tion is too strong for them. We must
remember that the friends of education in places
like Manchester and Birmingham have much to
contend against, since they have not only to call
upon the parents to x.13},-,.e an effort to pay for their
chilcisoaligohoolitig, or to zub4it to goigo WooJa.,