The Sun. — 1866-02-09 (London, England)

JAMAICA.  ait few. b e received,minutes said he was sure the Sir J. P IKINGT OhNo,u °sen wt ue I n tr iaonnt thhi amt he'eech from theThrone,had not been reSp while he directed its attention to a subject which, although mentioned in t ferred to except in the observations that had fallen from the ntovor. Ito could not say how much he regretted the observations that had been made in many rumours with respect to the unhappy transactions that had taken place in Jamaica. (Hear, hear.) He thought i the various matters had been most unfairly dealt with, and that the conduct of various officers had been discussed, prejudged, and condemned by men who had not the means at their command or any evidence in their possession which could enable them to come to a correct judgment. No gentleman had been more violent in his denunciation of the officers in Jamaica than the hon. member for Birmingham (Mr. Bright). In a speech lately delivered at Rochdale he characterized the whole of the trials that had taken place in Jamaica as a mass of irregularities—that Gordon had been murdered, and that those guilty of the crime should be placed at the bar as criminals, to take their trials for their crimes. The most unjustifiable language had been used, and he could scarcely trust himself while he made reference to the matter. Murder was a foul crime, but so also was a foul accusation, and he could not sufficiently express the feelings he had experienced in hearing such accusations as those that had been brought against Governor Eyre, Governor Eyre wati a gentleman known by repute to many  members of that house as an able and valuable public ser want, and if he had one quality over another for which he was remarkable, it was the humanity, kindness, and good feeling with which he had treated the native races in Jamaica. He did not think it either fair or honourable that such a man as Governor Eyre was to be branded with the crime of murder without the slightest proof. (Hear.) He thought it was but right that Governor Eyre should know that there were parties in the British House of Commons desirous of doing him justice, and that they did not sympathise in the harsh conclusions which had been passed upon his conduct. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. baronet, having touched upon some other topics mentioned in the Queen's Speech, resumed his seat amidst considerable cheering.  Mr. BRIGHT rose to complain of the censure cast upon him by the right hon. baronet opposite, as it had been his fate to labour under that censure on many occa sions. He did not prejudge Governor Eyre, he took his own words, and he felt there was not a judge on the English bench who would not say that Mr. Gordon had been murdered. (Hear, hear.) He thought tho Government had been right in appointing the commission, not that it had been done too soon, but that it had been delayed too long. He was content to leave the matter in the hands of the commissioners, feeling certain that justice would be done. In all the speeches that he had made there was none upon this lamentable subject, to which he still held, and to his last hour ho would adhere, to those he had uttered on the subject of Jamaica. He had nothing to retract, and if the same horrible atrocities were to be perpetrated again to-morrow, he would, if God gave him the power, denounce them with more burning indignation, if he had the power, as he considered such acts to be afoul blot on the conduct of English Governors. [