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r Darling, Mr. Eyre was d Captfiln - Geneial and r, General-in-Chief and [niral of the Island of, July 15, 1864: and an bion having broken out in 35, he proclaimed martial

used very vigorous mea- >r its suppression. His iras completely successful, at was believed to be a IS insurrection was crushed, isures, more especially in J by court-nuuiial, and lation to death of George

Gordon, a mulatto of pro- xcited much resentment certain sections at home, ommission of inquiry was ted to Jamaica, Governor sing superseded, and Sir borks temporarily appointed place. The report of the ee, published in June, 1866, larges brought against him, was recalled, and Sir P. )pointed his successor. Mr. ho reached Southampton,, was entertained at a ban- re, Aug. 21. In the mean- iation of persons who styled ires "The Jamaica Com-
 * ed Governor Eyre from the
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for the prosecution of the mor, and some of the officers d under him. Immediately rous and influential com- f noblemen and gentlemen, [ over by the Earl of Shrews- Ls formed for the protection mce of Mr. Eyre, and funds jerally subscribed by the

Colonel Nelson and Lieu- Brand were charged with

but the Grand Jury, after ixhaustive charge from the lief Justice of the Queen's threw out the bills, April ' ; and the magistrates at Drayton, before whom Mr. ,s arraigned, also on a charge Ler, refused to commit him. >us other legal proceedings, •iminal and civil, were in-

stituted against Mr. Eyre, extend- ing over a period of about four years, and entailing an expenditure connected with his defence of over .£10,000. In every instance, how- ever, the proceedings instituted failed to substantiate any case against Mr. Eyre.

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FAED, John, E.S.A., artist, born in 1820, at Burley Mill, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, where his father was an engineer and millwright, showed an early taste for art, and, encouraged by a suc- cessful painting, whidi he finished at the age of twelve, began to paint miniatures in his own neighbour- hood. He repaired, in 1841, to Edinburgh, where he exhibited, in 1850, some pictures of humble life, which met with a ready sale. His principal works are — " Shakespeare and his Contemporaries ; " and two series of drawings illustrating " The Cotter's Saturday Night," and "The Soldier's Return." Since coming to London in 1864 Mr. Faed has painted " The Wappenschaw ; or Shooting Match J " "Catherine Sef- ton ; " " The Old Style ; " " Tarn O'Shantor;" "Haddon Hall of Old;" "TheBaUad;" "Old Age;" "The Stirrup Cup;" "The Old Crockery Man ; " " John Anderson, my Jo' ; " " Parting of Evangeline and Gabrieli" " The Old Brocade ;" " Auld Mare Maggie j " " Game- keeper's Daughter;" and "The Hiring Fair."

FAED, Thomas, R.A. (brother of Mr. John Faed), born at Burley Mill, in the stewartry of Kirkcud- bright, in 1826, lost his father in his boyhood, but, aided by his brother, who was working his way to reputation as an artist in Edin- burgh, resolved to follow the bent of his genius. While a student at the School of Design in Edinburgh, where for a short period he was under the tuition of Sir W. Allan,