13 JUNE 1868, Page 3

There is a rumour that Mr. Eyre is to be

started as a candidate for Westminster, in opposition to Mr. Mill, and we heartily hope it is true. It would be well to test British feeling by a plebisci tuna -of that kind, and ascertain once for all whether the Householders really desire that riotous black persons, after being quieted by the troops, should be haaged and flogged with piano-wire at the dis- cretion of their white superiors.