19 AUGUST 1871, Page 3

Mr. Gladstone stated ou Friday se'nnight, to the disgust of

a great section of the Liberal party, that Mr. Disraeli had pledged the Government to pay Governor Eyre's legal expenses, incurred in defending himself for his conduct in Jamaica, and he had, therefore, placed the stun upon the Estimates. As, however, the House would wish to discuss the matter fully, he should withdraw the vote, and reintroduce it next year. If there is a pledge, the pledge must be kept ; but we trust that if it is some member will move that the money be levied by a. tax on all negro men and women flogged after the rebellion had been suppressed. The justice of the transaction will then be complete and perfect.