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The result of the debate last night will not surprise those who were well up in affairs, because it was becoming evident to all that the Liberals were tired of the cold shade of Opposition, and determined to make a desperate venture of some sort or other. Far from believing that the cause of the Irish Church inspired Mr. GLADSTONE and his followers, and made them resolve at all hazards to try their chance, we believe that had there been no question of this kind before the public they would have found something else upon which to test the strength of the Government. It bad been said that this session was to be devoted to business, in order to make up for the time inevitably lost on the Reform question, and to pave the way for the new Parlia ment ; but such a course ill-suited the energetic spirit that always animates certain minds in Opposition. We cannot see that Mr. GLADSTONE has done himself much honour, or rendered any signal service to his party by the line he has taken. As for inconsistency no one knew what his views on the subject of the Irish Church were until the close of the debate on Ireland a week or two ago. Since then he has rallied his forces, consolidated his powers, and rushed on to the contest. Had he waited a few short months, and then put forward his views in a new Parliament, no one could have found any fault, but the course he has taken has has been most premature, and he has con fused things and interfered with the business of the House in a manner not justified by circumstances. Mr. DISRAELI'S long speech was quite worthy of his reputation, and lie spoke on the complicated subject before him with as much success as could have been anticipated. First of all, he showed that the Government had had no wish to evade the struggle, or to take advantage of circumstances so as to prevent the House from discussing it. At the same time, they did not meet the proposal with a direct negative, because they did not think that no improvement was called for in Ireland, and they by no means affirm that no " change, no mo dification, nor improvement is necessary, expedient, or desirable in the condition of the Church of Ire land." The right hon. gentleman very ably de fended the amendment, and showed how unwise it was to explain one's policy too much in that kind of thing, quoting the illustrious example of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, who never approved of so doing in his extended experience. The inconsistency which Mr. GLADSTONE has dis played could not have been better shown than it was by Mr. DISRAELI, and he argued very truly that, when this Parliament was elected, Lord PALMEIISTON and his colleagues did not con template any speedy settlement of this dif ficulty of the Irish Church. The most devoted advocate for the policy of disendowment cannot say that it is not a strange coincidence that the leader of the Opposition should have found it so convenient to come to a conclusion about the Irish Church policy just when Reform had been taken out of his hands. The extremely personal tone which the debate assumed after Lord CRAN BORNE had set the style was very properly answered by Mr. DISRAELI, and he exhibited his usual dex terity in commenting upon the attacks of the noble lord, the member for Stamford, and of the member for Caine. Nothing was a more perfect definition of the noble lord than to say that there was one thing he never pardoned, and that was the Reform Act of last year. As for Mr. LowE, his eagerness with regard to the point of " reciprocal indignity" was effectively described by one who has no in ferior in the act of Parliamentary fencing. Mr. DISRAELI declared that he had no intention of troubling the House with a vindication of his career and character, on which the right hon. gentleman had been " extremely exuberant " in his comments in the course of his speech the other night. " I have lived in this llouse more than thirty years, and can truly say that during that time comments on my character and career have been tolerably free. Sir, my jury is the history of my life, and this Is not the place in which it is necessary to vindicate my character." Towards the close of his speech Mr. DISRAELI spoke with great force upon the im possibility of halting in the career indicated by Mr. GLADSTONE, and adduced the cases of Scotland and Wales. He asked the right hon. gentleman if he was prepared for the ultimate consequences of the policy he had taken up ; there was Scotland to consider, there was Wales, and who could tell that the hon. memberfor Birmingham, " that great master of the mind of the member for South Lancashire," would ever take the census returns, and show from them that the union between Church and State in this country could not be maintained according to the statistical documents in his hand. Mr. GLADSTONE'S reply was unnecessarily long, considering the circumstances of the case and the lateness of the hour, but he would most likely have been disappointed not to explain himself to the House. It may well be asked, as Lord STANLEY said, What next, and next ? What is the object that Mr. GLADSTONE has set before himself ? If it had been " tardy justice" to Ireland that could have easily been gained by his leaving the discus sion of the subject until next year. As for satisfying the just expectations of his party that can hardly be the pretext put forward, because their followers could not themselves have said that he was in favour of disendowment at the beginning of the Session. What then was the primary motive—the enforcing principle of these Resolutions, to damage the Minis try, to get a good cry at the elections, or what ? At any rate, the attempt has succeeded, and what will be the result ? Will. the Liberals, if in office' fulfil the fears of Mr. ROEBUCK and do nothing, or will they declare that their cause has triumphed? If they do it may be retorted that it is a cause to which their leader has only just become a convert, and that under very peculiar circumstances, to say the least of it. It is always to be regretted when a question of this kind is made the subject of controversy, and so mixed up with party spirit. If the new Parliament bad been allowed to deal with it, how much better it would have been. They would have been more competent to take up the matter from the beginning than the present House can possibly be. For wasting the time of the Session the Opposition have much to answer for. One thing may be said, and that is, the Go vernment have not said they are against any reform or change in the Irish Church Establishment ; and that must be remembered, because, in the excite ment of the affair, their opponents are too apt to misstate the case, and, while making themselves appear all right, they would fain show that others are all wrong. The country will look at the matter in the right light, and recognise the awkward position in which Mr. DISRAELI has been placed in having to face a question unexpectedly starting up before him in sudden strength and energy, and admit that, if be has not acquiesced in their extreme views, be has ' not exhibited the extreme spirit which at one time was too much the appanage of his party. The House of Lords has sufficient leisure to spare from the consideration of domestic politics to discuss the affairs of other nations, and Lord STRATIIEDEN last evening brought under the notice of their lordships the correspondence re specting the disturbances in Crete. The note of Russia and France communicated to the Turkish Government at the end of October last was dis approved of by the English Government, and it was spoken off by FUAD PASHA as a direct in centive to rebellion. The Duke of ARGYLL censured the Government very strongly for not having assisted in removing the non-combatants from Crete, but his view of the case was not sup ported by Earl RUSSELL, who fully approved of the conduct of Lord STANLEY. The removal of these persons had, he said, been a very question able benefit to them, and many of them were now starving in Greece instead of earning a living in their own country. The removal of non-combatants too could hardly be said to be altogether a neutral act, inasmuch as it afforded great relief to the com batants, and assisted them to prolong the contest. Lord MALMESBURY, indeed, stated that the Go vernment had received a copy of 'a p e titi on s i gned by many hundreds of the fugitives, praying that they might be allowed to return quietly to the island, so that they evidently had not bettered their condition by removing elsewhere. The ill-usage or oppression of the Christians in Crete is said to have been altogether overrated. Am PASHA, whowas com manding the island when the insurrection broke out, appears by all accounts to be an amiable and enlightened though somewhat weak Governor, who willingly sanctioned the erection of schools, hospi tals, and churches. The real point at issue is not the autonomy of Crete, but the integrity of the Turkish empire ; and so long as we are prepared to support the Turkish Government in Europe we can hardly sanction the alienation of any past of it through the interference of other Powers. Lord RUSSELL said that if we had joined in the identical Note and counsels given to the Porte by other European Powers we could not have shut our eyes to the ultimate views of those Powers, and to the fact that they meant, however courteously they might express themselves, to aim a blow at the in tegrity of the Turkish empire. "If that blow is given," added the noble lord, " if Crete is sepa rated from Turkey because there is an insurrec tion there, who will tell me that there will not be persons who will be skilful in getting up insurrec tions in other Christian provinces of Turkey, and that the same advice may not be repeated next year and the year after in order to separate one pro vince after another from the dominion of the Turk sh Government." The presence of the Turks in Europe may be an anomaly, but it is not easy for England to sanction the dismemberment of an ex isting State by the great Powers. We have seen mischief enough follow the partition of Denmark in our time to make us careful how we sanction the repetition of so hazardous and tyrannical an expe riment. The detailed account of the War in the River Plate, which has now reached us, would seem to indicate that the triumph of the Allies is not so con clusive as was supposed. The loss on each side, after the encounter on land, was great, being about 600 men. The Brazilian account, indeed, says that the losses in killed, wounded, and prisoners amounted to 1,600 men, but we must accept their estimate cunt grano sails. At the same time the capture of Hutnaita is, of course, a great success to the Allies, and a heavy loss to the Paraguayans, and the capture of the redoubt on the same day is another disadvantage. The accounts which are as yet given state that on the 17th of February three Monitors passed Curupaity, and on the 19th six ironclads succeeded in forcing thepassage:of the ships being much battered, but none lost, and that ten men were wounded. On the same day the Marquis of CAxIAS stormed a redoubt to the north of llumaita, taking 15 cannon and a quantity of stores. Two days later three ironclads steamed on to Assuncion, and found that place and all river towns abandoned. Eleven thousand men were to march thither. We hear nothing of the movements of the Paraguayans, who will certainly not sur render their independence without a struggle, and it is possible that LOPEZ may yet make a sudden move to the discomfiture of his opponents. Mean while, whatever the successes of the Allies, dis affection is rife throughout the country :generally. The other day we received news of discontent in Buenos Ayres. Now we have the account of a revolution at Monte Video. The BLANCO party rose under BERRO; General FLORES wasmurdered by eleven stabs. MANuEL FLORES and twenty of his friends died suddenly under suspicion of poison. Reprisals were made by the population and by the troops which remained faithful. BERRO was shot, General BATTLE elected President, and order re stored. The occurrence, however, is significant, and shows that all the States of South America are in a disturbed and unsettled condition. Brazil her self may well take heed, for should the flames of disaffection once be kindled, the Imperial Govern ment may find it a harder matter to retain her supremacy than Paraguay does to resist the imposi tion of a foreign yoke. MR. GLADSTONE AND MS IRISH CHURCH NOTION. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Stet,—Well ! the Opposition are true and faithful to their principles, and these principles are death bed repentances and dernier resorts. They must certainly have a strong craving for what is called in the legal profession the fag end of an old lease. Just this time two years ago they brought in a Re form Bill, when, as I have oftentimes remarked to you, they were actually in the struggle between life and death, having shelved the cause of reform for nearly seven years. All people saw, during the last nineallonths of the existence of the late Minis try—i.e., between October, 1865, when the late Lord Palmerston died and Lord Russell became Prime Minister, and July, 1866, when they were actually driven from office—that the SVhig Minis try was on its last legs, and in fact was in a dying state. All people and all parties saw that its days were numbered, and that it could not long survive. During this hopeless struggle the - Whig party brought in their Reform Bill, just as an invalid or dying person en deavours to restore his health and appetite by a dose of quinine, gentian, orange peel, or some other good and powerful tonic. Alas! alas ! however, for the poor, old, worn-out, time-worn concern of a Ministry, its system and whole constitution was too far gone, and was by far too much impaired by the ravages of time for any medicines to be of any avail. It had lived more than its time, and I fear was not about to sleep in blessings. It is oftentimes adangerous and hazardous thing for a man to attempt to be his own doctor. And soit;proved in this case. The lonely Whig Ministry, which had governed the country so beautifully for nearly seven years, was defeated, and had to resign. People must indeed be silly who allow others to doctor them who are and have evinced an utter incapacity to doctor themselves. And I candidly avow that within the whole range of political history there is not to be found upon record such an instance of unscrupulous factious ness or daring profligacy as the motions of Mr. Gladstone's now in debate before the House. I put the same question I have so often put with regard to .the Reform Bill. Why, if the Established Protestant Church in Ireland was such a real stand ing grievance, why, I ask, has no Whig Ministry ever proposed its abolition? The Whigs, or Libe rals, as they now, and for many years, have been in the habit of designating themselves, have for nearly 40 years, with but, comparatively speaking, a few years' intermission, held the reins of office, and never once during the whole of that long period did they ever seriously propose the abolition of the Irish Protestant State Church. No, they waited until the fag end of a moribund doomed Parlia ment, which all parties know has not, and cannot, have another year's existence. It is altogether of apiece with the rest of their conduct now and for the last 25 or 30 years. They never bring any really good and useful measure forward until they are actually on their death-bed, or waited until their Parliament is in this position. I will just give you a proof of this during the last 30 years. In 1841, just before they were so ignominiously hurled from office by the late Sir Robert Peel, Lords Melbourne and John Russell proposed to throw open all the ports, and Lord John Russell proposed an Bs. fixed duty on corn, both, in many respects, very good measures no doubt. But why, i pray, when the Melbourne-Russell Bedchamber Ministry had been for upwards of six years in office, had they never thought of or even attempted such a reform before ? Again, once more, to go over my oft-travelled and traversed ground, why was a Re form Bill never even so mu ch as mentioned or heard o f until 1866, thought whent proper, he when Russell-Gladsto ne Admi nistration had in opposition, to turn out the Ministry of Lord Derby in the Democratic and summer of 1859, on a most sensible Reform Bill, because, in their eyes and estima d trieovno,lutiitnnay ? wasr Andnot nowsufficiently Irish Church question bro u g h t forward at the fag endofan old Parliament, ent and most and disgraceful reckless, factious, position, who, having tried every dirty trick liam os b isygr a Op- worthless, and subterfuge in their power, and when one manoeuvre after another has failed, have now pounced upon poor old, ill-used, and irritated Pat to fly to their rescue. But I shall hope and trust Pat has too much sense and sagacity to be gulled by such miserable sophistry. Roman Catholics of Great Britain, England, Ireland, and Scotland, aristocracy, gentry, and people ! be not deceived, put not your trust . again in Whiggery, and be not betrayed for the second time within half a century, for half a century is but a brief period, historically speaking, however long it may be for other purposes. Forty years ago the Whigs were fighting hard for Catholic Emancipation, in order to suit their own party purposes. They then stormed and raved at all the wrongs and evils the Catholic party had had to endure for a long series of years ; and now please let us turn over the leaf, and see what was their subsequent conduct towards this (according to their own showing) ill-used and persecuted body. I must get you and your readers to travel back to the years 1833 and 1834, the days of the late Earl Grey's Ministry, the so-called Father of Reform, now much more generally speaking. As I admire that Government, and think it deserves the thanks and admiration of posterity for the useful reforms which it carried, and their name is legion ; never theless it is not to be denied that its language towards Ireland and the Irish generally was per fectly disgusting, and I freely forgive the late Daniel O'Connell, when he called them " The base, brutal, and bloody Whigs." And who I should be glad to know joined O'C onne ll in his cry against the then Whig Government, and was the pet of Daniel O'Connell, and was regarded as part of his party ? Why no one more nor less than Benjamin Disraeli, Esq., our present Premier, who stood in this very year 1833, thi r t y-f i ve yea rs ago, for Mary - lebone, in favour of annual Parliaments, vote by ballot, and universal suffrage. And who was it in the same Ministry, and in the same last-named year, who proved himself the belt friend of Ireland and the Irish Roman Catholics ? Why no one more nor less than our late Prime Minister Derby, Lord then Mr. Secretary Stanley, Secretary for Ireland, who, as I have often reminded you, terrified and alarmed the High- Church Anglican party of those days by supress ing no fewer than 10 Irish Protestant bishoprics. Now can any sine person entertain the least doubt that had Lord Derby (then Mr. Stanley) remained Irish Secretary (after such a sweeping mea sure of Reform as he carried in 1833) that the Irish Protestant Church would have been re , formed or else abolished long, long ago ? I will now travel into more modern times, and show what has been the conduct of the Whigs towards their Roman Catholic fellow subjects during the last 21 years. In 1847 Lord Russell, who had just become Prime Minister, expressly excluded and excepted the Roman Catholics front Wing any participation in the education grant of that year; and last, not least, three years later, in 1850, same his famous Dur hfun Letter, by which he most grossly insulted the whole Roman Catholic body, and front which time it was thought the - old connection between the Whigs and the Roman Catholics was dissolved for ever. And now, again, let Roman Catholics rest assured the Whigs are only playing the same game over again—i.e., they are making a cat's-paw of the Roman Catholics to suit their own political purposes; and let all Catholics rest assured that they will throw them overboard again at the first profit able opportunity, the same as they did in 1833, 1847, and 1850. Now the present Government does not for one moment pretend that the Irish Protestant Church, as it exists at present, is at all satisfactory ; far, very far from it. It simply does not con sider the present the most expedient time for the discussion of such a very serious and momentous a question at the very fag end of an old Parliament, and when it is merely sitting to wind up, as the old saying is. To quote an old proverb, "There is a time for all things," and the present is about the very worst time that could have been selected for the discussion of so mo mentous a subject as the abolition, or non-abolition, of the Irish Protestant Church. Lord Stanley's speech is, to my mind, utterly unanswerable. However, should Mr. Disraeli be defeated by our most disgraceful, reckless, and factious Oppo sition (I can in good truth, call them no thing more), let him at once carry out his threat, and go directly to the country, by which he will, I trust, obtain an overwhelming majority. I can quote several occasions in which,. since the be ginning of the century, we had general elections within a year of each other. In the autumn of 1806 there was a general election ; and again in six months time, in the spring of 1807, upon the down fall of the Broad-Bottomed Government, and the celebrated No-Popery election of the last-named year. Also in July, 1830, Parliament was dis solved by the death of George IV. and the acces sion of William IV., and in the spring of the fol lowing year it was dissolved again to try the sense of the country on the then pending discussions of the old Reform Bill.—l remain, Sir, your faithful servant, A LOVER AND OBSERVER OF HISTORICA.I. DATES AND FACTS. April 2, 1868. LATEST INTELL MENGE, • (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) INDIA. BOMBAY, March 14. The Viceroy has ruled that the covenanted civil servants being required under the new system to pass their vernacular examination before their de parture from England, they will be entitled to their full salary from the date of their reporting their arrival at Bombay. _ _ _ Sir Richard Temple has been nominated Secre tary of the Order of the Star of India. It will be notified that the increased rate of postage will come into force on the Ist April. A very strong feeling has been created on the subject throughout India. _ _ CALCUTTA, March 7th (via Trieste.) The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal has re quested the opinions of the commissioners of the divisions relative to the practicability of levying an educational cess upon the entire population for the purpose of providing funds to carry out a compre hensive system of vernacular education. The reports of the result of the late rice harvest in Bengal are very favourable. The price of rice is low, and the prospects of the new crops are good. _ _ Stevens' exploring party from British Burmah reached Bhamo on the 21st January on their way to the frontiers of Western China. Sir William Muir has been sworn in Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Provinces, vacated by the retirement of Mr. Drummond. INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN MAILS. MARSEILLES, April 4. The Tanjore arrived at 6 a.m. to-day. The mails Leave for London at 11.30 a.m. SuEz, March 27. Advices from Annesloy Bay announce that the 3d Dragoons had left for headquarters by forced marches. The railway is now complete for a dis- tance of eleven miles. Lady Lawrence arrived here on the 26th inst. on her way to England. The Feroze went ashore twenty miles from Suez at midnight on the 24th, but has been got off, and has since arrived here. ALEXANDRIA, April 1. Her Majesty's Indian steam transport Malabar arrived at Suez on the 30th ult. with the 94th and drafts of other Regiments. The troops left for England to-day in the Crocodile. Important changes are expected in the Egyptian Ministry. AME RICA. WASHINGTON, April 3. The Impeachment Managers produced to-day before the Senate Court as testimony against Pre sident Johnson several of his speeches, in which he denounced the action of Congress. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 3—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month.- 3 per Cent End of month 69 35 Credit Mobilier End of month 273 75 Credit:Foncior 1470 End of month — Bank Shares 3IGO Italian Loan End of month — Mexican Loan 19 25 Do. Bonds Spailish Threes Home Debt 33 Deferred xs. RAILIVA Account, Orleans Northern llB5 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... s7Bf Western 570 Eastern • — Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3BO North of Spain Saragossa Roman 45 THE EXECUTION AT SALFORD. This morning witnessed the third public execution in the borough of Salford. The murderers—Fa herty and Weatherill—suffered the extreme penalty of the law at eight o'clock, when the scaffold, New Bailey-street, was closed at each end by strong barricades, whilst the entire area from Albert Bridge to the railway arches was broken up at frequent in tervals by barriers which separate the crowd into comparatively small portions, and thus obviate the danger arising from the crush and pressure of masses of people. A part of the prison wall was removed for the erection of the scaffold. Up to the hour of the execution the two unhappy culprits were placed in cells adjoining each other, whence they set out together on their short and melancholy journey to the scaffold. Since Faherty's committal on New Year's Day he has been visited every morning by the Rev. Father Gadd, who exertions to bring the convict to a proper sense of his terrible position have been un remitting. The convict, Weathcrill, impressed all who had the opportunity of observing him in prison with the belief that he was thoroughly hardened and unre pentant for the brutal murder he committed at Todmorden. The sentence of the law having been carried into effect, the bodies, after hanging the usual time, were cut down and buried within the preoiucts of the prison. ( 1 011.111 1 8PONDENGE FROM PARIS. FROM OUR OWN n RESP ONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, April 3. Paris will persist in being uneasy at the present attitude of France. Marshal Niel is known to believe in the necessity of war, and as he is being allowed to make every preparation for it, those who take a gloomy view of affairs believe that war is merely adjourned ; and even those who are most sanguine of the maintenance of peace confess that there are " black spots." It is now said that Prince Napo leon came back from Berlin full of peaceful intentions, but found them by no means reciprocated in Paris. He is reported to have said : "I brought hack peace, but I have not found it here." The Prince will, it is affirmed, continue his journey after the marriage of Prince Hum bert, and visit Vienna, Pesth, and Constantinople. For my own part, I do not believe that Napoleon will make war without allies. A pretext he will never want while Prussia persists in her insolent conduct to Denmark, or Russia in her conspiracies on the Danube. But he will not fight either Prussia or Russia by himself. The great difficulty of obtaining allies is the best chance for the con tinuance of peace. The papers tell us that Lord Stanley lhas positively refused to intervene in behalf of Poland. But they say also that he is seriously occupied by the Sebleswig question. As for the East that is always a source of anxiety to the British Government, and it is there that the occasion is most likely to arise for renewing an offensive and defensive Anglo-French alliance. The idea that foreign affairs are entering upon a more serious stage gives rise to the renewal of the report that the Marquis de Moustier is going to resign, and that he will be succeeded at the Foreign Office by M. Drouyn de Lhuys. The Liberte says that this statesman has altered his opinions with regard to the Eastern question, and that in consequence of the derangement of the balance of power at the battle of Sadowa it is no longer wise to hinder the advance of Russia upon the Bosphorus, but, on the contrary, France should ally herself as closely as possible to Russia, so as to profit by the alliance when the right moment comes. The Liberte gives this as a rumour, and says that if it be true it is not the policy which the Emperor is at all likely to adopt. The Budget Commission is hard at work upon its report, end it is generally believed that M. Magne will be com pelled to ask for 120 million francs more thanhe first stated. This would raise the total loan to over 23 millions sterling. The floating debt is nearly 40 millions. It is reported that the Suez Canal Company have obtained permission to raise four millions by a lottery. This, however, is doubtful, and it would require the sanction of the Corps L6gislatif. A M. de Briois has proposed a scheme, which he has submitted to the Emperor, for establishing a gigantic association in the army and the navy,by which every officer and private would pay a certain amount annually into a common chest, which would be for the benefit of all who should afterwards become necessitous ; in fact, a military friendly society. At the present time the officers are not too well paid ; a captain in the army gets 241 francs a month, or about £135 a year ; a sub-lieutenant gets about £77, and his necessary expenses, excluding wine and cigars, are over £69, so that only a narrow line separates him from want. The question is if he could afford to give up a certain portion of his scanty earnings merely with the possibility of getting more back at some future time. Moreover, would the captain be disposed to asst his junior? Would he not rather say that if the sub-lieu. tenant is underpaid it is the duty of the Government to pay him better? The Appeal Court has just confirmed the convictions against the seven journalists who were condemned for pub lishing abstracts of the debates on the Army Bill. The trial of M. de Kerv6guen for slandering the three journals Liberte, Debats, Arenir National, and the Revue des Deux Mondes, began to-day. The papers are not allowed to pub lish any report of the proceedings. The Tycoon of Japan, who bad abdicated in favour of the Mikado on the condition that the treaties with the foreigners should be carried out, now that the treaties have been set aside by the Daimios considers his abdication no longer binding. He has replied to the inquiry addressed to him by the representatives of the foreign Powers, that while. repelling the idea of a civil war against his adver saries, he will, until the allaying of the present troubles, remain the sole depository of the executive power of the empire. The Eco d'ltaTia, a New York Italian paper, mentions that Madame Ristori has had a controversy with the Bishop of the Havana. The celebrated actress had per formed with immense success the part of a nun in the p'ay " Sister Teresa," whereupon the T' hop, greatly seas da. lised, first fulminated spiritual thunders against tl e " impious and profane heretic," then, finding that these were brutusn fulmcn, he invoked the secular arm. But the governor of the island, General Lersundi, refused to interfere, and, wonderful to relate, the Spanish Govern ment has approved the conduct of its Viceroy. " John, Earl Russell " has written a second letter to the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, " on the state of Ireland." It will be published by Messrs. Longman shortly after Easter. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of the decision which a crowded House of Commons came to in the early hours of Saturday morning. After two years of defeat, discouragement, and disorganisation, the Liberal party once more finds its ranks closed up and united by a great historic cause, and by the firm assertion of principles which it advocated a generation ago. It is difficult to describe the enthusiasm which the result of the week's debate has kindled in the Liberal ranks, and this, too, on the eve of a general election. It is rejoiced in not only by the regular party papers, but by those organs of public opinion, such, for instance, as the Times and the Post, which have repeatedly criticised the public conduct of Mr. Gladstone in outspoken, not to say unfriendly, terms. To the Daily News it is clear that the Parliament of 1832, which, notwithstanding periods of languowand faithless ness, has achieved so many great things, has made the last session of its existence memorable by the commencement of a work as great as the best of its good deeds. It will have an euthanasia. Its end will be worthy of its beginning. After such a majority, described by the Times as over whelming, decisive, and unequivocal, the Irish Church is looked upon as doomed, even by the best friends of that long-threatened establishment. They are bidden to re member that the majority of thirty-three which decided to go into committee in 1835 represented the power of an ebbing tide ; the force of the Reform Bill was already more than half spent, and popular feeling was swayed by the influence of reaction ; to-day we are but just perceiving the rising of the flood. In fact, the Post maintains that no fairer trophy has been gained by Liberalism since the passing of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829. Already the Ministerial party is making energetic pre parations for a general election. Registers are being examined and put in order, and it would almost seem that the Conservatives were expecting an appeal to the present constituencies. For instance, the Imperial Review says that the state of the register in the city of Westminster is so favourable that the return of Mr. Smith is certain, and there is a possibility of a second candidate being brought forward at the general election in the person of Mr. J. C. S. Freemantle, should Parliament be immediately dissolved. Immediate dissolution is not merely improbable, but absurd, for what " moral competence " would a second £lO Parliament possess which the present does not hold? Mr. Cecil Raikes, too, is announced to oppose Mr. Glad stone the younger at the Chester election, also provided there be an immediate dissolution. Meanwhile, two Con servative seats—South Lincolnshire and Launceston— are immediately to be vacated : South Lincolnshire by Sir J. Trollope, who is to grace the Upper House. Mr. Welby is intended to be his substitute on the Conservative side, opposed by a Mr. Neville on the part of the Liberals. In a very interesting sketch of Mr. Brand, the late Liberal "whip," the London Review mentions two or three facts worth noticing. At the formation of the Palmerston- Russell Administration in 1859, Lord Russell insisted upon having a large share of public patronage, and of having his interests represented at the Treasury in the person of one of the Secretaries. Thus it came to pass, that while Mr. Brand was Lord Parlmerston's " whip," Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen was Lord Russell's. One of Mr. Brand's first successes was a very notable one. The Conservatives had insisted that the Commercial Treaty should be discussed before the Budget, and so it was quietly hinted that if defeated the Government would dissolve. The idea of a dissolution in 1860, when the election bills of 1859 were unpaid, was so formidable that Conservative members grew restive and declared that they could not see what difference there was between taking the Budget before the Treaty or the Treaty before the Budget, and so when it came to a division Mr. Bi and had the satisfaction to announce 339 for Government, against 223 for the Opposition. Ile always got on well with Lord Palmerston. That Minister having no very earnest belief in any particular political creed, always gave way when Mr. Brand warned him that he would be likely to get beaten ; but when the Minister was assur d of victory, no one was more confident in chal lenging the House. Mr. Gladstone he did not find so pliable ; and the anxiety caused by the formation of the " Cave " and the unhappy result of the Liberal Reform Bill in 1866 so told upon Mr. Brand's health, that after the defeat upon Lord Dunkellin's motion he virtually, and soon afterwards wholly, ceased to act as whip. Hi s successor's, Mr. Glyn's first important division is almost as trot a. t.r4rEtpl_i, hia 9'X WO! 1 , 77) • &Mk er r - HER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, April 3. The Queen drove out this morning, attended by. the Lady in waiting ; and in the afternoon her Ma jesty, accompanied by the Princess of Wales and Princess Beatrice, drove out in a carriage and four, attended by Lady Churchill. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Grey, and Colonel Kingscote, hunted with her Majes ty's staghounds yesterday. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. TLIIS DAY. Twenty-eight years have waxed and waned since the collegians of Oxford and Cambridge raced their first boat race at llenley-on-Thames in the presence of a mere sprinkling of gownsmen and townsmen. Little did those through whose instrumentality that contest was brought about over conjecture that it was to be the forerunner of a series of great spirit - stirring events which were annually to create the most intense excitement, and to be witnessed by myriads of admiring spectators, including the distinguished presence of royalty. Since that meagre two miles exhibition to which we have above alluded, and which the chronicles tell us " was won by Oxford by many lengths," a marvellous change has taken place, and wo repeat that it could hardly have been conceived that so small a beginning would lead to so great an end. It was the foundation of an epoch which has been magnified by each succeeding contest, until the time has arrived when it inaugurates the aquatic year by the principal and most important race of the season. The increasing taste for this healthful, scien tific, and beautiful sport is daily more apparent by the growing accession of boating clubs throughout the king dom, and it is generally acknowledged that the sister schools of Alma slater present rowing iu its very best type. There has been during the last quarter of a century a vast improvement in boat building —not the least of which has been the introduction of the outrigger. Training has been cultivated as a science, the combatants have been brought to so high a state of strong physique that it has been difficult to choose between them, and the " many lengths" of the opening contest have given place to victo ries of only a length or half a length, in a nearly five miles course. As the race gradually grew in popularity so it advanced in sportinginterest, until now—when, although the stake itself is of an unsubstantial character iu the game of life—it assumes the feature of an aquatic Derby, and large sums of money annually depend upon the result. From the first race in 1829 there was an interval till 1836 before they again met in honourable rivalry, and then three years more elapsed. Some short gaps intervened until 1856 when it became annual. The results briefly summed up are mainly these :—ln 1860 there were 10 races in favour of Cambridge and 7 to Oxford, and the contest of that year was the last Cambridge ever won, so that when the challenge was sent by Camkidge the score in all was 14 to Oxford and 10 to Cambridge. The first of these, as we have before stated, was rowed at Henley ; the five next from Westminster to Putney, and the whole of the remainder between Putney and Mort lake, three of these only being rowed down. We pass over the challenge, the desire to withdraw, the continuance of it and the unwearied training in the country which has from time to time duly been laid before the public, until the arrival of the crews at Putney, nearly a fortnight ago, where the practice of the last two months was resumed, and thousands repaired thither to see what material each Party had in hand to meet the coming emergency. There were many there day after day who seemed never wearied at the wait ing, never tired at the looking on, never deterred by the sharpness of the weather, which, in the early part of the present week, has reminded us of November—they were too much engrossed to care for anything but the view of the racing, and the main ob ject of the great bulk of the frequenters, as may naturally be supposed, was to endeavour to ascertain how they might make lucrative investments. The num ber of strokes taken per minute, their length and depth, the particular progress of the two boats, the time of each performance, and the appearance of the crews both in and out of their boats, were duly noted. From the first trial onTuesday week to the last, a day or two ago, there was a growing feeling in favour of the Oxonians. Having so far adverted to passing events, it will only be requisite to now state that the first particular trial which fixed the general impression of the superiority of Oxford was on Saturday last, when, both going the whole course, on the same tide, with only one hour intervening, and nothing to prejudice the calculation of comparative pace, Oxford did the distance in a minute and a quarter less than their rivals. Subsequent trials of both crews only served to establish their claim to superiority the more, and added to this it was generally thought that the sharp exercise was telling unfavourably upon the Cantabs. The following were the crews : OXONIANS. 1. W. D. Benson, Balliol st lb ... ..• ... 11 2 2. A. C. Yarborough, Lincoln ... ••• 11 8 3. R. Ross, of Bladensbury, Exeter ... 11 10 4. R. G. Marsden, Merton ... ••• ... 11 12 5. J. C. Tinne, University ... —. ... 13 7 6. F. Willan, Exeter 7. E. S. Carter, Worcester ... ... ... 11 7 8. D. Darbishire, Balliol ... ... .. 11 5 C. R. W. Tottenham, Ch. Church (cox.) 8 7 CAMBRIDGE. st. lb. 1. W. H. Anderson, Trinity 11 2 2. J. P. Nichols, Trinity • 11 2 3. J. G. Wood, Emmanuel ... 12 5 4. W. H. Lowe, Christ's 12 4 5. H. T. Nadin, Pembroke . ... 12 10 6. W. F. M'Michael, Downing 12 O. 7. J. Still, Caius • 12 0 8. W. J. Pinckney, Trinity 10 10 T. D. Warner, Trinity Hall (cox.) 8 2 The distance to be contested was as usual from Putney to Mortlake. The Thames Conservancy Board and the police, with a very laudable object in view, had laid down a code of re gulations, founded upon the statute law, to prevent impe diments to the contest. By these no craft was to be under way in front of the crews during the contest, but was to be anchored under the directions of the harbour master. The steamers hired to accompany the race were to be moored in a line above the Putney Aqueduct, an•i astern of the rowers, and were not to be cast off until after the start, and then were prohibited from going ahead of the crews, so that every precaution was taken to prevent a repetition of tho complaints which have hitherto been so loudly made by the public, the gentlemen engaged in the contest, and their friends. This morning broke beautifully. In the country the sun shone resplendently at an early hour, with a delight ful sky, but at noon became overcast in and near the me tropolis, and at 9 o'clock the west of London was com pletely enveloped in a heavy fog, the effect of which was to cause vast disappointment to hundreds who had proposed to see the race. Some of the steamers were fortunate enough to reach Putney. Towards 11 o'clock the fog for tunately cleared away, and on our arrival at Putney was seen as brilliant a bevy of rank and fashion as there were assembled last year. .A little after 11 o'clock the Prince of Wales and suite arrived at the scene of action on board of a private gentleman's boat, The London Pride, and all the steamers took up thoir moorings. As far as the eye could reach it was dilated upon the animated group around, not breath of air scarcely disturbing the surface of the water. As the two crows got into their boats both were vocifer ously cheered. Oxford came away to their moorings first ; they had lost the chance of station which they have so often of late years had, and Cambridge consequently took the Middlesex side. There was very little time lost. Mr. E. Searle, the starter, said, "Are you ready ?" and the reply was "The start at 11.46." It was watched with much eagerness, and the Prince was evidently one of the most anxious of the spectators. The oars of the Cambridge boat first "clipped" the water at the pace of 40 per minute, but it was rather irregular. It was, however, surprising how soon they both got into their regular form of rowing. Cambridge unmistakably had the lead, and were in three minutes after the start three parts of their length clear. Cambridge were pulling very long, but Oxford just above the Crook laid down to their work, and then inch by inch they got strictly level when half a mile or a little more had been accomplished. Then Oxford burst ahead a quarter of a length, and then a few spurts from Cambridge, and they were again almost level. Above the Dung Wharf Cambridge again laid down to the work, but in the spurt from the Crab tree Oxford, despite bad steering, went half a length ahead, Cambridge keeping the Surrey shore, closely took the arches off Hammersmith bridge, 7 min. and 4 sec. from the start, and 7 seconds ahead of Cambridge. In the next half minute Oxford went right away from them. This was clearly through the shortness of the course taken by Oxford, Cambridge being right outside the pier. A most determined effort was made by Cambridge to turn the fortunes of the day, but without any chance [of success, for a'l that Cambridge might do the Oxonians held the race in their own hands all the way. Any money was offered upon them, but there were no takers. The Cambridge men were weak, and weak on their own day, as it was termed. No. 5 remarkably showed weakness. Ile had done so for days past, and yet was continued at distress ing labour. Barnes railway was reached in 16min. 47sec. by Oxford, who were then three lengths ahead. Oxford won by six or seven lengths. The others did not go the distance. _ ;hills by Benson's chronograph : Started 1111, 1614. 495. finished 12h. 7ul, 265. ma div 2i of .11 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1868