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..4.9lArge of ProlediPafiStstel_lowAruct resolution
SE; the air for the sake CI a party cry is disposed
of by the definite aim of the second and
third resolutions to arra* the disposal of patronage
in the Irish Church Establishment ; not, as Lord
&tamales amendment has it, "pending inquiry,"
for no inquiry is needed, but until the Reformed
Parliament shall be prepared to legislate. Mr.
Gzaesroaris has seldom spoken on a peat ques-
tion, at once of supreme national importance and
urgent party interest, in •tone so calm, so tranquil,
so subdued, yet so resolved. Addressing, after his
manner, some imaginary friendly disputant on
his own bench, and only once or twine—as when
he doubted the consolation, the Amendment
would bring to the Irish Church—bending over
the table at the Treasury Bench, he seemed to
be publicly working out for the satisfaction of
his own conscience rather than for the confu-
sion of an adversary, the problem of religious,
political, and social justice he bad come to solve.
Lord STARLET'S reply was a performance more re-
markable than agreeable to witness. There is usually
an imposing candour, a vigorous directness, a logi-
cal integrity and straightforwardness in the Foreign
Secretary's oratorical manner, .which an unfortu-
nate disability of utterance renders all the more
conciliatory and convincing, But last evening,
whether he had prepared his copious notes on
an erroneous basis—under the impression that Mr.
GLADiTONE was ready to disestablish but not to
disendow ; or whether the native hue of Mr. GLAD-
STONE'S resolution had sicklied o'er his own, he was
hesitating, faltering, chilling, as if he knew
not what course be was defending, what
party, what policy, in the Cabinet or out
ofs it, he stood there to advocate. If his
speech suggested anything it was a divided govern-
ment at bay, and the delicacy and diffi-
culty of completing the education of dull
colleagues before the eyes of the public.
It was impossible not to feel for Lord STANLEY
when the Souctroa-Ositzesz was humming out
his ineffectual "case " in the attitude and tone
of an intolerable nisi pries practitioner. The
consequences of the extraordinary legal promo-
tion are beginning to recoil upon the Govern-
ment. Such an exhibition as the SOLICITOR-
GINEE.AL'S speech last evening was enough
to move the heart of the bitterest member of the
Opposition. If it bad been even tolerably good
law, but this Mr. LAWSON showed it was not—if it
bad been something resembling grammatical Eng-
lish, but this the mercy of the reporters will
have corrected—the House might not have wel-
comed the eloquence of the third law officer of the
administration with a buzz of talk, or •
confused murmur, as of martyrs in a slow
fire. Had this legal gentleman been a mere
member of his party, and not a law
officer, he would, let us hope, have
had the grace to hold his peace. But
party lawyers, to do them justice, do not go into
parliament to be hearers only, even when they are
incapable of finishing a sentence. Excepting, of
course, Mr. GLADSTONE, the speech of Lord CLAN-
BORNE was the event of last evening. Lord
CILANBORNE is become the Azez.vrs of the political
stage ; be has retired from office saddened and in-
dignant at the contact he has suffered with offi-
cial minds. He has retired into the desert of
' independent opposition in search of public honesty
and honour. The voice of one honest man in the
desert is sometimes good to hear. No doubt Mr.
DISRAELI prefers the ORONTES and the CLITANDRES.

TILE BISHOP OF OXFORD ON SUNDAY
SCHOOL&

SOME sensible remarks which were mule • year
or two ago by the Bishop of Orson]) in commisera-
tion of Sunday School children and their sufferings,
struck the public mind like new truth, and
a chorus of assent burst out in the secular
press. His lordship has now returned to the
subject, not in a speech, but in a calmly-con-
sidered paper, entitled " Our Sunday Schools—how
" to use them." Assuming that these institutions
are in a state of crisis, and that, in the Church of
England schools at all events, there is a diminution
in energy, he declines to attribute this to a
slackening either in the religious zeal or educa-
tional ardour of the nation, but rather to the in-
crease in elementary day schools. But, however
considerable the latter, there remains a special
vocation for Sunday Schools, and the method of
enabling them best to fulfil it, constitute • matter
of serious interest. The Bmaor then goes on to
urge that the character of the Sunday School should
be one of rest. The teacher should never be the
master of the day school, but one whose
qualifications are " brightness, playfulness,
" Power of sympathy, power of song, a
"sort of bird of spring temperament." And for this
reason paid teachers very seldom succeed. As to
scholars : in Utopia, says the Butztoe, no young
children would come to Sunday schools.
Their presence encourages the parent in a self-
indulgent abnegation; it removes the children
out of the family life ; and drives
away those who are the absolutely proper
subjects of Sunday-school teaching—the young
men and women who have left the day school
" The Chimpanzee in the Zoological Gardens,"
remarks the SHOWY, " was found to pine away
" when he was put into the monkey house. His
" more staid gravity would not bear the restless,
" inquisitive, mischievous, undignified conduct of
" his lesser brethren, and it is so with the elder and
" the younger classes." But as we are not in
Utopia, and the young ones cannot be can forth
to the utter rudeness of the alley or the slum,
let there be, at all events, absolute sepa-
ration. In discussing the treatment of the
young children, the &tenor puts ins protest which
we read with a great deal of sympathy, and which
no doubt would be received by the whole
army of little ones with • shrill cry of
gratitude and delight. Observing that going
to the place of worship is itself commonly
a trial to their young thoughts, the &snot.
adds with a warmth kindled no doubt by (he re-
collection of many • painful spectacle :--" It is
" really astonishing, as well as utterly saddening, to
" think how commonly these little victims are
"exposed to treatment the exact reverse of all
"this ; how they are seated on benches too high
" for .their feet to reach the ground ; drenched
" with dull lemons ; expected to sit quite still,
" whilst it is as much s part of the nature
" GOD has given them to be perpetually moving
" every limb they have as it is the nature of
" the bumbli-bee to buss as he flies by us ;
" how, if, at the bidding of this their nature,
" they fill into these incessant inurement', they
" are seceded et by theseiesing fame, if they do
"-not suffer from punishing fingers ; how they;

maiming.
=Ma Abp.* JAW*, Ostrow 4 Voting
for the sale el spirituous and foramated liquors
cestatise to semnsittise to be appointed a* the Egiyasway
atosisoo, Sr every petty sissionsi divides, cook casessitte•
to eon*t of not krr. than None ace of mere than ihe
Judi's. of the pesos ; sad these smash's'. ate
also to ban power to issue liesasse is bores&
not having a separate grant of quarter assoions.
No license AO be maimd to say posses who to. Mon
convicted of felony or miatimoinacsir, nor to any taker of
a court of jurtioe, pawnbroker, cc lodging-housekeeper, nor
shall a license be renamed to say perms who ha. not bona
fide resided in the licensed house during theyear Immediately
preceding f sad so Hamar is to ho granted to say female.
The certificate of good character now depodted with the
excise by applicants for Inatome, limns, is, seocedisi to
this bill, to be laid bean the sew liseasing ocestadttee
and SO home shall be (nulled vntbaut tbe production of such
• certifiatie. Thebillalsoimpostearateable qualification, no

premises Wing licensed which an not rated in one sum on
a mat or annual value of 301. per annum—that is to say,
in places when the population oxen& 10,000 persona. In
pleats when the population is lies than 10,000 bat above
2,500, the annual value of the premises to be licensed
shall mot be less than 221. ; and in no ease shall
• license be granted A peruses in respect of premises
which are not rated to the relief of the poor on • rental of
16i. per annum. It is proposed to confer an important
power upon local boards exercising " The Local (lovers-
meat Act, 1868," by enabling them to raise the
rateable qualilleaties fee beer-house licenses by say sum
not 'seceding 50 per cent of the amount sow by law
required, within the jurisdiction of the local beard. An
applicant for a license is not only to produce a certificate
of rating signed by the overseer of his pariah, but also a
certificate from the superintendent of polies, declaring that
he has not been convicted of any crime or offence which
would disqualify him • and one from the same authority,
or from an officer of health, to the effect that the Arno-
tura and sanitary condition of his house is satisfactory.
Any person having • legal or equitable interest in
• house may object to the granting of • license
for it, and if notice of objection be given to the oom-
matte., it is to be conclusive against the granting or re-
newal of the license. In cease, too, where • license has
not been previously granted, and an objection is raised by
two-thirds of the owner, of property (or other persons
having a greater interest therein than se mere temente)
within one hundred yard' of the house for which • license
is asked, the committee may refuse the application if
they are of opinion that the establishment of • public'
bosom would injuriously affect the value of the property
within the limits prescribed.
In cases where the grant or transfer of • license has,
however, been refused, the right of appeal to the general
quarter peones of the pease is given. Penalties are to
be imposed upon applicants for forging certificates, and
upon overseer, for refusing to grant them without reason-
able excuse. Three convictions under any act relating to
the sale of limier' will be sufficient to disqualify any per-
son from thereafter holding • license, and in the event of
two diequalifying convictions of successive occupiers of the
same house within three years, no license of any descrip-
tion shell be granted in respect of the some house until at
least ten years shall have elapsed since the old license was
abolished.

A clause has been inserted in the bill for prescribing the
hour. of opening and closing public-houses; but Lord
Lichfield has left the question of thus an open one, to be
dealt with by parliament.
By other clauses in the bill it is provided that • limns,
holder may nominate • male person of full nge to
represent him during the hours of business far
the purpose of preventing drunkenness end enforcing order ;
but if both the license-bolder and his attendant (whose
name and residence are to be given to the superintendent
of police) are absent at the mime time penalties are to be
imposed unless upon inquiry reasonable excuse be given for
such absence, and no violation of law or good order
has taken plane. The attendant is to be made personally
liable for offences committed by him or through his
personal neglect. No female under 16 years of age is to be
employed as • waitress. To prevent the advantages 'y-
enning from requiring Hoenig-holders to be rated toe cer-
tain amount from being defeated, it is provided that
no pert of • bunged house shall be sob-let, nor shall may
person be taken in sa • lodger or • boarder, excepting tra-
vellers and gusto.
There ac several other important penal clauses is the
bill, the objects of which we to chock drunkenness, to
enforce good order, and to prevent crime. The publican rill,
moreover, by liable to penalties if he permit servants or
workmen to remain drinking in his bonne during
the usual hours of work when that involves • breach
of contract, and notice bu been given of the
fact ; if he permit any person under the age of
sixteen to have liquor, or remain in a licensed house after
notice Las bean given to the publican not to supply or
permit the same, by the parent, guardian, or other person
with whom the youth resides ; and the publican will
also be liable to a penalty if be supply
liquor to • married woman, living with her
husband, after he hu received notice from the husband
not to do so. The license bolder is, moreover, to be re.
sponaible for the acts of his attendants.
Por the more effectual oarryiag out of the sat the chief
constables of counties and boroughs may appoint addi-
tional officers of the constabulary force to perform the
offices of superintendents, whom' duties, in relation to
this not, ars specified.
Lord Lichfield's bill doss not effect the act for regu-
lating the licensing of refreshment houses and the grant-
ing of wine licenses; nor is it to extend to Ireland or
Scotland, the City of London, or the metropolitan police
district.

The new measure respecting civil marriages in
Austria requires only the imperial sanction to
come into vigour, and there is no doubt that this
fortnality will be speedily fulElled :—"We ere
authorised to declare," says the General Correspon-
dence, " that the rumour of proceedings having
been taken by the court of Rome to hinder the
Sovereign from conaentingt as well as that of an
autograph letter having been addressed with the
same object by his Holiness to the Emperor, en
entirely unfounded."

AMERICA.

THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT
JOHNSON.

Orr Assam('

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WASHINGTON, MAAcia 30.
Mr. Butler opened the prosecution of President
Johnson before the Senate Court to-day on the
charges of impeachment. The impeachment
managers offered in evidence copies of the original
appointment of Mr. Stanton as Secretary of the
War Department, and also President Johnson's
message to Congress assigning reasons for his re-
moval.

NSW YORK, Name 30.
The Inman steamship City of Washington and
the Allan Glasgow steamship St. David arrived
out to-day.

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