The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-25 00:00:00

Rumoured Resignation of Mr. Lowe.

It was rumoured in well-informed circles 00
Thursday evening that Mr. Lowe had resigned, as
tte considered his claims to a seat in the Cabinet
-uperior to those of Earl De Grey and Ripon, or
any other aspirant for that honour under the pre"
seut Government. We know that when some such
arrangement as the present was contemplated 011
the retirement of Lord Herbert, the member for
Caine made a forcible remonstrance; and the inter
tion of elevating Earl De Grey and Ripon to the
post was thereupon abandoned. The news of hle
resignation is, v e fear, too good to be true, though
we feel bound to mention the report, which 19
credited by well-informed persons. The Church
has gained some very important triumphs of late'
and the retirement of one of her most bitter
assailants from an official position, which
him to cause continual vexation, and inflict seriono
injury on the cause of religion and education on
sound basis, would be a relief which we could 11°t
appreciate too highly. enable

YANKEE ESPIONAGE IN ENGLAND;

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
SIR,—I arrived in London some time ago from the Cop'
tinent. It would seem that the cab which conveyed me 611 d
my luggage homewards from the London-bridge Railo4s
Station was followed by one or more 6' private detecticeeta
paid from the secret money of President Lincoln. I 11;i:
scarcely got into my lodgings in the \Vest-end whet,' ..,7;
quiries were made as to the name and whereabouts of
p trty whc had just arrived ," and a bribe was offered to the
cook to divulge all she knew, or could learn by eavesdrop
ping, or anyhow, about the new arr These vile bire:
hugs made their appearance again early next m ruing, 911,4
actually had the impudence to request an interview with tP
landlady of my lodgings at an hour when that elderly deifo
y
was still in bed. My attention having been called at brew
Pt
fast time to these impertinent intrusions, the front door war
by my directions, slammed in the faces of these "
detectives" on their next appearance.
„At 4
What was the result? Fur several days I was doglje
by these mi creants wherever I went. When at 4°-
I frequently observed them from my windows loiter
e;
on the other side of the street or peering into the ar:er
or waylaying and questioning the servants and to
inmates of the house and endeavouring to 'anew there !:"ler
conversation. If the postman knocked at my door to delio
a letter an attempt was made to handle it and to aseert
where it had been posted. if a friend left a calling-cera 01,
me one of the above myrmidons would peep over his ett°ri..
der to read the name. If I despatched a telegram e 1:;e1V
vase detective" was at my heels, and as soon as I had%,lo
the t•legraph office a bribe was offered to the young t"; ice
who had received my message for the commueicati' v °toe'
contents. In their nefarious attempts to corrupt tile ele'
graph employee and tamper with the secrecy of tljedablf
graph office, I am happy to add they were inv'—ittei
unsuccessful, notwithe tending their asseverations the' t iota
were "detectives from the Foreign Office." It 1 weliot or
a place of business in the City, or a shop in Ittfoinei.
Bond streets, the myrmidons of the Bon. Chat les ' ore
Adams never quitted ree, and all sorts of inquiries
o out
subsequently made respecting me, and hints thro"
that I was a swindler or one of the swell mob. /lead
To such intolerable espionage was I subjected tu,‘
a week that I. was about to apply for relief to
‘7O 01"
magistrate or to the commissioner of police, v;,O, the.
"private detectives" discovered that they had been t tra&
wrong scent," and they abandoned their hunt, for
out that I was mistaken by these secret emissarie9un7 iw
rebel citizen of "the model Republic," which
death throes on the other side of the Atlanti."—' 041*
A BRITISH 5179

St. James's, April 20.

REINICH THEATRICAL PAINT.--The ivcora°
Borchard, the tenor, who lately died on the stege,ll96 petof
menced an action against the director of the Frel'„ficiltio
the Plea Pgipg that tlle late tenor (tied Qg new 13``..