The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCE! 9, 1865.

SPOON, SPOONER, PLIIMPTRE.,,

Treaty between Spain Spain and Peru,

Newdegate and Whalley.
(From the Scotsman, March 8.)

MADRM, March 3.
The following is the text of the treaty of peace
concluded between Spain and Peru :

The English are sometimes called an unimagina-
tive race ; but in reference to anything pertaining
to the Pope their Protestant old women of all ages
and both sexes dream dreams and see visions which
the most prolific producer of fictitious horrors could
not surpass. In the late lamented Mr. Spooner these
worthy people had, in the surviving Mr. Newdegate
they retain, a comically constant representative ;
but their fittest mouthpiece is Mr. Whalley. The
member for North Warwickshire has a little method
in his madness, and in spite of his prejudices, talks
like a gentleman ; but the member for Peterbo-
rough's anti-Papal utterances are sheer unblushing
nonsense, and mere unbridled bigotry. Fortu-
nately, his measure was taken long ago ; and he
can give no offence now either to the Catholics he
insults by reviling or the rational Protestants he
insults by " representing" them. He was in full
force on Friday night ; and the house, sure of fun,
shouted for him as the gods of the gallery used to
call for Tonsßarry. The house was not disappointed.
Mr. Whalley, in the midst of much laughter, in-
formed his hearers that Mr. Pope Hennessy's party
had large fortunes left it every day, besides receiv-
ing a million per annum from the public purse; blamed
Sir George Grey for not interfering in the M‘Der-
mott case, lauded Mrs. M'Dermott to the skies as a
model mother, and hinted that her Majesty ought,
like the London dead walls a few years ago, to be
ceaselessly inquiring " Where's Eliza?" He drew a
fearful picture of Chelsea and Brompton trembling
under the tyranny of proud foreign priests, and seek-
ing in vain for succour at the *Westminster Police
Court. He gravely argued that Mary Ryan, the in-
sane nun recently sent to Belgium, could not be, and
could not have been mad, because, some solicitor,
in Mr. Whalley's opinion " second to none in his
profession," had paid her a visit, and said that she
was not out of her mind- He earnestly hoped
that the outraged Protestants of * England would
not be goaded into a rising for the purpose of
razing Roman Catholic convents to the ground ;
but, to prevent the people from taking the law
into their own hands, he was evidently in favour
of the Government's anticipating the menaced
destruction. Mr. Newdegate's nonsense was not
so rabid in phrase as Mr. Whalley's, but it was
quite as ridiculous in its asserted or insinuated
facts. He would have the country believe that it
is quite a common thing for heads of Roman
Catholic religious houses in England to inveigle
the young of both sexes into the cloister, and
to immure them in subterranean cells if they strive
to make their escape. He hints darkly at violation
and murder. In Staffordshire, he says, the influence
of the Pope is so powerful that people are afraid to
reveal conventual crimes and scandals that make
them shudder ; adding, rather drolly, that these
poor people's fear-frozen lips continued sealed until
Inspector Field paid the district a reassuring visit.
After all, then, even Staffordshire thinks an English
policemanmore potent than the Pope ; so, even there
there is not much to be feared. Now, stories of ab-
ductions, solitary confinements, and other more hor-
rible conventual horrors, solemnly told in Parliament,
no matter what the evidence, are sure to be accepted
by the anilely Protestant portion of the community
with a shiver of delicious dread. It is an article
of faith with these credulous folks that there is a
Jesuit governess in every other family, and that the
reverend gentlemen in linen dog-collars and strait-
waistcoats who walk our streets are to a man the
most subtle of schemers, although a good many of
them certainly don't look the part.
But can any person of average intelligence believe
the charges which are brought against convents
generally in this kingdom ? That abroad and at
home, in bygone times, the most loathsome vice and
the most cruel crime have stained convent walls is
undeniable ; and in spite of the good service which
the conventual system has done both to literature
and humanity, it is, save in very rare exceptional
instances, a system in such flat contradiction to in-
nocent natural instincts that anywhere and anywhen
it is likely to lead to abuses. What proof of such
abuses, llowever, in Great Britain, does Mr. Newde-
gate adduce to justify his general picture of
nunneries and monasteries in this country ? A
Protestant jury disposed of his Smee and Hutchin-
son case; a Protestant magistrate of his M'Dermott
case. A medical Lunacy Commissioner has
declared Mary Ryan to be insane. Young
Harrison, the Westminster " captain," who was
suddenly converted and fainted under the opera-
tion, seems to have been a hobbydehoy so weak
both in body and mind that it is a wonder how he
obtained the captaincy of his famous school. Of
course, his weakness made the attempt to prosely-
tise him not very creditable ; but such a lad most
probably would have been lost to Protestantism_
no great loss, by the way—if the Brompton Oratory
had never been founded. Mr. Newdegate told a
story of a Cambridge undergraduate who had
been induced to enter a monastery ; and what was
the end of this thrilling narrative ? It makes one
think of the nursery rhyme :

"Her Majesty Donna Isabel 11., Queen of Spain,
on the one part and the Republic of Peru on the
other, desirous of putting an amiable end to the
conflict that has unfortunately arisen between the
two nations, have appointed as their respective
ministers plenipotentiary—
" On the part of her Catholic Majesty, Don
Jose Manuel Pareja y Septien, Knight Grand
Cross of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic,
&c., and on the part of the Republic of Peru,
Don Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, general of bri-
gade, &c. The above-named plenipotentiaries, after
having examined and exchanged their full respective
powers, which they have found in due order, have
agreed to the following articles :
" Art. 1. The Government of her Catholic Ma-
jesty having disapproved the proceedings of its
agents on the coasts of Peru in taking possession of
the Chincha Islands, upon the plea of revindication,
and the Peruvian Government having, at the same
opportune time, also immediately rebuked, as the
Government of her Catholic Majesty had sup-
posed, the violence done to the Spanish Com-
missioner at Panama ; as the Government of the
Republic has made known through its circulars
and diplomatic agents to uphold its honour,
the principal obstacle which opposed itself to
the evacuation of the Chinchas is thus removed,
and they will consequently be evacuated by the naval
forces of her Catholic Majesty and handed over to
the person appointed by the Peruvian Government
to receive them.

"Art. 2. The Government of Peru, in order radi-
cally to obviate any possibility of disagreement, and
to confirm its amicable sentiments towards Spain,
will accredit a Minister to her Catholic Majesty.

" Art. 3. The Peruvian Government never abso-
lutely refused to receive the Spanish Commissioner,
and the Government of her Catholic Majesty having
proclaimed in the diplomatic circulars of June 28
and Dec. 9 last, that the title of special commissioner
in no way prejudices the rights of Peru to indepen-
dence, it has been agreed by the contracting parties
that the Government of her Catholic Majesty may
send to Lima, and that that of Peru shall receive a
special commissioner charged to institute prosecu-
tions and claims in the matters now pending in con-
sequence of the affair of Talambo.

4' Art. 4. Peru shall endow its minister in Spain
with full powers to negotiate and conclude a treaty
of peace, friendship, navigation, and commerce,
similar to that concluded by Chili or other Ameri-
can Republics.

" Art. 5. The said treaty shall, at the same time,
contain the bases for the liquidation, acknowledg-
ment, and payment of sums owing by Peru on
account of seizures, confiscations, and loans during
the war of independence, or for any other reason
whatever, to the subjects of her Catholic Majesty,
provided the latter unite the conditions of Spanish
origin, and of having continued and still being
Spanish subjects. _

" Art. 6. The high contracting parties agree that
the liquidation and acknowledgment mentioned in
the preceding article shall be made only in virtue of
demonstrated authentic and official proofs, and never
in virtue of testimonial or other similar proofs.
Art. 7. Should any difficulty arise or doubt exist
as to the liquidation and acknowledgment of one or
several of the sums claimed, these difficulties shall
be solved by a commission of six persons, three be-
ing nominated by each of the contracting parties.
"Art. 8. Peru shall indemnify Spain for the 13
millions of Spanish dollars which she has been com-
pelled to disburse to cover the expenses incurred
since the Government of the Republic declined the
good offices of an agent ,of another Government
friendly to both nations, refusing to treat with the
agent of her Catholic Majesty in these waters, and
thus delaying the restitution of the Chincha Islands,
which was spontaneously offered.
" The present treaty shall be ratified by her
Catholic Majesty, and by his Excellency the Presi-
dent of Peru, and the ratifications shall be ex-
changed at Madrid within A period of 90 days.
"In token of which We, the undersigned Ministers
Plenipotentiary of her Catholic Majesty and the
Republic of Peru, have signed the same in duplicate
and attached thereto our respective seals. On board
the frigate of her Catholic Majesty, Villa deMadrid,
anchored in the roads of Callao, January 27, 1865.
(Signed) " JOSE MANUEL PAREJA.
" M. J. DE VrvANco."

44 I'll tell you a story
Of Jacky Mallory,
And here my story's begun;
I'll tell you another
Of Jack and his brother,
And here my story is done."

His brothers went after the undergraduate claimed him as
a minor, and took him home. Another of Mr. Newdegate's
stories—his crack sensation narrative—shows equally that
the law is quite strong enough already to prevent any one
from being confined in a monastery or nunnery in England
really against his or her will. Convent gates cannot keep
out a writ of Habeas Corpus. As Sir George Grey excel-
lently remarked, those who in Great Britain continue in a
convent of which they are weary, are kept within its
walls not by physical but by moral restraint—they are
coerced by the vows which their consciences will not allow
them to violate ; and how is Parliament to help persons so
circumstanced ? Mr. Newdegate would be horrified at the
idea of English recognition of convents if Parliament were
to enact that in this country, as in France, religious vows
should not be taken for more than five years ; and if Par-
liament did so enact, could any Act of Parliament prevent
religious vows from being taken and kept for life ? It was
justly objected to Mr. Newdegate's motion for a Select
Committee of Inquiry that he promised no definite scheme
of legislation afterwards. What he would like, no doubt,
would be to abolish Roman Catholic celibacy here
and everywhere—indeed, :the Roman Catholic religion
everywhere ; but this is a task slightly beyond
the power of the British Parliament, and the •House
Of Commons acted wisely in refusing a Committee
which could do no good, and might breed much bad blood.
It may not be pleasant to think that the conventual system
is extending itself in Great Britain ; but there is no proof
that here it is anything like so black, in practice, as Mr.
Newdegate paints it, or that the law as it stands is not quite
competent to prevent it from becoming so; whilst any un-
prejudiced person who really knows anything about the
Roman Catholic religious houses that have arisen in our
midst will readily admit, with Sir George Grey, "that there
are many of these establishments in which the persons who
enter devote themseives to a life not of asceticism, but of
active virtue and benevolence, employing their whole time
in the education of the young, the reform of criminals, or
other works in which Protestants may well desire to
imitate them."

DECEASE OF A LADY CENTENARIAN.—On Wed-
nesday last, at her residence, 22, Hanover-crescent, a maiden
lady, of the name of Burchell, died at the advanced age of
100. The deceased was a remarkable instance of longevity,
having up to the time of her decease the use of all her limbs
and the possession of all her mental faculties. A parallel
instance of the endurance of nature's powers to such an
advanced age is to be found in the case of Mr. Foster, the
well-known Derby centenarian, who has attained the age of
102, is in the enjoyment of good health, and daily pursues
his avocation of travelling to sell charts and similar articles.
We may add, what is more surprising than all, that his
youngest child is only 10 years old.—Brighton Guardian.

BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Romosapalio practitioners,
and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa
as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doo-
trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country
there were to be obt fined no preparations of cocoa either at.
tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut
was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully
manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London,
Homceopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1819 to turn
his attention to this subject, and at length sucoeeded, with
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first
to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined
by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes
through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli-
cious aroma. Dr. Hassall, in his work, "Food and its
Adulterations," says -"Cocoa contains a great variety of im-
portant nutritive principles—every ingredient necessary to
the growth and sustenance of the body:" Again; "As a
nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee
or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a
breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured
in tin-lined ilb., ;lb., and 11b. labelled packets, and sold by
all grocers, confectioners, and chemists. - [Aim.]

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT said that he considered that further evidence was
necessary, and he feared that such statement indicated
a desire to have a royal commission appointed, which
would have the effect of shelving the subject for years.
He had endeavoured to force the Government into action
on this subject, and it was not until he had failed that he
determined on introducing the present bill. He would ac-
cede to the wish of the house and withdraw the bill, on
the understanding that the Sewage Utilisation Bill should
be read a oecond time.
The bill was then withdmwn. '
SEWAGE UTILISATION BILL. •
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Sir G. GREY said that, according to what he he had
previously stated, he would consent to the second reading
of this bill, although he thought that the details should be
carefully considered in committee, with a view to their
amendment.
The bill was then read a second time, and referred to a
select committee.
AFFIRMATIONS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
PRIVATE BILL COS TS (RECOMMITTED) BILL.
This bill went through committee, and was ordered foi
third reading.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING%
The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter-past 12 oieloOk
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Glasgow City and Suburban and Harbour Railway
Bill, and the South Ham (Devon) Railway Bill were read
a second time.

On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER the following
motions were agreed ;,to :—That the order for the second
reading of the Neath and Brecon Railway Bill be read, and
discharged—That the bill be withdrawn. That the
minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the
Glasgow Markets and Slaughterhouses Bill, in session
1850, be referred to the committee on the bill.

PRISONS BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
COUNTY VOTERS' REGISTRATION BILL.

Mr. HUNT obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend
the law relating to the registration of county voters,
and explained that he proposed to remedy the de-
fect that existed under the . present system, by
rendering it compulsory that persons should be
informed when it was intended to offer any objection to
their being placed on the list of voters.

After some discussion, leave was given to bring in the
bill.

MARRIED WOMEN. (IRELAND).

Mr. Longfield obtained leave to bring in a bill to provide
for the security of tho property of married women sepa-
rated from their husbands in Ireland.
The house then adjourned.