The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-18 00:00:00

this was not the only display of Fenianism which
had been noticed. Several of the magistrates re-
ported that midnight assemblies and drillings of
men had taken place in their districts, and some
time since a party of men surrounded a country
house near Bantry, when three of them, with
blackened faces, forced an entrance, and extorted
the surrender of all the firearms in the place. These
are outrages not to be tolerated in a civilised country,
constitutionally governed, and the magistrates are
quite right in requesting an addition to the police
force and to the military. The Dublin authorities
are wise too in promptly suppressing any secret
organisation of the kind, since the longer
it is suffered to continue the more likely it
is to draw into its vortex eager and enthusiastic
young men, easily imposed upon by professions of
daring and patriotism. Ireland has grievances, no
doubt, and with our best endeavours we may not
always set about redressing them in the right way,
but there is a very general anxiety that full and
equal justice shall be done to the complaints of her
peOple, and this feeling most sincere and patriotic
Irishmen perceive and admit. Those who, rightly
or wrongly, resent English government are no true
friends of their country if they seek to enfranchise
her by means of secret societies and armed rebellion.
Their mistake is not happily likely to do much
serious mischief, but it may ruin themselves and
others without any possible return.

International banquets are now the order of the
day, and it is one of the most gratifying events of
the time that they should be so, for, interesting in
themselves, they are important in their significance
and influence on passing events. Last week the
Mayor and Corporation of Cherbourg were enter-
tained at a grand entertainment, given by the muni-
cipal authorities at Poole. This was a reciprocal
festivity, because some time since the Mayor of
Cherbourg receivedthePoole celebrities. On the oc-
casion referred to a very brilliant affair took place,
and some interesting speeches were made The
Mayor proposed the health of the Emperor' and
Empress of the FRENCH in appropriate terms;
and observed that such meetings as those
which called them together were likely to
increase the goodwill and "firmly to cement to-
gether in happy concord two of the most influen=
tial nations of the world." No doubt such a state-
ment is perfectly true, and, indeed, it is difficult to
over-estimate the advantages accruing from such
gatherings. There was more meaning in the Words
which were uttered than mere ceremony or idle com-
pliments of the hour, and when the Mayor of Poole
bade his continental neighbours welcome to the
shores of " merrie England," he took part, in a
manner, in a national ceremonial, and mixed him-
self. up in an affair that
_was symbolical of present
peace and future progress. Steam communication
has lately been opened between these two ports,
and this has been a consummation long eagerly
wished for and very anxiously desired. The Mayor
remarked, with justice, that this year, the jubilee
of peace, was a fitting one for the celebration of
these national meetings ; and there is- certainly no
reason why the magnificent entertainments given
by the respective navies of France and England
should not be emulated by minor celebrations given
with as much hearty good-will and earnest rejoicing.
The Mayor concluded his excellent speech by ex-
horting his hearers to do their best in order to pro-
mote the great objects which they had in view, and
to try, with GOD'S help, to do their humble part to
cement the bonds of union between the two
countries.

The Mayor of Cherbourg replied in appropriate
terms to the address of his host, and said that he and
his friends felt the greatest pleasure in responding
to the invitation so cordially given to them, and
adroitly described the meaning of the entertainment
before them, which was intended to cement the
friendship between the towns of Cherbourg and
Poole, even as the grander rencontres that have
lately taken place between the navies of the two
countries was a type and shadow of their mutual
feelings of respect and sympathy.
Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR made some very appro-
priate remarks in his speech, and one passage
was particularly impressive, in which he re-
minded his hearers that PROVIDENCE had
given different gifts to different nations, and there-
fore both France and England could learn some-
thing of each other. This was a wise and true
statement ; and how much better it is for the
interests of humanity that the two foremost nations
of the civilised world should unite to lead the
van in the path of progress than that they
should become involved in serious strife and
discord ? It is by following out their high anti
holy mission they will be able to impart great bene-
fits to other and less favoured countries, and thus
fulfil the behests of PROVIDENCE and serve the cause
of peace and progress. There is no exaggeration in
stating th at these mutual evidences of friendly feelings
interchanged between the representatives of the
two countries are most satisfactory and also most
significant. We may augur, from the events of 'this
summer, that the entente cordiale between the
two nations is. real as well as imaginary. In
many ways; in countless directions, it will follow,
as a matter of course, that the amenities prac-
tised and the courtesies exchanged between the
representatives of England and France will be
diffused far and wide .over the surface of society
both at home and abroad. They were national
meetings in their style and character, and as
national affairs of a high import and lasting nature,
they must be regarded by all who comprehend
their real meaning and their nature.

An interesting ceremony took place on Saturday,
when the first stone of the Herbert Convalescent
Hospital was laid at Bournemouth. The young
Earl of PEMBROKE laid the foundation-stone in the
presence of a brilliant assemblage, and the Right
Hon. SornEßoN-Esrcounr delivered an impressive
address. As the chairman of the committee for the
subscribers to the memorial, the right hon. gentle-
man was the fitting person to do so, and he gave
great satisfaction to his- auditory by his earnest
and eloquent discourse. It has been wisely
decided upon to
.have two memotials of the
late lamented Lord HERBERT, the one that
is now erected in the market-place of Salisbury,
and the one that was inaugurated on Saturday.
Thus, as Sir SOTHERN EST
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and future generations ofWiltshirec
re-
minded of that " standard of excellency which every
man who aspires to a public position in this country
should endeavour to attain as fully as he can." The
other memorial is a Home for Convalescents, and as
the right hon. gentleman said, it is to be hoped that
the inhabitants of the neighbourhood will endeavour
to promote the success of the undertaking, and to
do all that lays in their power to further the
excellent, objects in view. The Earl of .11E31-
BROKE, having performed the ceremony, ex-
pressed his satisfaction at being able to officiate
On such an_ occasion, and declared in impressive
language that the stone was laid in memory of one
now "gone to rest, who, during his days upon earth,
was faithful in works of every broths ly kindness
and charity." The late Lord HERBERT was con-
.:,pieuou3 fo: hi; kind actions and death of benevo.
hence ; hence most assuredly this memorial A

fitting and appropriate one to his memory. It must
have. been very gratifying to the feelings of Lady
HERBERT and her family to witness this tribute
of respect paid to their revered relative, and
indeed it was an honour which many even of greater
abilities have not received. The departed nobleman,
however, could lay claim to more than admiration
and praise, for he could command the respect of
many, and he earned the gratitude of not a few by
his devotion to the cause of charity, and his steady
persistency in that course which becomes those who
lead a really Christian life. For many reasons the
laying of this foundation stone waga desirable thing,
and it is gratifying to all concerned to know that
the affair went off successfully, and a suitable tone
pervaded the character of the proceedings.

This is proverbially a holiday season, and our
M.P.'s are following the popular example. They
are reposing from their electioneering labours, and
recruiting themselves for the prospective Parliamen-
tary campaign eithir on the breezy moors of the
North, or among the sunny Continental cities.
Consequently, we have not lately had many of those
" extra Parliamentary utterances " which during
some weeks of a recess- are sufficiently common.
The members for iOxfordshire offer,_ however, an
exception to the rule, for they have found several
occasions for addressing their constituents. Indeed,
Mr. HENLEY begins to think it needful to restrain
his .eloquence,, lest he • should exhaust his
stock of words and ideas too fast. Politics are pro-
fessedly forbidden at the agricultural asssemblies ;
but there are very few members of Parliament who
do not, either intentionally or accidentally, revert to
the old familiar themes. The American war, and
the conduct of Austria and Prussia, figure largely
in Mr. HENLEY'S brief address, though amongst a
body of agriculturists he naturally found a good
deal to say about the great topic of the day—the
cattle disease. On this point he remarked that the
minuteness and stringency of the Orders in Council
proved that the Government fully appreciated
the- gravity of the case, and that they
were anxious to use every
,means to check it.
Mr. HENLEY found some matter for ridicule in
the eccentric cautions given by some of the learned
professors, but -he admitted it was incumbent on
every one to exert themselves to the utmost to stop
the evil. As for the great German question, Mr.
HENLEY, in his blunt but, pointed fashion, re-
marked that when the history of the time was read
he thought kings and emperors would make but a
bad figure. His praise of the institutions of the
New World was rather more than was warranted,
and remembering some of the incidents of the war,
now happily concluded, we can scarcely admit there
is nothing for America to be ashamed of. The
object of the great German Powers, says
Mr. HENLEY, is now quite apparent, but,
in fact, it was England's own fault if
she did not detect it long ago. There was
nothing in Prussia's antecedents to inspire such
confidence, and Lord PALMERSTON cannot pretend
to have been a dupe after his memorable speech in
the House of Commons. If it be more praiseworthy
to detect imposture without trying to check it than
to be really deceived, England may claim that un-
questionable credit, for it is all she is likely to get
out of the spoliation of Denmark.

Death of the Rector of St. Paul's, Covent-

garden.

Yesterday morning a deep gloom was thrown over the
congregation of the church of St. Paul, Covent-garden, by
an announcement made from the pulpit that the Rev. C.
E. Oakley, M.A., whose name was mentioned on Thursday
last in connection with the bishopric of Melbourne, was
dead. The church was draped in black, and when the Rev.
Mr. Watling, the curate, ascended the pulpit he said, before
commencing his sermon, "Beloved Friends—Our dear
rector, whom we have known and loved in the faith, is
now with Him. His spirit left its earthly tabarnaclo on
Fridy night, at half-past nine o'clock (at Rhyl, in Wales,
where the rev. gentleman had been staying), to go to be
with Jesus. Little did we think last Sunday, when he at-
tended the house of prayer, that we should have to-day to
mourn over the death of our beloved rector. Little did we
think we should have to speak of him as one who had gone
to his rest. May God grant that you, to whom he has
preached, may be among the number of those who will be
with him in eternity, so that you may stand before the
throne of God with your robes washed in the blood of the
Lamb. I commend to your sympathy the sorrowingmother
who has lost her only son, and the Lady Georgiana Oakley,
the afflicted widow, who is loved so tenderly by you all.
May God in His mercy sustain, her and her seven orphan
children. I may tell you, for your comfort, that by herside
at present is the excellent rector of Mells (as we under-
stood), who will lead her to Him who alone can give her
consolation in her affliction. The rev. gentleman then
preached an excellent Bermen from the ,sth chapter of St.
Paul's epistle to the Corinthians, v. 7, "For we walk by
faith, not by sight," referring, wherever a fitting opportunity
offered, to the losS which the parish had sustained. Mr.
Oakley died at Rhyl, in Wales, on Friday evening, and it
was not until late on Saturday night that the sad intelli-
gence reached his London friends. Many of the pa-
rishioners went to church yesterday morning entirely igno-
rant of the circumstance. The parish of St. Paul, Covent -
garden, has been particularly unfortunate during the last
few years. The Rev. Henry Hutton, who was its rector,
was taken ill, and was obliged to leave for a time. He en-
gaged the vicar of St. Peter's, in the Isle of Thanet, the Rev.
Sanderson Robins, formerly a well-known London clergy-
man, to take his duty for six months, but before the six
months elapsed Mr. Robins died in the midst of his work.
Mr. Hutton returned, and died also. Mr. Oakley was then
appointed to the rectory, which, unhaPpily,'is once more
vacant, and there will doubtless be much difficulty
in repairing the loss which has been sustained. Mr.
Oakley was a man of singular powers,, and had a happy
way of making himself liked by everybody with whom
he was brought into contact. Connected by marriage with
a noble family, and having ample pecuniary means at his
disposal, he threw himself heartily into the work of the
parish, whose supervision he had accepted, and all classes,
Churchmen and Dissenters alike, flocked around him. The
parish, presenting in many respects difficulties which would
have frightened a man with less courage, was admirably
worked, while its schools and its parochial institutions
generally might well serve as a model' to many metropo-
litan incumbents who are not 'so careful of such things.
But they have lost the fostering care of Mr. Oakley and of
Lady. Georgians, his wife, so that it will now fall to the
Duke of Bedford, who is the patron of the living, to nomi-
nate another rector. Mr. Oakley was but a young man ;
he graduated in high honours at Oxford, in 18,55, and having
been seven years rector of Wickivar, in Gloucestershire,
was appointed to the rectory of St. Paul's, Covent-garden,
in 1863. He was married to Lady Georgiana, a sister of
the Earl of Ducie, and leaves, as Mr. Watling stated, seven
young orphan children to mourn their father's death.

The Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshal Com-
manding-in-Chief, visited the camp at Aldershott
on Friday and reviewed the division. He arrived
at Farnborough. shortly after 9 o'clock, and , pro-
ceeded to Cove-common; where the infantry was
drawn up in line of contiguous columns, and received
him with a Royal salute. He then made a minute
inspection of the ranks, after which the troops
marched past in open column of grand divisions in
quick time, and again by brigades in line of con-
tiguous columns. Tip; troops were then manceuvred
in different formations, the evolutions being most
satisfactorily performed. On their conclusion, the
Duke called the commanding officers to the front
and congratulated them upon the high efficiency of
the troops. The infantry then marched to quarters,
a:nrsdtpieltleleitereya, Duke proceeded to Eelmoor-hill, where he
inspected the
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efficiency equal to, that displayed by the infantry,
and elicited great approval. The Duke, accom-
panied by Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Pennefather, Lord
W. Paula, Major-Gen, Russell, and other officers,
ers,
proceeded to Gen. Russell's quarters and partook of
luncheon, returning -to town shortly afterwards.
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