The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1870.

object. They had to stand up for the rights
of conscience, and of the intellect which some per-
sons seemed to suppose were gifts bestowed upon
men by the devil in order to ensure their destruc-
tion. They would no more have thought of yielding to
weak brethren than WYCLIFFE, LATImEn, and
CRAWIER would have yielded to those who thought
indulgences, transubstantiation, and the Rood of
Bexley sacred things, which must not be touched.
But like lIAZAEL, we never know what we may come
to. One thing we know, that if Archdeacon DEmsoN
is wise he will memorialise Mr. GLADSTONE to appoint
all the other living clerical Essayists and Reviewers
to bishoprics. In that way he will eliminate some
of the, to him, most objectionable, as he has just
succeeded in eliminating the least. As for ourselves,
we say it, in all sorrow, and with every consideration
for the strain and worry to which Dr. TEMPLE
has been subjected for so long, and which ho so long
resistedright nobly, that we are almost tempted to
think his position as Bishop of EXETER and a Peer of
Parliament less enviable than that of Dr. ROWLAND
WILLIAMS, who has just been laid to rest beneath
the churchyard sod of a little Wiltshire village.

FOREIGN NOTES.

THE POLISTI Mtn.

The Chamber of Deputies of the Austrian Reichsrath is
much interested in the reforms which are called for by the
Polish Diet. The object of these changes is to confer on
the Poles a political existence, which will be nearly as
independent as that enjoyed by the Hungarians. The
Austrian Empire is divided into two parts. On
one side is Hungary, which has a Parliament
and a distinct Ministry, holding their seat at Pesth, and
on the other, all the States and provinces on one side of
the Leitha, having also their distinct Ministry, the Cis-
leithan, and a Parliament, the Reichsrath of Vienna. The
affairs in common with these two portions of the Empire
are confided to the Crown Ministry, of which Count
Beust is the head, and to a central Parliament composed of
delegates from the Hungarian and Cisleithan Parliaments.
Many of these provinces have complained of this organisa-
tion. which has centralised in one place peoples and com-
munities that have hitherto bad each an independent
existence. The chief difficulty which now awaits the
Austrian Government, is to settle the differences which
prevail between the German Centralists and the Autono-
mists of distinct nationalities. The Czechs, not having
obtained their independent existence, have refused
to allow their deputies to sit in the Reichsrath. It was
feared at one time that the Polish Delegation would adopt
a similar course, which must have completed the disorga•-
nisation of the Reichsrath. They only relinquished the
idea because they hoped to obtain the concessions which
are embodied in the resolution now submitted
to the Reichsrath, and about to undergo
scrutiny. The chief points of the resolution are the
demand that the Gallician Diet shall alone
decide the method of the elections to the Reichsrath,
and that the kingdom of Gallicia and the Grand Duchy of
Cracow should have a Government which is responsible
to the Gallician Diet for the settlement of interior affairs,
and a Minister in the Crown Council. The Vienna Gazette
has given some details of the first sitting of
the Commission which discussed this measure.
The President of the Council of Ministers declared
that the Government could not accept the entire resolu-
tion, and as for its particular points they did not seem
called for by the state of the country, nor in the interests
•f the Empire. From this commencement it does not
seem as if the differences between the Ministers and the
Polish Diet will be adjusted in a satisfactory manner.

EMBEZZLEMENT AND BIGAMY.

The Liverpool Mercury reports that Mr. Barker, the
agent and goods manager of the London and North-
We,torn Railway at Milverton, has absconded from
Leamington under circumstances which will give rise to
serious and painful inquiries. Mr Barker was suspended
about ten days ago for some slight act of indiscretion,
but, in consequence of something which transpired,
suspicion was aroused, and the audit clerks of the
company made an examination of his accounts.
Up to the present time a deficiency of upwards
of £lOO has been. discovered. Mr. Barker has only been
goods manager at Milverton for about five months, but
was previously for some time in the service of the com-
pany at Birmingham. It is stated that he has a wife in
London, and has contracted a second marriage with a
young lady of most respectable family, whose relatives
reside in Birmingham. A warrant has been issued for
his apprehension on the charge of embezzlement, and
placed in the hands of the Leamington police for execu-
tion.

ITEMS OF IRISH NEWS

THE LONDONDERRY ELECTION.

Mr. Serjeant Dowse, Solicitor-General for Ireland,
arrived in Londonderry on Thursday night about twelve
o'clock, and was met at the station by about 5,000 persons.
He received a most enthusiastic reception. The populace
unyoked the horses from his carriage and draw him to the
hotel. He addressed the electors on Thursday evening
at great length, dealing especially with the subject of the
Irish Land Bill. His return is considered certain, The
election takes place early next week.