The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1870.

thiss—aßicg are-uripaß onable. For instance, Cardinal
CULLEN and theßomanCatholic bishops are reproached
beetause they have not given the word of disapproval
which would shut the mouths of men like Fathers
LAVZLLE, RYAN, and O'DOYLE. They have given
the word, and we believe that one of the offending
priestsihas been, if not suspended, severely censured.
Again, \an article in the Fenian organ, the People, is
quoted to prove that no legislation—that nothing
short of the independence of Ireland will
satisfy - that country. If we wore to
quote the speeches of Lord JOHN MAN-
NERS and Mr. STAVELEY HILL, and say that
nothing less than the re-establishment of Protection
will satisfy the Conservative party, the Quarterly
Review would protest against the whole party being
made responsible for the words of a few extreme
men. Let the Quarterly Review apply the same
principle to Irish Politics, and it will then find that
there is undoubtedly a certain number of persons
whom we call Fenians, who will be satisfied with
nothing less than an Irish Republic, but that they
no more represent the Irish people than the members
for North Leicestershire and Coventry represent the
opinions of LORD DERBY, Mr. DISRAELI, and SIR
STAFFORD NORTHCOTE. These Fenians Mr.
GLADSTONE does not attempt to satisfy.
What he does attempt is this,—he en-
deavours to do such justice to the Irish people
that they will not care to listen to Fenian agitators.
It is the most unstatesmanlike and fatal of all policies
to refuse to grant what is right because there are
certain men who demand a good deal more. Such
conduct drives those who might be satisfied into the
arms of the irreconcileables. Then again the
reviewer attributes the present agitation for "fixity
of tenure " to the surrender of the Established
Church last session, and to the belief that
Mr. GLADSTONE needs pressure from without to
enable him to carry a land bill. It is forgotten that
for many years past every QUEEN'S speech has contained
the promise of a measure for securing the rights of
Irish tenants against the eviction of capricious land-
lords. Year after year the promise has been left unful-
filled. It was not till last year that the measure was
omitted from the Ministerial programme, and then
emphatically on the ground that it should be included
in this year's list, and that it should be passed. No
wonder there is extravagance in some quar-
ters. Yet here, again, there is no reason why
because of this extravagance right should not be done.
No doubt, too, evictions and bad landlords are rare.
But it is the possibility of them that does so much
harm. Only recently some large Irish estates passed
into the hands of a nobleman through the death of
his predecessor, and the new owner has behaved with
such tyranny that it is considered compatible only with
insanity. Yet the tenants have no remedy, and
those who are LV)w enjoying peaceable possession
have no guarantee that when their present land-
lord sells or dies they will not be at the
mercy of a madman. The reviewer is more happy
in criticising the land schemes which have been put
forth by Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. MILL, and others, than in
suggesting any scheme of his own. In fact he
suggests nothing but the suspension of Habeas Corpus.
We really thought that that remedy had been tried
long enough to shew how completely it failed to cure.
Nevertheless, the reviewer seems still to put faith in
it. We suppose he does so on CAvoun's principle
that " any one can govern with a state of siege,"

SIR RUTHERFOP.D ALcocx's doings at Nankin,
previously to his departure from China, appear to have
been a remarkably favourable sample of English
conduct towards the Chinese. Some missionaries
it seems, had met with objectionable treatment,
and our ambassador very properly went to talk
matters over with the VICEROY and the IMPERIAL
COMMISSIONER at Nankin. The populace did
not greet SIR RUTHERFORD very kindly. On
arriving at his destination he was kept
waiting for ten minutes—one account says a
quarter of an hour. The British ambassador com-
plained, and the VICEROY at once disclaimed any in-
tentional discourtesy. When Sir RUTHERFORD
returned to his vessel, the Chinese magnates "sent
presents with the accustomed formalities ;" but our
countryman, with what seem also to be the " accus-
tomed formalities" of Englishmen when dealing
with the Celestials, refused both the presents
and a letter of apology. Another version
of the story tells us that Sir RUTHERFORD
ALCOCK declined to accept the gifts, unless brought
by an official of the proper rank, who did not make
his appearance until late at night, when the
ambassador refused to receive him. These stories are
furnished by Anglo-Chinese journals which, to
put it mildly, are not at all favourable
to the Chinese. But even accepting the accounts
as they stand, the conduct of the British Ambassador
appears such as the Chinese must find it hard to tole-
rate. It was wrong of the populace to hoot, but the
doings of the mob should hardly be visited upon the
higher functionaries of the Empire. If our London
roughs annoyed M. DE LAVALETTE, the latter
would not be likely to exact satisfaction by snubbing
the Earl of CLARENDON. Sir RUTHERFORD ALCOCK
was kept waiting for ten minutes or a quarter
of an hour. This discourtesy, however, was
at once apologised for ; and yet when
presents were sent, Sir RUTHERFORD cava-
lierly refused them, and when an official of the
proper rank—whoever he may be—came to offer
further apologies, the British ambassador declined
to have any dealings with him because ho made his
appearance Late at night. In any ordinary
diplomatic relations it is by no means the
rule to resent a slight with a gross indignity ; but if
a Chinese official accidently °fiends, he is treated like
a child. The absurdity of such proceedings becomes
palpable at once by comparing them with the
behaviour of European diplomatists to each other
under similar circumstances. Would the apology
of a French or a German ambassador be rejected
because he was ten minutes late ? Would a Euro-
pean official be cavalierly dismissed if he came "late
at night ?" Unfortunately, th 3 British mini has
never yet been able to so demean itself as
to regard a Chinese as an individual worthy of equal
rights with the rest of mankind. He is an inferior
being, to be dealt with at the will and pleasure of
a superior race. Whether peppered by cannon balls
from a gunboat, " potted" by bushrangers in Australia,
or stoned by Californians in the streets of San Fran-
cisco, it is all one ; the Celestial is still the same
beast of the field, submitting to the will of his
master. It is true that the right to butcher Chinese
at will is falling out of favour. We are still,
however, far from according to this people the treat-
ment which is justly their due. Tho conduct
of Englishmen in China is often overbearing, dis-
courteous, and in fine such as no Christian
people would tolerate for a moment. Is it to be
wondered at that trade makes slow progress, that
missionaries are coldly received, that the Chinese keep
out European influence as much as possible ? If
our readers have any doubt on the subject, we
commend to their notice the articles and reports which
regularly appear in the Hongkong newspapers.
Under the circumstances, the wonder is that we have
Progressed so rapidly.

A correspondence respecting the slave trade in
the South Sea Islands has just been published. In his
last despatch on the subject, reviewing the evidence
that has been adduced, Earl Granville says
it is quite clear that the slave trade is belly_
gradually establiahed by British speculators fo:
the benefit of British settlers, mad that the traffic lifu
the indirect sanction of the British Consul at Fiji, who ha
intervened to prevent abuses. Hitherto he has been
successful, but it is evident, says Earl Gran-
ville, that all restraint is becoming openly defied.
The responsibility of this traffic rests with the
British Government, who desire full information
on the subject. Addressing Consul March, Earl Granvilk
says : " You will understand that the subject is one whicl
occupies the anxious attention of her Majesty's Govern
ment, and you will endeavour to throw upon it all th
light in your power. Any suggestions you may offe.
either for placing the traffic on a sound foeting or fo
putting an end to it altogether, will be well received by
illdrittilltsAlg9MlWlVA" •

POLICE 11V7ELL1GENCE—This D.

THAMES.

THE Bow BANDITTI AND THE CHEST OF TEA.--•
Three members of that notorious gang, known as
the Bow banditti, named Richard Hood, aged 16
years; Joseph Goss, 24; and Charles Sexton alias
General Sexton, were brought up on remand before
Mr. Lushington charged with stealing a. chest of
green tea from the shop of Mr. Edward Jones,
grocer, of No. 192, Campbell-road, Bow.
The principal witness against the prisoners was a
respectable young man named Charles Mitchell,
who saw the prisoners and another lurking about
the prosecutor's shop a few nights ago, and sus-
pecting they belonged to the Bow banditti watched
them, and while two of them were on the watch
Hood entered the shop, whipped up a chest of tea,
and carried it out of the shop. He gave the chest
to Sexton, who carried it up the street towards
Poplar, and was covered by his confederates. Mit-
chell gave immediate information to the grocer and
to the police, and he rendered valuable assist-
ance to Ilowlett and Furze, detectives of the K
division, who apprehended the prisoners at various
times ; Sexton was represented as a trainer
of young thieves, and a most dangerous fellow. He
had been convicted summarily for breaking a
pane of glass and stealing sugar out of a grocer's
shop, and again convicted at the Middlesex Sessions
for stealing a German sausage out of a cart.
When he was taken into custody by Howlett be
said, " You have not got the tea, and you will
not have it from me ; it's no use pumping me."

The prisoners on being called on for their
defence said they were innocent.
Mr. Lushington committed them all for trial.
A DISHONEST NEWSBOY.—George Gollop, a boy,
aged 13 years, was brought before Mr. Lushington
on remand, charged with embezzling a great many
small sums he bad received for, and on account of,
his master, Mr. Sydney Gundry, newsvendor and
tobacconist, of 178, Milo-end-road.

Mr. Pelham, solicitor, conducted the prosecution ;
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended.

After some discussion between the solicitors it
was arranged that the boy should plead guilty, and
although he had done much injury to Mr. Gundry
and his busiuesq, be was recommended to mercy.
Air: Pelham said that when the prisoner was first
discovered to have defrauded his master the amount
of his defalcations amounted to £2 12s 6d, and the
affair was condoned. The boy's parents agreed to
pay the amount by weekly instalments. Only a
very small portion of the sum had been paid, and
the boy re-commenced his system of embezzlement.
11.1 r. Lushington said the prisoner thoroughly un-
derstood he had done a wrong act, and sentenced
him to a light punishment-14 days' imprisonment
and hard labour.

ELECTION NEWS.

Itt: heron's declaration that be means to^offer himself
again for tFipperary, has called forth a similar expression
from the adherents of OTionoinci Rossa. If the convic,i,
be refused his seat, his friends will put him up again.

It is stated that in the event of the retirement of
Mr. F. IV. Russell from the representation of Lime-
rick, the Right Hon. W. Monsell, Under Secretary
of State for the Colonies, will vacate his seat
for the county, and offer himself for the vacancy in the
city. The right hon. gentleman is taking this step in
compliance with the wish of Lord Adair, who will offer
himself for the county. Cole nul Dickson will be the Con-
servative candidate. Mr. James Speight, J.P., will come
forward in that interest for the city, as will also the Right
lion. the Attorney-General for Ireland.

rHE WELSH EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE.

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The Welsh Educational Conference, which has so long
been projected, opened at Aberystwith yesterday. Three
hundred delegates attended. The proceedings took place
in the University College building. They were not
perhaps altogether what the promoters of the Conference
at first intended them to be. It was at ono time
hoped that all parties would be represedted at the Con-
ference ; but the Union was not so. Both the National
Educational League—the secular educationalists—and the
Manchester Educational Union—the religious educational-
ists—wore asked to attend. The former consented,and a de-
putation was sent to argue the question; the latterdeclined
as they said the proceedings seemed intensely secular, and
the delegates were pledged to foregone conclusions. Dr.
Edwards, of Bala, advocated the abolition of establishes'
religion in schools as well as in churches. Secular educa-
tion, with Bible reading, he approved. Mr. Jones, of
Macchynlleth, and the Rev. D. Rowlands, Bangor, advo
eated free, unsectarian, and compulsory education.

CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF
OXFORD.

Tuesday being the festival of the Conversion of St. Paul
the Apostle, was appropriately selected for the consecra-
tion of the Right Rev. Dr. John Fielden Mackarness, wh
has been chosen to fill the See of Oxford, rendered vacant,.
by the translation of the Right Rev. Dr. Samuel Wilber-
force to the Bishopric of Winchester. The ceremony tools
place in Westminster Abbey, the sacrarium being set apart
for the clergy, amongst whom were many from Devonshire.
where until lately Dr. Mackarness was beneficed, and also
many old Oxford friends now scattered about the various
dioceses of England. In the choir, accommodation was
provided for other friends of the bishop. The general
congregation was, as is usual on such occasions, a very
large one. The Archbishop Lycurgus, in his splendid
robes, and several Greek priests, were present. In con•
sequence of the continued inability of the Archbishop
of Canterbury to take any active part in the
services of the Church, his Grace issued his commission_to
proceed with the consecration to the Bishops of London,
Ely, Rochester, Lichfield, and Salisbury, and those right
reverend prelates received the bishop elect in the Jerusa-
lem Chamber, where the usual preliminary formalities
were gone through. They wore accompanied into the
church by the Very Rev. Dr. Stanley, the dean, the Vencr
able Archdeacon Jennings, the Rev. Canon Leighton, of
All Soul's College, Oxford; the Rev. Canon Conway, the
Rev. S. Flood Jones, the Precentor, the Rev. F. Harford.
the Rev. C. M. Arnold, the Rev. J. J, Troutbeck, the Rev.
G. Hallett, and other minor Canons, Sir Travers Twiss,
the vicar general of the Province of Canterbury, Mr. F.
Hart Dyke, the registrar, and other officials. The Bishop-
elect wore an ordinary black gown, over which was his
university hood. The Bishop of London took his place
on the north side of the altar, and at once commenced
the service. The epistle was read by the Bishop of
Rochester, the gospel by the Bishop of Ely. At the close
of the Nicene Creed, the sermon was preach-
ed by the Rev. Charles Wellington Furse, M.A.,
of Balliol College, Oxford, vicar of Staines, who selected
his text from St. Paul's Second Epistle to the
Corinthans, 11th Chapter 29th verse, " Who is weak and
lam not weak, who is offended and I burn not ?" Having
explained how experience of life affected different persons.
and particularly how it affected St. Paul, he remarked that
a bishop must have great spiritual experience if he aimed
at the best work and aspired to be a father amongst the
saints, as well as to be equal and just to all claims of
duty alike. From the pulpit which Bunsen called the Pro-
testant Confessional he spoke boldly to his spiritual fathers,
and he reminded themthat they must not be brothers only
but leaders in the fight. Speaking of the modern English
Church he remarked that such men as Wesley, Simeon,
Cecil, Arnold, Keble, and Newman were never honour. ,;
to be principals in such a ceremonial as that in which they
were engaged in the abbey that day. He believed a
brighter day would never dawn upon the English Church
than when the clergy should be gathered together in their
respective dioceses, and should feel instinctively that the
noblest and purest among them, the one amongat them of
the largest spiritual experience, was the Bishop sitting on
his throne. It was one thing to be the moderator of an
assembly, or the judge of a bishop's court, and
another to be the holiest liver in the world unseen. Still,
bishops must command. Erastians and Catholics, optmists
and cynics, all agreed that while bishops were paid to keep
order, order must be kept. He confidently predicted that
perfect order never would be kept until the bishops were
strengthened by consultation with the clergy and laity,
or some permanent representation in a diocesan assembly.
How that was to be accomplished he did not pretend to
say, and he left that question in the hands of statesmen,
whose business it was to deal with it. Meanwhile bishops,
clergy, and laity must strive to do all that Catholic usage
would permit. The real question for a bishop to ask him-
self in these days was whether he would linger in the rear,
or whether he would command as a chief pastor,
guiding his flock. The progress which was made
a century ago was no progress now, but simply
an inert resistance of grace. Amongst seine of the
marks of recent progress might be reckoned the establish-
ment of diocesan synods by bishops, and the establishment
of theological colleges, also the work of bishops. Then
there had been the formation of sisterhoods, of brother-
hoods, schemes of retreats, means for confession, miss-
sions, far beyond any ordinary parochial arrange-
ments. All these were becoming naturalised in the
land. It might be admitted that they were experiments
and that in some cases they were burdens to the rulers of
the Church; but still they were matters in which the
Church would call upon the Bishops to lead. At the same
time, he did not consider that there could be no communion in
the Lord's Supper except when fasting, and that no post-
baptismal sin could be forgiven without the absolution o;
a priest. He thought it was time that the bishops should
interfere. The preacher then bade an affectionate farewell
to Bishop Mackarness, with whom he said he had been
united in the bonds of love and friendship for more than
thirty years.
At the close of the sermon the Bishop elect, vested in
his rochet, was presented to the Bishop of London, the
president of the Commission, by the Bishop of Ely and
the Bishop of Rochester, the first named right reverend
prelate saying :—" Most Reverend Father in God, we pre-
sent unto you this godly and well learned man to be
ordained and consecrated bishop."
Mr. F. Hart Dyko then, by direction of the presiding
Bishop, read the Queen's mandate for the con-
secration, and the usual oaths were administered. Then
followed the Litany, which was sung by the Rev. S. Flood,
Jones, M.A„ the Precentor, and the Rev. J. K. Harford,
M.A. The Bishop Elect having put on the rest of the
episcopal habit during the anthems " 0 where shall wisdom
be found " and " 0 praise the Lord " (Goss), the " Veni
Creator Spiritus" was sung, and the Bishop Elect, kneel-
ing before the bishops, was admitted to the order of the
episcopate by the imposition of hands. The Communion
Service was then proceeded with, the offertory
being given to the Westminster Pastoral Aid Fund.
Bishop Mackarness was educated at Merton College,
Oxford, where he took his B.A. degree in 1844, being
second-class in classics. Almost immediately afterwards
he was elected to a fellowship at Exeter College. In 1845
he was presented by the Hon. R. H. Clive to the vicarage
of Tardebigge, near Bromsgrove, which he held until 1855,
when he was nominated by the Earl of Devon to the
rectory of Honiton. He was also a Prebendary of Exeter
Cathedral, and chaplain to Lord Lyttelton. He will be
enthroned at Christ Church, Oxford, about the middle of
February, and will hold his p"imary ordination for the
Lent season.

THE PROGRESS OF RITUALISIL—The Rev. A. 11.
Mackonochie officiated on Monday evening at a Ritualist cere-
mony at St. Paul's, Lorrimore-sqaure, Walworth, the occa-
sion being the anniversary of the Dedication of St. Paul
The altar was draped in white and green satin surround.
ings, and upon it were placed thirty candles. The table was
covered with red cloth. In the arch seven lamps pendant
were ranged at various heights from the roof. The clergy
during the service sat with their backs to the congregation
The Rev. J. Going, M.A., incumbent of St. Paul's, and
several gentlemen in deacon's orders, were present. During
the Magnificat, at the words " Holy is His name,"
many of the audience almost entirely prostrated them-
selves; and at the time of the lessons both the
officiating clergymen, in coming to the lectern, turned
and bowed to the altar. In the course of the Apostle's
Creed, on arriving at the sentence, " the resurrection of
the body, and tho life everlasting," the practice of making
the sign of the cross was generally observed. The sermon
was
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t SPIRIT OF TIIE PUBLIC 7:01:TRITAIS:

The Times remarks that " strikes " in France are seldom

allowed to attain such formidable proportions as they arc;
apt to assume in some of our Lancashire or Yorkshire dis-
tricts. The one which broke out last week at Le Creuzot,
in the department of Saone and Loire, does not seem as
yet to have created very serious alarm ; still, a short
account of the occurrence may not be uninstructive to
our own rioters in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, or to the
authorities who have to deal with them. The President of
:he Legislative Body, M. Schneider, was in his place on
'Wednesday week, when ho received tidings which induced
aim suddenly to quit the Chamber. A dangerous "strike" was
3nnounced among the workmen in his forges at Creuzot.
M. Schneider, a large proprietor, the greatest ironmaster
in France, enjoys a high reputation for benevolence

cowards the people in his employment. He keeps schools
for them, builds their cottages, provides them with medi-
cal attendance, and their condition is, on the whole, so
nourishing that their Mutual Relief Fund shews a balance
in their favour of £20,000. But a newcomer among the
journeymen gave the signal for disorder, and, as the people
had previously 1 e m plied with every variety of subversive
doctrines, the forges were deserted, the fires left untended,
and from 10,000 to 15,000 labourers, with their families, en-
joyed throughout the week that riotous and ruinous holy-
day which is called a " strike." The workmen's de-
mands—besides the right of managing their own
Relief Fund, which would not have been denied—
were higher wages for less labour and the dismissal
of an obnoxious foreman. M. Schneider, on reaching
the spot, finding the fires extinguished and the work at an
end, deolared that the workshops should soon be re-opened
and that the men who did not attend should be dismissed.
The works were opened on Saturday morning, and about
two-thirds of the men were at their places. A force of more
than 3,500 troops, with cannon, was forwarded to the spot
from Lyons, and the affair was considered at an end
Left to themselves, French operatives are sensible enough.
There is not a workman at Creuzot who does not under-
that, let revolutions achieve what they may, there will
always be the rich and the poor in the world. Human
law may thoroughly emancipate man from man; but it
cannot free the immense majority of mankind from that
stern law of nature which arises from want. So long as
rant exists there will also exist a tie of mutual depend-
ence between rich and poor—a tie which need not be less
binding because it is not compulsory, and need not be less
fair and equitable because it is absolute and eternal.
The Pall Gazette, in discussing possible reductions
in the navy, says that it is a great thing, no doubt, to
prove that nine ships can be kept afloat for two-thirds of
their present cost ; but it would be a far greater benefit
to the country to prove that twelve ships can be kept
afloat for the sum it now costs to keep nine. We will not
recapitulate the reasons which point to the conclusion
that England ought to have a navy altogether out
of proportion both to her own army and to the
navies of other Powers. To our minds the
demonstration is complete and irrefutable; and the
only ground on which it is permissible to postpone putting
the service on this footing is the difficulty of inducing the
House of Commons to consent to the required outlay
without any apparent cause. Hitherto it has been assumed
that retrenchment is really economy ; we have only asked
whether a particular kind of economy is desirable under
the present circumstances. As regards the navy, how-
ever, it is a further question whether retrench-
ment is really economy. The two great items
of naval expenditure aro the building of ships
aill the keeping of ships in commission ; and
A may be a matter of life or death with us in
.;welve months, in six months, at any moment whether we
have many ships or fow. The very question whether we
are strong at sea may decide, we know not how soon,
whether we are to remain at peace or be plunged into war,
For our navy is our only strength; our security depends
on it alone. Nor is it a weapon that can be put off and on
readily. A British ship of war is not like a French regi-
ment of the line, to be sent out of service and taken back
gain in three weeks. And the costliest navy is the one
:hat has to be built and manned suddenly.

The Post says that if France has her Irreconcilables we
nave our Impracticables, and Mr. White and Mr. Fawcett,
who are perhaps the most energetic expositors in Parlia-
ment of impracticable views, have shown by their speeches
delivered at Brighton on Monday last that they are as true
as ever to their distinctive tenets. They are satisfied
with nothing that either is or is likely to be done. " What
I have, that I despise ; what I have not, that I desire ;
what I cannot have, that I am determined to get," may sum
up their creed. Their utterances may be regarded with
interest, as marking the extreme limits to which political
ideologists can go ; but there the interest ends. Mr.
White fairly represents the hand of the Impracticables—
Mr. Fawcett the head ; and while the latter is too clever
by half, the former is just clever enough to appropriate
and energetically to declare the extreme views to which
both pin their faith. Education, pauperism, the relations
of capital and labour, and the system of promotion in the
army, all come under the head of abuses against which
Mr. White has, he says, protested " too often, alas ! una-
vailingly ;" and he must have left his audience penetrated
with the firm conviction that everything from sugar to
Irish land is eaten up with corruption in a generation of
which the only consideration is that Mr. White is still
left to protest unavailingly. Professor Fawcett claims to
exercise "freedom of judgment and independence of
thought ; " and whether the claim is conceded or not,
there is every reason to expect that, as in the past so in
the future, both he and his colleague will use such free-
dom and independence as will at once invest their ideas
with interest as bold political speculations, and prevent
them from being considered as involving the possibility of
practical realisation.

The Daily News observes that a Government cannot rely
on administrative efficiency alone, with which, indeed,
some Governments have found it possible to dispense alto-
gether. If in matters of policy a Government can seldom
be much in advance of public opinion, it can still less
afford to lag behind the convictions and purposes of the
nation. The conviction is practically universal
that the time has now come for carrying
out a system of popular education, and for re-
moving all theological tests for lay offices in the Univer-
sities and Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Then again,
there is the Ballot, to which even Conservative oppo-
sition appears well nigh to have ceased. Real states-
manship will dictate tile expediency of seizin 3. the oppor-
tunity presented by this acquiescent mood. To plead
want of time is to suggest want of capacity. In the
case of some of the measures to which we have
alluded, the task which the Government and Parliament
have before them is not to establish sound principles by
discussion, but to give effect to principles as to which
there is substantial concord. One thing ought not to be
lost sight of. Mr. Gladstone can do to-day what
he may not be able to do to-morrow. His
majority is undiminished in numbers, unweakened
in confidence in its leaders and in loyalty to
• its principles. The wisest policy will be not to post-
: pone until 1871 anything which there is a reasonable
hope of doing in 1870. There arc members of the Liberal
party, and members of the Administration, who arc well
aware of this cardinal truth. We gladly accept Mr. Stans-
feld's speech at Halifax as the forerunner of a busy ses-
sion. Before the meeting of Parliament several Cabinet
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The Standard declares that the idea of sending a flying
squadron round the world to visit all the outlying
dependencies of England was a most happy one, and it is
gratifying to learn that it has already the best effects upon
the loyalty of the Australian people. Whether or not it
is wholly "Childers' idea," as the admiring correspondent
of the Times avers, it would be ungrateful in us to
question. We believe the truth to be that the cruise
of the frigates had been arranged by Mr. Childers'
predecessor and that the only merit which belongs to
the present head of the Admiralty is that of having
resisted the opportunity of winning a little cheap credit
as an economist, at the expense of the broader imperial
Interests. However this may be, we are glad to echo thb
praises of Mr. Childers by his enthusiastic friend in
Melbourne. If there is any flattery to ihich the
colonists are accessible, it is precisely in such a com-
pliment as this which Mr. Childers has paid them.
The "sentiment of the flag " is past of that cheap
defence of nations which England, of all countries,
can least afford to neglect. It is a feeling which
burns in the bosom of the Australian with an intensity
which has scarcely been sufficiently understood by us at home.
If Mr. Childers understands these things, as we have no
doubt ho doei, it is strange that he does not impart some
of his wisdom to his colleagues, who are pursuing directly
a policy precisely antagonistic to that which the Fr.st Lord
of the Admiralty is promoting indirectly. What is the use of
sending flying squadrons to Australia "to cement com-
munities and peoples"—to strike the local imagination
with Imperial ideas—to skew them there palpable signs of
the power of a great nation, when Lord Granville is per-
mitted to write insolent and foolish dispatches, of which
the design can only be to estrange the colonies from
England, to turn their thoughts away from the -Imperial
connection, to dam the current of their national enthusi-
asm, and to make them, not only indifferent, but hostile
to the gl•ewth of the lIPPO4'II idea ?

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 25.

The Queen suffered less from neuralgia yester-
day, but was unable to join the Royal Family at
dinner.

Their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian,
Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice went out
this morning.

LATEST INTELL MEN OE

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AMERICA.

(Per French Atlantic Cable.)
Naw You K, Jan. 25.
The steamers leaving to-day for Europe take out
$1,225,000 in specie.
The Guion steamship Colorado arrived out to-

day.
The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Russia arrived
here at 1 p.m. to-day.
The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Ant-
werp arrived out at 2 p.m. to-day. All well.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.
Gold closed at 1211 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1211- ; the lowest, 121.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9l-.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1154.

44 " 1885 ll5l.
i; 44 1867 ll4l.
10-40 ig
1121.
Illinois 1371.
Erie

Cotton—Mid. upland 2sic.
Petroleum—Standard White 3lic.
Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, oil
mixed, sl.6c.
According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and
Co.'s report the receipts of cotton for the last
four days, at all ports, have been 52,000 bales ;
shipments to England, 22,000 bales ; to France,
nil. bales ;I land to the Continent, 6,000 bales.
Middling, 111, freight and cost per steamer.
PORTLAND, Jan. 25.
The Allan steamer Moravian arrived here to-
day.

GREENCASTLE, Jan. 26.

The Allan steamer Nestorian, which left Port-
land on the evening of the 16th January, calling
at St. John's, Newfoundland, arrived in Lough
Foyle, at 3.40 a.m. to-day. She landed the Lon-
don mails.

HALIFAX; Jan. 25.
The Inman Royal mail steamer Etna arrived
here to-day. All well.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Jan. 26.

The Archduke ,Carl Ludwig was presentat a
musical soiree given at the Palace last night, and
afterwards took leave of the King.
The Archduke left for Prague by the night
train.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Jan. 25, Evening.

The results of the elections as yet known are as
follows :—Four Unionists, five Democrats, ten
Progressists, and six members of the Republican
party have been successful. Only one Carlist
sympathiser has been elected.
The success or otherwise of the Duke of Mout-
pensier in the Asturias will not be known before
Saturday.

A heavy fall of snow has greatly impeded the
traffic throughout Spain, and has probably pre-
vented many inhabitants of the villages in the
mountains from voting.
General Cabrera, the old Carlist leader, has not
been elected.