The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-13 00:00:00

THE SPANISH BISHOPS.

The Pensiamento Espanol states that a meeting has been
held in Rome by the Spanish bishops to decide upon the
course they should take with respect to the new Constitu-
tion for the clergy. The general opinion of the bishops
was that they would not take the required oath unless
the Government altered the conditions imposed. The
meeting, however, had no definite result.
The Minister of Grace and Justice has addressed a
circular to the archbishops, bishops, and ecclesiastical
authorities in reference to the right of patronage to eccle-
siastical vacancies possessed by *he Crown. He com-
plains of the interference with that right by the decree of
August, 1867, and states that it was established
by former laws, and recognised by the Holy See itself.
The Regent, therefore, suspends the order of August,
1867, and declares in force the laws which acknowledge
the right of the State authorities to fill all ecclesiastical
vacancies por resulta.

For some time before his death General Grey was
extremely deaf, and most of the Queen's communications
had to be made to him in writing.
TURKISH ITEMS. The Sultan has given the
Emperor of Austria a building in Jerusalem, with the sur-
rounding grounds, for which special thanks have been re-
turned through Baron Prokesch.—The Porte has accorded
a definite recognition to the claims of the Armenian dissi-
dents, and has given them special permission to elect a
special administrative council, to use a seal, and to enjoy
other privileges.—Cheik-ul-Islam has been deposed on
account of his opposition to the new reforms, and is to be
replaced by Nedjib Effendi.
THE AUSTRIAN MINISTERIAL CRISIS.—It is
said that the failure of Count Patocki's negotiations with
the extreme German Left, in the hope of forming a new
Cisleithan Ministry have failed in consequence of the
programme of Herr Rechbauer, which insists upon con-
siderable'reductions in the army, and refuses any conces-
sions to the Czechs. The Emperor would not agree to
these conditions, and it was therefore decided to form a
provisional Cabinet, which should dissolve both the Reichs-
rath and the Diets. The centralists are preparing an
address to the Emperor, asking him to retain the Hasner
Ministry in office, and to maintain their policy.-A
strike of the bakers in Vienna is announced for Easter
Day.

THE INTER-UNIVERSITY RACKET MATCHES.—
The double-handed match was played on Monday after-
noon, at Prince's Club. the respective competitors being
M. H. Stow and A. C. Bruce, both of Trinity College, for
Cambridge, and Cecil Clay, of Trinity, and C. J. Ottoway,
of Brasenose, for Oxford. The past contests have
been very exciting, Oxford having won in 1858, 1859,
1860, 1863, 1864, 1867, and 1869. Cambridge in
1855, 1861, 1862, 1865, 1866, and 1868. The
first match (in 1855) was played in thn Oxford University
Court, but all since then at Prince's Club. Mr.
R. D. Walker was'umpire for Oxford ; Mr. C. E. Parker
for Cambridge. The game was very closely contested.
Cambridge won the first by one ace, after making it 14
all, and the game being set. The second game Oxford
won by 15 to 7. The third also went to the Oxford men
by 150 t 2. The Light Blue managed the next by 15 to 7
in the fourth game, and the Oxford won the fifth game
by 15 to 8. The sixth game the Cantabs made a tie,
scoring 15 to 10—three games each. The conquering game
was won by Oxford. 15 to 2. This game concluded the
match in favour of Oxford.
THE AUSTRIAN CONSTITUTION.—There was a
time when Vienna was filled with rejoicing, and Austria
proudly boasted of being in advance of all German States
in sincere and genuine constitutionalism. The Reichstag
of the North German Confederation was regarded with a
somewhat contemptuous pity because it had not obtained
a law with respect to Ministerial responsibility, a Parlia-
mentary Ministry, and a number of other rights and
powers which the Vienna Government granted without
hesitation. But the joy in Austria over the liberal
legislation in which the Parliamentary Ministry
and the Reichsrath have unquestionably been very fruit-
ful has long since passed away. Once more a sad experi-
ence has shewn that liberal laws and paper constitutions
may be framed without difficulty, but they are of no
avail unless the soil has been prepared for them, and they
are the ripe fruit of a healthy and national and political
life. The new constitution has done nothing to reconcile
the various nationalities which compose the Empire ; -on
the contrary, they are now more violently opposed to esb.
other than ever, and therefore it is nodding to its Lilt /as
each of the long line of its predecessors did when its time
was come.—Spenersche Zeitung.

THE SUSPENSION OF GENERAL GORDON'.—The.
Bombay Government has taken the strong step of suspend-
ing Major. General the Hon. A. H. Gordon from the com-
mand of the Poonah division. The order has not yet
been made public, but the fact is nevertheless certain.
What the precise charge against the Major-General
is we are not yet at liberty to state ; but we m'ay
state that a report current ascribing it to a
direct appeal from Major - General Gordon to the
Commander -in - Chief of India, instead of an appe4l
through the Commander-in-Chief of Bombay, is not
correct. On the contrary, Major-General Gordon did not
depart from the usual forms, but requested Sir Augustus
Spencer to transmit the whole of the papers to Sir William
Mansfield, a request which was comphed with. At the
same time, however, the Commander-in-Chief of the
Bombay Army brought the case before the Governor in
Council. The actual differences had a trivial origin, involv-
ing, however, a vital principle of discipline ; and it is not
improbable that the Home Government will have to
choose which of the principal disputants shall be retained
in the public service of the Presidency. The Quarter-
master-General and the Adjutant-General of the Bombay
Army are deeply mixed up in the transaction, especially
the former; and the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief
will have to say whether he thinks the conduct of that
officer is one that he can hold up to the approval of the
army.—Bombay Gazette.
GREAT STORM IN AMERICA.—On the 27th . -I
March heavy weather prevailed in New York and its
suburbs, Not within a period of fifteen years have so
much wind and rain been known. The North and East
rivers were swollen by the storm, and it was found diffi-
cult to ply the ferry boats. The storm in the bay was
terrible, and several vessels were torn from their moor-
ings The storm raged with fearful violence on the coast,
and the effects of the gale were most disastrous to the
vessels. In New York many buildings were blown down
and serious accidents occurred. In one house five persons
were killed and one injured. In Williamsburg, a young
woman was taken off her feet by the high wind, and
struck her head with such violence that she died from the
effects of the injury. In Governor's Island, the storm
prevailed with such such fury that an outhouse, in which
were four soldiers, was swept from its foundation near the
water, and carried into the bay. A tug-boat which was
passing at the time, was sent to their assistance, but they
had a narrow escape. The storm along the Hudson was
also very severe, the piers and docks being submerged, tho
east track of the Hudson river railroad was covered by the
tide, so that it was necessary to use the west track for
all trains. At Baltimore twenty buildings were blown
down, and ten large trees torn up by their roots. The
steamer Tonawanda, which left Philadelphia on the 26th
of March last, was compelled to return, having been dis-
abled during the heavy gale off Hatteras. Her boiler
broke loose, and her steam pipes broke, filling the vessel
with steam and scalding some of the engineers and fire-
men. The vessel also caught fire, but by the strenu-
ous efforts of the crew and passengers, the fire was s_ul3-
dued.

How TO Gnow ROSES.—Roses require abun-
dance of food, or the growth must be weak and the Sowers
few and poor. Almost every kind of soil in which a
plant can live may, howeve; be adapted to roses by pro-
per management. The brier will carry strong-growing
roses admirably on every kind of loam and clay, provided
the staple is well broken up and liberally manured. Thb
brier will live on peat and chalk and gravel, but it will
not thrive on either except by the aid of costly agencies,
and the constant exercise of the highest skill. The manetti
stock will carry roses on all good soils admirably,
but it has the power of picking up a living on stony and
sandy soils where the brier would come to grief. It is ad-
mirably adapted to carry Hybrid Perpetuals and all other
kinds that are robust in habit and tend to an upright
growth, as the Gallicas, for example, which, owing to
their rigid outlines, are most ungainly on the brier.
For pot roses the manetti is admirably suited,
as it is also for the rapid multiplication of scarce
and expensive varieties, which by its aid are brought
within the reach of the amateur at a lower price
and in a shorter space of time than were possible without
it. Roses on their own roots will thrive on any soil that
is properly prepared for them ; the more delicate-habited
sorts, such as Teas and Chinas, thrive en peat and in
mellow garden soil of almost any kind that has been long
cultivated. As for the more robust kinds, they are like
blackberries and raspberries—at home in any soil thatwill
grow a cauliflower, and, if cut down to tho ground by
frost or knife capable of renewing then2l6.2L trop
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