The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-22 00:00:00

TIIE IRISH CHURCH CONVENTION.

The first division has taken place in the Convention.
The Dean of Cashel proposed an amendment upon a
clause of the Draft Standing Orders which enacts that :
"No question shall be decided except by the majority
of the bishops present, and a majority of the clerical and
lay representatives present whether voting conjointly or
separately." For this the Dean proposed to substitute a
clause to the effect that no measure should pass if the
majority of any one of the three orders should
vote against it, provided that where any
measure should receive the assent of two-thirds
of each of the other orders, it should be put to the vote of
the whole Convention conjointly. The Duke of Abercorn
proposed an addition to the clause in question, and
an animated debate terminated in the Dean of
Cashel's amendment being rejected by a majority of
379 to 212. The next morning the Duke of Abercorn's
addition, to the effect that seven bishops must concur in
any motion carried by a majority of each order present,
was passed with the original clause, without a
division. The Dublin Evening Mail says that
" Whatever else may be the result of this week's work,
ample proof has been given by it of the capacity of Irish-
men for the conduct of public business, and that a very
few trivial changes would present the Convention to the
view of the entire kingdom as a model Legislative
Assembly."

aueation.

THREE SISTERS BURNT TO DEATH. —On
Monday morning, at four o'clock, a fire broke out on
the premises of a grocer in the parish of Newton-
limarvady, which is about sixteen miles from Derry.
It raged for a long time, and all efforts to
extinguish it were in vain. The adjoining house occupied
by a draper was also consumed. Three sisters, named
Eakin, who lived with their father, mother, and brother,
in the house which caught fire first, perished in the
flames. Their ages vary from sixteen to twenty-two.
The mother escaped by a ladder, but not before she was
severely burnt. After the fire had been got under, no trace
of the bodies could be found, except a bone here and there.
THE "PECULIAR PEOPLE."—On Saturday last
the coroner for South Essex held an inquest at Fobbing, a
village near the Thames, on the body of a child, named
Selina Baker, who had died rather suddenly.
The evidence of the parents went to shew that the
child, previous to her death had suffered with a
severe cough. The coroner inquired of the father
of the deceased whether any medical advice was pro-
cured, or whether any medicine had been given, to which he
replied that he belonged to the " Peculiar People," and
one of the elders of the Church came to the house and
annointed the child with oil, and laid hands on her.
He further stated that he could not allow medi-
cine to be given, as' it would grieve the Lord,
and be against his (witness's) conscience. His
children had been healed plenty of times before through
the past eleven years, and if he Thad given medicine to the
deceased it would be contrary to the word of God. He
stated his earnings to the coroner, and plainly admitted
that it was not poverty which caused him to neglect
having medical advice, and said if any of his family had
severe sickness, or his wife was in labour, he should object
to medical assistance. The mother and the person who
laid the body out expressed similar opinions, and the
coroner eventually adjourned the inquiry for a post-
mortem examination to be made, to ascertain whether or
not the child's life might have been saved, if medical
assistance had been procured.

LADvEunsE4NT. I—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—
Diseases and casualties incidental to youth may be safely
treated by the use of these excellent medicaments, accord-
ing to the printed directions folded sound each box and
int. Nor is this Ointment alone applicable to external
ailments. Conjointly with the Pills it exercises the most
salutary influence. in checking inflammations situated in
the interior of the body; when rubbed upon the back and
chest it gives the most sensible relief in asthma, bronchitis,
pleurisy, and threatening consumption. Holloway's re-
medies are especially serviceable in liver and stomach
complaints. For the cure of bad legs, all sorts of wounds,
sores, likewise scrofula, and scorbutic affections, this Oint-
ment produces a cooling and soothing feeling most accept-
able to the sufferer.

The movements in Indian railway stocks have been
unimportant. Canadian shares have been steady, and
Great Western, on improved traffic receipts, have risen
Foreign shares have been firm. Dunaburg and Witepsk
have advanced I. -

The supply of capital in the discount market latterly
has sensibly decreased. The demand for accommodation
has not been active, but firmness has been prevalent, and
three months' paper has been charged n to 3 per cent. in
Lombard-street.

In the market for foreign bonds not much animation
has been noticed. Egyptian have been firm, and better,
and Italian, with a fair inquiry, have risen g ; Spanish
and Turkish Six per Cents, (1865,) cai:the other hand, have
been flat, and per cent. lower ; New Grenada and
ir-um r.v.t+
The Russian Loan isauoted at 3j, 3a prem.

American securities have been firm. The Five-Twenties
and Ten-Forties bonds have risen ; Atlantic and Great
Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds ; Erie Shares
; and Illinois Central
The tone of the market for bank shares has been healthy.
Although business has been limited, London and West-
minster, and 'Union of London, have been firm in value.
Telegraph shares have been flat, and French cable have
fallen *.

India Rubber Company -shares have been firm, and
have risen but Telegraph Construction have relapsed t,
Ilooper's Telegraph Hooks shares opened at A., t prem.,
and after touching 14, 11, reached to 1 prem.
In miscellaneous securities very little business has been
doing, and the quotations have been without change of
importance.
There have been no bullion operations at the Bank

to-day.
The Etna, from Halifax, has brought £760.
The British Land Company have declared a dividend
at the rate of 5 per cent., and a bonus of 5 per cent.
The traffic receipts of the London and Brighton Rail-
way Company shew a decrease of £4,393, as compared
with the corresponding period in 1869.
The report of the directors of the Indo-European Tele-
graph Company states that the whole of the capital,
amounting to £425,000 has been paid up.
The transit agents of the Suez Canal Company, Messrs.
Nrosses and Mitchell have received a telegram from M. de
Lesseps, stating that the company now guarantees the
passage of steamers through the canal drawing 21 feet.
At the annual meeting of the West India and Pacific
Steamship Company at Liverpool to-day, a dividend at
the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was agreed to, carrying
over £6,000 to the reserve fund.
The directors of the Brazilian Street Railway Company
(Limited) recommend a dividend of 7i per cent. for the
half-year ending December 31st, making, with the interim
dividend already paid, 12i per cent. per annum.
The Manchester Courier states that the liabilities of
Messrr. Plunkett and Son, of Dublin, which have been
erroneously stated at £144,000 do not exceed 11,000, of
which 1,000 is owing to Manchester Houses. An offer of
13s. 4d. in the pound has been accepted.
With the departure of the frost, the character of the
grain trade appears about to undergo an entire change. So
long as the severe weather lasted, and there was a pros-
pect of an indefinite postponement of the opening of the
European ports, firmness was the feature of the trade, and
an improvement ensued. At no time, however, had the
upward tendency acquired sufficient strength to justify
the belief of any important permanent advance ; whilst
now that there is a prospect of more open weather, the
OWI4-t-O-theYnflegirritAieldelailMich quietness, and
tion evinced to operate freely, the tendency has
been less favourable. In the face of enormous

stocks, and the absence of any alarming rumours respect-
ing growing crops, competent authorities regard any
material enhancement in the value of grain as out of the

The tone of the speeches shows the progress made
in widening the relations, in viewing more broadly
questions affecting countries beyond seas occupied by
the Anglo-Saxon race. The chief and general charge
brought against England has been the selfishness of
her policy, the narrowness with which she endea-
voured to make much cows of all the countries with
which she came into relation, that she might fatten
at their expense. However true this might have
been in olden times, it has latterly been an unjust
accusation, and daily it grows more so. We believe
the British policy at present to be more liberal,
more broad, and more comprehensive than that of
any other nation ; and of this the debate furnishes

prwf. That, bho ronoy ;0 wiau is nnt inaptly shown
in these remarks of Earl GRANVILLE :

" My lords, it is Dot a little astonishing that some of the
persons who have recently been discussing our colonial
policy have predicted, under certain circumstances, the de-
cline of this country. I confess, for myself, that 1 have
not imagination sufficient to realise that vision I see on
all sides evidences of a very contrary character. Our po-
pulation continues to grow to an extent that almost alarms
me. Our national wealth, in spite of periods of ebb and
flow, is increasing in a marvellous degree. Our institu-
tions are being gradually ameliorated, and each successive
improvement, as it is made, is cordially accepted by the

whole community. As to our mercantile marine, it is in-
finitely larger and bettor equipped than that of any other
nation in the world at the present tirao, and I am glad to

say—l trust in no spirit of braggadocio that our military
marine is superior to that of every nation iu the world."

throughout the speech of Lord CARNAPXON, there
breathed regret at the severance of the Thirteen
Colonies. "We had," he said, "at one time great
colonies which we taxed injudiciously and contrary
to the principles of self-government; they revolted,
and we lost them. Let me say, in paszing, that of
dl the calamities which have befallen this country,
[ regard that separation as perhaps the greatest dis-
aster,.both in itself and still more in he manner in
hich it was brought about." Again, he said :

"It was our misfortune that we parted with those gnat
colonies, the United States, because we attempted to coerce
them ; but if over e part with our present colonies in
consequence of the policy we have adopted, it will not be
because we have coerced them,, but because we have ex-
pelled them from cur dominion."

There was a time when it was generally held that
he separation had been productive of good co both r
but there is evidently a change " coming o'er the
spirit of the dream," for it really does appear like a
dream when the truth of to-day is the fallacy of to-
morrow, to become again the truth of the next day.
The principle which dictates the change is evident;
that of widening relations, the more general sympa-
thy which is again drawing together the dissevered
parts. Lately, when we discussed Mr. Louis' vision,
our words were taken up in ridicule, and the Spec-
tator openly asserted that its former proprietor
and editor had done a " silly" thing ; but in this
debate in the House of Peers -one lord after alio-
' ther rose and gave utterance to acalogous s titi-
nients. The Earl of CARNARVON quoted Mr. Fotts-
TER'S words in his speech at Bradford, as we did in
that article, adding that he perfectly agreed with
the frank, earnest, and outspoken sentiments. Vis-
count Allo Cr
NCK the late OVeLOOO of Canada. t!;us
reterrea tna% quotavivu .
"I do not think it was a poet's dream which was pre-
sent to tho mind of my right hon. friend the Vice-Presi-
dent of the Council when ho stated that at some future
and not distant period he hoped to see all the members of
the great Anglo-Saxon race brought together into one
union, connected not by compulsory ties, but by those of
common origin, community of sentiment, and identity of
interests. That is the direction in which my aspications
also tend."

It may form a subject for ridicule to the common-
place and matter-of-fact journalists, who are so ac-
customed to the murky atmosphere of London, that
they can see little beyond their own noses ; but we
imagine when they find the leading statesmen of
the Empire announcing from their places in Parlia-
ment their sympathy with, and their belief in,
the ultimate realization of such visions, they may
get an inkling of the fact that the British policy is
growing very much broader in this direction, and is
opening out a vista which has hitherto been ob-
scured. It is, however, true, that British statesmen
cannot yet bring themselves to see the course by
which they could best achieve the object they all
desire. Doubtless if a leader in either House, of
either party, announced that he held similar views
to those expressed in this paper, he would invoke an
outcry against himself. " Granny" would go into
hysterics, and make such a clatter in Shoe-lane that
her numerous followers would begin really to think
that the days of the British Empire were numbered,
if the world were not rapidly drawing to its end.
We are aware that that step would be too consider-
able to be taken at once, by any British states-
man, and we only rejoice to see the progress so
many have made towards a wise American policy.

PUBLIC HEALTH OF .11ARYLEBOSE.

Dr. Whitmore, medical officer of health for Mary-
leboue, has just issued his report as to the health
and condition of the district for the past month.
During the first four weeks of the present year the
number of births were 426, and deaths 326, being
equivalent to an annual death rate of 29 per 1,000 of
population, or 5 per 1,000 in excess of the average
death rate of the parish. This very large morta-
lity w as almost entirely due to the low temperature
which had prevailed, to bronchitis and other dis-
eases of the respiratory organs, as well as from
many other diseases over which cold exercises
judicial influence. There had been a marked reduc-
tion in the number of deaths from scarlatina during
the last fortnight, and a proportionate diminution
in the number of new cases. With reference to
York-court, which, it will be remembered, was con-
downed under the Artisans Dwellings Act by the
vestl7 of St. Marylebone, some two or three
months hack, as being wholly unfit for human
habitation, 3)r. Whitmore remarks—“ The inter-
val of time—three months—which, by the Act of
Parliament, must elapse before houses that have
been declared unfit for habitation, and incap-
able of structural repair, can be demolished,
having, in respect of the houses in York-court,
expired, we may now hope in a very short time
to see these wretched dens of filth and misery
entirely swept away. Nothing more deplorable
or sickening than their present condition can
be imagined. For sonic weeks past the des-
titute occupants of them have been engaged
in their destruction by ripping up the flooring, tear-
ing down the shutters and window sashes, removing
doors, and even the laths from the walls and ceiling,;,
for the purpose of providing themselves with fuel
during the late inch2ment weather. Three of die
houses are now entirely gutted, and are no longer
inhabited; whilst the remainder of them, although
still tenanted, are in the utmost state of dilapida-
tion." It will continue a most important step in
sanatory progress if the act in regard tothese houses
can he successfully carried out, inasmuch as it will
establish the right and power of vestries and local
boards to deal, although not nufficiently prompt,
with a class of tenements that have too long been a
disgrace, to the metropolis.
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