The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-28 00:00:00

POLITICAL GOSSIP.

A correspondent of the Leeds Mercury Wass
"It is rumoured that the report of the Commission on
Irish Education is in the hands of the Government, but
that for sufficient reasons there is no intention at present
to make it public. It is alleged that, with one exception,
the commissioners report in favour of the denominational
scheme advocated by Cardinal Cullen. The House of
Commons is hardly prepared for the extension of the de-
nominational system to Ireland, but it is no secret that
the views of some of the most influential members of the
Government coincide with those of Cardinal Cullen upon
this subject.
The London correspondent of the Birmingham Gazette
states that the current belief is that there will be con-.
siderable reductions in the duty on sugar, and that the
duty on tea will be reduced by one-half. The same
Tjournal says that Mr. Stansfeld is likely to leave the
reasury and become Financial Minister to the War.
Office. Mr. Cardwell greatly needs his help, but Mr.
Gladstone and Mr. Lowe will miss him much at the
Treasury.

The London correspondent of the Manchester Courier
thinks it probable that room will soon be found in the
ministry for Sir Roundell Palmer. Either Sir R. Collier
will go to the Court of Exchequer and Sir R. Palmer will
become Attorney-General, or Lord Hatherley, who is
described as anxious to retire into ease, will make way on
the woolsack for the member for Richmond. It should
be added that our contemporary's correspondent has a
peculiar facility in the manufacture of canards.

The London correspondent of the Sheffield
Independent says that Sir John Coleridge will introduce
before Easter a bill for dealing with University Test%
which will have the authority of the Government WI
satisfy the Nonconformists.

SCENE IN A YANKEE POLICE COURT.—Lawyer:
How do you identify this handkerchief ? Witness : By
its general appearance, and the fact that I have other*
like it. Counsel : That's no proof, for I have got one ju
like it in my pocket. Witness : I don't doubt that, as I
had more than one of the same sort stolen.

THE BISHOP OF MORAY AND Ross.—lt appeum,
that there is a movement on foot in Edinburgh
threatens to remove from Inverness one of our most wider
and popular citizens—the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal:
Church, Bishop Eden. The Primus is now acting bishop
of the diocese of Edinburgh, and circumstances have lately
arisen which, in the opinion of the Episcopalians there,
render it expedient for the Church that the Primus should
demit his northern charge, and transfer his services to
Edinburgh exclusively. We understand that a very
strong representation has been made to the Primus on this
point, which, however, has not been published ; on the
other hand, the clergy and laity of the diocese of
Moray and Ross view with alarm the prospect of losing
their bishop, and have come forward with a memorial
which will probably receive the support of every one is
the province connected with the Episcopal Church....
Inverness Courier.
A singular case of intermarriage has occulred it
Walsall. A woman applied to the guardians for relief,
stating that her husband refused to live with her. The
van justified himself on the ground that she was the
widow of his deceased brother, and therefore that her mar-
riage with him was illegal. The wife retorted that another
wife of the first. husband was living when she married
him. That marriage was, she contended, illegal, and con-
sequently she claims his brother as her legitimate husband.
The guardians ordered her temporary relief, until they in•
quire into the truth of her story. , _ _ _ _

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