The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-12 00:00:00

MR. PEABODY AN ALIEN.

An inquiry has been held at Newington, re-
specting certain lands and premises at Stockwell,
which had been purchased on behalf of the late Mr.
George Peabody. Mr. Peabody was an alien, and
the reason for this inquiry was that by the law of
England, persons, not subjects, born aliens, are unable
to hold land in this country through any legal
or equitable title. About thirteeen or fourteen
acres of land were purchased out of Mr.
Peabody's third endowment of £200,000,
of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany. Sir Curtis M. Lampson acted for Mr. Pea-
body, who supplied the money, and it was now to be
settled whether this land should be ceded to the
Crown, and the Crown having a legal title would hand
it over to the trustees. Sir 0. M. Lampson proved
that Mr. Peabody was born at Danvers, Massachusetts;
that he first came to England in 1820, and established
himself in business in the City. He was never
naturalised in England, and refused all English titles
and honours, choosing to remain a citizen of the
United States till his death. The jury found accord-
ingly, and " that the land and premises now do belong
to tie Crown by virtue of the royal prerogative, all
which have been seized into the hands of her
Majesty."

DEATH OF SIR DE LACY EVANS.

General Sir de Lacy Evans, one of the ablest
officers in the British army, died on Sunday evening
at the age of 83. His services to his country have
been long and very distinguished. He obtained a
commission in the army in 1807, and served with
honour through the campaigns in Spain and Portugal.
in 181043. He gained great renown by
volunteering for storming parties and all similar enter-
prises where honour was to be won by decd t 3 of
personal bravery. He received in rapid succession his
company, majority, and lieutenant-colonelcy for ser-
vices rendered against the enemy. In 1814 he was
employed in North America, and was after-
wards present at Waterloo. During the long
peace which followed, the only enterprise
of Sir de Lacy Evans was the command of tho
"British Legion" of 10,000 men empliyed in Spain
in 1835 on behalf of the Queen Regent and her
daughter Isabella. He carried on a two years' contest
with great success. From that time his sword rusted
until the Crimean War brought him again to the front.
He was appointed commander of the Second Division,
with the rank of Lieutenant-General. At the battle
of the Alma his bravery was conspicuous. He again
distinguished himself in repulsing the attack of the
Russians on our lines before Sebastopol on October 20,
and was mentioned by Lord Raglan in the highest
terms in his despatches. Perhaps his most remarkable
display of soldierlike qualities was at the battle of
fifth of November
General Evans had gone on board a ship at baiak-
lavaz owing to fatigue and illness, and the command
of his division was left to General Pennefather. On
hearing that fighting was going on, however, the
General rose from his sick-bed and joined his troops—
not to take the honour of the day from Pennefather,
but to aid him with his counsel. His noble conduct
on this occasion was highly praised by the Com-
mander-in-Chief, and again in the despatch in which
the Minister of War conveyed her Majesty's thanks
to the Army of the East. • In February 1855 General
Evans returned to England invalided, and received in
person the thanks of the House of Commons for
his
services in the Crimea. Several honours were
conferred upon him. His brilliant career closed in
rest and retirement. The deceased General sat in
Parliament for considerable intervals during the time
of peace. In May 1833 he succeeded Lord
Brougham in the representation of Westminster, and
retained that borough, with a brief interregnum,
until 1865.

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LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12, 1870.

AN article appears in the current number of the
Contemporary Review which should be read by all
persons who are interested in the future of the Eng-
lish Church. The writer is a layman, and he sets
out with the proposition, which no one, whether
Churchman or Dissenter, will deny, that the Church
as an Establishment is in very serious danger. It
may be said that this is an oil story ; but it is new
in one important particuiar—the danger now comes
from within. "An assault from without is a most dis-
tinct thing from disunion within. A loyal and united
garrison may easily repel attacks which disaffection
within the citadel might easily render successful."
The fact is, there is no longer unity; on the con-
trary, there is an openly-avowed wish on the part of
some English Churchmen for a severance from the
State, and for a volunt?ry church. If separation should
Come about there will b?, in the opinion of "A Lay-
man," at 16ast three Churches: the High Church,
which would sooner or later be absorbed in the
Roman Church ; the Broad Church, which would
probably split up into fra-fments, and go no one can
tell where; and the Low Church, which would
certainly not suffer the clergy to mono-
polise government, al we may learn from
the conflict which is now waging in the Irish
Church. It may be worth while, therefore, for the
cler;,Yy who are the chief promoters of the liberation
movement inside the Church to consider what they
would gain by the sip: ration which they desire, and
whether they would not do better to let things
remain as they are, at so far the State connec-
tion is concerned.

It must be adruitt3d, however, that in one impor-
tant respect things cannot long remain as they are.
Whether the Church continues connected with the
State or not, the laity w;11 insist upon obtaining a
larger share in the administration of Church affairs
than they have enjoyed hitherto. The demand
fir it is really a hopeful sign. The desire of all
Churchmen should be to interest as large a number
of persons as possible in Church work. It is because
so much more interest is felt now than formerly that
this demand for lay representation and lay consulta-
tion has arisen. In the old dreary days, when
life seemed to have left the Church,
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cared enough for the Church to desire to do any-
thing in her or for her. But now when men give
their money and their time to Churchpurposes, when
splendid buildings, intended either for the worship of
GOD or the education of the young, are springing up
on all sides through the liberality of laymen, these
expect, and justly expect, to be consulted about the
services and the teaching. Moreover the bishops
and the clergy have th' mselves of late been appeal-
ing to the laity for h Ip, and that not merely of
the pecuniary kind. Nevertheless, so liberal a man
as the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, himself one of
the foremost to demand this help, has expressed sur-
prise that those whos3 aid be seeks should when
expressing their willing floss to give, express also their
desire to have more influence in the administration
of the Church which they are called upon to serve.
The ARCHBISHOP thinks that lay patronage and lay
judges in ecclesiastical courts ought to satisfy the
extremest ecclesiastical Radical. To this the answer
is plain. The trial of an ecclesiastical cause is not a
common event; it is rare,
.even in these liti-
gious days, to have more than half a dozen
in the course of a yea-, and the dedision of such
causes, is rather too lU ly to depend upon political
intrigue, as was seen about a year ago. As for lay
patronage, that is of small advantage to laymen. In
fact, except to the patrons, it is absolutely. a disad-
vantage. If a bishop 'resents- to a living, public
opinion will compel Lim to present a suitable man.
If a lay patron presents, the presentation is considered
an exercise of private rights, and public opinion
is far too conservative to interfere with
these. A bishop would not venture to induct an
octogenarian in orsio: hallthe ,i ping