The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-23 00:00:00

THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION.

The President has lately made some appointments,
3 local and national, that have provoked comment. He
favoured a policy with reference to West Indian annexa-
tion which has not met the Approval of Congress. There
L are rumours of some impending Cabinet changes. There-
' upon the cheerful prophets of defeat come out vigorously
! in their favourite characters. They are sure that Grant
6is becoming very unpopular. They regard his
course as ruinous to the Republican party. They
feel sure that his Administration •is dropping
to pieces. The fact that these prophets are
mostly Democrats, or worse, might, with some prejudiced
people, disturb confidence in the veracity, if not in the
sagacity, of their prediction. Nevertheless they make a
certain noise, and command a certain attention, which
may warrant giving them a little notice. What is there
to complain about? We have not favoured the San
Domingo movement • but is it strange or a crime that
an American President should wish to aggrandize his
country? We have not always been able to like General
Grant's appointments ; but we do not just now recall
any President all of .whose appointments we did like.
What would gentlemen have ? Do they remember how
they felt about Mr. Lincoln's Alaska project, or
a later Speculation in the Danish West Indies ?
Can they recall any particular set of nomina-
tions for New York City that was received
with consenting cheers from all parties and factions ?
Gen. Grant made one pledge at the outset which did
almost as much to endear him to the popular heart as did
his services in the field. "I shall have no policy," he
said, "to enforce against the will of the people." He has
kept his word, and we do not doubt that he will keep it
to the end. There never was a President who subordi-
nated his own will more thoroughly and unresei vedly to
that of the people ; there never was a President who sub-
mitted more cheerfully to the adverse action of Congress ;
there never was a President more unpretending, less ex-
acting, more sincerely anxious to execute the laws, preserve
public tranquillity, and discharge fairly and impartially all
the duties of his office. He thinks, as a great many others
think, that it would be wise to secure a foothold in the
Weselndies. The Senate disagrees with him, and the
matter is ended at once. He thinks, as a great many
others think, that a certain set of appointments for New
York City will strengthen the public service and promote
the triumph of sound political principles. The Senate
may disagree with him again ; and, if it should, the whole
matter will pass out of sight as quietly as the Baez treaty.
Thank Heaven ! we have a President who has no policy
to enforce against the will of the people. We protest
against this picayune way of judging an Administration
by a local appointment, or an isolated movement. Gene-
ral Grant has a solid basis of actual achievements, on which
the country may be safely trusted to pronounce judgment.
He has taken the most profligate system of civil service
the Government ever knew, and has made it
efficient, honest, and economical. He has stopped
the thefts, and has fairly collected the public revenue. He
has made large payments on the Public Debt, and yet so
managed the Finances that we can largely reduce taxa-
tion. He has sedulously preserved the peace abroad, and
saved us millions on the frontier by an Indian policy at
once new, Christian, and in the main successful. He has
done all in his power to hasten the completion of our
Reconstruction, and he has given his influence steadily
for the restoration of harmony and good feeling between
the lately warring sections. These are great things. Opi-
nions may differ about an occasional appointment—they
will not differ in pronouncing these to be the elements of
a substantial and enduring success.—New York Tribune.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will of Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D., K.C.8.,
F.R.S., First Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty, was
proved in the London Court, on the 11th inst., by his son
now Sir John Forbes Clark, Bart., the surviving executor.
The personalty was sworn under £25,000. He has left the
whole of his property, real and personal to his son absolutely.
The will of George William Whistler, Esq., of the city of
New York, in the United States, but late of Brighton,
Sussex, was proved in London under £lOO,OOO personalty
in England.—The will of John Adamthwaite., Esq.,_ of
Oak-hill, Checkley, Staffordshire, was proved in London
under £90,000 personalty.—The will of Edward
Janson, Esq., late of Abchurch-lane, London,
banker, was proved under £90,000. The will
of Charles Beard, Esq., of Rottingdean, Sussex,
was proved in the registry at Lewes under £60,000 per-
sonalty. He has bequeathed to the Sussex County Hos-
pital £350. The will of John Waithman, Esq., of Cal-
verley Park, Tunbridge Wells, was proved under £40,000.
He has bequeathed to the Church Missionary Society the
Church Pastoral Aid Society, the Bible Society, and the
Irish Church Missions, each a legacy of £so.—illustrated
London News.

Mdlle. Sessi, whose engagement in London has
terminated, is in Paris, where she will sing next winter in
Italian opera.

THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER'S FUND. The
Grocers' Company have made a donation of £2OO and the
Mercers' of 100 guineas to the Bishop of Rochester's Fund
for relieving the spiritual destitution of the deanieries of
Barking, Greenwich, and Woolwich.

GENERAL GARFIELD.----General James A. Gar-
field has received the unanimous nomination of his Re-
publican constituents of the 19th District of Ohio for a
fourth term as a member of the House of Representatives
The country will approve the choice of General Garfield's
constituents. He is one of the few men whose services
cannot be spared from the National Legislature. He is
a strong, vigorous thinker. a most careful student,
conscientious in forming his opinions, and courageous
almost to recklessness in their expression. He is not so
sound on the Tariff as we could wish ; but he is very fair,
and we trust after some wholesome interviews with his
constituents he may be yet farther, from being a Free
Trader. He will be re-elected by a majority somewhere
between ten and twelve thousand— enough for all prac-
tical purposes, and sure to prevent any contest for his
seat.—Tribune.