The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-14 00:00:00

11,1r2.770P0fITANGOSSIP—Thurs(lay.

There was no little excitement in the House yesterday
afternoon when the Permissive Bill was on for diseussitni,
The debate shewed how much public opinion had advanced
on this matter. The last time the matter was on the
opponents were contemptuoas, and the Government barely
civil. This time the opponents had learnt to respect their
adversaries, had learnt that they were by no means to be
despised ; and the Government was compelled to appeal
to Sir W. Lawson not to go.;to a division. That
appeal, and the promise given by .. Ministers to do some-
thing next year, certainly diminished the Ayes by at least
20 votes, for there are more than 20 who, while willing to
support the Permissive Bill, consider the claims of pasty
paramount. But, as it was, the division shoved that, in-
cluding pairs and tellers, the advocates of the bill had
increased by 53, and the opponents had decreased
by 98. On the last occasion the numbers were
40 and 297 ; this time they were 93 and 199 ; so that
the Ayes had far more than doubled; Another remark.
able circumstance is the wide extent of country covered
by the supporters of the bill. Among those who spoke for
it were 2 from Ireland, 2 from Scotland, and 2 from
Wales, the rest being from England. Ireland gave 20
votes for the bill, or nearly 20 per cent. of its whole repre-
sentation ; Ulster alone gave 12 rotes for and
only 1 against. Wales, including Monmouthshire,
gave 12 out of its 32 members for the bill.
When we come to examine the constituencies, it is
remarkable to see how many important ones there
were in favour of the bill. Manchester, Edinburgh,
Sheffield, Belfast, Sunderland, Devonport, Bath, and
Colchester among the boroughs, North Lincolnshire and
the South-West Riding of Yorkshire among the counties,
sent all their representatives into the right-hand lobby.
It is not surprising that the representatives of the last-
named constituency should support the bill ; they had
enough experience last year to shewthem how magistrates
will sometimes work the licences for party purposes. Leeds
had two members, and Bradford, Bristol, Merthyr, and
Newcastle had one, in the right lobby. It is not surprising
that the Alliance should be in high spirits.
There seems to be no doubt but that the Life Peerages
Bill will be carried through both Houses this session. In
that case the Government will have the right to make
four life peers immediately. It is generally understood
that three of these have already been fixed upon. They
are Mr. Mill, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Grote. All
three of these are statesmen, although it may be forgotten
that the last is. Nevertheless he represented London
for nine years, from 1832, when he was at the
head of the poll, to the end of the Parliament
of 1837-41. During that time he was the great advocate
of the Ballot. When he left Parliament he betook himself
to literature, and we owe the finest history of Greece ever
written to the London banker and ex-ALP. In him, and
also in Mir. Mill, literature would be represented as well
as statesmanship. In fact they are just the class of men
who would in France, or any other country where the
Senate is not confined to the hereditary aristocracy, be
raised to the Upper House.
It is not improbable that Sir Thomas Western will be
raised to the peerage in the ordinary way. There was a
barony in his family until twenty-five yeags ago. His
cousin died in 1844 without a son, and the estates passed
to Sir Thomas. The present baronet and his son have
deserved well of the Government for the many severe election
battles they have fought in the Liberal interest. Beth
father and son were defeated la3l November. Since the
Sir Thomas hoe been made Lerd-Licutenant of Ess„.,..
Another addition has just been made to the peerage in the
person of Mr. A. 11. Bruce, of Kennet, N. 8., who has
succeeded in obtaining the revival of the Scottish baroey
of Balfour of Burleigh in his favour, by the reversal
of the attainder passed upon his ancestor in the last
century.

There was a very large gathering at Burlington House
yesterday to witness the conferring of degrees by the
Chancellor of London University. Unfortunately, the
new buildings were not quite finished, so that though the
company after the ceremony went to have a look at them,
the ceremony itself had to take place in the exami-
nation-room, which was not nearly large enough for
the company. Lord Granville defended the ex-
aminations of the university against the attacks of
the Saturday Review. Perhaps the Chancellor was
unaware of the -fact that one of the papers on the last
examination for the M.D. degree was deemed so absurd
that it was brought specially under the notice f
Convocation. As to the examination of women, that
is so hard as to be almost impracticable. True,
" nine misses" have appeared, but the race is not
likely to continue unless something i done
to reduce a standard which involves the extreme
of pelantry, and probably the sacrifice of health. A good
deal of di,appointment was felt because Mr. Lowe did not
speak. Tile member for the university should not have
neglected this opportunity of making himself podular
with his constituents, whom he has not often the chanc.!

of meeting.

While this ceremonial of degree-conferring wag going-on
in one part of Burlington Home, Royalty was visiting
another part, and, to the great disgust of country
graduates, who had hoped to kill two birds with one stone
—take their degree and see the Royal Acadetny—that
institution was rigidly closed against the public
all day because the Queen was there during a
portion of it. Even after her Majesty had
left the Academy entreaties were unavailing to
obtain admission. There is now no doubt that the rival
exhibition will be opened this season. Premises have been
taken in Old Bond-street, and so numerous are the appli-
cations from artists that an additional gallery is building
under contract, to be completed and fitted for hanging
pictures by the 31st inst.—the date at which the exhibi-
tion is expected to open. Some artists feel rather in
doubt as to whether they should send. These are they
who have had one picture accepted at the Academy, and
one or more rejected. They seem to think that by sending
to the Supplemental Exhibition they will make enemies
of the Academicians in a future year.

There will be a very hard fight about the Law Courts.
Mr. Layard iQ personally unpopular, and the coolness with
which he proposes to set aside the royal commission, the
Act of Parliament, and the standing orders, so that he
may carry out his design of transferring the courts to the
Howard-street site, has excited no little indignation.
There is scarcely one even of the Liberal journals which
supports him, and we shall probably see a very formidable
" cave "on this matter. Of other matters architectural
I may mention that the St. James's Theatre (which has of
late become famous for its French plays) is to be pulled
down, and rebuilt with an entrance in Pall Mall, that the
new Charing-cross Theatre is now announced to be open
" about the end of May," and that Gatti and Monico
have already opened a splendid restaurant which they
have built in a few weeks upon the site of the old Adelaide
Gallery, burnt down early in the year.
The mortality among journalists during the last few
days has been formidable. First of all Mr. Wescomb, the
proprietor of the Globe and other papers, died ; then Sir
Wentworth Dilke, proprietor of the Atheneum, and for-
merly director of the Daily News; and then Mr. Joyce,
formerly editor of the Morning Chronicle, and at the time
of his death editor of the Levant Herald. All these died
suddenly ; and now I learn the death of Mr. Feeny, one
of the proprietors of the Birmingham Post, the first daily
paper started in that town. Still on journalism, I may
mention that the Low Church party are starting two new
periodicals, one called the Protestant, to represent the
Orange interest; the other, the Latter Bain, has a very
wishy-washy sound.
There is nothing new in the literary world, except that
Lady Di Beauclerk's novel, " True Lo v e," has appeared, and
will no doubt have many readers. By the way, her ladyship
is said to be the original of " Nell Gwynn," in Mr. Frith's
painting at the Academy, as Mr. Field Talfourd is of the
French Ambassador in Mr. Marcus Stone's picture, as Mrs.
Edward Levy is of the governess in Mrs. Ward's picture,
and as Mrs. Lewis (Miss Terry) is of Mr. Ward's
"Beatrice."

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Anderson and Moulden, were charged by Capt. Murrell,
of the steamship Bosphorous, with willfully disobeying
his lawful commands. On the morning of Sunday, the
2Gth ult., after taking sulphur on board the previous day,
the captain ordered the men to wash decks, and the de-
fendant's refused, saying that they did not sign articles
to work on Sundays. The magistrate considered the
charge proved, and sentenced them each to a week's im-
prisonment.
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