The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-17 00:00:00

LANDLORD TYRANNY IN WALES.

If the landlords of \\Tales are not more cautious,
next session may witness a land-law for the Princi-
pality as well as for Ireland. The state of Ireland
just now ought to act as a sufficient warning to those
who have power over tenants. But the =policy
of tyranny has not yet been tatight to land-
owners. In Ireland the abuse of power
has made the life of an owner of property
insecure, has called forth from the tenants a very
powerful demand that the land shall be handed over
to them. The tenants of Wales are more cool, moro
logical maybe, but the landlords there may also go
too far—have indeed done so already. From state-
ments made at a *meeting of Liberal members
of Parliament, it appears that the Conservative
landlords in many parts of Wales are serving notices
to quit on the tenants who voted for the Liberals or
remained neutral at the last election. One member
stated that as many as two hundred tenants had
received such notices. This is just the way to
strengthen the hands of those who are energetically
arguing that there can be no property in superficies.

MILITARY ITEMS.

The Army and Navy Gazette believes that the
office of Quartermaster-General will be abolished
next year ; states that Vice-Admiral Sir H.
Keppel will probably return home in the
Rodney, and in that case will be succeeded in the
command of the China station by Vice-Admiral H.
Kellett, Ca; believes that Mr. Cardwell has talon
the first step towards the preservation of the British
cemeteries in the Crimea, by inquiring what the
French have done, which, by the way, everybody
knows already; and mentions that Colonel Bowan
has at last returned to England, after more than
a dozen years' residence in New York, where he has
been looking after a law suit between our Government
and that of the United States repecting a contract
for arms supplied during the Russian war. Colonel
Rowan has gained the suit; but one would like to
know the money cost of the victory.
The Broad Arrow states that H.M. gunboats In-
solent, Wenzel, and Janus are to be sold out of the
service ; that the military manufacturing depart-
ments at Woolwich are henceforth to be under the
Controller-in-Chief ; and that Sir James Walker,
K.C.M.G., has been appointed Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Bahamas.

CHURCH ITEMS.

The John Bull gives a very different account of
the meeting of Deans from that published in the
morning papers a few days ago. The Dean of York,
for instance, was for a scheme by which the dean
and two canons should always be residents, and the
other two canonries being suppressed, the revenues
should go to the establishment of a suffragan
bishop. The Bishop of Gloucester was even more
"revolutionary."
The same journal mentions that "at the re vest
of an eminent Conservative statesman, the
Church Institution will probably draft a bill
to meet any real hardships of -Dissenters
in not being allowed burial in churchyards.
Its chief feature, we believe, will be the establish-
ment of a burial-ground in every union where any
service may be used. It has been pointed out that
many Churchmen, whose parents and ancestors were
Dissenters, have an equal grievance in not being aide
to have burial by the side of their relatives solem-
nised according to the rites of the Church." It
would seem, therefore, as if the old belief
in the superior sancity of consecrated ground were
dying out. The High Church party are, strange to
say, greatly responsible for this. In order to keep
their churches as free as possible from episcopal
interference, not a few of them have decided to omit
episcopal consecration, and content themselves with
a simple dedication service. Of course, if this party
thus casts a slight upon consecration, it is not to be
expected that the other parties in the Church will
attach much importance to it.
The Bishop of London is said to be taking
counsel's opinion as to the legality of Mr. Rodwell
and Mr. Le Geyt burning candles on a ledge above
the altar. But it is believed that one of these
gentlemen themselves has already taken an (mini°.
which proved adverse to the practice.