The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-15 00:00:00

:12,HE . LONDQN, SATURDAY. EVENING, MAY 15,..18q9.

O.IISCELLA.NEOUS NETTS.

A MESSAGI: OF PEACE TO lIIELAYD.

The Poch is very sarcastic because Mr. Gladstone's
" message' of peace" to Ireland has not elicited a
more peaceful response. Our contemporary proposes
a message of its own —bloodhounds, which should be
used in hunting down all persons concerned in
agrarian crimes. The same journal rejoices that the
efforts of the Government to maintain peace in
Derry by proclaiming the " maiden city " have been
frustrated. Says the Dublin correspondent of our
contemporary :

"I suppose you have heard that the Government (i.e.,
Cardinal Cullen) have proclaimed ' the maiden city.'
The purpose of this move was, I believe, to seize upon and
secure the cannon and arms of the "Prentice boys,' and
so prevent the annual celebration of the anniversary of
the siege of Derry-. This purpose, lam happy to say, has
been frustrated by the energy of the "Prentice boys,' who
took good care to have the cannon and arms safely landed
in the county of Tyrone, beyond the proclaimed district,
before the proclamation took effect."

This correspondent is an admirable specimen of that
little but powerful party in Ireland which would
support Protestant ascendancy by outraging the
Roman Catholic population, would govern
Ireland by the sword, and let loose the dogs of war
in a very literal manner.

There is another suggestion made by a correspon-
dent of the same journal with respect to the Iris'h
Church. He is hopeless of help from either Mr.
liisraeli or Mr. Gladstone, and so he says, " I would
advise that all constitutional members leave the
llouse, each going back to his own constituents—
getting up an agitation.throughout the country, and
pouring in petitions to the House of Lords and
memorials to her Majesty the Queen against the bill
—the whole bill."

reltioved to a lunatic asylum, and (ilea.' aoctors
iv death was
.brought about by congestion -of
the brain congestion of the brain by hard
work. The moral is this. The employers were not
hard-hearted. " Evil," says Hood, "is wrought by
want of thbught as well as want of heart." They
did not notice, presumably, how this poor child-
teacher languished and faded and drooped her head;
they had other things to think of. At the outset a
glass of wine when she came in fagged from her
walk, a little lunch, a little rest, a few kindly words
of human interest and sympathy, might have
recruited her strength, given her tone, courage, and
force. One is ready to believe that had her employers
thought of it, had they ever suspected how ill she
really was, they would never have refused such little
friendly offices ; but if they thought of them at all,
they thought of them too late. Others should look
to it that they do not go and do likewise.

Att Coxfu. His sojourn in the chief of the lonian
Islands will probably be some consolalria—tlie
inhabitants for the loss they have sustained by the
departure of the English. The lonians hare
found to their cost that the doctrine of nationality
does not always " pay.". In 1815 the islands were formed
into an independent State under the protection of Great
Britain; but the people were dissatisfied. The Parliament
declared for annexation to Greece, and in 1884 this wish
was gratified. But the lonians bitterly rue the change.
The English functionaries and officers who formerly
resided iu the protectorate, and the visitors end ships that
frequently stopped there and spent a good deal of money,
have vanished for ever. If the suffrages of the lonians
were taken again, there is no doubt that they would
declare unanimously for a renewal of English rule.