The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1869

this short- -clelAy will involve. It will
prove, in the first place, that some 250
gentlemen think they have - aright to reverse the
decision of the nation. In the second place, it rill
manifest to all the-world the fact, which it would be
much wiser to conceal, that the Peers are capable of
being overborne when their resistance is prejudicial
to the State. If that event should be brought about,
as it was in 1832 by the threatened creation of peers,
it will further prove that though the Conser-
vative Peers are prepared to run the risk
of revolution in behalf of the Church, they
are not prepared to have their individual
influence destroyed. The conflict will, moreover,
familiarise the public mind with the idea entertained
in many influential quarters, that an hereditary
House of Legislature is an anomaly and an anachro-
nism, and that the sooner it is abolished the better.
Finally, this opposition will not only not save the
Church, on whose behalf all these manifold perils
are encountered, but it will probably lead to a more
stringent and sweeping reform, which will not be
stopped by St. George's Channel.
There is one speck of blue sky in this cloud-laden
horizon which bids us hope that the storm may yet
pass away. The rejection of ths Irish Church Bill
is now no longer a question merely between Con-
servatives and Liberals, between the Upper House and
the Lower, but between Conservative peers and
Conservative peers. No one can question either the
Conservatism or the Churchmanship of such men as
Lord DEVON, Lord SALISBURY, Lord CARNARVON,
Lord STANHOPE, Lord NELSON, and Lord LIME-
RICK, and yet they are all strongly opposed to the
course which Lord DERBY has advised the majority of
Peers to take. More than this, it is no secret that
the present leader in the Upper House, Lord
CAIRNS himself, was originally opposed to it, and
that both Lord STANLEY and Mr. DISRAELI view it
with dislike and alarm. The Conservative journals
reflect this difference of opinion clearly enough.
While the evening organ upholds the policy of
"No Surrender," the morning organ represents that of
"prudence and concession." It is within the range of
possibility that the emphatically expressed opinions
of the eminent peers we have mentioned, and the
known, though not expressed, opinions of the
influential statesmen in the Lower House, may
prevent the conflict which we should alike
deplore and dread. It is for these able men to
make use of the short time that has to elapse before
the die is cast. It is for' them to counteract the
mischief which may
be done during the next few
days by incendiary orators spouting treason under
the auspices of the quondam leader of the
" Constitutional " party.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE} June 7.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High.
nesses Princess Louise, Prince Christian, Princess
Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, with their suite,
attended Divine service yesterday in the parish
church of Crathie.

FUNERAL OF LORD BROUGHT ON

THIS DAY.

This morning the mortal remains of Lard
Broughton were removed from his late residence in
Berkeley. square, and finally deposited in his family
vault at Kensal-green. The funeral arrangements
were carried out by Messrs. T. and W. Banting,
upholsterers to her Majesty, St. James's-street.
The p incipal mourners, the It, v. Lord. Thomas
Hay, M.A., the Rev. F. Fane, 1`.4.A., Marquis of
'I weed: Lori William Hay, Colonel the
P. Carleton, Colonel the Hon. S. Jocelyn, Thornai
Ilobhouse, Eq., besides a number of miblemen.
The coffin was covered with superfine black c'oth,
and silver gilt ornaments. Inscription plate bore
the following Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hob-
house, Baron Broughton of Broughton, Giffard
Co., Wilts, P.C., G.C.13., Colonel Royal Wilts
Militia. Borne June 27, 1786. Died June 3,
1869."