The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1869.

DOCKS.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

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40 Australasian
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50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra- __ .

Ha, nd China all 18 19 321
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London, and China all 32 33
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100 Colonial 25 38 4,/
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30 London Banks of Mexico
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all ICI 17

THE IRISH CHURCH BILL.

On Wednesday afternoon a number of gentlemen from
the large towns of Yorkshire, and representing the York-
shire Church Institution, had an interview with some
members of the House of Lords at the National Club,
Whitehall-gardens. Owing to Eome error as to time or
place, several peers who were expected did not arrive, but
there were present the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of
Bandon, and the Bishop of Tuam.

A long report was read to their lordship; sheaving the
result of the various meetings held in the large towns of
Yorkshire, the object being to impreFs upon the Peers the
magnitude and popularity of the present movement in
Yorkshire, originated and carried on by the Yorkshire
Church Institution ; and several gentlemen also addressed
their lordships, and informed them of the feeling which
existed in Yorkshire.

The Duke of RUTLAND, in reply, said he thought the
deputation should have paid more attention to those
noble lords who were inclined to vote for the second
reading of the bill. He had done what he could in speak-
ing against the bill ; but if he could do anything
as far as regarded any pressure that could be applied
he would do so. It rejoiced his heart to know
that Yorkshire was following the noble example
set by Lancashire, for they were the two most im-
portant counties in England. The feeling that had
been shewn in Lancashire and Yorkshire—and he believed
also in other districts of England—was extraordinary, and
shewed that there was a reaction. He had always had
a confident belief that the Protestant heart of England
would not sanction the scheme of spoliation. He
was astonished to hear Earl Grey, in the House of
Lords, refer to the Appropriation Clause, for if ever
there was an argument in favour of throwing out the bill
on the second reading, the fate of that clause was one.
That clause was introduced in a bill brought in by the
then Lord John Russell, in 1835, and carried through the
Commons by a majority of about 38. It was sent to the
House of Lords and rejected in 1836. The bill was
passed a second time in the House of Commons by a
majority of 33 or 35, and a second time it was rejected by
the Lords. In 1837 Sir R. Peel asked Lord John Russell
what he meant to do with respect to the Appropriation
Clause, and Lord John Russell said he had then come to
an entirely different conclusion upon the subject, and
would not introduce it into the bill then proposed ;
and for twenty--five years nothing more was heard
of the Appropriation Clause. Earl Grey told the Con-
serAtive party that a victory would be fatal. Well, he
only hoped they would have a majority against the second
reading of the bill, and that that majority would be as
fatal as the majority against the Appropriation Clause ;
for if they could only stave off this Irish Church Bill for
twenty-five years he, for one, would be satisfied.
The Earl of BANDON said that living in the southern
part of Ireland, where his own church was threatened to
be taken away, he needed no persuasion to induce him
to vote against the second reading of the bill; but it was
a sincere pleasure to know that they had the sympathy of
friends in Yorkshire and other parts of the North of Eng-
land. The noble lord who had been referred to told the
House on the previous night that they should be
warned by what happened at the time of the
Reform Bill ; but the circumstances of the two
cases were very different. Was the feeling of the
country iu favour of the bill? He had himself pre-
sented 300 petitions against the bill, and he had seen so
many petitions in the House that the messengers were in
ti °utile lest they should not be able to sort them in time.
There was a strong feeling, then, in favour of rejecting
the hill, I.ut nothing to chew on the contrary. In the South
of Ireland only the 1 rests were in favour of the bill. Ask
a fanner 111. at he thought about it, and he would reply
bat the pit:A told him it would be to his advantage,
)ut that be did not see how it would put a shilling into

Lis-pocket. He hoped this point as to the feeling of the
country would be strongly pressed upon the Lords, and if
he had the opportunity of speaking in the debate, he
would represent the sentiments which bad been expressed
by the deputation. He thought the measure was the
most iniquitcus and unjust that could be put forward, and
he hoped, like the Appropriation Clause, the bill would be
thrown out, and that the House would follow a precedent
when, in the reign of Henry IV., a bill for the spoliation
of Church property in Ireland was rejected by the Lords
when sent up by the House of Commons..
The Bishop of TuAll assured the deputation that there
Was a strong feeling among some of the Roman Catholic
'aity in Ireland that the Irish Church was a security of
heir present liberty.
The Duke of Rutland then left; but before the depar-
ture of the Earl of Bandon and the Bishop of Tuam.
The Rev. T. DARLING called attention to the speech of
the Archbishop of Canterbury in the House of Lords, and
added that if the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of
Oxford followed in the same way, as it was said they
would, England had arrived at a miserable stage, and it
was time to speak out plainly.
Before the meeting truke up it was decided to wait on
the Aichbishop of York another day ; and Lord Bandon
also advised a deputation to the Archbishop of Canter-
bury.

It is probable that the annual congress of the
National Associaticn for the Promotion of Social Science

will be held at Bristol. Next year and the year after the

congresses are to be held at Liverpool and Newcastle.

ACCIDENT TO THE ROYAL TRAIN.—Just after
the Queen left the railway carriage which had conveyed

ler from the North to Windsor, an accident occurred to

the royal train. Some empty carriages belonging to the
Great Western Railway Company were being "roped"
into the stations, when, by some oversight, the points at
the crossing were left open, and the "empties" ran on to
the line on which the Queen's train was backing out of
the station. A collision resulted, the van at the end
of the royal train was thrown off the rails, and consider.
able damage was done. No one was hurt by the accident.
PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL SOCIETY.—TIIO

168th anniversary of this society was inaugurated on

Wednesday by a festival service in the nave of Westmin-
ster Abbey. It is arranged that a second festival service
shall be held in St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday next,
when the Bishop of Lichfield is announced to preach. On
the following day divine service will be held in thirteen
London churches, and on Friday the annual meeting for
the City will be held in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion
House. The anniversary will be brought to a close by a
meeting in St. George's Hall, Langham-place, under the
presidency of the Bishop of London. The society has this
year to provide for the maintenance, in whole or in part,
' of 478 ordained missionaries, and about 700 lay teachers
and students. In 1868 its receipts, general and special,
were £103,132.

PIRACY IN THE NORTH SEA.—The following
incident of attempted robbery at sea is related by a foreign
paper :—" Captain Dinkela, of the Antina, of Emden,
reports that on his last voyage from Emden to Norway
he was boarded by
.the fisher-boat John Cook, with
a crew of nine men. In the first instance they
pretended they only wished to barter fish for
tobacco, but immediately afterwards they demanded
meat and other provisions. On this being refused
they proceeded to use violence, and forced their way
into the cabin. One man made a rush at the captain, who
was at the helm, while another tried to haul down the
signal of distress, which the mate has just succeeded in
hoisting. As the crew of the Antina consisted of only
four men, they would probably have been completely
overpowered, had not a brig seen the signal and borne
down to their assistance, upon which the fishermen beat
an immediate retreat."
AN AMERICAN STORY.—The Columbus (Ohio)
Journal gives a description of a singular will made by a
shrewd business man of that city who had accumulated
a fortune. It says that the will disinherits all the natural
fo
heirs of the maker of it, and devises the entire property in
trust for the establishment of an Infirmary r Cats.
A most elaborate architectural plan for the
necessary buildings is attached to, and made part
of, the will. It provides areas, and rat-holes to be kept
well stocked. The most ingenious contrivances are
provided for securing to the rat a chance of escape, so that
the cats may not lose the pleasures of the chase. High
walls are to be built with gently sloping roofs, for the
moonlight promenade and other nocturnal amusements of
the cats. The trustees are directed tomos select the grounds
for this novel infirmary i t populous part
and the devices are to be pro-
of some American city,
tected by a competent force of nurses from the ravages
of men and dogs. No person of the male sex is ever to
be admitted within the walls, and no female who has
children or is under 30 years old. The first provision of
the will seems most outrageously bizarre. Says the
devisor :—" I have all my life been taught to
believe that everything in and about man was
intended to be useful, and that it was niali's
duty, as lord of animals, to protect all the liesser
species even as God protects and watches
'•-ier him.
For these two combined reasons—first, tf...tt my
body,
even after death, may continue to be '.lade useful ; and,
secondly, that it may be made in,:trumental, as far as
possible, in furnishing a subsf'dute for the protec-
tion of the bodies of my dear friends, the cats—
I do hereby devise an.l bequeath the intestines
of my body to be made up into fiddlestrings, the
proceeds to be devoted to the purchase of an accordion,
which shall be played in the auditorium of the Cat
Infirmary by one of the regular nurses, to be selected for
that purpose exclusively—the playing to be kept up for
ever and ever, without cessatior day or night, in order
that the cats may have the privilege of always hearing
and enjoying that instrument which is the nearest
1 annroach to their natural voices."

IMPERIAL .PAR LI A to

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at twolve o'clock.
MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY BILL.

Mr. PIM presented a petition from the inhabitants of
Dublin in favour of the Married Women's Property Bill.

MORNING SITTING ON FRIDAY.

Mr. B. BENTINCK gave notice that ho would to-mor-
row ask whether it was the intention of the Government
to have a morning sitting on Friday, and if so, whether
they would undertake to keep a house then ?