The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1869.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Ryan, of Mauritius,- who has returnea mut ullc
health of himself and his family much impaired by
fifteen years in the tropics ; and Bishop
McDougall, of Labuan, who lost six of his
children, and was told that he could not
remain in Borneo with safety to his life.
There are three others ; one of than returned
in broken health, but is now recovered; he
and the two others have been very useful in supply-
ing the place of the disabled English bishops. Lord
Nelson cannot see any scandal in these eases. "It
can be no advantage to the Church that they should
continue at their post when health has given way;
and in their remaining years they may be able to do
some work for the Church at home." Doubtless
Lord NeLson is in the main right. The real scandal
is caused by the presence of so many colonial bishops
in England, while still retaining their sees.

was correct. In the first place, its proposal
conveys the impression to the Canadians that
they are to be handed over as a sop to appease
JONATHAN'S irritation at the course pursued by
Great Britain during the War ; a slfficimt reason
for the strongest opposition in the new Dominion.
In the next place, the proposition assumes to Eng-
land the appearance of a threat and a bribe, as
such we wrote of it when first that now celebrated
article reached us, and this would be cause suffi-
cient to lead to its disdainful rejection by England.
Nor were we wrong in supposing it would be thus
interpreted on this side. In the third place, it is
wholly unnecessary ; as such a cession in no way
disposes of the Alabama precedent, which is the
question of questions to England. That must be
discussed on its own merits ; retracted, paid for, and
obliterated. Our position as regards the absorption
of Canada into the Union is grounded on the belief
that our race is of more importance than Vie boun-
daries of the land it occupies. Wherever English-
speaking people adjoin—that is, are no separated
by the sea—they ought to amalgamate under cue
Government. If Canada could absorb the United
States (!) let that be the course ; only get rid of
the ridiculous boundary, an imaginary line, en the
one side of which the inhabitants of the same race
are called Canadians, on the other Americans,
which artificial barrier tends to generate as little
love as can be between them, and in GRANT's
words, "Let us have peace." Whether the Re-
public is or is not destined eventually to break in
pieces under its own weight, we feel convinced of the
advisability, in the first instance, of the Continent
being united under one Government—strong, to
open the waste territories—powerful to attract the
immigration of mankind, to level all barriers before
the march of civilization, and to protect the work
from every hostile influence. When the empty
places are full, and the wild tracts are subdued and
cultivated, the prediction that the empire will be
too mighty for a single rule may be realized ; but
our reasons are already in print, and will appear
next week, why we do not think so. At first, how-
ever, it is of great importance, for the rapid and
successful settlement of the Continent, that it should
be directed and controlled by one Government, and
as this is clearly in the interest of the Anglo-Saxon
race, whatever tends to it has our support. The
long and short of it is, that our views are broader
than those usually held in England, and our aim
higher. We think that mankind will be benefited
by the supremacy of the English-speaking people,
whom peop e,
whom we desire to see reunited ; and not only for
their own happiness, but that they might be the
better enabled to spread political and religious free-
dom throughout the world.