The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-24 00:00:00

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Rev. James E. Thorold Rogers, the late Pro-
fessor of Political Economy at Oxford, does not love
the House of Lords. In a most extreme letter to
the Star he sneers at the idea that the Irish Church
debate in the House W{ S a most excellent one—not
judging on the merits of the debate itself, but
arguing that to admit such a theory would be to
acknowledge that there is something in the peerage,
or that the House of Commons is not the better
Chamber, being elective. Mr. Rogers goes on to
denounce the Upper House in fervid, language, and
suggests that the passage of a bill through the Lower
Chamber on two successive occasions should make it
law, or that a veto of two-thirds of the Upper House
should be required to reject a measure.

SELECT COMMITTEES.

Two select committees of Parliament are sitting
at this moment. One (of which Mr. Disraeli, Mr.
Walpole, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. Henley are members)
arose out of the mad Mayor of Cork's escapade, and
is engaged in inquiring how fartheifouse of Commons
has the power to e:: amine witnesses on oath at the bar.
Sir Ersliine May, in giving evidence, stated that as
early .as 1014 the subject was mooted, and a bill was
brought in, but was not proceeded with ; and that
on account of their jealousy of each other neither
House of Parliament had for the last two and a half
centuries asserted any new privilege.
The other committee is inquiring into the mode of
conducting pa rl iam tta ry and municipal elections ;
and the evidence giyen before it in favour of the
Ballot is so strong, .that some of the Conservative
members are inclined to make trial of it at first in
municipal contests.

ME. SMALLEY AND TIDE UNITED STATES CONSuL-
GENERAL IX LoNnos.-4-The London correspondent of the
Tribune, in his letter of May 22, thus frankly acknowledges
the errors into which he fell regarding Mr. Morse:-01 In
my letter of April 17, printed May 3, I criticised the re-
nomination of Mr. Morse to the London Consulate, object-
ing to it mainly because Mr. Morse had been a Johnson
man. I charged him
with that on what I thought credible
testimony, but 1 tun satisfied I was wrong. Mr. Morse
came to me yesterday in a frank way, which I cannot but
respect, and assured me that he had sympathised with Con-
gress throughout in its struggle with President Johnson on
Reconstruction, and had approved his impeachment ; dis-
vnting strongly on that point from his friend, Mr. Fessen-
den. I say this at his request, and, for my own part, I ac-
cept Mr. Morse's statement as a conclusive refutation of
the 'reports in which I had put faith: lie desires it to be
understood, a'so, that the London Consulate is by no
moans the lucrative post it is supposed to be, that he has
not made money in it, and that ho does not now own an
interest in any vessel under a foreign flag. As for his con-
duct in'the TrenholnrAnd Priolea.o cases, Mr. Morse still
believes he was right, and that if the Department had sus-
tained him instead of annulling his agreements, we should
have gained =Atmore than me aro now likely to get from
the pending suits. But it is not necessary to go into a dis-
cussion about that. My criticism was really based upon
what I supposed to be Mr. fforse's Johnsonism -in other
words, upon faithlessness to the Republican party, by
whose President he has just been reappointed. As I was
mistaken about that, I owe mi.. Morse an apology, which
he rices-not ask for, but which I make with a great deal
na ro pleasure than I did the, original charge."
HARVARD'S REPLY TO CAMBRIDGE.—" John 11.
D. Goldie, Esq., President C. U B. C., Cambridge, Eng-
land. Sir,—Your letter reached us some time ago, and
would have been answered sooner bat that some delay has
Leen caused by a change of officers in our club. But we
hope that you have construed our silence into consent, as
we shall be only too glad to grant you the favour re-
quested. loping that your May races may have resulted
in such a manner as to have decided you to select a four-
oar, —I remain, sir; yours very truly, ALDEN F. Lola:N.,
Captain, IL. V. C.—Bnito, June a,