The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-28 00:00:00

SOUTH PACIFIC.

The Atrato brings intelligence from the Pacific
with dates from Callao, 27th ult.; Paita, Ist inst. ;
and Guayaquil, 2d. There is no commercial news
of importance to note. The papers were full of
the particulars of a great earthquake which had
occurred at Lima and Callao. One account, dated
from Callao, says :—" A heavy shock occurred about
two in the morning, which lasted 80 seconds. It was
said to be the heaviest shock that had been experi-
enced since the submerging of old Callao. On
Sunday, at one p.m., the ground commenced shak-
ing, but lasted only 15 seconds, doing in that short
time the estimated damage in Lima of one million
of dollars, in Callao about 20,000, and in Chorillos
about 40,000, and destroying several estates in
Canete. In Manta trees were rooted up out of the
ground, and one of the mountains close by was rent
in two and produced a volcano of hot fcetid water.
The earthquake then took a northern course. The
greatest effect was in Canete. The greatest state
of alarm exists. All the public squares are occupied
by families, who prefer the open air to their in-
secure houses. Slight shocks continue to be felt.
In Callao an alarm was raised that the sea was
receding from the shore and presenting the same
phenomenon as in 1749, during and preceding the
.sinking of old Callao. People were to be seen
running about distracted, and a general panic pre-
vailed, All the roads leading out of Callao were
lined with affrighted people. Special trains were
running all day carrying away hundreds to Lima.
The same evening a proclamation was issued by the
prefect calling the inhabitants back to their homes,
assuring them the alarm was false, and that if the
sea began to show symptoms of overflowing the
city the fact would be announced by the firing of
three cannons, so that there would be time to escape.
As yet the greater portion who left Callao have not
returned. In Lima the shaking and rumbling still
continue. General Flores has been sent out of
Peru by an order from the Government, and he
sailed on the 24th for Ecudor, where he has been
invited by some political party, and where, when he
arrives, he will undo all that General Castilla has
done, and probably invade Peru. Castilla's troubles
are gathering thick and fast upon him. A French
line-of-battle ship is daily expected, with the new
French minister on board, to enforce the Emperor's
demands and receive a humble apology from the
Peruvian Government. Castilla will give all the
money that may be demanded, but he will not sa-
lute the minister's flag. The greatest activity pre-
vails in arming the fortress, so thnt if the matter
comes to blows Peru is ready. Toe two frigates
have been sent to San Lorenzo, so as to be out of
the way, and will not therefore have to salute the
French admiral upon his arrival. Should the
French fire upon the town there would not be a
Frenchman left alive in Callao or Lima in tw
hours.

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.ing et
Reform very mu,
treats Garibaldi.
to‘our contempors
to the 'Court of Naples—the bete noire of its
Eaeh, of course, ardently desires the do-
struction-of its enemy, and each tries to realise for
a moment the desperate wish by the same simple
expedient, that of declaring him defeated and slain.
When.it was known that Garibaldi had landed at
Marsala, an official telegram immediately affirmed
that his vessels had been captured by Neapolitan
frigates, many of his followers killed, in attempting
to lard, and the rest scattered by the royal troops.
A few days later the Government officially an-
nounced that Garibaldi's band had been attacked
at the point of the bayonet and "totally routed,"
leaving on the field their flag with an immense
number of killed and wounded. It is pretty clear
that such accounts must very soon reach a climax.
Accordingly about a week ago the Commissary of
Police and Artillery Captain went to the Bourse at
Naples, "and after having commanded silence,
officialy proclaimed that Garibaldi had cut his
throat in consequence of the utter route and dis-
persion of his followers." The lines is almost as
circumstantial and quite as authentic in its account
of the defeat of the Reform Bill and the death of
Reform. The tone and style of these respective
accounts is, of course, rather different in the two
cases. A despotic monarch naturally assumes the
historic tense, describing his despotic hopes as
actually accomplished facts, while the journalist
must be satisfied with reporting them as virtually
accomplished. There has been, however, of late
a striking approximation between the two styles.
Two days ago, for example, our contemporary
not only announced the death of the Reform
Bill, but gave a solemn and touching account
of its last moments, and the manner of its
end. This was brought about, we were told,
" not through external violence, nor from the
hatred of its enemies, nor from the lukewarm
allegiance of its supposed friends." " The Reform
Bill," adds the necrologist, borrowing the dignified
tone of history, " has perished mainly because, being
"a"thetisate of the first importance, it failed to con-
eilate, to, itself that degree of attention from within,
which to 'a' measure of the first class is absolutely
necessary, " Having thus disposed of the obnoxious
bill, the historian leaves the past to gratify for a
moment his feeling and fancy by a sanguine glance
into the future. "It is not impoisible," he says,
"that in this manner has been disposed of the Jest
attempt at a great and comprehensive Reform Bill
which the present generation of public men is des-
tined to see." We might, perhaps, have opened our
eyes a little at this solemn reflection had it appeared
elsewhere. But our contemporary has so often
shelved the question of Reform before, so often dis-
missed it from public notice positively for the last
time, that the familiar operation ceases to excite
any emotion of surprise. He has been ready at a
moment's notice to take an active pert in the inter-
ment of this great constitutional question any time
these seven years. During that period, indeed, he
has assumed the various offices of undertaker, chief
mourner, and officiating priest, having more than
once before delivered, as now, a premature oration
over the empty grave of Reform.
With regard to the question of fact, that is easily
disposed of. Garibaldi is not yet dead, neither is
the Reform Bill defeated. Whether it will be, is
another question not so easily decided. That there
are many who ardently desire its defeat, and—the
wish being father to the thought—assert that it can-
not pass this session, we know well enough. But
what solid ground do these reactionary hopes
and convictions rest upon? Why cannot a Reform
Bill pass this session ? The latest reply to this
question, reduced to its simplest form, is—because
there was a debate on the vote of credit last
Thursday evening. This is certainly rather a
narrow basis for so broad and sweeping a conclu-
sion. And, in order to give it the semblance
of plausibility, our contemporary is obliged to ex-
aggerate immensely the time required for the dis-
cussion both of the estimates and the bill. "It
has sunk," says the Times, " under the impossibi-
lity of carrying through in a single session a Bud-
get and a Reform Bill, each large enough to oc-
cupy the attention of Parliament during every
spare hour." A few weeks ago the same authority
pronounced Lord I. Russell's measure to be so
small in its dimensions, so simple in its provisions,
as scarcely to require or demand much discussion.
Now, nothing less than an entire session will suffice
to carry so large and important a bill. So also,
with regard to the Budget. A few weeks ago we
were told that it would be carried through Parlia-
ment without exciting serious difficulties or delays,
Now, the financial scheme of the Government also
demands a whole session. Why ? Simply because
the open and secret opponents of reform have re-
solved to waste the time of Parliament in every
possible way, on the bare chance of being able in
the end to evade the fulfilment of their engage-
ments and disappoint the people's just hopes. This
policy of mingled cowardice, fraud, and treachery
is no longer even disguised. Our contemporary
proclaims it with ill-suppressed satisfaction, It is
notorious that those who opposed the vote of credit
did so in the hope of being able to waste the time
of Parliament, and thus delay effective legislation
on the subject of reform. Do the gentlemen on
both sides of the house who adopted this policy
suppose they can follow a course so injurious both
to their own character and the public interest with
impunity. A great majority of them were profuse
enough on the hustings with promises which it now
appears they have neither courage enough to re-
pudiate nor sufficient honestY to keep. In their
short-sighted wisdom they have chosen a middle
way, which they flatter themselves is at least safe.
Though it might prove dangerous to oppose the
bill openly, they fancy they may secretly combine
to elbow it out of the house without running
any great risk. Such a miserably ostrich policy,
even were it to succeed for the moment, must be
fatal in the end. It is sheer infatuation to
imagine because no immediate punishment follows
such flagrant neglect of public duty, political
treachery is a safe game to play. Though there
may be no dissolution this year, their conduct will
not be forgotten; and they will be called to a strict
account for their mischievous efforts to waste the

time of Parliament with frivolous discussions, and
destroy if possible a great opportunity of useful
legislation.
They may rest assured that no constituency will
accept the absurd plea urged on their behalf by our
contemporary, that the Reform Bill must be got rid
of in order to save time :—" Those whose main
object is the satisfactory transaction of public busi-
ness will rejoice that a measure is at length re-
moved from their path which, although it could
not pass itself, had become a formidable obstruction
to the passing of anything else." The public will
require to know why it could not pass; and they
will scarcely accept as a satisfactory solution of this
difficulty the astounding assertion that the wanton
postponement of a subject which must come before
Parliament session after session till it is decided,
was " a saving of time."—Daily News.

THE RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS 1N S7'.

GEORGE'S-IN-THE-BAST.

Prompt and vigorous measures were taken by
the churchwardens of St. George's last night for
the repression of the riotous proceedings which
have so long prevailed there, and it is most gratify-
ing to say that those measures were to a great ex-
tent successful. The gates were thrown open as
usual at about 20 minutes before 7 o'clock, when
every boy and girl whe had the appearance of a
rioter—boys and girls having been the principal
disturbers of the services—was refused admission.
An exception was very properly made in the case
of every young person who had a prayer book, the
possession of a prayer book being justly considered
an evidence of the real intention of the person at-
tending. About 400 young persons were turned
away, and there was no crowding in the body of
the church, inasmuch as directly the pews were
filled no other persons were allowed to enter, all
new corners being directed to the galleries, which
were kept in something like order by Mr. Barnard
(who has recently been elected chief constable of
the parish), and a small body of police. The cho-
risters were refused admission within the altar rails,
directions to that effect having been given by the
Bishop, and they were consequently placed in the
organ loft, five clergymen occupying the apse, the
rector (the Rev. Bryan King) being among
,lie there was n
priests and
Bishopo processionissuedhavingof
a prohibition
against that part of the ceremonial ; but when the
Rev. F. G. Lee entered the reading-desk he was
assailed with a loud
howl, which was kept up at
intervals during the prayers. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. R. S. Carew Blacker, 8.A.,
curate of St. Mary's, Lambeth-butts, who selected
as his text the 14th chapter of St. John's Gospel,
verse 16—" And I will pray the Father, and He
shall give you another Comforter, that He may
abide with you for ever." No text of Scripture
could have been more appropriate for any decent
congregation on Whit-Sunday, but no text could
have been more unfortunately selected for St.
George's. It was received with loud cries of
" Hear, hear," " Bravo !" and derisive cheers. The
sermon was a good one, and ill-merited the rough
treatment it received at the hands, or rather the
throats of those for whose benefit it was designed.
There were the usual disturbances at the close of
the service, but they were far less violent than on
anv other evening during the last six months.

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