The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-18 00:00:00

now await propositions from the new A(

ministration of General Grant.' Is this quite
correct? asks the Tribune. Is there any na-

tional humiliation involved in England's prof-
f• ring us of her own accord the amplest repara-
tion from all that we have suffered from the in-
defensible conduct of her subjects, and the grave
error committed by her Government in mea-

suring their. national duty by their municipal
law ? Does not the same rule apply in such
cases to Governments which applies to gentle-
men—whose honour never appears more bright

and pure than when repairing a wrong, and doing,
at whatever personal inconvenience, au act of
justice? Under these circumstances, should

England promptly and frankly tender to the

United States in full satisfaction id the debt she
owes us, first, the amount of the Alabama claims

due to individuals, and then the relinquishment of
her sovereignty on this continent, with the con-
sent, of course, of her Canadian subjects, might we
not, consistently with our national self-respedt,
accept the tender as cordially as it was offered,
with the understanding thal bygones should be
by-goner, and that we would revise together the
International Code, and remodel it on that of
Washington ? That such an offer will be made to

us by England seems the more probable when we
remember the length of time through which Eng-
land and the Canalas have been looking forward
to their separation ; that such an arrangement

now would but slightly anticipate the early and
inevitable future ; that it would more comport
with England's truest interest to make the transfer
of her own free will and with the free eon-

sent of the colonies, and that such an offer,
discreetly made, although it would not restore
our lost commerce, might be regarded as a
proper reparation for our wounded pride, our
violated rights and shattered interests. Our

people have been displeased, and justly, at the

unwisiom which has been ready to swell
our indebtedness, at a most inconvenient moment,

by indiscriminate and needless purchases, from the
North Pole to the Equator, of icebergs and of
earthquakes. But the voluntary cession of the
British rule in North America, where it has ceased

to be advantageous to England or beneficial to its
matured colonies, would be an imperial gift, which
England might with dignity tender, and America
gracefully accept. Such an olive branch from

England, healing the past and restoring the good
will that has been so rudely broken, would un-

doubtedly be scouted by those who are seeking to

embroil the two countries in war, from perslnal
bate or what Governor Andrew used to call a

principle of " general cussedness ;" but we think it
might be fearlessly accepted in all honour by the

masses of our countrymen, who trust, in the lan-

guage of John Bright, " that the two nations,

separated as they are by the ocean, come as they
are, notwithstanding, of one stock, may be in future
time united in soul, and may work together for the
advancement of the liberties and the happiness of
mankind."

According to the Providence Journal, Mr.
William Hamlin, of that city, is the oldest hiring Free-
mason in the United States, if nct in the world. Ho is
nearly 97 years old, and has been a member of the order
G 5 years.
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