The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, W! DNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1869.

endowed so soon as the bill is passed, say next
August; at the same time the -present Ecclesiaitical
Commission will be wound up, and the property
of the Irish Church will be vested in a
new commission appointed for ten years. Dis-
establishment is fixed, though not unalterably,
for January 1, IS7I. At that date the
union between the Churches of England and Ireland
will be dissolved, all ecclesiastical corporations will
be abolished, and the ecclesiastical laws will be no
longer binding as laws except in so far as they
become part of a voluntary contract between the
clergy and the laity. In the interval between the
passing of the Act and the date of disestablishment,
and during the reorganisation of the Church,
appointments will be made to spiritual offices and to
livings, but they will not confer any vested interests.
The Act which prevents the Church from assem-
bling a convention will be repealed, and the QUEEN
will recognise any governing body on which the clergy
and *he laity might agree, provided it represented
both. That body will be incorporated. Vested
interests Mr. GLADSTONE always promised should
be respected. They will be respected. The
new commissioners will ascertain the amount
of each incumbent's net income, and so long
as he discharges his duties the income will be
paid him ; or, if he prefer, he may have the income
commuted into an annuity for life. Curates who
have been employed in the same parish for the two
years ending Jan. 1, 1871, or who have left the
parish not through their own free will or misconduct,
will be entitled to compensation. Private endowments
since the year 1660 will not be touched, but these
do not include churches and glebe houses. As to
churches, wherever the new governing body declares
that it means to maintain them for public worship, or
to remove them to a more convenient place, they will
be handed over to that body ; but St. Patrick's
Cathedral and a few other historic buildings will be
maintained out of a special fund allocated by the
commissioners. Glebe houses will be handed over to
the governing body on its paying the building
charges, and it will be allowed to purchase a
certain amount of glebe lands round the houses at
a fair valuation. The burial grounds adjacent to
churches will go with the churches; all others will
be transferred to the poor-law guardians. The reci-
pients of the Regium Donum and the Maynooth
Grant will be compensated on the same principle as
incumbents of churches. The tithe-rent charge is to
be extinguished in 45 years, landlords being allowed
to purchase it at 221 years purchase, but the right of
pre-emption both as to the tithe-rent charge and as
to the lands sold by the commissioners, will be con-
ferred upon the tenants. The total value of
the Church property is £16,000,000. The
arrangements already mentioned will absorb
rather more than a half of this amount. In
round figures there remains £7,000,000 to be distri-
buted. In dealing with this large sum Mr. GIAD-
STONE exercised the orator's art by naming one after
another the objects to which the money might be
devoted, and naming them only to dismiss them.
At last, when he had excited curiosity to the utter-
most by this exhaustive eliminatory process, he pro-
claimed his scheme, which, in a word, consisted of
the application of the money to the support of
institutions for the relief of unavoidable calamity.
There is no denying the fact that the House was
at first both surprised and displeased by this revela-
tion. There went through the assembly a sort of
half-suppressed groan, a half-audible murmur of dis-
content. But soon the accomplished orator unfolded
his reasons, and as he went on those who listened
were persuaded, even those who did not wish to be
convinced, admitted, as their organ says, that " we do
not know a more innocent and prudent mode of
getting rid of the plunder could have been devised
by those who felt its possession only as an encum-
brance and a danger."
The morning's reflection justifies the night's
conviction. Let us try the scheme by the
double test of comparison with others, and
by its inherent worth. It would have been
possible to appropriate this large fund to the co-ordi-
nate endowment of the three chief religious com-
munions in Ireland. That scheme has its
attractions for several eminent statesmen, but
its one fatal defect is that the nation is resolutely set
against it ; that the nation would rather have no
connection at all between the Church and the State
than that the State should in consequence of that
connection teach what the majority of the nation
believes to be falsehood. Moreover, Mr. GLADSTONE
had pledged himself again and again that no portion
of this fund should be given to religious teaching.
The scheme for appropriating the money to secular
education possessed several attractions, and
not the least that it was apparently the
nearest approach to the purpose for which the
money was originally devoted. But, unfortunately,
secular education in Ireland is as much a battle-
ground of contending religionists as the Established
Churchitself. The present scheme seems likely to break
down,
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entangling it with the educational difficulty. There
is a further objection to this proposal ; the Irish
would suspect the Government, especially an econo-
mical Government like the present, of making use of
this fund in order to diminish the charges upon the
exchequer for education--in order that Ireland might
get so much less in the way of grants from
the Education Department. A similar objec-
tion offered when considering the propriety
of applying the fund to the relief of the
poor. That would have been merely relieving
the landlords, who now virtually, if not nominally,
pay the poor rates. Public works and the purchase
of railways would have offered attractions to a
Government anxious to obtain popularity, and willing
to spend a good deal of public money in gaining it.
But public works mean public jobs, mean public
scrambles for grants. They are further open to two
fatal objections, the one that a public fund is spent
for the benefit of only a few localities; the other, that
this scheme does not possess the element of finality,
since, if the fund were properly spent, it would be re-
productive, andthus Government would be frequently
burdened with the responsibility of distributing this
money instead of distributing it once for all. Rail-
ways are open to nearly the same objections, and
both offer this additional impediment, they bear no
relation to the object for which the money was
originally granted—the cy pres principle is altogether
set aside.

No such objections attend the plan which Mr.
GLADSTONE proposes. By giving the fund to the
maintenance of lunatic asylums, of idiot asylums,
of training schools for the deaf, dumb, and blind, of
reformatories, county infirmaries, and the training
of nurses, several objects are attained simultaneously.
The very poor are relieved from a tax—the county cess
—which is borne at present even by the occupant of
the hovel; there is no room for jobbery, and the
cy p6s principle is religiously observed. To the last
point we attach especial importance. We could
not have viewed without regret and dislike,
and even reprobation the diversion of funds
intended for religious purposes to purely '
secular purposes like the making of roads
land the draining of bogs. But the most scrupulous
respecter of pious intentions cannot object to the em-
ployment of religious funds in such a thoroughly re-
ligious object as the care of the sick, the infirm, and
theyoung. The Founder of Christianity spent a large
portion of his ministry in such works as these. We
have not the gift of miraculous healing, but at least
we are batter acquainted with the laws of natural
healing than the men of 2,000 years ago were. The most
deeply religious among us need not shrink from fol-
lowing the example of him who opened the eyes of
the blind, who the denf t,) bear, the dumb to
speak, the halt to walk—of Him who was " the
Saviour of the body."

The deceased veteran was a field-manilial in the army,
colonel of the Royal Horse Guardq, colonel-in-chief of the
60th Royal Rifles, colonel of the London Irish Volunteer
Rifles, Knight of the Star of India, Knight of St. Patrice,
Knight of St. Charles of Spain, and a Privy Councillor.
In 1807 he was married to Frances Maria, daughter of
General Edward Stephens, R.A., and by her (who died
March 15th, 1863) had issue an only son, George Stephens,
who succeeds to the title. One of his daughters was married
to a son of the late Sir W. Arbuthnot, Bart. ; a! other to
Colonel G. Haines, of the Indian Army; and the youngest
to Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Grant, G.C.B. The
present peer is a deputy-lieutenant of Tipperary, F.L.S.,
F.G.S. He was born January 18th, 1816, and in October,
1310, was married to Sarah, third daughter of Colonel
Palliser, of Comragh, county Wexford. This lady died
in the August following, and in June, 1846, his lordship
was married to Jane, second daughter of the late Mr.
George Arbuthnot, of Elderslie, Surrey, by whom he has
a uumerous family.

T -II E MAGAZINES.
Blackwood is changing its character. Formerly it used
-
to give mutta, now it gives sazdtum. The articles used to -
as
be light and sparkling ; now they are substantial, and, it The Irish Church Bill, issued yesterday, is backed by
must be confessed, occasionally heavy. Of what is con- the names of Mr. Dodson, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. John
Bright, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, and Mr. Attorney
called " padding, but which, when supplied
by such men as Professor 'Wilson of old, or by Matthew
Arnold of to-day, is often the very choicest of writing, General for Ireland. It occupies twenty-eight pages of
there is little or none in this month's issue. The foolscap, and contains sixty-three clauses. The
article on New Zealand is for length (twenty-five prearsble says in effect that whereas it is ex me•
pages) and for solidity fitter for a quarterly than
dient to disestablish and disendow the Irish Church
a monthly. It contains much information about this
colony which will be new, 1 think, to most readers. I, at and to use the moneys of that Church in the relief
all events, was not prepared to find that in the three years of unavoidable calamity and suffering, and whereas the
1865-7, nearly millions sterling of writ was exported Crown interposes no obstacle in the way, the three
estates herein take measures for the accomplishment of
from the west coast of the colony. The ris deservedly
severe upon the colonists for having neglected to teach the
Maories English. As to Maori atrocities, they are no these ends. The second clause enacts that on
worse than those of the Highlanders under Montrose. The and after the Ist of January, 1871, the union
Macdonalds and the Campbells, may not like to have their
created by Act of Parliament between the
forefathers compared with men who, within the period of
this generation, were cannibals. et the comparison is
Churches of England and Ireland shall be dissolved, and
useful when we are told that there is no alternative for the Church of Ireland shall cease to be established by law
the Maori but our extermination or his. It is fortunate The third clause appoints a royal commission, holding
for the Macdonalds and the Cainpbells that this theory did office during her Majesty's pleasure, to be styled "The
not prevails two centuries ago. " The Arts in the House-
Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland," and
hold," is the title of an article upon a subject on which
Mr. Eastlake has lately written a book, but the author of the forming a body corporate, with a common seal and a
article does not seem to be acquainted with it. There are power to hold lands for the purposes of `he Act
some excellent rules laid down for furnishing a house,
excellent that is for a man with £2,000 or £3,000 to spend By subsequent clauses this commission has power to decide
in furnishing, and with a chateau to furnish. As forthose all questions whether of law or fact "which they may
of us who are condemned to live in ordinary streets and deem it necessary or expedient to decide for the purposes
terraces and crescents, with square-headed holes for doors of this Act ; and they shall not be subject to or restrained
and windows, we are likely to profit little by these hints .
so kindly offered. "The Northmen, Heathen, and in the execution of their powers under this Act
Christian" deals chiefly with the religion and legends of by the order of any court." Further powers are
the Northean Europeans. The tenth of the Historical given to call witnesses, &c,, similar to that which
Sketches of the Reign of George 11. is devoted to the •
novelists of that time, Fielding, Richardson, and Sterne, is exercised by the Court of Chancery in Ireland.
the fathers of British prose fiction. They may hear applications by persons considering them-
Most persons, I fancy, will read the last article in Mac- selves aggrieved. One commissioner has the power of
millan first. The subject, " John Keble ;" the writer, deciding, with appeal to a court of two. The time for the
"A. P. 5.," attract one irresistibly. Two months ago
Dean Stanley wrote a sketch of a man with whom he most duration of the commission is fixed at ten years, and no
closely sympathised—Dean Milinan ; this month he Commissioner during that time will be able to sit in
speaks of one from whom he in many things widely differs, Parliament. The tenth Clause lays down that, " Save as
but whom he loves, and in whom, High Churchman though he was always, Narrow Churchman though he was herein mentioned, no person shall after the passing
sometimes, as when he broke an old friendship with Arnold of this Act be appointed by her Majesty or any other per-
because of theological differences, Dean Stanley can yet son or corporation to any archbishopric, bishopric, bene-
draw a lesson of toleration and charity which our bitter flee, or cathedral preferment in or connected with the
bigots of the two chief schools would do well to learn. '
Professor Seeley, in his paper on Milton, first read, I said Church." The 11th Clause vests all the property
believe, at the Casual Club, is honest enough to say ' hitherto held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the
that which many persons are not honest enough to I Commissioners under the Act. The 12th clause transfers
say, that Milton is greater than his poetry, that the ' all property " real and personal belonging or in any wise
"Paradise Lost" is a comparative failure. It is a great poem,
no doubt, but does not come up to the writer's standard, appertaining to or appropriated to the use of arch-
just because he chose for his subject one which gave no bishopric, bishopric, benefice, or cathedral preferment to
the
pass for political for expressi
liberty. His
the great
orpiaginal intentionwssion of his life—as the Irish Church Temporality Commissioners—said pro-
to depict the Christian hero. He missed that mark, and perty, so transferred, being subject to rents or other
his most prominent figure is embodied evil. He summoned charge, and to the life interest of the archbishop, bishop,
ideal virtue to appear, and the summons was answered by or person." The 13th Clause sets forth that "on the said
the Prince of Darkness. The "Paradise Regained " was
more in accordance with his intentions, therefore he thought first day of January, 1870, every ecclesiastical corporation
it the better poem. Mr. Seeley considers that Milton's finest in Ireland, whether sole or aggregate, and every cathe-
piece is the "Samson Agonistes." Mr. Galton, who is about dral corporation" as defined by this Act, shall be
to
short puarticle on the blish a boo
subject, on " Here
which is ditary Genius
ingenious, bu t," suppl
do ies a dissolved, and on and after that day no archbishop or
es
, bishop shall be summoned to, or qualified to sit- in the
not, I confess, much impress me. The fact that so many
judges and chancellors have had relations on the bench or House of Lords." The 14th Clause provides that an
the woolsack may be due to hereditary genius, but it may annuity equal to the amount of yearly income at present
be due also to political interest and nepotism. Political
exigencies also have something to do with the matter. received by any ecclesiastical person other than a curate,
The readers of Good Words have this month a double shall be paid to the said person by the commissioners under
allowance of material for study and amusement. The the Act. To permanent curatesthe same amount is granted
March number is accompanied by a supplementary part
so long as
of nearly equal size, and by the intimation that, in the lie hold his office. The commissioners are to
interest of both subscribers and contributors, the pub- decide as to the amount to be paid to any curate other than
listless have resolved on issuing occasional supplements at permanent for the loss of his office. The bill then goes
intervals. The contents of the supplement just issued is on to provide for compensation to diocesan schoolmasters,
very similar in style and character to the usual contents
• • • clerks and sextons, to whom the salary is to be paid
of Good Words; not, however, quite equal in interest to '
the March number proper, which boasts of essays from during the time they exercise their duties which they had
the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Oxford. received before the disestablishment of the Church. To
Independently of any adventitious dignity, the recognised
ability of Dr. Wilberforce would attract any reader to his organists and vergers also, compensation is to he granted
the amount to be determined by the commissioners, and
pages; and in the third instalment of his " Heroes of
Hebrew History," time Bishop draws the character of the not to exceed one year's salary. Compensation is also to
fearless and unflinching prophet Micaiali with graphic be given to lay patrons, acccording to the decision of the
power and vigorous eloquence. The new Archbishop
chooses for his subject one of the most impressive pages in commissioners. Some four clauses are given to the
ancient history, and finds evidence of the truth of Christianity powers of the Church after the passing of the Act. The
in the striking analogy of the incidents attending the fall of law is to be repealed as regards synods ; the existing
Jerusalem with the very words of the prophecy uttered ecclesiastical law is to hold good by contract ; the
thirty-seven years before, when the Temple stood in all its
glory, and the city itself was full of life and pride. Present ecclesiastical courts are to be abolished.
The editor continues his records of his Indian The Church is to choose a representative assembly, repre-
impressionmons, Bombay and Poona being his subjects renting fully bishops, clergy, and laity, and this assembly
this th. The " Good Words Commissioner," is
too, takes us on a journey nearer home and to be incorporated I,y her Majesty, and to have powers
spews us the interior life of the Staffordshire potteries. to hold lands, &c., on behalf of the Church. Provision
Time author of " Friends in Council " contributes another is made for the redemption of the annuities, and for the
series of his "short essays" on various heads, chiefly maintenance of churches as national monuments. Those
connected with public and official life. In the
supplementary part I find a paper on " Cartes de Visite " , which are ruinous, and are yet interesting, are to be (if the
by Andrew Wynter, which gives some amusing examples commissioners think fit) vested in the Board of Public
of the vagaries of the sun and his sitters. On one occasion, Works ; those which are still used for public worship are
Dr. Wynter tells us, two ladies entered the sitti-room
of a studio and placed themselves before a mirrorng. After to be vested in the representative body of the Church ;
some time they wished to know if the portraits were not and those which still being used are yet national monuments
finished, believing the looking glass to be the operating are to be maintained by moneys vested in the Church
agent. One young lady expressed a wish that her hair by the commissioners. Then follow enactments with
should be made a little longer, while another asked that her
jewellery should he omitted in her portrait, not thinking respect to burial grounds, ecelesiastical residences, private
it at all necessary to remove it herself. The sun himself and mixed endowments. The 32nd Clause gives power to
is nearly as fantastic, turning yellow into black, and other the commissioners to sell the tithe rent charge
colours into white, regardless of the effect of the chancre p, to the owners of the land for twenty-two and
upon the toilette of the victim. The peculiarities of the
carte-de-visite buyers are quite equal to the eccentricities a half times its amount. The commissioners are
of the sitters. The laws which govern the supply and also to be able under certain limitations to
demand of these useful but not always attractive commo- convert their property into money. Compensation is also
dities are very perplexing to the uninitiated.
provided in respect of the Regium Donum salaries, pro-
VISCOUNT GOUGIT, G.C.D. fesssrs, and college buildings in Belfast,the MDynooth Grant,
&c. In the case of the Regium Donum the Minister is to
The death of an old and gallant soldier is announced—
receive for his life the amount lie has been accus-
that of Hugh, Viscount Gough, whose name is well-re- receive
to receive from the Government, and certain other
membered in connection with the famous Indian cam-
annual payments are to be commuted. The regulations
paigns of twenty years ago. His lordship, whose titles in
the rolls of the British peerage were Viscount Gough, of as to the appeal provide that where any person
Goojerat in the Punjaub, and of the city of Limerick, feels aggrieved by the value set by the commis-
Baron Goualm, of Chinkeanfoo, in China, and of Maliaraj-
sioners in any life interest, advowsons, or right
pore and the Suth.j in the East Indies, was a son of Mr. of presentation, in respect of which is awarded compen-
sation, he may refer such question to arbitration, and in
George Gough, of Woodstown, county Limerick, and was
respect of any private endowment to the Court of Appeal
born Nov. 3rd, 1779. Having entered the army in 1794,
in Chancery in Ireland. Beyond the provision for vested
he was present at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope
interests, her Majesty in Council, upon the report of time
and of the Dutch fleet in Saldanha Bay in the following
commissioners, to direct that, subject to all subsisting
year. He afterwards went to the West Indies, and took part
in the attack on Porto nice, did good service in the charges upon the ecclesiastical property then vested in
brigand war in St. Lucia, and distinguished himself commissioners, whether such charges may exist previously
at the capture of Surinam. 'Whilst engaged in the West to the passing of this Act, or may be created under any of
. time provisions of this Acts such property shall be
Indian campaign he obtained his majority in the 87th,
then famous as the Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment. applied, under the management and control of the Poor-
On returning to Europe, after a brief breathing time of law Commissioners for Ireland, to the following pur-
peace, he proceeded to the Peninsula in 1809, and fought poses, or any of them ; that is to say-1. The support
under \-Vonington in many of his most brilliant engage- of infirmaries, hospitals, and lunatic asylums, in
ments . .. dile armies of Napoleon. He commanded the exoneration of the grand jury cess, or other assessment in
87th at the battles of Talavera, Barossa, Vittoria, and lieu thereof. 2. The support of reformatory and indus-
Nivelle ; and for his meritorious services at these places trial schools under time Reformatory and Industrial Schools
he received a Cross. At Barossa his men captured the (Ireland) Acts, in aid of other grants for that purpose,
eagle of the Bth French Regiment, and at Vittoria they 3. The salaries of trained or skilled nurses for poor persons
had the honour of securing the baton of Marshal Jourdan, in sickness or in labour, 4. The suitable education and
At Nivelle he was severely wounded. He was at the head maintenance of the blind, and of the deaf and dumb poor
of his men at the sieges of Cadiz and Tariffa, and for his in separate asylums. 5. The suitable care, training, and
gallant conduct, particularly at the latter place, where he maintenance, in separate asylums, of poor persons of weak
was wounded in the head, the War Office granted an intellect not requiring to be kept under restraint.
honourable augmentation to his arms. This consisted of 1
a chief containing a representation of the breach.
After the treaty of 1815 there was a long spell of peace,
and the prospect of attaining any eminence in the list of
our military chieftains seemed anything but promising.
It was not until 1830 that Gough became a major-general,
and seven years afterwards he went to India in command
of a division of the arms,- He had not been long in the
East before he was ordered to China, where there was
then on hand one of those little wars which, at one period
of our history, appeared to arise periodically and to inter-
rupt the relations of Great Britain with the Celestial
laced at the head of our land
Empire. Having been P
forces, Gough soon distinguished himself by an attack
upon Canton, which speedily brought the Chinese to their
senses. He remained in command during the whole of
the subsequent operations, and for his services in this ex-
pedition he received the Grand Gross of the Order of the
Bath and a baronetcy, from Sir Robert Peel, in 1842. A
treaty of peace was concluded with China, but Sir Hugh
state of inaction. Troubles had did not remain long in a
once more broken out amongst some of the native popu-
lations in the East Indies, and, towards the close of 1843,
Gough assumed the command of the British forces which
had been despatched against the Mahrattas. On December
29th, in that year, at the head of the army of Gwalior,
he defeated the enerny.at Maharajpore, and captured
fifty-six guns. In 1845 and 1846 he was commander-
in-chief of the forces in India, and, supported by
Lord Hardinge, then Governor-General, in person, he
defeated the Sikhs at Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Sobraon.
For these services he was, in April, 1846, raised to the
peerage. The Sikhs, however, although conquered, were
not crushed. Two years had hardly elapsed before they
again tested the valour and determination of the British
forces. This time, however, Gough, who was then in the
seventieth year of his acre, resolved to spew them no
mercy. In his last desperate struggle with these gigan-
tic savages, lie succeeded, although at a great expenditure
of human life, in utterly subduing them at the battles of
Mooltan and Goojerat. For these eminent services, the
Government of Lord John Russell advanced him
to the rank of Viscount, the East India Company
granted him a pension of £2,000 a year, and Par-
liament gave him an annuity of similar amount for
himself and his two successors in the viscounty.
Thrice he enjoyed the high honour of receiving the
thanks of both 'Houses of Parliament, namely, on the
conclusion of his Chinese expedition in 1842, on his defeat
of the Sikhs in 1816, and on his final triumph in 1819.

THE IRISH CHURCH BILL.

THE RATEPAYING CLAUSES OF THE REFORM BILL.
—Mr. Goschen's bill for amending the laws with respect
to rates assessed upon occupiers for short terms, has been
printed. It is to enable occupiers of tenements, whose
rents are payable at shorter periods than quarterly, to
pay rates and deduct the same from their rents : but
overseers are not to be prevented from entering into an
agreement to collect the rates from the owner
whenever such agreement may now lawfully be
made-. No occupier is to be compelled to pay a greater
amount of the rate than would be due for one quarter of
the year, nor more than twice the amount of the rent
payable according to the period for which the same is
reserved. In ascertaining the rateable value an allowance
of 25 per cent. from the gross estimated rental is to be
made in respect to the liability imposed upon the owner by
the Act. There are also provisions—viz., for appeal
against valuation list and rate, and for enabling overseers
to make the poor rate payable by instalments. The Act
provides for the rating of successive occupiers, so that
each shall pay such proportion of the rate as may be due
upon the time he occupies the tenement.
GASTRONOMY IN CAMBRIDGE.—At the instance
of a prominent member of Trinity, an ass has been slaugh-
tered, dressed, and prepared for cooking. It is an animal
about nine years of age, and was for some time subjected
to light work, but of late has been "living in clover"
on the farm of Mr. Langton, at Thrumpington, in the
vicinity of Cambridge. It was dully fattened up, then
butchered and dressed by Mr. Holden, a butcher, of
Fitzroy-street, Cambridge. The flesh after that pre-
sented the appearance of beef. The dead weight of the
animal was about 15 stone, and the carcase excited much
curiosity. On Tuesday it was removed to the larder of
Sydney College, where it will be cut up, and joints clis•
tributed thence to various college kitchens. These joints
will ultimately find their way to the head tables of some
of the chief colleges. Xenophon, in his "Anabasis,"
describes the wild ass as swifter of foot than the horse,
and its flesh as like that of the red deer, but more tender.
Paris experts say that that of its humbler and more
patient brother is more delicate than, and far superior to,
veal. The verdict of the Cambridge sevens will probably
be made public in due course.
SHOCKING :MURDER AT WEDNESEURY. A
murder, attended with circumstances of the most shocking
dr scription, has been perpetrated near Wednesbury.
Eliza Bowen, a woman aged 50 years, was found murdered
on Monday morning, on the spare ground near the town
named, under circumstances utterly revolting. Pieces of
brick and iron cinder were found thrust into her, and the
body of the woman, when murdered, was dragged across
a ditch and thrown over the brow of a cinder
mound. In a ditch in the lane, near where the
body lay, there were traces of a desperate struggle
having taken place. The body itself showed that the
deceased had been engaged in a fearful fight for life. Two
circumstances would seem to account for the fact that na
aid arrived to rescue her from her cruel assailants ; first, tln.t
the nearest house is some 11,0 yards away, and next the t
she met her dreadful fate while a thunderstorm raged over
the district. That such was the case is inferred from the
act that at about half-past one o'clock, a short time before
he storm commenced, a resident Hall-lane, heard
ver,l men in altercation, gear her 1,, u e. ‘vith a woman,
~I,"ku they were ende.,rouring to i;:. uc,.! to accompany
them, and whom they were abusing iu the grossest a 0 I
vilest language.

THE CHAMBER OF AGRICULTU.Rt

PARLIAMENTARY SKETCHES.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY NIGHT. ,
I - -
A day already celebrated in the annals of English i Yesterday, at the Salisbury Hotel, SalisburOci.urel
history has now become memorable. The long-looked for 1 Fleet-street, the deputed members from the rr°v/ilers
measure for the pacification of Ireland has been unfolded, Chambers of Agriculture held a meeting. Other meant and, without doubt, the doom of the Established Church 'of the council were present, and also some of the tae930.0.
of that country has been sealed. In consequence of the of the Legislature. Mr. Reed, M.P. of Norfolk, ogee
fine spring weather which prevailed, a large number of pied the chair, and Mr. Acland, M.P. Lord Robert Ploy,
spectators had assembled in the precincts of Westminster tagu, M.P. Sir Herbert Croft, M.P. lion. Arthurlno,
Hall, and by half-past three the usual string of people M.P., Mr. R. Bright, M.P., Mr. Pell, m. P., &c.. were
was to les seen opposite the members entrance. Inside the present.
House everything betokened a "great night:" the floor was The
first resolution which was taken into consieA er atiotc°
d
crowded with members; mostly Liberals, and the Peers', was as to a deputation to the President of the
-Boar al,
Speaker's, and Strangers' Galleries were overflowing by Trade on the subject of a separate Government d P
four o'clock. The Duke of Argyll took an early seat ment for agriculture.
eta
above the clock, where he was joined by the Archbishop Mr. JASPER MoonE, late M.P. for Shropshire,
nltbe
of Canterbury, although a vacant place was kept for the this resolution, and stated it was essentially necessary
e' Duke of Cambridge, who entered the House about half- every department of trade should be represented. o past four. The Lord Chancellor and Dean Stanley sat ' must all remember the cattle plague, and be thought tel
immediately behind, and close by were Mr. Reverdy ' under such circumstances it was important that oe
Johnson, Earl Granville, the Earl of llarrowby, and Sir ! should have an Under-Secretary in the -Muse: yes
John Taylor Coleridge. The Speaker took his seat at ten believed that having this department they would n 3 minutes to four, by which time both sides of the House security.
were crowded with members, who, immediately prayers . Sir HERDERT CROFT seconded the resolution, and etti."lll
were over, rushed to the lobbies, there to discuss the that it was very necessary that the matter.
hould be l'
probable character of the bill to be brought forward, discussed, as some distinctive course ought:to be
take,
The first three-quarters of an hour is generally tedious, with regard to the agricultural interests of the count'rc. 4
but it appeared to be more than ever tiresome to-night, and Sir GEORGE JENKINsoN said that he wished t° no
visible signs of impatience were manifested as the longstring whether it was to be a gentleman who should attend t°
of questions were being gone through. It was generally department alone, or whether he was to be a °LAI
known that Mr. Gladstone (who met with an enthusiastic having a seat in the House of Commons. He tilos°
reception in New Palace-yard) would rise about a quarter
that it would be better to have a permanent oiUc3ll' date
to five, and by that time there was scarcely a vacant seat Mr. 0 unNEy (Cornwall) said that supposesneY a:tie 8 for
to be seen. The rush of members was so great that Government that a department should be set asi",s- tlit
scores of them could not be accommodated in their usual agriculture, would the Government not inquire in'sio t
places, and they immediately betook themselves to the matter? His suggestion was that there should ,•
galleries, the one facing the Ministerial bench department in the Board of Trade, presided over by a r:,,al
soon becoming overflowing. The Solicitor-General manent secretary, who should be able to give ierorins' was unable to find a seat on the Government to the Minister who presided over the departreent- 0
benches, and rather than go over to the Opposition i The CHAIRMAN said they wanted a Goseerloi
(as many Liberals were under the necessity of doing), .
secretary, who would furnish those statistics winei,h, tsst
yet
(as
took up a position in the gallery, where, however, ho would be forced ultimately to supply. He thong
was was soon under the influence of Morpheus, waking up in one of the departments of the
Board of Trade might
time to hear the Prime Minister finish his long and ani- 1 devoted to agriculture without having any seP3
mated statement. Mr. Disraeli took his seat at 4.25, , Minister.
velsl
where he was soon joined by Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Lord I After some further discussion, during which se 0
'
Stanley, Sir Stafford Northcote, and Lord John Manners.
On the front Ministerial
bench were Mr. Bruce, M 4
amendments were proposed, the following resolution
DTP. carried :-" That this chamber considers it desirable tL7.,,
Bright, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Childers, Mr. Goschen, the there should be a separate department of agriculture,r
Marquis of Hartington, and Mr. Laya,rd,
sided over by a permanent officer."
Exactly as the clock pointed to a quarter to five Mr. ! On the former resolution being carried, it was sale'
Gladstone rose, amid loud cheers from the Ministerialside quently proposed that the period as to when the dePsuts.
of the House. The right hon. gentleman, who looked should wait upon the Board of
Trade should he discus
ej
tisis
excessively pale, and who a: peared to feel the Herculean at the next meeting, and this proposition was unaniln°
task which had devolved neon him, moved that the Acts carried.
relating to the Established Church, Ireland, the Acts Mr. DUCKHAM said that the second resolution wag
t 0 the
Act
relating to May/100th, and the first resolution of the effect that the chamber considered that a consolidatea7A,
House of Commons in the session of 1868, relating to the applicable to the United Kingdom for the sanitary refor
Established Church, Ireland, be read. This was irnmedi- lations of the home trade and traffic in animals, and to ately done by the clerk at the table, and the Speaker the establishment of safeguards against the introdner
having left the chair, Mr. Gladstone again arose, amid of foreign diseases, is indispensable for preventing e
loud cheers. His voice was exceedingly clear and well mous losses of live stock by contagious and infeetinoo
001
modulated, but his tone was for some minutes rather diseases. The second portion of the resolution Pr°P
mournful, and it was not until he received some encouraging that there should be full traffic regulations for the
Nab,we
applause from his party that he appeared to feel at ease, ing and relief of cattle. He stated that it was well lceooe
For the first half-hour the cheers were loud and frequent, what an infliction such a thing as the contagious dig`
but when the speaker began to dive into the intricacies of was. The milk of the cow communicated disease t°, ss
e to
the question, stillness reigned supreme. Once there was a calf. It had been tried upon pigs, and affected the
slight titter and some laughter, when he spoke of the life Even kittens had died from its effects, and mothers ,q
interests of graveyards ; and at another time, when he given it to their children innocently without knowing 13
announced that the expenditure upon glebe houses had noxious it was.
amounted to £1,200,000, and that their entire value was Mr. RIGBY (North Cheshire) seconded this Inv soh but £18,600 a year, considerable sensation was caused by and said that in Cheshire they had suffered very
eo,
members below the gangway, which appeared quite from the rinderpest, and they knew its terrible ere el 5
expected by the speaker, who confessed that. he himself Under these circumstances he had great pleasure
had murmured when he became aware of the fact. About seconding the resolution.
seven o'clock the attention of the House appeared Mr. PELL, M.P., wished to call the attention °f the
f
to flag a little, but as Mr. Gladstone gradually unfolded chamber to the fact that in Lord Robert gelit%bo
his scheme, and shelved that the tenant farmers would gain bill, which was to come before the House,' 03
by the changes he proposed to introduce, both sides regulations were confined to E ngland, ScotlannL)tit
applauded his statements, and the greatest attention was Wales, and did not include Ireland. He thought tin; 0
again directed to the speaker. When he took it for would be be advantageous to make the legislation generil
granted that it "was written in letters of iron" that the it was stated that foreign cattle got mixed with Iris
surplus should be applied to Irish purposes, a general stock on lands there, and subsequently came to Engl: be of assent was given ; and then he passed There being no objection to the resolution in detail'
in review the many proposals suggested for the arst portion of it was carried unanimously, with
disposal of the surplus. It would not (he continued) Sir GEORGE JENKINSON would wish to add,
00
be applied for ecclesiastical purposes, not for any Church, regard to the second resolution, that no animal should
not for any clergy, not for any teaching of religion. This be allowed to travel by rail, road, or water when e
01
declaration raised all present to the very tiptoe of expec- ing from disease the words " nor within a certain Penrod
tation. " What will he do with it?" was the silent expres- from their having the disease."
goa
sion everywhere prevalent, which was only diverted for a After a few verbal alterations the second porti°ll
moment by the Opposition cheering ironically when he ' the rest of the resolution was also agreed to.
announced that they must not make this great
fia
. _O3
controversy-as yet itself not perfectly solved- the
Le Nord says that Hooalt Pacha is named bi
doorway to another set of conflicts and disputes.
But the emphatic declaration of the right lion. gentleman Admiral of the Turkish fleet.
Peo
that, although not perfectly solved, it was very near its ' The Earl of Glasgow, whose condition 11-ng
mogb
perfect solution, was hailed with ringing cheers by his despaired of, has rallied somewhat. An eminent Edit)".o of
supporters, which prevented Mr. Gladstone from proceed. , physician, who is in close attenc'anco on his lordshiP)
ing with his speech for several seconds. As soon as this opinion that he may yet recover.
,/, At
little diversion was over, members once more strained their
In the course of some remarks on Free .Trade' t
ears for the coming announcement. But it seemed as if the
d tile
the Oldham Literary Institutioy, Mr. Platt, iti.Pe card thee
right hon. gentleman was determined to keep his audience in
the system of Protection prevailing in the United_
.3100
the longestpossible suspense. If e declared that if theyapplied
forwas not entirely a loss to us, for it left the neutral mar oft
the funds to public works it would give rise to jobbery ;
England to deal with as she thought proper. ll©
_t_s eseb
that it would be impossible to invest it in Irish Railways;
that the foreign plan of having a Societe Industrielle ID'
and that it would be a grave mistake to apply it in relief
of the poor rates. At last he read the preamble of the large centre of industry was a very good one.
ed
proposed bill, and then the secret was out when lie came A Parliamentary paper has been Publisb the to the conclusion that "it is further expedient that which shows that tho Commissioners for, 01l the said property or proceeds thereof should be appro. Reduction of the National Debt have receiveleir priated mainly to the relief of unavoidable calamite account of the banks of savings, and friendly 'grOo
.and suffering, yet so as not to cancel or impair the ties, a gross amount of .£101,390,163 ifs. 7d. Th°
lesS
interesta ocl
obligation now attached to property under the Act for the amount of all EUMS raid to trust( e.s, including
relief of the poor." It must be confessed that there was a £62,387,979 19s. ld. The gross amount of interest Pico.
general feeling of disappointment when it was known what credited to savings banks and friendly societies by th 00
was to be done with the funds. A feeling of blank dimes missioners up to and due on November, 20th, 1563'
appeared to take hold of the Liberal members, whilst on £45,000,557 13s. 10d.
the Opposition side the statement created some little Father Porter, win
rdicPeptil laughter,DlP. Cross, who defeated Mr. whose name was pro Gladstone, being
br ught forward in the Convent case condemns there dor
especially amused at the proposal. Whereupon
the speaker, in a tone full of bitter sarca In°an address which he has delivered at Liverpoolh,
al':tie
--sill Porter says that the result of the trial is a proof t sta.
retorted that he felt " sorry that the ' s be sot'
member feeling,
purely Catholic matters, Catholics must noet..,
so go.
member for South-West Lancashire thinks that a 'natter
The sting was felt, and no more unseemly prised if they do not receive justice ;" inde •to. _ toot•
for a laugh."
niggly unjust is the verdict, that "it has amazed rofer,
interruptions occurred during the rest of his speech. But
ing portion of the English people." Ho hopesfon_e own!
if the Liberal party, who had hitherto been in raptures that the prosaic round of convent life will beetn:c 010
with the proposals of their leader, for a few moments con- glorious now that, by the tearing sway of the veil, b °
sidered that a fatal mistake had been made, they soon
altered their opinion when Mr. Gladstone dilated with can be watched through their shortened lives.
0,0000
great warmth and eloquence upon the claims which lunatics, ! EXTENSION OF STATE AID TO NIGHT ov
nod
the deaf and dumb, the blind, idiots, and the training ' -On Tuesday a very influential deputation waited uPt°t , of
of nurses had upon the people of a civilised Lord President and Vice-President of the Connincisehipe
country, and when he earnestly appealed to the whole Council, to present memorials praying that their I°l-... not
House to give the proposal their most serious considera- would take steps to extend to night schools that si'cor
Lion, there were sympathising cheers in response. As connected with day schools, but that fulfil every of
"Big Ben" struck the hour of eight, and after Mr. Glad-
elitism of the Revised Code, with the excePtllo dsi
stone had been speaking for three hours and a quay ter, being under the superintendence of the managers of 'lO lola
the right hon. gentleman commenced his peroration. His schools, the same aid as is now given to night sal° 000
voice, which throughout his long and interesting in connection with the day schools. The dePet an
ci
speech, d
had never failed him for a moment, 'as C(1711• 0,,d of above twenty members of Parliaineti iosie
appeare to get stronger and more mellow as other ge s lemon. Earl do Grey and Ripon said beised to
"port was sighted." For ten minutes the conventional tated to adopt any change for the present, but Pr°l° 401
pin could have been heard in every part of the large and give the subject his consideration, with a view to goo
brilliant assembly ; everybody, from the prince of the , legislation.
h ill°
blood royal to the peers, prelates, and the people, strained i THE LAW OF LIBEL—The text of a bill --as .101,
their ears in order not to miss a single word of the con- 01 11
' been published for the amendment of the law h 10
eluding sentences. The members in the galleries, It provides that no proprietor of a newsp:.P.,erfusir4epol,
wrought up to the highest pitch of excitement, ' liab to an action or prosecution for a faithful ~° refire
rose en masse, and every eye was directed to the
table, where the orator, in statesmanlike form, with arms of the proceedings of a public meeting, unless.e
.'lof.
to publish a fair reply to the libel complained tiog r.
outstretched, and turning first to the right and then to
' speaker of defamatory matter not aru.°_
00,3, :
the left- now facing his great opponent and anon turnip..
round in front of his party-with his eye flashing fire, and slander shall be liable in certain cases to
_Dgi_fenda.ol;
! If the same were. printed or published.
of
(1_:1 07 _
his whole appearance contrasting strangely with the may pay money into court in discharge t ar 5
thel4
passive forms of those he addressed-declared that his
mahoi ue'elea
for libel, and when the damages do not exceed '''
measure was a work of peace and justice, that his words ' less
shallget nocosts than damages, unless AS
plaintiff . more . .0
would be echoed from every shore where the name of , udge certify that the libel was wilful and
Ireland and the name of Great Britain had been heard, be e
prosecutions, a privateprosecutor will only before
approving that the answer to them would come back in the :o
bee l
..
to send up an indictment for libel after he has with
approving verdict of civilised mankind.
oeeed si
a justice and entered into recognisance to Pr eitnsees
It would be almost impossible to describe the scene in the case and pay costs of the defendant as well as `harge.
the House when Mr. Gladstone sat down. The Liberals in the event of his being unable to substantiate hie 'ply tO
screamed with delight, the Opposition appeared to be These two latter provisions, however, are not to aPrsions
struck dumb by the effect produced, and everybody indictments for libel published with the view to extfe also
looked excited and delighted. For three hours and twenty. This measure also provides that the defendant, in thee
ea,
five minutes the orator had kept the Houseinrapt attention, of an indictment or imformation for libel, may - The
and when he had finished the long pent-up feeling could no
amined, as well as the defendant's wife or husband'
and
0,
longer be restrained. Clapping of hands could be heard bill is endorsed by Mr. Baines, Mr. Candlish, 3 from the extreme end of the Strangers' Gallery, and it was Morley.
01111
only the strict forms of the House that kept the members , lf he 113 s vbe
themselves from demonstrating their pleasure in this IHE ENGLISHMAN IN AMERICA.—
ro,
fashion. After a pause of a few minutes Mr. Disraeli rose
of so must' ell
provided himself with some good introductions, kiog•
certain of the kindest reception-indeed,his
mind withave
amid a cheer from his own side of the House, but although
ness as to embarrass him in speakins,
it was hearty, yet, after the outburst of popular feeling just
travellersth era
the freedom desirable. I know that some
taken "litho
displayed, it appeared to be cold and unmeaning. The leader
of the Opposition did not take up the time of the coin- another code of morality. A man mayiiay..re.cos
00 0 .
into his house, and treated them as old
..t friends °u
mit:ee but a few minutes, and Mr. Gladstone having given
faith of a slight introduction ; but no weak-nu. ` _i.,,,ti °
a graceful reply, 01.3 first scene in the great drama of
override the impeos,ol,
of gratitude must be allowed to
lit
guest t
be,
"Justice to Ireland" was over. No Sooner had the
demands of truth. Duty will not permit theaa ice
way .
ad
Premier resumed his seat for the second time than the
the important fact that his host-kindly s'i 3'
whole House was empty in a few minutes, and Cie other
with 3 declare
nevertheless uses al spittoon,.tt
business being hastily got through, the House ruse about half-
an's' speaksaril nasal tssange.s,ore
I nasal twang.
facts, Ant
past eight. But long after that time scores of people were
assembled in the lobbies, discussing the effect of the speech
heedelicate' flavour of kindly h Co.
prominently than
good tangible
t tlasysivlilloGoonre in the narrativfe:ie iv;
and its probable results, It was admitted by friends and
opponents alike that Mr. Gladstone had never skean him- pervading. every. action of. the enterttine.r., wisbipeer.ll:
stitutes genuine hospitality. Indeed, " „,to *7
self in better form, and that it was one of the greatest of
herd to
the many great speeches he had ever delivered in the
natural that the more. abnormal developments of '.., uperl
character should impress themselves most stoop
hara t
British House of Commons,
the traveller's recollection. Quiet family-life I.he oleo
there-f°1:1
describe ; bowie-knives and revolvers will maike;
American
pages bristle into some kind of vivacity. And tray"
it is, I imagine, that so few books of
oast the.,
reflect faithfully, what I am sure must be anlory of the
strongest feelings of their authors, pleasant me.rn . merles;
extreme kindliness and simplicity of family-life , it t ill
-Front
ll' Cyrnhill 4logoinc" hi• march.

A melancholy accident occurred on Monday night
at the Limo-street Railway Station, Liverpool. A woman,
with a child a year old in her arms, tried to get into the
London train while in motion and fell betw&m the platform
and the carriages She was killed on the spot, but the child,
Y741C11 She brew 191lYard in frAllinE escaped e prokcii
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