The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-20 00:00:00

THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY.

Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the Under Secretary of
State for the Colonies whether ho would lay on the table
of the house certain documents, being a copy of
the leaves from O'Ferral's diary;, a report of
some conversation between the late Colonial Secre-
tary and the late prisoner ; several declarations in the
nature of affidavits in support of the genuineness of the
papers, and an explanatory minute by Mr. Parkes in his
capacity of Colonial Secretary, which documents had been
presented to the Legislative Assembly of Australia, and
have appeared in the Australian newspapers.
Mr. MONSELL said he would have great pleasure in
complying with the request of the hon. gentleman.
THE IRISH CHURCH—THE ADJOURNED
DEBATE.

Mr. BALL strongly objected to the bill, and contended
that the proposal of the Government was most indefen-
sible, and the manner in which the bill proposed to treat
the three great churches in Ireland, the Episcopal, the
Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian was altogether opposed
to the spirit of the Act of Union. It appeared to him
that the great question that they really had to
decide was, were they prepared to introduce the
principle of voluntaryism—(hear, hear)—was that principle
right—and the answer to that question was ono of enor-
mous magnitude, and the condition of the Church in Eng
land, with the restless dissension that existed within it
demanded far more the attention of Parliament than the
bill now under consideration. What could he said for the
voluntary system, when not one single State in Europe
had adopted it ; it failed in all the most important essen-
tial points, and it only tended to p3rpetuate the most ob-
jectionable state of society. It tended to increase religious
fervour and religious differences, and it made every man
an aggressor in religion against his neighbour. The
system was altogether unsuited to Ireland, and he
did not think it could be said to have worked in such
a way as to call for its extension to any country,
especially an old country like Ireland. (Hear, hear, from
the Opposition.) Ile did not think the state of the Church
in either Canada or Melbourne was such as to induce him
to wish to see the system extended to any other
country. He believed that the glory and greatness of
England was solely to be attributed to the union
which existed between Church and State—(loud cries of
" Hear, hear," from the Opposition)—and to break down
the union that at present existed in Ireland could but
result in plunging that country still further in discord and
strife.

The discussion was continued in a very thin house by
the Attorney-General for Ireland, Sir F. Heygate, Sir J.
Gray, Lord Crichton, Mr. Miall, and Sir S. Northcote.
Mr. BRIGHT, after a powerful speech, claimed for the
bill the support of the Supreme, as being founded on His
glorious attributes of truth and justice, and drew down re-
peaotnedthbuersintsotoifonenotfhussiiarsiiti.c cheering.
pALmEit the debate was ad-
journed until Monday.

A writer from Camp Supply, Indian Territory,
under date Feb. 13, thus enumerates the warriors
still ou the war-path. "There are now about 200
lodges of Cheyennes, 90 lodges of Arai ahoes, and
GO lodges of Comanches on the war-path, together
with a few Plain Apaches, and a few Katns and
the Dog Soldiers under Fall Ball,' chief of the
baud, numbering in all about 1,000 warriors. Gene-
ral Custar is now under orders to move west with
his r:.giment—the 7th United States Cavalry and
the 19th Kansas Volunteers, under Colonel Craw-
ford— to Elm Fork of the Red River, scouring the
country from the head waters of the Creek. Gen.
E. A. Carr is to move south, locating his supply depot
on the main Canadian River, moving thence south."
The plan is to drive the Indians towards a com-
mon centre, when the troops can strike effectually,
or force them to submit to whatever terms the Go-
vernment dictate. All the trails point to the fact
that they were rapidly pushing towards the south
and west, the head waters of the Red River and the
Staked Plains. Colonel Evans, with the 3d Cavalry
and a few of the 30th Infantry, was moving south,
and Colonel Brooks is marching vest. General
Custar had just returned from a fruitless search for
the Cheyenne Camp. Major Kidd, with the 10th
Cavalry, is to be posted in the Kiowa and Comanche
reserve, with good animals, to watch the Indians,
and strike effectually if they attempt to leave it.
General 0. 0. Howard conducted the prayers
offered in the Lutheran Church, Washington, on the sth
inst., for the President, Vice-President, Senate, House of
Representatives, Supreme Court, the new members of
Congress, and for the Indians, in compliance with the
President's request. George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia,
the Reverend Mr. Morgan, of England, the Reverend
Doctor Butler, of Washington, the Reverend Messrs.
Rush, Blake, Smith, Johnson, Hall, and many others,
made very appropriate five-minute speeches. The
Chief Justice headed a committee, with Senator Fre-
linghuvsen, from the American Bible Society, to
present General Grant with a handsome bible bound in
Turkish morocco. There were present, besides the Com-
mittee, Mrs. Grant, General Schofield, J. Patterson, for-
merly Treasurer of the Christian Commission ; the Rev.
Dr. Dale of Philadelphia, the Rev. George A. Hall of the
Young Men's Christian Association of Washington. The
Chief Justice presented the letter from the President of
the Bible Society, expressing the wish that the adminis-
tration of President Grant might be guided by its teach-
ings. The president responded : —"Gen tlem ent —I sincerely
thank you for this token, and shall carefully preserve it,
and hand it down to my children in commemoration of
this day."
Ex-Governor Brownlow was sworn in the
Senate on the sth inst.; he was so feeble that he remained
seated, while a doorkeeper held his hand, which shook
with palsy. He occupies an easy chair placed iu the first
seat in the front row, to the left of the President of the
Senate. Carl Schurz occupies the next seat, formerly held
hisby Ms
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reormr the o fCbaocnkneroetwi
rawly occupied by Mr. Conness. Mr. Conkling has
"tot. theM ornCeaomnetrhoell fiboanst crobwanfgoerd-
changed his seat to the one formerly occupied by Mr.
Dixon, on the right of the main aisle, and Mr. Sawyer, of
South Carolina, occupies the old seat of Mr. Conkling. Mr.
Fenton occupies a seat to the left of Mr. Tipton, on the li
loft of the Vice-President. Parson Brownlow is said to
have had a narrow escape from assassination while passing
through Virginia.

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