The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-22 00:00:00

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The Irish Conservative papers console themselves
for the late division by the thought that the turn of
the English Church Establishment is now coining.
The _Dublin Mail tells the Peers that it e,;pects
nothing from them so far as any regard for the
Irish Church is cJneerned ; but it will be well for
them to remember that the arr.:ngements which
they make for the disendowment of the Church will
be precedents for the disendowment of the sister
Church in England. It is for Irish Protestants to
continue the pressure which has been pat upon
the Conservative party, and to extort that fr,m
fear which they have not been able to obtain from
love. The Dublin Express does not question the
purity of the motives which influenced the Peers, but
regrets their conduct. It now calls upon their lord-
ships to insist upon large amendments, and winds up
with a cheery declaration that whatever form the
bill may tahe, the light of the Reformation will burn
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The Belfast News Letter, which has been most
persistent in urginz the Lords to throw out the bill.
now endeavours to believe that the result of the
division has been a Conservative triumph. "Another
such victory (it exclaims) and Mr. Gladstone may
well say he is undone. The victory of Mr. Gladstone
is disastrous to him, for the bill will go back to the
House of Commons with amendments which . he will
have to accept." The (Liberal) Northern Whig says
it is useless to conceal that the real struggle on the
Church question is yet to begin. " Mr. Gladstone
sheaved rare constructive shill. and an admirable
mastery both of principles and details, as he planned
and succeeded in carrying the Irish Church Bill
through the House of Commons. Another trial of
his powers as a statesman, not less difficult than the
ordeals through which he has gone so triumphantly,
now awaits him. We know well that the bill has
many obstacles to overcome. But its principles
have, at all events, been accepted even by the House
of Lords ; and the humiliation of the blatant
Church defenders, who would be satisfied with
nothing but the summary rejection of the bill, is
complete."

TM: nIGII C:11.711CII PARTY AND THE LATE
DIVISION.

In Conservative circles the success.- of Mr. Glad-
stone's Irish Church Bill is considered as due in a
large measure to Lord Cairns's Ritual judgment. It
is said that this judgments° strongly convinced High
Church peers, of the stamp the Earls of Devon,
Carmirvon, Limerick, and Nelson, of the harm that
is sustained by the Church through its relations with
the St:ite, that they are prepared to see an entire
separation. Even the Earl of Beauchamp, one of
Lord Derby's and Mr. Disraeli's closest allies,
declined to vote against the bill, his ecclesiastical
views overcoming his political. But while
this party believes that disestablishment is
for the advantage of the Church, it has no
intention of allowing the Church to be
deprived of its revenues to a greater extent than is
absolutely necessary. So Conservatives confidently
predict that in committee their ranks, broken for a
time, will be reunited, and will present a more for-
midable phalanx their ever. There are even those
who predict that the bill will not pass this year, for
the amendments will be of such a character that the
House of Commons- will not accept them, and Mr.
Gladstone will have to appeal to the country.
This, it must be confessed, is extremely improbable,
and is contrary to all that is now said in the journals
inspired by Mr. Gladstone.