The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-19 00:00:00

POLITICAL ITE3IE.

There is still a great deal of uncertainty as to the
course Mr. Gladstone will take on the subject of
tk-
Irish Church. What will he do in case a bishOi.
dies? Will he first pass a suspensory bill? With
some air of authority, the Daily News answers both
these questions. He will not, our contemporary affirms,
introduce a bill similar to that of last session, as
it would be only waste of time to do so ; but in case
a bishop dies, the appointment will be " held over "
for some six months, at the end of which time it is
hoped the measure will be passed separating the
Church from the State., As to the order of proceed-
ings, the House will first pass resolutions in com-
mittee, asking for the Sovereign's consent to deal with
the question, and having obtained that consent will
forthwith proceed to consider the bill.
As our readers know, the Solicitor-General -gave
notice on Tuesday night of his intention to introduce
a bill for the abolition of religious testa in the
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The Daily
News notes that the measure was not announced in
the Iloyal Message, for the simple reason that, strictly
speaking, it is not a Government bill. Sir John
Coleridge introduces it, as he did last year when
in Opposition, in his personal and private capacity,
and not as Solicitor-General. This distinction is
conveyed in the fact that his motion is fixed for the
23rd of February, which happens to be Tuesday, and
is not a Government night. The measure, however,
which the House of Commons has more than once
sanctioned in principle by larg3 majorities, will
receive the hearty support of the Government. It
may be added that the Senate of the University of
Glasgow has resolved " That for the future those of
its graduates who shall produce certificates of attend-
ance at a due course of training in any of the
English or Welsh theological colleges, shall be
eligible for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, which
is conferred after examination." As this degree
cannot be obtained by Dissenters at any English
University, the value of the liberal regulation is
obvious.

r Another new Senator, the lion. Arthur I. Bore-
man, was nominated on the 27th Jan. by the Republicans
of the West Virginia Legislature, in place of Peter G. Van
Winkle, whose term expires on the 4th of March next.
Mr. Boreman was one of the few Virginians who did not
believe that slavery was so valuable an institution as the
American Union, and when the rebellion broke upon the
country he acted upon that theory. He was a prominent
member of the Methodist Church South, which, as a body,
sided with the rebellion, and, thereupon, he immediately
severed his connection with that body, and joined the
Northern Church. He was a hearty supporter of the Go-
vernment in its conflict with armed rebellion, and in 1864
he was elected Governor ct West Virginia, to which
position he was re-elected in 1866. His administration
was patriotic and acceptable to the people of the State.
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