The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-14 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

The weather has changed wonderfully within the
last few days, much to the joy of the farmer.
Especially does the gralier rejoice. He has had
wet in abundance to make his grass grow, and
to make it succulent ; and now, when the time comes
for ripening and harvesting, dry weather has set in
in his favour also. The reports from the country as
to the hay crops are that there is great abundance,
the earlier varieties are ripe, or nearly so, but that
others are not yet ready for the rick, wanting more
heat to bring them to maturity. The improved
weather is also good for our wheat crops, which
were in great danger from cold and excessive wet
before the change.
While the Scotsman believes that the Irish Church
Bill is now nearly certain to pass the Lords, the
Dublin Freeman and the Leeds Mercury, both, like the
Scotsman, Liberal papers, believe that the bill will
be thrown out. A communication, says the London
correspondent of the Leeds paper, has been made
to the Ministerial Whip in the Lords by the other
side, that there will be a considerable majority
against Government. Ministers are already preparing
for this, and will prorogue Parliament almost im-
mediately, begin another session after about a fort-
night's recess, lay the Irish Church Bill on the table
without saying a word, create about sixty new peers,
and so ensure the carrying of the bill through the
Upper House. The London correspondent of the
Conservative Mancheeer Courier confirms this state-
ment, so far as the resolution of the Conservative
Peers is concerned. The majority is expected to be
fifty.

Mr. G. 11. Gleig, Chaplain=General of the Forces,
writes to the lieraN on the political crisis, and
declares that he for one cannot affect indifference to
the possible consequences of the rejection of the
Irish Church Bill by the Lords. He is not alarmed
by the virulence of the Liberal press, or by
the threats of angry mobs, but he is seriously
uneasy at the nature of the advice now being ten-
dered to the Prime Minister. The House of Lords
have, he maintains, a perfect right to act according
to the dictates of their own judgment, and their re-
jection of the bill would not be an outrage to the
nation, nor a wrong to the House of Commons, but
simply that to which all Governments are in
free countries liable—a defeat
In the event of such a defeat the Ministers will have
Patriotic, B
three courses open to them. yno utthhsee they will rs a
nficlah'i finish
Mr. Gleig holds, the most i
the business of the a'ssion as
met them, and allow the vexed question
et
o standc -Icheck
o vac!
until next year. In the interval a vote of
is to justify their retention of (Alice andcaconfidence
f
petitions may be sent from all partsl +0
bill. The Lords, with such evidence of the
-
support
the
populareat e
feeling before them, will not venture to re
1870 the move of 1869, and the Minister wilt) carry
in
his point with honour to himself, and without giving
any shock to the civil portion of the Consti-
tution. A second course, not quite so patriotic,
but still constitutional, is to resign, trusting
to the nation to bring them back again to power
without delay. The third course is to prorogue
Parliament for a fortnight, reintro:luce the bill, and
try the House of Lords a second time. To stop the
supplies without proroguing, to coerce the Peers by
violence from without, or to create a large number
of new peers, would, in Mr. Gleig's opinion, surely
produce a crisis, and he asks whether any man not
insane would assert that the game is worth the
candle.