The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-15 00:00:00

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TEE ATTEMPTE.D A ESASSEVA TWA OP.
VICER,./..:1' OE EGYPT.

A correspondent of the L.,:vant _Herala, writing from
Cairo on the 26th ult., says :—" The affair of the Ma-
nasso ' attempt' to blow up the Viceroy has occupied
the local authorities and their auxiliary consular
commission since my last, and has eTen yet only
reached the staze of a true bar being found against
the luckless impresario and another rayah, as guilty of mur-
derous intent in the first degree, and against two Italians as
their accomplices to a minor extent. The two former have
been what in Europe would be called committed for trial, and

the latter are held in custody by the Italian consul to be
dealt with ES he may be advised from Florence. Though
all the world now knows that the whole thing was merely a
clumsy plot to frighten the Viceroy and get money out of
his gratitude for discovery cf the plot'—which was to have
been fathered on llustapha Fazyl or Llalim—it is believed
it will go herd with Mannsse and his fel7ow rayah, if only
poor decoarager les aufres. They will prohably he sentenced
to transport:,ticn to the White Nile ; but as a fatality at-
tends the voyage to that Egyptian Cayenne—at least no
prisoner ever despatched thither has been known to reach
it—you are not likely to see the old familiar face again in
Pont."

THE VICAR OF DONCASTER ON
DISESTABLISHMENT.

The Rev. Dr. Vaughan, in a sermon preached in aid of
the Doncaster Infirmary, spoke in the following terms
on the transitional state of the Church :—" We are passing
more and more—for better or worse—out of a parochial
into a congregational life. We are becoming less of
State Church and more of a Free Church —if
expressions once used as party watchwords may be
employed, for explanation's sake, in a simple and unpo-
lemical manner, in the sanctuary of God's house.
It is not for me either to rejoice or lament
over a transition as momentous as it is inevi-
table, and I take things as they are, and I would urge
you to turn to good account the circumstances in which
God's Providence his placetl us. Now the -lesson
which I learn from this change is simple and practical.
It is that the Church of each place—that the congre-
gation worshipping in each church—must bestir itself to a
livelier and snore earnest interest in the management of its
own concerns. I have no faith in the multiplication of
Church machinery on a large scale—whether it take the
form of convocations, conferences, or congresses. These
things seem to me to have a tendency to distract the
minds of the Church's pastors from their real work and
from their alone available influence. What I desire
is that the pastor of each Church, acting with
his own church-officers and church worshippers should
endeavour soberly and earnestly to arouse, in his own
little sphere of action, the zeal and interest of his people
in the particular work of the Church, its services, its
charities, and its missions, so far as that work
depends—and it does mainly, soon, perhaps, it
will entirely, depend—upon voluntary effort. The
Church of England is becoming less and less national

—less and less territorial—in that sense, I trust,

in no other) less and less national—more and more inde-
pendent— more and more congregational. If there is
something in this to be deplored, there is at least some-
thing to be rejoiced in. The heart of the people must
be appealed to for the maintenance of the people's
worship."

THREE YORKSHIRE MEMBERS OX THE

PERMISSIVE BILL.

Mr. Edward Akroyd, in reply to a note urging ntm to
support the Permissive Bill, wrote :—" I beg respectfully
to acknowledge yours of the Bth, informing me that
a petition in favour of Sir Wilfrid Lawson's Permis-
sive Prohibitory Liquor Bill, signed by upwards of 9,000
inhabitants, has been sent to Mr. Stansfeld for presenta-
tion. I have further to thank you for the very considerate
and courteous manner in which you press upon me to sup-
port the measure. Am I unreasonable in asking—whilst
thoroughly agreeing with yon in your object of putting
down the abuses of the present licensing system—that I
should be permitted to exercise my own judgment in
accomplishing our common object? Honestly I believe
that the Beerbouses, &c., Bill still do this more effectually
than the Permissive Bill. For were this last measure
passed, it would only be applicable to those places where
the majority of the ratepayers are in favour of the sup-
pression of beerhouses and public-houses, leaving untouched
those places where the majority are on the other side. More-
over, if the bill were passed and put into force, there
would be danger of a strong reaction, which might cause
the re opening of houses once closed. Again, I think, it
would be unjust to confiscate the property of those who
bad embarked their capital Gn the faith of an Act of
Parliament in these houses. I have deemed it more
respectful to yourself to state thus broadly my objection
without any desire to enter into a controversy on this
question. I view with regret the differences among those
u-ho wish to improve the moral well-being of society as to
the means of arriving at the accomplishment of their

purpose."
Mr. *Stansfeld gave the following reply to a similar
communication :—" I have presented the Halifax petition
signed by upwards of 9,003 persons, inhabitants of Halifax,
in favour of Sir W. Lawson's bill. I need not repeat my
opinions on the subject. I am in favour of the object
which I believe the petitioners to have in view, and what-
ever I can du I will do to promote and urge prompt and
comprehensive and more stringent legislation on the
subject, but I do not approve of the bill as now conceived
and drawn."

Sir Francis Crossley wrote much after the same
manner.

The Leeds Mercury has renton to know that there
is no truth in the rumour of the Owl that Mr. Stansfeld
will succeed Mr. G. A. Ilamilton as peimaneLt Secretary to
the Treasury.

Viscount Stratford de Radcliffe gave notice on
Thursday night of his intention on June 4 to move for copy
of any treaty concluded between her Majesty's Chfef Secro •
tary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the
United States Government of North America, respecting
the so-called Alabama claims, be laid upon the table of the
house.

Ina pamphlet on " Our Duty in the Present
Crisis," just published in Dublin, and addressed by the Rev.
Fletcher Bickerdike, incumbent of Ardamine, to his bieihien,
the following advice is given :—" Lot us not Iran en the
Conservative party, with Mr. Di.raeli as their leader, lest
our staff break under us and pierce our own arm. This has
happened to us more than once already."
The Tablet learns from Rome that the heavier
work of the preparations for the General Council has been
now got through, and that the foreign theologians who have
been engaged upon it during the last six months aro leav-
ing Rome. Mgr. Weathers, the theologian for England, is
on his way home to take up his position in London as Pre-
sident of the Diocesan Theological Seminary which his
Grace the Archbishop of Westminster is about to open at
Westminster.

The Weekly Register says—A very urgent " whip"
has gone forth from both sides of tho House of Lords, so
as to summon to town every peer that can be found
for the coming debates and votes on the Irish Church
Bill. Very soon after the short 'Whitsuntide vaca-
tion is over, the battle will commence in the Peers, and the
present universal speculation as to " what will they
do with the bill" will be set nt rest. If, as some
persons predict, the measure is rejected by the Lords, we
shall in all probability have a more stirring political time
than has been witnessed in England since the days of Win.
IV. and the passing of the great Reform Bill.

A return has just been printed of tho
number of companies wound up or winding up since August,
1862. From this it appears that iu Great Britain and Ire-

laud there have been 480 companies thus disposed of, with an
aggregate nominal capital of £138,654,272 ; the paid up capi-
tal (as far as known) amounts to £24,348,027 ; liabilities,
£74,482,421; and the expenses of winding up, £630,283.
Of the total number of companies, 423 belong to England,
42 to Scotland, and 15 to Ireland. No return has been
furnished of the expenses incidental to winding up in Scot-
land.

There was a somewhat serious riot in Paris on
Wednesday evening. M. Emile 011ivior addressed a m owded
moeting at the Theatre Chatelet. The author of "Le 19 Jan-
vier" was badly received, and could not obtain a hearing for
some time. A t length, whilst seyirg that the Empire was
founded on Universal-Suffrage, the uproar became so great
that the commissary of police dissclvod tho meeting. Out-
side the theatre there was a great crowd, which kept
order for romo time, Lut after a -while the " Mar-
seilla:se" was sung, and the disturbances commenced. Tho
police then interfered and fighting ensued, resulting in
serious damage. It is feared tLat some lives are lost.
St vci al were wounded.
Sir P. Phillimore heard an application on Friday at
the Court of A ditiii ally I.y the American Government in
the cafe of the afleged Confederate ship the Mary, other-
wise the Alexandra. hr. li. C. Chu kson, on the part of the
United States Government, applied for a commission to
examine witnesses at Nassau or New Provideuea to show
that the vessel which bad been seized by the Ameri-
can Government had belonged to the Confederates. Mr.
Butt, Q.C., and Mr. Benjamin strenuously opposed the ap-
plication. The learned counsel sail the court could not
fail to see the political purpose intended by the delay.
Sir R. Phillimore said it involved an important qucstiu'a.
The case had been pending since March, 1367. He rte.od,
however, not to exclude evidence from the commissioc.ers,
£l,OOO additional security being depoJitod by the T.Tinited
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