The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-18 00:00:00

THE SICK BISHOPS.

The health of the Bishop of Salisbury varlet'
greatly from clay to clay. The latest report is very
encouraging, and mentions that his lordship has
made so much progress during the last few days that
he is now in a fair way to recovery. The Bishop of
Carlisle, on the other hand, is worse rather than
better, and suffers a good deal.
1318110 P JENNER.

The Bishop of Dunedin is described by the Wel-
lington correspondent of the Times as thoroughly
wearied and disgusted with his position. In a recent
letter Dr. Jenner writes :—" The truth is, I am
nearly wearied out with this business. The isolation,
the humiliation of my position, which culminated
last Sunday in my having to sit under a lay reader,
have well-nigh bro'•;en me down. I feel inclined to
let matters take their chance, give myself no further
trouble, and ask my friends to leave me to myfate." His
explanations have made him some friends, but many
of his old antagonists maintain their opposition on
the ground that he is not sufficiently candid on the
question of Ritualism. A new diocesan synod was
summoned for last month, and it would then be decided
if the bishop should be rejected or accepted.
INDIAN NOTES.

The Indian Government ought to be much grati-
fied at the result of the subscription to the loan.
India wanted 2 millions sterling; 61 have been
offered. This is very satisfactory. Still more so is
the fact that a large proportion of the applicants for
the loan, 110 out of 240, were natives. This not only
shews a confidence in the stability of our Govern-
ment, but will tend to confirm that stability. When
the natives begin_to have a large stake in the Govern-
ment, they are not likely to assist any attempt to
overthrow it. This has been the great source of
strength to Napoleon. When the Cassandras begin
to prophesy misfortune and revolution, he can point
to the fact that the class which supplied the revolu-
tionists of twenty-one years ago has invested in the
Rentes.

The negotiations between the Ameer of Afgha-
nistan and the Viceroy of India, at Umballah, have
being kept secret, " out of deference to the Secre-
tary of- State (the Duke of Argyll) and the Home
Government," Lord Mayo givEs out. The Calcutta
correspondent of the Times attributes this silence
to a very different cause—the fear that a hostile
Ministry in England may criticise his lordship's pro-
ceedings with some severity. The Bombay Gazette
corrects sundry statements that have gone abroad.
It is not true, for instance, that the Ameer asked
either for the services of European officers or the
presence of European agents in Afghanistan. On
the contrary, Shere Ali Khan had a keen percep-
tion of the complications that might arise were
servants of the British Government to be stationed
in his country, and had the proposal to place them
there been made, he would have formally expressed
his dissent. Nor is it less incorrect to say that Lord
Mayo himself favoured the project. Not only did he
not regard it with approval, but he would not have
listened to the proposition for a moment had it been
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The arrival ~.)f the Duke of Edinburgh is already
talked about, although it does not take place
till December. It is expected that Major-
General Sir Neville Chamberlain will be attached
to the suite of his Royal Highness, and be
entrusted, under the title of Special Commissioner,
with all the necessary arrangements. The 63rd
Highlanders are to form the guard of honour at the
Agra Durbar.