The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-01 00:00:00

SAIL AMONG THE I ROPIIETS.

The Record finds something "amusing'' in the
entente cordiale between Lord Westbury and the
bishops. The ex-Chancellor, who has baen an-
nounced as the f it':coining champion in behalf of
Church and State, " may now be seen occasionally
sitting on the front row of the Episcopal Bench
between two of the prelates, and evidently a much-
favoured emest." And this is the man of whom
it Was said,t with more wit than reverence, after the
44 Essays and Reviews " trial, that he had " dismissed
hell with costs." . Lord Westbury has clearly been
studying the recently-pUblished lives of two eminent
Chancellors by the late Lord Campbell. He is
resolved that if the Liberals think they can do with-
out him, they shall find themselves mistaken. If he
is not to be their colleague, he will assume the part
of " candid friend ;" so that they shall be forced to
say, " Nec tecum, nec sine te, vivcre pcssum."
With reference to this matter, the London corres-
pondent of the Lublin Erenin'll Mail, who, we believe,
derives his information from Fr. Pa.l!, says :—" I have
re: son to believe thet Lord Westbury is quite serious
in his opi.o3ition to the Irish Church Bill. e w:11
certainly propose amendments of a very important
character, and justify a practical defeat of the
measure by the argument he used on Mondly
night, viz., that the country and Parliament
ought to know the entire policy of the Govern-
ment before they can be properly called upon to
adopt a portion of it which is in itself subversive of
the rights of property and the Constitution. The
importance of Lord -Westbury's oppos:Con may be
estimated by the auger it has excited among his
former allies. No epithets are tao bad for him. In
other words, Lord Westbury is going to attempt the
same tactics as Mr. Lowe adopted in 18CG. The
Government measure before Prriiament is to be
opposed because the whole of the Government policy
is not announced. Whatever ground there might have
been for this course with respect to the Reform Bill,
with regard to which there was at least some show of
reason for saying that the redistribution and the
franchise arrangements ought to be produced simul-
taneously, there is abs 'lately no ground for such a
course with regard to the Ir:sh Church Bill and the
Irish Land Bill. They have nothing in common.
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THE STATE OF IRELAND.

The Opposition journals, pointing to the present
strAc of Ire s thi.t " a policy of spoliation is
producing its legitimate fruits." The Lic!,l.'n Eveniv
s'ys:—

" We report a murder near Athlone—treasonable speeches,
under an of sanction, in t'crk—ri,:ts and loss of
life in Derry ! This record of twenty-four hours forms an
eloquent chapter in the history of the new Pacification of
Ireland. 11.1 r. Gladstone found Ireland in peace, and what
is now its condition ? 11 is policy has recalled Fenianisin
to life—it has acted as a stimulus to Agrarianism —it has
evoked again that fanaticism which employs violence to pre-
vent Ulster 103-alists from manifesting their opinions. The
failure of the `pacification' of Mr. Gladstone is complete,
signal, and retributive. It has been demonstrated sooni r
than v expected, and with a much bolder emphasis.
The ' message of peace' is a mistake so visible and
enormous that, sooner or later, the empire must recognise
it."

The Freeman, on the other hand, is indignant with
the 'prentice boys of Derry for raising the " No
Surrender " cry. That cry, it says, must always end
in riot and bloodshed. And we suppose there is no
help for it. While the line between the two parties
is so hard and fast; while the one section of the
community is taught to hate the other ; while
Christianity is identified in the minds of the
populace with sectarian'sm ; 82,1,d love, charity,
and peace are regarded as applicable only
to the respective parties amongst themselves,
there must always exist the fear of disturbance.
The duty of the State meanwhile is clear. It must
skew no favour to either party, and must do what it
can to prevent the ebullition of party feeling. It
cannot control the passions of the mob after a demon-
stration of " No Surrender," or religious equality. It
must do what it can to prevent these demonstrations.
The affair of the Mayor of Cork is another very
ticklish matter to deal with. In the city itself it has
produced the greatest alarm amongst the loyalists.
There can be little doubt that Mr. O'Sullivan coun-
selled the assassination of Prince Arthur. The
magistrates are aghast, awl have called a meeting to
take the subject into consideration. The Cabinet is
also moved on the sub:,ect. It is stated that the law
officers of the Crown, Irish and fnglish, have been
requested to consider the speech delivered on Tues-
day night by the Mayor of Cork. An authentic
copy of the short-hand writer's notes was telegraphed
for on Thursday, immediately after the conclusion of
the Cabinet Council. The anti-English party is also
impressed with the importance of the speech. One
thousand copies were sent off to America by the
mail.

According to the Dublin Daily Express, the
Government have information of further intended
operations on the part of the Fenian conspirators.
Lord John Manners elicited the information that
the Government were putting into operation all the
powers they possess to put down the crimes of
violence which are now becoming so lamentably
frequent in Tippenry and Westmeath. It is not
improbable that the Mayor of Cork will be called to
account fOr his recent treasonable speech about
Prince Arthur.

THE DEIVIILFX ELECTION PETITION.

The result of the second Bewdley election retition
is to seat one of the bitterest opponents of Mr. Glad-
stone in the last Parliament. But although Major
Anson was at that time a strong Adullamite,, ho is now
one of the staunchest members of the Liberal party
on the Irish Church question. The gallant major
has not found an entrance into the Reformed House
of Commons quite so easily as many of the members
of the present Parliament, for he has had to go
through no fewer than four contests before he
succeeded in attaining his object. In the first place
he was beaten by Colonel Dyott, at Lichfield,
last November. He petitioned against his
opponent's return, but in vain. Ile next went
to Ilewdley, and got defeated by Mr. Cunliffe by the
narrow majority of 15. Ile again petitioned, and
has succeeded in striking off a sufficient number of
votessine
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liffe'spoll.
e the
there majority. to put himself in a
_election have been
20 vacancies in the House. Of these, the major
part-22—were through theath operation of petitions,
(the Radnor
Boroughs) by the resignation one
s.itting member, and one (West Sussex) through ation of the Hon. Mr. Wyndham to the byoidsieeacv the decease of
his father. Of the 20 vacancies 14
ol occurredt on the
.i.,:utral side of the llouse, and 15
sition. Since the last election the I4iberlaelsUEP°-
gained four seats—London, Taunton, BreCon, and
e
Bewelley ; and have lost two—Wareham and Dum-
friesshire—thereby leaving a net gain of two, or
counting four votes on a division. The seats at
present vacant are—Liberals : Cashel, Bridgwater
(2), and Yong:Jai ; Conservatives : Norwich, Sligo,
and Beverley (2).

CHURCII ITEMS.

The new Bishop of Graftou and Armidale, who
w=:3 consecrated on St. Alaithias's Day, is shewing
laudable promptitude by setting out froui his diocese
iu three months. froai the.time of his consecration.