The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-07 00:00:00

,SUN; .LO-NDON, MONDAY.. EVENING, JUNE 7, 1869.

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THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

The Daily News states that if the Irish Church
Bill were rejected, Mr. Gladstone would advise the
Queen to prorogue Parliament immediately, begin
Another session as quickly as possible afterwards, pass
the bill through all its stages in the Lower House
without any speeches from the Liberal side of the.
House,' and create 'a sufficiency of new peers to
carry the bill through the Lords. The Post points
out that it was the Conservatives who appealed to
the country on the Irish Church question, and that
they are bound to accept the verdict of the country.
The Times calls upon the independent peers to oppose
the fatal policy attributed to the Conservative leaders.
The Advertiser fears that the threats of what will
happen if the Peers reject the bill will have the effect
of making them reject it.
The Conservative organs this morning directly
contradict each other. The Standard denies that
the Peers had come to any decision, and is
s•-....andalised at the supposition that they would do so
prior to the meeting at the Duke of - Marlborough's.
The John Bull repudiates the Standard altogether,
deAares that the famous trticle counselling the assent
to the second reading was in no wise authorised lay
the Conservative leaders, and that Lord Cairns would
propose to the meeting of Peers that he should move
the rejection of the bill. The John Bull goes on to
siy that the division will probably take place on
the 18th, the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, a
day, of all others, when Conservatives should not
show the white • feather. Our contemporary may
like to be reminded that it was on that day the
Russell-Gladstone Administration was defeated, and
the Constitution was saved: from the ruin which
would have been wrought by the passing of a £7
suffrage bill. The sepit's tin teat event need not
be told.

It is fortunate theft hard worsts no bones. If
the contrary had been,a, case. Tar. Glidstone would
long since have 'had to .abcticate his functions as
leader of' the Liberal party. c The Orangemen of
Ireland grow more desperate as the Establialied
Church of that country gets nearer its doom. The
meeting of . these infatuated 'people at Dublin on
Thursday evening furnishes another instance of the
untenable ground taken up for the defence of the
Church. Ono of the speakers asserted that "if
there were but ten men in the country that adhered '
to the truth of Protestantism, the established
Church should be maintained." Another stated
that the endowment of Maynooth was a national
sin, which had been attended with national judgment
in the shape of civil war in 1798, and famine and
pestilence at subsequent periods. All the speakers
brought in an unlimited supply of adjectives in de-
nunciation of the bill, and Mr. Gladstone was styled
au infidel, and spoken of as " that wretch." The
Rev. Tresham Gregg, who "deeply deplored that
they had met together to contemplate the lament-•
able prospect of the decline and fall of the British
Monarchy " (which dated from 1829), was especially
wild in his remarks. He believed that "if the
spirit of God came upon some member of the House
of Commons, endowing him with courage and re-
solve to impeach Mr. Gladstone of high crimes and
misdemeanours, • the country might yet be saved."
lle suggested that Mr. Johnson, of 13allykilbeg, should
be invited to undertake this agreeable duty, a pro-
position: which was received with Kentish fire. Dr.
Gregg said that if .Disraeli had known hiS duty in
"that crisis he would-have saved the Constitution, anti
become the first statesman in the world. But he
niisstdit. He 'Wrote to expressing a hope that ,
a man who had borne the glorious name of Israel
would stand :by God' and' the country ; but Mr.
Disraeli did not. Dr. Greg; appropriately pronounced
the I3enediction at the close.
The enthusiasm in the north of Ireland seems to
De falling off. The great Derry meeting was a complete •
success. But the second one, which was to be much
of the smile character, has been .a decided failure.
While' 40,000, if not more, attended the one, only
some :3,000 were assembled on Friday. night. The
meeting was not held at Belfast, but at COokstown,
on-the other side of Lough Neagh. The usual
speeches,-the usual resolutions, and the -usual peti-
tions, were made-and adopted.

ELECTION NEWS•

The preliminary ballot at Stafford has resulted in
the election of Mr. Whitworth and Mr. Evans. The'
fixst fornierly represented Drogheda, the second was
defeated in SouthToerbyshire at the general election,
Mr. Odger and, Mr, Jenkins have asked their sup-
porters to give their votes to the above-named gen-
tlemen. The_ Conservative candidates are Mr. Talbot
And Captain Salt. The polling takes place on
Tuesday.
The Fermanagh Reporter states that, in consequence
of failing health, the Right Hon. Henry Corry is
about to retire from the representation of the county
of Tyrone, and that it is expected - his son will
be M.P. in his stead.: Mr. Corry is, we believe, the
oldest member of the HOLM. He has sat for Tyrone
uninterruptedly Since 1826, when be was 23 years
old. He is the second son of the Earl of Behnore.
1r.,111N11 a Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of the.
Admiralty, and First Lord successively. Ile is one
of.the most popular members of the House,- and will
be much regretted.

Nottingham politics arc always past understanding.
As our readers are aware, a seat has become
vacant by the death of Sir E. Clifton; and it is now
stated that the other member, • Colonel 'Wright, is
going to retire, and that thus this excitable borough
will be plunged into all the turmoil of a fresh eke-
Con. In that case it is likely that., the two.hostile
Liberal sections will unite, and return Mr. B. Osborne
and Mr. Seely, who was rejected last autumn.
Should they not unite, the ConserVatives will pro-
bably retain one seat. • The probability of h Liberal
reunion would, in an ordinary constituency; prevent
a Conservative ?LP: from retiring. But then at
Nottingham nothing is so certain +..;-;, happen as what
is sure not to happen.

Ryan, of aVrauritius,--wifo has 're-furnen wiun ono
health of 'Wins& and'hit family mtich'impairedThy
fifteen years in the tropics ; and • Bishop
McDougall, of Labuan, who lost six of his
children, and was told that he could not
remain in Borneo with safety to • his life.
There are three others; one of them returned
in broken health, but is now recovered; he
and the two others have been very useful in supply-
ing the place of the disabled English bishops. Lord
Nelson cannot see any scandal in these cases. " It
can be no advantage to the Church that they should
continue at their post when health has given way;
and in their remaining years they may be able to do
some work for the Church at home." . Doubtless
Lord Nelson is in the main right. The real scandal
is caused by the presence of so many colonial bishops
in England, while still retaining their sees. •

was
_cgrrect: In_the first place, its proposal
conveys the impression to the Canadians that
they are to be handed over as a sop to appease
JONATHAN'S irritation at the course pursued by
Great Britain during the War; a sufficient reason
for the strongest opposition in the new Dominion.
In the next place, the proposition assumes to Eng-
land the appearance of a threat and a bribe, as
such we wrote of it when first that now celebrated
article reached us, and this would be cause suffi-
cient to lead to its disdainful rejection by England.
Nor :were we wrong in supposing it would be thus
interpreted on this side. In the third place, it is
wholly unnecessary; as such a cession ;in no way
disposes of the Alabama precedent, which is the
question of questions to. England. That must be
discussed on its own merits ; retracted, paid for, and
011 iterated. Our position as regards the:absorption.
of Canada into the Union is grounded on the belief"
that our race is of more importance than the boun-
daries of the land it occupies. Wherever English-
speal:ing people adjoin—that is, are not separated
by the sea—they ought to amalgamate under one
'Government. If Canada could absorb the United
States (!) let that be the course; only, get rid of
the ridiculdus boundary, an imaginary line, On the
one side of which the inhabitants of the, same race
are called Canadians, on the other Americans,
which artificial barrier tends to generate as little
love as c.us be between them, and in GRANT'S'
words, "Let us have peace." Whether the Re-
publiC is or is not destined eventually to break in
pieces under its own weight, we feel convinced of the
advisability, in the first instance, of the Continent
being united under one. Government strong to
open the waste territories—powerful to attract the
immigration of mankind, to level all barriers before
the march :of civilization, and to protect the work
from every hostile influence. When the empty
places are full, and the wild tracts are subdued and
cultivated, the prediction that the empire will be
too mighty for a single rule may be realized ; but
our reasons 'are already in print, and will appear
next-week, why-we-do not think so. At first, how-
ever, it is of great importance, for the rapid and
successful settlement of the Continent, that it should
' be directed and controlled by one Government, and
as this is clearly in the interest of the Anglo-Saxon
race, whatever tends to it has our support. The
long and short of it is, that .our views are broader
than those usually held in England, and our aim
higher. We think that mankind will be benefited
by the supremacy of the English-speaking people,
whom we desire to see reunited ; and not only for
their own happiness, but that they might be the
better enabled to spread political and religious free-
dom throughout the world.