The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-11 00:00:00

OXFORD.

st. lb. st. lb.
.7. A. Woodhouse, Univ 11 11. C. Tirne, University.... 13 12
R. Tahourdin, St. John's ll 13 A. C. Yarborough, Lincoln 12 0
T. S. Baker. Queen's l2 12 W. D. Benson, Balliol .... 11 9
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D. A. Neilson, St. John's (cox.), 7st. 131 b.
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at. lb. I a.. 10.
A. Rushton, Emmanuel ll 7 IW. F. M'Afichael, Downing 12 4
J. H. Ridley, Jesus
J. W. Da'e, St. John's l2 10 P. H. Mellor, Ist Trinity.. 11 14
J. F. Young, Christ's

11. E. Gordon, First 9
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Oxford last night, but there 1

'rinity (cox.), 7st. /lb.
did ; 70 to 40 was offered ois
vas no taker.

The Herald says that it has been asserted by those
likely to be well inform, ,' on the subject, that the Irish
Roman Catholic bishops were not at first by any means
such fervent supporters of Mr. Gladstone's contemplated The Bishop of Salisbury's health during the last
measures in regard to the Irish branch of the Etablish.
few days has continued to improve.
ment as the public generally supposed. The fact is, that
The French papers attribute a mot to Lamartine,
the hope of a total transfer of the Church property to
themselves or their successors, at a future, and, perhaps, for which, had he been still alive, they would scarcely, we
not very distant date, which was always in their contem-
should think, have liked to make him responsible.
Some
gelation, influenced their conduct ; and in their private one asked the poet whether he was not spending too much
conversations with select members of their own faith they money in advertising his publications. "No," he is reported
pleaded, in justification of their want of sympathy for Mr. to have answered, "advertisements are absolutely neces-
eary. Even Divine worship" (in the original, le bon Dieu)
Gladstone's proceedings, that they had no right to sanction "needs advertising. Otherwise what is the meaning of
the disposal of funds which did not belong to them to any
other purpose than those to which they were originally church bells? "
appropriated. The loss of the Maynooth grant, however, An English lion-tamer, yclept Cooper, has had
coupled with the determination expressed in one act of a narrow escape of his life at the Circus on the Boulevards,
Parliament that the levelling up system should not, and r Paris, In putting his head into the lion's mouth, the
any circumstances, be adopted, seems to have in some dompteur had reckoned without his host, for the animal
measure altered their original intention of maintaining a immediately closed his ponderous jaws, and would have
dignified neutrality in the political contest. A very well soon turned his master into a veritable headless man but
written and obviously well-considered letter appeared for the timely intervention of an assistant, who, by firing
recently in the Freeman's Journal, under the signature of a gun, frightened the animal and made him release the
" A Priest," suggesting the terms on which the transfer of head of the dompteur. The too venturesome tamer got off
a share of the Church property to the bishops of the lloman with a few teeth-marks. i
Catholic religion might be rendered acceptable to those On Tuesday, at especial meeting of the Dublin Town
dignitaries and productive of public good. We take it that Council, a letter was read from Mr. Bruce intimating that her
this ater has received private sanction from superior Majesty would receive the Lord May or and four other mem-
authority, and that it has been inserted to test public bers of the Corporation on the 15th inst., for the purpose of
opinion on propositions which the Catholic bishops would presenting an address with reference to the Irish Church.
not venture' to propound themselves. Mr. Sullivan, having expressed regret that the loyalty of
The Standard thinks that the Duke of Somerset opened the Conservative members was at such a low ebb that none
a most interesting question on Tuesday night, when he of them would volunteer to go over, the observation was
asked the Government for information as to tbeiapolicy in I repudiated from the other side, Mr. Byrne declaring that the
regard to the protection of missionaries in China. His " " majority had asked to strike from under the Throne one
Grace's remarks as to the general behaviour of some of our of its principal supports." A valedictory address to the
missionaries, especially those belonging to a body called Duke of Abercorn was carried by 32 to 4.
ominously the "China Inland Mission," were very much
Can-
to the point,- though they might have.
national duty in covered a much
wider field. The whole subject of the Mr. Akroyd, M.P., Mr. E. Ashworth, Mr. Can-
delet, of Manchester, and the Rev. Mr. Stamper presented
regard to the missionary system is one of great impor. a memorial to Mr. Gladstone at the House on Tuesday
tepee, and has scarcely obtained the notice which it de-
night, asking him to support Mr. Selwyn-Ibbetson's
bill. Mr. Gladstone said the bill did not accord with the
serves. What the country should know is distinctly
.
whether, either in China or elsewhere, it is in the power of recommendation of Villiers's Committee, and sug-
ary individual who goes into the interior to change gested whether the magistrates, if they h d all the
the religion religion of the natives to appeal to the nearest leg power, might not be at bitrary. Mr. Caan.delet replied
that be thought the difficulty was met
British armed force to back him in his arguments
Clause, which was adopted from Mr. Gladstone's or to relieve him in discomfiture. Unless some clearin the
Wineninth
understanding is come to on this point we can never be Act. Mr. Gladstone promises to consider the memorial.iiud
ig one hundred members of Parliament.
sure of peace in any part of the world. If it is left to the
The memorial was signed by four thousand persons, ne
discretion of every individual missionary whether any u
given Chinese town shall be sacked and burnt by the naval THE GREAT FIRE AT NEW ZEALAND.—TIIO fire
forces of her Majesty, and a certain numberof its inhabitants which broke out in the town of Timaru on the 7th OS
slain, it is impossible that we can either spread peace or December last, was one of the most destructive that have
religion through the Chinese empire. We say this with taken place in New Zealand. Nearly the whole of the
the utmost respect for what is good and noble in the mis. chief buildings and stores in the place were consumed.
sionary system. In the interests of Christianity itself it Among them were the Bank of New Zealand, the Timaru
is clear that we must no longer resort to the gunboat as Herald office, club-house, hotels, insurance offices, &c. A
the ultima ratio between the British missionary in a Chi- heavygale of wind from the N.W., which prevailed at the
nese town and his native hearers. It cannot he doubted time, was the principal cause of the conflagration extending
that one such an affair as that at Yangchow is calculated as it did. The total loss of property is estimated at
to do ten times as much injury to the cause of the religion £27,000 to £lOO,OOO, only £32,000 of which is insured.
which was there propagated as all the good which the me. r,
kar
LADSToNE's IRISH CHURCH BILL.—At a
China Inland Mission could achieve, working at its
highest power, in half a century. conference of the National Associaticn, held at Dublin on
The Star enters upon the question of representative Wednesday, a resolution, proposed by the Very Rev. Dr.
peers at some length, and says that it would be better to Moran, and unanimously adopted, declared that, while
let it rest unless it can be settled by giving to the people of disapproving of some of the details of the Irish Church
election
Scotland
of andas
the ps will le n
either bring the majority of f Ireland such rights in the Bill, the association places full confidence in the wise and
the peers into harmony with the peoples, or secure the just policy of Mr. Gladstone, and in the good feeling of
return of peers who will not caricature the opinion the English people. The BishopGalway of spoke of the
of the country for which they sit, We can see no Premier as the greatest of
modern statesmen, whose name
good reason why this change should not be should descend to posterity as the greatest benefactor to
made. There evould be no occasion to restrict the
franchise, because the nature of the case confines the religion and society.
candidature to men presumed by the custom and
theory of this country to be inevitably capable, as soon as PURCHASING OF THE IRISH RAILWAYS.—SO far
they reach manhood, of legislating competently for their AS I can gather, the Irish peers and commoners are not in
countrymen. When constituencies are free to range over remarkably good spirits at the result of to-day's interview
the whole area of the adult male population, it is conceiv-
with the Premier and his two colleagues, the Chancellor
able that the suffrage may prove a responsibility too heavy
for some who possess it ; but restricted in their choice to of the Exchequer and the Irish Minister. Lowe frequently
hereditary wisdom, the Irish and Scotch peoples could not interposed carefully-studied questions of a not particularly
pertinent character during the spokesman's masterly
go far wrong. They might safely be trusted to restore to
an intelligible basis a representation which in its present
dLiodrdnoCtlainnrdiiceaartdee caouncolvuedre.dfr,ieonthdelyr ifneteelrrinoggattoowriaersdws htichhe
state is a ludicrous parody of everything that the partici-
statement of the whole Irish railway case, and, when
pation of nobles in government ought to be.
The Post, after remarking that the Attorney-General
has in his Bankruptcy Bill adopted 6' pure and simple purchase scheme followed. All that could be extracted
the Scottish system, says that if creditors whose debts are
greatfrom Mr.
oGrta ladnsnteo,naen‘dvasthatthhate
would
eoucold
if they appoint as trustees men content to receive fair nsgiidveereitdftuhlle
esounbsjiedcetroa:f
great or small will really attend to their own business—
on. This meagre stereotyped official promise is not likely
remuneration for the work actually done—if no bills
professional men are paid until they have been taxed—if to afford- much satisfaction to the Irish people.—London
all accounts are submitted to a searching audit in the correspondent of the Irish Times.
SCHOOLS.—The nightly scenes at
office of the accountant in bankruptcy, then the introduc-
tion of the Scottish system in this country may be re- VELOCIPEDE
garded as an unmixed-good. The details of the measure i Burnham's and Witty's schools in Brooklyn constitute
its‘lf cannot be correctly appreciated until we see them
some months hence in print, and until we see the com- I quite an interesting entertainment. The expert riders of
panion measure for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, I Brooklyn are multiplying rapidly, and at both the above ,
which also is promised. If the delay which is anticipated j velocipede arenas the displays of skill and daring are I
should take piece, the Government will deserve much blame, numerous. The funny side of the picture is also exhibited
and, possibly, the 11,,use of Lords may be induced to .
take the matter into its own hands and consider a • nightly m the form of the collisions, falls, narrow escapes,
Bankruptcy Bill which, without consolidating the old and the wq,bbling movements of the tyros in the art. The
law, will in a concise, convenient, and efficient shape give attendance of spectators each night is such as to crowd
the public the benefit of the advantages which have now
been shadowed forth by the Attomey-General. Last year, the gallery at .
Burnham's being specially de-
when
when Lord Cairns's large bill, containing more than five both halls,
voted to the use of ladies and those of the other
hundred clauses, was withdrawn, Parliament
gladly sex accompanying them, while at Witty's hall the
accepted, as an instalment, Mr. Moffatt's shortbill relat-
ing to trust deeds. The same process mayladies have the front seats. Mr. Burnham has
againhave to be repeated, and, we would fain hope, with introduce velocipede riding as a feature of the
the same
success. However this may be, Sir .Coler . deserves exe..cises of his lady classes; and Mrs. Burnham already credit for the candid manner and enlightened
f.,tespiritf with
which he proposes to deal with bank rides with a degree of modest ease and skill surprising
and the public will be satisfied if the text of ;Ts° bill to those who imagine that ladies cannot ride a two-
justifies the commentary which we have now made by • wheeled velocipede without objectionable exposgs. The
an ticipation.
The Daily News considers that the bill of the i
Sol' icmtor- I exercise is especially adapted for ladies, and it is simply as
General for the repeal of university testa is little an exercise that Mr. Burnham has introduced it. None
than a reprint of the measure which he introduced laoret but ladies are admitted to the ball during the ladies' class
year. It is compulsory as regards the universities
ands exercise, aLd those who have seen Mrs. Burnham ride are
permissive •as regards the colleges. It open; al. in a fever to learn the art themselves. The ordinary dress
lny offices of distinction and emolument in the uni-
versities to Nonconformists, using that word in its used by ladies in these calisthenic exercises is just suited
largest extent. To the colleges, which are private for use in riding the bicycles, not half as much exposé of
foundations, it gives the liberty, withdrawn from the nether limbs being made as in the ordinary walking
them by the Act of Uniformity, of revising theii attire. Never before in the history of manufactures in
statutes and admitting Dissenters, should they be disposed
to do so. The measure has passed beyond the this country has there arisen such a demand for an article
stage at which discussion is useful. The second as now exists in relation to velocipedes. They are
reading of the bill is sure to be carried by a large manufactured now at the rate of 1,000 a week, and that it
staiie ' about the tenth part of the number of orders received fot t
majority. What is needful is, that at every
the tide of opinion shall run strong and high enough in
the Commons and in the country to float it, La um) them. Ore contract was made this week for the luutliri aa Phrase,mr_thc Dar of the "4 < % fßiCtllre_Sf_ooo.9o.o3/e 12iCYclee. ee.Arele. iOr manU•k
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