The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-03 00:00:00

A NEW PEER.

Mr. Gladstone is about to make his second peer.
His first was an eminent lawyer. Sir James Wilde,
created Baron Penzance, purely for legal merits.
The second is an Irish landowner and political adherent.
Colonel Greville-Nugent,is descended from a younger
. branch of the Earl of Warwick's family, and was
married to the only daughter of the present Marquis
of Westmeath, a very strong opponent of the Irish
Church Bill. Colonel Nugent is 48 years old. He
was first returned for-Longford County in 1852. He
has been returned for the same constituency ever
since, and on every occasion, except one, without a
contest. On that occasion (1857) he won an easy
victory over the Conservative candidate, the Hon.
Captain Forbes. Colonel Nugent is an advanced
Liberal, being in favour of tenant-right and the
abolition of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill • and is, in
fact, the very antithesis to ,his father-in-law.
Government will' find it mo:e easy to carry their
candidate for Longford co•anty than they found it
seven years ago when I;zzd Palmerston's Irish Lord
of the Treasury, CaV,Aln White, was ignominiously
beaten by Major Q.-Reilly.

DIPLOMATIC C 0 SSIP.
The. Owl Understands that inquiries are likely to
be made as to the' disposal of the secret service
money annually placed at the disposal of our Foreign
Secretary. The amount is no less than £30,000.
Earl Russell,• when he presided . at the Foreign
Office, always refused to employ the money in
obtaining information surreptitiously at foreign
courts-. Some portion of the fund is allotted
to the payment of pensions not provided
for by Act of Parliament. Other gratuities are
given to officials already. amply provided for, in vio-
lation of constitutional rule. The Owl hopes that
this last relic of official corruption will soon be
exploded, as the-Dure-atuNoir:Vilich formerly existed
at the Post Office lately was,- -
Two diplomatic posts are now at the disposal of
the Earl of Clarendon—that of Minister to Spain,
vacant by the resignation of Sir John Crampton.
and that of Marge cre'aires to the republic of
Venezuela, vacant by the death of Mr. Fagan.
In both instances the gentlemen appointed should
understand finance, for both countries owe us money
which they are rather slow to pay.

POSTAGE OF NEWSPAPERS.
According to the Owl, the Post-office authorities
have made up their mind to reduce the postage
upon newspapers to one halfpenny, and are now
making inquiries in order to give effect in the
ensuing year to the generally-expressed wish of the
House of Commons.

MR. LOWE AND " FIVE
QUARTERS."
.. He contends
Mr. Lowe is a misunderstood n
thitt practically he is right in that a man
pas
Mr.five Huntcitt quarters resan, one year,
t see it. Writing to the
althoughraay Pa
Times, the Chancellor of the Exchequer sass :...._ .
" Wherever four quarterlypayments are mad. , 3a
by adding a single day to the year, which is.no -.'Ullytyi
increase of burden, make out that five quaVtrearcts.l2t
paid within the year. Indeed, if a raan..7e
paid
,-, i -, . the last quarter of hia
oft on the 20th of
WALT WTTlfa.N:— la ;tit " Whaman, the Amen- April, 1868, and on the 19th April, 1869, which
can poet, completed his fiftieth year on the last day of may very well happen, he would under the present sys-
May. He occupies a third-class clerkship in the Attorney- tem pay literally, and
it
amtraerl
hardship, live
General's office, at Washington. A journal of that city rgiasrtstegnireir rttlyeefirlf it i
present plan ; if it issn'o'Pgartita.i hardship
General's
describes him as "a robust figure, six feet high, costumed charge against me. The proper way to look atpthal.csans:
in blue or grey, with drab lint, broad shirt collar gTey is to leave out of the question the payment in" April
white beard full and curly, face ne a red apple, blue eyes, 127 e, uan'lgecr.heittiser fs(3ls. team, past old .eoarriheannedw, 14111111:combs.
and a look of animal health more indicative of *finting or pare them from that date. Suppose a man hasl:2o income
boating. than the department office or author's desk." Mr tax to pay. On the old svatem lie will pay £lO in October,;
Whitman is about to publish a revised edition of his poems, 43,9dlei!`
snein w JsaysnitieamrybleS7wo
ii:£spaiyn A-glin","4"-nttaortyal,l2
a: lding some .new 01105 on religious themes. He will also Compare the two. - dily-the new plan he gains the use of
publish...hula, the-sulnMer a prose work entitled " Demo-
.calOnnfarom October to January, and loses the use of 25 from
P ry to April • and se' lit cadr; the use • of or interest
cratic Vistas." .' - 'tia -25-01- t one'quarter's ' .
a is, income- tax—for three
THE PATENT LAW.,,;.--The patent laws serve one i montl.s. How, then, can it be truly said that the new
,_ . Lan is more burdensome to the taxpayer than the old?
purpose at least—they provide salaries for the law, offiiers : a the contrary, it is evidently a relief, in 'spite of the
of the Crown. It is estimated that in the current year payment of five quarters of income tax in the •- ' "
3 ear.
f,,es A inc.iinting to more than £12,000 will be paid to the MR. DISRAELI'S ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS.
English Attorney. General and Solicitor-General for Mr. Disraeli presented some of 11l •
s favourite .-clergy-
examining . and passing patents, and more than 1.000 men to the Prince of Wales at the levee on Tuesday;
guineas to tbeir clerks. £3,450 will also be payable to the :That is to say ho introduced to H.R.11. several of the
Scottish and Irish law ofricers and their clerks, ae com• ecclesiastics whom he promoted during his tenure of
pensation for their not being now allowed a share of the office. .These included the Very :Rev. Dr. H. L.
spoil. The salaries of the clerks in the Patent 01'60, and Manse], Dean of St. Paul's; the. Right.- Rev; '1 1.
,payments to gentlEir.3:o, who abridge_ spe,:ificati*3 of Magee, Bishop of 'Peterborough; the. Izeik—:-Dr. -
patents aer, 7.1.- cach, will al:scrb. =I.VC,G. in the year ;:aid Bright, Ca:loft of Christ. Ohara, dud. Ilegilv:7,Pro_
R:::,000 W:11 lae devoted to . printing and. drawi44.-te 1 PrQ44:essor of Ecclecasstical History ia the I.7.nik-arsity
explain patet2A. ' :'7
- . . . ------7--- lOf trifo4 ; and the Bev. Dr. F. E. Leigliton,WFdeu _ _ _
• • ....., -....,.. i ItAg_Souis College), Oiforcl, Cane of I,Vestuelr
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