The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-09 00:00:00

lidated Debt of the General Government. Th

innocent English people consider the security of &
colony to be better than that of a province, but

the truth is that the debt of such a province as
Canterbury, with the tangible security of the rail-
ways now in progress, more especially that ill3t
opened between Lyttelton and Christ-church is

superior to the colonial guarantee. A great danger
lies before New Zealand. The colony consists of

two islands, the debtand the Alaories being the cha-

racteristics of the Northern ; and population, flocks,
and the gold fields, the features of the Southern.

The colonists of the South have always objected to
being taxed to keep up such a town as Auckland,
and to support soldiers they never see nor require.
They have agitated strongly for a separation which

might hereafter take place, when it would be no
easy matter to apportion the debt, and the bonds
that fell to the North to pay might prove little
better than a Spanish debt to the holders. Great
provinces like Canterbury and Otago are put on the
same level as liawke's Bay ; we wonder they did
not add Southland, which ridiculous proTince bad
the audacity to raise a loan on its own account, and

a bailiff actually turned his honour the superinten-
dent out of his chair a 3 the only tangible security•
People who meddle in the New Zealand loans should
strive to make themselves acquainted with the

country.
It is becoming the fashion on the other side the
water to accuse the most prominent public men of

drunkenness. Columbia, however, thinking it un-
fair that she should enjoy a monopoly of topers,
has traversed the Atlantic for instances among her

English cousins. The correspondent of the Nem
York Tribune had not to go far to put his hand on
the man he wanted. The Right Hon. Beu. Disraeli
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is the Premier, and, in virtue of his office, the first

whose conduct would be investigated by the corre-

spondent. Nor was he long in coming to a conclu-
sion about the habits of that distinguished member
of the Press. He thought he looked rather sus-
picious on the closing night of the Maguire debate ;
but his speech on the 3d of April, at the end of the
first debate on the Irish Church, settled the matter•
" Dizzy," according to this gentleman, was, in
truth, dizzy, not under the influence of excitement,
but of drink ! The fact is, that the work of such
debates is too exhausting for men to get through
without some restorative, and when a man has been

speaking for two hours after midnight, he had bbt.ter
confine himself to tea or coffee, as even a slight
stimulant might have an effect he did not anticipate.
Lord Hobart has arrived at Constantinople and
assumed the governorship of the Imperial Bank. Ile hag
always been among the most outspoken friends of
America.
The Rev. Dr. M'Cosh, a professor of Quern
College, has, without any application on his part, been
unanimously elected President of Princeton University,
United States, and has received a telegram announcing
the fact.
Parson Brownlow has come forward to decline a
nomination, which no one as yet has asked him to accept'
for the Vice-Presidency, as if the American people wor°
likely to go to Tennessee and pick out a Brownlow after
their recent experience.
A. contemporary describes the social change is
Washington since the rebellion, and illustrates it by a de:
scription of Senator Sumner's house:—" Not that it is at
all palatial, or over-expensive in material or work;
manship, but that it is the very perfection
convenience and tasteful arrangement. No such 3t
gallery is in all Washington as comprise the Senator's
rooms. His busts, his engravings, his bronzes, his books,
his few paintings, are all of the choicest character, arid;
they are hung and placed with rare appositeness e'
companionship, and of course with the highest artistic'
effect. So of his book-cases, his writing-desks, his dravt;
ing and dining-room furniture—all bespeak the work
thorough artisans and an appreciative owner's suggestien'
And if the genial occupant be, as we found him, in possee-
sion of an hour's leisure, late in the evening, his 'Anil
may bo accounted enviable in the delightful season
personal intercourse that is sure to follow. Mr. Stnneer
maintains his establishment with proverbial Boston hes-
pit:tlity—a dinner always ready after the senatorial 1,0001
of the day for a chance friend or two, and the varied de'
tails of a well-ordered household moving like clockignrX
without care or annoyance to himself." of
Mr. Cunard has denied the statement that one
his vessels (the Cuba) is engaged in an ocean race with tin/
Inman steamer City of Paris.
Sergeant Bates met with a warm reception i°
Baltimore.
Mr. Bancroft is about to proceed to Munich to
present his credentials as American Minister.
Anna Dickenson was lately applied to by a c°f,,
mittee fora
they
lecture, and offered "Breakers Alle".d
to which they repneu, win au—stve us `Break
hi
head.' "
An American in London lately said to an Beg-
lish friend, "Just now I passed Lord A— (prob3hlir
meaning Lord Amberley) in the street. You reniembeew
how civil and atteniive I was to him last year in
York. Ho told mo before he left America that whenet•
I came to England I was to be sure and call upon
Well, he met me down at the corner there, by Berkel;
street, looked me full in the face, and walked on—cetibo
dead. Would you believe it?" "Believe it !" replied oto
friend, "of course I would. If you could be of any tie,pg
Lord A— here, he would not cut you. But the ta'ad,
are turned. He would be very glad to meet you in Dr°
way, but Piccadilly is a very different thing." tioa
Secretary M'Culloch thus replied to this qtle°
_At
of a Congressman :—" Do you think the President '""?
make any resistance when convicted ?" "How call
who will obey any orders from him?" the
We learn that Mr. Reuben Lowell, one of
ro,
proprietors of the New York Theatre, and the former Poo
prietor of the Westchester House, died at New Orleane
the 22d inst., on his way home from Havana. field
Ex-Governor Pierpont charged Gen. Sell° side
on the 22d April, before General Grant, with setting %slot
the laws of Virginia and Congress for the purpne; to
enabling ex-Confederates who could not take „the ea
occupy valuable offices in the State; and further+ tho
Schofield's appointments have tended to discourage
Union cause in Virginia. eel°
In the Cole-Hiscock trial at Albany the prosily)
tion closed their case by examining the policeman „„a
made the arrest of Cole, and a few other witnessed
the defence, it is stated, was to be open° 150
James T. Brady, of New York. The chief defeneeoof,
on the ground of the temporary insanity of the Prls
caused by the knowledge of his wife's guilt wit send
cock. General Cole had three of his brothers Pre: for'
United Sta' es Senator Cole, of California, Gilhol; upti
merly counsel at Acapulco, and David, a Tomkins itattri
farmer, and among the spectators was Mrs. Dr'
Walker. 010
George H. Pendleton returned $9,81e in- a r
1867. His chance of the Presidency is on so slendettie
scale that there is not much chance of his increasing
that direction. bees
Fifteen more persons are reported to haVe.irotta.
killed by the accident at Carr's Rock on tho Erie 01 ogt
Sir John A. MacDonald announced, on °ewe°
April in the House of Commons at Ottawa, that thero
bad signified her intention to create Hon. Geea WV.
Cartier a Baronet of the United Kingdom, and
Hector L. Laugevier a Companion of the Bath. f tea
The late Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee had one of tle
heaviest brains on record, heavier by several cnue
that of Dupuytren or of Daniel Webster. a hi'
e k
-Baron Stoeckl, Minister for Russia, has 38 Alierg
Government to extend the time of payment inttersbevy
Ward H. Lemon has been sent as agent to St- re in s°.
ev se.
to negotiate the matter, as Congress has ma" „ape
ment with reference to an appropriation for the 1

Births. ti
ne"
CUMBERLEGE—On the 6th inst., at Astwood, Di a 00%6,
wife of R. Cumberlogo, Esq., 11th Regiment,. /wept
HARYEY—On the 7th inst., at 1, South Baux•f 00'1.a
park, the wife of Augustus J. Harvey, Esclq °„. t
KENNEDY—On the 6th inst., at 8, Henrietta-strra'oll'
the wife of Tristram Kennedy, Esq., M.P-1

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Marriages. i 10.1- 0
ACELOM—CANNON— On the 7th inst., at Cht,is'iCtoe°„" to,
Cheltenham, Capt. George E. Ackloro, 16th llecq-oii44
Louisa Octavia, widow of the hte Cl. t Ed'li,Bl. to '°
Madras Army, and youngest daughter a t-e It'
~cli,
John Roche, of Clungunford, Shropshire. A CV's' di
BOYES—NEWTON— On the 7th inst , at East Rctfer:4'. 130,44,
John Frederick, eldest son of the late Georg°. of
John t'
Eq., of East Sheen, and Abchurch-laue, ry°,o3sV-
Lorudugest daughter of Wm. Newton, Es9.l °'
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Deaths. ad, re
GLAISTER—On the 7th inst ,at 11, Lyndhursi-r° 0,
ham, Surrey, Richard Ghtister,. Esq. ,v 6 fl' 13(31( A
DER-EN—On the sth inst., at Brixton, Mr. " '
aged 41. id- roc,' e° if
I.I.ONTMORENCY—On the 6th inst ,11 Castle ~.-•.° 1;6111
Kilkenny, Irdand, John do •Mouttuorenen lisrP
and D.L., of Castle Morres, aged 51. 0(31
MILLEs—On the 7th inst., at Bycullah 1.10,15°' 9.1
Milles, aged 85. iloof/e' '-'t.
ROWLAND —On the 6th inst., at Brunswit glJi
Alban's, William 11. itowlatd, Esq., ,tged,- •Edi°lllll
TROTTER On the 7th nst., at The 13us',1 79.
Archibald. Trotter, Esq., of Castlelaw, age-
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