The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-29 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, OCT. 27.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
went out yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty drove to Birk
Hall, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole
and Miss Macgregor.

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday,
tended by the Countess of Morton.

MR. M. GIBSON AT ASIITON.

Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., met his constitueo
on Tuesday night at the Ashton Town Hall, and
was most enthusiastically received. Mr. RePer
presided.

Mr. GIBSON said--Many of the newspapers were
complaining lately that the country was getting
surfeit of political speeches, and probably he might
also come under their censure for repeating vibaci
others might have said ; but it was unavoidable, a 13,.
they must remember that great political trud"
ought to be repeated again and a(min, in order t°
make an impression upon that solid and densenos.
of prejudice which they knew too often existed la
this country. (Cheers.) One of the great queer
tions which pressed most urgently at the presell4
time related to what he would call the danger°.
condition of Ireland, which Lord Stanley All
fessed was the question of the hour. (Cheers.)
Englishmen must feel that the time had CO
when they could no longer bear that the chronic
discontent which existed in Ireland—putting the
kingdom to vast expense and operating as the
constant cause of anxiety and apprehension'
should continue. The one great question neGe,s:
sary to be dealt with—he did not say the
question—was the question of the Irish Chore.:
(Loud cheers.) They wished to see rcligil
equality established in Ireland, and an ell
put to the odious principle `of religious aseendane;
(Cheers.) Speaking as a Protestant and a mealier
of the Established Church, he expressed his atre"
opinion that the Protestant religion was not Pro'
moted by the maintenance of the State Establish'
ment in Ireland. The cry that was raised,
by the disestablishment of the Irish Chore t
they would remove the great security agelllso
the spread of the influence of the Rom
Catholic Church, was an old one ; it was coy'a
menced at the time of the Catholic E013,r3w,,,-;
pation in 1829. (Hear, hear.) It was a 131;
and unfounded cry then, and he contended that la
was so now. Mr. Gibson then entered at Or
length into the history of the Irish Church, fc)ci
the purpose of showing that, as the endowmcntsr,b3
been transferred by the State from the Roman
the
tholic to the Anglican Church in Ireland at
s,/
time of the Reformation in England, it was
le
equally competent for the State to take awRY tea
endowments she had conferred. He contras'ef
the policy adopted towards Ireland in respect
the Anglican Church with the policy adePted°
io
by William 111. towards Scotland. The PeePe,
of Scotland rebelled successfully against the Pre
vious attempts which had been made to iEDP°ed
an Anglican Church upon them, and he belie/ it
the people of Scotland would rebel again if
be
could be conceived that the attempt should
repeated. (Cheers.) The Irish rebellion was
successful, and the Irish Church remained
The consequences they knew had been that Soot,
land was united in the closest bonds of friendshiPa
with England ; :the population was contented 3°:3,
prosperous, while Ireland was chronically died
affected and had made no progress. He argll,4
that the adoption of the policy advocated "o,'
Mr. Gladstone would go a far way towards making
Ireland what Scotland was. He criticised at e°,
length recently-published reports and reconlinelld—e
if
tions of the Irish Church Commission. Ile said.to
the tithe rent-charge was to be paid to any Per°
in Ireland in respect of religious objects, it waso
violation of the principle upon which that tit'
rent-charge was originally granted not to aPPI'
priate it to the locality in which it was c;
lected. He ridiculed the idea of that being
called a "National Church" which would "40
if the commissioners' recommendations Were
carried out, muddled up in a few corners of the
country. Mr. Gibson afterwards spoke at Ode,
length on the subject of the Reform Bill. lie te,
dared his uncompromising opposition to the
paying clauses of the bill, and denied that ratelle
ing ought to have anything to do with the francl3.oo
at all. The abolition of these clauses, the adoPti
of the ballot, and the large redistribution of 0,1183
were indispensable to complete the work of
form. Mr. Gibson concluded by saying t"the
was a determined struggle going on betweelliThet
two great political parties in the State. 1‘ he
might be the result he knew not. Whether 'lee,
present Administration was to continue in °l5,
or whether it was to be replaced by another eatsi
cutive, he could not tell ; but of this he was clul
sure, that experience proved that the practical
national policy of England must be based I.ll'
110'f'
the principles of the Liberal party. ( • the
hear.) He believed in the wisdom and at
justice of the future Parliament, seeing ti
I'
it would represent a much larger d)r,`,.00
of the people than any Parliament bad
before ; he believed that the Parliament whiell
bg
large measures adopted a policy which would 1)1.,1
about a cordial union between Ireland and Eagll 0
0,
—and he believed further that their legislatjo Via,
guided as it must be by the Liberal party ge
rally cf this country and the opinion of that c° of
try —would tend to the happiness and prosperitlor
this country, and raise our nation among the 0.
tions of the world. (Cheers.) Mr. Gibau°
d
swered some questions, and the meeting conelu Ai;
with a unanimous vote of confidence in the r/0
hon. gentleman.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

GItAVESEND, Thursday Morns'

Wind, N.W.; fine.
Arrived, Oct. 28.—Engartho, from Bolin • city of
n3C•;
Lyle, from Bassein; Galullnere, from Colombo; Pr°,.„," .I;3N
Louisa, from Quebec; Elizabeth, from Riga; Geo. Pw.cloOl
from ,Cronstacit ; Sourcoff, from Guatemala; ; Fer°' 'r
Rotterdam; Mary Ann, from Smyrna; Admirala
from Guernsey. to;
Arrived, Oct. 29—Leopard, steamer, from Botterlov
Chloe, from Calais; Palmyra, steamer, from 'Write ; Poe)
ther, steamer, from Boulogne ; Baron Osy, steamer,
niter,
Antwerp ; Chas. Howard, steamer, from Malaga; Fr '
from Genoa ; Shealtiel and Crescent, from Guer'f),3o
Elizabeth Brown, from Paysander ; Edwin F05,,,ft
Bombay (via Havre) ; Flecha, steamer, from G"-11
Somersetshire, steamer, from Melbourne
Sailed, Oct. 28—Echo, steamer, for Calais ; N°l4ll
steamer, for Christiania. oil"
Sailed, Oct. 29—Blanche, steamer, for Dunkirk; "r
badour, steamer, for Rotterdam.. i° rn
Wind, W. by N., very freshl)EAL, Thursday gv.
Wfr
Passed—Aurora, screw steamer, from London, A°r
terdam.

Anehored—Emulation, from London, for Cho-F1 yOOl
Put back—Most of the outward bound that til°
terday.

Advices from New York state that the 11)1
sury Department had commenced to sell eeiei4tb
public tender. The sales began on the .4...pr0
inst.,
and were to continue for ten succe::o3'
days, the amount to be disposed of on each -30
sion being 300,000 dollars. During the tea
three days the amount applied for rePre'€.-13
10,750,000 dollars.
According to a statement in the Canadiall 1 („of
the delegation from the Canadian Govereelcet:ioll
in this country on the question of the incorP°l.i,joli
of the North-Neat Territory with the Deel-oef
of Canada are not disposed to agree to anY
payment being made to the Hudson's 133 Y , are
pany. " Indeed," it is said, "we believe
ma position to state that the expectation that
t'of
money will now be paid by the Goverare;3o-
Canada to that corporation may at once be 000
doned, and that an announcement to that e
will most likely be forthwith made."