The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-03 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales will leave Marlborough House on Monday next for
Sandringham, and will probably stay there for a week.
On Tuesday week the Prince and Princess quit London,
and on Wednesday, the day following, their Royal High-
nesses purpose to• enter Dublin.

The arrangements for the reception of the royal pair are
now being proceeded with in the most vigorous manner,
regardless of expense and trouble ; and it is not improbable
that, with the exception of her Majesty herself, no visit
of a member of the Royal Family has ever been so cordial
or so auspicious as the approaching advent of the Prince
and Princess of Wales. The arrangements at Holyhead,
through which, of course, the royal party will pass,
are being carried out under the direction of Admiral
Schomberg. Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert
will proceed there, with the naval escort of the
Channel fleet, to convey the illustrious visitors to
Kingstown, where Rear-Admiral Buckle, commander
of the Irish station, will hoist his flag on board
the Royal George. Fitting arrangements are also
being made in Kingstown, and it is now pretty certain
that the stay of the Prince and Princess will be of some
few days' longer duration than was originally intended
when his Royal Highness signified his intention of coming
over to be installed as a Knight of St. Patrick. The
ceremony of the installation of the Prince as a Knight
of St. Patrick will be, without doubt, one of the .
most imposing witnessed in Ireland for a long series of
years. The robes to be worn on the occasion by the
Prince of Wales are formed of the very richest sky bine
tabinet, lined with white silk. The star to be worn on
the left breast is of considerable size, and is surmounted
by white satin rosettes and streamers. A cord of blue
silk and gold, with heavy bullion tassels, will pass round
the neck. Every portion of the robes will be of Irish
manufacture. Pages will be dispensed with, except in the
case of the Prince of Wales, the Lord-Lieutenant, and the
Marchioness of Abercorn. Every knight will have two
esquires, who must appear in similar uniform, and there is,
little doubt that the spectacle will be of the grandest kind.
The preparations for the citizens' ball at the Exhibition
Palace are going on capitally. The interior of the grand
glass building will present a gorgeous appearance, and
on account of the peculiar facilities which the Exhibition
Palace affords fur decoration and for being shewn off to
advantage under the influence of artificial light, the ball
promises to be a great success. Visitors from all parts of
the country are to arrive in Dublin to be present at the
ball, and lodgings are already at a premium. The Mast
sion House is ale) being fitted up in an appropriate
manner, and the decorations are being admirably am)
tastefully carried out. In the centre of the ceiling of the
Round Room a large gas sunlight is being constructed,
which will give a brilliant and evenly-distributed light
Over the entire ball. The thrones on the magnificently-
carpeted dais for their Royal Highnesses will be superb
specimens of carved gilding and upholstery, hung with
crimson, relieved with gold. From the cornices also
crimson draperies will be suspended, relieved by white
cambric, in which is interwoven in gold the Prince's
plume, the rose, shamrock, and thistle, and the words
" Cead Mine Failthe." The Oak and supper rooms will
be furnished and decorated with great elegance and mag- •
nificence. Their Royal Highnesses will proceed to Sallins
Station, en route lb Punchestown Races, by special train,
and the officials of the Great Southern and Westemßailway
have received instructions to have the Royal carriage in
readiness on Thursday morning, the 16th April. There is
not a vehicle remaining unengaged, fancy prices being in
almost every instance given for the two days, and it is
hoped that the railway arrangements will meet the emer•
gency.

TORTURE IN INDIA. —The Delhi Gazette says
there is a report of a dreadful case of torture by the police
at Howrah. In order to induce a man to make a confes-
sion about a theft that had taken place, a lota full of
wasps was fastened mouth downwards on the man's
stomach. After suffering this shocking and inhuman
treatment the poor wretch was brought out and merci-
lessly beaten by the head constable in the presence of
the European inspector. The case is before the deputy-
magistrate.

AN AWKWARD TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE.— in'
merchants at Victoria who are interesting themselves in
the project of supplying the English market with Aus-
tralian preserved meat, were lately subjected to a great
disappointment. It seems that a telegram was received
stating that 38,000 tons of the meat had been sold in Lon-
don. The news caused much rejoicing. It was subse-
quently discovered, however, that there had been an error
of a letter in the message. An " o " had been substituted
for an " i." It should have been 38,000 tins, not tons.
The tins only contain a few pounds each.
THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE PRINCIPALITY.
—A movement is being made by the High Sheriff of Car-
narvon to give the Prince and Princess of Wales a suitable
reception at Bangor on their return from their visit to
Ireland. A meeting is called at Carnarvon on Tuesday
next, when the whole question will be discussed in a
manner becoming loyal Welshmen. It is already under-
stood that his Royal Highness has graciously consented to
receive a deputation at Bangor, where an address will be
presented, and it only remains for the details to be carried
out in a manner worthy of the occasion.
FEMALE EMIGRATION TO CANADA. —Miss Maria
S. Rye, whose labours in connection with female emigra,
tion to our colonies are so well known, has been in corn
munication with the Government of Canada, and has been
informed that many respectable young women can be
placed most comfortably there. Miss Rye intends going
out to Canada in May, and taking one hundred women
with her. They will go by steamer, and start from Liver-
pool on the 28th May. There are good openings at Canada
for general servants, nunemaids,housemaids, washerwomen,
dressmakers, and needlewomen. Wages arc not execs•
sively high (they vary from £lO to £2O a year), but young
liwkoemeCnanaardeas,uraenodf being kindly
hol treated
dfly
m in p a
getting o 3
crrt
times. The cost will be £6, which will include bedding
enem country a t
all
and all the messing utensils wanted for the voyage. Emi-
grants will land at Quebec, and be passed on Nest at the
expense of the Government, and Miss Rye w.ll not leave
them until they arc respectably, placed.
IJESTH FEO DESTITUTION.—An inquest has
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been held in the City-road respecting the death of Eliza.
both Hudson, aged G 6 years. The evidence skewed that
the deceased had lodgings in Waterloo.road, where she
lived with her grandson, who was a snore boy. She had
2s. per week from the parish ; her grandson obtained
6d. a week for wages, and an additional shilling for
per 7.eelAii-it.i,joaNuN,it.diotlLtil;a.at money the
ringing a church hell. Their income was made up in other
ways to about Gs. 3d.
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overfed. ilay clothing.forigh shet O f
.nanaged to have a little animal food, but not oftener.
Her little grandson found her lying dead on the floor when
he returned Lome on Wednesday, last week. The verdict
returned was to the effect that death had resulted from
want of sufficient food and from lack of medical at.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1868.

The tone which the debate assumed last night
proved beyond a doubt that Mr. GLADSTONE had
adopted an unusual, and, in some degree, an unjus-
tifiable course in persisting in pressing forward his
Resolutions. No one could say that the present
was an appropriate time to do so; and Mr. ROE-
BUCK, although he felt compelled to vote for the
Resolutions, having always held that Established
Churches are a mischief, was anything but a sup-
porter of Mr. GLADSTONE, and indeed censured him
pretty strongly. In agreeing to the Resolutions he
had before him, he declared no object
of a personal kind, whether of praise or
of profit, and he was impelled by no
party considerations, and no purposes of ambition.
After expressing his sentiments upon the question
with his usual ability, Mr. ROEBUCK went on to
tell the Opposition some home-truths ; and we
would direct particular attention to the passage in
which he declared that there were times for all
things, and that this was not the time to select for
disendo virulent. " I can imagine men so vehement,
so energetic in their cause, and so desirous of
personal aggrandisement, that they forget every-
thing connected with the Irish Church." Going
back to the records of 1835, the hon. member showed
how he and the Radicals had then supported Lord
JOAN RUSSELL in his Resolutions about the matter,
and had attained their end. When, however, the
Tories were ousted from power, then, with "mouths
open and eyes staring," they witnessed the gyrations
of the great Whig party. Passing on to more mo-
dern times, Mr. ROEBUCK said that Sir ROBERT
PEEL had done a great
.deal of good by securing to
England the abolition of the Corn Laws, and the
Liberals rewarded him by turning him out, in order,
as they said, to improve the condition of Ireland.
When reinstated in office, they did nothing; and
so also with the Reform question in 1859.
Directing his remarks more exclusively to
the right bon. gentleman the member
for South Lancashire, Mr. ROEBUCK concluded
by expressing an earnest hope that the same
" trick" was not to be played over again, and
that there would be no " halting, shuffling, or
trickery." In many respects this speech was the
most damaging to Mr. GLADSTONE of any that has
been delivered since the debate began, for it came
from one of the most distinguished members of the
Liberal party, and as it upheld the principle of the
Resolutions, no one can say that prejudice in-
fluenced the criticisms contained in it. We can
well imagine that a downright politician, such as
Mr. ROEBUCK has always been, feels indignant
at the course pursued by the leaders of the
Liberal party for years ; no honest man who would
put his private precepts into public practice in
dealing with questions of great interest to the State
can look calmly upon the line so constantly taken
by those wbo affirm one thing in opposition and an
other in place. It could not have been very flat-
tering to the amour propre of the leader thus to be
lectured by one of his own followers;but the House
must have recognised the full truth and meaning of
the observations.

Mr. LOWE'S speech was chiefly distinguished for
its extreme bitterness. All that ingenuity could sug-
gest was brought forward to show the falsehood and
insincerity of the Government, and the right hon gen-
tleman concluded his powerful speech by declaring
that, like the High Church, the Ministry rested on a
"rotten foundation." We may suggest that the
effect of this harangue was a good deal spoilt by the
over-haste which Mr. LOWE was in to carry out the
simile on the Church in connection with the Go-
vernment. " Cut it down ! why cumbereth it to
the ground ?" was indeed expressed in every sen-
tence of his long and able discourse ; and if further
proof were wanting, we have it in the some-
what theatrical display he made to the
House, in turning to Mr. GLADSTONE with the
remark, " The hour has come and the man." The
truth is, that it is the " man" who has come and
not the hour, for the present time is not an appro-
priate and fitting one. The extreme party spirit
that has been introduced into this debate is an
additional reason for condemning the persistency
with which the discussion has been forced on. With
the exception of Mr. ROEBUCK, those who advocated
the policy of the Resolutions considered themselves
at liberty to revive the worst and most envenomed
attacks on the Government, and altogether to
carry on a system of backbiting and slandering,
which, for the credit of the House, it were
well to have buried in Kensal-green along with the
antiquated notions referred to by Mr. OSBORNE in
his recent speech. lie also thought it highly ex-
pedient to pull the Government to pieces and de-
clare that they were all running different ways. It
is curious, however, to notice that among those who
so readily condemned this so-called decision that
no one of the several courses they referred to as
taking place met with their approval. It seems
that Mr. GLADSTONE has found the only right way
and monopolised it, and all others arc wrong.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE'S speech was a relief in its
quiet, common-sense line of argument after the
violent tirades and fierce invectives to which the
House had listened. He put the case very clearly
before hon. members when he said the " primary
object of the Resolutions, and of those who spoke
in favour of them, was to rally the Liberal party
and to put out the present Government." That
object came out indeed only too plainly last night.
We entirely agree with the right honourable
gentleman the Secretary for India, that since
the battle field chosen is one of such im-
mense importance, and involves interests of
such great magnitude, it is the duty of those
who desire it to consider at all events the subject
they brought forward for discussion in a more
respectful and serious manner than the framers of
these Resolutions have done. This reproach was
well merited, for it was hardly decorous that a
Church question should be treated in the flippant
style and with the inimical tone that distinguished
some speakers in the debate. A very powerful argu-
ment was adduced by the right hon. gentleman for
not deciding this question iu the present Parlia-
ment.

He said that it was started at a
time when the mind of the English people was
not directed to the subject now under the conside-
ration of the House, and that it is not fair to legis•