The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-22 00:00:00

reluctant of the Liberals to accept it as a compromise.

The Herald says the volume which is the result of the
commission's labours abundantly justifies what we and other
sincere friends of the Church in Ireland have always urged,
that the actual condition of the Church was dangerous
in the extreme. This condition of the Irish Church was a
favourite topic for the Liberal party for many years past ;
and, unfortunaely, the legal guardians and spokesmen of
the Church did not undertake the task of reform when it
might have been carded out is comparative security.
One of the first declarations of the present Government
on entering into office was to deal thoroughly with this
question. The anxiety of the Government was, in view of
the possible dangers which then threatened the Church,
to undertake, in behalf of constitutional interests, the
work which should have been long since carried out by
the Irish bishops and the leaders of Protestant opinion in
that country ; to thoroughly reform the Irish Church, so
as to put this branch of our Establishment on such a basis
as would enable her to defy her enemies. Had this been
accomplished in time, Mr. Gladstone's attack on the

Established Church would probably never have been
made. Such a movement would have no longer presented
the attractions, the promise of popularity and success,
which at one time seemed to attend the famous Resolutions.
The fate of that movement will soon be decided. Mean-
while, the policy of the Conservative party on this ques-
tion is being clearly marked out. That policy is to pursue
the course of reform which they originated before Mr.
la,clstone's conversion, and which they will yet carry out
after his conversion and its consequences have ceased to
have any import.

Lord Derby, in speaking of Mr. Gladstone's plan as
aiming at the confiscation of the entire property of " the
Establishment," intends probably, the Daily News thinks,
in the use of this term to speak with minute accuracy, and
to distinguish the Establishment from the Church. Mr.
Gladstone does not propose to take the entire property
of the Church : he contemplates leaving it in full posses.
sion of its private endowments. The distinction, if
Lord Derby really intended to mark it, should have led
him further. The property of a State Establishment, as
a State Establishment, is surely the property of the State,
Of all the parts of our army expenditure, the Post
believes that relating to the colonial service is perhaps the
most hopeful as regards retrenchment. The expenses,
direct and indirect, of maintaining garrisons scattered all
over the world are enormous ; the transport of the mer
and stores and the maintenance of the barracks and other
buildings are exceedingly costly., and the expense would
be much less if the troops were concentrated a!,
home. For, leaving India out of the question, and
allowing for the repayments and contributions of some
of the colonies, the total charges for the regiments
stationed throughout our colonial empire is no less than
three millions, out of which the pay of the men is about
half only. 'Whatever reasons may formerly have neces-
sitated the maintenance of these scattered garrisons, it is
undesirable that the introduction of steam and telegraphs
have not only rendered this system unnecessary, but even
undesirable, for it is admitted by the best authorities that
a force concentrated at home, and kept in a perfect stabs
of preparation, so as to be thrown en masse on any
menaced point on the shortest possible notice, would be far
more efficacious, even for the defence of the colonies them-
selves, than if it were distributed in several weak colonial
garrisons. Although we have to a limited extent acted
upon this principle, we have, it appears to us, been much
too slow in adopting it, and our army reformers would do
well to press the matter vigorously next session, for un-
doubtedly a very large saving indeed can be made, even
without that reduction in numbers which has always
frightened the military authorities into determined opposi-
tion to the scheme.
Mr. Burlinghame and his Chinese Embassy have arrived
in London. From the accounts of the personnel of the
mission that have already appeared the Star expects to
derive at once profit and amusement from their presence
among us, as they seem individually to unite all the
attractiveness of the show Chinaman to the dignity of the
diplomatist. Surely, from the days when embassies were
first sent there have been none that promised to
be so interesting to the curious as this one.
Its chief is an American, its first secretary an
Irishman, its second a native of France. It is
in Chih-u-Kahn that we come to the real Chinaman,
whose illustrious line is free from every taint of western
barbarism. This gentleman is Associate Minister, and
yet he only weighs 130 pounds. Here is a lesson that
we trust will not be thrown away on those who are
eternally complaining of the inadequacy of their means
to their desired ends. At 1301 b. -weight Chih-u-Khan
has managed to lay his sovereign under an obligation:
how many men are there amongst us who at 2601 b.
have bestowed one thought on their country
But, by the way, the other members of the
embassy are gentlemen who interpret in the principal
European languages. We wish them all a long and a
profitable stay in this country—profitable to them and to
ourselves. Mr. Burlinghamo deserves thanks for having
brought them here. It was a great undertaking, and it
must not be forgotten that it is an undertaking not yet
completed. The Chinese have shewn their usual haPPl-
ness of thought in the choice of a name for the gentleman
who has led their countrymen these thousands of miles
from home to meet the West on its on ground. The
translation of Mr. Burlinghame's title is " Minister of
Heavy Responsibility." Could anything be fitter, more
literally true ?

LIBERATION or IRISH POLITICAL CONVICTS.—
The Nation, states that two of the political prisoners in
Australia, Patrick Doran, convicted with General Burke
for high treason in 18G7, and Daniel Moriarty, of Mallow,
have been di charged. on condition of not returning to
their native land ; and that within the la,:t tai days
Michael Stanley, who, since February 18G7, has been
imprisoned in Millbank and Portland, has been uncon-
ditionally released.

THE ANOLO-SANSKRIT PROFTISSOR AT BENARES
COLLEC?..—Mr. A. E. Gough, 8.A., late scholar of Lin.
coin College, Oxford, has been recently appointed Anglo.
Sankrit professor at the Government College, Benares.
Mr. Gough entered his university in 1862, and having won
a Goldsmith's exhibition, obtained the following scholar<
ships—viz., the Pusey and Ellerton (Hebrew), in 1863
Boden (Sanskrit), 1864 ; Kennecit (Hebrew), 1866; Denyez
nnd Johnson (Theological), 1867. in the. same year Mr.
Gough was appointed Sanskrit Professor at Madras, frgin
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