The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-30 00:00:00

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT IN IRELAND

Mr. PIM asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether
it was his intention to lay upon the table, before the end of
the present session, the bill-for eaten ding to Ireland the
Principle of the Local Government (England) Act, 1858,
and the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act,
1862.
The E u• 1 of MAYO was understood to say that he
would lay such a bill upon the taLle.
VOLUNTEER OFFICERS AT WINDSOR REVIEW.
Lord ELCRO asked the Secretary of State for War,
whether, in justice to the whole Volunteer force, any in-
quiry had been made, or would be made, to ascertain what
Volunteer regiments or Volunteers showed a want of dis-
cipline on Saturday last; and who were the officers that
left their regiments on that occasion.
Sir J. PAKINGTON had a conversation with General
Lindsay on the subject on the Monday after the review,

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bat he eras eitsrahsent, and ho would confq with Goner:Ll

Lindsay immediately on his rettirn.
SURGEON- TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE
FORCE.
Viscount ENFIELD askei the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, whether it was true that, on the retire—
ment of the late Surgeon-in-Chief to the Metropolitan
police force the candidates for that office were informed.that
fhe restrictions debarring the holder of that appoiutipent
from pursuing any private or hospital practice would con-
tinue in force ; thai within a few months of the present
surgeon, Mr. Holmes, being nominated such restrictions
were pc ddenly removed; and whether he was aware that

such a rule, though afterwards relaxed, prevented n any
distiuguished men in the medical profession from offering

Lhemselvcs as candidates for that appointment.
Sir G. GREY said the subject to which the hon. mem-

bor referred was to some arrangement which had been

Lade by him, and he stated the conditions under which

he present case arose.
Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that on Thursday he would

move the vote of thanks to the forces employed in the

Abyssinian Expedition. The Metropolitan Foreign Cattle
Market Bill was fixed for a two o'clock sitting on Frida; ;

and Mr. Disraeli expressed a hopo that tho house would

then come to a decision on it.

The expediency of giving employment to retired non-
commissioned officers and privates in the Government
offices as messengers, third-class clerks, and the like was

brought before the house by Sir C. Russell, and supported.
warmly by Lord Elcho, Captain Vivian, Colonel Barttelot,
Lord Hotham, and others, chiefly on the ground that the
prospect of obtaining these appointments would encourage
recruiting, and attract a better class of men into the army.
Mr. 11. Baillie advocated the proposal as the first step to-
wards breaking up the "abominable system" of vesting all
these little appointments in the Secretary of the Treasurys
to be distributed among the members of the house.
Mr. GLADSTONE agreed in the principle of the re-
commendation, but pointA out that there were larger
considerations connected with the Civil Service, particu-
larly in regard to examinations, involved in it; and
Sir J. PAKINGTON (confirmed by Colonel Percy
Herbert) stated that the principle had already been applied.

both to the naval and military services, and his experi-
ence of the War-office —where there are 33 old soldiers

employed—enabled him to speak highly of the success of
the experiments. As far as his power and opportunities
went he promised to act on the recommendation.

In answer to Sir J. Gray,
4r. CLIVE announced that the Report of the Irish
Church Commission would probably be presented in a
fortnight. The inquiry was concluded, and the delay had.
been caused entirely by the necessity of carefully revising
the voluminous and complicated schedules to the Report.
The battle of the new Law Courts was revived for the

twentieth time by Mr. GOLDSMID, who moved fora Se-
lect Committee to inquire into the recent appointment of
architects for the new public buildings. Without espous-
ing the cause of any one competitor, and guarding him-
self carefully against giving any opinion on the merits of
the case, Mr. Goldsmid narrated clearly and concisely the
somewhat tangled history of the competition, maintaining
that the result was so much confusion that further inquiry
was indispensable.
Mr. GLIDSTONE opposed the motion, thinking that,
whether the arrangement of the Government were the best
or not, it was not open to any such imputation as justified
the interference of a select committee.
lir. LOWE, who had a motion on the paper to refer to
a select committee—•a petieon presented by Mr. Barry—
argued that the Government had first gone wrong in treat-
ing the failure of the judges to make an award as voiding
the competition. His theory was that the instructions to
the architects constituted a contract between them and the
judges. They acted, not as arbitrators, but as the ag.‘nts
of the executive in choos:ng an architect, and the execu-
tive, therefore, was bound to carry out that contract. Ex-
amining closely these instructions, and relying chiefly on
Messrs Shaw and Pownall's report, Mr. Lowe maintained
that in all their essential points, particularly in internal
arrangements, Mr. Barry was much superior to Mr. Street.
The building, therefore, ought to have been given to
him.

Sir R. PALMER, as one of the judges,protested against
Mr. Lowe's assumption that their chief duty was to at-
tend to the internal arrangements and to place little stress
on the external elevation. He denied, too, that Mr. Barry's
interior was so superior as to give him a right to the prize,
for Messrs. Shaw and Pownall's report had no official
authority, and the sub-committee of barristers and soli-
citors preferred both Mr. Scott's aul Mr. Waterhouse's
designs.
Mr. WINTERBOTHAIf, speaking avowedly as the
partisan of Mr. Waterhouse, complained that the condi-
tions of the competition had not been adhered to, and espe-
cially that he had been required to compete not with one,
but two architects. He attributed the failure of the award
to the appointment of Messrs. Sliaw and Powuall, who, ho
hinted, had been added to .the commission id a trades
union spirit, especially adverse to Mr. Waterhouse.
The claims of Mr. Waterhouse wore also supported by
Mr. Pease, while Mr. Beatinck agreed with Mr. Lowe that
the award should have been iu Mr. Barry's favour. Mr.
Childers, Mr. B. Hope, and Mr. Powell joined in depre-
cating a committee which must unsettle everything; and
Mr. Tite also regretted that the Messrs. Barry and S.rect
had not been appointed joint-architects, suggested by way
of compromise that Mr. Street should build Equity Courts
on the Lincoln's-iun site, and that Mr. Barry should to
employed to build Common Law Courts on tho Embank-
ment. Mr. M. Chambers deprecated unnecessary haste.
Lord J. MANNERS objected to the appointment of a
committee that it would throw everything into confusion,
and that at this period of the session such an inquiry was
impracticable. To Mr. Lowe's complaint he replied by de-
nying that the award of the judges or Messrs. Shaw and
Pownall was binding on the Government. They were
justified in treating the competition as at an end, and in
the arrangement they had made they had endeavoured to
do that which would be fairest to the chief competitors.
To show that Mr. Barry's interior plans were not so con-
venient as had been represented, Lord John referred to the
report of ,the legal sub-committee and the protest of the
Probate Court officials against it.
On a division the motion was rejected by 90 to 45.
Mr. HARDY moved the second reading of the Metro-
politan Police Funds Bill, the chief object of which is to
add id. to the present Gd. rate levied in the metropolitan
district for police purposes, with the object of raising the
force by 1,000 men and 120 officers. This would bo sup-
plemented by a contribution of a V. rate from the Conso-
lidated Fund, and the sum thus furnished would amount
to £72,000 a year. In support of the bill Mr. Hardy ex-
plained that it would only raise the police force to the
same proportion to the population which it bore when it
was first formed, and dwelt on the recent increase in the
duties of -the police, which had made it absolutely neces-
sary to raise the pay to secure an adequate number of
men.

Mr. AYRTON moved the rejection of the bill, which he
held not to be referable to any real necessity, but to the
absurd panic arising out of the Clerkenwell outrage. The
police force was sufficient in numbers but deficient in intel-
ligence and capacity. Such an addition to the police rate
ought to be preceded by a searching inquiry into its orga-
nisation, and on that account he suggested th at the bill
should be limited to one year.
The bill was also opposed by Mr. H. Lewis, Mr. Locke,
Aldermen Lusk and Lawrence, and Mr. Labouchere, who
recommended a select committee. On the other hand Lord
Enfield, Sir J. Fergusson, and Sir G. Grey spoke infavour
of the bill, and, on a division, the second reading was car-
ried by a majority of 170-192 to 22.
There were 40 other bills on the paper, and the first
three or four of these were forwarded a stage, the re-
mainder being postponed.
The house then adjourned.

Thaddeus Stevens has asserted that the man who
denies the franchise to another denies his God, and W.
Samson, writing to the editors of the Revolution, declares
that professing Christians may oppose universal suffrage,
but real Christians never, thus arriving at the same con-
clusion. Not content with so summarily excommunicating
all who differ from him, W. Samson comes out as a prophet
with the following :—" General Grant is the last Presi-
dent for the United States who will be voted for exclu-
sively by man alone. "Not so fast," says the Revolution,
"as we have our doubts about Grant being President.
The working mon are awake, and labour is about to sum-
mon purse-proud imbecility, crafty politicians, and high
art swindlers before the bar of common sense and justice."
The Revolution is wheeling round into Conservatism, and
we hear nothing more about "glorious Ben. Wade." We
had written so far, when, on turning over the pages, we
saw two articles, headed " Going over to the Copperheads"
and " The Revolution too Democratic ;" and the latter
opened with a point so good and true that we give it hero.
" You are getting coppery," said a sturdy but intelligent
New Englander the other day, when asked to subscribe
for the Revolution. "You are getting to be a real Copper-
head," he said, "and Ido not like you at all." " Only
copper-bottomed," we answered, " the better to secure our
timbers, but the head is right, and the heart all right."
" But I am told you have gone over to the Democrats."
" But bow long have the Dem.icrats boon in favour of
coloured suffrage ?" we asked. "No time at all," said he,
" though they aro taking to it now, but it is only to save
their party." " And why," we demandal again, "do you
llepublicans reject coloured suffrage, if not for the same
reason—to save your pirty ?" It is the Democrats who
have gone over to the Revolution, not the reverse.
The Chicago Tribune has a special dispatch from.
Napiorville, Illinois, giving an account of the poisoning of
a whole church congregation at that place on a late Sun-
day. The church was celebratingit love-feast. The meat
had been prepred in a copper k •ttle, and allowed to re-
main in it all day, till the liquid had become axydised.
All who partook of it wore poisoned, and all suffered tho
most excruciating pains. Medical assistance was at once
summoned, but it was a long time before the entire num-
ber (about 13U) could be attended to. About 20 of the
number were regarded as in a dangereds condition, but it
is hoped that all will recover.
The newspapers are teeming with references to econo-
niy in tea by co-operation. floral nun and Co. have for 30
years co- operated through Agents to supply tea on more
advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; their tea
reaches the consumer in the same pure state as it leaves the
grower, as it is secured in packets.

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