The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-11 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(UsTERDAy.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Cork and Macroon (Direct) Railway Bill (Lords),
and the Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway Bill
(Lords), were read a second time.
THE REVENUE OFFICERS DISABILITIES RE-
MOVAL BILL. _
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,

Mr. MONK (who presented several petitions from re-
venue officers in different parts of the United Kingdom)
first commented on the appearance of the Ministerial and
front Opposition betiches, which were at that time empty.
The hon. member was about to address the house when
the Opposition requested him to " move." lie immediately
moved that the bill be read a second time. .

—...
This having been seconded, the motion was put from
the chair, and was carried without a division amid con-
siderable cheering from the mombers on the Opposition
side.

THE MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,

Mr. H. C. LOPES said he believed no measure had been
brought Into the house in so plausible a manner as had
this bill by the hon. and learned member for Reading. He

thought the bill was of a very revolutionary character,
and would throw discord and distrust between husbands
and wives where harmony and concord now exist. The
hon. and learned member for Reading had said that a bill
similar to this had been in use in the United States, but
he denied that there was a similarity between the cases
of the two countries. He denied that there was any
analogy between the law of settlement and the giving of
unconditional control over the property by the woman
immediately she married. He traced the liability
of the husband under the existing law, and he
contended there was nothing either unjust or unfair
in it. The law had worked satisfactorily for very
many years, and he appealed to the heads of families
if thera was any necessity for the introduction of such
a bill as this. He instanced the effect it would have on the
upper and lower or industrial classes. Among the upper
classes it would have no effect whatever, because a settlement
would still ba made. Supposing, for instance, a woman is ex-
travagant, and her husband is deeply attached to her, the
woman runs into debt, and according to this bill she is

liable to be sued, and in case her husband does not pay the
debt, she is liable to be sent to prison. Would a man, so
deeply attached to his wife, allow his wife to be sent to
prison ? Most decidedly not. He referred to the cases of
Mrs. Lyon and Mrs. Borradaile ; he said in any similar cases
in future great dissension would •exist among the relations
of such people. Referring to the industrial classes he said
very frequently the women were married without having
anything in the world, and when they had to incur the
expenses for the u3e of 'the household, did the hon. and
learned member intend that the wife should be taken into
custody? He concluded by moving that the bill be read
a second time time that day six months.
Mr. E. K. KARSLAKE opposed the bill for the same
reasons as had been advanced by the hon. member (Mr.
Lopes.) He criticised the various clauses of the bill, and
showed that there was not the slightest necessity for some
of them, and the others were quite inconsistent with the
professed objects of the bill.
Mr. HEADLA M supported the bill.
Mr GOLDNEY admitted the law ought to be remedied,
but he could not imagine there was the slightest necessity
for carrying the law to such an extreme as was contem-
plated by this bill. The grave thing, he contended, was
that it would establish an interest in the household entirely
secarate from that of the husband.
Mr. POLLARD-URQUHART instanced examples
where husbands had laid their hands on the property of
their wives, and had gono to the Continent and there
squandered it, and he thought such a law demanded some
alteration.

After some further diselssion the house divided, when
there appeared—

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The SPEAKER then gave his casting voto with the ayes.
Mr. LEFEVRE then moved that the bill be referred to
a select committee, which was agreed to.
BURIALS (IRELAND) BILL.

Ayes
Noes

The house then went into committee on this bill, the
object of which was to enable Roman Catholics to be
buried in any parochial burial grounds on due notice being

given.

A division took place upon the main proposal of the
measure on the first clause, which was carried by
122 to 91. Another point that gave rise to some
discussion was the giving notice to the police when
a funeral opposed to the tenets of the Protestant
religion was proposed to take place in the burial ground
belonging to that Church. It was contended that no
danger need be entertained as to collisions taking place
when two funerals of different religions took place in the
same ground at the same hour, the result of which was
that amendments were not persisted in.
Sir H. BRUCE then took a general objection to the
bill on the ground that it allowed a Hindoo, or the
follower.; of any peculiar creed, to p3rform certain rites in
the burial ground of a Protestant church. The hon. mem-
ber was addressing the house at a quarter to six, at which
hour the debate ceased in accordance with the standins

orders.
The Voters in Disfranchised Boroughs Bill passod
through committee.
Tie amendments on the Established Church (Ireland)
Bill were ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday
next. _ _

The other orders of the day were then disposed of and
,he house adjourned.

7HE BISHOP OF ON? ARIO ON 7HE

IRISH CHURCH.

The Bishop of Ontario writes to the Guardian :
The general opinion held by calm-lookers on is that
the Irish Church is doomed as an Establishment.
The precedent will certainly be disastrous to all
establishments, but I see no reason to infer that
the Church will either perish or become impaired
in usefulness. As a bishop of a church which
has gone through the ordeal of disestablishment,
I am inclined to believe that the Irish Church
may flourish when separated from the State. The
resolutions of Air. Gladstone will leave the Church
in possession of all property, I suppose, that has
been acquired by private benefaction, and of the
glebe-houses and church edifices, and also will leave
the clergy in possession of their incomes for life.
Now, a precedent has been established in the dis-
endowment of the Canadian Church which may
be usefully followed in Ireland. Instead of the
clergy retaining their rent charges, &c., for the
term of their natural life, let the State at once take
possession of these revenues, and pay to the church
a capital sum in commutation of the clergy life in-
terest. The income of bishops and clergy is, say,
£500,000, which may be commuted, perhaps, fur
13 years' purchase, or at all events for 10 years'
purchase. Thus the church will at once acquire
£5,000,000 of endowment. The interest of this
sum will not suffice to pay the present incumbents
their full stipends, but now is the time .to show
a spirit'of self-sacrifice ; and if the Irish clergy will
follow the example of the Canadian clergy, all of
whom, except one man, commuted their life
annuities and threw their money into a common
fund, they will earn the admiration of the world.
Any deficiency in their stipends may surely be made
up by the voluntary contributions of the landowners
of Ireland, five-sixths of whom are Protestants, and
would be supplemented by donations from the Eng-
lish branch of the Church. To sum up : the result
would be that the Irish Church will find itself in
possession of five million of pounds, all its
churches and glebe-houses, Diocesan and Pro-
vincial Synods, and liberty. The further result
will be increased life and missionary zeal, in conse-
quence of the necessity of falling back on the
powers of the Church as a spiritual organisation,
while the only apparent difference that the world will
see between the Established and disestablished
Church will be that four bishops will be excluded
yearly from the House of Lords. I believe that not
even will the dignity or social status of bishops and
clergy be in the least degree diminished, while many
advantages, which I need not mention, will accrue.
Of course, I do not mean to defend the disestablish-
meat of the Irish Church, but merely to express my
own Nil desperandum.' "

LIE BLUSH OF A CUTTLE FlSH.—Under the
influence of strong emotion the human face turns
pale, or blushes ; in some individuals it even becomes
blue. The cuttle fish dot--..s this, and more. Yielding to
the impressions of the moment, it suddenly changes
colour, passing through a variety of tints,.and only resum-
ing its familiar hue when the cause of the change has
disappeared. It is, in fact, gifted with groat sensibility,
which reacts immediately on its elastic tissues in a
most extraordinary and unlooked-for way. Under the in-
fluence of passion man is born to blush ; but under no sort
of excitement does he cover himself with pustules. The
cuttle-fish not only changes colour, but throws out an
eruption of little warts. "Observe," says D'Otbigny, "a
poulpe in a pool of water. As it walks round its retreat,
it is smooth and very pale. Attempt to seize it, it quickly
assumes a deeper tint, and its body becomes covered on
the instant with warts and hairs, which remain there until
its confidence is entirely restored.—Dickens's " All the
Year Round."