New-York tribune., 1868-05-29

The House is still in explosive temper, and the
Irish question can scarcely be touched without
bringing on a crash. On Thursday night, Mr. Glad
stone moved for leave to introduce his Suspensory
bill describing it a measure to prevent for linn
.ited time new appointments in the Church of Ire
land and to restrain in certain respects the proceed
Ings of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland
This motion for leave being formal matter, Is
seldom or never opposed, and whatever hostility
there may be to bill, is commonly developed at
later stage But the Tories, spite of their holding
Office or suferance fght the Irish question at every
step. Up jumped Col. Stuart Knox, a red-hot Tory
from Tyrone County in Ireland, and declared he
would resist the introduction of the bill lie J1sIllleu
himself by reading from speech that nau "oot peot
made, he said, by gentleman long h0ldlhg SIf;I S;h
position in that House. who had 9eclaeu t ~ 6 tbe
Church could never be destroyed, except py tl9
vote of q recTeant Senate ana an apOstdIe ha.lUI
Mr.. Gladstone asked what Col hnoX Ia was auJ1ms hi
from. Col. Knox replied from MI TlausCoIio LlH 54
self speaking in the House in lSo-the precise ua'o
Mr. Gladstone who is the most cautious OF mortals,
renlied that Col Knox was quoting passages OF WHICH
he had no recollection, of which he could hnd NC
trace and which he did not 6eeVe ever PROF. n
from his mouth or his pen. The debate went Oh
leave 10 bring in the bill was granted WItnouu d
division and with great cheering from the lloeras as
then Mr. Gladstone rose again. lie had IouIu tuo
speech quoted by Col Knox, but instead OF pelHg d
Speech delivered by himself IN 1882 II proved 10 Oe
speech delivered by Mr.. Whteslde ON the lUtn Oh
Hpril. 1866 Mr. Whiteside is a Tory lawyer of Dub
lin made Judge by this Ministry. TO father IA r a
q r..
dence worthy of Disraei himself. Inc House was was
in tumut, but grew still TO hear how Col. Knox
would explain his mistake. When he refused 10 eX-
plain there came q tempest. lie refused even 10
SlpolOgize. but intmated that he doubted whether
Mr.. Gladstone, though reading from Hansard, had
COmpetely repudated the speech. The sense OF lalr
play which is generally strong in the House, was so
outraged by this that they would listen 10 h0tmng
more. Col Knox had to sit down under crles OF
:" Shame that did not come from the Opposition
benches alone This is not bad sample of the pre-
posterOus attacks that have latterly been au6 on Oh
t,sd 70 sSp their inventors With a hours
TO think il over Col Knox came TO ms senses anu Gn
the following night apOOglZed, eXplaihlng thaE Ile
speech had been given to him in print as MI Glad-
stones and he had quoted IL as such In gOou 1alth
contest in which they had sustained more t4ah one
defeat they have made their way into the LONDON
University and will hereafter be able TO compete Tor
its diplomas. 1t must not be supposed taat tls III
wolves the question of teaching male and female stu
dents i'm common. The London University teaches
nobody it examines. 1t will examine anybody, no
A proposition 10 alter the charter so as TO lncIu9e
women among candidates for dlplomas was IofIneIy merry
defeated by the casting vote of Lord Granville Chan-
CellOr of the University. 1t is Lord Granville VINO
now announces and appauds the abandonment OF
that exclusive policy What be calls amiddle course
as been adopted for he thinks 1t not desirable that
Young women should be mixed up with men at ex-
,amnatiOnS for the same degrees, subJeetlng them
selves competition with men, 1t Is not quite clear
whether Lord Granville apprehends injurious con
sequences to the men or to the women from tins
competition. For the present the women are TO un-
-dergo a standard examination, not competitive one
Lord Granville described this as step taken in im
ration of the system followed by the Pans Uniyer
sity though he evidently had great doubt whether
the same thing would answer for English women as
for French The French women says his lordshlp
who is of the blucst blood of the Kingdom possess
great practical talent and exercise greater amount
of influence in political, commercial, ana manu1ae-
turing affairs than is usual win women III TINS c0H-
try. He afirms that there exists prejudice IN En-
gland with few brilliant exceptions, against women
who wnte or publish book. lie might almost have
added that there is the same prejudice IN the same
rirc a X.
thing which society does not require TO be done f0r
its own sake But such movement as this in the
london University is immensely helped by Lord
Granvilles name. If the LeyesOn Covers 60 IN for
women's rights the rest of the world Is sure to
follow. - -
Far more radical is the proposal which Mr.. NJ d.
Conway advocated IN lecture this week before the
South London College on the "Co-educauon OF Men
and Women" Mr. Conway, who was never known
to sG half yS @ ? the he's nrn iS the oI eTod 9 "o Of
education, and wants mixed schools lOr ehudIen'
mixed colleges for men and women, and all protes-
sOns thrown open to the latter. lie, too, seems tC
have a strong name on his side, for Prof. Huxley
Principal of the college, occupied the chair, and the
greater part of the audience were women.
At a moment when the Queens name has been
brought into some political reprOach, her popularity
is further impelled by report that she medltates
an early flight TO BalmOral, People have long com
planned that their sovereign should steadily refuse to
lind home in her capital Keepers of shops and
patrons of shops they who sell silks and diamonds,
and they who wear silks and diamonds agreed that
the Queen ought TO encourage the master passion OF
either class Statesmen grnmbled because the head
midst of Ministerial crisis The crisis is not over,
the but Just begun, yet there IS an appalling
rumOT Of journey to Scotland, aud prolonged resi-
dence at BalmOral, The hopes kndled by the actual
presence Of Majesty at her Drawing Rooms are eX-
changed for fears lest the spendOrs of the be
again dmmed. Such journey would do much to
diminish the loyalty still felt among all classes to the
persOn of the sovereign 1t might even cause rep
.etitiOn of those solemn lectures which from time 20
time the leading journals aud some of the led jour
mails have addressed to Victoria.
Ar. Adams has at last actually put off his harness.
He had his farewell audience of the Queen We'd
,nesday-in what dress i have alas! omitted to i'll
quire-and Her Majesty made the usual civil speech
TO a retiring envoy. Mr.. Adams started the same
evening for the continent in another part Of
which lac will spend the interval between this and
Presidential election. IL has been his purpose, ever
since his resignation resolved to keep ont of
home politics till the pending contest fought ont
If Mr. Seward had any plan OF bringing him home by
a Democratic nomination, Mr.. Adams was no party
tOit. Whatever Mr.. Seward in his senility may
imagine, Mr.. Adams knows the Democrats toe well
10 suppose they would take upon them an old Wing
of bis pattern.
Mr. Moran long Secretary of legation has been
presented by Lord Stanley to the Queen Charge d.
Affairs, and will take quite good enough care of the
dplomaces till Mr. Adains's successor arrives Who
will that successor be Next to the question will the
President be removed (which am asked from three
TO twenty times dayl the question of the new Minis
ter lies OuteTmost an Englishmans lips in his talk
with Americans. Lately came TumOr that Gen.
Butler to be the man, which set the pTgs shud
dering For the pleasure of Witnessing their cOnfu
sIOn and still more the parOXyisms of horror into
which the stanch AnglORebels would De thrown,
should like to see Gen. Butler come.
The racing excitement grows hot with the approach
of the DeTby-day, which falls on the 27th week
later than last year. when il was sgnalized by
snowstOrm. The virtue which makes the Turf its
Hastings will be permitted to make his appearance
the Grand Stand and in the betting at Epson.
The rule of the Turf, hitherto enforced rgdly, is
that man who loses bet and does not pay IT, shall
Loo alstfla1 frs. Pm and