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THE COMPROMISE WITH THE LORDS, AND ITS
TERMs-A STARTLING MOVEMENT AMONG
THE PACIFIC COLONIES-THE PEABODY GEL
EBRATION.
IRON OUR own CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, Jnly 2i.-The compromise agreed to on
Thursday involves two questions: First, How much
have Ministers conceded to the Irish Church. Sec
ond, How much have they yielded to the Lords.
The latter is by far the most important but few
words are necessary as to the Church, and then
hope the subject may be dismissed. 1t is affirmed in
the Tory journals this morning that Mr. Gladstone
was personally opposed to the plan finally adopted,
but was outyoted and oyenuled The Wings and
the Lords, who together make mp majority OF the
Cabinet, are supposed to have rebclled against
their chief. That is probable enough
in itself, since the rcactionary elements
of this Government bave always been numerically
stronger than the Liberal But it is none the less
absurd to represent Mr.. Gladstone as having been
oyerbone by a majority Of his subordinates whom
he himself appointed to Office, and may at any mo-
mcnt remove. lie may have been checked and dis
couraged by the want of cordial support and if he
were So lie may view it as a late chastsemcnt for
putting such material into a Cabinet which he was
quite at liberty to have made of better timber. But
it is not likely that anybody knows what took place
at the meeting of yesterday. We do know the deci-
sion arrived at and that Mr. Gladstone is responsible
for it, rs lac is for the results Of the conference held
between Lord Granville and Lord Cairns.
These two chiefs were unfairly matched, not so
much in respect Of ability as temper. Lord Gran
willie has shown during the last few weeks that he
finds his highest pleasure in policy of concession
Lord Cairns is made OF less pliaJlc stuff and he had
on his side the secret sympathics Of his fcIowpcer
who undoubtedly looked forward with apprehension
TO the possibility Of q collision between the two
Houses, and the certain injury to his own order
Mr. Sullivan. the Acknowledgement for Ireland took
part in the conference legal adviser 20 Lord Gran
willie, whose acquaintance with the details Of the
controversy is not very minute. DR.. Ball was also
associated with Lord Cairns, 90 whom his assistance
was less essential than had been in the Commons to
Mr. Dislacli The two Irish representatives are, in
fact the two men to whom the details Of the measure
had been originally in great measure Entrusted; and
they were fairly matched. With Mn sullivan look
ing on, IL Is certain that whatever Earl Granville
conceded he conceded with bis eyes OPEN The
concessions went much beyond what anybody
two days ago believed the Government would make
They keep the date 81 dscstablishment, they yield
point on the cura,es they reject Lord Camarvon's
exorbtant proposal for a Communication Of life inter
csts at "A wears but they give bonus of five per
cent i'm addition 70 the seven per ccnt already
granted on clerical lives On the question Of the sur
ulus the Government allows the preamble 10 stand
az amended by striking ont the wolds prohibiting
religious uses but they insist their present plan
subject 20 settlement Of details IN future Neither
Marty is satisfied, but the Ministry have yielded
enough to disgust their more radical supporters and
10 persuade the Tories they might have bad more for
the asking As 70 is they have but little cause 70 be
discontcuted This poor disendowcd church goes ont
into the world with a mere g leaf Of some ElOO)OOOO
sterling to cover Us uakcdnoss. IL is dscstabshod
in fact, but discndowod more III name than in deed
Two.thirls Of its property remain to It, and
since il will at once contract the area OF It's work
and reduce its staT it is likely to be actually richer
in future than it has been hitherto The leading
Tory organ is at pains 20 conceal its satisfaction
with the amount Of plumber these meek and lowly
ministers OF the church have finally pocketcd A
series Of concessions were made" says.ths journal
which gives the Church a sum much less than its
riqhtfu claims but still Of an amount to enable the
new Church, with the aid OF the voluntary contrbu
tons which the zeal OF her sons will furnish, to
start on her new career under circumstances not alto
pethcr unfayCrable.
A statement has reached me Of n startling kind,
but from quarter which renders it impossible not
to give 1t attention. Il would appear, according to
this statement that the remarkable Indifference of
England to the feelings of her coonists, which orgi
ually alieuated the United States from her domin-
ion, and in which she has never varied up to the
present hour is likely 10 involve consequences of the
same kind with all those communities which she has
planted during the last century. meeting was
lately held in London consisting of all the most emf
nent representatives of the Pacific colonies and pre-
sided over by one of the most eminent II not the
most eminent Of colonial governors. At this gather
ing deep and general dissatisfaction expressed
with the political and moral relations Of their mpor-
tant and growing countries with the parent State.
And all the influential colonsts present represent
ing in fact all the important interests of their
spectye settlements. joined in the expression of a
determination to require Of Great Britain some recon-
stution of her Colonial Empire, which should afford
f,cr fttar ha int NJ
colonies should receive due and prompt attention.
In the event Of this being found impracticable-and
the sense of the meeting was decidedly that it would
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