The Sun. — 1869-02-20 (London, England)

TIME, THE AVENGER."  Twenty-two years ago Mr. John Arthur Roebuck was turned out of his seat by the Low Church party at Bath because he was popularly reported to be an infidel. Instead of him was chosen Lord Ashley, the present Earl of Shaftesbury. Times are changed since then. When the Irish Church Suspensory Bill came on for discussion in the Lords last year, Lord Shaftesbury had little or nothing to say against it; but in the Commons Mr. Roebuck delivered a violent tirade against it. A correspondent of the Rock now proposes that Mr. Roebuck's speech shall b?, reprinted from ." Hansard," as one of the best defences for the Irish Church from a political point of view which could be made. Unfortunately Mr. Roebuck weakened the force of his arguments by voting, for the very bill he denounced.  TETE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 169  worst or crimes now that we speak or tnem in muentne same way as we would of the most ordinary event. To-day's papers for instance tell of " a singular murder," as though it were some phenomenon natural history, a toad in a stone, or a singing-mouso that they were speaking of. T his " singular " murder seems to us only too ordinary in its details. A man was found with his head beaten in, the supposed object of the murderer being the possession of a large sum of money which the murdered man was known to have received just before his death. At this rate we shall soon come to speak of " curious," and then of " clever," and then of " interesting " murders. At last we shall come to forget the heinousness of the crime in the skill of the  tireelr. tiovernment adneres completely to the decision of the Conference in a juridical point of view. The note, however, adds that the Zaimis Ministry has assumed a heavy responsibility in accepting the same ; that the discontent is very general in Greece. Lastly, it expresses a hope that Europe will give the new Cabinet credit for the efforts made to maintain peace. The same journal adds that the reply is not accompanied by reserves, for the terms of the Conference did not admit of any. The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Greece will now take place without difficulty, but, as is usual in such cases, the representatives of the two countries will be changed.  Letters from Athens throw much light upon the violent agitation which preceded the acceptance of the declaration by the Greek Government. For a long time the young King seems to have been in real danger of losing his throne. He was willing to yield to the Powers ; but he could find no Ministry to help him. According to a letter in the Debats, no sooner was any statesman summoned to the palace than twenty anonymous letters threatened him with immediate assassination if he accepted office. This lasted for three days— the entrances to the palace and the legations being carefully watched. Even the King himself and his young Queen were threatened with assassination. The bulk of the people, however, were not answerable for these outrages. There can be no doubt that they were got up by the friends of Bulgaris, the late Prime Minister, and his Cabinet, to prevent the formation of another Ministry, and to favour the policy of aggression upon which they had staked so much. The people fully acknowledged the wisdom of the King's decision, which was, indeed, supported by the most tangible of arguments ; the Greeks were in no condition to repel the large Turkish army which was preparing to cross their frontier. But though the Greeks gave way to necessity, they still maintain their right to interfere on behalf of the Christian subjects of the Porte, and will resume that policy as soon as an opportunity may present itself. Bulgaria found no support, not because he was the supporter of a policy adverse to the sentiment of the nation, but because he wished to stake the national existence upon it. The efforts of Bulgaris to compromise his country abroad brought it to the last extremity of misery at helms. He packed the Chamber of Deputies, bought the votes of tk. roue or sue most influential politicians in the country. The new Ministry will have a series of Herculean labours to perform. Faction governments must come to an end, credit be restored, swarms of robbers exterminated, and agriculture revived. Otherwise, says a correspondent of the Times, " a revolution may come like a thief in the night."