EUROPEAN NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 26, 12 June 1868, Page 3

EUROPEAN NEWS.

• Sir John Trollopo, Sir Brooke Brydgoe, Sir W. Sfcirling-Maxwoll of -Coir, nnd Sir John Walsh havo boon oroatod BaroiiH. Th* laat two gontlomon vrill ho of somo uso in tho House of Poors. Mr Stirling — as wo fancy ho ought to bo called—* in a ooholar, and litterateur of morifc, ofgrcat possessions, and a fancy foi* title,*!, havinp (WHumod a baronofcoy which, if hia, is hrn through tho foraalo lino, an unusual though possibly quito logal assumption. Bir John w al-h was onco a colleaguo of Sir Oornowall Lowis, is a thinker, and v Oonsorvativo of tho botfcor oducafcod and moro sonaiblo school. Tho othor two gentlemen belong strictly to tho class Mr Disraoli haa ao often hold up to acorn, " mon aorod up to thoir lips* eonsollod up to thoir china," but ac politicians antodiluvian. However, as tho Peers uaually only moot for some ton minutes ft day, and thon hold thoir tongues in a digniflod maunor, thoy oannot do muoh harm. Tho Irish Itoform Bill waa introduced by Lord Mayo. I. is remarkable ' as tv violation of nearly every principle hithorto laid down by Mr Disraeli, It loavos tho oounty suffrage untouohod, but roducos tho borough qualification fco a rental of £■_ per annum, thus osfcablifihitig tho " hard and fast" lino to whioh ho protonds to objoefc. Four eountios aro to havo an additional representative apiece-— Cork, Tyrone, Down, and Tipporary ; and ono city, Dublin, whioh floats aro obtainod by disfranchising Downpatrick, Dun*** gimnon, Bamion, Kiusalo, Oanhol- and Pork.ling.on, though it in a " principle" of tlio English Bill to disfranchise nothing totally. Mr GHadstono accoptod tho Bill an a wholo, bnt hinted that ho Bhould liko to boo a reduction iv fcho county franohioo, which is loit untouohod, nominally to mako it oqunl to fcho English counfcy franchise, roally 1 fco rotain power in tho hands of tho landlords, Housohold suffrago and equal eloc.oi-nl districts would probably suil; Ireland, with Hs three largo towns, bettor than thin Bill, hut there will probably bo no sovoro contosfc ovor it. Tho Scotch mombors boliovo that the Irish ropt'osontatafcion oannot bo worso, and tho English momboi'B are hopeless of making it any bettor. XM.ilos Wothorill, tho Todmorden murdoror, was triod, convicted, and sentenced to death. N*o now ovidonoo was produced at tho trial, and tho only dofonco attomptod wa» that tho unprovokod brufcnlifcy of tho murders provod inflanifcy ifcsolf — tho most daugevou-H ef coucoivablo doctrines. Mr Plow's funeral was followed to the grave by 2000 of his noighbonrs, nnd hia own fafchoi* proaehod tho funoral ftormou, This sermon has given riso to eorno flovero comment, the Kov, 11, A, Plow c'ftlfinp on .Todinordon to not apart a day ot humiliation lost tho vongoitneo of tho Lord ehould como noon them for tho murder. of a priest. Tlio murder of tho housemaid clearly was a trifio; but apart from tho forgot-fulness-which inighfc bo natural in a fathor, what an idori Mr Plow must havo formod of tho goodness of tho Almighty 1 Milos Wetherill murdorod a clergyman, consequently vongoance must fall upon tho, town which assisfcod tho victim ;and dofcosta tho murdoror. Wo talk of justicos' justico, but it is equity compared witli fcho jußtico of priest's.