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::s: SPIRIT OF DAILY PRESS. SHE BURIALS BILL. Thai result of the the Tunes considers, was iiii- expected, and i^3 s! £ £ eance is the more marked. Had the bill been met 1,110 in previous ses sions, it must bftVe t;" in the present House b) an overwhelming But, instead of this, it wa* only lost by a i>i«joi'ity_of 14 in a very full Hoijse. no fewer than 2;H member voting in ^3 favour. Sucli a vote, notwithstanding the rtsistance of the Government, is aD expiesaioii of opinion in favour of the principle ot the measure which not only insures its speedy success, bus should ten a materially to soften the antagonism with which it is souio quarters regarded. 7 lid If the present House of Commons, as wouM ''y,, f^om this vote, feci compelled to admit the justice o;tiue to 1))Rl)y ,tt-ict ,Iy (lislilce it, Lave hiinerto rented tne bill, and who keeu'j must be led to recognise that there are Jtr0''° 1p for it than tbey f AuapH h^ „f ci'-cur.istances d'.ninnshed the ope i: i preiudici'S. to an Assembly most ^oU f vo^ 'h, v wards the CImroh and a^vcry ^hb^e We cate l a strong and growing °l)lVl0% fter surh complained of ou^'ht to be remedie' *■ wo,/jb,,».Sel.ckoF soo;l "»■»>« *> prolong a resistance to the pn,lC- rrjESTLT lUTOr.KBANCr.. III nineteen out of twenty parIshes, the Dail/I Telegraph I nc^s the chutvhvord is tlu? ° i \? Sfound for the wliol,' population. Iu a^°callties .Dissenters are placed at the mercy of obsolete law. occasionally revived in all their old offensiveness by leactionary priesthood. These evere ineMurea against dead Dissenters are relics of tIle old pc Laities imposed on liv- ing Dissenters long aS°- Time was when the parson of tlie parish could worry schismatics wlula alive bv ecclesiastical persecutions. He lias lost these antique privileges, but he can still place a stigma on the recusant when dead if lie cannot make him, he can make his widow and children feel, that a Nonconformist is a kind of parochial pai iali. not entitled to honour at the grave. Thus, at a time when people are most sensitive, after they have just lost one of their home circle, perhaps the dearest of all, the local representative of the Church is enabled to inflict on them a stinging insult-a sharp cut of be parson's riding whip on an ,open wound. Are such tactics likely to benefit the national Establishment, to increase its adheients, to draw to it the renewed affec- tions of persons partially estranged The result of the iivision was, iu truth, a great Liberal victory. The Con- jervative Ministry in a full Conservative House could only iiiinmand a preponderant fourteen The bill was re- ected by that narrow majority, so that eloquence, good 'eeling, and common sense can it appears,materially affect ind reduce the Tory nia^' THE GOVERNMENT AM) THE BILL. Mr. Cross the Daily Neios considers, missed an oppor- ;unitv. Had he eTeu liromue<l a measure next year the iivisron would probably have told a different story. As it yas/the non-acceptance of Mr. Bright's offey, and the per- istence of the Government in the illogical and untenable ourse of refusing the redress of an admitted grievance, is ne more sign of that legislative incapacity which is dis- eartening its friends and encouraging its opponents, lie willingness shewn by all the speakers on the iberal side to, mae all possible concessions to Conservative feeing wlncJI were consistent with the objects f the bill, removed all plea for regarding it as a mere browing down of the barrier? which prevented churoh- ard desecratioB- Even as it stands, we believe that the forking of the bill might be left to the good sense and re- erent feeling of the people. As Mr. Roebuck said, it is ot when men ate standing round the grave that they are isputatious and controversial. The object of ie bill, indeed, is to allow them at such mes the religious consolation which they need, lie division will, we hope, convince the Government that ie present system of exclusion cannot be retained. The me of religious intolerance has gone by and these relics ancient narrowness are incapable of prolonged defence. he Liberal party was, of course, unanimous in the sup- Irt of the measure and whether the present Government ke the question up or let it alone its settlement on a libe- 1 basis is among the certainties of the not distant future. THK "NATIONAL PROPERTY ARGUMENT. The friends of the bill can certainly claim, the Hour marks, to have come very near in sight of victory. The ie adopted by Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright must be re- rdtti as a Parliamentary concession to the Diseatablish- 3nt party. We may safely assert that there was no Sison of any iniporUr.ce whiVh either of these gentlemen which Mr. Foi ster adduced in favour of the Burials 11 which would not tell equally in favour of a bill r severing the Stute from, and con- sating the revenues of, the Church. After all, the lin ground on which they and others based eir claim was that of the national property" argu- mt. If the churchyards are national property, can the )ries of the Church, or its revenues, be held to be tional property in any less degree ? The assurance on part of Mr. Richard, as of Mr. 0,boriie Morgan, Mr. fevre and the rest, that the bill is designed for the U-bei'n"of the Church, and has nothing akin to Dis- ablisliment HIlts nature and tendencies, must be taken what it is worth. Only, when we find the avowed and Tessive foes of the Church essaying the pnssioiiate impionsliip of sucn a measure, the friends ot the ulch may be p«i'<loned if their suspicions are aroused. 1;LTl;Ion or THE MEASURE. !t was obvious t'ie, Standard siates, that there is a dis- ition on the front' Opposition bench to hold out the ie-branch to ti,e ^lll"di,iUated Nonconformists. It wns listakd on the p»rt °f Hr. Forster, liowsver, to assume t bv identifying .^ieii?ts:-lve.«. with one 1nie^" 0? the jjV.eitttion feoeiety the official Libelals .ire hack- their party illto haymony witn countrV. ThiS bil1 been recognised ana pted from the Vv'iy firsfc as an mitia P the tactics 0I.T tlle Disestablishment pauy s put forward by tue political Nonconform^* a8 ins toward* accompl'sbing the disestablishment of the !ional Church- Zt thi„ end of the wedge 'rts a t rinciuls v'iiicb would lind its logical completion •. h..XX ot i» Pfc.'olArislrt, to* ils U**» he control of the sen^ beid therein. if the Dia* C ;ers a,title tc, ..ave their services in the church- i 1 111)1111 what ground can they be debarred from exercising I Sr right in tl.c fabric? The ty right is as I d iu the case of the latter as m that of the former. As Cress pointed out, "hen once the Nonconformist •* ister is allowed to p! lu« feet in the churchyard wo time will elapse before lie forces his way into the rch. It is a matter l,r'Jl°und satisfaction that this ? sure has been rejected at ite initial stage in the House i' "'onimons. The vote of >\ edn^stlay shews that the Ise has faithfully interpreted the national sense of at- iment to the list ibiished Cnurch which was oppressed 1 such commanding emphasis at the general election. FREE TRADE AN]) i i:OT £ CTiON. eferring to tile visit of III. Blichel Chevalier to Liver- and remai'Uing;upon our free trade policy, the Times rves -V 5° ^eul of t!lC tl'ade of Malta is with Italy; when the question of free trade or protection is raised hlv and the au>Iiomy 0f England is cited in favour of trade the opi,0jiel1*3 °f the doctrine Lave a ready re- Th°" atlini a. manufacturers of England have 'red the i:ui Oi -11-10'1? corn into England duty-free wliv is it they ,la ai»English Government protects :ese pea-ants by t^»'^ he importation of Italian corn, toes and wines '^here is no answer readily [¡cumin:; tot11is que ake!t. just as awkward as other which has ljee,f;l]t,l j.i^th respect to Gibraltar, may be extended to • How comes it that of 'lie places in the wO' lu ° stations of ours in the Hei'aneHn are nfiiuly ,'1ntv "pots where there is up,-excise nor customs d. upon tobacco? eifect of this exeUiPtlonof18 «»at they are the t siiiuggling entreats Mediterranean, can be 110 ,>+:nn V4 this was object °? the e^eJ" iards and ifc cau ;elv lie sul"pi'iatnfe that Sl>a:nl allli kp'?-,la»s fail to he of this expl*na, 4s its po]1*1 40 suspect iu fwe trade fbaSit is afe .rd- ;o the te °/ place »PP led. Tho profit ^nvefrom M; Ojj fc,)e piogressa°fdfthfl :C'S' W- w 'takinsgywgyteS iii*h ^Olv r'.jicf. it. LADT ^vlMornim Po*> e liav tibelieve, be illisplaced; arka U.V 'e cMi- i'lcj. r." ,^euce of women oil public & board/ jjfnoW desirable; and we Bt h itvie^ ?'lfch l'c8rettiie departure from the precedent 11011(3 b" h men have acted as guardians. J re wry3'iri Avhic l the services of women may tSebisW .,uffttl m poor law work In any duty rtaii i>'« t0 tbe sick, for instance the of a" woman« Cal.- kindneSs can scarcely be lciate-1 too highly. A »oiuiU1 can exercise a mmis- n the si< such as no man could successfully • out. tl^e culture and training of young ren, scfc ^periutendence of the nur- and S11 or:Ai jj' tho advice and assistance en is of ul^ ,1 ^^age. And where the boarding- -ystem vigilance of lady visitors i* l.iely ^el-e«nrel"v a,].,r t.l)0 harder and dryer and ner part jg of l,u*trative business had better ft to men- J « ^ardians who can make use of oluntary 1- tohc/. help outsido the board- are, wa ,'for womefatulat611 > not 80 tl>08e who -Jo make 1^2°? their beu^e8" I BECEtii" FOR Thr armv> :E6rience b^8 Advertiser points t^t tfaerfl 19 n m obt^ininpt 20.000 rx;piitp everv year, and these, if uot engaged for very short service, are amply 'sufficient tor our wants under ordinary circum- stances. Kut if, on the other hand, we desire a standing army of two or three Imndred thousand men without, spend- ing exorbitant fums ot money at the slnie tiine, then there is no alternative but a. general conscription. We are sorry T<ord Elchohad nothing better fco suggest than compulsory ,ilii,tiueiitii, tile ts t colonel of one of the best Volunteer regiment,s in the kingdom must surely have t; iught lum that io bixncii «>f the servicc he would have the licit chaiicc ot iini'.io » that large number of bayonets he is so anxious to possess. A solution or the problem stems to us very near. The nation his a. insuperable objection to compulsory enlistment, but hils, apparently, 110 dislike to volunteering. Why should not the Volunteers be properly recognised by Govern- ment, therefore, and, if it is eonsidered desirable, b,1 compe'led to undergo a stricter training than at present before they receive certificates ef efficiency 1 If our ir- regular artillery and rifles are at present insufficiently Sri tied, the fault is entirely with those who lix.ed the stan- dard of efficiency too low. liender the examination nunc strict and thorough, so that efficient volunteers may be- eoine in every sense a trustworthy body of Inca; all(i then make this simple proviso—tint every man in the Lnite( Kingdom who cannot at the age of twewty-0110 produce a certificate of efficiency as a volunteer must serve in militia. In this way we should secure battalions o serve forces representing half a million bayonets a very least, ready for duty in the United Knigdom wor,aent.

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