The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-31 00:00:00

in pilfering. Law ought to be a sacred thing ;in
the case of Church Rates it is regarded as the selfish
instrument of sectarianism, bigotry, and aristo-
cratic prido. Let Mr. WIGRAM remember, too,
that Dissenting worshippers, quite equal in num-
ber to Church worshippers, may turn his own
argument, if it were worth turning, against him.
They might tell him that Dissenters and Catho-
lics built their chapels and supported their ser-
vices for the " good of the whole community,"
that they educated 3,000,000 children with the
same object in view, and that, therefore,
Mr. WIGRAU should cheerfully consent to
be rated `to the support of the worship of
Methodists, Baptists, Independents, &c., and to
the repair of their chapels. We are almost
ashamed, however, to waste our space upon argu-
ments replete with such dull and hardened
bigotry. The discussion, moreover, is deferred
till the second reading.

The grand thing now is for real Liberals, both
in the House and out of it, to unite to settle this
question. An able circular, which has been sent us
on this subject, shows that the House of Commons
is really quite ripe for decided action. Last year,
despite the Torified opposition of Lord J. RUSSELL,
the second reading of the bill was lost by a mino-
rity of 27 only, while on that occasion one hun-
dred and forty Liberals were absent ! They feared,
'sin all probability, embarrassing the Gtivernment,
yet could not prevail on themselves to vote against
the bill. There are also many known conversions
since. In such a state of things nothing is needed
but public: meetings and petitions, and especially
that the abolitionists amongst the electors should
personally- write to the members for whom they
have hith trio voted, informing them that the time
for action is now decidedly come ; and that they
now must demand the fulfilment of their
Liberal pl /edges. They may especially re-
mind the us. that they can no longer put
up with paltry excuses when a member in
Lord STANT JET'S position declares that abolition of
Church Rates is " a question not merely of policy,
not merely q f expediency, but of justice and right,"
and that " the change is doubly important, as it
will afford la e first trial of that principle of self-
support in re'tigious matters which is likely, per-
haps certaii to be the principle of the next gene-
ration." .1 kb ,olitionist electors cannot do better
than to ren ii nd professed Liberals of the speech
delivered, t;o his constituency at Lynn, by the heir
of Lord DL al] 3Y.

ARRIV.. Q.b OF SICK AND WOUNDED

FROM TILE EAST.

(By Electric Telegraph.)

P3i4YMOUTIE, SATURDAY MORNING.
Her Maj oElty's screw steam-ship Sanspareil, 70,
Command( a- Gordon, arrived this morning.
She left .S ebastopol February 4, Constantinople
February 10, Malta March 3, and Gibraltar,
March 1.8.

She has ox i bcard from different sLips in the fleet
34 seamen and marines, and from Gibraltar six in-
valided an d wounded soldiers, viz.—one each 11th
Hussars, 33d, 47th, 63d, and 95th Regiments.
She con ve.yed from Constantinople 100 sick sea-
men and tr s.nirines to Malta to recruit their fiealth ; all
the marin es of the Sanspareil, 125, in command of
Captain S impsen, who have been on the heights
since Sept ember, were left there ; 120 of her crew
were turns Id over to the Royal Albert and other
ships. _

Spoke th. e Trafalgar, 120, off Cape Finisterre,
March 22, r teaming N. ; and the Bellerophon, 78,
in lat. 46. S N., kag. 10.24 W., March 27, home-
ward bow id .