The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS,

TimEs.—There has been some talk lately in ini-
tiated circles of a Conservative reaction among the
English Roman Catholics. Protestants in genera
may not be aware of it, but the political tendencies
of Catholicism are just now subjected to a strain in
two opposite directions. While every true son of
the Romisb. Church must desire to maintain her
spiritual supremacy in Europe, and most believe
this to be inseparably connected with her temporal
power, every member of a religious minority natu-
rally adopts the liberal creed so far as to claim the
utmost freedom, both civil and political, for his
own communion. Now, it so happens that these
two objects are not likely to be promoted in this
country by the same Government. The Liberal
party carried Catholic Emancipation, and stands
committed to the abolition of every vexatious dis-
ability ; but the Liberal party sympathises with the
regeneration of Italy, and has little respect for the
patrimony of St. Peter. The Conservative party is
supposed to dread revolution more than Popery, and
to regard the Papacy with much the same feelings
as M. Guizot—that is, as a necessary keystone of
the European States-system, and a valuable bul-
wark against religious anarchy. But (hen the Con-
servative party, as such, has always opposed any
change in our Constitution, and especially those
which threatened the privileges of the Church of
England. Until those recent events described by
Catholic preachers and writers as a revival of the
persecutions which fell upon the early Church, no
such dilemma was presented. The English Catho-
lics had most to hope from the Whigs at home, and
the foreign policy of both parties was the same as
far as the Pope was concerned—they had, therefore,
no motive for inclining towards the Tories, That
there should now be a movement of this kind is a
proof either that there are no more grievances to be
redressed, or that all minor considerations are
merged in the paramount desire to save the Catholic
hierarchy, and even the Catholic faith, from de-
struction. An influential organ of the Catholic body
in this country emphatically opposes to each other
" the petty interests of a few place-hunters" and
" the political principles on the triumph or defeat
of which the Church and civil society seem under
God at this moment to depend." This is a sign
of ;the times, and when an eminent member
of the Catholic aristocracy addresses a large audi-
ence at Birmingham, comprising two titular Bishops
and other Catholic leaders of the Midland district,
we await w ith some curiosity the expression of his
views on the present crisis. We regret to say that
Lord Edward Howard failed to satisfy any such ex-
pectations. Nothing could be milder or more cha-
racteristic of the thoroughly " respectable" Catholi-
cism which he represents than the tone of hie dis-
course. He speaks of Catholic struggles for liberty
as " things which are gone by," is satisfied if ne can
"see the Catholic body not inferior to other bodies
of men," disclaims any proselytizing schemes, re-
commends "the most perfect friendship and kind-
ness to those who do not agree with us," puts in a
good word for education, and has nothing to com-
plain of, except that " there still prevails a good
deal of feeling against the Catholic religion." Lord
Edward even carries his moderation beyond this,
and alludes with something like disapprobation to
certain of his fellow-Catholics who " wish to see
some other things accomplished." For himself, he
desires no other advantage than that which was
conceded in principle by the Prison Ministers Bill,
free access for Roman Catholic clergymen to mem-
bers of their own Church in gaols, workhouses, and
public institutions. Here he will find no reasonable
Protestant to join issue with him. We all agree
substantially that such establishments, whether
penal or charitable, should not be made the battle-
field of rival creeds. The chaplain of the Estab-
lished Church should confine himself to paupers
and criminals who nominally belong to the Church
of England; the rest should be visited by ministers
or priests of their own faith. Hardly any one con-
tests this in theory; the only doubt felt was
whether the priest should be invited to attend all
Roman Catholics instead of being only permitted to
attend such as might ask for him. We do not hesi-
tate to adopt Lord Edward's view of this matter,
and to maintain that those who, being Roman
Catholics, do not send for the priest voluntarily are
probably the very persons who most need his warn-
ings and instructions. It would be absurd to
exclude the most irreligious of Protestant prisoners
from the benefit of the chaplain's visits, and it is
equally absurd, in our opinion, to exclude the most
hardened Roman Catholic prisoners from the minis-
trations of their own clergy. Lord Edward
attributes the reluctance of this class to see a priest
to" shamefacedness, " which is to the man's honour,"
and it may be that confession has terrors for the im-
penitent Roman Catholic which we cannot altogether
understand. We. should prefer, however, to treat it
simply as an evidence of conscious and wilful depra-
vity—a state of mind over which religion has more
influence than punishment. Unless, therefore, we
are prepared to justify on our own part attempts to
prosely:jse in these cases, priests should be a imitted
wherever the.: e is a considerable number of Roman
Catholics, and un;::
SS there had been an apprehen-
sion,beroundless, of proselytising
tendencies not altogether
encies on their part, tbe: e would have been
little difference of opinion about it 2m°115 the county
task to
magistrates. It is a somewhat ungraa7n!
draw from the fact of such sensible (lava." being
offered to such an audience by such a person at unn•
a time and place the inference which it fore:Per;
suggests to us. Had the spirit of Catholicism always
been as rational, as tolerant, as charitable, es free
from the temper of persecution and aggression as
this, Protestent bigotry could have had no exist-
ence; but could the Church of Rome herself have
existed till now side by side with Protestantism
upon these conditions ? If it had appealed to reason
and to conscience, if it had not claimed an undivided
and indefeasible authority over the human mind,
and backed its demand by the unsparing use of
spiritual terrorism and secular coercion, can it be
doubtful that the Papacy would have perished in
its grand climacteric three centuries ago? It was
not such amiable and enlightened sentiments ae
those of Lord Edward Howard that nerved the arm
of the great Catholic monarchies against the Refor-
mation, inspired the Order of the Jesuits, rolled
back the tide of religious emancipation from the
Laticised countries of Europe, and postponed to our
own days, if not to a more distant epoch, a cato-
- which must sooner or later shake Christen-
dom. We are not among those who look upon the
connection between the temporal and spiritual
power, and the consequent maintenance by the
supreme and infallible Head of the Church of poli-
tical ideas inconsistent with modern civilisation, as
absolutely essential to the Papacy. At the same
time, we cannot disguise from ourselves that a weak-
ness in material resources, and even in moral repu-
tation, which was not fatal to it in ages when
faith was strong and freedom of thought unknown,
might cause a rapid loss of allegiance among
Catholics who live three generations after the
French Revolution. At all events, it is this mis-
giving which appears in some degree to justify
the hostility of Liberal as well as of Conservative
Catholics to Italian nationality. In the visible
triumph of wordly policy and revolutionary prin-
ciples over a Government against which, even its
temporal capacity, they were taught to believe that
the gates of Hell could not prevail, they fancy
they read the handwriting on the wall, and tremble
while they strive to erase it.
HERALD.—In the contest between Federals and
Confederates in North America, which has now been
going on for three years, the grounds upon which
the two parties base their hopes of success are very
different, and, at first sight, seem unequally matched.
The Southerners:express their confidence in the
justice of their cause, in the bravery, the in domitable
spirit, the perseverance of their people. At first
sight, the hope of the North appeared to the world
at large to be better founded. The superiority of
numbers, of credit, of material resources, seemed to
opposedlaug
htotosethorenm.thAelomsterme
enmoarraelincclaninmesdstetheoabte:ivetevreies,
with Napoleon, that God is generally on the side of
the strongest battalions. There may m
true,w e standto b
ienn eed something a
fewg
atheisticreat inp r
et
ehei
ds view.en tprecedents
t empßaekur
make
suede the world that might does not always
right. Until thus convinced it will persist in
regarding probabilities in what it calls a practical
light. History to a certain extent is in favour of
this method of judging things. Freedom may have
stood shriekeden h
when e
legs
g Is) ol
since.ari d fell,
1e
but
leave Polandno
in
modern European history of a weaker nation pre•
veiling against the stronger without the aid of other
Powers, whose forcesi turned the balance in her
favour. In considering the Prospects of war between
Denmark and Germany it is enough for statesmen
and diplomatists that a people of forty is
precipitating itself upon a population smaller than
that of London. Itavvilo.loboe.a
byrefreshing fact in his-
tory ; it will do us
etsei nglv)dt mortal
eienxgteacemrcvpyelneo or a Power will, i proving the active
go.fverns the universe and
tn Greece,
which
e77site,moderni scholars like that of
the weaker has prevailed against the
forgotten—one instance, at
mightier, in which the race has not been granted to
the swift nor the battle t
oth e strono-, because truth
and justice have been on the other side. We thank
the brave people of
the Confederate States for
affording us a fair
are prospect of hie an example
Their eight millions a-so equal fight mitt,
twenty. front
:.vging
front of Richmond they have had
their -Ther I
ta°ll m, at Charleston their Salamis.
The hope first nourished
of their sucoess lute now
ripened into a certainty: Their first three years
of battle have been their time of trial—the fiery
ordeal which was needed to make them a people.
Every year thtit now passes will enuble them to en-

trench themselves themselves more securely, and
t''..".--edFhaeedilet,6l,'toi;tilocee.ti.
confusion and mortification of their 0018°1 / a
The long predicted conquest of the seen
is no ad
dream of the past. There may be seen here el at,
there in shop windows certain neaps ef tli,e to
rUnited States, in which a large portion of WI, on
itory of the Confederacy is claimed as having d as
overrun by Northern armies, and rePrese a,tederitt
permanen,ly added to the domains of
Union. It is true that the armies of the
are dotted here and there over the parts 011„the r a
federate States which are nearest to the IN crtheilt e
frontier; but that the States overrun b 9 t„,„i
far from being Unionist in feeling, that WY '''';',/3 •
tain, on the contrary, their own separate g°,':ch,.
ment ; and their allegiance to the Cabinet at lvdlot
mond, wherever it is possible to do it, is Pre.° i
the late meeting of the Legislatures of Alississil:(l9„
and North Carolina, and thee' firm and patriotic ta
of the messages of their governors. Tile tare
looa
la" era
gress of Mississippi has been moved frona
to Columbus, where it can meet in safety• - e:oplo
Clarke, the newly -elected governor, tells I;i' P-iss.t,
that the army of Mississippi will resist to the.o the
and if the time should come when every Man 1 will
State has been slain, the women and childreijicortb
prefer death to dishonour. The governor of f fot,
Carolina, Mr. Vance, has appointed a dap f„,, 039
ing, humiliation, and prayer, that " God
?Inu'at be
his hand, which has been heavy upon 118: 'ill;re
speakskn no words of peace or reconciliation. ob.
sow at last precisely what we should get by; Pa
mi mission--abolition of slavery, confisnatin,nh°o tern°
party, and territorial vassalage. They are `-- 001
beforeto
the
to win us back. With such a prospect
our people will, as heretofore, come firn'lln,,Po, to 0
full measure of their duty. They will t Ph"; ea'
open shame the gallant shades of their son enlepea'
pinge short, of full and complete national J" oalr
ddance. "The State of North Carolina has :111,d el(1
nce of supplies on hand for her troops in 1" ,•aa
and for her people at home. There have bee„noo,
through the blockade large quantities of aru, ;Oil'
tion, medicines, machinery, sheet iron, till, 13L5-0,004
sheets, and clothing. In return, more thai'toicea
baless, of cotton have been sent to Liverpool.
that tbe
11e'y say," writes Governor Vance ' thed
Nortth Carolina troops will be cornfort'ablf cloth oo
long
January, 1865, should God in his provide/id till
wnag"see fit to t fflict us with a continuance ion',
itrh. The states that have not been yet aft terio
and incursions
of Federal armies into their ic'ocel
have
dthe destruction of their seats of elerhilrg,
of
th been able to do more in sustaining tne,lo4"
C r
le. war than Mississippi, Tennessee, and clog
efa
tohina. The message of the outgoing g:„. too 4
e state of Alabama is couched le t-,-,,,i,i30
forhopeful spirit. It recommends a proper P`w„,,ilit°
t the forces in the field, an extension of 0"-, of
and the maintenance at the public e5Ce,90101
sthwee'families of soldiers. The account of file rtr-o le°
ahws a balance to the credit of the state c'e'd/joilars'
G sum than two and a half millions of ~„ fit it
Governor Bonham, of South Carolina, the
which first seceded, and whose flag of seeesua`°,Bo3ll
rfloats,. to the admiration of the world, sv,":.totir
. tuns of Sumter, recommends to his people ,a will
ifng rhergy and perseverance." " A bitter and
oe,' e tells theni, watches over all their n3clevioflei
prepared to take every advantage• "o,,nproe.faie
uhowever, have counted the cost and have u''' :000
of
independence or annihilation." The gr,`" gieir
tore
the state of Georgia recommends to the ',,eio i,11;
ulrde an extension of the Militia Law, se, ati; d u;";
elude e all Georgians between the ages of
'' 6%1;
answer to a late demand for 8,000 raen Geeveftoi
replied by enrolling 18,000 new soldiers. boot 't,
Cobb, at the head of these new troope, 'Thee Stied
areinforced the army of Bragg at Dalton• tdery3e;
Assembly of Georgia have solemelY reieterle,;
the secession of the state, and declared ber -1;,(1113ef
onbGvia.ectcoiskorowgnnifaanerdoidatesr.ttaahtentyiirineedoefptehnedwonaore.till,roacceaer;?,,,;fo
we would," said one of the represeni4;;llitoP;'o
Confederate Yield
to
the Senate
Federal
‘ athnenrea'iteise'se' '.°l
IGaso vassals and subjugation ! The bleachia b 0 lea
,000 gallant soldiers slain in battle Wei,log ilr
uttmt
ahhper
nenwyNpdi
rotttohhrhmteethisomesener
ag:wr
luoosertrsthdpa oaste
tefatscowfiea
trhnhoeidnse
whispered—yield' curseonaecnroEeteendns
igdl to eve r I eir r e e°°:
eaYrnil led
di
v c°.°"ll n°ltie tell
bet 111°s:etil A:l'
compromise,
people of the South are anxious for

COUNTRY DIARIK.. 80.

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MANCHESTER—TxtritsnIa% anal, IA
At our market this morning there was aboa, wileo!foo .0/
attendance, but not much inquiry for Englis,lredOteldet,°'
sales could only to effected by submitting to 't-c, sec fee'
is per. qr, which holders were not willingino c.,5 )
Foreign sold slowly at about former rates. floosie)"
asked for, but unchanged in price. Oats an" tendil
slowly at late rates. Indian corn and beans s
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BURTON-ON-TRENT—TnrIts9- dat de
We had a tolerable supply of English Whe,a,tl;asilo „
imet.a fair sale at fully last week's rates. 1.0 4,,'
SY t° 416
ing, in other articles was limited
Old white wheat..43s to 46s Uld red wheat, i.'385 OP
New do. .. 425 to 45s New do. f " Voktjjo 40
IN.,lalting barley....3ls to'39s Oats. .......... .36$'
Grinding do .....28s t0.30s I Beans ........ i
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BRISTOL—TnnitsDAY. d theynolfj
The tone of our market to-day was flat, allai o,olir
moderate supply of English wheat, which ~,,,,,,v,,r,ff
about the prices of this day se'nnight. -1- s'Aialti",VA
almost without inquiry, and values nominal•
et, oa. Or
ley very dull. Grinding sorts in good ralaeetioo
less money. Oats a dull trade, and fine dese'''
way in price. Beans and maize quite as dear. b
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BIRMINGHAM—TittrnsPO' dull 10-
du be 4
There was ~ less show of wheat, with a. lee es oi ov,
and prices in lava,-
-English wheat was sold at 40s to 465 for o.';dtilig, to.,t,
of the buyer. Other artichire, 63007 i,
to 12s per 36 stone for :cd, Barley, r'eW rid, ("46101
40s per qr; grinding, 26s to 30s 0at.5,0: te44°
per 30 stone • Irish, 18s to 24:7. Beane, 4
Peas, 36s to '44s per 36 stone.
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EDINBURGH GRAIN--•,. 5,00- do,
Today there was a pretty fair show 0.1 ' p•
Id
slow sale, at about last week's prices. oig id tiP'
Wheat on the top 3s 6d down....
Barley on the top Os Gd down ...... .aver36,:e l;” 's)ti Voil
.. avergrg Os ,a OP;o,
Oats on the top 9d down... ......... averte OS 03.
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AuEnsPERG.--Anastasius 110 „ilk;
brated. German poet, who is about to brvibiell,2loo
silence with a poem in ballads, the subject C'corot, '; 11
other than our good old friend of Sherwood xi
tre9tV/
Hood, will precede that poem with an historical
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Births. yoll i
BEAUCK
' 01P .—On the 19th inst., the gall. p 0
el
Beauchamp, of a daughter. 1., the
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MA.cnAY.—On the 19th inst, at Blackheat-.4
1`1614
L. D. B. Macka E l'
y, sq., o a son• r tail' co'
NANGLE.—On the 20th inst., the wife of ,i6P belil
D.A.Q,G., Woolwich, of adaughter. „ Al), 'o
O'CoNNELL.—On the 17th inst. at Parryne'7- 9.1,4
Kerry, the wife of Daniel O'Connell,
son and heir. tit 4
Marriages.
~-,, ie a ' 14"
M ILES—BAN.—On the 20th inst,„ at -,- r--13060,. 518,
House, Winchtnore-hill, Edward Mile's'ajirtiPl'
Liverpool-street, city,Catherine -,„014
of Thomas Bax, of Stoke •Newingtoweeli'— l',"
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SIVAN—CLANTON.—Cn Ilse 21st inst., at ,-,w• 1 1,1,, i,07
cadilly, Robert Swan, Esq., of 'The Cl," se,„' oof Ile
Lucy, eldest daughter a N. Clayton, --'s''
House, Lincoln. Jodi
Deaths. 00
Per
13Annow,—On the 19th inst., at the Grange, 11
foe a
Mr. John Barrow, aged 58, j-lon• '' „a ~
Br Kv.—On the 20th inst., at Exeter, the the 000 .
13nry, late Captain .R.E., second sea of t c13,,,f
of Cbarleville, aged `,3.. vocileY,ellP
EmEnv.—On the 19th inst., at the Friel, „ 310° i
Emery, Esq., of Burcott, near Welliegte'" TIP
aged GO. IleV.
the ‘lO
GALE —On the 19th inst., at the Vicarage, 0
Gale, vicar of G-oodrnersham, aged 7' ~,,, PO 4,4
GooDwlN.—On the 20th inst., at Worces, , P
Ile!
win, E-q., J.P., aged 73. Butte ,a t”
POP ifAM.—On the 19th inst., at l'bo Du ' ,00 0
01 0
Nary R. Popham, aged 92. , „ Isle ov
WEEKES. —On the 19th inst., at Pong•taeli 7',3"
Commander IV, Burt Weekes, IL.N.. 81' aged l' ,746,
the
18-11 inst., Grace, wife of the above, __
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