The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1837

in the public mind a most unenviable distinction from
the Ministers of other religious sects. That they
have a certain degree of respect with a certain class of
persons we do not deny ; but who are those persons ?
Those who look upon an Established Church as a
good engine of State stand up for the privileges
of the clergy, perfectly regardless of the ma-
terials that go to the formation of . the cleri-
cal character. 'With them it is no speck in a
clergyman's reputation to grasp as many livings as his
interest may be able to procure. If he puts a curate
into each, on wages which a journeyman in the lowest
mechanic trade would spurn, he has done all that
the Established Church requires. The public have
no business with his personal character. He may
spend his time in any manner he pleases—in
following the hounds of the neighbouring squires, in
mixing himself up with the party politics of the day,
in the frivolous pursuits of the fashionable world, or
in the profligacy which its example sanctions—it mat-
ters not—he is not a whit the less estimable as a cler-
gyman. But how is such a man regarded by those who
have• any respect for religion for its own sake ?
When they compare this Minister of the Church
with the Minister of the Gospel, what a contrast do
they behold ! Where they look for humility they find
pride ; where they expect spiritual mindedness they
see nothing but worldliness ; instead of zeal in the
cause of religion, an utter indifference, if not aver-
sion, to everything beyond the mere outward forma-
lities ,of an established ritual. The natural con-
sequence of this clerical character is in some a rejec-
tion of all religion, as a piece of priestly humbug.
These shallow reasoners very unfairly infer the want
of truth in a system, whose ministers are so diffe-
rent from what they ought to be—and would be,
were they influenced by its spirit. Others, again, are
disgusted, and, quitting the communion of a Church
which can sanction such things, resort to the Meeting
House, where they are sure to find a decent respect
paid to religion in the conduct of its Ministers.

The Church is now reaping the fruits of her
imprudent management. She does not seem to
have been aware that there was anything wrong
in her system until she finds herself in a minority where
she once claimed undivided allegiance. Still her 'Mi-
nisters seem to learn no wisdom from experience.
They are day after day rushing headlong into the
Church-rate strife, as if they could possibly do any
thing but injury to themselves and the Church by
such a course. Are there not causes already enough
and more than enough at work to excite the ill will of the
people towards the clerical body. Why should they
wantonly add fuel to the flame ? What end can they expect
to gain by bringing themselves into collision with their
parishioners, on a question of so exciting a nature
as that of the abolition of Church-rates ? If they
had a grain of common sense they would keep aloof,
and let the rate-payers, who are the only parties inte-
rested, fight the battle among themselves.

Letters and papers from Madrid of the 3d inst.
have been received. The French telegraph has anti-
cipated the substance of all the news contained in
them. The Baron de CARONDELET, in a despatch
dated the 28th ult., gives a most pompous account of
his glorious and never-to-be-forgotten victory over
ZARIATEGUI at Valladolid. Stripped of the orienta-
lisms in which the account is clothed, the despatch
really records but a very common-place affair, in which
there was considerably more noise than real danger.
The following despatch from ESPARTERO appears in
the Madrid Gazette of the Ist inst.:—
" The General-in-Chief of the united armies, the Conde
Luchana, informs the Minister of War from Penaranda,
on the 29th, that the division of the army commanded by
General Lorenzo, and the faction of Zariategui, had ap-
proached Arando de Duero the day before, and nearly at
the same time ; and that the latter having had sufficient
time to obstruct the passage of the bridge by parapets,
General Lorenzo declined forcing the passage, seeing that
the Pretender, pursued by the Conde Luchana, was coming
up. Both factions now fled in the direction of Gurniel de
Izam, abandoning the town of Aranda de Duero."

Nothing certain was known respecting the appoint-
ment of a new Cabinet. The elections were proceed-
ing peaceably in favour of the Constitutional party.

Letters from Darcoa of the 25th, stated that on the
preceding day Brigadier PANTALEON BONE had
sentenced the Confessor of Don CAitLos and the
Vicar-General of the Franciscan Order in Spain to be
shot at Buesca, and that the sentence was instantly
executed. These savage and inhuman outrages will
naturally provoke corresponding acts of brutal atrocity
on the part of the rebels.

The deliberations of the Cortes were quite uninte-
resting, the Members being unwilling to adopt any im-
portant measures before, the election of the new Deputies.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Wednesday have
been received. In the official columns of the Monitcur
we find the following telegaphic despatches :

" BAYONNE, OCT. 9, QUARTER TO 7 O'CLOCK.—Espar-
toro and Lorenzo were, on the Ist, at Lerma, and Caron-
delet at Gumiel. Don Carlos was at Covarrubio?, with
Zariategui.

" Oraa had drawn artillery and ammunition from Daroca,
in order to besiege Cantavieja.
" The fort of Peralta, in Navarre, defended by a gar-
rison of 500 men, has been taken by the Carlists.
" tiranga is now besieging Lodosa.
" The Madrid Gazette of the 4th did not yet contain
the official appointment of the new Ministers."

" NARaONNE, OCT. 9.—The elections in Valencia on
the Ist promised to be favourable to the moderate party.
Cabrera and Forcadell had arrived at Villar, and Oraa was
supposed to be at Utiel.
" O❑ the 2d Brigadier Carbo defeated the band of Mal-
lona at Manlleu, near Vich, and took 200 prisoners.
" Barcelona was tranquil on the 3d. A corps of 3,000
insurgents occupied Vacarissas, a town within six leagues of
that city. The Carlists were masters of the Lower Ebro
from Tortosa to Mequinenza."

Advices were received in Paris on Wednesday even-
ing, to the effect that Senors BALANZAT and CAS-
TEJON had refused to accept the departments of War
and Justice in the Madrid Cabinet. They likewise
stated that on the Ist instant the Pretender was at
San Domingo de Silos, ESPARTERO at Lerma, and
CARONDELET at Aranda de Douro. An engage-
ment was considered inevitable, unless the Pretender
accelerated his retreat.

On the 4th instant General ORAA, in a conference
with the principal inhabitants of Burgos, stated that
he expected in three days to receive, by way of mili-
tary contribution, 20,0001., to be levied on the city
and province, to supply the wants of his division of
the army. This demand was not considered unreason-
able, and the authorities gave the necessary orders for
collecting the money. ORAA'S division is in a de-
plorable state of destitution. The men are without
money, clothing, and rations. The instant the contri-
bution demanded by ORAA was handed to him he en-
gaged to attack CANTAVIEJA, and by one blow de-
stroy the power of the Carlists on the Lower Ebro.
The marriage of. the Princess MARY of Orleans
has been postponed to the 17th, to allow time for the
return of a courier from Wurtemberg.
We have copied from the correspondence of a Morn-
ing Contemporary a letter from Bayonne of the 7th
instant, containing an account of the partial failure of
a Christine expedition for the liberation of the pri-
soners confined at Marquina. We unequivocally con-
demn the excesses reported to have been committed by
this expedition upon the miserable inhabitants of three
village i on the coast.
(From the French Papers.)
Our Correspondent at Toulon writes to us on the 7th.
The Actceou steamer is ordered to Tunis with despatches
for the Prince de Joinville, and for Captain Casy, who
commands the Hercules.

The Chamois, from Cette, has anchored here ; the three
steam-boats, Chimere, Tartaric, and Phan., have left our