The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-07 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE.

_ St. Bernard's College, Oct. 30, 1865.
Sir,—May I be permitted to submit a few observations
on the remarks contained in your editorial of Saturday ?
-When the cholera began to rage in this city, I at once
directed public prayers to be offered up that tho terrible
scourge might be averted from us ; and these sacred offices
were attended by numerous and devout congregations.
The epidemic having happily ceased, it was the first duty
of my ministry to exhort my flock to return thanks to the
Almighty in a solemn Te Deum. That the thanksgiving
might be the more acceptable to God, I proposed that it
should be solemnised by the consecration of an entire day
thereto. Guided, doubtless, by the same considerations the
Venerable Archdeacon Sleeman and the Chief Rabbi ob-
served the like conduct in both cases.

As, then, there was solely question of acts purely and
exclusively ecclesiastical and religious, which in no wise
interfered with the civil and temporal, I do not see how
the fulfilment of our duties within the strict circle of our
own powers can deserve to bo sti:Taatised as an

";..._;—...;exeoritt,-- regretthat our thanrs-
giving was not solemnized in virtue of an official procla-
mation, I am deeply and sincerely consoled that it took
place in force of the spontaneous will of an entire popula-
tion without pressure of any kind. Had it been celebrated
as you suggest, would not the giving up of all work have
been for some the result, more or less, of co-action?
Would it not have deprived the people of Gibraltar of an
excellent opportunity of giving public testimony of their
religious sentiments, and of proving how false is the accu-
sation which more than one person has put forth against
them, that they are irreligious and immoral ? Has it not
been a consoling and edifying spectacle, that an entire
people, of their own accord, and moved solely by religious
feelings, have consecrated an entire day to this thanks-
giving, renouncing all worldly gain for its sake ?
As for myself I entertain not the least doubt that this
spectacle has afforded our respected authorities far more
consolation than if it would have been the result of a pro-
clamation.

It is certainly to be rdgretted that the public func-
tionaries, both civil and military, were not able to join the
rest of the inhabitants, but I consider it a far lesser evil ;
the more so, that had the heads of departments made duo
representations on the matter, permission would most pro-
bably have been vary cheerfully accorded.
I beg to observe finally that if it belongs to the civil
government and not to the bishops in Catholic Spain to
name the day for a Te Deum,* the same principle is not ap-
plicable to Gibraltar. In Spain there is ao religious
liberty. The Catholic religion is, by the constitution, the
only religion of the State. Between the State and the
Church there are concordats and conventions, and, conse-
quently, reciprocal rights and obligations. In Gibraltar, on
the contrary, we enjoy the fullest and most complete reli-
gious liberty; there is not, legally, any State church ; there
are no concordats or conventions. From this very import-
ant difference it follows that if the Te Deuns I;q3 a civico-
religious act in Spain, it is pure and exclusively a religious
solemnity in Gibraltar.
Inasmuch as your remarks of Saturday were, by many,
interpreted as directed in a groat measure to me, I trust to
your impartiality for the insertion of this letter in to-day's
Chronicle, leaving to the public to decide whether or not I
have fallen into "an unfortunate mistake."—l have the
honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN B. SCANDELLA, V.A.
•

The Gibraltar Chronicle, in another part of that
same day's impression, unconvinced by the above
cogent reasons of the R. C. Bishop, reiterates its
advocacy of Routine and Red Tape to the last ex-
tremity.

* Persons of authority assure me that in Spain, when-
eyer there are reasons of a general nature affecting tho
nation at large for public prayers or for a Te Dewn, the ini-
tiative then rests with the Crown ; but that, when the
cause is special, affecting only .a particular locality, then
the bishops give the necessary instructions and invite the
authorities to assist at the function.

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Since the above was written we learn that the
Shenandoah has been delivered up to Capt. Paynter,
of her Majesty's ship Donegal, and she is now in
possession of some of the crew of the Donegal and a
posse of Customs officers. The crew of the Shenan-
doah numbered 133 men all told, and, as soon as
she was surrendered, Capt. Waddell, together with
some of the officers, separated. Since setting out
on her work of destruction the Shenandoah has de-
stroyed 37 vessels, the majority of which were
whalers, and. these were destroyed after the cessa-
tion of hostilities. To allow-how the operations of
the Shenandoah affected the sperm oil market, We
may state that her depredations amongst the
whaling fleets has caused sperm oil to run up from
£7O to £l2O per tun, and it is likely to advance
still further, as until the news of the surrender of
the Shenandoah is known in the ports from whence
whalers depart the Arctic seas will certainly be bare
of the customary amount of whaling vessels.
Our readers will remember that several months
since we stated that the steamer Laurel sailed from
Liverpool for Modina with arms for the Shenandoah.
Though this statement was promptly contradicted
by the owner of the Laurel, yet in a very few weeks
afterwards the homeward West African mail
steamer soon confirmed the statement, for while
lying at Modina the Laurel and the Shenandoah
met, and the cargo of the former vessel was trans-
ferred to the latter, and the cruiser commenced
work.

A Very Pretty Quarrel as it Stands.

There is but one Charles Read; and Tomlins is his critic.

In consequence of the letter addressed to the
Reader last week by Mr. Charles Reade, the fol-
lowing communication appears this week - in the
same journal from the hand of Mr. F. G. Tom-
lins :

To the Editor of the Reader.
Sir,—ln a letter inserted in your last week's paper, Mr.
Charles Reade has ingeniously contrived, in twenty-six
rabid lines, to make four false statements ; insinuate an
atrocious slander; make a claptrap appeal " to honest men
and women ;" and indicate a maniacal egotism, concluding
with a sensational discovery (a la theatre) that a certain
Tomlins is Tomlins, a fact which I, at least, hope may long
be so.

Mr. Reade is so like the man who spoke in such a loud
tone that no one could understand what he said, that I am
not quite sure I make out the cause of his extreme wrath.
As far as I comprehend it, it is that he, an author of great
repute, has been attacked by an obscure scribbler, and that
tho said scribbler writes anonymously.

To prove the anonymous, he refers to my denouncing
his (to me) revolting scenes in a full theatre—a strange
mode of proving the anonymous ; and he ignores that:lllf'.
article was signed with my initials, which are well.,,kkro.wn
to all interested in dramatic matters.
With regard to obscurity, that may be it t 4 to
the individual ; but scribblers who are not obsdure may be
more than inconvenient to society ; especially when, in-
spired by an insatiable vanity, and goaded by-e 'fierce and
restless egotism, they raise huge slanders, not'Only on in-
dividuals -;
but classes; and, mating literature a mere money-:..,
getting occupation, coin, not only their own hearts, but the... -
sufferings of humanity, into drachmas.
On acallm roviejf of tho whole matter, and with n fun

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proceeding to some...overt, act of ruffianism, I must still
repeat that I consider Mr. Charles Reade's play of "Never
Too Late to Mend" a trumpery piece of catchpenny writ-
ing, spiced with horrors to excite the vitiated tastes of the
mob of all ranks.

As far as I am concerned this controversy is at an end,
and Mr. Reade may empty the slang dictionary on me,
without disturbing my peace of mind, or provoking me to
further useless parley.—l am, Sir, your occasional critical.
contributor, F. G. Tomlin.

THE LATE PREMIER.—The following bishops
were appointed by Lord Palmerston :—Hon. and
Rev. Montagu Villiers, Bishop of Carlisle, 1855 ; Durham,
1861; died, 1862 ; Dr. Baring, Bishop of Gloucester, 1856;
elevated to Durham, 1862 ; Dr. Tait, Bishop of London,
1856 ; Dr. Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon, 1856, vice Dr.
Longley, promoted to Durham ; Hon. and Rev. Dr. Pel-
ham, Bishop of Norwich, 1857 ; Dr. Wigram, Bishop of
Rochester, 1860 (Dr. Vaughan having declined); Hon.
and Rev. Dr. Waldegravo, Bishop of Carlisle, 1860 ; Dr.
Thompson, Bishop of Gloucester, 1861, promoted to York,
1862 ; Dr. Ellicott, Bishop of Gloucester, 1861 ; Dr. H.
Browne, Bishop of Ely, 1864; Dr. Jenne, Bishop of Peter-
borough, 1861; Dr. Jacobson, Bishop of Chester, 1865.
Lord Palmerston's appointments include, therefore, 12
bishops made in ten years, of whom 11 survive. His lord-
ship also filled the sees of Canterbury and York by the p"o-
-motion of Dr. Longley and Dr. Thomson. Dr. Longley
was consecrated Bishop of Ripon in 1836 by Lord Mel-
bourne, advanced by Lord Palmerston, first to Durham in
1856, and then to Canterbury in 1862. The following is a
list of Lord Palmerston's deans :—Dr. Close, Dean of Car-
lisle, 1856 ; Dr. Alfred, Dean of Canterbury, 1857; Dr.
Trench, Dean of Westminster, 1857; Dr. Gamier, Dean
of Ripon, 1858, promoted to Lincoln, 1860 ; and died in
1864 ; Dr. Goode, Dean of Ripon, 1860 ; Dr. Henry Law,
Dean of Gloucester, 1862 ; Hon. Viscount Midleton, Dean
of Exeter, 1862 ; Dr. Jenne (now Bishop of Peterborough),
Dean-of Lincoln, 1864; Dr. Jeremie, Dean of Lincoln,
1864; Dr. Stanley was appointed by her Majesty
Dean of
Westminster whilst Lordralmerston was Premier in 1861.
There have been therefore 13 English mitres and 13 Eng-
lish deaneries given away since March, 1855, but of those
one mitre and three deaneries fell to Lord Derby.. After
making allowance for deaths and promotions, there remain
11 out of 28 sees now filled by bishops of Lord Palmer-
ston's selection, and (excluding Westminster as special)
there are six out of 25 deaneries in the patronage of the
Crown filled by deans of the late lamented Premier's selec-
tion.—Record.

ENGLISII FACTORY EMIGRANTS. —The Boston

Traveller says :—The steamer Bosphorus, Capt. Alexander,
of Warren and Co.'s Liverpool line, which arrived here
(Boston) yesterday morning, Sept. 28th, brought about 200
male and female factory operatives from England, who
were procured there by agents sent out for that purpose
from this country. Of this party 50 or more were for H. H.
and J. S. Brown, of the Fisherville (Now Hampshire) Mills,
and the remainder were for two or three mills at Lawrence,
Massachusetts. The steamer Propontis, of the same line,
which arrived a few weeks since, brought about 100 for the
same parties in Lawrence. Mr. Squire Farrand, an English
factory operative, who was sent out by Messrs. H. H. and
J. S. Brown, returned in the Bosphorus, and accompanied
the emigrants to New Hampshire. The emigrants aro de-
scribed as a first-class set of passengers, clean, and very
steady in their habits. The majority of the operatives
came from Lancashire. The LaWralleo party were met at
the wharf by several gentlemen from the mills in this city,
who procured tickets for and accompanied them to Law-
rance. The operatives, it is said, are excellent workers,
and were selected with great care. Another lot is expected.
by the next steamer.
AN EXECUTIONER WANTED.—The Havana papers
contain a singular official announcement from the office of
the Secretary of the Supreme Court, that for fifteen days
proposals would be received from persons of color for the
position of public executioner—that office being vacant.
The successful candidate, if a free negro, will have a salary
of $9O per mouth, and the usual hangman's fees ; if a.
slave, ho must produce his master's permission to fill the
office, and must lodge at the gaol, with only half the wages.
COTTON GROWERS' ASSOCIATION.—It has been
suggested, in the view of a short supply of cotton next
year —and probably for years to come if its cultivation is
not specially promoted in the South—that an organisation
similar to that established in England, and known as the
Manchester Cotton Growers' Association, should be got
up in the Now England States, whose operatives, in con-
junction with the Southern planters, would do much to
increase and bring back to its old productive standard the
cotton growth in the South.
COMMERCE IN THE SOUTII.—It is stated that the
St. Louis and New Orleans tonnage, now over 40,000 ton;
is 83 per cent. in excess of that of 1859. Tho Ohio river
tonnage has increased 50 per cent. and the Missouri river
50 per cent. since that time.
It is given as an on dil that Gen. John B. Hood,
late of the Confederate army, is to lead to the altar the
daughter of Gen. Preston.