The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-31 00:00:00

cious advice recently tendered them, to refuse to
discuss what would set them at variance. But
will they be let off so easily ? Will Mr. COLLIER
forego his motion respecting the jurisdiction of
the Ecclesiastical Courts in the case of Wills ? or,
should the Government itself undertake the subject,
will he and others let them off without a thorough
clearance of the whole thing from the purlieus
of Episcopacy ? If they have to do this, it will
certainly be a rather bitter pill for the Cabinet
believers in Episcopal aggrandisement. Mr. CLAY,
also, we hope, will press his motion for the aboli-
tion of Church Rates. On this point we are
bound to profess our conviction that he has rather
encouragement to do so than otherwise. The
large Puseyite section of the Ministry, from whom
alone wo might anticipate opposition, are men of
sense, men of personal liberality in support of
their own creed ; and they would, we fully hope,
be inclined to unite in removing such a cause of
daily reproach and ill-will from the Church to
which they belong. Whether Sir BENJAMIN HALL
will be afraid of embarrassing the Ministry, by
keeping up his fire on Episcopal avarice, we can-
not tell. Assuredly he ought not to rest till
every penny of Episcopal property is in the hands
of responsible commissioners, who should make
their Lordships such annual payments, and such
only, as Parliament has really allowed them. If,
however, Sir BENJAMIN wishes to spare those in
office, the Marquis of 13LANDFORD will feel no such
delicacy. He gave up his Church Extension Bill
to the late Government, and they will now have
ample time to work its principle, and details, too,
should it go so far, in Opposition. Mr. TRELAW-
NEY'S friends want the money, however, to repair
churches; we ourselves, as we have not long ago
stated, want it for the purpose of national educa-

. Should all other ruffling breezes be restrained
by the EOLUS of our strong Government, there_
yet remains the utterly uncontrollable Spooner- '
ism. That is a House-of-Commons " evil which
no man hath tamed, nor can tame." It is too
kindred with an ancient " ism," so continually
rebuked in the Gospels, to decline displaying itself.
It is more the offspring of the heart than of the
head, except as a bitter pride in one's own religious
formulas and ceremonies seems to have more than
a casual connexion with very contracted mental
vision. Hence, never seeing but its one little
favourite object, on it must go towards it alone.
The righteous contempt of superior minds is un-
perceived or uncared for, perhaps set down to
worldly blindness and indifference ; its own little
puddle are the only waters of eternal life, and,
with Tuscan consistency, the only well-spring of
temporal and national prosperity also. Spooner-
ism, therefore, must have its say out, at the cost
of sleepy Honourable Members, fagged reporters,
angry newspaper proprietors, and readers cheated
of their quantum of news.
No evil is, however, without its compensatory ad-
vantage. When one Brummagem merchant moves
for the repeal of the money clauses of the May-
nooth Act, another Birmingham merchant is to
move, to leave out every part of Mr. SPOONER'S
proposition after the word " consider," and to sub-
stitute " all enactments now in force whereby the
State is charged in aid of any ecclesiastical or re-
ligious purposes whatsoever, with a view to the
repeal of such enactments ! " A pretty debate this
will be, assuredly. The question of equality by
disendowment, broadly mooted in the House of
Commons ;—the Oxford School, the Anti-State-
Church School, the Manchester School, the St.
JARLATH'S School, and every intermediate school,
all ready with their dignified contempt, their
Puritan logic, their business calculations, their
fiery indignation, and their quiddities ecclesiastical
of every shade. Hence it may be that the broader
views of the borough member, may convert into a
spirited debate what county stolidity would have
rendered an intolerable bore. North Warwick-
shire and its SPOONER will be forgotten in Bir-
mingham and SCHOLEELELD. Anyhow, we wish
the strong Government a prosperous voyage
through the ecclesiastical tempests looming ahead.
One thing is certain,—the public will learn by dis-
cussion how to shape its own course, even if such
a quarter-deck full of first-rate officers should
now and then be at their wits' end. A good
ecclesiastical brangle in the House of Commons
may set many honest minds a-thinking, and may
moderate ultraism in the country in proportion as
its follies are displayed in St. Stephen's.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 29.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunting
this morning, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F. H.

Seymour.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Nemours arrived to-day on a visit to her Majesty.
The Hon. Charles A. Murray arrived at the Castle
this afternoon.

The whole of the visiting company left the Castle this

forenoon. .
The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty this day :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Nemours, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of
Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess 01
Kent, the Hon. Charles A. Murray, Colonel the Hon.
Charles and Mrs. Grey, and Mr. and Lady Emily Caven.
dish.

The band of the 2nd Life Guards was in attendance
during the dinner, and played the following pieces :
March ...,
Overture,

" Oberon "

Weber,

Waltz, Jubel Klange
German Song 5 Derr Wanderer .
Ophiclide Solo
Grand Selection, " Bondman"
Quadrille, Le Chevalresque
Immergran
God save the Qteen.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in
the Castle, and performed the following selections :
Overture, "Stradella,"
Selection, " Marguerite d'Anjou,"
March, Henry IV
Sinfonia (No. 2).

Labitzky.
Schubert.
C. Erlam,
Balfe.

B. Saureau

Labitzky,

Flotow.
Meyerbeer,
_
Martini.
Haydn.

JANUARY 30.

The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Prin-
cess Royal, and the Princess Alice, with the Duchess of
Kent, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlobe, the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended Divine service this morning in the
Private Chapel of the Castle.

The Hon. Charles A. Murray was also at the service,
The Hon..and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated.

The Duke and Duchess of Nemours, with the Count
d'Eu, the Due d'Alencon, and the Princess Marguerite
of Orleans, attended Divine service this morning in the
Catholic chapel at Clewer.

The whole of their attendants were also at the same
service.

The Earl and Countess Granville arrived at Eowood
Park on Saturday, from Windsor Castle, on a visit to
the Marquis of Lansdowne.

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Major Thomas Aiskew
Larcom, of the Royal Engineers, has been appointed
Under Secretary for Ireland. Major Larcomresigns
the situation of deputy chairman of the Board of Works.
He has been engaged for several years in the Poor-law
Boundary Commission, and in the statistical inquiries
into the agricultural and economical condition of Ireland.
Major Larcom's appointment, made without reference
to political connection or interest, is one that will give
satisfaction to the moderate men of all parties in Ireland.
Mr Charles Bennett is appointed Sheriff of Stirlingshire,
in the room of Mr. Handyside, appointed Solicitor-
General for Scotland.—Observer.
TESTIMONIAL TO THE EARL BROWNLOW.—The address
of the magistrates and deputy-lieutenants of the county
to Earl Brownlow, on his retirement from the lord-lieu-
tenancy, was presented to his lordship on Saturday last,
by Sir Robert Sheffield. The address is signed by every
gentleman of authority and standing in the county.—
Lincoln Chronicle.
BATTERSEA PARK.—On Saturday her Majesty's Com-
missioners of Works issued orders for the resumption of
the works for the formation of Battersea-park, which
have been discontinued for some time past, and on Tues-
day next a great sale of old building
llmaterials,bert
cleared
seenn
off the ground, will take place at the 1 Tavern.
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both suspension
bridge are considerably advanced.
f 43 000/ has been paid into the savings bank
SAILOR'S
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understand that the very large
SUM 0 2 •
connected with the Sailorrs' Home, in Well-street, in
thelast year. This is one among the many proofs of
the great benefit that these establishment have conferred
upon the seamen of the country. We are also informed
that, in consequence of the benefits of the system, the
Government has resolved to establish savings,banks at
the shipping offices throughout the kingdom,---S7tiplring
Gazette.