The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-24 00:00:00

TIIE WAR.

A division took place in the House of Commons last
night which we can only regard as preliminary to a final
settlement of the question of church rates. When leave
to bring in a bill for the entire abolition of that impost
is carried by a majority of more than two to one, it is
evidently in vain to persist in the defence of what was
never very easy to be defended. Already the payment
of rates is a voluntary act wherever the parish is wealthy
and populous enough to resist the demand. There are
large cities that pay no rates, and Liverpool has just
successfully resisted an attempt to extract a farthing in
the pound from half a million of people. In this metro-
polis the parish of St. Pancras, with a population of
160,000, has never paid a church rate, except a special
rate by act of Parliament for the building of the parish
church. Any parish that can find the money may earn
immortal distinction or notoriety by refusing church
rates ; and, as the House of Lords has interpreted the
law, they cannot be levied except by the vote of a de-
cided majority of the parishioners in vestry. Is it worth
anybody's while to go on contesting a point which all
the powers that be have agreed to surrender ? There
are not a few great questions before us ; the position of
the Church, the cause orreligion, 'the advancement of
morality, the spread of education, claim our enthusiasm
ni turn ; but it is clearly impossible to enlist the sympa-
thies of mankind very generally in favour of a tax which is
only a perpetual watchword of war; and, so far from con-
tributing to the dignity, the peace, and the security of the
Church, puts it in the ridiculous position of extorting
from the weak what it does not even venture to ask from
the strong. These considerations have very great weight
when the only appeal on the other side is to old common
law, and to the eternal scruple against giving up the
smallest temporality once possessed by the Church. We
cave said that, after all, church rates are voluntary;
Even with all the appliances of wealth and the law,
hey may be successfully refused by the majority of the
parish. But law itself never gave the Church more
than was necessary for the maintenance of the fabric
and the bare performance of divine service. If the pa-
rishioners choose further to decorate their church, to
have an organ, a warming apparatus, lights, or any
other luxury to the sense or to the taste, they must be
ready to pay for these accessories, if need be, out of
their private pockets, for no law can enforce them.
The immense sums now spent in the building and deco-
ration of churches leave no doubt that churches will be
kept up from some source or other without the painful
resource of taxing those who have no wish to pay, or
who have a positive scruple against paying. If it is
Christianity that all Christians should pay in proportion
to their worship of the Almighty, it cannot be Christi-
anity that they who are not Christians should be liable
to the confiscation ofi their goods,to to imprisonmentmay , and
excommunication, they refuse give. We re-
-ret that all are not Christians, that all do nob press
to pay, and that there is not a godly rivalry for the
honour of undertaking the maintenance of the Church
and the peformance of divine service. But our re-
grets are vain. The fact is lamentably otherwise, and
we have only to adjust the law to the fact. Less than
300 years ago a man was liable to be fined and im-
prisoned if he absented himself from his parish church ;
still more, if he attended any other form of worship.
Church-rates harmonised admirably with that state of
things ; but, as that is past, so also is past the season
for a compulsory Church tax. As Lord Stanley ob-
serves, the chief burden and nuisance of Church•rates
fall on those zealous Churchmen who are prepared to
spend half their incomes, if need be, on the Church ;
but who feel it a duty to struggle for the miserable
pence, which they imagine the 'law gives the Church,
snd which they feel it wrong to give up. There cannot
be a worse hardship than that a man of great generosity
and kindness should feel himself put, as it were, on his
honour and upon his mettle to do that which is wholly
~lieu to his nature, and which degrades him even while
he feels that he is doing a duty. That is the case with
these Church-rate rows, in which the amount of rate is
the last thing cared for, oven if it be known ; and the
only question is, whether Dissenters and malcontents
shall be made to pay or not.
There are various minor difficulties which, as they have
not prevented the effective refusal of Church rates in
many populous cities and parishes, will not stand in the
way of a general measure. The churches must be kept
up in this metropolis without the aid of Church rates.
Mere are also certain antiquated payments for " procu-
rations," " synodals," and we know not what besides,
that figure in churchwardens' accounts, and amount to
several pounds annually in each parish. But, as they
have been dispensed with to a very great extent, and
visitations and the other church forms go on with un-
ibated frequency and effect, it is clear that the payment
,s not necessary. The only result will be that some offi-
cial will receive still less than he does now for doing next
to nothing. There is talk of compensation or substitu-
tion; and, if any can be found, well and good ; but it is
idle to wait for a substitute that will work per-
fectly well, when the real foundation of the evil
is, that the Church is no longer the communion
the whole nation, or even of a decided majority.
It is, indeed, a matter of common policy not to remove
.tne prop till another is supplied, but nobody can look
around at the magnificent fabrics rising in all directions,
each more costly and even extravagant than the last,
and seeking, as it were, every excuse for expense, with-
out feeling quite easy as to the eventual maintenance of
all our churches, as soon as the proper organisation can
be found. As to the other questions, that have often
been asked, and to which Lord John Russell by the zeal
of his churchmanshiP gives some currency, time will
soon answer them. It is asked where dissenters will
stop ? How long will the Church be united to the
State? How will the Church stand to the State when
even its fabrics are not secured by the law ? These are
questions of theory. We have to do with the fact --to
retain that fact or to reject it, as the public weal may
require. We are ready, therefore, to give up this un-
popular impost, and then leave ecclesiastical philosophers
to define the relations of the Church and State in this
country as they can. It was never a very easy question,
and we do not think it will be rendered more difficult by
:le change now in contetnplation.—Times.
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AS the GENUINE READING SAUCE.
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all respectable Fish Sauce Veneers. Be particul
"COCKS'S READING SAUCE,"
which is prepared oNLT by John & Ch :ries Cocks, at their Manufac-
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the name, " J. & C. COCKS, Reading," on the Seal and Label of each
Bottle : without this now) are Genuine.

TRIESEMAR, protected by lloyal Letters
Patent of England, and mecured by the Seals of the Ecole
Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna.
TRIESEMAR, No. 1,
Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the
System.

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES.

COMMITTEE ON COMPLAINT OF BREAC.
TRIESEMAR, No. 2, OF PRIVIT•EGE.
effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs
This committee had another sitting yesterday. It wil
hofavaevsasotiopnogrtbtoenenothtohuegphotpatilnaattnotnidote for, to the rain of We health be remembered that at one of the first sittings of corn.
TRISEMAR, No. a, mittee Dr. Gray stated that on the occasion of a certain
is the great Continental Remedy i,..,r that class of Disorders, which important division of the House of Commons, during the
unfortunately the English ph ',elm treats with Mercury, to the in- contest upon the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, Mr. Fran:is
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the Scully, M.P. for Tipperary, declared in the lobby that
in the world cannot remove. he had received favours from the Government, and there-
sarsaparillaTßlEAE No 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
and of all nauseating qualities, They may lie on the toilet table fore could not in conscience vote against them ; that
without their use being suspected. thereupon Mr. Scully's vote was referred to the arbitra-
Sold in tin cases at 1 ls. each, free by post. 2s. extra, dividedtohito tion of two members, with Dr. Gray as umpire, who de-
e sided that,
received
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;adliann to divide as he pleased. The morning after Dr. Gray
had made this statement Mr. Scully voluntarily came be-
VENTS of a RACE.—An ANTICIPATION of fore the committee and declared that the whole story
the DERRY DAY.—Custom has in uced thousands who do waswas nuontthraireig. bDurt. aG wilfulray
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twritten
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to maliciousir .
Henley, a s i t
chairman i.rman of the committee, begging to be allowed to call
nut ..all themselves sportsmen to visit Epsom on the Derby Day; a
vast sum will be staked on the race ; hut immense numbers will take
a trip to the , iowns to see the eempany an I enjoy the pleasures of a
country excursion. The events 01 such a day are lon, talked of, ant evidence in confirmation of the statement he made. This
everybody knows how everybody el.,e were dres•ed. For a numbet
formerly M.P. for the county of Wexford, and Mr. John
permission has since been granted, and Mr. James Fagan,
of years E 510SES and SfiN have mallet most extensive arrange-
ments to supply all classes with the most sui,abie Attire for the
the c l un saitounr
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tbhee peuvbi
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Derby Day, and have fully entered into the cAytest ot fu nishing every Thomas Devereux, at present member for the borough
article brier and cheaper than any other house in the world. Daily of Wexford, a
examined on the subject yesterday.
events show that they always win the race in t se most triurnpha ,t
manner, and have prepared everyone to anticipate all the novelties
and corotor sof Attire for every season and occasiou. In anticip t- Tanhde
Mr. William
O'Brien, of Dundalk, a gentleman connected with the
um, of di., Derby Dy,as a season of ides -nre, every person, sports- A third witness heard yesterday was
m.,ii or not, shou'd inspect the splendid stock of Dress prepared by .
Irish press. This gteinutgleamafrnieaardrivuetdbiisn, Li‘oinr.domnagauifreew,
their w
E closes and .-on ; it will resist sun and dust, look elegail and feel
t omfortable, and may be obtained at their City Estahlishm, nt, or
and,
paid elsewhere.
est-end Branch, fct considerably less money than might be days ago, mee.
allTchoeutides,e
The HA Cap, Hosiery, and Boot and Shoe Departments are the M.P. for Dungarvan, went to dine with him in the
dining-room of the House of Commons. After dinner
recedtacle:ot a Magnificent Stock, all new, illustrating the skill of
P Fill iject of the Com-
in th it selection.
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and Mores
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quiry to be terminated, mentioned a case of a nature
port trade, and furnishes advantages in 'qual.ity and home
e
~ mi.rice
tostrei
entirely
stock of Clothing, Boots andt similar to those that have been before that committee.
unprecedented. It was a case of which he had heard ; he did not know
Outfits for all classes of Emigrants• Ladles and Gentlemen. 'ull it of his own knowledge.. The story, however, was
lists of which may be had on application' or post free.
~,„hood of " Being connected with '.heir many
in " ' it's
fat? rtt):.-- h. hunts Ana ,tll.. t egret rt win to guard he. repeated to Dr. Gray, and passed from him to Mr. 'Butt,
,üblic againstimo°,ition,hLvloc learned that the ut4itradesman 'its Who brought it before tile committee, who thereupon
qu., or
ne .ame concern," has been resorted to in many in summoned Mr. William O'Brien. He repeated it yes-
stances, an. for
hvlouts reasons, they beg to state that they have
154, 155. 15(1, and 157, Minories 84 terday to the committee, such as he had heard it. He
..io coNsex.eas WITT! moir 0T,„,,, uous,; IN 0. OUT OF ,0,,,N, was more than once requested to leave the room while
Thursday, at twelve
except their own Establishments, as follows : the committee deliberated upon his evidence, but at last
opposite the Church, all communicating.
they thanked him and said they would not detain him
London West-end Branch, W, 507, 505, New Oxford-street, 1,2, longer, as they intend to o into the matter,
did not g
851:Zo8n6,CAittaygEatesta, blishment,
and 3, 'tart-street, all com.municating. comeaga.tin
t no
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Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. 0 ,
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36, Farhat,.
Sheffield Branch,
Bradford (
Australia.
Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Obi rti thteeye
hthaeveet
no more evidence whatever.
Merchant Tar Clothiers, Batters, Rosters, Furriers, Boot and
d General Oatfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen.
Shoe si tinkers, an
Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be
IMPORTANT .--
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the. money will be returned
without hesitation. All good• are marke:ltu:a n figures, the lowest
price, trom which no abatensent can he made. on Fridays
The Establishments are closed from sunset _ to unmet
when business is resumed till 12 e'clock.
on Saturdays, entitled" The Echo of Folic Opi-
tions
A new Book, with illustra ,
nion," contang full lists at prices, our system et selt-Ineasure. ,
meat, 8:4.. etc.
may he had on application, or post-free. 1
A handsome 'AlmanaC for the year eliding i 854 can be had, gratis,
l
on application. Qui si par's Italiano.
lei lion pane Francais.
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Inc *richt =Patna. /

THE CASE. OF MR. HENRY STONOR.
This committee were engaged'for two hours yesterday
in the consideration of their report o the house. They
meet again for the same purpose to t-day at two o'clock .

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DEATHS FROM JOY.—Upon the occasion of the recent
announcement of a free discharge to the convicts in New-
gate Prison, Dublin, under sentence of penal servitude,
so overjoyed were four of them at the sudden intelli-
gence, that they dropped dead.--Saunders s News Letter.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Yesterday advices were received at the Admiralty,
under date Elsinore, May 17, that another Russian Fin-
land barque, ealled the Primus, had been captured in
the Baltic by her Majesty's cruisers, and sent home a
prize to England.
The Russian barque Arno, of about 400 tons, which
was captured off Queenstown a few days ago by one of
her Majesty's cruisers, arrived in the Mersey shortly
before 7 o'clock on Monday evening, in tow of the steam-
tug Athens, and anchored in the Sloyne. She is accom-
panied by a revenue cutter. •
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Corn-
mander-in•Chief at Portsmouth, hoisted his flag in the
steam yacht Fire Queen, Master Commander Paul, and
went to Osborne yesterday morning to pay his respects
to the Queen.
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the
Hon. Joseph Denman, will be undocked and refitted on
the 2d proximo.
The Sealark, 8, Lieutenant Fenwick, manned by naval
apprentices, sailed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday
evening for a cruise.
Captain Charles Smith (1841) is selected by Vice-
Admiral the Hon. William Gordon, the newly appointed
Commander in• Chief at Sheerness, as his flag captain,
and has received his appointment to the Waterloo. The
commandership is offered to Edmund H. Gunnell. The
flag-lieutenant is not yet nominated. Mr. Alexander
Kent, who was lately secretary to Sir John Ommanney
at Devonport, is the secretary to the. Hon. William
Gordon.
Orders have been received at Plymouth to supply the
screw steam-ship Algiers, 91, with stores and provisions
immediately. Several victualling hays are alongside,
and it is expected that she will be ready tn go out of Ply-
mouth harbour by the 30th of May. ';
The Pylades, 20, new screw steam-corvette, now
building at Sheerness, on improved lines from the High-
flyer, with extension of length and beam, has now 10
gangs of shipwrights at work on her, in order to hasten
her completion, so th 4 she way be ready for being
launched in the early part of August next. This ship
will carry her guns on her upper deck, flush fore and aft.
She will have the heaviest battery carried by any vessel
of her class in the navy ; and, in addition to her arma-
ment of 20 guns of large calibre, she will carry a 10-inch
long pivot gun for shot or shell with traversing slides, to
be worked at her bow or stern as occasion may require.
The hull is constructed on a new principle, adding con-
siderably to her strength, and keeping her sheer. The
entire square and cant bodies fore and aft are secured
together by diagonal iron plates, with one timber in each
frame secured by a through bolt and Flinched, and the
;ntermediate timbers are secured by an efficient screw-
bolt in each. This is being done to meet the immense
weight of metal she is to carry fore and aft. There is no
doubt she will be ready for launching at the time ap-
pointed, and she is to be fitted for active service imme-
diately she can be brought forward for the pendant.
The Tribune, 31, screw steam-frigate, Captain the Hon.
S. T. Carnegie, slipped from her moorings on Monday ;
at 7.45 p.m. she proceeded out of harbour, anchored be-
tween the Nore and the Mouse, and got under weigh at
tidetime yesterday morning for Spithead.
The Prometheus has left the Mersey for Devonport,
where she is to await further orders.
The sea-going bower anchors for the Royal Albert
have arrived at Sheerness from Woolwich. The best
bower anchor is on Lieut. Roger's improved patent, and
weighs 100ewt. 3qrs. 5119. ; the stock 31cwt. 71b. ; mak-
ing a total weight of 131 cwt. 3qrs. 121 b. It is manu-
factured by Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co. The
second bower anchor is one of the Admiralty anchors,
improved as proposed by the anchor committee, who
superintended the trial of anchors at Sheerness. The
anchor referred to is made in every respect similar to the
late Admiralty anchor, with the addition of the pea points
on the palms being chisel-pointed, or bezelling back from
the front side of the palms. This anchor weighs 103
cwt. ; wood stock, with hoops and bolts complete, weighs
24 cwt. ; making a total of 127 cwt. The anchor is
manufactured by Messrs. Brown, Lenox, and Co. The
Royal Albert, although nominally rated at 600-horse
power, will be capable of working up to 1,700-horse
power when working expansively on her gear.
In consequence of an additional number of supernu-
meraries having been sent on board the Resistance for
passage to the Baltic, extra provisions, beds, &c., have
been put on board. Her mails were made up at the
post-office, Sheerness, last night, and she will leave early
this morning.
The following notices were ;posted at Sheerness yes-
terday by an Admiralty order :
" Letters for the Baltic fleet will be despatched by
her Majesty's steam-vessel Otter on the 25th inst."
" Letters for seamen, marines, and boys serving in
the Baltic will be forwarded by this opportunity, ii
posted in time, and marked 'By her Majesty's steam.
vessel Otter.' The postage of one penny must be paid
on the letter at the time of posting it, and further notice
is hereby given that letters for seamen, marines, and
boys serving in the Baltic fleet, on which one penny has
been paid, may be put into the post-office, and will be
forwarded to the Baltic on every opportunity that may

occur.'
Captain Sherringham, R.N., has been as successful in
the enrolment of seafaring men for the naval coast volun-
teers in the district assigned to him as could have been
expected. The gallant captain has already enrolled up-
wards of 400, and he has many places yet to visit. In
many of the ports of Devonshire he has been very suc-
cessful. In Plymouth he enrolled 40 licensed watermen,
respectable and well-qualified men. At Gosport he en-
rolled upwards of 60 of this respectable class of seamen.
At Appledore, in the north of Devon, a few days ago
upwards of 20 boatmen, &c., came forward to have
their names enrolled. During the last few days the
gallant captain has visited Topsham and Exeter. In
the former place, although a small port, he succeeded as
well as he could desire, and in Exeter he enrolled seve-
ral men. Some of the seafaring men in different ports
have a notion that the object of forming this force is to
enrol men with a view to their being draughted into the
regular service when sailors are needed. This, however,
is not the case. The coast volunteers are intended for
the protection of our shores in case of invasion, and are
in a naval point of view what the militia are to the
military force of tile kingdom, only to be called out for
service in case of actual danger to the country.
Yesterday evening a party of volunteer seamen was
de-patched from Liverpool to London, to be draughted
into the Royal navy.
The following appointments have been made :—Capt.
Wm. J. C. Clifford (1847), to command the Sphinx,
paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of 500-horse power, commis-
sioned yesterday at Portsmouth.
Paymaster—George H. Moubray (1841), from the
Sanspareil, 70, screw steam-ship, to be additional
Pay-
master of the Britannia, 120, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral
Dundas, Commander-in-Chief of the fleet in the Black

Sea.
Second-Master—Richard C. Dyer (1848),8from the
Impregnable flag-ship at Devonport, to th Zephyr
steam-vessel.
Master's-Assistant—J. W. Allen, to the Powerful, 84,
at Portsmouth.
Clerk—Charles Fisher (1850), to the Hornet, 17, screw
steam-sloop at Woolwich.
Clerk's-Assistant—Jonathan Mayne, to the Duke of
Wellington, 131, screw-steam flag-ship in the Baltic.
' The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany's steamer Himalaya did not leave
or Southampton
the
stream till noon yesterday, to take on board 20 artillery
horses, with a corresponding number of men sent from
London to embark by her, under the command of Lieu-
tenant Nicholls. The horses were conveyed alongside
in a small steam tender, out of which they were hoisted
in horse-boxes to the deck. Among the passengers by
the Himalaya to Queenstown are Lord George Lennox,
Mr. Murdoch, one of her Majesty's Emigration Com-
missioners (who is proceeding there to establish an emi-
gration depot), Capt. Engledue, the superintendent of
the company ; Capt. Crispin, Royal Navy ; Mr. Aylen,
master of the Victoria and Albert ; and Mr. Partridge,
engineer, from Woolwich. The three latter gentlemen
will go on to Malta, in order to decide whether the screw
propeller or paddlewheel is best adapted for her Majesty's
new steam yacht.
One bombardier and six gunnere of
athe d a Royal Marine
Artillery from Portsmouth have mkt Woolwich
Dockyard for service in the Hornet,
Three non-commissioned officers and 25 gunners of
No. 2 company of the 12th battalion of Royal Artillery
left Woolwich garrison at 4 o'clock a
.m. yesterday, with
30 horses, to proceed to Southampton by railway, where
the horses will be embarked for conveyance to the East.
The route arrived yesterday morning at Windsor for
the removal of the depot of the 97th to Bristol. The
companies, numbering something over 100 strong, will
march on Thursday morning, under the command of
roceed bpy the Great
Captain Richard Sibthorp, and
Western Railway to their destination.
Yesterday afternoon the 46th were inspected in the
Home-park, Windsor, by Colonel Garratt, their gallant
commander. The men were in heavy marching order,
and went through their movements admirably.
A third detachment of the Ist Royal Dragoons arrived
at Liverpool from the Heinle barracks yesterday. and
immediately embarked on board the transport-ship Coro-
nella. She will proceed to-day for Malta. The troop-
ships Williain Jackson, Deva, and Paltnyra, will also
leave the Mersey to-day or to-morrow for Dublin, to
take on board the 4th Dragoons for the East.
The depot of the Bth (Royal Irish) Hussars arrived at
the North-wall, Dublin, on Monday morning, en route
for Newbridge, there to be stationed. The depot con-
sists of 63 meta and 67 horses, with officers and sergeants,
under the command of Captain Naylor. Lord Killeen
is expected to join in a few days, when he will take the
command.
Captain Adye's company of the Royal Artillery left
Dublin on Saturday last, the 20th inst., by railway, via
Armagh, for Charlemont, to relieve Captain Oldfield's
company, ordered to embark at Belfast for Fleetwood,
and thence to Woolwich.
The whole of the service troops of the 4th (Royal
Irish) Dragoon Guards have arrived in Dublin from
Newbridge, preparatory to embarking at Kingstown for
the East. The Maori transport arrived in Kingstown
on Sunday from Deptford, to receive on board a division
of this regiment ; and the transports Burmah and Sir