The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

BADEN.

The serious nature of the dispute that has arisen
between the Government of Baden and the Roman
Archbishop of Freiburg, has created a great sensa-
tion throughout Germany. The following appeared
in the Wanderer :

"An important pastoral letter has just appeared from
the Archbishop of Freiburg, directed to all the priests
and believers of his archbishopric, the object of which
is to show how far the rights of the Roman Catholic
Church have been infringed upon by temporal authority,
and the means which have been unsuccessfully em-
ployed to secure to the Church its proper jurisdic-
tion. The constituted authorities of the Church first
laid their grievances before the throne, but instead of
obtaining a confirmation of their rights, their humble
petitions were answered with intimations of violence.
Not only this, but insult and indignity were heaped
upon the Church. According to the public law of Ger-
many, the archbishop could proceed no further in that
direction, and, as a faithful guardian of the high in-
terests committed to his charge, found himself under
the painful necessity of appealing to the Apostolic Chair,
the protector of all the oppressed ; and to the faith and
conscience of Christendom. The principal grievance,
and the one from which all the minor evils flowed to
the Church, is the almost complete predominance of the
secular Government over the authority of the Church,
which was obtained in 1804, and has not since been re.
moved. So far has this predominance extended, that but
a mere remnant of Church authority now pertains to the
bishop—far too little indeed to govern the Church accord-
ing to its established usages and solemn responsibilities.
When in the larger Germanic States long-withheld justice
was recently guaranteed to the Church, the archbishop,
with his faithful servants, also sought to establish their
rights, though their claims were proffered at a later
period than those of the episcopacy of other lands.
They presented their petition to the Government on
February 5, 1851, and it was answered by the well-
known ordinances of March, 1853, in which in all essen-
tial points the claims of the bishops were refused, and
the old relation sustained. This decision of the Govern-
ment was received with pain by the Catholic Church in
Germany, and throughout the world, since the real effect
of the Ministerial ordinance was to strip the Church of
all her long-established rights. It was declared that
the Government could alter the authority of the Church
according to its pleasure. It then only remained to the
archbishop to follow the rules of the church, which are
provided for such cases, and lay his claims before the
highest authority, the Pope himself. In doing this he
was influenced both by the sacred duty of his office, and
the almost irreparable injuries which had accrued to the
church from a long-continued irruption of secular power.
In taking this bold step, however, the archbishop, ac-
cording to the pastoral letter, does not deny to the Go-
vernment in all respects its legitimate authority. Re
does not wish to encroach upon its proper authority, but

he cannot recognise the assumed right to interfere
in the government of the church. He claims that secu-
lar and episcopal power should both operate in their
appropriate spheres, and has warned all the Catho-
lic subjects of his bishopric against bringing, in this
manner. weakness and disgrace upon the Church. Of
the 800 parishes and benefices of the archbishopric,
scarely any remain under the jurisdiction of the Church.
So direct an attack of the Government upon the nearest
interests of the Church cannot be disregarded by the
latter, since it is not in accordance with justice and
ancient usage. The Archbishop complains that the
Ministerial ordinance of the 7th inst., published in the
official journal, really deposes him from his constituted
authority as a bishop over a million of faithful believers,
and the metropolitan of a large province.

MONEY MA RKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCIC.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 Amerient
taken for export and on speculation. The market
closed steadily. Railway Shares were fluctuating)
with a downward tendency in prices.
The early rumours of the present week in refer-
ence to the decrease in the Bank of England bullion
have proved more correct than those current on
Thursday, and it is shown by the return made up
to Saturday, the 26th ult., that whatever sums
might have been paid in—the produce of the Ails'
tralian and Californian gold, which had first to pass,
through the ordeal of assay—the withdrawal °I
cash more than counterbalanced it. If we are not
mistaken, the return for the present week Will as°
exhibit a decrease, though less in proportion. There
are other items of importance also. The reserve
of motes was diminished, and the discounts WI
augmented, but the principal feature is a gree'
addition to the public deposits, consequent, it is
presumed, upon the purchase of a large amount of
Exchequer Bills by the Bank, or, at any rate, of
some arrangement with the Government. The
large increase in the securities held supports this
view, unless the Bank has been a buyer in till
open market, which, with the present dermal'
upon its resources, is rather improbable. The
withdrawal of other deposits is further evidence
of the readier means existing for the employment
of money. Compared with the previous return,
the changes are as follows :
Active circulation.
Decrease 246,535
Bullion 15,090,086
Decrease 729,271
Rest
Decrease 33,185
Public Deposits 7,534,179
Increase
Other Deposits
Decrease 619,776
Seven-Day and other Bills
Increase 8,024
Government Securities l3, 489,037
Increase 1,011,612
Other Securities 326,212
Increase
Notes unemployed 7,049,825
Decrease 510,155

There was a slight improvement again yesterday
afternoon in the rates for bills of exchange upon
the principal continental cities. Paris, 90 daYs,
was at 25 25 to 30 ; Amsterdam at 11 16 to 16t,
Hamburgh al tl3 to 61; and Trieste at 11
to 42.

The amount of bullion exported from London
direct during the week to Thursday last wail
141,508 ounces in silver to Holland, Belgium, and
Hamburgh, and 416,032 ounces in silver to Ger"
many, Belgium, and France.
The Funds have been weaker upon the decre_,,,,itan
in the bullion. Consols have realised 94i- to Kg
for Transfer, and 94/ to s for Account. The NO
31 per Cents. have been 95i I, and the 3 per Cent
93ff I. East India Stock has been rather heavh
at 250. Exchequer Bills have beeu 3s. to 6.4'
premium, and India Bonds par. Consols now are
94i to 95.
The Foreign Stock Market is extremely dully,
about half a dozen bargains only being recorded'
Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are a shade
firmer, being 98 to 98k. Portuguese Four Pal
Cents. are per cent. lower, being 40-1 to 41, and
Dutch Four per Cents Are heavy at 95. Peruvian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents, are steady at 72. There
have been no dealings in Spanish Bonds.
There is rather more activiiw in English railwal*
and the change in prices is in some instances
portant. Great Northern have risen fully 2/..1
Great Western, 5s ; South-Western, 10s •
North British, ss. Caledonian have reached 09
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 5s to 10s, and North'
Western about 10s. French Shares are very quiet/
and Northern of France are about ss. worse. The
Luxembourg are rather higher, and the Grand
Trunk of Canada are steady.
In Gold Mine Shares there is scarcely anythiiii
doing. Australian are steady. Waller flat, an
Santiago de Cuba rather better.
The only transaction in the Joint Stock Bank
Shares has been in Union of Australia, at 10s. t°
11. decline.

Land Companies' Shares are inactive ; the Aug"
tralian Agricultural and the Peel River beil'
tolerably firm.
Crystal Palace Shares are without partiast
change.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
( From the o.ficial List.) _ .

_
- Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93' fi
3 per Cent Consols Annuities 94 ,1 5
i
New 31 per Cent. Annuities 9si
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
India Stock
India Bonds, 13000 ....... ..... . ..........
Ditto, under £l.OOO 3 p
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, id.
£lOOO
£5OO 3 6 p
Small 3 6 p

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 72
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent.... 4oi 1
Russianponds, 1822, 5 per Cent. 4 St
Ditto 4i per Cent 9B i
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent BBi x a

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ..... ,
TWO O'CLOCK'

Consols 94if
Ditto December Account . 94-i 5

DREADFUL MURDER OF A ROMAN OATIIO-
-
PRIEST AND TILIZZE LADIES.-THIS DAY.

The most diabolical murder has been perpetre,he
within three miles of Guildford, at the dwelling of
Roman Catholic clergyman, Sutton-place. The drew
tragedy, which has only just been discovered, has crew.;
an amount of dismay never equalled in this county, ;
far as the news has at present spread. It appears tl2Ol
at 9 o'clock this morning, as the baker's boy, servant
Mr. Jay, of that town, was in the act of delivet,
his bread in the district of Sutton, his attentla
was directed by a milkman to the fact of the lat.-01
not being able to get any answer at the house
ed
Father Henry Lea, the priest. Both men then knoci‘pg
and rang the bell violently for some time, but not helm,
answered, and observing no smoke coming frora_r4
chimneys, nor any indication of the servant being alvil
they went to the rear of the building and tapped 100
at the washhouse window, with the same result.
then beat violently at the washhouse door, and still a'or
ng no reply they raised the latch, whereupon the
..cl°,de
opened. Thinking it strange, they entered and woor
their way to the kitchen, and still finding na °n,e'their
any fire in the grate at that hour, they pnrsuea t b
way to the parlour, where they became horrified at
holding the Rev. Mr. Lea at full length, face downse.,4o%
and his throat cut from ear to ear, and his head beams
marks of dreadful blows having been inflicted, so
a hammer, or some blunt instrument. Upon this both
. apps
*nen alarmed the neighbours in the retired spot, an out
further searching the house they found three Zoo
ladies, cousins of Mr. Lea, also dead, with their, lit the
cut in the same way, and otherwise beaten ail the
head, as their unhappy relative. Upon going ;don
servants' bed-room the old woman was found tied
dead
to the bed, with her mouth gagged, and almost
aunt
from suffocation through the manner in which herd 0 be
was gagged. Upon releasing her, she was foun too
quite unconscious, and after the arrival of a fa..? the
she could only be got to cry out, "Oh, the r,',her a
men." It was too clear that terror had deprive: bojias
reason. The Misses Lea were dead, and all theme P°.
quite cold. The drawers were all ransacked.
lice are now on the premises.

A; A rOOll
RECRUITS FOR THE SuLTANom.Said Effen"24. infr
officer of distinction, who, in consequence 011:01 been
terate persecution of the Czar, it is Mid, refuge'
obliged to embrace Islamism as his last and 0124 -ea to
is promoted to the rank of Feric, and clialfrodie'
organise three Cossack regiments in the Do
Anatolia, and the environs of Constantinople. 00 AO
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WATICIN, OF THB Meet.
NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We learn that a.,
_,,,osre,
ing of the officers of the company, held at Bustoo:fNger,
on Tuesday, and presided over by the general lo 3"
t r.
Captain Huish, it • was resolved to presen beocin•
Watkin, who leaves the company's service rfi °Li
the general manager of the Manchestert she—e whio--
Lincolnshire Railway, a testimonial of the °e —e
lifts
they (his brother officers) entertain towards 1)T:446014
ouTfor
Watkin, we believe, goes to the ManchesteL,
and Lincc's.hire Company under an en g'"'
-3-ter, Shelfie;;
years, at 1 2001. per annum. The Manche
tbemsel
res"
and Lin, olnshira Company may congratula '
'r_ for he
upon haying secLred Mr. Watkins serrwlo are
one amongst the few of our railway raeluaaties UtOfol.
able to grapple with the very serious alf
which the company unfortuustely LAO"'