The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-28 00:00:00

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]

By the arrival of the British ship Cadiz at
Gibraltar, letters have been received from Ma-
nilla to March 4, at which time no political
change had taken place in the Government of
the Philippine Islands. The Spanish frigates
Sabina and Paz bad arrived, these vessels having
sailed for that destination from •Cadiz in August
and September, last year. The frigate Vittoria,
having on board the •new Governor, who left
Cadiz last .April, had not arrived at Manilla
when the Cadiz sailed. The Union, the other
frigate belonging to the Philippine Island station,
was out on a cruise.

The- English Funds were without interest, yes-
terday. In the morning Consols were 874 and 87k..
Exche-
quer Bills, par to 1 premium. In Foreign Funds there conti-
nued to be little business doing. Mexican Scrip, Bii dis. Co-
lombian Bonds, 7,4 Greek, 28 to 29. Spanish, I7A to M.
In the other Stocks' there was no variation. The South Ame-
rican 'Mining Shares were higher, and kept firm. In the other
Associations there was no business doing, except in the dissolu-
tion of the New Companies.—Vbid.).

jMOItNING HERALD.]
The Bishop of Bath and Wells, in the late
Charge to his Clergy, has ,the following sentence,
in every syllable of which we most cordially
agree :—" A wise Government," says he, " will
not desert the Church, whilst the Church remains
true ,to itself. A free Government cannot subsist
without Religion, nor. Religion without a Clergy.
If only, my Reverend Brethren, we take heed to
°IA' Ministry—lf only we walk worthy of our
vocation, we shall never want the support of the
wise and good."--A wise Government not only
will not desert the church while the churCh is true
to itself,
but a wise people will not; and it will
manifestly be the fault of the Bishops and. Cler-
gy of the Church of‘ England, if it is ever so de-
serted. But then there are in these words, " try
to itself," much more implied than meets the ear
—and much more, probably, than the Bishop
himself (exemplary and right-minded as he con-
fessedly is) or most of his hearers understood
them, to convey. If the security of the Church
Could be maintained merely by an opposition to

Popery, it could be secure- enough. There is no'
lick of zeal (very commendable zeal,) perhaps, in
the' Bishops and Clergy on that score ; but some-
thing more than this wanting to render the
Church really " true to itself." Is there no-
thing in the Church itself which requires re-
forming ? Is there no fault in the educa-
tion of its Ministers, in the facility of their
ordination—in the laxity of their conduct
—or the inspection and discipline it undergoes—
in the unequal distribution of its immense reve-
nues—and in some minor points of its Ruhric and
church service an adherence to which promotes
and justifies dissent ? We suspect that there is a
good deal wrong in all or some of these respects,
and that to be really " true to itself,n those who
have the government of the church should look to
these points with more alarm and anxiety than to
any thing they have to fear from concessions to
Catholicity. We are far from meaning to join in
any clamours against the Clergy ; on the con-
trary we should not call for a stronger proof of a de-
praved mind than a disposition to do so. But truth
and clamour are very different things ; and while
we readily admit that perhaps there never was a
period when the general character of the clergy
stood higher than it does at present, yet there
are faults in the system through which they ar-
rive at their high office, which leads us to wonder
how that system can possibly work even so well
as it does. We allude in particular to the way
in which the Clergy are educated. Any one
acquainted, with this, and knowing bow much
positive moral evil it contains, and how little
moral good, must be astonished that our Church
does not exhibit more numerous and striking

instances of discrepancy among the priesthood
than those which we occasionally witness.
It is in vain for the most conscientious, the
most pious or erudite Bishop upon earth, to at-
tempt to rectify this evil at the period of ordina-
tion, unless some means are taken to purify the
stream at the fountain head. Is it possible to
expect that there shall be that magic in the
touch of a Bishop, that it •shall be able to
transform into a pious, a zealous, an en-
lightened, or liberal Minister of the Gospel,
a young man whose attention has been absorbed,
and his health and faculties subdued by abstruse
and almost useless studies, or oftener still whose
time has been employed in one heartless career
of intemperance, levity, and vice? We have no
hesitation in saying, that as long as the
present system of the Universities conti-
nues, so long must the Church of England
st►rnd the chance of having her interests
confided to incompetent persons; and so long
will she cease to be in the words of

the Bishop of Bath and Wells," true to herself."
We shall recur to the other parts of this subject
as opportunity occurs. What. we would in the
meantime impress upon our readers is, that the
Church has much more to fear from itself—from
internal than from external danger.

POLICE INTELLIGENGE.

ALLEGED MURDER.

Bow-sTREET.---Ann Shelton, 28 years old, with an infant
in her arms, to which she gave birth only a fortnight ago, was
charged with the wilful murder of Patrick Doyle, who had been
living with her as her husband for several years, and to whom
she had borne seven children. The deceased was in a public.
house in St. Giles's, in ~company with a prostitute, about
three weeks ago, when the prisoner came and whispered to
him and went away. She returned some time afterwards,
whispered again, and in consequence of what he said, struck
him with a tin can over the head, and the wound bled profusely.
A night or two after, Doyle and his brother gave her 4s. to buy
some supper, but she refused to do so, and they were forced to
go out and sup at an eating-house. On their return there was
some altercation, and the prisoner said she would leave the
house, but the deceased prevented her, and sat down, leaning
his head on a table. The deceased then came unawares upon
him with a hammer, and inflicted five blows'on his head, which
caused his death, after lingering some days in the hospital.
The prisoner seemed greatly agitated, and as the witnesses
gave their evidence, exclaimed, " Ah t you don't tell how he
broke three of my ribs, and was always getting drunk and
going with other women." She was brought to the Office yes-
terday for a second. examination, but in consequence of her ill-
ness it was adjourned.

ALLEGED SWINDLING
ARYLEBONE.—The following case of alleged swindling
was brougnt under the notice of the Magistrates at this Office,
yesterday :—Five or six weeks ago Captain ***, residing in
Gloucester.place, Portman-square, left town for Ireland, and
Mr. Marsh, a house agent, was authorized to let his house
for the time he should be absent. Accordingly two gentle-
men, the one Calling himself Mr. ****, and the other "to
proposed taking the house.. They , referred Mr. Marsh,
his agent, to Mr Richard Martin, the Member of Parlia-
ment, who being satisfied with the reference gave them
possession. Captain *** had his suspicions excited while in
Ireland, by reading in a paper sent him by a friend, a money.
lending advertisement, with the address, "No. ** Gloucester-
place, Portman.square" (his own house), and in consequence
he came to London immediately. An inquiry, was set on foot,
and it was discovered that these gentlemen had, during the four
or five weeks they had occupied Captain ***'s house, obtained
goodsfrom various tradesmen, and,afterwards disposed of them
under very suspicious circumstances. An, application having
been made' at this Office, a warrant was on Wednesday issued
for the apprehension of Mr. ***, but as yet he has not been
iforthcorning. The house was searched on Wednesday, but
both gentlemen had absconded.
Yesterday, in consequence of information given by the ser-
vant of ***, a warrant was issued for his apprehension.

TENACITY OF IRON, AS APPLICABLE TO CHAIN-
BRIDGES.—The following results have been de-
duced from experiments made in Russia :—" The
best iron tried supported 26 tons per square inch,
without being torn asunder. The bars began to
lengthen sensibly when two-thirds of this power
had been applied, and the elongation appeared
to increase in a geometrical ratio with arithmeti-
cal increments of power. The worst iron tried,
gave way under a tension of 14 tons to the square
inch a section, and did not lengthen sensibly
before rupture. liy forging four bars of iron of
medium quality together, an iron was obtained
which did not begin to lengthen until 16 tons had
been applied, and supported a weight of 24 tons
without „breaking. From these data, the Com-
mittee decided that the thickness of chains in a
suspension bridge should be calculated so that
the maximum weight to be borne should not ex-
ceect eight tons, per square inch of sectional sur-
face, and that before being used they should be
subject to a tension of 16 tons per square inch,
and bear it without anYsensible elongation."

A horrible murder is stated in the French
papers to have been- Committed at Castres on the
17th instant, on two ladies, an aunt and her niece.
The .murderer is suspected to be son of the
former, who is arrested. -