The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

" Pray for the soul of Joseph Wcolfrey.

" It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead."
—2 Mac., chap.

This inscription the Rev. JOHN BREEKS, Vicar of
Carisbrook disapproves of, and as he is, being there
charged with the cure of souls, invested by
law with the power of objecting to any inscrip-
tions on tombstones which he may think
improper, he has caused MARY WOOLFREY to be
cited before the Court of Arches to answer for her
conduct. The Chronicle publishes the citation, which
is issued by the authority of HERBERT JENNER
Knight, Principal of the Arches Court of Canter-
bury, and is directed to " all and singular clerks and
literate persons whomsoever" throughout the diocese.
Probably the woman may not come within the cata-
logue, and yet she will be punished for contempt of
Court if she answer not to the citation. It goes on to
say that—
. 4 We, Herbert Jenner, have lately received letters of re_
Brest from the Reverend William Dealtry, Doctor in Divinity,
Vicar General of the Right Reverend Father in God Charles
Richard, by Divine permission Bishop of Winchester and Offi-
cial Principal of the Consistorial and Episcopal Court of
Winchester, lawfully constituted, of the tenor following :
It then repeats the titles of Dr. DEALTRY and the
Bishop, and says that—
" The Rev. John Breeks;Clerk, Vicar of the parish of Ca-
risbrooke, in the Isle of Wight, &c., doth, by the aid of the
office of the Judge, intend to cause a decree or citation to is-
sue, under the seal of the proper Court, against Mary Wool-
frey, of the parish of Carisbrooke, aforesaid, widow, to an.
swer to certain articles, heads, positions, or interrogatories, to
be objected and administered to her touching and con-
cerning the health of her soul and the lawful correction and
reformation of her manners and excesses, and mor. especially
fur having unduly and unlawfully erected or caused to be
erected a certain tombstone in the churchyard of the said pa-.
rish of Carisbrooke, to the memory of Joseph Woolfrey, late of
the said parish, deceased, and a certain inscription to be made
thereon, contrary to the articles, canons, and constitutions, or
to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England.. . .
And whereas it has been alleged that the commencing
,and
prosecuting the said cause in the said Arches Court of Can.
terbury will be of advantage to all the parties therein, not
only from the better assistance they can there have of advo-
cates and proctors than in the said Diocesan Court of Win-
chester as otherwise : These are therefore, at the special
desire of the said Reverend John Brceks, to request, and we
do hereby request, the Right Honourable Sir Herbert Jen-
ner, &c., to permit a decree or citation to issue under the
seal of said Court, against the said Mary Wolfrey, widow, to
appear at a certain competent time and place to he therein
suecified, and then and there to answer to certain articles, etc,
repeating all the above passage about the health of
NTARY WOOLFREY'S SOlll. Thereupon the Knight de-
clares that " we have accepted the said letters of request
in aid of justice," and proceeds to " cite and call
MARY WOOLFREY to judgment (justice so re-
quiring), to answer certain articles concerning the re-
furmation of her manners and excesses," &c., at the
promotion of the Rev. JOHN BREEKS. Thus is
MARY WOOLFREY compelled to appear in person,
or by proctor, before Sir HERBERT JENNER on Friday
next, in London, at a distance of eighty miles from
tier home, to answer for the impropriety of placing an
inscription on a tombstone erected to the memory of
her own relation, which is declared by the Rev. Mr.
BREEKS to be contrary to the articles, canons, and
constitution of the Church of England i Properly
does the Chronicle describe this as Protestant perse-•
cation, though it is all done in " aid of justice." To
prove, however, that any connection exists between
justice and Ecclesiastical Courts, and Ecclesiastical
law, except that it is a living rule of which they are
standing violations, requires more ingenuity than is
even possessed by HERBERT JENNER, Knight, and
the rest of the Doctors of Civil Law,

The supposed ground of the objection to this
simple inscription is, that to pray for the soul of the
departed, as is devoutedly supplicated by the mother,
or wife, of JOSEPH WOOLFREY, countenances the
doctrine of purgatory. If it be so, and if the prayers
for the souls of beloved relatives and friends be con-
traryr
clo
to doctrinesemany
supporters;
of the Church
of England, that
Church for
such Prayers,
flowing spontaneously from the most touching and en-
dearing recollections, are, and ever have been, corn.
Mil, we believe, to all intelligent and affectionate
beings. The Church admits that the book quoted
may be read for the example of life and instruction,
though not to establish any doctrine ; and yet it
treats as criminal a poor woman who quotes
it in the spirit of kindness and affection.
We are not yet quite aware of the lengths
to which the priesthood of the Established Church,
aided by Ecclesiastical Courts, committing all
manner of unrighteousness in the name of justice, are

determined to go, but it is pretty plain they intend to
stretch their tether to the utmost. Whether it will
break we cannot tell, but the community can no more
prosper under two rules than under two Sovereigns.
Either the rule of reason, as interpreted by the Legis-
lature and the Courts of Law, or the rule of pries:-
craft, as carried out by Ecclesiastical Courts, must
bear unbounded sway. The priests are struggling
hard for the latter ; but we trust their exertions will
induce the public to resolve that the dominion of the
former shall be fully established.

In consequence of the stormy state of the weather
yesterday, the Paris Papers of Sunday have only
reached us this moment (2 o'clock, p.m.) so that we
have only time to make the following extracts from
them :

" The Government has received, by way of New Orleans,
despatches which acquaint it with the state of our affairs in
Mexico to the 22d September. Sickness was disappearing
more and more, and our losses were inconsiderable. As for
the Mexican Government, the blockade bad exhausted all its
resources. President Bustamente, perceiving the impossibility
of reQisting very long, threatened, too, by the Federal party,
had informed the Commander of the French force that he was
ready to enter into negociations.
" Everything, therefore, announces a prompt and advan-
tageous conclusion of our differences. Several Journals an-
nounce that Admiral Gallois is ordered to return to France on
board the Jupiter. This Admiral, they say, is in disgrace.
" The recal of Rear-Admiral Gallois is not founded on
any reasons personal to him.
" This officer has served everywhere and at all times with
the greatest distinction, and the Government has the most en-
tire and well-merited confidence in him.

" But the state of affairs in the Levant, and the necessity of
retrieving as far as possible within the limits of the Budget,
have induced the King to reduce the number of armed vessels,
and to keep up only one squadron in the Levant and the Medi-
terranean. "—Moniteur.

Cabrera attacked the town of Caspe on the 14th. His
troops had even entered the town, and were besieging the place
in which the National Guard and the weak garrison were shut
up. But General Van Halen having arrived with his division
on the 18th, the rebels abandoned Caspe, and retired towards
Maella.

A despatch from the Governor of Santander says :—" The
factions of Castor and Luqui were beaten on the 16th, in the
formidable positions which the valley of Soba affords
at every step. The enemy lost nearly 200 men. On the
19th the 2d Brigade carried by assault the fortified bridge
of Udalla, and made the garrison prisoners ; yesterday the
faction attempted to molest the right wing of my line. but
were repulsed with the loss of one commander, four officers,
and 40 men. To-day I have occupied the tower of Quintara,
a strongly fortified building in which the Rebels had en-
trenched themselves."

Another report from Brigadier-General Medinilla an-
nounces the taking of the fort erected by the Carlists on the
bridge of Udalla, the Rebels were defeated and their corn.
mander killed.

The Phare de Bayonne of the 25th says, " that the mar-
riage of Don Carlos and the Princess of Beira, was ratified
en the 20th, in the Hotel of the Duke of Grenada, at Tolosa,
by the Bishop of Leon.