The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-04 00:00:00

emigration.

The Daily News observes that the liberation of William
Strong, the young Western farmer, on the hardship of
whose imprisonment we commented, a day or two since,
has naturally followed on publicity being given to the
case. It was clear that the attention of the Home
Secretary needed only to be called to the
matter, and the Queen's pardon would be granted at
once. ➢Tr. Bruce has acted with commendable prompti-
tude, and his action has given universal satisfaction
in the district. Still, not even the Queen's pardon cuLe
obliterates the wrung which has been done. William
Strong returns home with the most cmphatio testimony in
his hand to the wrongfulness, if not to the illegality, of
his conviction ; but the painful impression the
event has made on the public mind will not entirely
pass away on the remission of his punishment. The
public will remember that the law which snakes
it a crime even for a Wry to slay a pheasant
still remains, and that the magisterial jurisdiction is in
the hands of men who could imprison a man because in
his boyhood he had run away to avoid arrest. The Came
lA's's are not only in themselves oppressive, but cases which
arise under them are tried by the very persons in whose
interest the laws were enacted, and whose sports they are
intended to protect. This is the moral which the people
in the neighbourhood of Tiverton are drawing from the
case of William Strong, and it is the moral the public at
large will draw from it.

The world is moving, says the Telegraph. In a petition
to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of
York,:a considerablenumber of clergymen and laymen have
stated that, in their opinion, some measure of relief with
respect to the use of the Athanasian Creed would tend to
br!ng back to the communion of the Church many
English separatists. By a large number of ardent Church-
men that opinion has long been ho;d, and many
also refuse to repeat a creed which places beyond
the pale of salvation all who do not hold the precise Tri-
nitarian doctrines which it inculcates. Dr. Arnold, of
Rugby, whose responses in chapel were wont to be so clear
and ringing, said no Amen to what is incorrectly called
the Creed of St. Athanasius; but, while its words
were sounding through Rugby Chapel, he followed
the well-known example of George 111. and pre-
served an expressive silence. In this respect
Dr. Arnold represented a large class of Church-
men. Those who have gent the petition to the Archbishop
of Canterbury do not, however, seek to blot the creed
out of the Prayer-book. They desire "that the creed
itself should be retained, but that in the rubric preceding
it the word `may' be substituted for 'shall;' or that some
moUtrxi be devised whereby certain of the clauses
commonly
.called damnatory 'be omitted, or receive an
authorised explanation, which may be appended to the
rubric." The Dean of Westminster signs only the part of
the petition which proposes to make the rubric
say that the creed " may " be sung or said at
Morning Prayer, instead of " shall be sung or said," as
the rubrio at present directs. Such a plan is
eminently characteristic of Dean Stanley, whose aim is to
enlarge the genuine catholicity of the Church, by meeting
the TIOWS alike of the Low, the High, and the Broad
parties. Into the merits of the rival plans of change we
'need not enter. The important fact is that they have
Deon submitted by men representing all sections of
the. Church to the chief ecclesiastical dignitaries,
'and that the two Archbishops have themselves
drawn attention to the petition. Days of reform are in
store for the National Church, under the impulse of those
who can have nothing in view but its renewed life and
energy.

The Toll mat Gazette says that the Roman "Passion
Drama " increruses in interest. The world at large, which
has hitherto looked on with a sort of languid wonderment
akin to contempt, opens its eyes and listens. Instead of
rumours more or less contradictory, we have been able to
Vesgai our readers in the course of the last few days with
a series of dominants which certainly were worth perusal.
There IfaS the Petition for the Infallibility—which breathes
the spirit, the learning, and the righteousness of
our own Cardinal in spe, Monsignor Manning—signed by a
nrceless crowd of Italians. Then came the counter peti-
tion, rauoh shorter, ver y much to the pc int, full of dignity,
cad ominous in its bearing; and it had the signatures of
°train:Z. Schwarzenberg and the Archbishops and Bishops
of Oorrnany and Hungary. Next we had the manifesto
attributed to Cardinal P.auscher, signed by the same, or
nearly the same, distinguished prelates, against the Papal
ordn a proceedings, introduced, contrary to all Prece-
dents into this Council: an order which is mco.nt to
gag and kill that which is the first condition cf a co.:ncil
—freo expression of opinion. Over and above those wo
have had the protest of " Janus "-DA:inger, for which the
Municipal Council of Munich have offered him the free-
dom of tht.ir city. Of the new "moderation" petition
lot us, in all charity, be silent. It gives five raisons
and trembles all over. If we were in the habit of grating
Scripture, we would mention a certain passage which talks
of things neither hot nor cold, and what happens to them.
So will it happen unto that expression of opinion.

The "Countess of Derwentwater " has gained
celebrity, if nothing else. On Wednesday the streets of
Ne---%."-i were thronged to get a sight of her, as she ;
4 to an attorney's office in that town.