The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

ARCHBISHOP MANNING.

(From the fli,•at:ngitam Gazette.)
Archbishop Manningpreached a sermon yesterday'
at Birmingham on behalf of a local hospital under
the care of the "Little Sisters of the Poor." In the
course of his sermon Dr. Manning said :—The Holy
Catholic Church was founded by Christ, and, like
Him, was one and indivisible. He had never founded
any other Church. Many, it was true, had ceased
to be of it ; many had separated from it ; but such
Churches were human—they were schisms—sins
against the Church, and wounds in its bosom. The
one visible Church had continued from the time its
founder was visible ; and it would continue the same
to the end, occupying the same base, spreading
charity now as at the beginning, and never moving
from its foundation. None other could ever lift it
from its position, or substitute in its place other
Churches. No human band had fixed it, and 110
human hand could lift it from its stand-point. The
voice of the Church was the voice of its Divine
Head ; and the Holy Catholic Church was the one
true and indivisible witness of the truth and the way'
of salvation among men. There was a time when
this nation of England was linked to the one true
Church, and when the gloryandpeace of that Church
covered the land as the waters cuver the earth.
There was a time when every man in England be-
longed to the one fold, knelt before the same altar,
and followed the one guide. There was a time when
England knew no differences among her people, and
when their obedience was claimed by only one
Church. But what was it that overcast the splay
dour of this nation ? Why was England now la
darkness? Why was she torn with schisms, and
why were men, not only disputing on points of doe-
trine, but disputing the inspiration of the Holy
Book ? What had brought England to such a state
as this—what had dimmed her glory so much ? Be-
cause she had departed from the Divine authority,
and thrown off allegiance to the Holy Church of
God—this was the cause. She had turned from the
paths of her fathers—from the paths of her Divine
guides. She bad pulled down God's altars—she had
removed the symbols of His presence. There coul.d
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be no rest until these wounds were healed—until
these blemishes were smoothed away—until they all
were brought to a true knowledge of peace before
the altar of God—until the schisms were all cast
out, and until they all rejoiced as one flock and ne
one people in the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Ile
trusted that day was coming—that it had nearly
approached. It might be a vision, it might be a 1
illusion ; men might mock them, but surely if it
were a want of wisdom, there was no want el
charity in praying and labouring earnestly that 3
day might come when England would be reunited
to Christendom.

THE CASE OF THE TORNADO. —By a decree
dated the 15th of December last, and notified on
the 24th of December to the British Consul at Cadiz, the
Spanish Court which has teen sitting there since the 4th,
of September, declared the Tornado "a good prize of Aver,
and ordered the proceeds of her sale (she cost £75,000) t°
be divided amongst the crew of the frigate Gerona, which
captured her. The crew (57 of whom are British subjects)
are declared to be "Chilian prisoners of war," and as such
are to remain in p_ison until the close of the war between
Spain acd Cbg;. It will be observed that the Spanish
Celia, while pronouncing sentence of condemnation ott,,
the ground that the Toeeedo is "a Chilian privateer,
thinks it necessary to notqy its decree to the British Cow-
sul, thereby Etultifying itself. The whole proceedings of
the Court were conducted with closed doors, without the
owners of the Tornado being present or heard in their
defence by counsel, or their being made acquainted with
the depositions of the crew, or even with the charges
against their vessel. Nor were they afforded any oppor-
tunity for rebutting the charges or disproving the allege.-
tions of the captors. The unfortunate crow, who he'r°
boon detained prisoners since the 22d of August last, WO:
out having been informed of what they were accuse',
were subjected for months to prolix and inquisitorial eO--
minations by the secret tribunal, but were not permitted
to have the eseistalce of the Bash Consul or of a
tor, or even an English interpreter. The Spanish inter-
preters employed by the tribunal spoke English most Oil
perfectly, and often quite unintelligibly, so that the 06'
men were unable to understand the meaning of wen/
questions put to them, and many of their answers Well
misinterpreted.—Observer.
ROTHSCLllLD.—Rothschild's greatest achievemen
in over-reaching distance and his fellow-speculatoro
was in 1815. He was near the Chateau d'Hougoumont exla
the 18th of June, watching as eagerly as Buonaparte
Wellington themselves the progress of the battle of W 6,;
terloo. All day long ho followed the fighting with straine;
eyes, knowing that on its issue depended his welfare $0
well as Europe's. At sunset he saw that the victory ."1
wsth Wellington and the A-lies. Then, without a re°;:
ment's delay, he mounted a horse that had been kept ';
readiness for Lim, and hurried homewards.. Everywhere
on his road iresh homes or carriages were in waiting ~
help him over the ground. Riding or driving all Digit"
he reached Ostend at daybreak-, to find the sea so sterol
that the boatmen refused to trust themselves to it. At Iss
he prevailed upon a fishermen to make the venture O,r
e
reward of £BO. In that way he managed to reach Decli;
At Dover, and et the intermediate stages on the road
London, other hoses were in waiting, and he was bil-'°llo
don before midnight. Next morning, the morning of t*-A
20th of June, he was one of the first to enter the St°6s
Exchange. In gloomy whispers he told those whel,is
usual, crowded round Lim for news, that Blucher and Po
Pruss;ans had been routed by Napoleon before Weiiingoia
had been able to reach the field ; that by himself ho cetioa
not possibly succeed, and, therefore, the cause of EDP
and her allies was lost. The funds fell, as they were nies_a
to ;all. Every ono was anxious to sell, and Rothschild
his accredited agents scoffed at all who brought thorn sc ig
for purchase. But scores of unknown agents were at w°ro
all that day and the next. Before the Stock Exchel3%
closed on the afternoon of the second day, when No3u 'la,
Rothschild's strong boxes were full of paper, he aunon,?°:ll,
an hour or so before the news came through other cnodo
nels, the real issue of the contest. Very soon the fu 05
were higher than they had been during many Prev,,ia
weeks ; and Rothschild found that ho had made soreet"
like a million pounds by his quick travelling and cruet
misrepresentation. Other millions were collected, 1-‘
more slowly, by other transactions of a like teat° j3g
" Nathan Meyer Rotbse;tild," in • English Merchants.
H. R. Fox Bourn,.