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

ARCHBISHOP MANNING.

(From the Birmingham Gazette.)
Archbishop Manning preached a sermon yesterday
at Birmingham on behalf of a local hospital under '
the care of the " Little Sisters of thq 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 hand had fixed it, and no
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 glory and peace of that Church
covered the land as the waters cover 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 splen-
dour of this nation ? Why was England now in
darkness? 'Why was she torn with schisms, and
why were men not only disputing on points of doc-
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 had pulled down God's altars—she had
removed the symbols of His presence. There could
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 as
one people in the kingdom of Jesus Christ. I-10
trusted that day was coming—that it had nearly
approached. It might be a vision, it might be all
illusion ; men might mock them, but surely if it
were a want of wisdom, there was no want 01
charity in praying and labouring earnestly that a
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 been sitting there since the 4th
of September, declared the Tornado "a good prize of w%r,"
and ordered the proceeds of her sale (she cost £75,000) to
be divided amongst the crow of the frigate Gerona, which
captured her. The crow (57 of whom aro British subjects)
are declared to be "Chilian prisoners of war," and as such
aro to remain in prison until the close of the war between
Spain and Chili. It will be observed that the Spanish
Court, while pronouncing sentence of condemnation on
the ground that the Tornado is "a Chilian privateer,"
thinks it necessary to notify its decree to the British Con-
sul, thereby stultifying 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 allega-
tions of the captors. The unfortunate crew, who have
been detained prisoners since the 22d of August last,
with-
out having been informed of what they wore accused,
were subjected for months to prolix and inquisitorial exa-
minations by the secret tribunal, but were not permitted
to have the assistance of the British Consul or of a solici-
tor, or even an English interpreter. The Spanish inter.-
preters employed by the tribunal spoke English most ita"
perfectly, and often quite unintelligibly, so that the sea-
men were unable to understand the meaning of mall
questions put to them, arid many of their answers Were
misinterpreted.— Observer.
ROTHSCHlLD.—Rothschild's greatest achievement
in over-reaching distance and his fellow-speculatoro
was in 1815. He was near the Chateau d'Hougoumont on
the 18th of June, watching as eagerly as Buonaparte atlti
Wellington themselves the progress of the battle of ""°
terloo. All day long he followed the fighting with strained
eyes, knowing that on its issue depended his welfare a°
well as Europe's. At sunset he saw that the victory wag
with Wellington and the Allies. Then, without a mo-
ment's delay, he mounted a horse that had been kept Itt
readiness for him, and hurried homewards. Everywhere
on his'road fresh horses or carriages were in waiting to
help him over the ground. Riding or driving all night'
he reached Ostend at daybreak, to find the sea so stool'',
that the boatmen refused to trust themselves to it. At last
he prevailed upon a fisherman to make the venture for lb
reward of £BO. In that way he managed to reach Dever;
At Dover, and at the intermediate stages on the road t,
London, other horses were iu waiting, and he was in Loo_
don before midnight. Next morning, the morning of th!,
20th of June, he was one of the first to enter the Stool:
Exchange. In gloomy whispers he told those who, n'
usual, crowded round him for news, that Blucher and hiott
Prussians had been routed by Napoleon before WellingOo
had been able to reach the field ; that by himself he con a
not possibly succeed, and, therefore, the cause of Eugl"%
and her allies was lost. The funds fell, as they were nien
to fall. Every one was anxious to sell, and Rothschild
his accredited agents scoffed at all who brought thorn scl
for purchase. But scores of unknown agents were at vic'eto
all that day and the next. Before the Stock Exchaoor
closed on the afternoon of the second day, when Nat'l,
Rothschild's strong boxes were full of paper, he announceir.
an hour or so before the news came through ocher c1'540
nels, the real issue of the contest. Very soon the laoPtio
were higher than they had been during many provl.,d
weeks; and Rothschild found that he had made soinetbil
like a million pounds by his quick travelling and cic:ll:r
misrepresentation. Other millions were collected, rat...„
more slowly, by other -transactions of a like natio
" Nathan. Meyer Rothschild," in Merchants.
if. R. Rox 13s2urne.