The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-09 00:00:00

By advices from Malta we learn that, in co

sequence of the arrival of two Greek vessels
(tile Miltiades and the Achilles) from the
Island of Syra with foul bills of health, oc•
casioned by the death of two passengers and a
guardian, the Board of Health had ordered the
quarantine on all vessels coming direct from the
Islands to be extended to 30 days, and from
other Greek possessions vessels were subject to
a quarantine of 25 days.

The private advices from Madrid continue to
speak of the great change effected and effecting
in the ►neasures of the Spanish Government. An
entire change in the Ambassadors was intended,
and it was believed the Duke de FRIAS would

be the Ambassador from Spain to London.
The disarming of the Royal Guard was to be
followed by the establishment of a National
Guard, and many corps of the Royal Guard
were to be remodelled. M. MARTINET. DE LA
ROSA, it was expected, would be Minister of
the Interior. MORILLO had left to take the

command of Galicia and General LEANDER,
had been named Captain General of Catalonia,

in place of the Count d'EsPAGNE, who had been
appointed a Councillor of State. It appears
that the Carlist party had been circulating
some very inflammatory proclamations in the
capital, inciting the people to revolt, and that
the police were very active in discovering the
authors, and several parties had been arrested on
suspicion. A Royal order had been issued, by
which the duties of entry upon prussiate of
potash had been fixed at 2 reals 8 maravedes,
if imported in Spanish vessels, and three reals
, if under a foreign flag. An autograph letter had
been written by the Queen, CHRISTINA, to the
King of the FRENCH for a list of all Spanish
emigrants in France willing to profit by the
amnesty. It was understood that immediately
on receiving this list the Cortes would be
convoked. The Spanish Government had is-
sued an order to the Ambassador from
Naples to quit Madrid in eight days.
Changes were about to be made in almost
every branch of the magistracy, but great fermen-
tation is said to exist in the provinces where the
Carlist party possessed great influence.

Plans for Church Reform are now springing
up, thick as mushrooms, in all directions. Not
only are the laity zealots in the cause, hut even
the Clergy themselves are stepping forth in the
ranks of the Reformers. The latest pamphlet
Mit have met with on the subject, is one by the
Bishop of BATH and WELLS, who boldly says,
" to restore to the Clergy their due hold on the
affections of the people, some commutation of
tithes must be adopted. The times call for—the
sacred cause of religion itself demands it." So
then, the high dignitaries ot the Church have at
length made the discovery that the tithe system
is inimical to " the sacred cause of religion !"
Really, this is a sign of the times without
parallel ; a heresy on the part of the or-
thodox which absolutely sets us agape with
wonder ! It is but a few--a very few,
years since old Mother Church held it as

s oundest of all sound doctrines ; that the
tithes were of divine origin, an express institu-
tion of the giver q f all good things (for so, with
characteristic propriety have our high church
pluralists been in the habit of styling the Deity),
and that to interfere, amend, curtail, or in any
way meddle with such an express celestial insti-
tution, was the surest possible way to call clown
the Divine displeasure. The bare idea of
such officiousness would have been looked
on as flat blasphemy ten years since. Yet
now the starchest orthodoxy can bear to dwell
on it with complacency ; nay, more can discover
that, what was a " divine right" in 1822, is
a moral wrong in 1832; and that the tithe sys-
tem, so far from having anything to do with
Jehovah, has a much nearer and dearer connex•

ion with Mammon. Fortunately for Mother
Church, she has made this discovery in time.
A year's longer delay, and that shocking liber-
tine, the public, would have taken sad liberties
with the old lady. Not a rag, not even a lawn
sleeve, would he have left her. She must have
stood forth to the world in all her naked unlove-

liners. The Church, we repeat, has discovered
its blunder just in right time. We hope, there-
fore, it will show as much tact in amending, or
at least in assisting to amend it. Judging from
the pamphlet before us, there appears to
be no want of address on the part of the
higher ecclesiastical dignitaries, in pro-
jecting Church Reform, though we could
desire to see a little more zeal and disinte-
restedness. We subjoin the proposition of the
Bishop of BATH and WELLS, simply premis-
ing that it has one leading object—excessive and
fastidious moderation. It is of the bit-by-bit,
and as-little-as-needs-be school of Reform. In

a word, it is thoroughly and unreservedly epic.
copal :

" It may be presumed, from the measures and inquiries
of Government, that the question of tithes will soon be
brought under the consideration of the Legislature. Until
that evidence shall be produced it might appear presump-
tuous in any individval to detail the particulars of a plan
for obtaining the object aimed at. The author, therefore,
merely ventures to observe, briefly-, that a committee of
our legislative body might, in the first place, be chosen,
to determine upon the best mode for effectuating a general
commutation of tithes for land. That a commission might
then be issued, under legislative authority, appointing the
most respectable personages in each diocese or district
commissioners fur accomplishing the measure agreed upon;
and that subcommittee, might afterwards be fixed upon
by them for each parish, consisting of the patrons and in-
cumbents of the livings, together with the most respect-
able occupiers of land in the same, or in the neighbour-
hood. These might appoint a surveyor, by whom the
average value of the benefice, for the last 7, 14, or 21
years, should be ascertained. This being accomplished,
the tithes of each estate might be sold, under the gua-
rantee of Government, upon a principle similar to that
already recognized in the redemption of the land-tax; and
with the amount arising from such sales, land might be
purchased, and buildings, where necessary, erected, for
the benefit and remuneration of each tithe-owner."

Considerable anxiety is felt at the French Em-
bassy, as to the portion of the French squadron
which has been separated from ours in the gale.
In consequence of the state of the weather, no
telegraphic communication respecting it has this
day been received.

The impression in Paris, according to the
Papers of Wednesday, was favourable to peace,
but preparations were going forward, notwith-
standing, to prosecute the war with spirit, if ne-
cessary. In order to preserve Antwerp from
bombardment, the French army only is to attack
the citadel, the Belgians being confined to neu-
trality. This is all very fine in theory, but
we do not think it will work well in practice.
The whole question of a general war depends
on the conduct of Prussia; for if that Power is
not prepared to risk the consequences of that step,
the peace will not be broken, and Holland will
surrender the citadel of Antwerp as a matter of pru-
dence as well as necessity. If Prussia venture on war
the Rhenish provinces will pass away from her
dominion in a week never to return. And will
she risk that for the obstinacy of Holland ? We
think not.

We direct attention to a letter which will be
found in another column, signed " a sincere but
moderate Reformer," in which the writer throws
out some useful hints respecting the expediency
of removing Tory Lord Lieutenants from office.