The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. Wilde.)
BELLEW V. BELLEW AND PAIN.
This was a suit instituted to obtain probate of the will
of the late Miss Caroline Bellew, commonly called the
Countess Bellew, of Stockleigh House, Regent's-park, who
died on the 24th of February last, the will having been
executed in August, 1863. The will was opposed by Miss
Frances Bellew, a sister of the testatrix, who alleged that
it was a forgery.
Mr. O'Malley, Q.O , Dr. Tristram, and Mr. Bullar were
for the plaintiff, Miss Frances Bellew ; and Mr. Hawkins,
Q.C., Dr. Spinks, and Dr. Staveley Hill for the defendant,
Mr. limy Bellew a brother of the testatrix, who propounds
the will.
The case is not expected to conclude to-day.

Archbishop Manning and Mr. Whalley.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—May I as's you kindly to insert in your journal
the two following letters, addressed by Archbishop Man-
ning to Mr. Whalley, with reference to that gentleman's
quotation, in the House of Commons on the Bth inst., of a
passage from the Eclectic Reriew, which ascribed to the
Archbishop, and those who act with him, the proposition
that " the English Government was an usurped Govern-
ment, the enemy of God," &c.

1 omit less important documents in the correspondence
which ensued upon this assertion ; viz.—(1), the Arch-
bishop's first note of inquiry to Mr. Whalley, on the report
of his speech appearing in the Tines; (2), Mr. Whalley's
reply, to the effect that he had quoted the charge re-
ferred to from the Eclectic Review; (3), Mr. Whalley's
courteous answer to the first of the two letters
now enclosed; in which, among other expressions
that do him honour, ho stated that in the debate
ho had announced the archbishop's repudiation "of the
words and sentiments referred to," though ho only road to
the house a portion of the explanation sent to him. At
the same time he entirely consents to the publication both
of that letter of the archbishop and of the succeeding one
which now accompanies it.

1 omit also, on account of their length, the extracts for-
warded to Mr, Whalley with the first letter, from a volume
entitled "Essays on Religion and Literature, by Various
Writers," edited by the archbishop in 1865. They will b 3
found, p.p. 375-7, the author of the particular Esetty
" Christianity in Relation to Civil Society," being Mr.
Lucas.

I am, Sir, your faithful servant,
W. IL ANDERDON.

8, York-place, Portman-square,
21st February.

8, York-place, Feb. 16, 1866.
Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter of
yesterday in reply to mine of the 11th instant.

It appears from your statement that the report of your
speech on the night of the Bth instant is substantially
correct.

The quotation of the words ascribed to me was in in-
verted commas. And the words were ascribed to me by
name. So I find the report to stand in various papers.
I have to-day obtained the August number of the
Eclectic Review of 1865, and examined the page you re-
fer to.

1. In the first place, the Eclectic Review does not ascribe
the words to me. It states them to be contained in a book
of which I was editor.

You, sir, stated in the house " These are the words of
Dr. Manning."

They are not my words, and I feel sure that you will
see at once the course which in candour ought to be taken.
The volume referred to contains several essays, each
signed with the name of the author, who alone is respon-
sible for its statements. No such words, nor any such
substance, is contained in the essay contributed by me.
2. But, it may be said, that, as editor, I should be re-
sponsible for suffering such words to be published.
The words are not to be found in the whole volume, nor
the substance of any such words, but are visibly a falsifi-
cation of the passage which I now enclose ; which, as you
will see, has no reference to England whatsoever, but to
the infidel French Revoluticn, and the influences of it,
which have revolutionised to a great extent the modern
society of Europe and South America.
Eut I have communicated the facts of this correspond-
ence to the author of the Essay, who will take such steps
as he may think fit with the editor of the Eclectic Review.
Ido not complain of you, sir, for being misled. The
confident tone of the Eclectic Review would lead any truth-
ful and honourable man to believe that the passages in in-
verted commas were quotations faithfully made.

But I feel that your own sense of candour and of honour
will dictate what is duo to me.

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ample witness of my words. I feel what you have said as
a wound ; and I ask of you to undo the wrong which I
readily believe you unwittingly did. I ask it not for my
sir, ta o s
own sake only, but for the sake of those whom you say
my name may influence; for you have cast it with what-
soever weight it may have into the wrong scale, and made
it weigh in a direction towards which no word or act of
mine has ever yet so much as inclined.-1 have the honour
to be, Sfr, your obedient servant,
H. G. Whalley, Esq., M.P.

f EIENur E. 3ILNINING.

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8, York-place, Portman-square, London, W.,
have this momentre
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re-
port of the debate on Saturday arliament my
last the personal explana-
tion made by you on the subject of the words you had'
through error, ascribed to me; and I beg to thank you for
the prompt and candid course you have taken.
You will, I feel sure, acknowledge the justice of what I
now add.
It would have been more satisfactory if you had stated
that the words had never been spoken by me, or so much
as known by me.
And in order to preclude the possibility of mistake, or of
any other person being misled, as you have unconsciously
been, which both on private and public grounds I consider
of much '.impottance, I request your consent to the publi-
cation of my last letter, together with this note, in which
I gladly express my assurance that you mado the original
statement in full belief of its correctness, and my sense
that in the course you have so promptly pursued, you have
made me an honourable reparation.
I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant,
f H. E. MA.NNING.

G. Whalley, Esq., M: P.

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