The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDO, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1861,

ference ; to cast as!ie Acts of Parliament ; to get quit of
all questions involvrg a collision with Dissenters; and to
appeal not as an E i-ablishment but as a Church to the com-
mon right by whici she was regulated in her primitive
ages."

" And what is tlat common right ? The offerings of the
faithful out of thei abundance in recognition of a spiritual
duty. At the alta, in the Holy Eucharist, as the Church
directs, lct those oferings be made. Exclude others—Let
the Church suppot herself. This is the remedy. You
may have recourse to as many healing substitutes as the
inventions of compromise may suggest, but you will have
ultimately to be beaten back to this only substantial ground
on which to rest. There is nothing short of it. The fatal
words must be spokes. First there must be to appease the
law, a total abolitionaf church rates, and then there must
be a recourse to the encient voluntary principle.
" Now it is the fitaion to decry the Voluntary principle,
to be frightened at t!-B very sound of it. Men say that it
is a mere visionary d earn; an ideal Utopia, a chimera,
which it is useless ti look upon as any practical remedy.
Does not this betoken somewhat of a want of faith in the
first principles of a Clurch? If the Holy Scriptures and the
precepts of the Aposles bear any weight in the direction of
Church government, ought they not to apply here. In all
other countries but cur own they do apply. Church rates
are not known in foreign countries. What is the peculia-
rity of the English Church that it should be forced to rely
on the temporal power, and not on its own internal spiri-
tuality ? Can it be oberwise than to our shame and disgrace
that it should be tlought for a moment possible that the
Church has so littlehold either on the affections or on the
duty of her people, bat she could not be supported by those
who profess to be her children. If this be not true, we
belie her. If it be rue, our business is to begin de novo,
and preach in the dreets and lanes, from house to house.
But we will not imagine it even for an instant. We cast
ourselves fearlessly on the only true remedy which our faith
sets before us, namely, a simple return to the ancient com-
mon right not of the land but of the Church."

How noble is Ell this, and page after page which
we might quote, compared with the miserable
pulings of the Blenheim saint, of Lords MONTAGU
and CECIL, of the Committee of Laymen, and of the
Low Church clergy. So is his manly appeal to
Churchmen on the supposition of their occupying,
legally, the place of Dissenters. But we must con-
clude. We hops that the pamphlet will find its
way into the Muds of all our Legislators at least,
and make half of them ashamed of the ground they
have taken.

LATI EST NEWS.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY.

The Illoniterr of to-day says :—" Some news-
papers have announced that M. Mocquard was
about to resigi the post of Secretary, which he
occupies in th 3 Emperor's Cabinet. His Majesty
never had the intention of separating himself from
M. Mocquard, with whose services and devotion he
has not ceased to be satisfied."

POLAND.

POSEN, MONDAY.

A proclamction of the Governor of Poland,
Prince Gortscliakoff, warns the inhabitants of
Warsaw in a most serious manner against
making any demonstration.

This warnilg refers especially to a projected
procession of the ladies of Warsaw.
Laszczynski replaces Alukhanoff as Curator of
Poland.

INDIA.
CALCUTTA, FEB. 16.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO POINT DE GALLS.)
Gray shirtings.—Heavy advanced la., and light
2a. Mule twist advanced 2 pie on 40's and 50's ;
other numbers no change. Raw silk quiet. Indigo
no change.

Copper sheating in good demand at previous
rates. Copper tile—English better inquiry, 4a
higher ; Australian unaltered.
Sugar, nothing doing.
Rice, drooping ; moderate shipments.
Saltpetre, no transactions.

Linseed, Small stocks, shipments trifling and
no tonnage available.
Jute quiet, exports moderate.
Hides, little doing for Europe and supplies
short.
Shellac nominal.
Exchange on London.—Baring's credit, 2s. Id.
Government Securities.—Four per Cents., 80; to
801; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 to 1011.
Bank discount unaltered.
Money easy.
Freights advanced 55., and very firm.

EMANCIPATION OF THE
SERFS.

ST. PETERSBURG, SUNDAY.
The following is a summary of the imperial
manifesto proclaiming the emancipation of the
serfs, dated the 3d March (19th February), and
published this day :

The proprietors of landed property preserve the
rights attached to the same.
The landed proprietors are, however, to cede to
the peasants, for their permanent use, the dwell-
ings, with the ground which will be allotted to
them anew by law, in consideration of the payment
of dues.

During this state of things, which will form a
transition period, the peasants are to be designated
"tributary peasants."
The peasants are to be permitted by law to pur-
chase all their dwellings, and, with the consent of
the landlords, the land also.

The peasants will then become free landed pro
prietors. _

The new order of things is to be carried out
throughout the empire within two years, and unti
then the peasants remain in their formal state e,
dependence upon the landlord.