The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LrONDON, SATUR,DAY_ EVENING,

a sortie from Lucknow, where at present all else

remains well.
We also learn that " all the troops in
Oude had mutinied." This might have been
expected ;if the Ex-King is really impli-
cated in the rebellion, it is only natural
that his troops receiving his pay should have done
everything possible on his behalf. The Gwalior
contingent had also mutinied, and were supposed
to have marched on Indore. Agra had, however,
remained quiet, and the native troops were

disarmed.
It was also- stated that the Simoom and
Himalaya had arrived at Calcutta with 1,500
men. The last accounts announced that of the
Simoom, with the sth Fusileers, so the Himalaya
may be taken as the additional arrival during the
interval. It was also said that only 300 more
troops were expected. This, we think, must be
a mistake. Surely more than a third of the ex-
pedition despatched to China would be made
available for the Indian emergency.
The ill-fated Transit has met the fate so gene-
rally anticipated. She has been totally lest in
the straits of Sanda. Fortunately, however, the
crew and troops have been safely landed, and ar-
rived at Suez, on the 14th instant. _

Sir CHARLES WOOD may thus at last be satis
fi@d. He was determined to carry out his own
views, and he has done so with a vengeance. We
may hope shortly for something more. At present
there seems to be universal confusion ; all that
appears to be well authenticated, is that relating
to the Generals whose loss England must deeply

deplore.
It is fortunate that the news has arrived before
the prorogation. Doubtless Ministers will make
some announcement of their intentions even at
the eleventh hour. A short delay may prevent
the necessity of again speedily convening both
branches of the Legislature, now about to seek
the rest to which they are so well entitled.

If the good clergymen have gained a point,
they have also incurred a penally. Sir RICHARD
BETHELL and his Chief seem to have been unable
to parry their attack certainly, but they have dealt
them a severe and well-merited stroke in return.
The petitioners have succeeded in setting the
Church above law so far, that any Romanising
cleric can now refuse to marry the guilty party
after his or her divorce, although the law expli-
citely declares them to be marriageable. But the
law has taken the churches of these dissenters, in
the Establishment, into its own hands, at least
pro hac vice, and it says, if you will not marry
those whom no legal cause or impediment forbids
to marry, your churches will be open to more
loyal clergymen to carry out the law instead
of you. Their liberty is therefore doubly
limited. That they must marry the divorced
party if it be the injured and not the
guilty party. Secondly, they cannot hinder a
religious ceremonial, according to the rites of the
Church of England, being celebrated in their own
parish Church on behalf of the guilty parties.
They are only left to mope and mutter in their
parsonages, and to growl out for their relief,
" Thou canst not say I did it."
To many a protesting incumbent the punish-
ment will be like that of CAlN—greater than
they can bear. Mr. MALINS most truly observed
that there was hardly a point on which most in-
cumbents were more sensitive than their supre-
macy in their own parish church. High Church-
men and Low Churchmen, and the churchmen of
each of the five or six sects in the establishment,
are most rigid in their exclusion of all the
Apoatolically ordained, who do not concur with
them in ceremony and doctrine. We, in the pew,
are never permitted to hear from the pulpit, or to
witness in the service, any f rl i onrrl-
ant with the Incumbent's ideas of
rubrical and doctrinal consistency. If we
want variety—that is, heresy, in the view
of our Rector or Vicar, we must wander for it.
He deems his church as sacred against intrusion as
his house ; only his Right Rev. Father, and a
father is no intruder, may minister in his pulpit,
or at his altar without asking his leave.

We can hardly conceive anything mora
in actual practioe,,than that some irritated, though
guilty, couple, just repudiated by the Rector,
should turn about and obtain the services of some
non-scrupling clergyman, and walking into the
objector's church should have the service fully
performed at the altar which hitherto had known
but one master. According to the clause carried
by Sir R. BETHELL, the Incumbent can keep out
everything else contrary to his own teaching and
practice, but he must submit to see a stranger,
who impugns both, enter without his leave, and
profanely, as he thinks, perform one of the most
solemn services of his church. Of course we rea-
son from the incumbent's point of view ; for our-
selves we hold that the churches belong to the
parish, and belong to the parish for all legal pur-
poses ; and as we presume no parish, as such,
entertains the unpractical and subtle scruples of
the 9,000 and Mr. GLADSTONE—why, the parish
church ought to be freely opened when it is legally
required.

The member for Oxford, Sir W. HEATHCOTE,
suggested perhaps the most sensible course ; and
one to which it is not unlikely the country will
finally come. His object was to require all
divorced parties to marry only at the Registrar's
office. He suggested, however, that the better
plan might be to require in every instance a civil
marriage first, leaving the religious service en-
tirely at the option of both the minister and the
parties who marry. This would make registration
itself more simple and uniform—would reliev e
clergymen from all liability to perform services
to which they could object, and would draw
clearly the line between things spiritual and
things temporal. At first sight, it strikes us as an
excellent proposal. The law would then have all
it needed for purposes of property and legitimacy,
and the Church would be spared the thankless office
of depriving any prson of civil privileges because
theological difficulties indisposed her ministers to
perform a religious ceremony to which civil advac-
tages were attached. If the mere marriage is
viewed as a sacrament, or a religious service at
all, the less ought secular privileges ti depend
upon it. Sir W. HEATHCOTE'S plan of a univer-
sal civil marriage for civil purposes meets every
difficulty.

The bill has at length passed through th
Commons with all its faults and imperfections,
and no less a person than the Chairman of Com-
mittees of the Upper House has given notice of
his intention to make another attempt to cause its
rejection. Lord REDE3DALE has, from the very
beginning, distinguished himself by what may
\jmtlY be termed his " obstructive policy," if
it should not receive the name of factious
opposition.opposition.WO cannot wonder at the warmth
with which
his conduct was rebuked by the Lord
Ghanalior and Earl
G
stated that the characteritAN T
our .the It was truly
stated
involved in the matter ; and it would never
do for Chairmen of Committees to resort to a
" pettifogging
quibble," a paltry dodge to get rid
of a question that had received more considera-
tion, in both Houses, than any that had
been decided for a long series of years. At the

fast moment the Neble Lord withdrew his motion,
awl thbrefore there will be a prospect of the
matter being fairly considered on Monday even-
ing, and its passing into a law before the proro-
gation.

LATEST NEW.

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived through her Majesty's Consul at Cagliari,
August 21, at 7 45 a.m.
ALEXANDRIA, Ara. 14, 9 P.m.

The Nubiasarrived at Suez to-day. She brings
dates from Calcutta to the 21st July ; Madras,
25th July ; Galle, 28th July ; Adan, Bth inst.
The telegraphic message from Suez is meagre
and confused, and there is not time to receive
explanation before the departure of the steamer
Bceotia for Malta.

It is stated that Dalhi is not taken, but the

date is not given.
General' Barnard is reported to have died from

dysentery.

The news given in the Bombay Times of the
14th July by last mail respecting the taking of
Cawnpore by the rebels and the massacre of the
Europeans there is confirmed.
The Suez telegraphic message then goes on to
say as follows :

" Sichoom and Himalaya arrived at Calcutta
with about 1,500 of China forces, to proceed at
once up country. Only 300 more troops expected,
General havelock's forces. Rebels beaten on three
occasions, and several guns taken, between Alla-
habad and. Cawnpore ; the latter retaken from
Nana Sahib, whom Havelock is following up the
Bithoor about. 10 miles.

"sir Henry Lawrence died of wounds received
in a sortie from Lucknow,. whereat present. all is

"All the troops in Oude mutinied.
" Agra all quiet. Native troops disarmed.
" Gwalior Contingent mutinied. Supposed to
have marched on Indore.

"No political China news given.
"The Transit Government steamer totally lost
in the Straits .of Sunda. Crew and troops all
arrived at Sues to-day.
" This telegraph received from acting Consul-
General Green at Alexandria for the Earl
Clarendon.

" Cansul CRAIG."

AUSTRALIA
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING.

The Liverpool and Australian Navigation Com-
pany's auxiliary screw steamship Great Britain,
Gray, commander, which left Melbourne on the
21st of May, is off the port.

She has gold to the value of 510,9881.—viz.,
101,647 ounces of gold, and 104,4001. in British
gold coin.

AMERICA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.

The European and American Company's steamer
Indiana, Captain Baker, has arrived, with 150
passengers and a full cargo.
She left New York on the sth, and her advices
have consequently been anticipated.
The Indiana had strong headwinds the greater
part of the voyage. She spoke the ships Phoenix,
Albatross, William and Anna, G 3 ran Castle, Coro-
nella, Cumberland, and 111`Donald.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Indus, Captain Evans, has arrived with the
heavy portion of the India and C'aina mails.

She left Alexandria August 7th; Malta, 11th ;

She brings 120 passenger?, 1,438 bales silk,
I'7 barrels gum, 1 package pearl.,, 28 packages
elephants' teeth, 6 packages tobacco, and 260

packages sundries.
The steamer that left Malta on the 6th inst.,
with the 48th Regiment, consisting of upwards of
1,000 men-, women, and children, did not arrive
at Gibraltar until about 3 p.m. on the 16th, and
was then seen in tow of a line-of-battle-ship, name
not made out, as the Indus was leaving the har-
bour.

watering,
Lord Lyons' Equadron at Malaga,
was expected at Gibraltar on the 17th.
Her Majesty's ships Tartarus, Desperate, and
Caradoc were at Alexandria ; the Hibernia and
Centi.ur at Malta ; and the Vulture and Ariel at
Gibraltar. _ _

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Euxine
arrived at Gibraltar on the 13th, in 5 days
7 hours
from Southampton, calling at the intermediate
ports, She cleared on the 15th on her return
voyage.

THE EAST.

CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 12.

The Persian Government, it is reporti,d., is
strengthening its forc,::s by marching troops towards
the north-east, and strengthening the garrison of
Herat. The Sultan has written autograph letters
to the Sovereigns of the four States which have
broken off diplomatic relations with his Govern-
ment. Aali Bey was to Lave on the same day as
the mail, with the letter for the Emperor of the
French. Oa the 10th the Fre-acli, Russian, Prus-
sian, and Sardinian Ambassadors received
orders per telegraph to remain at their posts.
The electoral lists have been published in
Wallachia. The period fur the rectification ex-
pires on the 31 of September. The Kaimakan
of the Principality has dismissed a large number of
public functionarie4, -and letters from Bucharest
pretend that illegalities (?) similar to those in Mol
davia have been committed. The authorities have
specially orderel the exclusion of the partisans of
the formar Hospolars, Stirbey and Bine=ea. An
officer of the French steamer Ajsccio has been
att icked. at Constantinople by some Turkish
soldiers. We learn from Jerusalem, under date of
August 1, that there have been .901113 sanguinary
troubles in the mountains, and that it is feared
they will spread and become viore.

THE CAUCASUS.
The news received from the Caucasus by the last
mail is diarnetricCly opposed to that forwarded
from S. Pltershurg a few days since. Slifer Bey
announces that 10,00'J Circassians, under the com-
mand of Mehemed Bey (the Hungarian Banya),
and M. Stankajev:ch, a Belgian officer of artillery,
have totally defeated Gen. Fdipson on the banks
of the Kuban, which river divides the c mutry in
habited by the Tchernowarisch Cossacks from that
part of the Caucasus which is peopled by the
various tribes popularly known as " the Circas-
sians." The Russians, who are said to have been
pursued as far as Rostoff and Tamor, lost six guns
and 64 packhorses. The foregoing intelligence may
or Inv not be correct, but Schamyl's subjoined pro-
clamation must ba considered a kind of preof that
some advantages of importance have been obtained
over the Russians on the Caspian coast of the Cau-
casian isthniu4. The tale told is, that Schamyl,
with an army of 25,000 mon, was encamped on the
banks of a river called Koystb and that • the Rus-
sians resolved to att:mpt t &lodge him, as the
position commanded Ills passes of the Tschetschna.
Accordingly, the Russian army advanced in two
divisions, under the command of gEnerals Nicolai
and Rudanoffsky. General Nicolai was kept in check
by a chief named liadji Alourad, but Rudanoffsky
was b Adly attacked by Soli:amyl, who, after a battle
which la ted 10 hours, succeeded in driving h's
enemy across the Koysu. The result of Schamyl's
victory was that several blockhouses fell into his
hands, fo.tified places which had been built by the
Russians at a prodigious sacrifice of time, money,
and life for the maintenance of the communication
between Kiziar, on the river Terek, and Derbend,
on the Caspian.
Schamyl's proclamation runs as follows :
"In the name of the groat and merciful God and of
His sole P.op'iet I make known unto you, my faithful
fri,nds, that I would rather die fighting against the