The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-02 00:00:00

ESSAYS AND REVIETP-;:s7.

A writer in a contemporary says :—When the
Episcopal Manifesto appeared, ten days ago, I ven-
tured to call attention to the fact that its predeces-
sors in past years had been either wholly inopera-
tive, or been disclaimed within a very short period
by those who had put them forth.
The declaration of the Bishops in the Upper
House of Convocation has effectually done this work
tor the protest of the present occasion within even
a shorter period than that which witnessed the
retraction of the anti-Hereford protest by the
Bishop of Oxford in 1847.
The remarkable features of the present document
are that it condemned as inconsistent with the
Church of England and with the Christian religion
a whole volume of the most varied character, and
that this condemnation was signed by all the
Bishops, though holding the most varied sentiments
on those very subjects.
Both these peculiarities are now destroyed.
That astounding unanimity of the Bench which
so delighted the ardent spirits of the Lower House
of Convocation has crumbled into a chaos of dis-
cord. Two, at least, of the Bishops have declared
that they except from their censure two, if not
three, of the five clergymen whom the Archbishop's
letter called to renounce their position in the ,
Church, the authors of those three Essays being the
very three against whom the popular panic has,
in the addresses which have been circulated so
freely through the country, been most active!.y and
pointedly directed.
I rejoice that there are still to be found Bishops
who, though tardily, prefer truth to clamour, and
justice to prudence. It would have been well if
they had attached to the document which bore their
signatures the same disclaimer of partnership with
their fellow-subscribers as that which is prefixed to
the volume under their consideration, and which,
in fact, completely fulfils all the requirements made
of the Essayists.by the Bishops themselves :

"It will be readily understood that the authors are re-
sponsible for their respective articles only. They have
written in entire independence of each other, and without
concert or comparison."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY.

This was decidedly one of the least business-like days of
the week, the only events touched upon being the Liverpol
Grand National and the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes.
For the latter 7 to 1 was offered on the field, while Russley
and Matador were supported at 8 to 1 and 100 to 6 respec-
tively. Sweet Hawthorn was backed to win some money,
25 to 1 being the current taking price, which towards the
close was reduced to 20 to 1, and easily obtained. 15 to 2
was offered against Franc Picard for the Grand National,
9 to 1 each was taken about The Emperor and Anatis, and
100 to 8 taken and wanted about Old Ben Roe. We have
nothing whatever to report relative to either the Derby or
Chester Cup. Closing prices :

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
7to 1 agst Franc Picard (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Emperor (take 9to 1)
Bto 1 agst Anatis (offered)
11 to 1 agst Jealousy (take 100 to 8)
12 to 1 agst Old Ben Roe (taken freely),
20 to 1 agst Cock-a-to:► (taken)
25 to 1 agst Redwing (taken and offered)

THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (taken)
Bto 1 agst Russley (taken and offered)
9 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken)
12 to 1 agst Overton (taken freely)
100 to 7 agst Matadore (take 100 to 6)
20 to 1 agat Sweet Hawthorn (taken)
THE CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Ckere Arnie (offered)
30 to 1 agst Butterfly (taken)
THE DERBY.
7 to 2 agst Dundee (take '4 to 1)
2C to 1 agst Dictator (offered)
20 to 1 agst Big Ben, (offered)
40 to 1 agst Kildonan (take 45 to 1)
1000 to 15 agst Sweet Hawthorn (offered)
1000 to 10 agat Russley (offered)

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—MONDAY.
The Newmarket Handicap of 2.5 sovs each, with 150 added.
For three-yr-olds and upwards. From the starting post
of the R.M. to the bend of the B.C. 66 subs.

Yrs st lb
Joskin
-Black Prince
Cosmopolite
Gonvieux
High Treason
Danger
First Lord 4 8 4
Bivouac 4 8 4
Man-at-Arms 4 8 0

Yrs st lb
Danae 4 6 9
Viscount Brignall 3 6 9
Isabella
Knightsbridge
Rupert
f by King Tom—
Giraffe
Zodiac
Jacintha
Pagoda 3 6 4
Belleisle 3 6 4
Neighbour 3 6 3
Win g
Canary
Paul Clifford . 3 6 2
Black Sultan 3 6 1
Pounca
Wombat
Sir Edward
Bandsman .. 3 6 0
Guilder .. 4 6 0
Alarum 3 6 0
Robinson Crusoe 3 5 13
b c by West Aus-
.

Zaretan
Rupee 4 8 0
Rocket
Apollyon
Sir William
Pastime 4 7 9
El Hakim a 7 8
Ebony
Donner and Blitz 4 7 7
Yellow Rose 5 7 6
Moarhen
Physician
Mountain Nut 5 7 4
Merrimac
Scent
The Monk 4 7 2
Heiress
Parmesan 4 7 0
Mutineer
Edmund Kean
Malta
General Hess 4 6 12
Henham Lass
Minster
Virgilius
Golden Pippin 4 6 10

tralian Lady
Evelyn 3 5 12
Henricus
Sawcutter
Promotion 3 5 10
Shingle
La Reux
c by Voltigeur—
Physalis
Cross Stitch
Philip the Falconer 3 5 7

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MENTS.

Feb. 22, at 5 p.m.—Lustre, out of the Coventry. Plate.
Feb. 22, at 5.15 p.m.—Golden Pippin, out of all handi-
caps for which the weights have appeared up to this date.
Feb. 23, at 9 p.m.—Pedlar, out of Nottingham Spring
engagements.

Feb. 23, at 11.45 a.m.—Johnny, out of the Liverpool
Hurdle Race.

Feb. 23, at 9 a.m.—Comet and Evelyn, out of Liverpool
Hurdle Race.

Feb. 23, at 11.45 a.m.—Harry and Marmion, out of Not-
tingham Hurdle Race.

Feb. 26, at 9 a.m.—Rosedale, out of Innkeepers' Plate at
Nottingham.

Feb. 25, at 9 a.m.—Maid of Chesterfield, out of the Liver-
pool Spring Cup, and Sefton Handicap, and out e the
Nottingham Spring Handicap and Forest Plate.
Feb. 25, at 9 a.m.—Brandy Ball, out of all handicaps.
Feb. 25, at 9 a.m.—Amy Robsart, out of Sefton Handi-
capt, Liverpool, and Stand Plate, Nottingham.
Feb. 25, at 2 p.m.—Proof, nut of the Little John Stakes,
Nottingham.

Feb. 25, at 2 p.m.—Rookawn, out of all engagements.
Feb. 25, at 4.30 p.m.—Little Gerard, out of Forest Plate,
Nottingham.

Feb. 26, at 9 a.m.—Chere Arnie, out of all engagements
at Shrewsbury.

Feb. 26, at 9 a.m.—Lancaster, out of Liverpool Spring
Cup.

Feb. 26, at 9 a.m.—Brine out of Nottingham Hurdle
Race.

Feb. 27, at 9 a m.—Caliban and Philomel out of Not-
tingham engagements.

Feb. 27, at 9 a.m.—Caliban out of the Coventry Handi-
cap.

Feb. 27, at noon—Palaiseau, out of the Coventry Han-
dicap and Sefton Plate, Liverpool Spring.
Feb. 27, at noon—Cosmopolite, out of the £4O Plate at
Liverpool Spring.

KINGSTON.—This celebrated stallion died on the 20th
inst., at Middle Park, Eltham, Kent.

THL VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the Gazette of last Eveniug.)
WAR OFFICE, MARCH 1,

The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in-
tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the
undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Indian forces,
whose claims to the same have been submitted for her
Majesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed
by them in India, as recorded against their names, viz. :
Colonel James Travers, late 2d Bengal Native Infantry—
For a daring act of bravery, in July, 1857, when the Indore
Presidency was suddenly attacked by Holkar's Troops, in
having charged the guns with only five men to sup-
port him, and driven the gunners from the guns.
thereby creating a favourable diverson, which saved
the lives of many persons, fugitives to the Residency.
It is stated that Officers who were present considered that
the effect of the charge was to enable many %rfTeh na:Letod
escape from slaughter, and time was gained w
theTra
vfaithful
oßr
shoo wasal
eAhrotti
ments were shot through in various parts. He commanded
nertyhtoreempalanceths,eairnAgulfiss. acueottEnee-1
the Bhoal Lvy.
Lieutepnante-Colonel Samue.Jamheasvißnrgoysee,
egrp.oßre.,hlaitne
46th Bengal Native Infantry—For _
an engagement with the
srtebleBlsBforwchesi under Khan Allie
, lst advancing upon
Khan, on the 31st of Augu ,
the ene
position, at daybreak, pushed on with one
orderly
Smrs
owar upon a nine-pounder gun that was com-
manding one of the approaches to the enemy's posi-
tion, and attacked the gunners, thereby prevent-
ing them from re-loading, an firing upon the In-
fantry, who were advancing tot he attack. In doing
this, a personal conflict ensued, in which Captain. now
Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel James Browne, Commandant
of the 2d Punjaiib Cavalry, received a severe sword-cut
wound on the left knee, and shortly afterwards another
sword-cut wound, which severed the left arm at the shoul-
der, not, however, before Lieutenant-Colonel Browne hai
succeeded in cutting down one of his assailants. The gun
was prevented from being reloaded, and was eventually
captured by the Infantry, and the gunner slain.

It is said that the railroad obligations to be issued
during the whole of the present year by the Bank of France
will be limited to £6,000,000.

4DDRESS OF THE ITALIAN SENATE.

The following address, in reply to his Majesty's
speech from the throne, has been adopted in the
Italian Senate :

" Sire,—Your Majesty's voice announces to us
the event which fulfils the desire for political unity
which has been so ardently entertained by so many
chosen spirits, promoted by so many noble hearts,
accompanied by such piety and such tears.
" The work of many centuries, the greatness of
Italy, is displayed to-day, thanks to a prodigious
concurrence of various propitious causes. The
valour of the armies and the good sense of the
peoples have attained an object which a few years
ago seemed beyond all human anticipation. Con-
fiding in the support of the opinion of the most
civilised nations, and in accordance with the prin-
ciples inspired by liberal tendencies, and strength-
ened by enlightened experience, we may fairly hope
that it will be granted us to demonstrate that a
people that claims its own rights is on that very
account more disposed to respect those of others ;
that Italy, constituted in her natural condition, is
destined to si cure, instead of disturbing the-real
harmony and just equilibrium of the poa era of
Europe.

" The Senate is happy to share your "Majesty's
belief that the Emperor of the French will not
abandon the generous designs which were for him
a source of splendid glory, for us of powerful aid,
and which were consecrated by the exploits of
brave men and the applause of nations. The Latin
blood will not belie its origin, and the various
vicissitudes of the past will be forgotten in an ac-
cord of interests, aspirations, and affections. The
support which free and powerful England gave in
the severest trials to the cause of free peoples has
not been wanting in present contingencies to Italy,
and cannot be wanting in future. Nor, certainly,
will the confidence be vain which we repose in the
just judgment and deep feeling of generous Ger-
many, where a prince worthy of the nation he rules
has already received by your Majesty's care ex-
pressions of the honour and the sympathy that are
due to him. Among the brave it is always easy to
come to an understanding. Moderation and calm-
ness arc the prerogatives of the strong, and we who
followed with anxious joy your enterprises now
listen reverently to the prudent counsels" that fall
from your lips. To recognise the necessities of the
present is to be prepared for those of the future.
"The entire nation cannot but applaud all that
has been done to strengthen the army and navy of
whose conduct it is impossible to speak too highly.
The military instinct of the Italian people, which
was displayed in so spirited a manner by a brave
band of young men, led by a captain of antique
valour, who may well be called the favourite
son of victory, is an earnest that in future Italy
will procure for herself, and from her own re-
sources, under the protection of Providence, all the
elements of internal order and external defence.
" The organisation of the new kingdom will be
an object of the most assiduous meditation to the
Senate, that it may come up to what is demanded
by the present and suggested by the past.
"Your house; Sire, had from the earliest times
chosen the grand task of watching over the for-
tittles and procuring the independence of Italy.
Your magnanimous father revived and enlarged the
illustrious design by granting to his people consti-
tutional rights, and by initiating the movement for
the national redemption. You, Sire, have been
called to the last and decisive struggles in which,
staking life and crown, you have gained the well.
deserved reward—•the love of Italy, the admiration
of Europe."

7118 PAPAL ATROCITIES AT COL-

LALI'O.

A letter from Rieti to the Nazione gives the
following account of the atrocities committed by
Papal brigands at Collalto, announced in a telegram
a iew days ago :

The small castle of Collalto, situated in the
neighbourhood of Rieti, on the frontier of the Papal
territory, hitherto celebrated in Italian history,
will remain a perpetual monument of the tyranny
of Cardinal Antonelli. The strong position of the
castle, built by the Barberini, and its solid enclo-
sure, enabled the inhabitants, not numerous, to
defend the approach to it against the hordes of
brigands who on the 13th of February attacked it
on all sides. Valiantly repulsed from the first,
they renewed their attack with greater fierceness,
and it was not till after three hours of a heroic
defence, that the poor inhabitants of Collalto were
forced to yield, for the succour sent them from the
neighbouring parts could not approach the castle,
and their ammunition was entirely expended. Then
the victors, numbering more than 1,500 men, the
scum of civilised nations, entertained by the Papal
Government, entered Collalto in triumph with
mules and horses, that they might carry off and
secure their booty. Cullalto, a commune containing
upwards of 700 inhabitants, was given up to gene-
ral pillage. Not a house was spared ; the doors
were every where smashed, the windows broken,
the cottages of the peasants set on fire, the barns
burned, so that nothing was wanting to complete
this terrible scene. Bartolomeo Latini, the savant
and physician, endeavoured to return to his house,
but was recognised and arrested by a brigadier of
the Pontifical gendarmerie, then barbarously
pierced with the bayonet. The sister of the un-
happy doctor, having run up to help her brother,
was also wounded with the bayonet and pistol; the
syndic was left dying ; the doorkeeper of the
Imperi family was bat barously murdered, together
with his wife ; a child only twenty months old was
spitted by a bayonet, and so carried through the
streets in sign of triumph. The arch-priest Latini
was stripped of his priestly garments and clothed
in the uniform of a soldier, that he might serve as
a laughing-stock, and thus he was led amidst in-
sults and sarcasms into the castle, where he is at
this moment kept close as a hostage. One of his
brothers has become insane in consequence of all
these family misfortunes. Now, these wretches
have walled up the gates of the castle proper, and
received reinforcements from Piozzio Giriolfo, both
arms, ammunition, and soldiers, and here they stay,
having fortified themselves with barricades. They
have captured some twenty of the richest young
men in the country, and under the pretence of
legality they have instituted a council of war, that
passes sentences. Bernardino and Giuseppe Mari,
brother of the unfortunate captain miserably assas-
sinated by the reactionaries at Carsoli, have
ransomed their lives by a promise to pay the bri-
gands 4,000 ducats, half of which they have already
given. How many families have been reduced to
the most abject beggary !
On the 14th, while they were fortifying them-
selves at Collalto, a handful of these banditti
invaded Petercia, which they abandoned in the
night, after completely pillaging and disarming the
inhabitants.

THE POPE AND THE KING OF

DENMARK.

The following is the text of the letter recently
addressed by the Pope to the King of Denmark :
" Pius, P. P. IX.
" To the Most Serene and Most Puissant King,
greeting :
" We are informed, to our great satisfaction, by
the venerable brother Paul, Bishop of Osnabruck,
charged simultaneously with the functions of apos-
tolical provicar of the Danish missions, of the testi-
monies of most special benevolence with which he
has been received by your Majesty, during the
visit he made on these missions. We have at the
same time learned with lively joy that, ever animated.
with equal love towards all your subjects, you have
granted to those among them that profess the
Catholic faith the free exercise of their worship,
the object of their constant desires.
" This intelligence is for us a very sweet conso-
lation in the midst of the anguish and sad calami-
ties that oppress us on all sides, and which have
come to afflict the Catholic Church in this time of
sorrowful trial.
" This is why we have been unable to prevent
ourselves from offering to your royal Majesty our
thanks for this mark of solicitude sihnonurbeyquyittohti
for your Catholic subjects, and we record them- in
this letter, which will be presented to you by
caLecoofntfihdeisnagmien
yveonuerrmabalgenbanroirathietry.,
and the other eminent virtues that shine
. in you,
we venture to hope that you will be willing to grant
to them, by your supreme authority, the same
liberty in the exercise of their worship
a
other Catholic subjects, namely, to the inhabitants
r
of Schleswig as well as to those of the duchies of
Holstein and Lauenburg, and to those who inhabit
your possessions in America, and that you will deign
to listen, in the best spirit of equity, to the requests
rparbezbtoresodtths ne teoerre and puissant prince, in the con-
y. ou on this subject by the same vene-
fidence that
youawutilhlorciot
vyerexwith r
every Catholic
wherever your
forming part of your subjects, be firmly persuaded
that we ardently desire to find a good opportunity
of repaying your goodness not only in words but
also in deeds.

" Meanwhile we shall not forget to beseech God
that He will largely bestow on your Majesty all ,
true happiness, and unite us to you in the sentiment**
of perfect charity.
" Given at Rome, near St. Peter, the 31st of
December, in the year 1860, and in the 15th year
of our pontificate.

" PIUS, P. P. IX."