The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-14 00:00:00

MR. NEWDEGATE'S ELECTION ADDRESS.

Mr. Newdegate has issued his election address. It
is, as usual, full of his favourite panic—the encroach-
ments of Rome. The curious part of this address
is, that Mr. Newdegate sees in the endeavour to dises-
tablish all churches in Ireland a certain token of the
supremacy of the Roman Church. Does he mean
that having disestablished we shall begin to establish
again P or has he so little faith in his own Church
and its pure creed as to believe that they will be
swamped by an erring Church with a corrupt creed—
that though " great is truth " it will not " prevail ?"

" TILE IRISH CHURCH "-GAIN AND LOSS.

The conversion of a clergyman to Mr. Gladstone's
Irish Church policy is hailed with delight by the
Liberal agents all over the country. No election
placard seems to " go down " so well as the opinion
of a clergyman, that the English Church ill gain
strength by the disestablishment of the Irish. To
these, then we commend the letter of the Rev.
W. F. Wilkinson, vicar of. St. Warbureh's. Derby.
The rev. gentleman concludes an address to his
parishioners as follows: "I feel bound to advocate
the disestablishment of the Irish Church as a British
citizen, a Churchman, a Protestant, and a Christian;
for it promises to put an end for ever to
a state of things which has too long been an anomaly
in our Constitution, an encumbrance to the Church
of England, an embarrassment and hindrance to the
spread of the Gospel in Ireland, and a scandal and
reproach to Protestantism all over the world." On
the other hand, a distinguished Liberal layman, Sir
Arthur Hallam Elton, formerly M.P. for Bath, has
come to the same conclusion as Sir Roundell Palmer
with regard to the Irish Church, and has written a
pamphlet against Mr. Gladstone's policy.

ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON CHURCH AND STATE.
Archbishop Manning has been lecturiue t Salfor4

on the rope's recent letter respecting the (Ecumeni-
cal Council. He took occasion to answer the
criticism of the Pall Mall Gazette upon that invita-
tie n, and insisted, in opposition to that journal, that
society was founded on religion, and could not
exit without it. This, he said, was of course a
very differ` zt thing from a mere union between
Church and State,and thesooncr thatuaion carnetoan
end in Ireland the bgt-kr. After speaking of several
theories which had. been advanced for the settlement
of the Church question in Ireland by concession to
the Roman Catholics, he said he would recommend
them not 'to waste their time upon advancing such
ar,-cunients. No State gift in the world would com-
promise one iota of the liberty of their Church.

THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE.
The annual meeting of the United Kingdom
Alliance has been more than usually successful. Two
notable adherents to the Alliance cause took part in
the proceedings—Archbishbp Manning and Mr. Ca.,
lender, chairman of the Conservative Election Opln-
mittee in Manchester. Archbishop Manning hat 'before
now taken much interest in the temperare question,
but hitherto has declared hinr,e'lf unable to
go beyond moral suasion. I,lp now announces that
the report of Mr. Abel Smith's select committee,
though adverse to legislation, has converted him by
its arguments to legislation. Mr. Callender s
adhesion proves that the Alliance party are so strong
in Manchester that it is absolutely necessary for
politicians of all parties to support the Permissive
Bill. The three Liberal candidates had already
declared themselves favourable to it.