The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-19 00:00:00

LON DON. THURSDAY EVENING

we must study it at Rome. Now we findthat at Rome
the Porn and the College of Cardinals, of which col-
lege Cardinal Wr.smari is a member, have re-estab-
lished the Inquisition, abolished by the Roman
Republic, and have absolutely prohibited the
celebration of Protestant worship in Rome ;
yet if Cardinal WISEMAN were to attempt
to do these things here, and they are both absolutely
requisite to the perfect development of Roman Ca-
tholicism, no sane man would venture to contend
that it would be any greater infringement of
the principles of religious liberty to expel him
and his inquisitors from the realm than it is an
infringement of the principles of civil liberty to im-
prison a pickpocket or to transport a burglar. After
this exposure of the " Catholic sophism," and of the
manner in which Cardinal WISEMAN and his
coadjutors manage these matters at Rome, it
is mere blague on the part of the upholders of
Cardinal WISEMAN to talk abut the principles of
religious liberty. We should like to hear from this
Prince of the Church an exposition of the principles
of religious liberty, as exemplified in the imprison-
ment of Dr. Acnum, and the prohibition of the cele-
bration of Protestant worship in Rome by himself
and his brother Princes of the College of Cardinals.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

NEVIG.A.TE AND LEADZNECALL,

The general demand ruled very inactive at barely
stationary prices. Beef, from .2s Od to 3s 4d; Mutton,
28 4d to 3s 8d; Veal, 2i Sd to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 6d to 48
per 81bs, by the carcase.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Bill to modify the mortgage law, by restrain-
ing the power of foreclosure at present possessed by
the mortgagee, has been rejected by the Assembly by
a majority of 414 to 255.

Snine Mirth was produced during the discussion of
a Bill for the appointment of colonial bishops and
their payment by the State by the speech of M.
Ei.cturaos in opposition to the Bill; it was as follows :
M. EAquiros must oppose the Bill; it appeared to
him to i.e a new step towards the union of church and
state. He looked on it as dangerous to unite the church
to the state, and he found that opinion very strongly
expressed in an article published in a journal in 1831,
in which the writer protested against the bastard Ca-
tholicism originating in the religion of kings,' and con-
cluded with the emphatic declaration that the impure
alliance of the state and of the Catholic Church was for
ever broken.'—(Agitation on,the Right.) The author of
that article was M. de Montalembert, when editor with
the Abbe Lameunais of the Avenir.—(' Ab, ah,' on the
Left, and laughter on de same side.) M. de Montalem-
bert was th. n attacking the Emperor of Russia, whom
he called a barbarian, being at the same time despot and
pontiff. Yet it wa. strange to find M. de Montalembert
now professing the very opinions which he then anathe-
matised. M. de Montalembert at that time seemed to
desire to see the items relating to public worship alto-
gether removed from the expenses falling to the share
of the state. He (M. Esquiros) did not go as far as
that Hon. Gentleman, for. the budget of publio worship was
sanctioned by the Constitution, and progress ought not
to be rejected, it made within a legal limit.—(Laughter.)"
The Siicle has the following on the gold panic :
" The legal relation of gold to silver is as 15i to 1.
Suppose that this relation should so change as that for
19f. might be purchased 10 grammes of gold (the weight
of the Napoleon), the speculator would then bring his
10 grammes to the mint, for which he would receive ts
legal value of 20f., making 5 per cent. profit. Now, one
or other of two things would arrive—either gold would
remain at the low price, and then the holder would pay
in gold, as would be his legal right, at the nominal
value—or the panic would dissipate, and then he would
sell his gold at a small premium, which would have to
be added to the profit already made. This kind of thing
could not last long, because the law should interfere, and
because, in truth, we have ten times less gold than
silver, for while of the latter we possess three milliards,
there are only 300 millions of geld in circulation. That
which we have to avoid is erroneous notions on the sub-
ject, which might, without any just foundation, lead to
serious inconvenience."

There is a movement in the Legitimatist camp.
The Count of CHAMBORD has written to M.
BERRYER desiring him to acquaint the Legitimatists
that it is the desire of their Sovereign that they should
oppo.e the proposition for increasing the allowance of
the PRESIDENT. Another copy of this letter was for-
warded to General ST. PRIEST, at which M. BER-
RYER was greatly offended, as it was calculated to
create an idea that the Count DE CHAMBORD had no
onger implicit trust in him. The old Comite, ap-
pointed by the celebrated BARTHELEMY circular, has
been broken up, and the following have been ap-
pointed members of the Legitimatist Cabinet in their
place :—M. Berryer, the Duke de Noailles, ex-peer
of France, the Viscount de Falloux, M. Benoist d'Azy,
M. de Vatimesnil, General de St. Priest, and M.
Sauvaire St. Barthelemy, representatives of the
people ; the Duke de Clermont Tonnerre, ex-minister;
the Duke de Vainly, ex-deputy ; the Count de
Raineville, ex-deputy ; the ISrlarqu,s de Pastore t, and
the Duke des Care.

Count MOLE has at length succeeded in organising
his club of " Waiters upon PROVIDENCE ;" it numbers
60 members, and meets in the Rue du Bar.
The Committee of the Assembly has resolved to re-
port against the proposition authorising the Councils-
General of Departments to assemble on the convoca-
tion of the Prefect in the event of a revolution break-
ing,out in the capital. The Ministers were opposed to
the measure.
The Buurse was animated, and public secu-
rities, particularly railroad shares, rose consi-
derably. The Five per Cents. opened et 95f. 20c.,
rose to 95f. 40c., and closed at 951. 35e ; the
Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 60c.; Orleans
Railroad Shares, 8421. 50c. ; Rouen, 6551.; Havre,
261 f. 25r.; Great Northern, 4781. 75c. ; Avignon,
1931. 75c.; Vierzon, 415 f.; Basle, 1351. ; Bor-
dean x, 3911. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg., 375 f. 50c.;
Tours and Nantes, 248 f. 75c. ; the New Piedmon-
tese Loan, 85f. 10c.

BUSII‘ESS D[_►;tE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. Is.
Boulogne and Amiens, 834—Luxembourg, 216—Namur
and Liege, 814—Northern of France, 15—Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 2i/ —Paris and Rouen, 26 —Paris and Strasbourg,
9% —Roues and Havre, 10%—Sambre and Meuse, 31—
Tours and Nantes, 4%.