The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-04 00:00:00

tions, and is so intimately associated with their
lives that it would be impossible to wrench the
Church of England from England, although this
might be accomplished by the slow growth of
changing habits and opinions.
An edifying scene followed the public reprimand
administered to the Rev. Stephen H. Ting in the
Church of the Transfiguration at New York,
March 14. That gentleman, as we announced in
our issue March 7, was tried and convicted by an
ecclesiastical court for preaching in a Methodist
Church. The rector of New Brunswick brought
the charge, as it was there that Mr. Tyng had con-
ducted the services according to the Methodist
forms of worship, though in episcopal orders. The
bishop addressed to the culprit a long admonition,
which was received in silence, and the rector com-
menced reading the prayers. Dr. Tyng, senior, at
the same moment rose to deliver a written protest,
and both were speaking at the same time. The
bishop ordered the rector to go on,,and Dr. Tyng,
who remained standing, ceased to read. On the
conclusion of the service Dr. Tyng advanced to the
altar, and handed Lis protest to the bishop. From
all parts of the Church the friends of the Tyngs
gathered around and urged them to ascend the
pulpit, while the supporters of orthodoxy vigorously
hissed and groaned. The growing dimensions of
the ecclesiastical dispute were cut short by the en-
trance
of the police, and a bitter feeling has been
generated by the occurrenc.
It is with great pleasure we record a sequel to
the above scene, which tells highly in the Rev. S.
Tyng's favour. The Holy Trinity Church was
crowded, the aisles being occupied, and no standing
room anywhere left. It was expected that Mr.
Tyng would allude in his sermon to his trial, and
to the admonition he had lately received from
Bishop Potter, and it was this that had caused the
rush of religious sensationalists. After the service,
Mr. Tyng approached the desk in the pulpit, and
while eager eyes were fixed, and listening ears ex-
pecting, said, "It is hardly necessary for me to say
to my own people, and others accustomed to wor-
ship here, that this pulpit is never degraded by per-
sonal vindications, nor made the place to pander to
partizan feelings, but from it only can be heard the
simplest vindication of the Gospel. Those among
you that have come for any other purpose will be
disappointed, but it may be good that you are here,
as some of the simplest truths of the Gospel may
find a resting place iu your hearts, helping you to
eternal salvation."

The rumour gains ground that Chief Justice
Chase is to be the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. The Washington _Republican gives
this as the platform upon which the Chief Justice
will stand:—" Ist. Manhood suffrage. 2d. Resump-
tion of specie payment as soon as possible. 3d. A
tariff for revenue. 4th. Reconstruction on the
basis of the legislation of Congress. If, therefore,
the Democratic party choose to take him upon these
conditions he will doubtless accept." Of course
among the rumours are " authentic" lists of
Ben Wade's Cabinet, but the most authentic ap-
pears to be the following :—" For Secretary of
State, Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts ; for Sec-
retary of the Treasury, Jay Cooke, of Ohio—with
an understanding that he shall thereupon resign his
present interest in the banking business, and cut
himself loose from his partners ; for Secretary of
War, Major-General John A. Logan, of Illinois ;
for Attorney-General, Congressman Wilson, of
lowa ; for Secretary of the Navy, Judge William
Kelly, of Pennsylvania ; for Postmaster-General,
Horace Greely, of New York ; and for Secretary of
the Interior, Senator Drake, of Missouri."
It is unfortunate for the country that American
politicians, even in elevated places, carry their
party animosity into their domestic relations, and
the system tends to add a bitterness and venom to
political contests they ought not to be permitted
to possess. The person who holds the highest legal.
position perhaps in the world is Chief Justice
Chase. lie presides over the Supreme Court of the
United States, and at this moment he sits in the
chair of the Court engaged in the trial of a Presi-
dent. Yet the decisions of this great dignitary
have brought upon him unmeasured, and in some
instances unmeaning, abuse. He is supposed to
act from political motives when he rules in
favour of the President. Immediately what he
says and does, what he thinks and dreams is can-
vassed. The Anti-Slavery Standard denounces him as
the ally of the President, pointing to the fact that
on a Wednesday, not a month since, the doors of
the Chief Justice's drawing-room were flung open,
and the usher announced the President of the.
United States and daughter. " The man," it says,
"is mad with the Presidential fever, despe-
rate in the consciousness of baffled plans,
meanly jealous of Warie, perhaps cherishing the
forlorn hope of a Democratic nomination, joins
forces with the enemy." He is " a serious obstacle,
whose evil intentions are only limited by his cou-
rage, which, fortunately, is not great." Butler
lately brought shameful charges against the Presi-
dent., for -which he had not an atom of proof.
General Logan created a sensation by alleging that
Treasury officials had professed to burn Bonds
which they in truth issued, substituting blank
paper, and when this was shown to be false, with-
out changing a muscle, he asserted that if they did
not cheat in that way they did in others, and " that
all the committees in earth or heaven were not
going to scare him off." The other day, at Mr.
Gladstone's Fifty, the most favoured guest was Mr.
Disraeli; it was noticed that the host took the guest
aside to tell him a good story, and for a quarter of
an hour the rival chiefs had all the laughing to
themselves. Yet Gladstone, by a party shuffle of
which Disraeli was aware, was about to try to bowl
out the new-made Premier. People should fairly
fight out their public battles in the public arena,
but carry the " shop" as little as possible into the
intercourse of private life.
Mr. iPCulloch's letter on the bill repealing the
inland revenue duties on manufactures was read in
the Senate during the debate. The Secretary urged
that the decrease in the revenues would be very
heavy, that already by the repeal of the cotton tax
an annual loss would be incurred of $20,000,000 ;
that not only would the present bill add to this
loss $60,000,000, but by lowering the prices of
domestic goods less would be received from
abroad, 'and the customs' returns would be like-
wise affected. He estimated all this in the
aggregate at one hundred to one hundred
and twenty millions, which made him apprehen-
sive that if the bill became law the re-
venues would be insufficient to meet both the cur-
rent expenses of the Government and the interest
on the public debt. Nothing, he says, would be
more disastrous to the credit of the Government,
as so reducing taxes that a necessity would arise
to increase the public debt. The Senate, however,
were not influenced by Mr. M'Culloch's reasoning,
and the bill passed by 32 to 12, and goes to the
President for signature.
On the 9th March, in the House of Representa-
tives, an exciting scene came off. The discussion
was on the Senate Amendment to the House Bill
requiring the money from the abandoned cotton,
now in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury,
to be appropriated by the Treasury of the United
States. Mr. Logan, of Illinois, asserted that many
rebels had benefited by the sale of captured cotton ;
and in answer to Mr. Chanler, of New York, be
named Bruce, lately in the Confederate service, who
was enabled in this way to buy a large hotel on
Broadway, New York, and who left it on his death
to his heirs. " Mr. Chanler," he continued, " must
have known Mr. Bruce, for he was a rebel and a
traitor, and no doubt a friend of the gentleman's ;"
on which Mr. Chanler raised his voice aloud, but
loud as it was, it did not drown that of the General,
and above the din sounded the gavel of the Speaker.
On silence' being restored, Mr. Logan continued,
"he was not at all disturbed by anything the gen-
tleman from New York could possibly have said ; a
wasp can buzz, and make a noise; an ant can sting,
and the smallest things may sometimes annoy."
Here Mr. Chanler interrupted, " Yes," ho cried,
" and an ass can kick."
We regret to see that Mr. Thornton's Note to
Mr. Seward, referring to the British subject, Allan
M‘Donald, who was arrested in Canada by a Mi-
chigan sheriff's officer for smuggling and counter-
feiting, has brought him into trouble with the Go-