The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-20 00:00:00

and most adroitly gives the go-bye to the very
rnatt.t.r that is in dispute. Thus he says—

" While the State reserves for that Establishment,
ithin the limits of which the royal supremacy is strictly
and fully exercised, ail dignity, honour, pre-eminence,
and endowment, it freely grants to all who choose to
Lye out of its domination, as their equivalent, perfect to-
leration, complete freedom to practise their religion,
h,,thir new or old, according to ite principles, and to
its rerfect development, so long as the practice is within
r.e bounds of law, and trenches upon no other's rights."
And thereupon he, proceeds to argue that the new
territorial division of this island into bishoprics by
:he POPE is perfectly justifiable ; thus assuming the
very matter in dispute, viz., that such division is
within the bounds of law and trenches on no other's
rights ; and so on throughout the whole of his mani-
festo the Cardinal takes for granted that which he
ought to prove and argues merely on assumptions.
The great question in dispute he has left absolutely
untouched, viz., the assumption of spiritual superiority
over all the inhabitants of these realms by
himself and his coadjutors ; he nowhere ventures
to deny that he claims absolute allegiance and obe-
dience to his commands of all baptized persons,
whether of the Roman Catholic faith or not, who
reside within his diocese ; that as being responsible
for their salvation, he claims a right to use force, when
necessary or expedient, to " compel them to come in."
This right has been claimed for him in express
terms by the Lamp, the organ of the Roman Catho-
-I;cs in the north of England, and by the Tablet.
Does he distinctly repudiate it—Aye ! or No ! There
is no sign of any such repudiation in the manifesto.
A note on the word "govern," although a most artful
attempt at ins: nuating such repudiation, is so cautiously
worded as to be capable of any interpretation the
Cardinal may hereafter be pleased to put upon it. We
give it as a specimen of the Jesuitry of the whole
manifesto:—

" I have also been told that great offence has been
taken at the use of the word to 'govern,' found in my
Pastoral, as though implying some temporal authority. I
find, however, that in this appeal I have again and again
used the word, because it is the usual, and almost only
,cord, applied amongst us to episcopal rule. It must be
remembered that the Pastoral was addressed, in the
usual form of such documents, "aa the clergy, secular
and regular, and to the faithful,' which showed it to
be meant for Catholics alone, who could understand the
word. I have been in the habit of addressing several
Pastorals a year to the Catholics confided to my charge.
which have always been read in our churches and
chapels. But this is, I believe, the first which the press
has done me the honour of transferring to its columns.
It thus came to be represented as addressed to all the
inhabitants of certain counties, a sort of edict or mani-
festo, instead of a Pastoral, usually confined to Catholic
hearing or perusal."
It is clear that the object of this note is to induce
the unwary to believe that the Cardinal repudiates
the claim " to govern," at which great offence has
been taken, but does he repudiate the claim in reality?
On the contrary, he re-affirins it ; he says he has
used the word, because it is the only word applied
to episcopal rule. This is no repudiation of the
offensive claim. Again, he says, " that the docu-
ment was meant for Catholics alone, who could under-
-tand the word." This, again, is no repudiation; on the
contrary, it is rather a confirmation of the truth of
the accusation, inasmuch as the Romanist writers in
the Lamp and Tablet, who, as Catholics, must, ac-
cording to Cardinal WisEmati, understand the word,
nave attached to it precisely the meaning which the
Cardinal declares has given such great offence.
Could we forget the writings which have emanated
lirect from Rome in rely Lion to this matter ;
could we forget the preaching of Cardinal WISEMAN'S
own coadjutor, we might Ix) inclined to place more
implicit reliance on the denial by Cardinal WISEMAN
of any intention of aggression on the part of the
Romish Church. Thus, whenilthe Cardinal, after de-
tailing the negotiations with the POPE on the subject
of the recent organization, say a—
" Such was the main and solid ground on which the
hierarchy was humbly solicited by Catholics from the
Holy See. It was one that referred to their own internal
organization exclusively. Thoughts of aggression never
entered the heads of the petitioners or of the petitioned;
nor were the bishops moved by stupid ideas of rivalry
with the Established Church ;"

we should give credit to his assertion did it stand
'one; but, unfortunately, we h.tve the accreditedorgan
of the Roman Court, the Paris Univers, con-
tradicting Cardinal WISEMAN point blank, and
declaring that " the Holy See has aimed a
sturdy blow at their (the Anglican) religious
establishments," and that, " since the promulgation
of the Papal brief the sees of Canterbury, of York,
and of London, have cem;ed to exist ;" and
we find Dr. DOYLE speculating on the time when
there shall ba no Archbishop of Canterbury.
Under these circumstances, WO ask to whom are we
to give credit—to CardinalWEiEmAN or to the avowed
organ of the Court of Roeae, to Cardinal WISE-
MAN or to Dr. DOYLE ? or to neither ? Our
remarks have already extended to such a length that
we have barely time to refer to the address to the
QUEEN. We believe that the address faithfully ex-
presses the opinion of the great
_majority of the
educated Catholic laity of England towards the
QUEEN -it would be unjust and ungracious
to utter a doubt on the subject ; but
when we find Cardinal WtsEmArg, the writer of
the address, travelling out of the record and broadly
declaring that in the religion of the Catholics loyalty
is a sacred duty and obedience a Christian virtue,
we cannot refrain from ex:pressing a desire to
hear what the King of SARDINIA has to say on that
subject.

The inhabitants of " the modern Tyre" are a
shrewd, intelligent, and clearheaded race. Devoted
chiefly, if not altogether, to commerce; engaged in
transactions of enormous magnitude, they are able to
discern the disadvantages to which they are exposed
by the restrictions still affecting trade ; and still more
so, by the restrictions imposed on money under the
existing monetary code. They are well aware that
when the representatives and measures of value are
wanting, the trade and commerce of the country can-
not be in a sound and healthy state. They are a
thinking and inquiring people, who, in the true spirit
of their calling, will take nothing on trust, will not
be misled by high-sounding expressions, or grandi-
loquent phrases. The " sesquipedalia verba" of the
bullionists have no charms for these practical men.
They take each transaction on its own merits, and de-
cide according to the plain and simple facts of the case.
If a project appears of a promising character, that it
will bear the test of the strictest examination in all
its details, if after a searching scrutiny there seems
every reason to anticipate an auspicious result, they
will not be deterred from embarking therein by the
rear of ridicule or the force of ancient prejudices.
They will not follow in the beaten track with a slavish
and unreasoning superstition, if a nearer, and in every
respect more eligible, pathway can be indicated, and
they can see their direction with sufficient accuracy
to be convinced that there are no insurmountable
impediments on the road. It is, therefore, by no
means surprising that they should have taken the
lead in demanding the fiscal and monetary reforms
so urgently required, and that they reject with dis-
dain the pompous platitudes which may serve RS
bugbears to frighten children, but which cannot con-
vince the judgment or enforce the convictions of
thinking men.
Among other characteristics by which the men of
Liverpool are distinguished, are a just pride in their
native town, and a firm determination to develop to
the fullest extent all its natural capabilities. 'While
others are talking of the vast importance or an abun-
dant supply of pure and wholesome water, of the in-
jury inflicted upon the health and morals of a com-
munity by a deficiency of that great desideratum, and
pointing out how far we are behind the ancients in
this particul sr, the men of Liverpool are adopting
active measures to remove the reproach from their
town. Variems plans have been brought forward
and fully and maturely considered, for the pur-
pose of providing the town with water from
the hilly district of Rivington, which, al-
though requiring a heavy outlay in the first in-
stance, will be far more than compensated by the
incalculable advantages attending its completion. We
believe that what is locally known as ",the Pike
Scheme" may now- be considered as finally
decided on, and that all that is now want-
ing is the mode by which the funds neces-
sary for the efficient execution of this gigantic
undertaking are to be obtained. The "sinews of
war" are to be provided, but while the, municipality
will not shrink from any necessary expenditure, they
are very properly desirous of proceeding in the most
economical manner, so as to entail the least possible
burden on their fellow-citizens. " The ways and
means" are therefore closely scrutinized.
Heretofore no great work of the kind could be car-

s