The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-22 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Barometrical pressures over our islands have become more uniform
during the last twenty-four hours : there has been an increase of two-
tenths of an inch on the S.W. coast of Ireland, and a slight fall at
our eastern stations. The lowest pressures are on the west coast of
France—a difference of four-tenths exists between readings at Roche
fort and Nairn. Temperature is lower in northern and western
districts. The wind, which yesterday was moderate and easterly, is
still moderate, but more northerly. Calms are prevalent cn our S.W
coast, whilst on the W. coast of France the wind is fresh from the
northward. The weather is cloudy. Fog and rain are reported from
the W. coast of France.

A certain elector of North Lancashire, having received
a copy of Captain Stanley's address, with a request for a
vote, wrote to ask for an explanation of the gallant can-
didate's very vague statements with regard to the Irish
Church, which, as the elector pointed out, might mean
anything. He received for reply a formal notice that his
vote would be objected to before the registrar. The elector
considers that this reply is scarcely an answer.
The Protestant Association of Birmingham have
addressed a series of questions to the candidates for that
borough, including one asking them if they are prepared
to pass a law for expelling Jesuits from the country and
Ritualists from the Church. Mr. Bright has replied that
he does not choose to answer these questions in writing,
but will explain his views on these and all other
points when he meet his constituents. He adds :
"I may, however, remark that you advise an extraordi-
nary course when you prJpose to expel certain persons
from England, and to drive all Ritualists' from the
Church of England. I need hardly tell you that I am
very Protestant —being much against all priestly power;
but I cannot consent under the name of Protestantism to
do what may be unjust, and what would, in my opinion,
create discord and difficulty throughout the nation."
Archdeacon Goold writes to the Dublin Evening Mail
that he considers the State has broken faith with the
Church, and that if the fifth article of the Act of Union is
set aside he will feel at liberty to cast in his lot with the
most ardent repealers. Disestablishment he is prepared
for; disendowment he considers rank spoliation.
Mr. Anderson, a rector in the diocese of Raphoe, writes
that he cannot conceive any policy more hurtful
to the Church than the diminution of the episcopate, nor
can he conceive any circumstances which would justify
the clergy and the laity in accepting it. He adds :
" So long as we permit it to be supposed that the Irish
Church cannot exist without the Establishment, and
that over a wide part of Ireland Protestantism could not
exist without the Church, there might, perhaps, be some
justification for our acceding even to these terms. But
these statements have not been proved. Many of us do not
believe them to be true, and they are a reproach to the
Protestant religion, as well as to the Church as a Divine
institution. Let us retain as much of our endowments as
we can; but let us not hold them at the price of becoming
a party to the endowment of what is false, nor at the risk
of weakening the spiritual efficiency of the Church as a
teacher of the truth. We are not prepared to preserve
the Establishment either in England or in Ireland at the
cost of the Church."
The Tablet (Roman Catholic newspaper) intimates that
Mr. Disraeli will outbid Mr. Gladstone with regard to the
Irish Church, by proposing that inasmuch as the tithe
rentcharge is no longer to he applied to the support of the
Church, the charge shall no longer be levied. " Let
those who are now hound by law to pay it
to the Church be freed by law from the obliga-
tion, and left at liberty, as far as the law of the land is
concerned, to pay it to any Church they like best, or to
pay it to no Church at all. That would be a shrewd bid.
Catholic owners of land would not dislike to be freed from
the obligation of paying the tithe rentcharge, and Protes-
tant owners of land would certainly prefer this plan to
Nlr. Gladstone's, which leaves them under the obligation
of paying the tithe rentcharge even after the proceeds
cease to be applied to the support of their Church."

The Rev. Alan Greenwell, " Vicar of St. James, in
Haydock," writes as follows :—" The pig's head offered at
the late Haydock harvest festival was sold, and the money
paid for it and other offerings was given to a church fund." It
was almost a pity that this celebrated joint was not sold
before it was " offered." By the way, Mr. Greenwell is
the brother of the well-known authoress, Dora Greenwell,
the writer of some very good poems, and of a life of
Lacordaire, which she has dedicated to her brother.
The Duke of Buckingham having referred to the law
officers of the Crown for the third time the question as to the
lawfulness of the consecration of Mr. Macrorie in England,
that ceremony, which was to have taken place on St.
Nlichael's Day (September 29), will be postponed, and Mr.
Macrorie will proceed to Africa with the Bishop of Cape.
town without consecration. The new Bishops of Bombay
and Grafton and Armidale, Dean Douglas and Mr.
Turner, will be consecrated by the Archbishop of Canter.
bury. Dean Douglas has just arrived in London from
Capetown.

A BRUTAL FIGHT.—A desperate quarrel arose
between two farmers named Bryan Feehely and Patrick
Clancy, returning home from the fair of Manorhamilton a
few days since in company with others. When some
miles on the road, afterbecoming excited by too much drink,
they commenced to fight 'With such savage de termination that
those with them found it difficult to separate them, and
when they had succeeded in doing so it was discovered
that the combatants had inflicted injuries upon each other
of a very serious character— those sustained by Feehely
being such as to place his life in imminent danger.
His skull was fractured, and he received several
wounds in other parts of his body, the weapon
used by Clancy being a reaping-hook which he was
taking home. Colonel Whyte, J.P., attended at Feehely's
bedside to receive his informations, after which he issued
a warrant against Clancy, who was accordingly arrested
by the police, but he too was so grievously wounded that
he could not be removed to gaol. A medical certificate
was obtained that it would endanger his life to remove
him, and he now remao. pt. of the Poree.iu lis
own Um

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HER MAJESTY.

MMIORAL CASTLE, Sept. 19.

The Queen, accompanied by Princes Christian,
went out yesterday morning, and in the afternoon
drove out with Princess Louise.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince
John of Denmark dined, with her Majesty last
night.

The Right lion. B. Disraeli arrived at the Castle
yesterday.

NAV,IL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, corn-
manding the Chatham division, commenced the
half-yearly inspection of the Artillery, Royal Engi-
neers, infantry, and other troops under his com-
mand at Chatham Garrison. The inspection yes-
terday was confined to that of the various corps
attached to the 3d Depot Battalion of garrison in"
fantry, under the command of Colonel the Zion.
J. Bourke, the troops composing which were formed
on the outer line of fortifications at 10.30 a.m., in
heavy marching order, each man being provided
with 10 rounds of blank Snider ammunition. Tile
corps on the ground consisted of the Ist and 2d
battalions of the 10th Regiment, Ist and 2d bat-
talions of the 14th Regiment, Ist battalion of the
22d Regiment, 31st Regiment, and 45th Regiments
the depots of which occupy St. Mary's casemate('
barracks. On the arrival of Major-Gen. E. Murray,
attended by his Staff, he was received with a general
salute, after which he rode up and down the front
and rear of the ranks, and inspected the men hi
companies in line of contiguous columns. This cool"
pleted, the officers and troops marched past the flag
staff by columns of companies, and afterwards pr°-
ceeded to execute a variety of battalion and other
movements incidental to a field-day, at the tern*
nation of which Major-Gen. Murray quitted the
ground. Subsequently Gen. Murray inspected the
officers and non-commissioned officers in the sword
drill on the barrack square, and afterwards went
through the barrack rooms and inspected the men
kits, and saw the men at dinner. In the afternoon.
the Major-General visited the military schools °I
the battalion, the remainder of the day being de-
voted to the inspection of the books, accounts, and
other official documents and records of the various
regimental depots. The inspection of the other
corps at the garrison will be proceeded with daring
the week.
A subscription has been set on foot in the ea 13313
at Aldershot for the benefit of the widow and chil"
dren of Sergt. Merritt, Ist battalion Rifle Brigade'
who was killed by accident last week while proceed-
ing with an engine to a fire in the South CaUl
The list is headed by Lieut.-General the lion. 51r
James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., commanding th°
division.
It is expected that the review season at Aldershot
will shortly be brought to a close, and the half-
yearly inspections of regiments commence.