The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-31 00:00:00

infallible guide at all? It is absurd to suppose that
any one of the half-dozen gentlemen to whom Mr.
DISRAELI'S choice is confined can have any real
influence upon that point. If the Church News were
to declare that the chosen Primate were a llomoiousian,
the world would stare and laugh. But if the Record
were to announce that he held up two fingers and a
thumb in pronouncing the blessing, every Recordite
would be scandalised, and transfer his vote from Mr.
MOWBRAY to Sir ROUNDELL PALMER. To-day's con-
troversy is rather as to the relations of the Church to
the world, of the teachers of spiritual things to the
laity. Do they speak with authority, or do they
belong to the scribes ? Are they clad with super-
natural power before which reason must give place, or
are they merely leaders on the path of inquiry by
virtue of their having more carefully studied the way
than we ? Any indication, however minute, which
reveals to us the tendency of a man's mind is there-
fore important. It is for this reason that the
Recorclite lifts up his voice when he sees the two
fingers lifted up. But, then, the Recorclite has his
idols too—idols in the Baconic sense of the word.
If he is jealous of priestcraft, he is still more jealous
of free thought. Incense is an abomination to him ;
but anyone who denies verbal inspiration is worse
even than a Ritualist. The Recordite calls himself a
Protestant; but he controverts the first principle—the
very foundation—of Protestantism, the right of every
man to inquire if a doctrine is true, instead of taking
it upon authority. We believe that even the Bishop
of Oxon would be less obnoxious to the Recordite
than the Bishop of LONDON.

LATEST INTELL CU NOE.

(REUTER's TELEGRAMS.)

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BOMBAY HEAVY MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, OCt. 31.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pera, with the above mails, arrived here this morn-
ing with 35 passengers, £7,992 in specie, and a ge-
neral cargo, including 2,169 bales of silk, value
£2,000,000.

Her Majesty's ship Serapis was at Alexandria
waiting to convey the 46th Regiment to England.
On the 24th, off Cape de Gatt, the Pera spoke
the American ship Bounding Billow, with her main
and mizen masts and foretopmast gone. She left
New York on the sth, and sustained much damage
during a hurricane on the 13th. On the 26th she
spoke the British bark Palestine.

GIBRALTAR, OCt. 26.

Cholera has entirely disappeared at Mogador.
Exchange on London, 494; on Paris and har-
sales, 5 21 to 5 22 ; Madrid, I to 1 discount ;
Saville, Cadiz, and Alicante, par.
SPAIN.

MADRID, Oct. 31.

A decree issued to-day opens the Spanish ports
to ships arriving from Morocoo, where the pre-
amble of the decree states ch)lera to have disap-
peared.
Five hundred and six Madrilene ladies have pre-
sented an address to the President of the Council,
requesting the preservation of those churches
which have been ordered to be pulled down, and
also the maintenance of the religious establish-
ments.

AMERICA.
(PER TIIE SCOTIA, via QUEENSTOWN.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, Noon.

A committee of prominent D emocrats conferred
with Horatio Seymour on Saturday last, who is re-
ported to have expressed his willingness to with-
draw from the candidature for the Presidency if the
pr ospect of success of his party would thereby be
increased.

Gen. Blair, in a speech at St. Louis, also declared
his willingness to withdraw from the contest for the
Vice-Presidency, saying he would make any sacrifice
to secure the success of his party, but he believed
that the Democratic party would triumph under its
present leaders.

News from Mexico states that President Juarez,

is taking precautionary measures against a
threatenei invasion by adherents of S tnta Anna,
who left Cuba for St. Thom ts on the 13th inst.
under an edict of banishment of Captain-General
Lersundi.