The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-27 00:00:00

scene :

" With regard to the first question, I am Rot aware
of having said anything of the sort." (Non mi ricordo.)
" With regard to the next question, I have repeatedly
said, I would rather cut off my arm than do what it was
my duty not to do.' (This is no answer to the ques-
tion, which referred entirely to the use of the surplice.)
" As to pulling down the notice, I constantly pull off
notices from the church-gates. It was hanging in strips
when I pulled it down."
" A Parishioner—l saw it, and it was not in strips.
" Mr. Courtenay—l don't say it was in strips ; but
when I pulled it, it came in strips."

The last question was not answered. A loud
burst of groaning and yelling followed, in the midst
of which Mr. COURTENAY retired. Now it is a sin-
gular fact that these answers and the statement
about his authority for discontinuing the surplice are
all characteristic of this new Jesuitical school. No
direct reply is given ; there is nothing but evasion
throughout, if we except his allusion to the authority
of the bishop, which is something worse. The bishop
gave him no authority for discontinuing the surplice.
He left the affair to his own conscience, the pious
prelate no doubt believing that his pupil was a man
of his word, and would rather have his arm cut off
than yield on the only point at issue. These are the
bishop's " plain instructions," and they confirm the
old proverb, "Like master, like man."
" As Ido not feel myself competent to decide what
course is fittest, I inclose this letter open to the mayor,
who will either deliver it to you, or not, as he in his dis-
cretion shall deem proper. If you receive this letter,
tir We- request of the civil authorities of Exeter, and not
to persist in wearing the surplice in the pulpit, unless,
conscientiously and on full inquiry, you have satisfied
yourself that your engagements to the Church require
you to wear the surplice when you preach. Ido not
myself think that the matter is so free from doubt that
you may not act on your bishop's advice as now given
to you. Still I do not pretend to any right to order
you to wear the gown."

So this is the new morality which these enemies
of the Protestant faith are preparing for the Esta-
blished Church. Our readers can draw their own
conclusions and contrast the truth, the candour,
and the open, manly conduct of Protestants, with
the reservations, falsehoods, and plots of a sect, that
most Catholic churches have expelled from their
community.

The Madrid Gazette of the 18th inst. publishes
an account of the Three per Cent. Debentures issued
between the 16th and 31st of December last, in
consequence of the liquidation and conversion of
credits created by contracts, Treasury bonds, and the
centralised floating debt. The amount of these securi-
ties is 36,171,562 reals. Among the Court gossip
in the Madrid journals, is an account of a grand din-
ner given by the French Ambassador to General
NARVAEZ, Mr. BULWER, General CONCHA, and others.
We are glad to find from these papers that a pardon
has been granted to General PRIM, who had been so
unjustly condemned by the evidence of persons not
entitled to credit. The following decree appears in
the Gazette of the 19th :

" In the exercise of the prerogative granted to me by
the 46th article of the Constitution, and by the advice
of my Council of Ministers, I remit the penalty to which
Major-General Don Juan Prim, Count de Reus, was
condemned by a court-martial composed of General
Officers.

" Given at the Palace on the 18th of Jan., 1845,
and signed with the Queen's hand."
. _ _

An extraordinary courier had been sent off to Cadiz
to announce the news to General Pint, who was in
prison at that place. He is allowed to return to
Madrid.

The Three per Cents. closed at 31i for cash, and
31i at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 23 for the 14th
of March ; :the Coupons at 27i at 60 days; and the
Debt without interest, at 7 3.16 at 60 days.

The French Chamber of Deputies was occupied on
Friday and Saturday in discussing the Address. Two
more amendments were proposed—one on Friday by
M. DE BEAUMONT, expressing a wish that the Cham-
ber could have congratulated themselves, without re-
serve, on the speedy re-establishment of peace and
the brilliant success of French arms, and another by
M. DE MALLEVILLE, objecting to an indemnity to Mr.
PRITCHARD. The discussion on this amendment was
not brought to a close when the post left, but it was
generally understood that it would be rejected. The
discussion on the motion of M. DE BEAUMONT was
chiefly interesting from the speech made by Marshal
BUGEAUD, justifying the course pursued by
Government in settling the Morocco war.
When he first read the treaty he ad-
mitted that some of the clauses did not
appeared to him satisfactory. He blamed the stipu-
lation relative to ABD-EL-KADER, and the absence of
guarantees ; but subsequent events in Morocco had
since convinced him that the Government had perhaps
acted more wisely. The EMPEROR would not have
been free to execute the conditions of the treaty,
particularly as respected Ann-EL-KADER—that
powerful enemy, that man of genius, who would Rot
leave any repose to the French so long as he should
have a soldier left. Marshal BUGEAUD confessed that
he had been surprised by the attack of the Moors,
for nothing announced any serious hostility on that
side. He had, however, soon collected his detached
forces, and might not at first have been sufficiently
strong to march upon Fez, but, after the victory of
Isly, when the Moorish army had been completely
dispersed, he could have advanced on that city
without any great obstacle ; the heat alone presented
serious difficulties, for the day after the battle
(August 16) the thermometer ranged 47 degrees in
the shade (116 of Fahrenheit). He then described
the immense works executed by the army
in kigeria and the results obtained by the expeditions
undertaken into the interior of the regency, in a com-
mercial point of view, urged the necessity of perse-
vering in the military system pursued of late, and