The parsonocracy of this country, enjoying the peculiar protec- 
tion and favour of the present government, assume every day a 
more haughty position. It has, for instance, lately occurred in 
Berlin, that one parson after the other refused to perform 
marriage ceremonies on a Saturday, alleging as his reason for this 
refusal, that the parties would in all probability not rise on Sunday 
morning in a fit state of mind for the celebration of the Lord’s 
day, if they were married on the previous day! Of course the 
Berliners, who care very little about a due celebration of the 
Sunday, and on the contrary make it the merriest day of the week, 
are crying out that the governing party was going to introduce 
among them “the English Sunday”, than which they know nothing 
more formidable. Indeed, the English Sunday is most repugnant 
to the feelings and habits of all continental nations. 

editorial note: “From our own Corres- 

pondent”