The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-05 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 18G4.

following, in some measure, the example of him
whose career they had admired. " The imitation
of great excellence, although it may not result in
equal distinction, is the certain course to fit every
man, -whatever may be his talents, to be a useful
member to the community, and to earn the good-
will and esteem, of his benefactord and friends in
life." Rightly understood the ceremonials, such as
this at Hereford, are to be esteemed by all who take
a part in V.lem. They are a substantial record of the
services rendered to their generation by the men
who o,re, its pride and ornament, they are signs
and tokens to others that merit is appreciated, and
it must be a gratifying reflection to a great states-
man that his works will not be buried with him—
that the brief scene of his present struggles will
not be all that he shall take a part in for the bene-
fit of the world, he will be a light for the past and
a beacon for the future. It is also gratifying to
reflect upon that in this country we have so many
public men whose private life and excellence are
of as much value as their public career of distinc-
tion. It is only when these agree in repute and honor
that a course of existence can be pleasant and pro•
fitable to themselves and others. Life can never be
too long or too short if the aim and object of its
duration be pure and elevated. It can never be
too tedious to recruit end benefit their fellowmen,
and it can never be too poor to rejoice in the joy of
their KING, and to return to that MAKER who be-
stowed those priceless gifts upon them, if those gifts
have not been abused or trifled with, but made the
most of, honoured in their adaptation to human re-
quirements, and sanctified by the stamp of Divine
approval. The memory of such lives cannot pass
away with the transient splendours and vain pomg
of the world around us, they have a part in that
world which cannot see change.

fessor and writer, M. Charles Le Normant, then gave
us a most interesting but rather long account of
the state of Catholicity in Greece and the lonian
Islands, and of the massacres of Syria, of which
he was a witness.

The celebrated preacher, Pero Felix, whose ap-
pearance is of the meanest, it may almost be said
from his stature and looks, then delighted the
audience 'for a few minutes with his clear and
easy comments on the formula of St. Augustine,
quoted by the Cardinal of Malines in his open-
ing speech, liberty and charity. He called in
the end for acclamations for Jesus Christ our
Lord, whose divinity is insulted and denied; for
his vicar, our Holy Father, Pius IX, and for cur
Mother the Holy Catholic Church. These calls
were heartily responded to by the assembly, which
adjourned for half an hour only at half-past six, to
resume again its meeting to receive the reports
from its various sections.

MALINES, September 3, 1864.

To-day the Catholic Congress was terminated by
an early meeting, at 8 e.m., at which several reports
on the state of Catholicity in different countries
were made, among which the most remarkable was
one made by a Brazilian, Senor Marc de Costs, in
which he stated the interesting fact that although
slavery still existed in his country, yet it had be-
come very much mitigated by the religious spirit of
the population, and by the laws which allowed the
slave to purchase his own freedom from his earn-
ings, after his daily legal time of work for his
master. He &so stated that charitable associations
were organised in all the towns of Brazil for the
redemption of slaves. Letters were read ad-
dressed to the Congress by the editors of the
Annuli Cattolici of Genoa, by the distinguished
historian and statesman, Cesare Cantu, of Milan,
and by Signor Casoni, the eminent journalist, of
Bologna. The venerable President. Baron de Ger-
lache, then read his farewell address, in which he
expressed the special gratitude of the Congress for
Mgr. Dupanloup's appearance among them, and for
his discourse, which will leave such a marked ims
pression in Belgium. The members of the Congress
then adjourned to the cathedral church of St.
Rombaut, where, in presenee of all the prelates who
had been present at the Congress, and including the
Bishop of Orleans, the Pere Felix preached one of
his usual calm, beautiful, and clear discourses, which
are as interesting in print as in speech. He took
for his text the words, " Be trustful, I have over•
come the world." He spoke of the life of the Church
under the three respective states of persecution,
protection, and neutrality on the part of temporal
rulers. The sermon lasted more than an hour. His
Eminence the Cardinal of Malines then ascended
the pulpit to address a few farewell words to the
assembly, and concluded them by reciting along
with those present the acclamations of blessings on
God, his holy name and attributes, on his holy
Mother according to the flesh. and his holy friends
the angels and saints, which are so constantly in use
at the end of religious ceremonies in the churches
of Rome.

A banquet, in which nearly three hundred of the
members of the Congress were gathered, tcok place
at the Petit Seminaire, in the great hall of the
general meetings, at 2 p.m. At 5 p.m. and later,
till ten o'clock, the railway station was filled with
groups of friends parting from each other, all with
the expressed hope of meeting again in old Malines
at a like happy gathering. As already announced,
through our previous communication, this re-
assembling of the Congress at Malines will pro-
bably take place only two years hence: