The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-06 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, May 5.
Baron do Benst arrived at Osborne yesterday, and
was presented to her Majesty by Earl Granville.

Eirl Granville and Baron de Beust had the honour
of joining her Majesty and the royal family in the
evening after dinner.

Dr. Selmer arrived from London yesterday, and
returned to-day.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,

The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday
afternoon, attended by Major Teesdale.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Dales, at-
tended by Major Teesdale and the Hon. R. Meade,
went in the evening to the concert at the Hanover-
Equare Rooms, given by the Guards in aid of the
Guards' Industrial Home.

His Highness the Prince of Tour and Taxis has
arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Ireland.
The Marchioness of Queensberry has arrived at
the Alexandra Hotel,

The Earl and Countess of Warwick have le,
Farrance's Hotel for Warwick Castle, Warwickshire.

The Countess Cowper and the Ladies Cowper
are expected to arrive from the Continent at their town
residence, 4, St. James's-square, on the 12th inst.
The Earl and Countess of Minto have arrived at
31, Dover-street, for the season.

Viscount and Viscountess Powerscourt have lel
Claridge's Hotel for the Continent.
Lady Churchill has left the St. George's Hotel.
Lord and Lady Clermont have arrived at Cla.
ridze's Hotel from Ravensdale Park, Ireland.

The Papal Allocution on Poland.

ROME, MAY

The portion of the Pope's Allocution at tho recent
Consistory relating to Poland is alleged to be as
follows :

" The blood of the weak and innocent cries aloud
before the throne of the Almighty for vengeance
upon those by whom it is shed. And do we not see
in our time innocent blood shed in a Catholic
country, in unfortunate Poland, where the same
Catholic faith for which the holy Fidelis gave His
life is so cruelly persecuted ? I did not intend to
speak upon this subjeet before the nest Consistory,
but I fear that if I keep silence longer I shall draw
down upon myself the punishment of Heaven with
which the prophets threaten those who permit in-
justice. Vae inihi, quia tacui. My conscience coma.
pels me to raise my voice against the powerful
Sovereign whose dominions extend to the Pole.
flu-afore listen!

" This mighty Monarch, who also ventures to
style himself Catholic, although he stands outside
the pale of our holy Church, forgets that the justice
of God will overtake him for his evil deeds. This
Monarch pursues the Polish nation with savage
cruelty. Ho has undertaken the impious work of
exterminating the Catholic religion in Poland, and
of introducing heresy into that country by force.
The priests of this Catholic nation are violently
torn from their flocks home are banished, others
condemned to forced labour or dishonouzable
punishments. Happy are they who contrive to
escape, and at present wander about in foreign
lands without an asylum. The churches are dese-
crated and partially closed through the absence of
the priests. Finally, this presumptuous ruler has
assumed a power which the Vicegerent of Christ
does not even possess. After he has torn our much-
beloved son, the Archbishop of Warsaw, from his
diocese, banished him, and kept him in confinement,
he has dared to remove him from the office we had
entrusted to him.

" If we express our indignation against such acts
it is not with the view to encourage European re-
volution. We are well able to draw a distinction
between a social revolution and the legitimate
rights of a nation fighting for its independence and
the welfare of religion. If we step forward spinet
the persecutors of the Catholic religion, we fulfil a
sacred duty of our. conscience. And I have, there-
fore, communicated to you the mournful news I
have received from that unhappy country, for which
we will redouble our prayers. We declare that
we confer our Apostolic blessing upon all those
who this day pray for Poland. Let us all pray for
that country."