The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-04 00:00:00

PIUS VII. TO CARDINAL CONSALVI.

" Our well-beloved Cardinal,—The Family of the
Emperor Napoleon has apprized us, through Car-
dinal Fesch, that the rocky island of St. Helena
is deadly or mortal in its influences, and that
the Poor Exile is there perishing slowly day by day.
We have learnt this news with infinite pain, and
you without doubt will participate in our grief, for
we ought neither of us to forget that, after God, it
is principally to him that is due the re-est ,blish-
ment of Religion in that great kingdom of France.
The pious and courageous initiative of 1801 has
long caused us to forget and to pardon all subsequent
wrongs. Savona and Fontainbleau are only errors
of judgment, or blunders of human ambition. The
Concordat was an act of Salvation, as Cnristian as
it was Heroic !

" The mother and the family of Napoleon appeal
to us for our sympathy and generosity. We think
it but just and grateful at once to respond to this
adjuration. We rely implicitly upon your entering
into our intentions, while we now charge you to
write in our behalf to the Allied Sovereigns, but
more particularly to the Prince Regent, who has
given us so many testimonies of esteem. He is,
remember, your dear and good friend ;' and we
rst assured that you will beseech him to
essauge the sufferings of Such An Exile!
It will be, to our hearts, an inexpressible joy if we
may thus be enabled to contribute in any way to
diminish the tortures of Napoleon ! Ho can be no
longer a danger to any one, and we are, at least,
desirous that he may become a remorse to no
one. . . •

Pius PP. VII.

Madame, Mere de Napoleon le Grand, in her let-
ter, dated 27 May, 1818, writes to Cardinal Con-
salvi, among other things,— . . . My
brother, Cardinal Fesch, has not left me in igno-
rance of the generous manner in which you have
welcomed the demand of my Great and Unhappy
Exile of St. Helena. . . . My sons Lucien and
Louis, wh3 feel themselves so honoured by your
unalterable friendship, are profoundly sensible of all
that the Pope and your Eminence have done with-
out our knowledge to preserve our tranquillity
menaced by the Powers. We find support and an
asylum only under the Pontifical Government, and
our gratitude to it is not less great than its benefi-
cence. I pray your Eminence to place my homage
at the feet of the Holy Pontiff Pius VII. I speak
in the name of the whole of my proscribed family,
and, above all, in the name of him who is now
dying inch by inch on the desert rock. His Holi-
ness and your Eminence are the only ones in
Europe who endeavour to mitigate his griefs, and
who are solicitous to shorten the term of their con-
tinuance. I thank both his Holiness and your
Eminence from the fullness of my maternal heart,
and remain ever your Eminence's most devoted and
most grateful,

Madame

Vacancies, Appointments, and Promotions
in the Civil Service,

(From the Civil Savice Gazette.)

HOME OFFICE.—Ite Governorship of Wakefield
Prison is vacant,

COLONIAL OFFICE.—Mr. L. F. Lee has been ap-
pointed a writer at Ceylon.

WAR OFFICE.—Mr. J. S. Young has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the Purveyor's Department.
EDUCATION OFFICE.—The Rev. W.F. Tregarthen
and the Rev. G. French have been appointed in-
spectors of Schools.

THE POST-OFFICE.— Mr. T. Roe has been ap..
pointed postmaster at Ryde.
CUSTOMS.—Mr. G. Brenan, outdoor officer, first
class, Sligo, has been promoted to be principal coast
officer, Bally shannon, Sligo; Mr. H. Lane, clerk,
fifth class, to be clerk, fourth class, Longroom,
London; Mr. J. Baxter, examining officer, second
class, to be examining officer, first class : Mr. Japp,
examining officer, third class, to be officer, second
class; Mr. R. M'Adam, examining officer, fourth
class, to be examining officer, third class; Mr. M.
Jenkins, examining officer, fifth class, to be examin-
ing officer fourth class; Mr. J. Dale, examining
officer, sixth class, to be examining officer, fifth
class; and Mr. D. Brereton, examining officer,
seventh class, to be examining officer, sixth class,
at Liverpool.

INLAND REVENUE, EXCISE BRANCH.--Mr. G.
Little, second clerk, has been appointed first clerk,
Londonderry collection ; Mr. J. Janes, officer, Not-
tingham, first division, to Newport division, Staf-
ford collection ; Mr. J. Thomson, officer, Auchter-
muchty, first division, to Nottingham, first division;
Mr. P. Gardner, officer, Winterton ride, Hull col-
lection, to Auchtermuchty, first division ; Mr. It.
Webb, officer, Ween ride, Perth collection, to Win•
terton ride; Mr. W. M'Gruer, first class assistant,
Bridgend, first division, Cambelton collection, to
Ween ride ; Mr. W. Betts Dixon, officer, Grantham,
first ride, to Tattershall ride, Stamford collection;
Mr. T. Hardwicke, dropped first class assistant,
Wexford collection, to Grantham, first ride; Mr.
H. Dowding, officer, Boness division, Linlithgow
collection, to Logierait, second division, Perth col-
lection; and Mr. W. H. Banks, second clerk, Ayles-
bury collection, to be officer of Boness division.
IRELAND.—Mr. J. Crow has been appointed a
transcriber in the Registry of Deed Office, Dublin.
THE EAST INDIES.-Mr. R. J. Scott, Bengal
Civil Service, has been appointed to officiate as a
judge of the High Court of Judicature, Bengal;
Mr W. F. M'Donell to be a magistrate and collector
of the first grade in Chumparun ; Mr R. J. Richard-
son, officiating civil and sessions judge of Behar, to
be civil and sessions judge of that district; Mr R.
V. Cockerel!, officiating magistrate and collector of
Hooghly, to be magistrate and collector of that
district; Mr E. W. Molony, magistrate and collec-
tor of Jessore, to be a magistrate and collector of
the first grade ; Mr J. D. Gordon to be magistrate
and collector of Pubna ; Mr J. H. Ravenshaw, offi-
ciating magistrate and collector of Maldab, to be
magistrate and collector of the second grade; Mr
F. M. Halliday to be a joint magistrate and deputy
collector of Hooghly; Mr J. Monro, officiating joint
magistrate and deputy collector of Sarun, to be
joint magistrate and collector of that district; Mr
T. F. Bignold, to be a joint magistrate and deputy
collector of the second grade; Mr F. B. Simeon to
be additional judge of Jeesore ; and Mr R. L.
Mangles, magistrate and collector of Tipperab, to
be a magistrate and collector of the first grade.—
Civil Service Gazette.

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Such a one. says Brown knows The News of the
Win ld, and is independent of the Times and Public Opinion.
Ha is the Observer of all events, and can Chronicle the
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is not inclined for a Sporting Life, ho can enjoy his Sun-
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Journal, and make every Family Friend the Herald of
Good Words. In the present Era of The World he would
be regarded as the Welcome Guest in every Leisure Hour,
and feel extremely happy in the enjoyment of a little Fun,
and take .Punch with John Bull, Lastly, as a Guardian
of the Constitution he should secure a Commercial Directory
of British Workman throughout The Realm ; give them
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