The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

( c plus P.P. Ix,

"Dilecte fili nobilis vir salutem et Apostolicum Benedic-
tionem. Maximo Nobis dolori kit allatum Tuis Merits
nuncium mortis egrcgii genitoris tai, cujus fidem, pietatem
et ccnstantiam perspectam habuimus multis prooclarisque
argumentis. Qum vir fortissimas strenue gessit, ut urbern
hanc principem carholici orbis e manibus perditoruca homi-
num eriperet, et Apostolicw Sedi restitueret talibus cunt
historim consignata monurnentis, ut nulls possint oblivion()
deleri. Curavimus plane, ut testiraonio publico memoria
Ducis religiosissiroi honestaretur, simulque illius anima
piis juvaretur suffragiis ; veruna tanturn Nos illi debere
existimamus, quantum persolvere difficile sit. Sic enim in
arduis rebus gerendis mandatum sibi creditum est exe-
quntus, ut vim vi repellere coactus sanctitati recuperandos
urbis, et innocentium incolumitati consuleret. Confidimus
iteque fore ut arnplissima laborum merces ilium in ccolis
nee cioleas (ut Hieronyrai vocibus utamur) quod talem
maneat;a2iscris ;qBuocad
gd
uuamdecmoiag,
sg
gt ut to tororera temperes hortamur,
talem babueris. Eadem porro
charitate, qua virura del«ctissimum prosequnti sumus, et
familiam ejus amplectimur ; cujus reit signum indubium
Apostolicaru Benedictionem Tibi, parenti optima), Tuisque
omnibus peramanter impertimur.
Datum [toms spud S. Petrum die 29 Julii, 1863.
rontificatus Nostri Armco. xviii.

Pius P.P. IX.

" WEBER'S LAST WALTZ," AND " PEsTAL."—The
real authorship !—How long was a tune by Reis-
siger isEued, edition after edition, as " Weber's last waltz P"
There was a melody called "Pester' published some years
ago as the music of a condemned amateur, written on the
eve of his execution, but afterwards claimed by a living
composer.

CHARLES DICKENS' LETTERS TO WASHINGTON
InviNG,—Amon,g the many interesting notices given by
the editor of Irving and his contemporaries. says the
London Reviewer, those relating to Dickens ought not to be
passed over. Ho has preserved some very characteristic
letters from our own familiar " Boz" which gives us some
idea of the rich treat that must be enjoyed by those who
may read his correspondence. In them, as in all his writ-
ings, humour and pathos go hand in hand, and prove that
if no cne ever laughed at men more than he, few
also felt
towards them so kindly,
THE YANKEES' " COMIC HISTORY OF 8.C.'7,7.1
NOT A'BECKETT's........Ie any one wants to enjoy a
really good honest laugh, let bins
read the New York
Ifcrold's "classical" articles on the similarity between the
histery of Rome and that of the United States. The pre.
sent war it appears is like that in which the " Spolians"
and " Sam/rites" were engaged with the Romans under
Sulk in whom there is a distinct resemblance traced to
poor harmless General Scott I And the resemblance will be
made complete when the United ones turn on France and
England as the Romans did on " Mithridates," and punish-
ing these two miserable powers very much as the Pontine
pOl en tate was served, stands forth es the mistress of the
world. .R,'lston tenoatis amid :2 And yet there are thou-
sorts of New York,rs who read such trash over inflauana-
torj: euck tails, and fancy th,y are Roman citizens of a supe-
rior kind, and that BuneoraLeaom is to be the cupita.l of the
nat.La ox" cartl,-427Ry ciOehqvy Garrity,