The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-14 00:00:00

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A great strike has been made at the head waters
of Wolf Creek. A gold-bearing quartz lead, 22
inches in width, has been discovered by a Company
of three men. The gold is plainly visible in streaks,
threads, and globules, to the naked eye. The quartz
is of the kind known as rose-coloured. The com-
pany have sunk on the lead to the depth of 20 feet,
and found gold from the croppings to the bottom of
the shaft.

Prosecution of the Bishop cf Moulins.

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PARIS, Jan. 12.
:he Moniteur of this morning contains the fol-

Lowing :

" Monseigneur de Dreux-Britze, the Bishop of
Moulins, has believed himself empowered, on Sun-
day last, the Bth of January, to read from the pulpit
of his cathedral the Encyclical of the Bth December,
1864, even in the portions whose reception and
publication have not been authorised. In accord-
ance with a report laid before the Emperor by the
Minister of Justice and Public Worship, Keeper of
the Seals, and approved by his Majesty, legal pro-
ceedings have been commenced before the Council
of State against Monseigneur the Bishop of Moulins,
for an excess of his functions."

The following is the letter of the Bishop of
'Moulins upon the 2111,1 i • -;`• of the Enoyelieal, ad.
dressed to the clergy of his diocese :
" Moulins, Jan. 8, 1865.

"M. le Cure,—At the cathedral this ;norning,
afterthe Gospelof the solemn Mass for the Epiphany,
I communicated to the faithful the documents which
recently emanated from the Apostolic See. It ap-
peared to me further desirable to precede them by
reading the annexed. It will show you how, in the
midst of the difficulties with which you are acquainted,
I have endeavoured to reconcile my duties towards
my flock in the eyes of Peter and as pastor with
regard to-yourself.
" Lastly, speaking as I have done, not in my
name only, but in yours, I have wished to tran-
quillise your conscience, and permit it to await in
peace the instructions I intend to forward to you
subsequently.
" Receive, M. le Cure, the renewed expression of
my sincere attachment.

" t PETER, Bishop of Moulins.

" N.B.—This letter and the accompanying docu-.
ment are not intended to be read from the pulpit."
" Allocution pronounced by Monseigneur the
Bishop of Moulins after the Gospel of tl-e
solemn Mass for the Epiphany, Jan. 8, 1865.

" Our Holy Father Pope Pius IX., gloriously
reigning, has deigned to address to us a copy of the
Encyclical Letter, published by him on the Bth
December, 1864, the tenth anniversary of the dog-
matical definition of the Immaculate Conception of
the blessed Virgin ; together with a summary of
eighty errors condemned by him in various letters
and encyclicals issued since the commencement of
his pontificate.
" Wherefore, remembering with St. Ambrose,

that where Peter is is the church ;' with St.
Jerbme, that whoever does not gather with the
successor of Peter disperses ;' with St. Augustine,
' that when Rome has spoken the case is decided ;9
and, above all, with St. Paul, that the justice of
the faith contained in the heart suffice not for salva-

tion if it be not followed by the confession of the
mouth ; and desiring, as is our duty, to give this
twofold testimony of our filial adhesion to the vari-
ous matters defined in the said Encyclical, and of
our absolute reprobation of the errors enounced in
the summary by which it is accompanied, we have
considered it our duty ourselves to read the said
letters from the pulpit of our cathedral church in
token of our submission to the word which binds
and looses, and whose privilege is to be never
bound.'

In equal obedience to the Holy Father we re-

serve to ourselves the subsequent fulfilment of
another duty, in showing to you, as time and cir-
cumstances may afford the opportunity, the danger
of the condemned errors, as also in announcing to
you the period of the jubilee and the conditions to
be fulfilled in order to profit thereby.
" This present reading shall also serve as a suffi-
cient communication of the apostolic documents to
our whole diocese, the publicity which the liberty
of the laical press has given them, having already
brought them to the knowledge of the faithful by
other ways than the accustomed channels of the
ecclesiastical hierarchy."