The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-07 00:00:00

men and three children died, and the whole detach-
ment suffered from diarrhcea. The officer in command
upon this wisely resolved to avail himself of the
discretionary powers given him, and gave the order
to return, which was no sooner issued than the
men's spirits rose. But there was still a long march
to be gone through, and several more deaths
occurred before the full tragedy was complete, and
the detachment reached Hursora, three miles from
Mhow, where preparations had been made for their
reception. And now comes the question, who was
to blame for this needless and profitless suffering?
The officer in command seems to have done all in
his power, and has obtained high praise for his
energy and courage under most trying and anxious
circumstances. But those who issued the order
for a march through a district where cholera
was known to be present during the exces-
sive heat cannot certainly be held blameless.
If our experience in India has taught us nothing
else, it has taught us the danger of exposing men to
great exertions during the extreme heat, and every
officer who issues the order for unnecessary marches
during the hot season, under unfavourable condi-
tions, must be regarded criminally regardless of the
health and efficiency of his troops. The march
from Mhow has pointed this moral with painful
emphasis, but we hope it will not be without profit,
and that the valuable lives that have been wasted will
stimulate the public to demand a full and fair in-
quiry into the originators of this mournful catas-
trophe.

Austria cannot be said to show much discernmen
in the matter of Schleswig-Holstein, and it must
strike the attentive observer that a little more firm-
ness and decision would effect greater things and
terminate the affair more speedily and satisfactorily.
IVe hear of notes passing to and fro between the
two great German Powers, of ambassadors being
sent on special missions, and friendly and private
communications, and of more hostile demands of a
public nature. All seems to end in the acquiescence
of the Vienna statesmen to the desires of the Berlin
politicians, and again the affair is temporarily
arranged and some slow progress is made. Yet the
Austrian Government, in yielding to the repeated
requests of Prussia concerning the convocation of
the Schleswig-Holstein estates that were con-
stituted in the year 1854, Count MENSDORFF
in his despatch makes a sort of protest, and takes
very good care to give the blame to his allies in
case any discredit should hereafter attach itself to
the authors of the transaction. He writes that
the Imperial Government does not hold itself re-
sponsible for its results. We may form some very
pertinent conclusions as to the freedom which is
to be enjoyed by those happy individuals who are
to come under the jurisdiction of the Germanic
States. It is asserted in a letter. from Berlin that
when the Emperor and King meet at Carlsbad
they will take counsel together concerning many
important matters, and among other things will
" agree on the measures to be taken for keeping
the elect of the people within due bounds." No
doubt much will be concerted at that meeting which
will bode ill to freedom and produce disastrous
results to the cause of progression in the kingdoms
which are under the rule of these Sovereigns. A
more melancholy instance of the mischief that is
occasioned by the greed of strong Governments, and
the vanity of people who should know better,
cannot be afforded than in the present condition of
Schleswig-Holstein, and in the general aspect of
affairs in the political horizon of Austria and
Prussia. The end is not yet apparent, but it may
eventually turn out that the imperial and royal con-
spirators are disappointed of their fury and baulked
of their expectations. They who have sowed the

The following particulars in regard to the cere-
mony of consecration, which is to take place
to-morrow, at St. Mary's, Moorfields, when Arch-
bishop Manning is to be solemnly enthroned as
Cardinal Wiseman's successor, will be read, we
doubt not, with interest :
The Catholic Church always associates her most
solemn rites, including the blessing and consecration of
churches and altars, and the various degrees and orders of
ecclesiastical persons, with the "sacrifice of the New Law,"
or, as it is called, the " mass." Accordingly the ritual for
the consecration of a bishop is, as it were, inserted in the
service of the mass, which, on this occasion, is jointly
celebrated and offered by the chief consecrating bishop and
by the elect, as the bishop to be consecrated is called. The
service begins by the reading of the letters apostolic
directing the consecration to proceed, which is done
by the Rev. Edgar Canon Estcourt, notary of Dr. Ulla-
thorn°, the consecrating bishop. The elect archbishop
meanwhile sits before the consecrator, having two
assistant bishops, Dr. Turner, of Salford, and
Dr. Grant, of Southwark, on either side. On
this follows
.the examen, a series of interrogations
on his faith in the Holy Trinity and the Incarna-
tion, the Scriptures, and the authority of the Church,
to interpret them, to which the elect replies. A
its conclusion the mass begins, and continues in the usual
form till the Sequence (a hymn on this occasion of the
Holy Ghost, owing to its being Whitsun week) be-
tween the Epistle and Gospel ; with the exception
that the elect says this first part of the mass at a
side altar, to which ho retires with the assistant bishops
and chaplains, Lte. The consecrator is now seated in front
of the altar again, and calls on all to unite in prayer for the
elect ; the archbishop elect prostrates himself on the steps of
the altar, while the greater litanies are sung and responded
to. In the course of them the consecrator rises from his
knees, and three times intones a solemn suffrage and blessing
over the archbishop elect. The litanies ended a special pre-
face is sung, and the Book of the Gospels is laid on the
shoulders of the elect. The hymn "Veni Creator Spiritus"
is then sung, and during it the consecrator anoints with the
"chrism" the head and then the hands of the elect, while the
psalm " Ecce, quam bonum" and its appropriate antiphon is
sung. He then proceeds to deliver with appropriate exhorta-
tions the crozier (more properly the pastoral staff) and the
ring into the hands of the elect, and similarly the Book of the
Gospels, which is now removed from his shoulders. After
this the elect returns to his altar, and the consecrator to his,
and the mass continues with the Gospel, the sermon, and the
creed. At the offertory the elect presents to the consecrator
the accustomed offerings of two large wax candles, two
loaves, and two barrels of wine, the whole gilt and silvered,
and bearing the arms both of the consecrator and the elect.
The elect now comes to the altar of the consecrator, and
together they recite the words of the canon, offering, conse-
crating, and communicating from the same host and the same
chalice. The mass proceeds to its conclusion, and after the
benediction given by the consecrator, ho confers the mitre
and episcopal gloves on the elect. This done the consecra-
tor and the senior assistant bishop enthrone the new arch-
bishop on his throne,who, mitred, and crosier in hand, sits
on his throne, while the hymn "Te Doum" is intoned
by the consecrator, who, with all the other bishops,
stands uncovered. The archbishop then, during the "Te
Deum," proceeds down the church attended by the assistant
bishops, and gives his blessing right and left to all present,
and returns again to sit on his throne. The "Te Deem"
ended, the consecrator intones the antiphon " Timetur
manus tea," and the prayer for the archbishop. This done
the archbishop rises, and gives his solemn benediction in
the accustomed way, with the assistance of the three senior
canons and the archiepiscopal cross held before him. He then
descends from his throne and goes to the Epistle side of the
altar, and there, kneeling three times, salutes the conse-
crator with "Ad multos annos" (" For many years"), and
receives from him the kiss of peace. The usual final Gospel
(St. John i. 6) is said as they return to the sacristy.
The tribune on the left-hand side of the altar will be re-
served for the ambassadors, and the three other tribunes are
for the friends of, and those invited by, the archbishop.
The mass by Palestrina.

GENERAL GnArrr IN PHILADELPHIA.—The friends
of General Grant in Philadelphia have presented
him with a new house, completely furnished. Tho arrival
of the General with his family last week was characteristic
of the man. He made special request of the committee of
presentation that there should be no reception or public
announcement of his coming, and so careful were the gentle-
men of the committee of the General's wishes, that outside
of their own number not 20 persons in the city knew of his
coming till he landed at Walnut-street-wharf. The Gene-
ral's staff for this peace movement consisted of his wife
and three children, and maid, and Lieut.-Colonel Parker,
an Indian, who has accompanied General Grant since the
beginning of his Mississippi campaign. Before a crowd
could gather the party were welcomed within the doors of
2,009 Chestnut-street by the committee of presentation and
a few ladies from their families. George H. Stuart, chair-
man of the committee, in a brief greeting that touched- all
hearts by its allusions to the General's bright career, and
the nation's joy and love, presented the deed and the keys
of the house. The General's response was more brief still,
and he broke down with emotion in the attempt to express
gratitude for so generous a recognition of humble service
for the country. After introduction to the house in all its
apartments the family were invited upstairs to a collation
spread by the ladies. It was a generous dinner on temper-
ance principles, enjoyed all the more for the prayer of
thanksgiving and blessing in which the company were led
by Mr. Stuart. The house is one of a block of brick, with
brown stone dressing, on Chestnut-street, above pretension,
and eminently adapted for service. It cost, with the
furniture, not far from $50,000. The citizens of Phila-
delphia have-reasons for congratulation for the timely move
which secured this sum, and by it the life residence of the
Lieutenant-General in the city of brotherly love.—Boston
Congregationalist.
THE IRON TRADE OF THE NORTH.—It is stated
that Messrs. Palmer Brothers' immense iron and
shipbuilding establishment at Jarrow, on the Tyne, has
passed into the hand of a limited liability company, with a
capital of £2,000,000. The shares are said to be £5,000
each, and have all been taken up without having come into
the market. They have been taken by eight gentlemen,
of whom Mr. C. M. Palmer is one. In addition to their
shares in the company it is reported that Messrs. Palmer
will receive £250,000 for the property and works. The
purchase has been made by the same company of Man-
chester gentlemen who a short time ago bought the equally
large works of Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan, at Mid-
dlesborough, which has also been incorporated into a limited
liability company.