The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-12 00:00:00

Nor is it in the intellectual order that the Catholic
Faith is invading the mind of our country. It
is penetrating even more deeply into the spiri-
tual consciousness of the people. Let a handful of
unreasonable pietists or of antiquated controversialists
say what they will, the English people do not believe us to
be idolators nor anti-Christs. Our Churches are open to
them. They have seen the Divine Worship of the Holy
Mass with their own oyes, and heard the words of our
Pastors with their own ears. There is a widespread re-
action from the traditions which the blindness and deaf-
ness of religious prejudice has so long propagated.
Since the end of the last century there has been a pro-
found reawakening of the minds of men. With some little
extravagance, indeed, the religious sense of England has
been stirred into an earnest belief of the eternal
truths. Men are looking about for a Guide in the
way of salvation ; for a Teacher to whom they
may intrust their souls; for a Church which knows
what it means, and means what it says ; for a hierarchy
which is not divided ; for a keeper of holy writ who guards
every jot and every tittle of the Sacred Books ; for an In-
terpreter who does not contradict himself; for Pastors who,
day by day, in all the world, absolve sinners in the Con-
fessional, but require confession of sin by a divine and
universal law as a condition of absolution ; for a deep in-
interior, evangelical life after the pattern of the Gospel,
when men, taking Jesus at His word, sold all that they had
and followed their Master ; for a Religion which is one and
the same in every place and in every nation under heaven;
in perfect harmony with itself, the only perfect interpreta-
tion of the Holy Scripturo, in all its commandments, pre-
cepts, and counsels, and therefore the only Scriptural
religion.

ft will not long be doubtful where these things are alone
to be found. When another generation has effaced the
scars of old prejudices, it is certain that the common sense,
just judgment, and straightforward manliness, of English-
men will turn to tho only Voice in the midst of them
which never falters, to the only system which is coheront
and true to itself.

But we must never forget that over all these intellectual
and spiritual currefits of the natural order there is a super-
natural ministry of grace and power disposing all things
for the sake of the Elect. Lights,
inspirations, impulses,
penetrating fears Of the Divine Presence, drawings and
benedictions of the Divine love, aro ever at work upon
the intelligence, the heart, the conscience, and the will
of this great people. Truth seems to hang in the air, and
to descend by no discoverable law upon individuals and
households, in seasons the least looked for, and in ways
the least foreseen. What is all this reverend and dear
brethren but the grace and visitation of Him who shed
His most precious blood for the souls which crowd and
die in this great city? w 0 aro workers together with
Him : a mission arduous but blessed. To save one soul
is reward enough for a life of toil ; to gather many
into life eternal is beyond all we dare to ask. And
yet it is promised to us : " They that are learned shall
shine as the brightness of tho firmament, and they that
instruct many to justice as the stars to all eter-
nity." Happy are they to whom this work of grace
and peace has been committed as to you. And happy aro
we in knowing that day by day, at all hours, we may say
day and night, often without the rest necessary for health
and life, you are labouring for the salvation of the flock for
which we must give account. Though most unworthy to
bo set over you, yet God is witness, we have no more heart-
felt and fervent desire than to live and labour to the end as
we have in the years that are past, feebly indeed, but gladly
" spending and being spent" with you for the Bettis for
whom Christ died.

And now, Dear Brethren and Children in Jesus Christ,
tho laW of the Universal Church which binds its Pastors
in the bonds of filial dependence to the Successor of S.
Peter, the Fountain of all jurisdiction over souls, but for a
special permission of the Holy Father would have obliged
us to leave you for a season. Though we have received
from the hands of our Brethren of the Proi:ince the Episco-
pal character, we cannot exercise the fulness of jurisdiction
until we have received either in person or by proxy from
the hands of the Vicar of our Lord the Pallium which both
signifies and conveys our participation in the fulness of the
Pastoral office. It will be our desire to ask hereafter in
person this last grace of the Sovereign Pontiff, and to re-
turn as speedily as we may. Nor can we feel that by such
an absence we shall be wanting in anythivs to you, be-
cause we are assured that in no way, under God, can we bo
rendered less unworthy to minister to you than by first seek-
ing of Him, who represents on earth our Divine Master, the
light and guidance which -flows from His Apostolical
Benediction : and because we know that the unity and
prosperity of the Church depends upon the most inti-
mate union with its visible Head, and that not visibly
alone, but inwardly by a conformity of both the intel-
lect and the will to his mind and spirit. The perfection
of a Christian is docility to the Divine Voice, and the organ
of that Divine Voice is the Church speaking by its Head.
This the men of the world call feeble, unmanly, and
slavish, an abnegation of personal conviction and personal
independence. You have received another Gospel in
which the most masculine intellect, and the most in-
flexible will learns to exercise its fullest powers in their
amplest liberty with the mind of a little child, and the
docility of a Disciple. Such is the spirit we have learned
of you, and such is the filial dependence which unites us,
both Pastor and Flock, to the Sacred Person of the Vicar
of the Son of God.

Finally, Dear Brethren and Children in Christ, we com-
mend ourselves to your charity and to your prayers, in full
confidence that y 61.1 will obtain for us the graces we need
to servo you in the truth and love of Jesus Christ :
especially we would ask you to intercede for us in the
Presence of our Divine Redeemer in the Holy Sacrifice,
and to commend us to the prayerS of our Blessed
and Immaculate Mother. We, on our part, will
bear you affectionately in mind when we ask
for ourselves and for the Flock committed to us the
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happily in the midst
glorious Pontificate.
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Meanwhile we commend you to the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, to the love of the Father, and to the sanctification
of the Holy Ghost, One God over all' for Blessed for ever.
Amen.

Given at Westminster this Bth day of June, in the year
1865, being Thursday within the Octave of Pentecost, and
the day of our Consecration ; and ordered to be retia in all
Churches and Chapels of the Diocese on Trinity Sunday,
when the Annual Collection will be made for the Church
Building Fund.
HENRY EDWARD, Archbishop Elect.
JOHN CANON MORRIS, Secretary.

Both lots of yearlings, too, were reported, and with some
truth, to be above the average in quality, and these induce-
ments, coupled with the brilliant weather, tended to draw
a more than usual select assemblage to the spot. It is not
often now that Lord Derby is seen in haunts which for-
merly knew him so well, but to-clay the sale of his old
friend's stud lured him to Hampton, and he leaned over
the rails not the least interested spectator of the scene.
Most of our leading, turfites were occupants of the various
drags gathered round the inclosure, including the Duke of
Newcastle and the Duke of St. Albans, the Marquises of
Ailesbury and Hastings, the Earls of Chesterfield, Stam-
ford, Portsmouth, and Poulett, Lord Falmouth, Lord
George Manners, Admiral Rous, Mr. G. Payne, Mr. C.
Alexander, Mr. H. Chaplin, General Peel, Mr. Ten
Broeck,

We are so much accustomed to high prices now-a-days
that we ought not to be astonished at an array of figures
which would have caused the eyes of a past generation to
stare. It is not too much to say that thousands are now
given where out grandfathers bid hundreds, and the sum
total in Messrs. Tattersall's book on Saturday afternoon
might be pointed to, if money be the criterion, as an un-
questionable proof of the flourishing condition of the Turf
There were 71 lots in all, and they realised 26,078 guineas,
an average of upwards of 367 each. This must be considered
very good. The sums one or two of the brood mares rea-
lised were almost unprecedented ; 1,500 guineas for Con-
tadina, the dam of King Hal, and for whose possession
there was sharp fighting between the Marquis of Hastings
and Mr. Jackson; 1,300 for Cantine; and 1,000 for Doralice
have not often been surpassed. Some of the old mares
were of course "given away," but most of those foaled
within the last 10 years brought sums that fairly surprised
many of the best judges, especially as their produce have
in some instances done nothing. The royal yearlings
were certainly, taken as a whole, very good-looking, the
St. Albans small, but showing the Stockwell' mark in most
of them. Tho Theodora colt was a great beauty, and
caused some spirited competition before it was knocked
down to Mr. Pardo for 800 guineas. The high-priced
one of the lot—the colt by Newminster, Bracey—did not,
as is often the case, bear away the palm in every one's
estimation, but the sale commanded the interest of the
afternoon from the keen contest for his possession between
the Marquis of Hastings and Mr.H.Chaplin, the undoubted
"stayers," who are not easily diverted from their purpose
by such trifles as a hundred or two, more or less. Mr.
Chaplin was the successful ono on this occasion, and secured
the prize for 1,500 guineas. Lord Hastings bought a very
promising-looking filly by St. Albans—Eulogy, a trifle
light below the knee, but showing great quality, for 650
guineas, and the sister to Chattanooga, though somewhat
short and slack in the loins, bids fair to turn out a racer.
Mr. Padwick gave 600 guineas for her. The sum realised
for the Queen's yearlings was 8,571 guineas, an average of
about 343 each.

Mr. Greville's Contadina colt, whose darn fetched the top
price among the mares, was considered the pick of his lot,
and was put in by Mr. Jackson at £3OO directly he ap-
peared. Of course Lord Hastings, who had bought the
dam, and last year gave a high figure for her colt King Hal,
must have the rest of the family, and after some sharp firing
secured him for 1,500 guineas. His lordship also bought a
remarkably fine filly, if not the finest yearling there, by
Newminster—Barcelona, with grand quarters and loins, a
magnificently-topped animal, for 950 guineas. Lord Stam-
ford showed his judgment in purchasing the colt by New-
minster—Muscovite's dam, a powerful-looking young one,
with plenty of bone and substance. 6,266 guineas was the
sum realised for the Yearlings, and upwards of 329 guineas
the average—a great increase on former years.
The business commenced early ; it was not over till late
in the afternoon, an hour having been devoted to the loyal
hospitality in the shape of an excellent luncheon, provided
this year in a spacious marquee. A sale with such satisfac-
tory pecuniary results has not been held for some time in
the pleasant paddocks of Hampton Court.

THE WANDERING MINSTRELS. —These distin-
guished amateurs, who have so often efficiently em-
ployed their musical powers to advance the cause of charity,
are again about to aid one of our useful institutions, by
playing (under the able leadership of their president, the
Hon. Seymour Egerton) at a concert which is to be given
on Tuesday evening next, at the Hanover-square Booms,
in aid of the funds of the Home for Gentlewomen, Queen-
square. On this occasion the minstrels will be reinforced
by tho West London Madrigal Society, so that there will
bo a strong muster of instrumentalists and vocalists. It ap-
pears from the published reports of the institution that i t was
originated in 1849 and that it has been of great service to thn
class for whose benefit it was designed. Of the ladies
assisted during the last 16 years there have been of the
widows and daughters of merchants, 33 per cent.; of land-
owners and private gentlemen, 21 per cent. ; of officers in
the army and navy, 14 per cent.; and of clergymen, physi-
cians and surgeons, solicitors, artists, professors, Govern-
ment officers and surveyors, together, 32 per cent. It is to
be ardently hoped that the efforts of these two musical
societies will be largely productive of good to the benevo-
lent institution which it is desired to assist.

THE SALE OF JULES GERARD'S GUNS, hunting
knives, &c., at the Hotel Droubt, has been a serious
disappointment to his aged mother. The firearms only
fetched their value. The only article which was anxiously
bid for was the skin of a lion, which he killed on the 30th
January, 1850, in the Sequin country. The proprietor of
an immense shop on the Boulevards, La R4genc, gave £24
for it, and also purchased Jules Gerard's letter describing
the exciting struggle he had with the brute.
THE MARBLE STATUE OF SIR CHARLES BARRY
eft Mr. Foley's studio on Tuesday last for permanent
erection in the New Palace at Westminster : a graceful
tribute to the memory of its architect,