The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-13 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL.

PLTMOUTEr, April 13.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Shannon,
ith the West India, mail, has arrived here. Among
the passengers are the members of the Austrian
Scientific Expedition under Dr. Von Scherzet, the
Belg;an Consul at Liam, Don F. Bastion, the Portu-
guese Consul at Port-) Rico. The barque Elizabeth
Hargrove, with coals from Swansea, arrived off Val-
paraiso on Feb. 23d. The captain landed and re-
ceived instructions for the destination of the cargo,
ordering his vessel to stand off and await his return..
On March Ist the second officers and part of the crew
arrived, reporting the total loss of the barque and
cargo at Curauma Bay.

Perer had been employed by the Opposition party
to give trouble to the Government. The Indian
Cacique Marihnal had abandoned Orlie, and was
about employing his forc_s against Quitapan, t e
ewly-appointed Minister to Orlie.

The Magellan was about to sail for
The Peruvian War Minister had proce3ded down
the coast to meet the Monitors which had arrived at
the Straits, at Punta Arenas. The time for the re.
assembling of the Peruvian Chambers was approach-
ing. The Government was preparing stoutly to
defend their proceeding with respect to the Dreyfus
loan contract, and warm debates were expected.
At the Guanape Islands there was great activity in
loading guano.

The members of the Darien Surveying Expedition
were hard at work in Caledonia Bay, and the survey
wai progressing favourably. The Indians on the
route were peaceable.

ANOTHER LETTER FROM DR. NEWMAN.

(To the Editor of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph)
Sir,—Believing that your leading article of the Bth
inst. upon Dr. Newman might produce erroneous
impressions, I sent it, with an accompanying note,
to the Very Rev. Dr. Newman.
May I venture to request that you will insert his
reply (which he permits to be published) in your
next impression ? The reply bears immediate refer-
ence to the subjoined lines, which I take the liberty
of quoting from the article in question
"His (Dr. Newman's) position is a warning to all
young and ardent souls who may be struck with the
claims of Rome to the obedience of Christians. ifs
has not found in her that rest and security for which
his soul, longed, and he has been overlooked and
slighted by her who, if the 'Mother of all Churches,'
as she vauntingly proclaims herself, has certainly
been a stepmother to him. His utterance at this time
cannot but have a beneficial effect in deterring others
from going over to a system as divided within itself
and as devoid of mediate infallible direction as their
own."

I am, Sir, yours faithfully
Sheffield, April 11, 1870.

My dear Rev. Sir,—l quite feel the force of your
appeal to me, and answer it without delay.
Men are illogical when they conclude, a 3 the news-
paper which you send me, that because I disapprove
of the actions of certain Catholics, therefore my faith
is unsettled as regards the Catholic Church.

No one denies that the Bishop of Orleans, in spite
of his burning words against these same acts, has a
firm faith in the Catholic Church ; no one calls him
restless. 'Why, then, am I restless because I wrote a
strong, but a most confidential, letter to my own
bish)p, and to him atone, as a matter of sacred
duty ?

In the year 1862 I was, as has often happened in
the course of the last 25 years (for Protestants have
never let me alone), most groundlessly reported to be
a wavering Catholic. I then used words in answer,
which I will now repeat, and that with as great
energy as I then wrote them.

I have not had a moment's wavering of trust in the
Catholic Church ever since I was received into her
fold. I hold, and ever have held, that her Sovereign
Pontiff is the centre of unity and the vicar of Christ.
And I have ever had, and have still, an unclouded
filth in her creed in all its articles, a supreme satis-
faction in her worship, discipline, and teaching ; and
an eager longing, and a hope against hope, that the
many dear Mends whom I have left in Protestantism
may be partakers in my happiness.—l am, my dear
Rev. Sir, most truly yours,
April 11, 1870. JOHN H. NEWMAN.