The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-26 00:00:00

PAPAL AGGRESSION.
ASSERTION VERSUS FACT.
Mr. Reynolds asserted in the House of 'commons, on
the 10th of March las:, that the people had taken no
part in the and-P,,,pal aggression meetings. " The
truth was," be said, " the honest and sensible people of
England had folded their arms, and said to themselves,
This is the Church's affair—it is a matter we have no-
thing to do with.'—(flear, hear.)" 'Vow, what is the
truth? " A return has been made by Mr. Newdegate,
setting forth the number of addresses which have been
presented to her Majesty on the recent measures
taken by the Pope with regard to this country,
- whence they emanated, and the number of
signatures to each. The total number of these addresses
is 3,145, bearing 1,006,708 signatures, besides two Roman
Catholic addresses expressing loyalty and fidelity,
with 255,961 signatures. They are classified according
to their origin in the following manner:—archbishops
and bishops of the Church of England, 1; archbishops
and bishops of the United Church of England and Ire-
land, 1; deans and chapters of cathedral or collegiate
churches, 10; Church of Scotland, ministers and elders, 1;
clergy of the United Church of England and Ireland,
89; clergy and others, 880; Wesleyan Committee of
Privileges, 1; Protestant dissenting ministers of
the three denominations, 1 ; universities, viz., Oxford,
Cambridge, Durham, and St. Andrew's, 4 ; colleg!s—
Royal College of Physicians, Queen's College, Birming-
ham, Sion College, London, the " Redden," York, 4 ;
hospitals, 2 ; county meetings, 35 ; other public meet-
ings, 139 ; corporations, 46 ; associations or other
bodies, 20 ; city of London, 4 ; members of the English
bar, 1 ; attorneys, solicitors, and proctors of England
and Wales, 1; Isle of Man, 1 ; Society :for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, 1." This return proves that there
are few instances of " the honest and sensible people
of England" speaking out so plainly as they have
done on the Papal aggression.—Derbyshire Courier.

JOSEPH 11. AND THE JESUITS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slll,—The following is from a work published a few
years since, on " Austria and the Austrians:"—
" Of the evils of monachism Joseph the Second (of
Austria) was thoroughly convinced. Of all religious
societies, he considered the Jesuits the most dangerous
and the most objectionable. After their expulsion from
France, the Duke of Choiseul, then Secretary of State,
wrote Joseph on the subject of expelling them from the
Austrian dominions; but his mother (the celebrated
Maria Theresa) then exercised the whole power, and
Joseph could only give his opinions, as expressed in the
following letter to Choiseul:—
" thank you for the confidence you give me.
If I were sovereign you might count on my ready co-
operation. As to the Jesuits, and the plan to abolish
their congregation, I am entirely of your opinion.
" ' Do not depend much upon my mother, for an at-
tachment to this order has become hereditary in the
house of Hapsburg. Clement XIV. himself has had
proof of this.
" ' Meantime Kaunitz is your friend. He can do
much with the Empress, and be is perfectly of your opi-
nion in regard to expelling the Jesuits.
"' Choiseul, I know these gentry as well as any man.
I know all their projects, all their efforts to spread dark-
ness over the earth—to rule over Europe from Cape Fi-
nisterre to the Frozen Ocean.' "

At the present time, in the middle of the nineteenth
century, the .3-emits have, if I mistake not, the educa-
tion of the Atntrian youth in a great measure in their
own hands. Let us beware of them.—l am, Sir, &c.
March 24, 1851. WATCHMAN.