The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-13 00:00:00

SEEING THROUGH A MILLSTONE.

. The Morning Advertiser says that " the following
Lithe first visible fruit of the visit to Lady Herbert :
Mi. Weld, a prominent Roman Catholic, of or
from New Zealand, is appointed Governor of
"Western Australia." The Advertiser is very clever at
seeing through millstones, no journal more so, but
our contemporary sometimes sees things which don't
exist, a feat not surprising on the part of the organ
of those who sometimes see double. In the first
place, colonial appointments are not made by the
Premier, but by the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, who happens to be Earl Granville. In
the second place, Mr. Weld's claim to the post of
Governor of Western Australia consists, not in his
religion, but in his long and distinguished colonial
services. In 1800 he was appointed Minister for
Native Affairs in New Zealand; in 1804 he became
Premier, and held that office until 1865, when he
undertook to explore some of the uninhabited
districts of the colony. lie is also the author of
several valuable books, and is altogether a man far
above the common. He was born in 1823, and
married a daughter of the seventh Lord Clifford of
Chudleigh. Though a Roman Catholic, he as at
least as suitable a man for a colonial governership
as Mr. Ducane, or those other M.P.'s for whom Mr.
Disraeli found places last year.

THE POPE'S JUBILEE.

The fiftieth anniversary
of the Pope's celebration
of his first mass was observed on Sunday with
considerable ceremonial in most of the Roman
Catholic churches. At Rome the Pope, who was in
excellent health, celebrated, at seven a.m., low mass
at the papal altar of St. Peter's, before an immense
number of spectators, who are described as pro-
foundly moved. The Pontifical Court, the diplo-
matic body, foreign princes, deputations from the
communes and from foreign dioceses were present.
Among the enormous number of visitors who have
entered Rome during the past few days is
the eldest son of Gabriel Mastai: Ferretti,
head of the Pope's family. After mass, a
"Te Deum " was chanted, and the Pope then
gave a blessing. After the service he breakfasted
in the Sacristy of
St. Peter's, the entertainment
being furnished by the Chapter. Out of doors the
weather was magnificent. The event has been
celebrated by an amnesty which extends to political
offenders.

At Moorfields, Archbishop Manning preached.. He
reviewed the clircer of the Pontiff. Referring
to the events of two years ago, he said that, to
the shame of Italy, the man who led them was
regarded as a patriot. he prayed God to preserve
England from such patriots. lie condemned the
statesmen and diplomatists who had looked on so
impassively while the Holy Father had thus been
suffering and he added that no Catholic was opposed
to a united Italy if based on the jurisdiction of the
one Catholic Christian faith. But he had heard it
from the lips of the Pope himself that he would
never yield. Though it should cost him his life he
would stand steadfast as a pillar of truth and
justice amongst men. When the Governments stood
aloof the hearts of the faithful drew near t) that good
shepherd who, like his Great Master, "had compassion
on the multitude." Viewing the career of Pius IX. in
its internal aspects, he alluded to the fact that three
times Pius IX. had gathered round him the chief
pastors of the Catholic world in the bonds of
brotherly love, and to the hearty cordiality with
which the dogma of the Immaculate Conception bad
been received by the Catholic world. He anticipated
a similar success for the CEcumenical Council which
was to assemble in December next. The Papacy was
still powerful, he said, and the Pope had suffered
exile, and was prepared, if necessary, to suffer it
again, but not to bend or to betray.