The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-26 00:00:00

TIIE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

The Duke of Edinburgh has been laying the
foundation stone of the Sailors' Home at Adelaide,
and then, variety being charming, indulged in the
line manly sport of pigon-shooting. In the evening
of the same day he dined at Government House.
Before leaving, his Royal Highness made a prcsent
of -rei`,o towards the Home, an act of generosity which
will no doubt appear in ne::t year's Civil Service
Estimates.

THE EARL OF SHAFTESEURY AND THE EDUCATION

OF THE VERY POOR.

The Earl of Shaftesbury gave Lis opinion at the
Conference on Reformatories and Refuges upon the
subject of the education and re Aamation of the
criminal classes. • There are very few whose words
are entitled to more weight. He has long been fore-
most amongst those who have sought to teach the
very poor, and to reclaim the city Arab. And he
told the meeting that one of the things to be
much dreaded by philanthropists was that the
Stat 3 should have anything to do with the education
of the reformatory schools. Government control
should not be exercised, he thought, in this direc-
tion, but rather towards the coercive prevention of
crime. The Habitual Criminals Bill he thoroughly
supported. While in this way crime was made a
steep and•thorny road to tread, the path of honesty
might be made easier by giving to the outcast a
certain amount of education, and by imbuing the
mind of the untrained. with ideas of uprightness.

THE PAPAL STATES.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

ROME, APRIL 20.

The succession of deputations presenting addresses to
the Pope has continued without interruption to the
present time. On Wednesday a large body 'of Italian
youths from Bologna, Ravenna, and other towns of Italy,
as well as the principal Catholic gentlemen of the Vene-
tian, Milanese, and Piedmontese towns, in all neatly two
thousand deputies, were received at the Vatican. Their
address was read by Stefano Margatti, of Turin, and by
Aquiderma, of Bologna, and was signed by nearly every
name of note in Upper Italy. The scene of enthusiasm
was such as cannot be described. The audience broke
out with the true southern vehemence into a denuncia-
tion of the new regime, and a complaint of the evils it had
introduced, so violent that the Pope was obliged,to calm
the agitation. "Siamo col Papa I" (we are for the Pope)
was the cry that broke from every part of the room.
The Pope replied at some length, dwelling on the duty
of pardon and charity to all enemies, but speaking
most severely of those who had seduced and corrupted the
youth of Italy, and told his bearers that a great struggle
for virtue and religion was before them, but that he was with
them heart and soul. He advised them to look on them.
selves on their return to their hearths as the missionaries
of faith, and to persevere in prayer, in study, in science,
and in all which might place an obstacle to the seductions
of an atheistic revolution. _ .

•
The offerings of Italy have been very large, in propor-
tion to her impoverished resources-3,000,000 lire. The
total sent for the Jubilee is estimated at a million ster-
ling, which is more than sufficient to defray the enormous
expenses of the CEcumenical Council.
Twelve magnificent horses are on their way from the
Sultan as his present.
The deputation of the English Catholic clergy was
received by the Pope on Saturday. Dr. Weathers, Canon
Dennis, Canon Gibbons, and Dr. Fra di Bruno were the
priests composing it, and they were presented by
the Hon. and Very Rev. Mgr. Stonor. The address
was accompanied by an offering in money and by the
magnificent medal of Vechte, executed in repoussg work
in pure gold by Messrs. Hun; and Roskell. A separate
address was presented from the diocese of Newport by
Dom Bede Vaughan, prior of St. Michael's, near B ere-
ford.

On Wednesday the ladies of various nations, headed by
Princess Odescalchi, presented the Pope with Lafori's
great picture of the battle of Mentana, and with a sum
of money contained in a richly-embroidered purse.
The Pope, in replying to the address, took occasion (as he
always does when addressing ladies) to speak most strongly
on the necessity of women highly placed setting an
example of modesty and moderation, in opposition to the
luxury and frivolity of the present age, and to the ruinous
taste for dress, which robs the poor of the superfluities
which are their due. On Monday lie renewed the same
recommendation to five hundred other ladies belonging to
the pious society called the "Enfants de Marie." He will
receive the English Zouaves in his service on St. George's
Day, with their chaplains, Mgr. Stonor and Father
Gurdon.

Cardinal Clarelli publishes, in the name of the Pope, a
General Jubilee to all the Faithful on the occasion of the
(Ecumenical Council, extending to the Ist of June, on
which day it will be closed. The jubilee year implies
extraordinary powers given for the absolution of reserved
cases usually only judged in Rome, and, which will be