The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-20 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.
LETTERS FROM HIS HOLINESS AND DR. CULLEN.

The Freeman's Journal has been "requested by
his Grace the Archbishop to publish the following
letters:"—

" 55, Eccles-street, Nov. 16.

"My dear Dr. Spratt and Canon Pope,—l am happy to
forward to you the answer of the Pope to the dutiful address
presented to him some months ago on the part of the Catholic
Young Men's Society, of which you are the zealous spiritual
guardians.
"Be so good as to translate the document, and, when
communicating it to your society, call the attention of the
young men to the kindness and affection with which, in the
midst of his afflictions, our Holy Father encourages them
to persevere in the performance of good works, in which
they, are engaged, and grants them his Apostolical benedic-
tion. I consider it superfluous to exhort the young men to
attend to the request of his Holiness that, in these disturbed
and calamitous times, tb ey should offer up to the throne of
the Most High fervent and continual prayers for the wel-

fare of the Church. They all know that prayer was never
more necessary Than at present ind eed, the religious
horizon is cove.,.ed with clouds and darkness. Rome, the
common country of all Catholics, the depository of the
relics of tb e Apostles, is menaced by anarchy and revo-
lution ; and our Holy Father himself, stripped of his
dominlons, and abandoned by those who ought to have
protected him, is almost a prisoner in the hands of his
enemies. In such circumstances it is our duty to pray, and
to pray fervently, for the protection of his Holiness, and
to beg of the Almighty—humbling the pride of the vota-
ries of darkness and the enemies of religion—to shorten
the days of our tribulation. In offering up these prayers
we may be confident that our petitions will be heard ; for,
although the life of man is a warfare on earth, and just and
pious Christians are doomed to suffer in this world in order
to teach them to raise their thoughts to their heavenly
country, and to wean them from earthly affections, yet the
cause of truth and religion, of God and His Church, is
always crowned by final success. God is patient with His
enemies ; He oftens allows them to prosper for a while, but
their prosperity is only transitory ; they soon vanish like a
vapour before the sun, and leave no trace behind them.
To-day they are boasting in the pride of their strength, to-
morrow you will seek for their place in vain. Victor Era-
manuel, Cavour, and Garibaldi, and other excommunicated
enemies of the Church, though they are now adored as
heroes by the wickedness and corruption of this world, will
share this fate, and their names will be branded witk igno-
miny and disgrace. On the other side, the meekness of
our Holy Father, Pius IX., his patience, his charity, his
calm dignity in the midst of trials and afflictions, have
insured for him the approbation of Heaven, and his memory
shall be in perpetual benediction on earth.
"Let me congratulate your society on the part they
have taken in favour of his Holiness, and in defence of
the great principles which he represents. The enemies of
the Pope have declared themselves for hypocrisy, robbery,
treachery, sedition, and rebellion, which are the army em-
ployed against him by Cavour, Garibaldi, and their un-
principled abettors ; while you, in raising your -voices in
favour of the Pope, have become the defenders of good
faith, truth, obedience, religion, and every principle of
order necessary for the welfare of society. Your sympathy
in favour of the good cause has not been limited to mere
words ; many of your members have shown the strength of
their convictions, and the earnestness of their devotion, by
exposing their lives in defence of the common Father of all
the faithful, and by taking part in the fatigues and reverses
of the late campaign though unsuccessful, not without
glory ; and, in atter times, it will be a source of pride and
consolation to many of your young men to be able to say
that in the year 1860 they fought in a distant land against
sacrilegious spoliation, perfidy, and irreligion, and, bravely
resisting the treacherous assaults of overwhelming multi-
tudes, exposed their lives in defence of truth and justice, of
the Church, and of the Pope.
" Wishing you and the young men of your society every
blessing, spiritual and temporal, I remain, with great
esteem, your obedient servant,

4g PAUL CULLEN.
" Very Rev. Dr. Spratt, Very Rev. Canon Pope."
"TO OUR VENERABLE BROTHER PAUL, ARCHBISHOP

or DUBLIN.
" Venerable Brother,—Health and Apostolic benedic.
tion. We have received with the greatest pleasure the
most dutiful address written on the 15th of November of
last year, and signed by you, Venerable Brother, in the
name of the Society of Catholic Young Men, established in
the city of Dublin.
" For, by it we are the more assured how great is the
filial affection, reverence, esteem, and devotion for us and
the See of Peter, and how intense is their grief on account
of the well-known sorrows in which we are plunged by the
wicked devices and designs of those men who are waging the
most bitter wars against the Catholic Church, the Apos-
tolic See, our temporal power, and the principality of the
same see. Therefore, Venerable Brother, we write you this
letter, requesting that you will make known to the mem-
bers of the above-mentioned society, who, being the worthy
children of the Church, have enlivened our paternal love
for them, that their address, so full of religious feeling, hi
been most gratifying to us.
" ' Fail not to inform the members of the Catholic Yount
Men's Society of the Apostolic benediction which we impart
to them with all the affection of our heart. Cease not,
Venerable Brother, together with all your faithful clergy
and people, to offer your most fervent prayers to God that
He may free His holy Church from so many and so great
calamities, and adorn and increase her by new and more
splendid triumphs, and assist and console us in all our
tribulation.
" Willingly do we embrace this opportunity of agaii de-
claring and confirming the special regard we have for you ;
and, as a pledge of this, we give, with all the affection of
our heart, to you, Venerable Brother, and the faithful
clergy and laity committed to your care, our Apostolic
benediction.
Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, on the 2d day of Feb-
ruary, 1860, in the 14th year of our Pontificate.
" Pius PP. IX.' "

THE MAILS.

MAILS DUE.

Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-
ampton) • • .• .„ ..
(via . Nov. 18.
Do. Marseille') Dec.l3.
Brazil and Cape Verde .. .. .. .. Dec. 5.
Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &a. .. .. Nov. ---•
Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. .. Nov. 22.
Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. .. .. Nov. 18.
Cape of Good Hope, &c... .. .. • • Dec. 2.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Nov. 18.
Do. (via Marseilles) Nev. 18.
Gibraltar (via Southampton) •• •• •• Nov. 18.
India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Nov. 18.
Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 25.
India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. • • Isics/' It.
Do. (via Marseilles) .. • • Nv.2l.
Lisbon . • • . • • .. .. • • Nov,- 2B
• Nov. .
Cuba and Maxie) • • • • • • •• . • •Nov. 25.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton, •
Do.
Vigo, and Oporto .. • • •
(via Marseilles) . •
.. Nov. 21..
..91...
United States, California, &c. ... Dec. 10.
Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe . •
Nov. 28.
West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c.
•••• ... Nov. 22.

A Turin letter says :—lt has been rumoured that
Francis IL has received money from Russia. The fact is
true, but has no political significance. Francis IL,have
had
Russian funds, which he has sold, and the proceeds
been sent to Gaeta.
The Californian papers speak of a curious traffic
between San Francisco and Hong Kong.. It appears that
the emigration companies at the latter port agree to take
back the remains of defunct Chinamen, and one ship alone
had 200 corpses boxed tip in her hold.