The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-11 00:00:00

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Oct. 10.
It is stated that Acquapendente has been re-
captured by the insurgents.
A Royal decree, to come in force on the 28th of
October, has been issued, whereby the National
Bank of Italy and the Bank of Tuscany are
charged with the sale of the bonds created by the
decree of Bth of September, 1867.

From the 28th of October next until 6th of
November the issue price of these bonds will be
73 lire per cent. The interest is to be calculated
from the Ist of October, 1867.

The degree contains other regulations relative to
he bonds.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Oct. 10, Two o'clock.—Discounting is
still continued, and is said to be on behalf of the
Insurance Companies. To-lay's list comprises
226,000 of Three. The market opened higher, to
retrograde to lower rates. Threes are at 68fr. 40c.,
a decline of sc. Italian Fives also lose 5c., at 45fr.
95c. Credit Foncier and Credit Mobilier each lose
lfr. 25c., at 1,273 fr. 75c. and 175 c. Comptoir
d'Escompte and Spanish Mobilier uuvaried. No
noticeable feature in Railway shares.
Three o'clock—The close has taken place on the
following quotations :

41 per Cents 9B 25
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 6B 40
Do. end month 6B 30
Credit Mobilier 175 75
Do. end Month
Credit Foncier 1277 50
Do. end month 1270

Bank Shares 3300
Italian Loan 45 80
Do. end month 45 75
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds 9B 75
Spanish Threes 34 25
Home Debt —
Deferred
'ITS.

RIM'

For Account.
Orleans
Northern ll4O
Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50
Southern 525
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 365
North of Spain
Saragosea
Roman • .

AUSTRALIA.
(Via Trieste.)

92 50

MELBOURNE, August 28.

The Legislative Council have rejected the Appro-
priation Act containing a grant to Lady Darling of
£20,000, and the Ministry have consequently re-
signed. The Governor has called in advice, and
matters are at present in an unsettled state. In the
meantime all Government payments are stopped.
A member of the Legislature has been found
guilty of forgery, and sentenced to seven years'
imprisonment. _ _

Business is dull. The export of wool during
the past month is 4,464 bales.
The following gold ships have sailed for England
during the month ; —The Wave of Life, with 25,000
oz. ; the Sussex, with 32,250 oz. ; and the Great
Britain, with 109,750 oz.

SYDNEY, August 24.
Parliament has voted the sum of £9,000 for the
reception of Prince Alfred.

The Land Bill has been unfavourably received.
The Assembly proposed to make grants in order to
induce immigration. _

The banks have reduced their rates on deposits
and discounts.

CIIINA AND JAPAN.
( Via Trieste.) .
How; KONG, August 28.
According to intolligence from Japan the rumour

wr^, still current that the Shogoon had abdicated in
favour of his younger brother, owing to disputes
with the Daimios.

Great anxiety is felt in Pekin at the near ap-
proach of the rebels.

A fall of 20 taels in silk has taken place at
Shanghae.

The treaty between China and Spain was ratified
on the 26th May.

7ILE DOMINICANS IN ENGLAND.

An event of great interezt to Roman Catholics,
the establishment of an order of Black Friars at
Haverstock-hill, was celebrated yesterday with
characteristic pomp and splendour. The founda-
tions have been laid of a Roman Catholic priory
intended for brethren of the Order of St. Dominic,

the church of which, when completed, will, as is
estimated, hold six thousand persons. The first
stone was laid some years ago by Cardinal Wise-
man, and already there have been bult the library,
refectory, a portion of the sanctuary, and some
other adjuncts of the chief edifice. A small body
of the Roman Catholic preachers of this, one of the
most celebrated of their order, are in residence, and
the library, fitted up and used as a temporary
church, is uniformly well attended by worshippers.
It is estimated that at least £30,000 will be required
to proceed with and complete the establishment, in
addition to £20,000, which has already been con-
tributed, of which no less a sum than £9,000 was
the gift of a single donor, a lady. Yesterday's
ceremonial was a formal inauguration of the work.
Dr. Manning, Catholic Archbishop of Westminster,
headed the ecclesiastics, of whom there were not
fewer than 100 present. Mgr. Frt..nci, the Pope's
Minister of Foreign Affairs, attended, and there were
likewise at the altar the Bishop of Northampton,
Deacon. Hussey ; the Rev. Father White, cross-
bearer ; Monsignor Searle, Monsignor Eyre, Mon-
signor Catalia, the Bishop of Thessalonica ; the
Rev. Father" Alyward, Provincial of the Dominicans
in England; Rev. Dr. Russell, Dominican Provincial
in Ireland ; the Rev. Father Rooke, pastor of St.
Dominic, as well as representatives of the orders of
the Augustinians, Carmelites, Capuchins, Jesuits,
Oratorians, Oblates of St. Charles, and Oblates of
St. Philip Neri. A congregation numbering about
500 persons completely filled the library or tem-
porary church, where a small altar-piece and a few
decorations had been at ranged. High mass was
performed with more than ordinary magnificence.
The celebration of mass by so large a number of
priests, and by many so eminent in the ranks of their
church, the principals wearing the highly blazoned
vestments of their state, and the others the peculiar
robes of their respective orders, formed a scene of a
most imposing character. A short sermon was
preached by Archbishop Manning. from the words,
" I judge myself to know nohing among you but
Jesus Christ, and him crucified." There was, he
said, a supernatural audacity in the Apostle, when in
the midst of the most scientific, philosophical, and
luxurious city of Greece, he declared that he
would know nothing but Jes'is Christ. His atti-
tude was singularly illustrative of the attitude
and action of the Catholic Church in this country
—in a land where material civilisation has reached
it height, where science had advanced to its farthest
limit, where luxury has passed the bounds of all
known indulgence, and where the contemptuous
intellectual spirit of the day looks in scorn upon its
ancient order. The Church of God, furnished with
the like image as in the beginning, knowing nothing
but Jesus Christ and him crucified, preaches still
the same truths in the same accents, with the same
devotion, the same immutability and inviolability
as in the beginning. Now the great Order of St.
Dominic have come back to take up their ancient
religion in this country, if not on the very spot, at
least not far distant from that on which they for-
merly settled. They come as before, and to preach
the same mission among this wilderness of men.
He would not call it a city ; it is an aggregate of
cities, a vast city of three days' journey, over-
whelming in its masses and overwhelming in the ex-
ce-s of its moral evil. They come to teach the people
the science of Jesus Christ and him crucified, and,
in order to do this, they must know who Jesus
Christ was, and they must know the Father, Son,
and holy Ghost, and must read their will with
the light that experience has given. The Church is
threading its way, making conquests over the intel-
lects of the cultivated and over the minds of the
poor, gathering multitudes to itself, and illuminat-
ing them with the light of that faith which in all
ages remains the same. This the archbishop, in the
course of his sermon, maintained was the one true
faith which the Dominicans came to preach.
After mass, a considerable number of the congre-
gation were conducted to the refectory, where a
dejeiiner was served. Dr. Manning presided, sup-
ported by the chief ecclesiastics.
His GRACE, on rising to propose a toast, said he
would first give, as was always the custom, with
homage and affectionate reverence, " The Health of
the Holy Father, Pope Pius IX." (The name of
his Holiness was received with enthusiasm.) They
had with them Monsignor Frauei, who, if they
would send to the Tower for some old rack or
thumb-screw, might tell them when the Holy
Father is going to leave Rome—(laughter)—when
the revolution is going to turn him out—(laughter)
—and, if they succeed, how long he will be absent,
and how soon ho will return. (Loud laughter.)
The revolution which has now passed the frontier,
and is so close to Rome as to be within five or six
hours of the wallq, will certainly have its triumph
for a time, but will then meet complete,
utter, and ent'rc confusion. (Cheers.) This might
be derided as most contemptible trash if uttered by
some public reformers. (Laughter.) But (added
his Grace, apparently unaware of the presence of
any reporter), fortunately we have followed an
example set us the other day, and we have admitted
none of those newspaper tell-tales. (Hear, hear.)
Nevertheless it is certain we live in times of great
peril. We do not hope that revolutionary desires
will stay their force. They will certainly make a
last issue in arms. They may have a momentary
triumph ; but as certainly as there comes the forty-
sixth interruption of the tranqui'lity of the Holy
See it will pass as the forty-five have passed before.
Therefore let us pray earnestly for the Holy Father,
without for one moment losing our confidence.
Monsignor FRANC! responded in Italian, observ-
ing substantially that, whatever language is spoken
by Catholics, their sentiments in favour of his Holi-
ness the Pope are the same.
His GRACE, in proposing "The Dominican Order
of the Clergy present," paid a high tribute to the
works of the former, and as for the latter, the mere
names were as long as the catalogue of the Greek
ships in Homer. (Laughter.)
The Rev. Father AYLWARD replied on behalf of
the English, and Dr. Russell for the Trish
Dominicans.

" The Benefactors," proposed by Father Aylward,
was the only other toast. The party then left. _ _

The church, when completed, will be a magnifi-
cent structure of the Gothic order, larger than the
existing cathedral of St. George. Several half-
columns of fine stone for the interior of the
sanctuary are partially erected, and stand bound iu
swathing to protect them from the weather; but it
is uncertaix when the whole edifice will be fin'shed,
although three years have been named as the
probable period. It is the first priory of the
Dominican Order in London, and the second in
England since the Reformation, and will in all
respects be the counterpart of the ancient houses
which flourished at Glastonbury, Blackfriars, and
elsewhere. A portion of the community from
Woodchester, in Gloucestershire, will, it is expected,
come here, and there is in the course of estiiblish-
meat in the vicinity of the priory a convent of
Dominican nuns, of the branch of St. Catherine of
Sienna.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. —A competitive exanli-
tion of candidates will bo held by the Civil Service Com-
missioners on March 81, 1868, and following days. The
competition will be open to all natural born subjects of
her Majesty who (on the let of March next) shall be over
17 and under 21 years of age, and of good health and cha-
racter.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. Examination of
March, Ib6B.—Copies of the Regulations may be had upon
application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission,
Loudon, S.W.

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lIER, MAJESTY.

B A L3rORAL, Wednesday.
The Queen went out in the morning with Prin-
cess Beatrice, and in the afternoon her Majesty
drove out with Princess Christian and M. and
Madame Van de Weyer to Glen Beg.

The Duke of Buccleuch is expected to return to
Montagu House, Whitehall, to-day from Paris. Tho
Duchess and the Ladies Margaret and Mary Scott are ex-
pected home on Monday next from Francs.
The Marquis Conynghana left town yesterday
evening for Salthill, for

The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby and
family havo loft Swilzorland for Pau.

The Earl of Hardwicke is engaged to preside at
the Royal Naval Club dinner on the 21st inst. (the anni-
versary of the battle of Trafalgar), at Winia's Rooms,
King-s...reet, St James's.