The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-15 00:00:00

WOOL.

No sales of importance have taken place in colonial
wool by private contract, yet prices rule firm. In English
wool there is a fair demand at full quotations. The im-
ports into London last week consisted of 2,170 bales front
Algoa Bay, 142 Buenos Ayres, 9,922 New Zealand, 9,473
Sydney, and 2,735 bales from Adelaide.
Current prices of English wool per lb.
s d od
Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 41 1 5
lialf-bred do 1 51 1 6
Kent fleeces
South Down ewes and wetherB 1 3 1 4
Leicester do
Sorts—Clothing
Combing

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HER MAJESTY, eze.

OSBORNE, July 14.

Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louis of llesse, Princess Louise,
Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice,
and Prince Louis of Hesse, arrived at Osborne yes-
terday evening, at a quarter before eight o'clock.
Divine service was performed this morning at
Osborne before their Royal Highnesses Princess
Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess
Beatrice, and Prince Louis of Hesse.
The Rev. R. Duck worth officiated.

Archbishop Manning and the Address to

the Pope.

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TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—As you have conveyed to your numerous
readers the truest as well as the most eloquent de-
scription of the great festival of the Centenary of
St. Peter allow me to thank you for it, and to
direct your attention to some erroneous statements

which have appeared in various journals respecting
the compilation of the Address presented on the Ist
of July to his Holiness by the assembled Bishops.
According to those statements the draught of the
address was prepared by Archbishop Manning, and
gave rise to debates in which the majority of the
bishops, and especially of the English bishops, de-
cided by their votes that certain passages reflecting
on the Czar of Russia and on Victor Emmanuel,

and in praise of the Roman people, should be struck
out of the draught. These statements are in every
particular incorrect. _

By sending a special correspndent to Rome on
this important occasion you have evidently antici-
pated the desire of the public to be fully informed
of the chief events that marked it ; and you will
perhaps allow me, as having been present and en-
gaged in the preparation of the address, to offer a
statement of facts which, through your columns,
will reach the eyes of those who may have been
misled by the correspondents or writers in other

papers.
When an address was projected the bishops of
each nation deputed one or more of their number to
represent them in a commission, to which body the
duty of preparing the address was to be intrusted.
The English bishops, eight in number, unanimously
selected their archbishop as their leading represen-
tative, communicating verbally, and not in writing,
to him and to myself as his colleague their views as
to the subjects that would probably be mentioned
in the address. They had occasion to state their
opinions on other important matters through the
archbishop, and, throughout, the most perfect
harmony of opinion existed between him and his
colleagues.

When the deputies of the different nations met
on the 22d of June Cardinal de Angelis, as senior
by consecration, read a draught of 15 points, which
were proposed as the basis of the address. This
draught had been prepared by a Roman prelate of
high standing under his auspices, and was in Italian.
Some of the bishops wished to hear it read in Latin .
It was, therefore, read in Latin first by the Cardinal
Bishop of Besancon, and afterwards by the Arch-
bishop of Colocza in Hungary. It was at once
unanimously adopted, the Bishop of Gran Varadino,
of the Oriental rite, suggesting that the address
should contain an expression of the gratitude of the
Orientals for the unvarying kindness with which
Pius IX. had treated them ever since his election.
Following the precedent of 1862 it was then resolved
that six prelates, with Cardinal de Angelis at their
head, should frame the address, and read it on the
following Wednesday, the 26th of June, to the
General Commission. The Sub-commission re-
quested the Archbishop of Colocza and the Arch-
bishop of Thessalonica to take the 15 heads approved
by the general commission, and to draw up an
address founded upon them. After two days their
draught was printed, and with a few verbal al-
terations was the same which was signed and pre-
sented to his Holiness. Neither in the heads, nor
in the address, was a word contained either of
the Czar of Russia or of Victor Emmanuel, and the
passage relating to the loyalty of the Romans stands
in substance now as it stood then. The address

was unanimously accepted by the whole commission•
No division or voting on any portion of it was so
much as proposed. The whole commission felt that
it correctly and completely expressed the meaning of
the draught read by the Cardinal President. It was
engrossed and signed on the 27th and 28th.
I trust that the prominence which has been given
to the Roman letters in all the leading newspapers
will be my excuse for troubling you with these de-
tails in order that the truth may be fully known ;
and that it may be evident that the external splen-
dour and religious magnificence portrayed in your
columns were not more wonderful than the com-
plete harmony that united bishops and clergy and
laymen with their spiritual head during this solemn
celebration.
The address was at once signed by all the bishops
in Rome—that is, by more than one-half of the
whole number of bishops in the Catholic world.
I beg to remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
TilomAs GRANT.
St. George's, Southwark, July 13.

The Earl of Belmore, the new Governor of Nevi
South Wales, will not leave England to assume his duties
at Sydney beforo October.—Sir William Fergussou,
will, in all probability, succeed the late Sir Wi
Lawrence as Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen.—Judgment
in the l3readalbane Peerage case will be delivered Or
Tuesday next at half-past ten.—Sunday Gazette.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.—Next Saturday 13
the last day for voters to qualify themselves to be in the
list of voters for the current year. All rates and taxes due
previously to the sth January must be paid on or before
the 20th July inst.
THE TURKISH BATH AND THE SULTAN'S SUITE-
-The directors of the Turkish Bath in Jerroyn-street
having invited the suite of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan
to avail themselves of it many have already paid this esta-
blishment a visit, and have expressed themselves as greatly
satisfied. Some came immediately after the journey 011
Friday, and a groat number on Saturday.
TIIE BELGIAN VOLUNTEERS.—In consequence of
numerous applications, made apparently under the impres-
sion that Miss Burdott Coutts's grounds would be open t°
the public by tickets upon the occasion of her party 013,
Friday, the 19th of July, we are requested to state that not
only is this not the case, but that it has been found neccs-
sary greatly to limit the number of invitations, in order to
secure the convenience and pleasure of the guests invited;
For the same reason it has been found necessary to reque°
the company to arrive not later than a quarter before re!
o'clock, as after that time the road must be cleared fox the

Belgian Volunteers.
The Monetary Conference held its last sitting ell
Tuesday, and approved the report of M. Patios, OP-
marising the deliberations and views of the Conferencei
The members before separating passed a resolution.
thanks to the president, Prince Napoleon.
On Monday, July 1, the confederated existence'
of the British provinces commenced. Lord Monckr
the Viceroy of the new dominion of Canada'
arrived at Montreal, and on that day assumed the,
reins of Government. The Cabinet is formed of
eleven Ministers—seven from the present province°
of Canada, and four from the lower provinces',
under the Premiership, it is thought probable, °I
the Hon. John A. Macdonald and the 11°13.
Alexander A. as Galt, Minister of Financ.eii
Dominion-day is to be celebrated, and probably .0.1
be kept hereafter as a holiday.