The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-21 00:00:00

SOUTH-EASTERN.

The gross traffic receipts on this company's line
for the four weeks ending the 28th of September
amounted to £97,906, from which was deducted
£2,871 for collecting and delivering goods, leaving
£95,035. To this was added £2,043 for rents and
sundries, and £6,217 for the steampacket service,
making the total receipts £103,295. The expendi-
ture, including rates, tolls, Government duty, and
expenses of steampacket serviet,, amounted to
£43,840; leaving a net sum of £59,455. The total
receipts for the eight weeks and three days ending
the loth of September amounted to £233,172, and
the expenses to £90,543, leaving a net sum of
,a 42,629.

AN ARTFUL DODGER NEATLY' DONE.

Some time since, according to our information,
a speculating shoemaker of this city found himself
in " difficulties," as many worthy sons of St. Cris-
pin have done before him. In order to make mat-
ters smooth and comfortable he determined to take
refuge in bankruptcy, and, at a single stroke, get
rid of his troublesome duns and debts in the usual
orthodox way, "by paying each pound a shil-
lin' or twa." As a preliminary step in the process,
he packed up £lO5 worth of boots and shoes in
two large hampers, by way of " nest egg" for al
new business, when the forms of the law and the
claims of his creditors were satisfied, or supposed to
be so. In the interim, however, the calculating
trader entrusted a chosen friend with the two valu-
able hampers, to be kept under watch and ward
until a more convenient season. The " friend'
promised secrecy and security, and kept his word
to the very letter, as friends in general are expected
to do. So far all went smoothly, and our " hero,"
after withstanding valiantly the usual squeezing
process at the hands of his creditors, managed to
cast off his difficulties, and come forth a clear man,
upon which he applied to his " friend" for the two
hampers, as he intended to commence business on
the new principle of large profits and quick returns.
The " friend," however, felt strongly the responsi-
bility of the charge he had undertaken, and, as a
reasonable recompense for his trouble and anxiety,
he demanded £l5 from the astonished shoemaker,
and, in the event of refusal, he declined point
blank to surrender the coveted hampers. The shoe-
maker begged, protested, bit his lip, and even
swore, but all was of no avail, as he found himself
in the hands of the Philistines, and knew very well
that the friend knew that he dared not call in the
myrmidons of the law. In this emergency the
disciple of St. Crispin consulted another friend, who,
however, could see no daylight in the case, and ad-
vised him to get two strong porters, pay the £l5
quietly, and carry off his hampers without delay.
This counsel he immediately acted upon, the money
was paid, the porters were remunerated, and the
hampers were placed once more in his own cus-
tody. They looked just as he had left them, care-
fully corded down, but he was naturally anxious
to realise the contents, and with this view he im-
mediately opened the hampers, when he found
neatly wrapped up in paper, not his precious stock
of boots and shoes, but three or four barrow loads
of useless old bricks! How the shoemaker looked,
and what he said, thought, and did on making
the discovery, we leave to the imagination of the
readers of this " ower true tale."—Glasgow Herald.

BISHOP LONSDALE AND HIS CLERGY.—The fol-
lowing address was unanimously signed at the Ruridecana
Chapters of the clergy held at Ellesmere, Shrewsbury, and
Whitchurch (Salop) during the past week :—" To the Right
Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield. My Lord,—We, the
undersigned members of your Lordship's clergy, desire at
this season, when, having concluded your recent visitation,
you attend at the re-opening of your cathedral church, to
express our thankfulness for the many benefits which your
careful and fatherly superintendence has, under God's bless-
ing, conferred on this diocess during the 18 years of your
episcopate. The diligence, the unfailing sympathy, the
self-sacrifice, and the attention shown to every claim of
duty, have been felt by all of us to be a pattern and a sti-
mulus. When in our perplexity we have needed counsel,
sound advice has been given; when in our difficulty we have
needed help, we havo been welcomed with courtesy and
hospitality ; no Efforts have Leen spared for our assistance.
You have done all in your power to set forward peace.
your justice, moderation, munificence, charity, will, as we
hope, bo increasingly blessed to the edifying of the body in
love. We presume not to dwell on the admirable manner
in which you have discharged the duties peculiar to your
high office, ordination, confirmation, visitation, and the
like ; but we specially desire to record our grateful acknow-
ledgments of the important services rendered to us, and to
n
the Church, by your unwearied zeal in preaching through-
out all parts of your diocess ; setting us an example of
cheerful labour in the word and doctrine, bencfittinc,' our-
selves and our people by the teaching you have communi-
cated. We fervently pray that under God's continued
mercy you mayenjoysuch a measure of health and strength
as will enable you to persevere in your course of well.
doing, governing your diocess with the firm and mild rule
which befits the servant of our common Lerd, and being
long preserved as the guide and comfort of your clergy and
your flock. Trusting that this expression of our feelings
may meet with your acceptance, we remain, my lord, your
• lerdohip's dutiful and affectionate servants."

In the very extensive and valuable collection of
State Papers, the Manuscripts of Cardinals Filippo
Antonio and' Luigi Gualterio, may be found the
following interesting historical document. It is
the despatch addressed by the Papal Secretary 9f
State, Cardinal Paoluccr, to •Monsignore F. A.
Gualterio, at that time (in 1702) Nuncio at the
Court of Louis XIV. The-occasion of this despatch
' was the assumption by the Elector of Brandenburg
of the title of the Kitig of PrUssia. It is instructive
to compare the theory of Divine right just put
forth at his coronation by the' present King of
Prussia—a theory finding its most ardent supporters
amongst the German .Ultrarnontanists*with the
denunciation of lawless usurpation •,h.uried against
the first Prussian monarch by'the Papal Seer
In the belief that this docunient will not be with-
out interest to those amongst our readers who take
pleasure in viewing-contemporary history by the
lights thrown upon it by the past, we give it In its
E ntirety

DESPATCH ADDRESSED By CARDINAL PAOLUCCI, SECRE-
TARY OF STATE, TO, MONSIONORE FILIPPO ANTONIO
GITALTERIO, NUNCIO AT PARIS.

"Rome, April 19, 1702.

" You have been already, and indeed repeatedly, in-
formed that the supreme vigilance of his Holiness had not
omitted to reflect on the temerity with which the'Margrave
of Brandenburg hits arrogated tia.hipaselftho,titleAgAw,
of Prussia, sad to draw frorit his apostolic auth.ofitranelf
resolutions as, if not capable of warding off the outrage,
may at least avail to make public the detestation entertained
by the Apostolic See at the same. I now acquaint you that
his Holiness, after
,having, with wise forethought, antici-
pated his ulterior determinations by causing letters to be
written to his nuncios, wheresoever resident, to the effect
that in every possible conjuncture they should openly ex-
hibit their disapproval, and should exhort the princes at
whose courts they reside, and their ministers, to abstain
from every act leading to the inference that they recognised
the royal dignity in the aforesaid margrave ; after doing so,
his Beatitude has proceeded to address his briefs to the
Catholic Powers, employing the expressions appropriate to
the matter in question, and to the very weighty feeling in
his own mind, beginning with the Emperor, to whom the
communication was made in the despatches sent by the last
regular courier, when instructions were likewise given to
the Nuncio to add his own verbal remonstrances.
"His Holiness is aware—indeed, constant proofs of the
fact have been furnished by yourself—that no suggestions
on the part of the Papal Government are required to convey
to the mind of his Majesty a knowledge of this unwarrant-
able and scandalous proceeding on the part of that prince,
or to implant in the royal heart the motives for regarding
it with horror and condemnation ; for his Beatitude believes
that, besides discharging in this way his own sense of duty,
he is likewise seconding the impulses of his Majesty.
Nevertheless ho has wished to address to his Majesty the
said brief in similar terms; and a communication of the
same is made in the annexed copy. It will therefore be
your duty to hold language in conformity with the same in
speaking on the subject when .you shall present it to his
Majesty, and furthermore to acquaint him that our Lord,
not content with all this, desires to make known to the car-
dinals in Consistory his own feelings and his resolutions.
His Beatitude declared with apostolic zeal that the Mar-
grave of Bandenburg was one of those whom God himself
has condemned by the mouth of the prophet Hosea :—' They
have set up Kings, but not by me : they have made princes,
and I knew it not.' He likewise alluded to the circume
stance that this deed is an outrage on the Apostolic See,
and violation of the sacred canons, which establish that
heretics should be deprived of their ancient prerogatives,
instead of being honoured with now ones ; and finally, that
it is prejudicial to the rights possessed by the Teutonic
order over the province ofPrussia ; protesting lastly his
purpose of always defending, with all his power, the
dignity of the Holy See and of the Catholic religion, The
most religioup King of France will doubtless hear with
pleasure all this, in consequence of his innate piety, and no
great effort will be required on your part to engage him
still more to take such steps as shall be in harmony with the
course pursusd by our Lord. 1 need say no more, and re-
main, kissing your hands," &c., &c., &c.