The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-15 00:00:00

NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

It is stated that early in the season the mails for
the south of Ireland will be despatched direct from
Milford, in South Wales, to Waterford, instead of
passing through Dublin as at present. In the
course of a few weeks all the receiving houses in
Dublin will be abolished, with the exception of six,
which will be confined to the registering of letters
and the issuing of money orders. Iron pillar re-
ceivers, as in London, are to be substituted for the
abolished offices.

Hi.ATE ASSASSINATION IN PARIS.

The ceremony of the purification of the church of
St. Etienne-du Mont took place on Tuesday morning,
and attracted an immense concourse of spectators. The
following was the 'bourse of proceedings :
The open space in front of the church was sanded, and
in the centre, on a large carpet, was placed a fauteuil
for Mgr. de Bonnechose, the Bishop of Evreux, who pre-
sided at the ceremony. The principal entrance to the
building as well as the two side doors were hung with
black drapery. A little before ten, the metropolitan.
chapter, led by the archdeacon of Ste. Genevieve, and
accompanied by the cures of the diocese and the supe-
riors, directors, and pupils of the diocesan seminary, left
the church of Sc. Genevieve. and proceeded in solemn
silence to St. Etiennesdu.Mont. The chapter and the
cures were in their full canonicals, with violet stole. A
body of the mounted municipal guard and a detachment
of the infantry of the same force preceded the pro-
cessiob, and opened a passage fur them through the
dense crowd. The clergy, on arriving, ranged them-
selves opposite the principal entrance and along the
sides of the open space. At this moment, the bourdon
of Notre-Dame was heard, and the ceremony commenced.
The bells of St. Etienne did not ring out until the eerie-
menial purification was over, and the altars had been
daily prepared for the celebration of mass. The
Bishop of Evreux was in his full episcopal dress,
wearing the mitre and holding the crosier in his
right baud. The ceremony commenced by the
spriekhug of holy water. A table, surmounted by
a crucifix, a,)d near which was placed a silver
vessel ece.tailiing the water, was arranged at the foot o
the steps of the principal door of the church. After the
Msorere was chanted, and while this was being dons
the bishop a minenced tee procession round the church,
as-ieted by M. Surat, tie Archileati•di et Genevieve, and
Egiee, vicar-genera, and master of Inc ceremonies of
Notre Dame. The bishop sprinkled from time to time
the exterior of the church with holy water. In this pro-
ces-ion the bishop was accompanied only by the chapter
of Ste. Genevieve and the clergy of St. Etienne-du-Mout,
the crowd and the rest of the clergy remaining in their
paces. Tue sprieleing of the exterior being finished
and the bishop lia,it:g returned to his place opposite the
principal door, the chanting of the litanies by the clergy
of St. Etienne and the metropolitan chapter on their
knees commenced. At that moment the black hang-
ings at the (bore were lifted up and the bishop and
others entered the church. The bishop then
sprinkled water, salt, ashes, and wine near the
threshold. The chanting el the litanies was followed by
the psalm Exsurgat Deus, and other, prescribed by the
ritual. The bishop, accompanied in procession by the
clergy, then sprinkled various parts of the interior of the
church. The procession stopped at the part of the nave
where the crime was committed, add, kneeling, sang
three times the Farce, DO2ltine. In the meantime the
altars were arranged, and a precession was formed to go
for the host and sacred vessels, which hail been placed
in a building detached from the church. On their arriv-
ing they were placed on the principal altar, and a masa
was immediately eommenced. The ceremony then ter-
minated, and the clergy withdrew, the proceedings hav-
ing lasted from ten o'clock until after %we've.
It is pro' able that a wish may exist at the Conrt o
Rome to make the public believe that the murderer
Verger is insane. It is certain that among several of
the fewer orders the crime has produced an effect nn
favourable to the clergy, and I have heard of one or two
ude
uo
sni
LlVerger
sv i
s said
to. priests being insulted inteheesnttrsetehtse.sytnSupeahocyontedlut cfut,r, utini;
Just as it is, proves at all v
deceased.
ad-
dres ed to the Emperor personaly, and which el ;tame.
It is reported that a leetbtteyr.
wTasnefo
conclusion
perdu, Bare yens." Verger is
bdeia ,t,elLypAgirveehn evte oci hid
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also said to have left at his late rectory in ti:e diocese of
Meaux a sort of testamentary paper, which has been
transmitted to the police by the Bishop. The paper
says,' "J.e 14e mon arise a l'immortalite; mon corps a
la guillotine." (" I bequeath ray soul to immortality,
my body t) the guillotine.")
The exhibition of the Archbishop's remains was cure
tailed by two or three days. The crowds were becoming
more numerous each day ; the language was in several
cases not at ail edifying ; and the police did not think
it advisable to allow the exposition to continue on the
Sunday.

REOEPTION OF A NUN AT BRIGHTON.—On Wednes-
day evening the reception of a nun took place in the
Roman Catholic church in Upper St. Jaines's•street, in
this town. The lady who has taken the veil is a Miss
B—, the daughter of an eminent judge, and a recent
convert from protestantism. On such occasions the gor-
geous and mystically-beautiful ceremony of the Catholie
Church comes forth in full development. The precincts
of the altar were decorated with wreaths of h, lly and
ivy, while the altar itself was covered pith gorgeous
flowers and wax liglps and a rich uioird antique cover.
The novice, who, from her high position, her wealth,
kir beauty and accomplisliments, was the cyom-ure c f all
eyes, received the " Bridal vt.il of ce,ibity" from the
hands of the R,ght Rev. Dr. Grant, Bishop of South-
wark, who was wsisted on the occasion by the Very
Rev. Canon Reardon, the pastor of the palish, and the
Rev. Mr. Simpson, a recent cony rs from protestantism .
tie church was thronged to e::cess from au early hour
by a most respectable and fashionable audience, anxious
to witness the interesting at l imposing cer.ni ny. At
the crisis, when the novice received the veil at the hands
of the hi,hop, and resigned her worldly name for the
adopted one of her patron saint, and renounced the
world and all its vanities, and as the nuns camel to ems
and receive her into the sisterhood, sehverra., les
present, including some of the Protestant_C
tu burst
into tears. The bishop pronounced an exhor a ion. e
choir was most effective. Arc litany, composed by. Mr.
—Brtglaon
Lowe, the organist, was
Quorcition. gtly admired.