The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-13 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Her Majesty s ship Falcon and the Susan were
at Fernando Po.

The Mary Hamilton left Fernando Po for Queens-
town, on the 15th of August.
Tho Moselle and the Invincible were at Came-
roons.

THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH AT
BORDBAUX.

The Ilioniteur of yesterday contains the subjoined
account of the Emperor's speech at Bordeaux, which,
received by submarine telegraph, was published in
The Sun of yesterday.

BORDEAUX, OCT. 11.

This morning his Majesty received the authori-
ties. The Archbishop of Bordeaux delivered the
following discourse :

" Sire,—The clergy of this diocese, speaking by
me, is happy to renew to your Majesty the sin-
cere homage of its respect and devotedness. It is
with true French pride that we contemplate your
Majesty, whose valiant sword has raised so high
the glory of our country. It is with joy that it
salutes the Mother of the Prince Imperial, and the
noble sovereign who so well combines firmness of
mind with goodness of heart, and who in days of
difficulty bore so nobly the weight of public cares.
" Sire,—When, eight years ago, the town of Bor-
deaux received you with so much enthusiasm, the
vault of our ancient basilica resounded with the
acclamations of the crowd ; we, my priests and I,
were there, assisting with joy at what seemed to us
the baptism of the new empire. We then prayed
for him who had stayed the rising and swelling
waves of revolution, and had secured on the brow
of the church and priesthood the emblems of honour
which men were trying to tear from it—for him
who had inaugurated his great destinies by restor-
ing his city, his people, and his temporal power in
its integrity to the Vicar of Christ.

"On this day, Sire, we pray again, and with yet
more fervour, if that is possible, that God may give
you the means, as he has given you the will, to
remain faithful to this Christian policy, which draws
blessings on your name, and is perhaps the secret of
the prosperity and the source of the glory of your
reign.

" We pray with a confidence and hope which de-
plorable events and sacrilegious violenep have not
discouraged ; and the ground of our hope, the realisa-
tion of which seems at this time so difficult, is, next
to God, 'yourself, Sire, you who have been, and
desire to be, the eldest son of the Church ; you who
have pronounced those memorable words—' The
temporal sovereignty of the venerable head of the
Church is as much bound up with the eclat of Catho-
licism as with the liberty and independence of
Italy'—a noble thought, and in harmony with the
sentiments professed by the august chief of your
dynasty.
" Yesterday, when your Majesty set foot for the
first time in the beautiful city which has sprung up
as if by enchantment on a spot formerly desolate—
when your Majesty was seen kneeling in the as yet
unfinished sanctuary, it seemed to all that the imma-
culate patroness of the spot covered you and your
august consort, and your beloved son, with her
maternal protection. You will discharge towards
her a debt of gratitude in procuring a triumph for
her son in the person of his vicar. This triumph is
worthy of you, Sire ; it will put an end to the
anxieties of the Catholic world, which will salute it
with transport."
His Majesty replied :
" I thank your Eminence for the sentiments you
have just expressed. Your Eminence does justice
to my intentions without overlooking the difficulties
which obstruct them, and show that you compre-
hend your high mission when you seek t. strengthen
confidence rather than scatter vain alarms.

" I thank -you for having recalled my words to
mind, for I have the firm hope that a new era of
glory will arise for the church, as soon as all share
my conviction that the temporal power of the Holy
Father, is not opposed to the liberty and indepen-
dence of Italy.
" I cannot enter now into the explanations which
the grave question you have raised would require.
I will merely say that the Government which was
the means of restoring the Holy Father to the Pon-
tifical throne will only give utterance to such re-
spectful counsels as are dictated by sincere devoted-
ness to the interests of his Holiness ; but it cannot
but be alarmed about the day, which is not far dis-
tant, when Rome will be evacuated by our troops.
For Europe will not allow that the occupation of
Rome by the French troops, which has lasted for
ten years, should be prolonged indefinitely. When
our army shall be withdrawn what .will it leave
behind ?—anarchy, terror, or peace ? These are
questions the importance of which cannot escape
anyone. But believe me, in the times in which we
live, in order to resolve these questions, it is neces-
sary, instead of appealing to ardent passions, to
search with calmness for the truth, to pray to Pro-
vidence to enlighten both the people and the sove-
reigns upon the wise exercise of their rights, as
well as upon the extent of their duties.
" 1 doubt not that your prayers and those of your
clergy will continue to draw down tde blessing of
Heaven upon the Empress, my son, and me."