The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-21 00:00:00

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A decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Index
condemns two German works—" Christianity and
:Modern Natural Science," by Frohschammer, and
" Fifty Theses on the Church In the Present Age,',
by Michelis ; also the Italian ones—" The Middle
Age," by Paganetti, and " A Hundred Biographies
of Illustrious Children of Italy," by Borelli. The
same body announces that the author of " Letters
from Sophronius on the Liturgical Question" has
retracted and publicly asked pardon.
The Bishop of Exeter, with that disposition to do
prompt justice and repress a real grievance which
has ever characterised him, has suspended from
duty the Rev. George Henry Parminter, rector of
St. John and St. George, Exeter, whose disgraceful
conduct while intoxicated was the subject of a pro-
test by his parishioners at a vestry meeting last
week. The church was re-opened yesterday (Sun-
day), and services conducted, both morning and
'evening, by a clergyman temporarily appointed.—
Western News.

At the fetes of Orleans General Fleury presented
to the Emperor a young officer, a descendant of the
brothel; of Jeanne D'Arc. It is computed that there
are at least seven persons in France who are related
to the same notable personage—Madame Albertine
Grauthier D'Arc, widow of the late Edouard De
Julienne, formerly advocate at Aix, and their three
children, M. Edgard De Julienne D'Arc, lieutenant
in the 9th Regiment of the line (he who, according
to the condescending compliment of the Empress,
" well supports an illustrious name") ; Madame
Lowery D'Arc, and Madame Bouchet Riviere D'Arc,
born of Julienne ; then MNI. C. Renaudeau D'Arc,
engineer ; Ernest Renauden D'Arc, under superin-
tendent on the Northern Railway ; and the widow
of M. Edouard Renaudeau D'Arc, advocate and
judge at Rouen.
In the Moniteur de P Algerie of the 6th of May,
Marshal M‘Mahon writes :—" There is no country
in Europe in which life is more respected and safer
than it now is in Algeria." To support this asser-
tion the Marshal adduces certain statistics which go
to show that among the civil European population
of Algeria—about 100,000 in number—there have
during the last seven months been only seventeen
murders and only five persons eaten. A critic in
the liig.zro computes that, as there are in
France 33,090,000 sylls, a similar proportion of
crime would SII3W 14,4)9 mard,!rs a ye tr, a state
of thin.gs which, he obierves, " Nous ferait re-
gretter l'aucienne Foret de 133 n ly," where assassi-
nation usA to be the rule, hal escape from it the
exception.
"The fortifications of Civita Vecchia," says the
7oulonnais, "are 11)w terininate,l an I armid.
rhos 1 of Rome ar.3 exp.tcted to be arms I I.),;fore
long."

We hear that the wife of a bristol cl,!rgyman of
very lligh Church views, whoie place of worship
has been remarkable for its very elaborate ritnaliitic
services, has just seceded to the Roman. Catholic
Church. This is the second parson in the congre-
gation who has recently joined the Church of Rome.
—Bristol Times.

The Emperor of the French, it is said, knew of
the taking of Magdala 24 hours before her Ma-
jesty's Government did so.
THE DENTII OF THE BISHOP OF GRSFTON.—Dr.
Sawyer, Bishop of Graf ton and Arrnilale, New
Smith \Vales, had been conducting the evening ser-
vice at Grafton on Sunday, March 15, when his un-
timely death occurred. At about 10 o'clock he was
crossing the Clarence river to get back to Bishops-
thorpe, accompanied by his son, Mr. Brown, James
Creighton, and two female servants. After pro-
ceeding a mile, the wind being fnsh and the sails
set, near the end of Elizabeth Island a sadden gust
of wind upset the boat: The bishop's son was
asleep, and was not seen after the accident.
Creighton attempted to rescue the bishop, bat was
seized by the servant, who held on to him. The
bishop was never seen again. The survivors wire
picked up by some boats which arrived just in thus
to rescue them.
The Emperor of Austria has sent a sum of 2,000
florins to the committee at Trieste engaged in col-
lecting subscriptions for a monument to the Em-
peror Maximilian. The Empress Charlotte has
transmitted 1,00011.; the Arch duke Francis-Charles,
1,500f1. ; the Archduchess Sophia and the Arch-
duke Charles-Louis, 1,0001 each ; and the Arch-
duke Louis-Victor, 5001
The Figaro states that communications have at
length been opened between the French and Italian
Governments with a view to rid Paris of the little
Italian itinerant musicians, who, as is known, are
exploited by a set of idle vagabonds, who beat
them severely if they do not bring home a certain
amount of money. Arrangements have been made
to send the children back to their own country., and
the journal believes that some have already been
returned to their homes.

On Tuesday the Pope attended in person the
funeral of. Cardinal Andrea, and took part in the
service. He pronounced the benediction over the
body of the late Cardinal. A crowd had assembled
to witness the ceremony.

A Dublin Conservative journal states that a
release of Messrs. Sullivan and Pigott may be soon
expected. Another paper; also a supporter of the
Government, mentions that the writs of error were
disallowed in their cases because the errors were
not specified in the memorials presented by their
counsel, and adds that there can be no objection to
the presentation of further memorials not defec-
tive in this particular.
A few days ago a family of five children, the
eldest eleven years of age and the youngest five,
were found wandering in the streets of Exeter.
They had been sent from Waterloo-station with
half-tickets by their step-mother, and they knew
not why or where they were going. The matter
was brought before the magistrates at the Guildhall,
who considered it a strange mole of disposing of
a family. The little ones were taken to the
workhouse. The father was eventually discovered
at Dartmouth ; he was penniless and seeking work.
He had been separated from his wife for some
time. The children are still in the workhouse.

The Record prints an account of a meeting of
the Scottish Reformation Society—whose principal
object at present appears to be to educate and send
forth upon the newspaper world 200 Protestant
youths well skilled in the mystery of shorthand
writing, for the express purpose of counteracting
" the machinations of the Jesuit newspaper
reporters in the galleries of the 1.1011.3 CS of Lords
andCommons.''