The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-29 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

SALFORD. —A meeting of the Liberals has been held,
when it was determined to unite in favour of Mr.
Clieetham the present member, and Mr. Rawson.
OLDHAM. —The two sitting members, Messrs. Hibbert
(L.) and Platt (L.), will he opposed by the two defeated
candidates at the last election—Messrs. Cobbett and
Spinks. It is difficult to describe the politics of these
Gentlemen.

EAST DERBYSHIRE.—It is expected that Mr. Jackson
*(L.) and Captain Egerton (L.), son-in-law of the Duke of
Devonshire, will come forward. The Conservatives are
reported to have chosen Mr. Turbutt and Mr. Pegge
Burnell.

NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—Mr. Fitzpatrick Vernon
will once more contest this division in the Liberal interest,

LIVERPOOL.—An enthusiastic meetitg of the Liberal
party was held on Friday night, when it was resolved to
support Messrs. Rathbone, and Mr.ssey as candidates foz
the borough.
PRESTON.—Lord Edward Howard (L.), who will have
to give up Arundel at the next election, has accepted an
invitation to contest Preston. The sitting members arc
Conservatives.

SOUTH NOTTS.—In the event of Mr. Barrow retiring
from the representation of this division, the Conservatives,
it is stated, intend bringing forward Mr. John Chaworth
_Musters, of Annesley Park, as a candidate. It is pre.
sumed that Mr. Hildyard, the junior member, will again
offer himself.

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE.—A local paper says that Mr.
Laslett has emphatically pledged himself to come forward
again for the Eastern Division at the next election. The
Yoame paper states that Mr. R. P. Amphlett, Q.C., will
;also contest the Eastern Division in the Conservative in-
terest ; and says it is rumoured that Mr. Lyttelton will
not offer himself again. The last statement has been em-
phatically denied.
SANDWICH.—Mr. Knatchbull-Ilugessen is about to
retire from the representation of Sa,nciwich ; Mr. T.
Brassey, jun., who has been an unsuccessful candidate
on previous occasions for Birkenhead and Devonport,
comes forward as his successor in the Liberal interest.

NORTTIAMPTON.—Mr. Charles l3radlaugh (" Iconoclast")
has issued an address to the electors.

IRELAND.—An address to the electors of Ireland, pre-
pared by the National Association of Dublin, speaks of
the issue to be tried at the coming elections as " the main•
tenance of the abolition of .a State Establishment inde-
libly stained with the blood of your martyred fathers, anp
which has no parallel in history for hideous injustice."
MERTHYR TYDVIL.—The Cambria Daily Leader states
that there has been an idle rumour current for some time
to the effect that Mr. Bruce would retire from the borough
of Merthyr, and contest the county at the ensuing election.
Mr. Bruce has denied the truth of this, and stated that
he has no intention of retiring from his present represents•
tion.

Nearly 80,000 persons have visited the Exhibition
at Lee4s, opened some time back by the Prince of Wales.
Mr. Bright, on his approaching visit to Ireland,
will, it is said, be entertained along with Mr. Peabody
at a complimentary breakfast by the citizens of Liverpool.
The Davenport Brothers, now at Birmingham,
have been very unsuccessful, the "lanes and highways"
having to be scoured for persons who will not object to
" orders" for admission.

A meeting of Conservative Churchmen opposed to
the policy of Mr. Cau!stone end Dr. Pusey will be held on
Wednesday next to devise means to support her Majesty's
Gove,nment at the forthcoming elections. The chair will
be taken by the ion. and Very Rev. the Dean cf York.

Advices from Huddersfield state that Houston, the
anti-Ttomanist lecturer, has been assailed with stones near
the railway station in that town, and that his arm was hurt,
but not seriously. A young man, named Crompton, was cut
with a stone under the ear. Great confusion prevailed, but
the stall 'n doors were locked, and Houston escaped thron'
the parcel office.

In a case which has been under investigation by
the Derby marfistrates, a medical student, named Fernando,
was chargel with bigamy. The &tenet) is that the first
marlin:re
.wps baying been. performed by a Roman
Cethrl•c ritspt, an l ,me of the parties, within twolvdmontbs,
profesqed to be a Protestant. The prisoner stands committed
for !rid. •

Th..'/and/ester Examiner stated some days back
that the Leominster magistrates had fined four boys for play-
ing cricket on Sunday. It now app,,ars, however, that this
was stating the case too broadly. The boys were fined not
for playing cricket on the Sunday, but for trespassing on
the field in which they wore playing, and for injuring the
grass.

The excavations which arc being carried on at
Pompeii have brought f o light two fresco portraits situated
under the portico of the Via Stabiana. It is believed they
represented the master and mistress of the house.' rhe man
wears a magistrate's toga ; the woman is in the attitude of
a person reflecting about what she is to write ; for she has
a style in her right hand, and is about to carry it to her
lips, while in her left she holds writing tablets.
DEPARTURE OF THE HON. CHARLES FRANCIS
ADAMS.—On Saturday the Hon. Charles Francis Adams,
the late American Minister at the Court of St. James's,
and suite left Liverpool in the Cunard steamer China for
New York. Mr. Adams was accompanied on board by a
host of friends, among whom were Mr. Moran, the present
secretary of the American Legation, and who, until the
arrival of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, will assume the
functions of Minister.

A CHURCH oN FIRE. —Early on Saturday morning
the belfry in the newly-erected tower of Boyn-hill Church,
Maidenhead, was discovered to be on fire. On the alarm
being raised the volunteer fire brigade at once turned out,
and proceeded to the spot with their engine, but unfortu-
nately the supply of water was very scanty. After con-
siderable exertion the fire was extinguished, although not
before three of the eight bells had fallen, and the other
five were so much damaged as to be useless. The cause
the fire is unknown.

DEATH OF A CONVICT piton SUNSTROKE.—A2I
:request has been held at the Chatham convict establish-
ment, on the body of a convict named John Wright, who
died from the effects of coup de soleil. The deceased
was employed on the works in progress at Chatham for
the enlargement of the dockyard. The heat at the time
was very great, and whilst at work deceased was suddenly
seen to fall to the ground as if in a fit. On examina-
tion he was found to be quite dead, death having re-
sulted from sunstroke, which produced apoplexy. The
jury returned a verdict of death from coup de soleil.
MR. LONGFELLOW AT SHAKSPERE'S BIRTHPLACE
--Mr. Longfellow, the American poet, visited Stratford-
on-Avon on Wednesday last, and, with Mr. E. F. Flower,
went over the principal places of interest, taking parti-
.lular notice of the " birthplace, the home, and the grave
of the bard." Mr. Longfellow has since arrived in London,
On Saturday he visited the studio of Mr. John Watkins,
in Parliament-street, and gave sittings for several photo-
graphic negatives. Mr. llassam, Dr. Blanc, and other
of the released Abyssinian. captives also sat to Mr.
Watkins for portraits, which will attract unusual atten-
tion.

THE RETURN' OF SIR ROBERT NAPIER.— The
nayor and corporation of Southampton telegraphed to
Sir Robert Napier at Malta last week to know if he in-
tended to land at Southampton, as they were desirous to
present a congratulatory address to him, and to celebrate
his arrival by an entertainment in his honour. On Satur•
day afternoon the following telegram was received from
the general, viz. :—"Malta, June 26, 3.20 p.m. To the
Mayor and Corporation of Southampton.—Sir Robert
Napier gratefully acknowledges the honour proposed for
himself by the mayor and corporation of Southampton,
and regrets extremely that his arrangements have been
made to return via. Marseilles, and therefore be is unable
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WINDSOR CASTLE, June 28.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold, drove
in, the grounds yesterday afternoon.
Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Louise went
out.

Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince and Prin-
cess Louis of Herse, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prin-
cess Louise, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess
Beatrice, and Prince Leopold attended divine ser-
vice this morning in the private chapel.

The Princess of Wa‘es drove out on Saturday,
accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark.

THE PAPAL ALLOCUTION.

The following is a translation of the Papal Allo-
cution, delivered in the Secret Consistory held on
the 22d June last :

" Venerable Brethren—We should never have
imagined that, after th Convention agreed to
nearly thirteen years ago between Us and the
Emperor and Apostolic King of Austria, to the
great joy of all well-minded men, we should be
obliged to lament over the miseries and serious
misfortunes which, by the machinations of evil-
disposed men, now afflict and annoy in a deplor-
able manner the Catholic Church in the Empire, Of
Austria. In fact, the enemies of our divine reli-
gion have been unceasing in their efforts to de-
stroy the said Convention, and to do the greatest
harm to the Church, to Us, and to this Apostolic
See. On the 21st of December last the Austrian
Government passed an odious law, to be carried
Out and strictly observed in every district of the
empire, even in those districts where the Catholic
religion exclusively prevails. That law establishes
free liberty for all opinions—liberty of the press, of
every faith, and no matter what confession or doc-
trine ; it grants to the members of every confession
the right of establishing public schools and colleges,
and members of every confession are allowed to be
admitted on the same footing, with the sanction of
the State. Although we felt great grief on being
informed of the fact, and wished to raise our voice
against it, we nevertheless gave proof of forbear-
ance, and we deemed it advisable then to keep
silent, chiefly supported by the hope that the Aus-
trian Government, lending a docile ear to the just
complaints of our venerable brethren (the holy
prelates of Austria), would return to more whole-
some ideas and adopt a sounder determination. But
our hopes have been frustrated. In fact, the same
Government, on the 25th of May of this present
year, issued another law, which extends to all the
subjects, even the Catholic ones, of the empire, de-
ciding that sons born of a mixed marriage must
, follow the religion of the father, and the daughters
that of the mother.

" Moreover, the same law suppresses entirely
the validity of the promises which the Catholic
Church, with reason and with the greatest justice,
exacts and prescribes absolutely before the cele-
bration of mixed marriages. It makes apostacy it-
self a question of civil law, both as regards the Ca'
tholic religion and the Christian religion generally ;
it suppresses all authority of the Church over ceme-
teries, and Catholics are bound to allow the bodieit
of heretics to be buried in their churchyard, 1'
they have not any of their own. Moreover, the
same Government, on the said 25th day of May Of
this present year, did not hesitate to promulgate
law on marriages which entirely cancels all the
enactments agreed to in the convention already
alluded to. This law restores the former Austrian
laws, which are contrary to the laws of the Church;
it admits and even confirms that form of marriage
absolutely condemnable, called civil marriage, when
the authority of any confession whatever re-
fuses the celebration of the marriage on grounds.
which are not admitted as valid by the civl
authorities.

"By this law, this same Government has sup"
pressed all the authority and jurisdiction of the
Church on matters relative to marriage, as also all
competent ecclesiastical tribunals on the subject.
It bas also promulgated a law on education
which suppresses all the influence of the Church
over education, decreeing that the whole superior
supervision of education, literature, and science,
as also the inspection of schools, appertains to
the State; which finally decrees that the religious
teaching in the public schools must be placed is
the hands of members of each separate confession ;
that any religious society may open private or spe-
cial schools for the youth of its faith ; that these
schools shall also be subject to the supreme inspeo"
tion of the State, and that the school books shall
be submitted to the approval of the civil authori-
ties, with the exception, however, of such books as
are meant for religious instruction—books which
must be submitted to the approval of the competent
authorities of each confession.

" You see, consequently, venerable brethren,
how necessary it is strongly to reprove and con-
demn those abominable laws sanctioned by the
Austrian Government--laws which are in flagrant
contradiction with the doctrines of the Catholic
religion, with its venerable rights, its authority
and its divine institution, with our power and
that of the Apostolic See, as also with our Concor-
dat, already quoted, and with natural right itself.
In virtue, then, of the care of all Churches in-
trusted to us by the Lord Jesus Christ, we raise
our voice in your most illustrious assembly ;
reprove and we condemn, by our Apostolic autho-
rity, the laws which we have enumerated, end
everything, general or special, in those same logs,
or in matters which refer to ecclesiastical right)
which has been decreed or attempted unjustly, in
any manner whatsoever, by the Austrian Govern-
ment or its subordinates, whomsoever they may be.
In virtue of the same authority which appertains to
us, we declare those decrees null and powerless in
themselves and in their effect, both as regards the
present and the future.
"As regards the author of those laws, especially
those who congratulate themselves on being
Catholics, and have not feared to propose, establish,
approve, and carry out the above laws and Acts,
we conjure and entreat them not to forget th°
censures and spiritual punishments, which the
ecclesiastical institutions and the decrees of the
(Ecumenical Councils inflict, as having been deserved
ipso facto by the violators of the rights of the
Church. Meantime, we rejoice greatly in the Lord,
and we give our well-deserved praise to our vener-
able brothers, the Archbishops and Bishops of the
Austrian Empire, who with truly Episcopal energy
have not ceased to warn their flocks of their duties,
boldly to defend and protect by speech as well as
writing the cause of the Church and the said Con'
cordat concluded with Us. We also desire frolo
our hearts that our venerable brothers, the Arch-
bishops and Bishops of Hungary, following the
example of their colleagues, will show themselves
disposed to display the same zeal and the seal
ardour to protect the rights of the Church, and
defend the said Concordat against the attack°
which are directed against it.
" Neverthless, under the calamities, which ja
these sad times afflict the Church everywhere, scet
do not cease, venerable brothers, with the deePe3t
fervour and humility of heart, to pray to God 019'
lie may upset all the criminal designs of His eue:o
mies and the enemies of His holy Church, supP,
their impious efforts, and in H the''
back mercy lead the
back into the paths of justice and salvation."

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S-PARIC.--"A
a meeting of the fellows of this society held on Saturd,iii
Charles Robert Turner, Esq., in the chair, the names °
the following candidates for the fellowship were read
Bonamy Dobree, Esq., Mrs. Charles White, jun., Mrs. /3;
Nisbet, Robertson Edward Ellice, Esq., M.P., Wm. Lieu%
Williams, Esq., H. Somerset Mackenzie, in addition "
twelve elected on the same day. he
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—A supplement j.„, t
London Gazette of Friday contains an Order of CO9ll
directing that the consolidated Cattle Plague Order of MO;
1867, shall be read and have effect as if, throughout Alia
tido 45 thereof, the word "cattle" were substituted for t
word " cow."