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

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HER MAJESTY.

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 Hesse, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prin-
cess Louise, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess
Beatrice, and Prince L-_!opold attended divine ser-
vice this morning in the private chapel.

The Princess of Wales drove out on Saturday,
accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark•

THE PAPAL ALLOCUTION.

The following is a translation of the Paral Allo-
cution, delivered in the Secret Cousistory 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 U.s, 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 in►atter 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 AIls"
trial Government, lending a docile ear to the job
complaints of our venerable brethren (the boll
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 mll5
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 apostasy 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 case"
teries, and Catholics are bound to allow the bodiel
of heretics to be buried in their churchyard,
they have not any of their own. Moreover, the
same Government, on the said 25th day of 111a1 °f
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
authorities.
" By this law, this same Government has OP'
pressed all the authority and jurisdiction of the
Church on matters relative to marriage, as also all
competent ecclesiastical tribunals on the subject'
It has 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 religions
teaching in the public schools must be placed i°
the hands of members of each separate confession;
that any religious society may open private or 00"
vial schools for the youth of its faith ; that these
schools shall also be subject to the supreme insPeei,"
tion of the State, and that the school books shell
be submitted to the approval of the civil authori-
ties with the exception, however, of such books n'i
are meant for religious instruction—books which
;
must be submitted to the approval of the compete°
authorities of each confession.
" You see, consequently, venerable bretbree,
how necessary it is strongly to reprove and coll-
demn those abominable laws sanctioned by the
Austrian Government--laws which are in flagre°t
contradiction with the doctrines of the Catholic
religion, with its venerable rights, its authority
and its divine institution, with our power an
that of the Apostolic See, as also with our Coneor:
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 raj°
our voice in your most illustrious assembly ; we
eiireprove and we condemn, by our Apostolic auth
rity, the laws which we have enumerated, an
everything, general or special, in those same 111,
or in matters which refer to ecclesiastical right'
which has been decreed or attempted unjustly, 1°
any manner whatsoever, by the Austrian Gover°o'
ment or its subordinates, whomsoever they may
In virtue of the same authority which appertains
us, we declare those decrees null and powerless 1;
themselves and in their effect, both as regards th
present and the future.
" As regards the author of those laws, espeeleeill,
those who congratulate themselves on bl?
Catholics, and have not feared to propose, establish'
approve, and carry out the above laws and Aei.;
we conjure and entreat them not to forget tllO
censures and spiritual punishments, which te,o
ecclesiastical institutions and the decrees of t-_,3
(Ecumenical Councils inflict, as having been desert.%
ipso facto by the violators of the rights of tnd,
Church. Meantime, we rejoice greatly in the L°l.r,
and we give our well-deserved praise to our tren!,,o
able brothers, the Archbishops and Bishops of 'Pt,
Austrian Empire, who with truly Episcopal enerlJ
have not ceased to warn their flocks of their dutl''
boldly to defend and protect by speech as well,
writing the cause of the Church and the said Celli
cordat concluded with Us. We also desire fr%,
our hearts that our venerable brothers, the Arno
bishops and Bishops of Hungary, following to
example of their colleagues, will show thou.-el/0
disposed to display the same zeal and the 05,.,a
ardour to protect the rights of the Church, 'co
defend the said Concordat against the attar,
w aredirected againt it .11 le
" Nevertdhless, under the. calamities, wal-0 vie
these sad times afflict the Church everywhere, et
do not cease, venerable brothers, with the doe of
fervour and humility of heart, to pray to Goa or
Ile may upset all the criminal designs of ais re,9
mies and the enemies of His holy Church, suP94OO
their impious efforts, and in His mercy lead
back into the paths of justice and salvation.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S-PAn.e
' (of
a meeting of the fellows of this society hold on Berta
Charles Robert Turner, Esq., in the chair, the 130ej-•/
the following candidates for the fellowship were rf' id,
Bonamy Dobreo, Esq., Mrs. Charles White, jun., 51fir5"orf
Nisbet, Robertson Edward Ellice, Esq., m.p Will. 0- to
Williams, Esq., 11. Somerset Mackenzie, in addit.-1'
b
twelve elected on the same day. tn t/
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—A supplement oc7
London Gazette of Friday contains an Order of
GliP
directing that the consolidated Cattle Plague Ord3r of 4-lAr
1867, shall be read and have effect as if, throwyboutt tb
title 43 thereof, the word " cattlo" were substitured
word " cows."