The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-28 00:00:00

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ago, has not seen him, as he has not yet left
England. Several other colonial bishops are also
in London.

A proposal having been put forward to hold
another congress of students at Liege, the young
men of the university of that city have just met
to consider whether they should give their col-
lective support to the project. A resolution was
a-lopted that the University would not adhere to
the c .ngress, but that the organization of it should
be left to such students as might think fit to under-
take the task.

The Pres. of Southern Germany, the organ of the
Cabinet of Munich, contains the following:—
" However much depreciated Prussia and her
policy may be in favour of a portion of the popula-
tion of Southern Germany, her most bitter
adversaries must admit that efforts are being made
at Berlin to re-establish with Southern Germany a
good understanding, which requires as an essentia I
condition sentiments of friendship on both sides.
No one, whatever may be his opinions, can con-
test the regards shown 'towards us at Berlin.
If we are rightly informed, there has arisen in
the Customs' Parliament, since the unfortunate
divergences of the first sittings, between the
Deputies of the North and South friendly relations,
which, from a social point of view, leave nothing
to be desired, and which augur well for our natural
cause."
The Catholic Church in the United States has
shown remarkable progress. It is not yet eighty
years since the first Catholic bishop came to this
country, and sixty years ago the entire union
formed but one diocese. To-day there are fifty-
nine bishops and vicars apostolic, and about
3,300 priests. It is estimated that the Catholic
population now numbers from 7,000,000 to
9,000,000 in this country. Since 1850 the num-
ber of churches has nearly trippled, and within the
last seven years the clergy and laity have increased
fifty per cent.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Baron de Beust, accompanied by his family, has
just left Vienna for a few days to quietly celebrate
his silver wedding (twenty-five years' marriage) in
the country.
During the riot at Stalybridge on the Bth April,
a young man, named Robert Beeley, was shot at
from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel and
wounded in the face. A warrant was granted at
the time against the Rev. Joseph Daley, of the
above chapel, on the charge of shooting Beeley,
but the magistrates dismissed the case. An in-
dictment, however, has, we are informed, been pre-
ferred at the Knutsford quarter sessions, and a
true bill found against Mr. Daley.
The London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury
writes :—" Mr. Disraeli, of all persons in the world,
does not deserve the rebukes administered to him
by the press for having allowed the Queen to make
her usual spring trip to Balmoral. He did at-
tempt to prevent it, and was not only himself most
earnest and solicitous in his efforts to induce the
Queen to postpone her visit to her Highland home,
but even went the length of securing the assist-
ance of the Duke of Cambridge, who added his
entreaties to those of the Prime Minister, without,
however, affecting her Majesty's intentions in any
way."
The Northern Star of Monday evening says :
" On Saturday night, greatly to the surprise and
indignation of the inhabitants of Belfast, both the
Catholics and the respectable Protestants, a placard
of enormous size was posted extensively through
the town announcing that one Flynn, a colleague
of the notorious Murphy, would deliver lectures in I,
the Victoria Hall during the ensuing week. Large
and excited crowds gathered round the places on .
which they were posted, and the most intense in-
dignation was aroused. In some districts the
people tore _them down themselves. On Sunday
the ferment in the mind of the people had greatly
increased, and the police becam a apprehensive of
disturbances of the most serious nature. The
matter was at once brought under the notice of the
magistrates, who held a meeting, and arrived at
the unanimous conclusion to take steps to prevent
a breach of the public peace by the delivery of
those obnoxious lectures as announced by placard.
The magistrates, being placed in authority, and I
entrusted with the preservation of the public peace,
could not, they said, permit that peace to be inter-
rupted or violated by the delivery of inflammatory
harangues either in public halls or out of doors ;
and it had consequently been resolved to take the
most effectual steps to prevent the delivery of the
lectures."

The Paris correspondent of a contemporary
writes as follows :—" An anonymous brochure
made its appearance on Tuesday, and its contents
are much commented on i❑ consequence of the
suspicion that it emanates from an official source.
It has for title La Paix par la Guerre,' and insists
that the only way of procuring durable peace is to
go to war, and the sooner the better. Prus.iia,
adds the writer, is in such a position that she
cannot stand still, and France cannot tolerate any
further acquisitions. Prussia's dear ally, Russia,
is not ready ; England, in case of war, would re-
main neuter ; Sweden, Denmark, and Holland,
would join France ; and Italy would probably take
the same side, as such conduct would be more to
her benefit. But Germany herself would be the
Emperor Napoleon's best friend, for with all her
love of unity, she hates the idea of Prussian do-
mination. France, not to make her cause un-
popular, is not to attempt any territorial aggran-
dizement, but to declare her sole object to be to
effect the freedom of Germany as she effected the
freedom of Italy. Prussia is to be driven be-
hind the Elbe, and Hanover to rise from its
ashes and be strengthened ; Russia to be forced
back to proper limits ; Poland to be re•estab-
lished ; Austria to extend her dominion to the
mouths of the Danube ; and the Turk to be
effectually protected against Muscovite encroach-
ments."

A remarkable kind of publication has just been
started at Orleans, entitled " Le Chartrier Fran•
cais." Its object is to publish the pretensions to
nobility which their correzpondents may forward
to them, on the receipt of what the editors may
consider sufficient proof. The journal is conducted
by thirty gentlemen learned in heraldry, of whom
the Marquis de Carbonnel d'llierville is one of the
most active.

The Supreme King of Siam has published an
official list, with the names of his children, the
dates of their birth, and of the dates of those de-
ceased. The whole number is 81, of whom the
eldest was born in 1823, the youngest in 1868.
Sixty six are now living. The late second King
had 63 children, of whom 30 are now living.
" LONGEVITY " OF COINS.—The longevity of coins
generally has been much reduced since railways
came into being. They are in continual motion
from the time of their birth, and the poor sixpence
especially is shortlived, in consequence of being
over-worked. If " one man in his time plays many
parts," assuredly one coin in its course buys many
times its own value. A certain charge is made
annually in the Mint estimates for covering the
loss accruing from the purchase of worn shillings
and sixpences. These are bought_off the Bank of
England at their nominal value, and, of course,
are bad bargains for the coining establishment
which re-casts, and then re coins them into money
of full legal weight. The last amount granted for
the purchase of worn silver coin amounted to
£15,000, or 300,000 shillings, and this was sup-
posed to represent the extent of one year's (1867)
abrasion and deterioration of the silver coinage of
the United Kingdom. Experience demonstrates
that the annual loss of silver by the attrition of
coins is in these days of trading
activity much
greater in value than this, although the
weight of
the silver thus spirited away in one year by friction
is-set down. at 66,362 ounces.