The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-09 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 5.
The Queen went out in the morning, accom-
panied by Princess Louise; and in the afternoon
her Majesty drove to Birkhall, accompanied by
Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice.

The Prince and Princess of Wales left Marl-
borough llouse yesterday for Titness Park.

CARDINAL CULLEN O?' THE ALGERIAN

DISPUTE.

Cardinal Cullen has addressed the following let-
ters to the Univers in answer to the extraordinary
assertion made by Marshal M'Mahon in the course
of his correspondence to the Archbishop of Algiers,
to the effect that "though Ireland is a very reli-
gious country," the natives, during the last famine,
used to eat each other, just as the natives of Algeria
during the past winter :

" Sir,—Permit me to protest, through the medium
of your very estimable paper, against an assertion
relative to Ireland, an assertion contained in a let-
ter addressed on the 21st of last April, by Marshal
M'Mahou, Duke de Magenta, to Mgr. Lavigerie,
Archbishop of Algiers. in that letter the illustrious
marshal tells the right rev. prelate (Sa Grandeur),
' You will doubtless acknowledge with me that Ire-
land is one of the most religious countries in the
world. Nevertheless, during the last famine cases
of anthropophagy occurred there, just as they occur
at this moment in Algeria.' As soon as our atten•
tion was directed to these words we deemed it our
duty to institute a careful inquiry to ascertain if the
fact they announced had any foundation, and in a
very short time we were informed, from sources the
most authorised—the most unquestionable, that not
a single act of cannibalism had occurred in Ireland
during the long years of famine which have recently
visited the country. No, notwithstanding its dis-
tress, the country never beheld the scenes of vio-
lence and murder of which the sectators of the
Koran have made so sad a display in Algeria. The
famine was, it is true, so long and so severe that it
may be said that the sufferings of the unfortunate
people (le pauvre people) were unexampled in the
world's annals. But in the midst of these trials
the people of Ireland derived from the true religion
and divine teachings of the Gospel admirable pa-
tience and resignation, and prepared to-a face the
anguish of hunger and death by the pious recep-
tion of the Sacrament of Penance and the Holy
Eucharist. Thus, far from attempting the life of
their neighbours, far from trying to save their own
by sacrificing that of their neighbours, even that of
their own children, as has taken place amungst the
Mussulmans of Algeria, the poor Irish Catholics
there have been thousands of instances of this--
shared with their fellow sufferers their last morsel
of bread ; and I might quote a great number of
parents who, whilst expiring in the torments of
hunger, abstained from touching what scanty food
was left them, in order to save thereby, if possible,
the life of their offspring. These facts, we are
assured, will rejoice no one more than the gallant
warrior who, surely through inadvertence, allowed
the assertion to escape his pen, which we have felt
it our duty to take up. The name of Marshal
M‘ Mahon, who recals one of the noblest families
of the Celtic princes of Ireland, holds a high
rank among those of our Catholic chiefs, who, in
the bloody contest with Cromwell's fanatic bands,
inscribed on their banner this noble motto
Pro fide patria et Rege. The exalted position
occupied just now by the worthy marshal, the
well-deserved honours he enjoys, all show how
faithfully he has preserved the traditions of
valour and devotedness for which his race have ever
been conspicuous to their king and country. But,
on the other hand, the Catholics of Ireland are
pleased to hope that ruling a distant colony in the
name of Catholic France, Catholic France, who
is not only the mother, magna parens, of the Celtic
race, but also the eldest daughter of the Church, he
will know how to uphold the sacred rights of our
faith, and the freedom of a religion for which so
many of his ancestors have shed their blood in this
land of suffering and martyrdom. As regards the
question of orphan asylums for young Arabs,
which gave rise to the letter in which the marshal
refers to the cannibalism which, in evil days, he
supposes to have polluted Ireland, Mgr. Lavigerie
has so ably discussed and set it forth, that all the
world is compelled to admit that to defend such a
cause is to defend the cause of reason, humanity,
faith, and charity—a cause which cannot but pre-
vail in Catholic France. In concluding, Mr. Editor,
allow me to congratulate you on the great services
you have rendered religion by your generous advo-
cacy of the rights of the Holy See, and the freedom
of education, and to hope you may long b 3 spared
to pursue your mission. I beg to assure Monsieur
of my sincere esteem and deep regard.
(Signed) " t PAUL, Cardinal CULLEN,
Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of Ireland, SO'
"Dublin, May 31."

ROMAN CATHOLICS IN PRISON.—A Parliamentali
return shows a long list of prisons in England is
which there is no provision for remunerating a clergy'
man for attending and giving religious instruction
to the prisoners except the chaplain belonging to
the Established Church. The following are in the
list :—Coldbath-fields Prison, which had in it
329 Roman Catholic prisoners on the 2d of April
last ; House of Correction, Westminster, which had
on that day 168 Roman Catholics; House of De-
tention, Clerkenwell, with 75 ; City Prison, Iloilo"
way, 50 ; New Bailey Prison, Salford, 185 ;
42 ; Lancaster and Maidstone, 37 each ; Chester
County Gaol, 34 ; Carlisle, with 122 Roman
Catholic prisoners in the half year ; Derby and
Salop, each with 206 in the year ; Usk, with
288 in the year ; Essex County Gaol and Ilford
House of Correction with 220 between them in the
ye tr. In the following prisons a Roman Catholic
priest is remunerated from the county purse
Birmingham, Durham, Kirkdale, Kuutsford, Leeds,
Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Northallertoo,
Preston, Stafford, Wakefield, Wandsworth, win-
chester, and Worcester. At Spalding a liouisa
Catholic priest residing at Boston is allowed his
second-class railway fare, amounting to £2 4s. is
the last year.
The funeral of Robert Chambers, the ex-chain'
pion of the Thames and the Tyne, took place 1311
Sunday afternoon at Walker, near Newcastle-on"
'Fyne. From 50,000 to 60,000 persons were pre-
sent, including some 3,000 who walked in the Pre-
cession. Among these were some of the most cele4,
brated oarsmen of the day and the members et
many friendly societies. The procession was head°,
by a volunteer rifle band playing the " Dead March'
in Saul. Every piece of elevated ground along
the route from the deceased's residence, St'
Anthony's, Tyneside, to the burial-ground, a dis-
tance of about a mile and a half, was thronge".
The roads and lanes leading to St. Anthony's 3116
Walker presented the appearance of a great muster-
ing towards a race course on a popular race d31:31
being crowded not only with persons who had beebs
conveyed by rail and by steamboat, but by cabs
and vehicles of every character. In compliae.c:
with his own wish, Chambers was buried by tu
side of his mother.
POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.—The underroce;
tioned offices in England and Wales will be opeued,a'
Post-Office Savings Banks on Wednesday, the Ist Ju'it'
1868 :—Bridge-street, Bolton, Lancaster ; Bros l-streeu:.
Sheffield, York ; Chasetown, Walsall, Stafford ; el))
Cros,,e9, Carnarvon, Merioneth; Fulham-road (No. 29_
S.W., London, Middlesex ; Hendon, Sunderland, Purl:
fro), well, Oxford, Oxford; Manor-street, Clapham,
Loudon, Surrey ; New-road, Gravesend, Kent ; -r"a
Elms-road, S.W., London, Surrey ; Southampton-r.o
tientish-town, N.W., London, Middlesex; West-brici ge
Leicester, Leicester.
icy in tea by co-operation. Horninan and Co. have
The newspapers are teeming with references to econoo;
years co- operated through Agents to supply tea is
advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; thetr
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reaches the consumer in the =acne pure state as it leaves
grower, as it is secured in packets.