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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 226, 4 July 1873, Page 6

The 'Pei-seyeranza' of Milan publishes the following details regarding the visit of the Shah of Persia to -Europe :—The journey is definitely fixed for the month of April next, the Persian monarch having been officially.invited to the Universal Exhibition at Vienna. He will be accompanied by the principal nobles"of the Empire with the pomp befitting the "Xing of Kings."" The mollachs or priests, opposed the journey of their Sovereign in Europe; but the latter remains firm in his purpose. He is proud of the idea-thathe will be the first Shah who will have abandoned the old usages which have been maintained by the in&uence of the priests, and winch prevented the Sovereigns of Persia from leaving' their own dominions,' and, above all, from setting foot on European soil. The sacerdotal influence is the obstacle to advancement in Persia; but it will be greatly shaken by the impressions which the Sovereign and his Ministers will bear away from their European travels. The .Shah will visit St. Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, and, perhaps London, then Constantinople, probably going home by way of Italy. " L " ' The "Independence Beige" publishes a significant letter, addressed from the Vatican by Cardinal Antohelli to' thV Spanish bishops. The espistle runs as follows :—''ln the political revolutions of Spain the mission of the clergy is determined by law and justice. The predestined of Providence is Don Carlos, who has resolved, since the fall of the Monarchy,; ■courageously ; to consecrate ; his- reigir : to the restoration"of civil and order: It is necessary to ! make a last effort ! tb succeed; The King by right Diving has need; of our support, and of that -6f all the clergy,; to vvhoin you will give sucli orders' as are ne.cessary to make them act in favor of the just cause. A few days \)f struggle will suffice for success.. Let the clergy rise, and with them all: the Catholic party :■ and Don Carlos will then-take his seat upon a throne yesterday usurped by a stranger, and to-day disgraced by demagogues. - Religion expects still from us an act of energy and obedience." iTi °5? T A , CouaiN.-A parson, reading the funeral service at the grave, forgot the sex of the deceased, and a sked Q ne of the mourners, an: Emeralder, ■ "Is this a brother or a sister ?'': ; Neither," replied Pat, "only a cousin.'! .