The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-07 00:00:00

Pius IX. on Popular Education.

Pope Pins IX, has addressed a brief to the Arch-
bishop of Friburg respecting the new law upon 1
primary schools in the Duchy of Baden. His Holi-
ness begins by stating that he has heard with much
sorrow that measures are preparing in that duchy
which gravely imperil the education of the young
by withdrawing them more and more " from the
salutary discipline and the vigilance of the Catholic
Church." Pius IX. siates, however, that he is at
the same time "overwhelmed with joy" to find the
Archbishop, although advanced in years, fighting as
vigorously as ever for the faith. The brief con-
tinues thus :—Of a truth no one can be ignorant
that the sad, the deplorable condition to which
society finds itself more and more reduced, has its
source in the baneful machinations employed on all
sides to withdraw more every day from public edu-
cational establishments, and even from the bosom
of families, the holy faith, the religion of Christ, his
doctrine of salvation, and so to hamper its actions
as to render it impossible. These pernicious
machinations proceed by a necessary conse•
quence from all those detestable doctrines
which in these unhappy times we have the
misfortune to see everywhere spread themselves
abroad, and audaciously raise their heads to the
groat detriment of the Christian republic and civil
society. Bat if this detestable mode of teaching,
separated from the Catholic faith and the power of
the church, is a source of evil to private individuals
and society, when the teaching of letters and
sciences and the education which the upper classes
of society obtain in the public schools are alone con-
cerned, who does not see that the same method will
produce much more baneful results if it is applied
to the popular schools? It is especially in those
schools that the children of the people of all condi•
tions ought from their tenderest infancy to be care-
fully instructed in the mysteries and precepts of
our holy religion, and formed with diligence to
piety, integrity of manners, religion, and honesty
of life. * * * The design of withdrawing the
popular schools from the power of the Church,
and the attempts made to realise it, are inspired
therefore by a spirit of hostility against her,
and by the desire of extinguishing among nations
the divine light of our very holy faith. The
Church, which founded those schools with so much
care, and which has always maintained them
with so much zeal, considers them as the
better part of her ecclesiastical authority and
power, and every measure the result of which is to
cause a separation between the schools and the
Church causes her,as well as the schools themselves,
tile greatest injury. Those who pretend that the
Church ought to abdicate or suspend her moderating
power and salutory action over the popular schools
ask her in reality to violate the commands of her
Divine Author, and to renounce the accomplishment
of the duty which has been imposed upon her from
on high to watch over the salvation of all men. In
every place, in every country in which this design
should be formed, and above all be executed, of
withdrawing the schools from the authority of the
the Church, and in which youth would consequently
be miserably exposed to the danger of losing the
faith, the Church would most assuredly be under
the rigorous obligation, not only of making every
effort, and of employing every means, in order to
obtain for youth the instruction and education ne-
cessary for it, but even of warning all the faithful
and of declaring to them that such schools insti-
tuted against the Catholic Church cannot in con-
science be frequented. The brief concludes by
congratulating the Archbishop upon the energetic
opposition he has manifested to the reform of the
popular schools in Baden, and implores God to
assist him and his faithful coadjutors in their strug-
gles" for the cause of the Holy Church."

THE APPREHENSION OF MULLER,

EXAMINATION AT NEW YORK.
QUEENSTOIVN, Wednesday.

In order to render it impossible for Muller to escape,
upon arrival at New York a private circular was placed in
the hands of all New York pilots, and on Wednesday even-
ing, 24th ultimo, and as soon as the Victoria was signalled,
the detectives boarded her, and Muller was placed under
arrest.

Eight passengers, including Muller, were taken into the
cabin, and Mr Death pointed out the accused. When
charged with the crime, he denied all knowledge of it, and
accounted for his possession of the murdered man's hat and
watch, which were found in his baggage, by stating that he
had bought them in London. Previous to the detectives
boarding the Victoria, some excursionists cried out, "How
are you, Muller ? Throw the murderer overboard." The
prisoner is a man 24 years old, and not prepossessing in ap-
pearance; height, five feet six inches ; light hair, and small
grey eyes. He was poorly dressed. He was concluded to
the head-quarters of the police, where his portrait was
taken. The people were disappointed in his appearance.
They expected to see a fierce-looking individual, instead of
a poor, cowering looking man as ho is, who seemed to be
more dead than alive. Prisoner said he would like to have
the benefit of legal advice, but was unable to pay. Prisoner
was examined beforo the United States commissioner,
Newton. He sat quietly, and evinced no interest in the.
proceedings. In answer to the Court prisoner said he ex-
pected his sister from 139, Nassau-street, but he could not
say if she was in court.

Mr Marbury then opened the case for the Crown. He
quoted the treaty, providing for the delivering up of per-
sons fleeing from justice in one country, when found in
another charged with certain crimes, and demanded that
the prisoner, Franz Muller, who was charged with mur-
dering Thomas Briggs, in the county of Middlesex, be
rendered up for trial, if the evidence adduced warranted his
commitment for trial on the charge of murder. Mr Mar-
bury then briefly narrated the story of the murder, and
proposed to read the depositions of the witnesses examined
in England.

Mr Shaffer, who defended the prisoner, objected to the
admissibility of those papers, unless the witnesses were all
present to be cross-examined.
After a long discussion, _ _

Mr Marbury read the depositions upon which the war-
rant of arrest was based, and called witnesses to prove the
authenticity of the documents.

Inspectors Tanne; and Kerressey were then sworn, and
recapitulated the evidence they adduced in London.
Robert Death was next sworn, and after recapitulating
the evidence adduced in London, went on to say that—l
have net the least doubt as to the identity of the prisoner.
When I saw him yesterday on board the Victoria I was
requested to wait till I was called in the cabin whore the
prisoner stood, with a number of other persons. I looked at
all those present; there were eight or nine, all strangers.
After looking at them all deliberately, told Inspectors
Tanner and Kerressey that the second man was the man.
In cross-examination, Mr Death said—l identified prisoner
by his light and general appearance. I have not been able
to rpeak as to whether he had whiskers or not, but he had
no moustache or beard. (The prisoner then stood up.) I
should say prisoner is rather under middle size, end not a
thick-set but rather a slight-set man.
The counsel called attention to the depositions, which
stated that a tall and thin and thick-set man sat beside Mr
Briggs,
Witness went on to say—When I boarded the Victoria I
knew I was going to identify the roan. The description of
the man was given by myself and brother.
J. Matthews was sworn, and:said—Muller's hat fitted his
head in an ordinary way, but a little too easy.
Detective Tremnann deposed that prisoner had told him
he had had the hat about a year, and that he had had the
watch two years.

This was the case for the Crown, when the Court ad-
journed till next day, the 27th ultimo, when the City of
Baltimore, which brings this news, left New York. It is
supposed that Inspector Tanner left New York with the
prisoner on the 6th, and will arrive in England about the
15th. The greatest excitement prevails in New York con..
sequent upon Muller's arrest.