The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-11 00:00:00

THE POPE AND THE AUSTRIANS.

Various suggestions are offered in the Irish news-
papers for the holding of public meetings to adopt
.‘ practical measures" of sympathy in favour of the
Pope. One of those suggestions is the formation of a
" New Irish Brigade" for the service of his Holiness.

The Rev. James Maher, P.P. of Carlow, has ad-
dressed a lengthy letter to Mr. John O'Connell, which
thus concludes:—

" Was ever anything so intolerable as this audacious
attempt 'to overrule the Supreme Pontiff of the Ca-
tholic Church in the good government of his own)
subjects ? The House of Austria, still reeking with
the blood of the noble Gallicians, to intermeddle in
the affairs of the oldest and most legitimate sove-
reignty on earth. If such tyranny be not controlled
by public opinion, alas! for the liberties of mankind.
Let Ireland do her duty by joining in one universal
protest against this monstrous usurpation. Let the
independence of the Church be maintained—the spi.
ritual authority neither clogged nor trammelled by
the state—and liberty can never be wholly lost or re-
ligion degraded. Praying you to use this rather long
letter as a text upon which to point out to Ireland its
duty in the cause of liberty and religion at the present
time, I have the honour to be, &c.,
_ _ .

" JAMES MAHER."
ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF A MILITARY
OFFICER.

The Cork Reporter of Tuesday contains the follow-
ing :—" Yesterday a diabolical attempt was made by
a soldier of the 67th Regiment to shoot Adjutant
Graham of that regiment, while passing from one part
of the barrack-square to another. It appears that the
delinquent, who is a native of Lancashire, saw the
adjutant passing across the square, when he delibe-
rately went to his barrack-room, where he loaded
his musket and proceeded to the lobby window, from
which he took aim at the adjutant, and fired. The ball
struck the ground within a yard of where the officer
stood, and then took an oblique direction and passed
through the window of the apartment of Lieut. Sinnott,
adjutant of the 47th, in whose bed it lodged. This
officer's daughters had a very narrow escape of their
lives, as all of them were assembled in the room
through the window of which the ball entered. After
committing the deed the soldier was immediately
taken into custody, and on his cartouch box being
searched one cartridge was found missing. Adjutant
Graham rose from a subordinate rank in the Guards,
and from his knowledge of military tactics and gene-
ral propriety of conduct while in the service he has
obtained the rank of lieutenant and adjutant in his
present corps, which is composed of almost all re-
cruits, the delinquent being only nine months in the
service. The affair is to undergo an immediate in-
♦estigation."
THE ARMY—STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

The following very gratifying paragraph appears
in the Banner of Ulster :—" The detachments from
the 48th, which have been for some time guarding
the public provision stores in different places in the
county Donegal, have been ordered to head-quarters,
Enniskillen, as the relief committees in those locali-
ties can now dispense with their services. Likewise,
the parties from the 44th and 74th regiments, sta-
tioned contiguous to the Ulster Canal, for the purpose
of protecting boats carrying provisions thereon, are
to be withdrawn forthwith."