The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-15 00:00:00

works shall folloc;; them.' The men for whom we

have assembled to offer our prayers and sacrifices
have written in their blood a noble page in the
annals of Christian warfare which shall never be
obliterated. They were not adventurers or mer-
cenaries, as the tongue of calumny has pro-
claimed ; they were not men seeking for rapine
or plunder • they did not belong to the class of
modern freebooters whose province it is to disturb
the peace of nations, and to spread anarchy and de-
struction over the earth. They were not the apostles
of wild revolutionary projects or of the destructive
theories of socialism and communism. Had they
embarked in such wicked schemes they would have
been extolled as heroes by a licentious press. But
their aspirations were quite different ; when they
turned their thoughts to a military career they pro-
posed fo themselves the example of a Morris or a
Lewis, and their impulse and motives were truly
Christian. A cry of distress was raised in Rome,
the city of the martyrs' the centre of Christianity,
and they rushed forward to defend their own and
the common home of all Catholics, to support the
rights of the most ancient, and legitimate, and
paternal sovereignty of Europe, and to vindicate
the authority of their spiritual father, the benefac-
tor of bis own people, and the friend of Ireland in
the days of her distress. In a small State habitually
opposed to warlike proceedings the hope of military
promotion could not have had any attractions, nor
were any temporal advantages to be expected from
a Prince reduced to great straits by perfidious
enemies. Here wealth, honours, earthly distinc-
tions were forgotten. Nothing but faith, charity,
devotedness to their religion, a thirst for right and
justice could have swayed the minds of the brave
men who, in answer to the call of distress, laid their
swords and their lives at the feet of Christ's vicar
on earth. In the gallant band that gathered round
the throne of Peter, prepared to meet the coming
storm, there were many in whose veins ran the
noblest blood of every Catholic country in Europe,
and some of Erin's bravest and worthiest children.
What. shall I say of their chief commander, ren-
dered already immortal by his victories, and now
dear to every Christian in his defeat ? What shall
I say of his assistant in the command, brave Pimo-
dan, , who abandoned wealth, and pleasures, and
honours, and family, aspiring to the rewards
promised in the Gospel to such sacrifices, and
who showed the earnestness of his devotion to
the cause of faith by dying in its defence?
What shall I say of our own chivalrous and
daring countrymen, who, guided by our O'Reillys
and other illustrious Irish names, showed them-
selves worthy followers of a Lamoriciere and a
Pimodan ? Let the vile scribe who called such men
mercenaries and cowards hang his head for shame,
and be for ever branded as a liar and calumniator.
Never was there a more gallant band ; they were
few in number, but strong in faith in the justice of
their cause ; and quite sufficient for the purposes
of their enrolment—that is, to suppress sedition
and revolutionary movements. But, alas ! a wicked
Ahab had cast a covetous eye on. the vineyard of
Naboth, and determined to destroy the faithful
guards to whose custody it had been committed.
What a sacrilegious enterprise—what an awful re-
sponsibility rests on the soul of the unhappy man
who, while endeavouring to strip the Pontiff of his
inheritance, has shed torrents of innocent blood that
will cry to Heaven for vengeance against him ! In
opposition to all law, human and Divine, in despite
ofjustice and good faith, of religion and honour, on
a sudden, without even declaring war, the bands of
the excommunicated King of Sardinia were let
loose on the States of the Church, and assailed the
Papal army while it had no reason to expect such
an attack. Of what avail could military skill or
undaunted courage be in such a crisis, when the
invading forces, acting like robbers or assassins,
had seized on the strongest positions, and selected
the battle-ground most favourable to themselves,
and, adding perfidy to overwhelming numbers had
commenced the struggle before they gave any inti-
mation of their hostile intentions. If they gained
their end they have to boast of nothing but the
success of perfidy and brute force. Yet they are
praised by the infidel press of France, and the anti-
Catholic and brutalised portion of the press of Eng-
land, and extolled as models of military virtue and
heroism. But no disadvantages could shake the
courage of the soldiers of the cross, the children of
the Crusades. Having prepared themselves for the
day of danger by prayer and washed away every
stain of sin by the Sacrament of Penance ; having
strengthened their weakness by the Bread of An•
gels, they accepted the unequal contest without
hesitation or dismay. The struggle though short,
was dreadful. Who can describe the valorous
exploits that were performed on the side of
justice and truth ? Suffice it to say, that the
fields of Castelfidardo and Loreto were strewn with
the bodies of those who fell dead or wounded de-
fending treachery an,d usurpation, while equal re-
tribution was inflicted by O'Reilly and his brave
followers on those who assailed the old fortress of
Spoleto. Though the Sardinian troops were ten
times more numerous than their opponents, yet it
appears that they suffered far greater losses than
the defenders of the cause of truth, who seem to
have been miraculously protected by the arm of God.
Pimodan, however, and many of his followers fell;
perfidy and numbers prevailed against them. But
was not the spectacle which they presented in their
heroic struggle worthy of God, of men, and of an-
gels ? What a happiness to have fought for the
cause of Heaven in the presence of God and with
the expectation of a celestial crown ! How glori-
ous in future will be the names of those that have
fallen ! Who would not rather sleep in death
with them than live with the brand of per-
fidy on their names, and the guilt of blood
upon their souls, as• is the lot of their vic-
torious antagonists ? As for those, and they are
many, who passed unscathed through the :bloody
ordeal of Spoleto, Perugia, and Loreto, the con-
sciousness of the sacrifices made for religion will
console them in their after life, and generations yet
unborn will pronounce their names with veneration
and respect. And here let us make a brief obser-
vation on the principles involved in the late events
in Italy, which are only one scene in the long strug-
gle carried on from the beginning of the world be-
tween virtue and vice, light arid darkness, heaven
and hell. The great ostensible leader on the one side
is the King of Sardinia, who, however, is only acting
the part of others as culpable as himself. Having
persecuted virtue and justice for many years in his
own States, having banished or im prisoned many men
distinguished for their piety and learning, having
confiscated the property of monasteries and convents
and trampled on the rights of the Church, he bas
now added to his iniquity by openly assailing, in
the most treacherous manner, the common Father of
the Faithful. The great auxiliary of Victor Emanuei ,
his very right hand, is the Dictator of Naples--a
man who can only be classed among
rsitish
freebooters. Why he is so praised by the
him in
press—why such sums are raised for
adventurers are Eng-
land—why so many English pirates
It to em-
barking in his cause, it would be
under-
stand were it not known that thedhiDeff:
hatred of
pan-
dering to their bigotry ile.cutator isCatholicity—that he has shownand this tendencies iss
and
in England, tilt.
Protestant by an apostated
Protestantism by sending his son to be educated
priesthood, and the ot*
a decided hatred
everywhere lie has manifest.
Pjldvo the Papacy, the Catholic
spoliation, violence, bribery,
Ca-
tholic Church. The principles a . ea e by these
for every idea
principles
would. be safe ; every
unhappy men are
of right
and corruption,justice. and
If ctohpnortsoeepme
were to have a
final triumph, no
retaining
no State would be secure against -
.a
neighbour, no Government
stolen successful
goods robber; would be justified i
protected
pow-els.ftuilnternal treachery. and bribery; the wildest
again
most pernicious
revolutionary doctrines and the
principles of Socialism and Communism would pre-
vail. Honour, then, and eternal gratitude to the
children of Erin and their brave companions who
endeavoured to stem a torrent replete with such
dangers to religion and society ! Their names de-
serve to be recorded among
mankind. Opposed to the the benefactors of
Sardinian
satellites, and the great representative
King
ftdrultrhis
and justice, is the holy Pontiff Pius IX. Without
power, without wealth, abandoned or betrayed by
calm, patient, resigned, full of charity
the great ones of the earth, our Holy Father,
aid meek-
ness, but firm as a rock, presents to his children a
spectacle the most sublime of majesty and dignity.
The principles
the Gospel ; here presents are those of truth and
he teaches us to respect property,. to
obey legitimate authority, and to support the spirit
of subordination, without which society must ne-
cessarily
decay and fall. What a glorious privi-
lege to die or to fight in defence of such a cause !
It is the cause of the Church of Christ, the cause
of religion, the cause of God himself. For the
moment, however, victory has been denied to it;
but the cause is not lost. Perhaps it is iu

the designs of Providence that the church and.
her Chief Pa stor should suffer trials and per
secutions for .sot tie time ; but humiliations, borne
for justice sake, IL 'ad to glory and to triumph. It
was by Ills agmly And death, and by the humility
of the Cross, that: o:ir Divine Redeemer overcame
the powers of dark ness and freed us from the
slavery of hell. The. Church has often been perse-
cuted, and often wept over the sufferings of her
children. but the blood of martyrs has always been
the seed of Christians. The Pontiffs have often
been in exile and chains; many of them have died
upon the scaffold, but their authority has never
died, never been destroyed. Even in the present
cntury a Pius' VII, was dragged from his throne ;
his States were annexed to France by the ambitious
uncle of the present Emperor. The same scenes
were then enacted which we now witness ; and
and infidelity shouted with exultation :that
the Papacy was at an end. What was the result?'
The Pope returned in triumph to Rome, and re-
acquired all his territory. Napoleon I. was sent
to exuiate his offences and to die a captive on a.
barren rock in a distant ocean. The same will now'
happen soc.-mer or later ; contempt for all law,.
human and divine—anarchy, perfidy, violence may
prevail for a against the Apootolic See—but
in the end the Chn:ch and her Supreme Pastor will.
triumph. While sit.'dding a tear and offering our
prayers for the
',us dead, let us not forget to
pray for the cause for •
which they died, imploring'
of the Almighty to shor e. the days of the tribula-
tion of the just, to quiet n
the troubled waves and.
waters, and to strengthen:
and exalt our Holy
Pontiff, and to restore peace a
nd happiness to the
Church. Let God arise and let His enemies be
scattered, and let them who hate Him flee from.
before his face."'

THE sTERATBY MU.RDER.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS'

On Saturday morning Mr. Step 'ens, the summon-
ing officer of Stepney, was .engag, ed in collecting-
fresh evidence which has not bee:'' discovered by
the detective police.
A man named Philip Cornelius, a lighterman,„
employed at Nicholson's Wharf, Lo ndon bridge,.
has been found, who was drinking with the pri-
soner (Mullins) at six o'clock on the ,evening of
Monday, the 13th of August, at a publie, -house in
Three Colt-lane, Bethnal-green. This is tike even—
ing on which the murder is supposed to have been
committed at the deceased's (Mrs. Emaley's) resi-
dence. The man Cornelius left the accused about
seven o'clock, and he never saw him afterwards.
He was very intimate with Mullins, whom he hAd
known for several years.
A man named Harrison, a weaver, residing in
Park-street, close to the house where Emma re-
sided, has been summoned by Mr. Stevens, as Mul-
lins was seen by him between two and three o'clock
on the Sunday morning walking from the brick-
field where the parcel was discovered by Sergeant
Thomas on the Sunday afternoon, the 9th ultlino,
which would be the day they were both appre-
hended.
Several other witnesses will be in attendance,
with Dr. Gill, of the Bow-road. The latter will be
examined as to the marks of blood found upon ft
sovereign which has been forwarded to the Coroner
(Mr. John Humphreys).
An application has. been made to the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, and from. what
the reporter learned from the police of the K divi-
sion, the prisoner Mullins will not be present at the
adjourned inquest on Tuesday next.
The brickfield and the house of Emms were
yesterday (Sunday) objects of attraction, and
crowds of persons visited both places

0 UNTIDY MARKETS.

YORK- OCT. 13.

...
The supply of wheat was more plentiful to-day, but the
new qualities were inforier. The trade was firm, and the
currencies were at previous rates for old ; new is per qr
lower.
Wheat, red .62s to 64s 1 Oats.... 2Bs to 301
White do .61s to 68s Beans 48s to 50e
Barley .34s to 42s `Peas ... „—s to —s
Malt, 68. to 70s per qr. ; rye, 40s per qr. ; flour, 47a to
50s per sack.

LEICESTER—Our. 13.
There was a free supply of wheat to-day, a tolerable'
attendance, and prices as before. White wheat, 64e to 68e
—red, 518 to 60s per 36 stony; a healthy sale for fine
barley, grinding, 36s to 38s ; malting, 40s to 44s per qr. ;
oats, 25s to 36s per 24 stone. i)eans—old, 52s to 54",
new 50s to 52s per 3S stone.
Fine flour, 48s I Seconds, 44s I Thirds, per 20 atone.

CAMBRIDGE—OCT. 13.
There was a limited supply of wheat, both old and now,
and, with a quiet trade, white moved off at 60s to 68s,
red, 50s to 58s per 36 stone. There was a thin show of
barley again ; malting, 35s to 42s ; grin ding, 30s to 38s
per 30 stone. Oats at 22s to 26s for new; old oats, 30s to
—s. Beans in limited supply, and extreme rates—new, 40e
to 49s ; old, 43s to 45s per 38 stone ; peas, 40s to —a per
36 stone. -White cloverseed, 86s to 89s; red, 46s to 808:per
qr. ; tares, 14s to 15s per bushel.