The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

pentaria, through country which, though not at
present occupied, soon will be.
Messrs. G. A. Lloyd and Co. have sequestrated
their estate. Mr. Lloyd, on his arrival in Sydney,
found the colonial liabilities greater than he had
anticipated, but proposed a composition of 7s. in the
pound. The proposal was received without overt
opposition at first, but it subsequently proved that
two or three creditors would not acquiesce, and one
of these creditors having put in an execution, the
estate was placed under the protection of the Court.
The cause of the failure has been clearly traced to
excessive shipments to an overloaded market, and
forced sales to realise funds for remittance.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING.
THE POPE AND HIS IRISH SUBJECTS.

A few of the Irish journals are making efforts to
persuade the public that wonderful results are likely
to follow the priestly demohstration of Thursday last,
the first fruits of which it is more than hinted will
be a sympathetic movement on the part of the
Roman Catholic laity. As yet, however, there has
been no response to the trumpet sounded by Dr.
Cullen, and it is by no means unlikely that, after
all, the laity will leave to their clergy all the
honour and glory of aiding the head of the Church
in his present critical position. The Cork Examiner,
a high authority on all matters pertaining to the
Popedom, is quite elated at the recent display of
priestly oratory, and seizes the occasion to lecture
the British Government for its backslidings.
" No Government on the face of the earth is more
relentless to those who rise against its authority or
trouble its peace than the British Government—
witness its treatment of the rebels of India and
the patriots of the lonian Islands, to say nothing of
the manner in which it deals with those of its own
subject, who, if they could, would rid themselves of
its control. And yet this is the nation and
this the Government that takes upon itself
to denounce the Pope as if he were the
vilest malefactor, and stigmatise his Govern-
ment as if it were something fiendish and
revolting—something that cursed the earth and
hourly called down upon it the anger of God."
After eulogiging the Pope in terms that might
bring a blush into the cheeks of the Holy Father the
Examiner assumes a rather threatening tone. The
organ of the member for Dungarvan says :
" If there are those, as there are, whom statesmen
seek to conciliate by pandering to prejudice and
passion, let it be known that there are others who,
attached by the strongest ties of filial affection and
spiritual obedience to- the Holy See, are ready to
treat as enemies those statesmen and party leaders
who employ their power to undermine the Pope's
authority, and, if possible, deprive him of his law-
ful possessiens. It is full time that Catholics should
occupy a position creditable to their spirit and wor-
thy of their numbers and influence, and let their
resolve be known to their opponents, whether open
or concealed. If the Ministry of the day—we care
not a rush by what name they aro called—will vio-
late justice and right, by exciting discontent and
holding out hopes to rebellion, let them do so in the
full conviction that there are Catholics who, on a
fitting occasion, will pay back, in defeat and morti-
fication to them and their party, the sorrows with
which they have afflicted the heart of the purest,
the holiest, and the most merciful of men. For so
long as British Ministers believe they can sin with
impunity they will continue to offend against jus-
tice and make the Pope the victim of their dis-
honest machinations. We trust, then, that the
movement in favour of the Holy Father, so auspi-
ciously commenced in Dublin, may go through the
length and breadth of this old Catholic land, evok-
ing in the breast of its Catholic people a spirit wor-
thy of their historic race—of their trials, their suf-
ferings, and their triumphs."