The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-12 00:00:00

Indian summer, though at night there is reason to
complain of the cold. In a despatch addressed to
General Scott, who appeals to direct the operations
of those corps which do not belong to the army of
the Potomac under General AP Clellan, there is news
of a Federal victory by the troops under Brigadier-
General Kelley, in Western Virginia, at Romney—
a place on the south branch of the Potomac lying
west of Winchester, and on the road between that
place and Grafton. The following is the despatch:—

"Romney, Virginia; October 26, 6 p.m.
"In obedience to your orders, I moved on this place at
12 o'clock htst night, attacked the enemy at 3 o'clock this
p.m., and drove in their outpost, and after a brilliant
action of tw.) hours, completed routed them, taking all
their cannon and much of their camp equipage, and many
prisoners.

" Our loss is but trifling, but cannot say to what extent.
"B. F, KELLEY, Brigadier-General Commanding."

The full importance of this affair will be better
appreciated, perhaps, when the accounts reach
Boston on Wednesday. The papers teem with
various despatches—correspondence of all kinds
respecting the engagement at the mouths of the
Mississippi, the affair at Santa Rosa, and the action
at Edward's Ferry. There are also a number of
sporadic skirmishes spoken of which are in favour
of both sides, accordisg to the side from which you
receive the news. In Missouri the Federalists
seem to be recovering lost ground, and Zollicoffer
in Kentucky, has had a reception in his attack on a
force at " Wild Cat " which looks very like a de-
cided drubbing. As an exemplification of the
way in which history is written, and of the reliance
to be placed on official despatches, contrast the re-
port of Captain Hollins (of Greytown repute), of
the Confederated States' Navy, with that of Captain
Pope, United States' Navy, respecting the night
attack on the blockading squadron off New Orleans.
From General Fremont's force there is no news of
importance, but I may add that the repot is of the
removal of that: officer are premature, and that
serious differences of opinion exist on the question,
not founded on personal considerations but on poli-
tical consequences expected in the West should
General Fremont be forced to retire. There is much
trouble caused by refractory officers. Several have
been arrested; some have been forced to retire;
others have voluntarily resigned, unwilling to
appear before the Board for examination as to fit-
ness for duty. It is dangerous to meddle with some
of these colonels, as they are active politicians, and
they can do a great deal of mischief in the large
cities, where their popularity procured them the
command of regiments by inveighing against the
injustice they have received and the mismanagement
of affairs, The Navy Department is also agitated
by-unruly members. Here is Captain Scott, of the
Keystone State, to be arrested, because he left his
cruising ground to take his prize " Salvor" into
Philadelphia. He behaved with some disregard of
the amenities and proprieties to the United States'
Marshal at Key West, and would not pay any heed
to the warrant of the judge at that place, who de-
sired to arrest him for his conduct. Two officers of
high rank in the army, one a general and one a
colonel in the West, have been frequently named in
the journals as men of notoriously intemperate
habits—one being occasionally seen " drunk in the
gutter." It is not wonderful, if such statements be
true, that the Neto York 7inies should have to say
of such affairs as Edward's Ferry that " the retreat
was made after the Bull Run pattern, with slight
improvements, the men rolling, sliding, and almost
turning somersaults down hill, to escape the gall-
ing fire which now assailed them from all points."
I am assured that the Massachusetts Regiment be-
haved well, but that Tammany was not quite so
becomingly represented. As to the courage of the
Confederates, all agree. They were seen to form
line and come into action under fire with great
steadiness. If their finances were as sound as their
fighting, there would be immense chances on the
side of the Southerners; but Mr. Memminger's
scheme of cotton bonds is tumbling, an eruption of
small paper covers the States, and a forced loan of
ready money is in the distance.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.

Thelll‘Alanus demonstration, which came off yes-
terday, must be admitted to be, in point of numbers,
organisation, order, and determination, a great suc-
cess. It would be impossible to estimate the num-
bers that crowded the streets along the line of the
procession. So far as the people were concerned it
surpassed the funeral of O'Connell. It occupied more
than half an hour in passing at a smart pace through
Sackville-street, and must, therefore, have extended
over a mile and a half. The numbers who marched
in the procession have been estimated at 10,000 or
12,000, each man having provided himself with
'crape and white riband, which were worn on the
left arm. Had one of the principal chapels been
given for the exhibition, and had one of the priests
pronounced a funeral oration, with the sanction of
Archbishop Cullen, it is probable that nearly the
whole Roman Catholic population would have
turned out to do honour to the remains. When we
consider that the procession was supposed to be
under the ban of the Church, that the leaders of the
movement had been denounced in the Nation on
Saturday, that owing to the heavy rain during the
night the pedestrians were ankle deep in mud, that
the day was raw and bitterly cold, and that the pro-
ceedings occupied four hours, the success of the
demonstration will seem the more remarkable.
Some people doubt whether it could have been
achieved without the secret approval and counte-
nance of Archbishop Cullen. If he was seriously
opposed to it, and compelled his clergy to absent
themselves because he regarded such a manifesta-
tion of disloyalty as not only impolitic but culpable,
it is clear that the more intelligent portion of the
democracy have to an alarming extent escaped from
the control of the Church. It is also clear, in any
view-of the subject, that the taint of disaffection to
the Government has become much more widely
spread among the working classes of the Roman
Catholics than the public were aware.
The procession started from Lower Abbey-street
at 1 o'clock. There was a large funeral car, on the
top of which the coffin, not shaped in the usual
way, but like a box, was placed, uncovered. The
car was drawn by six horses with outriders, pre-
ceded by eight stewards on horseback, with wands,
to keep the route clear. Then came about 300
citizens, walking eight deep. Next came a baud,
consisting of 40 perforniers. A mourning coach
followed, containing the sister of the-de-teased, Mr.
Doheny, the Rev. Mr. Kenyon, P. P., Temple-
derry, and Mr. John Martin, one of the convicted
" patriots" of 1848. After this coach walked the
Rev. Patrick Lavelle, P. P., Partry, two other
priests, and some laymen. Then came the Ameri-
can deputation, and the va!sinus committees, wear-
ing scarfs and hatbands. These were followed by
" the trades," which mustered in great force, and
they made a very creditable appearance as to dress
and demeanour. There was an odd person among
them unsteady from the effects of drink, and some
few had pipes in their mouths, but, on the whole,
they kept the step almost as well as if they had
been drilled. The Kingstown and Bray deputation
made themselves ridiculous by exhibiting an old
blind harper, with his instrument, clothed in a
white mantle of some kind, which they called " bar-
die costume," perched upon a chair on the top of a
shaky " emblematic car," drawn by one horse.
Oddly enough, the carriage which followed this
burlesque of Irish antiquities contained Mr. William
Smith O'Brien and the O'Donoghue, M.P. Then
followed about a dozen carriages and a line of cabs
and outside cars.

The procession went through Gardiner-street,
Great Britain-street, Capel-street, along the quays,
to the King's•bridge, then by Stephen's-lane to
James'i-street and Thomas-street, and down
through Dame-street and Sackville•street. In pass-
ing the spot where Emmett was executed in Thomas-
street all the processionists took off their hats: It
was near 5 o'clock and rather dark when they
arrived at Glasnevin. There Father Lavelle de-
livered an address, in which he said the events of
that glorious and memorable day symbolized
the resurrection of the Irish nation. Mr. Smyth,
the chairman of the American Committee, also de-
livered an address, in which he stated that the
Irish in America meant to test the feeling of the
Irishathome by disinterring the corpse of M`Manus