The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-15 00:00:00

this band of desperadoes, bearing the name of the
POPE'S soldiers, and under the command of an offi-
cer, now made a general, actually were on the
point of murdering women and children beseeching
them on their knees for mercy, and an unarmed
foreigner ! Nothing saved them but the American
flourishing his passport in their eyes as a flag of
truce, and liberally proffering his gold to save the
poor women and children. One of the band of
murderers was made to understand by the servant
that our writer really was an American, and the
fiends had a spice of selfish prudence remaining
amidst their brutal fury. Four times, nevertheless,
they had to flee, from fresh irruptions of these
savages, into the friendly closet ; indeed, after all,
their escape was almost miraculous ; and it was only
after fourteen hours' suspense, in momentary fear
of merciless and wanton butchery, that they could
venture away from their almost suffocating hiding
place. We remember nothing like it since the
savagery at Hango.
He says the number of victims is not over 30—
not so many as: had been reported, but numerous
enough for the honour of the Papal Administration
and soldiery, all being innocent citizens, seven of
them women and three children ! " Surely" ex-
claims the American " the Pope's Government
should be paternal, but when the father, instead of
correcting his erring children with the rod, turns
upon them with the sword, the punishment is so
out of all proportion to the crime, that it seems high
time to deprive him of the authority which he
abuses. This affair at Perugia," he adds, " may be
the last straw which breaks the camel's back of a
nation's long suffering, and may pave the way to
better days. Were I a Roman Catholic I should
desire to see the supreme head of the Roman
Church confined to his spiritual functions."
So, indeed, say we. Nothing but a false pride
can make Roman Catholics wish to retain the
POPE as secular ruler of any body of miserable
slaves, for such the subjects of unmarried ecclesias-
tics, :or indeed of any ecclesiastics must ever be.
Mr. SPOONER would probably object, and be joined
by Mr. NEWDEGATE, for we hardly know a move
Catholics could make for the respectability of their
Church equal to that of rendering the POPE a
purely Spiritual Sovereign.

MEETING OF THE _ROYAL AGRICUL•
TURAL SOCIETY.

WARWICK, JULY 14.
The show-yard for horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs
was opened to the public precisely at one o'clock
on Wednesday. The extensive sho and the immense
influx of company rendered it peculiarly attractive,
certainly the largest and most exciting the society
has yet known. The officials had some difficulty in
making everything accord, and much as they ex-
exerted themselves to give the best effect, and to
promote the comfort and convenience of the public,
such was the increasing concourse that they were
compelled to leave everything to the good sense of
the people, and all passed off with harmony and
satisfaction.
The cattle classes are very numerous, and would
well suffice for an afternoon's inspection. We can-
not, therefore, do ample justice to them, to say
nothing of the other departments of the show.
There are the same names of exhibitors pertaining
to the classes as usual, with here and there a new
sprinkling. The first prize was obtained by Mr.
John H. Bradburne, of Fife-place, near Lichfield, a
name new to us as an exhibitor, in the first class of
short-horn bulls. The second•prize bull, belongs
to Colonel Pennant, M.P., of Penrhyn Castle. In
the second class of short-horns we fully concurred
with the first adjudication. There was no truly
near approach to Colonel Townley's young bull.
Mr. Ambler obtained the second prize for a capital
young bull ; Mr. Lynn the third prize ; and there
was only one commendation, received by Mr. John
Hall, for a very useful young bull. In this class
were a number of highly meritorious animals
worthy of notice. In the third class of short-horns,
No. 70, Mr. Fletcher's yearling, received the first
prize.

CLASS 4.—COWS IN MILK.
Mr. Richard Stratton takes first, Mr Richard
Eastwood takes second, and Mr. W. Tod, of El-
phinstone Tower, takes third prize in this class.
CLASS S.—HEIFERS IN CALF OR IN MILK.
In this class Colonel Townley again takes first
prize, Mr. Fowler, of Henlow, second, and Colonel
Townley the third.
CLASS 6.—YEARLING HEIFERS.
The first prize in this class is taken by No. 139,
Mr. J. Grundy's.
The classes of short-horns are equal to those of
former years taken collectively, but we have no
very prominent animals in them.
THE FIRST CLASS OF HEREFORD BULLS CALVED ON

OR BEFORE JULY, 1857.
This class contains some beautiful animals. His
Royal Highness the Prince Consort receives a com-
mendation, and in the third or bull calf class he
takes the first prize. The classes of Hereford cows
and heifers are both larger and better than of many
former years.