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Eittraturt, NOTICE. Notes on the Nobility, No. L : Skftch of the History of the House of Russell. By David Ross, of the Liverpool Chronicle; London : W. S. Orr and Co. We owe an apology to the author of this little work, and to our readers as well, for not having sooner directed attention to it in our columns. Mr. Ross's sketch of this illustrious house—illustrious for the talent, heroism, vir tue and patriotism which have belonged to its members from the remote line of its first founder to the present day—displays great genealogical research and historical and biographical knowledge. It is written in an excellent and impartial spirit; and conveys to the reader, in the aompass of a small volume, a store of interesting informa tion, which could only be gleaned by him from the pe rusal of many bulky records, some of which are beyond Ole reach of the mass, whilst the compilation from them of the details sought for would involve an amount of time and labour which few have at their disposal. The plan of these •• Notes on the Nobility," which we observe are intended to embrace the history of some of our most emi nent families, is an excellent and a happy one; and we took forward with great interest to the continuation of Ale series. The notes appended to the Sketch of the Rouse of Russell are very valuable. We may remark, en passant, that there are few subjects upon which Englishmen generally are more imperfectly Informed than the history of our great ancestral houses, connected although some of them have been so intimately with the renown of our country, and with the institutions ander which we live. Mr. Ross's unobtrusive, though most valuable labour, will go far to remove this reproach; and may even urge the enquirer to a further pursuit of a most interesting study. VARIETIES THORWA LDSEN.—His life was a continued triumph : - fortune and victory waited on him, and art was recognised and reverenced in his person. The life of this happy one —this triumphal march—may be painted in words, as with (*lours. To represent the whole in painting, we should sketch three scenes. The first is aiDanish beech-forest, where the king stands before an altar of rude stone blocks, surrounded by the priests, with a thick gold circlet on his head. This is the King of Denmark, Harald Hildetand. His eye sparkles. -his - head is proudly raised—for the . . "nighty gods have sworn to him that, after many centuries, one of his descendants shall stretch out his sceptre from the North Cape to the southernmost point of Europe— far towards east and west—and his name shall be re corded in .the book of nations. See the next scene! Centuries have rolled by, and it is our own age ; a poor boy, with a little red cap on his golden hair carries an earthen pitcher, slung by a cord, through one of the marrow streets of Copenhagen—he is bringing dinner to his father, who works in the dock-yard, carving rude figure-heads for the ships. But observe this child ! he is the youngest of King Harald Hildetand's race, and in him the promise shall be fulfilled. But how ? The third scene will show. The boy has become a man—the yellow hair white—but it hangs upon his powerful shoulders in rich profusion ; around stand noble marble forms—Jason with the golden fleece, the Graces, the Holy Apostles ; it is the King of Artists whom we see—the scion of Harald Hil detand—the poor boy, who now as a man stretches his sceptre in the realm of Art, over the countries of Europe —it is Bertel Thorwaldsen. It is not the imagination of a poet—it is reality—which has furnished the subject for each picture.—Translation front the Danish of H. C. Andeiven, in Dublin University Magazine. " Goon" CHILDREN.—In contradistinction to the sub ject of naughtiness, there is a word we have alluded to before, which we must inquire a little into,—one oftener taken in vain than any other in infant education, and which, in our infant recollection, was the eni gma of the Tittle vocabulary. We mean that magic word good. In ahildren of sense and principle, the vagueness of this term is most distressing ; implying, as it does, first one thing and then another, and nothing long. Sometimes a strong exertion of the will; sometimes a total abeyance of every faculty now a dryness in the atmosphere, which keeps their ha ir in curl; and now a letter by post, or a hamper stom the country, which puts their mother in a good hu _ With us this word is associated with very mixed feelings. Certainly it was a pleasure, as all rare surprises were ; but still it always brought nervous misgivings, and fearful lookings forward to a long future, in which more would be expected from us, and less on our part likely to be fulfilled ; for how were we ever to be sure of being good again, when we never knew how we had con trived to be so in the present instance ? From our own recollections, however, and much subsequent observation, we should say that the real maternal beau idial of the term consists in a keen power of discrimination between the value of a stuff gown and a silk one, accompanied by a general constitutional slowness of circulation. And a reference to foreign languages confirms this view. The French synonym is sage, wise ; the German, arlig, polite; neither of them in the least childlike, but both corre sponding with the quality implied. Every wise child must know the difference between stuff and silk, and no polite shild would ever think of trampling it under foot. That's why stories of good children, who are always prudent, prim, and precise, are so distasteful to children of any premise at all. They feel the misnomer, and their natu ral instinct rises against it. Parents give themselves much trouble and their children much torment in trying to enforce this many-headed term ; but they may rely upon it, in nine cases out of ten, a good, open, honourable naughtiness is a far better thing. Where there is really a food child, let us watch and pray, for it is a fearful gift to parone hnvc KIWI' Vll f one—meek loving, _ _ . patient— _ uhe unconscious pattern of every Christian line, with a conscience too tender for us weak ones not to offend. Oh ! what would we have given for more of those qualities which others take so much pains to repress? She was good, if you will—goodness personified—too good, alas ! to live.—Fraser's Magazine. SAMSON'S DEATH.—The time at last came when the daughters of the Philistines did rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised triumphed. Both with his first and second wife Samson showed himself peculiarly alive to *e force of female importunities ; and apt to give way before the exhibition of female distress. In the former attempt to extort a secret from him, 't is said that his wife lay sore upon him—in the present attempt, that his soul was vexed unto death. It looks a marvellous infatuation —the'effect of melancholy weakness—that he should have been thus gof the better of in the face of former palpable J give him up unto the Philistines—evincing the blindness of passion, and holding forth a most impressive lesson to 'beware of it. The secret came out at last. God had charged his mother before that he was born that no' razor should come upon his head—making this the condition, whether of the strength which he had naturally er of the extraordinary visitations and gifts which be weived of supernatural strength when the Spirit of God 'me upon him. He gave up his conscience and his vow •srfidious woman, who on his locks being shorn off which I cannot distinctly designs t gan to afflict pro( understan At all events, his strength did depart from m ; and he, when he awoke out of his sleep was un ,onscious thereof ; but the Philistines, in obedience to the call of his treacherous and cruel wife, were upon him, and the Philistines prevailed. And merciless was the •ge they took of their success—putting out his eyes oinding him with fetters, and forcing him to grind in a prison-house.—l know not if there be any natural con nexion between the growth of the hair and the recovery `-- - neth. Samson may have repented of his infidelity, adrart anti and the temporal chastisiiiient of his loss of strength been withdrawn. And this strength was made the instrument at the last of a great and signal manifestation—a triumph over idolatry--a vindication of the supremacy of the one only and true God—and, finally, a most picturesque and characteristic termination to the career of a great hero. One recoils from the barbarity of the Philistines in bring- to make sport of him ; and pro one feels a certain wild and natural renging ruin which he brought upon yen though himself involved in the common tion 'that fell upon all—both men and women— spectacle. Thus fell one of big in blind old Sam portionally to this, satisfact'on in ti ,o were enjoy! he sava the most noted of the historical personages whom Scrip ture—so full of them—has transmitted 4ownward to future es. Dr. Chalmers' Daily Scripture Readings. ►SOLDIER&- AND MANUFACTURERS.—Mr. Cobden is i the " horrid trader ► it as. barbarous and %,11 risks.. Now, pet- He characters remarks, there is a monstrous deal of ingratitude in this language of the free-trade apos tle. Had it not been for our arms, where would our mar kets have been ? If we had succumbed to Prance instead of humbling her at Waterloo—and we presume that Mr. Cobden would have preferred the formes'alternative, since he thinks that the Duke should now be preaching forgive ness for the past—where would have been our trade, and where our exportations of calico ? Hindostan is an ac quired country, and British arms have opened up the mar- tiug aside the idi iets of China; and are these commercial evils? Really it is throwing away language to attempt enforcing a point so clear as this. Commerce owes everything to the exer tions and protection of that military power which these purblind theorists complain of; and iiiii•eOurarmanents abolished to-morrow, we should look round us in vain for a customer. And pray what does the arrogant upstart mean by characterising the honourable profession of a soldier as a damnable trade ? Does he intend to disgorge his contempt and contumely upon the graves of those who fell on the field of battle fighting nobly for their king and country Are we now to be told that the name s w hi c h ? wa have written in our annals, and embalmed in our me- s, are d, igus as those of homicides to this; and if public scorn man who can conceive and is not ro deed we may be- centime beve that demor cation has 1 that the meat influence the nation. Not dar justice and freedom be so. is flu have drawn the sword in ill ts. then Artially done its work, and nester are henceforward to -able nor horrid, unless ofession of those who )f Britain, anc for the maintenanceof order :liberty, and religion. Other to such epithets, hut with trades there are far more lia these, thank heaven ! we ha, The trade of the little practical acquain eedy taskmaster, who rears in ds them to their task until the repitude- limbs are warped into early de ll not recognise the existence of in the tender framework of the the victims of his avarice—of the ►ecranse thereby he may keep his an imperishable soul withi he mak If that man, we say', though it m ay be .e shade less horrid, than that of the slave-tra- d in a Christian land, is but nit he is indebted to the f Mr. Cobden and bis liberal con ke menwbo ate to revile and tra- he leprosy of mammon is from their breath.--- THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK.—This is One pet the noblest effusions of anc ient poetry, and of poetry set to music—sung as well as recited. The willing help ell the people is an homage rendered to those who did offer themselves—for we find an exception made against certain of the tribes. I cannot imagine anything higher than trio I, state and sublimity wherewith this Ode of celebration is 0 ushered in, and the effect of God's presence, or at least' the manifestation of his forthputtings and his power,. is depicted. The song begins with a reference to God's ta terposal in former times. There is a difference of opinion whether the reference is two-fold, embracing both God's appearance for his people when they first entered the Holy Land, and the descent on Sinai— or whether there be a • reference to the latter only, for which sonic countenance is derived from Deut. xxxiii. 2, which is most intelligible on the supposition that the approach o'.. the Divine glory to Sinai was from the east. However this might be set tled there is soon a transition downward to more recent times—to the days of Shamgar, who effected a like deli verance to that which called forth this song of celebration —when the Philistines overran the land arid forced Abe people into skulking-places. The inhabitants after -this had to retire from the unwalled and unfortified villages till the days of our illustrious prophetess —so beautitet.Uy designated as a mother in Israel, and which is still telt and applied as the most characteristic description which ; can be given of a venerable matron full of faith and good works, and a signal blessing, by the influence of her ex. I ample, to the country or neighbourhood where she lives. ,' The ode proceeds in the highest of a ll poeti ca l st ra i n s t o ii its conclusion. The stars in their courses fighting against 1 Sisera is a truly sublime conception. Meroz was probably some town which refuses its quota of auxiliaries. - Nor ! can we imagine anything more picturesque, more Ossiinic, than the representati on o f th e l a di es l o oki ng ou t f or th e 1! return of their lord—while the blessing given upon iaez I' indicates a Divine command, or at least a strong sad . urgent sense of patriotism in her mind—else it were the revolting barbarity of an Amazonian. Both the criteltx and licentiousness of the age break forth in this effusion. i !, It were strange now for women of rank to describe, as is ; here done, the spoils of the war ; but, making allowances !", for all that appertaineth either to the country, or to the I period in the history of the world, this must be confessed to be one of the most elevated and beast-stirring poesia that has come down to us from ancient times.—Dr. Ctrl- . 1 mere' Daily Scripture Readings. 1 AN AMERICAN SPORTSMAN.—Dr. Isaac Hamberl' in, n worthy man and old citizen of this county, came to his death, a few days since in a most shocking manner. Oise day last week, Hamberlin, with two ocher gentlenien, . ~ led Satartia for a bear hunt, and proceeded to _Lake George, where it forms a junction with the Sunflower river. A short time after they had landed from the boat. the dogs entered the cane and immediately struck a trail, and Dr. Hamberlin followed them but a short distance, when he came up with them and a very large bear in the thick cane. Dr. Hamberlin fired at him, the ball entering his head at the upper part of his nose, without doing much injury other than to infuriate him, and he turned and made at Dr. Hamberlin. The doctor endeavoured to get out of the animal's way, but the cane being very thick he could run but slowly, and had run but a short distance when the bear overtook him, seized him by the thigh, jerked him to the ground, and completely stripped Dr. Hamberlin's leg of flesh and muscles. By this time the dogs again seized the bear and got him off. Dr. Hamberlin then attempted to rise but could not, being so. badly torn. He then got out his hunting knife, the bear left the dogs, and attacked Dr. Hamberlin the, sea:tad time, and tore him very much. This ;line Dr. Hamberlin succeeded in cutting one or two gashes in the throat of the' bear, but not deep enough to do him any material injury. The dogs again diverted the attention of the bear from I his victim, and he left Dr. Hamberlin and engaged with the dogs ; but in a few minutes the bear came at him a j third time, when Dr. Hamberlin made a stroke at him, but the bear seized the knife by the blade, wrenched it from j Dr. Hamberlin, and threw it some distance from him, 1 and seizing Dr. Hamberlin's arm mashed it into a jelly. By this time the cries of Dr. Hamberlin brought one of his companions •to the rescue, and he, seeing the awful situation of his friend, fired, and struck tie bear in the neck, which caused the beast to leave his victim and take to flight ; but another of the company corning up it an opposite direction encountered the bear and shot it. Dr. Hamberlin had his wounds tied up and was then carried to the boat, to be taken immediately to Satartia, but he expressed his unwillingness to return without having his - formidable antagonist with him. His desire was gratified and he and the bear were taken to Satartia, where en.inent medical aid was brought to his assistance, but he died on • the fourth day, after su ff ering during the time the moat excruciating pain. The bear was very large, though poor; weighing 3401 b. with his entrails out.—Yazoo WAig, 21st of January. INSTINCT IN ANIMALS.—At the meeting of the Lite rary Society last week, Dr. Warwick, who was intro duced by a member, narrated some curious facts with re spect to animals. When he resided at Dunham, the seat of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, he was walking one evening in the park, and carne to a pond where tieh, intended for the table, were temporarily kept.. He took particular notice of a fine pike of aboutsix pounds weight, which, when it observed him, darted hastily away. In so doing, it struck. its head against a tenter-hook in a poet (of which there were several in the pond, placed to ava vent poaching), and, as it afterwards appeared, fractured its skull. and turned the optic nerve on one side. The agony evinced by the animal was most horrible. It rushed to the bottom, and, boring its head into the mud, whirled itself round with such velocity that it was almost lost U.) the sight for a short interval. It then plunged about the pond, and at length threw itself completely out of the water on to the bank. He (the Doctor) went and exa mined it, and found that a very small portion of the brain was protruding from the fracture in the skulL He care fully replaced this, and, with a small silver tooth-pick. raised the indented portion of the skull. The fish re mained still for a short time, and he then put it again into the pond. It appeared at first a good deal relieved._ but in a few minutes it again darted and plunged about until it threw itself out of the water a second time. Ase cond time Dr. Warwick did what he could to relieve it., and again put it into the water. It continued for seve ral times to throw itself out of the pond, and with the as sistance of the keeper the Dr. at length made a kind or pillow for the fish, which was then left in the pond to. its fate. Upon making his appearance at the pond on the' following morning, the pike came towards him to the edge of the water, and actually laid its head uponhis foot. The . Dr. thought this most extraordinary, but he examined the fish's skull, and found it going on all right. He then walked backwards and forwards along the edge of the pond for some time, and the fish continued to swim up and, down, turning whenever he turned : but being blind On the wounded side of its skull. it always appeared agitated when it had that side towards the bank, as it could not , then see its benefactor. On the next day he took some young friends to see the fish, which came to him as usual; and at length he actually taught the pike to come to him at his whistle and feed out of his hands. With other per sons it continued as shy as fish usually are. He (Dr. Warwick) thought this a most remarkable instance of gratitude in a fish for a benefit received, and, as it always came at his whistle, it proved also what he had previously, with other naturalists, disbelieved, that fishes are sensible to sound. • BABYHOOD AND CHILDHOOD.—The nursery is a won derful world, and all that therein is ; but Baby is the greatest wonder of all. That little separate thing in the world,7-uncommunicating with others, unremembered by itself,—that mysterious state of being before the deluge of memory sets in, lying there, like a hermit in its cell. as if gathering strength in passive contemplation for the world's encounter. Who says that a baby does not think or feel ? Have they never seen that strange smile break ing through clouds of infant flesh," and then passing away, as if it caught for a moment the harmonies of heaven? Or have they never heard that stranger sigh— the first spontaneous language of one who is " born to sorrow," as if it heard from afar the growing jar of this earth,—incognisant, to our apprehension, as it lies pas sively there, either of this world or that, yet stamped by that very smile and sigh, as the being who stands myste riously between both ? But the noise and uproar have been too much! The round lustrous eyes are wide open, which, like the eyes of the Divine Child in the Sistine Madonna, seem to look at nothing, in gazing beyond all things ; and baby is seated on nurse's knee. There it sits, the little stranger, who dwelleth so calmly amongst us, without speech or movement, though brothers and sisters are screaming and running around it, looking so serenely, content, as if he knew how little either could weigh in the balance with its own deep repose. There is no model like a lovely babyfor true queenly dignity,the wide open gaze, the hands' slow movement, the proud drawing up- if the usual etiquette be transgressed,—re minding us of the, beautiful ►iues in, the Lyra Innoeen iium " Why so stately, maiden fair, • Rising in thy nurse's arms, With that condescending air, Gathering up thy queenly charms ? the round, portly form, moving slowly to and fro, im bedded in lawn and fine linen. And then, when a few months older, the truly royal impatience of opposition, the autocratic air with which the spoon and rattle are dashed down, the haughty stare if some monitory voice exclaim, Baby, baby !" and then the celestial smile, as if to for give you for having been angry with her. We have dubbed the baby feminine. Babyhood seems so, with its, beauty, its softness, its helplessness, and its waywardness, =ladylike in each of its attributes. But look now at that little swaggering urchin, with scarcely more than two of our short years over its head, and it is a boy all over. The reign of dignity has been succeeded by that of impudence Noise and movement are now his chief element. Up . . the chair and down again. If you take him up he kicks and struggles; the more comfortable you try to make him the less he likes it ; restlessness is his rest. If he is not talk ing to. you, he is talking to himself—stamping, hammer ing, rattling, clattering ; whatever can make a noise is plaything to him. Lik e anot h er Nero, he wishes all the bells in the house had but one string, that he might ritiq thPrnaltorstithsw_ • . • • 1.4311 li UIGL Liill, MI. then, if the truth were known, he dreams of banging doord Mischief and courage have begun together ; take a dog by the tail or a bull by the horns ; screams to be held upon a coach-horse he can't stride, and kicks the animal to make it go faster; is all ready to fire off a gun, and roars because you will not let him strukyles away- from the maid to run after the she?p ; tumbles down, is picked up with a mouth full of gravel, and a " Never e peace with you, Master John ;" is held double tight by the maid all the way home, with an admonitory chuck, now and then, whiclialmost dislocates his shoulder, but manages to put ins feet, 1010 t oo puuates f or all that! Bless the child ! he is all right in his start f or lif e , an d plague and pleasure alike he will give.—Praser's Mao. THE FISHERS AT THE EAST OP SCOTLAND.—The 'ere at with th I) carry th 11 aiorniug return about noun, io gathered the bait are ready ish to the shed toodieWs them. In the- first- ingtanee, the ash-must. be However large or small the. take may be, the- fish are divided•in lots, each man having his lot determined by a sort of ballot. Suppoee, for example, that the crew co4= sists of six men, the fish are parted in seven lots, one for each man and one for the boat. Each fisherman chooses a small ston e , concea l s i t f rom hi s ne i g hb our, an d pu t s it, along with the others, into the lap of one of the women, who is bound in honour not to look down while this pro cess is in progress. The woman then lays a stone on each lot, and as every fisherman knows his own stone, he is at no loss to decide which is his lot. There is no dispute in this mode of apportionment, and it has this particular advantage, it prevents disappointment when at any time one or two fishes of more than ordinary value are caught. The seventh lot is for the purpose of maintaining a fund out of which the boat may be repaired so long as she is fit for sea, and a new one built when the old one is wrecked or useless. When the fish are carried to the shed, all hands set to work to dress them. They are, however, generally cleaned and salted, or cured, by the women, as many only being preserved in a fresh state as may serve to supply the neighbouring market or the nearest farmers. In the evening, and for the first half of the night, the men go to rest. The women now bait the lines, or rather the hooks on the lines, all of which had been carefully exa mined and made secure by the men in the afternoon. In this employment every one has a part to perform. For sixteen at least out of the twenty-four hours of good sea-going weather, the fisherman's family are busied with something or other, and when the prevalence of bad wea ther interrupts the usual routine, the time is spent in making nets, mending lines, and preparing stock-fish for the south markets. This description applies to what is called home-fishing, which is conducted mostly in winter. In the early part of summer, some five or six boats' crews man their largest boats, and, accompanied by several of their daughters, proceed to the Western Islands to pursue ,the cod and ling fishery. When at the Lewis, or the Harris, or at the islands of Tiree or Skye, these fishermen 'pay a small sum of money, or a certain number of fish, for the use of one or more huts, as circumstances may require. The islanders have little or no communication with them, and as their time is fully taken up either in ;catching or curing the cod, the six weeks occupied in this !sway are spent in comparative isolation. Having dried the codfish on the rocks, they are carefully packed in the boats about the middle or end of June, and carried to Glasgow, where they are sold. The money thus obtained is chiefly laid out in the purchase of clothing, coal, and ,('fishing-gear, all of which are to be bad of better quality, and at lower prices, in Glasgow than nearer home. Pass ing through the Forth and Clyde canal. the boats return in the beginning of July. This is a merry time for the !illagers, when all has gone well d ur i ng th e season . very preparation is now made for the herring fishery, which is carried on at various points on the east coast. To some one or other of these the fishermen now resort, taking with them, as in the former case, some of the women to cook and wash for them in their lodgings. In prosecuting the herring fishery, the men are at work all night and the women all day. This fishery continues for six or eight weeks, and in fair average seasons yields good jeturns. The usual stipulation is to fish for two hundred crans ur barrels, at a certain fixed sum for each barrel caught. At the rates paid to the fishermen by the curer last year, one boat's crew would receive for a full fishing X 230. On the faith of this,. the fishermen often contract debts. however, which they can seldom pay when the fishery fails, and hence the practical advantages of the system are in no respect to be compared with those which result from the other modes of fishing either at the islands or at home. In September, the fishermen are in their own cottages again ; and, in prospect of winter, a clu ik of :sixor eight perso ns i s f orme d, an d a sum o f mone y sub racribed, in equal proportion, for the purpose of buying What they call a mart, that is an• ox or fat cow to be killed and salted as winter provisions; the marts are ge. nerally purchased at one of the autumn fairs, and in one day they are a l slaughtered. A 'stranger entering the village on this occasion would almost fancy that he was amongst it• set of savage barbarians, every strand being filled with blood, and the women carrying hither and thi ther creels full of beef and offal. In dividing the marts, the same mode of distribution is practised as in the case of parting the fish on return from sea. During the dark season, the salted meat is used alternately with fish ; and as every fisherman calculates on growing a few bolls of potatoes, the ground for which lie obtains from the near est farmer in return for his fish-offal, there is generally no want of good wholesome food all the season through —Bogy': Weekly Instructor. RIOT AND DESPERATE COLLISION ;WITH THE POLICE, IN LONDON. (Prom the Sun of Monday) 'When our reporter returned from Trafalgar-square to The Sun office,.shortly before three o'clock, for the pur pose.of framing the report of the Income Ma meeting, which appeared in our last edition, he was led to believe that the people would quietly disperse : indeed, a great many left the place, but it seerrfs that as many persons as the number mentioned in our last edition—namely 10,000 or 12,000 remained, apparently with no settled purpose. No expressions, as far as we were able to- ascertain, escaped the crowd that remained after the termination of the meeting, front which one might judge of the settled purpose which they had in view. He heard one man cry out—in French—" Death to Guizot," " Long live the Republic," but he seemed afraid that any one should observe that he was the utterer of such sentiments. At two o'clockp.or a little after, a great number of the police took up their position in different parts of the square, and proceeded simultaneously to clear away the crowd, who resisted the rather summary way in which they began to put their orders into force. In fact the people—and it is right to state %hat a vast number of them were young men and boys of the labouring class—did not relish the interference of the police, who in order the better co accomplish their object, saiote with too ranch vicdence right andleft. They *ere assailed with the mast diseoidant yells, and we saw several stones thrown at them. Some were severely punished, and the truncheon of one was wrested from him and thrown into the basin amidst cheers. A little boy was struck so violently across the head. by one of A division, of whose violence a great many complaine&to us, that he fell, and the blood flowed from beneath his cap. A young man was knocked down like a bullock by, one of the same division, and carried off for dead. It is right to mention that the tempers of the police were sorely triedi, When we saw them strike, they did so with unnecessary force, and seemed altogether to have lost their tempers. ilrlany respectable persons with whom we entered into conversation, agreed in opinion that if the police had not interfered, no acts of violence would have been committed. Between thirty and forty men and boys have been taken into custody for assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. Some of them are severely wounded about the head. A great many were taken to the Charing-cross Hospitals to have their wounds dressed. Inspector Baker, 19 A, had his eye-lid severely cut with a stone; he received also a severe wound at the back of his head, and was obliged immediately to go. to the surgeon of the force. About three o'clock that portion of the palings of the Nelson monument nearest the National Gallery were torn down, and a number of men and boys got on the plinth of the column. Two or three persons who stood on the margin of the basins were pushed in out of sheer fun, and did not escape without a severe ducking. Police constable 48 A had his eyes severely cut, and the police are more or leas injured. _ _ The greater portion of the police were withdrawn at half-past five o'clock, and as soon as they went order was in a great measure restored. We have seldom seen a mob more inveterate against the police. Had they not mustered in suck large num bers some must have been killed, for there were bitter cries of " Throw them into the basin." The people were exasperated at being struck with their truncheons. The fierce rushing to and fro of large knots of people chased by the police, now closing upon them, then strug gling fiercely, and shouting with all their might, with the batons striking away in all directions, had the appearance of a formidable riot, looking down upon it from the steps of St. Martin's Church. The club windows, and in fact every available spot from which a view of the conflict could be obtained, were crowded. On Tuesday and Wednesday, mobs of the lower orders again assembled in Trafalgar-square and the neighbour hood of Charing-cross. They were composed of the low est class, and of boys from sixteen to eighteen years of age. The police were, however, on the alert ; and though many windows and lamps were broken, and the streets kept in continual confusion s no further outbreak took place. At Bow-street police-office, on Tuesday, Mr. Jardine was occupied the entire day disposing of no less than ninety charges arising out of the disturbances, which consisted of assaults upon the police by boys resisting them in the execution of their duty, throwing stones and ,other. missiles, mid other acts of violence and resistance. .--',...,.......--.- DREADFUL RIOTS IN SCOTLAND.—TEIE MILI TARY CALLED OUT. (Prom our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) The unemployed opgratives in Glasgow were last week In rather an excited state, and assembled in very large numbers on Friday, to be addressed by one of the leading chartists. They, however, separated peaceably ; bat it will be seen by the subjoined copy of a letter which has been received by the master of the Exchange News room, in this town, that their peaceable intentions have not been of long continuance. _ _ _ Extract from a private letter dated Glasgow, Monday evening:— " The city is in great confusion and excitement. Seve ral shops broken into and gutted, by the unemployed, Who are marching about with guns, &c. The gunsmith's shop in Exchange-square, and the goldsmith's shop in Buchanan-street are forced in ; the former is cleared of its contents, and the windows smashed. All shops are closed, and the streets crowded. Several shots were fired hi Buchanan-street a few minutes ago." The following despatches contain the latest intelli gence GLASGOW, MONDAY, 4 P.M his mnment taking place in t city. The mob are breaking open the gunsmiths' shops. The one next our office is now being pillaged. The cry is, Down with the Queen !' The mob is composed of 1000 persons. Two pol'- "HAIR-PAST SIX, P.m " The city is now quiet, but from the number of guns stolen it is feared that there will be fresh outbreaks during the night. The military are posted in various parts, and a large body in the Royal Exchange. The shops of jew ellers and gunsmiths have all been more or less pillaged. All business is suspended." "EDINBURGH, 11 O'CLOCK, P.K. " 150 dragoons have just left for Glasgow. The mob are increasing. They are pulling . up the rails on the Pais ley and Airdrie railway. 600 of the 71st foot have just left for Glasgow." • The turbulent mob renewed their hostilities on Tuesday afternoon, though all appeared quiet when our last de spatches were published. The riots ,were recommenced in Bridgeton, by an attempt to stop a mill which was at Work. Eighteen' armed outpensioners 'vete on the stiot; slid haying been ordered to tire, 84 old meg sae aliot TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. through the head at the corner of Muslin-street. A younger man was also shot, and three young boys, who chanced to be near the place where the people were as sembled, were shot, but were still alive. The excitement amongst the working population from the mills, who by this time were collected in crowds, was very great. Soon afterwards a troop of cavalry entered Bridgeton at a can ter, and were received by the populace with great cheer ing. In the midst of the display, one of the dead bodies of the men who had been shot was carried down Main street on a deal board, supported on the shoulders of six or eight mer, and followed by a concourse of mourners, who ever and anon shouted " A military murder !" The dragoons at once made way for the passage of the mourn ful cortege, by taking the other side of the road, so that the body and its followers passed without interruption. The cause of the disaster was, that a number of boys had, in the first instance, commenced throwing stones at the out-pensioners, that one boy was made prisoner for so doing, that the crowd effected hisrescue, and that Police captain Smart gave orders to firo, when five individuals fell after the first discharge. By the evening the excitement increased to such a de gree that the shops and warehouses were closed. Large bodies of military parade the leading localities in all parts. The banks and principal public offices were guarded with military. The police-offices of the city were, towards night, crowded with prisoners to the number of 100. Upwards of sixty guns and other weapons were taken from the rioters, and on the persons of the prisoners were found quantities of cheese, butter, ham, barley, as well as pow der-flasks and powder. During the greater part of Tuesday night the mob re mained in the streets, but they were quiet. Every thing was quiet on Wednesday, and business proceeded as usual, though the town was in a. state of excitement. A man named Campbell, one of the persons wounded on Tuesday, by the fire of the pensioners, died on Thurs day, in consequence of the injuries then received by him. This is the third death which has now resulted from the fatal collision between the populace and those armed for the preservation of the peace. On Tuesday an attempt at disturbance was made in Edinburgh, of the same kind as that of Glasgow. The Riot Act was read, and the military obliged to be• called out before the mob dispersed. The town, at the latest intelligence, was quiet, but considerable mischief was done to property. About a thousand street-lamps were broken. About fifty persons have been apprehended. Oh Friday, a body of colliers paraded the streets of Air dreg; about ten miles from Glasgow. They seemed dis satisfied, and evidently meant to create a disturbance. They were joined by one or two agitators from Glasgow. LErtm.—A chartist meeting took place on Friday. The folhwing-paragraph from the placard will show the cha rFter of the proceeding :—" Working men—To you espe cially we say come forward and hear what republican France is now doing for the good of the sons of the soil." The building was densely crowded ; but the people con ducted thainselVes throughout in a very orderly manner. KINSALE ELECTION. CLOSE OP THE PoL.L. B. Hawes.... Lord Chinton At the Repeal Association yesterday, the Earl of Nrii town.rook the chair, having jotned the association in fah fitment of a pledge given by hinyto , do so, " if justice was not done to Ireland." Orntral ititsrellanv. Louis Philippe is in his 75th year. The Rev. Nit. Thomas, formerly of Exeter College, Oxford, has been admitted into the Romish Church. During the year 1847, 27,093 men enlisted in the army, and of these recruits 7,760 were afterwards rejected as un fit for military service. DEATH OF MR, THOM, THE INVERARY PbET.—Mr. Thom, the poet, whose genius and misfortunes are so well known, died a - few days back at Dundee in penury. A•brigantine, supposed' to be the " Earl Gowrie," Wa terford, was totally lost in Swansea Bay, on Sunday week, and all the hands perished, From a return, ordered by the House of Commons, of the number of persons Wigged in the navy, in 1847. it ap pears that the number was 860, and that the totalimmber oriashes inflicted was 26,288. An old man named Sutcliffe was found drowneiin the canal near Wakefield, last week. He had several times attempted to destroy himself on account of the dryad he had of being obliged to receive parish relief. _ _ EirritAimin may Bi RTH: -Mr . Samuel Parkhouse has, on his farm at Dry Drayton, a ewe which produced fi ve lambs on Monday last. T he whole of the progeny, ,as was to have been expected, are- since dead. William Pinnock, of Throcking, died a few days since from leek-jaw, brought on by Al fred Bush, another !ad of the same place, throwing mortar in his eyes in pray. It appeared to have been accidental on the part of Bitsb: The Norwich Post states that the trade of that city is now more brisk than it has beers for many years ; and stech is the demand for fancy nets. which cannot be made by the power-loom, that the number of hand-loom weavers is not sufficient to meet the demand. By a return just printed, it appears that on the sth ult.. the dividends due at the Bank of England and not de manded, amounted to £965,98310,a. 7d., of which £858,291 15s. 9d. had been advanced to thegovernment under three acts of parliament. The present aggregate amount of imported grain in Gloucester is estimated at 48,385 qrs. wheat ; 1010 qrs. barley, 11,279 qrs. oats, 8178 qrs. beans, 127 Q qrs. pease•; making a total of all sorts of grain of 70,022 qrs. ; against 24,040 qrs. at the same period in 1847. The Morning Post says that Don Miguel, of Portugal, declined visiting her Majesty's Theatre, on Thursday, out of respect to Louis Philippe, who, although he had done him all the harm he could, was still a near relation of his mother. On Saturday evening a sumptuous banquet was given to Sir 11. R. F. Young, at the Albion Tavern, Alcicrogate street, London, previous to his departure for Port Ade laide, the seat of his new government of South Australia. Sir Henry's appointment appears to have given the great est satisfaction to all parties. BtruGLAuv.—The house of Mr.. Thomas Newlove, at Warthill, near York, was on the night of Monday week broken into, and a couple of old guineas, eight sovereigns, and about £6OO in Beverley, Bridlington, and York notes, were stolen. £lOO reward has been offered for the dis covery of the offenders. It is not perhaps generally known that the tri-coloured flag, as now hoisted at sea on the French packets, is not arranged as formerly, blue, white, red, but is changed for blue, red, white ; on coming into harbour, the old one replaces it, as if the new one waa not recognised by our government. RUGBY SCI?OOL.—We deeply regret to announce the alarming illness of the talented head master of Rugby school, Dr. Tait. The rev. gentleman has suffered most severely from rheumatic fever, which has brought orhin flammation of the lungs, and but slight hopes are enter tained of his recovery. LOOKING OUT FOR A STORM.—The New. York Herald, of February 20,.states that agents of Louis Philippe were in New York, investing property for him in ease his family should;.after his death, be driven from the throne of France ; and it was estimated that his ex. Majesty had 1,000,000 dollars invested in houses and American stocks in anticipation of some outbreak in Prance. EFFECTS OF PASSION.—On Friday week a fellow named Edward Jarvis, in the employ of Mr. Gooch, of Cowlinge, Cambridge, unexpectedly approached a valuable pony, tied up in the nag stable, and it slightlylicked him, when, possessing himself of the broom handle,. he got into the manger, and after striking it several times about the head, with another blow felled it dead upon the spot. The miscreant has.absconded. MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.—OH Saturday week, the Rev. W. Slater, teacher of Walnev School, went to Biggar, a village'on that island, to spend the day, in cele bration of a marriage that had taken. place.. He returned the same evening, and was accommodated with a lantern, it being then dark, and proceeded along the sand ; anti we are sorry to say was lost in the attempt, for his body was afterwards found upon the sand. A few days since, while a shopkeeper in Edinburgh was pumping Whiskey out of a cask at his door, he incauti ously placed a light so near the aperture as to set fire to the liquid. On observing the flame, he hastily closed the bung in the hole to extinguish it, when both ends burst out with a loud report, knocking down and seriously injuring a boy who was standing by, and spilling a con siderable quantity of spirits. A lamentable instance of ignorance and superstition occurred at a village in Bedfordshire, a few days ago. With a view of testing, by a charm, the faithfulness of their sweethearts, three young women had torn the heart out of a torn cat when alive, stuck it with pins, and burned it ; they were properly arrested for their inhuman barbarity, were heavily fined, and, in default of payment, now lie in gaol. SERIOUS Loss OF LIER.—On Monday, in the celebra ted Benton Quarry, about four miles from Newcastle upon-Tyne, the quarrymen were engaged in blasting the rocks and a considerable explosion having been effected, they were removing the fragments in the usual manner, when suddenly, and entirely unexpectedly, a large mass of stone, with its capping of shale and earth, gave way, and descended like an avalanche on the men below. Eight were killed, and several others very severely injured. A few days since, while some excavators employed in the construction of the aqueduct of the Bristol water works, were blasting rocks in the parish of Litton, a large piece of rock struck the brim of a .man's bat with such violence as to drive it forty feet into the air. The narrow ness of the escape however, failed to disturb the imper turbable phlegm of the excavator, who coolly turned to his alarmed comrades, and observed, " A miss is as good as a mile, be'ant it ?" During the last few days, some druggists in Derby have received notices of exchequer processes, to recover from them heavy penalties, for having sold unstamped medi cines, although such medicines were not patented. Per sons have been sent to purchase pills and mixtures, to cure some named complaint, for which twopence or three pence has usually been paid ; and whenever the box or - 9ttle cond—* preparation , was without a three ~uncannuh halfpenny patent medicine stamp, legal proceedings have been immediately instituted. THE ENGLISH WORKMEN EXPELLED FROM FRANCE —On Tuesday, the Mayor of Portsmouth received instruc tions from the Secretary of State relative to the disposal of the people brought from France. His worship' is government expense nearly all the residue on Tuesday, for their respective des tinations, with food and money, by the Brighton and South Coast Railway. The poor creatures seemed very grateful for the tindness. lay, anc THE LATE ROBBERY OF THE :MESSRS: BOWRING. RECOVERY OF THE SILVER.—Mr. C. Bowring, we are informed, has had an interview with the convicts, Lloyd and Mahony, , respecting that portion of the stolen pro perty which,,up to the time of the conviction of the men, had not been recovered, and has succeeded in inducing th. end -ahony to inform him w ,ne money had been se creted in Cwmnant-gwyn wood; and so accurate was the description given by the convict of the spot, that Mr, Bowring, on his return from Swansea, rode over, accoin: parried by one of his men, and without theleast.dilliculty, discovered the - hidden treasure," amounting, it i 5 said, to 460 1 tied' up ia EXTEIMITE FLOODS.—During :the last few days, ow= ing to the-very heavy rains, floods , have made their ap pearance about Reading to an alarming extent, and ex ceeding those for many years previous. All the meadows along the bkaks of the Thames, as 'well as places adjacent. to the Kennet, are covered with water to a considerable depth, and many bridges and roads are rendered impassa ble ; in several parts the grounds are completely swamped. It is feared, also, that no inconsiderable portion of pro perty is lost, from having been washed' , away ; though, at present, no loss of life has been heard of. Hum. .—A meeting of Chartists assembled onThursday, when a chartist lecturer, named Kidd,. and others, ad dressed the meeting in praise of France and republicanism, and in special denunciation of our aristocracy. The people were called upon to arouse from their apathy and to imi tate the noble conduct of the French people, and so en franchise themselves and their posterity. Hard words, much noise, enthusiasm for everything -French, and de precation of everything English, were ths characteristics of the meeting, which broke up in perfect satisfaction with itself, and without any de facto outrage against the rest of the world. GROSS ImrosTrritu.—On Saturday last,-John Dawson, an able-bodied Irishman, about 30 years of age, was charged at the Glasgow Western District Police-office with stealing a halfpenny -worth of bread from a baker's shop in Main-street, Anderston. On being brought to the office he declared that he committed the crime from being out of employment, and consequently!' in a state of starvation; but, having been minutely searched, there was found on his person six sovereigns, one Irish pound note, one shilling ha silver, and 20. in copper. Bailie Brown, on hearing evidence, sentenced the fellow to 60 days' imprisonment.—Edinburgh Witness. IMPORTANT MEEVING.—On Thursday night a public meeting of the most influential inhabitants of the parish of St. James's, London, was held in the vestry-room of St. James's Church, presided over by the churchwarden of the parish. The meeting was addressed by the Earl of Eglintoun, Earl De Grey, the Hon. F. Byng, and M r . D'Ez-ncourt, M. I':, when the following resolution was unanimously adopted That they should assemble on the first alarm, and act in conjunction with the police in suppressing any disturbance against the public peace." On Friday the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Surrey, and other noblemen and gentlemen of rank and influence, were sworn in to act as special constables. The affairs of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, are at last in a road towards settlement. The dispute between Alderman Gibbs and the parishioners having been referred to Mr. Justice Erle ; he has declared the select vestry to be ex tinct, and has suggested that the costs of both sides should be paid out of the parish funds. At a meeting of the vestry last evening a resolution was carried, that the suggestion of Mr. Justice Erle be acceded to, in as far as the parish agree to pay-5.501. to Messrs. Flight and Rock, and the like sum ,to Mr. Alderman Gibbs, towards his costs, upon his assigning the parish trust property to fourteen new trustees -to be appointed by the parish. A committee was then formed to carry out the resolution and report ; and the meeting was adjourned. MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.—The village of Twigworth, near Gloucester, was, on Friday last, the scene of a murder. A milkman residing there, named. William Hall, in a fit of drunken fury, murdered his wife,. by kicking her in the abdomen in the presence of her four children. An inquest was subsequently held on the body by the district coroner, and a verdict of Wilful murder." against William Hall was returned. He was fully com mitted for trial at the ensuing assizes. Au unfortunate accident, which may have a fatal termination, resulted from this deplorable affair. A young man, named Hobbs, , who rode into Gloucester for a medical mart, was thrown from the horse he rode, and fractured his skull in the fall. He is now lying dangerously ill. CASUALTIES- AT SEA.—A boat has been, picked up. at West Kerby, with " Arrabella" on the. stern.; also a corpse with a lever watch in the pocket, supposed to be the master of a.vessel sunk during the night. The Lady of the Lake which arrived here to-day took up the crew of the " Agnes" of Glasgow, from Callao.to London on the 27th of. February, in latitude 424 longitude 24, the vessel having been thrown on her beam ends, in a hurri cane came on the 23d, her pumps being choked and in a sinking state, The United States from New Orleans to Liverpool, took off the crew from the Fair Play, from Philadelphia to Barbadoes. The Ulbane from, Lisbon brought the crew of the Catherine from Ibrail to. Consta ntinople, abandoned, dismasted, and in a sinking state. At Newcastle, G. Thompson, 23, was indicted for the wilful murder of Philip Wallace, at Bywell, on Christmas Eve. The prisoner and the deceased were poachers, and on the night in question they had a most, desperate battle with, the gamekeepers of Mr. Beaumont, who had with them a large dog, half bloodhound and half Newfound land, used for the purpose of tracking poachers. During the battle, Robert Surtees, one of the keepers, got de ceased down, and held on in defiance of the blo ws h e re ceived from the prisoner, who at last discharged his gun at the keeper. who contrived to twist himself out of the way, and the contents of the gun. entered the body of the pri soner's comrade, and caused his death shortly afterwards. The prisoner was convicted , of mauslaughter,• and sen tenced to 15 years' transportation. Cll ARA CTERIST I C .-Mr. Waddington, surgeon, of Margate, having written to the Duke of Wellington as Warden of the Cinque Ports on behalf of the sailors of Margate, with the view of getting some of them employed as pilots ; his Grace returned the following answer : " London, February 23, 1848„—F. M. the Duke of Wel lington presents his compliments to Mr. Waddington. He has received his letter of the 22d instant The Duke knows of no impediment to any native or inhabitant of Margate who can produce the usual testimonials of charac ter and conduet, particularly in relation to habits of tem perance and sobriety, who thinks himself qualified, coming forward to be examined as to his qualifications for being a pilot; and, if found upon examination to be really quali fied, such a one will undoubtedly be appointed ;- otherwise certainly not—Joshua Waddington. Esq." Itlmumoru.--As the labourers employed on the Stour Valley line were lately excavating in' the narish of Lamarsh, near Sudbury, they discovered,, about 14 feet from the surface, embedded in gravel, the head and tusks of a mammoth, or fossil elephant. The tusks broke when they attempted to remove them, bat the teeth were taken out tolerably perfect ; and, with the fragments of the tusks, are now in the possession of Mr. Fulcher. The teeth are about 10 inches long; the tusks, when whole, measured 11 feet in length, and the breadth between them was 4 feet. On two or three of the teeth the enamel is as fresh as if they had not laid in the earth a month. Teeth of the mammoth have also, at different periods, been discovered in the grounds of R., Allen, Esq., of OPPOSITION 'TO LORD MORPETH'S PVTILIC HEALTH BILL.—On Tuesday a public mceting, called by the Mayor, in compliance with a requisitiou presented to him from between twenty and thirty gentlemen, was held in the Leeds Court House, " to consider the measures to be adopted with reference to the Public Health Bill now in parliament, and introduced by Lord Morpeth." In the absence of the Mayor, owing to his having to proceed to London the following morning, as a deputation from the town council, Mr. Ald. Luccock was appointed to preside. The attendance was tolerably numerous, though the Court House was by no means crowded. Amongst the assembly was .a number of women. The speakers ob jected to the bill principally pp two_grounds7-first, because it carried out the ,system of Centralization, and next because of the large expenditure of money which. It wvulsl rfclqin iu Qrtlc tori %try QUt it* myipiqns, SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Ten o'clock. -..•*.5.--- [ADDITIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS.] BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, THOMM BERRY HORSFALL, ESQ., MAYOR, PUBLIC NOTICE. T HE Mayor has received the following LETTER : " Liverpool, 13th March, 1848. " Sta,—l am directed to represent to your Worship the great inconvenience to the Merchants, Brokers; 'aridothers frequent ing the Exchange Room; and the Area Of the Exchange Build s, by the large Assemblies of Persons for some time past, lerf and greatly increasing the last days :it is felt ail a very se rious interruption to busine . Your Worship's attenti on is, therefore, requested to the cumstance. And the Committee r further request that e Area may be protected, for th e use of the Mercantile ody, to , which it is exclusively appro priated by Act of ha iament. "1 have the honour to remain, ." Sir, respectfully, your most obedient servant, " HARMOON BANNER, " Chairman of the Committee of the Liverpool' Exchange Buildings. "To the Worshipful the Mayor. Thomas B. Horafall, Esq., &c. &c." Irr reply, the Mayor has assured the Exchange Committee that he will take measures to carry their wishes into effect. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ----- That no MEETINGS of Persons, similar to those which have been holden during the last few days, will be permitted ; and Orders have been given to the Head Constable to DISPERSE all Persons who shall hold similar Meeting on the Area of the Exchange. THOMAS B. HORBFALL, Mayor. Town-halt, 13th March, 1848. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL PUBLIC NOTICE. THOMAS 4 BERRY HORSFALL, ESQ., MAYOR. THE MAYOR and MAGISTRATES , having ob served that a: large number of Persons have for several days past ASSEMBLED•on the EXCHANGE and - in the neigh bourhood thereof, DO HEREBY CAUTION all well disposed PERSONS' to ABSTAIN-from ASSEMBLING in the STREETS and PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES of the BOROUGH. .• Many Persons atten& these M4etings as mere Spectators, without any intention; of takiagiDart with those who may have other and evil designs, but Ore Mayor and Magistrate& remind all such Persons tha p t a rio' acting tiny encourage 'the dis affected, become res ible for the acts of the crowd with which they mingle, estate alarm in the minds of manr peacea bly disposed Perselis, and expose themselves to injury and punishment in We event of any (=five Measures being resorted to by the duthofities for the preservation of the Public Peace. THOMAS B. HORSFALL, Mayor. Town-hall,l3th March, 1841. March 14, I 8 CLEANINGS FROM T HE IRISH REM° PAPERS, sad r it h i e ou t s w b o rs ea g n g d ad id o a c t i e o s , f t o h r e s p np u r b e l m in ac iv y at in isn th a lat t ter he a r o tsj - Irishman, continue to run a neck and neck raeeki r ei anxious, apparently, t o b e th e fi rs t t o reac h the u"',4, goal, which is shrewdly suspected to be a governnien t secution, with the honours of martyrdom, ratherLg what they ostensibly seek,—an opportunity of ef i a t i f weapons with the loyal Pratestants of their own 'l B ,, or with a British force. lip to the present wee,'" o o. , the United Irishma n h as h a d th e b es t o f it. thsv table suggestions f or ga i n i ng possess i on o f the City Dublin, slaughtering the military sent against the lace, broken-bottli n g th e i r h orses, — a mo d e of °co with that useful quadruped somewhat different pep the " bottling " practised amongst our oral x i .. men,—and annoying their rid ers by sa l u tes 0' ney pieces, crockery r c h a i rs , f en d ers, & c . , fiting he Pii fair hands from ch am b er w i n d ows, t h rew all t vious ravings of his opponent into the abs of the Nation, however,. is sufficiently of an i° ll lo character to enable him to profit by the ela° 3 P o ok sublime phrenzy set hi m b y hi s opponent,and+acsll ingly, this week t rea d s c l ose l y upon hi s heels. rorive-1 not ourselves venture t o awar d th e pa l m o f sup e either; but shall confine ourselves to furnishing tag. specimens, and leave the reader to form his owe ment. As to the elder journaliSt,—lest offence be /f, at the expression, we had better state. in the langgni Cassias ' "we said an eld er , no t a b e tt er so rdier. turn to Mr. Duffy's paper, the Nal'iOn first. 4 tinder the head of " the first step ' "—which'ssi: g oi step-is evidently one towards the complete sepae 6 .,_ l l - ilii Ireland from the British empire —the Nation saystP, 3 w hig people . " will meet on St. Patrick's Dag to consider, ~21 steps should be adopted for the protection of the li D m ' h ic) and the soil of this country in any emergency tcl o 4/ the present state of Eu ro p ean politics may-give rise; after a volley of imprecation against Great Britain, 11 1 1 .... cause of all the sufferings of Ireland, proceeds to sts 6 " We 'believe that a NATIONA L M ILITIA an d -a Na,olog - CouriciLhave become essential to our very exiatence.' For what are a NATIONAL MILITIA and sr'N'AT i° tt COUNCIL wanted ? We quote again : Meg " War is imminent. If it come , E ng l an d cannot h old off from it, whatever be her interest or her will. And heMdtl, this Irish soil,- her enemies may choose to fix their .40 ground. It is their clear poli c y ; h er s t a t esmen of 31d bit scribed this island as the back d oor i n t o E ng l an d ; and _r,o mies know it is the weakest point in her cordon. co siii "If they come, England cannot defend us. Her own opi are unguarded; her- colonies are held by military p*AS es s s i otr and not a regiment-dare she d raw f rom them ; Chartist . ..0 tion, inflamed by the discontent of the I r i s h i n England, 70 her domestic peril nearly as formidable as the dangers ill , without. She can ill help herself; us s h e canno t helYsito And if she comb', we dare not trust the lives of our 0 0 0 her care. After the tragedy we have been witnessing Pc I last two years it would be murder in the si g ht o f Ilealle million of the I rish people lie buried beneath the Irish 0;0 cause we trust d theirdefence to England. They died 01 ;04 and famine. Another million may die defenceless as ' - pif under the swords of a foreign- soldiery, if we d o no t talge. t o cautions in time. The natural and onlyadequate precaUt i a NATIVE MILITIA, or NATIONAL GUARD. We are told how the native militia ought to be arlosiste. "Some sound military authorities hold that the bulk O f ow, tional militia ought to be-armed simply with the pike. ti# arms are over valued. In 'pitched battles, it is calculatedok not more than one man f a ll s i n every s i x hundred muskeg fve pf in skirmishes a still sma ll er proport i on. But in a c ha t pikes, whatever f ron t ran k holds- its ground against it, Certainly our militia ought net. to rely exclusively on e' et i weapon. The natio na l genius, so vehement and impetuoll s , hibits itself with gre a t es t effeCtin. a - charge; and for tha t vice your pike is the tool." tr Bravo 1 " Your pike is the tool." Of course, o 'o for the enemies of G rea t B r it a i n, " w h o may choose t(libf, the battle ground on T r i s h so il ;" o f eowse not invite'. Irish patriots for their own purposes. bf We have also suggestions-as to the dress to be worn ,', a national militia, w hi c h i s t o be " very plain." 'Con frippery" —" a f r i eze body coat, of a dark ex",,,,"10 breeches of ti c k en or cor d uroy, a p l a i n woo l hat, brora or buskins of any strong leather, in• one piece and 1 1 4 down the centre.' The arms required are describedLf the organisation of the various corps. The incene' continues : "This is the first step; the second.follows,close upon i t ;.104 National Assembly has been the sure resource of alt strugpii nations. Philadelphia, Paris, Dun gannon are th e c atch- 0 ofits history." eti' Again, of course, R EVOLUTION . is the sermon preac h -- „itit Onr journalist has been ki n di enoug h,t n furnish "06 a. key to the real meaning of hit various diatribes, 1a uld shape of an imaginary description of things as be wish them to be, cont a i ne d un der'the head `` second ( r oils o j ekhe Irish Revolution." W e g i ve a few extracts ' this choice production : re r r "Tranquillity is entirely restored; The barricades4 e Or. moved. Business begins to be resumed universally. •'„gat, 7 bernian Bank has put up a notice on.Thange that its , (l l "" r eo° recommence to-morrow. Mr. William Murphy has-fenc e W o l3:' public loan of .elOO,OOO to the Provisional Government; i ; c ost' men are everywhere employed re p a i r i ng th e stree t s owl ',Se" which suffered in the insurrectio n . Th e l arge mansions-1,, 0, phen's-green last occupied by the English ch an c e llor 0'40, , lish archbishop have been ope ne d. as -h osp i ta l s f or the wol' e ver) and patriotic ladies attend them in littl e b an d s r elieved Ker' second hour. The orange and green cockade is worn l e er sally, and no words can express.th e -j o y that prevails iu A pital of our Free Nation." nor' Who the Mr. Wm. Murphy ma.rbewhois-thua b°. in• prospective. as ready to lend u p on suc h sectir lty o ot• "Me second week of the Iria Revolutiou , ," welm ° , la He must be a boiled specimen of the potabo• kind , name (Hibe rn i ce ) i mp li es _ it, We have several pleasing' traits furnished 116 ? t he respect to the generosity with which Lord- Clarendol l ', te English judges, th e arc hbi s h ops, and other officials B., c re 4 be sent home ; s ome talk as to the honours to be coal" upon those soldie r s o f th e li ne an d po li ce , "fraternized with the people;"" a hint or two a 9 t 0 a ds capacity of Messrs. O'Gorman and Meagher, to be: l3 lo td into commander. in-chief an d genera l, and some tai,!` is 0, the fortification of the cou n t r y... The tenant right An d be established, and various-other things tnbe done* bodf now for a piece of Blarney for.-the loyal , protests , " of Ireland : te 4 stru.c.4 " Hogan, who has just returned to I reload, has been intlio,o' by the commissioners of th e fi ne ar t s , to• commence, w d, delay, an equestrian statue o f Sarsfield ;_ it is to be Olio t. 1 1 0( by side, with William th e Thi r d i n C o ll ege G reen (I) ,0111 government have ordered to , stand in honour of MC protestant: in .( 0. such William will f lreland eel, we suspect, rather queer in pany. A lot of oth er t ras h . follows, which, if iP2 ,.„„ ; i tlie f to be a history of what Irish nationality will do). conclusive as to the fact- that, by that same nation s Ireland will have gained little of common sense. 46 0 But, it may be a sk e d, h ow i s t hi s new and in d eP en nation to carry on its government ? Listen :-- " It is decreed, that aa.the bult of -this nation lime vide cultural labour, it is essential to the public safety to prof colt, an immediate settlement of the tenure, of land; and a land' triet ,„, mission, consisting of six tenant farmers, and six. ou._ _ e aten ' lords, with Mr. Sharman Crawford as-president, sb all ih e y;;;/ basis of tenant-right. and , valuation. for Ireland. , 0,4 further directed to report upo n th* property ofaUes`e the intproveable wasteland s , w ith &v i ew t o di vu le thels " the unprovided people." A tre id - 1 abeam truly pleasant idea for some of your libera- - -your Fitzwillianks, Davonshires,. &e. We don't, i,felie ever, envy the parties to who m . th e apportionment oid.;0( estates in question may be entrusted. The. thousull jr ' representatives of the " ould kings" anti nobles 0 . ti olf land who would have to be passed over have marvet ° queer notions as to the mor a lity, o f s h oo ti ng an arbal, beir who may, unluckily for hims e lf, h ave undervalue' claims. _ But we must turn to the, Unit e d I r i s h m an an d e c Mitchell, its editor, This gentleman, the rece4P,4 11 4. 7. trations of whose pen, it wilt, be remembered, were e t " lir before the notice of parliament by Lord Stanley' ¢ 4p; thought proper to address a letter to the Lord Lieu7ireci the leading features of which are his giving the lie 6 , 6 tg r to Lord Lansdowne, and : add ress i ng an h um ble reclu be favoured with a government prosecution. Tbeaotl: rility of this Mr. Mitchel' is' scarcely worth V e iLel d , The would-be felon tells-us directly that he is " a lican ;" and, by implication, that he is a .hero• 1 1 0 burthen, of. his raving, is an attempt to ei F fellow-countryme n th a t,th e in sane prom i se of t he Republican provisiona government, to ensure vi° r :eru" good wages for everyindividnal, is within the P°' /A or t important m thelishre d v o o c lu u tio e n n i t s — ta. a cllopeyagortdhse lying us besides, addre s ; Te r from Ireland to the F renc h government. \'° 51 -, 4 extract or two from th e l a tt er mos t l oya l doeuroczt'g "It is now known throughout the world that we o 'o millions of our population last year by famine, fever,-se into. gration; but it is not known that this famine, far wP r , v aet , effects than the ravages of any war, was p ur posely sgs le Aer. rage and destroy us by the English gov ernmen t, in 140 of extirpating our ancient name and race." PP . ur Prime encouragement this—an excellent r etur 1 . 0 1 f thousandsby pi distributed rvatechar b it y y t f h o e r Bthrietirsehligeofvoef urnmsietintStstreil Wished Now for a sample of Irish loyally : ra t' teat Da Citizens of : Paris—Men of France, accept our ; 4ll' tions—accept our friendship. Let no man, so matr b 4 .- ( 14 is, or what his pretensions are, lead you to believe ": 006 , men are ready, for even the bribe of repeal, to fi g ht battles again, or shed th e i r bl ood to prop up-,Aer heilis g i`eg No ; inenof France, no. We will let the British lion s'e,lo_lo, tootAkss jaws, erect his mane, and roar in impotent . the blood-stained mon s t er ex pi res — curse d b y the w°'olli i clS crated by mankind—ere we stain ourselves by agal r ', 1 0 04 under the murderous Union J a ck aga i ns t an y nati o ao o,y less against you, who have generously led the van in 1-1 %)%170' tyranny, and restoring man to his original elevation , all' 04 1 fishing the glorious principles of Liberty . , equality' 0 .1 ternity,' and shewing an example te all nations, that Ave can resist a determined people. es, ter " Men of France—ln us you shall find 'friends. Ine t ,. f° lo , - 3 . l t t er we hail your republic as the saviour of Europe, -7 -11 :1„..0w the morning star a liberty, the hope of the oppresse' 0 1C •id v ror of tyrants—the avenger of wank ind. g, il tl l 6 " Citizens, in conclusion, weagain offer you our c et tions on your noble victory ; yet so deeply do we foi st t i j e lig q Batton of our present position, our country a beggar• n 4 1 1 ° of every nation in Christendom, her people submittLip to be decimated annually by starvation, at the '',„ o ab"," foreigners !—the men vyho profess to be leaders 81 7Deir t iso 4 systematically sacrificing the welfare of the people t ° ,0 61° , petty, private interests ;so keenly d o we feel t h in d , e ttle s fi te' that we would not presume , to congratulate the , tors of Paris, could we not sincerely avow a firm dete r 4PY fr. 0 6 lo profit by their nOble example. d " Frencna: en, when such a determination shall fle e A animate Ireland, and give dignity to her emote" - ~00 despair of the sympathy of France ?" ttPlse‘ A pleasant invitation ! We fancy, however, tiroal‘ will have something more important to do than safety to, aid such rebellious madmen. OPENING Or THE Naw WELSH EDUCATIO'I 0 1° 1e1 41 TUTION.—On Saint David's D a y th e t own of L I he ' O O exhibited a scene of excitement that will doubtles- Ai , 0 1° in grateful remembrance for ages yet to cow, c l ; e ir early hour the inhabitants were roused from 1- 0$" 1 i sj bers by merry peals of bells, and, as the morning!' 00, 1 '00 the excitement increased, the shops were 51111 ,1 t ivit;tel business was suspended ; the streets. were fil: e a coe x t inhabitants of the town and visitors from t'' joll 4 who were anx i ous t o p ar ti c i pa t e i n t h e please r i , s titliig' day appoi n t e d f or th e o p ening o f th e a bove I c oo boo / under the presidence of the Venerable Arebdes of llama, late Rector of the Eiiinburgh Academy, tote' lit fitMC c ( 0 1 1 1 :4940:0 ruferaugt.rm Sal T lt% •otit iv t b, Gla B S t L E D tuayg on ii "tk-- C l Ol nhel • AR 4 el 4 r).- tllt.)' t 0 in si troin ; 1 / 4 ,?T 4 N E 1 %1, f toverr, °p th ayt, tZ, ' ‘‘ , Boy l_6 - f,ce at Nei z ero of Si, raTna n d Joh n 4 . 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