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Litt taturt. NOTICE Notes on the Nobility, No. I.: Sketch of the 114tory 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 knowle&e. It is written in an excellent and impartial spirit; and conveys to the reader, in the compass 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 the 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 look forward with great interest to the continuation of 'the series. The notes appended to the Sketch of the House 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 under which xe 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 THORWALDSEII.—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 colours. To represent the whole in painting, we should :sketch three scenes. The first is a Danish 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 mighty gods have sworn to him that, after many centuries, one of his descendants shall stretch out his sceptre from the North Cane 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 narrow 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—hut 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 Hit detaud—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 from the Danish of H. C. Andersen, in Dublin University Magazine. . " Goon" CIIILDREN. — In contradistinction to the sub ject of naughtiness, there is a word we have alluded to before, which we must ingdire a little into,—one oftener taken in vain than any other in infant education, and which, in orr infant recollection, was the enigma of the little vocabulary. We mean that magic word good. In children of souse 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 bait in curl; and now a letter by post, or a hamper from the country, which puts their mother in a good hu mour. 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, r and much subsequent observation, we should say that the real maternal beau id‘al of the term consists in a keen power of discrimination between the value of a stuff gown and a silk one, accompanied by general constitutional slowness of circulation. And a en languages confirms this view. The the G_erman, artig, polite ; reference to fore French synonym is sage, wis neither Of them in the least childlike, but balicorre: .sponding with the quality implied. Every wise child must know the difference between stuff and silk, and no polite child 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 promise 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 ;i• • • , in nine cases out of ten,, a,. good, open, honourable naughtiness is a far better thing. Where there is realty a 'Pod child, let us watch and pray, for it is a fearful gift to a parent's heart. We have,, known one--meek, loving, patient—the uncons ms pattern of, every Christian vii ith a conscience too tender for us weak ones not to Arend. Oh qualit we have given for more of thos, ties which others take was good, if you will much pains to repress ? ;oodnesi personified—too —Fraser's Magazine, 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 the force of female importunities ; and apt to give way before the exhibition of female distress. In the former SAMSON attempt to extort a secret from him, it is said that his wife lay sore upon him—in the preseit. attempt, that his soul was lifted unto death. It looks;a marvellous infatuation —the effect of melancholy weakness—that he should have been thus got the better of in'the we of former palpable designs to give him up unto Ow ,Philistines —evincing the blindness of passion, and holding Nth a most impressive lesson to beware of it. T] ~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 extraordinary visitations and gifts which he supernatural strength When the Spirit of God him. He gave up his conscience and his vow CO a perfidious woman, who on his locks being shorn off - -a process which I cannot distinctly -nts,, his strength did depart from -oke out of his sleep was un --fines, in obedience to the were upon him, 1r of tt came ur ) Will( understand. him ; and he, began all of 1 dvantage they took of theii ess—putting out his eye 3 1 forcing him to grind in I know not if there be any natural con le growth of the hair and the recovery Samson may have repented of his infidelity, s of strength been rength was made the instrument great and signal manifeztation—a triumph —a vindication of the supremacy of the one • and, finally, a most picturesque and nexion between ti at.of his r idolatry and true God an to the career of a great hero. recoils from the barbarity of the Philistines in bring alind o ld Samson to make sport of him ; an d pro . , one feels. a certain wild and natural ing ruin which he brought upon h himself involved in the common —both men and women-- ;peetacle. Thus fell one of al personages whom Scrip own ward to future aracteristic termir mi in the av o full of tl Dr. Chap Scripture Readings SOLDIERS AND M tobden is not been tor en? If we I where would our mar- Ped to France instead of humbling her at Waterloo—and we presume that Mr. Cobden would have preferred the former alternative, since he thinks that the Duke should now be preaching forgive -ler° would have been our trade, and )f calico ? Hindostan is an ac- opened up the mar hese commercial evils ? Really and British everything to the exer- m of t ry power which these our armaments to-morrow, we er : And pray hould look round ns in vain for hat does the arrogant upstart g the honourable profession of a nable trade ? Does he intend to disgorge I contumely upon the graves of those who I of battle fighting nobly for their king and 'e we now to be told that the names which lud embalmed in our me Ls as those of homicides this, and if public scorn in who can conceive and f it has c ticked we may t lone its work, a horrid, u and religion. 0 h epithets, but i mikmaster, who rears in n to their task until the 'arped into early de- gnus the existence of .ender fiat .k of the THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BAR AX.—This is and of the noblest effusions of ancient poetry, and of poen-I:set to music—sung as well as recited. The willing .help: of the people is an homage rendered to those who did - offee themselves—for we find an exception made against certat' n of the tribes. I cannot imagine anything higher than.tlte state and sublimity wherewith this Ode of celebration. Is ushered in, and the effect of God's presence, or ;at the manifestation of his forthputtings and his poWer; is depicted. The song begins with a reference to Uod'e terposal in former times. There is a difference olopitilon whether the reference is two-fold, embracing both Godle appearance for his peo:ile when they first entered the 11o1Y Land, and the descent on Sinai— or whether there be it reference to the latter only, for which some countenintia is derived from Deut. xxxiii. 2, which is most intelligible on the supposition that the approach the Divine •glory to Sinai was from the east. However this might be set-• tied there is soon a transition downward to more recetit:' times—to the days of Shamgar, who effected a like ;deli verance to that which called forth this song of celebrati*. —when the Philistines overran the land and forced the people into skulking-places. The inhabitants after this had to retire from the unwalled and unfortitied villages till the days of our illustrious prophetess—so beautifiilly designated as a mother in Israel, and which is stilt felt • and applied as the most characteristic description which can be given of a venerable matron lull of faith and gii . oti works, and a signal blessing, by the influence of her ex ample, to the country or neighbourhood where she lives. The ode proceeds in the highest of all poetical strains 0) its conclusion. The stars in their courses lighting againS4 Sisera is a truly sublime conception. Aleroz was probably some town which refuses its quota of auxiliaries. Not can we imagine anything more picturesque, more Ossianii, than the representatioh of the ladies looking out for the return of their lord—while the blessin. , given upon Jae indicates a Divine command, or a t least s a strong and urgent sense of patriotism in her mind—else it were this revolting barbarity of an Amazonian. Both the cruelty and licentiousness of the age break forth in this effusion,. 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 heart-stirring poems , that has come down to us from ancient times.—Dr. Chat: mers' Daily Scripture Readings. AN AMERICAN SPORTSMAN.-Dr. Isaac Hamberlin, worthy man and old citizen of this county, came to hill death, a few days since, in a most sho, king manner. One day last week, Hamberlin, with two other gentlemen?, left 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 trait, and Dr. Hamberlin followed them but a short distance, when he mine 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, beiOgso badly torn. He then got out his hunting knife, the,bear left the clogs, and attacked Dr. Hamberlin the .second time, and tore him very retch. This time 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 his victim, and he left Dr. Hamberlin and engaged with the dogs ; but in a few minutes the bear came at him a third time, when Dr. Hamberlin made a stroke at hirri, but the bear seized the knife by the blade, wrenched it frOm Dr. Hamberlin, and threw it some distance from him, and seizing Dr. Hamberlin's arm mashed it into a jelly. By this time the cries of Dr. Hamberlin ought one of. his companions to the rescue, and he, seeing the awful situation of his friend, fired, and struck tLebearin •the neck, which caused the beast to leave his victim and take to flight; but another of the company coming up it au 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 eri.inent medical aid was brought to his assistance, but he died on the fourth day, after suffering during the time the most excruciating pain. The bear was very large, though poor, weighing 3401 b. with his entrails out.—Yazoo Whig, 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 came to a pond where fish, intended for the table, were temporarily kept. Ile took particular notice of a fine pike of about six pounds weight, which, when it observed him, darted hastily away. In so doing, it struck its head against a tenter-hook in a pOst (of which there were several in the pond, placed to Pre 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. T, rushed to the bottom, and, boring its head into thernud i whirled itself round with such velocity that it was almost lost to 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 exit 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,. hut in a few minutes it again darted and plunged about until it threw itself out of the water a second time. A se-' 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 of 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 upon his 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 a g it a ted 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 comelo 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,alivays came at his whistle, it proved also what he had preiictusly, with othernaturalists, disbelieved, that fishes are sensible to sound. BABYHOOD AND CHILDHOOD.—The nursery is a won _ derful world, and all that therein is; but llahy'is the greatest wonder of all. That little separate thing in the' world,—uncommunicating with others, unremembered by itself,—that mysterious state of being before the deluge of memory sets in, lying there, like a harmit 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 bornto sorrow," as 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 myst3- riously between both ? But the noise and uproar have been too much ! The round lustrous eyes are; wicte open, which, like the eyes of the Divine Child in shb 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 -low how lit no model like a lovely baby for 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 lines in the Lyra Innocen tiunz " Why so stately, maiden fair, Rising in thy nurse's arms, With that condescending air, herint up thy queenly charms? the round, portly &rill, moving slowly to and fro, im bedded in lawn and fine linen. And then, when a few months older, the truly royal impatience of opßosition, 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 gate you for having been angry with her. We have dubbed the baby feminine. Babyhood seems so, with its its softness, its helplessness, and its waywardness, hof its attributes. But look now at that gering urchin, with scarcely more than two of beauty —ladylike in ea Noise gn.of dignity has been succeeded by that of.impudance. id movement are now his chief eleinent. Up the hair and down again. If you take him up he kicks and itruggics; the more comfortable you try to make him the less he likes it i restlessness is his rest. 'file is not talk ing to you, he is talking to himself—stamping, hammer.: mg, rattling, clattering ; whatever can ineke a noise is plaything to him. Like another Nero, he wishes all the bells in the house had but one string, that he might ring Igether. Nothing but sleep can quitt him, and the truth were known, he dreams of banging ' chief and courage have begun together ; y the tail or a bull by the horns; screams to h-horse he can't stride, and kicks th ) faster; is all rea d y t o fi re o ft roil will not let him ; struggles away n after the shel) ; tumbles down, is ath full of gravel, and a " Never no ster John ;" is held double : tight by way home, with an admonitory chuck, he'll almost dislocates his shoulder, but - et into the puddles for all that ! 1 right in his start for life, and a he will give.—Praser's Ma.a. BE EAST OF SCOTLAND.—The all morning return about noon, ho gathered the bait are ready ry the fish to the shed to dress nstince, the fish must be parted. call the take may he, the fish are each man having his lot determined by a ppoec, for rxamplo, that the Crew con- a gun, I up with a mou )eace with you, he maid all the now and then, manages to put hi Bless the child ! he is al plague Tii FlifiEßS AT and then the wo with their c them. In t I However large or I in lot victims of his avarice—of the ase there, 7 he may keep his 'der the complete oontrol of exhaus that man, we say, though it may be an land, is but one shade less horrid, damnable, than that of the slave.tra , ,• r his living cargoes on the ch he is indebted to the obden and his liberal con- a of Mr. ( eprosy of mammon is ils from their breath,— a men wno 1 ! Thi tare re revile and tra these the fur the past aoan by c the n a r morel ,tulle-of him 37,11Q,Ay41,ppt inery ur rated in a Chr and not a whit I 3tened THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 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 stone, conceals it from his neighbour, and puts it, along with the others, into the lap of one of the women, who- is hound 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 ouf 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 way 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 had of better quality, and at lower prices, in Glasgow than nearer home. Pass , lug through the Forth and Clyde canal. the boats return in the beginning of July. This is a merry time for the villagers, when all has gone well during the season. Every 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 returns. The usual stipulation is to fish for two hundred trans or 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 £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 club of six or eight persons is formed, and a sum of money sub scribed, 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 all slaughtered. A stranger entering the village on this occasion would almost fancy that he was amongst a 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 he 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. —llogg's Weekly halructor. RIOT AND DESPERATE COLLISION WITH THE POLICE, IN LONDON, (From 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 Tax 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 seems 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, from 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'clock, 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 that 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 to accomplish their object, smote with too much violence right and left. They were assailed with the most discordant 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 complained to us, that he fell, and the blood flowed from beneath his cap. A young mdn 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 tried. When we saw them strike, they did so with unnecessary force, and seemed altogether to have lost their tempers. Many 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, bad 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 less injured he 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 such 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 I 3 ir '•-• cone-' furth .ept in continual confusion, no aer outbreak took place. At Bow-street police-office, on Tuesday, Mr. Jardine was occupied the entire day disposing of no _less consisted Of assaults upon the police by boys resisting them in the execution of their duty, throwing stones and other missiles, and other acts of violence and resistance. DREADFUL RIOTS IN SCOTLAND.-THE MILT TARY CALLED OUT. (Prom our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) The unemployed operatives 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 •, but 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 dosed, and the streets crowded. Several shots were fired in Buchanan-street a few minutes ago." The following despatches contain the latest intelli gence : MONDAY, 4 P.M. " GLASGONV • " A chartist riot is at this moment taking place in this 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 policemen shot." " HALF-PAST "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. Ail business is suspended." "EDINBURGH, 11 O'CLOCK, P.M. " 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 s.rmed out-pensioners were on the spot, and having been ordered to fire, en old man was shot 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 men, 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 cortge, 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 hiscescue, and that Police captain Smart gave orders to fir, 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. On Friday, a body of colliers paraded the streets of Air dree, 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. LEITH.—A chartist !fleeting took place on Friday. The following paragraph from the placard will show the cha racter of the proceedi ng 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 themselves throughout in a very orderly manner. EXTENSIVE FLOODS.—Durit ing to the very heavy rains, lie pearance about Reading to an z ceeding those for many years pi along the banks of the Thames, to the Kennet, are covered wit! depth, and many bridges and Ix hie ; in several parts the grount It is feared, also, that no incon perty is lost, from having been present, no loss of life has been I . 0 0- to 2' g z • mg the last few days, ow oods have made their ap alarming extent, and ex previous. All the meadows 1, as well as places adjacent h water to a considerable Dads are rendered impassa ds are completely swamped. nsiderable portion of pro washed away ; though, at heard of. HULL.—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 the 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 IMPOSTURE.—On Saturday last, John Dawson, an able-bodied Irishman, about 30 years o f 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 in silver, and 21d. in copper. Bailie Brown, on hearing evidence, sentenced the fellow to 60 days' imprisonment.—Edinburgh Witness. IMPORTANT MEETING.—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 Mr. D'Eyncourt, M. P., when the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That they should assemble on the first alarm, and act in conjunction with tke 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 cattle and corn markets at Norwich were attended on Saturday by a Russian nobleman, Baron Firks, who is exceedingly interested in agricultural pursuits, with which he is largely engaged for the government in leonr land. The baron spoke of wheat being at thi s ti me, i n Russia, the same price as our own, and b ar l e y fly shillings a quarter less, Enteral -IR tsrellany, Louis Philippe is in his 75th year. The Rev. Mr. 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 POET.—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 flogged in the navy, in 1847. it ap pears that the number was 860, and that the total number of lashes inflicted was 26,288. An old man named Sutcliffe was found drowned in the canal near Wakefield, last week. He had several times attempted to destroy himself on account of the dread he had of being obliged to receive parish relief. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—Mr. Samuel Parkhouse has, on his farm at Dry Drayton, a ewe which produced five lambs on Monday last. The whole of the progeny, as was to have been expected, are since dead. William Pinnock, of Throcking, died a few days since from lock-jaw, brought on by Alfred Bush, another lad of the same place, throwing mortar in his eyes in play. It appeared to have been accidental on the part of Bush. The Norwich Post states that the trade of that city is now more brisk than it has been for many years ; and such 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 £965,983105. 7d., of which X 858,291 15s. 9d. had been advanced to the government 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, 1270 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 H. E. F. Young, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate 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. BURGLARY.—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 was not recognised by our government. RUGBY Scnoot.—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 on in 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 Yo?k, investing property for him in case 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 France. EFFECTS- OP 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 slightly kicked 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 CIRCIIMSTANCE.—On 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 ; and 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 tom 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, SERIOUS Loss or LIFE.—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 hat 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 bottle containing the preparation was without a three 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 directed to pass such persons to their own homes at the government expense. A number left on Monday, and 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 kindness. 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 Mahony to inform him where the 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, accom panied by one of his men, and without the least difficulty, discovered the hidden treasure, amountiag, it is said, to 46Q, tied up in u haqdl‘erebbief. . Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.--THIS DAY. The news from here, of apprehended disturbances, sent to London by telegraph yesterday, together with the state of French financial matters, still further depressed prices there. This has been followed by a further decline here, with more sellers. The quotations of this morning's meeting of our Stock Exchange were as follow : Caledonias, 29a. East Lancashire new, 6i dis. London Stock, 130 1303 ; new 4-shares. n2l pin. Sheffield Preference, f dis. par. Midland Stock, 100, 3-shares, 51 dis. North Stafford, dis. Dover, No. 4, 31 3 dis. Berwick, new, 1 5 pm. New castle Preference, 8 3 pm. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE-THIS DAY The arrivals into this port, during the week ending yesterday contain a fair supply of Wheat, prirl flgtnieal, with a moderate quantity of Flour from , ll eland, and savant rnrce!s of Grain coastwise; the imports fro►., abroad, forming m , rely 9857 qrs. of Indian Corn, 5177 barrels ut ..nd 1117 barrels of Flour exclusively froth the United States, having none recently in from the continent of Europe. _ . Although we had a good attendance . of buyers at this day's market, and the prices of Wheat were rather above those of Friday, they scarcely reached the currency of this day week, and the business done was only moderate. American Flour at late prices request, and the turn dearer. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Peas r Oats in slow request, and id. supported late prices. . . Indian Corn was rather easier ti the best qualities of white were is yellow nearly supported our last q Indian Meal 6d. lower. ; sack Flour in rather more •emained unvaried. per 451bs. cheaper. Oatmeal -94 4 .1. ( 1 . 01 70: 8 ,-.BR a,purchase to-day, and while cheaper; prime qualities of 'notations. !.1 raj - • 4cAi , a 1 -3 4 4.a."4 n 5. 1 . 2 Aq u , R°l& ?Z., FD . tt' l. . 70, • a o •-•-. ?..r e-•-• G 3 '43 btlittgaMtlei SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Ten o'clock —•-• , ..e.---- [ADDITIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS.] BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL THOMAS BERRY HORSFALL, ESQ., MAYOR, PUBLIC NOTICE, T HE Mayor has received the following LETTER:— " Liverpool, 13M March, 1848. " Stl2,—l am directed to represent to your Worship tire great inconvenience to the Merchants, Brokers, and others frequent ing the Exchange Room and the Area of the Exchange Build ings, by the large Assemblies of Persons for some time past, and greatly increasing the last few days : it is felt as a very se rious interruption to business. Your Worship's attenti on is, therefore, requested to the circumstance. And the Committee further request that the Area may be protected, for the use of the Mercantile body, to which it is exclusively appro priated by Act of Parliament. " I have the honour to remain, " Sir, respectfully, your most obedient servant, " HARMOOD BANNER, " Chairman of the Committee of the Liverpool Exchange Buildings. "To the Worshipful the Mayor, Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq., &c. &c." In reply, the Mayor has assured the Exchange Committee that he will take measures to carry their wishes into ell'ect. 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 Meetings -oft the Area of the Exchange. THOMAS B. HORSFALL, Mayor Town-hall, 13th March, 1848. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL PUBLIC NOTICE. THOMAS BERRY HORSFALL, ESQ., MAYOR. THE MAYOR and MAGISTRATES having oh 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 attend these Meetings as mere Spectators, without any intention of taking part with those who may have other and evil designs, but the Mayor and Magistrates remind all such Persons that by so acting tilty encourage the dis affected, become responsible for the acts of the crowd with which they mingle, create alarm in the minds of many peacea bly disposed Persons, and expose themselves to injury and punishment in the event of any active Measures being resorted to by the Authorities for the preservation of the Public Peace. THOMAS B. HORSFALL, Mayor. Town-hall, 13th March, 1848. KINSALE ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL. B. Hawes.... Lord Chinton At the Repeal Association yesterday, the Earl of Mil town took the chair, having joined the association in ful filment of a pledge given by him to do so, " if justice was not done to Ireland." THIRD EDITION. .c.,• • ~.. 1 : : Et; larch 14, ISIS. CLEANINGS FROM THE IRISH REPEAL PAPERS, The two candidates for supremacy in the utterance seditious braggadocio, the Dublin Nation and the United Irishman, continue to run a neck and neck race, each anxious, apparently, to be the first to reach the desired goal, which is shrewdly suspected to be a government pro• secution, with the honours of martyrdom, rather than what they ostensibly seek,—an opportunity of crossing weapons with the loyal Protestants of their own country, or with a British force. Up to the present week, he of the United Irishman has had the best of it. His inirni• table suggestions for gaining possession of the City of Dublin, slaughtering the military sent against the popu lace, broken-bottling their horses,—a mode of dealing with that useful quadruped somewhat different front the " bottling " practised amongst our own turf men,—and annoying their riders by salutes of chim ney pieces, crockery, chairs, fenders, &c., flung by fair hands f rom c h am b er w i n d ows, threw all the pre vious ravings of his opponent into the shade. lit of the Nation, however, is sufficiently of an imitative character to enable him to profit by the example of sublime phrenzy set him by his opponent, and, accord ingly, this week treads closely upon his heels. We shall not ourselves venture to award the palm of superiority to either;. but shall confine ourselves to furnishing a feat specimens, and leave the reader to form his own judg ment. As to the elder journalist,—lest offence be taken at the expression, we had better state, in the langutige of Cassins, "we said an elder, not a better soldier." We turn to Mr. Dittry's paper, the Nation, first. Under the head of the first step"—which said first step is evidently one towards the complete separation of Ireland from the British empire —the Nation says that the people " wilt meet on St. Patrick's Day to consider what steps should be adopted for the protection of the liberties and the soil or this country in any emergency to which the present stateof European politics may give rise ;" and, after a volley of imprecation against Great Britain, as the cause of all the serings of Ireland, proceeds to state : , . " We believe that &NATIONAL. MILITIA and a NATIONAL COUNCIL have become essential to our very existence." For what are a NATIONAL MILITIA and a NATIONAL COUNCIL wanted ? We quote again : " War is imminent. If it come, England cannot hold back from it, whatever be her interest or her will. And here, on this Irish soil, her enemies may choose to fix their battle ground. It is their clear policy; her statesmen of old have de scribed this island as the back door into England ; and her ene mies know it is the weakest point in her cordon. "If they come, England cannot defend us. Her own coasts are unguarded; her colonies are held by military possession, and not a regiment dare she draw from them; Chartist agita tion, inflamed by the discontent of the Irish in England, make her domestic peril nearly as formidable as the dangers from without. She can ill help herself; us she cannot help at all. And if she coulo, we dare not trust the lives of our people to her care. After the tragedy we have been witnessing for the last two years, it would be murder in th e s i g ht o f H eaven. A million of the Irish people lie buried beneath the Irish soil, be cause we trust d their defence to England. They died of fever and famine. Another million may die defenceless as sheep, under the swords of a foreign soldiery, if we do not take pre cautions in time. The natural and onlyadequate precaution LI a NATIVE MILITIA, Or NATIONAL GUARD.' We are told how the native militia ought to be armed "Some sound military authorities hold that the bulk of a na tional militia ought to be armed simply with the pike. Fire arms are over valued. In pitched battles , it is calculated that not more than one man f a ll s in every .vix iundred musket shots; in skirmishes a still smaller proportion. But in a charge of pikes, whatever front rank holds its ground against it, dies. Certainly our militia ought not to rely exclusively on either weapon. The national genius, so vehement and impetuous, ex hibits itself with greatest effect in a charge; and for that ser vice your pike is the tool." Bravo ! " Your pike is the tool." Of course, this is for the enemies of Great Britain, "who may choose to is the battle ground on Irish soil ;" of course not invited by Irish patriots for their own purposes: We have also suggestions as to the dress to be worn by a national militia, which is to be " very plain." No "petty frippery" —" a frieze body coat, of a dark colour, breeches of ticket' or corduroy, a plain wool hat, brogues or buskins of any strong leather, in one piece and laced down the centre.' The arms required are described, and the organisation of the various corps. The incendiary continues : "This is the first step; the second follows close upon it. A National Assembly has been the sure resource of nll struggling nations. Philadelphia, Paris, Dungannon-are-the catch-words of its history." Againv of course, REVOLUTION is the sermon preached. . Onr journalist has been kind enough to furnish us with a keyto the real meaning of his various diatribes, in the shape of an imaginary description of things as be would wish them to be, contained under the head " Second week of the Irish Revolution." We give a few extracts from this choice production :-- "Tranquillity is entirely restored. The barricades are re moved. Business begins to be resumed universally. The Hi bernian Bank has put up a notice on 'Change that its discounts recommence to-morrow. Mr. William Murphy has tendered a public loan of .4100,000 to the Provisional Government. Work men are Everywhere employed repairing the streets and houses which suffered in the insurrection. The large mansions in Ste phen's-green last occupied by the English chancellor and Eng lish archbishop have been opened as hospitals for the wounded ; and patriotic ladies attend them in little bands relieved every second hour. The orange and green cockade is worn univer sally, and no words can express the joy that prevails iu the ca pital of our Free Nation. " _ __ Who the Mr. Wm. Murphy may be whais thus honored in prospective. as ready to lend upon such security es "the second week of the Irish Revolution," we know not• He must be a boiled specimen of the potato kind, as his name (Hibernice) implies. We have several pleasing traits furnished us, wi th respect to the generoeity with which Lord Cle-cendon, th e English judges, the archbishops, and other officials are to be sent home ; some talk as to the honours to be conferred upon those soldiers of the line and police, who have " fraternized with the people;" a hint or two as to the capacity of Messrs. O'Gorman and Meagher, to be made into commander.in.chief and general, and some talk as to the fortification of the country. The tenant right is to be established, and various other things to be done. And now for a piece of Blarney for the loyal protestant body' of Ireland : " Hogan, who has just returned to Ireland, has been instructed by the commissioners of the fine arts, .to commence, without delay, an equestrian statue of Sarsfield ; it is to be placed, side by side, with William the Third in College Gre en -a) w hich the government have ordered to stand in honour of the patriot protestant: in Ireland.( ! I) William will feel, we suspect, rather queer in such cool' parry. A lot of other trash follows, which, if intended to be a history of what Irish nationality will do, is rather conclusive as to the fact that, by that same nationality , Ireland will have gained little of common sense. Bat, it may be asked, how is this new and independent nation to carry on it§ government ? Listen : " It is decreed, that as the bulk of this nation live by agri cultural labour, it is essential to the public safety to provide for an immediate settlement of the tenure of land; and a corn mission, consisting of six tenant farmers, and six patriot land lords, with Mr. Sharman Crawford as president, shall settle the basis of tenant-right and valuation for Ireland. They are further directed to report upon the property of absentees, aime the improveable waste lands, with a view to divide then` among the unprovided people." A truly pleasant idea for some of your liberal absentees —your Fitzwilliams, Devonshires, &c. We don't, how ever, envy the parties to whom the apportionment of the, estates in question may be entrusted. The thousands 0 1 representatives of the " ould kings" and nobles of Ire land who would have to be passed over have marvellously queer notions as to the morality of shooting an arbitrator, who may, unluckily for himself, have undervalued their claims. But we must turn to the United Irishman and Mr' Mitchell, its editor. This gentleman, the recent perpe trations of whose pen, it will be remembered, were brought before the notice of parliament by Lord Stanley, has thought proper to address a letter to the Lord Lieutenant , the leading features of which are his giving the lie direct to Lord Lansdowne, and addressing an humble request to be favoured with a government prosecution. The scur rility of this Mr. Mitchel is scarcely worth quotation - The would-be felon tells us directly that he is " a Repub lican ;" and, by implication, that he is a hero. The burthen of his raving is an attempt to persuade, hi s fellow-countrymen that the insane promise of the French Republican provisional government, to ensure work 84 good wages for every individual, is w ithi n th e pow er 04 the Irish revolutionists. He af f ords us, besides, a mor e important document—a copy of th e l y i ng a dd ress ,see: from Ireland to the French government. We give S ' extract or two from the latter most loyal document "It is now known throughout the world that we lost tvg?' millions of our population last year by famine, fever, and efiL l ". gration ; but it is not known that this f am i ne , far worse in '7 effects than the ravages of any war, was purposely suffered to rage and destroy us by the English government, in the vile ha,'d . of extirpating our ancient name and race." u rage m e nt by h t t hi thousands Prmen e dist r i but e d e nished by private charity for the relief of Irish distres s ' Now for a sample of Irish loyalty : fatal*" "Citizens of Paris—Men of France, accept our CODS- hotly e s— B a r n itis excellentiigeve government mreeteutrn ands for ther fur tions—accept our friendship. Let no man, no matter w t ab is, or what his pretensions are, lead you to believe that.;.'"`d , s men are ready, for even the bribe of rep ea l, t o fight , battles again, or shed their blood to prop up her hellish p 0 hl, No; men of France, no. We will let the British lion sheW toothless jaws, erect his mane, and roar in impotent rage, 0 , 7 . 1 , the aood-stained monster expires —cursed by the world, crated by mankind—ere we stain o ur selves by again figh''iS under the murderous Union Jack iwainst any nation, in t l n g less against you, who have generously7led the van in uproo tyranny, and restoring man to his original elevation, by.lt., lisping the glorious principles of Liberty, equality, and fr o ternity,' and sheaving an example to all nations, that no Pew can resist a determined people. As "Men of France—ln us you shall find friends, not foe, „ A s we hail your republic as the saviour of Europe,—we listl I :pr, the morning star of liberty, the hope of the oppressed—the ror of tyrants—the avenger of mankind. ratok l. "Citizens, in conclusion, we again offer you, our cong ,„i -tions on your noble victory ; yet so deeply do we feel the kt.'its baton of our present position, our country a beggar at the Atli of every nation in Christendom, her people submitting ,c 1", of to be decimated annually by starvation, at the binul:r t of foreigners I—the men who profess to be leaders anions of fot systematically sacrificing the welfare of the people to theu. t oor petty, private interests; so keenly do we feel this degrad s ; yjc that we would not presume to congratulate the inatclile:stiolk tors of Paris, could we not sincerely avow a firm deternii n to profit by their noble example. . er iadit profit when such a determination shall litnV. o l,o animate Ireland, and give dignity to her councils, "` deair of the sympathy of France ?" FrO c. , A pleasant invitation !We fancy, however, that lot wll have something more important to do than toll s "' safety to aid such rebellious madmen. 0 1 " OPENING OF TliE NEW WELSH EDUCATIONA. , • 7, l4 veri , TVTIoN.—On Saint David's Day the town of Liane° he ld exhibited a scene of excitement that will doubtless hil t 01 in grateful remembrance for ages yet to come- a l um' early hour the inhabitants were roused from their 1 ' 0 0: bers by merry peals of bells, and, as the morning 9( 115 n d 0 1 ° the excitement increased, the shops were shut, g l t h the business was suspended ; the streets were filled vb„„trff inhabitants of the town and visitors from the c ° ,, - / tb° who were anxious to participate in the pleasure ° 3 - o tiel* cry appointed for the opening of the above ins ° Tim under the residence of the Venerable ArchdeacOr o bool limns, late Rector of the Eninburgh Academy , literary fame and acqulreraenta it is superfluous to,v""