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the House of Commons; a principal provision of
which is the giving magistrates a 'discretionary
power to inflict corporal punishment on men who
beat their wives, and the rendering such punish-
ment compulsory in- second convictions, appears
to have produced considerable excitement in
certain quarters. They are 'consoling them-
selves, however, with the hope and expectation
that the bill will never pass into a law. But
why should it not ? Why should not brutes,
although they are in human form, be treated as
brutes? "_Many persons objected," Lord Rayn-
ham observed, " to an enactment for the infliction
of corporal punishment, but lie thought it impera-
tively called for in respect of such cases as the
present bill comprehended. It was argued that
corporal punishment degraded a man, and made
him, if possible, a still greater brute than he was
before his conviction. He could not conceive
such a result possible in the cases to which his
bill applied, but whether it were so or not, it was
not a function of criminal jurisprudence to consi-
der the after conduct of the convicted man ; but
only how he could be made sufficiently to suffer,
so that he and others might be deterred frOm the
commission of a similar offence. It was admitted
that -a degrading offence should meet with a
degrading punishment. What was there in the
punishment of flogging more degrading than in
the act of assaulting women and children ?"
What, indeed ? And why, therefore, should not
they who so disgrace theniselves be served out
after their own example ? It is our persuasion,
however, that the degrading punishment would
not often have to be had recourse to,—and for
this conchiSive reason, that the dread of it would
have the effect of putting a stop to the • brutal
offence which incurs so severe, yet so just, a

penalty.
The Sicilian insurrection would seem to have
been a much more sanguinary and desolating
conflict than one. could have had any idea of
from the meagre, accounts of it which at .first
reached this country. Woful indeed have been
the events of which that ill-fated island has again
been the theatre. .The rebellion first broke out.
on the sth of April, and was -not suppressed until
the 16th—making about eleven days of as deadly
a struggle as is to be found in the insurrectionary
. .
annals of any people. And see what has already
been summed up as among the more prominent
results of it all,—" The massacres,, fires, and
depredations of which the royal' troopshave been
guilty are something unheard Whole towns
of 5,000 to 'in the . country about
Palermo are; destroed,-• the- population cut'', to
pieces. The finest villas, the magtiificeuf'palaces•
of our -aristocracy, are all 'in ashes. Military
executions.have' begun ; no one knOWs 'hen they
are to end. Fourteen were shot. in a first batch,
eighteen in a second." .The people thus dealt with
may, from utter inability to resist, be kept down
for a while; but a day will come when revenge
will have to be satisfied, and retribution to be
obtained.

The Times, noticing the renewed influx of
Irish emigrants to the United States, thinks it
now threatens results far beyond the calculations
of the economist, perhaps even the wishes of the
statesman; considering -that transatlantic region
as the true and'final home of the Celtic race.
"It is for this," says our contemporary, " that it
has wandered and suffered these .two thousand
years; for this, that it has never planted the firm
foot of civilisation on the soil that was not to be
its resting-place, but has dwelt in tents and
hovels, and not possessed the soil under the soles
of its feet. We have been owners and masters
of Ireland that its inhabitants might one day
have elsewhere a grander possession and rule."
The great improvement in the weather has
already had a decided effect upon the Corn
Markets. At the London Corn Exchange this
week, wheat has fallen two shillings per quarter;
and the country Markets are exhibiting a corres-
ponding decline. As there is now every prospect
of an abundant season, wheat and other grain, as
well as provisions generally, cannot be main-
tained at their present high prices. The bakers
appeared to lose no time in taking advantage of
the upward tendency of the Corn Market to raise
the price of bread. Let us hope they will be
equally prompt to reduce it again.

THE memory of none of the great men of our
own or of any other country, perhaps, will be so
immortal as that. of WELINGTON. And not
only is it most creditable that it should be so,
but it is most beneficial also, as being the memory
of one who was• both a great honour and an
eminent benefactor to his country. His example
will, with:his'Ame, 'go down to posterity; and
prove a blessing to generations yet 'unborn. For
example will always be a, motive of prevailing .
force on the -actions of .men. And his, we may
depend upon it, *ill never cease to exert its
influence on society; I'i;4l.in,thisrespect, not only
in the present age, but in ages-yet to come, will
it continue to be experienced, that "he, being
dead, 4e'''''ipeaketh,"--=speaketh through the'
remembrance of his life and services; the Very
knowledge of which must create an influence
directly- disposing to imitation, and thereby ope-
rating with positive_and practical-advintage on
the national mind. The-Career of no public man
that ever dedicated his life to the service of his
country, presented a more thorough devotion to
duty than 'his. Duty Nas his -constant guiding
star. His ambition serve—not himself,

. .
but :his country.i..tvery,'personal consideration
was sacrificed to a sense of duty. :" Let all the
endsthou aim'st at be:thy country's,"—this was
invariably hig great.PrineiPle• Of. action.:- To one
rule of-public duty_ his Nir.hole career, was shaped,
and his every motive animated- by' the conscious-
ness of :its 'obligation. Let it 'not 'he 'forgotten •
that the Duke of IX:ELLINGTON was the greafest
of all public men, and,,his name the most potent
of all public names, -uot in his own land only;
but" in -the whole- world. Truly was it said.of
him, at his death, that foreign as vielras doMestic
• . •••,.. •
foes would
_feel_ a weight off their souls;,foreign
friends would feel our . alliance the weaker:
The mere presence and example such a man
was felt to be security for our good order and
stability. While the Duke lives,' was long a
favourite expression. -with - those ,who , feared or
desired a:•change: ''A.:1913-the land hittit''rest:for
forty years,'
.we -rpg'ih" , the • sacred-. . . aurialsry
,
as the natural result, of some great deliyer.7,
ante, followed by the- rule of the deliverer
himself. The rest we have had.• Looking to the
important advice he gaVelia periods, and
the incalculable .weight Of hiS standing authOrity,
it may be said of the Duke more than of any
British statesman, that he judged Israel, and that
for a term of patriarchal duration and- the con-
clusion, therefore, of such' a
.reign cannot be
regarded without a degree of awe, and even
apprehension,"—an- infereiaoe which time has
already served to verify and to confirm..

Now why do we at this time seek thus to
revive these personal. recollections of one who is
no longer, in bodily presence at least, in any'
capacity before
.the .world ? What has 'there
occurred, it may 'be asked, to bring the Duke's
name forward thui prominently
.and particularly,
at this present moment I): We mightanswer,that
his is'a name which may at any time be season-
,
ably, because advantageouslY, re-introduced to
public reminiscence and regard. But we do
happen to have -a special reason for doing so on
this occasion. His life was one which no class of
his countrymen can fail to study without profit
to themselves and to society. His example can
never be learnt but, with benefit to all concerned.
And his life ,and example have just been given to
the world in four most reudable•voltimes, which
we should like to see made accessible to all classes
of the people.* At present, it is to be feared,

Life of the Luke of Wellington.. From the French of
Alexis Brialmont, Captain on the Staff of the Belgian Army-
With Emendations and Additions.' liy the Bev. 0.8. Oleig,
M.A., Chaplair-General to the Forces, and Prebenderyof St.
Paul's. In fohr volumes. Longman, Green, & o Co., 1., nclon.
1 $ cc),

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ITALY.

MAYENCE, May 3.

The Mainzer Journal announces that the chief
command of all Austrian corps d'arinee in Italy
has been entrusted to Prince Alexander of Hesse.