The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-23 00:00:00

FRENCHMEN ON IRELAND.

The Paris eOrresp-Oideat of the Times writes—
I have .alree,dy said a view words on a new
paniphlet which has just issued from the-printing
office of the well-known brochure publisher
Dentu. It is entitled "La Question Irlandaise,"
and though the name of the author is not given,
it is said that it belongs to a person attached to
one of the most prominent semi-official journals
of the day. But be the writer who he may, he
has produced a work which, for grotesque ignor-
ance not only of Irish affairs but of English,
surpasses all that any of the swarm of scribblers,
semi-official or wholly official, has ever yet put
forth. It would be waste of time to try to analyse
such utter trash, and I content myself with
merely giving a few speeimens of what this
brochurier can turn out. •

The authorities he quotes for his sketch of
Ireland of our day are Spenser's State of Ireland,
the Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, a passage
here and there from Mr. O'Connell's speeches,
Leland, and an " Irish patriotic writer," name
not given. From this last he quotes the fol-
lowing :

"It is absolutely essential to the existence of the
British Empire, that the entire class of peasants of
Ireland should be malutaiued ill a ponclition which
renders them perfectly docile and easy to decimate when
they grow too numerous, and always disposed to bring
recruits to the army.. They who are of opinion that the
English is the basest and most horrible tyranny which
ever scandalised the earth, will probably form the wish
that her indispensable support, Ireland, shall be taken
from her."

The head must indeed be hopelessly stupid not
to understand that a Government which allows
such sentiments to be published in Ireland by an

" Irish patriot" is not the tyrannical one described.
Would this pamphleteer dare to utter, not such
things as these, but anything approaching to
them, about the Imperial Government of France ?
If he did, Cayenne and he would soon become
acquainted, without any such tedious preliminary
as even a State prosecution.
" Ireland, having neither money nor industry, is
forced to pay in kind her rent to England. Is not all
the political, industrial, even social, life in England ?
Is it not in England that the proprietors of nine-tenths
of the Irish soil reside ?—in England which is spent the
price of the Irish crops ? To Ireland poverty, to
England luxury. England is thus necessarily the
market of Ireland. England gives nothing, and takes
all. Ireland gives all, and receives nothing."
If the following fact be correct, how lucky for
the author of the pampb.let that he was not in
Mayo at the time :
" In the county of Mayo the most fortunate ate asses.
It is a sight to make modern Europe blush with shame
—beyond the middle age and Pagaa antiquity !"

Again :
" Independent Ireland would herself have provided
for the instruction of her children. She would thus
have spared England the ridiculous and humiliating
anxiety which the latter feels in watching that in the
State schools in Ireland the instruction shall be free
from all allusion to Irish nationality, Catholicism,
patriotism, independence ; for England exercises a rigor-
ous censorship over the becks intrusted to the Irish
scholars. No historical anti-English heresy must enter
there, no piece of eloquence of an Irish author must
slip in there, no national poetry; nothing, in fine, which
might divert the child from an exclusive admiration of
England and of all that is English. A well-advised
censor even thought that he ought to retrench from an
edition of Campbell's Poems, not perfectly expurgated, a
piece of verse entitled, ' The Fall of Poland. To pity
Poland in Ireland appears dangerous.
"At present it is English literature—it is the English
press—it is the English fine arts, which absorb all the
talent which springs up in Ireland. The Celt possesses
Mere rapid intelligence—a more lively character—a
richer imagination than the Saxon—but the Celt is forced
to employ his brilliant faculties in the service and for the
glory of the Saxon. English journalism, for example,
seeks Irish pens; it is to Irish pencils that the merit
belongs of the greater part of the lively caricatures and
comical drawings published in London.

" England, which admits in Italy the right of
nationalities and the authority of popular suffrage;
which applauds insurrection in Sicily and subscribes for
Garibaldi, has nothing to refuse Ireland.
" And nevertheless, if Ireland obtained nothing 1 .
We would not as yet ask for a European intervent'ion.tO
cause the restoration to Ireland of her national institu-
tions. Europe cannot occupy herself with everything at
the same time. But we believe that in no case would
amicable remonstrances or advice be better justified than
in this country, so unworthily treated, and which, not-
withstanding her long misfortunes, still possesses so
powerful a vitality. The cause of Ireland more than
any other would deserve that Europe should apply to it
by adopting to them these noble words :—' The interest of
France is everywhere where the consideration of a just
and civilising cause is to be accomplished.'
pre-
sent It
taviuO the
hopeso political ioo
of
II situationrend butisi the
et a t
moment
may come--Ireland believes in it, Ireland expects it.
"It is sufficient for us to have demonstrated that
it there will be for Europe, 'when Europe wishes, an Irish
question." •
ay.yrablethfeatthtlle
The §ecoqd empire certainly Otilmt boast of its
literature, but the Qtfestiol frltvidgiv is so emi-
nently absurd, such a farrago of nonsense, that I
question whether any qne of the pens at the
disposal 0 the " Administration" could have gone
lower.

Another pamphlet, still more absurd, entitled
11lac3calion, Roi d' Irlande, is also in circulation.
We make only the following extract :--
"What more natural than to see Catholic and perse-
cuted Ireland manifest her impatience of Protestant and
tyrimpie England ?
"Tn any Case, then, there s waptipg at this moment
in Ireland but ouen4ku,'4ll4 this t,'!,414 f!royideuee seems
to have specially marked but.
"This man has valiantly gained his spurs in Algeria,
at the Malakhuff bastion, and in the plains of Lom-
bardy, and, if need be, he would not be embarrassed to
cut out a crown for himself on the domains of green
grip.
" This man is one of those "stilool Re9ple are always
happy to meet, 444'0414 lcing4 §4llite With
the title of brother,--this man is'llefacgaliOn."

THREE AT A BlRTH.—Lately, near Ballyjamesduff,
the wife of Phil Briody, one of Mr. James Morrow's
labourers, was confined of three children, Dr. Atkin,
of Oldcaatle, laid the poor woman's case before her
Majesty, and a—donation of £3 was immediately for-
warded to him from Bickingham Palace for Mrs.
triody.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIBEL CASE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S
BENCH.-YESTERDAY,
STONE V. LORD LLANOVER.

The further hearing of this case was resumed this
morning. Before proceeding, Mr. Justice Hill asked
defendant's counsel whether, after the positive oath of.
the plaintiff, and also of the second witness, he could
get a verdict upon the count charging the offence.
Mr. Edwin James said that Lord Llanover had only
done his duty in making the communication complained
of to his relation, the husband of his daughter, and in
justice to the noble lord, he asked that he might have
an opportunity of stating upon oath the part he had
taken in the matter. If that be granted the plea of
criminality would be withdrawn.
Lord Llanover then made a deposition as suggested.

Mr. J ustice Hill then said the charge of criminality
against the plaintiff is withdrawn, and Lord Llanover
has shown that his conduct in reference to it is blameless.
A juror was then withdrawn, and the ease terminated.

RUSSIAN CONCERT IN LONDON.

On Wednesday, Prince Galitziu gave a concert in St.
James's-hall, in aid of the Garibaldi fund. The Tines,
speaking of the affair, says :—" What reasons may have
induced a Russian Prince—the son of that Nicholas
Galitziu for whom Beethoven composed three of his last
and finest quartets—to get up a public concert in the
metropolis of this free country, advertise it in the public
journals, and direct it bodily and spiritually himself; we
are wholly unable to guess; still less why it should have
been entitled ' Demonstration in favour of Garibaldi.'
All we can pretend to do is to speak of it according to
its deserts as a musical entertainment, judged from
which point of view, it may be pronounced one of the
most original and interesting ever heard in England. A
more genuine and unequivocal success could hardly have
been achieved. The audience were not merely pleased,
they were fairly in raptures with every piece ; and as
every piece, with one exception, was bond fide Russian,
and even that exception—an arrangement of a German
melody, for two voices, violin, and piano—the work of a
Russian hand—the question as to whether a programme
exclusively made up of Russian music would be endura-
ble was triumphantly solved in the affirmative. The
concert was organised on a liberal scale, an excellent
band of about forty instrumentalists, and a picked chorus
of about sixty in number, besides solo singers and players
of the first eminence, representing the ' executive '
force."

It is stated that the price of mutton and boa at May-
once is 4d. a pound—the pound being two ounces heavier
than the English ; vegetables in proportion. New pota-
toes are three pounds for ld., cherries two pounds for
ld., and eggs ls. for thirty-six. [Could a better hint
be given to importers ?]
TjfE O'CONNELL FAMILY.—Mr. Daniel O'Connell,
of Derrynaue Abbey, grandson of "the Liberator,"
after having completed his course of study under Mr.
Hansom, the eminent British architect, and improved
his observation by inspecting the best specimens of
church architecture in classic lands, has determined to
commence his profession in Dublin as an architect. No
one will dissent from the opinion that it is most credit-
able to the good sense of the young gentleman that he
desires to devote his active and intelligent mind to prac-
tically useful objects, although possessing an indepen-
dent patrimony. Mr. O'Connell fills this year the
office of High Sheriff of his native county of Kerry.
CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—The Hamilton Advertiser says :
On Saturday last a mysterious-looking circumstance hap-
pened in the parish graveyard. A grave was being dug
to receive the remains of an old man named Mullen, and
when the grave digger had proceeded for some time at his
work he came upon the remains of a man who had been
buried with his clothes on. A hat was on the head, a
medal on the breast, and a staff by his side. It was
thought the medal might throw some light on this sight
of strange things, but, it being of pewter, the marks it
had formerly borne are effaced. The grave-digger and
others state that the part of the burying ground where
this occurred has mit been touched for the purpose of
making graves during the last thirty years.
EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOSION.—A large boiler of half-
inch iron, only two years old, exploded on Wednesday
evening at the Bilston new blast furnaces, just at the
moment that a great peal of thunder broke over the
spot. The boiler was torn into three parts. The largest
portion, weighing about ten or twelve tons, was thrown
high into the air and fell at a distance of 130 yards.
The two other pieces were driven to great distances, and
one of them cleared the top of the blast furnaces, a
height of 3Q feet. As the engine was not going at the
moment, none of the workmen were injured ; but of two
strangers who were passing, one was killed and the
other had his thigh broken. The deceased was blown
high into the air and fell at a distance of 40 yards.
His boots, which were laced tight, were torn from his
feet. It is estimated that the explosion could not have
been caused by a pressure of less than 300 lbs. to the
square inch. The supposition is that the electric fluid
entered through the fire-hole and struck the boiler at
the point immediately over the fire.

FIRE IN AN OIL WORKS.—A MAN SERIOUSLY
BURNED.—Shortly after eight o'clock on Thursday
morning, a fire, attended with serious injuries to James
Jeffreys, the foreman, broke out in the Victoria Oil
Works of Messrs. Smith and Rogers, at Collyhurst.
Messengers were despatched to Manchester for assistance.
and Mr. Rose, with a body of men and an engine, went
to the place. The fire was caused by the bursting of
one of the stills, near the entrance gate ; and Jeffreys,
who was the only man in the works at the time, the
rest having gone to breakfast, was unable to make his
escape. The neighbours, hearing' moans proceeding
from this spot, placed a ladder against the back part of
the premises, and drew Jeffreys, who was dreadfully
burned about the head and shoulders, out of a small
back window. He is not expected to recover. Finding
it impossible. to save the works, the attention of Mr.
Rose and his men was directed to the preservation of
the gum and starch manufactory of Mr. James Lang,
adjoining. In about an hour and a-half the fire in the
oil works was subdued. The damage is estimated at
£l,OOO.

A CATASTROPHE PREVENTED.—About thirty men and
boys and eight horses have had an extraordinary escape
from drowning in the bottom pit of the Bignell Hill
Colliery, Audley, Tunstall (the property of Mr. N. p.
Wood). These persons were at dinner in the pit when
they were alarmed by a rush of water, which was after-
wards found to have escaped from some old workings.
Hearing the rush, which'would soon have come upon
them, they jumped up, leaving their clothes behind
them, and made to a part of the pit which would lead
to a neighbouring pit, through which they could escape.
There were also eight horses in the pit, whose lives
were in as imminent danger as those of the men and
boys. Only three of these could be got hold of, and
they were secured. The way of escape was up the
almost perpendicular side of a working, over which the
men had little difficulty in getting, the wall being
rugged, and there being plenty of places on which to
rest the feet ; but to get the horses up was a more diffi-
cult matter. However, this was accomplished, and
men, boys, and three horses, were placed in a fair way of
escaping. But the most extraordinary part of the affair
was that the remaining five horses succeeded in making
their way from the place where the men had been
obliged to leave them, and, without assistance, mounted
the wall of the working, and presently joined their
companions, having accomplished a feat which fear only
could have enabled them to perform.
FRENCH FESTIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The
Orpheonistes will arrive from France during the after-
noon of Sunday, the 24th. The two great hotels in the
Islington Cattle Market are being fitted up throughout
with beds for a large body of them. The stay of the
Orpheonistes is limited to one week ; they will leave
England on the Ist of July—the three performances
being fixed for Monday, the 25th ; Tuesday, the 26th;
and Thursday, the 28th of June. The committee formed
for the purpose of welcoming the Orpheonistes have
already made considerable progress in their arrange-
ments. Applications have been made to the authori-
ties at the Tower, Greenwich Hospital, sew, Hampton
Court, the British Museum, the Houses of Parliamenti
St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, the Zoological Gardens,
and other places, for free admission or extra facilities to
these visitors. In all cases in which replies have been
received they have been favourable. The Earl of Elles-
mere has kindly anticipated any application by offering
to admit the Orpheonistes to view the Bridgewater Gal-
lery on production'ot their passports. Messrs. J. Penn
and Sons, of
firms, have also offered tq allow 4reenvvich, ldessrs. Cox and Co.) and other
their works to be
inspected on the same terms. Application has been
made for admission of some of the leaders of the under-
taking, who have already arrived, to the galleries in
Hyde Park, to-day, to see the volunteer review.
GARIBALDI AND HIS Sox.—There is a singular like-
ness between Omar Pasha and Garibaldi. Garibaldi,
whose age is 52, is about sft. 9 or 10in. in height, well
made, and evidently no stranger to fatigue ; his head
is a remarkable one, and unquestionably indicative of
intellect, his hair being fair, if becoming grey does not
exhibit that change, whilst the thick beard and Moustache
qoypri9g the Towel part of his face are scarcely tinged
with grey as yet: The r rities of the
more etriking pecu
general's! features are the eyes, by no means prominent,
and the almost uninterrupted line formed by the nose
with the forehead. The expression of the forehead.
The expression of the face is esentially calm, and appears
that of one more in thought than wen" What he
may look like when roused may best be described by
those who have sop
but when iu repose there is
great serenity in his e?untmaabee and a luiet 06140-sting
with the' !Oise and' goad ittimaur or tbe fire-eaters who
are around him. Garibaldi the younger is a fine strap-
ping fellow, who, like his father, has been at sea, and
has been in South America, and has already fought for

liberty ; he bids fair to be a terror to Italian despots
should the race be allowed to continue. Both he and
his father continue the South American fashion of wear-
ing a pocket handkerchief loosely tied round the neck,
and falling hood shape down the back.

THE DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1860.