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rimier, I
believe al this lime I could c, 1 sum h more suck
for them that. they email 41u, if,.. had only prlkan room ; as
tu.the reformation atteodibg it, 1 coutiot &slit it is the least
Coos experieuce.
The Cowmltlre untlerstaiol you ilktincllt to say, that
from your experience, which is known have town among the
very Werat of the se,,, lo whose care and reformation you
Kite ?vile atteotion, that you would find antoticrt that class
• disposition to !shoot., and the resale of that tabus► be
their moral reformation my lino Witt; and as ti_
iodisation* to labour there can be ou doubt resprctitut it.
The greatest punishment they ran live is to be without
work.
TOO Sod ander the mild discipline you have catahlished
is Nevigate, that so far from there being an unwillingisesa of
the truisms to employ theihselves, that it ovoid be s severe
prosishawat to depri►e them of the MINIMS of enspleyroeut ?
.-44.Uoaoubtedly.

IJECO.LECTAMS Olt CURRAN.
• BY CHARLES PHILLIPS, Eel. •

The following is an extract from the above %York:
" Called. as we have thus seen him, to the low,
he was without friends, without connexions, with-
out fortune, conscious of talents far above the
tuob by which he was elbowed, and cursed with
sensibility which reoffered him painfully alive to
the mortification' he was fated to experience.—
'fhosh who have risen to prtsferrrinuitk eminence
and recollect the iiiiiiediinentshr such a continence-
ment—ilw neglect abroad—the poverty pailisps
at hisme—the flowtis of rivalry—the fears of
friendshipz-the surer at the first cssisy--the pro.-
phecy that it will be the list—dis'eouragesuriats Hs
to the present—forebodings as to the flume—slime
who are established endeavouring to crush the
chance of competition, and mine wbn have failed
anxious for the wretch. if consolation of companion-
ship—those who recollect the comforts of such an
apprenticeship may duly appreciate pour Cimitta's
situation. After toifing for a very inadequate le-
compense at the sessions of Cork, and wearing, as
he said himself, his teeth almost to their stomps, he
proceeded to the metropolis, taking for mils %%ler and
young children a miserable lodging uimil
Term after term without either penile or profes-
sional reputation, lie paced the hall of the Four
Courts. Yet even thus 1w was not altogether un-
distinguished. If his pocket was not heavy. his
heart was light; he was young and ardent; buoyed
up not less by the consciousness of saint he felt
within, than by the encouraging comparison with
those who were successful around Imo, and he took
his station among the crowd of idlers, whom he
amused with his wit or amazed by his eloquence.
Many even who had emerged frcui that crowd did
hot disdain occasionally to glean from his conversa-
tion the rich and varied treasures which he did not
foil to squander with the most unspating prodigst.
lily ; still ionic there werd who observed the

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brightness of the infest luminary struggling
through the obscurity ilsat clouded its coin-
mencetnem. Amongst thcri who had the tliQcriini-
tuition to applecinte, and' the' heart' to feel for
him, luckily for Curran, Wag Mr. Arthur IVolfe,
afterward* the unfortunate but respected Lord
Kilwarden. The first fee of any• consequence
which he received was through his recommenda-
tion ; and his recital tor the incident can-
not lie without its interest to the young profes-
sional aspirant whom a temporary neglect may have
sunk into dejection. ' I then lived.' and he, ' upon
Hog-hill ; my wife and children were the chief
furniture or my apartments ; and as to my rent, it
stood pretty much the same chalice of its liquida-
tion with the national debt. Mrs. Curran, however,
was a barrister's lady, nod what was wanted in
wealth she was well-deterniiised should he supplied
by dignity. The leudlarly, on the other hand. had
no idea of any gradation except that of pounds,
shillings, and pence. I walked out one morning
to ovoid the perpetual altercation* on the subject,
with my mind, you may imatsSue, in no very envia-
ble temperament. I fell into tits gloom to which,
from my infancy, I had been occasionally subject.
I had a family for whom I had no dinner; and a
landlady fur whom I hail no relit. I had gone
abroad in despondence—l returned home almost
in desperation. When I opened the door of any
study. where Lowder alone could have found a li-
brary, the first object which presented itself was
an immense folio of a brief, twenty golden guineas
wrapped up beanie it, and the name of Old Bob
Lyons marked upon the back of it. I paid my
landlady--fought 11 good diniSer—gave Bob Lyons
a share of it—and that dinner was the date of my
prosperity.' Such was his own exact uccouit of
his profes.iunal advancement : and iterloaps the
reader inny feel some interest attached to the person
of the man who thus held nut to Curran the hand
of encouragement when he was trembling upon the
pivot of his destiny. A personal acquaintance hat
given me in some degree the means of gratifying
his curiosity. Bab Lyons, the attorney, was a
perfect, but indeed a very favourable specimen of
a class of men now quite extinct in Ireland, and
'sever perhaps known in any other country in crea-
tion. They were a kind of eOllll dor the rack-
rent squire and the sharp Low practitioner—scareless
anal era ving—extra sii4ant and tisoirions—humouralile
and subtle—just as their education or their nature
happened to predominate at the in 1111 l riot. They had
leo much igloo alit conceit net to despise the profes-
sion, and too twiny 'artificial waists not at times to have
recourse toots raceme. The solicitor of the monolog
was the host of the evening; the invitation perhaps
curse on lire hark of the copies, and she gentleman
of undoubted Mission nrigencapped the climax sof
his innumerable bumpers with toasting coofusielo
In the gentleman by Act of Parliament. Thi. race
of met', a ruts* in thessierlvro di tinct xll4l rectillar,
grew like an excrescence tit the system of the
conistry : Iba Irish squire of half a creamy op,
scorned not to be in debt ; it would be beneath his
dignity to live within his Income; and swat Itl tint
Metal rang a debt, tar greatest ele_grailation would
have liven orsoftsistaiohy to pay one. The (mist (parolee
mceseastly of creditors was law, and the milispen- I
sable constepieme of law was all ! hut

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PRICE SEVEN-PRNCE.

those whom law estranged the table re- tttt ited—the
squire became • reconciled to the attorney over a
bottle—to avoid his process he made Infn his agent..
and the estate 'moo putted from their alternate pus-
ses-ion by the saute course of ruinous prodigality.
" Such war the community or which oitt Huh
Lyons was a most. distinguished member; but ul
whirl', as I have sa4l berme. he was a moat f itoor-
Oak specimen. Plausihlt in his inan,itrs anti has.
pitithle its his habits, those who rearcil hint fur his
undoubted skill as a practitioner, esteemed hint for
his convivial qualities as a cosupauion. Nor had
eves' his usidu•try the ill foram. of selfishness. If
hr gained all he couki, still he spent all he gaintd,
and those who MatielW at the poverty of his neigh-
hoitrliond, could easily have counted his per-
snaal Nu flatter Who might be the
poorer for pitta. is. was the etcher, for het
short, it seemed to be the office of Ins left bawl
lavishly, to expend what his fight band alseideionsly
arcumulated. When I became first acquainted
with him he had reaped the harvest if wu-
thirds of a celitiiry, and alt.-tostaly sued and enter-
tained two-thirds or the prociace or Conminglit, itt
which he retitled. Ile had all the pleasantry of
youth in his addiess, and art stfoggl.d hard to apt
off the lingering givers of his ex Its iqr. Ills chokes
were always adjoined to a Meaty—a perohitlal
fßrn-
tus rendered either halthiess or kre Ale.* iiiitisiblet
mid the jethalack liquid that snide hi. i,out a mierftrs
remorattil the almost traccleso semicireA cy'Ais ty",
brute ! Such. to an outs, was told 1141 Lyons; and
to 111 M COMM has often told itie he Oiirril nit ilirft.
ly much of the prosperity; hot Mail- of the plea.,
molten hours ul' his eicistenee."

(Tv be eemlineed )

INDIA.

rXiItACT OF A Li trErt.

You know the Itattidion I am atnii•heil to is pert
..r the Sirsoonr %tiltintliary foice,iiini 1 6-4tirt to in.&
form you, that 14tely ere have Lreu uw..t treaeltrre
ouvly deceive Iby the Nagpoor l'enwe. Ile had
called us to Isis aviistance. as lie pretended. 16 pr0.../4

test I slid his country from the images of the
Pindarres, but it would k1+4.111 It was of i to %reit
the opportunity until he had got the greater parr
of our troops at a dittatics from his ea pita in por.
suit of the robbers, to declare open war az.sinst
Only four regiments of the force remained nettind :
one at the capital, and the other three at Iltassissga.
bad, and he no doubt expected, with his inuuntet-
able army, to nave cut tits a untuher an inferior to his
own. Ile had a force of nearly 60,000 at m 4 tear
to Ins capitol, and we had only one ieginient of
the force, three troops of cavalry. and three regis
..gsesAgief islodetsa keep* 'them He et'. isc ked these
with part of Inv host, and e,OOO A r:4 t. 4 ; but
ILrtn-
stately. after a contest of Insti,) hours, the battle
ended in ourfavnur ; a 'cessation of Iso.iilities took
place, and in the mean trove beis:g reinlnrced, we
in our turn attacked him. mid after a rely hard
contesst, he was entirely defeated. The consequence
was, he threw himself on our mercy, mid was rein-
stated, but had the best part of his c..uutry taken
from hint for his temerity.
Whilst these affrays took place at Nagpoor, our
battalion, the 24 of the 23.1, with the let of the
I lilt, left Hussingabad, to attack in army nt Or
there. We attacked them at the town Set insigne
on the sth of last month. They had !Areal up very
advantageous ground, their cannon bring posted on
three smell hills in our front. and in the rear they
were protected by an extensive wood. They re-
ceived us with nrghty pomp, and a heavy but
directed fire from the whole of 'heir cuss ttttt ; we
gave them little time to rectify this inismatimgement.
The party I was with charged up one of the hills,
mod we soon thinned their ranks with the cool steel,
and took the guns ; the other hills and guns were
also taken, and when they saw this they Mune.
(timely fled—their strength consisted of 7,000, ours
of 1;400 ! They lost 600 or 700 killed and wound-
ed S ;and our loss vies trifling in comparison, being
only three killed, end fifteen or sixteen wounded.
We took four elephants, forty camels, and lots of
horses.. &c. &c. ; and 1 seized a prize which I sup.
pose would not likely be found on sit European
field of battle, being no less than four beautiful
hoisting hawks I they belonged to one of the Chiefs
of the enemy, are capital hunters of hares, par.
trltittes. qustla, &c. and are reckoned very valuable.
When the Nagpoor Esith broke oat, others of the
illahratta powers followed his example. The
Prishwa, the head of them, had previously risen at
Puottah, where he received tight work fur it front
the honourable IHountstesvart Elphinstone. Several
battles have taken place with him, in all otwhicli
lie his been defeated, and Poonsh has la en taken.
Ile still hold, out, however, but no doubt will
soon be knocked up, and have his cottutry taken
from him.

One of the greatest battles that has been fought
in India was fought the other day. liulkur, another
Maliratta Prince, rose up against the Government,
with an army of 40,000 hone Mid 30,000 font. It
was nut twig before be was attacked by HIS army of
ours, 12,000 strong, tinder the comosisoil of Sir
Tilolll3l. Hislop, a gallant officer, when, army a se_
were conflict, Holkar was best °tithe field, and 104
the whole of his cannon, amouutiug to 83 pieces.
In a second action he was equally ulifortutiate, be-
big completely beat, and having 32 pieces noire
cannon taken from him. Holkor lost about 3,000
killed and wounded, mod our loss was *bout 500
killed and wounded; three officers killed mid 3J
wounded. It is a glorious period in India. The
Marquis of Hastings is prompt *ad quick its his
nieloairer, and his goverument has beau Ill Out
cellar's'. The greater part of the country is nnw
freed of the rindarees, and many of the tromping
Chielii are swing for mercy.
We have hem inarchisig from one plate to an•
other tnr some months past. We 114%.e agent left
Ser.migur, un a march to the westward; but we
will have to canton somewhere vow, as the oreldhier
is becouiiiig so intolerably hot.