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still! which gild the ruined temple, the broken, crumbling
relic of the past; or softly shine upon the tender flower,
or clustering curls upon the infant's brow ! which
gloriously adorn the sacred pile—stream through the
painted glass, and shed a holy radiance round the holy
place ; which glance upon the sculptured tombs, where
sleep the dead ! or softly touch the snow white robes
which mark the ministers of peace!
" In every place, at every time, those beams are bright
and beauteous, but shining in softened radiance in a
i church, the sunshine seems the smile of God 1"

day are touched upon with some adroitness, and '
always in a manner remarkable for its liberality :
The Ten Hours' Bill, the Corn-laws, Ireland, the
Allotment System, the Game-laws, the destitution of
the agricultural labourers, and divers other subjects
of a like description. Turn we, however, to the brief
but cordial mention of Sir Robert Peel's resignation

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in three vols. post Svo.,
THE WILL ; or, THE HALF BROTHERS,
A NOVEL.
Richard Bent:ey, New Bnrlington-street.

—that resignation which is unprecedented for the
glory and popularity with which it surrounded the
retiring Minister
"Rousing himself from these meditations, he repaired
to the vicinity of St. Stephen's, not so much to hear the
formal resignation of Ministers, about to he proclaimed,
as to witness the reception of Sir R.,bert Peel by the
people he had so nobly and so triumphantly befriended.
And right glad was Arbridge that he had come, when
he beheld the heart-stirring scene. It was an appro-
priate and a touching tribute to the retiring Minister.
For two hours the crowd had assembled before the Par-
liament House—for two hours it continued increasing in
numbers and in eagerness, till the anxious, excited,
human line extended along the whole course that he
would have to traverse. Ignorant spectators stopped to
inquire the cause of the unusual and universal anima
Lion. 'ls the Queen about to pass?' No; only Sir 1
Robert Peel!' only Sir Robert Peel—only the Minister
about to resign in the senate-house his official post, and
to receive from the people's unbiassed and cordial ap-
probation a more gratifying distinction—a more honour-
able reward than the peerage he had been offered aed
had refused. He camel—the pensive smile on his pale
and placid countenance expressed the emotion and the
satisfaction he must have felt. The eager multitude
closed round him—their glad shouts resounded in the
air. Such was the downfall and defeat of him—st! f-
sacrificed for the people's cause! Arbridge joined gip:ly
in the enthusiastic cheers, which proclaimed how the
multitude responded to their Minister."
" Evelyn Stuart" is a novel, which, while it fasci-
nates the attention, cannot fail to arouse all our dor-
mant love for fatherland, and to deepen our interest
in the welfare of our poorer brethren. The author
has spoken in a voice of simplicity, but with an ear-
nestness which is thoroughly heartborn.

The author, however, evinces an affection for nature
under every guise. Here is a pen-and-ink picture of
a landscape covered with snow :
"It was, indeed, a glorious sight. They stood upon a
rising ground; beneath them lay the broad expanse of
country, now white with the untrodden snow, which
served to make the remotest distance visible. Although
the hand of art had done nothing here, the scene seemed
scarcely natural—rather, it was a glimpse of fairy land.
This was far different from the glowing sunset, the
smiling beauties of the verdant plain ; but it had other
charms—it was the very emblem of purity and peace.
Alas! of earthly purity and peace, for the same sun, but
just come forth in brightness, for a short while increased
its beauty, and made it more apparent ; but that same
sunbeam should, in a little time, melt that fair beauty,
and destroy it all! Thus is it with our peace and purity
—the sunshine of the world's prosperity shall dissipate
the one, a breath of the world's slander sully the other's
whiteness.
" But not of this thought our friends, gazing with ad-
miration on the scene ; and, indeed, well worthy was it
of admiration. What various forms the snow afsumed,
and yet how beautiful in all! There it seemed, one un
broken mass of spotless white; here it just tinted, slightly
and gracefully, the withered boughs of many a noble tree,
clothing them, as it were, with a new foliage. There
were► the cottages, clearly defined by that fair outline,
and here the village church, the village graves—how
meet that snow-white robe of purity seemed for the
sacred place!
" At a slight distance might be seen a ruined tower,
the weight of ages in its crumbling form, the frost of
winter on its hoary brow. It seemed like some grim
hermit looking upon the youth and strength around—
some mighty record of the past, telling of what had been,
and showing what all must, alas! soon become. But the
most beautiful sight of all was where the hills abruptly
stopped, and by a rugged precipice descended to the
plain; along the height a gentle stream had flowed, then
in a wild cataract had fallen down the steep declivity.
The stream was now all frozen—the very waterfall was
there in ice, as though congealed even as it fell. A tree
that grew on the hill side, hanging across, had bathed its
branches in the falling shower, that shower congealed
now hung suspended from its trembling boughs. It all
seemed magic, it was as though the enchanter's wand, in
one short instant, had transfixed the whole. And it was
magic—surely no potent wizard was ever so wonderful;
so powerful, so amazing, as gentle, genial, kind, yet
awful Nature!

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sirs,—Having read in your paper of yesterday nn
article headed "Hints for Floating the Great Briiair,"
which " Hints," in my opinion, come nearer to the prac-
tical effect of doing so than any of those proposed, and
with much less expense, I would beg leave of "Hints,"
&c., to allow me to tail on to his one or two of mine.
First, clear the vessel completely of every incuin-
brance within her, machinery and all its appurtenances,
having ready such a number of strong empty web r-
buts (tight and well bunged) as would complete two
tiers of them stowed regularly in her hold, fore and aft,
(in the manner Indiamen formerly used to stow their
water for long voyages), securing them in the Great
Britain to the keelson, either by lashing or beams
atbwartship ; when the ground tier is complete, stow
the second the same way, securing them firmly by cross-
beams and upright stantions to the deck above ; when
this operation is finished then apply the brewer's. vats,
in the manner proposed by "Hints," only with tlitoif-
ference :—they should be placed when the vessel is as
nearly high and dry as possible. When all is secure
and so far ready then the gear for heaving off should be
got ready and well manned. Allow, then, the flowing
tide to enter the hold of the ship ; as she fills the buoy-
ancy of the casks within and the vats without wiq fi )at
the body. :Should all so far succeed all after is easy, as
when in deep water the leaks can then be stopped by
sweeping her bottom with a sheet of the " Galvanised
India Rubber ;" having it ready, with guys and hauling
ropes, such as are fitted to a thumtree sail at sea to stop
a leak. Your admitting these suggestions a space in
your national valuable paper will oblige an
OLD SAILOR.
Woolwich, Nov. 20, 1846.

Asa contrast, we transcribe the following vivid ac-
count of a most moving spectacle—a monster meeting
of the Anti-Corn-law League in Covent-garden
Theatre, and the welcome of the great apostle of free

trade, Richard Cobden.
" They arrived early at the theatre, in order to avoid
the crowd ; and seated in their private box, had an ex_
cellent view of the whole house. Evelyn was amazed
and delighted. She had often been at the theatre to see
the regular performance, but never had she beheld a
scene like this. Wherever she looked, was a vast sea of
human heads ; beneath her the crowded pit seemed one
compact mass, and all around, even to the very roof, was
the same assemblage of eager earnest countenances. And
there, before her—upon that stage which had erst re-
bounded with the actor's tread—which had been wont to
exhibit in its mimic show, great kings and mighty
heroes, battles and victories—to revive with its magic
power the glorious events of history, or pourtray fancy's
most divine creations—there, on that stage, was assem-
bled the mighty body, whose power was great as any
king's, and marvellous as any hero's ; whose battles, al-
beit with other weapons, were valorous and desperate as
the hard-wen fights of old, and whose victory—whose
crowning, matchless victory—was already shadowed
forth, its glory beaming bright amid the darkness of
futurity. The gorgeous memories of the past—the fair
imaginings of the poet—all, faded to nothing, before the
present majesty of reality and truth. Before he was the
League!—the all-puissant League, whose power, ema-
nating only from the people, was employed only in the
people's cause. The great fact rover looked more im-
posing—and yet the assembled thousands were as no-
thing, compared with the high principles that inspired
them.
" The chairman addressed the meeting, in his Own
mild and impre.,sive manner, but Evelyn heard him not:
she could heed nothing hut the crowded multitude around
her. These then were the people of England, the objects
of her aspirations and her dreams. Hoy: interested, how
earnest, how animated did they appear—with what
breathless attention did they listen to the speaker—how
their cheers rose in unison! But while she thus watched

A FEASIBLE PLAN TO FLOAT

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—By the following plan I would engage to float
the Great Britain, with the aid of a spring-tide and a
moderate sea, at a comparatively small expense.
I would give orders for about 3,000 square yards of
air-proof or India rudder sail-cloth, made into forty-
eight bags, each measuring about twenty feet by twelve,
divided into compartments in order to increase their
strength. To each of these bags I would fasten (in the
process of manufacture) cords, twelve inches apart all
round the edge, with loose ends about eighteen inches
long, about the size of a man's thumb.
Having prepared these forty-eight air-tight bags, each
with a flexible tube at the upper end, to reach the deck,
and communicate with the interior of the bags. I would
transport them from the manufactory to the ship. 'I he
whole bulk, I calculate would be equal to about one of
the vats referred to by your correspondent, yesterd.iy.
Being so far ready, my attention would be next directed
to secure tnem to the sides of the ship, keeping them
as low down as possible ; to accomplish which, I would
excavate the sand as near her stern-post as possible, and
pass a rod or bodkin to the other side, drawing through
first a cord, and afterwards a cable long enough to pass
under the ship, and reach the deck on both sides, and
be secured there. This done, I would, if possible, con-
tinue this process every twelve feet (the width of each
bag), until I hap prepared a space between each cable
for my twenty-four bags, on each side. To steady
which, and to afford the means of securing my
bags to her sides, I would securely fasten spars hori
zontally, twelve or twenty-four feet long, as low down as
possible to the before-mentioned cables. Thus far pre-
pared, having all the bags in readiness, and machinery
on board to inflate them with atmospheric air (gas
would do better, and it might be made on board if all the
coal is not removed), I commence at the proper time the
fastening the bags to the ship's sides, by means of the
upright cables, horizontal spars, and the short ropes,
wove into the bags, in the way before mentioned, leaving
sufficient slack for expansion, and no more. The weather
being favourable, I consider my bags safe, but in any
event, such as the bursting of one or more compart-
ments in the bags, the difference would be perfectly
immaterial, each being independent of the other. I esti-
mate the cost of the bags at 7501. (mind, I am not in the
India rubber trade), and when they have performed their_
work, and the iron monster is safe in harbour, they
would realise nearly the cost price, for by reducieg them
to the proper sizes, they would make excellent mat-
tresses for either sea or land, and in any great emer-
gency would be available as life preservers. I have full
confidence in the success of the plan, and should be happy
to undertake the superintendence of it for the pro-
prietors. C. R. C.
Greenwich, Nov. 20, 1846.

them, one universal spirit seemed to pervade the whole.
The mighty multitude arose, even to a man—their deaf-
ening shouts sounded like thunder—living thunder! and
scarcely could they die upon the echoing walls, ere they
were again and again renewed. Evelyn was amazed—at
frst almost alarmed—she could hardly believe thin
tumultuous exultation was what she had often read of,
designated "(cheers)." There must be some cause for
such extraordinary excitement—some great speaker was
about to address them I They shouted his name I and
Evelyn turned eagerly to behold him—him of whom she
had heard so much—whom she had so long desired to
see—and she saw him! Standing near the front of the
stage, behind a little green-covered table, waiting till
the enthusiasm which had greeted him, subsided. Tall
and thin, slightly bending forward, one hand resting
upon the table—he appeared far from strong, indeed in
ill-health—but his expressive countenance bore the stamp
of a great mind : the power of high intellect was en-
throned on his thoughtful brow.
" He spoke ! and the mighty thunder changed to a
death-like silence. Evelyn listened with earnest atten-
tion : she had never heard a public speaker before, and
at first she was rather surprised—it hardly seemed like
a speech. There was no studied voice, or affected man-
ner, no formal exordium, no rounded period ; in fact,
nothing forced, strained, or unnatural. The speaker
appeared rather to be talking to her, and to every one,
individually, in the most easy, unstudied, natural man-
ner possible. There was an almost colloquial freedom
in his eloquence, yet how effective was it ! A style so
simple and so perspicuous, clear to the humblest com-
prehension, convincing to the most sceptical (if unpre-
judiced). Unanswerable facts followed one another with
startling rapidity ; lumincus arguments varied with
lively anecdotes enchained the attention and kept alive
the interest : logic had here a peculiar triumph ; by her
aid, dull things became clear, dry matters all-attractive.
The cheers of the audience attested their approval, their
undivided and animated attention evinced their deep in-
terest and sympathy. Evelyn listened with delight,
never had she felt so thoroughly convinced, so charmed,
so captivated by human reasoning. She marvelled how,
after hearing him, any one could doubt. She believed
all, and could have listened on for ever."
But that our columns are pre-occupied, we would ex-
tract the entire of the fifth chapter to the second
volume ; it contains an affecting interview in the
garret of the sempstress, which should be perused by
every one, from the gentle lady and the statesman
downwards. We cannot refrain from giving a few
simple but suggestive sentences relating to the Em-
peror Napoleon, the latter part of which recalls to our
recollection some similar remarks in " Tom Burke of
Ours," by Charles Lever.
" And the receding shores of France were viewed with
heartfelt grief by one, whose fortunes were as momentous
as the Scottish queen's, whose power and glory were
greater far than hers whose fate was as appalling. W hat
must have been the feelings of the proud conqueror and
mighty monarch,—the obeyed, the beloved, the adored,—
as hastening from the scenes of his grandeur and tri-
umphs, to wear out his prisoned life on a barren rock—
he beheld for the last time the land of his heart, the home
of his glory. In the fresh ardour of early youth, the
young Corsican first landed on the shores of his adopted
country—the country he was to rule, and to lead fore-
most among nations; and now the brief and bright
career was ended; conquered and captive, from the
deck of an enemy's vessel the eyes of the hero last be-
held his beloved France. One of the companions of
that melancholy voyage thus describes the touching
scene:—
" The coast of Brittany threw off the clouds which
concealed it, and presented itself to our eyes, as if to
receive our last adieu. France! France! was the spon-
taneous cry which resounded from one end of the deck
to the other.
" The Emperor stood still, looked at the coast, and,
taking off his hat, said, with emotion, " Adieu! Terre
des braves, je to salue! adieu! France, adieu!"
" The emotion was electric: even the English in-
voluntarily uncovered themselves with religious respect.'
" Who is there among the most bitter of his enemies
can. read this page unmoved? All who have hearts must
feel for the agony that mighty breast endured. We may
contemplate what we cannot comprehend, and who shall
dare to analyse his feelings ? Who shall say what
undefined sensations bound his soul to that beloved
land ?

We are requested to contradict the statement erro-
neously made in several of the morning papers yester-
day, of the recall of the French Ambassador. The
Count de St. Aulaire is shortly expected at Hertft,rd
House, to resume his diplomatic functions.—Times.
Samuel Palmer, Esq. (Mayor of Great Yarmouth),
has been appointed, under the Wreck and Salvage B:11,
Deputy-Receiver of Admiralty droits, for the Norfolk
coast, vacant by the resignation of Fran cisWheatley, Esq.
ALARMING ACCIDENT TO VIsOOUNT:CLIFDEN.
We regret to announce that a most serious accident oc-
curred to Viscount Clifden, the son of Lady Dover, and
nephew to the Duchess of Sutherland and Viscount
Morpeth, between the hours of ene and two o'clock yes-
terday afternoon. His Lordship, who was mounted on
a high-spirited horse, was in the act of crossing the
Richmond Railway-bridge, in Roehampton•lane, when
the animal reared, frightened, as it is said, at a timber-
carriage, and placing his fore feet upon the parapet,
threw his Lordship on to the line, and literally across the
metal. His Lordship was speedily resued from his
perilous position, and conveyed with all due alacrity to
the residence of Lady Dover, at Roehampton. Medical
assistance was promptly procured, but we have not as
yet learnt what the exact injuries are that his Lordship
has sustained.

A daring attempt at robbery was made in Liverpool
on Friday. In the middle of the day a lad, who was
carrying his master's cash-box into a court devoted to
offices branching out of Chapel-street, was knocked down
by a fellow with a bludgeon, who ran off with the cash-
box. He was pursued by a crowd of nearly 300 persons,
yet, strange to say (dropping the stick and box), he
escaped. The poor lad remains seriously ill.
OPENINGS or NEW RAILWAYS.—The opening of
the South-Eastern Extension Branch to Tonbridge
Wells, and the company's branch line from Ramsgate to
Margate, which were to have taken place yesterday,
were again deferred for a month. The former has been
sanctioned by the Board of Trade for public traffic nearly
a month. The postponement has caused great disap-
pointment. The Ely and Peterborough branch of the
Eastern Counties is finished, and was to have been
opened yesterday for cattle traffic only, but the late
rains having occasioned a slight subsidence in various
parts of the permanent road, it was deferred till the
middle of the ensuing month. The Hertford branch, as
a double railway, is announced to be opened on Wed-
nesday next. That of the Eastern Union Extension,
from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmunds, is fixed for the 30th
inst.; it is intended only for cattle and goods. The
traffic for passengers is deferred until the road has
become perfectly consolidated.
CONSERVANCY OF THE RlVER.—Notices have been
given by the Corporation of the city of London of their
intention to apply to Parliament to extend their power
for the conservancy of the river; to enable them to
widen, deepen, dredge the same, and to remove all
obstructions; to take down or build bridges, and to levy
tolls; to erect steam-boat and other piers between
Yantlet- creek and Staines; and that all acts, charters,
and customs which may be inconsistent with the power
now sought to be obtained shall be altered, varied, ex-
tinguished, and repealed.
NEW HOLYHEAD PACKETS.—The four new packets
ordered by the Admiralty for the Holyhead station are
to be called, respectively, the Caradock, the Llewellyn,
the Kathleen, and the Banshee. One is to be built by
Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, it is understopd, on the
lines of the Surveyor of the Navy, engines by Mess:l,.
Seawood and Co.; one of wood, on the lines of Mr. 0.
W. Lang, with Penn's engines; one engine and vessel
by Messrs. Miller and Co.; and one vessel by Mr. J.
Laird, of Birkenhead, the engines by Messrs. Forrester,
of this town.— Liverpool Albion.
ACCIDEN'P FROM GUN COTTON. —On Sunday
evening James Richardson, a young gentleman residing
in Besborongh-terrace, Pimlico, and several other young
men, were in the kitchen trying experiments with gun
cotton; a candle fell on the cotton, which instantly ex-
ploded, blowiag out the windows, and when a light was
procured Richardson was found lying on the floor, with
his face much injured, and his right eye totally
destroyed. The other parties present were more
frightened than hurt.

" His history was '
twined with that of many nations.
The Ausonian skies shone o'er his early glory • the
Italian plains witnessed the dawning of hjs high ambi-
tion. Amid the burning sands of Africa, he overthrew
the desert chiefs, and was hailed by the wondering
moslems, ' Sultan of fire.' On the shores of Asia he led
his daring army, and by the walls of Acre he missed
his destiny.' At Vienna, the capital of the haughtiest
of empires, monarchs waited in his ante-chamber. Amid
the snows of Russia he led the obedient host ; in the
little isle of Elba hope again inspired his heart. Yet
which of these countries could compare with France? Not
here had he fought his battles and seen the foeman fly ;
but dearer, better far, here were the murmurs of a
people's praise, the rising incense of a people's love.
its
heart's kingdoms laid down their arms ; this gave
heart's devotion ; here had the diadem been placed upon
his brow,—here, in the hours of peace, he had earned the
statesman's, the legislator's, noble fame,—greater, far
greater, than his soldier's glory : and here, too, had he
enjoyed the happiness of domestic life ; here had his
heart first beat with all a father's rapture, over the
promised successor of his greatness, but alas ! the heir
of his misfortunes.
" And now the increasing distance removes that
country from his sight—for ever! But even in the land
of exile its memory is dear to him; one of his last
wishes is to be buried there—' au milieu des peuples
French's que j'ai tant aim(is.' And on the bed of death,
ere his mighty spirit departed, after almost uncon-
sciously addressing his son, and alluding to the army's
head, the last word that lingered on his dying lips was,
France!' "
All the most important political questions of the

THE SEN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24,E

suffered from that ebullition of popular feel-
ing, which it had, in no overt manner in-
stigated, and in which it was in no overt
manner implicated. And now, because it was
thus passive, because it was the victim of the
insubordinate Galicians, and because it has al-
ready suffered much from their reckless and
desperate proceedings, its neutrality is to be
laughed to scorn, its freedom is to be ignominiously
torn from it, its independence is to continue
no longer a barrier to the extension of
northern despotism. And from whom does Cracow
receive this villanous treatment? Why, from her
protectors ; from the gigantic protectors by whose
presumed magnanimity and integrity Europe had
guaranteed her existence !
An act so opposed to all the principles of public or
private morality cannot pass without evoking some-
thing more than the mere reprobation of mankind.
The other great nations interested in the maintenance
of the treaty of Vienna will not remain unmoved ;
they will, if they value the preservation of interna-
tional law, assert the sanctity of that code, and main-
tain their own respective dignity. It is scarcely a
matter of much consideration whether France protests
alone, and England does the same, and Sweden and
Spain and Portugal, so long as they are coincident
in their detestation of this act, and are united in their
resolve to call the offending Governments to a strict
account. Then the honour of humanity will be vin-
dicated, and the five nations already enumerated will
be individually and collectively—
" The helper of the helpless, and the saviour of the
free."

In the indignation which has been already aroused
in England and France, and especially in the great
capitals of London and Paris, against those who are
implicated in the lawless annexation of Cracow, the
long-dormant patriotism of Poland seems to have at
length found national sympathisers. The spirit of that
buried empire seems no longer merely to "revisit
the glimpses of the moon" in the enthusiastic fancy
of some penniless refugee, but is visible to the nations
at broad day.
Since the accession of the present Ministry to
office the affairs of the Foreign Department have
been singularly complicated and embarrassing. By
the Montpensier marriage the entente cordiale was
splintered to atoms ; by an unfortunate combination
of circumstances, the negotiations with the vagrant
Government of Rio de La Plata have been ren-
dered altogether nugatory; by the unforseen weakness
of the military forces under GHOOLAB SINGS!, the
continuance of tranquillity in India is again rendered
improbable; and now, by the seizure of Cracow, and
its incorporation with the Austrian empire, the whole
aspect of Europe has been changed. In the ability,
the promptitude, the decision, and the diplo-
matic skill of Lord PALMERSTON we have
every confidence. From no Minister should we
be more sanguine of beholding energetic and
decisive measures. While that Right Hon. Secre-
tary will maintain with a jealous anxiety the honour
and dignity of Great Britain in its relation with fo
reign countries, he will respond to the spirit of
civilisation, and to the ultimate consequence
of those great commercial acts which he aided
in their recent passage through Parliament ;
he will respond to those consequences, and to that
spirit by endeavouring to allay all international
animosities, and to prevent the state of Europe, if
possible, from being seriously embroiled. War has
at all times been regarded as the dernier ressort; that
sentiment was never more universally maintained
than at this moment. With the advancement of know-
ledge the love of battle has retrograded. The recent
acts of the Northern Powers have, however, rendered
some bold and unanimous response necessary. In the
hands of Lord PALMERSTON are reposed the destinies,
and the dignity, and the honour of England.

Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN has begun to shake his
feathers—and, more—he has promised to shake them
regularly at intervals. He has written one long let-
ter—he has undertaken to write more. The series
has commenced. All thislis mighty sagacious. Mr.
SMITH O'BRIEN is sensible that his plumage is very
much out of order, that it is no longer what it was.
Shrewdly suspecting that his first shake might be a
failure, that his primary effort to spread his wings,
after the torpid plight in which he has for some
time lain, would render apparent to the spec-
tators that his feathers were in a very ragged
and disordered state, he assures them that his flighty
experiments will be regularly renewed, with the view,
we presume, of making them believe that he is merely
" moulting " for the present, but that hereafter he
will become quite sleek and full of the most attractive
hues. We think, however, this strange bird will find
himself deceived. He puts us in mind of one of those
wretched•looking, undersized eagles, that are chained
to isolated fragments of rock in some fanciful public
gardens, which no ono would ever dream of noticing,
or would know even was near his path, if the air
were not occasionally rent by a piteous scream. The
visitor turns round, observes an exceedingly quaint
object, with a very wild eye, giving one or two
ricketty hops, and then instinctively passes on in
search of some worthier object of attraction. But, to
be serious, Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN has really written a
letter, and in a right royal strain. It commences
with "My Lords and
.Gentlemen," which is un-
doubtedly very imposing language.:The writer is evi-
dently prescient of his high and future destiny. He
takes no leap in the dark. "I must be
a king I" he exclaims, " sic fata desinunt. The
regal style best becomes one, so I adopt it at
once." The " physical force" ukase is dated 17th of
November, Cahirmoyle. It is addressed to the
" Landed Proprietors of Ireland." The Nation pub-
lishes it to the world. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN takes
up his old trade. He knows it will be all up with
him unless he creates bad blood, or keeps up stale
animosities between the English and the Irish. He
therefore dashes off in the following strain :
" In your hour of danger and difficulty, you find your-
selves abandoned by the power in, which you trusted.
The Premier taunts you with neglect of duty, and leaves
you to your fate. The English press, faithfully repre-
senting the public sentiment of England, reviles you as
the authors not only of the mischiefs produced by the
union and by British misgovernment, but even of the
calamities inflicted by the hand of Providence. In the
opinion of a large portion of the people of England there
is not a more noxious, contemptible, and abject creature
than an Irish landlord."

What a heap of trash have we here. The English
press is grossly misrepresented. So far from England
having abandoned Ireland, almost the last Act of the
last session has conferred most extraordinary powers
for raising money to alleviate Irish misery. So far
from the Premier leaving them to their fate, the un-
wearied exertions of the Executive to effectuate the
intentions of the Legislature have drawn the warmest
encomiums from Mr. O'CONNELL. Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL IS next popped at for not having summoned
Parliament together. " A wise and bold Minister
would not have; shrunk from the performance of
their imperative duty, but it appears to have been
thought more prudent by a Government which cannot
command a majority in Parliament to avoid the risk
of losing their places." Such is snarl the second.
Far more likely is it to our mind, that a very
foolish and rash man dreaded the risk of
sinking into utter oblivion, unless he followed his
imperious conceit of penning a profoundly stupid
document. " The Minister would have been told by
the voice of Parliament, as he might have been taught
by the example of Sir ROBERT PEEL, that it is the
duty of a Government, when the ordinary laws of
supply and demand are deranged by a great and
sudden calamity, to take care that food shall be
placed within the reach of every individual, and that
all abstract theories must bend to this necessity."
This is snarl the third. Sir ROBERT PEEL will not
feel flattered by the invidious comparison drawn be-
tween him and Lord JOUN RUSSELL. Praise from some
is frequently less acceptable than the keenest of cen-
sure. The circumstances in which the Premier has
been placed, as far as regards the question of famine,
are widely different, both as to time and extent, from
those under which Sir ROBERT PEEL had to govern.
Everybody knows this perfectly well, the Member
for Limerick excepted. After growling and grumbling
on through several more tedious paragraphs, out
starts the mouse from the mountain's side. Energetic
and intelligent men, together with the Irish repre-
sentatives, are recommended to assemble in Dublin a
month before the meeting of Parliament, to discuss
how their country can be extricated from its present
difficulties, to prepare Bills, arrange to have them
brought forward by Irish Members, &e. This idea was
promulgated by Mr. O'CONNELL himself long before