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show it that they are in earnest in their determi-
nation to resist aggression, they will have to reap
a large crop of such" complication'.
I ought to mention that Harney's officers feel
much ashamed
-'of him in this-matter, as they also
did in the San -Juan buSinesi. Between the Eng-
glish and all the American- officers we came in con-
tact with there is the. best . possible _feeling:, The
General is of the old school and full- of prejudices.
His officers are men off-a latet genaration, well
educated and gentlemanly ~and
.get on very well in
all societies.. The American Government will save
itself some trouble by looking .after the old General.
He might be sent to.a place which would suit him
better than a post in a civilised country.

ARTIS.Ie BENEVOLENT FUND,

The fiftieth anniversary of this institution,svhich
was established in 1810, for the relief of the widows
and orphans of artists; was Celebrated at the Free-
masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, on Saturday.
About 100 gentlemen sat down to -dinner, presided
over by the Right Bon. Lord Stanley. Notwith-
standing the unfavourable state of the weather, a
party of ladies also honoured the occasion by their
presence. After, the- dinner the.usuai loyal and
patriotic toasts were received with`much cordiality.
The noble Chairman afterwards proposed the toast
of the evening, "Prosperity to the Artists Bene-.
volent Fund." Ins advocating its claims to public
support, he said the experience of their common
daily life,proved the necessity of such an institu-
tion.
Every other profession* or trade carried on in
that metropolis made a similar provision for the
widows and orphans of its less successful-members.
In our complex and artificial state of society we all
knew that poverty, distress, and even ruin might
come upon a man without any, fault or folly of his
own ; but the hazards and uncertainties which at-
tended all human pursuits were obviously much
aggravated in the case of the liberal and imagina-
tive professions, because, while mechanical and
osdinary employments busied themselves in supply-
ing the primary necessities
,of life, literature and
art appealed to a comparatively limited number of
supporters, and ministered to the wants of only cul-
tivated intellects and tastes. They were' therefore
exposed to greater fluctuations, and were even liable
in times of unusual public difficulty to temporary
extinction. The motives svith which persons engaged
in them were also different from those which led t'o
the adoption of other avocations. A man went to
the bar, for example, not from any abstract passion
for law, but perhaps because he had an attorney for
a near relation. Another man entered. the Church
because his family had a living in its gift ; and a
third turned his eyes towards the army, thinking he
had interest enough to obtain a commission. The
artist, on the other hand, generally chose his pro-
fession rather from a feeling of devotion to that
particular pursuit than from a calculation that it
would yield him as great a pecuniary return as
other employments for which he had less natural
aptitude or sympathy. Again, a man who followed
any mechanical occupation could usually make
pretty sure as to his average earnings from year's
end to year's end, whereas he who lived by the
exercise of his imaginative or recreative faculties
felt that his peculiar gifts were not always equally
at his command, and that there were seasons in
which genius itself must either lie fallow or be-,
come sterile. Morever, art, like literature, hardly
admitted of a very successful mediocrity. In the
law a great many men who set out with the inten-
tion of becoming lord chancellors or lord chief jus-
tices subsided into respectable County Court judges
—(a laugh)—while the young curate who had car-
ried his thoughts as high as a bishopric often ended
his days in some quiet country rectory amid the
love and esteem of his parishioners. In the pro-
fession of art, however, although there were a few
splendid prizes, the most eminent of its votaries
were often condemned against their will to unpro-
ductive periods, or to times of unrewarded exer-
tion ; and, on the other hand, the moderately gifted
had but scanty opportunities of providing for those
dependent upon them. An institution of that kind,
then, by enabling them to aid in an effective and
methodical manner the families of less fortunate
artists, whom individual:y they would all gladly
assist, could not but be deserving of public encou-
ragement. The noble lord then referred to the
financial position of the fund. Its income for the
past year, he said, was £1,120, of which £630
was derived from property invested. The sum
granted in relief was £BBO, or nearly 80 per cent.
of the whole revenue. The greater part
of the remaining 20 per cent. was ab
sorbed by the expense of these anniversaries,
In other respects the arrangements of the society
seemed to be of a very economical character. They
had also an annuity fund, which was self-support-
ing, the benefits of the Benevolent Fund being
confined to those who contributed to the former.
That limitation of the scope of the society was more
apparent than real, and whatever hardship it might
occasion was obviated by the labours of another in-
stitution, not a rival but a coadjutor in the same
field, and which was most economically and effi-
ciently conducted. The progress of the Artists'
Benevolent Fund since its first establishment half
a century ago had been steady and uninterrupted.
It had accumulated £20,000 of invested property,
showing an average saving of £4OO per annum;
and among .those who had presided over its pre-
vious festivals stood such distinguished names as
those of the late Sir R. Peel, Lord Aberdeen, Lord
Palmerston, and last, but not least, Lord Lynd-
hurst. (Cheers) The health of the Chairman was
subsequently given, as was also that of Sir C. East-
lake, the President of the Royal Academy ; and in
the course of the evening subscriptions on behalf of
the society to the amount of £6OO were announced
by the secretary. The musical arrangements were
under the direction of Mr. Lawler, assisted by Miss
M. -Wells, Miss S. Cole, Mr. D. King,
and others.

SIR EDWARD BUGWER .aTTON ON TILE
REFORM BILL•

The following is taken from the London corre-
spondent of the Cork Examiner :---
" The speech of Sir Edward Balwer Lytton is
the topic of the hour, and will in all probability be
the remarkable feature of this year's discussion of
the little' Reform Bill. Few speeches of modern
times have produced a more powerful effect on the
House of Commons •, and whatever opinions may be
entertained as to the views it was intended to ad-
vance, no one who reads it can refuse to it almost
every description of merit—as a literary composi-
tion—which ought to belong to a successful
effort of the kind. I would not be cor-
rect if I attributed to this brilliant and pin-
nant oration the same damaging influence that
rendered the speeches of Elwin jams and Adam
Black so fatal to the little ; for these
Were spoken by the sworn followers of the govern-
ment, and, one might say, the political henchmen
of its author. But vicious in their effect as were
the statistics of Edwin James, and discouraging to
all moderate men as were the genuine apprehen-
sions and honest hostility of Adam Black, still the
immediate effect produced by the speeches of these
two Reformers' was absolutely nothing when
contrasted with that produced by the matchless
appeal, which enchained the attention of a willing
auditory, and for the time, at least, carried with it
its warmest sympathy, if not its willing con-
viction. While it was being delivered cri-
ticism was entirely out of the question ; but I
doubt if any speech could more safely stand the
test, whether in its general plan, its ar-
rangement of topics, its felicitous illustration,
its grave and noble declamation, its exquisite
finish, and its not less admirable temper. Some
portions of it were as finely wrought as if the artist
chiselled in marble or in silver. For instance, a
finer 'or more highly-finished portraiture than that
of the French Emperor no one has yet produced,
spoken or written. Whether Sir Edward were
right or wrong in his premises or in his inferences,
I care not to scrutinise ; I merely deal with his
speech as a splendid intellectual effort, and a suc-
cessful exercise of the highest qualities of the
man of genius, the scholar, and the politician, for
a party object; and 'also its effect' on a sympa-
thetic and willing audience. During its delivery
partial or one-sided. The Whigit was rapturously cheered; nor was the applause
bjedanwyitinh theeans Tory in approval, and even the
Radical caught the contagion of the moment.
Nor, indeed, could the orator justly complain
of the insensibility, of the Treasury bench. No
doubt the visage of the parent of the battered off-
spring looked gloomy enough and, out of compli-
ment to the wounded feengs of an afflicted father,
one or two official faces
wore an air of decent
gravity---.-but there was more 2-than one pair of eyes
that gleamed with malicious do::echt, or sparkled
dementcheert
followed some hit more crushing, or some.. wargumesna
more conclusive than another. Perhaps it -,n_
with genuine satisfaction, as the ye._ q.
purely intellectual pleasure that the Premier
joyed, or that no desire to get rid of a troublesome
and unwelcome attempt at legislation enhanced his
satisfaction as he followed the harmonious flow of
the graceful and pnliPhed periods, and raurked,witb

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himself to fall _into their -hands. 'lt: re is the
hole view of the case ; but though it mar be thus
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simply stated, we shall be surprised indeet: if
can be es easily defended. It will be of no al-al;
. to say that the damage. undeniably inflicted wolik'
be counterpoised by the benefit arising from the
repeal of the paper duty. That duty, to begin with,
is not yet Tepaled.; and, even if its abolition were
certain, insfead of doubtful, that would be no rea-
sefi for undoing with onehand what was done with
the other. This Nusliot the way in which the other
" taxes on knowledge " were dealt With. When the
stamp duties and. adYertisement duties were struck
off no countervailing dlsability was p.kit on. Those
reductions were alivays announced arffee boons to
the public, not as remission) to be p7id for in the
loss of privilege or convenience. Why should this
repeal alone be saddled with au equivalent ? Is it
because the Nst-effice. cannot hold its .awn without
relief ? On the contrary, it is so largely overpaid
already as to net more than a million a ynar sur-
plus ; besides which, it is a very doubtful question
whether any saving would result to the department
..roin tie proposed measure. Then, if the Pos;•.-office
has 11..olana to the concession—if no other depart
mat an no class of the population can have any
interest in the ;:uccess of. the scheme, while a very
large class is ono;Thed. in-opposing it, how is Mr.
Gladstone to m:?,lcal good his ground? We confess
?:"; and we suspect that
we are at a loss to irilag
the house will feel littl9 satisfaction even after the
explanation has been, made.

the eye of one well skilled in verbal warfare, the
deadly. point of the brilliant antithesis. No doubt
his enjoyment was purely and solely intellectual,
but it was evidently intense. As for those who sat
on the Conservative side, they were almost frenzied
with excitement, and what men could do in the way
of vehement and vociferous cheering, they certainly
did. Could a vote have been taken hen and there,
the fate of the bill was sealed, for such was the impres-
sion produced, a considerable number of those who
sit on the Government benches would have gone
ix the lobby with the noes. Ido not write this
hastily, or without authority. I state that which
is warranted by the statements of many who poured
out of the house in a state of feeling and conviction
anything but friendly or favourable to the pet mea-
sure of the Foreien Secretary. Ware I, to leave the,
above unexplainecd I might be held runable to the
charge of weak or wilful exaggeration ;- because
were it an angel that had spoken, it siai scarcely
possible that so profound an impression could have
been made upon a number of well-seaasoned politi-
cians—unless there was a _ cause altogether hide-,
pendent of that which the very ligliest order of
oratory is capable of predating 9n the human mind.
That cause did exist—in the utmost universal dis-
like to the measure propOsed—to any measime which
which would necessitate 'an early dissolution and a
general election. Dlany, very many of the pure
Whig party entertain honest objections to the re-
duction of the franchise to so low a standard, and
regard a thoroughly democratic constituency, with
as lively a feeling of apprehension as any member
of the true Old Tory party could do. Then all the
Conservatives are, to a man, unwilling to see the
bill.pass as it: is. But who is there that really
wishes to have to encounter the trouble, the -ex-
pense, the danger, and in
_foe many instances the
degradation, of a contested election?. It is true,
there are noble exceptions_ to the:general rule, and
there are some, even many, constituencies, by which
the member or the candidate is treated with honeur
and witli)generosity ; but unfortunately the rule is
quite otherwise, as too many embarrassed fortunes
and ruined prospects can attest. From my know-
ledge of the house, I confidently assert my belief
that if the question were put to the vote, and that
vote were by ballot, whether this bill should be
persevered with or not this session,' there would
not be anything like 100 votes given in its favour.
And if the issue were to be 'decided by the real
feelings of the house it would be a gross exact
geration to assert that one-fourth of that number
would be found on its side. And yet, if it
came to a division whether the bill should be
read a second time or not, the second reading would
be carried, though 'not- by a large majority; for
though it is detested, and though most men would
be rejoiced to be rid of it at least for this session, or
do not see any real necessity for it at present, still
very few of those who are openly arrayed under
the Liberal banner would willingly commit them-
selves to an open and direct vote of hostility to the
principle of reform. Such being the feeling entei-
tained towards the little bill' of the Foreign Sec-
retary, you can understand why—altogether irre-
spective of its unquestionable merits, as a display
of oratory of the very highest order—the success of
Sir Edward's speech was so signal and so tri-
umphant."

TILE INSURRECTIuff Ilia SICILY.

The following letter has been recei:\-real)Y a frient
of Garibaldi in Newcastle-on-Tyne. It 'ova ,5 writton
by one of the band of volunteers who loft, genoa.
with that renowned chief to_the relief of
' Genoa, May 5 (midnight).—After a desperit:te
effort we have got everything in order, 'and in an
hour or two we will, I hope, be all safe on board.
The three steamers are waiting for us at a short
way from the shore, and our band leaves_in small
boats at several different places. The embarkation
Covers a distance of nearly five miles along the
coast. This has caused us endless inconvenience;
but it was necessary ; for, although the Govern-
ment half winked at our proceedings, they could
not permit us openly to embark without incurring
the accusation of complicity. There are upwards
of 2,000 of us, and we are all in high spirits and
full of hope. A number of the band are just youths,
many under 20, years of age, but fully 500 are tried
and trustworthy fellows, who have seen many ad
campaign. Better marksmen are not to b 9 foun
in Europe than we have with us. We,have money,
arms, and ammunition in abundance. Uniforms We
also havb got on board—the famous red frocks that
we had at Rome, and at the sight of which the
miserable mercenaries of Bomba Ilea horror-stickers
from the field of Velletri. I pant to measure swords
with the myrmidons of the wretched monster who
now bestrides our Neapolitan brothers. Tell our
English subscribers that the swords purchased by
their generous contributions shall do good service
in the holy cause of liberty before they are thrown
away. None of us know exactly where we will go
to, but wo have absolute faith in our dear General,
and shall follow with pleasure wherever he leads.
The scene arocud reminds me of the departure
of poor Pisacane and Nicotera, when they went
to seize the CaglitZ.ri.. Medici follows us in
a few days with a force of 2,000 more men ; and
before long you will bear of us all from another
quarter of the Peninsula. We are resolved, what-
ever the issue, to sell our lives-&L.trlY, and to avenge
the wrongs of our poor suffering fellow-country-
men. If I am lost, M— and B--- ,w re here, and
you will hear from them. Farewell ! ,May God
defend the right! Long live Italy !

POSTAL TRANISNISSION OF NEWSPAPERS.

THE STATE OF AUSTRIA.

(From the Times.)
To-night Mr. Gladstone is to submit to the eon•
sideration of the Legislature his new scheme for the
postal transmission of newspapers • and we must
needs say that of all the provisions Of his most com-
prehensive Budget this, as far as we understand it, is
the most gratuitous and extraordinary. It has not
yet received much explanation beyond that conveyed
in the first announcement of the Ministerial design,
but the little that is known of its details has been
sufficient to provoke to anger and opposition
the very class presumed to be benefited by the
change. The whole provincial Frees is in arms A letter in a contemporary, dated Vienna, May
against the proposition. Chronicles, .11.1ercuries and Gth, says : . •
Telegraphs are energetically proclaiming from their "In answer to your letter of the 27th of April,
respective counties that they -want none of the and your request that without prejudice I should
thing, that they would rather be without it, that, tell you my opinion of the state of things, I must
in point of fact, it would undo all the good done say that the fate ot Austria in the present moment
by the removal of the Paper Duty, and that the depends upon whether those Hungarians who are
Bill ought never to be carried. This is certainly chosen for the Council of the Empire accept or
strong, but in our opinion justifiable, language. decline the proffered dignity.
We feel, indeed, utterly at a loss to reconcile the " 1 hope they will- accept, andi ate the lead in
forthcoming proposals with the professed policy the sense of progress, as bearers of the principles of
of a Liberal Government, anxious for • the in- liberty, as the means of establishing between
struction of the people, and particularly solicitous Monarch and subject a covenant of right and tole-
about the expansion of the press. If the scheme is ration. Austria will follow them with hand. and
to be produced in its original form we may describe heart ; Sclave and German will love and esteem the
it in a few words as a proposal for abolishing alto- Hungarian if he succeeds in inducing the Govern-
gether the use of the impressed stamp upon news- meat to concede to the necessities of the age, and
papers, together with the privileges which that break with Spanish absolutism and Roman Catholi-
stamp conveyed, and for defining anew the condi- cism. Unfortunately, the Court is in the hands of
tions on which 'newspapers are to be transmitted a party at the head of which stands a modern-
by post. These terms may not appear to include Granvella a lady who favoured the Constitution of
much mischief, but it is very certain, nevertheless, , March, 1848, to effect the change in the succession
that great disadvantages are anticipated both for of the Throne, and then hastened on the reaction
newspapers and their readers, and that such a re- by means of that political adventurer Bach. If
suit is not unlikely to follow. 'What puzzles us is the Hungarians are only struggling for their Con-
the principle on which, in the year 1860, and with stitution of 1847, then the clerical
betaaristocratc
a Ministry pledged to educational progress, such a party alone will' gain ; the State itself will
scheme can be defended. . loser, This apprehension is rife here ;it is believed
Up to this time every recent act of legislation tbat the whole movement, which in the main
bearing upon newspapers has been conceived, or emanates from the aristocracy, is only meant for the
professed to be so, in their interests. We do not, bepefit of the nobility in Hungary, and in the other
indeed, forget certain sly thrusts at ourselves, but provinces, and is intended, under the ores of liberty
as these shots all missed their mark, we need say no and progress, to be a means of coercing the Co-
more of them at present. It is enough to remark vernment to establish an aristocratic oligarchy,
what no one will deny, that the successive modifi- which would be gratefully accepted by the Ger-
cations of the newspaper stamp duty, the advertise- man, Bohemian, Polish, and Croatian nobility,
merit duty, and other " taxes on knowledge," were where hollow heads and empty hearts constitute
all proposed and carried on the avowed understand- the majority. The Hungarian party of progress,
standing that newspapers, as the most effective in- if it be really such, must tranquillise the German
struments of public instruction, should be encou• provinces, particularly 'Vienna, on this point.
raged in every possible manner. The great cry was "We hope that the Hungarian councillors may
for the "diffusion of knowledge," and, as knowledge accept to act for the entire monarchy ; they are
was most effectually diffused by newspapers, the the only men of political and Parliamentary edu-
" distribution of newspapers" became almost an cation.
equivalent phrase. Certain high authorities of the " The Emperor has gained immensely in public
Manchester school made no secret of their opinions opinion since the beginning of the prosecution in-
in this respect, and it was openly maintained that a stituted against Eynatten, in consequence of which
single number of the Times contained knowledge Richter, Biaseri, Perugia, Mondolfo, Brambilla,
more serviceable to the present generation than was and Rivoltella have been arrested, and Bruck has
to be found in the whole of Thucydides. However, committed suicide. This impartial justice, sparing
thus things went on until at the last adjustment of no one in its crushing march, is the only way to
these matters newspapers were left, not only in a rehabilitate a monarch who has to make his people
position of great freedom, but with much of forget the treaty of December 2,1854, and the Con-
their old privilege still preserved, and consider- cordat (two of Bach's expedients to keep his port-
able powers of discretion into the bargain. folio), the choice of his organs in the military and
The stamp was made optional, and might be civil Administrations which led to so many blun-
employed or discarded at pleasure, so that all ders, and principally that war, supported by the
objections to its use were absolutely demo- whole nation with great sacrifices, begun in the
lished. For the future it would represent, not an pride of self-deception, and concluded in faint-
impost, but a privilege, for an " impressed stamp" hearted helplessness. The humiliation of his crown
upon a newspaper sheet would "still entitle that before the tiara, the ridiculous superstitions and
sheet not only to transmission but to retransmission ecclesiastical mummeries forced on the highest
through the Post-office without additional charge. Court nobility, as well as on the lowest mob, by the
There was an end, therefore, on one side to all the priests, who quite demoralise the servant class by
outcry about the compulsory stamp duty, while, on means of the confession, will hardly be forgiven by
the other, the whole postal privileges attached to the sound sense of the people.
the tax were still at the command of those who " Bruck was physically and intellectually a richly
chose to take them up. This is the arrangement endowed man. So much the worse, in my opinion,
which Mr. Gladstone now proposes to upset by the Admire him in his position as Min
the highest sense of
ister and chief of an
abolition of the stamp, or, in other words, the pri- stration which exacts
vilege altogether. His scheme, although it professes onour to have forgotten
business, the boundar
and tyhe Minister,
line between
to remove it duty, in reality removes only an advan- the merchant and hi
tage. That it can benefit anybody is out of the statesman, and public character.
His inconsiderate
question, for the stamp, as it now exists
too a
management, the swindling character of all under-
optional, and is employed, therefore, by those only takings favoured by him, the low esteem in which
who find a convenience in doing so. Mr. Gladstone his satellites were heldld-marsh , his system of drawing all
withdraws this convenience, and says it shall be classes, princes and fied
no more. chants and bankers, manufacturers and landed
enjoye
This is the first ezample of legislation to the di- proprietors, porters and valets, Jews and Christians,
rect detriment of the a ress, and we may well ask lieutenants and shopkeepers, into the net of his spe-
on what principle it is to be justified. Not on culations, to let them tasteof riches without labour,
grounds of abstract policy certainly, for all states- have demoralised soeiety,unfortunately, to such a de-
men of all parties have long concurred in asserting gree that there are people in Vienna, well dressed,
that the Press ought to be encouraged. Nor can and considering themselves•socially and politically
such a measure consist with any special policy of highly cultivated, in whom the sense of honour is so
the present Government, for that policy has always lost as to think it quite natural that a Minister
notoriously included the removal of everything like should enrich himself like a common speculator,
an impediment to the circulation and, distribution and who abuse all who condemn Bruck. This moral
of knowledge. Still less is it a concession to public degradation is spread far and wide, the Emperor
importunity, for nobody could think of protesting is blamed for having caused their darling to cut
against an optional payment. Any newspaper pro- his throat, and they try to spreafd the ip-e t
presse: that
praetor who dislikes or can dispense with the im- the papers, with the exception
mortified ambition.
pressed stamp is at perfect liberty to do so, and it the motive of his, suidei
can be no injury to him if his neighbour sees fit to This is sophistica an , besides des being untrue, the
have recourse to it. Least of all is it a question of accusationsok ,Ny
ihn order to deliver him up to justice,
chi prompted the Emperor to pen-
economising revenue, which, on the contrary, would sion Btoru
be found rho papers Of Rivoltella, where
infallibly be lost as a first consequence of the mea- wereti
sure, and by no means certainly be recovered after-
vie knecyetwoatshefotuenldg,aanpahißcreolopkh,esrowofnthdeosl‘plaitneihstersyolosf
wards. Last year newspapers taxed themselves to nl
the extent of nearly £150,000 by the voluntary we al
as in the transactions of the well-known-de-
adoption of this impressed stamp, and all that in- falcation case, and gave him, now no longer a
come would, of course, be lost to the Exchequer Minister, sufficient reason to be filled with the
when the stamp could be adopted no longer. gloomiest apprehensions. He cut his throat, and
Then, where in the world is the motive for this well for him he did so. But sad indeed for the
proposal ? We will tell the rcader. The motive lies middle class to which he belonged, disheartening
simply in the desire to let certain Post-office officials to the hope.s of progress which he represented,
have their own way in managing the Post-office. that the stain of dishonesty and vulgar greed rests
These gentlemen want to economise labour and in- on Bruck, as' the stain of political cunning and
crease profits in their particular department, and treason to the taus© of freedom rests on Bach.
clexists but
they think these objects are to be achieved by shut- " remedy cure Austria
ytl,l thoroughlyil
itthy7 e
tins newspapers out of the letter-boxes. They want one .--. p b ergy, the
to exclude us, for the future, from the category of civil and military ureaucracy, as well as the Court,
ilers, and to drop us into the Book and Parcel oppose it. Where, then, are we to look if Hun-
lb' • with other " printed matter." That is their garians,
the men of progress and of constitutional
)host '' the affair, and Mr, Gladstone has allowed 'liberty, who ought to accept their minion in its
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highest sense, do not bring it. Let Vey, INIEMISPAPEIt
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Epecial patriotism to strive only for theitti-ev4pa. W4l. c',;4.„.x,
~
of Hungary. in the monarchy, to the di,3ol.4teee_Al/4),!6
*Liis historical basis, of its German oripnaltt
ture, and so to bring abDut a new, but.\__ ~ 4;
• ~,,,,i• ----7 :: , fit'
happier change in the succession." ----..---.4.A ‘s. _ _ _
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IRELAND.

NI

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.-
TIIE POPE'S Ira= BRIGA.DE.
The recruiting goes on merrily, and Doctor Cul-
len's object in raising a money tribute for the Pepe
is now patent to the meanest understanding. A
,despatch dated Cork, Friday, and p,ublished in one
oeflie, local papers, thus reports :
i; One huodred and feftvlieung men arrived in this
city thty Ironing, by trnri from Killarne
ey y, for
fine
/Igo
purpose of joinie;e4e the Pope's army. are
young Men, belong chiefly to the farming clase,
and appear filled with entinesiaent for the cause
which they have espoused. They were accompanied
by two priests from the district iv-hence theyonal r had
come; and we understand that large ada!tie
inforcements may be expected from lierry."
In Dublin, too, the recruiting sergeani—w%ether
in black or scarlet—has met, it is said, with ,soma
success, One account states that -200 drapers' asst
ants had volunteered for the Papal army, vfhile,
another represents the number as high as 350, and •
it is stated that the houses thus denuded of their
hands have been compelled to supply their places
the newwomen.andLouth
vigour. crusade
The
arried on with
folilso beingwing considerablececommunicationa,
appears in Saunders's News Letter of this morn-
ing
DROGHEDA, Friday, May 11.—For some two
days past a_ rumour has been prevalent in this town
and neighbouring districts that inducements were
being actively held out to young men to enlist under
the banner of the Rope, and undertake to serve in a
brigade about being raised in Ireland for that pur-
pose. It was also reported that a number of young
-men had a.lre,ady been-sent over to Rome who were
considered eligible' for tho purpose. Much atteu-
tion, howeier, was nbt paid to the rumour until a
w days ago—the early part of -this week—when
it vas confidently asserted that some people in com-
fortable circumstances had volunteered to go, who
were previously known to express an anxious de-
gee to become soldiers under Pius the Ninth, I
have maci.e inquiries, and find that a number of
young men frail the precincts of the town were seeit
away yesterday., leaving their parents in distress:
and grief, they being - their principal support.
Many express a desire in the rural districts to join
the brigade, but the parents of those who have al-
ready been despatched say that they have been
wheedled or decoyed to leave their homes. On the
disembodiment of the militia regiments there is
little doubt a large accession to the brigade will
take place. I also understand that numerous young
men who -offered- their services were rejected, as
nersons, canvassing are particular in selecting the
most healthy and athletic. 1 have got the names
of half a dozen who were sent away yesterday
maniDg, but up to this the canvass has not become
general - here, at least in the central parts of the
tawn."
The kishnisint, nearly the last surviving war
journal; speaking of the composition of the Irish

Contingent, says :
"Many of them—most of them are the eons or
f
comfortable farmers in Tipperary, Cork, and e
counties. Others are drapers' assistants' of Dublin
and Cork—stout, tall, strapping fellows, ,vho con-
:than
sider (with their genuine Irish instincts) Ul:- fight-
m ing for the Pope is much pleasanter work
measuring tape behind a counter. But, farina:re
sons or ' counter-,inmpers,' the gallant fellows are,.
we believe, `paying their own way.' Some six'
monthi ago more than one of these adventurous
young Celts came to consult ourselves on the pro-
priety of going out to help the Holy Father to bold
His ground against his foes. We confess that at the
time we were opposed to the proceeding. We said
to them ' There is a fine French army in Rome, and
that', your Celtic brethren of France, who have
;,,,e6.1-1 drilled on the battle-fields of Africa, are well
able ,to defend and protect the Pope. But here at
home iiritish Tule is trying to starve out and ex-
Qt'? the fresh, hot, earnest manhood of
Ireland Dull thing cannot always continue; per-
haps you had ! .
),-tter stay at home and help us to
the Irish. They went away,
retain Ireland 10r
our own part, we bethought
not over-satisfied. 14:1/'
nsel was hardly the best.
us afterwards that our Z'ox:
It occurred to us, on con.sit2eration, that Ireland's
opportunity might not come 50 very soon that our
young braves might not have thele lo see a little
1, we thought
practice abroad meanwhile. After a..
of immense
an Italian campaign or two might btt .
service to them ; and, if they should tu
not be
tux
not home
after some nice practice there, would they
c°
all the more competent to drill their fellovr,
lu.n-
-trymcn to hold our own dear land against all
vaders ?' " -
The same authority, alluding to the repore
brought by the telegraph, that many of the Irish
recruits have been pronounced unfit for service,
wrathfully exclaims ;
" 'I his is a scandal and reproach to Ireland, the
nurse of the grandcit and bravest soldiers on God's
earth. Ireland could supply to the Pope 100,000
men whose like could not be found in the world.
It is said that the proprietor of a Dublin news-
paper has acted as recruiting sergeant. If he has
unfit men, mere
degraded his country by sendino
boys, sickly and feeble, to Rome, he deserves the
triangle and cat-o -nine-tails:'
AGRICULTURAL PROSPECT.)
The favourable turning point has been reached:
and the closing part of the week has been Avery-
thing that the agricultural heart could desire—
abundance of rain, soft and penetrating, and a \very
liberal allowance of hot sunshine. ,
The Northern Whig has an equally satisfactory
report:—
"The fodder famine is fast passing away, and
as has ever been the case when prices run into ex-
tremes some of the holders of hay have been caught
in the reaction. Only a short time has passed
since the rates had attained such fancy figures that
the great puzzle of farmers was how much to ask
for hay or straw. At one period the quotations
were 10s. to lls. for prime upland hay in Belfast,
and those rates fell considerably below the prices
ruling in less amply supplied markets. Large im-
ports from different parts of the Continent have
been made, and, although the quality of the fodder
thus brought in did not equal that of home pro-
duce, it seemed to bring down the prices, and the
additional supplies had the best effect in making
requirements in those districts where the famine in
fodder had been keenest. We have heard of se-
veral cases in which extensive holders of hay re-
fused 10s. 6d. the cwt. for all their stock, and are
now anxious to sell at something under is. Prices
for the last two or three days have gone down to
ss. for prime lowland hay, and for the higher
qualities Gs. rule sales. Straw is still very dear,
and will be so until the harvest, but the admirable
weather for meadow and grass lands has given the
promise of abundant produce in the one case and
rich pastures in the other that hay will likely come
down considerably from its present prices before the
close of the month. The great dearth of keep caused
stock owners to send their cattle out to grass ranch
earlier than usual, and in some cases this will be
diadvantageous to the growth of herbage; but, as
the lands in pasture have had almost total
rest since November last, there is little doubt of the
present rapid spring soon making up for premature
stocking of grazing farms. Prices of dairy t cows are
exceedingly high. During the week the bes
quality of springers has been solat 16 or Ito 8 gul4
i-
neas each, and cattle
guineas were readily paid."
LORD DEBBY S IRISIT TENANTRY.
A correspondent of the Tipperary Free Press
writes :—" Lord Derby is about to buil
ld
hea
ad, house
and offices for the parish priest of Soo the
Rev. Thomas Maliony, which is to revert to each
successive pastor of that parish. To the house 'will
be attached 12 acres of land at merely a nominal
donationid quarry
and
likewise sand rent. His lordship is also about to give about an
to fortogether
that tli c
build-
inggratis, and I shall not be surprised if he
object.
acre of ground for a chapel and yard, with
should
give a use ofha
handsome
dsspolme splendid
lamin no way connected • with the Derby estates,
and a love of justice
alone compels me to record
aose acts of kindness."

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A STEAMER ON FIRE.—IIARTLEPOOL, May 11.—
The screw steamer Normanby, Captain Child, from Ham-
burg, which arrived here at 6 p.m. yesterday, took fire in
her cargo at one this morning. The decks forward are
burnt, and the cargo all forward damaged by fire or water.
EXCISEPROSECUTIONs.—A Parliamentary return
has been printed, stating the number of Eicise prosecutions
against traders during the last three years. In England
there has not been a single prosecution against a distiller in
that period. Against theapaper makers of the whole of the
United Kingdom there were 17 prosecutions, and in 15 of
them a conviction. There was a considerable number of
prosecutions (356) against licensed traders for using illegal
materials or adulterating, a much larger number for neglect-
ing to renew the licence, and the largest number of all for
carrying on business without a licence. The whole num-
ber of prosecutions in the United Kingdom in the three
years was 3,802, and in 3,398 cases a conviction followed.
Of the cases in which there was no conviction all but 28f
were prosecutions for being without a licence, in, maul O
1 which, probably, a compromise was made.