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evidence." That remark, we conceive, ise,
stone. . . . One of the Orangemen said, " D—n of this month. Meantime the new electoral lists are
alinently I Orangeman: ore of them hit him on the head with a jests. The royal sanction was expected by the end
Scup soul for aPopish b--h,' sad knocked me down
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. . . . new Le;islature to meet by the Ist ef April.
anent of the inquiry up to the rejection of the appeal them had my.,uncle down, and were t-shbing him. o.i
..ri-ew Year's Day the Lord High Corn-
from the confirmation of the proceedings. When I could do so with safety, I went to
missioner closed the session with a speech, in Nvhich,
my uncle, and got his head on my kLez. He lived
about ten minut's arter,that. The Orangemen d---d my after alluding to the firm support hu had received
the ulterior determination of our Most Gracious So- grandmother, who is an old bed-ridden woman this year from both houses of Parlia,mtnt during the recent
Already we have intimated our confidence as to
VEREIGN a
in matter affecting the subordination and a half, spat in her face, hit her on the head with a troubles of Cephalonia, he briefly recapitulated the
of her arm , the maintenance of homage for the stone, cut her arms; and then smashed a chair on her labours of the session, the most important of which
y forehead." . consisted in the reform of the Constitution, adding
law, and the character of her reign, otherwise
This is a specimen of the sickening and revolting that, on this subject, the Assembly had given proofs
o orrore taay,ee were some of the immediate h:ht day, these beneficient and illustrious. Tenacious as she must of the greatest moderation and desire of conciliation.
trifles in the mind of this as mere
impartial judge in comparison with the Government that. the political experiment about. to be tried in thei
dignity of her administration, and the affectionate
indiscretion a dismissing two or three magistrates president
Isles would be crowned with success. The
allegiance of her people, her ears will not remain
from the commission of the peace. Even at the risk appropriate answer, after which the Parliament
of the Assembly then made a short and
deaf to arguments so logical—her eyes will
of re-enacting scenes like these, the writer in the separated.
not continue blind to a wrong so conspi-
cuous—her heart will not prove impene- Quarterly would still continue the idle mummery of
insulting processions. The glories of the Boyne are
treble to an appeal so earnest and persuasive.
We are sanguine, therefore, not only that the case to be celebrated, though civil war should be the con-
of the unfortunate victim of the late Court-martial sequence; but we believe these processions must
at Guernsey may be reconsidered, but that, through cease. The able statesman now ruling the destinies
the benignant interposition of her MAJESTY, the of Ireland has, we are happy to say, recognised the
necessity of putting an end to them, and what he
whole system of military jurisprudence may be
' subjected to a speedy and thorough re-organization. sees necessary he knows how to perform. His cha-

We are, indeed, rejoiced to find that the agitation
for the most important of all the reforms so urgently
required to secure the welfare and prosperity of the
people is about to be renewed in a form that, we
trust, will speedily lead to a triumphant result. The
National Currency Reform Association has been
formed under the able presidency of the zealous and
energetic FRANCIS Beriziocu, and:the clear-headed
and intelligent JONATHAN Duricest, the enthusiastic
and devoted labourer in the great cause of monetary
reform, has accepted the office of secretary.
Under such auspices we cannot doubt but that the
fearful injuries which all classes, with one exception,
have sustained from the working of our monetary
code will be fully and clearly explained, and the
advantages to be derived from the adoption of " free
trade in money" distinctly developed. The time has
truly arrived when all parties should put their
shoulders to the wheel, when the voice of public
opinion should be heard, temperately but
firmly, demanding from the Legislature the
redress of the wrongs under , which the
nation has groaned for the last thirty years.
Although all classes are more or less interested in the
result, the working men—those who can earn their
daily bread by their daily labour—are peculiarly se.
The adoption of a circulating medium adequate to
the wants and exigencies of the nation would speedily
afford ample and remunerative employment for all
who'Were able and willing to labour ; it would prove
to be the very " life.-blood of industry." A suitable
measure and representative of value would Ming to
light the real capital contained in the thews and
' sinews of the labouring population, who would then
Become the creators and producers of national wealth
' in place of being but too frequently the incumbrances
' and burdens on the national resources. _ _

ranter has little to fear from the frequently refutod
misrepresentations reiterated through the pages of
the Quay terly.

The first general meeting of this association will
be held at seven o'clock this evening at the London
Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, when the principles and
objects for which the society has been constituted
will be fully explained. We anticipate a numerous
attendance of those who feel the weight and pressure
of the existing- taxation, and the impracticability of
giving full scope to their exertions under the present
unjust and impolitic system of currency.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

At the opening of the present season the new and
elegant theatre in Wych-street found itself placed.
between two fires—the Strand, with Farren and Mrs.
Glover on the one hand, and on the other Drury
Lane, re-opened for the legitimate drama, with the
attractions of a good company, a first-rate panto-
mime, and reduced prices of admission. These po-
tent influences told, for a little time, somewhat
against the interests of the enterprising lessee of the
Olympic, but the admirable efficiency of his troop,
the incomparable elegance of the appointments, and
the extreme attention devoted to all details conducing
to the satisfaction of his patrons and the harmonious
working of his establishment, are already fairly and
cordially appreciated, and we confidently predict that
at the close of the campaign Mr. Watts will not only
have secured the permanent favour of the play-going
world, but will have reason to congratulate himself
upon a well-replenished treasury, the gratifying fruits
of merited success. Mrs. Mowatt's highly humorous co-
medy, perfect in the cast and the performance, continues
to draw numerous and delighted audiences. Apart
from its sterling merits, it is worth going to see if for
nothing else than the novel and lavish style of beauty
of the mise en scene. Leaving to Drury, and the
Princess's to settle bet ween them which boasts the
most deservedly of producing " the best pantomime of
the season," we venture to tell them that Laugh and
Grow Fat treads close upon their heels. It is deli-
cioasly grotesque. Tom Matthews's autumnal
splendour is not yet eclipsed by the meridian lustre
of the inimitable Flexmore. Miss Malcolm is an
agile and fascinating Columbine, inferior to none
within our knowledge, and Morris, makes a right
capital Pantaloon. But not the least prominent fea-
ture of this portion of the entertainment is the excel-
lence of Cormack's Harlequin. One pantomimist
may be found excelling in activity, a second in grace-
fulness of posture, another in brilliancy of saltatory
executior, hut there is a masterly and unique combi-
nation of all the qualifications essential to pre-emi-
nence in this particular department of the art de-
veloped in the performance of Cormack, which stamps
him as the best Harlequin on the metropolitan boards.
A pas de deux by Marshall and Miss Louisa Cole-
man, a very elegant danseuse, was warmly applauded.
The pantomime wilt, we understand, be withdrawn
after a few nights more in consequence of various
forthcoming novelties. A new classical drama, from
the pen of Oxenford, entitled Ariadne, is on the eve
of appearing, and that splendid tragedian Gustavus
Brooke, will, ere long, prove the magnet of the town.
There is one highly commendable measure adopted by
this most liberal of managers to promote the comfort
and satisfaction of his visitors, and we wish that in
this and sundry other matters the managers of the
other houses would take a leaf out of his book, namely,
the strict prohibition of gratuities to the box-keepers,
who are, notwithstanding, remarkably civil and at-
tentive. It is high time that this tormenting tax
were universally abolished.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The National Assembly on Monday was engaged
in a discussion on the Bill authorising the transporta-
tion of the insurgents of June, at present at Belle
Isle, to Algeria. An amendment, moved by M.
SAUTEYRA, that the prisoners should be tried or set
at liberty, was rejected by a majority, 385 to 205.
The great feature of the discussion was the speech of
M. JULES FAVRE in favour of the amendment. (M.
JULES FAVRF, it will be recollected, was one of the
most active members of the Committee of the Consti-
tuent which, in June, 1848, recommended the
transportation of these very men.) In the course of
his speech M. JULES PAYER declared that he ascended
the tribune because he had had the dangerous
honour of being one of the members of the Committee
appointed t,y the Constituent Assembly to prepare
the decree against the insurgents of June.
He could, therefore, speak with perfect know-
ledge of what were the intentions and mo-
tives on which the decree was presented.
The Constituent Assembly acted under the idea that
the men engage'd in the insurrection of June bad
fought with a firm resolve to effect the ruin of so-
ciety. But he could affirm that that opinion was
marked by error.—(" Oh, oh !" Marks of surprise.)
The facts of that insurrection had been since investi-
gated by the courts of law and by the councils of
war, and he defied any one to point out a single
proof, or even indication, that the acts of the insur-
gents of June were the effect of a conspiracy directed
against sobiet7.—(" Oh, oh !" and laughter.)
A Voice—this is very different language from
what you employed formerly.—(Hear, hear.)
M. Jules Favre could defy any man to point out
One word of his that was in contradiction to his pre-
sent language. As long as the facts had not been in-
s?stigated he had been silent, but now that they had
been carefully examined, he was able to give an
°Onion, and to affirm that there was no premeditated
*sign on the Ort of the insurgents of June against
society.
This speech of M. Jinx& FAVRE - has produced a
great sensation. It appears from the statement made
by the Minister of the Interior that there are at pre-
sent in the Orisons oEßelle Isle only 468 prisoners out
of the 14,500 originally arrested.
The Corsaire says :
We are assured that the Prince de Canino has for-
warded to thii Legislative Assembly' the following peti-
tion Inlay quality of French citizen I demand to be
allowed to enter France like my brothers, Pierre, An-
toine, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, like my uncle Jerome
and his son, and like my first cousin Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte."
PARIS BOURSE, JAN. 22.--CLOSING PRICES.—
Rentes, Five per Cents., 941. 25c.; Three per Cents.,
57f 50c.; B ink of France, 2,350 f.

In our impression of Monday we made a passing
comment on two articles in the Edinburgh and
Quarterly Reviews on the subject of the massacres at
Dolly's Brae in July last, on the occasion of an
Orange procession,'and the policy of the Irish Go-
vernment in reference to it. Of the facts, sentiments,
and reasoning of the writer in the Edinburgh Review
—a periodical beyond the suspicion of any sympathy
with rebels or Ribbonmen—we will only say, they
are the echo of our own, frequently put forward
through the columns of this journal since that fatal
occurrence took place, and we have only again to
recommend its perusal' to all who feel anxious to be
fully and truly informed on the subject.
But with the writer in the Quarterly we have a
word or two more. And first we would take leave
to examine his fitness to discharge the duty he has
assumed, for be professes to " believe himself as im-
partial a judge in this case as it is possible
that one attached to the broad and general
principles of the British Constitution can be."
His impartiality appears to be as qualified and con-
ditional as the loyalty of o:angeism—his notions of
the broad principles of the British Constitution ap-
pear critically to coincide with those of the Orange-
men, who believe that this Constitution was especially
framed for their exclusive benefit, and who shout that
the laws are infringed, the Crown in danger, the
empire overthrown, and threaten to withdraw their
support from the Executive, if but a Jew, a Quaker,
Dissenter, or Catholic be admitted even one step
within the pale of the Constitution. -
A foreigner, or one unacquainted with the peculiar
phraseology of the political school to which this
writer evidently belongs, on reading the extract
which we have above quoted, would be somewhat
puzzled to discover the reason why an " attachment
to the broad and general principles of the British
Constitution" should awaken, in the writer's own
mind, any suspicion as to his fitness to impar-
tially examine a question affecting the interests
of any class or classes of his fellow-subjects. But it
should be known, that Orangemen and their advo-
dates understand the " broad and general principles of
the British Constitution" to mean no more than what

BUSINESS. DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 22. —"—
Dutch Rhenish, 2—East Indian, 4% ex in.—Luxem-
bourg, I% ex in.—Ditto, VA—Namur and Liege, 714
Sambre and Meuse, 3%.

MR. MILNE'S cCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MEN CROSBY HALL.
The lovers of Scottish song have felt the loss of
Wilson. He sang the melodies of his native land
with a taste and sweetness, an expression and feeling,
which showed that his soul was in it, and that he was
no stranger to the "poetry of music." His illustra-
tions, apt, judicious, and humourous, did more to
popularise the songs of Scotland to an English au-
dience than had ever been done before ; and proved
him no less the accomplished gentleman than the
successful singer. His lamented death has caused a
void in our metropolitan atnus.ements which we have
longed to see filled up ; and it was, therefore, with
some anxiety that we on Monday evening attended
Mr. Milne's entertainment at Crosby Hall. Mr.
Milne makes his appearance in London under the
auspices of Sir James Duke, the ready patron of
unobtrusive merit and the liberal encourager of as-
siduous perseverance • but we think he needs no such
patronage ; it will be his own fault if he secure not
a far more extended patronage than that of any indi-
vidual, however influential. Of the entire perform-
ance we can speak in terms of unqualified commenda-
tion. Mr. Milne appears to possess the qualifications
necessary to secure eminent success. His manner is
easy and graceful, his voice full and melodious, while
his singing is free from that noisy, bolstering bawling,
which may be enthusiastic, but is very unmusical.
Two of his songs in particular were admirable.
" 0' a' the Airts the Wind can blavv," one of Burns'
favourites, was sung with great feeling and impres-
siveness ; and " My Wife has ta'en the gee" was given
with much point and precision, and loudly applauded.
The Misses Smith, who assisted in the performance,
were an immense acquisition. Some of the old
Jacobite songs, which were arranged as " trios,"
were sung moat harmoniously, and were very effective.
" Caller Herring," always a favourite, from its easy
flowing measure and the sentiment of the song, was
also arranged as a " trio," and was rapturously re-
ceived. Miss Julia Smith's voice is a soprano of
great power and compass, and her singing is distin-
guished by a correct accentuation. She sang "My
Boy Tammy" most exquisitely. Her sister's is a
soft, flexible contralto, and told with admirable effect
in the several duets which they sang together. Tne
audience seemed altogether much pleased with the
entertainment, and received with evident satisfaction
the announcement that it would be continued every
Monday evening. We think Mr. Milne is wise in
taking this course, for he may rest assured that if he
supply the public with a good article, and according
to sample, the public will support him.

_
is called in Ireland "Protestant Ascendancy"—that
is, the domination of a paltry faction over the great
majority of the people ; the monopoly of the loaves
and fishes, to the exclusion of all who differ from

them—and that is, all that is rational and respectable
in the land=in religious and political sentiments.
This writer, while trying to delude his readers
into a belief in his impartiality, makes an avowal
which, we think, entirely disqualifies him from any
claim to the character of a fair or candid censor in
the case. lie makes an admission which clearly
shows that he is not free from those prejudices, and that
he wants that indifferency which should form the essen-
tisls of a fair and impartial judge. His own words are,
"That his feelings are far, THOUGH NOT EQUALLY,
distant from the extreme of either party."
.Now,we care not to which side he incline ; his

own admission destroys his claim to impartiality. He
declares that he is no Orangeman., yet he leaves no
grounds to doubt to which extreme his political and
religious notions flow, and that too with no very
moderate current. Our readers will not find it diffi-
cult to anticipate what sort of moral structure has
been raised by a writer of such confessed and avowed
predilections and prejudices. The whole article is a
tissue of unchristian sentiments, distorted facts, and

Case reasoning;. a melancholy instance 'of how im-
potent and feeble even great talents become when
they are prostituted to the purposes of faction. •
The very first paragraph, which we transcribe, de-
serves our most indignant condemnation. He says—
" The collision of the Orangetr ea and Ribbonmen near
Castewellan in the county of Down on the 12th of last
July—much to be re4retted for its immediate results—
has become. additionally and more erfensivily important
from the consequences which the indiscretion, to give it
the gentlest term, of the Irish Government has entailed
on the original misfortune, and from the serious queer
lions of both constitutional law and policy, which have
kieen by this and several other affairs of a like tendency
forced upon public attention."
We scarcely believed that in the British empire
one human 'being could be found so heartless as to
sully the pages of a respectable periodical by such un-
feeling sentiment!. What were the " immediate re-
sults" which he slurs over with so slight a feeling of
regret as to weigh almost as nothing in the ba-
lance against an act of. " indiscretion " by the
Irish Government ? Will it be believed that these
results, so lightly referred to, were no less than the
wrecking and pillaging of pioperty, the burning cf
houses, and last, and most horrifying in this cata-
logue of crime, the cold-blooded murder of innocent
childhood and feeble old age ?
(Toms SWEENY, an idiot, was found on the road
with his skull battered to pieces ; PAT KING was
taken out of his house, stabbed and beaten to death ;
ANNE TRAYNOR, a woman seventy years of age,
was cruelly beaten, and died soon after; and three
other women, one of them badly wounded, would
have been burned in their houses were they not
recued by the police. In reference to KING'S mur-
, der we shall give the evidence of one of the wit-

nesses :

" I was in the house when the door was broken, and
nay uncle Pat King kill a : the house filled in with

CENTRAL AMERICA.
Consistently with- the enterprise hitherto evinced
by him as a geographer, Mr. Wyld, of Charing-
cross, has just issued a most admirable map of the
countries comprised in the narrow isthmus connecting
North and South America, and separating the
Pacific from the Atlantic. Hitherto this
particular quarter of the globe has been about the
least known, while the knowledge of its nature and
characteristics has, year by year, been growing a
subject of larger and larger interest. Before
five more years have elapsed, in all human
probability, no less than four different lines
of railway will be opened across the isthmus
of Panama, rendering that neck of land what Egypt
was at one period in the other hemisphere—the
highway of the commerce of mankind. Here, in
the beautiful and elaborate map before us, Mr.
Wyld has delineated these four different routes, ac-
companying the general delineation with illustrative
marginal sections of the levels, cuttings, and other
variations of the country and the enterprize. The
surface depicted in the map is comprised between the
fourth and twentieth degrees of latitude. Line I. is
situated between Chagres- and Panama, extending
over fifty-one miles, and presenting 500 feet as the
summit level of the present road ; on examination,
however, it proves that along this route only
thirty-six miles by land require to be traverstd,
the rest of the distance being navigable by
the Rio Chagres. Line IL is from St Juan
el Sur to San Juan de Nicaragua, extending
over 172 miles in length. Line 111. is from
Realego to St. Juan de Nicaragua, extending over
no less than 278 miles in length. While, remem-
bering that along these two latter routes the distance
to be traversed is most materially diminished (di -
minished indeed to. nearly fifteen miles) through the
interposition of Lake Nicaragua and the River SAD
Juan de Nicaragua—the cutting being not deeper
than 600 feet in the highest quarters. Line IV., and
peihaps the best
among all the routes, extend-
ing over 199 miles in length is the one tra-
versing the road of. Tehuariepec. This last-mentioned
route, although aided by no rivers and h •
airing a
summit level of about 1,450 feet high, may be
regarded as having the preference, in consequence
of its establishing the most direct communication
between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean,
by that means escape from very difficult and even
dangerous navigation. For the publication of this
excellent map the public are highly indebted to our
eminent geographer.

•
Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli have arrived at their resi-
dence at Grosvenor-gat- from Belvoir Castle.
Dispatches from the Governor of New Zealand
were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
ST. HELENS' SAVINGS B •LN K.—Warrants for the
arrest (.f Mr. John Johnson, the actuary, and Mr. Wil-
liam Johnson, the sub.actuary, of the above sayings'
bank, on the charge of I', lony and conspiracy, were
placed in the hands c f the superintendent of the district
police on Sunday. That on Mr. William Johnson was
executed on Sunday night; he was apprehended at a
public house which he v. as in the practice of frequent-
ing. The other brother was taken on Monday morninr.
Both prisoners underwent an .examination before the
magistrates is the course of that day, and were re-
manded. We understand bail vac' refused.
BRITISH BENEFICENT INETITUTIOI4.—The Earl of
Cardigan, the president, has fixed Wednesdac, May 29,
f,r a dinner to celebrate the fAindation of the institu-
tion, at which the noble and gallant Earl will preside, at
the Leeinfoonil-hall.