, 1870-01-07
LONDON.
The o'Douoghuc on Irish AZ
fairs.
& Sporting Libel Case.
'1hc English Diplomatic Ser
vice.
s<hr;str1,as Numbers Of the l'lus-
trated Papers.

ststel Eadcr bf care ~ rnppet and show v
II tho review Of Ficlch troops; Schamyl Is q
-i.sstsu reer, aud noE We have tbs Jo1ng Irish
cAitflRin, The O'DopGghue "of the Gems
writing 10 The 7fmes Newspaper as pa1ts,n Of
:lr CL1ou. We nrst heard OF The O'Donogaue at
spr1c great open a!t meeting Of tho lft.h people,
attended also by Lords, D1ehops, and ianl-sgcnte.
They we're having tne.r own Way, when aim.
wcl'-1,at Hsure stepped on D char at the bacs
or lhc cro~d aud began to speak. Wi.h q wild
.c.T the nulrt:uIe Ehonted, .tTne o'Donoshuet
1lssstn! ua'a on =" Yes: every nnb!emno, er-
q: persor. every tqniEe. was made to bare his
head While tbs dasaibg Joulh,-toe desceadsn.
ol ssne 1,lth Kings kponieta "scd!on." In Parlls-
r ent, you fecotlect, the preseut Sir Robert Peel
c. ted h.:1 "nanIi lain tta'or and was cnal-
l.tEca for It. Toe O'Donoshue has nne erect
beating ana pleasant smile lie has been very
ixs., and is "a poor as rat, though he Inherited
Splendid cstatcs IN The most beautiful part Of Ire
:snd lie kept with the Natonallsts long time,
SD. to hts credit he It SAID. nlt during the Amer-
Kan rebellion, Hhen nearly every Irish Catholic
sTas :rtersly Southern, The O'Donoghne nlways
sEute Al wrote vigorously in behalf Of the North.
His winning Manners brought him Into Englsh
Goclety, and esptc,aily under tie influence OF Mf.
Erg't- 1t Ia entirely 10 tRe latter cl1se,
.tlrt. ute the tanning Ct The ilop.
Nov while tie FtrIapa aud Ultranortaues, Ike
NJ. Mcnre, sre c1yirg rt.t-os." Just see for a
r,em h,ila1Ity, eels cot say some reasonable
ru:rgs. 7, Netcrtn lli, he DECLARES, has cntlrc-
ly a:ltttd the House OF C.nmous; has cleared 1t
cf hgo'ry, Ald hes nade II anxious to lelisste 10
a.u rraIcc With the spirit Of natural tustsce- TIC
Old Fatl{.c.enaly system has been gradually
d'.rortd By 1he breath OF the popular const1taec-
c.s. Legislation Tor Ireland m1kt, nevertheless.
s,e prr ctealIy The haad,work OF Irlsamen aud
ts,s IL Why the patriot Is bcuLd to call uroa the
1r+h tCuple 10 nvnN Themselves o! the resources OF
The co, et,tuticn, to tIl.I with good fAtth Into
tie aNntce whtch The T.e,~rHI party throughout
Great lsritaIn preEs upon them, With no other
e. rI1a'!on than that Of loyalty 10 tue throne
s:d 1.-THE unity OF tho cEnpJe. II Is a. II to
Illustrate tic 7erver.ity uf human nature that men
shoulh hare choeen the present rs the time to
ccul s:l Irish people to anandou constitutional
l. NOE arc practically to become nation Of coz
Fr,.IntJ!e.
4.Ir r rot rs intention, says the O'Donoghue,
70 acsI-c my couuErymen u put Implicit trust 10
:.cwess siruUch /, err REPRESENTATIVES,, and to
i.tU:er mat rttt control their represents.
1:veA I.eII the lysth TcDp1c - let 1t be clearly
un~t1rsk<ta ~hat II s 'bsy require, and that what
srtr Mvssure uluttJ Of tnylr REPRESENTATIVES
a:!ee TO eByputf IT.. tina-t OF Commons will pass,
II IL be inherently j7rt, co matter how novel are
lit teetnIes'r noE sio'rht tn= o1posuon 1t has TO
c-cnuuteI.~
There q An aDus!on in .he Letter to the "m.s-
:t4dLE .o.ccs Of p-ts.d, p41psfed faction, ani
q tLo4e whose pairsot 81 If, At hes: tae puf31tt
Ct pnantotn," Naich iEfi:a:eA tue Ftci1ns and
.lr1rrs doFu Stnrm Of ao7xr: pat tue horrors
which are t'eiEE p.fpellAt.I In 1ta:and, and tbs
a-knssEAtlots, TIC fasrTc nslgl.ua Of tuo1euhve
people fsucl. as cutting ua tie nose OF 4 gentlr-
Ian VIII, ID nei;hef laIdiort nor teuaut, and
*to has bad rt:hlng to co T.th asy disputes aud
tie daH nr.yht tOlio: Which art tska3 place II
1Ar unmt III FculQulnI-a1 s.ctruinY people With
tile nAce,
IUK SPORTING TAEs5.
The "sportfrg" pr-ss Is npt4tcd. One Of ia
:1spirs-a n4n q e1cellen. :zIeCte. and who has
lxea OF service Ia improving The bread OF hosses
ID Ene,and,-has btcn fund guilty OF lbelli1g
20 aontJ OF the turf. and has been sentenced 10
4 me Of ED and three months lmpt1sooEe1L 1u
lac'- Dr., Shorihonxc the editor OF The .sp->;ts3
Times. Il NJ this mo1eat Ia CoicSAthoe!ds House
of CORRECTION, where he IS treated az q criminal
OF !ate year., tEcs the duty WAS taken OF pa
per, new class Of sporting journals has spra1g
np-Cteap, aud Of frequent appearance. The high
priced Ertft Lift. III Lonaoa, ana orc or Two
Others once sutIiced tu meet the wants Of people
who BET on horse-tac.s atd other sports; bot
EcltM L4kt has dropped very low in circulation,
atd 14n dozen penny paptrA, the Spofftn5 L!Gf,
the SIo'ftn3 Gc-ette the Sporting Iam<s The s2sr.s-
man. and Utheft, 0Dsaln III enormous circulation.
UEe zesalt Ia the 3d11hAiol of iowef cl8ss Of
writers than were admitted to the columns OF
Eti.t Lyk. TITS GelIy ase certa1LJy acasr1!lous
lt wEat they CAV III people wno ruu horses. Toe
1rsl requisite spceAIs u te. to regard every one
4. a Ehfey The sno,,,1c u y,+nr IN bIs 7,tersrv
caract{y Is a cond.mrd l,rilesef in In .nnn Dr..
p{Ayitr. lie tfrAu rototF any further
elYn be eeey Eim. People tusy
doubt it. bpt there is ssin toucthlaR called char
ac-er on tie turf. and when this "a hi'. there "a
Occasionally = ruW; the 1ets cAs, np;htbx about
H. rhc daily political papers. With the Aol:tary
EXCEPTION Of tie Tin'<s. DAD lhs sporting element
~ ttroug that they each keep "prophet" in TOW
-ttne Meteor Or " Toucllstone," or "Asmc-
deCs." Vho two or three tln.es week reyiewsthe
races of The day sIA vc1tuses predictions as to
HE wLpe1e- the A.atX which u used Ia simply
LEtft.ltSiale 10 tLo+t Who uYe not eporttup read
eIt. Int It La pialn enotsh IL tne majority or
I-rtIe wE0 by pRptr. IEtse p.uuhets ute ceu
emily educated MtD-hsiEpsy onlcera OF tue
aTU.. urEal.s1s III haze taAen to the line. ana
Erut tE.Gptn kports1eu. Fur mt part l Ike I,
set tic ueIty eEety year, AID, a8 uuc of TIE half
3 El!sllon who witness Il, rnF n15pd Gets excited
std t.t pulse best. iasttt xhtp The horsea III BIZ
Iud iLe Iost 0! The I...a.s Il ra!st Lpt I'm an
is:u:aaus as 10 de,a:,- To ae. tho sacr,1nu nexs-
3sl":s rem little ~s4 than ltts1s frequently
read thcu In turn with the 1e lr,oup Journals,
al IN. usa lmr1+ trion Ii t,.t to introduce ruch
utri- ~ c1ilictsD, ILL lite osd;rss, pt-A., Won
e's Ute the lawstrr. Wtc-, therefore, ] heard
t'tt s.E JostHh u1wley fah dtIctmtnea 10 p-oEc.
cute Dr. sh.rttnutr. II The .Spn'tthy Timer, not
ty tsi'sn at l3a, b1t ~ c!:cHtal prosecution
II ~ tsc-eht |. uusI aic soDttll1s bid
ttcstG
AsrORT1N,; lInE1-
SIR rIo.enA usul Try mad an. oucce,l three Of h,a
tLvtfs as 10 run In o ctytA,u 1ace and the public
s~ttt. ssyels a. out hen. l,rIurr the racc hor-
car. tc "se1a'eatd "swo oI item, t. &, he t,ok