, 1872-12-29

5cJ subjects on one LEVEL Tor until this is done they
Will never have sympathcs In common. nor feel and
acknowledge that brotherhood mud community OF n-
teresss which can alone give force and vitality to this
without finding something done which might have
been done towards the attainment OF this consunnn-
on an irrerarabc loss. strong centrifugal force is
at work upon tic atoms which cc:npoEe the Queens
domnons, and there il next to nothing to oppose its
f1 influence nc For want Of some BODY whose delegates
confer together what is best adapted to the
true interests Of the whole, each correcting and mod
flying his idcas In accordance with the
Of Others and in his turn influencing their minds in
favor Of his views the public Of the various
colonies IS are left to follow any e1r1se which may seem
good in their own eyes or likely to secure them
heightened term Of office, without any consideration
as to what may be the effect Of their schemes the
welfare Of their ncghbors, how far they copat
Although the prospect Of achieving this great work
Of confederation does very encouraging at
this dayaream Of many will resolve itself into
substantial reality OF our present rulers have but
little hnpe but cannot bring myself to think that the
nation at large will remain much longer Indifferent to
tue glorious future which might he the heritage Of or
race we only had the energy to take occasion by
the hand" instead of wasting our mighty opporani-
Consolidated British Empire is still possible but
will not be possible much longer.
IRISH SOLDIERS IN FRENCH SERVICE.
A very striking fact. though one not generally
known, is that, for nearly century, there WAS
il the service Of Franco brigade Of soldiers
recruited exclusively from among the British
AS early as tho year 1G71. Charles II. had per-
mitted tho Comic de Hamilton to levy q body
OF over ]: 500 men in Ireland for the service Of
tho King OF Franco. Later. when james was
Throne, he imp!orcd his French ally, Louis XIV,
to send him troops, which he did on condition
Of receiving Irish soldiers for his own wars on
the Continent. These we're swelled by the mi
grafton, after the Treaty of Limerick, of large
numbers of lrishnlen to France. These we're
formed into brigade in 1862, the first service
performed by which was an expedition against
England:
This proposed invasion planned in the interest
both James and Louis the former aimed at
ing his lost THRONE the latter at delivering homo
thrust at the able and intrepid chief Of the League Of
Augsburg. But England was saved f.on invasion in
1902, she had been in 1885, and she often
afterwards by the intervention of the elements Con-
trary winds prevented tho French from cmbarhing
enabled tic Dutch squadron Of Van Alcnonde to
effect junction with the British fleet under Admiral
e 'e e aed hS2 snd The
under the gallant Admiral de Touryile, and the brill
liant and decisive victory Of the English and Dutch,
entirely destroyed the French navy, and eflectualy
pu: stop to any attempts at invasion Of England
During the campaigns OF 16oo md 1893 the 1rieh had
abundant opportunities Of wreakiug their vengeance
upon tho English King and his armies, and were
especially conspicuous by their bravery ut tho bloody
defeated and compelled to retire before the superior
force Ills great military rival the Marshal Duke Of
Brigade present at almost every battle fkirish
IT importance, ind Tor 1sef reputation without
which it would hare hardly survived the peace of
Ryswick.
They wero subsequently engaged, still in the
service Of France, in tho wars Of the Spanish
Succession, and distinguished themselves at
Blenheim. They took part in all the struggles
| which devastated Europe in the eighteenth con-
tury, and always with honor. In fact, Eays the
writer, who is plainly no other than Mr.. Froude
himself:
Out Of ireland Irish hare alwn,s proved them
selves admirable soldiers, and the peculiar circun
stances of tho formation and position of the brigade
in France rendered its services especially valuable to
that country. large proportion Of its members as
We hase already show' must nave neen Gd snpeor
drawn. and the honorable rivalry which existed be-
tween Them and the French roors combined with their
intense national hatred OF the English to whom they
often opposed to render the Irish daring and
rcsolute soldiers. -.
The greatest aud nobles houses Of ireland had their
representatives in the brigade; tho Buffers, tho
Rurkcs or Burghs, the Fitzgcrads the ONeills, the
Oriens the Talbots the Nngeuts the Plunketts, and
do the bidding of french commanders, and 20 fight
against their countrynen and their allegiance Oh tho
last service in Which the irish Brigade was engaged
on the side Of France was the expedition against the
British "est India Islands in 117o and 1'so.
The Irish Brigade was finally broken up By q
decree OF tho National Assembly, in l791 and tho
last remnant Of the brigade was tnkcn into tho
service of England, from whose territory the
Brigade hal been originally raised and constant
ly recruited. and against whose armies it had
fought for e hundred years. England received
back again into her allegiance these erring sub
| jects WHO had been Tor threo generations among
! tho bravcst, tho most constant. and tho most
! inplucable Of her foes.
IL. D. Conway continues his curious re-
sesrches into the origin of tho supernatural
" Monsters and Demons which wero created
| by the darkcncd fancies Of primitive mon.
| General Ciuserct, who vas fortunate enough to
save himself from the bullets Of Satory, givcs
lis glimpse. " Behind the Scencs, at the Com
| lp,lnc."
"Six Weeks in North and South Tyrol," with a
mnp)-by William Longnan. r. G. s.; '*Bran,-
| hleberEies; The Tf1c School for Architects; :;
possibilities of Freo Religious Thought in
Scotland; Concerning tho Disadvantages OF
Living in Small Community" by q. Il. H. g.;
Domestic Sanitary Arrangements" by Robert
| Ravlinsnp T. T. q RF