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#pfinnie, with thy braided tresvey, 5 Gentie Minnie, tel! me, pray’, Wiry should we sel! water-cresses Throug!: the pleasant mouth of Mey # Fieve. all the virde are singing, Ant gounds around us fiuging, are rippling, lowere are sprimging, Al tbe world looke bright and gay; nie, with thy- braided (restos, t dway thode water-cresses, Let os elso eing and play.

PBissic, thou can't: owile se owestg As the bigh-born indies emile;

ee as well, aud drese-de peatiy,

hink es kindly ali the while:

le Mianie, why should we beneath this tree,

jotening all the live-long dep

5 to the wiid bird's bxy ?

Wiwnic, thou siiould’st be « lady, With thy hand #0 soft and felt,

@ the evt wo dare end shadg,. Lave this life of toil and care.

ae go where bright forms glitter Gaily ia their srlken sheen;

tiyrobes for thee Were fitter Phas tee ravset gown has been.

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Slionie, thoe seotld’s deck thy huir With we ghetening dizmond bright, Wang around thy neck so fair Pearls thetecarce could look mere white. * & = .

R¥ery creature seems delighting Ww in Spriug’s fresh cvening Gicwerm;

tothe world not more inviting,

Misnie, than that home of couse? Fethe lark not free to fly

Fgh above the morning clowdY @Wiwnre, why whould you and I

Wait upoa the rich and proud 7 Minnie. why thy braided treases,

Gentle Minime, tei! me, pray,

vy sliould we sel! water-cresses

Throug! the pleasant m yuth uf”?

© Litvle brother, kindand true, Still th t restless tongue cf thige.; e the skies net bright auc biue, Porth the sun not sweetly shine? On the rich man's board be spi ead With more real pom) aud splendour Thaw tie graes aud flowers so tender, Uaver:neath iby careless tread’?

Gittle brother a-k no longer,

_ Why such fate has fallen to ue;

Wan there be a reasun stronger Than thet Heaven hes willed it-@ree? ow thy head, my lovels flower, Now tie sunelice smiles upon thee, @rker days may sometinie lower,

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cRPY WHEN ERRE~GORN MEN—HAVING TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC—MAY SPEAK FREE.”"—Mitron’s Eveipipae, CHARLOTTETOWN, APRIL 24, 185

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eweeten the cup of life, and to adorn the social circle, Stenon Burrz anp tux Eorros.—Blits, the Wer- and whose talents were destined io alied a justre over triloquiet, wae performing one evening during the

the page of his country’s history, hae sunk into the; summer, in an inland city in the Province ef Naw grave, impoverished, broken hearted, unknown, or de-; Brunswick, upon which occasion ke perpetrated tte | @pieed ; for the cirse of Swivt was upon him—he was | following : | @ man of genius, and an frichinan ! | He requested some one frony the audience wa esitiet

»_ Ifwe take the names of these wio, within the last! him. A Mr. Hogg (somewhat celebrated fo> hie effmts

| few yours, have nade themselves conspicuous by their , At appearing conspicuous, and as every gne th 7" talents, we shal! find that Inshmen have monopolised stranger to the Signor) immediately strutted ont Obey far more than their proportion of public fame; but if,| the platform, and with all the importance of am Béithy, again, we teke a list of those who have obtaimed, either: took his place beside the magician. Having eusiated st home or abroad, the rewarde of merit and talent, we | in the performance of several littie tricks, Blity informe one finé few Irishmen filling places of emolument or! the audience that he would show them what & honor where the appointment to such wae vested in the! noise a hog makes. He then procerded in his owe Government of the day. Aceordingly, where # great | inimitable style, to produce all the peculiar i j smownt of talent or skill is required, and where no, of a full grown porker, during which Mr. Hogg willige amount of interest can compensate for its absence, | tained his position beside the Signor, whilethe atidiexee Irishmen generally obtain promotion, and possess, preb- was convulsed with laughter. “ Now” enid Blitgy. 4? ably, more than their proportionate share of the patron- | will stir up the little pige-—listem, Thie gentle

ege. ‘Thus, emong orators, military commanders, poets, placing one hand on the back and the other ow'tke painters, sculptors, actors, writere, &c., numbers of breast of Mr. Hogg, “hae got « neat of little pigs wheet Irishmen will be found; but from al! other places;to him.” (Roare ef laughter.) Me then bepaw eas obtain which patronage is required, they are too gene-' his hands together, and at every squeeze the juves rally excluded; and the Marqnis of Clanricarde 18 at! grunters were heard proceeding apparently from present the only frishinan who fille any public position stomach of the discomfitted Hogg, and as squenl'afte:

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At atime when party epirit was at its highest in England, and when oratory was # passport to the most @levated positions, the national prejudice against Irish- men was fora season waived, ‘Then Burke, and Can- ning, and Sheridan, quickly advanced, aud toox the

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palin from their English competitors, while Ireland ten, a Flood, a Bushe, a Clure,a Yelverton, an O'Grady, rapid succession. And so, also, in time of war, when

Ireland supplies the higest places, and within the lass. few years has produced to England two Napiers, a Wellington, « Wellesley, and a Gough.

| La the same manner, among eminent literary charac- ters, [relanéd can boast of Usher, Berkeley, Adaim }Cisrke, Bovle, Jebb, Browne, Sir Hans Sloane, Lady | Morgan, Mr. S. C. Hall, Miss Edgeworth, Samuel! Lover, \.ever (ilarry Lorrequer), &c.; and among men of sciance, poets, paliters, sculptors, actors, &c., can proud!y point to the Earl of Rosse, Boyle, Swift, Gold- jemith, Kirwan, Macartney, Maione, Sir P. Francis, } Parnell the poet, Thomas Moore, Professor M‘Cullagh, Brinkley the astronomer, Sir, W. Hamilton, Lord Mornington, Rollo Gilleapie, Hawkins, Abernethy, Humnplirey Liovd, Wolfe, Banim, Maxwell, Carleton, Miss O'Neill, Miss L’arren, Mossop, Macklin, Petrie, flogan, Miss C. Haves, Mactise, Charles Kean, Balfe, Macready, &c. Thus, it wil! be seen that, in all the

could sti!) boast of the possession of a Curran, a Grat- |, a Plunket, and a Shiel, that al! fullowed one another in |

national prejudice is annihilated by «a sense of danger,

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higher branches of the arts, end learned professions, [righinen are conspicuous for their number and genius. et ky oy tiie cenidien Now, let us exanune if they hold the same proportion in Wien wos bevt ror oad ead aim the offices. the appointment to which is vested in the , Re or Government. , ee sa ee oe The Archbishop of Dublin isan Englishman, the AMRISH GENIUS AND ITS REWARD. Payiwaster of the frish Civil Service 18 a Scotchman. Diincdachdseid’ tit tababedieites él ttean te Phe Chiet Commissioner of Irish Pabiie Works is an IE Rite enn attheansnadd& ahiattitessetaniin Rogiishman. ‘Ihe ‘Teller ofthe Irish Exchequer is an fortune have contributed very litle tothe promotion | Kaglishman. The Lord Lieutenant is an Englishman. WF weypiness, end tat those whom the splendour of | Tie Registrar of the Irish Court of Chancery is an En- Mp2 ae Tae rotted a an teen See aan glishmas, The Cuiet officer of the Irish Constabulry is tery" just Geihivinh 46 ete. Ye tame eed tr Ph aig a Scotchman, ‘The chief officer of the Irish Post-office baited: cman ot k «ont ae is an Englishman. The Collector of eee ig a prt ptr d speennil a a me. aes oe ; ee Scotehm: n. Phe head of the Revenue Police is an eebereh Crhrus, are Capagie or universal) Enelishiman. ‘The second in commend is aScotchman.

Dave when Linay be var trom shee, Ow tiy hea@!, and vead thy wiil, ush thy murinwring and be still;

@pplication, vet if, in lonkine round tv: id » aoa | en, 3 . . -a9

aa aa y . 1, in lo we round the wore, w ROCK | he persons employed in the collection of Excise sre— Ut i@ cout eh thew 3 iw it} bye ’ 9 . vi ° ° > ze woubory to wiveh they sappy with te} Enetish and Scotch, to Irishmen, in the portion of 33 to

@ost Unerring evidence of truth, treland wil undoubted-| one!

prove to be ineat counuy. Generauons of Irishmen

haan Now, let us turn to Eng and. The following-wasa ve been bor, and have passed away, and they have

ech in their t Pe de ie : + calculation carefully inade three years ago, and the pro- 2elr uin , $e} r 1 * > lon, ' ° ? : m vt. @estined to be 4 P = as ; mene ’ po Mawes (OF) portion is preity nearly the same at present :—-"There ei) at 2 Ppupnore G ‘ ‘rec. 1 > . ae : 4 . ? on « ‘ . n if nae ‘ ‘Memselve bl om t) re Ce, Wial ney e fe ‘ d were then, Cabinet Mintstera. Enclishmen, 1 Seote hh, MO PMoONC Notice, L ain ' , ’ ° : w . + *heacel’ ‘mids; the de k er t er ee one ? 134; drshmen, 0 Phere is one [rish Minister, the Chief C r HyJi ¢ row a rer Ps Chee font Ge : , ; ’ ; Which our county eed SI Se ee — 1 it) Seerctary, Lord Cuasnicarve. Lords of ihe ‘I rensiitj . Bint ; f y h : i ) ' = . ut is WE stucy ~boghsh 4 Scutchs i : trish, 1. Cierks of the t rta-

4 ory ¢ their e¢levati m, and Co ~~ ee ’ iT ° ‘ . - ‘ taté ioc ’ ye It cle | - compare the uueries | sary—Knglish and Scotch, 112; Trish, 1. Members of @emall ; wa Ggtige, Miteu (hey Bee to contend, with | the Lord Steward’s and Lord Chaiuberlain’s Depart-

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the , QuwQunt Oi fartine atid m ri} Y fovuds that at tients of the Roval Howselioid—Enghish snd Scotch.

fell ty tiivir int, we siuali be obliced iu confess tha oR " ie leul 90 far ue the ; ran ' od vy cConless that, 205: Trish, 4. ‘Niue chances of preferments calculated Ely OWll LesSONa! NIPPIMESS WAS Concerned. aa shave wa: i _ e AYO! , on- balance is cac! +;22 wbove, would amount to 6 to Lin favour of an Kn

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iv avainst thige ° $i ' Wwe sha} wold re ¢ ; } Ged ‘the nationacte ed eye " é suai se'com | glishuan or Seotchman, in Ireland; while the probabi!i- : tidy e «ft Ne ores: t “pred ‘ e (ij ee } . es 7 : . : € the en. ba i gr atextended towards them, ty ot an [risiinan obtamig a place in bngisnd, wae

care ot iC UGLernment exerte Pity their } Joy ty 10, or FQ to one gvaiust him!

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Meas cktousy levelled. opines those wiiars corn | of te tals Of this pase would, pot gentaia the: memes Bi oinne woeld annus te hee vvechat eee | Of those, each of whom .has felt that the curse of Swrt : . Cmid appea C nave marsed for thelr | ius upon hum. for he seas sia of grains, and en dush- i ONS meny @ moo, whose virtues were intended to | wan !— Adve noble )

squeal echoed through the room, the laughter’ef te ‘audience increased until the whole room became scene of perfect wmult. Then again, as the mitth would subside, the little porkers, pausing as it were fir breath, would utter three or four grunts, and agnin break | forth into a full chorue of squeals. ‘he whole scesie was ludicrous in the extreme, and will not soon be for gotten by those present. Mr. Hogg finally took hie seat, * leoking unutterable things.” —.V. ¥. Juur. of Com.

How THe CaF sot THROUGH THR Aucua Hous.— 'The N. C. Argus puts the story we give below into the | mouth of a Virginia stump speaker, who desired teem ' pose the blunder made by the President in grantiag | Santa Anna permission to pass our blockage and get ‘into Mexico: The proprietor of a tan-yard adjacent to a cetteis

town in Virginia, concluded to build a stand, or sort #f ‘store, on one of the main streets, for the pu ivending his leather, buying raw hidea and the like. After completing his building, he began to consider ‘what sort of a sign it would be best to put up forthe purpose of attracting attention to his new establishment ; and for days and weeks he was sorely puzzied on-tttie subject. Severai devices were adopied, and-on farthes consideratien rejected, At last a happy idea strugh hun. Te bored an augur hole through the door-pams and stuck a calfs tail into it, with the bushy end flaéas- ing out. After-a while he noticed a.grave looking: pe-- sonage standing near the door, with his spectacles,am, gazing intently on the sign. And there he cortinuedse stand, gazing and gazing until the curiosity of the ta® ner was greatly excited in tarn. He stepped ontt-and addressed the iudividual :

‘Good morning,’ satd he.

‘Morning, said the other without movigg hie qpad froin the sign.

‘You want to buy leather?’ said the-store-kegper

‘No.’

‘Do you wish tosell hides?’

‘No!

“Are youra farmer?’

‘No?

‘ Are-you.a merchant

* No.’

‘Are you a lawyer?”

‘No,’

‘Are you a dector?”

* No.’

‘What the d——1 are vow then ?’

‘Tama philosopher. { have been-etanding herertie an honr. trying to see if T could ascertain how a-cait got through the augur hole, and | can’t make it ost@® saye sny lile.,

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AuUsmMEnts oF THE Esquitatx.—Should the eva mer and fall hunt prove successful, the Esquimaux,i* one of the happiest apimais in (he creation. He paseee his dreary winter without one ¢arefal thought; he eat his fill, and lies down te sleep, and then rises to-@at again. In this manner they pass the greater part their time; night and day are the same; esting aBé drinking are their chief exjorments. When, however, they do raise their dormant ‘faculties to exertion, they seem to engage with great good will in the few sinuse- ynenis they bave, the principal of which is playing bel, ‘ | wen and womed jcining in the game = T'we pariieo

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