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Six o’ One anp Harr A Dozen 0’ ree OTHER.— “ Stranger,” said a benighted American traveller, (who had been wending his toilsome march through the briar and brake, through bramble and thicket,) as he came upon a raw-looking gemius at the door of a log-hut, “which is the road to—— :” “ There’s two roads,” re- sponded the fellow. “Well which isthe best?” “ Ain’t much difference: both on ’em infarnal bad. Take which you will, afore you’ve a got half way you'll wish you'd tuck tother.”

The following are amusing specimens of the laconic style of correspondence :—(No. 1.) “ Dennis Macarthy ; You owe me ten shillings. Ifyou dont pay me Patrick Sullivan.” (No. 2.) “Pat Sullivan; I don’t owe ye ten shilling. And if 1 did——Dennis Macarthy.” foote sent the following letter to his mother :-—“ Dear mother, I am in gaol;” to which the old lady then re- plied,“ Dear, Sam, so am I.”

‘Doyou believe in ghosts, Mrs. Partington ? “ What” asked the old lady somewhat timidly. ‘Tobe sure I do,’ replied she,‘as much as I believe that bright ful- minary there will rise in the yeast to-morrow morning, if we live and nothing happens. ‘T'wo apprehensions have sartainly appeared in our family. Why,I saw dear Paul, a fortnight before he died with my own eyes, just plain as I see you now, and though it turned out afterwards to bea rose bush with a nightcap on it, 1 shall always think to the day of my desolation, that it was a fore-runner sent tome. ‘T’other one caine in the night when we were asleep, and carried away three candies and a pintof spirits. Believe in ghosts, indeed! i guess 1 do, and he must be a dreadful styptic as doesn’t.’

LamarTINE.—In a letter to a friend dated March 1, and published in the Courier des Etats-Unis, Lamar- tine says: “For seven days | have hardly had breath- ing time. I have passed three without ceasing to har- angue and combat in the midst of 60,000 men, more agi- tated than the waves of the sea, but it was a sea of fire and ef iron. God has protected me; now may he pro- tect the Mother of ideas and great hearts—la France !”

Prince Atsert.—Not contented with the £30,000 this fortunate individual is in yearly possession of, he has managed to get possession of the foll owing offices —Steward or Duchy of Windsor; Ranger and Keeper of Hyde and St. James’s Parks; High Steward of Plymouth: Capt.-Gen. and Col. of Artillery.

‘HE ARMIES OF Evropr.—According tothe most recent authorities, the armies of the principal powers are as follow:

Russia 568,600 | Austria 444.800 France 346,000 Prussia, Bavaria, and other German Stat: 208,000 Great Britain 97 205 |

The People’s Charter, as it is called, contains six

heads: 1. Universal Suffrage, 2. Vote by Ballot. 3. No Property Qualification. 4. Annual Parliaments. 5. Payment of Members, 6. Equal Electoral Districts.

The Old Umbrelia.—Louis Philippe left his umbrella at Paris. We suppose he had no use for it when the reren had ceased.

All for the Best.—An aged spinster was wont to con- sole herself by-past disappointment in the matrimonial line by the following reflection :—If she had been mar- ried, and had a baby, and the poor thing had crawled into the oven and burned itself to death, what a terrible thing that would have been!!!

Rustic Acuteness.—Counsellcr Wallace once said to a countryman ina smock-frock who was undergoing his examination in the witness-box, “ You in asmock- frock, how much are you paid for lying ©” * Less than youare, unfortunately, or you would be in a smock-frock

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Ancient Test of Love.—in the days of yore lovers punctured their arms with daggers, and mingled the blood with wine, drank it off to the health of their sweet- vearts. (More fools they!)

News by the last week’s English Mail.

IRELAND.

‘The Cork Examiner states that the following resolu- tion was adopted by the Roman Catholic clergy of Mill street deanery, diocese of Kerry, on the 26th ult.

o Resolved, ® hat in the present agitated state of public feeling in this district, we fee] bound thus public- iy to declare our deliberate conviction, that, notwith- standing our earnest desire to promote peace and obe- dience to the constituted authorities, our best exertions will not be effected unless the Government do immedi- ately restore to our country its own legislature, a measure which we look upon as practicable, and the only one calculated to remove the distress and embar- rassmeut, and discontent, under which the classes in society are labouring.

*P. Firzparricx, P. P., V. F., Mill street. ‘Danren Heacey, C. c., do.

‘Tnomas Maainy, do. do.

‘Joun Naveunriy, P. P., Killneen.’

A meeting of the Irish Confederation took plac® in Timblin on the 3d inst. The attendance was most nv-

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THE EXAMINER.

merous, and the greatest possible enthusiasm prevailed. | ‘Finally, we earnestly pray that God may Much anxiety was evinced to be present at the proceed- | upon our rulers ‘the spirit of wisdom and of, sound ings, as it was understood that Mr. Mitchell and Mr. | mind,’ that concessions be not delayed, till dj - Devin Reilly, the writers of the United Irishman, had|concession be no longer possible, that the claims of resigned as members of the Confederation, Mr, Chas. |justice upon its own merits may be regarded ere yet H. O'Neill, barrister at law, was called to the chair.| be too late, and while agitation has not yet darkene4 Several admissions took place, among whom were Sir into revolution. Signed by direction of the COMMittee’ Jas. Anderson and the Rev. Mr. Birmingham, P. P.,&c.| ‘The Lord Lieutenant has sent a reply in answer t, 'The principal speakers were Mr. J. B. Dillon, Mr. C.G. |the address of the magistrates of the county and city of Duffy, and Mr. Meagher. The resolutions proposed Dublin, who met at Kilmainham on the 28h ult., in the and carried amidst the Joudest acclamations were:— | course of which he says :— ‘Resolved, That the Lord Lieutenant having issued; ‘I beg you will accept my cordial thanks for your a proclamation against the proposed National Council offers of assistance, of which I shal! unhesitatingly aygi) and National Guard, the Confederation desire to warn|myself should the necessity for so doing Arise— the the people that proclamations are merely formal notices, | measures of precaution which it has been the duty Of the neither altering nor giving any new force whatever to Government to adopt, have hitherto proved amply suff. the existing law ; and they call upon the country to|cient for the maintenance of public tranquility, gaye. proceed as heretofore in their arangements in both'tioned and supported as they have been by all loyal these matters.” | subjects and good citizens. I rejoice to think, however, ‘Whereas the Council of Three Hundred--proposed that of late an important change has taken place, anj by the late Mr. O’Connell in 1843, and now revived by |that the few turbulent end desperate men who haye the general wish of the Irish people—would derive its occasioned so much alarm, having nowhere found the chief value from being a fair representation of the peo-| support upon which they had vainly reckoned, agitation ple of Ireland, of all classes and associations. has in a great measure subsided, and far better is it tha ‘Resolved, That the Irish Confederation postpones it should be put down by the good sense of the people till its next meeting putting forth any formal plan for! than by measures of coercion ; but should the improve. the convocation of the Council, as we perceive by the| ment not continue—should evil-disposed persons, by public journals that the Repeal Association are about their seditious speeches or writings, persist in inflaming to bring forward a proposition for that purpose—a pro-|the minds of the people—should the manufacture and position which we pledge ourselves to adopt and act sale of weapons that can only be required for bad uses upon, if it is such as will meet the necessities of the still continue, it will be my imperative duty, both in the time and the wishes of the country.’ metropolis and throughout the country, to put in force A grand display of the Irish confederates, in andjall the powers with which I am invested by the aw to around Cork, took place in that city on the Ist instant. punish such offences, and to guard the loyal subjects of The numbers assembled on the occasion amounted to/|her Majesty from present or prospective danger,’ nearly 25,000. Mr. Meagher, one of the state traversers, The proclamation issued by the Lord Lieutenant was in attendance, and addressed the meeting in an| warning the people against taking part in the proposed eloquent speech, urging on all present to procure arms, | Council of Three Hundred, or the formation of the con- and prepare themselves for the coming contest. templated armed association called a national guard, The Protestant Repeal Association, to which we al-| concludes as follows :— luded last week, has issued an address to the Protestants} ‘Now, therefore, we, George Willliam Frederick Ear! of Ireland. ‘The following is an abstract of the docu-|of Clarendon, her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant General ment : end General Governor of Ireland, do hereby declare ‘ Brethern,—The time has at length arrived when the every such national convention or council, as aforesaid, Protestants of Ireland can no longer hesitate to declare| and every other the like convention‘or council, by what- peaceably, but firmly and distinctly, their sentiments ever name it may be called, to be unlawful; and we upon the great question which has so long agitated their) hereby absolutely prohibit the election, constitution or country. The majority of us have long withheld our-|formation of any such convention, council, national selves from taking any active part in political questions. | guard, or other the like association, and all drilling, use Disgusted by the time-serving poligy of successive ad-| of arms, or practice of military evolutions or exercises,in ministrations, and dreading to mingle ourselves in) connection therewith or otherwise, contrary to the pro- agitations ever which we could hope to exercise no visions of the said act of the 60th year of the reign of fective control, we stood aloof from the contest, and his said late Majesty; and we do earnestly caution and saffered the conduet of the struggle for Irish independ-| warn all her Majesty’s well-disposed subjects against ence to pass into other hands. But this timid policy the same, and against taking part in any such election will no longer suit either the spirit or necessity of the or representation,or in the formation of any such na- mmes. Now, when men breathe but in associations, the tional guard, or like armed association, or engaging ot Protestants of Lreland, as a body, must declare, and that! promising so to do, on any pretence whatsoever, ‘without delay, whether they are prepared to assistan| ‘And we call upon and require all sheriffs, magis- English Government in maintaining their rule in this trates, constables, and other her Majesty’s subjects, ‘country against the wish of the great majority of its acting in their aid, to be vigilant in the prevention and ‘inhabitants; and whether, for any real or supposed repression of all such conventions,elections, associations,

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‘benefits of that rule, they will pass through a bloody and illegal practices, so far as by law they are autho- ‘and doubtful civil war, the principal burden of which rised and empowered to do.

must fall upon them; and which, whatever may be its| ‘By his Excellency’s command, result, cannot be otherwise than disastrous and desolat- , ‘Wituam M. Somervityr. ing to our common country. For our part we declare, ‘ Dated at Dublin Castle, this 20th day of April, 1848. that we are notso prepared ; and we invite you to unite, with us in this declaration, being convinced that the, MORE SEDITION. only intervention now necessary to avoid these multi-| The Uniled Irishman, of Saturday last, abounds, 23 plied calamities, is the firm and decisive voice of the usual, with glowing panegyrics on the pike, the nifle, Irish Protestants. ‘and the cold vitriol cure for her Majesty’s troops. In ‘We have already declared the principles of the reply toa Kilkenny Repealer, requiring information %% association to be— ‘to what he is to do now that sedition is made felony, Mr. ‘A determination to avoid mixing religious with Mitchell responds.— political questions. | “Why, get arms. If any one doubted or delayed be- ‘The protection of vested interests. fore, let him about it quick now. Whoso intended to ‘Loyalty to the Queen; and, asa necessary conse- get a pike, let him get two or three, that he may have quence, opposition to Republican principles, so far as to lend to his poorer neighbours. Let those arin bow concerns our own country. who never armed before, and those who always armec ‘We do not, nor do we believe that the majority of now arm the more. We entreat Irishmen to call meet- our brethren expect or desire any ascendancy, political ings, to make a fire therein, to burn publicly their regis or religious,over our Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen. |try gertificates, and to sign a written pledge to procure, ‘To equality with them we have a sacred and indefeasible| without delay, certain arms, to be therein specified, and right; and we are convinced that if you, upon mature!ammunition befitting.” consideration, arrive at the conclusion that that equality; Another correspondent, “ Anti-Corrosive,” is thus an- can be, with absolute certainty, guaranteed and main-|swered:— tained, and will at once throw the weight of your| ‘Here isa rosewater revolutionist complaining of onr intelligence, property and influence into the already description of the beauties of vitriol, and its use and ca- trembling scale, by your decision that scale must pre- pacity in street-fighting. Why, weare not the in- ponderate inevitably and decisively.’ . iventors of it: even if we were, we would regard it as # After referring to, and answering probable objections rightgucky thought, nor seruple to put itin practice, and to the repeal movement, on the part of the Protestants,|for these reasons: first, there is no means of offence and such as its relation to the church establishment, the defence, no matter how strange or outlandish, how probability that the Protestants of Ireland will not be speedy or torturing, that should not become glorious, accorded toleration by any Irish Parliament, and the|when used in asserting the liberty of our country. 0! possibility of collisions between the English and Irish |the right and dignity of citizen men against usurpin’ Parliaments, on matters of foreign policy, winds up in|despots; and, secondly, because no despot, were his these words :-— hands as white and delicate as snow, his teeth as clean ‘We take this occasion again to disclaim any inten-|as pearls, and his hair brushed to exquisite perfection, tion of interfering with the prerogatives of our Sovereign, | would scruple to use any weapon, or engine, or Missi, the rights of the public creditor, of disturbing the pre-|from Warner's long-range toa lady’s bodkin, from the sent settlement of private property, or in any other|fire of hell to a lucifer match, against us. All the ery manner whatever promoting confusion or revolution. |about our vitriol is mere cant. A Berlin burgher pré- We feel itis sufficient to allude thus briefly to that pared the other day to throw vitriol from the top-stones point ; for amongst, the numberless accusations preferred |of his house on the King’s troops, and every Prussian against Irish Protestants, the desire of anarchy has never glories in the thought. In the Parisian Revolution 0! yet been laid to their charge. Fuly, 1830, a manufacturer led his workmen to We

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