vengeance; a brewer's drayman sufficed to lodge Haynau in a dust-bin; and for the third the issue as yet seems
doubtful. First, he was first seen scratching himself against a beacon-light off Courtmaskerry; then he was
shot at while roving about Ballycotton Bay, electrifying small fish and Irish blue-jackets; and when last
beheld, was reported to be "very like a (bottle-nose) whale." Clearly he is at least a harmless reptile, and
his annual visits promote what Dr. Johnson calls the harmless stock of public pleasure. It would be well if
all human specimens of the reptile class were equally so. Mr. Feargus O'Connor's annual visits at Nottingham,
for example, are quite another matter; for though there is farce enough in his proffered resignation of his
seat to the electors and non-electors of the place, there is a good deal of tragedy in the kind of advice which
he has the infamy to proffer along with it. On this last occasion he told the mob who had gathered
round him that an English merchant or capitalist was one who traffics on the blood, marrow, and sweat of
the people; and that the houses of parliament had no other use or intention than to suck the blood, the
meat, and the marrow out of the people. There was no law, he remarked, for the poor. It was safer for a
rich man to shoot at a poor man's head, than for a poor man to shoot at a rich man's hare. He singled out
some neighbouring manufacturers by name as employing five thousand hands a-day, as being tyrants over that
multitude of men, and able to give themselves at once a profit of £250 a-week by reducing wages to the
amount of twopence daily. Without an allusion to his own starving victims at Snig's End, he had the effrontery
to protest that he had himself spent a hundred thousand pounds in elevating the position of the working-classes;
but this piece of impudence was too braggart to meet with other than a cool reception, even from
the tools and idiots who hurrahed him. He proceeded to describe himself as the special object of government
persecution in this country, and declared that for anybody to have had a hand in hunting him down
was certain to insure that person's immediate distinction. In this way he accounted for the promotion of
Lord Campbell and Sir John Jervis to be Chief Justices, and of Sir Frederick Pollock to be Chief Baron;
because the first and second had prosecuted him at York and Liverpool, and the last at Lancaster. And truly what
followed next of this choice oration seemed to challenge prosecution number four! The orator avowed, with
cool deliberation, that the working-classes of England had been defrauded by the legislature of their fair share
in the benefits of the steam engine, of manufacturing machinery, and of extended navigation, during the last
half century; asserted that if his principles were carried out, the man who now earned ten shillings a-week should
earn three pounds; and promised that if he had but the power, he would make the taxes to be not more than
four millions a-year. He only waited for a war, he added, to carry out these views. They were simply to be
patient till France fell out with England, when it should be his care to enable every man to live comfortably,
ay, luxuriously, on the sweat of his brow. The old, reckless, wicked story! Jack Cade the clothier is to dress
the Commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it. It was never merry world in England since
gentlemen came up; but it will come right as soon as seven halfpenny loaves are sold for a penny, and
the three-hooped pot has ten hoops, and it is felony to drink small beer, and the whole realm is in common,
and Mr. Feargus O'Connor's mouth is the Parliament of England, and only his palfry goes to grass in Cheapside.
Happily, however, this sort of trash has very few listeners now, and none among the better kind of
working men of England. The braggart who uses it has been thoroughly exposed; and his schemes,
except by the victims to whom they have brought loss and despair, are scouted and laughed at. Any one
who would contrast the miserable dupes with whom he may still be imagined to have influence, with
that noble class of thoughtful and sober men whose intelligence protects them against his arts, should
consult and compare the views and wishes of English operatives as detailed before the Parliamentary
Committee on the Savings of the Middle and Working Classes.

NARRATIVE OF POLITICS.

LORD CLARENDON left Dublin on the 2nd instant for a
Fortnight's Tour in the North of Ireland. After visiting
the Earl of Erne, and spending several days as the
guest of the Marquis of Londonderry, he arrived at
Belfast on the 12th. He made a public entry into the
town amidst the most impressive demonstrations by the
citizens. On the same day, the Lord-Lieutenant commenced
his active progress through a round of invitations
—to the Hall of the Ulster Flax Society, to the
great flax-spinning mill of Messrs. Mulholland, and
other notable bodies or establishments. From the
Belfast Board of Guardians he received an address,
informing him that the condition of the poorer classes
in Belfast is gradually improving, and that out-door
relief, with its demoralising effects, has been unnecessary.
He congratulated them, in reply, on the fact that
during a period of unexampled distress, the poor were
maintained without assistance by the Government, and
without the imposition of undue burdens on the rate-payers;
and added—"I agree with you in thinking that
these results are attributable to the industrious spirit
and orderly habits which have long characterised the
people of this city, and to the employment afforded by
the prosperous state of trade and manufactures which I
trust may long continue: but they also reflect great
credit on those who are charged with the administration
of the Poor-law in Belfast." In the evening a
great banquet was given by Lord Clarendon at the Music
Hall. He rode to the place of the meeting in General
Bainbrigge's carriage drawn by six horses, a military
escort preceding him, and the streets crowded by acclaiming
thousands. He was received at the Music Hall
by the Corporation in their robes of state; the Mayor
preceding him into the dining-room, and as he took his
seat the bands played "God save the Queen." The
guests included men of all creeds and political shades:
near to the Mayor were seated the Bishop of Down and
Connor, the Earl of Erne, the Marquis of Londonderry,
Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., and Mr. N. Alexander,
M.P. The notable speech after dinner was that of
Lord Clarendon himself, in acknowledgment of his own
health, "which was drunk with hearty and prolonged
enthusiasm, the bands playing 'St. Patrick's Day.' "
He dwelt in glowing language on the returning tranquillity
and dawning prosperity of the country: "Among
the most agreeable signs of improvement which have of
late taken place in this country, I rank the fact that
almost all men in Ireland appear to recognise the folly
and uselessness of those political differences which have
too long destroyed confidence, scared away capital, and
fostered a spirit of animosity among the population. I
do not, of course, allude to the legitimate discussion of
political questions—the birthright of British subjects—
which has utility for its basis and the public good for its
object. I allude to that agitation which is carried on,
not for the public interest, but for individual purposes;
and I am happy in being able to appeal to this enlightened
assembly whom I have the honour of addressing,
whether, in this respect, a vast improvement has not taken
place—whether a period can be recollected less characterised
by scheming agitators than that of the two years
which have just passed?" He paid a special compliment
to Belfast, on her improvement in manufacture and
art, and remarked the improved moral and social