department is this? what kind of beings are these-what heinous crime have they committed that they are condemned to such hard punishment?" "Alas!" would be the answer" this is the Bantry union, these are Irish mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters--and their only crime is POVERTY."

FROM THE MUNSTER CITIZEN,' JULY 31, 1852.

"The Fallacy of a Reliance on Parliament.

"The battle of the Constitution must be first fought in the forge and afterwards in the fields and streets.-JOHN MITCHELL [transported].

"SIR-Faith, hope, and reliance in political and social amelioration from the British Parliament is a palpable abnegation of Ireland's individuality and of that holy spirit of independence which God has implanted in the heart of man. As to the Titles Bill,' Orange Juries,' and other grievances, good Catholic, believe me that these matters can only be settled to your liking and wish, which in truth are not very exorbitant, by your armed union against the English interest-both at home and in Great Britain. He who tells you to rely on Brigades, prayers, or petitions is your worst enemy. Discard for ever from the rules of your friendly societies the disgusting oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria, and substitute the sacred and sensible one of Common Cause.

"I am, Sir, yours very truly,
"JOHN C. LYNCH."

"A few Words to Irish DEMOCRATS, particularly those Resident in England and Scotland.

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'You, Brothers, who adhere to the Godlike creed of real Irish Nationality;-you who care not a fig for the humbug of '82, nor the Repeal sham of '43; but who cherish in your souls the noble creed that inspired our fathers to face the hated foe on many a bloody fieldthat creed for which Tone and Emmett died, and our

own brave Mitchell is languishing in exile;-you who repudiate the anti-religious lessons of British royalty and expediency, and who feel no more desire to mumble prayers for kings, queens, and royal families, than for gipsies, brigands, or blacklegs;-you who worship at the shrine of truth, and believe that peace and concord amongst royal conspirators called Christian kings and princes is slavery, starvation, and death to that portion of God's people, the useful and productive classes of society;—you who believe in the true and holy teaching of our Prophet, "That nothing good can come from the English Parliament or English Government,' and that Ireland can only assert her nationality BY FORCE OF ARMS, and who look on the new-fledged Irish M.P.s who swear allegiance to the English Queen, to be TRAITORS to the Celtic people, and downright sworn enemies to their country;-you are the men of the Future, and on you devolves the imperative duty of rescuing our deluded countrymen from the poisonous influence of mercenary traitors and hypocritical or blind apostles. When England was exclusively Catholic, King, Nobles, and Plebeians, did they not show Ireland about as much mercy as the she-wolf Elizabeth did when she ordered Raleigh to exterminate the natives of Munster, and establish English colonies in their stead? Did they not make the penalty of killing a mere Irishman just thirteen shillings and four-pence fine? And did not Catholic Mary, in her short reign, butcher the people of Leinster, and convert the name of Leix and Offally into the King and Queen's County? Recent events prove that the same undying spirit of hatred and extermination towards the Irish is as rampant to-day as it was seven centuries ago. It is said that the Roman Nobility in Rome's degenerate days used to amuse themselves in their arenas by witnessing the devouring of their Gallic slaves by wild beasts. But in these enlightened days, and in the land of enlightened humanity, the ferocious inhabitants of the forest' are substituted by the Stockport and Wigan savages. A private letter informs me that the Wigan cannibals broke into thirty houses belonging to Irishmen, and spared neither age nor sex, while the Mayor

and Magistrates enjoyed a hearty laugh at the expense of Irish blood and Irish money, for the poor Irish were robbed into the bargain, and made prisoners, by their persecutors. It is therefore pretty clear that there is to be no protection whatever for the lives and property of Irishmen resident in England. Let us then prepare to protect ourselves. At all events, let us be prepared, in those districts where attacks are made, to sell our lives as dearly as possible. The first thing requisite for this end is, an ARMED organization. Let Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, London, and Liverpool make a beginning, and any simple plan will do for a commencement. This would suffice till

a number of towns were partly organized, and then a conference could be held, say in Manchester, to propound a real plan of organization, and take steps for spreading it in Ireland. The organization should have but one great object in view, viz. the Irish REPUBLIC.

"To work then, comrades, to work like men in earnest. And while we register a vow of holy hatred and abhorrence of the English system and English Oligarchy, we can still afford to clasp hands, not with the Whigs or Tories, nor the Radicals, nor Chartists, for they are degenerate, but with the few brave English_republicans, whose feelings are identical with our own. Is it not time for us to begin?

Yours in the cause of the Irish Republic,
"MICHAEL SEGRAVE."

FROM THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH,' AUGUST 14, 1852.

"The Murder-Ball at Stockport.

"Some of our contemporaries seem to be very much shocked at the truly English no-Popery notion of having a ball at Stockport for the benefit of the English prisoners' charged with such crimes as 'sacrilege,' 'arson,' and homicide.' To us the thing appears perfectly appropriate. The persecutors of the Catholics profess to be profoundly learned in Scripture lore. They are all, they assure us, great Bible-readers, and if they do participate in a housebreaker's hornpipe,' a 'plunderer's polka,'

or a murderer's mazurka,' why, they can, like their great unavowed champion, 'quote Scripture' for what they do. It was by means of a pas seul that St. John the Baptist was martyred, and no doubt those who got up a dance at Stockport for the benefit of the murderers of Moran and the desecrators of the Ciborium, were prepared to justify themselves by the words of St. Matthew:

"On Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

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Whereupon he promised, with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.

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But she, being instructed before by her mother, said, Give me in a dish the head of John the Baptist. "

The following article, containing an anecdote of Governor Johnson and his lean, long-backed, inquisitive little boy, gives an amusing picture of the meddling, incurable vulgarity of democracy in the United States of America.

FROM THE NATION,' JULY 24, 1852.

"New Orleans Tribute.

"Here also a passionate desire to honour the Irish exile, and exhibit practical sympathy for his cause, animates the bosoms of native Americans, as well as Irishborn men. A few weeks ago there was a most influential and enthusiastic meeting held in New Orleans, presided over by Governor Johnson, for this specific purpose. The following is but a meagre sketch of this memorable proceeding :

"The Chair, before appointing the committee, requested that a letter from General Walker should be laid before the meeting, and it was read amid tremendous cheering by Secretary Walton.

"The committee having retired, the calls for Governor Johnson were renewed, and as he made his appearance the house fairly shook with plaudits.

"Governor Johnson related an anecdote which elicited thunders of applause. It is but a few days since,' he remarked, 'that a boy of mine, who has Irish blood in his veins, asked me what a fillibuster meant? I described to him a fillibuster as a tolerable respectable sort of a person, and when I had given the description the little fellow asked me, "Well, Pa, why don't we take Ireland from England?" (Cheers for several minutes. A voice in the crowd, "He'll make a man.") I found some difficulty in answering the question, but told him that we had already taken a pretty good share of British subjects from Ireland, and will soon have them all, perhaps.' (Renewed and continued cheering.)

"Governor Johnson expressed his highest admiration of the character and abilities of Mr. Meagher, and asked how long before the British government would be brought