though he cannot help considering sometimes, and jealousy he has none. His broad brow has no room for it; it is all occupied with plans for benefiting his family, and all mankind.

We are yet the complainants, at least our leaders, our Pat-agonian chiefs say so, and that we have a right-certainly it is our right-as free men, to complain, but yet we may have no just cause, and in the case before us, it is probable that no man amongst us understands, or knows precisely, what he now wants or wishes for, except the chiefs, whose notions and motives are less doubtful. In short, England will not believe, the thinking people and lovers of liberty throughout the empire and Christendom, that you, the active, and industrious, and intelligent classes through Ireland, can ever give any countenance to repealers, unless you wish them to conclude that it is impossible to satisfy you; and to such conclusion their minds are turned by our conduct, and it is doubtful how soon they may adopt them. That we are as little to be kept from tempest and turbulence as the Atlantic waves, which unintelligibly and incessantly roar on our island, beating it without object, without end.

It is a general opinion, that the principal repealers have put themselves out of society by their bullying, bluster, and buffoonery against public men.

Mr. Stanley may be no place-maker, nor candidate for their adulation, and he and the marquis at the head of the government, ought to bear, for obvious reasons, some good-humoured raillery, or badgering, perhaps, but we must not countenance any spiteful slaver aimed at them. What has honest Lord Althorp done to be so be-slabbered? He was thought, in England, virtuous enough to be a Pope, and there might have been, on that ground, some suspicion of it, had not his brother taken that start of him which will most likely place him in the pontifical chair. And should that happen, why, I say, God help us! What! another Englishman, sassenagh Pope!—And Lord Brougham too!

But in sober seriousness, all this is in bad taste. If a physician point out to you a latent ulcer, which endangers your lives, is he not hailed as a friend, and lauded as a professor? What has his lordship done unlike, in drawing your attention to the Habeas Corpus Act? and who can say it was not with the view of embodying you as petitioners to have it cancelled from the statute-book? Is it not painful to witness such heartless conduct, or such apparent ill breading on the part of those so lately introduced, and that too, against their introducers ?

This conduct and language of diatribe, fit for

the level, perhaps, of a London tap-room, indicates much weakness in the quarter where used, it shows a malice that never could be felt on public grounds. We must, we ought to disclaim such connexion, and reflect on the truth of that saying, "The Lord defend us from our friends! for we can defend ourselves against our enemies."

We wish to be treated with forbearance and respect ourselves. Go then, and do likewise, more especially to those invested by the laws with authority; and when they appear unwilling to use those weapons the law have put in their hands for their own protection, they ought to be protected from insult by every honest man.

CHAPTER V.

Antiquaries-High descent-Cæsarea-Antediluvian Ireland -Partholan Cossacks-Gathelus or Gaelus-Pharaoh's Daughter-Similarity to the Jews-Milesians-Strabo— reports the Irish given to Cannibalism and Incest---Melu -his account-Tacitus-Agricola-Pontifical Legate under Vespasian-Irish Kingling—A Legion-Galgacus, the noble Caledonian-Ireland's State compared with England's Cæsar and his crack Corps-Juvenal—Erin, derivation always doubted-Settled-Brehon-Devils and Agitators same thing in the Greek-Kyrie eleison-Another Kingling-Strongbow-A beautiful Princess-Henry II.-Zealous-goes to Ireland-with a Bull-Adrian IV. -St. Peter's Rights—Barbarians-Peter-Pence-Schismatics-Tithes-Pope orders Subjugation and Submission— Irish Heptarchy-Tithes first established-Henry's Right -An Alternative-Conscience not relievable from Tithes but by rejecting Rome's authority-Lord and King differ -English Code offered-The Royal Osier Palace in Dublin-His Majesty's Adoption and Baptism-New Euphony -Conquest sans blood-King John-Visits Ireland in 1210-Affection and Justice-Magna Charta sent-Principal Settlers always defied the Government--English always wished to aid the Natives-Edward II.-Robert Bruce-A Bull-frightens the Irish into Cowards-Bruce's Bravery and Death-Intention of Edward II. to settle in Ireland-Edward III.-Continued Attachment-raises

an Army-orders a Parliament-Convention one in defiance at Kilkenny-Statutes-A Bull-The Roses-The Palers-Henry VII. and Kildare-Reformation-Popular in England-Irish poverty kept her out of it-Conduct to Persecuted-Queen Elizabeth-Friend to the PeopleHated by the Aristocrats-Desmonds, Kildares, &c.—Coalition of the two Bloods-Potatoes-Sir Walter RaleighJames I.-Justice-Desires to serve-Brehon Laws-His distribution of Land-First National Parliament-Very Catholic-Pope's Supremacy-A Folly-A FavouriteAlways beat.

BEFORE entering on the connexion between England and Ireland, it is a temptation almost irresistible, as well as indispensable to the interests of truth, to give an outline previously of the history of the latter country.

Now, as to the Irish historians of antiquity, they are modest enough to derive us from no higher a stock than Noah's granddaughter-she (Cæsarea) came and inhabited Ireland before the flood; but as they then lose sight of her, it is possible she and the history perished together, not having the protection of the Ark. They tell us then of Partho lan and Nemeth, the Cossacks, (classically Scythians,) about three hundred years after; and then Gathelus with his wife Scota, Pharaoh's daughter, a gipsey, who left us the passion for fortune-telling, but no great skill in improving our own. Authors give us nakedly the lady's name, leaving us to enigma as to the rest. They do not tell us