Volume 25 — ANOTHER INSULT TO IRELAND!
Reading edition
(From the Nation.)
"It is reported that the ever glorious John Mitchell has escaped from the blood-red hands of the sanguinary Saxon. And what has been the reward offered for his apprehension? Why '£2 or such lesser sum as may be determined upon by the convicting magistrate!' Forty shillings for that heroic martyr! Oh, my countrymen, does not the brutal Times, every day of its atrocious existence, offer more for a strayed cur—a wandering puppy-dog? And forty shillings (or less) for the hope of Erin!"
It would seem that the Colonial Government has orders to treat Irish patriots, as at rural fairs and merry-makings the master of ceremonies treats pigs; namely—to grease well their tails, that they may the more easily slip out of hand.
Theatrical Act of Grace.
Our theatrical readers will rejoice to know that Mr. Charles Kean will re-open the Princess's with an act of clemency. The play-going world lamented to learn that, Mr. Kean—in pursuance of a high, unflinching principle—had erased the Queen's name from the List, for having incautiously laughed at Free Mr. Braid's imitation of Mr. Kean. We are happy to learn, however, that Her Majesty's name has been restored, intelligence to that effect having, last week, been sent from the Box-office to Balmoral.