26 MARCH 1859, page 14

Mr. Barber's Compensation.

TnnouGH the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the Government has announced that in the estimates of the coming year a sum will be set apart as compensation to Mr. Barber for......

Retrogress Of Education In Ireland.

THE movement in favour of intermediate education in Ireland has afforded a good opportunity for the Irish Catholic Church to illus- trate its new position and its subtle policy.......

Italy, Her Foe, And Her Friend.

Wily interfere with Austria in Italy ? Because the independence of the Italians is necessary to the peace of Europe. This great political fact is clearly made out by the recent......

The Gold And Silver Movement.

A GREAT amount of gold is being sent at present from England to Paris in exchange for silver; the East India Council sent out by the last steamer 100,0001. in five-franc pieces,......

To Poe1tio And His Fellow-patriots.

0 noble souls, freed from the foulest spite That ever tyrannous and heartless fool Wreak'd on the worth that shamed his worthless rule, Linking your very bodies, day and night,......