IRISH "BULLS."
[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPROTATOR."] SIR,—Are the following worthy of your space ?—(1) An Irish- man thus moralised on the uncertainty of life. " When one counts the accidents, dangers, and diseases which beset the journey of life, the wonder is that a man lives till he dies." <2) Another repelled an accusation of• cowardice for having ducked his head when his enemy shot at him by saying, "A man had better be a coward for a minute than be dead the rest of his life." (3) A Cork Town Councillor is credited with having thus spoken. " There can be no doubt of the virulence of this epidemic, for I know of people lying dead from it who never died before." (4) The same gentleman thus chivalrously defended a colleague. "I strongly protest against this attack on my absent friend, for surely it is not right to hang a man behind his back."—I am, Sir, &c., G. R. S.
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