The Irish movement against the rate in aid is varied
by some reaction. Provoked by the violent and rebellious language of Lord Downshire and other noble agitators, Lord Londonderry has declared his intention of supporting the,Mw, whatever it ia, vi et armis ; and other Peers have rebuked the contumacy of their fellows.
There is a new movement on foot to get off Mr. Charles Gavan Duffy from the penalties of the law, on the score that he is ruined in fortune and broken in health, that he wrote violent papers only for a short time, and that Europe is in a very excited state. The last is a plea for making a cogent example; the " short time" was the crisis at which violent writing was most danger- _ cue; ruin is the natural consequence of taking to criminal courses; and damaged health is precisely what renders imprison- ment terrible to the guilty. If anyrplea cam prevail to-mitigate' Mr. Duffy's penalty, it must be• theAbng pneliminary iinprisonr ment which he has undergone thrang4txthe bungling, of the Crown lawyers.
