30 DECEMBER 1865, Page 2

Somebody has been turning out soldiers to watch Fenians in

Lanarkshire, who are said to threaten trouble. Surely the pre- caution is a little unnecessary. Nobody can tell what a Fenian will do, but then one is quite sure what a Scotchman will do with him. He will break every bone in the Fenian's Catholic skin if he makes a fuss, and be delighted to pay him off for his creed, his com- petition, and his conspiracy all at once. The lower Scotch detest the Irish with curious heartiness, the Highlanders being the most earnest because they are in some respects so like them.