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The accounts of the storming ofMagdala, which some of the American papers pub lish from their special correspondents, ibow that the capture of that rocky for tress was effected by Irish soldiers, who fought with the headlong valor of their race. Even some of the English papers condescend to praise them, ihe Hants Telegraph states that the three men who first forced an entrance into Magdala were Irishmen —namely, No. 3,691, Drum mer Michael Magner; No. 949, Private James Bergin, and Ensign Connor. Mag ner is described as a “ diminutive” Irish man, who has been 14 years in the army. During the assault he “ left his regiment, ran up the hill, and made a clear breach through the stockade, followed by Bergin, and subsequently by Ensign Connor. How many victories have Irish valor in scribed on the banners of England ? How many wrongs, outrages, and insults have England inflicted on Ireland in return ? The Orangemen of Newry have made a presentation of a timepiece to that lo quacious nincompoop and bigot, John ston, of Ballykilbeg, which suggested to him in his speech subsequently to advise the brethren to “ regulate all their hours by William’s (the Third) clock; and, above all things, when the hour points to twelve, to remember the 12th of July, 1690.” “ They must tell the Govern ment, no matter who may he Prime Min ister, that they cannot afford to disregard the Protestant voice of Ireland.” He had received an invitation to attend an Orange meeting at Waringstown, which several Roman Catholics had signed. He could not say whether there would he any fur ther prosecutions at the next 12th of July. “ The Government,” he imagined, “ would, if they had it again to do, think twice before sending Johnston, of Bally kilbeg, to prison.” Three firebrand parsons, who, we suppose, had no spiritual duties to attend to, spoke on the occasion. Madame Rachel, of enameling notoriety, who drives a profitable trade in London, by making ladies “ beautiful forever,” has been committed for trial on the charge of obtaining £1,400 from a very foolish widow named Borradaile, on the under standing that she was to get her married to Lord Ranelagh. Madame, whose real name is Sarah Leverson, shammed sick ness, hut was compelled to appear at the police office, and will have to find two bails in the sum of £I,OOO each, or /re main in custody until her trial. An English baker, named Ablart, lias been fined £2 and costs by the Newport magistrates for adulterating bread with a solution of carbonate of lime. The authorities of Queensland did not, it appears, pay much attention to the Duke of Edinburgh’s comfort during his recent visit. A correspondent in the colony, writing to one of the Londou papers, says : “ I think I told you how our officials, with an obstinacy and want of sense which would be incredible if it were not true, took the wretched young man up to a place called Jondayon, and there gave him a second-rate feed at eight o'clock at night, and brought him back early next morning. There is nothing to be seen at Jondayon except a huge uninterresting plain, and in order to give him his dinner they had to erect a tem porary building, which at last did not con tain a bedroom. He had to sleep at the railway station, and blankets were bor rowed from the nearest public house.” The following notice was given by Sir J. Gray in reference to the letter of the Irish prelates, which appeared in several of the London journals on Monday, in cluding the Times, Star, Post, Ac It is believed that Lord Mayo will reply to the letter, but in what time is yet a secret: Sir John Gray—To ask the Chief Secre tary for Ireland if he will place on the table of the House a copy of the letter addressed to him during the present month by the Most Kev. Dr. Leahy, Archbishop, and the Most I?ev. D. Derry, D’A.fm in reference to the negotiations opened oy « _ ant w ; t .nthp Pre late tor the granting ot a charter 'a Catholic University in Ireland, and a copy of his reply thereto. The Grape CRor.—The Courier de Bourges says : “ In the memory of man, there has not been seen in the centre of France, so precocious a grape crop as there is this year. In the year which is as far back as can be remem bered, the vine has not been known to flower before June. This year it com menced cm the 20th of May, earlier than ever before seen. At this time, the grapes are perfectly formed and well ad vanced in size. The young vines promise much As things appear, we may ex pect a quality of wines this year rare and exceptional.'' Definite. —A shoemaker, intending to be absent for a few days, lamp-blacked a shingle with the following, without date, and nailed it upon the door: “Will be home in ten days from the time you see this shingled’ The Confederate Dead. They sleep. Go not to Rome nor Greece, For history knows no nobler race Nor song a prouder name ; Thy landscapes are a book for thee— That pompous Ca-sar did not see, Or even dare to claim. What hill lifts not its head to fame ? W’hat field no Ivanhoe can claim, Or Phillips’ dust enshroud ? Can War wind up a lairer blast, Than that in which they breathed their last, Or wake again as loud ? They fell! but, falling, they have won W hat, living, we can never own— Both peace and fame—their boon ; Can hoary age, or tyrant’s reign, Bind fast in cold oblivion’s chain A name to glory born ? No anthem may to them arise, No muffled note steal through the skies, No dirge fall on the ear ; Their reqtiiem is the morning breeze, Their tribute is the falling leaves— A people’s silent tear. A tear—'tis all that we can give ; Thy country with thee ceased to live, Thy banner with thee lies; For, orphan thou—save to reason, No nation lives to call thee son, Beneath the broad blue skies. Then sleep. Can trumpet’s wild alarm Disturb the Bpirit’s quiet home, Or death’s low slumber break ? W T hat soul shall quit his narrow cell On earth, the wondrous tale to tell He slept ’mid Shiloh’s quake ? Can War e’er lift a darker front. Or Battle’s cohorts stronger mount, To roll the besom on ? Shall Mars roll down with heavier stride, Than when on Death he sat to ride, And called the earth a tomb ? Then sweetly sleep, oh, living dead! No monarch’s scowl nor Emperor’s tread, Can turn tliy name about; Repose on laurels thou hast won, While Valor claims thee for a son, Until the stars go out. No sentinel ’round thee treads this beat, Or whispered tones watchwords repeat, Or tell of coming foe ; For Death alone is watchman there, Who halts the lightest thought ala’’, And bids it silence know. [Exchange. DEATH OF SAMUEL LOVER. By telegraph, from Dublin, we learn that the veteran artist, poet, and novelist, Samuel Lover, died in that city on Wednesday, the Bth inst. Sam. Lover, as he has been familiarly called for over half a century past, was born in Dublin in the year 1797. He enjoyed the ad vantage of good family connections in that city, where he early became a “trump card” in society, through his versatile powers of amusement and varied aceom- plishments. For several years he settled down in his native city as a painter of portraits in miniature, a branch of art in which he excelled. He also painted fan ciful pieces of genre in water colors, some of them illustrative of Moore’s lyrical productions. While thus en gaged, he was appointed to the position of Secretary to the Royal Hibernian Academy, an office which rily filled for several years, and he was a regular contributor of miniatures and sketches to the annual exhibitions of that institution. All this time young Lover figured very extensively in Dublin so ciety, which was then, even more than now, noted for the profuse and convivial character of its hospitality, Among those who were conspicuous in the same circles with Lover, was the late John Jones, at that time an architect, but who subse quently became a sculptor, and attained to some eminence in London by his por- trait busts. Jones was an admirable raconteur and personator of Irish char acter, and it was well known among “ in siders” that, to his creative mind, Lover owed many of the quaint monologues that were long afterwards made use of by him in his public entertainments. Nota ble among these was the famous sketch wrifA i felt cl 'often ‘ Ifcard in society, from Jones and Lover, and which was indisputably the original production of the former. Among his other gifts, Lover possessed to some extent that of impro vising, and in this he often made good hits, although, in common with most im provisatori, he was occasionally open to the charge of having gotten up his ” impromptus” beforehand, He figured excellently at the fancy balls of the Ro tunda, especially in personations of Irish peasant character of the rollicking stamp. On one of these occasions he made his ap pearance, in the course of the evening, got up as a spalpeen in a partial state of intoxication, as if on his way home from a Fair. He sat on the floor, and soon had around him a circle of amused lis teners to a ditty in which he brought up pointed allusions to events and people of | the hour. One of the Alleys was then Lord Mayor of Dublin, and as he, with 'his lamily, paused to listen to the singer, BAS-BBSI sl* fSI IS©lHr]flL the latter, without the least hesitation or change of measure, went on with— «• Through lanes and through cross-alleys I’ve had my way to steer, But no more crosses will I meet, for there’s no cross Alleys here!” Hits like this were not of a very high order of wit, to be sure, but with such like and its characterizations he made his way socially, until by and by he was persuaded to try how his peculiar talent would take in the London market. To London, then, he went, and speedi ly threw himself into literary life, writing both words and music for songs senti mental and songs comic, many of which have taken hold of the popular fancy, and are likely to long survive their author. He wrote novels, also, all of which are now torgotten, save in their adaptation to the stage. Encouraged by the success of entertainments given by him, in which he introduced the old monologues and bits of character so well received in Dublin circles, he essayed the stage, in, as the writer thinks, but does not state for cer tain, an adaptation Irom one of his own stories. His essay as an actor was a failure, as he was adapted neither by voice nor physique for making a hit upon tlie stage, and he at once abandoned it. In 1847, being then fifty years of age, he visited this country, where, and in Canada, he produced his entertainments with tolerable success. Those who heard him here will remember him chiefly by his singing of such popular lyrics of his own composition as “ The Angel’s Whis per,” “The Fairy Boy,” and “Watch ye well by Daylight.” Without any | pretension to voice he infused into these much pathos and feeling, though he always sang with better effect in pri vate circles than in the large public halls, to which his voice was seldom equal. “ Handy Andy” is the novel by which Lover was best known in England as here. Another story of his, called “ £ s. and., or Treasure Trove,” was a poor ly conceived and loosely executed pro duction, and was forgotten almost as soon as it appeared. In the early days of Punch, Lover was an occasional con tributor to that periodical ; and he also worked for other London publications of the humorous class, with both pen and pencil—one of his accomplishments being the production of croquis with which to illustrate his own writings, as well as those of others. His writings must have been scattered through a vast number of periodicals during a space of nearly half a century. For the last ten years Mr. Lover had enjoyed a pension of £IOO a year from the British Government. [ New York Express. Marriage by the Pope —Full Ac count of the Ceremony.— -A letter from Rome gives the following pleasing de scription of a marriage in Rome by the Pope : The marriage of the Count of Caserte with Countess Trapani, came off on Mon day, June Bth, in the Sala Begia, arranged for the occasion as a chapel, at half-past seven in the morning. Weddings always take place early here. Before the com mencement of the Mass, the betrothed were led up to the altar steps by the master of the ceremonies, the princess being accompanied by a maid of honor; the Pope, who had previously been kneel ing at a faldstool before the altar, then advanced towards them, and preferred the formula, accepting their mutual con sent, to which they answered a distinct Amen. The fuur cardinals, Panebianco (Grand Penitentiary), De Luca, Monaco la \ aletta, and Grassellini, created while the kingdom of the Two Sicilies was not in its integrity, were witnesses to this act. The Pope then blessed the nuptial ring, and handed it to the bridegroom to confer on the bride, and the illustrious pair were then led back to a seat outside the precincts of the altar, while his Holiness began the Mass pro Sponxis. AbJlifiJjnd of the Lord s.Prayer he again over them the prayers of the nuptial benediction. After this, he continued the Mass, and, in the course of it, sent them the Pax to kiss, and gave them Com munion. At the end of the office, the newly married, again kneeling before the altar, he poured out on them the sublime Benediction which the Church connects with the Sacrament of Marriage; and then, sitting down, addressed them on the sanctity of their new relation. He spoke in warm, feeling terms of the Royal House of Naples, and eulogized the Spanish and Italian peoples, expressing a hope that God may be pleased, ere long, to deliver the latter from their present miseries, and that the wine-press of wrath in which they are now suffering so terribly may be shattered to pieces. He then read the last Gospel, and laying aside his vestments, knelt at a faldstool, while a Mass of thanksgiving was said by his Chaplain, at the conclusion of which, the princely pair, kn eling at his feet, return ed thanks for the favor he bad conferred in officiating at the ceremony. His Holiness accepted these expressions with his accustomed goodness, and renewed his congratulations and good wishes. The bridal party was subsequently entertain ed in the apartments of the Vatican, and then descended to pay the usual visit to the shrine of the Apostles. Specimen copies of The Banner of tiie South sent free to any address. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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