[2] El Kebir, or the Great, is a term by which Mohammed Ali is usually designated among the fellahs of Egypt, to distinguish him from the mob of Pashas and the crowds of Mohammed Alis. Napoleon was called also El Kebir, as the greatest among the Ferenk dogs of the West. [3] _The Life of Jean Paul Frederick Richter._ London: Chapman, 1845. [4] _Allemagne._ English translation. London: 1813. Vol. ii. p. 339. [5] A work on the Immortality of the Soul--a favourite theme with Richter. [6] “Unitarian,” in the Political Dictionary of South America, is opposed to “Federal.” Rosas pretends to govern on “Federal” principles--that is, the separate legislative independence of each province of the “Confederation;” but, in fact, he has made himself a Unitarian, since he _unites_ in himself (by “extraordinary powers,” given to him only for a season, but retained ever since) a supremacy over the other provinces, and over the law and constitution. [7] Maza, the president of the Sala of Representatives, and a high officer in one of the courts of justice, was murdered in (or close to) the senate house; his son was murdered the same evening; and no judicial inquiries ever took place in consequence. Why?--Because, of course, it was done by authority. [8] Dollars in Buenos Ayres mean small notes manufactured in London!! they used to be made payable at a national bank, in metallic dollars, and then they represented a silver dollar. This bank has been abolished, thanks to the “Great Restorer of Laws,” and these paper dollars now vary from 1½d. to 4d. The arrival or departure of a vessel of war, with important despatches, will, in one day, cause a doubloon (about £3, 8s.) to be worth, say three hundred dollars, and next day worth four hundred, much to the embarrassment of trade--metallic dollars not being current money. [9] “Let the Federals live--let the savage, dirty, ruthless Unitarians die!”--or, Up with the Federals--down with the----Unitarians! [10] Ladies in South America are more passive to parental authority, than in England, in respect to the momentous question of selecting a husband. [11] _A History of the Royal Navy from the Earliest Times to the French Revolution._ By Sir NICHOLAS HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. [12] _Maritime and Inland Discovery_, Vol. i. p. 230. [13] If Sir H. Nicolas has no other authority for this fact of its being extinguished by vinegar than the extract which he afterwards gives from Vinesauf,--it does not stand on a very secure basis. “This fire, with a deadly stench and livid flames, _consumes flint and iron_! and unquenchable by water, can only be extinguished by sand or _vinegar_.” The story about the vinegar comes, we see, in very suspicious company. [14] _Hallam’s Middle Ages_, vol. iii. p. 397. [Transcriber’s Note: Obvious printer errors corrected silently. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.]