Small glory to thy potent King His chains and fires on our host to bring! Oh! how unlike our generous chief, Who, if thy King felt wrong or grief, Would soon in arms, with valour strong, Avenge the grief, redress the wrong. Whom did the Fenian king e’er see In thraldom, pain, or fear, But his ready gold would set him free, Or the might of his victor spear? This arm, did frenzy touch my brain, Their heads from thy clerks would sever, Nor thy crozier here, nor white book remain, Nor thy bells be heard for ever. TO BE CONTINUED. [2] ----_rubente_ _Dextera_ sacras jaculatus arces Terruit urbem.--HOR. ----Heaven’s eternal Sire, With _red right-arm_, at his own temples hurl’d His thunders, and alarm’d a guilty world.--FRANCIS. Some of Oisin’s expressions might justly shock the piety of St Patrick. But let it be remembered that Oisin is no convert to Christianity; on the contrary, he is opposed to it, principally because it had put an end to his favourite pastimes. EGYPT AND SYRIA--MEHEMET ALI. The boasted civilization which Mehemet Ali has introduced into the countries under his sway is entirely superficial, and has no origin whatever in any real improvement or amelioration in the condition or for the benefit of their respective populations; and the reason why a contrary impression has so generally prevailed amongst late travellers is as follows:--When travellers arrive at Alexandria, and more particularly those of name or rank, they immediately fall into the hands of a set of clever persons, some of them consuls, who having either made their fortunes by the Pacha, or having them to make, leave no effort unemployed to impress them with favourable opinions of his government. They are then presented at the Divan, where, instead of a reserved austere-looking Turk, they find a lively animated old man, who converses freely and gaily with them, talks openly of his projects to come, and of his past life, tells them that he is glad to see them, and that the more travellers that pass through Egypt, the better he is pleased; that he wishes every act of his government and institutions to be known and seen, and that the more they are so, the better will he be appreciated. He then turns the conversation to some subject personal to them, for he is always well informed of who and what they are, and what they know, and at last dismisses them with an injunction to visit his establishments with care, and to let him know their opinion of them on their return; and if they happen to be persons of distinction, he offers them a cavass to accompany them on their journey. All this is done in a simple pleasing manner, which can hardly fail to captivate when coming from so remarkable a man. Instructed by the clique, and won by the Pacha, they proceed on their journey to Cairo, where the delusion begun at Alexandria is completed;