onsequently the woman got married and died, and her husband having
proved objectionable was evicted and the grogshop extinguished. This
was another grievance against Mr. Bence Jones, who is known to oppose
the indiscriminate licensing which takes place in many parts of
Ireland. I believe that in the neighbouring townlet of Clonakilty
there are no less than forty-two whisky shops, a proportion to make
Lord Aberdare's hair to stand on end. Furthermore it seems that after
bearing with Mr. Bence Jones for nearly forty years the people have
dubbed him "tyrant" and "domineering Saxon," epithets certain to be
applied to any Englishman who tries to do his own work in his own way
in Ireland. Any insistance on anything being done in the master's way
instead of the man's is "tyranny." Any curt command is "domineering."
Irish peasants are accustomed to easier and pleasanter ways, and like
to be coaxed and petted. It is only just to admit that under this
treatment they display the utmost goodwill and pliancy. They will do
anything to serve those who take them rightly, but they hate
discipline. To the Saxon again it seems hard that he should be called
upon to waste time in coaxing a mere hewer of wood and drawer of
water, who, moreover, hews wood very badly, and draws water with
exasperating deliberation. But a peremptory tone will not answer in
southern and western Ireland.

It may be urged that it has taken the people a long time to discover
that Mr. Bence Jones was a tyrant. One thing is certain--they are
likely soon to be rid of him. By living carefully he has been enabled
to spend a large proportion of his income in improving his estate. He
now announces his intention of throwing all his farm into pasture and
leaving a country which has become uninhabitable.

It is curious, to say the least, that as he was correcting the proofs
of the volume which embodies his experience, he was called upon to
rise and welcome the resident magistrate and the officer commanding
the patrol, considered necessary for the preservation of himself, his
family, and the few dependants who yet remain steadfast.

CORK, _December 20th._

It is impossible to exaggerate the panic prevailing among the landed
proprietors of Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Limerick, and Clare. Within the
triangle, which may be roughly described as inclosed by Galway town,
Waterford, and Valentia Island, a reign of terror paralyses all those
classes of the population owning any k