uscan Sovereign and his advisers is based on the principle whereon is
also founded the article in their penal code under which MISS
CUNNINGHAME has been incarcerated. It treats the attempt to convert any
person from the State religion as a crime against the State, and
inflicts imprisonment with hard labour for that offence. Under its
operation any Roman Catholic, convicted of making a present to a member
of the Established Church of a "_Garden of the Soul_," or a crucifix,
will be tried for sedition and CARDINAL WISEMAN will inevitably be sent
to the treadmill.

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A LEGAL QUERY FOR THE NEXT EXAMINATION.

What is better than a right of way through the Park?
A right of curds and whey at the Lodge gate.

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THE BRITISH STENTOR.--The most powerful voice in the country is that of
the man who can utter most money.

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THE PEACE SPECTACLE IN SCOTLAND.

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Olives are to be grown in Edinburgh. We rejoice to hear the news. The
Scotch have always been distinguished for meekness and (after breakfast)
even mealy-mouthedness. They have, nevertheless, been shamefully
libelled by history. The national spirit has been designated the
_perfervidum genium Scotorum!_ No such thing. CALEDONIA was ever mild as
milk: in the time even of AGRICOLA, it was well known that butter would
not melt in her mouth. This meek, pacific quality of Scotland has been
wickedly disguised and libelled, but COBDEN and BRIGHT have resolved to
vindicate the truth. Eagles never did breed in Scotland--they were only
doves, sucking-doves, of a larger size. And as for the thistle, with
that hostile, spiteful, unbrotherly motto, _Nemo me impune
lacessit_,--Scotland shall henceforth assume as her floral type the
simple "gowan fine."

We are happy to learn that the peace festival will be celebrated with
appropriate beauty of imagery and plenteousness of fare. We have
gathered a few of the particulars; and although we do not vouch for the
fullness of the description--for the time will yet admit of many
improvements--nevertheless the subjoined will be found a very fair
sketch of the approaching ceremony.

At day-break, Mons Meg will be fired; being loaded with a cotton-ball,
brought from Manchester by one of her Members, JOHN BRIGHT. A
procession--forming at Holyrood House--will proceed (weather permitting)
to the summit of Art