"It is boasted that a Peer, Lord Ranelagh, is fighting
as a volunteer in the bigot's ( Carlos) ranks ; and much admiration has been bestowed upon his Lorship's excellent letters in favour of the patron of the Jesuits and friend of the Inquisition, published in the Morning Post. If he were a Popish Peer, we would understand his conduct. But he is a high Protestant ; and if he had a vote in the House of Lords, would unquestionably record it against the National Board, and every mea- sure tending to exalt the name of the Bishop of Rome in these realms. Yet he is fighting and shedding blood, to make the Pope lord para- mount in Spain ! What a miserable, contemptible, and unprincipled creature he must be ! "— Waterford Mail. [A Tory paper. The Post denies that Lord Ranelagh is its Carlist correspondent ; and we sus- pect that the Waterford Mail has mistaken the Post for the Times-1 It is reported that a most laughable scene took place at M. Mendi- zabal's private dwelling on last Saturday. The agent of some foreign houses, late.')' arrived here, was talking with the Minister upon some financial transaction, when Mr. Rothschild's agent was announced. Mendizabd requested the other man to creep under the sofa ; which he did, in order that the new arrival might not see him ; but, after patiently waiting upwards of a quarter of an hour in that awkward posi- tion, whist the others were talking, the poor fellow could hold no longer; and out he came, to the no small annoyance of the Minister and his Israelite friend.—Madrid Correspondent of the Post.
Previous page
