. Roland Cashel. ulls! said Mr. Meek, in his sweetest accent.•• Did you hear of a very singular outrage committed yesterday upon theLord Lieutenants beautiful Swiss bull ? Did the Dean pass an hour with him ? whispered Linton to LadyJanet, who bated the dignitary. It, must have been done by Mesmerism, I fancy, rejoined • The animal, a most fierce one. was discovered lying in hispaddock, so perfectly Ei head, horns, and feet, that he could not stir. There is every reason to connect the outrage with a politicalming] for in this mornings paper, The Green Isle, there is a letterfrom Mr. O
. Roland Cashel. ulls! said Mr. Meek, in his sweetest accent.•• Did you hear of a very singular outrage committed yesterday upon theLord Lieutenants beautiful Swiss bull ? Did the Dean pass an hour with him ? whispered Linton to LadyJanet, who bated the dignitary. It, must have been done by Mesmerism, I fancy, rejoined • The animal, a most fierce one. was discovered lying in hispaddock, so perfectly Ei head, horns, and feet, that he could not stir. There is every reason to connect the outrage with a politicalming] for in this mornings paper, The Green Isle, there is a letterfrom Mr. OBleather. with a most significant allusion to the occurrence.• The time is not distant, Bays he, when John Bull—mark the phrase— tied, fettered, and trammelled, -hall lie prostrate at the feet of theonce victim of his tyranny. ?• The sedition is most completely proven by the significance of theact, cried out the Chief Justice. •• We have, consequently, offered a reward for the discovery of the. ROLAND CASHEL. 105 perpetrators of this insolent offence, alike a crime against property, asan act subversive of the respectful feeling due to the representative ofthe Sovereign. What is the amount offered ? said Cashel. One hundred pounds, for such information as may lead to the con-viction of the person or persons transgressing, replied the Attorney-General. I feel it would be very unfair to suffer the Government to proceedin an error, as to the affair in question ; so that I shall claim the re-ward, and deliver up the offender, replied Cashel, smiling. Who can it be ? cried Mr. Meek, in astonishment. Myself, Sir, said Cashel. If you should proceed by indictment,as you speak of, I hope the Misses Kennyfeck may not have to figureas aiding and abetting, for they were present when I lassod theanimal. Lassod the Swiss bull! exclaimed several, together. Nothing more simple, said the Dean, holding up his napkin overMrs. Kennyfecks head, to the manifest terror of that lady f
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