A riot at Mitchelstown, co. Cork, at a Land League meeting in August, 1887. The Government reporter and his police escort endeavoured to force their way through the crowd to the platform, which the crowd resented. The police lost their heads and fired on the people. “Remember Mitchelstown” was for some time afterwards the watchword of the Land-leaguers.
Mixed Pickles.
The name given to the Liberal Imperialist party in the first Reichstag of the German Empire.
Model, The.
The Constitution of Carolina, prepared by John Locke in 1670. It was the only constitution in America providing for an hereditary nobility, and recognizing different classes of citizens. It was in some respects feudal in its character, as the small cultivator was adscriptus glebæ, and had no franchise. North Carolina objected to the model, rose in revolt, and formed itself into a separate colony.
Modern Gracchus.
A sobriquet of the Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1801).
Modern Messalina.
A name given to Catherine II of Russia (1762-1796), referring to her vicious and cruel character.