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a “favourite and popular air” played in this national style

Let us cbserve, that ours is not s taste for this particular species of instru- mentation. {tis our fortune now and then te dreathe the perfumed | 11 and enjoy the society hot house plants, w fy » hat mand golden strings and ivory keys, wi the fascinating services of Bochsa and Mostheles; but when, by chance, the vulgar “ dow,” and Pandean cadence, ventured in that ¢ hood, We on our feaders tit ensues. iNod/e mamiimnas dignified astonishinent, gov: endeavour to exert the authoriy place and atistocratic indifference to such ° notse”’ be insisted on~—but in vain! W have seen the flon. Master A hus | @i ate « 1 (rer : yous fiutter from top to toe, and the !

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2

we have been present

biniivy, a degree worse. Ve have see thém rush te » plate euch rude “piysical force” power, we ha trembled fo one there th

round cheeks, and enubbing their pretty tittle noses against tre barrier feverish arxiety and expectat that the > may come before the honse ; and if it really and positively does approach with all the ma;

“ ratisic ie there unto beienging, the janping and clapping of ‘hands in hysterical delight ote rether w thout the pale of “ gentility.” So we he ve discovered, to our great satisfaction,

t.at the drum and mouth organ hold the

«ne primitive inflaence over the darlings e: a duke as over the plagues of a pau-

per.— Thus, we flatter ourselves, that ours |

39. an orthodox taste and experience, nor

blush in confessing our partiality for the | | grey stone or two erectee in them to the |

simple melodies of our country, illustrated by our wandering minstrels.

We again declare that we love music dearly ; from the “tum, tum” of the Ojid- beway Indians to the “ Lydion measure.” poured forth by the gifted Lind; yet we have a lurking affection for a peculiar order of harmony that clings to us with relizious strength, and despite our genera] Appollonian free-thinkIng, we do homage to acertain style of melody witha fervour exceeding al! that we render up to others. There ia a character of music which has af jndisputable power to lead us by our jong ears iuto the very Charybdis of En- thisidsin; and what think ye, gentle readers may this character of music be ? Why, it is our grandmother's jig tunes and our grandmother's fireside’ ditties. Yes, we instinctively worship the binhe triplets of “Sir Roger de Coverley,” and venerste the silvery sadness about * Crazy Jane.”

There is something in the spirit of “ old tunes” that haunts our hearts with sacred witchery. Be it in mirth, or be it in me- lancholy, there is nothing operates so in- tensely on our nature as the melodies long familiar to us. Our feet never suffer so much from imposed restraint wien a modern waltz or fashionable polka is

played, as when “the Campbells are |

Coinin’,” or “ Hagte to the Wedding.” is

struck up with tantalizing brilliancy. We fee! no thickness in the throat over

awhile the simple pathos of * John Ander- gon my Jo,” or ** Poor Mary Anne,” arrests Yes, Goth like as it may ap- peat, we confess our passion for all the vulgar, common-place tunes extant, be they English, Irish, Scotch.

We believe we could dance with the

utto “St. Patrick’s Day,” and sing with the toothache if * We won't go home

ti!i morning” were chorused around us, |

As for “ Roy's Wife,” despite of her cele- brity for jiliung, we are ever ready to be off avith heron her slightest whisper ; and “ We're a’ Noddin” has kept us ont of our bed many an extra ten minutes, when some * little” or big “ warbler” has volun- teered it just as the chamber candles were lighted.

When we tripped so joyously through the * festive maze,” as inthe free and

easy tine of © Christmas jollity” after |

supper, when young aad old, grave and gay, are enlisted “nolens volens” into “ hands across, down the middle, and up again?’ while “Katy O'Lyach,” * The Young’ May Moon,” or “ Speed the Plough,” was inspiring our ecstatic antics ;

and-then, shall we reveal our foolish emo- | tions of plaintive sympathy awakened by |

the + Robin’s Petition,” or © Savonrneen

‘ | Dheelish,” when a dreamy dimness has , guhered before our eyes, un il the very |

eof the cheerfu! fire bas Jost its dis-

ee

i littiewhird shivering sory and the exiled Wwat- is mournful sobiude,, Oh! we old tines and ot ses, and

+>. oid how aoding

mares with } mes Wihii

lon, praying |

e have seen nothing |

tunes,” attitudes and

ough gratesque arrancement. uppear tO us Loe

oftey DV pi

of most animated ‘hese

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steps

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the sublime ¢

tween we

Ue scarcely dare to sine aitar

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ridgicuivtis, Vel it the approach of ignorance to the f Sorritual Beauty, uncoutn : et thea

us tne

yance tiny ve, Ly tis shuffle ana

twist, and sidie and jump in trier own vy, l

r . — ’ ¢ , vetting nivher to God ;

ized wa is an opportunity for ‘ oo | tnrouyvh the

ef, Charis,

wee tried to cet a refractory infant

P under the infiuence of the polacca

oured unceasligly

.

We lat , yainiag our point 4s ever. still prizzling and cooing, and stretch- ing and kicking with mast vneqguivocal

4 ° Pteccrit.

sue jon” hor and seemed a8 nigh

ihe inp Was

| evidence of being “ wide awake,” and we found we were rolling the stone

‘of Sisyphus. We betouk ourselves to “* Auld Lang Syne ” the kicking subsided, the grizziing died away into a confused

' murnur between a faint snore and a deep

sigh, and in ten minutes the young rebel

/ was as fast as the pyramids. Tue “ old

/ tune” had done the work, and we never

intended to experimentalize any more with

| new fangled lullabies.

| ‘There are few hearts but what have a

|} memory of some departed loved ones. | These consecrated tablets are mercifully | shadowed by Time into a soft oblivion, and we are spared the pang of coutinually tracing their mournful mmscripuion, until a

stur, and we con over the sad words with renewed devotion. Ali poets and philo- gophers have discovered how slight a cause will bring back our warmest recol-

ray of light is thrown by some thought. |

and how they involuntarily assume or, which we hink much better, by con-

/ ferrinng on them the right of sending their

' thority.

epreseptatives direct to the Imperial Parliament.

But there is no teaching like the teach- ing of events, Its only inconvenience 1s that itis apt to come.too late, However, events are now beginning to enforce upon us the necessity of checking the misgo- vernment of our colomies, which, itis now clear, we must otherwise lose. A datly contemporary quotes Mr. WAKEFIELD op the subject, and calls him @ yreat 7U ln one sense he may be so, for it is his doctrine and notions which the eovern ment bad the misfortune to adopt,

d which may be said to have ship- in a measure, the prospects of Australasia. His idea of raising an em- ivration fand by fixing an arbitrary price on the lend has practically proved most

' ; VI@ULCneU,

ers will proceed voluntarily to that part

of the world originates in his scheme, | which renders squathog impracticable, |

and res mischievously

in every way Interft with the development of the popul.tion.

| are our OWN,

Mr. WakerieLo has done evil enough |

Let him, therefore, and bis op-

already. d gd oyer-

tnions, be set aside for ever, au

whelmed beneath the load of conte.upt |

they deserve. Sir Witztram Mo.teswortuH—wrong very frequently—is quite mght when he

| saya that no gentlemen has any teimpta-

tion to emigrate to our colonies. ‘To an educated man they are a Slongh of Des- pond. Governed by some military or

‘naval jackanapes, who ia only called a

| farronade and empty pomposity.

gentleinan because of bis position, society in such colonies can have n thing civilis- ed or gentlemanly about it. Government House is usually a scene of military fan- The governor and his staff strut about like Sancuo Panza in Barataria, and pro

| foundly deepise ali around them, which

|

| lections, and perhaps among the strongest |

none stronger than the “ old tuse” which

What a gush of gentle sorrow wi!) spring in the father’s breast, whem by chince he

learnt years ago, to please hin. The child %3 missiug in his home—her place is vacant—she is gone from his wari ; hearth stone to the cold sepuictire, but the “old tune” lives on, and has the power to thrust the world back and its allurements | from his mind, to take him beck to scenes

of byegone happiness and lead him on-

ward to the future in hope and faith. The | son never forgets the melody that his | mother used to sing to him in his early | years, sitaply and imperfectly as it might | be rendered by her; yet be was gladdened and excited by it, and he will recognise ‘it when his own hair is white, and his | limbs tottering, with a tender respect, as

when they may, the one who is akin to heaven as well aa earth wili bow to their

ithe “old tune”? which he loved when | he was a boy. Ob! “old tanes” are ‘blessed things; and come where and |

influence, | finding ourselves laid bold of by * Toi | Bowling” or “ Black eyed Susan.” Let us not deem it a weakness to detect our feet in an incipient vertigo, atthe bidding

| linke which hold us to the dead, there ts |

Never let us be ashamed of

j

| they liked to listen to or used to sing. |

is quite sufficient to prevent any gentle- man from voluntarily placing himself un- der their sway. Such narrow-minded, ivnorant, swaggering upstarts, as little acquainted with politics as with refined manners, put an extinguisher on all libe- ra! ambition in colonists, and induce them to locate themselvss as fur as possible from the scene of impertipent bireaucra- tic vanity, and attend to anything rather than to the public concerns of the colony.

People, si course, are very lvath to be convinced of the real source of all this

- mismanagement, which is-dikely to prove so disastrous. ‘be Morning -Chronicle,

hears the self-same@ air that his fair girl |

while inviting attention to the subject, would be the first to shut its ears to the suggestion of the true remedy. Whe- ther vs correspondent, Mr. ADDERLEY, be likewise in the same predicament is more than we can say, though we sup- pose not. Atany rate, the sole remedy is, to get rid of the aristocratic principle of government. here is no other means of preserving the colonies. Canada, in

' the neighbourhood of a great democratic

‘of * Mrs. M‘Leod” or * Nancy Dawson ;” | ’ : : ; . | their trade abroad, irritating and impover-

ishing their colonies, and, in short, doing

| for we have little reverence for the man ' or woman who js never to be warped from | the frigit proprieties of artificial existence _ by the vulgar interference ef * old wes.” —From Eliza Cook's Journal.

—_—— 4

(Frora the London Sunday Times.)

| THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CO- LONIES.

Among the few sources of satisfaction

which political writers for the press enjoy

is that of seeing the notions they have

ns

long advanced pass into the sphere of ; _

| public opinion, We have now this plea | sure in regard to colonial affuirs, More | frequently Man we can enumerate have we evdeavoured to linpress upon our | readers the necessity of looking irto the | operations of the Coloniel office, in erder to check thai tendency towards throwing off the yoke ofthe mother country, in ordei toa escape the pressure of intolerable usgoverament, Which it was impossible | not to observe in nearly all our great colo- } mes, At the same time, we endeavoured (to show that the persons selected to be governors of colonies were almost mvari- ably sacompetent, but preferred on ac- count of thew aristocralic CCnnection: o

parhamentary influenc

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republic, will not, of course, subinit in- detinitely to be taxed twice as much in proportion as the states of that republic for the benefit of the bureaucracy. Nei- ther wil! New South Wales submit inde- finitely to be taxed twelve or thirteen times as much in proportion to America, People may laugh at the cheapness of democracy, but, after all, cheapness is a great thing. here can be no pleasure in reality in paying five or six timeg as much for inferior government as other people pay for a government much super- ior. Men don’t at all benefit by seeinga set of men placed over their heads, dread- fully mismanaging their concerns, para- lysing their industry at home, cramping

everything that can be done towards rendering them poor and unhappy.

The example of the United States is always before us to prove that nations can be governed cheaply and weil; and the respect, we muy say fear, in which those states are held by all the rest of the world show that Englishmen may govern themselves without the iutervention of an aristocracy, and yet command the respect and admiration of ali around, while they husband their resources, public private, and are guilty of no folly or ex- travagance. As Goldsmith expresses it, they

“See no contiguous palace rear its head,

To shame the shelter of the humble shed.”

This offers a satisfactory explanation of

' the startling fact, that out of two hundred 'and fifty-eight thousand emigrants, one hundred and eighty thousand—a number

equal to the whole pepulation of Austre- lia, emigrated from this country to the United States in the course of last year. Now, it is quite certain, that if our colonies were governe:) on proper principles ; if government were there made cheap and economical; and if men could’ there es-

cape being snubbed and domineered over

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bours. But everybody attaches the idea of something petty, paltry, and pertilogg” ing,to an English colony, ridden to deat by Earl Grey and the Colonial-office, while there is something magnificent “ the mighty democracy of the Unite States, which dazzles their lina gination, and invites them to partake of 1. Ihe “grand simplicity of Republican man- ners,” sometimes sneered at on this side of the Atlantic, proves 10 practice no drawback, but the reverse. No redicu- lous exclusives no worshippers of caste, no effemmpate drawing-room coxcombs there standing between you and your riuhts, as they do in every British colony. Mr. ApvERLEY is quite right: the sys- tem must be changed, or it will quickly cone to an end. People do net love miswovernment, least of all when it is found very expenuve—do not cvurt being

j , ce a Rae ‘ Peni litare . tcastrous, The complsint that no labours | trodden by the ja@k-boots of mintary om GaisdAsti iS. J :

cials. But no doubt can be entertained that jf our colomes were well governed

aeepenatin _--—— - —— ~ - - le ti ay

every Englisuinan would prefer them de- | for the United States, sim aly because they |

Wien parhament opens, let it reflect om this before it is too late.

SEAS TI ACES

FIRESIDE JOKES.

To Finp true Time or Sunaise.—The

time of sunrise depends upon the lautude, |

and if you allow yourself too much lati- tude in Jying in bed in the morning, you will never find the time of sunrise at all. A visit to a ball, where the dancing is kept up with the utmost latiiude, will be most |.kely to introduce you to the exact hour o sunrise.

‘To Persons aBauT TO COMMENCE Housekterine.—OF all Housekeepers there is not one that will keep a house longer than the Court of Chancery. [t wil keep it for a hundred years, and at the end of that period the house will be so thoroughly cleaned out, and swept from top to bottom, that no one shall know itto be the same.

Tue Most Prominent Natroyx.— What Nation was wost prominent in the continental troubles? Hallucmation.

CHARACTERISTICS OF 4 NOBLEMAN.— The elegance of hia carriage, and the loftiness of his gate.

‘se Taiumps or Goop Humovur.— Waiting whilst a stuttering man gets through the word “ p-p-p-p pre p-p-p-p- pos-s-8-8-8-8-t-t-t-t-t t-terous.”

Maxine a Pornt.—A _ puffing school- master asked poor Tam, a kiad of natural of his village, “how long a man might live without brains 2?” ‘Tam, laying hold of the Dominie’s button, and gazing fora few moments in his face, asked, * How long hae ye lived, Dominie ?”

Apvice To Sroners.—The uninvited guest, who “ drops in” the thirteenth to dinner, may make up his mind to the fol- lowing catastrophe; that either the mis- tress of the house, or hi:nself, is sure to be put out, and perhaps both.

Mustcau Entnuustasm.-—“ Ah! you don't know what muthical enthuthiathm ith,” said a music-inad Miss to ‘tom Hood. “Excuse me, madam,” replied the wit, “but I do. Musical enthusiasm is like turtle soup; for every quart of real, there are ninety nine gallons of mock and calves head in proportion.”

_ AGreatCommerciar Fact.—“ Time ig money,” said a debtor to his creditor, “and therefore, if you wil] give me time, it is just the game thing agit I gave you money.”

Tex Yanxee Comic Musr.—What can be more beautiful than the following outbreak of passion, addressed tothe fasci. nating Miss Howe, of Saratoga Springs :—

“When weary I are,

I smokes my cigar;

And as the sinoke rises,

And gets into my eyeses,

I think of thee, dearest,

And feel queer of the queerest |”

Tue Sirent Systeu.—T he silent sys- tem is at all times most difficult to enforce with ladies, but in many places it would be downright madness to suppose that it can ever be carried out; for instance, in Scotland, how could you possibly prevent there the dears talking ?

Never Be: ter—vever Worst.— “How are you, I'repid? How do you feel to-day, Mr. Trepid )—“ A «teat deal worse than I was, thank’ee: most dead, [ em obliged to you: | am always worse than | was, and | don’t think I was ever any better. I am going off some of those days, right after my grandfather, dying of nothing in particular, but of everything in general. That's what finishes our folks.”

“ Father,” said a four year old child, “T think you aint wise.”

Bes

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san tn Saleen aa CORRESPONDENCE, . . FOR THE EXAMINER,

Tue first step to Responsible Government ig achieved—a decided majority in favor This of itself is a great deal, but it is not every thing ; the battle is still to be fought, and it uust be entered upon with great care

eu

of the measure has been returned,

and caution. Notwithstanding the supe- riority in numbers in one part of the field, in the other, if the Legislative Council do not absolutely oppose, they will ren- der no aid, and the Executive Council, which ought to be neutral, is decidedly hostilé: and what is worse, the effects of that hostility will not be felt on thie so much as on the other side of the Atlantic, where hitherto its power has been far

greater than it ought ever to have been,

I say, hitherto, for they must have looked

at the signs of the times, and read the

Knulish papers to very little purpose, why ; do pot perceive that the power of the Ce 4 lonial Office is, or will, befu e the end of 4

the present Session o rritmioenl, pvt

entirely an: ililatec, be re Arthio

such well-defined coustuuiional boands as will do away with that undue secret influence which has hitherto been ‘he bane of the Colonie’. The right to ¢is- pose of our own money, as we eball jucge most expedient for our own interests, will not in these days be denied, No man, whatever his rank or station, would dare to make an assertion to the contrary ; but it will, in all probability, be asserted on the opposite side of the House, either asa caution or as a threat, that the Crown has an equal right to the disposal of monies already granted, and not specifically ap- propriated, or if appropriated, yet in such a loose manner as to give the Crown the power of making such use of ther as it pleases, without any one being responsi- dle.

A careful perusal of the two Acts 25 G. 3, cap. 4, and 35 G. 3, cap. 10, will serve to dispel the illusion that has been produced by the concluding clause in both, to-wit: * That the monies arising by vir- tue of this Act, shall be accounted for te His Majesty in the Kingdom of Great Britain,” &c. Whether the requisites of this clause were at any time complied with may be matter of doubt; but most certain it is, that for the last quarter of the century it has not, and would be matter of impossibility now, I should think, as there is no such Officer as the Auditor General of Her Majesty’s Plan- tations to audit them, at the least we have not heard much of him lately. But they are mistaken who suppose that the ma- nies arising from these Acts have not been specifically appropriated. By the 32nd clause of the 23 G. 3, cap. 4, the proceeds arising by virtue of the Act, are specifically appropriated to “ making and repairing public roads, and the further establishing Ferries within this Island.” It does also go on to say, “and such other uses”’ as the Government, with the advice of the Council, “may order and direct.” It can never, however, be for an instant contended, that by the words “ such other uses” were meant the payment of the sa- laries of the Officers of Government, for they were then paid ag they were, until last year, by a parliamentary grant, and all the other uses being now provided for by the General Appropriation Bill, the monies arising under the Act must be held to be appropriated specifically to Roads and Ferries, and to them alone ; and the Trea- surer would be liable to the penalties in- flicted by the law for paying them for any other service. The Act 35 G. 3, cap. 10, 1g not so explicit, bat its true meaning may be gathered from the context. It ought to have been intituled, 4n ct in addition to an Act, reciting the title of the 25 G. 3, for it alludes to and is governed by the provisions of that Act. I mention this ihus early, that those on the side of Re-

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