one colonial sacrum.

To 'ri-ia EDi-roa or 1H: C0LotuAL IIERALD.

“ Hurrah ‘. my brave fellows,"our bold captain cried; Send into his timbers another broadside; He‘s crippled, my lieartics, and cannot escape, ' Now rake him with canister, pour in your ng‘", OLD SEA Sosa.

sno’r -riir. 'l‘l'llRD. Sir; There is an old Spanish saying that, whenever the devil intends to ruin an angry man, he puts pen, ink and paper in his way; and your correspondent Msmcus, in a fretful mood, I am apprehensive, has thus been tempted to destroy his reputation. Shallow men should never venture on controversy in the columns ol'a newspaper—here their emptiness is at once exhibited; for having assumed a con- spicuous position, they cannot retreat from the public eye, and their failures must inevitably render them the objects of pity and contempt. Such persons should never aim at things beyond the grasp of their intellects; and if they . modestly continue to pursue the ordinary tracks oflile, the liberal portion ofthc community will always be disposed to keep their deficiencies in the back ground, and give them full credit for the good qualities they really may possess' ' Mtnrcus, however, it would appear, is not exactly among . our diflident sort ofpcople. llis vanity isexcessive, and ‘ being-on this occasion inflated hyon irritability ofteniper peculiar'to himself, he has risked his character oit the arena " 'ofa literary combat; and unfortunately for him, through the vehicle of your widely circulating periodical. The com- munication of lllnnicus, intended as an answer tomy letters on the subject oftlie medical profession, is now before your ' readers;and allow me to ask youand them, ifsuch a deliri- , ous farrago of nonsense was ever before sent into the world by any man, who wished to be numbered among the rational : part ofsociety? An attempt to analyze this production and 'ointtout its beauties would be a gross insult on your patience. is general texture is amply sufl'icient,and carries with it un- ileniabl'c evidence of the imbecile condition ofthe author’s ' brain. ' The thoughts oh: man ofjuilgnient, in every profession - are methodically arranged. He thinks, speaks and writes With regularity and precision—but does the letter before us savour of this? In fact, Sir, has it the slightest pre- tension to claim the paternity of a mind pOSSCSsetl ot'six common ideas? Could any man, in his senses, after having - read the letter in question, have the least respect for the professional acquirements of its author? I have already said, and Iagaiii repeat it, that a diploma is no proof of medical talent, and cannot solely be relied on; and the ~' letter of MIDlCUS has at once substantiated the truth of my remark ; for can any one, from the style ofthis composition, by the greatest stretch of liberality, for a moment, suppose, that such a writer could have been submitted to any other ordeal of examination than such as the one described in my second letter, or one of a similar nature? Icannot command tny beliefto the contrar '; and if'there be persons who entertain a difi‘erent opinion, I can only attribute their obstinacy to national partialities, or some strange perversity ofmind that cannot be accounted for, and which prevents their seeing objects through a proper medium, in the face of the most convincing and self-evident facts. It is deeply to be lamented that the thirst for money, really and truly the root of all evil, should continue to offer such wirresistible inducements to medical examiners, in the distri- _ bution ofdiplomas among improperly qualified persons—— “ out of sight, out of niind”—-they heedlessly pocket their , fees; and, apparently, consider themselves by no means

ous whine would sudden the heart ofcheerfultiess, and scatter the horrors on,all who came within the range ofits sickening influence—while others imagine, and 1 think With greater reason, that the writer may possdily. be nn'elder ol some church ; and ifso, this sort of e: oflifidcant is quite allow- able in an ecclesiastical dignitary of this description. But to return to tho letter—Hear again another specimen .of the touchineg exquisite. “There are some men who Will not see or take warning, although the grey hairs, wrinkles, data, demonstrate that death, though still in mercy lingering, will soon meet them in the dark realms of the vaulted cliariiel house.” This is no doubt extremely impressive; but according to our vulgar capacities, the sentence is m; thcr of questionable slinpe—forinstance, a “channel house

being called “realms,” and death “meeting” us there. It is generally thought that he meets us elsewhere; and that after death we are conveyed to this receptacle, and do not actually die in it; but this is a figure ofspeecli peculiar‘to the style of IIIEDICUS. Great allowances are to be made for a writer, who had antecedently been soaring aloft on the wings of his own sublimity, and eloquently liarauguiug on the “physical powers of bull beef,” “bme and bones,” kc. and ranting away in a jargon ofungramuuttical and uncon- nected absurdities that would have disgraced a lunatic. In my farewell to MEDiCUS, you must allow tiie to give you one more instance ofthe sublime and behuliful—the touch- ineg exquisite—torsooih—“the icy finger ofdeath placed upon that check that never knew repose from this world s vanities till now.” This is really capital—the repose of a check is rather an oddexpression, I confess, and, besides, Iain still alive. But when did your sanciimnnious corres- pondent himself begin to retire fi‘om “this world’s vanities 3” This is put and kettle with a witness—vanities of this World! People who have glass beads should never throw stones. Why, Sir, the man is made up of vanity! Ifyou were chemically to analyze him, you would find nothing but vanity III the integrant atoms of his COlllposlllOll. His vanity is proverbial, and has been the subject matter of ridi-

cule for years. How blind we are to Olir own iiifiriiiitiesl But I fear, Mr. Editor, that I have cncroached too much on your columns, and shall therefore conclude. Itliaiik your correspondent, sincerely thank him, for the good advice he has given me. It is my intention to retire from the vanities ofihis wicked world, and to convince him that lam quite in earnest, among the many vain and absurd things that surround

adieu to MEDICUS. One word, however, belore we part, mull have done with the doctors. Manicus has given me advice, atid I beg he will allow me to offer him a little in return. After the careful reading ofiny two first letters, let him forthwith call a meeting ofhis professional brethren, and when assembled, let them exchange a fraternal bug with each other; bury the hatchet of war and send all their grievances to the tomb of the Cnpulet’s. EcHo’s suggestion might then possibly be carried into effect—a friendly medical so- ciety might be formed, and a greater modern wonder might be achieved than even that oftlie contemplated aerial navi- gator—harmony and agreement among Doctors! WHIZ! VVIIIZ!

THE FRENCH 1N UTAHEITE.

(From the London Times.) The most recent communications which have taken place between the English and French Governments on the sub- ject of the British Protestant missionaries in the Society

answerable for the irreparable mischiefthey have inflicted on their fellow creatures. Ilut Msntcos tells us, and he, quotes the authority too of Sir Astley Cooper, that the me- dical world is rapidly advancing to a state of perfection, and that pupils and prantiouers, now-a-days, know infinitely‘ more than the professors offormer times. This inlorma-l tion, it' true i delightful, and ofa cheering nature ;but thel compli must say, to thc moderus, reflects but littlel credit predecessors. for if Manicus be adduced its a specimen of modern improvement in medical, polite,; and general literature, truly deplorable must have been the intellectual condition ofthe faculty, when he entered upon his curriculum of professional studies. Msnicns again iti- forms us, that, front reports before the House of Commons a few years ago, the progress of death had been wonderfully ‘ checked, in consequence of the recent discoveries in medi- cal science. That this is true, to a certain extent, in the . parent country, 1 am perfectly aware; but. whether these ad- vantages have been extended to this, and the other remote appendages ofthe British Crown, I am not exactly prepared to say. The shafts ofthe last enemy have certainly, of late, been unusually fatal among us; but whether this desolation . has been the result ofa divine decree, or the effects of ac- . eident, climate or diplomas, Icannot take it upon myself to venture an opinion. Ill-nature is an active principle in the human heart, and is too often engaged, I regret to sav, in works of mischief Death, we know, awaits us all; but; whether patients more frequently die ofthe Doctor than of: disease, the records of a future world can alone determine. But why all this veliemenco on the part of Maoicvs? The shoe evidently pinches him, and the heart felt accusa- tion ofNathun—“ Thou art the man,” one would think, had roused “the sleeping energies of his soul.” His friends, however, should have advised him to have pleaded guilty to the charge, andnwith the humility of David, silently to have put in his peccavt, with a secret determination ofpursuiug, in future, a more creditable path. How cautiously the ac- cusation of “merciless exactlons” for medical attendance is avoided I How carefully is an explanation shunned on the subject of medical quarrels and a reluctance to professional I consultatioiis,until the unhappy patient is within the grasp .of'the king of terrors! These things are called lies bv Mr.- mcus—they, it appears, are tender points with him, and from them be flounces like a perverse child, angrily writh- ing under the smart ofa wholesome castigaton, and with a malevolence of disposition, for which he is, on all occasions, when excited, peculiarly remarkable. But what reason had Manicus, in either ofmy letters, to suppose that the shaft of censure was levelled at him? Have any allusions been made to the doctors of Charlottetown? In my first letter, I assur- ed the public that my strictures were not ofa personal na- ture, and were merely intended to applv, as a corrective, to quarrelling doctors in every commuiiity. In my second communication, my remarks on the different classes of me- dical men were thus introduced, “and as far as my observa- tions servo, there are four descriptions of practitioners to be met With in every community, capable ofmaintaininu a cer- tain number oftheui.” Mark, Mr. Editor, iii every cgmmuni- 13/. Do these words particularly apply to this town? Are there not communities elsewhere? Then why should any one, possessing the mm: conscia recli, for an instant, fancy that these delineations of character had only a local hear- ing? Let any one read my letters, in connection with all their harmless bMnge—read them dispassionatelv, not With an eye ofsuspicion, and the conclusion drawn there- from must, of necessity, be, that no one buta morbidly son- sitive, petulant blockbead would take ofl'ence at what has been said. A vain person might as well find fault with his pastor .for preaching against vanity, or an erlarlioncr and a mndwtive innit accuse him for declaiming against erlortion and revenge. Medical abuses are prevalent every where— they are constantly spoken of—and, with the exception of Minions, the public mind has been gratified with the exhi- bitionof‘delinquency contained in my letters, in the hope that it may have a salutary effect, and for the promotion of which my aiiimadversions were alone directed. . We. now come to the latter part of this literary abortion, In which. your correspondent puts on the garb of sanctity, and administers an abundance of good advice to the uti- fortunate Waiz. How niournfully he speaks! The lan- guage is sufficiently plaintive to melt one of his Wedge- wood mortars, and reduce the bottles of his “laboratory” to their pristine state of fluidity. The “grey heirs, the wrinkles, the pale, emaciated, yellow check, the dying pillow,” are irresistibly affecting! Who could have thought, to look at the man, that he had so happy a knack at the pathetic? Some are of opinion that these sorrowful strain on been adopted by an individual who, being unable, frotn want ofeducation, to express his thoughts on paper in lati- uage fit for publication, may have sought for the frienle lint Beble assistance ofsome dealer in the disnials, whose lugtibri-

Islands, are calculated to dispel the apprehensions which have been awakened amongst a very respectable, but not very enlightened, class of persons. III. GUIZO'I‘ has given a distinct assurance to the British Ambassador in Paris, that missionaries and congregations of all sects would be not only tolerated, but equally protected, by the authority of France in the South Sea Islands, and that the same protec- tion would be carefully and impartially extended to all the mercantile mid temporal interests ofthe subjects of'a friendly Power.

This engagement on the part of the French Ministry is quite sufficient to secure to the English missionaries the fair exercise of their pastoral office. For the maintenance of their influence over the people, and of“ the Protestant as- cendancy” in Otaheite, they must trust to the superior pu- rity oftlieir doctrine, and we hope that their lives and con- versatiou will'iiot operate to the disadvantage of the cause they are sent to defend. The presence of Roman Catholic missionaries in the South Sea Islands is no novel occurrence. A Roman Catholic church, served by four priests, has long existed in Otaheite; and to any one who is acquainted with the success oftlie Roman Catholic missions throughout the globe for the last 300 years, the exertions ofthc London Mis- sionary Society will not appear to require any exclusive pri- vileges. The difference between the Protestant and the Roinish missions may be described in a very few words. Until a comparatively recent period the business of foreign missions in this country has chiefly devolved upon repre- sentatives of the dissenting persuasions which exist in Great Britain; whilst the Roman Catholic missionary, whether from Paris or from Rome, spoke the language and assumed the authority of a representative ofa constituted and uni- versal church.

It may be regretted that, as European Christians, we should exhibit tothe savages oftlie South Sea Islands those national and religious dissensions which are so hurtful to the common cause ofcivilization and piety. Certainly it is much to be apprehended that the spirit which has already been displayed here by the letitlersofccrtain sects will burn with increased intensity on the distant scene ofactioii, and that all the strength of national prejudice and religious ani- mosity will be put forth on either side by the future \Vi-zs- LEYS and ST. XAVll-ZRS oftlie Pacific. In addition to the unproductivcncss aml inconvenience of dependencies like those which France has recently annexed to her dominions, she will soon find that no population is so difficult to govern as one which is composed of savages and fanatics.

But although we anticipate no favourable results from the French protection of Queen POMARE’S Government, it is impossible to sustain for one momenta claim to a sort of tlieocratical monopoly which originates in nothing but the exertions of private missionary societies. Still less can it be contended that missions in parlibus infidelium establish any ground whatever for the political domination of the country to which such missions belong. It is the glory of the missionary that [to plants no other standard but that of CllRlST. He crosses the frontiers of barbarous empires, he enters the confines of unknown lands; but he claims no sovereignty but that of his MASTER, and he establishes no law but that ofthe Church of GOD. At times he may de- rive assistance from the accidental combination of human politics,—more frequently be has to contend against the suspicion or the hostility oftlie powers ofthis world. But these are not the circumstances which dauut or encourage his exertions. All that the true missionary requires at the hands ofmaii is liberty ofteaching the Word; and we con- fess that when we find a missionary society setting up (1, claim to spiritual rights almost amounting to exclusive civil Jurisdiction, we are led to suspect that such rights and pow- ers are exercised for purposes not altogether of a spiritual character.

Nothing, however, is more fully established by our own private example than that missions or private colonial eX- peditions do not suffice to establish any sort ofnational su- premacy or authority. New anland was visited by a party of French settlers, who bought lands and planted the germ of a colony. A few years afterwards some English settlers did the same thing in another part of the island. The Eli- glisb Government was at length induced to recognize the acts ofthese settlers, and then for the first time, New Zea- land became an English Colony. The claims of the former h reneh settlers were no bar in this case to the subsequent estalilisliitieiit oftbe full sovereignty ofEtigland, although of course those persons are entitled to the complete protec— tion.ofour Government. ,

lithis principle be true, as it undoubtedly is, even with reference to such acts as those ofthe French settlers in New Zealand, much more is it true with reference to the mission- aries ofthe Society Islands. It is scarcely possible to Iln‘ agine any claim more inconsistent with the character oi'n

Christian missionary than one which assumes the shape of

iiie,Isli:ill commence the good work, by bidilingn final ‘

a spurious political right. The most evident consequence would be, to give the ‘nglish missionaries the very charac- ter which it is their chiefinterest to avoid and disclaim-— namely that of political emissaries. Moreover, to claim for the missionaries of the Gospel in foreign parts the security and independence which belongto personsrepresentingthe authority of England is altogether to deprive thorn of that npostolical independence which forms the prinCIpal orna- ment oftheir sacred calling. In the diScbarge oftbeirduty as the ministers of CHnisT, they naturally enjoy certein li- berties and opportunities which would be refused to the ministers ofaiiy earthly potentate; but whilst they and themselves oftheir spiritual character to extend and defend their legitimate influence, it is equally important for them not to make that spiritual character subordinate to their national and sectarian interests as it is to maintain their independence from all national distinctions. .

As to the result in the Smith Sea Islands, we entertainbo apprehensions. Whatever seeds of religion and civnhzmion have been sown they are of British origin. The English language is that in which the natives communicate with Europeans. The commerce of England and of the United States is their principal source of profit; and it Is impossi- ble that the mere appearance of a French squadron in the Pacific, or the introduction ofa few Roniish priests, should materially alter the habits or affect the established interests oftlie natives. '

'l‘ai: FRENCH in was MAaQizt—zsu.—The Australasian Chronicle oftlie 3d of December, published at Sydney, reler- ring to the late proceedings ofthe French at the MurqtteSas Islands, says—“ The first steps oftbe French Government in founding a Colony at the Marquesas Islands have beep singularly unfortunate. The senior officer ofthe expedi- tion, who was to have been the first governor of the colony, had landed on one of the islands, accompanied by a guard of fourteen men, and proceeded to the residence of the King (Queen)or chief, with whom he concluded a treaty. Returning afterwards to his vessel, he was wayluid by some ofthe natives, who are a very powerful race of savages, and the whole party were barbaroust murdered. ’I‘he marines who accompanied the expedition afterwards landed, but no further intelligence has been received. Previous to this un- fortunate occurrence the Reine Blanche liad sailed for Val-_ paraiso, it was said, for the purpose of conveying a body of troops there stationed, to the Marquesas.”

' e o the Euro can Soverei as, on the rst of January, Eff—14m King olPSweden, 79gyears; thefPope, 77; King of the French, 69; the King of VVurteniburgh. 61; the King of Bavaria, 56 , the King of Denmark, 56; the King ofSar- dinia, 54; the King ofilie Belgians, 53; the King ofPrussia, 49; the Emperor of Russia, 46; the King ofSaxony, 45; the King of the two Sicilies, 33; the King of the Greeks,‘27; the Queen ofPortiigal, 24; the Queen of England, 23; the Sultan, l9; and lastly, Isabella of'Spaiti, 12 years.

VVORDS‘VORTH. _

It gives us great pleasure to lay before our readers the followmg long-looked-for poem from the pen of Wordsworth. This brief but beautiful production has for some tnne past been the principal subject ofcnnversation in literary circles. We Will not attempt to sully the brightness ofthe gem by it dull attempt II. criticism, but present it at once to our readers :—

GRACE DARLING. Among the dweller-in the silent fields The natural heart is touched, and public way And crowed street resound with hiillad strains, Inspired by our: whose very name bespeiiks Favour divine, culling human love; \Vhoni, since her birth on bleak Northumbria’l coast Known unto few, but pri'led as far as known, A single act endears to high and low . ' Through the whole land—to manhood, moved in spite Oftlie world's freezing cares—to generous youth—q To infancy, that lisps her praise—and age \Vliose eye reflects it, glistening through a tear Oftrcmiilous admiration. Such true fume Awaits her now; but, verily, good deeds Do no imperisliable record find Save in the rollsofhenven, where her's may live A theme for angels, when they celebrate The high-smiled virtues which forgetful earth Has witness‘d. Oh! that winds and waves could speak Ofthiiigs which their united power called forth From the pure depllte ofher humanity! A maiden gentle, yet, at duty's call, Firm and unflinching as the lighthouse reared On the island rock, her lonely dwelling-place; Or like the invincible rock itselfthat braves, Age after age, the hostile elements, As when it guarded holy Cuthbert’s cell.

All night the storm had raged, riur ceased. nor pnused, \Vlien, as day brokc, the maid, through misty air, Espies far ufi'a wreck, amid the surf, \

Beating on one oftliosc disastrous isles— Hall'ofa vessel, half-—nu more; the rest Had vanished, swallowed tip with all that there Had for the common safety striven in vain, 0r thither Ilimngeil for refuge. VViili quick glance Daughter and sire through optic-glass discern, Clinging about the remnant ofthis ship, Creatures—how precious in the mitiden's sight! For whom, lit-like the old man grieves still more Than for their fellow-sufferers engulfed \Vlii-ro every parting agony is litislit-d, And hope and fear mix not in further strife. “ But courage, father! let us out to sen—— A few may yetbe saved." The daughter's words, Her earnest tone, and look beaming with faith, Dispel the father's doubts; nor do they luck The noble-minded mother’s helping hand To launch the boat; and with her blessing cheered, And inwardly sustained by silent prayer, Together they put forth, father and child! Each grasps an car, and atruggliiig,0ii they go— Rivals in effort; and alike, intent Here to elude and there surmount, they watch The billows lengthening, mutually crossed And shuttered, and rte-gathering their might; As iftlic wrath and trouble ofthe sea \Vere by the Alniighiy‘s snfl'crancu prolonged, That Woman’s fortitude—so tried, so provod— May brighten more and more! True to the mark, They stem the current ofthat perilous gorge, Their arms still strengthening with the strengthening heart, Thonin danger, as the wleck is tinnr'd, becomes More imminent. Not unseen do they approach; And rapture, with varieties of fear lucessantly conflicting, thrills the frames 0ftliose who, in that diiuntless energy, Foretnste IleliVo-rance; but the least perturbed Can scarcely trust his eyes, when he perceives That ofthe pair—tossed on the waves to bring Hope to the hopeless—to the-dying, life— One is a woman, a poor earthly sister; Or, be the visitaut other than she seems, A guardian spirit sent from pitying Heaven, lu woman's shape. But why prolong the tale, Casting weak words amid a host ofthougbts Armed to repel them? Every hazard faced And difficulty mastered, with resolve That no one breathing should be left to perish, This last remainder oftbs crew are all Placed in the little boat. then o’er the deep Are safely borne, lauded upon the beach, And, in fulfilment of God‘s mercy, lodged Within the sheltering light-house. Shout. ye waves! Pipe n glad song of triumph, ye fierce winds! is screaming sen-mews, in the concert join! nd would that some immortal voice, a voice Fitly attuned to all that gratitude Breathe. outfrom floor or couch, through pallid lips Ofthe survivors,tu the clouds might hear— Blended with praise ofthat parental love