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To the Memory of the late lilit. Jiiii-:s I.I.tlll'tY IIASZARD,

Student in t\ledit-inc. who died from the eﬁi;-cts of cold and exlniiiaition, in the Mail-Boat, in Nortliumber- land Straits, on Monday the lltli March, 1855.

Inscribed by the Author, with the deepest sympathy. to the bereaved and sorrowing Parents, and the other mourning llelatioiis

of the uinizible and l'IIIlt.'lll(.'tI youth.

"‘ B('Il_|.|lI|lt\ is not,’ It virllt-'n in the in rat chamber of many a lit-resvsrt lII|)lll(‘f'i lit-.iil."-~-l‘siioy Fern

"0 niv viii, /tliuliini, niv son, my son AI!~'€ll(tlVl, would God I had died for thee, (I .-\lis.il.>ni, my son, my son '”---ll. Sainnr-l, chap. N, v. 1).

“ I am dislreued for thr~e,iny liroilier Jointh.in."-—-«ll. Samuel, i:h.ip. I. v.26.

The more our own hearts are oppress’d with wo, 'l‘he more we have been nizule to feel the rod ;— Yea, the more lieenl we have felt its blow. Dealt through the love ofa chsstising God;— Our tears, for others‘ griefs, the sooner flow; And sooner yield we to the Heavenly Code, Which bids us—-whatsoe'er ourselves we reap- " To joy with those who joy, and weep with those who weep."

A prey to mis'rv of the direst kind;

Sin-sunk, and bow‘d beneath consuming shame; . Prostrate alike in body and in mind;

By friends abandon'd, who allow no claim In me to sympathy; and to all are hhn ,

Save to the follies which have blurr’d my name! Yet, even thus, for others‘ woes I feel,

And would, were mine the power, the anguished mourners heal.

Yes, in their sorrows, I my own forget. . And woo again the long-estranged Muse; That, by her aid, in soothing cadence set, My sympathy awhile may disabuse Their sorrow-s_urcbai_'g'd beans; and. from the let Of a inisprising grief, free_theiri, to pee Atﬁietion--as, upheld by Faith. they view. In joy, the heavenly Canaan of the rausoin’d few.

IIethinks,I hear the stricken .MotItsr’e wail,

Behold her gushing tears, while thus she cries :- "In life, to me. new notliiug can svail;_

All earthly joy and hope within me dies; My trust in God almost begins to fail, _

And, in my breast, but grief to grief replies! Myﬁrst-liorri he in not.’ What other ill. If this cannot, with me has power to kill?"

‘Oh, he was fair, and good as he was fair! Oh, he was bri lit, and wise as he was bright! His heart to Wt oin giv'n,—Vice had no share Oftiine or thought with him; but, in the l' ht Of Truth, he walk'd. and, though in main an air A youth, by Science was his mind bedight :- And, oh 5 I trust—though God alone can_see The hesrt—he wisely ponder’d on eternity !"

0 es, atilicted one! thy praise is net; or, surely. in thy dear departed son, [,iv'd ev’ry virtue; and, thou h now the dust His body shrouds, his franc is'd soul has won The Paradise which was, on earth, his trust : The prize of knowled too, for which he run The race, shall now beliis; nor shall he cease, Through all eternity, to add to gai, increase.

In sadden'd fancy dark, I next behold

The mourning Father of the deer lost son, Beneath the stroke grown prematurely old.

N‘ rd of grief, all solace he would shun, Save when his heart, by the pale visage told

Of his lov‘d wife, to whet excess has run The tide of sorrow, in her ravsg'd breast, , In fondly soothing her, he, in himself, finds rest.

But, all too soon, again he courts his wo; _

Again, with anguish’d heart, despairing cries, " M son ! my son ! oh, would to G the blow

hich ended thee, in death h-id se:il‘d mine eyes!

For thee, that I had paid the debt we owe

For our First Parents’ sin in Piiradise ! Oh, that for thee thy father might have died,_ _ ” Then htidst thou liv’d, my son, thy mother a joy and pride!

E’sn thus it was that David mourn’d his son; That son whose beauty had so charmed his eyes, They could not see what evils he had done‘, Nor justly uote his rebel enterprise, I‘|I(:Il'II|(lIl:l?|lltII had, to death, tioiii duty ‘won, 'l'hro‘ ileep dissembling speech and ciiiming lies.- For his lost son, coutemner of God’: laws. _ 1', ,,,,,,,,,,_!Ju; not in hope, IluIl——IIn(I David cause.

WCll21l‘l0ll0l0\Vl1,lP. E, S_zitiirdz_n_*, Marcli 31, 1855,

‘Bil, Ill(‘S§.(I he-. Coil! the _vouili whom we deplore \\/its not with oiittvard lieitiity only gr:ic’d; ‘J No ‘-' goodly apple, rotten at the core," Vii.-i be; hot Virtue, 'l‘ruili nnd llonor hrac‘d Ilis hc:irt; and will whit in his he in he wore. Might, in his spirit-sp--.:i!.iiig looks, he tr:ic’d:— To iiiourii his loss, with holy grief, ‘tis meet, And in our lietirt.-i‘ einbiilni’d. to hold his niein’ry sweet.

His loved and loviii Aim! the next it i ears 3 l P I (My fondly lov’d—once fund nod loving wil'o,)‘ Her care-worn clieeks——once I)rl;lIl—l'H:'deW'tI with tears; I‘or dear to her was Hurry i|i‘ltt'I' lite, And than for him, more busy loving l'c.irs_ l\’eor for her own held to her l)iHi)ltI strife :— She riicurns for him, in with it .'i inothct’s love; And, yet, with l“aitli’s strong eye, heholils hini bless’d above.

The Sister too. \\ll.l| streaming eyes. I see: She mourns ii kindred spirit froin her torn: Divested niiw of all her huoytint glee,- Whicli, lute, like glaiddhiiiig bciinis of summer morn, Round her awoke ii joyful synip:ithy,— She inusing sits, ltI)!ll.l'{1Cl.(9tI and forlorn. But, soon, within her lm.-:ist, an angel guest Shall teach her to confess the will of llc:iv'n is best.

The elder Brother also deeply feels

The stroke which. from his heart’s true love, Iias torn A friend and couns‘llor sweet; and now he kneels,

And, with more warmth than erst, each night and mom, Priiys for God's blessing; and the balni which heals

'l'he wounded heart, and takes away the thorn;— Resolv'd God's kingdom first of all to seek, Through conﬁdence in Christ, the gracious and the meek.

The Young Ones‘ smiles are also clias‘d by gloom, And sorrow strange giniws iit their young |icart‘s strings. Theirjoy is tied: but, whatsoe‘er the doom \Vhich sadd'ning sorrow on the youiiw heart ﬂings, Youth_’e sorrows, like youths ‘eye, ﬂee mm the tomb; And quickly’ pass away is young Hope sings;— So clouds awhile the summer sun may screen; But, passed those clouds, all looks more einiling and more green.

My sympathy, the tribute of my heart, In feeble strains I pour; but could the speak With halftlie warmth I feel, they woul impart A heavenly strength unto the mourners weak; Pluck, from each sterner sarrou-tr, the dart Which drinks his blood; and with ll blessed art, Which nought but love on feeble man bestows, Give, to the young hearts crurh'd, a charm to soothe their woes.

Now let us how before the Lord our God, And, with subdued and contrite hearts confess Our sins; and—humbly , thankful|y—the rod Of Mercy kiss; and, for aﬁlictionli Nels The hand that sent them; and, (like Him who trod Earth's tliorniest psths,) beneath our sore distress, Submissive say, “‘ Thy will, not ours, be done;’ And, as we pardon, pardon tltou the ills we’ve done!" Su 3 UN on A. 24th March, I855.

COLONIAL LEGISLATURE.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Wsnsrsoav, March 28.

Mr. Moose? as Chairman of the Committeeto whom was referred the petition of Inhabitants of Lot 24, reyin that the House will pass an Act to prevent ersons ai:lin_g timber from destroying the roads, to orte ,_that at this late period of the Session it would be inexpedient to intro- duce any new matter, but recommend, that should any Act relatin to Statute labor be before the House. 3- °l3“5° b9 inserte to meet the riovsncc complained Of-

Tho House resolve} itself into it Committee of_ the whole to take into consideration the report _of the special _Commit- tee, to whom was referred the petitions for'oponing new lines of Road, under the Ros Compensation Act. l‘lie committee agreed to several resolutions, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.

Mr. IVARBURTON moved, that no address be_ resented to the Lieut. Governor, requesting that he wil appoint three Commissioners to ascertain the expence of but ding a Bridge at Lot 97, near lliiywood's Stills. ‘ ‘

Mr. Couts laid before the House the‘ Attorney (-eneriil 8 report on the title to the VI orrell lustate. tleferi-ed to the Committee of the whole House on the Land Question.

Mr. Dixownia. as C!niir.n:tn ol the Committecto whom was referred two ictitions concerning anew lino 0l'RU='-<1 near lluyden's “Ill, reported. _that tlii_-y were not sulﬁ- cientl acquainted with the merits of eit.lier_petition. *0 ask the House to accede to any particular line of Road, but that they recoiuiiiend. tliiit_ an iiddrees be pi'ese‘nt<‘d _t0 his Excellency, requesting liimto appoint three (._oinmis- sioners to report on the same to this House at its next

session.

l itaisisc a iiiivnaiuez Mi-. Cr..inK stated, that a very great increase had taken plaice in the importation of Liquors, and p:irticul:irly in the article called White-eye. It was certainly rt poison, and it the other liquors might conic under the some head. I .\li-. C0l.E.$. Urttllt was higher last year than I iisiial, and yet the House increncd the duty on ,lloinc-niaiiulitetiircd spirits. The Legislature sliuttld protect lIl)lllO-ltl:llllilllt"l|ll'G to the utmost of their poivcr, unil incinliers should take into . eonxidcrattion the cheat ncss at which \Vhite-eye ' could be iniiiiiilitcturc . He had inanufiietured a. liirger quantity of liquor last year, than _ before, but if it was inside entirely from Grain, Lit would not pay. As to some remarks from .\lr. Clark, he was it fool on the temperance question. Piililiciins generally keep White-eye, I and ifo. traveller culls for liquor as it costs the ‘lcnst, they will always sell it. ‘cw persons |will pay a. price for liquor made from grain. ,We would go fora reduction of lid on Home ‘ maniifoctlired liquors. : 1 lilr. Ct)0l'Ett would vote for the old scale of -;i . l Mr. Lotto. 'l‘lio Col. Secretary has by his own showing made it appear, that in spite of the increased duty of last year, he has made more iquor. He would vote for increasing the duty i on imported liquor to 5s per gallon ; he did not I

think it would increase siuuggling, some people , would smuggle, ifthere \'l‘tl.8 not above lid duty ; i it was constitutional in some people. l Mr. LONGWORTII could not vote for an in- creased duty on im orted liquor. He knew however, that througi the influence of the Col. , Seer-etitry,the dutyon hoine-manufuetiired spirits l had been kept as low as it is; he thought that disﬁillers had it very good protection in 2s per ii on.

g Mr. CLARK, in reply to the Col. Sccreta supported the principle, because he believ it to be right. There was a rent difference, between encouraging llome-miinufuctures that were useful, and those that were of no use. but highly detrimental to the interests of the com- miinity—suc was the manutitcturc of s irits. The Distillers on this Island never me e the price of grain higher ; it was the market for it in other laces. He would vote for as hi li a. duty on hite-eye as on brand . Mr. Co as’ brother had imported White-eye, while in the pa ere be advertised, Brandy, Rum, &c.

r. Couzs believed, that the American distil- lers sold with their liquors, ingredients, to con- vert them into Brandy, &c., but he was assured tlliiit increasing the duty will increase smug-

in . Agrcsolution passed putting a duty of 3s per gallon on Wine, on Spirits made from Molasses Is, on do. from Grain &e., 6 .

TOBACCO.

Mr. WAIBUIITON moved, that the duty on manufactured Tobacco be reduced.

Mr. Casnx said, the eountr would loss over £1000 by taking that duty 0 , they would have to ut it duty on the Home-manufactured article.

tr. Loxuwoitrn. If a duty was put upon the article manufactured here, it would be 5 breach of faith on the treaty.

Mr. LAIRD would rather take the duty of Molasses.

Mr. Cotes proposed a duty of lid on Tobacco manufacture on the Island.

Mr. WABBCBTON found, that there would be a great loss to the Revenue in takin r oi!‘ any duty on Tplmcco, and would agree to l\ r. Coles’ pro-

osa . Mr. Sl’E.tlil.R would like to see something like the present scale continue .

Mr. hlmtroousnv was not for taking of any of the tax, but he did not think, it was treatin the American Government fairly, he advised them to leave the Ilome-manufactured alone for this car. ,,

Mr. i\ O0.\'EY knew from experience, that If the lloiiic-nianufiicturcd was let go free, the people would not get the beneﬁt, it would onl go into the cket of ii. few, indeed he believe the article would be sold higher.

Mr. ‘ 'l‘licrc was it vast difference between the lloine-iiiaiinfocturc of Spirits and 'l‘ol-item, for in producing the former, food was destroy:-«l .\'o.-orly every country taxed the

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