who custodial macaw.

- , v ‘ . . ',~ I was unsuccessful in his endeavour to get a seat on One oftlile “cushioned chairs,” and “£30 cash,” and listened to the edi- fying hnrangues of some honourable gentlemen while the State ofthe Colony was discussed. .But whatIver have been his opportunities, his attainments In the art. of blackening character are considerable. Notice hlsdescription of Cons. 'rtos. One who has made evil his good—a levellerf—destitute. of wealth and honour—a disappointed s'oliciior forproprie: tary patronage—an aspirant after legislative honours and imminunities—a corrupt agitator—~mne actuated by_ malice towards land proprietors—ii person ofloosc anti immoral character, die. Is he not an exquisite limiierP—and should he not be employed to draw the likenesses of all the Tories In the Island? His description of Clients, howayor, I sin told, is altogether a failure; and is generally considered, in the Irishman’s phrase, to be “ a personal reflection,” throw" back by the faithful mirror which CURI‘Ius has held up to his view. If so, he has taken the original faithfully, and Is an adept in the art. You probably, Sir, do not understand it, nor the advantages ofit. A ready and apt use of oppro-

he published them. This is a proofof the voracious appe- tite for scurrility which he possesses. How the wealthy and respectable part of the community can patronise a paper abandoned to such licetitiousness, I cannot think.

.1 am glad, Sir, in see that you have chosen a more honour- “hlea "Pl‘ight aud gentleiiiaiily course. Your paper Is, In every department, superior to any inithe Island, and seems to a. fair way to maintain its standing. ’I‘his inipressmn, [am glad to find, is fast gaining ground here, and I think the country will not long hesitate which to support.

By publishing this article, you willohligc one who seldom

troubles you; i A FARMER. New London, Nov. 6th, 1843.

To Tn: Eni'roa or THE COLONIAL Hanan.

Sir;'l haVe read the articles which have lately appeared in your paper, signed A Conmsstossa, in answer to CUR- Tms’ first letter. Their character and tone afford some very

:distinct revelations of the moral‘man ofthe writer ; and as b: has assumed the task of pourtraying “the political character .of CbRTtus,-I shall indulge myself a little, by way of exor- diuin to my Weighiier remarks, in noticing some of tlie péccitble points iii your correspoiident,_discovered by his productions. That writer, then, has evidently a very high opinion ofhiniselfi Phrenologists,_I liaveheard, attach great importance to a' good development of'self—esteemtin making a clever controversialist. But I very tnuch doubt Its compe- tency to cope with well attested facts and sound argument. 'Alld perhaps when your correspondent has run his poll against ‘a fewmore oftliese, it may considerably reiliice his organ ofself-iinporiance. Another trait in this gentleman’s character is pectisbnessr Thisis very natural. An advo- cate for the sacred dogmas of the divine right of kings, the paramount claims of wealth, auil the hereditary riglits'of blood, in this sceptical age, when these things are falling

brious epithets is an excellent substitute for arguments, when they cannot be procured. It is also prudent to daiib an opponent’s face with dirt, as that prevents the fifth on one’s own being so distinctly observable, for it looks lair In the contrast. Besides, an outcry against sin is an eVIdeiicc that we would not indulge in it.

Igive A COMMISSIONER credit for sincerity, in acknow- lodging .his dissatisfaction with the subject which Gua'rics' has chosen for his letters. But among the great variety OJ subjects upon which a political economist might choose to dist-ant, lew, I presume. would be willing to be confined to the very narrow range which your correspondent has ltldl: outed—much less entirely precluded from discussing one of much more general importance than any of them, because A COMMISSIONER did not like it. To the very limited list which he has furnished, ,1 might add a few more, if only for the

,. . . . . . l . . purpose ofgiving the chartn of variety to his studirs,—such Into contempt, willnatitrally feel indignant against the luxuy as, me kind “live stock mostsuimme for ,he Gambia market of. modem pr'l'c'l)les"' Hm he may ‘38 we“ be pmmm' Hellorimpi'ovmg the breed, &c.——the most summary and ef- ‘W'N l’mbably fiml wa'" Tad" of 3”."l' l’er‘l”ffl.hle "me' ilectual method of getting up er-oflicio libel prosecutions, doc. that all he Wlll gain by his anger Will be additional hard U , ‘ v f 1 “mm” mm "fixation. Your cottespouileiit thinks that LLIt'rius has per ormep . - ‘A Worse quality than either ofthe foregoing, which I re- “1" fifi'lfifes-‘Tfi’ lullouri "1 exl'lzfl'fllllg a“? growtffi Lilialg'fislf fret A COMMISSIONER has evinced, is a. most prevailing pro- fl “"5135? 09C“)? ctii'lyflrSStI-ff liirocéeylfinis 0 "38:68:69 ipensity to pervert the sentiments of his opponent. Ishall “tors.” emlslma ’ e 9 W “fa-.33“: I"0 9:765. 309 . ,i I" ‘noticen few intances. His comments on Coa'rius’ remarks and ‘V'll' alge'y k'lo‘V'llg 1'“ “'83 0m» 'i 328W ’93 ion the irresponsibility of our civil government, present!knows “ML Yesa ht” “ grim? manly do ",0?" fistmin')’ themselves first. He represents that writer as inculcating, “I'd """0’ that df’i Onwadmlf 't’ “t eaStl’mmc,“ 3h 6 dint! our'authorities, “over and above the duties of their fir“ "'"s‘ b? enl'gh-[enf’fli “Te latter colll‘mndef', l: 2'." .efiiees, should invoke ,he privations and plunge in“, the ticles to which he Iefeis. its instances ofthe exercise 0 tlis vtoilsot' human life.” This idea has not the most remote conv “gm! were, 3' P” ("in “CCPHUP 0‘ [hem WI“ Slim“ "0‘ inn” 37’ ‘IIection with Cca'rius’ remarks; and I presume he hail as “OMSt 3}“! 59m?“ ‘nVeSilga‘l‘mS “fll‘e cOliillictl pm Utefl' Aliitla‘wish as any person could have that our rulers should slll'es. “fol” legmlaml'si “I” 5”” hufiponerrfir‘fi}! WIPelSO‘ do so. His reasoning only censured the arrogance WHO“ ""I v'mperi‘t'on’ launch?! “gull”: “ Lev," '."‘ mind 5 liyblm; thin” exempfio“ from ,hese things as an is inherent right"! sons who found it easrei to ridicu e tieir peiso‘ns, Ia its, mum. than as “favour_me prwnege Mme“. omce [0 he &c., than to reftiie their posmons and arguments: - _ first earned and deserved before it should be enjoyed; and This writer is next so stupid as to call the pl‘lnClpleS of .whielI—instead of being an argument lbr a lofty contempt of political philosophy a “theory of moral sentiments,” and so fhe-people-leiould beia motive to the contrary—a respect- corrupt in his own sentiments, as to pronounce the doctrines fol sympathy with their “interestsand pursuits,” and ii grate- that the trite end ofcivil government is the greatest good oi {oi attention to their wishes. Neither iliil Comma maintain, the general community, and that public officers are but the that “because a man is thought more competent than his 1, machinery for effecting this end, “strange doctrines.” They neighbour to fill a public oflice, he should, from the date of may be strange doctrines on board a IIHHI-pf-Wflf, anil they liisappointment, become chargeable with some extraordinary may be unwelcome doctrines to the exclusive aristocrat on amount of philanthropy, in addition to what he before pos- shore, though to him they can hardly be strange. But that sound.” I presume that, had he advanced the idea at all, they are sound anil wholesome doctrines—alike advantage— ‘instead of thus putting the cart before the horse, he would ous to the governing and the governed —your correspondent have said, that a man’s possession of philanthropy—(and will liardlv dare to dispute. Another instance of liisnie‘ntal patriotism, he might have added,)—-the greater the amount obliquity I shall here not-ice. Ile acknowledges the difficulty the better—would be a reason why he should he “thought of paying their rent “experienced by many tenants.” “But more competent” than others to fill an office. But Coartos‘ he denies that this difficulty is in any way the offset of the

(public officer. sympathising with the people's interests and rents being too high, or that it is unjust for the proprietors wishes, and A COMMIssmsca’s scarecrow, “bursting with” to demand such rents, although they purchased their lands sympathy, like Paddy with “loyiilt ',” are widely different spe~ at an almost nominal price! Let our politicians attend and eimetrs of humanity; and Coa'rms charging our oflicials learn a lesson. Rents which are altogether beyond the law- ‘witb'a want of becoming sympathy and respect for the peo- ftil interest ofthe purchase-money, and the circumstances of pie, and. ACOMMIsstoxsit representing this to mean, that the the tcnantry to pay, are not too high!.’ A COMMISSIONER 'oflicial of ‘this Colony is “really more prone than in anymvouclies this. other Colony to suppress within him whatever of christian) 1 must now notice (he most serious chm-g9 made against benevolence 0]‘ 890ml Ifllel‘efl he mightprevmusly llilVe fend, CURTIUS altogether—that of misrepresenting the construc- nl‘e Vfl§llyll|55||flllfil‘ ldUaS- A'ld these “"9 ll'lnl‘ls “’hl‘il' all tion of the Councils, in two particulars: fii'st,.witli regard the l'1'?3ral’la§°Ph15‘l'Y oryour c"fresl’ondl‘Jm “’l” "0‘ “NW” to the number of proprietors in the Legislative Council {and Fland'd imbl'F '°_c°}ll‘°u"fj' _An°ther “Mable Install“? or secondly, as to the extent of the family connection in tlic ’ .mlsreiireseptatlonjs louu‘l '0 his 3990"" le'fe"; "6 elf-"Tiles Executive Council. CURTIDS asserts that there are three ‘QURTivl Willi Sfly'mga [hubweilm‘ "ml S'll’el'l‘mll', “refllsriua- proprietors in the Legislative Council. Your latter com-es- llficaflmllffi) Officml lll’ln'N'llnlemfii”!!nd Ill“! “"3 his (003' pondetit indirectly gives him the lie, and savs there is but arms) opinion, a man who holds two or three thousand one, ' Pounds, “form or lalld ,ShOUld be: 0" lhi‘t ilCCO'mIi ineligible for there are at least twu large land proprietors in the Legis- TOI'B 30’“ In the COI‘E‘Cll-n NO‘Vi‘CUM‘lUS $11M llcllllel‘r “‘3 lative Council—the Hons. Messrs. M‘Donalil and Wortb'v— represented mom’PO‘lw" "5 unsullml’le ‘0 “W” the Execmlv“ aiiil I am informed that the Hon. \V. W. Irving is one also. Of a collml‘yi and land mOnOPOh-‘lts Blllonallle 1‘95), =15 “0 "'0‘ It mav be probable that CURTIUS had forgotten that the Hbu. 3? l! "3 more dangerous "'3" “‘3‘ 0i. {he SOIL A'Id h? C. Wori'ell liad lately resigned, and included him. At any d} "0‘ "38d A COMMISSIONER ‘0 "Nike his “let‘s more 6"0"" rate, the mistake is not very great. As to the next charge, I F"- Bmi ":onsll‘o'lls “if lt "my appear I0 .‘"‘"I' (‘Of'l‘e-“lmmlm'b conceive that Cun'rius’ statement can be fully sustained ;and m“ 3 m“) 5 h9l‘lmfifi2i0009r £33000 “’"rthPl “"1” Should A COMMissIONEIt’s assertion, that the family connection only sreate adisqualification to his holding a seat In the COUNCIL embraces three members of the Council, is gluriiigly false. 1'- mar. "everlhElefssi be 3 Perleetly 50"“(1 "mxml—lllmlgll In addition to the Hons. Messrs. Hodgson, Haviland, Ifreckeii penned by 50 ""l'kely 3" 058d" “3 A.C°MM|5§IO¥ER- l” " and Peaks—who are veryintiinaiely connected—the Hon. A. Cum"! “he”? the “2"”? °l “'9 I'm.“ ‘3 lh”,l""n“_‘l}al ET'eV' Lane is related by the Hon. J. S. Smith to the Hon. the At- !!"ce ofthe Pcol'les‘ “‘W'” be Illa h'HllQSl disqualihcntlouto torney-General, and the Hot] J. S. Macdoiiald is related by Exwullve amh‘m‘ys "‘8‘ We lmrly “8'5; 0" ""3 DON"; “II In", his cousin, the Hon. D. Macdonald, to the lions. Messrs. tare" OPP“ed ,‘0 Ih‘“ 0f ‘he People- 1 he above [HSKHP'WS Ol Breckeii, Haviland and Peiike. There remains, then, but the misrepresentation. prove your correspondent’s inability to Hons. Messrs. Goodman, Pope and Palmer, who are uncon- encounter lhe Rasmons 0i CUWHVS by rm? urgllll'e'll- 1}" iiected with tltefamily. The other two-thirds are related pre- stend ofanswertng them, he has made it his business to (113- (giggly in the way in which Cua'ncis has said, they are tori thamqand We" ‘0 9537 0|". In afiectell hOI‘I‘OI‘. “A’Hl lites}: “ knit together in every variety ofcounection.” fflouumnfi “Unmemsf I Indeed, he has aCkHOWledged his Your correspondent has complimented Comma upon his Inpatitpetencylto cope With (IURTIUS, unless by being Per- “education,” and taunted some of your “escheat, corres- flllllefl I0 consular _l||m 85 11 "muster 0f llllqlllly ; and Eilysi pondents” with bad grammar, 5w. 1 can neither return the all“ in “FY other View he “ would not Obtrude liimsell 0n compliment, nor will I throw back the tatint. But he may as the public, but would Leave: to competent hands the less may well be more modest iii future, lest some of his marked Mk 0f correcflng hfm . {iere IS Ml acknOWledg'nem !! . blunders be pointed out. At present, “I spare him.” The next Virtue in A Lommsstossa’s character is, his faculty ufexaggeration. He says, that those whom he calls YOIHOS’ sac" deinagogues have taught the people, “that the difficulty of paying their rent is entirely owing to its being unreasonably high.” Now, he knmvs that all parties acknowledge—eveh those who maintain the injustice of rent—that the difficulty of making cash payments is owing to the limited resources and straitenet' markets ofthe country. Again, he says— s‘. the proprietors’ ancestors purchased the Townships seventy or eighty years agot” though he knows that most of them have been purchased within forty years. And again, he says, the demagogucs—a distinction, by the bye, 1 tiiiiik, even be- yond his reach—have taught “a uniform resistance of pay- ment” ofrent. This he knows to be a pure invention of the truth-losing and. honourable Tories! Once more, he says that the dissatisfaction ofthe tenantry with their landlords has bssnfprodu'ced by the spoken and published ebullitions ol' cunning agitators! Very cunning men, truly, these agitators, who could persuade a whole comtnunity that their landlords 'rbad never settled their lands our paid their quit rents—that they have compelled squatters to take leases at hiin rents or leave their improvements—that they have exacted cash rents, at the same time that they denied titles to the settlers; that they have taken the people’s property, by seizures and other- wue,fbr less than one-third of' its value often—and that, owing to the pressure of rents, the tenants suffer the greatest privations—if none of these things were true! Are not these things cognizable to every man in his senses? Atid if_they do not exist, as facts, could any agitator, however cun- omg, rsuade people that they do? Or, if they do, is the skill o a cunning demagogue necessary to make people dis- satisfied witb them .? 'As I shall probably have to draw a full-length portrait of this rareuhow before I am done with him, I shall be content, 5%-. .at present, with adding another shade to my hasty sketch— minsly, his skill in defamation. This is evident from, some referencesi‘n the last paragraph. He has represented the friends of Escheat as “ cunning demagogues ;” as “ agitators,

too ridiculous and contemptible for notice -” “clodhoppers

_ ’ and Ignoramiises.” He has evidently read the Islander to

snipe purpose. .He Uses filthy epithets with almost as much - ficilit as its editor; and bids fair to become his successor, oven fthereibe no truth in the report which makes him his Jtis probable that be frequently occupied the gallery of the House of Assambly last Session—though he

PHILO-CURTIUS. 25mm:

AN Accusr Eamon—We have always considered: io- naparte rather a smart man, and we have lately been ully confirmed in thatopinioii by reading in Bourienne’s Memoirs the statement that he was capable of writing very fair edi- torials for a daily paper. When first consul he used some- times to write the leaders and even small news paragraphs for the Moniteur, the organ of the administration. As the most patient compositor that ever held a stick could not have made out one ofhis villanous scrawls, be employed Boiiri- enne on these occasions as an amanuensis. The style of these effusions was rather abrupt and energetic than finished or elegant. They did not exactly indicate public opinion, but they certainly promulgated the first consul’s opinions, or at least his intentions, and that was just the same thing. These articles, we may presume, were generally approved ofby the French Press, and “extensively copied,” inasmuch as it is more than probable that the Editor who hail ventured to question the soundness oftbeir arguments, or who might have refused to give them “the benefit ofhis circulation,” would have been the next day sent to the gallevs, or to the swamps and forests ofFrenith Guiana. For Napoleon’s ideas respecting the liberty ofthe press were something ofthe narrowest; though he had a great notion of its potency when unrestrained. He used to say ofthe journals, “ Should I give them the rein, my power would Iiot continue. three months." We might multiply anecdotes ofhis career as an editor, which would no doubt amuse and entertain our ren- ders, but we have not space for them.—All the world lau h- ed, for instance, at the fury into which he lashed himsel in his contest with Peltier, a refugee Frenchman, who edite‘ a scurvy little paper in London. Napoleon would ans r Peltier’s attacks in the Mm, s crossfircmt‘ “ paper bullets" was long kept up‘across the channel. B‘th Peltier got the better of him, and at last Napoleon sou t

to end the war by prosecuting him for libel in the Eng b Courts, where also the liveyfiw proved too I for his mighty an in, at which the world lsu louder than over. or snow mvi A and at was all. Hem'rnsur‘untemigsndhps sway.” heartin as befm. ' , Wm,“ . ‘1

Both may be wrong—A COMMISSIONER ccrtainly't's;'

PAPERS BY THE CALEDONIA. FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH CHINA.

The following extract from a recent oflicial despatch from Sir H. Pottinger to the Earl of Aberdeen, from the familiar and almost domestic nature of'its contents, will be constder— ed as a curiosity in diplomatic correspondence, and enable the reader to judge of the goodewill towards England and the English which perviides the Celestial Empire. Uur troops, in fact, appear to be received by those children of the sun and moon as friends and brethren, and the British empire to be considered by them as a member ofthe fellow- citizenship it is the pleasure, as well as the interest, of the Chinese empire to cultivate:—

(sx'raac'r FROM AN orrtcut. nssrx'rcn PROM SIR assay romances TO THE EARL or assansan.)

“ In the evening (says Sir Henry Pottinger) the Imperial l-Iigh commissioner Keying came, according to his engage- ment, to dine with me, and alter he and his two companions had made themselves comfortable, by laying aside their mandarin caps and upper dresses, which is the custom at such parties in Chitin, we sat for a few minutes'in the draw- ing room whilst dinner was being served. During-this short period Keying’s attention was attracted to the miniatures of my family, which happened to be on the table, and he dest- reil Mr. Morrison to explain to me that he had no son him- self, and therefore wished to adopt my eldest boy, and to know it" I would allow him to come to China. To this I replied, that the lad’s education must first be attended to, but that stranger things had happened than his seeing Keying hereafter; on which his cxcellency rejoined, ‘ Very Well, he is my adopted son from this day. His name (which he had previously ascertained) shall henceforward be Frederick Keying Pottinger, and until you send him to me, alter he is educated, you must allow me to keep his likeness.’ To this proposal I could make no objection, and I accordingly gave him the picture. Immediately after his cxcellency expres- sed a strong wish to have Lady Pottiiiger’s miniature also; but about giving it I made some little demur, and before the matter was either way settled, dinner was announced, and we went to table.

“I supposed the thing would be forgotten; but when din- ner was partly over Keying again introduced his request, said that he would send me his wife’s likeness in return, and that he wanted my whole family to take back with him when he went to Nankin, and eventually to show to his friends at l’ekiii. I felt it was impossible to reliise this flattering re- quest,and [hail the miniature brottghtnnd put into his hands. He immediately rose and placed it on his head, which, laiii tolil, is the highest token of respect and friendship, filled a glass of wine, held the picture in front ofhis face, muttered some words in n low voice, drank the wine, again placed the picture on his head, and then sat down. The whole of this extruoi-ilinary action was performed without apparent reference to any one being present, and formed quite a scene. He then delivered the miniature to his principal attendant, who was standing behind, him, and directed him to send it home in his state chair, in which his excellency had come to dinner with his oflicial suite. Afterwards he expressed his deep obligation to the lbr the gift I had bestowed on him, and enquired through Mr. Morrison what present he could send to Lady Pottiiiger that would be acceptable. I wished to evade giving an answer to this inquiry, and said I should think ofit, and let him know next morning; on which he asked, ‘ What! am Ithe Governor General of the Two Kiank, and cannot get my order obeyed?’ At last, to satis- fy him, I told him some pieces of embroidery would be, as his gift, highly prIZed, and be had a memorandum made ofit.

“Soon after he proposed to sing a Tartar song, which I am told is customary at their convivial friendly parties—and on my saying that I should bedelighted to hear it, he began with a very animated and loud voice. The couplets he sang, I have been since informed, were allusive to the peace that hail been concluded between the two countries, and like- wise to his great personal fi'tendsl'iip for me; and, at the close ofii, he took a rich golden bracelet, made in the form

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. - - ‘ [RELA'N D. .

Tait Ls'r'rsas or “PniLsi.s’-risss;”-—Tho editor of an Banner 0 ' Ulster, a Tory paper, characterizes the sustain. contained in the two letters of Philalstlus, publist in th. Morning Chronicle, to the effect that the routltry is on b verge ofa rebellion, and that the Protestants of the and the Catholics of the south are pantingfor war with.“ other, anil eagerly seeking a cause of amines,” “a ” recklessly, utiil scandaloust false,”.a'ud describes other m ments ofthe writer "3 worthy of little or no reliam. h support of these opinions he publishes it letter frpni tho 3..., M... Godkin, in answer to these statements of PM“, “ observes that the authority of Mr. Godkin _Is perfectly an“, ceptionable, he being a person most obnoxious to the I,“ Catholics on religious grounds. From this letter we I a few extracts. The testimony ofthe writer Is most in“ tautz— ; " ‘