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DICKIE LEE! BY JENNY MARSH. Oh, Dickie Lee, Oh, Dickie Lee, Of the sunny days gone by ; The bonny Jad | called my lover, The bonny lad that loved no other, No other lass but me !

Oh, we were in love when our years were few,

And our hearts were fresh as the morning dew— Six years was I, and seven was he :

And since those days long years have passed—

Long years of blossom and of blast ;

But in them all there never grew

A love more sweet, a love more truce,

Than that of Dickie Lee.

1 often think of Dickie Lee, And the summer’ Jong azo—

Of the old school-house and the little brook,

With its mossy bank in the shady nook,

Where we would fish, till the bell did ring,

W ith our ‘* home-made” line of a bonnet string,

And a crooked pin that served for a hook,

And earned more joy than the spelling-book.

Bat if we were late and the teacher cross,

The blow and rebuke | * counted as dross,’

And during it all I only could see

The sparkling dark eyes of my Dickie Lee!

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. wonder now if Dickie Lee Looks back across the years, Smiling, perhaps, at the thought of me, And the funny times we used to see, An that old school-house of yore ! ‘)n the little bench close by the door, The little bench that would hold but four— Jeanie, Louis, Dickie and me— And the lambs of the flock were we. I wonder now if he ever thinks Of the dreadful time he stole the pinks, And roses rare to give to me? And what befell poor Dickie Lee ?

They tell me that my Dickie Lee

Is a man of wealth and pride ; That he has ships upon the sea, Titles, too, of a high degree,

And that a lady Hecenm his bride.

Very well, so let it be,

Fickle have I been as he.

*Tis many a year since he was my lover, Loving me well, and Joving no other ; *Tis many a year since the barefooted lad Rom ped close by my side, making merry and glad ; *Tis many a year, ‘tis many a year, That seals up the past and brings down a tear— But | think of him yet as a laughing boy, Knowing or dreaming of nought but joy,

Unless he dreamt of me.

And I would not see the man of care That calls himself Kichard Lee ; That has wasted cheeks and thin gray hair, For, oh! he would steal from me Something 1 love and cherish well, An image shrined in a secret cell; And it is dear to me ; Though the face is freckled, and plain and lean, Yet memory ealls it bright and serene, And keepeth the spot of its dweiling green For the sake of Dickie Lee, The little boy that long ago Was really in love with me!

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FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR WITH CHINA.

Hone Koy, April 15.—Early this morning we received the oat new that her Majesty’s ship Raleigh, Captain the Hon. - Keppel, on her way from Macoa to this place, struck upon a rock in the Lemma Passage, and was so near sinking that rm were forced to run her on shore to save the lives of all vn board. Adniiral Seymour sent the Coromandel (s.v) and Bittern (brig), and the French Admiral sent away the steamer Catinat to assist the Raleigh ; but it was feared their aid would not avail much. The Raleigh, a new and splendid frigate, had a capital run out from England, and ali regret, at this Juneture, the mishap. The war is inactive just now, and the Admiral is resting quietly until cool weather and a large naval and military force enable him to take aggressivemeasures. Zroops and ships, steamers and gunboats are coming, and an overpowering force ison itsway. We are doing strange things. Every one talks about war with China. The fact is we are at peace with China as an empire, our quarrel and war being with the Governor of the Quang-tung, the Mandarin of Canton. At all the other ports we are on the most friendly terms and doing a large trade, the Emperor probably knowing little or nothing of what is going on at Canton. “Much distress pre- vails in the interior, which must be greatly increased should the present drought continue. Rice is skid to be already at asinine price, even in Whampoa, ‘The scarcity of provisions at Amoy also has materially interfered with business :ransac- tions. Rice sat a higher price than it hap been for many yas en Formosa being quoted 3 dols. From Ningpo we ave little to note, beyond a fight which has taken place between some Frenchmen engaged in conveying junks, and the Portuguese lorchamen, who ¢laim the mon »poly of the convoy trade. The French boat was captured, but as despatches on the subject have been sent to his Excellency M. Bourboulon, the lorchamen are likely to pay dearly for their temerity. « Both Chinese and foreign residents at ‘the port have but tvo vod roasou to rejoice in the prospect of a severe castigation sing at length inflicted on these Fitton pests, who have for years been a terror to the native coasting craft committing depredations of all kinds with the most perfect impunit That the piracies on the coast are not all prepetrated b Paine is well known to every foreign resident in China, A sénetall well-informed correspondent writes us from Shanghae, wri “The rebel foree which burned Ho-know (io-how) about a

month ago, afterwards made an unsuccessful attempt upon the |

city of Kwang-sin-foo. They then moved north, and are now in great strength in and about Moyune. The whole of the

™ grcen tea country is at the mercy of the marauders—Hyyy-

chow will be again plundered, and little doubt can be enter. | : ; : tan : ‘ied a mi as got oy Stores and magazines at the Gun-yard. his discovery was} vernor had thought it better to prolong his stay in that | dimensions; a third earried a tis

tained that the whole stretch of the green tea roducing country will suffer far more this seascn than during th

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Ithe junk, a battery which, had up to that time reseryed its ; fire, opened upon the advancing boats with grape and canister. Lieut. Davies immediately ordered the second cutter and gig, | {under command of Lieut. Philbrick, to take possession of the junk, whilst he proceeded with the launch and first cutter to storm the battery. The Chinese stood well to their guns whilst the party were wading on shore, wounding Mr. | Williams, the purser (a volunteer) and three seamen, severely, | A volley of musketry, however, dispersed them, and the party took possession of the battery, and held it until the junk was | observed to be under weigh, when they embarked and assisted |to tow her out. During this time three other batteries kept up a heavy fire the junk and the two boats towing her, which was returned by the junk’s guns and with small arms. Unfortunately Mr. Lowis, midshipman, received a severe wound in the leg by a musket ball, and which it is feared may lead to amputation of the limb, whilst turning the junk’s guns on the shore batteries. ‘The Chinese were remarkably well armed. Several spent shot struck the boats, but without doing any material damage. One shot took an oar out of a seamen’s hand whilst in the act of pulling. The following is a list of wounded : Mr. Williams, purser, severely in the face; Mr. Lowis, midshipman, severely in the leg ; Kidward Lund, A.B., severely; 7. Welsh, A.B., slightly ; William Unwin, A.B., slightly; (. Brown, A.B., slightly; K. Yeomans, O.8., slightly. The Auckland has since left this station, and sailed for Singapore. It is scarcely two months since her arrival, yet in that short time, she bas done good service, and has always been ready for work. She helped to destroy a fleet of five war junks, carrying 64 guns ; and to disable a battery of 30 guns—defvated the Imperialist fleet of from 80 to 100 junks, at Second Bar Creck—assisted in the capture of eight pirate vessels and 72 prisoners—took and burnt a pirate at Chung-chow Island—and ended, as above mentioned, by cutting out a junk of seven guns from under several batteries in Tung Chung Bay, on the north side of Lantao, a place admirably adapted for a mandarin | station, commanding as it does the passage from the Cupsuy- ;moon to Macao. She has, in the performance of these

| services, had one sailor, killed and three officers and ten sea-| jimen wounded. Yet neither promotion nor honours await {her captain or_officers—they belong to a seniority service. |

We hear also that the Sampson has assisted in destroying a! fleet of 13 sail (three lorchas and ten junks), in Deep Bay. |

tereept the market boats bound to or from Houg Kong, and | | the admiral sent Commodore Elliot with the Sampson, Hong Kong, and the Sir Charles Forbes to destroy him. Dut the| bay was found so shallow that the Sampson had to auchor | ata distance of eight miles from the junks; and even the! small steamers could not approach within four or five miles of them. The work had therefore to be done in boats, and | was performed, we are told in gallant style, though the shore and hill-side close to the beach were covered with matchlock men.

Curnese Desratcnes Inrencerrro—Orrican INstiaattons TO Poison tne “ Devin Sotpiery ’—Ivsotvency or Gover- won Yru.—The intercepting of Chinese despatches is an important mmcident. Commodore Elliot proceeded in quest of a fleet of war junks, and every vessel in the fleet, consisting of 11 war junks and two well-armed lorchas, lately captured from their European owners, was burnt, and their guns sunk in deep water. The loss of the enemy must have been great. It was on board of the “ flag junk ” at the end of this bril- liant little affair that a quantity of Chinese manuscripts was found by the captors, and on examination these proved to be a series of despatches, reports, edicts, and memoranda by different members of Sunoan District administration on the events of the last three or four months of the pending con- trovesy. The “poisoning case” is referred to approvingly, | but not so as to implicate the poisoners or to clear them ; but the burning of the store of the Englishman who, after their arrest, bought the poisoner’s bread and biscuit bakery, and acceptéd the contracts by which the “ devil soldiery ” are fed, is the subject first of a despatch approving the plan, and, when successful, of another avowing and glorying in it. Assassinations, kidnappings, capture of vessels, are in like manner planned beforehaud, and boasted of after execution. Attempts to commit them and other crimes—among which may be mentioned one to destroy a steamer, and several to blow up the buildings and magazines of Victoria with gunpowder, are frecly talked of, and their failure or postpone- ment fully explained. The pains which Governor Yeh has been taking of late to sooth public feeling at Canton into a belief that the “devils, are broken and * rubbed down,” and suing for “ leave to ask pardon,” are also explained. His exchequer is empty! From the beginning of these troubles he had been obliged to depend upon his “ braves,” as the “people and gentry ” were disinclined to bear the brunt of the action. But the “braves” were not volunteers, and his donations were immense. Further, considerable sums shad been lavished on the taking of heads, for the service was ‘a perilous one. To meet all these demands, forced, or else voluntary subscriptions were offered to the choice of the discerning public ; and the result was answerable, but only for a season. The money is all gone. The “ Canton Com- mittee” can no longer pay even for heads. In vain their economy ; in vain the reduction of reward from 100 to 30° taels, and lower still ; in vain their obstinate, refusal to pay | more for a service which the ‘ braves” represent as too dangerous for a “brave” to undertake at less than double the amount !—they have been at length compelled to suspend their payments altogether; and the adroitness of Yeh has been put in requisition to cover the act of insolvency with the cloak of magnanimous compassion for the woes with which the rude and obdurate barbarians have so long been punished. Crimes and attempts to commit them continue, notwithstand- ing the announced deficit in Yeb’s treasury. The Mandarin’s son, who, having gained admission as a coolie on board of | the Gulnare, induced the emigrants to make an endeavour, ali but successful, to murder her officers and crew, and take | possession of her, has suffered the last penalty of the law.

Atremer To BLow up Tue Gun-ryarp at Hona Kona.) There has beeu an unsuccessful endeavour to cajole a Yankee | steamer within the clutches of the Mandarins, and a like) endeavour upon a Portuguese armed lorcha, which has_ succeeded. We have also had an attempt to blow up the;

| Was put in execution. All the workmen were immediately.

were, for Chinamen, people of very high character; the character of the latter was, even for Chinamen, remarkably low. ;

The position of affairs in Oanton River remained un- changed. Great distress is said to prevail at Cauton from the high priee of rice. The Raleigh, 50 gun frigate, had run aground. The Bittern had gone to receive her guns. It is asserted that an Imperial duty upon opium has been imposed at Shanghai. At Hong;Kong and Shanghai money is very scarce. ‘The exports of tea are estimated at about 57,000,000Ibs., against 73,000,0U0lbs. last year.

Munper or Mr. Manxwicu, To oprarn nis HEAD.—A most frightful murder has been committed upon one of the most respected and oldest members of the British mercantile com- munity in China, Mr. Markwich. The o!d man was found dead in his bed at a very early hour in the morning, with his taroat literally torn away bya violent hand. From the articles of spoil found scattered on the floor it is plain that the assassins dreaded a surprise, and fled before they had time to secure his head as a trophy. They were his own house servants, and had been been with him many years. It was to “ house servants” then an especial reward had been offered for the heads of their masters.

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INDIA.

Dissattsraction at toe Txnms or Peace—Execurion or THE [xstiaator or Muttny—Fareor a Nororrovs Ourtaw— Atann IN Bexangs.—-The Bombay Times states that universal dissatisfaction is expressed at the terms of the peace with Persia. The news of peace reached the army at Mohamrah on the 5th April. A part of the 14th Light Dragoons has already returned from the Gulf, and it is supposed that the whole of the 2d division are now on their way to Bombay. We noticed recently the disbandment of the 19th Native In- fantry for mutiny, and it is rumoured that several of the commissioned and non-commissioned native officers, and a part of the sepoys of the 34th Regiment, are to be summarily dis- missed the service also.

A Jemadar of the latter corps has) meat, and reproached it for not dying.

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for 50 men, to whom he will give a bonus of £5, and £15 in advance. Wine growers complain that casks cannot be obtained. Seventy immigrants had arrived from St. Helena. The Argus says that they were eagerly sought for and ob- tained good wages, farm laborers from £15 to £25 a-gear,

years of age easily obtained situations at £12 a-year, with lodging and board. A harbour board has been established ‘at Simon’s Town, and the improvement of the harbour is ve- ceiving attention. A company has been formed to build a dock in which ships may be promptly repaired. On the 13th of March a waterspout burst at Simon’s Town, and did much damage.

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Tux Psacsk wira Prrsta.—The news of the ratification of the Persian Treaty is coufirmed, and the official. Con- stantinople paper says, that although the Shah was uot com- pletgly satisfied with the terms, he was happy that the war had ceased.

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Honnisty Arrempr to Starve, A Cup ro Deatu.— All Paris has been deeply touched by the proceedings which have just terminated in a sentence of death. The gendar- merie received intimation that a child was cruelly treated in the village of Ville Aubry, They went there, and found the yet living remains of a human child, grouched in a den, four feet deep, three fect long and two feet broad, This “ snug little box” was rendered Jess desirable as a residence from its being flanked on one side by a cesspool, on the other by a dunghill, each emitting those exhalations with which Paris- iaus are so familiar. The boy was stark naked, but his skin was covered with a thick coatiug of vermin, which fed voraciously on his sores. In this hole had the child vege- tated for twelve mouths, exposed to summer’s heat and winter’s cold, and to the still keener blasts of afather’s execration, and the chilling blight of a stepmother's indignation. Francois Loret, « widower, had married Marie Blin, who found the child in her way, and thrust it in the den todie. Day after day she came and tossed it putrid A peasant girl,

been tried upon the following charges :—* For having when! Perrine Nourry, discovered the little wretch iu its lair, and

officer in command of the Quarter Guard of the 34th N. [., on the day on which Mungul Pandy (the man whose execution was reported by last mail) attacked the adjutant and quarter-

desire to go out and aid the adjutant and sergeant-major in

| resisting the murderous attack made upon thea, ‘ Lf a man

leaves his guard,pr attempts to do so, I will have him hanged for disobedience of orders. Further, with having, in the ines of the S4th Regiment N. L., endeavoured to spread sedition by telling the men of that corps that if any of them brought him one of the new cartridges he would cut his head off} alsoM®or having warned the men of the Sith N. [., to hold themselves in readiness for a general revolt oa the night of Hoolee. Lastly, with having held a punchaet in his own quarters for the purpose of organising a general | rising of the Sepoys against the Government ; at which pun-| chaet two pay Havildars, a Naick, and a Lance Naik trom the 34th N. Ll. were present.” That this unhappy man was the prime instigator of the mutinous spirit of the corps, there is no doubt whatever. He was sentenced to death, and ex- ecuted at Barrackpore on the 21st of April. He scems to have hoped for mercy to the last, and then finding that the sentence would be carried out, addressed the men as fullows :— “Sepoys! listen to me, I have been a traitor to a good Government. I am about to be punished for my great sins, Tam about to be hanged, and deserve my punishment. Se- poys! obey your officers, for they are your rightful and just rulers, or else you will like me be brought to the gallows. Sepoys! obey your officers, listen to them and not to evil advisers; I listened to evil advisers and you see what I am come to. LI call upon God to bless the Governor-General, all the great gentlemen, the General, and all the Sahib logut (gentlemen) here present—Sceta Ram! Secta Ram! Seeta Ram !”

The notorious outlaw of Oude, Fuzi] Ali, the murderer of poor Boileau, has at last met with his deserts. Lieut. Clarke, of the 3d Oude irregular infantry, on the evening of the 7th

of Apri], marched with forty men across the Nepaul frontier, |

through the dense jungle which constitutes the boundary, and surprised the rascals in a grove of trees, The men fought desperately. Fuzil Ali and two of his brothers, equally notorious scoundrels, and as much dreaded as Fuzil on the frontier, were killed; their heads were brought into Gonda. Lieut. Clarke had one man killed and five or six wounded, and himself slightly wounded also.

A postseript of the Delhi Gazette of the 18th of April, has the following :—* We fegret to be informed by telegraph that bad symptoms have manifested themselves at Umballa. The native troops have been ordered to fire what they con- sider the objectionable cartridge to-morrow. The empty European barracks were burnt down at nine last night, and the native infantry hospital, a mile distant, three hours after.”

The Bengal Hurkaru gives the following from a corres- pondent at Benares :—It is currently reported amongst the native community here that the sepoys (for some imaginary

/grievance we suppose) threaten to rise en masse and slay

every European inhabitant of this station.

Tue Overtand Mait.—Triesre, May 28.—The steamer America arrived here this morning from Alexandria, which port she left on the 23rd of May. The India mails left Alexandria on that day, with advices from Bombay to the 2nd May; Hong-Kong, 16th April; and, Shanghai, 6th April. The news of the conclusion of peace with Persia reached the camp at Mohammerah on the 5th of April. The Jemadar of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry, the ring- leader in the late disturbance, has been hanged. Fuzl Ali has been killed in an attack made upon his band to avenge the murder of M. Boileau, Meetings have been held at Singapore, to congratulate Sir James Brouke on his just severity.

Proaress oF Tue Care or Goop Hopr.—We have Cape, Town papers to the 28th of March. The posture of alisirs | on the Eastern fronticr had not been changed. The Go-|

@ past two years. nade on the morning of the 5th iust., a few hours before it ‘quarter, on account of the unsettled siate of affairs, and the:

doubtful disposition of the Kaflirs. His Excellency was

brought it food by stealth, and a little bird to cheer bis solitude. ‘The stepmother broke the bird’s legs, smashed its chirruping beak, and carried off the lad’s broken victuals.

This fleet, it was understood, bad been stationed there to in-| master, told the men of the guard, when they evinced a! At last rumour earried its wail to the gendarmerie, and the

lad was carried to the hospital; from thence he was brought in a litter to depose against his inhuman tormentors, both of whom have beeu condemned to death,

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UNITED STATES.

Tue Riots ar Wasuinaron.—We copy from the Washing-

ton Star of Monday evening the followimg more full account

of the disgraceful election riots in that city on Monday than that received by telegraph :

“ A gang of ruffians, and bullies, ‘ Plug Uglies,’ and other

Know Nothings to take violent possession of the polls, and armed with revolvers, billies and slug-shot to prevent our citizens from depositing their votes.

In the first precinct of the Fourt Ward, this morning, a general fight occurred, in which several hundred men and boys were engaged, indiscriminately. It seems that some forty or fifty Plug Uglies came down from Baltimore this morning, to assist our citizens in the election to-day. After floating around for some time without effecting anything of note, they pitched upon the Fourth Ward first precinct, as being the most eligible scene for their operations. A long live of voters were standing in the street, extending for some distance from the polls, and compos d principally of anti-Knuow No- thing voters. The Plugs, assisted by several large squads of Chunkers and Rip Raps of our own city, endeavoured to break into this line by crowding, but not succeeding in this, they left the scene of action to concert more hostile measures,

After a short time they returned, largely reinforced in numbers and with revolvers, stones, billies, brick-bats, etc., they made a concerted onslaught upon the voters, A terrible ‘scene now ensued, in which. the entire crowd participated. | Stones and pistols were rapidly discharged, and men weie trampled to the earth, beaten, stamped on, aud severely wouud- ed. “Among those injured was KR. B. Owens, fourth ward commissioner, who had his wrist badly shattered by a pistol ball ; A. Kloffer received a spent ball in his forehead, which stunned him, but inflicted no serious injury. Captain God- dard was, with several officers, on the ground, and the captain did good services in quelling the affray. He was severely struck several times, but got off without any serious damage.

An Irishman was so dreadfully mutilated that his features were entirely undistinguishable, and bis head and shoulders were covered with blood. The polls were torn down by this imported gang of Baltimore villains, the pavements were strewn with stones, clubs and other missiles.

Several of the ringleaders were arrested and taken to the _guard-house : among others, a young man named Johnson.

The buildings in the neighbourhood were damaged, the doors and windows being broken in on all sides, La the skirmish Mr. G. D. Spencer received a severe blow in the face. '

An old man named Cassidy, a granite cutter, received a bullet wound over the left ear ; the ball fortunately, however, glanced, and did not penetrate the skull. Ie was taken to the residence of Dr. Palmer, who attended to the wound.

Mr. Mathew Emery was severely injured by a blow from

a stone. In consequence of the disturbances there was a general closing up of stores and places of business quite early in the morning. " At the first precinet of the fourth ward the oilicers did all in their power to prevent the riot, placing themselves between the belligerents and the voters in the line, with Capt. Goddard at the head, who demanded peace, when they rushed on en masse with an impetuosity which nothing short of a military force could have withstood, and although the police tought like heroes, they were forced to abandou the field to the pos- session of these hiréd miscreants.

Such an exhibition of murderous instruments as ihe party carried was sufficient to cause the peaceably disposed to keep as far from them as possible. One mau was armed with a large blacksmith sledge ; another with a horse pistol of large cellaucous assortment of revolvers, bowie knives, billies, au iron bar; while a fourth carried, besidgs a side pocket filled with couveuieut stoues,

Desreverion oy Manpanrs Jonxs,—The Company’s discharged ; but nothing transpired to lead to the detection transporting into the interior Kaflirg convicted either of bricks, &c., a large billet of oak wood of suflicicut weight to

Seamer Auckland, while on a ernize on the Ist April, observed a Mandaria junk in the Bay of Tung Chung. The

Steamer came to an anchor off the bay, and the boats were lmumediate] y got out

Lieut. Davies to cut

of the real offender.

By a happy inspiration, redolent of | stealing cattle, or of prowling in the Colony without passes, | fell an OX, é as | the Crimea itseif, all the Chinamen on board of the Miden The wine growers in the Colony are full of activity and sgasou, the parties anaes ee lytic hE hulk, where no powder is stored, were also discharged, while hope. The fruit is very fine, and there is a great deal of it.) manner, to the horror of all those Ww ; and despatched under the command of all on board the kindred hulk Hercules, where are stored 40, The bone manure is very popular.

The want of labor is

her out. When about ten yards from tons of powder, are still suffered to remain. The former very much fult. A wiue cooper advertises in the Cape Argus |

These weapons were 4s thick as inulberries in gy them about,in a mouacing hke them- selves, participants in these di-gtacetul svenes.

At this point the Mayor addressed a note to the President,

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