’seemed to rack her frame almost beyond her power of endu- ‘ that it looked like a bird’smest. one «botanist wetsuit, AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATIONV at CHARLES DICKENS, ssqoias. st'rcn or was: Msssacnnsa'fl's Avatint roa nu: Bums—l went to see this place one very fine motor morn- ing; an Italian sky above, and the air so clear and bright on entry side, that even my eyes, which are none of the best, could follow the minutest lines and scraps of distinct drapery in the distance. Like most other public institutions in America, of the ‘ some class, it stands a mile or two without towu, in a cheer- ful healthy spot; and is an airy, spacious, handsome edifice. It is built upon a height commanding the harbour. When I paused a moment at the door, and marked how fresh and free the whole scene was—what sparkling bubbles glanced upon the waves, and swelled up every moment to the sur- face, as though the world below, like that above, were radi- ant with the bright day, and gushing over in its fulness of light; when I gazed from sail to sail away upon a ship at sea, a tiny speck ofshining white, the only cloud upon the still, deep, distant blue—and, turning, saw a blind boy With his sightless face addressed that way, as though hetoo hadsome sense within him of the glorious distance, I felt a kind of sorrow that the place should be so very light, and a strange wish, that for his sake it were darker. It was but momen- tary, ofcourse, and a mere fancy, but I felt it keenly for all that. The children were at their daily tasks in different rooms, except a few who were already dismissed, and were at play. Good order, cleanliness. and: comfort, pervaded every corner of the building. The various classes, who were ga- thered round their teachers, answered the questions put to them with readiness and intelligence, and in a spirit of cheerful contest for precedence, which ,pleused me very much. _ Those who were at play, were gleesome and nmsy .a other children. More spiritual and affectionate friendships appeared to exist among them than would be found among otheryoung persons suffering under no deprivation, but this .I expected and was prepared to find. It is a part of the great scheme ofllenven’s merciful consideration for the afliicted. In a portion ofthe building, set apart for the purpose, are workshops for blind persons whose education is finished, and who have acquired a trade, but who cannot pursue it in ordinary manufactories because oftheir deprivation. Seve- ral people were at work here; making brushes, mattreSSes, and so forth; and the cheerfulness, and industry, and good order discernahle in every ether part ofthe building, extend- ed to this department also. Tin: Bum) GIRL—l sat down in another room, before a girl, blind, deaf, and dumb; destitute of' smell, and nearly so Oftaste—a fiiir young creature with every human faculty and hope, and power of goodness and affection, inclosed within her delicate frame, with but one outward sense—the sense of touch. There she was, before me; built up, as it Were,in a marble cell, imprevious to any ray oflight, or a particle ofsouud ; with her poor white hand peeping through a chiiik in the wall, beckoning to some good man for help, that an immortal soul might be awakened. 1. I have extracted a few disjointed fragments of her history, from ,an account written by that one man who made her what she is. It is a very beautiful and touching narrative ; and I wish lcould present it entire. Her name is Laura Bridgman. She was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on the 21st of December, 1829. She is de- scribed. as having been a very sprightly and pretty infant, with bright blue eyes. She was subject to severe fits, which rsnce ; and life was held by the feehlcst tenure ; but when a year and a halfold, she seemed to rally, the dangerous symp- toms subsided ; and at twenty months old, she was perfectly well. which I dare say she had been reading an account of her own presentation at some Foreign Court. I have been thus particular in describing her because she will serve to exemplify the physician’s manner of acquiring and retaining the confidence of his patients. ‘This,’ he said aloud, taking me by the hand and adv?“- cing to the fantastic figure with great politeness—not raising her suspicion by the slightest look or ivliisper, or any kind ofaside, to me; ‘this lady is the hostess of this manston, SI_I'- It belongs to her. Nobody else has anything to. do With it. It is a large establishment, as you see. and requires a grefl‘ number of attendants. She lives,.you observe, in the very first style. She is kind enough to‘ receive my visits, and {0 permit my wife and thinin to resule .here; for which It IS hardly necessary to say we are mnchpidebted to her. Site is exceedingly courteous, you perceive’fou this hint, 5-!3 bowed condesceiidingly—‘and will permit me to have the pleasure of introducing you; a gentleman from England, ma’am: newly arrived from England, after a very tempes- tuons passage : Mr. Dickens—tlie'lady of the house." We exchanged the most dignified salutations With 'pro- found gravity and respect, and so went on. The rest of thc madwomen seemed to understand the joke perfectly (not only in this case, but in all others, except their own,) and to be highly amused by it. The nature of their several kinds ofinsanity was made known to me in the same_way, and we left each other in high good humour. Not only ten thorough confidence established, by these means, lietwoeirpliyswiau and patient, in respect ofthe nature and extent of their hal- lucinations, but it is easy to understand that opportunities are atlbrded for seizing any moment of'reason to startle them by placing their own delusion before them in its most incon- gruous and ridiculous light. stcmo AMONG THE I.Uu.t'rics.—Onre a week they have a ball, in which the Doctor and his family, with all the mir- ses and attendants, take an active part. Dances aiul marches are performed alternately, to the enlivening strains ofa pi- ano; and now or then some gentleman or lady (whose pro- ficiency has been previously ascertained) obliges the com- pany with a song; nor does it ever degenerate, at a tender crisis, into a screech or howl; wherein, I must confess I should have thought the danger lay. At an early hour they all meet together for these festive purposes; at eight o’clock refreshments are served; and at nine they separate. Immense politeness and good breeding are observed throughout. They all take their tone from the Doctor; and he moves a very Chesterfield among the company. Like other asseinblies,these entertainments afford a fi‘uittul topic of conversation among the ladies for some days; and the gentle- men are so anxious to shine on these occasions, that they have been sometimes found practising their stepsin private, to cut a more distinguished figure in the dance. MADMEN A'I' TABLE AND AT \VoaK.——Every patient in this asylum sits down to dinner every day with a knife and, fork, and in the midst of them sits the gentleman whose manner ofdealing with his charges I have just described. At every meal, moral influence alone restrains the more vio- efi'ect ofthat influence is reduced to an absolute certainty, and is found, even as a means of restraint, to say nothing of it as a means of'cure, a hundred times more efficacious than all the strait-Waistcoats, and fctters, and handcuffs, that ig- norance, prejudice and cruelty have manufactured since the creation ofthe world. "In the—labour department, every p2» tient is as freely trusted with the tools of his trade as if he were a sane man. In the garden, and on the farm, they work with spades, rakes, and hoes. For amusement, they g walk, run, fish. paint, read, and ride out to take the air in car- . holds meetings, passes resolutions, never comes to fisty cuffs It is very remarkable, that as we dream in words, and car. ry on imaginary conversations, in which we speak bothfor ourselves and for the shadows who appear to usin those visions of the night, so she, having no words, uses her finger alphabet in her sleep. And it has been ascertained that when her slumber is broken, and is much disturbed by dreams, she expresses her thoughts in an irregular and con- fused manner on her fingerszjust as we should murmur atid mutter them distinctly, in the like Circumstances. I turned over the leaves of her Diary, and found it written in it fair, legible, square hand, and expressed in terms which wore quite inelligible, without any explanation. On my saying thatl should like to see her write again, the teacher who sat beside her, bade her, in their language, sign her name upon a slip ofpaper, twice or thrice. In doing so, I observed that she kept lierlelt hand always touching, and following up, her right hand, in which, of course, she held the pen. No line was indicated by any contrivancc, but she wrote strait and freely. She had, until now, been quite unconscious of the pre- sence of visitors; but, having her hand placed in that of' the gentleman who accompanied me, she immediately express- ed his name upon her teacher‘s palm. Indeed, her sense of touch is quite so exquisite, that having been acquainted with a person once, she can recognize him or her after almost any interval. This gentle'uau had been in her con'ipany,l believe, but very seldom, and certainly had not seen her for many months. My hand she rejected at once, as she does that of any man who is a stranger to her. But she retained my wife’s with evident pleasure, kissed her, and examined her dress with a girl‘s curiosity and interest. She was merry and cheerful, and showed much innocent playfulness in her intercourse with her teacher. Her de- light on recognizing a favourite playfullow and companion -—herselfa blind girl—who silently, and with an equal on- joyment of the coming surprize, took a seat beside her, was beautiful to witness. It elicited from her, at first, as other slight circumstances did twice or thrice during my visit, an uncouth noise which was rather painful to hear. But on her teacher touching her lips, she immediately desistcd, and embraced her laughingly and affectionately. I had previously been into another chamber, where a number ofblind boys were swinging, and climbing, and en- gaged in various sports. They all clamored, as we entered, to the assistant-master, who accompanied us, ‘ Look at me, Mr. Hurt! Please, Mr. Hart, look at me !’ evincing, I thought, oven in this, an anxiety peculiar to their condition, that their little feats of agility should be seen. Among them was a small laughing fellow, who stood aloof, entertaining himself with a gymnastic exercise for bringing the arms and chest into play; which he enjoyed mightily; especially when, III throwing out his right arm, he brought it into contact with another boy. Like Laura Bridgman, this young child was dent; dumb and blind. Ye who have eyes and see not, and have ears and hear not; ye who are the hypocrites ofsad countenances, and disfigure your faces that you may seem unto men to fast; learn healthy cheerfulness, and mild contentment, from the deaf, and dumb, and blind! Self-elected saints with gloomy brows, this sightless, earless, voiceless child may teach you lessons you will do wall to follow. Let that poor hand of her’s lie gently on your hearts; for there may be something in its healing touch akin to that ofthe Great Master whose precepts you misconstrue, whose lessons you pervert, whose charity and sympathy with all the world not one among you in his daily practice knows as much as many of the worst among those fallen sinners, to whom you are liberal in nothing but the preachment of perdition. Asl rose to quit the room, a pretty little child ofone of the attendants came running in to greet its father. For the moment, a child with eyes, among the sightless crowd, im- pressed me‘slmost as painfully astho blind boy in the porch had done, two hours ago. Ah! how much brighter and more deeply blue—glowing and rich, though it had been fore—was the scene without, contrasting with the dark- ness of so many youthfiil lives within! A Quaint Man Woman—Leaning her head against the chimney, with a great assumption ofdignity and refinement ofinanuer, sat an elderly female, in as many scraps offinery as Madge Wildfire herself Her head, in particular, was so strewn with scraps ofgauze and cotton, and bits of paper, and had so many queer odds and ends stock all about it, She was radiant with imaginaryjewels; wore ’a rich pair of undoubted gold spectacles, and gracefully dropped upon or bowie-knives, as sane assemblies have been known to do elsewhere; and conducts all its proceedings with the great- est dccoruni. The irritability which would otherwise be expended on their own flesh, clothes, and furniture, is dissi- healthy. IRISIIMEN IN AMI:itiCA.——They are brothers, those men. Qne crossed the sea alonc,aud working very hard for one halfyear, and living harder, saved funds enough to bring the other out. That done,tliey worked together, 'side.by side, contentedly sharing hard labor and hard living timeline- ther term, and then their sisters came, and their" ‘another brother, and, lastly, their old mother. And what now? Why, the poor old crone is restless in a strange land, and yearns to lay her bones, she says, among her people in the old grave-yard at home : and so they go to pay her passage back: and God help her and them, and every simple heart, and all who turn to the Jerusalem oftheir younger days,and NIGHT IN NEW Yeats—But how quiet the streets are! Are there no itinerant hands; no wind or stringed instru- ments? ‘No, not one. By day, are there no Punches, Fantoccinis, Dancing-dogs, Jugglers, Conjurors, Orches- trians, or even Barrel-organs? No, not one. Yet, I remem- ber one. One barrel-organ and a dancing-monkey—sportive by nature, but fast fading into a dull, lumpish monkey, of the Utilitarian school. Beyond that, nothing lively, no, not so much as a white mouse in a twirling cage. A New NIE’I‘HOD or CAULKING‘VESSELS.—Qillte recently, the Lords Commissioners ofthe British Admiralty submitted an invention to a committee of master Shipwrights, at Wool- wicli, that promises to accomplish all that could be desired in respect to the security of life and cargo from. leakages, unless a sudden concussion, by striking on a rock, should ac- tunlly burst in n plank. A series ofexperiments were insti- tuted, to prove that no caulking was ever necessary. In stuffing the seams, the ordinary practice, the edges ofthe planks are glued together by a composition that is insoluble in water, and so prodigiously adhesive, that when once united, the planks will part anywhere sooner than where the two were joined together. Two pieces ofAfrican teak, an oily wood, diflicult to glue, when stuck together by the new article, applied in a boiling state, could not be separated on the artificial line ofiinion. They were tried with bolts and screws in a testing frame, and the povver ofan hydraulic engine to the extent ofnineteen tons exerted—but tliey were not sundered.—Tlie chain broke, yet on the closest inspec- tion, no relaxation of the seam could be detected. A large chain, one inch and a halfiu diameter, was applied, whizh also broke under a strain oftwenty-one tons. In a word, no discovery is yet made of the exact resisting power ofthis extraordinary kind of water proofglue. Four pieces of hard wood were next joined, which, in the'whole, weighed four hundred pounds. This was carried to the top of' the dock yard shears, and thrown down, seventy-six feet, on a hard granite wharf, without at all altering the condition of the seams. Very many other experiments, one large scale, were efl‘ectually made, which completely satisfied the com- mittee of the exceeding value ofthe discovery. This caulk- ing material is made ofIndia Rubber and shelldac, dissolved in naptha. It is neither an expensive article, nor difficult to prepare. IVhen small vessels are plunked on the stocks, the joints being well fitter], the edges are plentifully coated with the hotglue,nnd then pinned to the ribs in the usual manner. Small boats may be made as tight as though they were ex- cavated froma single log. Large vessels, when buildini', should have the planks glued as much as possible. Altai?- wnrd, when caulked in the common way, the boilinnr glue is put on plentifully, and thus binds it in forever, besitlies hold- ing the wood, where the edges touch, so snuvly, that they will resist the strongest hydrostatic pressure t: which they are ever exposed. , SPIRITUAL Pseas.—The new sect of Christians, the Ply- mouth Brethren, bave now two Peers of the realm among their teachers---Lords Congleton and Teynham. THE EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.—I\II‘. Benjamin Hall the poor fellow who was lately induced to marry the youndr lady Miss Brooke, at Mirfield, under such extraordinary circ- cunistances, was, two weeks ago, wandering about the Isle ofMan in search of her. in a most destitute condition. The circumstances ofthis strange wedding, and the means adopt- ed to carry off Hall’s wife by force, will be still fresh in the memory of our readers. It is supposed that she has been her lap as we approached, a very old greasy newspaper, in carried off to America.----Lecdc mes. we sincerely hope that such a state path in Ihese Pumuim They are cheerful, tranquil and none. Speaking of prisons, it occurs to us that it now ap« - pears to be high tice ofi:nprisoning for debt were altogether done away with. Public opinion has, of late years, to it, and, for our part, we see no reason why the people of this Island should be longer deprived ofthe immunities aris- ing from a well-digested Bankrupt Law. iieigliouring Colonies of British North America have, we be- necdless for cases of iiiSolvency ; but we shall not no traits which these gentlemen have take and heSitnte not to pronounce thei accurate likenesses ever executed eye, and the most delicate shades of the co since visited the Establishment, an UNITED STATES. THE MARY Roosas’ Mrs'rsax EXPLAINED.---Tlle terrible mystery which for more than a year has hung over the fate of Mary Rogers, whose body was found, as our readers Will well remember, in the North River, under circumstances such as convinced every one that she was the victim ofhel- lish lust and then of murder, is at last explained, to the sa- tisfiiction, we doubt not, ofall. It may be recollected that, associated with the tale of her disappearance, was the name oers. Loss, the woman who kept the refreshment house nearest the scene of her death. About a fortnight since, as we have already stated, this woman was accidentally wound- ed by the premature discharge of a gun in the lnindsrofber son : the wound proved fatal ; but, before she died, she sent for Justice Merritt, ofNew Jersey, and told him the follow- ing fiictszu-On the Sunday of Miss Rogers’s disappearance, she came to her house from the city, in company with a youngphysician, who undertook to procure for her a pre— mature delivery. Wliile iii the hands ofthe physician she died, and a consultation was then held as to the disposal of her body. Mrs. Loss, and sunk in the river, where it was found. Her clothes were first tied up in a bundle, and sunk in a pond on the land of Mr. J. G. King,'in that neighbourhood; but it was afterwards thought they were not safe there, and they were accordingly taken and scattered through the woods as they were found. The name of the physician is unknown to us, nor do we know whether it was divulged or not. The Motor has been made acquainted with these facts by Mr. Merritt, and we doubt not an immediate inquiry after the guilty wretch will be made. The son of Mrs. Loss, as an accessory after the fact, we suppose, will he~--if he has not already been---arrested. No doubt, we apprehend, can be entertained ofthe truth ofthis confession; It explains many things connected with the affair which before were wrap- ped in mystery-«especially the apathy ofthe mother of Miss Rogers upon the discovery ofher body. It will be remem- bered that she did not even go to identify it, and made no inquiries concerning the amine—New York Tribune. _ cm colonial—inseam. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1842. Although it is now nearly a fortnight since the arrival at Halifax ofthe first December Mail—and although our Har- bour still continues partially open—we are again compelled to go to press without a particle of foreign news from any quarter—the couriers having hitherto been unable to cross the Strait, owing to the quantity ofloose ice or lolly floating in the Gulf, and extending to a considerable distance from the shores of this Island. Last Tuesday’s Gazette contains a Proclamation of His Excellency the Lieut. Governor, convening the Legislature lent among them from cutting the throats ofthe rest ; but the "l. lhls 15mm] for the disPatCh 9/. busmf“ 0" TueSdi‘)’ the 24th January next. - Ills Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Council has been pleased to order that a public Thanksgiving be offered up to Almighty God, to-morrow (Sunday), in all Churches and Chapels in this Island, “ for the late abundant Harvest in the Parent Kingdom, and for the gifts of his Providence in this Colony.” It is with sincere p easure we announce that ,the‘re riages provided for the purpose. They have among them. gore in the Common Jail ofthis town, at the present moment, selves a sewing society, to make clothes for the poor, whip], pnly five prisoners confined on criminal charges, and not one or debt. We are also iiifiirmed, on credible authority, that ii neither ofthe other two prisons of this Island is there cou- ned one single individual whatever. This speaks Ill"llly or the orderly department of the inhabitants, Band of things may long con- tiine the somewhat disreputable prac- beconic decidedly opposed Several of the mm, for many years past,,cnj0yed the benefits derivable fi'ont sucha measure; and an Act conferring upon New Brunswwk the like priVilege received the Royal Assent a few monihssince. 3y the passing of’such an Act here, We conceive that trade would receive an increased impetus, as the merchant who is now terrified, and cramped in his exertions at the idea—4f have an altar-fire upon the cold hearth of their fathers. ""‘suflcehSll'l '“ “'3 She‘thWIS—0fle 101‘" from his do- mestic hearth and plunged into the dark :iud dreary recesses of a prison, would then- launch out freely and boldly, certain that, ll l'IIS proceedings be upright, he ' And why should it be otherwise? has naught to fear. , . . . Ihc man who gives all he possesses in the world—what can he give more? It Were ‘ us to remark, that a check could be iui-' posed, in order to the prevention ofli'aud or embezzlement, in I ' O , ‘ _ ‘ w enter more at aige into the subject, containing ourselves with having thi own outthe hint, in the hope that It mav meet with that con- suleration, on tlie_part of our Represei‘itatives, which we con- ceive a matter of this highly practical nature deserves at their hands. _ The low, scurrilous and contemptibl ism put forth in yesterday’s IIOIICC. y personal blackgiiard— A. Isnannett, is totally beneath our It cariies on the face ot it its own condemnation. Pnorooaapnic PORTRAITS.——We can confidenth recom- incnd our friends, and the public in general to 'call and inspect the really curious and extraordinai‘y’specinieiis of the Photographic art which Messrs. Hodgkinson & Butter have now ready for exhibition. We have seen several p0: n since their arrival, _ n to be the most in this town. Bv some Messrs. llodgkufson and e the life-like expression ofthe unteiiance and recent improvements in the art, Butters are enabled to “giv dress, with a perfection hitherto tu‘isttained.” Ma. Gunner’s FULLING sun DYEINB M . . . . ILL.——I vie observed that this mill jmd been Put n our last, in operation ; we have d witnessed tl ‘ , . , . . ie Fulhnv and Dy Ling processes, which were in effective progress. TiNFFu“. ing apparatus consists oft} cast iron frame, firmly bolted and ' . o the buildinu ' " lhiiig ofthe kind ever before attempted,:lilllzsvelrfialhrilhkelfl'ifs. holding from I‘lsllatbufll1;!rilriiudgflliultflilllla Sliding mm, capable or cloth. In this 0le there are two hire‘t‘ldry lm‘nu'mm'mmmured water-wheel, mzikino about “2 stroll'e‘es’ Pm‘ m mouu'n by the Press Hie cloth. In This o oration. \ Dyer m'mlfle’ Wine“ cum; I‘ijcvpllll‘étleh, is alsolweblied and filIIdetilfilielhill-tilediffiihliil I: mire. tie regu arity ofthe revolutions oftl * l I" “I. sully by which in its risinw and z ' u ' ‘ ‘IL ‘C nth m the action of the bleetles. \Vzalso llllllllhizuiilwfll m lhe nnces and digesters are erected, and other muchanilf‘fhm”! {ur- nients made, to insure an uniform color. \Vhile with “hinge- dyiug department, it is satisfactory to observe th'it thmng' [grille the water has been tried, and found propitioiis [In tle Tu" "y “r” scarlet and other difficult colors. Several lit-‘09! hxmg 0‘ cloth, after they came from the Pulling-mill lhave-be0 mlnes'pun tricnmpetent judges, who have expressed, them‘ len s" m‘lmed WIIII tliejr appearance, and compliment Mr. Gui‘m:e ves satISfiEd ctliss of his undertaking. The Dressing Machine i: fig-dim sue. flg‘égudazgdwdiyezo ready by the time that a sufficiency of, the teazles, a most essential article in thflilrryégx has lmpn'ned but it is to be hoped, that for the time to come of”? Qpermu‘m: will give their attention to the raisina OI‘IhIS’H " :grlcuhunsm furtheriinportntion. His Excellenc: the Lielutnm' (ml! prevent who is always foremost in every ind enam Govern-“n 2:13;: pdvapccmcnt ofthe Agricultural interest, linlsnliintdlncewe . . 0 cu tiwi‘te this plant in his garden from 59 d 2 y" cun- Mr. Gurney. [be last process is the Prd-~' 4e sun mm b most powerful screw, 6 inches diameter wsistllnglorllle Clum‘ A $33 wrappers, is in readiness to give IIIBICIUIIIII iin '::x\:’e;]|‘:‘l)llf::’hduets opt prevent, itis expected will be read . . I satisfaction Uf'q. 8' I: I,” 1 “me Ive cnnfidemly “UP” 10’ h‘lvfdrly lo it. ’ I .eeina .isubstantidl garment turned ' the g unatey oflsland manufacture. Mr Li» ' 0m onmnd' ‘ - .wellm has presented is necessary gla- lie finish, which. . in Prince Edward Island; each It was finally taken in the night, by the son of Mr. Gurney with some clay. obtained '1” town, possessing all the propemu Or; I. be tried, when a sufficient quamiu I53;- Spring.-—-Guz. ,, , 0 Th 1 ' l l n urstay ing it a the ' ~ . situate on the Winsloe-Rsti’ad, Wiring-.1: fire. All his provisions, clothing ' exception ofa few trifling articles, we"; ed. The children were rescued from an. nudity. . I ‘ -—_... . To THE Lm'rott or 'rni: Cami, Slit; It would appear that there has a strong desire in the neighbourhood of don, to get up a Fishing Company. 1., then in London), an advertisement'np’ Ledger, stating that two persons Were is; . nnnmgement of n'Ship-bnildiug and Fish? ‘Y rso ' ' to pay into the hands ofthe Cotiijli’iIny 'Ii‘iz,“ Application to be nude to the North Am" ing and Fishing Company's Office, Sh' ’ I found out the Oflice by it large buy I saw there, a'Mr. Lee, who, after ii little sired that I would ‘call again to-morrow cordingly. Suffice it to say, that I did ’ sufficiently respectable to induce me to ’ in their hands. " By giving this a oblige, i I place in your paper' ; Your obedient servant, I Cardigan River, 7th December, 1842. To run Em'roa or THE CoLozmi SIR; It will be knoWn to you that the l‘ Charlottetown are now in a pretty fair so; but it will perhaps not be known to your ‘ few day’s since, I was very near being run? and sleigh. the latter duly lined with rm, of that kind, to make it comfortable. sleigh was composed of several merry you . from the appearance of the little thin ‘ ’ driving, one would have thought be my some “ errand ofmercy,” but I soon had timi that such was not, the case, for if] to get pretty quickly out of the path, Iv licked the -— snow I l' . Now, Mr. Editor,lthink this is shards ‘ law, statute or cenimon, by which a poor miserable, halfstarved wretch like myself; . led, whenever he sees a great man’s ‘ora : approaching, to rim for his life out ofthe A is “ slowly plodding on his weary way,” an be up to the neck, into the nearest sno’ such a law, why, sir, I say, the sooner our it, the better; and if there is not, then. placed continually in jeopardy when on‘ i ' peregrinations? Is it, f'orsooth, becaltsel keep a sleigh, horse, skins and mufl; like . low citizens? I can also tell you, Mr.‘ Ladies are sometimes compelled to take a V .. ank, as well as thyself; and, Sir, I slioliIiI'?i ooner the necessity for that class ofdi’ with, it will be all the better fort 7‘ young Charlotonians. To run EDITORJH" 'I‘I-IE Conant dev— Sia;—1 have to thank you and your so kindly according me an insertion iny , extracts on “ Temperance Legislation,” amt hand you a portion ofthem. I 13th Dec., 1842. . ‘ T Evidence taken lie/ore the Select Commiuc’ mans, a oinled to inquire into the . t —J. S. uckingham, Esq, .M. P. in the Jean Persona, EsQ., exam' \Vhere do you reside f—lldv mlice is at Br i the city of London. I ' ‘- lii what capacity ?—I am clerk oftwo hospi , and Bethlehem, and have been so for 30 years. Have you served infnnv other office f—I ha ‘ the office ofunder-sherifl’ of Middlesex and L VFAII‘S. ' In thpse capacities have you had the opportu tiic i-fim't ofdriultiug, and its prevalence ?—I hit km a duo deduction be made from the rcvenuea for the costs ofour criminal prosecutions, the ex aiho ndzuinislralion ofjustice, the expense ofthe portution, and ofthe whole colonial system; letl‘ll "7 ililiiercut gaiils, houses ofcorrection, and penil their oreciion and annual support, have its pl'fl' none can deny that the amount of the spirit but by very large outgoings, in respect ofthe expc punishment oft-rims originating in, or aggravated. ing. But even admitting that the highest 8 ' ‘ could be really obtained, the moral evil of 8!! practice, by deriving a revenue from it, Would , So long as it can be proved that morals are be and national virtue above a system of finance, the duty of'ovcry government to take care thak the temporal advantages of the people they do: . tinction ofpublic morals, and the transfbi'matiotl character. Rather than thus consent to be part. as recognises the fallaciuus expediency of HM» may come,’ it would lie for more worthy of a w government to ‘ stand between the living and slay the plague.’ It is in vain that the appointed, the national religion raise their voices against! nenlly injurious to the interests of morality, I! ineut shall have the fortitude to declare that’Ut‘ llc‘btcd to such sources for their supply. [flat the best prlicy in the concerns ofualions, as ~39 l, als, (and surely England has ever fiiund it WEI" nicnt only dare to do what would be no em LEA any individual, but only his obvious duty. LeI ",1 apparent advantage from the employment ofI'I . expedients, and trust God for our necessary N such lawful and honourable means ns'may lei'fiifll‘ on the national character, whrk no forfeiture of!“ and secure the protection of the Almighty fin 9_ children. Vthiever this tax may produce Inn the sordid addition thus derived to the revenue ‘ pensatc for the evils they produce. The pew“ such a tax being sanctioned by the Governmeob financial resources, renders it properly a M which it is impossible to expect a blessing, If“ , 4, cessaiy connexion subsisls between national 757*, happiness, or between public crime and public “3 tration ofthe above views, I find from the avail”, able House, that there were Voted in a single _ that year‘s expenses nfconvicts at home, and I’ i establishment in Newsouili \Vales, and also, fraying the amount of bills drawn, or to he for that one year; SDOOI. for prosecutions, fulfill that your; 40,000L law charges fiir the you? defraying the expenses of the buildingi on”? lenljary, and 26,000l. for the maintenance on” for a year. _ Tun REV.JOHN Econ -’ Where do on reside B—In Belfast. , , . \Vhat is yier occupation ?—Professor of Dim“? Collage, Belfast. ‘ ' Your usual residence then is in Irelandf-‘I» ave you attended much to the condlll‘"! v ~ I land, as affected by the habit (ifdrioking?-'I! on have stated that Government tit!” " " nfreflwmaiion; the Committee wish I“ ‘9' ‘ stacles you have mentioned; the reveal” ‘3‘ “5'1de System of licensing, were those 'l’? them- We have found one obstacle in and“ refiirmatiun in the army; an attempt “all” tablish Temperance Societies in regiflle'lm" . we were not thus in any degree \’l"la""g M} army; we thought it was merely ‘3 , ul-A-_.._. r essstsee-pu..t- almi 5cm tin Y4 Illa llnl press emi c w suppi W Ing ( have gree 1