0v mix“ _ ~ ‘ at): (cola POETRY. and more continued draught. I ‘ the population which it relieves, and is worse than nothi ' THE PAUPER’S DEATH BED. Tread softly—bow the head—- In reverent silence bow; No passiugbell doth toll, . th‘an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger! however great, With lofty reverence bow; There’s one in that poor shed— One by that paltry bed Greater than thou! Beneath that beggar's root, Lo! DEATH doth keep his state; Enter—no crowds attende , Enter—no guards defend > This palace gate. That pavement, damp and cold, No smiling courtiers tread; , One silent woman stands, ’ " Lifting with meagre hands ‘ A dying bend. .No mingling voices sound—— An infant wail alone; A sob suppressed—again That short deep gasp, and then The parting groan. 0h! change—oh! wondrous change— . Burst are the prison bars; .This moment there, so‘ low, So agonized, and now Beyond the stars l Oh! change4stupendtius change ! There lies the soullnss clod; The Sun eternal breaks—- The new Immortal wakes—- Wakes with his God. Cancun; Bowuzs, (Mrs. Southey.) ciple ofincrease which it is intended to counteract. we have had already some experience. which is probably destined henceforth to receive a rapid a steady increase—rapid and steady, , croaker. . I or hereafter so It shoulo be. or protection, without plan or provision, ming speculator, or the bli . But let us not, we rtyat, be blind to the magnitude or responsibility of what rush blindly into a plan failure is neither more nor our countrymen. port, settle, move, effect, and on a large scale. take such a task. It remains to be seen, and we refrain fr propliesyiug, how supreme authority Wlll accomplish the material for the new scheme. _.__- AERIAL STEAM CARRIA'G 9.. (From Newton’s London Journal of flrts, Sciences, 5ft, . flpril.) It is much to be regretted that men ofletters connec Its very success stimulates ng‘ ifit does not exhibit the same expansive power as tliaaprpi- t us The return of 1841 gave nearly 80,000, that of 1842 upWards of 104,000, as the yearly number of emigrants li‘om this country—u number nd perhaps, beyond the ex— pectations ofthe most sanguine optimist or most desponding Be it so. 'It is the plain course of nature that now It is ours meanwhile to take care that this vast current ofliuman life is not allowed to cast itself into the wilds of Canada orNew Zealand without guide at the will ofa sche— nd choice of an ignorant peasant. the we are commencing. Let us not fraught with difiiculty,'and in which. less than wholesale murder ol To give security to capitalists, yet i‘ndei pendence‘to the labourer, and confidence to both—to stimu- late enterprise, yet repress wild speculation—to array, sup- coiitrol, educate those masses who are to wage the war of peace against the forests of Canada or the plains of Australians” this has to be done steadily and sure- ly, it indeed systematic colonizatibn is to be taken up With Nothing certainly short of supreme authority can tinder- 0 [I] it. We at least shall not be wanting to our accustomed oflt of patching over the security ofthose masses who are to fo -i for ted with the periodical press, to whom the public look with D . E - we»;va 1 most unfavourable kind. POLITICS AND NE VVS. ' (From the London 'Times, March 29.) We wish to call attention to an advertisement which Vap- 5 pointed in our yesterday’s paper, and which we would hope, liom the names which we see attached, may, perhaps, be free from that jobbery which has characterized but too many English Emigration schemes. It is a memorial from a large number of thwprincipal “Merchants, bankers, ship- owners, and others, ofthe city of London,” to Sir R. PETL, ‘ and “Showeth— , . “That the incmorialiets are ofopinion, that colonization conducted on a large scale and sound principles offers a sale and effectual means ofaugmenting trade, affording employ- . ment tbr ,various classes, and removing some ofthe causes of general distress; and that, impressed with the necessity ofdoiug something for improving the state ofthe country, they earnestly hope that Her Majesty’s Government will take the subject of systematic colonization into their imme diate and serious consideration, with a view ofascertainiug in what manner the best practical results may be attained. “That the momorialists address themselves to the head of Her Majesty’s Government, because they conceive that in the present condition ofthe country the subject of systematic colonization is rather of great national importance than one in which the colonies have a particular interest.” I! cannot be denied that the number'and respectability of the memorialists, as well as the professed objectofthe docu- ment, givo it a primdfacie, character superior to that tribe ol prospectuses which issue monthly from every kind ofsolveut and insolvent company, society, and association, and to which we have had very frequent occasion to direct notice of the In this case we have not yet any talk of selling shares, or paying directors ;‘it is no mere knot ofcolonial proprietors anxious to dispose oftheir land, or English ratepayers eager to diminish their poor-rates, who appear as the supporters ofthis important movement; finally, it is no undigested project, no individual speculation, to n which a necessarily ignorant public is called upon to give a _ greedy support. A set of men who may be fairly thought Q to represent a very influential fraction of the capital ofthe ‘ country come forward in a mass, without suggesting any plan of their own, simply to demand ofthe Government of . the country that it should apply itsenergies, should give its - sanction, and, by necessary consequence, extend its con- trolling authority, to that title ol'emigration which is, in point of tact, increasing yearly in volume, which, as they seem to consider, ought in point ofprudeuce and charity to be more . boldly encmiraged,_and which is now, for the most part, left v either to guide itself, or to fall into the haudsofuny to whom ' it may answer to export their countrymen wholesale. These recomiriendations, however, are far from affording sufficient excuse for relaxing any. portion ofour habitual jealousy with respect to every movement of this highly res- ponsible nature. We have learnt by experience that there is no such thing as a security against jobbery. Through principal or agent—through the Minister or through the ca- ..pitalisx—at borne or abroad—over some undefended point —through- some unsuspected Cl‘:ll‘l_t]y—~Klll8 insinuating poi- son is ever ready to intrude itsele Nothing but the mo’st unceasing vigilance, the most unsparing exposure—and, Iiu happily, not always even that—will permanently prevent our i." poor countrymen from being recklessly sacrificed to enrich the speculating land jobber or the Ministerial appointee. We shall therefore reserve to ourselves, and shall exercise, the most entire freedom of judgment upon all that' may issue from this requisition. Thus much we are ready to grant i to the memorialists—their object is a great one; tlieir'tiuie r' isopportune; and with the direction ofthe first move—the . dimidtumfacti—we have no great limb to fitid. ’ . "IlIe great commercial feature of the present moment'is _, an ,Iinfoi‘tunate one, being obviously this—that there is most inadequate employment for capital or labour. We have more men- and money than we know what to do with. W's have, starvmg workmen anxious to be employed, who serve ‘no other purpose here than to keep down each other’s Wages; . fwe have countless wealth lying barrén in the hands ofits upontracts ofrich land, palpably capable of furnishing food : l l I c. E 4 aesid‘ out d , . . ~ 2 gm; gigantic. By removmg the surplus population (if you fill lito the one and profitable investment to the other, if(which we ' have begun almost to despair ofseeing) honestly and wisely administered. Each ofthese three materials ofin'crease for Wealth, power and happiness, we possess in startling abun- dance; but they stand apart, and threaten our ruin, instead alofconfirmmg our greatness. Certainly no object could be flowsed more worthy ofa master mind than to bring toge- — ther the elements of good, and the moment is certainly ’ vell chosen for a greatattempt. And We cannot surely err ; n adding the paramount necessity that this new and en- gorged action should be commenced with the assistance, by he authority, and under the guarantee, and therefore under he watchful superintendence, ofthe nation itself. Men, however, must remember the, magnitude of that vh’rch they attempt. It is n15 temporary plethora which is o. be remedied—no single crisis which is to be averted by a nvulsive efi'ort once and forever—no evil which is to he llodat a blow. Ifour population is really redundant—(n nestien, by the way, not to be too hastily decided)—but ifit rift! “systematic colonization” “ onea larggscale” is really . required as a vent for those throngs which our teeming ountry Is yearly multiplying—ifemigration is really wanted 2} a part of our national economy—it will be wanted more Erger every year. Nay, in proportion as the facilities for I amovmg unemployed labour and enterprize to more open and become more ample, safe,- and recognized, so.will ‘e outward pressure from home grow more powerful, and ,6 machinery reqmred to regulate and conduct it become complish your'professed purpose of increasing men’s fa. Ities' for obtaining a llvelihood) you do but increase the Boundity of thee who remain behind. Men who don’t ‘seen, with no small degree of astonishment, not only that possessors; and finally, our colonies present us with tracts confidence for information upon all subjects of notoriety, should generally betray such extreme ignorance ofthe ele- mentary principles of science, and even of the established laws ofnatiire, as to give countenance to any absurd scheme that may arise, and present to the world, with vaunting pretensions, prejccts the most visionary and talllu'iotis. Under this designation,» we have long felt satisfied that the proposed aerial Iiiattliirrc must be classed; and we have many intelligent and highly-respectable persons have been induced to listen coolly to this wild preject, but also that Parliament has condesceiidcd to entertain a bill for form- ing a joint-stock company to carry this wonderful chimera into active existence. ' . We have delayed the publication of the present number ofour JOURNAL, in order to inspect and give a report ofthe specification of this invention, which has been just enrolled; and to discover, if possible, some new feature which might give colourablc plausibility to the pr0ject; but no such fea- ture is there developed. Time and space will not allow us now to detail the full particulars oftliis proposed machine; we say proposed, because no such machine has,yet been made, or is, we think, likely to be constructed, when its ele- ments are understood by persons of common sense. The apparatus consrsts of a car, containing the goods, passengers, engine, fuel, &c.; to which a rectangular li'ame made of wood or bamboo cane, and covered with canvas, or oiled silk, is attached: this frame extendsrorieither side of tlie car, in a similar manner to the outstretched wings ofa bird, but with this difi'erence—tliat the frame is immovea- ble. Behind the wings are two vertical fan wheels,fm‘niah- ed with oblique vanes, which are intended to propel the ap- paratus through the air. contained in the car. be expanded or contracted at pleasure, and is moved up or down, for the purpose of causing the machine to asCend or descend. .Beneath the tail isu rudder, for directing the course of the machine to the right or to the left; and to laci‘litate the steering, a sail is stretched between two masts which rise from the car. to be from 25 to 30-liorse power. It is stated in the specifi— cation, tliat on launching the machine into the air, an eleva- ted situatioii must be selected, and the machine allowed to run some distance down an inclined plane, for which pur- pose vertical wbeels are attached to the bottom of the car or heat. When the machine has thus acquired a tiiomentum, the rotary fan-wheels are put in action to raise it into the air and propel it; the rudder, appended to the car, is then used for regulating its course. In concluding our hasty remarks onthis invention, we would remind our readers, that many projects of a like character have been promulgated to the world by enthusiastic projectors, all of which have fallen to the ground, (we use a figure ofspecc'h, for they have never isen,) from the fact of having overlooked the laws of matter, 3% miscalculated the powers of mechanism, in imitating the functions ofauimal life. is gaining ground that the present session, like the‘ ast, will pass away without even the introduction ol'one single measure intended to improve either the political or the social condition of the country. Certainly, as yet there has been no evidence of the desire ofministers to redeem their pledges in favour of real and substantial reforms. Night after night there are long and wearisou‘ie debates, the re- sults of which are as valueless as the questions discuseed are puerile. A world oforatory was wasted about the Som- nnuth gates; and hour after liour has been lavished upon the consideration of the ridiculous pretence of privi- lege. As to practical legislation, such a thing has neither been propoui‘ided nor thought of. Parliament has now been sitting for some weeks, and what has it done to benefit the country? Nothing—absolutely nothing! the government it is admitted that tliereiiis alarming and un- precedented distress—that trade and commerce are stagnant —but Sir Robert Peel, although Prime Minister, is not re- Ipousible for this melancholy state ot afi‘iiirs. Evan the promised bill for the mitigation of the stringent provisions of the poor-law is shelved by Sir James Graham until alter Easter. When the country, by its representatives, asks Conservative statesriLen to say where are their boast- ed reforms, “echo answers ‘ Where ?”’ The great states— man who is to deliver the country from the perils of Whig- Ism commences his new career by giving us the income- tax and the tarifi; but, as yet, We see no notice of the com- forts and political benefits he basin store this session. One may travel through the order-book, but, as far as ministe- rial measures, or even protriises, are concerned, all is bar- ren. All that we find chronicled of Sir Robert Peel’s pro- . Iriised legislation is a notice of his intention to have a survey ofthe metropolis. Of the very desirable projects dovmailed into the Royal speecbyas makeweights of popu- larity for Conservatism, not a single one is talked ofor hint- ed at. 'Amendmeut ofthe suffrage, law reform, and mea— sures of great import upon various questions of “domestic policy," were unequivocally promised in the speech, but up to this goodly time ofwriting, no member of the govern: ment_ has thought proper to recur to the many desirable ameliorations which were to signalise the return ofConser- is essentially ofa negative character. ,They are responsi- ble for nothing they have done, and‘tbey seem to propose Harry now because (as the phrase is) “they can’t,” will then harry because they can. para ,es the very exigeucy which it meets: it is a cordial j‘ which every cap which we drink necessitates a deeper . a swap , In ~ 12' ; Emigration by its very nature en-l nothing new. All they aim at, apparently, is to prevent . others from ofl'ccting the reformaiwbich they eschew them‘ selves. Howlnug the country will be satisfied with such a *goyornment of stagnation remains to be seen. We believe {It Is now heartily sick of it.—Londan ./1tla:. \ These Wheels receive iIIOti0I1,'license'as probationcr, on the ground of various through- bands and pulleys, from a steam or other engine gross immorality. After the case had been argued on both To an axisat the stern ofthe car a sides, the verdict was declared to lie—that triangular frame is attached, resembling the tail ofa. bird, gentitled to the amount of stipe which is also covered with canvas or oiled silk ; this may i 1843, and to a solatium ofl,5001., making the total of 2,1701. l l l POLITICAL Paosrncrs.-—We believe that an impres ou‘ On the part of va'tism: The legislation ofher Majesty’s present ministers application To THEM, under various plauSible pretenccs, same principles.” Church question, and the am serrate. VVESLEYLN PETITION ON BEHALF or Tax Secret-I CHURCH. -We have great pleasure iti'directing the attention ofour readers to the petition of the ministers of the Wesleyan body in London to the Legislature, in behalf ofthe claims of our Church. It bears the names ofsome of the most pious, en- lightened, ond influential ministers of that body,—-“ names,” says the Watchman, “some of which, at least, will be re- membered’and loved while Wesleyan Methodism has a his- tory in which to record them, or while Wesleyans have hearts to glorify God in his most honored servaiits,”—-and evinces an earnest solicitude on the part ofthese exeellem Christian men, that the Government would interpose to pre- vent the threatened disruption of the Church ofScotland,—- a consequence, they justly remark, which cannot fail tov“en- danger the stability ol‘otber Churches, and weaken the other Protestant institutions ofthe empire, inasmuch as it will be impossible to defend, on scriptural grounds, the Establish- merit principle itself, If It at once become plain and unques— tionable that the advantages of an Establishment, what- ever these advantages hiay be, will only be conceded by the State on the condition tbatn Chm-ch so specially countenanced and encouraged, shall purchase its distinctive honours and privileges by the necessary sacrifice ofits spiri- tual liberties, and the violation ofits spiritual allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ.” Dissenters have been too much in the habit of alleging, that the collision ofthe Church of Scot- land with the Civil Courts was altogether the effect of its connection with the State; but a clearer and more compre- hensive, view of the grounds upon which the late decisions ofthe civil tribunals have been rested, at least in the ques-' tion ofjurisdiétiou, is here brought out, which Dissenters ol all denominations would do well to ponder. “If,” says the petition referred to, “some of the principles on which the recent coercive iutcrfiu‘ences of the Civil Courts With the ' \spiritual functions and discipline ofthe Church ofScotland appear to have been founded, sha‘ll once come to be cOIISI- dered as finally sanctioned by the law, and by the tacitap- probation of the supreme Legislature itself, the religious rights and liberties even of those Christian Churches in the coun- try which are NOT ESTABLISHED in the usual sense of that term, may possibly be placed in jeopardy by the future extenston and We earnestly hope. that this document, and comprehensive a view ofour momentous consequences to which it may lead, may yet shed a ray of light upon. the‘ surrounding darkness, and lead the people of the sister presenting so luminous kingdom/t0 View with becoming jealousy proceedings so pregnant With danger to the religious liberties of every Christian comniunity..—Edinbuggh Witness. CHURCH or SCOTLAND.—Otl Wednesday, last two great meetings (one at 1 o’clock p. m., the other at7o’clock In the evening)were held in the Waterloo-room, Edinburgh, to hear statements from the Deputation lately sent to London by the Special Commission. The Right Hon. Fox M’aule presided at the first‘n'ieetiiig, and the Lord Provost at the second. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. Di's. Chal- mers, Gordon, Caiidlish and Cunningham, the Rev. Messrs. Begg and 'l‘weedic, and Mr. Campbell, of Monzie, M. P., which were heard with the deepest attention, and respond- ed to with lively enthusiasm by the crowded assemblies. Resolutions were adopted deploring the decision of the lee gislature, thanking the members who supported Mr. ‘F. Maule’s motion and ex ressiii determination to roceed a P g P with energysaiul zeal in preparing for the disruption that now seems inevitable. ANoTnas DECISION AGAINST THE CHURcHe—The action of damages raised at the instance oer. Clark, against the» majority ofthe Presbytery of Ilunkeld, for refusing to take him on trial as presentee to Lathendy parish, has been tried in the Edinburgh Court of Session, Lord Cunningham pre- siding. The defence of the Presbytery was, that Mr. Clark had been deprived, by the General Assembly in 1842, of hi? acts 0 Mr. Clark was nd for the years 184], 1842, damages against the Presbytery! Comment on this case must be needless. ‘ The number ofMiuisters now adhering to the Resolu- tions of the Convocation are,-——To the First Series, 520 ; I0 the Second, 474. " AERIEL 'I‘naanLINo.—-—The Aerial Transit Company Bill, The amount of canvas or oiled silk necessary for buoying I, introduced into the House ofCommons on Friday night, is up the machine is stated to be equal to one square foot for l officially described as a “ Bill to authorize the transfer to each half-pound weight, the whole apparatus being about more than 12 persons ofa certain patent granted to William 3000 lbs, and the area of surface spread out to support it, Samuel lleiisou, relatingr to locomotive apparatus and Ii'iu- ' 4500 square feet in the two wings, and 1500 iii the tail,—- 'cbviiiery, making altogether 6000 square feet. The engine is supposed { out the objects of the said patent.” The bill was read a and for the establishment ofa company for carrying first time on Friday, and is “to be read a second time;” but no day is yet fixed for such further stage in its progress. We understand that the income tax in this country is like- ly to prove unexpectedly productive. We are also happy to learn, on good authority, that the payments have been made with a cheerful readiness strikingly at variance (with the pictures drawn by \Vhigjournalistsofthe dissatisfaction produced by such an iinpost.-‘Brighton Paper. ROYAL AND PARLIAMENTARY 'I‘ELEGMPI-I.—— We are ena- bled this week to make a communication interesting to men of science, curious and most important in itself. Mr. Cook, tbejoint l’atentee with Professor Wheatsone, of tlie Voltaic Telegraph, has been commissioned to lay down a line from the Paddinctou station of the Great Western Railway to \Vindsor Castle, and carry it thence to the Parliament- bouscs and Buckingham Palace. The effect ofthis will'be, that on important occasions, when the sovereign may be at 'Windsor, any iiitellipence cf extraordinary interest can be transmitted to her Majesty in asecond—nay, in less time. The voltaic electricity which governs the motion of the tele- graph travels at the rate of two hundred and eighty-eight thousand miles a second. This has been proved by the delicate instrument invented by ProfessorWheatsone. The new and most singular arrangement will be ofgreat value in connection with the public service. When cabinet coun- cils sit on momentous questions, her ll ujesty can be ac- quainted with the result of their deliberations as instant neously as if she were present. During the session of P lia’inent, for instance, on every question ol'interest, ' Majesty can learn_the division, or the progress mad debate, one moment after the house has divided, or an ’3'“ ticular orator has risen or resumed his seat. Thus, “'9” rapid COll’lllllllllCflthn Vlill be effected between the “3‘3”, and her ministers than has ever been known or t Jght 0‘ before.— Mirror. Tn: LATE AWFUL EARTHQUAKIL, IN THE —-It is a remarkable circumstance that, she hours preceding the appalling earthquake Guadeloupe and other West India Islands rific hurricane suddenly broke out in the which lasted several hours, and which ex considerable space, both of sea and lot a very sudden and heavy full of an about the same time, in England, Sc Holland, 5w. Rapid changes of th ments were also observed, simulta of the country, accompanied wit of the temperature. These p noticed at the time. From the various extraordinary meteoro Vailed, among which not Mount Etna, which occurre OCCUPATION or Oran: a private letter from Otal will no doubt be surpris ken possession ofthisl under the pretence of I. 'r INDIss. forty-eith ich visued oining, a ter- ‘itish Channel, ded over a very There was also which happened id, Ireland, France, eteorological instru- usly, in various parts traordinary variations meiia were generally nmencoment of the year cal appearances have pre- least was an eruption of January. .131! TH: FRINGE—Extract of , dated Dec. 28, 1842:—“ You 0 hear that the French have ta- , the capital oftheSocietyIslands, Ie ofthe natives having offered an insult m a few adve" rs who had come out here as Catho- “c missionaries_ F any years we have bad a. Protestant mission here, wh e been the meansof converting the derni;savage Mb these islands to Christianity, as well as Islands (Tonga), the NaVIgator’s Island, . h . _ :‘ngifhzftsaZlfgf sland‘s—in tacththe whole of Polynesia of the‘r a predilection towards Englishmen and English ministers of the Gospel, the Queen in particular, and the leading chiefs. We have always experienced the most friendly intercourse in all matters of commerce with the aboriginal, who pur. chase freely our British manufactures In exchange for lhoif own produce—coral, silk, drugs, corn, gold,.end silver, 8w. It appears to many of us a rather extraordinary thing that the British Government has not had the policy to place the whole of the islands of the South Pacific or Polynesia under its protection, as they are not only most fertile, producing vegetation, ti'uits, corn, drugs, fish, horned cattle, sheep, p139, poultry, 81.0., in abundance, and one of the finest and most healthy parts ofthe southern regions, but afl'ord so great an opening to our commercial relations. between India, China, and New South Wales, with the Mexwan Republic, Ilte'lslh- mus of Panama, Lima, Valparaiso, and the whole of Peru and South America, as far as Cape Horn, throwmg the wld. Pacific open to our industry. For the last few_ years we have been visited at ditferent periods by French cirepmnayl‘ gamma, who have invariably tried to decoy the clue“! torts: in favour of ‘Louis Philippe, and place these islands under the protection ofthe tricolour flag, by the most flattering.r promises of giving them fine appointments. These inmguea' they have invariably treated with disdain, preferring to bo- ‘indepeudent ofthe allurements offered to subject them, to become a colony of France. The French missionaries have used all their endeavours to create a disunion between the natives and the English, and several paid adventurers have I been trying to cause a revolutionary feeling in the minds of these ignorant, though brave and loyal tribes, to their chiefs and monarchs. Finding that all their endeavours have been fruitless, the French naval commander determined that France should have a Colony in these distant regions, and therefore took possession ofthe Marquesas islands and hoist- ed the tricolour, in the name ofthe Citizen King without any resistance being made. Not satisfied with this ucblevemen: over a defenceless people, the ambition to extend the power oftheir flag in these islands induced them, under the pro- tencs that an insult had been offered to their missionaries, to claimau indemnity of money, which Was instantlyraised by the English and the missionaries under the auspices'of the Queen. They have again made another demand of 10,000 dollars, on what ground no one knows, which was refused by the Queen, the chiefs, and the whole of the islanders. This being communicated to the French Commander, be sent; an emissary to the Queen, declaring that iftlie money was not paid within 24 hours, he would bombard the island and destroy everything. The Queen positively declared that she would sooner die trusting in God than pay this extortion, and a council of the chiefs was held to decide the best mean. of defence. The next morning, however, the French landed their marines, and demanded the immediate ratification of: treaty .(ifHer Majesty would not pay the money), placing Oiabeite and the whole ofthe Society Islands under the sat?- disant protection of France. .Tliis, the Queen, by the force and menaces ofthe French bayol'iets, reluctantly was cont- pelled to sign, amidst the heating ofdrums, and the cheers ol the marines and sailors, as it it was a voluntary act on the part ofthe Queen and the chiefs, who Were and are I” opposed to the treaty which has been thus extorted from them by main force. A small detachment ofartillery has been left on the island, and are raising a fortress on which the tri- colour flag is waving. They have declared to the English that our property and estates shall be protected in the most iiiviolate manner, but we are Iiot so confident oftheir friendly demonstrations towards us. These islands Were first dis- covered by Cook, on the 3Ist of March, 1769, and the Mar- quesas in I767, and this great circumnavigator met with an untimely death by being murdered at the Sandwich Islands in 1779. Vancouver and Perouse Visited them in 1786 and 1795, as well as modern navigators, who have all represented them as fertile and advantageous to com‘merce with the great Southern continent and coast of America in the Pacific. This the French know how to appreciate, and they have gained a conquest for their silk, cotton, and other productions, which in a few years hence will be exported so as to inundate the whole of Peru, Valparaiso, Lima, Mexico, and Panama. to the great detriment of Euglislf trumufactures. grand undertaking ofcutting a canal across the Isthmus of Panama to join the wide Atlantic and the‘Pacificever be ac- complished, what importance the dominion ol the Marquesas, the Friendly Islands, and Polynesia will he to France, now nearly destitute of any colOnies, except Algeria, Martinique, Guadaloupe in the west, but none in the southern hemisphere! Come what may, the British Government may thank them- selves for allowing these productive islands to be under the yoke ol'ambitious France.”—-London Times. l _— _P. EARLY Marianas—Early marriages, whenever they can be contracted with an ordinary regard to prudence, are among the best preventativea ofa dissolute life; and who- ever contributes to hinder the formation oftbese may be. re- garded as standing chargeable with their share ofit—u ranking all!0ng_lh0 causes ofprostitution. I deny not that prudence Is a virtue, and that the question of marriage is a proper sphere for its exercise. But there cannot be adoubt that the high notions which, by the refinement and extrava- gance of our times, have been introduced, ofthe style in which young men entering on life must set up their ddmes- tic establishments, have, iii many instances, laid restraints on the early cultivation ofvirtuous love, and prevented the happy union 91 hearts in youthful wedlock. I cannot look upon this as 1' a” an improvement on the homely habits of our fume”, Many are the young men who are thus tempt- - ed m remuh single by their felt inability to start in what is regarded} somewhat creditable style. Would to ‘God I had me em. a all the youth'iii our city, and in our country, that 1 mighftell them of the sweets of early virtuous unioii; that “nigp’ earnestly and affectionately urge them to consult meirawn best Interests, and to set an example pregnant wmlsbe most beneficial results to the community, by bidding defince to the tyranny of fashion; by returning to the good Malay; by finding a partner who will marry from love, 8,1 who will be willing, and more than willing, to begin {ion little, and by the blessing of Providence to rise gra— ually to more. That was the way in the olden time; and although no croaker for the superiority that pertained to an-. cestry, this most assuredly is a point in which I should say of the former days ‘they were better than these.’ I would say to the. rising youth—the hopes of coming generations—J- ‘Moderate your views; defy custom; marry; four God ' be Virtuous; and be happy.’ Could my voice and my couiisel prevail, what a salutary check would be given to the pra~ valeuceot the vice whichisourpresentsubjcctT-L-Dr. Wardlaw. . SAINTS’ DAYS, &c.——The Puseyites date their lettersas follows :_—“ The feast of the Visitation, B. V. M. '” “The Feast 0t Transfiguration ;” “The. Feast of St. Matthew” doc. On the Rev. Sydney Smith recently receiving a lettdr from one ofthose formal gentlemen, headed and dated after this fashion, he began his letter in reply as follows:— “Bakuig-day, eve ot Washing-day.” ‘RAILWAYS. AND Commas—The best distinction drawn: between railway and coach accidents was that ofan old whip. “ It,” Slld he, “ you gets comlortubly capsized into ‘1 dilCh by the road—side,:there you are; but ifyou gets blown up by an engine, run into a cutting or offan embankment, where are you ?” LEGAL Distant—Amongst the traditions of Westminster Hall Is. one ol'a certain Sergeant Davy, who flourished some» centuries back, in a darker age than the present. accused once upon a time, by his brethren of the mi of havmg degraded their order by taking from a client a fed in ' copper; and being solemnly arraigned for this offence in their Common Hall, it appears, from the unwritten re of the Court of Common Pleas, that be defended himself b the following plea ofconfsssion and avoidan I ’ admit that] took a fee from him in copper - and u but several; and not only fees in copper ’ but I pledge my honour as’a sergeant f single fee from :him in silver tmtil I I never took a single fee from him i silver—and you don’t call that a do —Tim.cs. ' He was ports ce :~—-“ I fully ot only one but fees in silver; hatl never took a. had got all his gold, and n copper till 1 got all his gradation of our order ?" crful prouress within the last f ~>~<~~~~~ r .— - has made a i . c , - eW years s 3- _H.-..,,cx, 7: A, , “ Iowqrds civ. ion and Protestantism. Several Catholic bu‘y‘TTEWW': Printed and published by Cooritn 6L Banana, lnig;iorlari‘e in France and South America have visited cg'l'wfi'sgygte Hon. the House or Assembly, .1 their out”, 1...: us‘at cer ' “"3”: mlth natives have invariably shown ‘ " own“ find water s""‘““"""”"'v .13" P“: “'“A l within-atom; «its». in: muuuyzpwtyum. Slioultbwg